Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-07-07

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could not be advanced, for in every other
relation of life-that is to say, save when
at the table-he was amiability itself. If
he were only younger, the habit might be
whipped out of him. AS it is, it can only
be borne with patience.
THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO's PALACE.
A recent letter says: president Dlaz
and his family are now installed in the
Mexican White House, the castle of Cha
putlepec. Such a palatial residence is
difficult to surpass in intrinsic beauty
and historic associations. The wood
work and uphostering of the east wing
alone cost 100000. The palace is a
marvel of coloring and skilltul decora-
ton. The frescoing and painting was ex-
ecuted by Casarin, disciple of Meis-
sonier. The roof is a beautiful garden of
flowers and fountains. The gates of oak
and walnut giving access to the palace are
curiously carved and ornamented in
bronze. The woodwork in the Presi-
dents room is in ebony and gold, and the
ceiling is an exquisite fresc0 of the Bucher
school from the brush OF Casarin. The
bed is of ebonized cherry with gold and
metal marqueterie and domed with q cam
opy. The bathroom is a grOtto with
floor of marble mosaics and walls of French
tiles. The floor of the card-rOom is par
quet of rare woods, and the walls Cardova
leather, with gold and satin panels and
red Genoa velvet borders. The .parlor IS
like fairy creation. The woodwork ls
in satin panels, maple borders and gold
flowers, and the walls are covered with
satin damask, relieved by blue and gold
Aubosson border. The carpet alone cost
$4,000. A private walnut stairway for the
family leads to the second floor, the suit
of unfinished rooms opening on the tropi-
cal garden of the first floor. Only the first
floor is completed. When the palace is
wholly finished it will be of a character
that would have excited the envy of even
King Louis of Bavaria"
CONCERNING TEA.-It requires about
four pounds of fresh leaves to make one
pound of dried tea, and the yield is three
to four hundred pounds per acre. Bohea
is the coarsest of the Chinese teas. The
best quality of black tea is pekoe, which
consists of the very youngest leaves while
they are still clothed with down. The
finest teas, both green and black, are rare
ly seen in this country, because, if packed
in large lots and conveyed in the hold of
a ship, fermentation takes place, which
DESTROYS their quality. 1t is mostly con-
sumed by the the wealthy Chinese or finds
its way overland to Russia.
It NAV be added here for the benefit of
the many who know not how to make
good tea that the quality of the infusion
IS greatly influenced by the character OF
the water with which it is made, hard wa
ter never producing the best effect in tea
making. The wealthy Chinese make their
tea in the cup from which it is to be drunk.
The proper quantity OF leaves IS put IN
the cup, boiling water poured over them,
and the cup covered with the saucer Tor
while. A perforated bit of silver made Tor
the purpose is fitted over the leaves in the
bottom of the cup to prevent, them from
rising to the surface. lea Should never
be boiled..-Tolel0 Blade.
How IT WARMs.-It is a scientific fact
that stimulants debilitate the human sys-
tenn. The man who indulges in alcoholic
drinks is more susceptible to disease, and
when contracted, the disease is more liable
to terminate fatally, than If he did not
use such drinks. The following illustrates
the point, and if every physician would
be as candid and sensible as this one was,
no patients would recover, after course
of medicine, cursed with an incurable ap-
petite for alcoholic drinks. The doctors
argument was direct and to the point.
i'But, doctor, must have some kind or
stimulant!" cried the invalid, earnestly;
II am cold, and an alcoholic stimnlant
warns me-"
"Precisely," came the doctors crusty
answer. "See here, this stick is cold, be-
side the hearth" and tossing it into the
fire snow it is warm, butts the stick pen
efitted?"
The sick man watched the wood sent
out little puffs OF smoke, and then burst
into flame, and he replied, "Of course not,
it is burning ITSELF"
"And so are you when you warm your
self with alcohol; you are literally Durn-
ing up the delicate tissues of your stomach
and brain. Youths Companion.
How HE FOUND MINE.-SOme of
the best mines known have been discov-
cred as before remarked merely by acci-
dent. while Others again are the result OF
wears of toll and labor. Then others
again have been run across when the lucky
individual whom fortune favored was
thinking of anything but falling into n
gold mine. John Quincy Adams, name
sake of the great John O., struck a rich
mine somewhere down in New Mexico
in this way:
While prospecting he found his haver-
sack on fire, his prospector's glass having
focused the suns rays upon it. AS the
haversack contained abouta dOzan pounds
of powder he dropped it and got out OF
the way in hurry. 1t fell into crevice
and a large mass of rock was thrown up.
Adams returned mourniully to gather up
what might be left Of his effects, and
found an exceedingly rich vein of ore
which the explosion had exposed to view.
He sold third interest in his find for $l6,-
600, and very consistently named the
mine "The Nick of time" ."-Globe- Dem
Ocrat.
WHERE WATER BEColIEs THE SPORT
OF WIND,-The sad situation OF Calves
ton-not by any means unfamiliar to her
affords a vivid illustration of the wonder.
full power which a whrling body of wind
may have on a large body of water. 1t
picks it up and throws it in the direction
of its movement. Time and again has it
lifted up vast bodies of water from the
Gulf of Mexico and almost submerged the
coast towns, especially Galveston. But
perhaps the most singular freak of the
kind was that of few years ago, when
similar storm moved up the Niagara Riv-
er, going toward Lake Erie. 1t trolled
the waters back so that for half day a
man might walk dry shod across the most
dangerous portion of the Niagara rapids.
1t was thus that the bridges were thrown
over to the Three Sisters, upon which the
foot of man had never before trodden.