Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-19

mouth shut. The triumphant march
of Mr.. Bryan across the continent,
however, has gotten Mr.. Mckinley
badly stirred up, and he thinks he
should take the stump also. Hanna is
still doubtful but is near the point OF
yielding.
DIR. Nansen, the Swedish explorer
who left sometime ago in search OF
the north pole, has been heard from.
He is now on his return home. He
failed to reach the pole, but went to
latitude S6.15 which is the most north
erly point that has ever yet been
reached. He says that after passing
latitude 80 he saw no more land, and
encountered nothing but ice. The
idea that there is a north polar CONT
nent is certainly a mistake. If there
is any land in those regions at all, it
is down deep under the ice. DR.. Nam
sen expects to organize another expe-
dition without delay and 60 back to
the pole again next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan stole out of
New York next day after the notiti-
cation meeting to 60 to Coney Island.
While on the boat they overheard a
man say s'I'll be id if l will vote
for Bryan" Shortly afterward, the
man recognized the Democratic nomi-
nee and his wife and offered an apollo
Nv. He told Mr.. Bryan 81 have no
objection to you; but am opposed to
the free coinage of silver on principle,
and can vote my principles without
having any less respect for you" Mr..
Bryan smiled, accepted the mans
apology, told him that every individ.
ual had right to his own opinion,
and told him to vote as he pleased. -.
In adjusting the fire insurance loss
caused by burning of its salesrooms
and stock of wheels on hand, of one of
the largest and most popular bicycle
manufacturing companies in the United
States, the fact developed that the
cost of 500 machines was but $l9 at
the factory. The public is.asked to pay
800 for q wheel which is manufactured
at a cost of but $40, profit to the
manufacturer of over 400 per cent.
The purchaser is told that it costs a
lot of money to sell the wheels, which
might be and still leave several hum
dred per cent. profit for the poor man
ufacturer. The day is not far distant
when bicycles will be sold in hardware
and other stores, like lawn mowers, at
a price nearer $25 than 500. There
may be other goods manufactured
which cost but one-fifth of the price
they are sold for, but the public GER
tainly is not aware of the fact.
The secret service bureau in Wash
ington has been notified that an Amer
lean syndicate has established in one OF
the Central America states, a mint tor
the manufacture of United States dol
lars out of Mexican dollars. The
Mexican dollar is worth 53 cents, and
when changed into United States
dollar, is worth 100 cents. 1t is claimed
that over 100000 of these dollars have
already been circulated in the United
States. The authorities at Washing
ton will investigate the matter, but
they say that they do not believe there
is any truth in the story for the reason
that it is impossible to conduct such
work on a large scale without detec-
ton. The same story was given cur
rency about two years ago and it was
believed then that it was an extremely
silly campaign lie. This is easily pos
sible.
"A remarkable state of political ex-
element exists out in Lincoln, Neb.,
the home of Mr.. Bryan. Ordinarily
Lincoln is rather quiet town, and up
to few weeks ago, any extended dis
turbance of its tranquility seemed well
nigh impossible. But since the hold
ing of the three political conventions
there has been decided change. Be-
ginning about two weeks ago the citi-
zens fell into habit of blocking up the
sidewalks during their interesting pol
itical discussions, and sometimes the
blockades would continue all day.
Finally the practice got so bad that
the city council had to pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting more than five peo-
pie from collecting together in the same
crowd. A month ago, although popu-
lar throughout his state, Mr.. Bryan
could have hardly carried his home
city of Lincoln. Now, it is pretty
we'll settle that he will carry the town
by big majority.
- Notwithstanding Mr.. Cleveland's
recent proclamation of warning, and
the unusual vigilance with which the
United States revenue cutters are
watching the entire South Atlantic
and Gulf coast, fillibustering expedi-
tions are still succeeding in making
their escape to Cuba. The last one
to get away was the tug Dauntless.
1t steamed out of Saltillo river on the
18th inst, loaded with 5000 rifles, L.
100000 cartridges, 2 Gatling and 8
Hotchkiss guns, 1900 rounds of shells,
800 machettes, and a quantity OF
dynamite. The United States govern
ment authorities were notified of the
departure of the Dauntless with but
little delay, and the revenue cut
ter Boutwell, started in pursuit. The
Dauntless, however, is said to be the
swiftest vessel in South Atlantic wa
ters, by at least three miles an hour,
and the Boutwell, therefore, has an i'm
possible task.
On account of numerous untrue
statements with regard to the matter,
Mr.. Bryan has deemed it advisable to
set the record straight to his recent
great speech. On last Saturday he