Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-26
atjausiae Gatherings.
3y The average wealth per inhabitant
In the limited States Is S1.050.

In the united StdteS lS Sl,VoV.
IA There are about $4,000 eligible vo-
ters on the island of Porto Rico.
sg There are in this country between
5,000, 900 and 100000 separate farms.
SN In 1898 the tobacco monopoly yield
ed France an income Of 329,OOO,OOO
| francs.
sS- Lymph taken from the lymphatic
glands Of goats Is now being tried In
cases Of apoplexy.
39 Over s1,O00,OO0 worth Of diamonds
are stolen every year from the d1a-
mond mines of South Africa.
xA- The retired list Of the regular
army includes 764 officers on half pay,
averaging about $4,000 each.
4S- The smallest wheat harvest in re-
cent years was that Of 1893, when 1t
amounted to 396, 100000 bushels.
IS Last year there were imported In
to the United States over 1000, ,OOO, 600
grains of quinine, costing over $l,5oo,-
600.
IN Hawaii has closed its last school
for teaching the native language.
Hereafter young Hawaiians Will De
taught to talk English.
"a The japanese in Pekin have ar
rested the assassin Of Baron Won Ket-
teller. He declared the Chinese gov
ernment ordered the murder.
| a. The corner stone Of the first Prot
estant church to be built in Cuba was
laid in Matanzas on Sunday OF last
week. It is to be Methodist.
| say Two hundred and forty ships are
now in the service of the car. The
Russian army figures in grand totals
so, 100 officers, and 2,79S,0O0 men.
s8 Train boys report that here is no
demand for campaign books. Four
years ago at this date, campaign lit
erature formed the bulk of their trade.
sg The weather in India is promis-
| ing for crops. Excellent rains nave
fallen in all the famine districts and
the winter sowings are practically as
sured.
ar School accommodation in Brook
llyn is so scant that last year $4,000 chill
dren had to be content with half-day
classes. This year about 5O,OOO Will
be similarly deprived.
"a Seville's hottest day was August
II, with a temperature Of III degrees
| in the shade. Thousands of birds fell
dead in the streets and the weather
record in the Spanish city was broken.
38 It is strange that man will
have the hardihood to hold up glass
of whisky and exclaim Here's health
when he knows we'll enough that there
isn't a particle Of health in the stun.
sg You owe me another little bill,
Mr.. Judkins, which I can't remember
YOUR having paid" "Well, don't
grumble to me about it. am not re-
sponsible for your bad memory, am II"
as China is one of the most import
t., %1a W
cry one Of her 18 provinces contains
large deposits. Eastern Shan See has
an anthracite area Of 1880 miles In
extent.
6a- Miss Helen Gould notified the
army officers in New York that she
would send, at her own EXPENSE, 5O,-
900 rations to distressed families in
Galveston and the hurricane-swept
district.
a@ Deacon Jones (solemnly)-My dear
friend, do you attend a place Of wor-
ship regularly? Young Man-Yes, sir,
regularly every Sunday night. Pray,
tell me where go to Worship" I'm
on my way to see her now"
s8 Chicago women have recently
caused to be placed in the cars Of that
city a placard with the following:
Cleanliness is next to godliness. We
cannot all be gods; but all can be clean.
Please do not spit on the floor"
S9' Darling" said the young man,
"your eyes are like diamonds, your
lips are like rubies, your teeth like
pearls, your hair like jet" George"
she interrupted, remember that you
work in jewelry store. Don't talk
shop"
"a The capitol at Austin, Tex, has
become infested with centipedes Of
great size. A few days ago one was
seen in the governor private office and
was killed, 1t measured u inches long
and is the largest centipede ever seen
in that part Of Texas.
sy The European or American. in
order to sleep we'll, ordinarily requires
a downy pillow under the head; but
the Japanese, stretching himself upon
rush mat on the floor, puts hard
square block Of wood under his head,
and does not sleep we'll If he does not
have 1t.
ar Two mails have been received at
Manila. each of which numbered over
$50 sacks, which Is just eight times as
large as the biggest mail ever receiv-
ed under the Spanish regime and all
Of this mass Of mail matter is handled
by 60 Americans and SIS Filipinos at
the present time on the payroll Of the
postoffice department.
SaT The velocity of propagation Of
electro agnetic waves through space
is about that Of light-186,000 miles per
second. Telegraphic signals have a
greatly diminished speed, due to static
capacity and self-induction. A test be-
tween Washington and st. Louis show
ed a rate of $4,000 miles per second.
1f {1a
tennial census Is the progress of edu-
cational facilities in the western states.
Kansas, with 27a per cent. of school
children, outranks Massachusetts, and
New York; but is rivaled by Utah and
West Virginia. Oregon, too, ranks
very high, while Louisiana can only
claim percentage Of 13a.
tay A Frenchman has discovered
remedy, instantaneous in it's effects,
for the horrible burns caused by the
use of oil Of vitrol. 1t is soft paste
of calcined magnesia and water, with
which the parts burned are covered
to the thickness of an inch. It allevi-
ates the pain almost Immediately, and
when the paste is removed no scar re-
mains.
6y The Pope does his private writing
with gold pen, but his pontifical sig
nature is always given with white
feathered quill, which is believed to
come from the wing Of a dove, al
though persons who have seen it, say
1t must have come from a larger bird.
The same quill has been in use for
more than 40 years. 1t only serves for
important signatures, and is kept In
an ivory case.
32T The sheriff of Pratt county, Kan,
recently allowed a man who had been
convicted of selling liquor without
license to remain with his family in
stead of serving his time in Jail. At
the expiration of the term the pris-
oner's wife sued the sheriff for the
price of board and lodging for her
spouse. She was awarded Judgment