Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-04
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is advertised for sale by the sheriff.
p@ Too much pruning is as bad as
too little, and both extremes should be
avoided.
p@ During the year ending septem-
ber, 1898, 1,25S criminals were SEN
fenced in Iowa.
'pg Kate Holden, colored, who was
said to be III years old, died in the
aims house at Hartford, Conn.
t@ There are As colleges and II
State Christian associations among the
colored people Of North Carolina.
sdr 1t is expected that General Lee
will eventually be given absolute au-,
thority in the province of Havana.
s@ Of $50 food and drug samples
analysed by the state authorities in
New Jersey 2OS were found to be adul-
terated.
p~ If the cat had wings, no birds
would be left in the air. IF everyone.
had what he is wishing, who would
have anything?
b6T School Teacher-Why were the
prisoners who were executed called
''poor sinners ?" Scholar-Because
rich sinners get of. s
g@ To do much good and make but
little noise is singular thing. Some.
say much but do nothing but Christ.
ians should do much and say nothing.
s6 The late Senator Brice, of Ohio,
carried $500, 900 worth Of insurance on
his life at the time of his death, on all
of which he had paid but one premium.
s6E When Shakespeare wrote his
plays there were not in all the world
as many English speaking people as
there are now in New York and New
Jersey.
p6 The United States, according to
reports received at the state depart
ment, will soon surpass England in
the value of machinery exports to
Germany.
s@ The gold output of the Trans
yaal, in South Africa, this year is ex-
uected to exceed the combined output
of Colorado, Dakota, California, Mon
tana and Alaska. (.
p@ At q policemen's ball, held in
Omaha last week, the pockets of eight
participants were picked, and four
umbrellas and ten overcoats were
taken from the cloak room.
par Many Democratic leaders in
Washington resent Mr.. Brysn's at
tempt to make the issue for the party
in 1900. They demand that the
money issue be kept to the froot.
p@ Ex-Governor Stone, of Missouri,
denies the report that he has entered
into scheme with Richard Croker TO
have the next National Democratic
convention repudiate the Chicago
platform.
DW The inhabitants of the Andaman
islands are the smallest race of human
beings known--that is, taken as an
average. The height of full grown
Andamanian seldom exceeds 81 feet
and few weigh over 65 pounds.
p@ Kind ravner-my dear, If you
want good husband, marry Mr.. Good
heart. He really and truly loves you.
Daughter-Are you sure of that, pa ?
Kind Father-Yes, indeed. I've been
borrowing money of him for six months
and he still keeps coming.
H@ Dryden married Lady Elizabeth
Howard, shrew of marked ability.
She complained that he showed her
no attention, and wished herself a
book that she might enjoy more of his
society. "Wish yourself an almanac,
my dear; and then I could change yon
every year."
sH Before leaving Cuba, Marshal
Blanco, though not requested to do so
by the American commission, issued
directions that the rich palace silver
table service be left for the Americans,
and that the magnificent furniture of
the receptions rooms be also. left for
the American occupants.
pd- Small Son-I know what I'll be
when grow, I'm going to be great
inventor. Papa-That's encourage
ing, certainly, what makes you think
you have inventive genius? Small
Son-Why, ! wanted to take screw
out, and couldn't find any screwdri.
yer, and so I unscrewed it out with
your razor.
S6r The Canadian government has
purchased 14C Eskimo dogs for ship
ment to the Klondike regions, where
the CANNES will be used to carry the
mails. The animals were imported
from Greenland and Labrador at a cost
of $50 each, and were selected for
their superiority in speed, training
and weight.
D6. The New York Central Labor
union has adopted resolutions opposing
"the policy of imperialism and expan-
sion beyond the limits of this continent
and the islands that are within its
national and legitimate sphere of in
f1uence." Resolutions were also adopt
ed in opposition to an alliance with
Great Britain.
1% An eminent authority has it that
the death rate of the world is calcula-
ted to be 81 per minute, 4,030 per hour,
96, ,72O per day, while the rate of births,
slightly exceeding the death rate, is
calculated to be 70 per minute, 4,10O
per hour, 100, 800 per day, 36, ,7S2, 900 a
year. The estimated increase per an.
mum, therefore, is little over 61,.
100000.
IdT In preparation for Christmas
dinner, Mrs. MacKeller, of Bristol, Pc,