Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-22

through the stormy darkness and summon
ed the Federals from Bulls Gap to surprise
Morgan and capture or kill him. The his
tory of the deed is too familiar to need
repetition. The Wanton and cold-blooded
heroine of the exploit was afterwards di
vorced from her worthy husband and fled
the country with married man of Green
vile by the name Of Fitzgerald. They
went to Arkansas and lived, I believe as
co-partners in adultery at Helena. Some
time ago she abandoned Fitzgerald, and
married man Of some means who was
then WidoWer Of three months standing.
In few months after the marriage with
the eX-Mrs. Williams, the new husband
also died, and she has disappeared with the
lucre of which he was possessed. Fitzger-
aid, thus thrown overheard and being
afflicted with fatal malady, wrote to his
long abandoned wife and family, confess
ing all his misdeeds, and begging to be al
lowed to return home to die among his
children. The request was granted him,
but did not profit him in his misery, for he
died before he could reach home, and with
out seeing the face of his wronged wife and
children.
THE CAROLINE IsLANDs.-These islands
sia are a remarkable group Of coral fOrma-
tions in the Northern Pacific. They are,
perhaps of no great strategic importance,
since they lie on the road to nowhere in par
ticular; but from the point of view of the
archpologist they are interesting in the eX-
treme. Certain Dutch navigators, who Wis
tied them nearly a generation ago, returned
to Europe with wonderful stories concerning
! the gigantic ruins that had been discovered
on some of the smaller iSets at the eastern
end of the archipelago; but it was not until
1883 that anything approaching systemat-
ic survey of the group was undertaken. In
touched at many Of the islands, and those
officers who went ashore found that the
magnificencc of the remains had not been
exaggerated. The most imposing ruins are
at Metanim harbor, in Panope, and at Cha
broi harbor, in kusai and an idea Of their
grandeur may be formed from the fact that
some of the stones Of the buildings measure
as much as 81 feet long by 20 feet broad and
10 feet thick They are ornamented with
rude sculptures, which bear Il family resem-
blance to the well-known sculptures of East
er islands, in the southern Pacific; yet East
er islands and the Caroines are fully 5000
miles apart, and so far as is discoverable,
there has never been any communication
between them. The object and origin ofthe
monuments are unknown. The Caroline
group, which was discovered by Spain in
1926, has hitherto, even by German geogra-
pliers, been regarded as a Spanish posses
sion although for years there have been no
Spanish residents on any of the islands. The
extent of the land surface of the group is
rather more than 300 square miles, and the
estimated population is about $4,000 souls,
all of whom are of the Malay race.
ANECDOTES or Two FAMOUS PAINTERS.
Neuxis, famous Greek artist of ancient
times, painted so naturally a dish Of grapes
held by boy, that birds flew down to the
canvas and pecked the fruit. But, while
his friends regarded the act as the best com
pliment ever paid to an artist NeuXs sigh
ed, exclaiming, "Had / painted the boy as
true to nature as the grapes, the birds would
have been afraid to touch them"
1t is of NeuXis and a rival Greek that a
more familiar anecdote is handed down.
The rival was Parrhasius. In the contest
between them, NeuXiS painted his favOrite
subject, grapes. At the exhibition of the
pictures, down came the birds again, and
flew at the grapes as ifto eat them. "Now,"
said NeuXis, triumphantly, "draw aside
that curtain and show your picture.' His
rival smiled, for the curtain itself was the
picture, Palhleu uPoh d o"t'iu l" ioP. eoSi.
real drapery. The generous Neuxis yielded
the palm at once, saying, 81 deceive birds;
you, an artist"
THE FIRST LETTER.-Who wrote the
first letter and what burning message did
it contain? Surely some pressed secret or
compelling motive forced it's expression in
that epistle-somethng more than the pic
lures and symbols of Egypt could convey or
the flowers of Persia reveal! We search his
tory in vain for the event or the moment
when the world was enriched by the gift of
letter writing. The brain that conceived
the happy thought of personal correspond
ence, and the heart that tirstcOmforted itself
in its delights, have left no record ofachieve-
ment. The first epistle Of historic mention
was sent from the Samaritans to AntiOchus,
in which they asked in stately but impor-
tunate terms, to be permitted to follow the
customs of the Greeks and call their temple
Mt Gerizm the Temple of Jupiter HELEN
ius But this, like all correspondence of
ancient history, related only to public mat
terS. Before that date all communications
were committed to omessengerSand heralded.
WOMEN's WORK.-Women are rapidly
pushing their way into the departments
hitherto monopolized by men; they are be-
coming panters doctors, lawyers, salesWO-
men, agents, ShOpkeeperS, preachers, post
masters, or pOstmistresses, and yet there is
but small portion of the masculine domain
which they have entered on. That ofmusic,
especially instrumental music, apart from
the piano and harp, is yet held wholly by
the men despite the fact that women from
their superior sensibilities and their acuter
art instincts are better adapted to fill the
place. Women should manipulate all the
stringed Instruments so as to secure the high
est possible results, and they should at once
avail themselves of the opportunity.-Chi-
cugO Times.