Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-18

Ifcn"ril klibrr and others. Gutenberg,
who is credited with invcnt!ng movable
ltype. lived in Strassburg in l434. al
though h" was born in Maycncc in
lahout 100 klibcr IL hest remembered
l"SP"cinlly in IN" Egyptian campaign.
and tor having licked the Austrians so
badly at Mons. Belgium. The clock in
In" cathedral is the drawing card of
This clock is y or II feet high by
or 10 feet wide. On one side is n
rooster on top Of a tower which con-
,tains the weights that run the clock
which indicate the seconds. minutes,
hours. days of the week and month.
and the movements OF the planets.
| When l. o'clock arrives. a hell strikes
the -four quarters of the hour. At each
stroke an angel raises a hammer held
in his right hand and strikes a bell held
| in his left hand. \ skeleton strikes a
| h"ll with a bone. At twelve strokes at
| noon, a door opens and the figure OF
the Savior appears and moves forward
n few inches. Another door opens
and IN apostle moves in front of the
Savior. makes Il bow. moves on and
is followed by all the apostles who do
| likewise. until all twelve have passed.
When tho APOSTLE Peter appears, the
| rooster raises his head. rufflcs his neck
| feathers. claps his wings three times
and crows. The 'crow" Is not good
rooster crow. but is something like
natural. This clock was made by a
man and his daughter who worked
many years on IL.
At my hotel was sitting at G o'clock
table d'hot" (dinncr). and wishing
| something asked. with thanks that II
hc handed me. An old gentleman close
10y looked up and said: THAT sounds
good American" answered: "Ycs,
sir: | am from South Carolina" He
then said. we are from Philadelphia:
my nam" is Kellogg and this Is Mr..
Butler" ! gave them my name and
the meeting WAS truly agreeable for
me as We were together rs long rs we
stayed in StraSShurg. and found
them Ia hc fine companions. One night
after 6 o'clock dinner VIC concluded to
go TO Il garden vaudeville show. \ car
riagc appeared and in We got, riding
probably five city blocks. when VIC
reached the garden. Our driver jump
cd from his box very suddenly and
ran TO the girl doorkccprr and whis-
prrcd something to her. We walked
slowly TO tho gate after having
paid tho driver one mark each (25
cnnts). and asked the girl the price of
admission. Two marks each" she |
answered. Our Mr.. Kellogg turned to |
find the driver who had quickly left |
lie said to the girl. I'VE were told at |
the hotel that Gin mark Zone mark) |
was the price" and we started away. |
The Girl. seeing us go. yelled out. Elm |
mark! Elm mark! Zone mark) but We
left and walked to our hotel which was
only one block away. The rascally |
driver had taken US five or six blocks
in zig-zag WAY to cam the mark ALL
,so-He mad tried to work skin game
with the girl on two-mark instead OF
op+-mark entrance fee. That is COM
mon, however i'm all cities: the larger
| the city the more common the occur
| renee Mr.. Kellogg proved to he n
starch manufacturer OF Philadelphia:
Mr. Butler a wealthy traveller.
from StraSSburg To Paris is $50
| miles. as | got il from an American. II
| took me all day to make tho trip and
| WAS tired. hot and hungry when our
train pulled into the depot in Paris nj
. o'clock AT night. | had gotten a light
lunch nj Il little station and as want
ed water asked the waiter for n glass.
| He brought me n small piece of ice
hut no glass. The French for ice is
| "glacc." pronounced glass" hence our
word glacier. and ] wondered what the
| ice was for with no water or glassO
| | ran into a "blazc of beauty" as our
train slowly pulled into the Paris sta
tion. will go back a moment. ] cam
not describe rural France rs / saw il.
The reader would hardly believe the
description. | have travelled Franc"
| from Chcrhourg on the Atlantic coast
| through the heart of tho republic on to
Switzerland and from eastern Franco
| through Paris and Dicpp". crossing
| the English channel TO Brighton. Eng
| land. The topography of France Is
about the same as that Of our Pied
mont section generally. ] did not sec
Inn acre of washed land: even the
mountain sides are tcrraccd and culti-
waited \ larger part OF the labor is
done by hand with pick. shovel. spade
and hoe. The farmers own few acres.
pulvrrizc them deeply and cultivate
every square yard. The country APP
pcar,d rs ono continuous garden from
| Chrrbourg 10 Paris and their bloom
ing vegetables are beautiful to sec. BY
| 10 o'clock n. m. every meat market IN
Paris is us clean as 4 new pin. with
the owners gone. The Parisians buy
their meats and vegetables for the
/ ntNl II HOuIS anu
| friscratorS. ! saw the markets being
drcnchcd with water and secured un-
til clean ana dry. The station enter
ed 10y our train in Paris was of glass
and iron. II was so bright. pretty and
clear. I had not. up to that time.
seen so large and pretty station. hut
now We have European stations beaten
badly in such NJ the Pennsylvania and
Grand Central Of New York city. and
| IN" immense Boston station. y volume
may he written describing Paris.
then the half would not lA told. II Is
conceded to he the most beautiful city
in the world. and Parisians say that
their purpose is TO keep it beautiful
and thus draw people from over the
world TO spend their money there.
| put in three or four days in wagon
cite drives. These vehicles carry about
twenty ppOnle and were operated by