Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-31
atjavsiae Gatherings.
a@ There are Al Chinese temples il

p4 There are 5000 cells in square
foot of honeycomb.
s9- A teaspoonful of microbes con-
tains over 100000.
s@ At present the longest single
submarine cable is 2,700 miles.
s9 The father of 80 children has
died in a poor house of Indiana.
H9 There is only one sudden death
among women to eight among men.
p6r The number of immigrants to
the United States average 1000 day.
paF Holland is the only country in
Europe that admits coffee free of duty.
s4 Rosa Bonheur, the celebrated
French animal painter died in Paris on
last Friday.
say The world produced more gold
in 1898 than it produced both gold and
silver in 1888.
aay President Mckinley, upon the
advice of physicians, is abstaining from
excessive smoking.
n6 France is burdened with 100000
public officials, costing the state $780,
OOO,OO0 francs year.
a9- In the United States alone there
are close upon 80 law firms composed
of husbands and wives.
nag General Miles has received an
invitation to attend the military ma
neuvers at Windsor, England.
s@- English capitalists are planning
to buy all the large Portland cement
factories in the United States.
p4n A bill to compel drinkers of Ii
quors to register and obtain a license is
before the Michigan legislature.
nag According to the state auditor OF
Ohio the number of saloons in that
state decreased 206 during 1898.
n@ The tax on coffee amounts in
France to IA cents a pound, while in
England it is only 3 cents a pound.
H9 The highest point to which man
can ascend without his health being
very seriously affected is 16,5OO feet.
nag. The French commissioners Of the
Paris exposition want the famous
American Liberty Bell as an exhibit.
sdF Emilio CASTELAR,, Spain's distin-
guished republican orator and states
man, died at Murcio, Spain, on last
Thursday.
s9r The only two great European
capitals that never have been occupied
by foreign foe are London and st.
Petersburg.
R6r Admiral Dewey has telegraphed
Secretary of the Navy Long that he
expects to arrive at New York about
the first of October.
nag Lunatics are smaller than sane
people and are seldom fat. On the
other hand, centenaries are generally
small l-boned and lean.
nag By an enactment of the Oregon
legislature, those who use wide tires in
that state will be rewarded with a re-
bate in taxes for four years.
R8- Chile and Argentine believe that
the way to disarm is to disarm. They
have settled their boundary dispute,
and are offering warsbips for sale.
Hd- If all the lands suitable for cult
vation of sugarcane were cultivated in
Cuba the island could produce enough
sugar for the entire Western Hemis-
phere.
s9 The blood completes its circula-
ton through the body in % seconds
and in three minutes every drop pass
es through the heart and lungs and is
revitalized.
s6 Miss Florence Nightingale cele-
brated her eightieth birthday a few
days before Queen Victoria reached
hers. Miss Nightingale is in very
feeble health.
B@ Troops have been massed in all
the provinces of China to resist fur
ther European aggression. Germany
is pushing fol ward her troops to pun
ish natives and grab more territory.
p9- In Sydney, New South Wales,
the street car lines are owned by the
municipality and no fares are charged.
Homeless folk, it is said, use them at
night instead of going to cheap board
ing houses.
B6- Lord Mimic, Governor General OF
Canada, and President Diaz, of Mexi-
CO, will accept the invitations to meet
President Mckinley at Chicago, Octo-
her @ at the federal building corner
stone ceremonies.
BH According to high authority,
cold water is a valuable stimulant
to many, if not all, people. It's action
on the heart is more stimulating than
brandy. 1t has been known to raise
the pulse from 76 to over 100.
s9 The postoffice at Pinold, Frank
lin county, Pa, has been closed, be-
cause free rural delivery has been ex'
tended through that territory, thus alb
sorbing the entire business and render.
ing the local postoffice unnecessary.
aD~ Reports from several peach grow
ing counties of Texas to the Houston
Post are unanimous in saying that the
peach crop is an utter failure, and that
the shipments will not be one-third
those of an ordinary year. The cold
weather of the early spring did it.
s9~ Commander Todd has taken the
United States gunboat Wilmington up
the Amazon 1000 miles above the sup
posed head of navigation, and within
400 miles of the Pacific. The Will
mington ascended to Yuguitos, in
Peru, which is about 2,100 miles