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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04
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FUN.-"What is it?" asked Miss
Stafford, as Wallace Smith raised his
hand.
"Tommy Dunlap is sticking pin
into mel"
"Why do you do so, Tommy" said
his teacher rcprovingly.
"Oh, it is fun! y said Tommy, with
grin.
ais it ?" asked Miss Stafford, "Come
here and let me see; I enjoy fun as
well as anybody"
Tommy walked slowly up the aisle.
He did not know what Miss Stafford
was going to do. He was afraid she
would punish him i'll some way, and
her ways of punishment were so queer,
and never agreeable to naughty boys.
"Stand here beside me-" said the
teacher, gently. "Now, | am going to
see if sticking pins is really fun,' and
taking IL pin from her desk, she prick
ed Tommy's hand lightly.
The boy WINGED, and drew his hand
away. .
"Why, it is fun, isn't it?" said Miss
Stafford, and she pricked again harder
this time.
"Owr' cried Tommy.
"Oh, what fun it is 2" said his teach
er, giving Tommy a third prick.
"O-o-w!" screamed Tommy.
"Don't you like it?" asked Miss
Stafford. "You told me it was tun!'
"Well | don't like to be hurt y
whimpered Tommy.
"Ah, that is the trouble with this
kind of fun; it always hurts some
body! Wallace does not like to be
hurt any better than you do, and what
was fun to you was pain to him. Re-
member, Tommy, that the fun which
hurts Il person, or dog, or cat, or bird,
or any living thing, should never be
indulgcd in. Next time that you
want fun, stop and ask yourself wheth-
cr it is going to cause pain
MUSTARD As AN ANTIDOTE.-lt is
frequently asked how much mustard
should be given if it is desired to make
a patient sick in case of Group or poi.
soning. a tablespoonful Of ground
mustard to Il tumblcr of warm water
is the rule. Salt is almost as cflca-
cious as mustard if the latter is not
at hand. If the first tumblcr has nc
effect give more, and tickle the back
! of the throat with Il feather.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04
CORN COB PIPE INDUSTRY.

Corn cobs are not only used as fuel,
but are also manufactured into tobac-
co pipes by Messrs. H. Tibbe & Son, Of
Washington, Mo-, who have built up q
large and novel industry by manufac-
turing tobacco pipes from corn cobs.
Mr.. Henry Tibbe obtained through
Mum & Co., a patent on July 9, 1878,
for a pipe made from corn cob in
which the interstices are filled with q
plastic, self hardening cement.
In 1882, Mr.. Tibbe formed a stock
company to manufacture corn cob
pipes under his patent, and now re-
ceives as royalty alone $3.50 q month.
and, in addition to this, draws about
$4,000 per year as his share of the
profits, which latter amount to about
$50, a year.
The company has the immense ad-
vantage of requiring very little money
to carry on the business, as the corn
cobs are bought directly from the
farmers by St. Louis concern which
delivers the cobs to the company and
receives all the pipes the factory turns
out.
The only difficulty. experienced is
that they frequently cannot get suffi-
cient number of cobs to supply the
demand for the now very popular corn
cob pipes.
The best cobs are the so-called Col
lier cobs, as they are very large and
the grain is not 80 deeply seated in
the cob as in the ordinary corn ears.
Good cobs bring about cent apiece, so
that farmer receives about $50 for q
wagon load. The size required is
about Il inches in diameter, and each
farmer desiring to supply cobs receives
an iron ring of this, size to measure
the cobs with. Rejected cobs are not
usually carted back BY the farmer,
and furnish a cheap fuel for the boil
ers of the factory.
The ends of the accepted cobs are
cut off by circular saw, and a good
sized cob is, in addition, cut in two
pieces for. making two pipes from 9
single cob. Each piece is then bored
out by suitable boring machines ham
died by the boys and serving to re-
move the pith.
The hollow pieces are then turned on
the outside to give the proper shape to
the bowl of the pipe A good turner
usually prepares about 5000 cobs in
70, u.orL;no hnurs and receives 81 a
thousand as compensation.
The interstices in the turned pieces
are then filled in with plastic, self
hardening cement, after which they
are dried, sandpapered and shellacked:
A barrel of cement is sufficient to fill
the interstices of 10000 pipes, and to
shellac the same only q single gallon
of shellac is necessary.
The present plant of Messrs. Tibbe 4
Son has a capacity of $50 gross OF
pipes per week.-Scientifc American.
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HURRIED EATING IMPAIRs HEALTH.

A habit easy to acquire, and most
difficult to overcome, is that of fast
eating. The best of food, taken with
out thorough mastication, is less di-
gestible than that of an inferior quail
ty, we'll chewed. The mouth is mill,
arranged to supply digestive fluids in
proportion to the amount of grinding
done. When food is taken repeatedly
without being sufficiently ground, the
glands secreting this fluid lose their
activity from want of use, and dyspep-
sia ensues. Children should be trained
to eat slowly, no matter how, hungry
or what important business is pressing.
Much safer little food we'll ground
than q hearty meal swallowed In haste.
Cold food is even more IN
digest than hot, if taken too rapidly.
The normal temperature of the stom.
ach is about ninety-eight degrees food
has to be raised to this temperature
before digestion can take place.
A large quantity of cold food thrown
into the stomach by rapid eating is
sure to prove more or less injurious
the same food, we'll masticated, would
in the process have considerable heat
impaired to it; hence, would be COM
paratively harmless. Is is easy to see
why ice-water, taken with the meals,
orin quantities alone, so often proves
hurtful. When a person is very tired,
chilled. or oyerheated, the stomach,
like the rest of the body, is not in
good running order, even for we'll mas
ticated food. At such times cup of
hot broth, milk or water, with a dash
of cream and sugar to flavor the latter,
would not tax the digestion, and
would temporarily relieve the cravings
of hunger, and so give time for natures
balance to be restored. These few sug-
gestions are not for the invalid only,
but for the we'll, with the hope that
they may aid the former to regain, and
the latter to retain, that prime bless
ing-health.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04
CHAPTER V.
GLORIOUS PERFIDY.

When Mark went down stairs thenext
morning, followed by Jakey, they were
invited into the breakfast room. Laura
Fain was there, but her mother was not.
Mark looked at Laura, but she avoided
his gaze. He asked after her mother.
Mamma scarcely ever gets up to
breakfast" she said as she poured out
a substitute for coffee.
During the meal she said but little,
and that was only on commonplace sub
iects. She seemed to have more on her
mind than the soldier who was taking
MS iIre IN MS nanus, ana sruulouSly
avoided looking at him at all.
Jakey ate heartily. Mark noticed him
eating with his knife and otherwise dis
playing his humble origin, while he was
himself eating like a gentleman. He
thought that it was lucky Mrs. Fain was
not ut the table. .-
After breakfast Mark followed his
hostess through door opening into
sitting room on the opposite side OF the
hall from the parlor.
"Miss Fain," he said, II know too well
the station of your family and southern
customs not to accept as a gift the hos
pitality you have afforded. can only
express my Indebtedness, and the hope
that some day the war may be over and
can come down here and show my
gratitude for something of far more
moment to me than nights lodging"
He paused, and then added:
"Ma ask question? Are you
Union or Confederate girl?'
Confederate.
Mark looked at her uneasily.
81 inferred from what you said last
night that you will not betray me-"
81 will not"
But You think you ought to-"
Il do"
Mark stood gazing at her. She was
laHng out of the window with trou-
b]ei expression.
Miss Fain," he said. "you may be
doing wrong; you may be doing right.
At any rate you are acting the part OF a
woman, and this act makes you in my
ewes the loveliest woman that lives"
The words were scarcely spoken when
the muscles of the girls face contracted
into an expression of horror. Mark could
not understand why his speech had SO
affected her. The natural uncertainty OF
his position impelled him to look about
him for the cause. Glancing out OF the
front window he saw an officer in gray
uniform on horseback in the act of reach
ing down to open the gate.
"Come, quick!" she said, seizing his
arm. mo, no! Mamma! She doesn't
know. Oh, what shall we dol?
Mark took her by the hand and spoke
to her coolly, but quickly. "Call Jakey
for me, and we will both 90 down stairs
and from there to the barn. We can
then go out without meeting this officer
for he is doubtless coming in. There is
no especial danger. We shallm plenty
of soldiers before we return"
She flew out of the room to find Jakey'
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While she was gone Mark watched the
approaching horseman. He was fine
specimen of southern man-tall and
slender, with long black hair, mustache
and goatee and a fine black eye. He
Hooked, as he came riding up the road
way, the impersonation Of the southern
gentleman.
Before he had dismounted Mark and
5Jakey were on their way to the barn.
Laura Fain opened the front door just
rs the officer was coming up the steps.
q "Why, Cameron she exclaimed,
chow did you get away9 l thought you
told me you were to be officer Of the
guard today"
q persuaded my friend the adjutant
10 oaetail another man."
\SWas there special reasonT'
Certainly. positively couldn't stand
it snother day not to see you. Besides
we dc momentarily expecting orders to
crossto this side of the river"
"Bdt you will be nearer to us then.
wontyou?
ii an afraid not. Once on this side
we'll lot stop nearer than Dallas or
Poe's.. We may join Colonel Forrest
near Sperta, or wherever he may be-,
doubtless somewhere in the enemy's
rear. Hs seldom troubles the Yankees
in front. But you are not listening, my
darling, ND yoa are pale. You are not
illr' ~
Certainly not"
"You are sorry that came9"
why, Cameron, what do you mean?
You know Railways want you to come"
She led the way into the sitting room,
from which Mark had disappeared but
q minute before-a minute is long
while sometimes. Mrs. Fain entered
and received the guest most graciously.
Captain Cameron Fitz Hugh was a
young Virginian, graduate of the Uni
versity of Virginia law school, tho son
of wealthy parents, whose acres and ne
groes were numbered by thousands. He
had known the Fains before the war,
Mrs. Fain having been born and reared
in the Old Dominion. During visit of
Laura to his people, shortly before the
breaking out of hostilities, he had fallen
in love with her, had proposed and was
accepted. Both families being agree
able, the two were engaged to be mar
ried.
"This is an unexpected pleasure, cap
tain," said Mrs. Fam.
II did not suppoe l could get away
today" I
Everything is Unexpected in these
times. We never know who is coming
to us. Last night Isslept uneasily for
fear that we harbored a guerrilla in the
house." a
GLOW is that?" asied Captain Fitz
Hugh. q ..
"Where are the strangers, Laura?'
II think they are gons, mamma"
"a countryman and his little brother"
said Mrs. Fain to the captain. "Laura
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point on Cue ElVe1 nh@i 'neA "in w
guard
Fur how much9"
IAN extra 6ver."
"Greenback"
cYou amt very patriotic. Won't y
take Confederate billsT
"Not when can get green uns."
"Y' amt Union man, are W"
"No. But I know a valyble thing
when sees it."
The night would have been very dark
had it not been for the moon behind the
clouds. AS it was, the boat could only
be seen from the shore when they drew
too near. They pulled up the river west
of Moccasin point, keeping near the
east bank. They could see camp6res
of guards on the other shore. Once,
getting too near river picket, they
were seen and challenged
"Who goes thar"
"Oh, none O. your businessl" said Mark
jokingly.
Pull in hyar or I'll make it some o
my business
"Oh, now, see hyarl We can't stop
every five minutes to please guard.
How do you know but we're on army,
business2"
"Well. pull in hysIs.nd show your pa
pers."
Mganwhiietfrfsrity was, ,leaping
the oars moving gently, an& tt boat
turned at an angle with tH 6afrent,
which was taking the boat e. kard the
east shore. "Now pull away4earty, I"
whispered Mark, and the bostaAot out
of sight of the picket in twi1 hing. A
bullet whistled over their heads. but
wide of the mark.
"Golly" exclaimed Jakey. What a
purity tune it singsT
They were now off Moccasin point.
and Mark began to look for landing
place. Just above he noticed camp
fire, and above this was a place where
the bank was low, with overhanging
trees. Mark directed the ferryman to
pull for these trees. He slipped hand
kerchief in one of the rowlocks-the
only one used in turning the boat into
shore-so as to muffle the oar. The
coast seemed to be clear for landing,
but as they drew near they proceeded
cautiously and listened for the slightest
sound. The boats nose touched without
noise, and Mark and Jakey got out.
Mark handed the wild whiskered fer
ryman the crisp ten dollar note, which
he clinched eagerly.
Eyer purity we'll ter do. stranger, con-
sideren yer close"
didn't y hyar what | said to the
guard bout business for the army?"
"Yas."
"Waal, don'tsa nothen bout it, TIL
Confederate service pays ez it goes"
The ferryman cared little whom he
pulled if he could make ten dollars in
one night, and dipping his oars in the
water rowed away from the shore.
Mark turned to look about him. His
first move was to get under the trees.
From there he proceeded inland for a
short distance, looking for something.
"Ah, here it isl' he said presently
Nov know where am"
He had struck the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroad, which runs close to the
river bank for about mile near where
he landed. He knew he was about two
miles from the town.
"Now, Jakey," he said, well bivouac
right here. AS soon as it is light we
must set out. Are you sleepy"
"Am I? Reckon | am"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04

CrRIosITIEs ABOUT DENTISTRY
Those who imagine that the care of
the teeth and the replacement of the
natural grinders with false ones is
something new under the sum-" may
be surprised to learn that artificial
teeth were made of ivory, placed on
plates of the same material and heid
together and in place by gold wires
and rivcts 800 to 1000 years before
Christ. Hcrodotus, "the father of his
tory" tells us that the Egyptians OF
the fifth dynasty understood the dis
eases of the teeth and their treat
mcnt. There arc several passages in
history to lead one to the belief that
C;rsar and Anthony wore artificial
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"What brigh. star Is that7''

"What bright star ts thatT'
Mark had kept up his assumed char
acter very well during her presence.
Now that he was Jeff alone with the
daughter he was put to much }severer
test. The girl had something of the
stateliness of her mother as that state
illness had appeared in her mothers
youth. Mark had been sousedfrom his
childhood to meet refined bearing with
one equally refined that he found it diff
fcult to avoid doing so now.
"Don't you love to look at the stars,
Mr.. Slack" asked the young lady.
"Waal, yas, Miss"-
"My name is Laura Fain."
81 hev always been fond O the science
or He pausef; bs s1tdeniy remem.
bered that poor "white trash" were not
usually versed in any of the sciences.
"AstronomyT shesupplied.
"Waal, yss."
""How did you cone to learn astrono-
myr
aOh, i don't know nothen bout it," ne
said quickly. II hesrn man st Jasper
talken onct. He said heap o quar-
things"
"What bright star is that" pointing.
"venus, / reckon"
81 wonder how far it is from us" she
said musingly.
"Venuss Why Venus is sixty-eight
millions Of miles, reckon
II happen to know that's a correct an
swer." .
Mark suddenly became couclous OF
having forgotten himself. Herecollect-
ed his critical position and resolved to
proceed with greater care.
"How far is the moon? asked Miss
Fain. 80.
"The moons a hundred milHon miles,
Ireckon."
"Oh, no. You're far out Of the way
there. It's only about two huadred ana
forty thousand miles" Il, .,
"Waal, noww exclaimed Mark in well
feigned surprise. L.
She looked searchingly at him, but
Mark looked as if he had simply received
an interesting piece Of informstlon.
"Do you like poetry" she ASKED chang
ing the subject.
q, "Some'at."
my favorite poet is Tepnylon. Is ne
yours too?"
This was dangerous ground for Mark.
He had special fondnessfr poetry, and
was more likely to betrsy himself on
this than on any other subject
NO." he said; 81 love Shelby best"
"Why, Mr.. Slack, canyou under
stand Shelley? can't" d
"Waal, he is kinder obstikslike."
"Do you remember apLI9his poems!
II you do, ! would like lsar you re-
peat it."
"Waal. I mought giW Pth few lines
of the ode to the Spirf sture.'
"Please do"
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teeth. The date Of the introduction
of false teeth into Europe is uncertain.
They were known in England as early
at least as the discovery Of America.
"The Mathematical Jewel" published
in 1856, contains an account OF Sir
John Balgrave, "who caused all of hys
teethe to be drawne out, and after had
sett of ivory teethe in agayne." The
visitor at the Centennial of 1875 was
given chance to view the false ivory
masticators which once served the i'm
mortal Washington.
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aasld 49, sz.--A--------
Mark Laughed.
.'You're not much at figures" he said.
No, sab, amt got no larnen."
"Uncle, ! shant want anything of you
while I'm hyar, but You must have
somep'n to remember ME by all the
same, and Mark put q new crisp dollar
greenback inIthe old mans hand.
tBress de Lo'd, you is de fines specer-
mon OBJ q p0 white gentleman / eber had
de facilatudei iob meeten.'
"Well, don't spoil it all by tellen
t'other hands. Keep it to yourself"
''Sho nuff. l amt. gwine to tell no.
body
Mark left Uncle Daniel chuckling on
>his barrel and strolled about the
grounds Presently he found himself
walking nesr the front Of the house.
The mother and daughter sat on the
verande in the moonlight. Presently
the daughter came down the steps and
advanced to where Mark was lettering.
"sMsmma says that II you like you
may-she would be pleased to have you
come up and sit on the veranda."
.Thank your Mark was about to
: lift his. hat in his usual deferential man
ner, hut suddenly remembered that he
was not supposed to Be q gentleman.
He followed the girl up. to the veranda,
and she placed a seat for him near where
they were sitting.
sYour brother is good deal younger
than you" !" said the mother when Mark
"0h, yes, ma'am; he is<ten years
younger"
@You don't resemble each other at all.
You are light, and he is dark
..Sowe don't. Jakey's my stepbrother.
you know"
.sYou didn't tell us thai" " remarked
the lady.
"You're very thoughtful Of him. " said
Miss Laura, considering he is only your
stepbrother."
"Waal, ma'am, I'm very fond of him
all. the same"
"He seems to be peculiar child"
"Yss, Jakey. he is peculiar. very Pc
culiar, ma'arn." $
.You haven't told us your name yet
ssid the mother.
"Slack. I'm Farmer Elack'sson."
sHow many field hands does your
father ownT
"Fsther, he don't own no niggers at
all. We're jest Only poor whites"
'You.re very. frank sbout It. said
Laura.
aWaal, there amt no use maken pur-
Tensions"
"And you go to Chattanooga tomor-
row?0 asked the mother.
.rYas, mAam: cal'late ter do some
traden thsr" u
"And you viii return this wayT
'Ireckon I'll be along hyar in few
days"
The mother continued the pumping
process for awhile, but whether she
made no progress, or whether Mark
succeeded in establishing himself in her
confidence, che arose and walked with
all the stateliness of southern high
born matron into the house. There she
resumed the book she had been reading
e,,rlier IN the evening.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04

THE "Boss" TREE.-Accounts have
often been given of extraordinary trees,
but here is story which "claps the
climax" in that line. 1t is stated that
the largest tree in the world has been
discovered in Fresno county Cal,
in the most rugged portion of the
mountains, about two miles north of
Kentucky Meadows. This monarch Of
the forest was circumscribed by radi-
us of a mile or more of almost impenc-
trable undcrbrush. The tree was
measured about four feet from the
ground, and rope of l29 feet $ inches
long was necessary to span its circum-
ference
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1893-01-04

Rg" The German minister at Wash
ington is known there from his invari-
able good humor, "as the man who
laughs."
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"Oh, woman, thy name is perfdyr

"Oh, woman" the departing soldier
would have responded, "thy name is in
deed perfdy, but how glorious thy per-
fidyI"
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CHAPTER. ~.

SLACK THE FARMERS SON.
Mark took shis pipe and went down to
the yard to have smoke. Going back
TO the barn b entered into conversation
with an old darky sitting on barrel by
the stable door and evidently master OF
Aerse..
sFins nieht uncle
Ives, beryNtine night, sab"
That's notvery good tobacco you're
smoking, uncle. You'd better take some
q this hyar."
'Taaak y. sah."
& .Do yYu hear any news, uncle
SDxnE Mynsme's Dan1, ssh. No,
sah; ruon't st no news 'cept de sojers
Is getting mighty thick at Chattenoogy."
"Do you knsw how many are there"
Il reckon bout free hundred thou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-31
NETWORK CITY.

Douglas NJ Berwick. a native of the Island Of
Jamaica was found dead in his bed at No. %
Jones-st yesterday morning. Death is supposed
TO be due to paralysis. Mr.. Berwick was for
merly employed in the British Government GUS
toms service at Kingston, Jamaica.
Edward Kelby, sixteen years old. OF No 2n
West Twenty-seventh-st, was drowned yesterday
while bathing AT the foot Of e-hundred- and
forthwith His body not recovered.
The gunboat Machias. now in commission at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard for service in the home
SQUADRON will 20 to Machias this week 10 receive
the silver service presented by the citizens OF that
historic town, and will later come to New-York.
The new 1900 ton cruiser Detroit has been put
into commission at the Norfolk Navy Yard. and
will be assigned the North Atlantic Squadron
for time She will to NewYork in few
days for her torpedo appliances. and later Will
make experiments with the Whitehead torpedoes.