Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-03
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s2' Our postage stamps will be used
in the Philippines, with the word,
"Philippines," printed across their
face.
a6- John Fullingbon, of Huntsville,
Mo-, is "a years of age, strong and ac-
tice, and never took dose of medicine
in his life.
n@- A parrot, known to be 60 years
old, and which had been in the Win
stanley and Breyfogle families, of New
Albany, Ind, for half a century, is
dead.
p4- The Third Nebraska regiment
will be mustered out of service at Au-
gusta, Ca, on May II. Colonel Bryan
will be invited to review the regiment
before it is disbanded.
s4- Colonel Funston, of the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment now fighting in
the Philippines, although one of the
bravest men in the service, weighs,
clothes and all, only 9s pounds.
Hd- "Father Gunn," of Dickinson
county, is believed to be the oldest
person in Kansas. He has passed his
114th birthday, and is still able to
walk two miles to the polls to vote.
p6s- The largest tree in the Eastern
hemisphere, if not in the world, is
monster chestnut standing at the foot
of Mount Etna. The circumference
of the main trunk at 60 feet from the
ground is 212 feet.
pds- The wood-sawyers of Atlanta,
Ca, 200 in number, have formed a
trust, and have raised the price of saw
ing stove wood from rs cents to 81 per
day. Every member of the organiza-
ton is blind or crippled.
p1- The government telegraph cable
ship Hooker is being loaded at New
York with $50 miles of cable to be
transported to Manila. The cable is
intended to connect the important is-
lands of the Philippine group.
nay U. S. Grant, Jr., of California,
who was recently candidate for
United States senator before the legis-
lature of that state, is an exact coun-
terpart of his illustrious father, not
only in face and form, but in voice,
manners and peculiar traits of charac-
ter.
nay The Episcopal ministers of Kan
sas City at meeting last Friday
adopted resolution protesting against
the recent christening of a baby orang-
outang at the Zoo in that city. The
resolution denounces the act as a
"travesty of the Chistian sacrament of
baptism"
sdr Miss Ernie Bloss, % years old,
who is making the trip from Texas to
New York alone on bicycle, passed
through St. Louis last Saturday. She
is small, but muscular, and says that
on good roads she can easily ride so
miles a day. She left Fort Worth,
Texas, about month ago.
s@ 1t is estimated that England's
stock of coal will last 200 years longer
and North Americas 600 years. 1t is
not likely, however, that these sup
plies will be needed, as it is probable
that before many years have passed,
power and heat, more economical and
better will be secured in other ways.
p@ Soaking rains fell in South Texas
during four days of last week, which
will be worth great deal to the stock
and farming interests of that section.
Many stockmen were preparing to
move their cattle to the Indian Terri
tory on account of the scarcity of
water and grass in Texas but it will
not now be necessary to do so.
nag The hulk of the Spanish war ves-
sci Pluton, sunk in the naval battle at
Santiago, Cuba, has been found by
divers near Moro Castle, at the en-
trance of Santiago harbor. The hull
of the vessel was riddled with 6.pound
shots, but there is no mark of shell.
The ship cannot be raised and will be
left to rust away.
n6 Congressman Charles Curtis, of
Kansas, is an Indian of the Kaw tribe.
He is Republican from the district
embracing Topeka, and has served
three terms in congress and holds
certificate for the fourth. He is a
lawyer by profession, an earnest and
accomplished speaker, and conspicu-
Gus friend of his race.
p@ Things that some of us hear:
The whistle of locomotive can be
heard $500 yards, the noise of train
$500 yards, the report of a musket
and the bark of dog 1900 yards, the
roll of drum 1,6OO yards, the croak
of frog 900 yards, cricket chirp
800 yards, dinner bell two miles, and
call to get up in the morning three
feet and seven inches.
p6 Recent letters from soldiers at
Manila tell of extraordinary precau-
tions taken to prevent the assassination
of General Otis. A South Dakota vol
unteer says: "Fifty yards from the
palace squads of soldiers are posted all
around the grounds for fear the natives
may attempt to assassinate General
Otis; and the soldiers are always ready |
:or any emergency.
R8r Forty-eight warships are now
under construction for the United
States, and the vessels, when ready for
duty, will have cost over S50,000,0 900.
Eight of them are first. class seagoing
battleships, as good as any in the world,
and four heavy harbor defense moni-
tors. Sixteen are torpedo-boat de-
stroyers, averaging 20 knots speed,
and the balance are cruisers of latest