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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
HOW To PROSPER,

Upwards of 80 years ago, when Da-
vid Maydole was roadside black
smith, at Norwich, New York, six
carpenters came to the village, from
the next county, to help in building a
new church. One of them, having left
his hammer behind, came to the
blacksmith's to get one made, there
being none which gave satisfaction in
the village store.
"Make me good one," said the
carpenter, "as good one as you know
how"
"But," said the young blacksmith,
who had already considered hammers,
and had arrived at some notion Of
what hammer ought to be, and had
a proper contempt for cheapness in all
it's forms, "perhaps you do not want
to pay for as good hammer as l can
make?"
"Yes, l do; want a good ham
mer."
Aand so David Maydole made Il
good hammer that perfectly satisfied
the carpenter. The next day the
mans five companions came, and each
of them wanted just such hammer,
and when they were done, the EN-
ployer came and ordered two more.
Next, the storekeeper Of the village
ordered two dozen, which were bought
by a New York tool merchant, who
left standing orders for as many such
hammers as David Maydole could
make. And from that day to this, he
has gone OIL making hammers, until
now he has 1l5 men at work. He has
never pushed, he has never borrowed,
he has never tried to compete with
others in price, because other men had
done 50. His only care has been to
make a perfect hammer, 10 make as
many such as people wanted and no
more, and to sell them at fair price.
Boys, whatever you undertake, do
it perfectly, with your might and you
will succeed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

Ten MILES UP.~-HenIy A Hazen,
the American aeronaut and scientist,
proposes to make a record breaking
10 mile trip above the earth in an air.
tight steel car, fitted with parachute
and stearing gear, that will permit OF
it's use as boat, if need be. The as
cension will be made at some point out
West. Meteorological experts and all
persons who are interested in balloon
ing will watch this novel experience
with lively hope.
The kaiser himself takes a lively
interest in the trip, because one OF the
results foreshadowed in the solution
of the mooted problem of the direction
of the air currents. This has special
military Importance, affecting, as it
does. another problem agitnting mill
tary strategists-viZ, will the dynamite
and the destructive chemical bearing
airship ever he a reality of the war of
the future?
Hazen will substitute for the ordi-
nary open basket Il cabin furnished
with pure oxygen, and with appara-
tus for producing either heat or cold in
an emergency. 1t will have in addi-
ton arrangements for generating and
passing upward through direct tube
connections any amount Of gas to re-
place the gas in the balloon. These
novelties, therefore, will do away with
some of the greatest difficulties aero
nauts have heretofore encountered
New York World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
for the Aome Cirtlt.
GOD DOESN'T CARE.

1t was Sunday morning, and was on
my way to the church in which held
my Sunday classes. Suddenly, above
the babble of the street, / heard a
shrill cry of "Marmar % and a little
figure, with its tiny arms akimbo,
chest expanded, and cheeks still flush
ed from the effort of that shrill cry,
disentangled itself from the crowd of
children, attracted my attention.
He was such a ragged little chap,
and withal so manly, and SO perfectly
comical besides, that l stopped to look
at him. His tangled yellow hair was
brushed with some attempt at neat
ness his face was shining, and, one
might say, dripping from a recent
scrubbing. His very short dress, from
frequent washing, had degenerated
into a meaningless gray; his diminu
tive shoes were buttonless and toeless
and over them his mites of stockings
hung in ragged pendants. Altogether,
he was dingy little morsel of East
side humanity, looking somewhat like
a dusty cobweb.
"Marmar !" again called the shrill,
imperative voice.
This time, from the topmost regions
of the highest tenement, amidst the
confusion of fire escapes, milk cans,
and human faces appeared an out
stretched neck, and voice shrieked
down, "Well ?"
"Can 1 60 to Sunday shoo-oo-oool ?"
By this time the attention Of the
neighborhood was attracted, and the
answer was given amid comparative
silence.
"No; you amt got no decent cloth
es," and then the face disappeared with
a snappy" suddeness.
"Marmar !" The child's voice was
even more piercing and more impera-
tive.
"Well?" with an emphasis that sug-
gested a ringing box on the ears, if
those ears had been in the vicinity of
the maternal hands.
"What's the difference God don't
care"
The tears sprang into my eyes.
Heaven bless the dear little ragged
philosopher. His simple faith lad
probed deeper than our hesitating
worldliness.
took the child's hand. He had no
fear of me, for I was well known in
the neighborhood as the "Church
lady," and it was without doubt my
appearance that had suggested the
question and, ascending to the pre-
cincts of the top floor, I readily OBJ
tanned permission to have the little
fellow accompany me. He trotted
happily at my side, his little shoes
going fiipperty-hop all the way, his
battered hat we'll back on his yellow
curls, and sat close to me all during
the lesson, perfectly unconscious of the
curious and astonished eyes fixed upon
him.
1 took care that next Sunday my
little boy had a neat suit, fine mill
tary cap, and stout, shining shoes.
But again the tears sprang into my
eyes, as gazing with childish delight
at his new clothes, he looked up into
my face, and said : "But God don't
care all the same, do he ?"
God bless my simple, trusting little
ragamuflin Tommy.-Christian Guar
dian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
TRAPPING THE MUSKRAT.

The muskrat builds it's house so
that while it has couple Of stories
high and dry on the ground, the en-
trance to it is always under water.
The entrance is long tunnel running
from a point foot or more beneath
the water at low tide line to the
ground floor of the house, which is
always flooded. The muskrat's rea-
son for having this subterranean en-
trance to his dwelling-place is that
thereby he has an exit or an entrance
in time of danger that will not betray
him to his enemies, either in his flight
for home or in seeking refuge within
it's walls.
But his instinct does not warn him
against the traps his most cunning and
persistent enemy places at this hidden
entrance to his house, changing it
from way of safety to an avenue of
certain death. This trap is wooden
box, feet long, and 6 inches in width
and depth. In each end is a wire door
hung on hinges at the top. These
doors rise at the slightest push on the
outside, but will not open from the
inside. The trap is sunk in the water
to the mouth of the muskrat's tunnel,
and anchored there, and, whether the
muskrat is going out of his house or
returning to it, he is sure to walk into
the trap. If he had time, the captive
rodent could gnaw his way out of the
box; but before he can free himself, he
will drown. A whole family of musk
rats may be taken in single night in
one of these traps, and as every trapper
has out as many traps as he can
attend to, the muskrat harvest which
they reap every night is very rich
one.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

MUSICAL NoTE.-If Professor Zwei-
beer should be cowhided on the streets
of Austin by Colonel Percy Yerger,
we should not be surprised in the least
as Mrs. Yerger has been grossly in
suited by that music teacher.
Although we'll advanced in years,
and weighing 200 pounds, it occurred
to Mrs. Yerger that she had musical
talent, so Professor Zweibeer was en-
gagged to give her lessons on the piano.
Mrs. Yerger did not make very rapid
progress, at which she was very much
discouraged, particularly when she
heard the professors little boy Fritz
perform very difficult piece.
"You take more pains with your lit
tie boy than you do with me-" said
Mrs. Yerger reproachfully.
"No, it ish not dot" replied the
professor; "ven beaches you de same
vay I beaches my little poy, den you
learns chGost as fast as he does"
"How do YOU teach your little
boy? :.
"Ven he doesn't practice his exer-
cises den puts him my knee over
and makes it hot for him nit a paddles.
Ven you wants dat r.
Mrs. Yerger yelled for Colonel Yer
ger to fetch on his shotgun, but the
professor, who had been drinking,
made good his escape for the time be-
ing.-Texas Siftings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
Humorous department.
4 TRIFLE MIXED.

There was bet of $40 laid recently
between two newspaper men as to
which could repeat the Lords prayer
the faster, and they gabbled it out at
such a rate that the third party de-
clared that the only proper way to
divide the wager was for them to re-
peat it in q phonograph, which would,
of course, correctly repeat each word
which was uttered.
This seemed to strike both parties
to the bet as fair, and repairing to d
dealer on Madison street who rents
monographs they explained to him
the situation. He fell in with the
fun of the thing, and ranged the COM
batants up in front of a couple OF re-
corders, and at a given signal they
started off as if the very deuce was
after them.
"There !" exclaimed one of the gen.
tlemen. II told you you weren't in
it with me. Why my father was a
clergymen, and I've heard that prayer
three times every Sunday since I was
knee high to woodchuck."
"Maybe you have" admitted his
opponent, "but just let's see if you re-
peated it correctly"
Whereupon the machine was started
up and ground out very slowly and
distinctly the following:
"Father-chart in even when in the
course of human events it become
necessary for one nation solve p'litikle
bands which meet 'em with another, a
decent respect for the opinions of man
kind should compel them to declare
the causes which impel to them the
separation. Now the laws of nature
and the laws of God vary in this
respect, that those Of nature have
been so tempered and changed by the
art of man that the conditions which
exist today and those which existed
1000 years ago are so entirely different
that the men of the present could and
Justly so should not be expected to
withstand the ravages of nature. 1t
would, 1 say, be impossible for the
modern man to live even one short
wear under the inclemencies of the
weather without contracting the most
terrible diseases that could be conceiv-
ed of, forever and ever. Amen"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

UNPLEASANT FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.
"Fear is the greatest enemy to the
complexion of the American woman y
says Miss Indy. ave fear that we
will not make the train; we fear that
if we do make it our friend who is to
meet us will not come; we fear it will
rain and spoil our good clothes; we
fear it will clear of, and we shall be
sorry we wore our old clothes. And
so it goes. American women worry
too much. If you continually con-
tract certain muscles of the face, ma
ture helps you, and makes the con-
traction permanent. So the first rule
for smooth skin, free from wrinkles,
is, beware of unpleasant facial ex-
pressions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

the naturalist comes next. Ii weighed
800 grammes. There are many cases
in which an extraordinary intellect
has accompanied heavy brain work,
but the records show that men whose
mental abilities have never been ques-
toned have had brains under the aver
age in both size and weight.
The cast of Raphael's skull shows
that it was very small, much smaller
than the average. Cardinal Mezzo-
fanti, who understood more languages
than any other man who has ever lived,
had small head. So, too, had Dick
ems, Lord Byron, and Charles Lamb.
From this it would seem that there is
more in the quality than the quantity
of the brain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

p9" She was the daughter of a dean,
but bit rocky on spelling, hyphens,
and that sort of thing all the same,
and on returning from tour through
Italy had written to young man of
her acquaintance describing the good
time she'd had, and some of the treas
ures she'd picked up. But imagine
his feelings, on reading her letter, to
see the following: 81 have got beau
tiful white leg," until having come to
the bottom of the sheet, he turned over
and found "horn hat" and realized
that it was only description of femi-
nine headgear
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

RH~ "What is the cause of this illu-
mination? ?" asked a travelling English
man of the waiter at a hotel in Ger
man town. "Her royal highneSs the
grand duchess has just become the
mother of grand ducal infant" re-
piled the waiter. "Is that SOP" re-
sponded the Englishman, taking out
his notebook II must make a note of
that" He writes: "Whenever the
city is illuminated the grand duchess
becomes the mother of a grand ducal
infantI" and then says, "That's very
interesting, indeed"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

B9r A soldier was on one morning
brought before the commanding officer
at the Charlestown navy yard, charg-
ed with the ofiense of telling lie to
one of the other officers. After the
major had heard the evidence, he said
to the culprit, "Do you know what
will become of you if you tell lies to
your officers ?" The soldier quickly
replied, eyes, sir; I shall go to hell"
"Worse than that, sir; worse than
that" said the commanding officer ;
"you will be tried by naval court
martial"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

THE LARGEST HUMAN BRAIN.-The
brain of Tourgienefi. the novelist is
said to have been the largest ever
weighed, the Indicator showing that
its weight was exactly 2,O12 grammes.
The extraordinary size of this brain
will be better understood when the
reader is informed that the average
human brain does not weigh above
1890 grammes.
In point of size the brain of Cuvier,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

BG An excellent turn was once
made at dinner table by Judge Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, too good to be lost
A gentleman remarked that -, who
used to be given to sharp practices,
was getting more circumspect. "Ies,"
replied Hoar. she has reached the SUI
perlative of life-he began by seeking
to get on, then he sought to get honor,
and now he is trying to get honest"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

sG Jones found Smith engaged in
vigorously polishing his shoes. "What
are you doing that for? I thought
you always wore patent leather"
"These used to be patent leather" re-
piled Smith, painfully bringing his
spinal column into its normal position,
"but the patent on them has expired"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

RBr If we gave the devil his due,
we might give ourselves away.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05

Bd5. A man won't save his soul by
paying his pew rent and neglecting
his grocer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
A MUSICAL STOVE!

Did you ever see one! oh it is the won
der of the age, and have the monopoly
on them ! 1t plays "A Piece of Pic" and
"Makes Bread Hum ~ No extra charge.
Come let me explain it, ladies.
p. 4. ALTERNATELY
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
NOVELTIES

In COOKING UTENSILS, / am the
monarch Of the situation. Every lady
knows that convenient cooking utensils
are as desirable about the house as are
improved devices, machinery and fixtures
about the office, factory or store, and III
some instances are as indispensable as the
ingredients to be used themselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-05
p. A. ALTERNATELY.

PRESERVING KETTLES
A Nd IMPROVED COOKING UTEN-
n SlLS always kept in stock. l not
only sell Tinware Of the grade usually
handled by merchants, but the very best
grades of the ware. sell goods that am
not afraid to Recommend, and when it
comes to
The herald., 1895-05-08
7. 7. STEWARD

THE CORSET DEPARTMENT is better today than
yesterday. It is better today than it has been.
Every time line of the Royal Worcesters added
we are sure to better the Corset Department.
SPECIAL
dollar corset is counters today for so
Equal III to any dollar corset in the city, You
can buy this corset for cents. We you to have
faith in the Corset Department. You make big cents
by having faith.
A ROYAL WORCESTER
Made like the silk pongee. Half the price. Made
from ne sheer pure Irish lawn fine summer corset.
Light as feather and excellent for bicycle riders WELL
The price $1.75.
ONE DOLLAR
Buys the best sold in this city for the price,
Greatly improved genuine Royal Worcester in all Sizes
Perfect in 6t. Accurate in STYLE
MILLINERY
dozen styles picked at random Good
shapes for cents reduced from SO and $
New Sailors for cents So cents Is cents Excellent
the city.
WASH GOODS.
The sunshinelhas brought forth army of buy
Wash Dress Goods here In abundance Special lots
for cents CENTS cents 12H cents IS cents Still
small lot of nice Duck Sungs for Ia yard We
showing nearly hundred styles in Duck Suitings
alone from 13 cents to 80 cents yard The line for
cents is the choicest yet shown for the price, Fine dark
Sateens in small neat dark figures 12% cents yard.
They printed extra quality of cloth and fast
coors.
NOTIONS
A few prices Judge them closely. The price is in
your favor Knitting Silks in all colors, cents Corset
Steels cents; Hairpns, cents paper, box
for the English goods Combs cents cents, cents,
cents, cents about half the regular price, Hundreds
OF articles in the same proportion.
The herald., 1895-05-08
A SUMMER OUTING
The Editorial Association of Southern California
Plans q June Trip

Plans June Trip
The executive committee of the Edito-
rial Association of Southern California
has in contemplation a grand summer
outing, to take place early in June, if lit
meets the hearty support of the members
OF the association and other editors. Fol-
lowing is an outline of the programme:
Leave Los Angeles Monday, June Sd, at
ia. m.
Arrive at Flag staff Tuesday. June 4th.
at 1920 a. m. Breakfast at Flagstaff fol-
lowed by a drive to the Cliff and Cave
in Walnut creek canoon and return
drive, via other points of interest. to
Flagstaff. In the evening there will be a
reception and social session.
Wednesday morning. June 5th, leave
Flag taft at am. by stage coach, for the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado sixty-four
miles distant, arriving at 80 D. m.
Wednesday night Thursday. Thursday
night, Friday and Friday night Will be
spent at the canon. which at this point is
5000 feet deep. There is good trail down
into the canon, which can be Travelled
safely by burros, SO that the entire party
can go down into the canyon. if they so
desire. The view from thebrink is grand !,
this date is that the weird moonlight
effect upon the minarets, spires. cliffs,
domes. and various fantastic formations
in the canyon may be seen.
Saturday morning the return journey to
Flagstaff will be made, and thence home.
The total necessary expense of this out
ing, one of the grandest ever provided for
any association. will not exceed, it, is
thought, $2O per person.
The herald., 1895-05-08

that reason the plaintiffs motion for
Judgment on the return was granted. and
the proceedings OF the council under the
writ of reveiw were ordered quashed.
Among the points under consideration by
the court was the corstltntionality of the
act OF March. 1893. entitled an act to
provide for the widening any streets
within cities OF 10000 Inhabitants and
over. and to condemn and acquire any
and all land and property necessary or
convenient for that purpose. The court
held that it was. and that the act OF 1889
was not repealed.
After quoting the provisions Of this act
and the action of the council in the prem
ises, which excluded some land owned by
street railroad companies. that under
decisions of the supreme court, was SUBJ
iect to assessment. and included the city
hall and other property belonging to The
city, the court found that the council ex-
ceeded its jurisdiction.
The herald., 1895-05-08
THEY WERE INNOCENT
And Now the Hack Driver and Expressman
Want $4,000


Want $4,000
G. W. Carter, hack driver, yesterday
began suit against Albert Steckel for
$1,000 damages. Carter alleges that the
defendant charged him en- the 1st of May
in the police court with having stolen
from him watch. chain and two pairs
of shoes, worth altogether $780, A warrant
was issued and Carter had to spend day
in the city prison before he could procure
bail. On the 9Th he was tried and dis
charged. but in the meantime the par
ticulars of the case had been extensively
published in the morning papers. The
plaintiff says that many people hearing
of his arrest now refuse to do business
with him. Furthermore he had to pay a
lawyer $50 to defend him.
John ID. Greider. an expressman, was
also arrested.on the same charge on the
complaint of Steckel, and he was kept in
Jail six days and then discharged. He
wants no more than the hack driver. al
thoug he remained in Jail five days
longer, but says that the sum OF $1,000
will about make him even.
The herald., 1895-05-08
The Oil Pipe Line

Good progress is making in the laying
Of pipe for carrying oil from the Second
street park wells. The pipe laid consists
of two four-inch strings laid side by side,
one for the use OF the Union Oil company
and the other. it is understood, under
the control of the Santa Fe. railroad Off
GERS. -
The pipe used is lap-weld steel, screw
joint. weighing ten pounds to the foot.
tested to a pressure of 1900 pounds to the
square inch. Yesterday the workmen
laid covered pipe extending from Second
street park, down Flower to Seventh to
a point near Los Angeles street. The end
of the week will find the line laid by way
of Mateo street to the point III the river
bed where the big steel storage tanks are
now being constructed.
The herald., 1895-05-08

lie c. st. Pierre on a promissory note for
$340.ap
Frank b. Elberson sued Mary J. Elber-
son for a divorce the ground being deser-
tion.
Thomas Heryford has applied for leave
to adopt his grandson, W. W. Greene,
aged 8 years
Louise Gallagher sued Thomas c. Gala
CHER Tor divorce on the ground OF
habitual intemperance.
A petition for letters of administration
to the estate of Johanna Broadesser, de-
ceased, was filed.
The herald., 1895-05-08
Court Notes

Michael Condor. a native of Ireland,
was admitted to citizenship yesterday by
Judge York.
The trial of the case of the ty OF Los
Angeles against Alice Dehail and others,
to condemn a pieco of land for the WIDEN
ing of First street near Alameda, is on
trial in department four
The herald., 1895-05-08
A Shotgun Is a Bad Collector

William J. Meaner of Pacoma canyon
was fined $40 yesterday by Justice Young.
On May I'd Meaner went to the ranch of
G. N. Wilson, near San Fernando, to col
lect $50. He took with him a shotgun
and a determination to collect the money
ii it took a fuss to do so. He had the fuss,
during (which he threatened to use the
shotgun. Instead of collecting the S4. SO
he managed to be arrested for disturbing
the neace.
The herald., 1895-05-08
incorporated

Central Oil company were filed yesterday
of $3.50, 900 has been fully subscribed. The
board of directors consists of w. w.
Neuer and H. r.. Lacy of Wilkesbarre,
Pa. Abram Hoag. South Riverside: H.
W. Hines. Pasadena. and William Fl.
Cook. Robert Bulla and J. +. Sartori of
this city.
The herald., 1895-05-08
Did Not Keep His Promise

Teresa Ramirez has sued Alfred Scott
Chapman for $4,000. She alleges that he
promised to marry her on May 26. 1894,
but uisregarding his agreement. on the
10th OF August following married Miss
well-known hortculturist of this ccountv.