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

pie mills in use in that country. The kathr
girl weaves blankets and draws water. The
girls in the other part Of the dark continent
pulveriZe the grain, weave mats, make
earthern vessels, and are the hatters Of their
tribe. The theories of the tribes and nations
Of Asia and Africa are shared by the 1ndi-
ans of North and South America, who COM
pei the young girls to learn the duties and
hardships Of life at an early age.-BOston
Transcript.
LIVING HIGH ON A PAPER OF NEEDLES.
After the battle of Chickamauga, one of "our
mess" found a needle-case which had be-
longed to some poor fellow, probably among
the killed. He did not place much value
upon the contents, although there was a
paper of number eight needles, several but
tons, and skein or two of thread, cut at
thread could be smoothly drawn out. He
put the whole thing in his breast pocket,
and thought no more about it. But one
day, while out foraging for himself and his
mess, he found himself near house where
money could have procured fine meal of
fried chicken, corn pOne and buttermilk be-
sides small supply to carry back to camp.
But Confederate soldiers purses were gen
orally as empty as their stomachS, anu, in
this instance, the lady of the house did not
offer to give away her nice dinner. While
the poor fellow was inhaling the enticing
odor and feeling desperately hungry, girl
rode up to the gate on horseback, and bawl-
ed out to another girl inside the house:
so, Cindy, l rid over to see if you couldn't
lend me needle. / broke the last one
had to-day, and pap says thar amt nary
mother to be bought in the country here
abouts."
Cindy declared she was in the same fix
and couldn't finish her new homespun dress
for the same reason.
The soldier just then had an idea. He re-
tired to little distance, pulled out his case,
and stuck two needles in the front of his
Jacket, then went back and offered one Of
them, with his best bow, to the girl Oh the
horse Right away the lady of the house
offered to trade for the one remaining, and
the result was plentiful dinner for himself,
and, in consideration of thread or two Of
silk, Il full haversack and canteen. After this
our mess was well supplied, and our forager
began to look sleek and fat. The secret of
his success did not leak out until long af-
terward, when he astonished the boys by
declaring that he ''had been living like a
fighting cock on a paper of needles and two
skeins of silk. ."-The Bir0uac.
THE Moons NELOCITY.-"We can faint
ly picture, perhaps" says a writer in the
century, show it would seem from station
ing world) rush with a velocity greater than
that of the cannol-ball in its swiftest flight
but with equal speed its shadow actually
travels along the earth, and now, if we
return from our imaginary station to real
one here below, we are better prepared to
see why this flying shadow is a unique spec
tacle, for, small as it may be when seen in
relation to the whole globe, it is immense
to the observer, whose entire horizon is
filled with it, and who sees the actual We
locity of one of the heavenly bodies, as it
were, brought down to him.
1.-THE reader who has never assembled to
the Superga at Turin will recall the magnif
cent view and be able to understand the
good fortune of an observer (FOrbes) who
had the opportunity to witness thence this
phenomenon, and undera cloudless sky. Il
perceived,' he says, 'in the southwest a
black shadow like that of a storm about to
break, which obscured the Alps. 1t was
the lunar shadow coming toward u.s. And
he speaks of the pefactiOn'-it is his
word-caused by the spectacle. Il confess
he continues, it was the most terrible
sight | ever saw. AS always happens in
the case of sudden, silent, unexpected
the spectator confOunds real
and relative motion. l felt almost gid
dy for moment, as though the massive
building under me bowed on the side Of the
coming eclipse Another witness who had
been looking at some bright clouds just be-
fore me says: 'rhe bright cloud | saw
distinctly put out like candle. The rapid
ity of the shadow and the intensity pro-
duced Il feeling that something material
was sweeping over the earth at a speed
perfectly trightful. l invOluntarily listened
for the rushing noise of a mighty wind."
THE THRONE OF ENGLAND.-The throne
of England, so splendid when covered with
silk, silver and gold, is in fact, ''an old oak
chair" over six hundred years in use for the
same purpose. It's existence has been trac-
ed back to the days of Edward l. The
wood is very hard and solid. The back and
sides were formerly painted in various col
ors, and the seat is made of rough look
ing sandstone twenty-siX inches in length,
seventeen inches in breadth and nineteen
and half in thickness, and in this stone
lies the grand popularity of the chair.
Numberless legions are told in connection
with it, the truth probably being that it
was originally taken from Ireland to Scot
land and served at the coronation of the
Scottish kings.