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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07
STORY OLA WAMPUM BELT.
HOW COL. ELLICOTT KILLED n TURKEl
IND SAVED HIS LIFE.

There is in possession of the descendants of
Col. Andrew Ellicott, of Lancaster county,
Pa, a wampum belt of rare beauty and val
ue, which is preserved as memento of the
shrewdness and skill of the great surveyor,
by which he not only became the possessor
Of the belt, but saved his life and the lives
of many others. Directly after the pur-
chase of Louisiana from the French Govern
ment, Ellicott was sent by the United
States Government to survey the boundary
line between the new territory and Mexico,
companied by large corps Of engineers
and 100 government troops. They had pen
etrated into the interior of the then wild
country, when one day Ellicott and his
engineer corps found themselves surround
ed by large body of Blackfeet Indians, by
whom the entire party was captured. Col
onel Ellicott had half-breed interpreter,
who found out that it was the intention of
the Indians to massacre the white captives,
and he informed the chiefs that his master
was q great medicine man, who could do
many wonderful things, among them his
ability to kill man or any living thing at
a distance of one hundred yards, while the
object he shot was hidden from view behind
a tree, and he would not aim at it or shoot
through the tree. The chiefs said if the
interpreters master would kill wild tur-
key in that way he would give the whole
party their liberty. Colonel Ellicott was
not good rifle shot, but he was able to do
many clever things in shooting by means
of mechanical tricks. When the decision
of the chief was given they procured the
turkey and told Colonel Ellicott to exhibit
his power. Confident of his success, he
drove stake in the ground a few feet be-
yond the trunk of the tree with an axe.
Tying the turkey firmly to the stake so it
could not move from its position, he walk
ed in an oblique direction to one side of the
treeand struck the blade of his axe, apparent
ly with no design, into the ground and then
made mark on it with chalk. Pacing off
the $50 yards he aimed at the chalk mark
and fired. The Indian chief ran behind the
tree and brought the turkey out dead, the
ball, glancing from the axe, having pass
ed clear through the body, with such nicely
had Col. Ellicott calculated the angles. The
principal chief was so delighted with the
feat that he unclasped the magnificent belt
he wore and fastened it about Colonel FL
icott's waist. The surveyors were given
their liberty and the belt worn by the Col
onel insured him and his party safety and
reverence during the remainder of the sur
Vey.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07
HE KISSED THEM ALL.

Ex-Governor Underwood, of Kentucky,
relates the following stumping reminis-
cence:
"Kentucky is great State" he continued.
"We have the handsomest women in the
world we make the best whisky, have the
most fertile lands, raise the best horses, and
have the purest air. What more could be
asked? In addition to that, our people pull
together, and they don't like snobbishness.
I remember one time was stumping one
of the mountain counties. l bought S2
worth Of nickles and put them in my saddle,
bags. Every log cabin 1 would come to
would ride up and ask for drink of water.
Well, out would come little boy or girl
with gourd dipper of warm water. l
would take swallow and then drop a
nickle in the dipper. The little one would
run in and l would 90 on. The child's
mother would come and have the fat gen.
tleman pointed out. The consequence was
that l got the vote of that house. Well, one
morning l rode up to house, and little
girl brought out dipper of water. l felt in
my pocket and discovered that hadn't
a copper. Little GIRL said I, generally |
have a nickel about me somewhere, but L
haven't to-day, so I'll give you what's the
next best thing for a girl, and that's kiss
So 1 got down from off my horse and kissed
her for my own blue-eyed girl at home:
Another little black-eyed girl here showed
up, and had to kiss her for niece OF mine
whom she looked like. At this time anoth-
er little girl showed up, and half head tall
err than the rest, and not to be impartial,
kissed her, when l found that four or five
other girls had gathered and saw that l was
in for it. So, commencing with the small
est, kissed each one. The change in stat
ure was so gradual that l didn't notice that
the last one was a full grown woman, and
right handsome at that, until had kissed
her. Looking, up | saw that there were
two or three old ladies laughing at me, and
thinking that l had made bad break, l
lifted my hat to the young lady and begged
her pardon and explained how it was. She
didn't seem to mind it much, but the old
ladies kept laughing, and tried to explainit
when one of them said, why durn it, jedge,
she's Bill's wife, Well, thought, Pm in
for it; that knocks out all my votes in this
neighborhood. Well, l enquired in the next
house who Bill was, and was told that it was
Buck Holmes, the hardest citizen in Carter
county. Next day I had to speak at the
courthouse, and when l came up noticed
ing fellows offat one side, and a big six-foot
fellow was talking to them and gesticulatlng
with both hands. who's that?' inquired.
'That's Buck Holmes and his gang,' was the
reply. The cold chills commenced running
up my back, and shifted my revolver
around where l could reach it without
trouble and then lounged up to hear what
he was saying and get the lay of the land.
"'Well,' heard him say, If the jedge
dontrketch my vote. No snob thar, gen
tlemen. Jest as soon kiss poor mans wife
as rich ones.' That settled it. I got $50
more votes in that county than any other
man on the ticket" Pts6,uy Dispatch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07
EXPLORING AN ALASKAN RIVER.
PLANS OF LIE UTENANT STONEY AND HIS
PARTY.

The year after the Jednnette search steam
er Rodgers was lost, Lieutenant Stoney, Of
the Navy, was sent to the Alaska coast to
distribute presents among the natives who
had aided the revenue cutter C0raCin in it's
search for the Rodgers. He was for several
months on an island near the coast, not far
south of the mouth of the Yukon river. He
made excursions to the mainland, and dis
covered the estuary of an apparently large
from its mouth, and ascertained enough to
convince him that he had discovered a
stream which would rank among the great
rivers of the world. A party of naval off,
GERS, under command of Lieutenant Stoney,
will start in a short time for Alaska to eX-
plore this river further. A vessel is build
ing in San Francisco for the use of the expe-
dition. It will be small steamer, with
paddle-wheelastern, similar to those used on
the rivers of the South, and called the Trip
ple-kicker." Proceeding to Alaska assoon as
the season will permit, the party will steam
up Lieutenant Stoney's river as far as it
or other distractions prevent further pro-
gress by water, the steamer will be laid up
alongside the bank and left in charge Of a
boatkeeper, while the party pushes forward
on foot. All preparations will be made to
winter on the banks of the river if necessa-
ry, and prosecute the work of exploration
on sledges. 1t is probable that some of the
outfit provided for the Greedy relief expedi-
ton will be turned over to Lieutenant
Stoney to be used in case his party winter
in Alaska. The party will be a small one,
composed almost entirely of officers, who
have been selected already, but who have
not yet received their orders. Aside from
the building of the steamer little expense
will attach to the expedition. The natives
in the region through which the river is
supposed to flow are friendly, and much as
sistance is expected from them in the work
of exploration. When Lieutenant Stoney
explored the 400 miles of the river he found
the current in some places running at rate
of twelve knots an hour
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07
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"WHEN THE COWS COME HOME" !"

"WHEN THE COWS COME HOME"
With klingle klangle, klingle,
Far down the dusky dingle,
The COWS are coming home;
Now sweet and clear, and faint and low,
The airy tinklings come and 60,
Like chimings from the far off tower,
Or patterings of all April shower,
That makes the daisies grow;
Ko-ling, ko-ling, ko-linglelingle,
Far down the darkening dingle;
The cows come slowly home!
And old-time friends, and twilight plays,
And starry nights, and sunny days,
Come trooping up the misty ways,
When the COWS come home.
With jingle, jangle, jingle,
Soft tones that sweetly mirgle,
The cows are coming home;
Malvine and Pearl and Floromel,
DeKamp, Red Rose and Gretchen Schell,
Queen Bess, and Sylph, and Spsngled Sue
Across the fields hear her "loo-oo,'
And clang her silver bell:
Go-ling, go-lang, golinglelingle,
With faint, far sounds that mlngle,
The COWS come slowly home;
And mothersongs Of long-gone years,
And baby Joys, and childish tears,
And youthful hopes and youthful fears,
When the COWS come home.
With ringle, rangle, ringle,
By twos and threes and single,
The cows are coming home;
Through violet air we see the town,
And the Summer sun is slipping down,
And the maple in the hazel glade
Throws down the path longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown;
To-ring, to-ring, to-ringleringle,
By threes and fourS and single,
The same sweet sound of wordless psalm,
The same sweet June-day rest and calm,
The same sweet smell of buds and balm,
When the COWS come home.
With tinkle, tankle, tinkle,
Through fern and periwinkle,
The cows are coming home;
A-loitering in the checkered stream,
Where the Trays glance and CLEAN,
Clarine, Peachbloom, and Phebe Phillis,
Stand knee-deep in the creamy lilies,
In drowsy dream;
To-link, to-lank, tolinkle,
The cows come slowly home;
And up through memory's deep ravine,
Come the brook s old song and it's time sheen
And the crescent of the silver Queen,
When the COWS come home.
With klinkle, klankle, klinkle,
With 10000 and moo-oo and jingle,
The COWS are coming home;
And over there on Merline Hill,
Sounds the plaintive cry of the whip-poor-will
And the dewdrcps lie on the tangled vines,
And over the poplars Venus shines,
And over the silent mill;
Ko-ling, ko-iang, kolinglelingle,
With ting-a-ling and jingle,
The COWS come slowly home.
Let down the bars lei in the train
Of long gone songs, and flowers, and rain,
For dear old times come back again,
When the cows come home.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07

Hg" The deepest trust leads to the most
powerful action. 1t is the silencing oil that
makes the machine obey the motive power
with greatest readiness and results.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07

No POETRY IN A MAIDEN'S LOVE-It
was divinely announced in the early histo-
ry of the world that cit was not good for
man to be alone" and, the announcement
has received the almost universal indorse-
ment of our race, especially the male por
ton of the race. 1t may be that some are
discouraged by frequent failures-that is,
those who failed to marry those they wish
ed. TO the male sex this would seem to
apply, as it is supposed that the men only
do the cOurting. But a close observer will
sometimes admit that the ladies take part
in it. | once heard of a party who asked a
lady of over three-score years how old a
lady would become before she would rein-
quish the idea of marriage, and the answer
was: "My son, go ask some one older than
l." People will marry. 1t is necessary
that they should. But they should love
first. Those who write of love generally
treat the subject with too much levity, and
associate it with soft glances, moonlight
walks and poetry. Love and poetry 60
hand in hand sometimes, but poetry is gen.
orally left-left away in the background.
The young man, when he first gets in love,
is poet in his own conceit. The girl does
not get that way. She has practical idea
of love, and whether or not she reciprocates
the passion of the young fellow who is let
ting out his soul to her, she will knock all
the poetry out Of him on the first round
4 Lecture by Pastor Hammond.
THE FINEST BAY.-The bay of Havana
is said, by the biographies, to be the finest
in the world. 1t is in the shape of mans
hand, the opening into the sea corresponding
to the wrist, and the fingers being represen-
ted by bays or inlets stretching in all direc-
tions. But in this magnificent haven there
is not and never has been, pier, or quay or
dock or any place for vessel to land. All
the loading and unloading of passengers,
freight or cattle, is done by means of small
lighters, which are roWed back and forth
between the vessel and the land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07

aey~ In the Island of Goa, near Bombay,
there is asinguar vegetable called 'the sor-
rowful tree" because it only flourishes in
the night. At sunset no flowers are to he
seen, and yet, after half an hour, it is full of
them. They yield sweet smell, but the
sun no sooner begins to shine upon them
than some of them fall off and others close
up; and thus it continues Towering in the
night during the whole year
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-07

THE BENEFIT OF OFLAUGHTER.-Dr. Green,
in his "Problem of HEALTH" says there is
not the remotest corner or little inlet of the
minute blood-vessels of the human body
that does not feel some wavelet from the
convulsion occasioned by good, hearty laugh
ter. The life principle, or the central man,
is shaken to its innermost depths, sending
new tides and strength to the surface, thus
materially tending to insure good health to
the persons who indulged therein. The
blood moves more rapidly, and conveys
different impression to all the organs of the
body, as it visits them on that particular
mystic journey when the man is laughing,
different from what it does at other times.
For this reason, every good, hearty laugh
in which person INDUCES tends to lengthen
his life, conveying, as it does, new and dis
tinct stimulus to the vital force. Doubtless
the time will come when physicians, conced-
ing gmore Importance than they now do to the
influence of the mind on the vital forces OF
the body, will make their prescriptions more
with reference to the mind, and less to drugs
for the body, and will, in so doing, find the
best and most effective method of producing
the required effect upon the patient.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-11-12

~ If the reader will look at the map of
Asia, he will see that Siberia does not cover
half of that great division of the earth. The
Chinese Empire, Burmah and India cover
nearly as much ground as Siberia, and in
population they far exceed it. Russia owns
in Asia 100000 square miles and governs
Il, 100000 Asiatics. The Chinese Empire
covers 100000 square miles and rules 49,
O0o, 900 people. England, after she shall ac-
quire Burmah, will own in Asia 100000
square miles and rule 260,0O0,0oO Asiatics.
One of the most significant facts connected
with the vast preparations for next years
great European war is the alliance of Eng
land and China for mutual defense against
Russian usurpation. China has given her
acquiescence to the acquisition of Burmah by
England. The British Empire now immed-
lately adjoins China for 1900 miles along the
crowning ridges and peaks of the Himalaya
mountains. With the acquisition of Burmah
by England, the line of immediate contiguity
will be heightened GOO miles. England and
China, united against Russian aggression in
Asia, would be invincible. 1t would be a
strange thing to see Chinese troops fighting
alone with the English in the Balkan penin-
sula, and probably it would be impossible to
overcome the aversion of the Chinese sol
diers to fight outside of the sacred boundar-
les of the Celestial empire, but it is not un-
to expect that the general Euro
pean war next year will lead to the demoli-
ton of the great wall of national bigotry, ig-
norance and prejudice which now shuts China
out from participation in the political and
movements of the age, and that
China will become, no longer Confucian
but instead commercial and
political nation.