Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-09-18
Straps and fafts.

his sis, and make him pick berries for circus
money.
The net results Of the Modoc war are
summed up in the statement of Mr.. Dyer, Of
the Peace Commission, that in the whole war
four Modocs were "exterminated," while two
soldiers were killed for each hostile Modoc. .
The proprietor of a young ladies' aca-
denny in Illinois has utterly ruined his busi-
ness by causing to be inserted in large
number of papers a picture of the building
with two girls standing on the balcony with
last years hats on their heads.
"A woman in East Jafrey, N. H., has
had an accurate picture of juniper tree
printed on her leg by flash of lightning
And the editor who chronicled the event
has had lively time explaining to his wife
where he got the item.
"A correspondent of the New York Her.
aid has been at the Greenbrier White Sui phur
Springs, interviewing and attempting to in
terview several prominent Southern gentle
men and obtaining their views on Cesarism.
Gen. Joe Johnston was approached, but de-
clined to give his views on the ground that he
was not citizen of the United States.
- A woman has been arrested in Balti-
more on the charge Of fbeing common scold.
The laws of Maryland mako provision for
the punishment of such an offence, and she is
to be tried under the old English common law.
This defines such an offence as common bar
ratry-exciting and encouraging lawsuits and
quarrels-and provides as one of the means
Of punishment "boring hole through the
tongue"
"A wonderful trade is that of the petro-
leum. Twelve years ago, the first export
sale embraced 250 barrels, and the sale was
heralded as a "large" one. In 1861, the ex-
ports of the whole country amounted to l.
100000. In 1872, the exports amounted to
150,000,000 gallons, and during the seven
months of the present year, more than 145,-
100000 gallons have been exported. The
utilization of petroleum in the interests of
commerce has been remarkable.
The records of the Office of the secreta-
ry of the national grange associations show
that, Notwithstanding the great number of
German farmers in the West, there is, as yet,
no lodge of German oranges in the country,
and very few Germans are members of the
American oranges. The reason assigned is
that the manual and ritual of the order have
nent Germans in the West have recently
suggested that the lodges should be intro
duced among the Germans 1t is stated
that plans will soon be taken to have the ritual
and manual translated, so that exclusively
German lodges can be organized.
"A manufacturing firm at Glasgow,
Scotland, have recently made two palanquin
umbrellas of enormous size. They are each
nearly thirty-three feet in circumference, suf-
fcient to afford protection to about twenty
FIVE persons. One is made of fine damask
silk, with handsome variegated wool fringe,
nine inches deep. The other one is made of
rep silk, with pure silver fringe, and lined
with white silk. At the top Of each is
handsome gilt ornament; the ribs are of
whalebone, each thick enough for walking
cane. The stick, which is of brentwood, Or
namented and polished, is FIVE yards long, is
jointed in the centre to make the umbrellas
more portable, and has heavy spike at the
end for fixing in the ground. The umbrellas,
estimated at about $3.50 each, have been Or
dered by firm trading in Africa, and are
supposed to be designed for presents for some
of the chiefs.
"A Nevada professor of scientific turn
of mind has emerged from obscurity with an
invention that will do away with pipes and
cigars, unless it falls far short of what he
claims for it. The professor is about to erect
extensive works near Virginia City, which
will include large retorts wherein tobacco
will be burned, and the smoke thus produced
will pass through proper pipes to large bell.
shaped receptacle where it will be cooled and
purified and so scented that it shall have the
flavor of the finest Havana cigar. From this
receptacle a main pipe will lead up into the
city, and from this will be small branch
pipes leading to all the principal saloons and
houses in the town. In every house where
the smoke is taken there will be placed a
meter, similar to gas meter, but much more
deicately constructed. Running from these
meters will be pipes leading to all the rooms
in the house, and connected with these pipes,
atconvenient points, will be long fexibletubes,
each tipped with a handsome amber mouth
piece for the comfort and convenience of
smokers. When man desires to take a
smoke, he has not to 60 to the trouble of hun
ting up tobacco and filling his pipe. There
is none of this trouble and vexation. He has
only to place the amber mouthpiece between
his lips, turn small silver thumbscrew, and
the cool, delicious, perfumed smoke gides
into his mouth. BY thisingenious and delight
ful arrangement the professor hopes to do
away with tobacconists, anti-tobacco tracts,
and at the same time make an immense for
tune.
The New York Herald, of the 9th, in
its financial article, says: CA sharp effort
has recently been made, and is being contin-
ued, to "bull" the market on the strength of
the decision of the Supreme Court of South
Carolina, ordering tax to be levied for the
benefit of certain alleged fraudulent bonds,
to the end that certain holders of some Of the
new issues of South Carolina may escape
from loss. A vast number of people have
been swindled in New York by these securi-
ties, not few of whom are persons who held
funds in trust for widows and orphans, to say
nothing of ofinstitutions which reposed faith in
the ancient honor of the Palmetto State.
Unfortunately, however, this honor is now in
the keeping of people who do not know the
meaning of the word, or, knowing it, have
played the role of thieves. 1t is at last dis
covered that the sum total of public debt
owned by the actual citizens of South Caro-
lima does not exceed S250,000, and it is intima-
ted that the party in power are now anxious
that an effort shall be made through an ex-
ira session of the Legislature to scale the
debt and evade the collection of the tax that
has been judicially imposed. The reason
given is that these carpet-baggers and would
be legislators have ascertained-and the fact
is undoubtedly true-that the collection of