Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-01
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pared memorial 10 OonSIess REQUESTING
that provision should be inserted in the ar
my appropriation bill appropriating a fund
for the encouragement of rifle practice, not
only in the regular army and navy, but among
the uniformed militia in various States.
The New York World publishes num-
ber of interviews with leading merchants in
all departments of trade. They seem to agree
in declaring that great improvement in
trade has already taken place, and that IN the
South and West, particularly, there has been
a re-awakening of enterprise, and the pros
pect for the future is decidedly cheerful.
Electricity has been applied to novel
use in the East Indies. A platinum wire,
connected with the poles of a battery, Is
stretched around tree, and becoming red-hot,
is gently see-sawed until it burns its way
through. 1t is thought that tree can be
cut down without any waste of timber IN
about fifteen minutes, that would require two
hours to fell in the ordinary way.
The National Liberal League, organized
in Rochester, N. Y, last Saturday with the
election of F. E. Abbott, of Boston, as Presi-
dent, and forty Vice-Presidents, among them
R. G. Ingersoll, G. w. Julian, O. B. Froth-
ingham, Elizur Wright and Robert Collier.
A platform was adopted advocating the total
separation of church and State, the national
protection for national citizens, and universal
education on basis of universal suffrage.
AT some of the Episcopal churches in
England, there has been large falling off in
the number oflady members regularly attend
ing the communion services. Some of the
clergy, being much troubled about it, began
to investigate the cause, and found that it
was indeed novel one. 1t is the well.known
custom in the Episcopal Church for all com:
municants to advance to the chancel rail, and
there kneel while partaking of the bread
and wine. The difficulty with the ladies is,
fashion, are so narrow that the wearer who
kneels cannot rise without assistance. Some
clergymen would attack the fashion from the
pulpit; others would let it alone for awhile,
hoping for change in style; while others are
embarrassed, and know not what to do about
it.
A bill, introduced by Senator Edmunds
to prevent abuses in the sale of postage stamps
and stamped envelopes, provides that no post
master or deputy postmaster or other person
entrusted by the United States, the post Office
Department or the Postmaster.General, with
postage stamps or stamped envelopes, shall
sell or dispose of the same, otherwise than in
regular course of official business and at their
face value and for cash on delivery. It also
provides that any postmaster, deputy post
master or other person who shall violate the
provisions of the preceding section, shall be
deemed guilty of ofembezzlement, and shall, on
conviction thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding 1000, or be imprisoned not ex.
ceeding one year, or both said punishments
at discretion Of the Court.
- The Postmaster General received, a short
time ago, letter from citizen of Georgia
town containing an application for the post
mastership, and assigning some novel reasons
why his application should be favorably res
ponded to- The applicant said he was poor
man, with thirteen daughters on his hands;
that the present postmaster was not native
of the South, but was born in New Hamp
shire, and that he owned the biggest hotel in
the town and made plenty of money out OF 1t.
An answer has been returned to the effect
that the present postmaster should not be cen
sured because he was born in the North, as
that was q matter beyond his control; that
the fact of his owning hotel was not cause
for removal, and as to the thirteen daughters
he could not be made responsible for their ex'
istence. Therefore, unless some better rea-
sons for his removal should be advanced, the
department felt constrained not to disturb
him.
A correspondent gives the following &C
count of Sitting Bull, and the result of the
efforts of the peace commissioners who recent
ly visited him in Canada as representatives of
this government: Sitting Bull is swarthy,
black haired, beardless, pure-blooded savage,
with an air of judicial gravity and intelli-
gence. He continually fears treachery on the
part of Americans, and distrusts his own tribe
when they are near. He refused to shake
hands with the commissioners, and said he
wanted them to sit out in full view and behind
the tables. Sitting Bull smiled broadly at
the word "surrender" in Gen. Terry's speech,
telling him of the Presidents desire that hos
tilities should cease forever for the sake of all
parties that all hostiles who had surrendered
to the United States had received no punish
ment, and that the same terms would be Of
fered to Sitting Bull. The speech produced
no effect, and the offer of peace was rejected.
The council broke up, and the commissioners
turned their faces homeward.
There are in the United States over 100,-
900 planning machines which do more work
than 100000 carpenters could do with the
plane in hand. There are 100000 sewing
machines that do the work Of 100,000,000
sewing women with needle in hand singing
the song of the shirt. One firm in Massa-
chusetts turns out 5000 pairs Of boots v-ry
day in the year by machinery. At Fall river
there are 100000 spindles that manufac-
ture more yarn in one day than 100000
persons could in the same time with the old
spinning wheel. An improved printing press
(Bullock's) will print 10000 copies of the
largest newspaper in the United States every
hour so years ago it would have required
5000 type settlers, pressmen, mixers, &C., to
have done the same work in the same time
Twenty-Five years ago a good hand would
cradle three acres of wheat day and get
some one else to bind it. To-day two men
with two good horses and harvester will cut
and bind twenty acres day, and harvest the
fields 30 clean that there is not as much grain
left on the twenty acres Of stubble as the era
dler left on his three acres. One hundred
years ago the Southern farmer ploughed his
acre day. To-day, by constant attendance,
much persuasion, and some little coercion, his
grandson may induce one of the Nations
wards to do almost as much. Who can say
Southern farming is not progressing?
Proof of the pudding is chewing the bag.
A writer of the atlanta Constitution says, in
1871 he boupht 400 acres of reputably DOOR