Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-19
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Sa Some of the caterpillars in Aus
tralia measure 12 inches in length.
8a' The earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satisfaction of life.
Ar He who is always prying into 9TH
er mems affairs leads dangerous life.
88' Admiral Cervera predicts the
breaking up of Spain into small states.
aN' It is said that Aguinaldo has de-
termined to visit the United States
next fall.
Al The president of Argentina will
visit America and call on President
Mckinley.
an A noble nature can alone attract
the noble, and alone knows how to re-
tain them.
Ia The ratio of paupers in Minnesota
in 1900 was 1880 for each 100000 of
AZ In England the average weight of
men is 155 pounds; that Of the woman
is 122 pounds.
6E A rival of the Bell telephone has
been organized in Detroit, Mich, with
81, 500 900 capital.
ar Let your character be as firm as
granite and the shaft of your enemies
cannot harm it.
AZ Italy has the greatest population of
criminals. They number 5,14O to the
l 1,OOO,OOO of population.
"a Wooden shoes are worn by about
100000 people in Europe. Most of
them are made of Eastwood.
AZ Pleasure shortens life; happiness
prolongs it. Take care Of your living
and your dying will take care Of itself.
8y' A dispatch from Paris asserts that
J. P. Morgan has been rendered the
decoration of knights of the Legion of
Honor.
az It is reported that the Chinese
court has refused to return to Pekin
until after the foreign troops have de-
parted.
SJ A very moderate estimate for the
antiquity Of man, according to recent
of French scientist, is
23S, 900 years.
AZ Ringsworms are cured with mer-
curial ointment. Rub it on at night
and wash it off in the morning. Re-
peat until the trouble disappears.
AZ The thinnest tissue paper measures
1-12OO of an inch in thickness. Iron
has been rolled so thin as to measure
only 1-1SOO Of an inch in thickness.
8B" A remarkable case Of Mormonism
has been discovered at Crenshaw, Pa,
where John Vafilko has had two wives
living together with him for five years.
3g By the new apportionment Cook
county, ILL.,, which includes Chicago,
will have, two years hence, 81 Of the
1853 members of the house of represen-
tatives of Illinois.
8B Strutting about on Colorado
Springs ostrich farm is big bird that
is valued at LOO, s10O for himself and
a $1,000 for his owners diamond stud,
which he swallowed the other day.
a. 1t is believed in Washington that
the next congress will abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, unless Eng
land consents to substitute salts
factory to the United States govern
ment.
3S Pasteboard armor is the latest
form of defense. Experiments at Co.
penhagen show that millboard 8 inch
es thick was impenetrable to carbine
bullets which pierced 5-inch wooden
planks.
ar A sturgeon weighing $50 pounds
was netted off Lagoon Island, in the
Hudson river, three miles above Alba
ny, recently. Nothing like this in
weight has been seen in Albany for
Is years past.
3J A Hoboken couple have entered
into a strange ante-nuptial contract.
The man contributes IS weekly to a
common fund and the woman $40.
When the sum of $500 is in the pool
they are to be married.
8S There are doors in some old houses
Of Holland which were in former days
never used except for funerals and
weddings. After the bride and groom
had passed, the door was nailed up to
await the next occasion.
Ar A paper in the backwoods of
Georgia reports an accident thus: "a
Negro yesterday was struck by the
limited express, landed on a pig-iron
pile so feet away, and fell into the riv-
er, where he was drowned.
8T There has been a slight falling off
in the enlistments for the regular army
since the withdrawal of that portion
Of the advertisement saying that re-
cruits and new regiments were being
enlisted for the Philippines.
an There are from twenty-five to
thirty thousand consumptives in New
York city a year. There are 8,10C
deaths from consumption. Promiscu-
Gus expectoration by consumptives is
the chief factor in the spread of the
disease.
3a' Family harmony Is preserved by
the ants. 1t is asserted by Sir John
Lubbock, the astronomer, that during
the many years he had ants under OBJ
servation, he never saw anything like
a quarrel between two ants of the same
community.
al There are indications that the in
auguration of civil government in the
Philippines will not take place until
August 1. Judge Taft, it is believed,
will be the first civil governor. Gene
raj Chaffee will succeed General Nc
Arthur as commander of the military
force.
Al A drapery store in a Connecticut
town is said to be run by three men
named England, Ireland and Scotland.
They met for the first in America