Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-17

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corrugated zinc, serving to prevent the pen
ellis from warping during the process of bak'
ing, to which they are next subjected IN
kiln, into which super. heated steam is intro
duced in pipes. the temperature being regu
lated according to the requirements of the
article exposed to its influence.
From the kiln the articles 60 to the finish
ing and packing rooms, where the ends are
thrust for second under rapidly.revolviDg
emery wheels, and withdrawn neatly and
smoothly pointed.
They are then packed in paste board boxes
each containing one hundred pencils; ano
these boxes are in turn packed for shipment
in wooden boxes, containing one hundred
each, or ten thousand in shipping box.
Nearly all the work is done by boys, ano
the cost therefore is light.
WAR AND WHIsKY.-We have often
expressed our conviction that if we could
have stopped the grog or whisky.drinking
politicians, North and South, for six months
the war that deluged our land with blood
would never have occurred. We reasoned
from analogy. Rum is producing fights every
day in the year, and when a man is hal
drunk be has neither sense or prudence, bu'
is ready for fight, no matter if the odds
are against him.
Curiously we have just met with fact which
confirms our opinion formed years ago. The
Newark Advertiser relates the following:
"In his address, before the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Rev. Mr.. Cron
way related an incident which attracted great
attention, al / made marked impression
In 1865 he lvok several thousand prisoners
from Montgomery to Mobile, Alabama, among
whom was Admiral Raphael Semmes, who
commanded the Celebrated privateer, Alabama
This distinguished officer related little Of
the secret history touching the origin of the
rebellion.
"After the election of Lincoln, twelve ot
the leading men of the South, representing
six States, assemble in the St. Charles Hotel
New Orleans, and spent whole evening In
discussing the question as to what the South
ought to do under the circumstances. For all
hour and half, eleven of these statesmen
were averse to war; one only being in favor
of it; then, however, whisky was sent for, and
all partook of it quite freely, becoming, before
the expiration of the third hour, quite inebri
ated. While these distinguished Southerner;
remained sober, they were averse to war
but when they became intoxicated they were
unanimously in favor of war and it was the
opinion of the admiral that if liquor had been
let alone that night, the terrible war, which
cost the North and the South so many thous
ands of millions of dollars, and so many
precious lives, and evil influences which We
have with us, would never have occurred"
Dram.shop demagogues and pothouse poll
ticians North and South we're ever ready fol
war; and drunken generals and tipsy sur
geons took very poor care of precious lives
con6ded to their charge. The whisky bottle
is responsible for an amount of mischief ano
misery which only the Omniscient One can es
timate.-The Safeguard.
BLACKSMITH HAMMER SIGNALs.-Wher
the blacksmith gives the anvil quick light
blows it is signal to the helper to use the
sledge, or to strike quicker.
The force of the blows given by the black
smiths hammer indicates the force Of the
blow it is required to give the sledge.
The blacksmith's helper is supposed tc
strike the work in the middle Of the width Of
the anvil and when this requires to be varied
the blacksmith indicates where the sledge
blows are to fall by touching the required spot
with his hand hammer.
If the sledge is required to have lateral
motion while descending, the blacksmith in
dicates the same to the helper by delivering
hand hammer blows in which the hand ham
mer moves in the direction required for the
sledge to move. :,
If the blacksmith delivers a heavy blow
upon the work and an immediate light blow
upon the anvil, it denotes that heavy sledge
blows are required.
If there are two or more helpers the black
smith strikes blow between each helpers
sledge.hammer blow, the object being to mere
ly denote where the sledge blows are to fall
When the blacksmith desires the sledge
blows to cease, he lets the hand hammer head
fall upon the anvil and continue its rebound
upon the same until it ceases.
Thus the movement of the hand hammer
constitutes signals to the helper, and what ap'
pear desultory blows to the common observer,
constitute the method of communication be.
tween the blacksmith and his helper.
AGES OF PROMINENT MEN.-It is said that
Blaine touched so on the last Of January.
Grant was SO last April. Sherman was 56
1st of May. Washburne was 63 in Septem-
Der. Conkling was so in October. Garfield
is in his 49th year. Edmunds was 81 this
month. Bayard was 81 in October. Thur.
man reached his Seth birthday in November.
Hendricks was so in September. Tilden was
66 last February, and in the same month Gen.
Hancock was IS. Seymour will be 70 in
May. Washington was in his 9th year when
he was first elected. Jefferson 81, and just
entering his 66th year he left Office. John
Adams was 81 when he was elected, Jefferson
81, Madison in his 5Sth year, Monroe in his
59th, and John Quincy Adams in his 5Sth.
Jackson was 81 when chosen the first time,
and, therefore, IS when reelected, while he
had reached his 10th year when he quilted
office. Van Buren was 56 and Harrison 81
when they were elected, while Tyler, when he
took office, had just passed his 5lst birthday.
Polk was elected on almost his 49th birthday.
TAYLOR was not quite SO when elected, and
was in his 61st year when he sue.
ceeded him. Pierce had not yet completed
his 4Sth year when he was elected, and junior
of all who had taken the presidential chair,
except Gen. Grant. Mr.. Buchanan was
elected in his 66th year, Lincoln in his Sind
and 56th, while johnson succeeded in his 57th.
sg Chemical analysis discloses the fact that
among the many articles used for food there
are only two, wheat and milk, which contain
all the elements of the human body and in
the proper proportion. Other articles, such
as butter, sugar, syrup, and fat of all kinds,
are wholly carLonaceons, or heat producing,