Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-22
dtausiae Gatherings.

this year is 100000 baskets.
p6- The census of White Plains, N.
Y, shows more dogs than people.
p6@ The farms of Kansas yield this
year over s160 to every man, woman
and child in the state.
The Kansas wheat crop this year
has been officially r.: at 7S,OS1, ZOO
bushels, breaking the record.
p8" "Indignant citizens" Of Williams,
town, Kan, destroyed with dynamite
building used as an illicit saloon.
H6- The native rebellion against the
Dutch in Sumatra, after lasting TWEEN.
ty.seven years, is now said to be we'll
in hand.
sH- South Dakota has an aggregate
of II, 1000 acres of vacant govern
ment land which is now subject to
entry by qualified applicants.
s6" Hawaii has closed its last school
for teaching the native language.
Hereafter young Hawaiians will be
taught to talk English
HB The Japanese foreign Office an
nounces that the Government of Japan
has prohibited all emigration of Japan
ese laborers to the United States and
Canada.
s@ John J. Tanner, of Brighton,
Mich, has beard 8 feet long. He is
only feet 6 inches high. Mr.. Guiles,
of Ortonville, same state, has whiskers
7 feet long.
D@ The amount of gross gold in the
United States treasury August l reach
ed $631, no. ,764, which is the highest
amount in the treasury in the history
of the government.
s@' The first college for women in
this country was opened thirty-ive
years ago and today there are over
10000 women studying in the various
collegiate institutions.
s@ The city of Paris has 81, ,665 trees
in its streets, and each tree represents
a cost to the city of It's francs. This
makes in round numbers 100000
WOIIu VI UICCS Ill IhO otAOOoos
s@ "Well," said Mabel, looking up
from her history lesson, "what I don't
understand about discovering America
is how Columbus knew it was America
when he never saw it before %
pF Montana is larger than Turkey !;
Texas is larger than the whole Aus
triam empire by $4,000 square miles,
and New Mexico is larger than Great
Britain and Ireland put together.
R6 Do not think of knocking out
another PERSONS brains because he diff
fers in opinion from you. 1t would be
as rational to knock yourself on the
head because you differ from yourself
ten years ago.
s~ "Johnny," said the neighbor,
"has your father joined the church
yet ?" "No'm." "He's going to isn't
he ?" "Yes'm. But I think he is put.
ting it off until after the next circus
comes to town."
sd Antiquarians have unearthed be-
tween Bland and Espanola, N. NJ, q
building containing 1900 rooms and
much rich pottery and several smelt-
ers. 1t is one of the remains of the
cliff dwellers.
t@ Since the war between China
and Japan the Celestial Kingdom has
bought over 800 cannon and 100000
rifles of England and Germany. Eu-
ropean officers, too, have been en-
ployed to drill troops.
s9 A sure cure for pain in hollow
tooth is a mixture of powdered alum
and common salt, applied with lock
of cotton. A sensation of coldness fol-
lows the application, after which the
pain gradually subsidies.
s6 "The man I wed must be hand
some, brave and noble; he must have
no bad habits and love me devotedly."
"But, my dear, that is impossible, you
know, quite impossible" "Why ?"
"Because there is only one such man
in all the wide world, and he is going
to marry me-"
a6~ The Army and Navy Journal
brings together the statistics of lives
lost in railroading in the United States
the past year, and compares these with
the casulties in the Philippines, reck-
oning on the basis of an army of 6S,
900 men. The result shows railroad
ing to be about four times as perilous
as war.
n@~ The first deposit received by the
institutions for savings, in Newport,
Mass, on the day it began business,
April 5, 1880, was 500. No other de-
posit was ever made by that depositor.
After the lapse of more than 72
years, the book was once more brought
to the bank to have the interest added
The interest on the 500 amounted to
1898.
p8- "I have baked my first cake
today, George" said the young wife,
"and I want you to eat some of it."
"I am willing" said George as he
looked rather suspiciously at the cake,
"but I've just had my life insured" "
Gall the BETTER" laughed the wife,
merrily. ~ don't know about that"
said George, "they might think you
had baked the cake on purpose and
refuse to pay the policy"
nag An extension of two miles is to
be made to the avenue on the Gettys-
burg battlefield. The new road will
complete what is known as Confeder-
ate auenue. 1t will follow the Confed-
crate artillery line, where, during the
battle, 300 guns engaged the Union
artillery preceding Pickett's memora-
BILE charge. Scattered along the avenue
will be 80 guns, which will mark the
sites of the Confederate batteries.