Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-07-07

of Mars, mountain of sun or moon and so
on. Small lines parallel with the line OF
fortune at the base o fthe little finger prom
Use happy marriage. Small lines taking
parallel with the line of fortune at the base
of the little finger promise happy marriage.
Small lines taking the form of the branches
Of the tree indicate general prosperity;
spots on the nails, the fulfilment of hopes.
The foolishness of all this is perfectly ap-
parent, yet the longing which exists in
all minds to penetrate the future in a meas
ure sanctions and fosters its professions.
If the fortunes of its dupes are not mani
tested the fortunes of the OWNERS are sus-
tanned.
FRICTION MATcHEs.-A match is a small
thing, but in the manufacture of matches
one of the great corporations has grown up.
1t originated in a combination of the lead
ing match manufacturers. The capital stock
is about $25, OO0, 900, andlast year a dividend
of eight per cent. was paid. Matches are
much cheaper now than they used to be, by
reason o fsome outside competition with the
great combination. The Chicago manager
of this combination, referring to the con-
slant consumption of pine, says that his
company has pine enough to last for twen-
ty-ive years. 1t is located in the Ontona-
gon region of Michigan. Matches can be
made out of straw board as we'll as of pine,
but there is small inducement to attempt
to make straw board matches while pine
can be had in the production. Wax match
es can also be made cheaply. Southern pine
cannot be used for matches, since it is too
full of pitch. The dry, punk-like pine of
the northern woods is the only pine which
is really fit for use. The further north the
supply is secured the better the pine for the
purpose Of the match maker.
JUGs.-The origin of Jugs dates back to
antiquity. Yet we have all discovered that
the jug, whose appearance is the most an
tiquated, does not always belong to that
rather enigmatic period. The history of
the 1.-THE Little Brown Jug' is quite as
ancient as most people care to 60 back to
investigate. Lately there has been a great
breeze raised over jug called "The Peach
blow Vase" In artistic circles, its sale for
eighteen thousand dollars will mark an era.
Yet to most people in this world there are
many things better, "by a jugful." The
jug is a most singular utensil. A pail, COB
let, or a jar may be rinsed, and you can
satisfy yourself by optical proof that the
thing is clean; but a jug has a little hole in
the top and tn interior is all darkness. No
eye penetrates it, no eye can move over its
surface. You can clean it only by putting
water into it, shaking it up, and pouring
it out. If the water comes out clean, you
judge you have succeeded in purifying the
Jug. In this the jug is like the human
heart; memorial eye can look into the re-
cesses, and you can only judge of its purity
by what comes out of it.
VEGETABLES BETTER THAN DRUGS.-
Spinach has a direct effect upon complaints
of the kidneys.
The common dandelion, used as greens,
is excellent for the same trouble.
Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts
admirably upon the nervous system and is
a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Tomatoes act upon the liver.
Beets and turnips are excellent appetizers.
Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling in their
effects upon the system.
Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and shallots,
all of which are similar, possess medicinal
virtues of a marked character, stimulating
the circulatory system and the consequent
increase of the saliva and the gastric juice
promoting digestion.
Red onions are an excellent diuretic, and
the white ones are recommended, eaten raw,
as a remedy for insomnia. They are a ton
ic and nutritious.
A soup made from onions is regarded by
the French as an excellent restorative in de-
bility of the digestive organs.
MAKING POSTAGE STAMPs.-The mode
of printing postage stamps is slow and tedi-
Gus. The design is engraved on steel and
plates are made for 200 stamps. This num-
Der forms a sheet and no larger number is
ever printed at one impression. The color
ed inks are now placed on the plates and a
hand press completes the process. The
gum, a preparation of powdered vegetables
and water, is put on the sheets and steam
is used until thoroughly dry. The sheets
are cut into halves, 100 stamps each, by
hand and the paper between the stamps is
perforated in the same manner. The
stamps are pressed and packed ready for
sale. The sheets are counted after each
step of completion, and should one stamp
on a sheet be mutilateu or imperfect, the
whole 200 are destroyed. 1t was found
that there was more destruction of stamps
when machinery was used than when the
work was done by hand. Five hundred
thousand stamps were sometimes destroyed
in a week.
THE AIR OF THE SEA.-The air of the sea,
taken at a great distance from the land, or
even on the shore and in ports when the
wind blows from the sea, is in an almost
perfect state of purity. Near continents
the land winds drive before them an atmos-
phere always impure, but at 100 kilometers
from the coasts this impurity has disappear
ed. The sea rapidly purifies the pestilen-
tial atmosphere of continents; hence every
expanse of water of a certain breadth be-
comes an absolute obstacle to the propaga-
ton of epidemics. Marine atmospheres
driven upon land purify sensibly the air of
the regions which they traverse !; this puri-
~fcation can be recognized as far as Paris
MN. Moeau and Miguel.
pa 1t is one of the beautiful compensa-
tions of life that no one can sincerely try to
holm onotbar without ha1ninr himcnlf