Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-07
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viding that every printed statement
which tends to impugn the character
of anybody or hold him up to ridicule
must be signed by the writer's true
name. The way in which the San
Francisco papers 60 round about this
law and at the same time chuckle over
their disobedience, is hilarious in the
extreme. One or two of the papers
have made the whole thing ridicu-
lous by putting ficticious names to
every paragraph in their columns,
and others, refusing to regard the law
at all, call loudly on the officers of the
law to punish them. All this shows
very clearly that in this country pub
lie opinion snaps its fingers at unjust
or ridiculous laws. Up to the present
time nobody has been prosecuted.
- The United States Philippine COM
mission, last Friday night, gave one of
the most brilliant balls Manila has ever
seen. 1t was one of a series of enter
tainments intended to foster friend
ship between the Americans and the
natives. The commission has the
handsomest residence in Manila, over
looking the harbor. The grounds sur
rounding it were illuminated while the
house itself was decorated with the
American colors. The newly appoint
ed judges, General Otis, a number Of
other American officers and many
wealthy natives, were present. There
was adisplay of gorgeous native toilets
and many jewels were worn, and the
array of handsome women surprised
the Americans. There was a long
programme of American and Filipinos
dances, followed by the rendering of
several instrumental selections, closing
with the Star Spangled Banner.
Cincinnati dispatch to the Phila-
delphia Times, May 81: Three years
ago Miss Gertrude Myers, of Coving-
ton, KY, met Albert Myers in New
York. They became infatuated with
each other and several months ago
Albert came to Cincinnati and propos.
ed marriage. On Sunday last Myers
called on Gertrude and showed her a
picture of his mother, which bore a
startling resemblance to Gertrude. He
then told her that he had sister whom
he had not seen for many years and
how his parents died in infancy, and
he and bis sister had been put in an
orphan asylum in Covington. He was
subsequently, adopted by a family
named Kraemar, who moved to New
Orleans, and later to New York, where
they now reside. The relationship of
the two Myers was then proven be-
yond a doubt and the marriage de-
clared off. Miss Myers had also been
adopted by a family here. Myers re-
turned to New York Wednesday
morning, having lost his bride, but
found instead his long lost sister.
Consul Mahin, of Reichenburg,
Austria, under date of April 81, quotes
an account in a local newspaper of a
process for making artificial cotton
from the wood of fir trees. 1t appears
that the wood is reduced to thin
shavings, which are placed in wash
ing apparatus exposed to the influence
of steam for 10 hours. They are then
subjected to strong preparation OF
sodium lye and are heated under great
pressure for SO hours. The wood is
now changed to pure cellulose, and to
give this greater resisting power, some
castor oil, caffeina and gelatine are
added. The substance is then put into
an apparatus and made into threads,
which are reeled. The article con-
cludes: "Artifcial cotton can be pro-
duced so cheaply that the genuine
article can hardly compete with ii and
one cannot say that it is sham, for it
is composed exactly as the natural
cotton, of pure cellulose." Mr.. Mahin
adds: "In a country such as this,
where forests of fir trees abound, and
are made perennial by constant plant
ing as the large trees are cut down,
and where all the cotton used in the
numerous factories must be brought
from far India and the United States,
such device should be profitable"
- Grover Cleveland had close call
from getting into trouble while fishing
on Tuesday of last week in a small
settlement just over the state line in
Massachusetts. The former president
went up from New Jersey the week
before to rusticate with Richard Wat
son Glider, who owns a small cottage
at Tyringham. Early on Tuesday
morning Mr.. Cleveland, looking every
inch like country fisherman, started
out in uuest of trout. He tresspassed
on posted land and angled regardless
of the signs, "Tresspassing, hunting
and fishing on these premises strictly
forbidden by law" He was not mo-
Tested until he wandered on into the
fishing grounds of Frank Johnson, a
Tyringham farmer. Johnson had one
fisherman arrested this season for TAX
ing trout out of his brook, and saw
Mr.. Cleveland Just as he landed an
unusually large fish. Accostlng the
fisherman, Johnson ordered him TO
leave the premises or he would have
him arrested. The order was com
piled with. In climbing over fence
Mr.. Cleveland's weight sunk in several
of the fence posts and made klndllng
wood of some of the rails. When in
formed that the lone fisherman was
former President Cleveland, Johnson
remarked: "Iou don't say 50. why,
1 was after the village postoffice when
he was president the last time, but l
didn't get it. | reckon we're about
even now"
- Secretary Hester's New Orleans