Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-03
W'aysiae Gatherings.

Will winter IN Pekln, the largest IorCe
being German.
sz' All the flowers Of the arctic region
are either white or yellow, and there
are 762 varities.
! tg A syndicate has been formed at
Oschenfurt, Bavaria, 20 apply electric
ity in agriculture.
| 4S twenty-five men Of Battery 0, lst
artillery, and three men OF the hospit-
al corps, were lost in the Galveston
horror.
SS- The intense heat in England has
caused prostration and death, not only
among men and animals; but also
among birds.
SB The most recent statistics show a
decrease Of the birth rate in every Eu-
ropean country, the average decrease
being per cent. since 1891.
sH A Japanese Christian minister,
writing Of the divorces in Japan dur
ing recent year, says there were $685.
3Ss marriages and 116,775 divorces.
s8' Because one can play first base in
a ball game, it does not follow that he
can successfully fill the position OF
first bass in a church choir. The pitch
is different.
ST Prof. Camphausen, Of Amsterdam,
is out with a bomb generating fumes
that will make breathing difficult or
impossible for 100 yards around the
center Of the explosion.
saT The government Of the Neither
lands offers the use of warship to
transport Kruger from Lorenzo Mar
quez to Europe, and Portugal guaran-
tees his personal security.
sa BY order of Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, United States
postoffice has been opened at Tien Tsin
to facilitate the handling Of mail mat
ter for the troops in China.
S8 The New York Electrical Review
says that is rumored in the trade that
all the telephone and telegraph COM
panies in the country are to be ANAL
gamated into one corporation.
Sa Work of restoration at Galveston
has made rapid advance. Horse cars
are running in the business part Of the
city, and the electric light system and
water works are in partial operation.
@ A compilation of the agricultural
imports into this country shows their
average annual value to be 1886, 1854, ,7OS,
mostly from tropical countries. Brazil
i'm.
portations.
SN The whale is big fish in the sea
only on account of his colossal pro-
portions. AS q navigator he Is not
very much of a success. His utmost
speed in swimming is only about ten
miles an hour.
say A little girl aged 8, asked her pa
pa for more candy; but was told to
wait until tomorrow. Looking out OF
the window for a few moments she
suddenly called out: Papa it looks
like tomorrow now"
sy English statistics show that Of late
there has been q large and rapidly
growing importation Of tomatoes. To-
matoes were but short time ago an ar
ticle Of luxury in Great Britain, only
used for the rich; but now they have
become a common dish on the tables OF
the working classes.
TT A camel with an ordinary load Of
400 pounds can travel II or IA days
without water. going IA miles a day.
Camels are fit to work at five years old;
but their strength begins to decline at
Is, although they live generally until 40.
They are often fattened at 80 for food,
the flesh tasting like beef.
fT Postmaster General Smiths esti-
mate of stamps needed for the coming
fiscal year Is as follows: LOIS. S.186OO0
1-cent stamps, 3019, ,S34.O0 2's, s4.7O0.-
600 3's, $4,000. 100 As, 62.200,0O0 SIS. $780,
600 6s 16,SO0. 900 SIS, 26,1OO, 900 los. $780,
OU0 15's. 10000 sos. 10000 SIS. 5000 SIS,
1000 $5's and 7S5O,0O0 special delivery.
sE The chief characteristic Of tropi-
cal hurricanes Is the high wind veloc1-
ty. No storm of temperate latitudes
ever developes such appalling fury.
There are few places in the interior Of
the United States where the wind ever
blows more than 40 or so miles an hour:
but in a West Indian cyclone velocities
Of 80, 80 and 100 miles an hour are not
uncommon, and in 1897, at Cape Look
out, N. c., the thermometer registered
1873.
ST A remarkable engineering feat is
soon to be attempted in Boston-the
moving of a six-story brick and stone
building from one site to another with
out taking it apart. The ground upon
which the building now stands is Of a
swampy character and 780 piles will
have to be driven around the founda-
tions Of the structure to support the
1000 jacks upon which it will be raised
from it's foundation prior to its remov-
al 1t will be transported to its new
location, AZ feet distant, on steel roll
ers.
sy The largest time ball in the United
States is being erected in Philadelphia
on the roof Of the Fourth street end
Of the bourse. The ball, which is four
feet in diameter and weighs 60 pounds,
will be hoisted to the top Of an iron
column, 100 feet above tidewater, five
minutes before noon each day and be
dropped electrically, 40 feet to an air
cushion exactly at noon by the naval
observatory clock in Washington. The
object of the time clock Is to enable
all the mariners in the Delaware and
Schuykill rivers to regulate their chro-
nometers before sailing.
ar A curious railway accident occur
red in India recently. While train
was in Ruxaul station a terrific storm
commenced, and, although the brake
In, tl,o nd tho