Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-15

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pelling its corruptions But the question is
what would be left of the one without its ira.
ditions, or ofthe other without its corruptions!
II novelty in brandy has made its ap'
pearance in San Francisco market and prom
ises to be used by the consumers of that arti'
Gle. 1t is stated that from eight to ten pounds
of dried figs will make gallon of brandy,
which can be sold for $1.30 per gallon.
--Seven thousand Yankee clocks were re-
Gently shipped to Japan, and now every dar'
milo in the country than can raise the stamps
wears one of these neat and reliable, but not
gaudy, time pieces, strapped on his breast,
and when the clock strikes he draws larger
crowd around him than monkey at circus.
1t is estimated that Maine has now six
thousand manufactures, giving employment
to over forty thousand persons, the aggregate
products amounting to over eighty million
dollars. Since 1850 the State has more than
trebled the number of her manufacturing es-
Establishments.
- The most novel accident on record late.
lv, is one happening from kick by hog at
Durham's Corner, Bureau County, Ill. Mr..
Durham was putting hog in wagon, when
it kicked him in the eye, filling it with the
broken glass of his spectacles. The hog was
dropped so suddenly as to break its back.
- The publishers of the Maysville Bulle-
tin have instituted suit against the telegraphic
editor ofthe Cincinnati Commercial for infring-
ing upon their patented invention of the
phrase, "winter fingers in the lap of spring"
Damag ges placed at 81, 100000 The Bulletin
feels certain of recovering the entire amount.
"A wonderful piece of sewing machine
work is on exhibition at Norwich, Connecticut,
consisting of a number of articles connected
by thread. There is piece of cigar box,
two thicknesses of sole leather, piece of lead
an eighth of an inch thick, nine thicknesses of
beaver cloth, eight thicknesses ofcotton goods.
and piece of tissue paper. All the work
was done without change of stitch, needle,
thread or tension, and the stitch was as perfect
in the tissue paper as in the lead.
- Senator Brownlow speaks thus frankly
concerning his attitude on the salary grab !:
II took the increased compensation cheerfully
and without hesitation, not because of power
ty (though I am not rich, but because the in
crease provided for is just and right in itself
I could have lodged the vote, as members of
both Houses of Congress did, and more easily
than others, for it was late at night when it
was taken, and, in the condition of my health,
I was not expected to be in my seat, but |
preferred being on record in favor oft, though
I knew there were enough to pass the bill
without my vote"
- A Pittsburg frm-Messrs Rogers &
Burch6eld- claim to have discovered pro-
cess by which they can make the famous Rus
sian sheet iron. The latter is made in Siberia
by secret process which no other nation has
hitherto been able to obtain. The British
Government has offered $4,000 pounds for its
discovery, but even the stimulus of that large
sum has failed to achieve the result. Amer-
can enterprise and ingenuity have accomplish
ed it, and Pittsburg, it is said, can now fur
nsh all common markets with Russian sheet
iron at even lower prices than the Russians
themselves The process has been patented.
A number ofrestless Massachusetts wo-
men are about to petition the Legislature to
allow plural marriages in that staid old COM
monwealth. They refer to the fact that the
census shows large excess Of women over
men, and in view of the further fact that a
large proportion of the men are idle, vicious,
and incompetent to be the heads of ofhouseholds,
they deem it manifestly unjust to restrict to
one wife those husbands who are abundantly
able to provide for a large family. They
think when really capable man is found, as
many women ought to attach themselves to
him as he can conveniently endure. This is
not Woodhullish or free-love, but simple Nor
monism, without the religion, and we have
the assurance that the petition is signed by
educated women, some of whose family names
are conspicuous in the history of New Eng
land. What are we coming to?-Albany
Journal.
Did you ever see man fish around in
the bottom of a tub Of water for piece OF
soap? At the first he simply reaches down
upon it to pick it right up, and is very much
surprised to find that he hasn't got it. Then
he approaches it more cautiously, puts bis
hand overit, and then comes down noiselessly
until he gets every finger about it, and then
saueezes it tight, and-misses it. He looks
at it a moment before making another effort,
and fills up the interval with few remarks.
The third attempt is sort of semi.circle de-
scribed with great deal of sagacity, but is a
failure. Other remarks follow. Then he
makes asuccession of dives and slops the wa
ter over his clothes, and drenches the carpet
and catches hold of the soap several times
and lets 20 of it again, and screams at the top
of his voice, and finally, in perfect despair
sits on the floor and actually howls.-Danburs
Neus.
- The English papers are commenting on
the unexampled emigration this spring from
Liverpool and other points. The number Of
steamers leaving the Mersey for the United
States and Canada, putting aside those which
sail for the West Indies and the south and
west coast of South America, is daily increas
ing, whilst the number of emigrants arriving
in Liverpool en- route for the United States is
enormous; in fact, the lodging-house keepers
find it almost impossible to accommodate
these "birds of passage" during their short
stay in Liverpool. The emigrants come from
all parts of the world. They are Germans
Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, French, English
and Irish. These latter are fewer than usual
the stream of emigration from Ireland now
going by way of Queenstown, Londonderry
and Belfast. The Scotch emigration is light
while the English is constantly increasing
The emigrants this year to the United States
will be Of a better class than ever before.
Tho 6ftaenth amendment is being tried