Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-21
Mjausiae Gatherings.

miles of hair on her head.
sSThe wheat yields in many instances
in the northwest are reaching thirty
to forty bushels per acre.
sg A woman in Topeka, Kan, who is
suing for a divorce, petitions for the
custody Of the family cow.
| tn In the London slums, the third
generation born and bred there lives
and dies without any progeny.
sg Within II years the De Beers
mines in South Africa, have yielded
diamonds to the value Of over $780,
600, 900.
sg The official ballot in the Eighth dis
trict Of Virginia bore the names of
fifteen candidates for representative in
congress.
sJ Exports Of manufactures amounted
to more than a million dollars a day
during the nine month ending with
September, 1900.
sg One-fourth of the inhabitants Of
the world die before they reach the
seventh year, one-half before their
seventeenth year.
saT The allies at Pao-Ting-Fu have
sentenced to death number of Chinese
officials responsible for the outrages
upon missionaries.
sI Vermont continues to be a rural
state. It is.the only state in the North
that does not contain a city with a
population of $4,000 or more.
s@ Up to date it is estimated that 1000
deers have been killed in the Maine
woods the present season, the hunters
being mostly from other states.
sg There are 141 theological schools
in the United States, 81 law schools,
92 regular medical schools, 9 eclectic
medical schools and IA homeopathic.
sJ A kitten has been brought up on
an exclusively vegetable diet by fam
lily of vegetarians. The result Is that
it will not touch animal food, and pays
no attention to rats or mice.
4g Only eight states have been uni
formly Republican in presidential years
since 1860-Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Iowa and Minnesota.
sgFive of the worlds powers have
agreed to the Chinese policy Of the open
door and the integrity of the empire, as
embodied in the Anglo-German COM
pact, reserving action on the third
clause of the agreement.
sg An officer in the Austrian army
has invented small balloons, which will
float both men and horses across riv-
er. They are to be fastened to belts
around the men and the harness Of the
horses.
sg During the last ten years more
than s1O,O0O,OOO has been expended in
the United States in the maintenance
Of agricultural experiment stations,
81, ,0O0, 900 of which has come from the
Federal government.
sg The monthly comparative state
ment Of the government receipts and
expenditures shows that the total re-
ceipts for October were $51, ,626,06 and
the expenditures s47,993,637, leaving
surplus for the month Of s3,632, ,430.
sJ Private letters from German SOL
diers in China tell of frightful tor
lures and slaughter of Chinese in bat
ties by German troops. No quarter
was given, and prisoners, after being
compelled to dig their own graves,
were beaten, shot or sabred to death.
These scenes are said to be indescrib-
able.
sd Inquiries have been received from
the British government concerning the
methods of taking the American CEN
sus, because it has never been able
to secure such comprehensive data, or
even as complete count of popula-
ton, in ten years Of continuous work,
as the American system has secured
in twelve months.
eg Workmen digging a ditch near
Round Prairie, in Logan county, O.,
have just uncovered one of the finest
and best preserved mastodon skele-
tons yet found in the state. Unfortu-
nately they damaged one Of the enor-
nous tusks before they knew what 1t
was. The tusk is nine feet in diam
eter at the socket end.
AZ The Transsiberian railroad offers
the cheapest travelling in the world.
The Russian government, in order to
encourage emigration to that colony.
has made remarkably low rates. For
instance. a ticket from Russia to Tob-
losk only costs s1.12 and from that
point to any city in Siberia the fare Is
only $225. That is to say. 1t Is possi-
BILE to travel 5000 miles for the sum of
1897.
Ar A peculiar incident was witnessed
in the Bethany Presbyterian church,
Of Trenton. N. Y. The sermon had a
soporific effect upon Harry Tidd, a
young druggist. and he fell asleep.
While still in slumber he arose, remov-
ed his coat vest and collar and was
about to further disrobe when the wo-
men in his vicinity screamed. An
usher aroused him and led him out Of
the church.
Ar The expression "robbing Peter to
pay Paul" had its origin in the rivalry
existing between Westminster Abbey.
and st. Pauls Cathedral, in London. In
1850 there was deficiency in the treas
ury Of ST. Pauls and an appropriation
Of money belonging to st. Peters was
made to cover the deficiency. The peo-
pie who were averse to the action ask
ed the question: "Why rob st. Peters
to pay st. Paul's?"
AT William Hilger. young carpenter,
of Hooppole near Geneseo. ILL.,. is dead
of wounds inflicted by his wife with a
pistol. She shot him in the temple as
he lay doing upon a sofa. The wound
ed man implored her to obtain help.
The two were alone in the house. The
wife refused, and waited an hour for