Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-05
Mjausiae Gatherings.


II Oklahoma has 100000 inh, oitants
and a harvest worth $1OO,0OO,W,.
s9r A 100000 school house for colored
children is to be erected at Bristol,
Tenn.
fB Henri Rochefort, editor Of LIN
Itransigeant, has fought more than 200
duels.
"a Senator Hoar will be rs when his
term in the United States senate ex-
pires in 1901.
68 Every steamer that leaves Japan
for the United States carries from 200
to 700 Japanese.
IA Lord Roseberry recently said that
when wealth reached a certain point
it ceased to give pleasure.
fJ Coins bearing the names Of empe-
rors who existed over 2OUO years ago
are still in daily circulation In China.
s9- Dr. Couden, the blind chaplain Of
the United States house Of representa-
tives, shaves himself. He has six ra-
zors.
fa' The people Of Lincoln, Neb., boast
Of having the largest creamery In the
world. It's capacity is 10000 pounds of
butter day.
sS' A miner brought his 7-weeks-old
daughter in q clothes basket all the
way from Dawson City to New York,
1000 miles in all.
fg Congressman Champ Clark, Of Mis-
souri,, is authority for the announce
ment that he will be candidate for
the senate to succeed Senator Vest.
fsg The guinea-pig grows more quick
ly than any other quadruped. 1t attains
full growth at six weeks and begins
to bear young when only two months
old.
| fJ A snake short-circuited the tele-
graph line Of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad. recently, by climbing
pole and twining his body about two
wires.
fg During the fiscal year, ended June
30, Kentucky produced 21,789,72 gal
Ions of whisky, an increase over the
preceding year of about 100000 gal
Ions.
| eB Those who suppose that the peo-
pie Of all China use the same language
are badly mistaken. There are many
different dialects in the Flowery King
dom.
aT Children who are dressed in white
clothes, medical men declare, are more
susceptible to colds and infectious dis
eases than those clad in dark, warm
colors.
81 People in Japan are called by the
family name first, the individual, or
what we call Christian name, neyt,
and then the honoriflc-thus: Zones
Peter Mr."
sJ do you suppose she rejected you
because you were not rich enough?"
"Well, she gave me to understand that
| I was a man of no interest and not
much principle"
fB Pekin, China, is surrounded by a
wall so feet high and 40 feet thick. The
walled portion Of the city is 16 miles
in circumference, and the wall itself
is between 500 and 1000 years old.
ag The average length Of life is
greater in Norway than in any other
country on the globe. This is attrib-
uted to the fact that the climate is
cool and uniform throughout the year.
fI Owing to his mutitudinous agen-
cies in all parts Of the world, Lord
IRothschild knows Of the most import
ant events often before any govern
ment and even before the most enter
prising newspapers.
fg The largest balloon ever construct
ed. capable of lifting over six tons,
will ascend from Berlin shortly to make
meteorological observations. It will be
supplied with provisions for several
weeks and two beds.
TT An organist who died in Sweden,
had held the position Of choirmaster
and organist in one church for 72 years
without missing a service. He and his
ancestors had played the organ in the
same church for over 200 years.
IF Success in law requires. first,
good deal Of money: second. a good
deal Of patience: third. good cause:
fourth. a good lawyer; fifth. a good
counsel: sixth. good witnesses; sew
enth, good jury; eighth, good
judge: ninth, good luck.
fs James Oliver. who is probably the
richest man in Indiana, laid the foun-
dation Of his fortune by saving from
his salary Of so cents week as far
mer's "chore boy" enough to buy q
house and lot on the installment plan
and then selling 1t at profit.
fsT A Washington woman has sued for
freedom on the ground that her hus-
Thought and said he was, and a Leav-
enworth woman has burst her matri
monial bonds because her husband
would not take her to church.
sT A Florida man has purchased 300
acres of swamp land near Swan
Bridges and will turn 1t into a breeding
place for alligators. Alligators are be-
coming scarce, owing to the activity of
Northern hunters. and there Is a
steady demand for alligator skin.
fT kilograms received by the London
missionary societies indicate that mis-
sionaries and other foreigners are ar
irving safely at Chinese treaty ports,
some Of them from places hundreds Of
miles in the interior. More than 100
foreigners have arrived at Shanghai.
TT The Crow Indians. Of Montana.
who raise much wheat, have entered
into a contract with the United States
government to supply the Cheyenne
Indians with flour. They are rich in
farms. flocks and herds. This Is the