Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-01
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householder to purchase bottle of IL
Eliminating gas on his way home with
out leaving So deposit. The illuminant
may be bought by the pound at Is
cents or so, when somebody starts in
to manufacture it. AS yet its manu-
facture has not been undertaken in this
country. 1t has been used in Germa-
ny, where it was discovered by Pro-
fessor Blau. After him it is named
Blaugas. Professor Hallock had a
jar of it at the Chemists club and
showed it's power of illumination. The
gas leaves the jar through a tube
about the size of a telegraph wire. The
other end of the tube connects with
the burner. The great advantage at
tributed to the new illuminant is its
inexpensiveness. A 22-pound cylinder
at Is cents a pound would give a so
candle power light for four months
burning four hours a day.
Pittsburg dispatch to Baltimore
Sun: IF the ladies will kindly remove
their abominable hats 80 that they
can sit closely together in the front Of
the auditorium we will proceed with
the institute" said Prof. John Morrow,
superintendent of the Allegheny
schools, yesterday morning to the
young women teachers who had as
sembled for the monthly institute.
Each woman was topped by piece of
headgear like a cartwheel. They rails
IL. g,,1, hnl
come as much to show their hats as
anything else and the suggestion that
they remove them was absurd. The
institute shall not proceed until the
hats are removed" declared Super
intendent Morrow. Then began u siege
which lasted for two hours. Professor
Morrow, seated on the platform. and
the teachers doing the best they
could to be comfortable on straight
backed chairs and trying to balance
their hats. When the clock started on
into the third hour the teachers be-
gan to capitulate. One after another the
hats were removed, and when all heads
were uncovered Professor Morrow
opened the session.
Washington, April 90: AS many of
the details of the forthcoming attack
by guns and tOrpedoeS on the monitor
Florida as the navy department deems
eXpedient to be nkown are contained in
a statement issued Saturday. The eX-
periments will take place about the
middle of May at a place to be kept
secret if possible. The object of the
experiments is to obtain information
concerning the actual effect on a
ships structure of gun and torpedo
attack under present conditions. The
Arkansas will fire a 12-inch projectile
loaded with high explosives to strike
the FlOrida's turret with an energy
little short of penetration, the effect
of the shock only being desired. This
probably will be the only shot fired
against armor, but another glancing
blow against one side of the turret may
possibly be decided on. After the in
Spection Of the results of this test,
several shots from the fOur-inch and
12-inch guns of the Arkansas will be
aimed at the experimental military
mast erected on the stern of the Flor
ida. One or two torpedoes may be
exploded against the bottom of the
Florida. 1t is not intended to destroy
the vessel, and she will be restored to
her former condition of usefulness af-
ter the necessary experimental data
have been obtained
New York, April %: Within a fort
night the railroads have sold or have
had authorized by the public service
commission of New York $120,0O0,O0O
Of bonds and notes, exclusive of sales
of smaller amounts of bonds previous
ly carried in the treasures Of several
roads. The fiotation in such a brief
period of several important issues, in
Guiding the $40,000,000 Pennsylvania
railroad bonds and the s25,O00,O00 In
terbOrough Rapid Transit notes, tells
clearly of the change which has taken
place in the investment market since
the opening of the year, when it was
difficult to obtain funds even for the
most pressing requirements of busi-
ness The statement made by leading
bankers last week that there has been
no recent change in the situation eX-
cept that bankers have had the cOur-
age to go ahead and finance the legiti-
mate requirements of the railroads, is
in a sense true, but the fact that bank
ers now are willing to take securities
shows that the monetary position has
become easy and that it is the belief
Of bankers that investors again are in
a frame of mind to consider the pur-
chase of high grade securities. To
what extent this belief was justified
was Strikingly illustrated last week by
the enormous oversubscriptions to the
two leading issues of the week, the
Pennsylvania bonds and the Inter-
borough notes. The former was taken
by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. jointly with n.
Rothschild & Sons and Barring Bros.
d Co. Of London. and the latter was
underwritten by J. p. Morgan & Co.
- Washington, April 2S: A substi-
tute bill for the acquisition by the gov
ernment of lands in the southern APP
palachian and White Mountain chalnS,
To take the place of the bills recently
declared unconstitutional by the ju-
dietary committee of the house, was
introduced today by Representative
Lever of South Carolina. and was re-
ferred to the committee on agriculture.
The new bill is designed To fall well
within the constitutional limitations
pointed out by the judiciary commit
tee. 1t provides for the appointment of
a commission to select and value lands
in the Appalachian and White Noun
tainS which would be useful 70 be ac-
quired and kept in fOrested condition
in order to conserve and improve the
navigability of streams which already
are navigable in whole or in part;
authorizes the secretary Of agriculture
to acquire such lands by gift or pur-
chase. with consent of the legislatures
of the states wherein they lie. and APP
prupriates $1.5OO,OO0 therefor. There
is a further provision that annually,
after July 1st. 1909 until 1918, all the
revenues of the forestry service shall