Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18
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the extreme age of 100 years, he would not
have lived for million hours, the number
falling short one hundred and twenty-five
thousand of that amount.
At the Hopkinsville (Tenn.) Fair ten
brothers, named Brown, all mounted on fine
gray horses, rode into the amphitbeatre and
displayed their horsemanship-all being
good riders. The eldest was aged forty, the
youngest twenty. They had not been to-
gether for fifteen years. Their mother was
present, and they reined up in front Of the
glorious matron, and saluted her, while she
shed tears of joy and pride.
The New York police are engaged
in registering the names of all the voters IN
that city. Among other difficulties which
they encountered, says the Journal of Com
merce, was that of determining what were
tenant.houses an what were not. 1t was
finally decided that those should be so con.
sidered which were occupied by several fam
lilies at the same time In one tenant-house
in the Seventeenth Ward, says the same
paper, the officers found ffty-one families,
composing one hundred and sixty'sever
persons, and in other house forty families,
comprising one hundred and eighteen per-
SONS!
- The Detriot Advertiser gives new
method of computing intetest on any num-
Der of dollars at 6 per cent, which appears
simple. Separate the right hand figure BY
o point, and the figures on the left hand Of
this separating point will be the interest in !,
cents for six days-the figure on the r'gh'
of the point, decimals of a cent. Multiply
the whole amountby tf0e to find the interest
for thirty days, and this sum by two fol
sixty days, three for ninety days, &c. Fol
any number of days less than six, take the
fractional part of the interest for six. Care
must be taken to seperate the right hand
figures of the dollars, whether there becents
and mills in the given sum or not.
- In the recent address of Hon. T. L.
Clingman, before the North Carolina State
Fair, he mentions, in connection with the
manufacture of wine, and the difficulty on
the Atlantic slope of the United States Of
preventing its acteous fermentation, re-
markable fact concerning locality of the
western part of that State. In district ol
few miles in extent on the Tryon noun.
tain, neither dew nor frost is ever known
The same district is remarkable for the varl'
city and excellence of its native grapes, and
they are often found in fine condition in the
open air as late as December. The oryness
of the atmosphere in the locality mentioned
and equality of temperature, are ostremark
able, and we should like to know more con-
csrning it.
AN Englishmap, boastiug Of the su
periority of the horses of his country, men
toned that the celebrated Eclipse had run a
mile in a,ninute. "My good fellow" exclaim'
ed an American present, 'That is rather less
thansthe average rate of our common road
sters. I live at my country seat near Phia
ldelphia, and when I ride in hurry to town
of a morning, my own shadow can't keep
up with me, but generally comes into the
store to find me minute to minute and
half after my arrival. One morning the
beast was restless, and I rode him as hard as
I possibly could several times around q
large factory, just to take the old Harry out
of him. Well, sir, be went so fast, that the
whole time I saw my own back directly afore
me, and was twice in danger of riding over
myself.
1t happened once that Gov. Footc,
when United State Senator, fell asleep dur
ing the delivery of one of the sopori6c dis
courses of Mr.. Baldwin, of Connecticut
While in this state, humorous Senator sud.
denly awoke him and asked how it came
that he was sleeping at his post, when Bald
win was denouncing him and his State in
such insulting terms. Foote forthwith Sprang
to the floor, and in his fiery, impetuous man
ner poured forth torrent of defensive in
yective against the astounded Connecticut
Senator, who vainly protested his entire in
nocence of any offensive expressions. 81
will show the Senator" said Foote, "that
he shall not insult me Or my State with i'm
punity. l will teach him that he shall not
use such language and then have the effront'
cry to deny it. Why, sir EVERY Senator
on this floor heard it just as we'll rs did "
Swarms of locusts have appeared il
several of the Philippine Islands, and have
caused immense damage in the plantations
Public prayers are being offered up, and the
common people are employed in tine fields
in collecting and destroying them, the au
thorities paying so much for every basket
full presented to the alcaldes. 1t does no
appear that the natives of the Philippine
Islands eat the locusts, as the Riff Arab!
do. The latter, when they see cloud O
locusts lowering in the air and cloudiug the
sky, watch them anxiously, and if they de
scend near their adwars, receive them will
shouts of gratitude to God and Mahomet
throw themselves on the ground, and collec
them as fast as possible. Previously depri
we'd of their heads, legs and wings the locusts
we'll boiled in butter, and served up with al
cuzcuz, are considered by the Riff Arab
as delicious food. Their camels are evi
IDENTIFY of the same opinion, and eat then
greedily.
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