Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-04
Njausiae Gatherin9s.

sdT Aluminium is now used for fire.
proof curtains in theatres.
nS- The number of penpiless men in
the Klondike is placed at 5000.
s6e Rabbits cannot gnaw through
wire cloth placed about fruit trees.
to- Of the recorded ministers of the
society of Friends, 143 are women.
s6r There are about $50 Protestant
churches and congregations in Mexico.
B8 There are over 70 miles of tun-
nels cut in the solid rock of Gibraltar.
e@- Cashmere shawls are made OF
the hair of a diminutive goat found in
Little Thibet.
B@ California produces about one
third of the almonds consumed in the
United States.
e4- The first Christian Endeavor
society of Spain recently celebrated
it's 18th anniversary.
Rdr The Presbyterian church OF Ire.
land comprises 600 congregations and
half million people.
pT During the past fiscal year l ,429
vessels of 32O,S76 tons gross, were
built in the United States.
aa- There is district in Liverpool
Inhabited by 10000 people where in
toxicating liquor cannot be bought.
sag- The first new crop New Orleans
syrup was received in New Orleans
last Friday and sold at $l.lO per gal
lon.
sI- In Gambia, Crete, there is a
Christian Endeavor society Of 1O2
members composed Of Greeks, Moslems
and Jews.
sag A capital of $50, 900 is now
engaged and $4,000 people are employ.
ed in the various clipping bureaus OF
the world.
a8 Switzerland has 1,001 Mormons,
besides 81 missionaries, who last year
visited 1894 houses and distributed
10000 tracts.
adT A missionary paper reports that
the opposition to the Natural Foot
society in China comes chiefly from
the women, who are afraid to 60
against the fashion.
gag The Democrats of the First
Maine congressional district have nom-
mated Luther F. Mckinney, of Bridge
port, for the seat made vacant by the
resignation of Thomas B. Reed.
p9- The timber on $4,000 acres of
hardwoods at Algoma, w. Va, is
about to he cut at the rate of $4,000
feet per day. 1t is estimated that five
years will be spent in finishing the
tract.
nag The Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor, with an official
enrolment of 55,S13 societies and a
total membership of S,350,OO0, gave
last year, besides charitable and educa-
tional expenditures, S5OO,O00 for mis-
sionary work.
pH Some one asserts that tremen-
dous waste occurs in all the fruit grow
ing districts of this country and when
there is a glut Car, loads are thrown
away. Most of Oregon's great prune
crop last year rotted on the ground.
nag Gold production in West Aus
tralia reached its maximum last Jan
uary, when 10000 ounces were taken
out. The March output was 5000
ounces. South African gold produc-
ton reached its maximum in March.
s4- Pekin is now to have an electric
railroad running from the south gate
of the city to the steam railroad sta
ton, and it is even hoped that permis-
sion to enter the city may soon be OBJ
tanned. The road is built by German
firm.
a6 Official returns to the state de-
partment of agriculture show that the
cotton crop in Georgia this year will
be about one.third off. From esti-
mates based on the reports from Is
counties the crop will amount to about
| 100000 bales, against 1886, 600 last
year.
n| A New York man fell overheard
and was rescued as he was sinking
for the third time. The first thing he
did on recovering consciousness was to
soundly berate the man who saved
him, declaring that if he knew his bus
mess he would have caught him the
first time he sank, instead of the third.
Rds- The town of Madison Station,
on the Illinois Central, was almost de-
stroyed by fire at an early hour last
Thursday morning. Nearly all the
business houses and several dwelling
houses were destroyed. Loss about
$4,000. The fire was started by
burglars who had looted the safe in one
of the stores.
sar Professor Totten, formerly lieu
tenant in the army but for the past
few years professional prophet of the
end of the world, is out with new
prediction. He says that the infant
son of the Duke of York is destined
to gather the Jews from the four quar-
tiers of the earth and to unite them
under his banner.
H9- 1t is, perhaps, not generally
known that potatoes are imported into
this country from Scotland and Ger
many; but such is the case. For the
past five years, however, the Scotch
yield has been so small as to preclude
the expectation of any part of it; but
this season the crop was large, and one
ship alone brought 100000 sacks.