Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-06
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yielding a fruit superior to the impor-
ted.
sS Peaches gathered in the mountains
of North Carolina are shipped to Chi
cago.
58- The production Of cigars for past
fiscal year was 5,720,934, 1863, or 16,OOO,-
900 per day.
3g' The Swedish government Is dis
posed to adopt electricity on its entire
railway system.
aS Large quantities Of California
fruits are now being marketed in Lon
don, especially oranges.
sss' Motor cars Of a designedly heavy
build are to replace a railway projected
in the Congo Free State.
1T Nearly 1000 farmers within 30
miles of Chicago have had their houses
equipped with telephones.
sg Dishcloths should be washed,
scalded and dried daily, or they will
become musty and unfit for use.
80' Leo XIII, reads without glasses,
and in the evening generally by can
dies, though sometimes by electric
light.
"a An electrical apparatus Is now used
by the United States department of ag-
riculture to determine the characters
tic of all soils.
S9- The New Glasgow municipal tele-
phone service has underground wires
1880 miles in length. 1t provides for
10000 subscribers.
aSr Exports Of American breadstuffs
increased % per cent. during the past
seven months over same time preced-
ing fiscal year.
SD Cornelius Vanderbilt has enlisted
in the Twelfth regiment Of the New
York state militia and has been chosen
a second lieutenant.
3a In cases where it is almost impos-
sible for a patient to take food he will
often take enough without trouble If
actually fed by another person.
s9r Governor Taft, of the Philippines,
was one Of the best all-around athletes
at Yale and was general favorite
with both professors and students.
9ar Artificial wool made from turf fl
bers is now employed at Dusseldorf,
Germany, for manufacturing cloth,
bandages, hats, rugs and so forth.
s8 Sweden spends s15,O0O,O00 a year in
coal and has 100000 to 100000 elec-
trical horse power going to waste. The
government is thinking about utilizing
some Of it.
ssT Nicola Tesla has purchased zoe
acres of land on Long Island sound, and
will erect the largest building Of its
kind in the world to experiment with
wireless messages.
ar T. C.. Martin, an authority upon
the subject, finds that 100000 people
are employed in telegraphy, $4,000 by
Bell telephone companies, 10000 In
electric lighting plants. 100000 on street
railways operated by electricity, and
100000 in electric factories.
9S Glass shoppers in bottles may cas-
lily be removed when they have become
fixed by pouring hot water over the
neck Of the bottle. The heat causes
the glass to expand and it then being
considerably larger than the stopper
the latter can be easily withdrawn.
az Col. Krag is now chief Of ordnance
in the Norwegian army. Jorgensen
was foreman Of the government gun
factory when the colonel was superin-
tendent there. Between them they got
up the Krag-Jorgensen rifle. The fore
man invented it.; the colonel supplied
the cash and put it on the market.
an The pope receives more letters and
newspapers each day than any other
man, the average number being from
10000 to $4,000. OF these only a few are
ever seen by his holiness, most Of them
being taken at once to the chancel-
lor's Office, where they are distributed
among IS secretaries.
az Senator Daniel, Of Virginia, lives
in very modest style in Washington
and has for 80 years spent nearly all
his money in paying off debts incurred
by a relative in the panic of 1873.
The senator was not at all bound by
law to assume this financial burden,
but did so of his own free will He also
pays the interest on the debts.
"a The eyes often are injured in in
fancy by being exposed to too much
light. The child should not be held or
allowed to sleep with the light from
window, lamp or gas shining upon its
face. The old-fashioned cradle, with
its hood, was far more sensible than
the modern cribs and bassinets that
afford no protection from either glare
or draught.
8J When on his recent trip to the
Thibetan mountains Sven Hedin had
to suffer greatly. In one Of his letters
he writes that although he wore all the
clothes he could get on his body he
was always cold. At the constant lat
itude of about $4,000 feet it was impos-
sible to walk without palpitation of
the heart, wherefore he had to remain
on his horse and freeze.
3D England is looking across the
ocean for her educators. The council
Of the University of Birmingham, re-
Gently, founded, with Joseph Cham
berlain as it's chancellor, has appoint
ed William James Ashley, professor of
economics at Harvard university, to
the first chair organized of the faculty
Of commerce, which is to be one of the
chief features of the university.
39' The wonderful adaptability of the