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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

John E. Owens, one of the most distin-
guished of our comedians, who has been
i'll for some time is rapidly nearing his end.
Mr.. Owens was born in Liverpool, Eng
land, of Welsh parentage in 1923, but was
brought to the United States when only
three years of age, by his parents, who first
settled in Baltimore, Nd, but after resi-
dence of ten years in that city, removed to
Philadelphia where Mr.. Owens, Sr., es-
tablished himself in business. He made
his first appearance under the management
of the late VIM. E. Burton, at the National
Theatre, Philadelphia, where Charlotte
Cushman was then startling the public with
her manifestations of powerful genius.
On the Goth of August, 1916, Mr.. Owens
reappeared in Philadelphia at the Muse
um, in Masonic Hall, as Jack Humphries,
in Turning the Tables" for the benefit of
D. P. Bowers. In 1849 he became joint
manager of the Baltimore Museum with
Hahn and in the succeeding year assumed
sole control Of the establishment. In 1852,
at the earnest solicitation of John Broug-
ham, Mr.. Owens consented to inaugurate
with his performances, Brougham's Lyce-
um, New York, then newly built and met
with cordial reception. On the 18th Of
June, 1852 he for the third or fourth time
sailed for Europe, and declining a fiatter-
ing engagement, at the Adelphia Theatre
made an extended tour of the continent.
In 1851 he again entered into the manage
ment of the Charles Street Theatre, Balti-
more. In 1859 he conducted the Varieties
Theatre, New Orleans. In 1864 he filled
most successful engagement at Wallack's
Theatre, New York. In 1865 he visited
England, playing "Solon Shingle." Re-
turning to America he made this part pecu-
liarly his own, playing it in all the large
80 &,a hn l-S wifi
highest and is great in his parts as Jeffer-
son and Clarke are in theirs. Mr.. Owens
is recognized as the owner of the Academy
of Music in Charleston.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24
NO.. SO.

ty of motion. A skilled and discerning
reader, as it were, reads a correspondent IN
his writing and composition, and is en-
abled, as rule, to form an opinion more
just and reliable than from personal IN
terview. A person may speak correctly
and vet be unable to compose and write
single sentence without betraying an utter
ignorance OF grammar, orthography ana
general literary attainment.
Adult writing is the outgrowth OF years
of practice and habit, into which has been
become incorporated numberless personal
pecularities which rel der each different
handwriting as distinctive from any other
as are the characters, faces and personal
mien of the different writers. Persons odd
and eccentric in their character generally
develop style of writing equally odd and
eccentric. This is done quite unconscious
ly to the writer, so much so, that it is we'll
nigh impossible that such peculiarities can
be avoided by those who would seek to
suddenly alter or disguise their writing.
1t is quite obvious that an habitual pecu-
liarity that is unnoticed cannot be dis
pensed with. No one can 60 around to
stumbling into an undiscovered hole, nor
can one attempt to simulate the writing OF
another note and comprehend so as to re-
produce perfectly all the numberless person
al peculiarities therein contained, even If
his own habitual peculiarities could be
avoided.
1t is on this principle that scientific eX-
animation of the handwriting is usually
conducted.
Incourts of justice handwritingis is brought
in question in variety of forms, and differ
ent forms require different methods for
detection and proof In some instances the
work is so skillfully done as to we'll nigh
defy detection; others so clumsily and of
such character as to be at once apparent
to skilled discerner.- -Pennaan's Art Jour-
NAL
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24
Selected guetrp.
THAT GLORIOUS SONG OF Old"
BY REV. f.. II. SEARS.

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on earth, good will to men
From Heavens all-gracious King
The world in solemn stiffness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world;
Above it's sad and lowly plains
They bend on lowering wing,
And ever DER its Babel-sounds
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woes of sin and strife,
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring;-
Oh, hush the noise, We men OF strife,
And hear the angels sing!
And We, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toll along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;-
Oh, rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing!
For 10 the days are fastening on
BY prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

HEREDITARY GENIUS IN DOGs.-The
longer live the more 1 see and am con-
vinced that qualities in dogs, aye, even to
little queer tricks and ways, are hereditary,
and there is no such thing as getting pup
pies from parents that have been allowed
to run to seed, as far as proper training and
field practice is concerned, and expect them
to be clever and docie workers. The thing
is absolutely impossible. They may by ac-
cident be gifted sometimes with good nose
i. e., the mere power of smell (Which is
vastly different from cleverness and judg-
ment in using that power and with ami
NAL powers of pace, etc. a; but talent, clev..
erness, and brains strong enough to stand
and hold high breaking are not there. The
result is forgetfulness, want of self-control,
and want of method in hunting, to say
nothing of the higher quality of originality
in mode of outwitting game, which in real,
ly great dogs amounts to genius.-Land and
Water
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

the ground that in many places nothing
can penetrate it. The country is not we'll
drained and is swampy. The water stands
in dark pools in the many depressions of
the ground. In the deep caverns among
the lodges of rocks ice forms in the early
autumn, and does not melt until late in the
succeeding summer. So thick are the
branches Of the trees that in places the sum
shine has not touched the ground, perhaps,
for centuries. An eternal twilight broods
over the Wilderness
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

WHAT HANDWRITING GREVEALS.-Hand
writing undoubtedly reveals more Of the
character and attainments of its possessor
than any other characteristic.
Judgment is manifest in the form and
proportions of the writing, taste in the
style, choice of paper, ink, etc., care and
neatness in the arrangement, folding, SUI
prescription and stamp, manual dexterity
in the quality of line, and grace and rapidi-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

GRAY HAIRs.-The fact that some per-
sons begin to show gray hairs while in their
twenties does not indicate premature de-
cav of the constitution. 1t is purely local
phenomenon, and often co-eXists with great
physical vigor. A medical journal says:
"AIany feeble persons, and others who have
suffered extremely, both mentally and phys
icaly, do not blanch hair until past mid
die life while others, without asslgna6le
cause, lose their capillary coloring matter
rapidly at about forty years of age.
Trace has marked influence. The trav-
eler DR.. Orbigny, says that in the many
years he spent in South America, ne never
saw bald Indian, and scarcely ever a gray
headed one. The negroes turn more slowly
than the whites. -,
''In this country sex appears to make lit
tie difference. Men and women grow gray
at about the same period of life. In men
the hair and beard rarely change equally.
The one is usually darker than the other for
several years, but there seems no general
rule as to which Whitens first.
''The spot where grayness begins differs
with the individual. The philosopher,
Schopenhauer, began to turn gray on the
temples, and complacently framed theory
that this indicates vigorous mental activity.
"The correlation of gray hair. as well as
it's causes, deserve more attentive study
than they have received. Such change is
undoubtedly Indicative of some deep-seated
physiological process, but what this is we
can only ascertain after more extensive OBJ
servations than have yet been submitted to
science"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

aY- The happiest persons in all the world
are those who have rest by faith.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

aB~ Few men are both rich and generous;
fewer are both rich and humble.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24
HOW TO BE KIND TO WIDOWS.

The three of us had been tramping over
the battlefield all day long, and asnight came
on there was every evidence OF steady,
soaking rain storm. We had to get shelter
right away, and we found it in small
farm house owned by widow. She was
willing enough to furnish us supper, but
when it came to lodgings she seemed great
ly embarrassed.
"You see," she said, "my house is very
small. Indeed, l have only this room with
a bedroom off,"
"But can't we sleep in the barn ?" asked
the Colonel.
II have no barn."
"But you can go to bed and let US sleep
on the floor in this room, can't you ?"
Eyes, bu-bu-"
"Oh, you needn't have any fear of us,
madam" protested the Colonel.
1T isn't that, sir, but"
She blushed like rose, but none of us
could understand until she said:
"Well, to tell the truth, my beau will be
here tonight"
"In this storm 2"
ooh, yes. He would come if it rained
pitchforks."
"Well, we won't hurt William"
"No, sir, but we-that is, he will expect
to spark me, and-and-"
"Exactly," said the Colonel. II see the
situation. You don't want to disappoint
William"
"No, sir, and 1 don't want to turn you
gentlemen out either. You see, sir, it's
probably my only chance to get married,
and it won't do to offend William. This is
his sparkling night and he's got to come
five miles,"
"Well, we won't stand in the way, we
will hunt some other place."
. "No, sir, you shall stay, but you see how
it is. 1 think l can fix it. I'll take this
room, and you three can have the bed
room."
"What! Deprive you of sleep?" :,
"Oh, no, sir, William and always spark
till daylight. Ifyou would only fix it that
way, SIR"
We did, After supper we locked our
selves up in the bedroom, and taking the
pillows from the bed, lay down on the floor
and slept like bricks until called to break
fast When we went out the Colonel asked !:
"Well, did William show up?''
"Y-yes, SIR" she starnmered, land ne
asked me to m-marry him! If we hadn't
fixed things maybe he'd have waited a
whole year longer. B-breakfast is ready,
and ri never forget your k-kindness to a
poor widow"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-24

A VIRGINIA WILDERNESS Fucker coun-
ty, in this State, is almost an impenetrabe
wilderness. To-day as little is known of it
as was known fifty years ago. OCCASIONAL
ly hunters penetrate its primitiye forests,
and are never again heard Of Two years
ago John Losh and James Evans left Davis,
the nearest village, and struck out into the
unknown region. They never came back.
For weeks their friends roamed over the
country in search of them. Not trace of
them has ever been discovered. For fifty
miles beyond Davis there is not a human
habitation A vast gloomy forest stretches
over mountain and valley. Its inhabitants
are deer, bears, wildcats, panthers, and
other wild beasts. The region is high, cold,
and damp. The thick woods keep off the
sun and matted growth of laurel so covers
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
NoGAL.
Jan. 18th. 1885.

Jan. l4th, 1850.
EDITOR LEADER: Do YOU know
VIII re Nogal is! Perhaps the
White Oaks geographers have ex.
plunged the place from their recent
maps, if so | wish to resurrect the
name at least. We are all here,
and the mines too. The hills.
crock ribbed and anciert," the
signing pines and thS picturesque
prospect holes, are still here to
strike the stranger dumb with a.
t"nisl mcnt. Even the precious
metals remain ~ of ware, embedded
IN tne porphyry dykes dctying
alike the pick Of the impecuniouS
prospector, and the trrmend-ns
enterprise of the ubiquitous Chan
der. Are We discourS~ed2 Not
by a large majority That rough
-
diamond OF humanity, the miner,
is yet with us, and his tracks are
numerous in Cvery snowdritt. tracks
that cad to so ne oshyr feilp "
claim that is ''iumpable'--''Ilold,
enough = | will give you the Sc
qucl next time.
DIR. Shapley. who has long been
absent on II professional ton
through the eastern part of the
county, returned last night. Tn
DR.. brings a favorable report from
the Pecos and adjacent stock coun
try, grass is good and cow-lnei
contcnted.
Latest news from TT. Stanton
report Messrs. Sliapley and Scig
as improving rapid Y. Mr.. Scigc
will loose an eye, but Mr.. Shaplu,
is more fortunate, and with caretu
treatment will recover the use O
his injured optic.
Will not some ingenious minei
provide us with Il cheap electrica
apparatus for the explosion of dl
Mantle, whereby all danger of a,
cident will be obviatrd2
Our camp is dull Just at present
Some prospect holes are slowi
eating their way towar = Chin
jut some of the boys want tw
Strir g to their bows, and have l.
Gently been securing the countr
in quest OF suitable locations f,
ranches. Yours,
ALERT SYDNEY.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
AT LAST.

TIE FAMOUS LOST CABIN MIh
hich is surrounded by a mining diEtI
nc wealth Of which is unparalleled in ls
discoveries of the age. Miles and mi
{ rich placcrS and quartz leads. pronOu
q by experts 10 bc the very mecca of
old se,krrs' hopes. Full particulars
tai. new and wonderful mineral bell,
Is first dipoovcry how to get there WI
o 70 sud how to become the p1sScssor
l lain, together with a gist Of the laws
mining governing The same also n f.
If infOlm,t ton of The Western Territol
:mcerni1g the mining, stock and 1giir
t lrali interests, and authentic data Of
: eat OIL discovery in Wyoming, will !
4Nt to any address in the world upon IL
-ipt az 81. All questions prop0uud
ill be accurately and reliably answer {
differences furnished when de sired. 4
lress, REID & 'NES.
Rawlin s, Wyoming.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
Oar County School Matters

Office of Sup't. Public Schools.
County of Lincoln, White Oaks,
New Mexico.
Jan. 18Th, 1884.
Mr.. EDITOR The books and
papers Of our worthy ex-Superin.
tendent, George /. Ulrick. were
turned over to me January 9Th.
There being no apportionment ct
School funds, and being besleged by
letter from all the School Districts
in the County demanding their
finger in the public crib, | set at
once to work t. find the size of the
T~reasurer's hand. Accordingly,
on the 18th inst. ] was otiiciallvin-
formed that it contained So, 779.
and having made out the school
census for the wear ending Sep
TENDER 30, 1854, found it amount
ed to us, giving Il per capita of
SASS. On the 18th inst. the
following apportionment was made:
Dist No. /, no report
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
IMPORTANT

When you visit or leave New York City
save Baggage Expressage aud Carriage
Ii re and stop al the Grand Union Hotel,
opposite Grand Central Depot.
Elegant rooms fitted mp AT a cost Of one
million dollars, reduced to 81 90 and up
wards per day. European plan, Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse
cars, stages, aud elevated railroad to all
depots' Families can live better for less
money at the Grand Onion Hotel than ri
any other tirst-clsss hotel in the city.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
LaGies Medical Adviser.

A Complete Medical Work for Wome
handsomely bound in cloth and ~illustrn
d. 1ells how to prevent Al d cue
diseases Of the sex, by a treatm nt
aoms. Worth its weight in gold to eve.
lady suGclilg from any OF these diseasc
over 10, 600 sold already. Postpaid. or
20 c nts. Postal Note or oct. Slam
ADDRESS NUNDA PUULIsHGEG Co, NUM-
Ny.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

| have addressed letters to all
the school Boards of the county.
requesting authority to appoint
three educated and competent men
to select text books for FIVE years
for Lincoln county. The difficulty
to be met is, that parents are I'M
wiling to purchase new books in
place of old ones now in use. To
"hviatc t. Is. | have written for
proposals from Il dozen OF the lead
ing educational publishing houses
to furnish their best terms to sup
ply books for five years, and to
know if they will take ny old books
now in use by substituting new
ones without cost, to the end de
sired, Il uniform standard for Lin
coin County. 1t is my ambition to
have twenty public schools in ope-
ration the current wear in this
county, and to that end, | besura&
tie cooperation of all the district
school boards aud every lover of
progress. Yours Respectfully,
A. O.. LANE.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
Sup't of Public Schools.

The Penasco stage stable at TT.
Stanton, together with II mule and
IT'S harness, we've destroyed by fire
on last Sunday night.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

WE learn from private sources
that the test run OF ore from the
Golden Crown" N"gal, was very
satisfactory, but for prudential rea-
sons the exact figures are not
given.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

THURSDAY evening our Office was
all lit up as by electric light, by
the presence Of our old friend
JAS. A.. Tcmlinson, of Lincoln.
His stay here was a continued ova-
ton. His friends in White Oaks
are in equi-ratio with the popula,
ton.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

The Rev. Monjeau has written.
acknowledging receipt of intelli-
genco touching the death of his
brother Louis. AS exl &C ed. the
shock attending was hear. reach
ing.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

WIN. WATSON was in from No
gal on Monday, and paid us a
visit. lie reports the Copper
Stain shalt as down 60 feet Of the
10 contemplated.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

ToNLINsoS took his sky light to
Lincoln this week where lie will
tBke pictures under it.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

LITTELL, who run out of liqrol
some three weeks since, has a large
invoice of Kentucky cornjuico cn
route hitler.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

c. 7. CLARK got a good thing in
his stocking last Christmas. On
hat day he married a Michigan
lady named IIosmer, in Michigan.
We wish him Il long and pleasant
union.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

? q. +. BURT went to Bonito this
week. He is confident of realiz
iny big dividends from the Rosa.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

I al " On 2 Uoy 7 90
NOTICE is her by -ivcr TO II vhrr =
m y concern, that the grouri on whicl
Wd,nc d BLACK StOir e ~
Gulch mouth, belongs to the uudrrsi ne,
and any party or parties hading for i
from Oth,i person or picieI O,d VII,
will involve themselves in 2 l~w suit. r.,
alone can give a good deed there for
|. n. GEORGE.
Nogal, Y NJ. J,u'! SO.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

Two wears ago, yes, one year
since, there were four saloons in
W hite Oaks. Now but ono is run
ming.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24
A White Oaks Man Abroad.

On Monday morning we walked
into the law office of John Y.
Hewitt, Esq and found him as
usual head over heels in business.
But we at once set the reportorial
pump to work and ELECTED from
that gentleman the fact that he had
Just returned from a weeks trip to
Santa Fe and other places ON the
railroad Mr.. II. SAYS that the
supreme court has now been in
session about two weeks and is
grinding out business rapidly-and
will probably remain in session at
least hrce weeks longer. The
case Of Brunswick and La Rue
against heirs of John V. Winters
will be argued sometime next
week. The appeal OF the Orc
Cash. Rita case. to the Supreme
Court Of the United States is about
perfected, and the first case trsm
White Oaks will soon be on it's
way to Washington"
lis Santa Fe improvingl'
II have not been there before
for nearly five wears. aud ct course
there have been some changes tor
the better in that time. The Pal
ace hotel has been built and is
probably the finest hotel in the
Territory now in operation. The
First and Second National Bank
buildings are both fine structures
and add much to the appearance OF
the town. There have ueen a
good many other improvements
going on SINCE | was there, but
five years ought to bring about
great changes in a town Just con
nectrd with the outer world bv
railroad as Santa Fc was five years
ago, and ! was somewhat surpris-
ed that her advancement had not
been more marked than found
it."
How is the pcnitentiary pro-
crossing 7"
"Wcll l saw the building from
the train, the walls of which are
probably 1--WE or six feet high, The
work seems to be creditably done
Did vol visit any other towns
along the railroadl'
zen, | spent one day in Albu-
querque, but it was so stormy that
| saw very little of the city. The
town is well built and assumes
metropolitan airs. The new ho.
tel now nearly ready for occupancy
Is ono OF the largest and most com
rlete hotel buildings in the West.
The two National Bank building.
are such NJ would ornament amy
city, while Il large number Of bust.
ness houses all over the town at
test the enterprise and stability oi
the live citizens of Albuquerque.
Everybody seems to be permanent
and business appears COOL tor these
dull times. was favotAbly i'm
pressed with Albuquerque and her
business men whom | met
"llow about politics y
My opinion is, that the incom
ing administration will have at
least half a dozer applicants for
each office to be filled, in this T4r-
ri!"ry-possibly many times that
number, as Democrats have been
so long out of office they are n lit
tic modest, and as the Irishman
5 iii, backward about coming for
ward with their applications"
OUR Barchard, R,v. Sigh,
out in a column article in the
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

IT is no uncommon thing 70 hear
men express the wish thatt hey had
a paper in command that they
might be able to give some fellow
II dig that would hurt, bat it is
quite unusual to hear people sigh
for press through which they
could sound the praises OF Il fellow
man. Bat OF late we have Heard
several gentlemen wish for a medi-
nm through which to sound the
praises of Tom EubankS, of Fort
Stanton, who is the mcrning and
evening star of the Fort tirmanent.
who cen always ia his orbit. and
whose face is never overcast with
sombre clouds. We had the pleas
+ of meeting him the other day
and are not surprised at the pnpu-
larity lac has achieved. He has
not a glass eve but is a bully tel
low.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-24

WALTER CnrRcH came up to see
life in the Oaks, this week.