Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-29
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sg A handful of good life is worth a
bushel of learning.
s8 A raw, mellow apple is digested In
an hour and one half.
- The man who is faithfully improv-
ing his one talent will soon have ten.
S8 This seasons grape crop In the
Dunkirk section Of New York, will ag-
gregate 4,400 cars.
38 The Texas Democrats at Waco,
nominated a state ticket headed by J.
D. Sayers for governor.
1ay On the 23d instant, Herr Krupp be-
gan practicing with cannon which
throw shot IA miles.
1as' Six hundred prospectors returned
from Cape Nome with stories OF desti-
tuition and illness there.
"a The death rate in Ponce, Porto
Rico, was enormous during July, there
being ZIG deaths against 20 births In
the city for two weeks ending July 2S.
sJ Gen. Macarthur has cabled the
war department a statement concern
ing the health of the troops in the Phil
lippines. The total is 5,129 sick soldiers,
or S.47 per cent.
S8r Judge John H. Reagan, the only
surviving member Of the Confederate
cabinet, has resigned as chairman OF
the Texas railroad commission, after
60 years of public life.
IA Fifty-two cases Of yellow fever are
now under treatment in Havana. OF the
victims IS are Americans. Thus far
the mortality rate has been about 20
per cent. Of those attacked.
SaT There is but one official In the
United States who has legal title to
be called "honora ble." It Is the lieuten-
ant governor Of Massachusetts,. His
title is given him by law.
38 When cotton thread was first
made, $40 yards of it weighed one
pound. Hence it Is number one. A
pound containing twice that number OF
yards is number two, and so on.
say The largest congregation in Amer
lea is st. Stanislaus Kostka, in Chica-
go, which has 10000 communicates. The
number Of attendants at the several
services every Sunday frequently ex-
coed $1,000. =.
II Hasn't your horse got the heav-
esq" asked q customer. "Heaves, 1s
it?" exclaimed the apparently astonish-
ed owner. IAN if he's any the better
for the heaves, he has 'em; If not the
devil a bit has he!"
"a Regard not much who is for thee
or against thee; but give all thy
thought and care to this-that God
will be with thee in everything thou
doest; for whom God will help, no NAL
ice of man shall be able to hurt.
tn you know, Maria," he said, II
think every child shows in some way
in what calling it is most likely to sue
ceed in after years." do you think
so? Then we'd better make real es-
tate man Of our Willie. can't keep
him out Of the dirt
sg An editor wrote a ballroom puff,
saying, Her dainty feet were encased
in shoes that might have been taken
for fairy boots" But the blundering
compositor made it read, "Her dirty
feet were encased in shoes that might
have been taken for ferry-boats."
s9' A letter received IN Berlin from the
captain of the German gunboat 1ltis,
giving an account Of the Taku fight,
says: "And what a shame! All the en-
emy's guns and the shells that killed
our brave fellows came from home.
lot fanfH Hr,IYn
slT One curious feature about the cli-
mate of Southern Arizona is that while
the heat in the daytime Is almost un-
bearable and frequently drives people
mad, the temperature at night is de-
lightful-so cool, in fact, one has to
sleep under heavy blankets for COM
fort.
ar The speed Of a hawk or gull on
the wing is almost incredibly great.
One of the swiftest hawks could make
a circle round the smoke stack of 10
comotive travelling 60 miles an hour,
while a gull has often been known to
fly before favorable wind at the rate
of 100 miles an hour.
timore on the silver service for Rear
Admiral Schley, to be made from the
silver coin captured on the Spanish
cruiser Christobal Colon. The total
weight of the silver is 1000 ounces and
the cost, when complete, will be be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000.
"a A New York swindler, in trying to
evade the officers of the law, sprang
from a second-story window Of the
Hoffman House, and used an umbrella
as a parachute. He alighted on an
awning. Thence he jumped to the
ground, but was quickly seized by por-
ters and held until the police arrived.
3a In Easthampton, Mass, a child 4
or years of age applied to the town
clerk for a marriage license. It was
discovered that the child had sweet
heart about his own age. The clerk
made a pretense of writing a license,
but advised the young man to consult
his father before taking so important
a step.
ag When a lady once asked Turner,
the celebrated English painter, what
his secret was, he replied. II have no
secret, madam, but hard work." This
is secret that many of us never learn,
and don't succeed because they don't
learn it. Labor is the genius that
changes the world from ugliness to
beauty, and the greatest curse to
blessing.
3B' A curious incident connected with
the Servian army is the manner in
which most of the regiments carry the
drum. 1t is not, as in most other coun-
tries, slung in front of the man who
beats it, but is placed upon a small,
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