Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
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miles Of streets.
s9 Many mills in New England are
idle on account of high water in rivers
8gr The amount Of water flowing out
Of the Nile is 16 times that Of the
Thames.
as The Roman roads, according to
their Importance, were from 8 to 81
feet in width.
AZ The man who marries a talkatiVe
woman to reform her, will find she Will
have something to say about it.
ar New York, with a total popula-
ton of S,5O0,OOO, expends in police SAL
aries alone more than $1O,OOO,OOO an
nually.
At Kangaroo skins to the value OF
s267, ,S59.36 were imported from Aus
tralia into the United States during
the quarter ending September 30, 1900.
"a A new census has just been made
of the American buffalo, which gives
the total number as 1,O24, of which 6S4
are in captivity and $40 in wild
state.
Szy A New Haven young lady has
remarkable throat. She has whist
ling larynx, and can whistle without
the use of her lips. Few cases OF this
kind are ever known.
ar Mrs. Westside-Your husband got
in at 8 o'clock this morning, and yet
you say he is a man Of regular habits.
Mrs. Elmore-Certainly. 1t is his reg
ular habit to get home at o'clock.
sg The New York Sun has discovered
that the new woman has existed at
least since the Seventeenth century.
Further investigation might show that
she has been on deck ever since the
world began.
sg Tom Paine's creed: II believe in
one God and no more, and I hope fol-
happiness beyond this life. I believe
in the equality of man; and I believe
that religious duties consist in doing
Justice, loving mercy, and endeavor-
ing to make our fellow-creatures hap
py."
88' Germany, although it has 35,0OO,-
900 acres of forests excellently man
aged and yielding an immense reve-
nue., demands increasingly greater
Quantities of wood, so that for the last
ten years the amount of timber
which it buys has doubled and Its
value trebled.
PEP 1a,ob;o tho famous Oueen OF
Palmyra, is stated by ancient histor-
ians to have been of light brown
complexion, with intensely black hair
and eyes. She is described as cutting
off her hair in front and allowing 1t to
hang over her forehead in the style OF
the modern bang"
SB DR.. J. B. Learned, Of Northamp-
ton, Mass, has offered a prize Of $1OC
for the best essay setting forth some
method for inducing sleep without the
use of drugs in cases of insomnia
Representative men Of scientific med
icine are to be judges Of the merit OF
the essays offered in competition.
sT The mother asked little Dot to GO
into the next room and see If the clock
was running, for she had not heard 1t
strike all the afternoon. Dot came
running back, put her curly head into
the door and exclaimed: "Why, nc
mamma, de clock amt a-runnin'. 1t
is des standing still and a-waggin' its
tall"
"a We once read the story Of an Eng
lishman who hanged himself because
they had brought his tea without su-
gar. There are hours in life when
the most tri1ing cross takes the form
of a calamity. Our tempers are like an
opera class which makes the objec,
small or great, according to the end
you look through.
az To read an inscription on a silver
coin which, by much wear, has become
wholly obliterated, put the poker In
the fire; when red hot, place the coin
upon it, and the inscription will plain
ly appear as the coin cools. This meth
cd to discover the genuine coin was
formerly practiced at the mint wher
silver was called in.
SS An Oklahoma country postmaster
sent the following notice to the postal
department.: "Sur wish to notify
you that on next Wednesday this offic
will be shet as am gone dear hunt
You kin fire me if you see fit; but III
give you apinter that i'm the only
man in the nayborhood that kin rede
and rite"
ar Captain Auguste Vauntier, Of the
Swiss army, has invented a remarkable
camera, by means of which views at q
distance of 60 to 80 miles can be taken
1t is with this machine that the Alps
en- masse will be photographed, and II
is confidently expected that views hith-
erto unobtainable will now be brought
within the photographers reach.
8S One Kansas law says the person
al property of a dead man, when not
claimed by relatives, shall be sold al
auction. Another law prohibits the
sale of liquor. Recently gallon OF
rye whisky was found among the
effects of a dead man who left nc
relatives. The probate court has TAX
en- the whisky, under advisement."
ar 1t is expected in the near future
oranges will be grown in Washington
as palatable as those Of Florida. The
trees are now bearing; but the fruit
will not ripen until fall, so the real
flavor cannot be determined. The ex-
pertinent has been carried on by H. J.
Weber, an expert in plant-breeding
who obtained hybrids from twelve OF
the hardest oranges known in the
world, and the prospects are promis-
ing.
SS' A youth lately leaving his aunts
house after a visit, when finding it be-