Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-18


married. His face is expressive of quick
perception and great firmness of purpose,
thus Indicating two of the leading charac-
teristics of one the most prominent young
officers in the United States army.
THE BLUEGRASS COUNTRY.
The bluegrass country is reached by
traversing Central Virginia and Kentucky
along the line of the picturesque Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway, unless, indeed, one pre-
fers the swift and solid Pennsylvania route
to Cincinnati, and drops down to it from
the north. On this particular journey, at
any rate, it was reached past the battle
fields and springs of Virginia, and up and
down the slopes Of the Blue Ridge and
gorges of the Greenbrer and KanaWha, in
the wilder Alleghanies. 1t is found to be
a little cluster of peculiarly favored coun--
on the map, it is like the kernel, of which
Kentucky is the nut; or like one of those
"pockets" ofprecious metals happened upon
by miners in their researches. The soil is
rich fertility, the surface charmingly un-
dulating. Poverty seems abolished. On
every hand are evidences of thrift CORES
ponding with the genial bounty of nature.
A leading crop in times past has been hemp,
and land that will grow hemp will grow
anything. This is being more and more
Withdrawn in favor Of stockraising exclu-
sively, but the tall stacks of hemp, in shape
like Zulu wigWams, still plentifully dot the
landscape.
One drops into horse talk Immediately
on alighting from the train at Lexington,
and does not emerge from it again till he
takes his departure. 1t is the one subject
always in order. Each successive proprie-
tor, as he tucks you into his wagon, if you
will go with him-and if you will 90 with
him there is no limit to the courtesy he
will show you-declares that now, after
haYing seen animals more or less well in
their way, he proposes to show you horse.
Fortunately there are many kinds OF per-
fection. He may have the best horse or
colt of certain age, the one which has
or quarter Of mile or average at all dis
tances, or the best stallion, or brood-mare,
or the one which has done some Of these
things at private if not public trials. Each
one has, at any rate, the colt which is going
to be the great horse Of the world This is
an amiable vanity easily pardOned, and
the enthusiasm is rather catching. A mans
stock is greatly his credit and standing in
this section while he lives, and when he
dies is printed prominently among the list
of his virtues.-W Fl. Bishop, in Harper's
Mdgazine.
| MASSACHUSETTS RUM.-The Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Record
| furnishes the public with the following in
formation of rum and rum distilleries:
Do you know that all the domestic rum is
made in Massachusetts? 1t is; there are
seven rum distilleries in the country and
they are all in Massachusetts. There was
one in New Hampshire, but it has closed its
doors. One of the seven distilleries is not
now in operation, but the other six are
running full tilt, pouring out seven thou
sand gallons day-tWo millions year.
OF course, you know that rum is distilled
from moasses, as whisky from grain and
come is simply combination of alcohol
and water. The differences in taste are
caused by surviving particles of the material
from which the alcohol is distilled; the
molasses leaves flavor which gives the
liquor the name of rum, the grain flavor
makes it whisky and the fruit flavor makes
it brandy. When they leave the distiller-
les there is little difference in their intoX-
icating powers, but by the time they reach
the consumer they have been so changed as
to be almost transformed. The greater part
of the spirit shipped abroad, though is pure
when it starts. Adulterating materials are
as cheap there as here. About one-third Of
the rum produced in Massachusetts is sent
abroad Boston sends about half a million
gallons every year; New York about $4,000
gallons. Last year Philadelphia sent 2,l17
gallons. Most of it goes to Africa, but Tur-
key, England and Scotland get some Of it.
OF the rum exported from Boston, 4S2,3Sl
gallons went last year to the Cape coast
of Africa; $1,000 gallons went to Eemina
Africa; $4,000 gallons to Addah, Africa,
| on 10 I nd
gallons to Liberia. These experimental
Civilizations must have taken it for medici-
nal purposes. Speaking Of rum, there is
great falling off in the production of whis-
ky. OF the 200 registered stills in the
country only 405 were actually at work last
month They were turning out only 10000
gallons day, instead of 2O5,O0O gallons in
1882, and 300, 600 gallons in 1881. lnasmuch
as 100000 gallons are taken out OF bond
every day for consumption at home or
abroad, it will be seen that the consumers are
spirits stored in bond, of which we heard
so much last winter. Illinois produces most
of the whisky now coming from the distil-
leries-140,0OO gallons a day; Ohio comes
next with $4,000 gallons; Indiana next with
| 14,00O gallons, and Kentucky next with but
| 10000 gallons. Kentucky is suffering from
Over-production. We are exporting some
thing like 100000 gallons a year. Two
and a half millions go to Marseilles France;
100000 to Barcelona and Gibralter, Spain;
1,0O0,O00 to Italy; and 100000 to South
America, and 100000. to Turkey. Africa
takes none-no alcohol, no high wines, no
rye, no corn; nothing but good old Nlassha-
setts mOlasses juice.
THE STEEL Pen TRADE.-The steel pen
in the many types in which it is manufac-
tured-and there are more than 200 differ
ent numbers-isa signal instance of triumph
of mechanical skill in combining and vary.
ing the qualities of the implement, involv-
ing extreme niceties of distinctions to an
extent that few other industrial. arts de-
mand. Our entire annual trade in steel
pens, domestic and imported, may be placed
at 81 5000 and is steadily progressive
one. The larger proportion Of those sold are
American pens. 1t is a matter of difficulty
to acrartoin tho relative amounts diSDOSed