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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

ABOUT SWALLOWs.-Prof. Grant Allen,
speaking of swallows, says that no other
race has ever lived in such close connection
with man and yet learned so little from his
companionship. Still, theyshoW some signs
OF intelligence. In making the mud walls
of their nests, for instance, they allow each
layer to dry thoroughly before proceeding
to stop it by another course. In acquiring
the habit of building in chimneys, which
has been carried to swallows by the west
ward course of civilization, they exhibit
some faculty of adaptation. AS a rule they
place their nest five or six feet below the
top of the chimney, to keep it out OF the
way of owls, not directly over the Kitchen
fire, but over an adjoining tlue. And it re-
uuires some art to get down into the shaft.
The emcrgence of the young swallows from
this place is a remarkable instance of intel
ligent action still wavering on the brink of
mere hardened instinct. AS soon as they
are strong enough to move, the chicks
Chamber rather than fly up the perpen-
dicular shaft, by beating their wings sin
some Intellectual compromise between a flop
and a futter." Often they fail and fall crush
ed to the hearth. Then having reached the
summit, it is some time before they venture
upon flight, and they acquire the art only
by degrees as it were. Mr.. Roumanes has
collected a few yet more unequivocal cases
of intelligence in swallows. In one case a
bell-wire, on which a swallows nest partly
rested, twice demolished it. Convinced
that it was a dangerous object, they con-
structed a tunnel for the wire to pass through,
and were troubled by it no more. In anoth-
err case a pair of swallows were molestcd by
sparrows trying to dispossess them of their
nest. They thereupon modified the en-
trance to their home, SO that, instead Of
opening by a simple hole, it was carried on
outward in the form of tunnel. Instances
are recorded where several swallows have
combined to drive away sparrows which
had robbed a pair of comrades of their nest.
Popular Science MOnthLy.
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eth, 1886.
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WHO WAS IT INVENTED BRICK ,
Next, let us consider q very simple article,
which most people would hardly deem wor-
thy of notice as an invention, and yet which
occupies a most important place in the his
tory of the human race. l allude to bricks.
Whoever first pressed clay into the form OF
a parallelogram, and dried it il the sun, was
a genius. 1t looks simple enough now.
One might say, "a child could think of
that; but many generations of men lived
and died on the face of the globe, without
thinking of it. Consider the million of mil
lions of bricks composing our dwellings and
factories and churches; think of the inesti-
mable benefits conferred upon mankind by
this simple invention and of the load of
gratitude due to the memory of the great
discoverer.
But again the question arises, who is he?
Where did he live, and in what age of the
world? Alas! there is no answer to these
questions silence covers up his history.
Let us hope that he lived long enough after
his invention to build himselfa comfortable
brick dwelling in which to end his useful
life. May we not hope that in some other
sphere he is reaping the reward of his ines
timablc gift to his fellow creatures. stylFhile
he has passed away from the ~world-dust to
dust, ashes to ashes-the benefits of his in
vention will continue as long as the world
lasts, and all generations should call him
blessed. Let us as soon as the Grant monu-
ment fund is completed, open q new sub
scription, to raise a brick column whose
head "shall reach even into heaven" in
honor of the great benefactor. --Outbg.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23
EGGS.

The familiar statement that each egg is
equal to half a pound of meat must be taken
with several grains of salt. Nourishing as
eggs undoubtedly are, it is a question
whether a laboring man would find himself
as fully equipped for hard work by eating
two of them as he would by a meal of a
pound of beefsteak. One may admit this
without going as far as did the serving-maid
who pathetically lamented to her mistress
that meat three times a day was necessary
to her comfort, adding that although she
that morning, she still had a hollow feeling,
because ''the meat corner was not full"
Much of the value of eggs depends upon
their absolute freshness. In cooking with
them, as with butter, a little less than per-
fiction may possibly pass muster, but there
is always a risk in attempting it. Memory
recalls to one hOusekeeper a bitter souvenir
of an episode of her inexperienced days,
when a pumpkin pie, rich in good things,
and tempting to the eye was ruined to the
palate by one of the liberal number of egg
which went to its composition having been
kept in a little too long. Cake utterly re-
fuses to rise if the eggs used in it are at all
stale, unless it be inflated by soda to such
a degree as to render it UNBEATABLE; and
mullins, Sally Lunn, corn bread, etc, are
equally stubborn in their honesty.
If entire freshness of eggs be desirable
when they are to be compounded with
other materials, what must be said of this
necessity when they are to form a separate
article of diet for the table use? Nothing
is more revolving eve to a hardy stomach
than the least suspicion of offensive taste
and odor in an egg, and unless their perfec-
ton can be guaranteed it is far better not to
ened is not easily laid to rest, and in some
cases endures for ever.
There has been a great deal of discussion
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

MARITAL EXPENsEs.-Sam Perkins, of
Hearne, Texas, is somewhat of a philoso-
pher, and he is always giving good advice to
his friends. He is somewhat cynical on the
subject of matrimony, having had some sad
experience in that line.
Not long since his nephew, Sam Stinch-
comb, told him that he intended to marry
Mary Bartlett.
"Has she got any money" asked Sam.
"No."
"Have you got any
"No."
"My dear boy, don't you know that it
takes a great deal of money to carry on
var ?"-Sitings.
THE LIMIT.-"My dear" she said as she
laid the paper down, II see that some of
the Chicago fire engines could scarcely be
moved on account Of the snow"
SWELL"
"Well why don't they put the engines
on runners when there is snoww
"They would be too low to take the water
from the hydrants."
eyes, but why not lower the ~hydrants?"
He set his jaws and refused to be fur
Their interviewed.-DetroH Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23
Mnmaruns department.
4 CONGRESSNAN'S COW TR aDE.

Representative O'Neill, of Missouri, is a
veritable son of the soil. Among his con-
stituents he is a granger himself. His dis
trict lies in the upper part of st. Louis, but
as it embraces the billy goat and garden
truck suburbs of the metropolis of the Mis-
sissippi, his constituency is somewhat rural.
To this element O'Neill has long been a
walking encyclopedia of information con
corning crops and live stock. During the
last campaign, while visiting, he met one
of his farmer constituents, driving a cow.
He at once began to air his knowledge of bo-
vine breeds. In the height of his enthusi-
asm he offered to buy the cow The farmer
was not anxious to sell, but said he would
take $65 for her.
"Drive her up to my house." said O'Neill,
land I'll be there to pay you the money"
The farmer regretted that he had consent
ed to part with his favorite cow, and said:
"Let me tell you, Mr.. O'Neill, the cow is a
gentle creature and a good mixer, but she
has no upper teeth"
"Of course that changes the trade" said
Mr.. O'Neill. "You wouldn't expect me to
take a cow with such a defect as that, but
bring me a good mixer, with sound upper
teeth, and I'll buy her."
When the story got out there was great
excitement in the cabbage end of his dis
trict. The grangers swore they would not
have a Congressman who was "blamed fool
enough to believe that cows had upper
teeth" AS a result, O'Neill was only re-
elected by the skin of his own upper teeth
WaShiaqton Republican.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

Always remove the decimal point one
place to the left before making the additions
and the sum will be the selling price of the
single article.
In calculating the per cent. on a single
article if you wish to make
10 ner cent. divide bNLlO, multiply by II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23
4 CONTRACTORS GHOST STORY.

81 never go much on ghost stories" be-
gan Contractor Van Dyke, at the Clinton
House, the other evening. The old gentle
mar had been listening with more or less
attention to a series of tales being told ny
the guests of the hotel.
"You don't believe i~nspooks, then, "sug-
gested one of the gathering.
"Well, 1 don't know" the old contractor
replied. "My experience in that direction
has been somewhat remarkable. l don't
p you will believe me, but the story
1 will tell you is true. | can produce a liv-
ing witness to it, and l will at any time
make affidavit to its accuracy. Two years
ago I was building a piece Of railroad down
in the eastern part Of this State. Among
the people who furnished me ties was an
old traderin whom 1 had little or no conf
dence. AS the bills for ties came in l paid
them promptly and took receipts from eve
yman. knew to the tie the number used.
After my contract was completed the OLD
trader sued me for the price of fifty ties.
The case was tried and | was made to pay
the money. The old man had sworn 70 his
OIL, anu llllic VI lO uSlSloS u W. IhooS'
When / paid the money I warned the fellow.
I told him he had perjured himself. l pre-
dicted for him an unhappy ending. About
six months ago, I was awakened at one
o'clock in the morning by this same old ira
der. 1t wa dark in my room. Just as
plainly as I can see you now he was there
in life. He wakened me BY calling my
name. My partner was in a bed in the
same room Just a few feet from me. called
him and told him Of the visitors presence.
He said he could not see him and laughed at
me. He told me that | was dreaming and
suggested that l had better 60 to sleep.
While we were talking theold trader called
me by name. He said he had been mistak-
en- about the ties, and offered to return me
the money. The vision then vanished.
My partner talked with me Of the matter
before we went to sleep again. The next
morning he told the story on me as a joke,
but while we were at breakfast the news
reached US of the old traders death. He
had died within ten minutes of the time of
his visit to me. l have nc idea how many
more calls of the same character he had to
make, but l am satisfied his visit to Inc was
the last one. That story is true as holy
writ" the old man concluded. n distress
sing silence followed its telling and the par
ty broke up before all recovered.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

IRISH BULLs.-The Irish, rightly or
wrongly, get credit for almost all the
bulls that 60 the rounds of the papers. 1t
was an Irishman who wanted tofind a place
where there was no death, that he might 60
and end his days there. 1t was an Irish
editor that exclaimed, when speaking of
the wrongs of Ireland, "Her cup of misery
has been for ages overfiowing and is yet not
full" 1t was an Irish newspaper that said
of Robespierre that che left no children
behind him, except a brother, who was
killed at the same time" 1t was an Irish
coroner who, when asked how he accounted
for the extraordinary mortality in Lime
rick, replied sadly, 81 cannot tell. There
are people dying this year that never died
BEFORE" 1t was an Irish handful that an
nounced with boundless liberality in refer
ence to a great political demonstration in
the Rotunda, that "ladies without distinc-
ton of sex would be welcome" Sir Boyle
Roche said, 'Single misfortunes never come
alone, and the greatest of possible misfor-
tunes is generally followed by much great
err" Aneminent spirit merchant in Dublin
announces in an Irish paper, "that he has
still a small quantity of the whisky on hand
which was drunk by George ". when in
Dublin"
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APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Undersigned,
administrators of the estate OF WlLLlAM
McGILL, deceased, have made final return and
settlement with the Judge of Probate for York
county, and on Thursday, the Bird day of July,
1856. at IL o'clock A. NJ, will make application
for discharge from liability as Administrators
of said estate.
WILLIAM MCGILL, administrators
THOMAS MCtiILL,
C. l.. SPENCER, Attorney for administrators.
June3 - 5tH
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

TRUE BUSINESS PRINCIPLEs.-lt is as
easy to be a rich man as a poor one. Hall
the energy displayed in keeping ahead thai
is required to catch up when behind would
save credit, give more time to attend to
business, and add to the profit and reputa-
ton of those who work for gain. Honor
your engagements. If you promise to meet
a man or to do a certain thing at a certain
moment, be ready at the appointed time.
If you go on business, attend promptly to
matters on hand, then as promptly go about
your own business.
DO not stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If you have a place of business be found
there when wanted. No man can get rich
by sitting around stores. Never fool on
business matters. Have order, system,
regularity, liberality, promptness. DO no
NEEDLE with business you know nothing OF.
Never buy an article you do not need, sim
ply because it is cheap and the man who
sells it will take it out in trade. Trade is
money. Strive to avoid harsh words and
personalities. DO not kick every stone in
the path more miles can be made in a day
by going steadily on than by stopping to
kick. Pay as you 60. A mar of honor re-
spects his word as he does his bond. Aid,
but never beg. Help others when you can,
but never give what you cannot afford to,
simply because it is fashionable. Learn to
say "no." No necessity for swapping it out
in dog-fashion, but say it firmly and re-
specially. Have but few %contidants, and
the fewer the better. Use your W brains
rather than those of others. Learn to think
and act for yourself. BE vigilant. Keep
ahead rather than behind time.
Young man, cut this out if there be folly
in the argument, let us know.
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The BEST HE COULD Do.-"Can I get
to stay all night?" inquired a flthy-looking
tramp at a farmhouse.
"We're not fixed to keep anybody" said
the farmer. "We're crowded for ROOM"
"But Pm not particular. I can put up
with most anything"
"Well, in that case perhaps we can &C
commodate you. But couldn't give you a
room to yourself"
"No, I didn't expect it; I can sleep any
where"
"Can you? Well, now that's cheering.
Will you 60 into the pig pen along with the
other hogs, or would you prefer a bed under
the corn crib among the rats? That's the
best we can do for you"
He passed on.-G Chicago Ledger.
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@r"I tell you, Bromley, Pm more than
ever impressed with the eternal fitness Of
things, the inter-related association, the i'm
pinging approximation, the"
ooh, nonsense, Darringer! 1 used to be
an enthusiast of the kind, but 1 amt now"
"What led you to change your mind?"
Gan incident which occurred this spring
during house cleaning. I fell over a scrub
bling bucket, splintering my n~ose-glasses
into my face and put my foot through the
motto, "God bless our home" I tell you
there wasn't any eternal fitness about it.
I was irreverent enough to eschew the
blessing by proxy and took to blessing my
home myself. With too much heartiness,
perhaps, I appeased my wife with an slS
bonnet, but the dog remained under the
back porch for the rest of the week."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

sa~ "John," inquired the counsel of the
witness, at the same time casting a facetious
glance at the jury, "when you Cinnamon
take your celestial oath in court what is
done with the chicken after the head is cut
Off" "Some lawyer glet him." replied the
witness.-New York SIM.
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hgI 1t is said of Horace Greeley that soon
after he went to learn the printing business
he went to see a preachers daughter. The
mex time he attended meeting he was con-
siderably astonished at hearing the minis
ter announce as his text, "My daughter is
grievously tormented with a devil"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-23

HE KNEW A DOZEN.-A certain Con-
gressman's little boy has a pretty good
opinion of himself, and thinks that he
knows nearly as much as everybody else in
town. His Sunday-school teacher had the
class up Sunday for examination, and John
ME was more than ready to tell what he
knew.
"Do you know the ten commandments
Johnnie? ?" she asked.
"Well I should say I did," he responded.
II knowa dozen of 'em."
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RELIEF

G.. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
February IS tt
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-03-27
PeRcHERoN HORSES.
20 Years Experience.

To q Tribune reporter. Mr.. A. s.
Chamberlain, who for 40 years has been
the proprietor of the I" Old Bulls Head
Stables" New York City, said: al
keep exchange and sale stables for
horses, thousands of which annually
come to my stables from all parts OF
the country. / don't deal on my own
account to any extent. The French
horses have good feet and stand the
pavements better than the Clydesdalcs,
and bring better price on the market.
The Clydesdales are short-ribbcd, slim
WASTED and lack action. Compare
lively few of them are now brought to
this market. The demand is largely
for French horses. / would advise the
farmer and breeders, who are breeding
horses to sell on the New York market,
to breed from French horses in prefer
ence to all others. Chicago Tribune.
Percheron stations of the finest quality
and with choicest pedigrecs, registered
in the Percheron Stud Book Of France,
are annually imported in immense
numbers. Within the past two years
1000 have been imported and collected
by one firm alone.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-03-27
CHINESE BANKS.

the Complete Banking System Obtaining
in the Celestial Empire.
The ways of business houses are by no
means the same the world over. Ac.
cording to resident of Hong Kong.
some peculiarities of custom attend
banking transactions in that place. He
says that the interior of the bank con.
sists of large sombre hall kept fairly
cool by the waving of innumerabls
punkahs We wish, suppose, to cash a
check:
''Schroffr' shouts the clerk, and i'm
iiediately answering to the term-not
German, but corruption of the Hindoo
word Sarrof. banks clerk-there glides
forward one of the native cashiers, with
smooth shaven skull, four-foot pigtail,
and spotlcssly white flowing garments.
He is silent and rapid in his movements,
and though his scanty stock of English
Is scarcely ineligible. he salts
ton in hand, your own compli-
Gated pencil and paper conversion Of
pounds into dollars and cents, being
easily distanced by the schroff's peculiar
method of calculation. Taking up
q counting-machine, his long, 1.-THE
fingers move over it far more
quickly than the eye can follow; he
plays on it with the rapidity of lace
making.
''All right as regards the total" says
the traveller. ''Now give me three
pounds in small change" For a sup
ply of five-cent pieces is indispensable in
China.
A means has been devised for avoid
ing the WEAKNESS of counting out the
three hundred tiny silver coins repre-
senting the sum in question. A pile Of
them is poured on that wooden tray,
containing one hundred recesses, each
of which is just deep enough to lodge
one five-ccnt piece, and shallow enough
to prevent the possibility of two such
lurking together. A jerk of the
wrist; the one hundred re-
cesses are instantly filled, the surplus il
swept off, and you have your correct
amount, the schroff tucking up his
enormous sleeves, as the money il
poured into your hand, to disarm a pos
sible suspicion that he is conccaling any
stray coins in their folds. = Youth's Com.
pdnion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-03-27
A Wise Statute.

The Board OF Trustees of Cornell
University have passed university
statute whereby every professor who
shall have served seven years at the in
stitution may have years vacation
on half-pay. This action can not fail
to result in great good to the cause of
education. 1t is declaration of body
of business men that the efficient teacher
is not only worthy of his hire, but that
he must not be worn out in the tread
mill of the lecture-room; that he is. in
short, worth preserving. 1t is a recog-
milton of the teachers dignity and inn
portancc that can not fail to have its ef-
feet upon the profession generally
Current
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-03-27
ricKLIsH oRocopiLEs.
wounded GavisIs That Bswl just Lac
Calves.

Calves.
The gavial is kind of crocodile that
is very ticklish. "Althongh the skin Of
large gavial is very thick and the en-
tire back is covered with long plates
nearly quarter of an inch thick"
writes w. I. Hornaday, noted travel
or, lit is still as sensitive 20 the touch
as the bottom of mans foot Unlike
all the other saurians l ever hunted,
they come out upon the sand-bars very
early in the morning, and are to be
found there at all hours Of the day un-
til almost sunset. Individuals have
their fayorite hauuts, and unless dis
turbed the same crocodile will return
day after day to the same sand-bank, as
i have plainly seen by observing those
that were peculiarly marked. Often
when watching gavials that lay appar-
emily sound asleep upon the sand, ] have
seen them suddenly reach leg back.
ward or forward to kick of fly that
had lighted upon them. A nine-foot fe-
male Which l captured was excessively
ticklish upon the back and sides.
Wounded gavials often bawl aloud like
calves when seized by their captors-a
thing l have never known any other
crocodile to DO. "-Golden DAYS.