Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-10

AGREAT TREASURE VAULT.-An official
of the treasury department recently took
me on q tour of observation down in the
cellar of the immense building where Uncle
Sam will shortly deposit his millions, writes
a Washington correspondent. Directly un-
der the cash room of the United States treas
urer's office, a space about forty by thirty
feet has been cleared. Although even now
it is surrounded with solid masonry, save
only the doors and windows, it will be made
so secure that there will remain not the
slightest probability that any stray burglar
will get chance at the treasure. The con-
tract with the government calls Tor burg
lar and fire-proof place of deposit. The en-
tire walls and ceilings will be sheathed with
solid steel, and the floor, which is at least
twenty feet below the level of the adjoin-
ing streets, will be laid in cement or asphalt.
The entire cost of this vault will be SAC, 900,
and it is here where the immense amount
of gold and silver coin which the government
is obliged by necessity to keep on hand will
be stored, awaiting the order of payment to
individuals and corporations as they are
entitled to it. Just beyond l saw three
young colored girls at work on large pile
over carefully, and appeared to be very
busy. | was informed by my guide that
these girls examined all the waste paper in
the treasury department. They sit there
day in and day out, looking for valuable
papers which have escaped the eye Of the
usually vigiant officials in the office above.
Frequently they find papers of inestimable
value.
a PROMISED BLEsSING.-GeOlOgic en-
perts are of the opinion that the signs var
I. .n@s n
the catastrophe of SOdom and Gomorrah in
the modern Sodom of Utah. Professor G.
K. Gilbert has been investigating the mod
ern geology Of the country round about Salt
Lake, and has arrived at the conclusion that
Salt Lake City and Utah are liable to be
victims of terrible earthquake, such as
have been the destruction of Caracas, OF
Lisbon and other cities. When the terrible
calamity is to be expected, he does not say,
but he intimates that it may not be far OIL.
On this point he writes: "FrOm Warm
Spring to Emigration Canon, fault scraps
that is to say, earth fractures In the noun
tains) have not been found, and the rational
explanation of their absence is that very
long time has elapsed since their renewal.
In this period the earth strain has been SLOW
" increasing, and some day it will over
come the friction, lift the mountain few
feet, and re-enact on more fearful scale the
catastrophe of OWENS Valley" The pro-
fessor's dire prophecy is based on the theory
that the active interior forces of the earth
are gradually concentrating and accumula-
ting power, and soon the earth's crust must
give way under the strain for the upheaval
that is to follow. The Lord has way OF
settling matters without quibbling when his
anger is aroused, and the Mormon Prob
lem" may be nearer solution than we sup
l,, u. fn
what the blear eyed bigamist may lind IN
store for him.-F0r Worth Gazette.
A GENTLE WOMAN's 1NFLUENCE.-Of
"Gabe" Bouck, who was for two terms:
representative in Congress from Wisconsin,
and who "only distinguished himself by Vo-
ting mo- so loud that he could be heard in
Alexandria, when a proposition was up
looking TO woman suffrage" a contributor
in the Washington Post writes: "Bouck un-
derwent queer transformation when ne
came to Washington to serve in Congress.
He had never worn a white shirt or a waist
coat before coming here. His shirt was
black flannel, with heavy gold chain
twisted down it's front. His coat was blue
frCck, adorned with huge brass buttons.
His face was heavy and swarthy. His nose
turned up decided pug, while his eyes
were black and vcously crossed. Over a
low forehead hung shock Of uncombed,
coarse, black hair. This eccentric lawyer
man of ability, a sworn bachelor ana
bowling hater of Women-came to the Eb-
bitt house, and was seated at the table where
sat Congressman Mckinley and his wife:
Her bright, sunny, lady-like ways suDdued
at once, the man who had never mentloned,
for fifty years, a WOman's name Wltnout an
oath. Gradually BOuck became transform
ed. He bought white shirt and a waist
coat He had his hair cut and combed. FL
nallv he added the crowning stroke by hav-
ing his boots blacked. He was, while here,
the chivalrous and devoted slave OF the
charming Mrs. Mckinley, who used to be
called, by her lady friends, ''the bear tanner"
WHAT WE LIVE FoR.-"What is life 2"
some one asked Montford. His answer is
one of the most charming things ever writ
ten: "The present life is sleeping ana wa,
king it is goodnight on going to bed, and
pood-morning on getting up; it is to wonder
What the day will bring forth it is rain on
the window when one sits by the fire it is
walk in the garden and hear the birds sing;
il is to hear news from East, West, North,
South; it is to read old and new books it
is to see pictures and hear music; 1T IS to
have breakfast, dinner and tea; it is to be-
long to a town and have neighbors, and be-
come one in circle of acquaintance 1t IS
to have friends and love-"
assr The year just closed was busy one
with the criminals and unfOrtunates.
statistician is responsible for the statement
that in this country the murders averaged
four per day and the suicides two per day.
In the United States 1494 persons met death
1t the hands of felloW-creatures, against 72O
the previous year. Ohio is the banner muir.
der State, leading with 1l6 cases. Missouri
follows with l04, tying New York. Only
lO5 persons were executed by the law during
the year, while SO were disposed of by vigil
lance committees and mobs carrying out the
DEGREES of Judge Lynch. The suicides OF
the wear foot up 910. In this business New
York leads, with 2O4 victims.
nss~ The sunset glow, which has been so
brilliant for the past few weeks, is having
peculiar effect upon the negroes OF Texas.
They are fully convinced that theseare signs
that the world is coming to an end. AS
result they are crowding into their church,
es every night, and their prayers, songs ana
shouts are louder and more unctlous than
ever before If this effect is to be universal
the brilliantly lighted heavens may do some
good in the world besides keeping the sci
entitic men busy eXplainingthe reason forlt
and the imaginative reporters describing It's
beauties.
Aa5" Every five years Georgia pays money
to men who lost limbs in the late war, ana
the Governor has just announced his readl-
ness to receive applications for, the States
second Dayment. There were, the Augusta