Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-12
THE HEART.

| the great central organ OF the clrculatlon-ls
hollow, muscular organ, in the form of an
irregular cone. 1t is enclosed in a membran-
ous bag, but loosely, so as to allow free mo-
tion. Though forming one muscle, there are
two distinct hearts, each side being divided
from the other by wall. 1t contains four
cavities, each of which holds between from
two to three ounces of blood. The whole guam
tity of blood in an adult man varies from
twenty-five to twenty pounds. The heart
contracts 1000 times in an hour; there, con.
sequently, pass through the heart every hour
700 pounds of blood. In other words, every
drop of blood in the system passes through
the heart twenty eight times in one hour, or
once every two minutes The human heart is
deemed by poets and philosophers to be the
seat of our affections and passions; the seat
of moral life and character, of our under
standing and will, courage and conscience,
and, by some men, looked upon as the root of
life ITSELF
The human heart has been considered by
many of the dying, in past times, as votive
gift peculiarly sacred. And many instances
are on record, of the burial of the heart apart
from the place where the ashes Of the body
might repose.
One of the earliest instances Of this mode
of heart-burial is that of Henry II. of Eng
land. He died in a passion of grief before
the altar of the church of Chinon, in 1189.
His heart was inferred at Fontevrault, but
his body, from the nostrils of which tradition
alleges blood to have dropped on the approach
of his rebellous son, Richard, was laid in
separate vault.
When Richard Ceur de Lion fell beneath
Gourdan's arrow at the siege of Chalway, the
gallant heart which, in its greatness and mer
cy, inspired him to forgive and even to re-
ward the luckless archer, was, after bis death,
preserved in casket in the treasury of the
cathedral which William the Conqueror built
at Rouen for Richard, by a last will, direct.
ed that his body should be inferred in Fontev-
rault, "at the feet of his father, to testify his
sorrow for the uneasiness he had created him
during his lifetime" He bequeathed his
heart to Normandy, out of his great love for
the people thereof.
When the body of the Emperor Napoleon
was prepared for interment at St. Helena, in
May, 1921, the heart was removed by med
ical officer, to be soldered up in a case. Nine.
Bertrand, in her grief and enthusiasm, had
made some VOW, or expressed vehement de.
sire to obtain possession of this as precious
relic, and the doctor, fearing that some trick
might be played him, and his commission be
thereby imperilled, kept it all night in his own
room in glass dish. The noise of broken
glass aroused him from a waking dose, and
be started forward, only in time to rescue the
heart of the Emperor from huge brown rat,
which was dragging it across the floor to its
hole. 1t was rescued by the doctor, soldered
up in silver urn, filled with spirits by Ser
geant Abraham Millington of the St. Helena
artillery, and placed in casket.
A BEER BREWERY.
On entering by the large gate on ninety
second street, the visitor begins to realize the
immense amount of business that is being
done. Huge wagons stand in the yard, and
dozen men are hard at work around them
piling on the kegs containing the amber fluid
which is destined soon to flow down the throats
of thirsty New Yorkers. Forty.fve of these
immense trucks are constantly in use, requi-
ring the services of 120 horses. The men
look hale and hearty and work with will,
as if they liked their business.
Passing through the room where two large
boilers are situated to supply the steam power
for the establishment, the visitor passes up
stairs into spacious Office, where all the busi-
ness of the concern is transacted thence into
the Mushroom, where stand two enormous
mash-tubs, in which the ground malt is placed
and mixed with the water necessary to make
q proper mash. From these tubs it is pumped
into two huge copper kettles, and is there
carefully boiled. When the mash has been
sufficiently cooked the liquor is pumped away
up to the fifth story of the building, where
an entire floor is occupied by an enormous
cooler. Here the visitor could literally "swim
in beer" as the cooler has depth of nearly
nine inches, and will hold 500 barrels. 1t is
here allowed to remain short time, and
when partly cooled is run over ice.coolers in
the fermenting tubs IN the cellar.
These cellars are a curiosity. Before de-
scending into them, each visitor is handed
lighted candle to see his way. The faint
glimmer of the candles reveals the ghostly
outlines of immense vats, the receptacles of
the disembodied spirits of the grain. A faint
glimmer is seen in the distance, revealing
ghostly form gliding among the vats, but, as
the light nears, the ghost turns out to be
rubicund and very jolly German, who greets
the party with a cultural heartiness that
speaks of contentment, good eating and ex-
cellent beer He is the guide to the mysteries
of the cavern, and after the usual salutations,
takes the lead. Cautiously the visitors follow
his footsteps among the labyrinth of vats and
heaps of ice, until the four tiers of cellars
have been explored, aud some faint idea has
been formed of the enormous amount Of beer
ripening for the palates of the drouthy.
There are about 200 fermenting tubs in
which the beer lies from two to three weeks,
until it becomes of that clear amber tint
which is the delight of the connosseur. When
it reaches this stage, it is pumped into the
storage vats and casks, which are almost in
Vulnerable. Some Of them are sixteen feet
high, fifteen feet in diameter, and hold about
$50 barrels. In these the beer is kept four
or five months. 1t is then drawn off into the
kegs, in which shape it reaches the consumer.
AN UNPARALLELED CAsE.-The New York
papers announced, few days, ago that an
Italian youth, aged 10, had fallen desperately
in love with French girl of Is while they
were crossing the Atlantic in a steamship to-
gether. He could speak no French she
could speak no Italian, and they had no COM
mon tongue in which to communicate their
thoughts and feelings. Nevertheless, he man.
aged to inform her by eloquent pantomine
Of the fervor of his passion, but without ma
king any particular impression upon her. He
did dot despair, however. He continued his
voiceess suit, and took occasion during it's
progress to inform her of his financial condi-
tion, giving her to understand that it was
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