Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-27
Scraps and fatts.

about to be consigned to the naval
junk pile. The three fifteen inch pneu-
matte tubes and all the intricate ma
chinery Of the unique craft are to be
taken out, discarded as useless, and
sold, while the hull of the vessel Is to be
put to some other purpose. The Vessel
Is now out of commission. 1t has been
for most of the time since the Spanish
war, during which it participated IN
the blockade of Santiago, and did work
Of more or less controversy, the Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage and Power COM
pany, who owned the patents for the
dynamite guns, claiming that the craft
worked havoc with the coast defenses,
while naval officers have not hesitated
to say that the vessel proved worth
less in that campaign The Vesuvius
represents an outlay of $35O,OOO.
The great war game that was COM
menced on the north. Atlantic coast,
last Wednesday, between the blue
SQUADRON" under Admiral Higginson,
and the white squadron" under Com
mander Pillsbury, came to an end Sun
day morning with the capture of the
white squadron. Under the terms Oh
the game Higginson was to defend the
coast line, while Pillsbury was to at
tempt to enter a harbor. Higginson
had the stronger squadron, and under
the requirements Of the game, had TO
confront Pillsbury with a superior
force. Pillsbury undertook to run into
Gloucester harbor: but as Ill luck
would have it, found Higginson right at
that point with a superior force ana
had to surrender. AS the result or
decoy arrangement, Higginson had
given orders to leave the harbor some
hours before; but was unable to get
away on account Of heavy sea out
side. He won by pure luck.
- Greensboro, N. c., Record: A lady
who sells valuable little things to 9TH
er ladies dropped in at Farriss' drug
store the other day and while trying to
sell the proprietor some of her goods
kept fondling certain and various
things sitting on show cases and else
where. Finally she was seen to jerk
her hand away from a little machine
sitting as quiet and docile as dead
mouse on the counter. Then she bade
Mr.. Farriss adieu and departed rather
hurriedly; so sudden, in fact, did she
take her leave that it excited some COM
ment. Pretty soon the cause was dis
covered. In lingering over the things
around the store she showed the tip OF
her finger into cigar cutter and it was
cut smooth smack off in jiffy-just
the tip Of the finger. but it left a little
trinkle Of blood behind. The incident
so mortified her that she never chirped
until she reached the house Of friend
where she was stopping, then begged
them not to tell it-and they didn't; Of
course not.
The British Cotton Growing asso-
citation, which with the hearty cooper
alton Of the colonial secretary, Jos.
Chamberlain, is striving to render the
British empire Independent Of the
United States, so far as raw cotton is
concerned, is now paying special atten-
tion to upper Egypt, where, it Is as
serted, the association can develop
cotton belt dwarfing that Of the south
ern states of America. Major Count
Gleichen. secretary Of the Sirdar of the
Egyptian forces Major General Win
gate, addressing the association at Man.
chester recently, said the experiments
now concluded on the banks of the Nile
show the quality of the cotton grown
there to be the equal of any in the
world. There are available 100000
acres of irrigated land and the only
difficulty is the labor supply, the Der
wishes having depopulated the Soudan
but the completion of the SuakimBer-
ber railroad is expected to solve the
problem, besides furnishing an outlet
for the crop.
York, Pa, tourists at Gettysburg
yesterday became interested in flock
of crows near DEVILS Den, when they
discovered among the flock an albino,
with pink beak and pink eyes, says
special Of Friday to the Baltimore Sun.
Guide R. F. Lott stated that the white
crow is not a stranger to the battle
field. With his somber companions the
bird visits the field year after year.
This season he has been observed more
frequently than at any previous time.
His haunt seems to be near the Devils
Den, as he is seldom seen in any other
locality. From time to time local orni-
biologists have tried to capture the
bird, but he Is too cunning for them. 1t
appears that his black brethren stand
sentinel, never failing to give warning
of danger. The superstitious advance
many curious theories regarding the
presence Of the white-mantled bird.
Some Of them convince themselves that
in the bird dwells the spirit of the many
men who fell in the terrible conflict in
the Devils Den, while others see in
him an omen of perpetual peace.
Lincoln, Neb., dispatch, August 81:
Like Babylon of old. the United States
is destined to have it's fall, with the
Republican party in the role Of Bel
shazzar, the responsible factor in its
undoing. This is the pessimistic pre-
diction Of w. J. Bryan. who warns
government leaders that there will be
a dismal awakening if national policies
are not changed. In his Commoner, Of
today. Mr.. Bryan says: Just now the
Republicans are rushing headlong into
new conditions, and are leading the
country into untried paths. They are