Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-06
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has its temperance society.
p8 About so kinds of bark are used
in the manufacture of paper.
b1~ England's coal fields still cover
an area of 5, 400 square miles.
sB A Louisville man has little
house dog that chews chewing gum
with a relish.
pB- The negotiations for the forma-
ton of a threshing machine combine
are progressing in New York.
s6- 1t is said that Switzerland has
larger percentage of lunatics among its
people than any other country.
p0- Senator Cullom, of Illinois, be-
lieves that congress will authorize the
building of the Nicaragua canal.
pB A village without name, con-
sisting of 500 fishermen's huts, occu-
pies position every winter on Lake
Huron.
aar Chicago and New York capital
lists are reviving the project of an air
line from the former city'to the mls-
souri, river.
p9- Nine skeletons of men who were
killed in the Black Hawk war of 1882
have been found in Stillman Valley, "a
miles from Chicago.
s9- The two highest paid women in
the government employ are translators
of French and Spanish, and each re-
ceives 50, 400 year.
aD~ The Cherokee council, by vote
of 16 to %, declined to extend the
time for congress to ratify the late
Cherokee agreement.
p% Queen Victoria has, at Windsor
Castle, the most costly dinner service
in the world. 1t is all solid gold and
is valued at $4, 100000.
p6r The largest tree in the world
lies broken and petrified at the end OF
defile in northwestern Nevada. 1t is
said TO be 666 feet long.
S@ Captain Chas. L. Ottley, R. N,
naval attache TO the British embassy,
inspected the Holland sub marine boat
Ill Ucudll vi uiS SofOi hSh"'
sB Originally clocks had only the
hour hand but the minute hand was
added later, as it became fashionable
to make the dials as decorative as pos
sible.
e9r The postmaster general has is
sued an order establishing domestic
rates of postage between the United
States and the Philippine Islands and
Guam.
ad After spending over 81 10000
in the southwest for mules and army
supplies for the English forces in South
Africa, Major H. J. Scobell, an English
officer, sailed for Cape Town.
p@ Emma Goldman, known as the
high priestess of anarchy, has sailed
from New York for England under an
assumed name, after declaring her dis.
gust with American workingmen.
p@ The gravestone over the burial
place of John Foster, almanac maker,
in the old burying ground at Dorches-
ter, Mass, bears the inscription which
was dictated by himself: "Skill Was
His Cash."
p9A company of 25 bridge builders
from the works of the Pennsylvania
Steel company, at Steelton, Pa, are on
their way to Rangoon, Burmah, where
they are to build steel viaduct across
the Gotkeik gorge.
a@r The late Vice President Hobart
was the son of a conntry school teach
er and began his business career with
capital of $3.50. In opportunities for
poor boys of the right stamp no coun-
try is equal to the United States.
H6r The Italian statistician, Luigi
Bodie, reports in the Giornale degli
Economist that the Italian railways
carried in 1898 nearly 12,6OO,O0O for
eign passengers, of whom 6,2l9,Sl3
travelled first class, 5,66S, ,444 second,
and only 3S9, 900 third.
p6~ There are TO be no docked horses
in Colorado. A law has been passed
making it unlawful to import any
horses with docked tails, as we'll as
illegal for a horse owner to so mutilate
any animal he owns. A fine of no
less than 500 or 80 days imprison-
ment is the penalty.
s4" Near Arcola, Ill.,, two boys, Jerry
McNellis and John White, under the
influence of dime novels, turned ban
dts about II o'clock at night and rob-
bed their former employer, William
Hicks, aged about GO years, on the
highway, while the old gentleman was
on his way home from Arcola.
B9" A Providence company has re-
Gently made an emery wheel 80 inches
in diameter and IL inches thick. 1t
was built up on special iron center 81
inches in diameter, which ran on a
2 5-16inch shaft. According to the
Iron Age, the whole affair weighed
over ], 200 pounds. The machine was
designed for grinding wooden balls.
p9A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia legislature providing that
children under 10 years cannot work
in factories, and those between the ages
of 10 and IA only when the superin-
tendent of the mill makes affidavit
that they have attended school for al
least twelve weeks for the year they
are sought to be employed. The bill
will be fought vigorously by the cotton
manufacturers of the state.
RB- A whistle that can be heard 40
miles has just been invented. 1t con-
sists of three whistles made of bronze
and arranged between two disks Of
steel. The mouth of the largest is
turned inward, and the mouths of the