Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-20
1t'ausiae 6atherinss.

cry day.
sR" A beetle can draw 20 times it's own
weight. So can mustard plaster.
AZ Kansas City, Mo-, claims to have
established so new factories in 1900.
sar A shaft 4,76O feet deep in search OF
copper has been sunk in Michigan.
a9 One ungrateful man does an in
Jury to all who stand in need Of aid.
s9r A young man ashamed to be seer
at work does not like to be called lazy
ssT The area Of tea culture in India
at the end of 1899 was over 516,7O0 acres
ar 1t took 100000 pounds of candy tt
satisfy the Christmas demand in st
Louis.
sSr Boiled alligator flesh tastes very
much like veal. 1t is much eaten II
India.
sg One man can make 5000 tin can!
in a day by the aid Of improved ma
chinery.
sa' A Missouri murderer has been, or
conviction, sentenced to SO years in the
penitentiary.
6aT The first American cotton factory
was established in 1887 at East Bridge
water, Mass.
aS Fourteen women received the doc
tors degree last year at the Univer'
sity of Zurich.
s1- Moss growing on trees is a pretty
good indication that the soil Is too wei
and probably poor.
Ar There are 800 mountains In the
United States each of which exceeds
10000 feet in height.
8N When some men get religion the
very next bone they give their dog vii
have more flesh on it.
SaJ Not counting the national capltal
there are A towns and cities bearing
the name Of Washington.
say A few days ago at Littleton, N. II.
the mercury changed from 40 below tt
40 above inside Of "a hours.
S1T The Persians gave names to every
day in the month, the same as we
give them to days of the week.
s|A systematic count Of states
shows that there were 1853 lynchings
in America during the past 16 years
AZ Southern States are making mucf
larger gains than any other section ir
the business Of cotton and wooler
manufacturing.
a. Perhaps no river has greater
variety of fish than the Nile. An eX'
pedition sent out by the British Mu'
scum brought back 5000 specimens.
ar About 100000 persons share ir
the s175,OOO,OO dividends just distribu'
ted in New York, and half Of the num-
ber are depositors in savings banks.
say In Southern France, where beel
costs 20 cents and milk Is cents aquart
new wine has been lately on sale IL
unlimited quantities at cents a quart
SB Lyons, France, reports that the
wine crop of France for the year 1901
will exceed 1,721, 100000 gallons. yielt
that has been unsurpassed, but three
times in history.
a. Mrs Partington, in illustration Of
the proverb, "a soft answer turnetf
away wrath" says, 1T is better tt
speak paragorically Of person than tt
be all the time flinging epitaphs a
him."
Sg The Oldest love letter in the worlt
is in the British museum. 1t is a pro
posal of marriage for the hand Of al
Egyptian princess, and it was mad'
$500 years ago. 1t is in the form O
an inscribed brick.
az The horse is far more intelligen
than many suppose. A kind word Il
sometimes as good as feed Of oats
A gentle tone. caresses, praises, gifts
dainties, render him safer and mor'
obedient. Harsh treatment keeps hin
nervous and in misery.
ar A Mississippi sheriff sent to Audi
tor Cole an express package contain
ing $3.50 collected as taxes. without {
line showing to what county 1t shoul(
be credited. 1t took two weeks TIM
and labor to ascertain that Lee count.
was entitled to credit for the amount.
SB Fully as important as the matte
of saving a portion Of ones income fo
a rainy day is the matter Of making
provision for the time when the breat
winner may be taken away. 1t 4
strange that many men are so negli
gent in this regard.
ar eff you don't give me a quar-
ter" said little Willie, "I'm going t.
tell about your kissing sister" "But
hadn't even thought Of kissing you
sister," protested the young man
"You ain't?' said Willie, puzzled
Then wonder what she told me to sa.
that to you for?"
AT A process Of extracting rubbe
from the hule plant has been discov
cred. This plant is species af sage
brush, with small leaves, which grow
to height of about three feet, and i
found not only in Mexico, but also il
Texas, Wyoming and Nebraska.
grows in mountainous regions, and i
said to contain 40 per cent. Of rubber.
ar One Of the most curious mines tina
is worked is in Tongkin, China, where
in a sand formation, at a depth, o
from IA to 20 feet, there is deposit o
the stems Of trees. The Chinese worl
this mine for the timber, which i
found in good condition, and Is used il
making coffins, troughs. and for carving
and other purposes. The stems ar
are about three feet in diameter an
As feet in length, and apparently be
long to fir trees. which were buried
thousands Of years ago by an earth
quake or other similar convulsion.
8as In history of laces, recently pub
lisbed tho folIowinp curious story 4