Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-20
Mistellameuns &eadiug.

in India rubber is 80 rapidly increasing, ow-
ing to the numerous and varied uses to which
that elastic gum is applied, that it will be Of
interest to note how the demand is met.
Brazil is the great field for the production of
caoutchouac, and, that the reader may be
aware, is simply the sap of tree, which ex-
udes on an incision being made, and which is
conducted to a mould, where it takes any de-
sired form. The natives of the Brazilian
forests, not being satisfied with the slow pro.
cess, have cut down whole woods, consisting
of trees one hundred and fifty and two hun
dred feet high, in order to insure larger and
more immediate yield. The British Govern.
ment, foreseeing that time must come when
the supply would fail, determined to intro.
duce the culture of the India rubber tree in
to Ceylon and Singapore. But difficulty
arose, the seeds were found to dry up so rap
idly, that out of ninety thousand sent from
Brazil, only two thousand Eve hundred ar
rived in good state. On the other hand,
when once sown they grew with amazing ra:
pidity. Those above mentioned were all
sown Immediately, on a small space of ground,
and in only few days some of the seedlings
had attained the height of eighteen inches,
and in two months several of them furnished
small quantity of the gum of excellent
quality. The young trees will be gradually
trasplanted to favorable sites and no doubt
seems to exist that the Castilloa Elastica
will be accimatized in the places selected.
The fruit resembles pear, is green, and con.
tains numerous seeds of the size and shape of
a coffee berry, and so rapid is their vitality
| = hat t1, 70 in, ho n
which surrounds them.
The POWDER TRADE.-The powder trade
is looking up. 1--WE are sending more SAM
Piles out this year than we have for long
time" I don't know how the "samples" are
sent, because the law forbids their transporta-
tion through the mails and no right-minded
dealer would break the law, neither will the
railroads or steamboats, carry combustibles,
yet an immense quantity of powder travels
over the rail every day. 1t need not be sent
as freight. 1t will pack in very small COM
pass, an ordinary trunk, for instance. Smok-
ing in the baggage car has lost its charm to
me since my powder mans revelations but
the latent hope with which I see baggage
smasher demolish Saratoga more than COM
pensates. Powder mills blow up, on an aver
age more than once a year, which keeps the
directors from squandering the company's
money on gorgeous architecture. Plain, un-
ostentatious simplicity distinguishes pow
der-mill, and they always keep full supply
of cofins in a distant building. "Not that
they ever use 'em, you know" said my in.
formant, "because why2 When a fellow
graduates from our institution you could put
what's left of him in pill-box, but they're
such sentimental lot of beggars, they're
bound to have a swell coffin already before.
hand and floral tributes bespoke months
ahead" The speaker had been through two
explosions, both, fortunately for him, caused
by fire from without; and the only valuable
lessons he had learned we're: "When peow,
der mill catches a6re, don't stop to argue
abeout it; when one explodes, you won't
need no instructions what to dew
SoMESIMPLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE PHoNo-
GRAPH LINE.-A few simple experiments will
satisfy any one as to the power of the voice
1. Take silk hat, place one hand on the
crown, and talk with the opening toward the
mouth. The vibration of the crown of the
hat corresponds to the movement of the pho.
nograph's disk.
2. Place the hand on glass or thin board
partition, and talk in strong voice. The vi.
bration of the partition will be plainly felt
8. Listen in room separated by brick
partition from another in which loud con.
versation is being carried on. Much that is
said will be understood, and this can only be
by the vibrations of the air in one room being
impaired to the wall itself, which again i'm.
parts them to the air in the second room.
Words, spoken with powerful voice, will
frequently drive the phonograph needle
through the tin-foil.
So delicate is the instrument that indenta-
tions, not visible to the naked eye, vibrate the
disk and give out the original sound.
1t is not strange that there should be much
incredulity relative to the performance of such
marvelously simple instrument which per-
forms the functions of two complicated me-
chanisms in the human body.
There has probably never been so impor-
tant an invention made available for practical
use in such short time as will be the case
with the phonograph
DoN'T MARRY IN HAsrE.-Girls talk all
alike about marriage, as though it was ju.
bilee, a gladstone thing, rose without a
thorn, and so it is, if all is right, if they 90
about it as rational beings, instead of merry
making children. 1t is a serious thing to
marry. 1t is life business. Therefore, new
er do it in haste never run away to get mar
ried never marry for wealth or standing, or
fine person or manners, but for both, for the
qualities of mind and heart which make an
honorable man. Take time, think long and
we'll before you accept any proposal ; consult
your parents, then some judicious friend, then
your own Judgment Learn all that is posi-
BILE for you to learn of your proposed hus-
band. When all doubts have been removed,
and not till then, accept him.
Our OF PRov1s1oNs.-An Engisman hunt
ing in Algeria had native for = guide, and
found himself, late in the afternoon, in des-
olate spot and entirely out of provisions.
The native suggested that be should shoot a
monkey, and broil it over the camp fire.
"What does monkey taste liko?-iS it good
to eat ?" said the hunter.
"Well," said the native, in the most natural
tone, "it tastes very much like man, but it is
not so juicy"
The Eng glisman at once struck out for home,
with his guide well in front of him, and new
er took his sight off him until they reached q
civii7ed nla"e whore fond was nlent'f"'
aes~ The Post Office Department has com.
menced to send to the postmasters at the va
rious fourth-cass post Offices in the United