Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09

handel. throwing the money down ON
the table.
DIR. White. now convinced tha: it WAS
beyond his ken. put his hat over il.
merely laying his hand lightly on the
crown.
Heads or tails?''
20. another cabbage head, | sup
pose" said Dr.. White.
Il say tails-lels see
Sure enough the cash was gone again;
but in the hat lay, curled around, the
finest. fullest foX-tail 1 nearly ever
saw.
DR.. White was not only convinced,
but delighted. 1t was so wonderful,
everyone should see an exhibition of
such skill. That night cost him $40.
He not only had his wife. adopted
daughter. and all the boarders to come.
but brought every Negro he had, even
| to the old African cook, ! don't know
how old.
The school flourished for some years.
DR.. White continued to board the girls.
At length old Mrs. Tanee died. He
then took Miss Louisa. the daughter.
" Ills HouSt. ENlIt lttuSul lIlt ioi
Il year. and then gave it up. When she
left Torkville she went to a half-Sster
in Wilmington. and from there took Il
steamer to New York. believe on the
voyage the vessel was wrecked, and she
perished. She was very ugly woman,
but of most superior mind and accom-
plishments, and altogether one of the
mn fn ncf.ip tinp 7 knnw
Seven years after she left York l was
in Charleston. The landlord showed
me trunk with the name Of Miss
Louisa Tanee on 1t, sent to his care by
Dr. White subject to her orders. 1t
had remained unasked for all this time.
He opened it not long afterward, and
found it contained only a ladys full
paraphernalia.
DR.. White did not remain long in
York after the close Of Miss Tanee's
school. a year or two after, he remov-
ed back to his plantation on Turkey
creek, which. after some years, he sold
and emigrated to Kentucky. There he
met with much trouble. His adopted
daughter, to whom he was singularly
devoted. married in opposition to his
wishes. and he lost by death the wife
of his youth He married again after
some years. thus repairing his desolate
state: and his latter years in Kentucky
were better than his first. In two step
daughters his pride was gratified by
their beauty and style, and his declin-
ing years cheered by their affectionate
attention.
ITO BE CONTINUED NEXT SATURDAY.
TooTHPICKS.-New York city con-
sumes zoe, 900. 900 wooden toothpicks an
nually, says the Boston Herald. Near
ly all of these come from Japan, Por-
tugal and Maine. Five thousand cords
of wood are used for this industry in
the United States each year. and 80 per
cent Of it comes from Maine. The tim
ber used is mostly white birch, with
some maple. and most of it comes from
Franklin county. Outside of the Pine
Tree State the industry is confined to
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New
York When the lumbermen, in their
winter camps, find Il fine white birch
tree. it's choice portions are laid aside
for toothpicks. The logs, after being
seasoned in the open air, are taken to
the factories. stripped Of their bark.
automatically cut into veneers. about
as thick as toothpicks and as wide as
toothpicks are long. Another opera
ton cuts these veneers into finished
toothpicks at the rate Of thousand Il
minute. AS the manufacture is so rap
id the factories run only a few weeks
to prepare the supply for year. The
very best toothpicks come from Portu-
gal, where they are Whitfield by hand
from orange wood splints by girls, who
receive 10 cents a day for their labor.
These toothpicks are very smooth and
do not splinter. They are found In the
first class restaurants and in the houS-
eS of men who are very particular
about such conveniences. Japan comes
next to Portugal in the number or
toothpicks exported to the United
States. They are cut by hand from
reeds and are sold in close competition
with the American product. notwith-
standing the duty of 80 per cent, owing
to the very cheap labor in Japan.