Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-21
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I'd just run over to tell YOU"
Ca Dairying is developing rapidly
in Georgia, and state dairymen's
association was recently organized.
RaT The approach of the Paris Expo
sition has led to the discovery that
war has nearly always followed big
exposition.
sdF You can be sure of this: if you
are doing all you can TO make child
better you are doing something that
pleases God.
saS The first wheat raised in the
New World was sown on the Island OF
Isabella in January, 1494, and on
March 80 the crop was gathered.
pg- Three millions of people are said
to be receiving famine relief in India,
and the government will spend in re-
lief by the end of March $75 900, 600.
e9 Russian newspapers urge that
advantage be taken of Great Britain's
war in South Africa to secure ports on
the Mediterranean and the Indian
ocean.
sd In the past ten years the pro-
duction of wheat has increased SO per
cent. in the south, and the number OF
hogs raised there has, during that pc
riod, nearly doubled.
saE Owing to some dissatisfaction ID
the senate committee with the terms
of the Nicaragua canal treaty, that
document has been referred TO a SUBJ
committee for further consideration.
s6T Farmers in nearly every north
eastern state are planting nut trees
along with their peaches and pears,
and are utilizing the hillsides, where
nothing else will grow, for nut or
chards.
Bg Modern girls are usually taller
than their mothers, says The Hospital
aud other medical journals. Modern
boys often think they are bigger than
their fathers, too.
Bas" An Iowa publisher acknowledges
the receipt of an egg which "was laid
on our table by the Rev. Mr.. Smith"
Mr.. Smith seems to be a layman as
we'll as a minister.
a9" Secretary Root has sent to con-
gress an abstract of the militia force OF
the United States. 1t shows the total
number of men available for military
duty; but unorganized, as 1O,343, $50,
and an aggregate organized strength
of 1O6,3 ,33c
B@ Guest-Tell me candidly, wait
er, why do you recommend lobster so
enthusiastically? Candid Waiter
Well, you see, if there is any left over
today, we walters will get them to-
morrow for dinner, and we have had
'em on hand a week already.
gag" About the shortest marriage GER
emony on record is credited to an
Italian justice of the peace in New
York. This was his formula: "You
take hold of hands; you will take each
other for life! You take her? You
take him? All right! Theren'
say When l marry 1 shall try to be
sure of one thing, and that is that l
have a woman of sense" "You mean
woman of prudence and forethought,
with fine perceptions and knowledge
of human nature?" ayes, that's it
exactly" "But they are just the ones
who never marry"
Hd A minority report has been made
to the lower house Of congress on the
bill for the election of senators by the
people. 1t continues with the princi-
pie of the bill; but urges direct cleo.
tions without awaiting legislative ap-
proval for a change of system as pro-
posed by the majority.
Ba- 81 have a corn from which suf:
fer dreadfully; can you recommend
anything that will cure it?" "Cer-
tainly, madam. See, here you have
an excellent preparation which will
make your corn disappear in a very
short time. l have customer who
has used this lotion for the last IA
years, and he never tries anything
else."
B9H What is said to be the first in.
stance of a mother performing the
marriage ceremony for her daughter
occurred recently in San Francisco,
when Mrs. Kate Heussman united
Miss Mary Violet Heussman to Felix
Drapinsky. Mrs Heussman is an or
dained minister under state charter
issued to the Independent Bible socie-
ty, of which she is missionary.
Gag A congressman has received the
following suggestion: "Would it not
be we'll for the United States govern
ment to prohibit expectation of mules
until our supply has caught up with
the demand? The country is now
being depleted of its mules, and should
any serious trouble occur with any Of
the European nations, our means Of
transportation would be seriously ham.
pered.
aaT The other evening the electric
lights of Juanita, Cal, failed, and the
next morning three suits were institut-
ed against the corporation. According
to one of the lawyers in the case, "the
parlor was al the time filled with
guests at children's party, many Of
whom made use of the opportunity
for illicit kissing and romping, which
resulted in the destruction of costly
ornaments, and was harmful to the
moral welfare Of those present.
aa When the Romans manumitted
a slave, his head was adorned with
small red cloth cap. AS soon as this
was done he was known as libertinus,
or freedman, and his name was regis
tered among others Of the city's
"tribes." In the year 263, when Sat-