Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-05-23
at'ausiae Gatherings.


is 20 times greater than it was 80 years
ago.
pos- In a short time the japanese
population of San Francisco will reach
26, 900.
p4- William J. Bryan has returned
to Lincoln, Neb., for a stay OF two
months.
p6~ You cannot dream yourself into
character you must hammer and forge
yourself one.
e4~ Omaha now has over 100000
population, while the Indian Territory
claims over 100000.
e9- You will discover what a num-
ber of things you can do without when
you have no money to get them.
B6~ In many parts of California
quail pick up grain with the domestic
chicken and roost in orchard trees.
p6- The total value of the exports
from Manila, from August l3, 1898, to
December 81, 1899, was $l9,s3S,955
p6- Some people are never satisfied.
The man who finds fault with August
heat will complain of cold in February.
Hd- No Japanese is ever guilty of
swearing, for the simple reason that
oaths are unknown to the Japanese
language.
p9- Within 20 years California has
added half million to its population,
or five times as many as the entire
population of Arizona.
s6- The tallest man in Maryland
lives in Carroll county, near the town
of Westminster, and, with a strange
appropriateness, his name is Miles
Long.
s6- He that doeth a deed and look
eth about him on the right and the
left for applause, will find vanity to be
the father of the deed and criticism its
sponsor.
p@ Over 1,OOO,OOO,OOo feet Of logs
were cut in the pine forests of Mime
sofa during the season just closed
The industry in the state employs l6,-
900 men.
g6~ Since 1868 the corn production
of this country has increased more
than 152 per cent, while the pro-
duction of wheat has increased nearly
35 per cent.
a9- Statistics show that more money
is spent in the United States for eggs
than for -four. Farmers want to look
after their poultry and improve it by
getting better stock.
s4- The recent floods in Texas have
not injured the cotton crop. The
reason is that the cotton season in the
Lone Star state is very backward this
year, and no extensive planting has
yet been done.
B6~ The thimble was first called the
'thumb ball." because it was used on
the thumb instead of the finger, as at
present. The word soon evoluted into
humble. The word thimble is COM
paratively modern.
R9" Farmers in the vicinity of Wich-
ita are arranging to attend the Demo
cratic convention at Kansas City in
caravans. There will probably be a
train of 100 wagons. They will leave
the farms a week before the conven-
tionx
p6" At flower show recently held
in London a vine was exhibited that
was said to have been grown from
seeds taken from the tomb of an
Egyptian mummy 1000 years old.
The vine is of variety much like the
sweet pea.
a9- "Simon, my boy, you are now
going to set up in business on your
own account, and I wish to give you
bit of practical advice" "Well,
father ?" "When customers don't see
what they want, teach them to want
what they see ~
B6@ This country last year exported
more meat products, leaving out sheep
and mutton, than all the rest of the
world combined. The amount was
nearly $2OO,OOO,OOO, and the great
crops of Indian corn are the founda-
ton of the trade.
p9- Guesses on the population of the
United States returned by the 18th
census range all the way from 10000
900 to 1OO,oOO,OOO. The treasury de-
partment figures the per capita circu-
lation of money on the estimate of H.
100000 of population.
p6 The elephants sense of smell is
so delicate that when in wild state it
can scent an enemy at distance of
1000 yards, and the nerves of its trunk
are so sensitive that the smallest sub.
stance can be discovered and picked
up by its tiny proboscis.
a@ For whooping cough take the
white of an egg and beat it until it is
stiff froth, add teaspoonful of gran
ulated sugar and eight drops of oil of
tar; give a teaspoonful of this mix
ture to a baby every two hours, and
little more to those children who are
older. The remedy is harmless.
ndr The largest smokestacks which
have ever been manufactured in the
United States are now being built in
St. Louis. They will be 70 feet in
circumference at the base and gradual
ly taper to 40 feet in circumference at
the top. They will be 200 feet high,
and will cost about $4,000 apiece.
B6. The most famous religious relic,
says a church paper, is the "Iron
Crown" which was worshipped in the
Middle Ages. The tradition is that
it was made from the nails which were
driven through the hands of Christ at