Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-11
atjausiae Gatherings.
a@ Two heads are better than one

otouJ SooN
nag The Bible offers no premium on
laziuess or improvidence.
s9r Temptation is bridge we cross
almost before we come to it.
B@- 1t is foolishness to try to reason
about what we cannot know.
Rg God never had an enemy who
was not the bitter foe of man.
tag Sales of fine American horses in
Mexico now reach 800, 900 annually.
s@ When the devil can't 60 to
church himself he always send hyp-
ocrite.
s@ Nearly all the gum-arabic OF
commerce comes from the desert OF
Sahara.
p@ Six-tenths of the population OF
japan do not earn more than $40 per
month.
n9 Statistics show that divorced men
remarry to a greater extent than d.
vorced women.
e4- The fool seldom thinks of what
he says, and the wise man rarely says
what he thinks.
s9~ The United States troops keep.
ing order in Havana are encamped in
the heart of the city.
p9 Father Walsh, a Catholic priest
of Chicago, has become member Of
the Knights of Pythias.
R9- Mormon converts in Pleasant
Hill, KY, carry shotguns to protect
themselves from whitecaps.
sE The American flag flies from the
wreck of the Maine, -bluejackets from
the Texas having unfurled the colors.
sg General Wheeler ascribes his
hardihood to regular hours. He goes
to bed at 10 and arises at 7.30 in the
morning.
gB- According to statistics, women
today are two inches taller, on an
average, than they were 20 or 30
years ago.
p9- In Italy, five centuries ago,
every person that wore shoes was
obliged to pay the state "a tax for
the privilege.
p6r In Hungary it is the custom for
the groom to give the bride a kick
after the wedding ceremony to make
her feel her subsection.
pB- Mankind can prosper only by
labor, wealth, justice, liberty. War
stops labor, swallows wealth, tramples
on justice and liberty.
p6~ Calomel, sulphur and lard, mix
ed, is certain cure for sore heads in
fowls; calomel destroys the humor-
sulphur and lard heal the sores.
g4e Some alarm prevails among Am:
ericans at Havana, owing to the spread
of contagious diseases. Three deaths
from Asiatic cholera are reported.
s9- The navy department has order
ed the battleships Iowa and Oregon at
Callao, Peru, to hasten to the Philip
pines with all possible speed.
adn The Sierra Nevada range of
mountains in California is nearly 500
miles long, 70 miles wide and from
1000 to $4,000 feet high.
R@H A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas legislature to compel the gov
ernor to sign the death warrants of SO
persons convicted of murder.
RB- General Merritt is ordered to the
command of the department of the
east, and General Shafter to the de-
partment of California.
H9~ The gold shipments from Aus
tralia for the year 1898 have amounted
to $64, 100000. The shipments to the
United States increased by $40, O,OOO,O 900.
g9- President Mckinley has received
numerous assurances from both Re-
publican and Democratic senators that
the treaty of peace with Spain will be
ratified.
B9> One thousand Cubans have been
selected for duty on the police force in
Havana by General Ludlow. A de-
tective bureau is also being organized
there.
s8 "Ah! you fatter me-" lisped a
dude to a pretty girl with whom he
was conversing. "No, I DON'T" was
the reply "you couldn't be any fatter
than you are"
p9~ Several of the smaller army posts
in the west will probably be abandoned
after the withdrawal of their garrison
for service in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
tag The war departments published
summary of army stations, just issued,
for the first time includes Havana as a
regular post, showing about $4,000
troops there.
s@- 1t is believed in Washington that
secret enemies are endeavoring to
foment trouble between the United
States and the people of the Philip
pines and Cuba.
s6s- The authorities at Washington
are confident that General Otis, with
10000 soldiers and Dewey's ships, can
cope with any emergency that may
arise in the Philippines.
p9- As the fleet of Spanish gunboats
and transports carrying the Spanish
officials left the harbor of Havana on
evacuation day, crowds of Spaniards
gathered along the shore and wept.
ads" 1t is stated that Admiral Dewey
considers it necessary that firstclass
statesman be sent to Manila to thor
oughly investigate the situation and
ascertain the wishes of the native
population.