Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-06-25

peculiar in this effect; dogs, and even their
masters, similarly suffer from copious draughts
of water Immediately after eating much solid
food.
A SHOT TowER-A reporter Of the Baltl-
more american thus describes one ofthe many
processes of making shot in one Of the shot
towers of that city: One of the secrets" of
the manufacture is the mixing OF the lead with
certain proportion of a combination OF MIN
eral substances called temper" The TEN
per" is fused with the lead, and gives the mol
ten metal that consistency which makes 1t
drop. fit we're not for the temper" the
lead would be nodded by the sieve, and would
form little pencils instead Of round shot.
When "BB" shot, for instance, are to be made,
the lead is poured into pan perforated with
holes corresponding to the size. The little
pellets come pouring down in a continuous
shower. and fall into tank filled with water
on the ground floor. In their descent OF two
hundred feet they are tolerably cool when
they strike the water, although the swift con.
cussions make the tank foam and bubble as if
the water was boiling furiously. The shot
must fall in water, for if they should strike
any firm substance, they would be tatttened
and knocked out of shape. To get the little
pellets perfectly dry after they have been in
the "well" is the most difficult and trouble
some process of the whole manufacture. An
elevator with small buckets Every much like
those used in -four mills) carries the shot up
as fast as they reach the bottom of the "well,"
and deposits them in a box sixty feet above
the first floor. The water drips from the
buckets as they 60 up, and not much is pour
ed into the receiver above, although 1t IS IN
tended to be a sort of dripping machine. From
this receiver the shot runs down spout INTO
drying pan, which greatly resembles g.
gantic shoe, made Of sheet iron. The pan
rests at an angle which permits the wet shot
to roll slowly down to the chamber below,
and the pellets become perfectly dry as they
pass over the warm sheet iron.
"OUR WEIGHTS" Under this head the
London Medical Record says, Upon the av.
erage, boys at birth weigh little more and
girls little less than six and half pounds.
For the first nine years the two sexes continue
nearly equal in weight, but beyond that time
males acquire decided preponderance Thus
Young men of twenty average about 143
pounds each, while the young women of
twenty average 120 pounds. Men reach their
heaviest bulk at about thirty-fve, when they
average about 152 pounds, but women slowly
increase in weight until fifty, when their av.
erage is about 1913 pounds. Taking men and
women together, their weight at full growth
average about 20 times as heavy as they were
on the first day of their existence. Men range
from 1OS pounds to 220 pounds, and women
from SS pounds to 2O7 pounds. The actual
weight of human nature, taking the average
of ages and condition, mobiles, clergy, tinkers,
tailors, maidens, boys, girls and babies, all
included, is very nearly 100 pounds. These
figures are given in avoirdupois weight but
the advocates of the superiority Of women
might make nice point by Introducing the
rule that women be weighed by troy weight
IKE other jewels, and men by avolrdupols;.
The figures will then stand-young meu OF
twenty, 143, pounds each; young women! OF
twenty, about 140 pounds each, and so on"
ADANaERoUs PAPER.-The green paper
used to wrap about lozenges, sold in shops,
railroad cars, and on street-corners, has long
been suspected to contain arsenic, and with
the view of ascertaining the facts by analysis
we recently purchased roll of lozenges COW
cred with this paper. Aqualitative examina-
tion of the paper afforded all the character
istic reactions of arsenic and copper. The
wrapper contained twenty square inches OF
paper. Of this, sixteen were taken tor guam
titative analysis. The result Of the examina,
ton showed that this portion contained 1916
grams, or 2s4 grains in the whole OF the
wrapper, quantity sufficient to destroy life
in an adult person. Children, in all parts OF
the country, are allowed to purchase the loz,
enges covered with this poisonous paper, and
the rolls are often put into the hands OF i'll
fants as plaything. AS everything goes into
the mouth of young children, it is easy to see
that no more dangerous substance can pass
into family than those packages of confec-
tionery. 1t is quite probable that instances
of poisoning have occurred from this cause
which have been of serious or fatal charac-
ter. There should be laws prohibiting the
use of poisonous paper for any purpose.
"FRArERN1TY UNDER THE Roses. 1.-The
SUGGESTION of the Herald that all distinction
between the federal and confederate soldiers
should be forgotten on Decoration Day, that
the graves of both should be honored alike,
and that "our brothers should find peace and
fraternity under the roses" seems to be gen.
orally approved in the South. One southern
journal speaks of Nature, our common moth
er, kindly prodigal of her gifts, decorating
the graves of dead heroes who fell in the dis
charge of what each regarded as solemn
duty. This "is an approximation to that
Divine love which passeth all understanding.
and is a decoration direct from the hands of
God Himself" These are noble words,
breathing the spirit of true christianity and
patriotism. We are glad to hear them spoo..
ken in the South, and we trust the time will
soon come when nothing will be remembered
of the war but the valor and devotion it in.
spired on both sides, and when North and
South will vic with each other in doing honor
to the patriotism and valor of Reynolds and
r. ..1...n Mo.do ond 40 Nv Y Herald