Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-03
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treated in the hospitals Of London each
year.
4T The people of Siberia when reduced
to hard straits. make a tea Of cabbage
leaves.
Sg Arrangements are being made to
publish q daily newspaper in the Indi-
ana state prison.
31y Courts have been established al
Manila and English may be made the
language Of the law.
fy William H. Newman, the new pres
ident Of the New York Central railroad
began life as a switchman.
tn The bones Of an average mans
skeleton weigh 20 pounds. Those OF
a woman are probably six pounds
lighter.
4B~ Bowling alleys are to be put in the
basement Of the Sacred Heart Catho-
lie church, Chicago. to keep the young
men from mischief.
fS. Ninety-six per cent Of all deaths
from whooping cough and 80 per cent
of deaths from measles. occur in chill
dren under years of age.
fB Twenty torpedo boat destroyers
and torpedo boats will be turned over
to the government by the contractors
within the next few months.
t@ To preserve picture frames from
flies boil three or four young onions ir
a pint Of water; then with a soft brush
or blender, go over the frame.
IA Oklahoma fruit growers have be-
gun the annual shipment Of peaches tc
the northern markets. The crop is
estimated at 75O.OOO.OOO bushels.
IN It Is stated that the orange orchard
area at Riverside, CAL. covers thirty
square miles, or 19.2O0 acres, on which
are growing 1,536.OOO orange trees.
ar The legislature Of Porto Rico has
been called in extra session on July 4
to fix the date after which free trade
will exist with the United States.
ay' In the Brookfield, Mo-, white
schools the sexes are represented by
exactly the same number. There are
just 69S each Of the boys and girls.
sg The requirements Of health can be
counted on the fingers Of one hand
They are good air, good food. suitable
cleanliness, exercise and rest.
5T A discarded swain in Harmon, W.
Va, has brought suit against his former
sweetheart to recover $27.05, which he
spent in ice cream and fried oysters
for her.
3r A poem by General Stonewall Jack
son has been discovered among some
old papers in Lexington, Va. Jackson
wrote 1t while young lieutenant in
the regular army.
Sg It Is estimated that 100000 Chi
nese lives have been lost through star
walton or violent death about Peking
and Tien-tsin since the allied forces
held sway there.
SEYork county. Pa, the home of many
people prominent in state politics
boasts Of white man whose name Is
Michael Andrew Jackson Johnson Don
elson Fillmore Deckman.
S@ There are now a quarter of a mil
lion troops in South Africa. The war
is costing more than a million dollars
a day, and recent Boer aggressions
suggest indefinite protraction.
sT Texas is the largest cotton state
Her product last year amounted to
2,24S,OOO bales. Georgia came second
with 1.260,0OO bales. Mississippi 1,226,-
900 and Alabama 1,019, 900 bales.
aT The shortage in the population OF
Ireland has greatly increased the pop
ulation Of the United States. Great
Britain's people and Great Britain's
trade both drift to this country.
TT Take care of the forests" says q
Tennessee paper, in announcing that
out Of single tree in Dyer county, a
citizen had got four cords of firewood
three gallons Of honey and five rae
coonS.
tn The contagiousness of consump-
ton lies in the patients expectorations
received in a disinfecting fluid, there
is almost no danger to attendants and
friends.
TT Carrots have been eloquently eulo-
gized as complexion beautifier. Eat
en- early in the morning their advocates
declare that they will produce the most
astonishing effect upon the hair, skin
and eyes.
ST Until the year 1900 the English
kings were also called kings Of France
although the last continental posses.
sion was lost during the reign of Mary
Until the French revolution Of 1889 the
French kings styled themselves. among
other things, kings Of Jerusalem.
ST Bamboo is to the Chinese what
iron is to the American. 1t is the frame
work Of most Of the houses, the mate.
rial from which bridges are made, pro.
vides delicacy for the table, is man.
ufactured into paper and is used in
boat building.
sT While arguing about their respect
I've weights, John Sterner and Alfred
Bowlby. Of Toledo, made an unusual
wager the other day, that will not be
settled until after their death. The
heavier skeleton is to win, and the
stakes ($2OO), are to be awarded to a
hospital.
ST There will be Ats members Of the
next electoral college, an increase Of Is.
One good result Of this increase will be,
1t is believed, to remove New York fur
ther from it's former position as piv-
otal state and thereby distribute the
excitement of the election more evenly
over the country.
1N Pierre Pascele. an Indian, who was
arrested and handcuffed in New Mex
fon h to