Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-13
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B0 ucTC dtO uO oaCOP III ooPeH3 Wv
wool is not used in clothing her peo-
pie.
p@ A raft mile long, composed OF
yellow pine logs has arrived in Phil
adelphia from the coast of North Caro-
lima.
pE Among the curiosities that a
Cobalt (Conn.) dentist left after bis
death were all the teeth he had ever
pulled.
BdT In Burlington, N. j., man was
sentenced (for drunkenness) to attend
thirty temperance lectures. He atten.
ded one and has reformed.
p6 The latest watch is marvel OF
1t is the size of a small SOL
itaire, and is intended to be worn as
the button of a shirt or sleeve.
p8 1t is estimated that New York
city during business hours contains q
of 3, 400, 900, the railways
and ferries alone bringing to town over
300, 900 passengers.
R6r The farmer becomes a manufac-
turer when he converts his grain and
forage crops into beef, pork, mutton
and butter, and this too without rob-
bing his soil of fertility.
G@ A novel means of defense has
been tried at the town of Holguin,
Cuba. As proof against sudden on:
slaught that town has been surrounded
by thousands of yards of barbed wire.
S0r If the meat is tough, or if you
have any doubt as to its tenderness,
put tablespoonful of vinegar over it
when put on to cook, and you will find
it very tender when done.
s6T A statistical person who says he
has carefully Investigated the subject,
says that, with the exception of Will
lam Henry Harrison, all the presidents
of the United States have had blue
eyes. - -,
s@ Until after the Sixth century all
silk imported from the East to the West
was valued at its weigh in gold. The
silken goods were put into one scale
and enough gold to balance them in
the other.
sdT The Roumanian government
owns the biggist wine cellar in the
world. It was built for railroad tun-
mel, half mile long, but was never
used for that purpose, and has been
rented to a wine dealer.
s~ O1e great moral influence not
yet credited to the bicyclei is indicated
in the fact that horses are now so cheap
in the West that horse stealing is no
longer worth while, and that species Of
crime has practically disappeared.
sdT The Cuban insurgents will not
accept any terms which include the
of Spanish sovereignty
over the island. They have been
fooled often enough with promised re-
forms, and are now determined to have
H8 a man sent this letter to book
seller who sent in his account for q
book some time before it was delivered
81 never ordered the book. If / did
you did not send it; ifyou sent it,
never got it; if got it, l paid for it
if I didn't, won't"
n~ The human system can endure
heat of two hundred and twelve de.
degrees, the boiling point of water, be-
cause the skin is bad conductor, and
because the perspiration cools the
body. Men have withstood without
injury a heat of three hundred de-
grees for several minutes.
b6r 1t is subject of ofnewspaper com.
ment in Southern California that cents
are beginning to be used there in the
stores and in commercial transactions
generally. 1t is only few years since
any coin smaller than nickel was q
great rarity anywhere west of the Mis-.
souri,.
p@r The oldest building in the world
that has been uninterruptedly used fol
church purposes is st. Martins Cathe-
dral, at Canterbury, England. The
building was originally erected for q
church, and has been regularly used as
a place for religious gatherings fol
more than 1900 years.
p@ To make anything a success de.
mands individual effort, individual &C.
tivity and individual thought. While
q man should avail himself of the ex.
perience of others, he must put their
plans into execution according to bis
surroundings and circumstances.
p@ California's yield of silver last
year was $599,7S9, an increase over
the preceding year of 1902, ,45S. Silver
at market rates must pay something
after all. But, true to its historical and
peculiar proclivities for gold, Cal.
ifornia mined of the yellow metal last
year ST., 1884 ,317, an increase over 1894
of 81, All, ,OS5.
s% 1t is proposed to send 10000 un'
married women from Eastern Canada
to British Columbia for the purpose Of
supplying the demand of wives. The
same thing was once done by France,
it will be remembered, for the benefi,
of the preponderant bachelors Of East.
ern Canada, and the results were en-.
tirely satisfactory.
p@ A burglary insurance company
has taken the field, which is apparent,
ly new one in the insurance line. II
is a Boston concern, and already is do,
ing bushes in eleven States-meeting
with success which its managers hard.
ly dared to anticipate. Most of its
risks are of dwelling houses, and the
policies are usually for $500 or 81, 1,00C
to cover losses from the depredations
of burglars.