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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18

The DREAMS OF THE BLIND.-A statis-
tician who has been studying the phenom-
ena of dreaming finds that the blind are
on the whole less liable to dream than the
seeing; and the observation tends to sup
port the view, generally accepted, that
dreams are most largely the product of
impressions forced on the brain from with
out. Of course it is not meant by this that
the stimulus which provokes a dream is
commonly conveyed through the sense of
vision, but rather that the imaginative
faculty, which becomes abnormally active
in dreams, necessarily implies, for the
vividness of its creative efforts, GER
tain familiarity with the form. color,
and other objective qualities, which is
to most blind persons an impossibilitty.
Other senses than that of vision remain,
it is true, with the blind and are exagger-
ated, but these afford less information for
the creative faculty, and are consequently
less liable to become the paths OF dream
stimuli,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18
TALK ABOUT INFANT MORALITY.

A truthful child is generally strictly We
racious, and does not comprehend any de-
Walton from the letter of truth; so that it
is often necessary, to save it from moral
confusion, to explain what may seem to 1t
like untruth. If it becomes impossible to
keep promise made to child, the him
dering circumstances ought to be men
toned, or, at least, it should be explained
that there are such. Again, the Bible
command, Parent, provoke not your chill
dren to wrath, is often forgotten while
the corresponding one, Children, obey
your parents, is quoted and enforced. A
great deal of injustice is often done, more
over, in settling disputes among children,
by not allowing for provocation received.
A most obvious practical rule in the
training of children is, always take for
granted that they mean to be good. If to
give dog ora child bad name is an excel
lent receipt for making him deserve it, to
let it be matter of course that he is to be-
have properly, is to 20 considerable ex-
tent toward having him behave so. l
have seen mothers actually put it into a
child's head to be naughty when it never
occurred to the little one to be so. In
this connection I would offer a protest
against kind of infant literature, usually
illustrated, in which greedy Tom and
slovenly Jane, cruel Peter and vain Polly
are vividly described in the act OF making
themselves unpleasant.
A boy need not be baby because he
does not know at 10 what his grand father
did not know at 20. The modest simplici-
ty and the fresh and tender bloom Of girl
hood-no it has not all disappeared yet!
T believe that child who, without being
coddled and "babified," yetis kept a child
80 long as, according to its years, tits called
one, has a physical advantage over the
child too early initiated into the knowl-
edge of manhood and womanhood. Par.
ents do not realize the physical wear and
tear that accompany premature develop
ment of the brain; and the undue tax
upon the nervous and vital forces, when
a child engages in the occupations and
amusements of grown person, leaves it.,
in maturer years, low in physical resources
just when it has most call upon them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18

REvERENCE.-Ther is no virtue, no
no grace, in postures and attitudes. This
truth we do not question. But if we
refuse to express reverence we shall soon
cease to feel reverence. This also is truth.
1t is not enough to be interested, in gen.
eral sense, in the services of the sanctuary.
"God is greatly to be feared (reverenced)
in the assembly of tt 3 saints and in the
congregation" True reverence, real wor-
ship, will express itself somehow, as long
as we are compounded of body and spirit.
Starve expression, and how long will the
feeling endure? We are persuaded that
it has declined in many if not in most of
our congregations. 1t is greatly to be
wished that it might be revived. But in
order for it to become A. ed habit Of our
souls, we need to adopt suitable methods.
of expression. We should feel more like
praying if we adopted some attitude OF
prayer. By kneeling, bowling the head,
covering the eyes-by some bodily action
or attitude expressive of reverent adora-
tion-we shall be far more likely to culti-
vate the true spirit of devotion.-[Dr.
Bushnell. r..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18

A STUDY OF "STAR RoUTEs."-All the
routes wherein the mails are not carried
by eitherrailroads orsteamboa known
as star routes, because they are marked in
the official records as with star. A study
of star routes could be made with profit.
There is q star route in Idaho wherein a
dog is made to serve as a mail carrier. "a
portion of the route over the mountains is
impossible in winter, and the contractors
st. Bernard dog has been trained to make
the trip at such times. The distance is a
little more than ten miles, and it has to be
traversed every second day, and doggy is
always on time. Down in Texas there is
a star route ninety-five miles long across
the plains, on which there is daily service,
although but two small settlements are
served. The route extends from Poisedio
to Alameto and Fort Davis.
Another star route across the plains in
Texas over which daily service is made is
the route from Tayati to Saragora and
Fort Stockton, distance seventy-five miles.
The purpose of these two routes is to get
the mails daily to the forts, and the service
costs many thousands of dollars more than
than the revenues amount to, they being
insignificant. 1t is such expensive but
necessary routes as these that draw on the
great excesses of revenues above expendi-
ture of the large Offices of the country
[Cincinnati Times-Star. H..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18

AFRICAN LAWS AND PENALTIEs.-In
the interior of Africa there is very little
thieving, 80 strict are the laws and so
dreadful the penalties. Sometimes man
is charged with killing another by the
exercise of some charm, or by Witchcraft.
The penalty for that is that the man shall
drink decoction of the bark of the sass
wood tree. The bark is beaten in NOR
tar until thoroughly crushed, water is add
ed, and the result is poisonous drink.
The drink is given to the prisoner to test
his innocence, if his stomach rejects it, he
lives and is innocent, but nine times out
of ten the victim dies in few minutes.
The different tribes have different punish
ments for theft. In some tribes the guilty
one is sentenced to be killed, unless he
can be sold into slavery. IL:
So dangerous is drunkenness considered
that kings and chiefs along. the line Of the
caravan path from 'Matadi to the Congo
have made a law that no man shall be al
lowed to carry gun on "market day."
There are markets all along the line of the
road and regular "market days." They
market days for fear they will get drunk
and shoot somebody. On execution
days." solemn occasions, when the trials of
offenders take place, the people are allow
ed to carry their guns. ...
There is no punishment for drunkenness,
but there is a dreadful punishment for a
man who brings his gun on market day.
A missionary told me of man who
brought his gun to the market near
Ngombe, and was solemnly warned by
the chief not to bring it again. But the
next market day he violated the law and
brought his gun. He was arrested, and
on the following execution day he was led
into the market place, and a rope tied
around his neck. A hole was dug in the
center of the market deep enough for him
to stand in, leaving exposed the upper por-
tion of his head, the earth being complete
ly filled in around him. Then the natives
Tho Bishop NV William liam Tayior fy n The Epoch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18


HIPs.-Friendship is matter
of character rather than matter of choice.
Even though friendship may be all on
one side, the cause for it must always be
on both sides. No true man can be a true
friend to another, unless that other has
character enough to inspire his friendship,
nor even in such a case unless he himself
has character enough to perceive that
character in the other. Friendship does
not idealize friend, but it does recognize
friends ideal. A friend sees the best SELF
of his friend, whatever may be that
friends exterior or whatever others may
see, or may fail to see, in that friend.
Thus it is that friend often sees in a
friend what no one else can see, yet when
is not an illusion. And in thus seeing the
noble, the friend gives hint of his noble
ness and is enn0bled by his seeing. If
others mad his eyes, or as keen eyes as his,
they also could see and would honor that
which he sees in his friend. "1n the
changes which, thank God, must take
place when the mortal puts on immortall-
ty," says George Mcdonald, "shall we not
feel that the nobler Of our friends are, the
more they are themselves? that the more
the idea Of each is carried out IN the per-
fection of beauty, the more like they are
10 what we thought them in our most ex,
allied moods-to that which we beheld
through the veil of all their imperfections
when we loved them the truest." 1t is
good to know a character which can be
thus recognized and honored. 1t is good
to have the character which can thus re-
cognize and honor that which is worthy
when it is before one. No mere wish or
longing can bring all this about; but when
the opportunity is here, what a loss it
would be to lose it!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-07-18

ADVANTAGES OF AUDIBLE LAUGHTER.
Man is the only audible laughing animal
in existence. Girls giggle, boys te-he,
women hah-ha, and men haw- haw: These
are the spontaneous outbursts of jollity.
and in trying to suppress it one cannot be
accountable for the consequence. You
have the faculty of communicating to your
blind friend the reciprocal pleasures Of life,
therefore you have the advantage over the
most intelligent of the brute creation. No
dumb animal has the faculty of expressing
any emotion they may feel save the dog,
who laughs with his tail as his long absent
master returns it seems as if he would
never cease to wiggle-waggle his tail and
nibble his masters beard from one ear to
the other; he laughs with his tail, kisses,
as it were, with his teeth, and caresses with
his paws, seeming to be the exact converse
of human nature. Be sure that heaven
and all the cherubims are better pleased
with innate goodness, roseate with smiles,
than face as long as your arm and as SOL
emn as the day of judgment. Give US a
bright, smiling face, indicative of the ef-
fervescence of the within. 1t helps US to
enjoy passing hour of blissful happiness:
A new delight steals over the heart, and
we willingly yield to the feeting, fanciful
dream that all the earth is surest bliss.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
"Bear" Steaks of Horse Flesh.

l don't know whether or not horse
has ever been sold here in Boston for
food, but I am sure that it has been
cooked and eaten. Some time ago
leading "vet," who is, 1 believe, an ad-
vocate of this use of horsef1esh, invited
several persons of his acquaintance,
somewhat noted as gourmets, to JOIN
him in little supper of bear steaks at
one OF our hotels. He represented that
the bear had been shot in Maine and
sent to him as a present. The fact was,
however, that the dishes which he set
before his guests were composed of
horse mcat-a plump young nag, be-
longing to a friend of his, having bro
ken leg, so that it became necessary
to kill him, thus furnishing material for
the feast. All who were present at it
enjoyed it very much, and considered
that the steaks and other forms Of sup
posed bears meat provided for them
were excellent and as good as beef or
lamb. Not till the last dish had been
removed did the "vet" enlighten his
guests as to the real nature of their en-
tcrtainment, and when he did SO their
after-dinner tranquility was not little
disturbed. Most of them turned pale,
few were angry, and one or two cool
and hardy spirits were only amused.
Almost all OF them, however, declared
upon reflection that they were converts
to the theory which they had unwit-
tingly put into practice; but neverthe-
less, l doubt very much if single one
of the party would accept another invi-
tation from that "vet" without guar
antee as to the character of the viands
of which they were invited to partake.
II Boston Pest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
A Diamond in Her Tooth.

About year ago it became fashion.
able in New York for young ladies to
have diamond set in one of their teeth,
which sparkled resplendently whenever
they smiled. The fashion grew in
popularity, and was adopted in other
of the large cities, but until recently
the extravagant habit did not reach
Louisville. Now, however, there is a
young lady who can be seen promenad.
ing Fourth avenue almost any aftern oon,
her red, ripe lips parted with a sweet
smile. At the point of one of her upper
front teeth sparkles a brilliant little
stone, which is the occasion of the ever
pleased mood of its fair owner. The
young lady, who is the daughter of 8
banker, recently returned from visit
to New York, and while there "caught
on to the craze. She has numerous
rare and costly stones, but it is safe to
say that none nor all of them give
their fair owner half the pleasure ex.
tracted from the diminutive gem i'm
bedded in her pearly front teeth. Tho
case mentioned is probably the only
one of the kind in Louisville. = Louis
villo Courier Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
A Green and Great Old Age.

Jesse Lisle, of Cooke, Tennessee, is
11O years old, and has documents to
prove it. In boyhood he worked on a
farm. For forty-tive years he was a
Baptist preacher, but is now farming
again. He is hale and hearty. does not
wear spectacles, and will not turn over
his property to his children for fear they
will squander it. The last winter he
cleared two acres of virgin forest with.
out assistance. He says he remembers
when his father came hom, from the
revolutionary. war, his feet bleeding
from long tramp and almost famished
for food.---[ Pittsburg Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
w q n IT. Notes.

The international Temperance Congress
will be held next year in Norway.
The Queen of Amatonga, Southern Africa
has forbidden the sale Of liquor by her sub
jects.
The sale of intoxicating liquors at county
fairs will hereafter be prohibited in New
York.
Sir Wiifrid Lawson says that the way
to get into the house of Lords is to go into a
brewery.
The Franz Bewery in Sioux City, Iowa,
managed by John Arensdorf, at the time Of
Rev. Haddock's murder, has become butter
and egg depot
The gre,oers' Journal is authority for ~.
statement that the output of the breweries IN
the United States for 1887 was 2I 1919, al bar
rels, net increase over 1886 Of 2,2Sl,3 3lS
barrels. s
The Supreme Court of Hawaii has rem
dered a decision giving the King a veto pow
er. As he is strongly opposed to all reform
movements, all hope of legislation favorable
to temperance during his administration has
heen dispelled
Judge VIM. A. Cheney, of California, says
that during his term as a criminal Judge, out
of every 1000 cases which came before him,
whisky had something to do with making the
criminal in 300 of these cases. That it is the
greatest evil on earth, and that he will die
before another drop shall pass his lips.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
MY Sweetheart.

too, have sweetheart Pray cease your
deriding;
You were singing last night, "Love can
never grow old"
Do you think just because my old poll is SO
frosty
My pulses are sluggish, my heart has
grown cold,
Well, well, laugh away, care not for your
leering.
have my one sweetheart, my daintiest
dear;
When she comes through the meadow grass
singing so gayly,
The birds cease their carolling only to
hear.
The grasses wave around her. the blossom
bow to her,
All doing her homage all kissing her feet,
And wild timid creatures in woodland re-
Lose fear at her coming and leave their
retreat.
She is rich, and her wealth, without stint,
without measure.
She wears in her tresses' bright simmer
ing gold;
She has pearls, whitest pearls, and her red
lips disclose them
When the smiles chase the dimples her
rosy cheeks hold,
With eyelids half shut, can see she's debat-
ing,
As to whether sleep with comical quiz;
l smile, and her white arms fly up in a
twinkling,
And her face is laid close to my wrinkled
old phiz.
Oh, she is my sweetheart, my merriest OF
maidens,
And how much love her never can say;
She's my darling, my pride, and my lifes
greatest blessing,
Her age9 Do you ask it' She is six come
next May.
-[Boston Transcript
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
What 1t Costs to Stop A Train.

1t is not generally known that loss of
power is involved in the starting and
stopping of an ordinary train of cars.
There is required about twice as much
power to stop train as to start one,
the loss of power depending upon the
momentum. A train going at the rate
of sixty miles an hour can, by means of
the Westinghouse, air. brake, be stopped
within 1870 yards from the first applica.
tion of the brake. Now enough power
is lost to carry this same train fifteen
miles over plano surface. First, there
is the momentum acquired by the train
flying at this remarkable rate of speed,
then the loss of steam in applying the
brakes, and lastly, but not least, the
extra amount of coal to compensate for
all these losses. By computation it has
been ascertained that every complete
stop involves a cost of 81. kansas
CITY Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
PRICE THREE CENTS.

a prompt solution of the situation. It's
all right, and if you'll look in before
you leave I'll give you check for your
autograph"
"You may as we'll hand me my sisters
bill, which you will find among your
papers somewhere at the same time,
said Jack, laughing.
And the next day two new bonnet,
met upon the heads of their fair owners,
with such damage to the heart of Ernest
Nixon that when he told Jack and Bah
later OF his successful business venture
in Philadelphia he also added that be-
ore long ho proposed that they should
exchange their sisters bonnet bills per-
manently, proposition which was
promptly accepted Hartford Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
The Cup That Cheers"

An interesting token of the growth Of the
temperance sentiment in Great Britain is fur
nished by a correspondent of The ST. Jamess
Gazette. He shows that during the past
forty years the average annual con-
sumption of tea per capita of the entire
and of cocoa, from about an ounce and o
quarter to nearly half pound, while the Use
Of coffee has fallen off slightly, from seven.
teen ounces to thirteen ounces. The total
consumption of these three leading non
alcoholic drinks has thus increased nearly
threefold: the exact figures are from 81. Us
ounces to 99.O4 ounces per capita annually.
This may not indicate fully corresponding
decrease in the consumption of strong drink;
but it must mean a considerable decrease,
and it proves that the people are learning to
appreciate the cup that cheers but does not
inebriate. "-Neto York Tribune
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
Home.
A cloudy sky fills all the west,

A cloudy sky fills all the west,
And all the east is dark and cold;
A stranger, tarrying for his rest.
A shepherd gathers in his fold,
To faith all doubling doors unlock;
To faith there is no foreign flock;
The cloud, the cold, the darkling dome
Is framed of sunbeams arching home.
Rolls yawning black sullen sea,
With savage teeth that glisten white;
The wolves Of water snap, but he,
The faithful, knows It's vain they bite
For him all winds to havens blow,
And all around him and below
The bowling waves, the pillows foam
Are the still waters flowing home.
Though dark the sky and barred the fold
And the wreck lieth fathoms deep,
He findeth comfort in the cold,
And life in the eternal sleep.
And all things toll to bring him good,
And rest is in his tumult rude;
And all things whisper to him, "Come,
Abide with me, for am home"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
The Rum Sellers Profits.

The National Bureau of Statistics shows
that on the 0o,0o0.00) which annually
passes into the tills of the retailers Of intoxi-
eating liquors in this country there is profit
of one hundred and thirty three and one
fourth per cent. poor people had to pay
such tax as that on bread, there woud be
rebellion. But when a man tosses off a
glass OF whisky and pays five cents for the
drink, and seven or eight cents to the bar
keeler for the trouble of handing it to him,
he generally thinks the barkeeper an awfully
good fellow. Springfield Union.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
Wears a Ring On Her Thumb.

A rich Philadelphia woman, noted for
her wealth and eccentricity, having cx-
hausted her finger space in displaying
her jewels, wears striking ring on one
of her thumbs. Strange as this ap-
pears, it is only going back to an old
fashion. Two or three hundred years
ago it was tho fashion to wear ring on
the thumb, and the signet ring wa;
worn on the thumb by the nobility at a
time when the fingers were devoid Of
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-04-26
Dav after went dav by and nd letter

Day after went day by and no letter
came in reply. No word from Ernest
Of any kind; as though to emphasize
his displeasure. Aunt Valerie, who was
always ready in emergency, came to
stay with her, and then the grcat storm
shut down all communication from other
cities, and poor, miserable little Bah
was left to imagine all possible and i'm
possible calamities as having befallen
her brother. Some delay in sending
home the bonnet had been requested by
Barbara, who was little uncertain as
to what Ernest's rigid sense of justice
would prompt him to do, and then the
storm further delayed the delivery of
the tell-tale box.
But finally it came, and Bah locked
herself into her room to open it with a
''dreadfully gone feeling" as she after
ward described it. She took off the
soft layers of white paper, out of which
fell the bill. She lifted it mechanical
ly. "Fifteen dollars" were the figures
she had seen on the box when Madame
took it out, and Ernest had said he had
not "ten." ooh, what a wicked, sell
fish Va Oh, my goo-oodness! she
ended with gasp. Yes. there it was,
in good round figurcs-$25!
To one imported straw bonnet. ..... .S15. 0C
To one bird on same. me................... l0.0C
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