Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-30
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doubled during the past year.
TT An average sheep weighing Is;
pounds gives 81 pounds Of mutton.
! sa' The worlds tobacco crop of $780,.
600 tons is grown on 2,O25,OO0 acres.
ar Duluth flour mills are preparing t.
make 10000 barrels of flour every q
hours.
S8r Russia, Austria and France al
have field guns capable Of Is shots
minute.
8I An immense warehouse to hold 3O,'
900 bales Of cotton Is to be erected a,
Houston, Tex.
ar Monster flying kites are being
utilized for aerial photography In the
French army this year.
Sd' The trust companies throughout
the United States have more money or
deposit than ever before.
Sg Building operations throughout the
country are now being pursued on
greater scale than last year.
AZ Among the So new vessels that are
at present being built for the French
navy, there are % submarine boats.
8B' The worlds record sugar planta.
ton contains $4,000 acres, has 80 miles
of railway, and employs 1,500 people.
Ss- Great Britain has 1000 steamers o.
over 5000 tons; Germany, 127; the
United States, 12O, and France only
60.
4a' In New York's zoo at Bronx park
the flying cage for birds is as higf
as an office building and covers an acre
of ground.
Sg All manufacturers of plug tobacco
are overwhelmed with home and ex
port orders. Tobacco chewing is OF
the increase.
ST Seventy thousand cochineal insect!
go to a single pound Of dried cochi
neal. The worlds crop Of cochineal fl
from 300 to 500 tons.
"A This year the California olive croI
will approximate $4,000 tons Of fruit
The yield Of pickle olives amounted tt
nearly 10000 barrels.
35T Miss Kate Livingston, a sister o.
DR.. Livingston, the explorer, has JUS
celebrated her 106th birthday at hel
home on the Isle Of Null.
3g' A method has been invented tt
sink shafts in the salt islands Of Louis
lana and they may become an impor'
tant salt mining center.
Pr 6n rroCanfc
wedding Of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
and the daughter of Senator Aldrich
was estimated at 100000.
a5 The second highest smokestacl
has just been completed at Constable
Hook, N. J., 365 feet high, feet thick
at base, 16 feet diameter.
s| John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had ne
wine or alcoholic beverages Of any kline
at his wedding supper-an unusual rec
ord for a millionaire's wedding.
ar The main wheel Of a watch make:
1,46O revolutions a year, the centra
wheel $3.50, the third wheel 70,0SO, thu
fourth $4,000, and the escape whee
4,7S1, $50.
38' Austria's ratio Of cavalry to infan
try is higher than that of any othel
European army. She has 19 per cent
Of cavalry, while England has only II
per cent.
SaT New Orleans insurances experts
warn the people that the city may be
burned down any time If the present
careless methods Of handling oil are
tolerated.
sS Carpet tacks are said to be more
effective than shot for cleaning glass
jars. Half fill the jar or bottles with
hot soap suds, add the tacks and shake
vigorously.
Sg Rosewood is so called, not be.
cause it is red; but because wher
freshly cut it emits the fragrance OF
roses. It is only moderate weight, g
cubic foot weighing ass pounds.
sg The coarse leaves Of the lettuce
which are unfit for salad, and which
are so often wasted, may be cooked
with spinach, beet tops or any Other
greens and will prove welcome addi.
ton.
3T The longest horse-drawn railroad
in the world runs from Buenos Ayers
to the town of San Martin, distance
Of so miles. Thirteen hours is allowed
for the distance and the trains rur
every hour.
8y Ten electric lines and three steam
roads will carry visitors to the coming
st. Louis worlds fair from that city
to the 1,11S-acre park where the exposi.
ton will be held. Two-thirds Of the
ground is covered with forest trees.
IA A memorial portrait Of Captain
Austin R. Davis, who was killed in the
attack on Tien Tsin, is to be placed ir
the Carnegie Library in Atlanta. The
library building occupies the site Of
the house in which Captain Davis was
born.
8sr The Argentine Republic has beer
obliged to put the telegraph line be.
tween Rosario and Buenos Ayers under
ground, because en- wet days the elec-
trio current was dissipated through the
numerous spider webs attached to the
wires.
AZ A vermin destroyer, which is rec.
commended as sure thing with insects
Of all kinds, though otherwise harm
less, may be made by dissolving alum
in hot water. Applying it to furniture
and crevices in the walls with 6
paint brush.
S0' Coffee drinking is approaching
enormous proportions. During tht
past II months sales were 7,3S3,00I
bags, against 5,S7S,5OO bags year before
and there is piled up 6,S67, ,627 bags IL