Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-15
atausiae Gatherings.

s8 Sam Jones is in very bad health,
having kidney trouble, and is in Sc
clusion.
! R% New Zealand farmers now send
frozen cream to London, where it is
churned for butter.
a8 The Prince of Wales was So years
old on November 10 and the day was
appropriately honored.
H@- A few weeks ago the Krupp
factory turned out its 2O,OO0th large
gun for European armies.
H8e Ben Clench, the highest noun
tain in Scotland, will have an electric
road to its summit and sanitarium.
a4 In some parts of Russia the only
food for the people consists at present
of acorns, leaves and the soft bark OF
trees.
H6 Business of our colonies show an
increase of 161 per cent. in exports and
81 per cent in imports since they pass
ed into American control.
s8 Tying knots in the handkerchief
to Jog ones memory, had its origin in
China thousands of years ago, before
writing was invented in that country.
sa~ The Emperor and Empress of
Germany have contributed $4,000 to
the Red Cross society for the relief OF
the sufferers by the recent floods in
Bavaria.
H4 The central West is threatened
with coal famine this winter in con-
sequence of the unprecedented amount
of other commodities being carried by
the railroads.
s6 "Do you remember what you
said when you proposed ?" ayes | re.
member what l said we'll enough but
to this day l haven't figured out how
came to say it."
s8 A Port Angles (Wash.) man re-
Gently took 800 chickens to Dawson.
During the trip they averaged three
dozen eggs a day, and the eggs were
sold for 81 a dozen.
s6T Fewer pensions were granted TO
soldiers in the Spanish war than was
expected, the number being 295.
There are now 991, $40 names of pen.
sioners on the rolls.
Hay The only Krag.Jorgensen rifle
owned by a private citizen of this con-
tinent is believed to be that given to
Col. William J. Bryan by members OF
his Nebraska regiment.
sdr 1t is reported at both Hamburg
and Metz that British recruiting off,
GERS are busy engaging German under
officers for service in South Africa, Of
fering 800 per month.
R6 Kansas has more pensioners in
proportion to population than any
state in the Union, and they get more
uooey on the average than the pen
sioners of any other state.
sdT Charged with stealing hig flock
of sheep from Taylor Bros. and others,
State Senator Phillips and Deputy
Sheriff Green have been arrested in
Choteau county, Montana.
saS A new way of blasting rock is to
place cartridge of water in shot
hole, and convert it into steam Instant
ly by electricity. This method is espe.
cially applicable in coal mines.
a@ The government is paying from
5000 to 5000 day for each vessel car.
rying horses, supplies and army bag
gage to the Philippines, and $1,000 a
day for each vessel that carries troops.
HS What is probably the most ven-
erable piece of furniture in existence is
now in the British museum. 1t is the
throne of Queen Hatsu, who reigned
in the Nile valley about 1000 years
B. G.
g6 Spiders are serious plague in
Japan. They spin their webs on the
telegraph wires, and are so numerous
as 10 cause serious loss Of insulation.
Sweeping the wires does little good, as
the spiders begin all over again.
a6r Public story tellers. still earn
good livelihood in Japan. In Toxic
600 of them ply their trade, provided
with a small table, a fan and paper
wrapper to illustrate and emphasize
the points of their tales.
Bdr Frost in the Lower Mississippi
Valley has resulted in a general rails
| ing of the yellow fever quarantine
against New Orleans. The Texas au-
thorities have lifted the freight quar-
antine against New Orleans, but it is
continued against passengers.
pdr An Englishnan just home from
the west coast of Africa says he saw
whole village swimming out to the
steamer, wearing, as they swan, reno
waited secondhand stovepipe hats in
all the glory of the white tissue paper
in which they are shipped out for sale.
b4r 1t is announced at Rome that
King Humbert and Emperor William
will meet shortly, and that the Italian
and German governments have agreed
to renew the treaty of alliance. The
emperor, it is added, is also urging
Emperor Frances Joseph to visit King
Humbert.
H@ At the London Church Congress,
the Bishop of London had word for
women, in which be said that hus.
bands were hulking, blundering Great
ures about the house, but that wives
must remember that, after all, they
had chosen them and must make the
best of them.
B6 Two handsome swords, purchas-
ed from fund contributed by the peo.
pie of Milwaukee, were presented in
that city on Saturday to Major Gene
raj Arthur Macarthur and Brigadier
General Charles King. General Nc.