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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17

The HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH
The hottest region on the carth's sur
face is on the south western coast of
Persia, on the borders of the Persian
Gulf. For 40 consecutive days in the
months of July and August the mer-
curry has been known to stand above
100 degrees in the shade night and
day, and to run up as high as 130 in
the middle of the afternoon. AT Bah
rim, in the center of the most torrid
belt, as though it were natures inten-
tion to make the place as unbearable
as possible, water from wells is some
thing unknown. Great shafts have
been sunk to depth of 500 feet, but
always with the same result-no water.
Notwithstanding this serious drawback
a numerous population contrives to
live there, thanks to copious springs,
which burst forth from the bottom of
the gulf more than mile from the
shore. The water from these springs
is obtained in a most curious and novel
manner. Machadores, whose sole oc-
cupation is that of furnishing the peo-
pie of Bahrin with the life-saving fluid,
repair to that portion of the gulf where
the springs are situated, and bring
away with them hundreds ofskin bags
full of water each day. The water of
the gulf where the springs burst forth
is nearly 200 feet deep, but the
machadores-divers-manage to fill
their goat-skin sacks by diving to the
bottom and holding the mouths of the
bags over the fountain jets; this, too,
without allowing the salt water ofthe
gulf to mix with it. The source of
these submarine fountains is thought
to be in the hills of Osmond, 500 miles
away. Being situated at the bottom
of the gulf, it is mystery how they
were ever discovered, but the fact re-
mains that they have been known
since the dawn of history.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17
MR.. WANAMAKER'S PLAN.

The greatest merchant in Philadel-
phia is Mr.. Wanamaker. This is the
theory upon which he places his ad-
vertising business: "There is always
some trading doing, even in the dullest
season, and we strive to divert the
floating or transient trade to our
place. Again, when business ordinari-
ly is dull, people who see our invi-
tations in the newspapers are more apt
to read them for the reason that they
have more time to read, and there are
fewer advertisements then.
"Many merchants who have been in
business for certain number of years
will say: 'Oh, We are so well known
it is no use to ADVERTISE There
never was a greater mistake. We
would as soon think of cancelling our
insurance polices as our advertising
contracts. We spend more money
with newspapers each year that goes
by; there are more people who want
goods, and new trade is always coming
to the surface.
"Advertising that is well done is
cumulative in its character. 1t is like
the compounding of interest. An ad-
vertisement in a daily paper one day
will, in all probability, make a good
return to the merchant who has the
goods the people want at the right
prices each successive advertisement
that he puts in gains an impetus
and influence from the original one
and so it counts up until the name of
the firm gets what is equivalent to the
good will of successful business,
besides deriving the direct profit from
immediate sales caused by the adver-
tising.
"To advertise we'll, merchant
should give as much care to his news
paper space as he does to any other
department of his business. As gen.
eral thing a merchant can we'll afford
to spend in newspaper advertising
from one-third to one-fifth the amount
of all his other total expenses. If q
man in business talks as earnestly
through his newspaper when he is
addressing hundreds of people, stimuli
taneously, as when he is talking to
one customer, he cannot fail to make a
success of newspaper advertising."-
Philadelphia News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17
THE LINE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT.
A Verdict for $4,000 Based Upon the
Evidence of Astronomers.

"A verdict Tor SS6,OOO Baseu upon Tie
Evidence of Astronomers.
The exact time at which darkness
gives place to dawn-the dividing line
between day and night-was legally
determined, and a verdict for S25, 900
given on the decision, in the court of
common pleas in Philadelphia, recent
ly. A young woman was knocked
down by locomotive on the Reading
road while she was walking over a
crossing at Norristown at $50 o'clock
in the morning of February IA, 1898.
The engine did not display light,
nor did it signal with whistle or bell.
The company claimed that it was not
negligent, because at that hour dawn
was breaking and no light was needed,
and the entire case rested on the ques-
ton whether or not it was daylight
when the accident occurred.
The sun rose on the day of the acci-
dent at 6.54 o'clock. Several astrono-
mers and other experts testified that
half an hour before sunrise it is as
dark as at any time of the night.
From that time until sunrise light
comes so slowly that the point of half
light is reached only seven minutes
before sunrise. During the last seven
minutes before sunup light comes very
rapidly, until the full day breaks.
The plaintiffs Iawyer claimed, there
fore, that at the time of the accident,
"a minutes before sunrise, it was pitch
dark. The jury rendered verdict
for $4,000 in her favor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17

A SLEEPER.-A sleeper is one who
sleeps. A sleeper is that in which the
sleeper sleeps. A sleeper is that on
which the sleeper runs while the sleep
er sleeps. Therefore, while the sleep
er sleeps in the sleeper, the sleeper
carries the sleeper over the sleeper
under the sleeper until the sleeper
which carries the sleeper jumps the
sleeper and wakes the sleeper in the
sleeper, by striking the sleeper under
the sleeper, on the sleeper, and there
is no longer any sleeper sleeping in the
sleeper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17
THINGS EVERY BIBLE READER

THINGS EVERY BIBLE READER
SHOULD KNow.-A days journey was
about % is miles. A Sabbath days
journey was about an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was nearly II feet. A
cubit was nearly % inches. A hands
breadth is equal to % inches. A fin
gers breadth is equal 70 one inch.
A shekel of silver was about so cents.
A shekel of gold was eight dollars.
A talent of silver was S53S.30.
A talent of gold was S13,s09. A
piece of silver, or a penny, was l3
cents. A farthing was three cents.
A mite was less than a quarter of
cent. A gerah was one cent. An
ephah, or bath, contained seven gal
Ions and five pints. A hin was one
gallon and two pints. A firkin was
about ST gallons. An omer was six
pints. A cab was three pints.-The
Bible Reader.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17
1 JEWELED TURTLE.-There ar

A JEwELED TURTLE.-There are
people in this world who indulge in
strange fancies, which are ofno benefit
to anyone; but there is a certain
wealthy man living near Buffalo, who
has developed as queer a fad as was
ever heard of.
One day lately he walked into a
jewelers. shop, in Buffalo, with COM
mon land turtle, or tortoise, which he
had captured in the woods nearby, laid
it on the counter and gave q most
astounding order, remarking:
"I'll give the people something to
talk aboutw
And he certainly did, for he ordered
the shell of the turtle to be incrusted
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-04-17
CHICKAMAUGA.
A SEQUEL TO CHATTANOOGA.
BY CAPT. F. A. MITCHELL.

copyrighted 1894, byAmerlcan Press Associa-
tion.l
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

ing. supplying its own wants ana enter
ing the markets Of the world.
The whole Pacific coast Is now sup
piled from California, Oregon and Wash
ington-States that twenty years ago
were importing from Chile, now export
ing to London, their products command
ing a premium. On the whole, Argen-
tina is now the menace TO the wheat
fields of the rest of the world. Only
3,000,000 acres out of total of nearly
300,0O0,000 acres are under wheat cul-
ture-the entire area said to be adapted
to grain raising and greater than the sum
total of all the wheat acreage in the
world.
Conservatism will ward off the evil
day, it may be, for centuries, for pastur-
age Is fast rooted In the tradition of
the Spanish farmer, but the importation
Of Italian cheap labor and the greater
returns from cereal culture have already
made inroads into the prejudice. 1t no
longer pays to raise wheat In the New
England States. Dairy products are
usurping the place of wheat in New
York, fruit and wool in Ohio, corn In Illi-
nois. As a general proposition the prai-
rie States and reaching up into Canada
will find wheat raising the most profita-
BILE: and vast areas of land. obtained
cheaply and worked under one manage
mept. will be the only ones that can com
pete with the pampas of Paraguay and
Argentina that Danac-lke will pour their
golden stores into the hands of the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30
Wonderful Crater Lake.

After emerging from the forest we
find ourselves suddenly on the margin
of the lake, and of this all description
fail utterly. The object itself must
be seen to be enjoyed. Words can.
not convey the wonderful and sub
lime scenery of the place and its sur
roundings.
The altitude of the lake above the
level OF the sea is 5000 feet. The
crater is about seven miles long by
five wide. The waters of the lake are
below the rim l, 900 feet, with sheer
pitch of the banks down to it, making
the water of the lake about 6, 900 feet
above sea level. A little to the left,
and rising to the height of 1000 feet,
is an island covered with timber. 1t
is supposed to be the cone of the
the crater. The island is
about three miles from the near shore.
There are rocks iutting out from the
rim, which form ledge or shelf
for short distance, which makes
very good point of observation. There
is solitary trail zigzagging down the
side of the crater, but although tvs
of our party undertook the descent,
it is very dangerous trip, from the
risk of the numerous boulders being
loosened from time to time, and
weighing tons, falling upon the per-
son of the explorer and which would
crush him into shapeless mass.
Those foolhardy enough to make
the descent on returning said they
would hardly attempt it second
time.
The water of the lake is the bluest
of blue, but without living thing in
it. As far as we could learn it has no
outlet or inlet, and the rise and fall
of the water from the melting of the
snow and evaporation is about five or
six inches. Morning Oregoniau.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30
Resembled a Criminal.

The Bavarian Minister at Berne is
likely to feel good deal of natural re.
sentiment against the Swiss police
force for some little time to come. He
went to Winterthur, the Swiss Bisley,
where the national rifle festival was
being held, and was enjoying himself
in a quiet Teutonic fashion when sud
denly he was seized by detectives and
hauled off to the nearest lookup. His
demand for an explanation was met
by the confident assertion that he was
no other than a notorious criminal The
detectives were so sure they had the
right man that it was not until high
Government official had identified the
unfortunate diplomat that they con-
sented to his release They had por-
trait Of the malefactor which closely
resemblsd tho features Of the Minister.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

best things he has written, very plainly
shows the style and character of his
poems:
The cold has killed the corn off an blight
ed all the wheat;
The ice is on the peach-booms an the
apple-blosroms sweet.
An the country Is in mournin' from tho
mountains TO the sea,
But the good Lord runs the weather an
it nin't a-botherin' me!
The bees was out fer honey an a-workin'
fer their lives,
But the blizzard stopped their buzzin'
an they're froze up in their hives;
An there won't be any sweet'nin' fer the
coffee or the ten,
But the good Lord runs the weather, an
it amt a-bsthern' me!
The moclin' birds was singn' jes' the
sweetest kind o. notes,
But now they're sittin' silent with fan
mel roun' their throats;
An there won't be any music till the
summertime to be.
But the good Lord runs the weather, an
1t amt a-botherin' me!
1t don't make any difference what these
changn' seasons bring;
IL it's cold. tho fires a-blazin' nm hear
the chimney sing;
If it's hot, the trees is shady, with the
breeze a-bowin' free.
Fer the good Lord runs the weather, an
it amt a-bothern' mel!
Stanton's father was journeyman
printer and was something of poetic
genius. He died when he was young
and Frank was obliged to go to work
when a mere boy. 81 had n pretty
rough time," he says. "When was II
years old l was saving wood for 81
month in north Georgia; saving wood,
you know, and saying nothing, but I
was looking all the time at the things
about me-the wild flowers, the forests.
the blue sky overhead. They all sank
deep into my heart. Then, too, l fol-
lowed the plow and learned a world
about nature behind the handles"
Later he drifted into country news
paper ofiice-the Smlthville (Ga) News
and there his poems and other writ
ings first attracted attention. The At
lanta Constitution secured his services
six years ago and he has since been
with that enterprising journal His
writings are now eagerly sought and
copied by the magazines and newspaper
editors and he promises to I'LL a con-
spicuous place In American literature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

root beer is brewed. The chickens arc
dressed and vegetables gathered.
Now the women sit down and wait.
The thrasher sends out clear whistle
at noon and 6 o'clock. If the whistle
should blow at IL the women know that
q piece of work is finished and they
watch the roads TO see if their turn is TO
come next The field is fairly dazzle
with the golden shocks. Perhaps a
quickly passing cloud scatters few
drops of rain and creates CONSERVATION.
At last the thrasher, drawn by four
horses, pulls in the wagon gate and other
wagons follow loaded with singing, shout
ing men and boys. most of them neigh
bors, only few travelling with the ma
chine.
The last wagon will contain women
and girls, neighbors, who have come to
help get supper and wait on the men.
They come on to the house and have
brought with them dishes, knives and
forks and table linen to help out the ordi-
nary family outfit. Such shouting and
laughing and joking and good news and
bad news. The women learn that John
Smiths ten-acre patch turned out thirty
bushels to the acre, and that the engi-
neer is just too sweet to live and there
aic INV noh6o, btiuhbc VI Citys
streets, sung by the machine men; and
say, did Jennie know that her fellow had
come with his team from five miles away
must want to get on the good side of
the old man.
Within half an hour boys are dis
patched TO the field with kegs of water,
buttermilk and root beer, and along in
the afternoon a clothes basketful of ham
sandwiches and pals of lemonade are
sent out Six teams are in the field haul
ing the wheat to the thrasher and two
men are feeding the Unsuitable nav. All
the golden afternoon the golden straw
climbs and falls over in the smoky air;
the chaff flies in binding cloud. the
grain is caught in two-bushel canvas bags
and loaded onto wagon. Now and then
a cheer goes up, and the women, catch
Ing the excitement flock out to the porch
and wave their handkerchiefs and aprons.
TWENTY-FIVE bushels to the acre."
shouts the boy as he trundles his wheel
barrow into the yard for a fresh supply
of liquids. The feet of the women seemed
winged by the good news, for they are
not disposed, like the farmer to growl
because there were not twenty-five bush
els. How blistering hot 1t is-ideai har-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30
Making Paper Bags.

The complete output of the largest
paper bag company's mills, says the
Schoharie Republican, amounts to
between 6, 900, 900 and 1000, 900 bags
per day, and is distributed through
out the leagth and breadth of the
United States. In the manufacture
of the bags machinery is almost en-
tirely used, although from 800 to
400 employees are kept busy attending
to detail work. OF these employees
more than two-thirds nre women. The
factories are mostly in the east, the
largest of all being located in northern
New York.
Tho girls employed in the New
England mills are many of them high
school graduates and live at home.
The duties of these young women en-.
ployes consist largely in attending to
the arrangement of such details as
enter into the making up of paste pots
cleansing of brushes, assortment OF
sizes, etc.
Thirty tons of paper are converted
each day into bags varying in size
from the one-half to the thirty-fve
measurement. The paper is taken
directly from tho paper machine in
rolls of different widths, aud by
gravity is run to the large elevator.
which hoists it to the machine room.
On each side of this immense apart
ment are located the great machines,
while the centre is devoted to the ty-
ing machines. A roll of paper is put
on to the end of machine, supplied
with facilities which folds in into
tubes, cuts into proper lengths, folds
the bottom, pastes, prints, dries and
delivers the bags, counted, and by
recent Improvement, punched with
small hole in the top so that it may
be easily hung up. and is handy for a
retailer.
One machine will turn out 200, 900
perfect bags, with lap not to exceed
half an inch. Paper World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

the fish, which is dono with dispatch
and In a most tkilful manner. While
IN inexperienced man would in o
bungling fashion try TO prepare one
sardine, hundred have passed under
the Breton's knife. After this opera
tion they are allowed to drain on
wooden Stats over night, after being
slightly salted. They are then cooked
in oil and put in wire baskets to drip.
The cooking is nice process. II it is
overdone the scales come of, which
impairs the malset valve. Five or six
minutes suffer for the cooking.
When cold the fish is placed on
tables, to be arranged in the boxes,
in oil dipped from barrels. As the
oil is worth more than the fish, bulk
for bulk, it is an object to fill the
boxes MS closely as possible with fish.
The boxes are then soldered and after
ward steamed, being placed in cold
water on which steam is gradually
turned. This second cooking takes
an hour or more. The boxes are then
allowed to cool in the water, and care
is taken to move them as little as pos
sible. New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

months, and It doesn't enter into the visi-
bic supply yet"
'These farmers knows too much for
their own good" growl the buyers. Mean
while the farmers stand together and per-
err, In the end. makes his money on small
He Is really allowed only small COM
mission. Only now and then does he
make a shrewder bargain or find q farm
er who must have money.
"Well, | guess I'll go home and put In
winter wheat until the price comes round
my way" he announces as he drives
away, and he keeps up this assumed in
difference by not appearing for a week,
saying, when he comes back again: Il
see there will be nearly three billion
bushels this year. Guess the speculn-
tors won't starve If my wheat lays where
It is. Got It insured to-day" SO he has
the buyer at his mercy, and in the end
he gets the highest price if he is shrewd
enough to know what that is.
He rebels 365 days in the year against
competing with the heather of China
and East India. where wheat is still
thrashed with the fail, saying that n
hundred coolies don't represent the cap
ital put into thrashing machine; and
Argentina, cultivated by Italians and
Spanish immigrant labor, seems an un-
warranted invasion of his rights.
Saturday is the day generally agreed
upon as the day TO sell, because then the
farmers are gathered in the market
towns in the greatest number. Then ac-
tual wagon loads of wheat are hauled in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30
THE AMERICAN
HARVEST HOME.

r N country life all the poetry of the
year Is concentrated in the drama OF
i the harvest-the hopes and fears, the
Joys and sorrows, the suspense and tho
rewnrd for toll or the certainty of self
denial for year, makes the time preced-
ing the gathering of the great cereal crop
one of anxiety, and the condition of the
wheat the subject of absorbing interest
in million families.
Scarcely anything else il spoken Of for
weeks. This wave of poetry, of emotion
that must have expression rises In
Southern Missouri and Illinois and rolls
northward from farm to farm. from May
10 September. always beginning some
where and eliminating otherwhere, until
at last il dies away on the plains of Man
itoba.
While yet, to the traveller on the rail-
roads, "the bllowy bays of grain, ever
rolling in shadow and sunshine" are
green and scarcely distinguishablc from
meadow land, the farmer has caught the
first undcrgleam of yellow that creeps up
the stalk from day to day, until the
heavy head has turned TO gold. Every
day then Is good or bad for the wheat.
lie wants the weather to be cool and dry;
n thunder storm is a tragedy, a sky OF
brass a disaster. lie looks to the signs
in the morning. aud waits impatiently
for the freight train to creep by with the
Government weather signal displayed.
He goes to town for the paper TO read
the prediction, and he decorates his
horses ears with the heaviest boards he
can find to keep up his courage.
At this time he Is pessimist. A spot
of rust on yellow stalk will make him
despondent for a week. If his daughter
Is counting on music lessons he will show
her Ilessian fly found in the wheat,
and the sight of chinch bug will develop
the whole family in gloom. With the first
touch of gold on the boards feverish
activity begins. The farmer gets his
reaper and binder ready and arranges
with the neighbors to trade off work.
There are trips to town for binding twine,
for stores of sugar and coffee. and the
butter is not sold but is stored away in
the milkhouse. A sheep or a calf is penned
M TO be fattened, and chickens are con.
fined in the poultry houses.
The first morning that smoke Is seen
from n thrashing machine down on the
southern horizon is great day. All day
long II is watched. Perhaps II is busy Mt
small farm and is moved to another in
the afternoon. Sometimes there Is un.
accountable delay when, if the smoke still
rises from the thrashcr, the farmer will
venture to predict that Sam Browns
twenty acres are turning out better than
he expected, and hopes rise. If the
smoke ceases there are dire predictions
that the machine has broken down, and
before il is fixed a storm will come and
drench the shocks.
The farmer has finished the reapins
and the shocks stand in the open field
II II
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30
THE SOuTH'S SWEET SINGER.
Frank L. Stanton, Georgia's Poet and
Humorist.

No newspaper writer ever achieved
greater popularity than has fallen to
the lot of Frank l.. Stanton within the
past year. His sweet poems, whose
humor and cheerfulness are as fatal to
melancholy as the suns rays are to
darkness, are found everywhere in the
magazines, the great metropolitan pa
pers and the more humble country
sheets. An optlmist himself, his writ
lngs reflect the bright view he takes of
life. A Georgia Philosopher, one OF the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-30

1t is said that Queen Victoria has
painted portrait Of Emperor Viii
liam. the likeness being excellent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-11-20
 Fun for the Boys.

On next Friday night, November 9, the Pine Bluff Athletic Assoeia- ton will give an entertainment that will surpass all previous efforts. Sev- eral well know professionals have volunteered their seryies, as well as anumber of the amateurs: Joe Drew of Little Rock; Billy Parks, of Mem phis, will go on in six-round glove contest; Lee Matatesla and "Clever7 Miller, two scientific boxers from Memphis. will give 8 fiye-round ex- hibition. Billy Pool and an unknown will have q four-round bout; Allen Hudson and Johnnie Huggard will contest for points in a four-round bout as will also Tommy Fuller and Charles Harrington. There will also be clog dancing and a wrestling match to say nothing of other attractive specialties