Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-28
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Wyoming.
aaE More than 13, 900 Michigan farm.
ers raised sugar beets for the first time
last summer.
pa- Out of 1,54S, ,654 votes polled in
the recent election in Mexico, only
92,172 were against Diaz.
paT Lord Methuen, the British gen.
eral, has the reputation of being the
finest pistol shot in the English army
p8- An Egyptian who has just ar
rived in New York to join dime mu-
scum exhibition is feet IL inches tall.
p6r For calling another man a liar
through the telephone, citizen OF
Boone county, Iowa, had to pay hne
of $2.
p6- Claim bills now before congress,
exclusive of pensions, provide tor the
expenditure of about $20O,OOO,OOO OF
the governments money.
@- The value of the egg crop of the
state of Missouri exceeds III amount
the value of the cereal crop OF that
state sold on the market.
p6~ No new plague cases were re-
ported in Honolulu, and the health
officials granted permission for schools
churches and places of amusement to
reopen.
pfy- Do not forget that "hiccough"
can be relieved by simple pressure
of the index finger, just above the
upper end of the sternum, or breast
bone.
p8- Here is a pungent saying well
worth repeating: "He that will not
reason is a bigot; he that cannot
reason is fool and he that dares not
reason is a slave"
s9- 1t is the little things that make
up life, and little mistakes have as
much effect as the little good deeds.
There is no thought or act, but has its
effect for good or i'll.
p6- A troop of Boer horsemen who
perform nightly in German circus
have been forbidden that part of their
programme which represents victory
over British red coats.
nag 1t was Springfield small boy
who placed this inscription on the
carriage which bore his sister away
from her own wedding: "Just
married: bound for paradise"
p6r- There is woman whose pastor
recently asked after her health. Her
reply was: 81 feel very well, but l
always feel bad when l feel well, be-
cause know am going to feel worse
afterward."
pH "You must let the baby have one
cows milk to drink every day." said the
doctor. "Very we'll, if you say 50 doc
tor" saidthe perplexed young mother,
"but really don't see how heis going
to hold it ALL"
rag The war department believes
that Aguinaldo has escaped from the
island of Luzon. The department olfi-
cials would not be surprised to hear
from him next as in London or Paris
in company with Agoncillo.
p8- A Kenosha wis., minister has
Just sued couple OF well-known young
men of the town for 81 each, the fees
due him for performing the double
ceremony of marriage when the two
young men welded sisters.
B6r A Danish author told DR.. Felix
Oswold of the case of relative who
would steal from himself. He used to
tiptoe into his own pantry and make
off with uncooked prunes, raw onions,
or anything Of the kind.
p8 Master Meadow-Pop, I wish
you'd buy me a bycicle. Farmer
Meadow-C Can't afford that, my boy
but never mind, the next time we have
any tools to sharpen I'll rig up saddle
so you can turn the grindstone with
your feet.
p6 An Irish sergeant was drilling a
squad of militia recruits, whose idea OF
marching in line were altogether orig
inal. Getting utterly disgusted at the
irregularity, he bawled: "Halt! Just
come out and look at yourselves. It's
foine line you're kaping, isn't it?'
a8~ A slab to the memory of George
Washington's ancestors is 10 be remov-
ed from church in Wiltshire, Eng
land, to the Smithsonian institution.
Its date is 1645 and it bears coat Of
arms and an inscription setting forth
the virtues of Washington's grand
fathers grandparents.
s@ Simon Cameron prophesied in
1884 that the child was born who
would be able to take breakfast in Har-
risburg and take supper in Philadel-
phia, and his prediction was consider
ed a good subject for raillery. But a
person can travel five times faster now
than Mr.. Cameron dared prophesy.
a6T In China traveller wishing for
passport is compelled to have the
palm of his hand brushed over with
fine oil paint; he then presses his hand
on thin damp paper, which retains an
impression of the lines. This is used to
prevent transferrence of the passport,
as the lines on no two hands are alike.
tag There is a peculiar sect known
as Zionists in Ontario, Canada. The
cardinal doctrine of their creed is that
hogs are possessed by devils, and
should, therefore, be killed. The III.
onist farmers, in some instances, have
| joined together, driven all their hogs
into one place and there killed them,
in no instance allowing any of the
meat to be used as food.
s@-A Tonawanda, (Pa.) bank employ
ed an ingenious means to stop recent
RIM on the institution. While several