Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-24
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year and 1000 miles of streets to be
patroled, has $500 policemen.
ar The United States consuls report
many lepers on the Canary Islands
there being 200 on Teneriffe alone.
"a The latest new building in New
York, besides extending Is stories into
the air, will have four stories under
ground.
5J A year ago nearly 5000 women
voted at Cleveland's election Of school
directors. This year only 706 went to
the polls.
8B Recently, near Canterbury, N. H.,
a railroad train came to a standstill
to give half a dozen deer a chance to
cross the track.
8g David Rankin, the Missouri cat
tie king, will plant 10000 acres Of corn
this year, employing about 250 men and
utilizing 600 horses.
saT An almanac 234 years old has just
been sold in Boston for s155. 1t was
printed for the year 1867 by Samuel
Green in Cambridge.
89 A good flow Of oil has been found
at Martinville, La. The South is just
beginning to find out that it is loaded
down with coal, iron and oil.
3B The Spanish navy is now among
the smallest Of the sea powers of the
world. At one time, more than a CEN
tury ago, it was among the greatest.
In O
Sunday paper for a position as gover-
ness for "a family Of children whose
heads will be absent during the sum-
mer."
sJ Mortality among the colored peo-
pie of Baltimore during 1900 was three
times greater than among the whites.
tuberculosis caused one-tenth Of the
deaths.
s9 The number Of epileptics in Illinois
is estimated at not less than 5000.
The legislature is expected to arrange
a state colony, where they may be kept
at one place.
3a' Mrs. Malinda Baldwin, who died
a few days ago at Charleston, w. Va,
was the oldest woman in the state.
She only lacked a few days Of being
107 years old.
SA' The government still insists that 1t
has a wireless telegraph system which
is superior to any yet devised by pri-
vate parties. 1t is being tested daily,
with favorable results.
8B' The MohammedanS want better
way to Mecca. They desire to go there
by railway, and for that purpose have
given the Sultan s1OS,OOO to be used in
constructing railroad.
az A new cotton ginning machine en-
ables two men to gin 1000 pounds dali
ly, and under old systems they could
turn out less than a hundredth part
in the same amount Of time.
8g The first potatoes were cultivated
in the Andes, somewhere between San
Diego, Chile, and Lima, Peru. Pota-
toes still grow wild in the mountain
districts Of South America.
"a The oil wells of Beaumont, Texas,
have gone deeper and higher grade
Of oil found at the depth Of 1000 feet.
The yield from a we'll Is 1000 barrels
a day under the force of the pumps.
38 Cuba has a population Of about
100000, Of whom $4,000 are native
whites, $4,000 foreign whites, $4,000
pure-blood Negroes, 2s6,00O mulatoes
or half-breeds and $4,000 Chinese.
More than so per cent are unable to
read and write.
SI A Bostonian who has lived for
years in Paris, says that the reason so
few injuries are inflicted in Franch
duels, is that Frenchmen in dueling
invariably use a revolver about the
size Of an American toy pistol, the bull
let's of which are not much larger
than birdshot.
sg The Cincinnati Enquirer reports
that a buffalo baby has been born at
the Zoo in that city. This Is the first
animal of this kind ever born at this
popular educational and pleasure re-
sort. The newcomer is about the size
of Newfoundland dog, and is perfect
in every respect.
al Are bachelors in Illinois to be
prevented from marrying by means Of
a prohibitory tax? State Senator T.
J. Dawson has introduced a bill in the
Illinois legislature providing that
bachelors over the age Of 40 must pay
special tax Of $1O0 when they apply
for license to marry.
Sg Ceasar Booker, a Negro, living at
Washington, Ga, is supposed to be the
oldest man in the world, his age being
given as 126 years. He was born a
slave in Virginia, and his memory Of
events transpiring over 100 years ago
Is very bright. He has daughter at
Thomson, Ca, who is SO years old.
3D' According to q Missouri item, the
Ray county man who was examined
for heart disease the other day was re-
lieved when he found that the crack
ling sound he heard every time he
drew long breath came from a small
buckle on his suspenders. This is only
another example showing that people
get sick too easily.
3A' The cattlemen OF Greenwood coun-
ty, Kan, are making hard times for
lawyers. They have established a sys-
tenn of arbitrating differences. Three
men are chosen as an arbitration COM
mittee. They investigate the trouble
and make decision, which Is final. A
fuss involving 100000 was settled at
Eureka last week by an arbitration
committee.
30' Two sisters of General George H.
Thomas are living in Southampton
county, Va, the oldest being 80 years
of age. Ever since General Thomas
cast his lot with the Union, in 1861,