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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-31

p8 Some curious details of life in
the polar regions have been obtained
from members of the Nansen expedi-
ton. They all dwell on the feelings
of delight which they experienced in
once more meeting other human be-
ings. So tired did they become of
seeing the same faces and hearing the
same voices, day after day, that in
the end a feeling of irritation was
produced. Finding it almost impossi-
BILE to endure the sight of one another,
they would set off on long walks over
the ice, each man by himself. 1t was
an astounding thing, one man said, to
see his comrades striding away over
the ice from the ship, each in a differ
ent direction, and carefully avoiding
his fellows.
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AN ANTIQUARIAN LUNCH.-Ama-
ziah Dukes, New York broker, re-
Gently said IT have eaten apples
that ripened more than 1900 years
ago, bread made from wheat grown
before the children of Israel passed
through the Red sea, spread it with
butter that was made when Elizabeth
was queen of England, and washed
down the repast with wine that was
old when Columbus was playing bare
foot with the boys of Genoa. The
remarkable spread was given by an
antiquary named Goebel, in the city OF
Brussels, in 1871. The apples were
from an eartheru jar taken from the
ruins of Pompeii, the buried city to
whose people we owe our knowledge
of canning fruit. The wheat was
taken from a chamber in one of the
pyramids, the butter from a stone
shelf in an old we'll in Scotland, where
for centuries it had lain in an earthen
crock in icy water, and the wine was
recovered from an old vault in the
city of Corinth. There were six
guests at che table, and each had a
mouthful of the bread and a teaspoon
full of wine, but was permitted to help
himself literally to the butter, there
being several pounds of it. The apple
Jar held about two-thirds of gallon,
and the fruit was sweet and the flavor
as fine as though put up yesterday.
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INSTINCT OF A BABY BEAVER
Every animal inherits the power of
doing certain things without being
taught-that is to say, they have what
is called instinct. A gentleman refus-.
ed to believe in this instinct, so to con-
vince him Canadian friend bought a
baby beaver from hunter, and sent it
to the gentleman.
The little beaver became a great pet
in the house, but gave no sign of want
ing to build dam until one day q
leaky pail of water was put on the
floor of the back kitchen.
Though but baby, the instinct now
aWoke in the beaver. The instant he
saw the water cozing out of pail he
scampered into the yard, brought in a
chip, and began building his dam.
The gentleman was called, and
watched the little fellow, very much
astonished by all he saw. He gave or
ders to have it left where it was, and
the industrious bea yer kept at his work
four weeks, when he had built solid
dam all around the pal.,
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On ONE POSTAL CARD.-A young
man of Detroit, who had read of
wonderful feats performed by penmen
who could write thousands of words
on postal cards, determined to estab-
lish a record for himself in this line.
He secured a postal card, says the
Detroit Free Press, and without giving
the paper any treatment, taking it as
it came from the postofice, began his
task. Choosing the novel "Portia,
by "The Duchess" for his copy, he
began putting it on the card in charac-
ters so small that they cannot be out
lined by the naked eye. He uses a
steel pen and a purplish ink. The
card is not half filled, yet it contains
1902 words.
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S. o. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81 1885,

hideous faces OF the savages and hear
their wild CALCULATIONS Of triumph es
they bore rapidly down upon me. FIT.
teen minutes more and they would be
within reach Of me. With feeling Of
despair I lashed the rudder in place,
grasped plank from the bottom Of the
boat-the oars had been removed by the
robbers-and began to row with it as
best I could.
"But now for the first time noticed
that an ashy pallor was stealing over
the mist covered sky. and with feel
ing Of joy knew that the night, which
comes down so rapidly in the tropics,
was near at hand. A few moments lat
er the darkness had deepened so that
only the dim outlines Of the pursuing
canoes were visible through the gloom.
A few minutes more and they were lost
to sight in the black night that settled
rapidly over the sea.
"Throwing down the plank with
which I had been rowing, I now grasped
the rudder again and changed my
course to the southeast, while I listened
intently to the sound Of the pursuers'
paddles. A few minutes later I heard
them pass on to the north Of me, while,
with strong wind filling the sails Of
my boat, bore swiftly and noiselessly
away to the south. The noise Of the
paddles died away in the distance, and
7 knew that I was safe.
II continued my course southwark
until daylight, when I could see the
coast of Formosa lying some four or five
miles to the west. The next day I
rounded South cape and was picked up
by the Jeanette, which had returned
and was standing up the Formosa coast
in search Of the robbers.
81 was handsomely rewarded for the
part had played in restoring the treas
ure to its owners, and my adventures
were the all absorbing topic Of converse
tion during the voyage.
"On my return to San Francisco I
was appointed second mate on the Jean.
nette."
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H6- This is how diminutive dogs are
produced in Paris: Snatched from
it's mothers breast when it is but few
hours old, it is put on ar alcoholic diet
instead of lacteal diet. When it
reaches a certain age, alcohol under
different forms constitutes almost the
sole diet of the animal. The young
dogs do not die, but, what is far more
important, they do not develop, and
appear to be wasting away continually.
They soon ceased to grow entirely.
By coupling these products the lilli-
putian animal is obtained after two or
three generations. What a terrible
lesson for drunkards and absinthe con-
sumers.
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THE END.
THE COLOR LINE IN VENEZUELA.

While the color line is not entirely
obliterated in Venezuela society, it il
not so strictly drawn as in the United
States, and the fact that man has me-
gro blood in his veins does not deba,
him from either social, professional o,
political honors. General Joaquin Cres'
po, president of the republic, and his
wife are of mixed Spanish and Indian
blood, and she is vc!y intelligent and
estimable woman, by the way. And tile
amalgamation of races is not unusual
among the lower classes. 1t is common
thing to gee a white woman with an
octoroon, or even q mulatto, for hus.
band, and even more common to see 9
white husband with tinted Venus fol
a wife. At public balls, at the hotels
and other places of resort, in political,
commercial and social gatherings, the
three races-Spanish, Indian and negro
and the mixed bloods mingle witho1,
distinction.
1t is an ordinary sight to find black
and white faces side by side at the din.
ing tables in the hotels and restaurants,
and in the schools and colleges the color
Of child makes no difference in his
standing or treatment. Some Of the
most accomplished scholars in the coun'
try, some of the most eminent lawyers
and jurists, are Of negro blood, and in
the clergy no race distinction is recog'
nized. I have seen colored theological
student-and one can always be detected
by the long, black frock and shovel hat
he wears-walking arm in arm with 6
white comrade. and in the assignment
of priests among the parishes the bishop
never thinks of race prejudice. The
present bishop is reputed to have both
Indian and negro blood in his VEINS
W. +. Curtis.
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A FRISKY DEACON.

In DR.. Alfred Booths "reminiscences
of Springfield, Mass, occurs the fol-
lowing account of Deacon Hitchcock /:
Born in 1922, in the North Main street
region, he removed while a young man
into the east part of the town, now
known as South Wilbraham, married
in 1748, and was the first deacon of the
church there, continuing in Office many
years. During long life he was of
wonderful strength, agility, and endur-
ance, and had he lived in the palmy
days of Greece, he would have been a
worthy competitor in the games of
those days. 1t is related of him that
ON one occasion, man riding by the
field where he was at work, and boast
ing of the speed of his horse, was
challenged by the deacon, who said he
could run from Springfield quicker on
foot than the horse with his rider
could. 1t resulted in the triumph of
the deacon, distance ten miles, time
not stated. He would lift CARLOAD
of hay by getting his shoulders under
the axle, in a STOPPING posture, and
throw an empty cart over with one
hand by taking hold at the end of the
axle-tree. When loading grain in
cart, he would take bag by the teeth,
and with a swing and the aid of push
from the knee, throw into the cart.
He had double teeth in front, and
would hold a tenpenny nail by them
and break it off with his fingers. He
used to say he did not know man he
could not whip. or run away from.
The day he was 70 years old, he re-
marked to his wife that when they
were first married he was wont to
amuse her by taking down his hat
with his toes, and added, 81 wonder if
I could do it now |" Thereupon he
jumped from the floor, took off his hat
with his toes, came down on his feet
like a cat, hung up the hat on the
nail, turned to the table, asked bless
ing, and ate of the repast then ready.
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WHEN THE BLIND SEE.-Blind peo

WHEN THE BLIND SEE.-Blind peo-
ple's first experiences Of sight are
curious. An old man in Pembroke,
Ont, who was born blind, received his
sight by the removal of a cataract.
When the bandage was first removed
the patient started violently and cried
out as if with fear, and for awhile was
quite nervous from the effects of the
shock. For the first time in his life he
looked upon the earth. The first thing
he noticed was flock of wild sparrows.
In relating his experience, he said that
he thought they were teacups, although
a few moments afterward he readily
distinguished a watch which was shown
to him. 1t is supposed that this re-
cognition is owing to the fact that he
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a1iseellatltous 8eading.
THE ALUMINIUM OUTPUT.
This Country Leads the World With II, 900
Pounds Daily Product.

Pounds Daily Product.
Aluminium, the youngest of all met
ais, is readily coming into general use.
1t was discovered by Frederic Wohler,
a German professor, but to Sir Clair
Deville, a Frenchman, belongs the
honor of being the founder OF the
aluminium industry.
The first article made of this metal
was in compliment to Louis Napoleon,
who had helped Deville-a baby rattle
far the infant Prince Imperial.
In 1855, when the first aluminium
company was formed, the cost of a
pound of metal was 5000. In 1883
Charles M. Hall, of Oberlin, O., pat
ented an electrolytic process. He,
with a few of his friends, then started
small plant on the banks of the AL
leghany river, 18 miles above Pitts
burg. The first year the company
produced Is pounds of aluminium a
day, which was sold for $3.50 a pound.
In 1895 a company built a large plant
at Niagara Falls, and this year it is
building additional works. When
these are completed they will have an
output of 1000 pounds daily. This
will put the United States in front as
the largest aluminium producing coun-
try in the world.
Aluminium weight is about a third
that of iron, and only steel of the
highest quality and the best aluminium
bronze will give greater strength for a
given weight than aluminium. 1t
stands high in the list of metals, and
can be drawn into wire 1-250th of an
inch in thickness. 1t is an excellent
conductor of electricity, and would, at
20 cents a pound, take the place OF
copper for all electrical purposes.
In shipbuilding, where lightness is
demanded, aluminium meets every
requirement. Corrosion and galvanic
action are easily overcome by proper
ly paintiag the part subject to the ac-
tion of the water and by using alumi-
MUM rivets. France and Germany
have several torpedo boats made o
aluminium, and pleasure yachts every
year are being constructed of this
metal.
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Ideas of Beauty.

How would our European type of
beauty be received in other zones!
White travellers have declared that in
the heart of the tropical forest the ne
gro's shining ebon skin is considered
esthetically lovely, while the white
skin of the European suggests only
sickliness and disease. It is clear that
the question of what constitutes beauty
would be answered differently by every
race. To quote the apt saying of an old
Greek philosopher, MAN is the measure
in all things" Every race has its own
Apollo and Aphrodite. The traveller
Hearne, who is we'll acquainted with
the North American Indians, says that
in the eyes of these Indians the ideal of
beauty must possess broad, fat face,
small eyes, high cheek bones, low fore
head, a large, broad chin, a knobby.
hooked nose, a golden brown skin. In
northern China only the native Mant-
choo types are admired-a broad face,
high cheek bones, very broad nose and
enormous ears One of these cued
Asiatics who had travelled to Ceylon,
upon seeing the prominent nose of the
foreign ambassador, wrote that he had
the beak of bird and the body Of a
man. Among the natives Of Cochin
China a woman, to be charming, must
have perfectly round head and face
Among these colored races white skin
is regarded as ugly. White wop':cn re-
ceive little favor and attention from
them. Chinese in the interior of the
kingdom consider all Europeans ugly
because of their white skin and promi.
nent noses. The Siamese, with their
small noses, widely separated nostrils,
large mouths, rather thick lips, big
faces, and high, broad cheek bones, sim
ply cannot conceive of European beauty.
Their own women, they think, are so
much better looking than Europeans
Chautauquan.
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heard it ticking. The blaze from the
lamp excited the most lively surprise
in his mind. He had no idea what it
was, and when it was brought near, he
wanted to pick it up. When the night
approached upon the day when he first
usedjhis eyes, he was in fright, fearing
that he was losing the sight which he
had so wonderfully found after go years
of darkness.
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"Au that dag sUe continued our course" !"
quaint him with the business on hand
and pilot him to the place agreed upon
on the west coast of Formosa. What
disposition was to be made of me in the
meantime I was unable to learn, but l
had the gravest apprehensions that it
was their intention to leave me on the
islands.
"However, 1 was allowed my free
dom and went and came as I pleased.
Sometimes would venture quite dis.
tance inland, wandering over the hills
and through the deep canyons. in which
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Sergeant o O'Keefe, who spent five years
in tho observatory OH Pixies peak, says
that the lowest temperature observed
was so degrees below zero, the highest
go degrees above.
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g6F There is no way of making
permanent success in this world with
out giving an honest equivalent for it.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-09
Truths by Whitcinw Held.

Whltelaw Reid, In his address to The
Ohio editors gets down to the
meat OF the money question and pours
some hot shot Into the free silver ranks.
He tells some wholesome truths md
shows UP the rank dishonesty of the
hcrcsy. The following paragraphs are
plain statements of hcts:
You can make free silver men sec, from
tho financial history OF every nation that
ever tried II. TINT while making moro
money does initiate prices, II works both
ways, II raises prices for what they have
to buy, ms well us for what they have to
sell: and IL apt TO raise the former first
und highest
The grocer raises his figures long ho-
fore the day laborcr can have his wages
advanced: and tho lnhorer never really
catches up I'll the inevitable crash comes
and Moth tumble together. Cheap money
never did cheaper the necessities OF life;
but II ohcapers the men. Look at Mexico.
and China, and India.
Silver men can be made to see, too TINT
making more money does not put 1t in
their pockets. The bullion owner may get
n hundred times more silver than now
stamped into dollars. but he will not be
any, more willing to give the wheat raiser
n single one Of th1m without getting Il
round hundred cents worth OF wheat
for It.
An ignorant voter thinks that when
more metal Is stamped Mt the mint he can
somehow Set dolin- for less than what
the open market calls Hundred cents in
value. The rcal-authors OF this movement
have further Views. What they want Is
TO find some way OF paying something
with nothing. 1t Is merely tho old un-
limited Hrecnback. HAT money craze In n
new form. II has been tried at one time
or another by nearly every nation, and
has always led to ruin.
We do not want the kind OF so-callcd
prosperity in this country that. while
giving us high prices, also gives us
cheap men and cheap money. The good
sound sense of the people OF the United
States will vote down the proposition as
was voted down the greenback fiat
money craze.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-09

This government cannot, as some pco-
pie suppose, create value by putting Its
stamp on an article. No government
on earth can do chat. 1t cannot take n
piece OF paper and print upon It, This
Is Il dollar" neither can II take fifty
cents worth OF silver and make It n dol
lar by u similar declaration. II the fiat
OF the government was that powerful! 1t
could stamp on the back OF n mule,
This Is n horse" and Immediately the
mule would become horse. Every
body can see the Righteousness of. that
proposition.
The government can no more make
fifty cents worth Of commodity worth
n hundred cents by its fiat than It can
change the species OF an animal by The
same process. The laws OF trade are
almost as immutable rs the laws OF
nature. Value cannot be legislated into
anything. The government cannot'say
the price Of silver shall be so and so any
mone than It can by congressional en-
actment fix the price OF wheat, corn or
oats, or change the length of yard
stick or n foot measure.
a correspondent OF the IntellIgenccr,
who Is evidently believer In the gov
ernment's power to create value by Its
stamp. refers to the fact that the United
States once Issued paper money which
did not represent anything but the gov
crnment's credit. That was the money
issued In war times.
Our correspondent should know that
on that money the government did not
stamp, This is n dollar" or This ~
five dollars" as the case might be, but
on the face OF each bill was simply the
promise of the government to pay the
amount called for: IN other words. every
piece OF paper was the governments
prlm!s3ary note. and nll were redeemed
when specie payments were resumed In
1879. We rusumcd on gold basis.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-09

1t Is announced that the Boy Orator Is
to make some speeches in West Virginia
and the Popocratlc organs are haIling
the news with so much Joy as to lead
to the suspicion that they do not believe
the state is as safely Popocratic as they
pretend they do.
We presume, OF course. that In West
Virginia Mr.. Eryan will be greeted by
large and curious crowds Just az he has
been everywhere he has gone. The pop
ulation OF n town will turn out regard
less of party to see presidential candI-
date at any time. and will pretty Sener
ally give him n respectful hearing.
The TntcllIgcncer trusts that when he
arrives in Wheeling the candidate will
have n big crowd to hear him. for
Wheeling will have n rare opportunity
to hear for itself how II Is that the
Platte statesman totally ignores arsu-
ment and plays for votes by trying to
array class against class and appealing
to base prcjudIccS.
That sort Of campaigning has never
been successful but once In this country.
That was In 1892. and the people are de-
terminc1 not to be fooled again.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-09

\ Fable.-One time ms n peasant was
travelling along the highway he en-
countered a robber who had been ly-
Ing In ambush. When a demand was
made for his money he wept and la
mentcd and bcsouEht the rObbcr to at
least spare him half.
Come down with every silver. or off
comes the top of your head!" shouted
the bad man, and he left the peasant
not one copper coin.
An hour later. as the robbcr was TAX
Ing things easy along the road, he
was met by Mandarin and escort,
and the big man ordered that he be
seized and searched. When his cash
was brought TO light the Mandarin ex-
claimed:
"Ah! he has too much money for an
honest man! Take 1t away from him
and gave him sixty strokes OF the bam-
boo!"
Next day the sore and limMng rob-
bcr again encountered the peasant. and
he at once fell upon him in anger. cry
ing out:
''Ah! II you had not yielded up your
cash % me l should not have been
bamboOed."
And II every cent of II Ind not been
counterfeit | should have taken an
other road and not met YOU" replied
the peasant. n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-09

this, He only Knows that It would be n
good thing for him. II tho poor man
asks him how he Is going to get his share
OF these cheap dollars, Mr.. Clarke will
tell him, why, work for It, to. be sure.
jnst. us You do to get the gold stand
ard 100 cont dollars now" nut will Mr..
Clarke provide the work? That IL nm.
other question and ono which win ro-
main unanswered.
We single out Mr., Clarke, the Ann-
conda mine owner, because hr is n type
of tho money0d class. and about the only
moncycd class. whose greed and avarlco
are inspiring nnd financially backing
this whole FREQ silver moSsnrrt. II u
banker supports tho gold standard, Mr.
bryan holds him up as one of the "cru-
ciiiers OF mankind" and yet the banker
Is the man who Is intrustcd with the
savings of the common people. md rs n
faithful servant he must protect those
savings and see that every dollar IL
paid back to the dcpositor In us good
money Ms he paid In. Can MIR. Bryan
say us much for the silver mine owner
who Is paying his campaign expenses?
Can he show any other motive for the
silver owners support of free silver than
the one we have pointed out?
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hind their present position Is lurking
many u doubt and mental reservation"
This Is q cruel thrust, but It In tusti-
fled, There ore Democrats whom the
shoe will 1T nicely, Chairman Buffers
appeal Illustrates how beautifully hur-
monlous the silver forces urc ind how
delightfully."- trustful they arc of each
other. BIZ
The letter Is only another not in tho
Popocratlc opera bouffc and viii furnish
additional amusement for the galleries.
1t must DO admitted, however, that
Chairman Butler has the best OF tho
argument when he claims that tho Pop
ullsts are entitled to be recognized M
the only legitimate champions OF tho
cause OF free silver Mr. Brynns Popo-
cratic crowd Is campaigning on stolen
platform.