Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-22

pears to bring to each golden benson !;
and to our hearts comes warmly and CRATE
fully the sure knowledge that each pathetic
number on the small square blocks tallies
faithfully with an unforgotten name on the
roll call of the Highest.-.M &. -HcC7eild1ld,
in the Detroit Free Press.
THE NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
A number of heavy white millstones were
piled up on one of the docks along the river
yesterday. They were consigned to some
interior town forty or fifty miles from the
city, and were of a style, make, and finish
so long in use. An old man, with slouch
hat pulled down so far over his face that his
small, blinking eyes were almost hid from
view, stood little way back on the wharf
and talked to young man, whom he had
asked for match. "Milstones have pretty
nearly gone out of date" said he, with a
half mournful air, "and with them have
gone the occupatipnI have followed for thir-
| ty years. See here, and the old man crowd
ed his hat over on the back part Of his head,
and lifted his face for the first time into
plain sight. 1t was pitted all over with
numberless ugly dimples, depressions, and
cuts, and looked as if he might some day
have had the small poX.
"Do you know how that was done" he
said. The young man did not know. "By
picking millstones," was the quickly volun-
teered information. mo one who has ever
that keen cut texture that enables them to
crush and grind grain can escape those cuts
and scars. Why, my face is literally filled
with the little particles of steel and stone,
and my eyes have seasons of paining me
terribly. But the profession has run its
race. In ten years the dictionary makers
will put the stereotyped word 'Obsolete"
after the noun "millstone." Modern inven-
tions have relegated the time-honored mill
stone to oblivion. 'New processes have
been discovered for extracting the wheat
from flour, beside which the milestone has
no show"
The young man began to grow interested.
He drew his companion into the doorway of
little switch shanty, secured permission
| for the two to sit down a moment before the
fire. and asked him to continue.
"Nowadays," said the old man, "wheat is
crushed beneath rollers and the flour pro-
duced is much superior to the old make.
Then, too, the bran that was once thoughtto
be almost worthless is now sifted by new
process, and quality of flour is separated
that is worth forty or fifty cents more per
sack than the common variety. You have
heard that the best part of the potato lay
Just beneath the skin. Recent scientific eX-
perments have shown that it is true of all
vegetables, especially of the wheat. This
suggested the construction of a seive that
would separate the little particles of the
kernel that cling to the shuck when it has
been broken up and ground to pieces. 1t
was successful, and the flour secured in this
way, while small in quantity, it is of superb
quality. This latter process was only made
possible by the new method of grinding
wheat that has been generally adopted by
@l,ol l., 1, fhn I9t1f n
the meantime my occupation has been grad
ually undermined. Once in while | have
call to go somewhere into the country and
dress a stone, but it is very seldom.
"Most of the millstones in use in this
country are of French burr, a silicious rock
containing many small, rough cavities,
and requiring less preparation than a per-
fectly plain stone. 1t is quarried in the
geological district known as the "Paris
BASIN" a quarry has been worked for
many years in the valley OF the Savannah
river, about 100 miles above the city of
Savannah, and the quality of the stones
secured is said to be almost equal to those
produced in France. The lower stone has
generally smooth grinding surface. The
faces of both stones have to be cut in straight
grooves in direction inclined radii. The
edges Of the grooves are thus given cutting
action somewhat resembling that of scissor
blades, and tendency to force the grain
outward toward the circumference is Sc
cured thus accelerating the feeding and
avoiding choking. TO do this work per-
fectly it requires an enormous amount OF
practice, and an apprentice must serve for
four or five years on cheap stones before he
is allowed to touch the most valuable ones.
Machines were once invented to do the
cutting, but they were not a success. 1t
was hard business to learn, and in its day
was very profitable. Modern innovations,
however, have no sympathy for working
men, and in ten years it is doubtful if there
will be milestone in use in this country"
BOONE AND HIS WIFE.-While still liv-
ing in his fathers house on the Iadkin
River, in North Carolina, it occurred to
Daniel Boone that a "fire hunt" would be
jolly affair. The tire-hunt is for deer, and
is carried on by parties of two. One of the
riders gallops by night through the forest
carrying a lighted torch, which he waves
above his head. The other follows softly,
keeping in the shade.
The light, of course, attracts the deer, and
the astonished animal comes out and innO-
Gently stands and stares at it. The conceal
ed person gives signal, and the rider
holds the wavering torch quite still. This
! fixes the eyes Of the deer, and the accom-
plice aims between them.
At this particular tire-hunt Boone carried
the rifle and suddenly he saw through the
shadows spendid pair of eyes fixed upon
the torch. He gave the signal and prepared
to fire, but, to his astonishment, the eyes
changed their position, and he saw the
creature turn and fly through the woods.
Following it at full speed, he saw it dash
into the garden of neighbor, and, feeling
that something was wrong, he entered the
door.
There, indeed, he saw once more those
brilliant eyes, but not in a deer's head.
They were the splendid black orbs of Re-
becca Ryan, who, trembling with terror,
stood clinging to her father-a newly-settled
tiOns were given, and the young lady must
have forgiven Boone, for she afterward
married him. Their adventures did not
cease here. Just before the wedding par
ty of Indians carried Off his bride, and
Boone pursued them alone and brought
back his treasure, leaving three dead In
dians under the forest trees.
| HANGING MAKES THE MUSCLES RIGID.
1t is strange how a little steady pressure on
the windpipe affects people. OF course it
ch0kes them, but that is no reason why they
shouldn't be abeto move their limbs. They
seem to lose all control over their muscles
and give right in. | remember a case that
occurred in BroOkville, Me-, when l was a
young man. y woman, the wife of veal
thy sea captain, threw sken of yarn over
the top of an open door one day, and stick
ing her head through the blight that hung
down, doubled up her knees so her feet
could not touch and remained in that pO-
sit0n until she chOked to death. One would
naturally think that when she became un-
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