Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-18
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R6s~ 1t is said that locomotives use
third of the coal mined in England.
p4" The largest mammoth tusk ye,
discovered>was 16 feet in length.
sB~ Some people are always getting
into box, and asking you to lift the
lid.
a@r Five counties in Illinois have
chosen women as superintendent o
schools.
R9- There will be two sizes in the
new postal card-both smaller thar
the present card.
R6- The president of the Republic O.
Andorra, in the Pyrenees, receives 6
salary of SIS year.
p9~ The Massachusetts census shows
that the women outnumber the mer
by more than 10000.
a9- biologists say that all known
species of wild animals are gradually
diminishing in size.
s@- There are very few men who
are homeless, but there are a good
many who are home less than they
ought to be.
nag AS often as the oldest Yale grad
uate or the oldest Mason dies, the
most beautiful woman in the south gets
married.
s6a All the chickens in the western
part of French Guiana are perfectly
white. 1t is impossible to find one
with colored feather.
p4- The king of Italy is said to be
the only sovereign in Europe who ab'
stains from alcoholic liquors. This ne
does for the benefit of his health.
r6n 1t is estimated that gold and
Jewels worth $4,000 100000 are strewn
along the bottom of the sea on the
route between England and India.
s6> One of the public schools oi
Germany, the Nan Ruppin gymnasium
has made it obligatory on all its pupils
to learn to ride the bicycle.
s6r Until Prince Charles, of Den
mark, put the engagement ring on her
finger, Princess Maud, of Wales, is
said never to have worn ring OF any
kind.
pda A North sea codfsher carries
set of lines 72O fathoms in length, and
having the amazing number of 1850
hooks, every one of which must be
baited.
s9H A clergyman of the Church Of
England, who gave his fortune oi
100000 to charity, died in the work
house. He had once been curate Of
the parish.
s6- On the eastern coast of Ireland
it rains on an average 2OS days in the
year; in England about $50 days; at
Kazan about 80 days, and in Siberia
only 60 days.
pds- In an article on "Health, Vaca.
ton Piety," lions Herald says Christ
himself favored the vacation when he
said to his disciples, "Come out into a
desert place and rest awhile"
BH Every guest at Norwegian we'd
ding brings the bride present. In
many parts keg of butter is the usu-
al gift, and, if the marriage takes place
in winter, salted or frozen meat is Of
fered.
p@ A queer pig story is told by the
London Telegraph. A SOW that lost
her tail by an accident had litter OF
ten pigs, but seeing that they all had
tails placed them in a row and bit OIL
their tails one by one.
p@ Coal mining is paying one party
of miners in the Yukon better than
gold mining paid them. A find of ex'
cellent coal was made recently in the
Forty Mile Creek district, and, with
wood at S12 to $14 cord, the coal
vein is an excellent pay streak.
R6 A new use has been discovered
for hops, namely, the curing of bacon.
1t is found that sprinking of hops in
the brine when bacon and hams are
put in pickle adds greatly to the flavor
of both, and enables them to be kept
an indefinite period.
b6 A French chemist has made a
blue soap which will render unneces-
sary the bluing in the laundry. In
ordinary soap he Incorporates a solu'
ton of aniline green in strong arctic
acid. The alkali of the soap converts
the green into blue.
p9 Mr.. Moody is cultivating optim-
ism. He concludes that "New York
is not as bad as Babylon" Boston is
not "harder than Egypt when Joseph
went there" and Chicago is not
"worse than Samaria in the days Of
Elijah," so he will still labor on.
p8r The London General Omnibus
company has entered into contract
with an American firm for the supply
of 5000 horses for bus work in the
metropolis, which does not seem as
though they were much afraid of the
new motor car.
H9 Some able-bodied burglars broke
into blacksmith shop in Alpena,
Mich, and carried off two big anvils
along with everything of value in the
place. The owner of the shop says
the stuff with which the burglars got
safely away weighed about two tons.
a@ The still-unsatisfied longing for
bicycles was strikingly illustrated in
Presque Isle, Maine. A man adver-
tised in the local papers to exchange
bicycle for a buggy. When he arose
the next morning he found the whole
dooryard filled with vehicles of all
kinds, from DOCTORS gigs to farm wag-
ons, brought there by the prospect OF
securing bike.
a6F Man is said to be the only Great