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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-14

THE JEWS IN PALEsTINE.-The
Rev. J. L. Hertzfeld, a converted Jew
ish rabbi, says that there are now
three times as many Jews in Palestine
as returned with Ezra and Nehemiah.
"The Jews" he says, twill soon erect
a temple in Jerusalem and will estab-
lish the sacrifices of old. received q
letter from my home short time ago
in which they tell me of meeting
with an English lady who was study
ing art and sculpture in Milan. She
said that while in Milan she entered
one of the largest workshops and saw
there magnificent pillar. She asked
them about it, and they told her that
it was for the new temple of Jerusa-
lem. In Rome she also saw another
pillar which was being finished for the
temple. 1t may be possible that some
of the influential Jews are quietly pre-
pairing for the erection of this temple.
The time is fast approaching when
Palestine will be wholly peopled by
the Jews. The sultan is in dire straits
for money and may sell the country to
them at any time. When that time
comes to pass I believe that the ten
tribes of Israel will be gathered there
from all parts Of the world"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-14

Purchased in 1867 from Russia for
S7,2OO.0OO; purchase negotiated by
VIM. H. Seward.
Area in square miles, 531 400.
Population census of 1S9O, 30,S2O,
of whom but 4,416 were white, S,40C
Eskimos, and 1875 Indians.
Estimated present population 40, 900.
Principle cities, Sitka (the capitaD,
Juneau, Wrangel, Circle City.
Principal rivers, the Yukon more
than 1000 miles long,, the Kuskok,
win, the Colville and the Copper.
Principal mountains, Mount Logan,
altitude 10, 500 feet; Mount St. Elias,
8,1OO; Mount Wrangel, 1850 feet.
Governor of the territory, James D.
Brady residence at Sitka.
Principal products besides gold, furs,
fish and lumber.
Principal occupations of the people,
hunting and fishing.
Gold first discovered in 1879.
Estimated product of gold to date,
s3O,OOO,OOO.
Product of gold in 1896, S4,67O,0OO
Klondike in English is Deer River.
The river is so designated on the map.
Klondike gold fields partly in Amer
lean and partly in British territory,
and the product is disposed of in the
United States.
Scene of the present excitement is
along the upper Yukon and its tribu-
taries.
Distance from Chicago to the Klon-
dixie gold fields, via the Yukon, is
about $500 miles; via Chilkot Pass,
1000 miles.
Time to make the trip by either
route, 80 days.
Cost of the trip 5000.
Travel possible only in June, July
and August.
Climate in winter severe in the ex-
treme winter beginning in September
During June and July continuous
daylight during December and Janu-
ary continuous night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-14

crept into the dreary cell through a
narrow aperture, high upon the wall,
found the two boys wearily pacing the
floor.
A fairly good breakfast was presently
brought, which they barely tasted, and
then appeared genfarne officer and
four men, " no led the .oys away.
Maurice legged for brief interview
with the commanding officer, hoping
to convince him of the truth, but the
guards refused to listen and hurried
them into IT, } street, where close car.
riage was waiting, hemmed about by
mounted Cossacks.
Through the gray mist they had q
hasty vision of countless domes and
spires of marvellous colors and fantastic
shapes.
Then the heavy curtains cut off the
view, and the carriage rolled away. 1t
stopped before huge brick building,
and the boys passed quickly through
the gloomy portals. The gendarme Off
Ger preceded them with stamped docu-
ment in his hand, which he delivered
to big, black bearded man in blue uni
form, who came forward to receive bim.
A few words passed between them,
and then the boys were led away to a
small, whitewashed cell, furnished with
q single bed and a chair. A grated door
opened on large corridor, which was
constantly patrolled by armed sentries.
They wei now in the great forward
ing prison of Moscow, and the COM
mandant, C.. .ptain Sasha, had just re-
ceiyed the c.ficial documents that seal
ed their fate. Russian justice knows no
delay.
During their two days confinement
here the bo-s attempted in vain to open
ccmmunica ions with the commandant.
Not the slightest attention was paid
to their entreaties, and no one came
near the cell except the guards.
On the t.Ird day their clothes were
stripped off, and they were given, in
place of them, coarse linen shirts and
trousers, long gray overcoats with yel-
low, diamond shaped patches sewed be-
tween the SHOULDERS, and visorless caps
of the same material.
Attired in these coarse garments, they
were conveyed in the dusk Of the evt
ing to the railway station, in compaL.
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HOW THE QUEEN STOPPED GROG.

There is an amusing story told in
connection with one of the queens
cruises along the Cornish coast, while
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence was still
in command of the royal yacht. One
day her majesty and several ladies of
the royal party seated themselves on
deck in sheltered place protected by
the vessels paddle.box. Sometime
later the men were seen to gather
in little knots and talk together in
whispers. Presently an officer ap-
preached the queen, but his courage
forsook him and he retired. A little
later another officer also approached
and then walked away. The queen
was amused and mystifed, and when
Lord Adolphus FitzClarence came on
deck she inquired if anything was the
matter, adding, with smile, that she
hoped there was not going to be mu-
tiny. Lord Adolphus laughed, and
replied that he did not know what
might happen unless her majesty
would be graciously pleased to move
her seat, camp stool.
"Move my seat?" replied the queen.
"Why should I? What possible harm
can be doing here?"
"Well, ma'am," replied the captain,
"the fact is, your majesty is INVITING
ly closing up the door where the grog
tubs are kept, and so the men cannot
have their grog."
"Oh, very WE'LL" responded the
queen, much amused, II will move, on
one condition, that you bring me a
glass of grog."
This was accordingly done, and,
after tasting it, her majesty remarked /:
II am afraid L can only make the
same remark I did once before, that 1
think it would be very good if it were
.stronger p
"It is almost unnecessary to add
that "The queen, God bless her!" was
drunk with enthusiasm that day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-14

CAN MEN DRESS BABIES ?-"Eliah,
dear, will you dress Willie this morn
ing? I'm in such hurry, and it will
only take you minute or two"
"Csrtainly," replied Mr.. Bixby
cheerfully. "I'd just as soon dress the
little chap as not. Here, my little
man, come and let papa dress you.
I'll have you as neat as possible in a
few minutes"
Willie, aged 4, comes reluctantly
from his playthings and Bixby begins :
"Now, let's off with your mighty
gown, and-keep still, dear, I can't
unbutton it. There now, we'll-sit
still, child. What makes you twist
about like an eel ? Where's your little
shirty? All, here it is and-keep
still. Put up your arm-no the other
one, and-can't you be quiet for half q
second? Put up your other arm and
stop pulling 80. Now let's-come here,
boy! What do you mean by racing
off like that, with nothing on you but
your shirt? Do you hear me? Come
here and let me put the rest of your
clothes on. Stand still, l say. Put
your leg in here. Not that leg. There
you 60 rolling about like worm.
Now, if you don't keep still, young
man, I'll-stop pulling at that chair,
and-here, Mary Ellen, you'll have to
dress this wriggling little animal your.
self. I couldn't do it in ten years.
Go to your moLher, sir !"-Pearson's
Weekly.
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aflistellaneous &rading.
GOOD ROADS---GO0D TINES.
when the Mud No Longer Enforces Idle
ness, the Farmer Will Prosper.

when the Mud No Longer Enforces Idle
ness, the Farmer Will Prosper.
At the good roads congress held at
Albany last winter General Roy Stone
cautioned the wheelmen not to antag-
onize the farmers if they wished to
secure the best results. Among other
things he said:
That good roads will bring prosper,
ity, is no idle dream. Through all the
panic and depression of the last three
years the farmers in the few good roads
districts Of the country have gone on
making money and improving their
farms, and they have not troubled
themselves much about politics or
finance.
1t. is enforced idleness that makes
farmers poor, and no farmer need be
idle a day on account of bad weather
or wet fields if only his roads are good.
On a good road there is always paying
work of some kind, and wet weather
is just the time to 60 on the road. The
French farmer never loses good day
in his fields, for he can do all his mar
keting and hauling of fertilizers in
rainy times.
What prosperity would burst upon
this country if every farmer and farm
er's boy not at school, and every farm
hand and team could earn full days
wages every day in the year, rain or
shine.
When you have convinced your
neighbors in the cities, and especially
those of them who are candidates for
public life, that the interests of the
city population demand that they shall
come to the relief of the farmers, you
can 60 to the farmers with this assur-
ance of help and ask them to take into
careful consideration the practical
measures by which this relief can be
brought about, and especially the meas
ures for providing state aid and for the
use of convict labor. 1t is only
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-14
through state and county aid that tn

through state and county aid that the
cities and villages can help.
If you find the farmers clinging to
the old ways, say to them that these
ways are mainly an unfortunate in
heritance from the mother country,
which we brought away with US and
failed to shake off when the system
was abandoned there, and that today
in Great Britain not only are the roads
maintained at the general cost of the
people, but government loans are
made for many specially heavy i'm
provements that are desired. Two
hundred years ago the great highways
of that country were kept up, so
far as they were kept up at all,
just as they are in this state today, by
local taxation, while they actually
served the people of the whole king
dom.
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Grant looked at the horse, and his
face lighted with admiration. Wheth-
er he was not we'll, or merely assumed
a sort of helplessness, could not be de-.
termined ; but in mounting he accept
ed the aid of two officers, and from an
apparent stiffness had some difficulty
in getting his right leg over the sad
die. Once in the seat, however, he
grasped the reins, settled himself,
straightened his form, and assumed so
perfectly the air of horseman that a
shout of applause went up from the
crowd.
The horse, after few plunges, dis
covered that he had found his master,
and started off in a gentle trot. The
Bersaglieri perform all their ma
neuvres at a run, and for two hours,
most of the time with his horse at a
gallop, General Grant kept them NOV
ing. When he returned to the hotel,
his escort, themselves rather ruffied by
fatigue, were loud in expressions of
wonder and admiration and the great
American was still as calm as if he
had not been in the saddle at all.
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pg Alaska was purchased from the

p6 Alaska was purchased from the
czar of Russia in 1861, when Secretary
Seward was in charge of our foreign
affairs. The purchase was regarded
at the time as a favor to the Russian
government. In the darkest days Of
the war the czar was almost the only
European friend of the United States,
and when Great Brilain's attitude was
most threatening Russian fleet was
dispatched to New York and remained
in American waters for many months
as a warning to England that she must
not meddle in the American dispute.
After the war was over the car needed
money, and the favor shown by the
presence of the Russian ships was re-
turned by the purchase of the Russian
territory, then supposed to be of no
value. The price paid was 81 200, 900,
and the formal transfer was soon after
made, Alaska becoming a territory in
1868.
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NOTHING BUT PRoMIsEs.-AnA Ala

NOTHING BUT PRoMIsEs.-An Ala
bama judge declares that "this is a
white mans country, and the Negroes
must be content with what is given to
them" The St. Louis Republic thinks
that he "got his cue from the treat
ment of the Negroes by the Mckinley
administration" And the Mckinley
administration, of course, got its cue
from the Harrison administration, and
the Harrison administration from the
Arthur, and so on back to the Lincoln
administration, the first of the line.
As matter of fact, with all the "won-
derful progress" they have made in
other respects, the colored Republi-
cans have made painfully slow prog.
ress in the respect of securing official
recognition from their white brother
partisans.-News and Courier.
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SHORT HISTORY OF ALASKA.

Purchased in 1867 from Russia for
81, 100000; purchase negotiated by
VIM. H. Seward.
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Not the slightest attention tCG8 paid to
their e7ltTcatieS.
with a dozen other poor wretches, and
placed in a huge, dreary car with mar.
row, grated windows and rough board
seats.
As the train ratified off into the night
Maurice turned to the burly Cossack at
his side.
"Where are we going?" be asked i'm
ploripgly. Won't you tell us?'
The Russian understood the gestures,
if not the words.
"Siberia," he replied gruffly, and
the sentence of their doom fell like a
deathknell on the boys ears.
ToBE CONTINUED.
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sBe It's said that dogs in wild state
do not bark. An investigator is led to
believe that the true reason for their
barking was their endeavor to talk to
man. Wild dogs howl and whine, but
do not bark. In the wilds Of Egypt
the shepherd dogs make soft, peculiar
noise, but it does not suggest barking.
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ToBE CONTINUED
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
A DELIGHTFUL DANCE.

Miss Anne G. Simmons gave de-
,ighful dance to number Of her
friends s. her home, No. 211 Washing
ton street, last evening. The house was
beautifully decorated with vines, posted
plants and cut flowers.
AmCng those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Simmons, Miss Anne Sim
mons, Miss Bessie Simmons Miss Res
sic Martin, Miss Florence Simmons,
Miss May Martin, Miss Mary LeCaIpen-
tier, Miss Nellie lie Carpenter, the
Misses Alice and Annie Platt, Miss
Wentz, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simmons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Thatcher, Miss
lillian Berlin, Miss Grace Cooper, and
Miss IA,lian SchOfeld, of Philadelphia.
Robert p. Robinson, Sherbufn Rice,
Arthur Carpenter, WynaTd Bayl's, Les
ter Baylis. A. LeCarpentier. RCckland,
Del., H. Howard Carver. Bernard Fer
ris, Harry Hillegas, James G. Sim
mons, Charles Simmons. Jr., Harry
Swaine, of Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT,

It was hardly fair deal to discharge
that New York school marin for playing
cards, so long as she didn't gamble on
the green.-Kansas City Times.
What has become of the concert of
the powers? There is evidently an in
termisison and the performers have
gone out for beer.-Philadelphia Press.
People who chargeMr Weyler with
having gotten lich iniquitously will
wait with interest to see whether he
goes to England with a string of race
horses Washington Star
The Evening Wisconsin protests
against the word audience" to de-
scribe the people that attended a foot
ball game. Yet at one of these games
we hear fully as much as we see.-Du-
luth News-Tribme.
Even the burglars nowadays dis
criminate" against silver. A Hartford
thief the other day entered a house and
carefully separated the gold plate and
jewelry from the silver, leaving the lat
ter.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
II one-legged burglars, caught in the
act by the vigilant police of st. Louis
are able to make their escape by sliding
down fire-escapes and outrunning citi-
zens as well as the officers. we shall
have to provide every patrolman with a
bicycle.-St. Louis Republic
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
THE FTRsT COTTON MILL.

Several different Downs in the United
States claim the unique distinction of
having erected the first American cot
ton mill, but from the best information
that can be obained It seems that the
credit properly belongs to the town of
Beverly, Mass.
The circumstances leading up to this
discovery may be of interest to our
readers. Some two or three years ago
Mayor RantOul. Of Salem, Mass, was
invited to Pawtucket, r. l., to attend
the centennial exercises held alt that
place in cOmmemoration of the opening
of the famous Slater mill. In sending
out invitations to this centennial event
the owners Cf mills claimed it to be the
first establishment Of its kind ever
erected in the United States. For some
reason Mayor RantOul was unable 70 be
present alt the exercises, but being
deeply interested in historical re-
searches, he decided at his leisure to
investigate the claims of the Pawtuckel
mill owners. This investigation led to
the discovery that the Old cotton mill
ait Beverly. Mass, which was burn5d
down in 1898, mad been in. operation
for several years pricr to the establish
ment of the mill alt Pawtucket, and
that no less a witness than General
Washington himself could be
cited in continuation of the
fact. Ii seems that General
Washington, while on a tour of the
New England States. in 1883, made a
visit to the Old Beverly cotton mill. and
was so impressed with the novelty OF
the spectacle uhat he devoted several
pages of his diary TO its description
This old diary is still to be found
among General WashingtOn's papers.
As the researches of Mayor RantOUl
seemed to su5tle the matter beyond al
controversy, the residents of Beverly
Mass, have recently caused a hand
some table TO be erected on the site Ci
the cid mill. commemora3ng the estab-
! lisihment of the first enterprise Of its
kind ever inaugurated in the Unite5
! States-Atlanta Constitution.
! Edhem Pasha has resigned again
| That makes no praetical difference tC
the mihtary situation, because as al
orthodox Mos'em he is always resigned
New Orleans Times-DemOcrat
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.
DETECTION
OF COUNTERFEIT
EDC

DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT
ERS.
The governor of the Bank of France
has found that his lady clerks are the
best detectives Of forged bank notes
and of debentures with altered num-
bers. He has now entirely entrusted
the work Of detection to a feminine
corps He believes the delicate tact of
their fingers helps them, and he fam
cies that many of them really scent a
bad note. They feel, in lingering the
forged notes, the difference, however
slight, between them and the real. He
never knew a note that had been laid
aside as doubtful, after being thus felt,
to be any thing but forged one. The
means for bringing TO light flasifed
numbers on debentures are wOr'Gh
being brought under the notice Of
stockholders and bankers. The fair
detective first spreads the suspected
debentures ON a well-,ighted table with
a number of others, and sets them Cne
by one beside It. The genuine num-
bers are always wriu1en with clerkly
regularity. The man or woman who
wrote them did so mechanically; but
a fOrger's hand is always Influenced by
uDDt vi lNdI. III - uol piObNhlg Aio
business TO do nothing but write figures
and fill up forms. 1t nearly always
happens that his s'tae of feeling is be
trayed in the more symmetrical figures
Of his forgery. The next thing to no
tice is the difference i'm The color Of the
ink. 1t is never of The SHINE shade as
that in the original Should it be
darker or lighter, the suspected deben-
ture is taken to adaTk rOom and placed
under a strong reflector. Differences
that did not appear are now seen. The
unaltered figures are shiny, becau-e
ink is exidized the new mes are OF a
duller black. In some angles Of the
light one does noe see the original fig
ures at ALL but the added ones plainly.
They are then damped with alcohol,
to make the paper transparent The
difference of character between what
was first written and wha was added is
thus brought out more distinctly. A
magnifying glass is next used Ire
mors Of The hand, skillful scratchlngs
and alterations Of figures are made
manifest. On the wrong side CT the
numbers being lightly brushed with
plumbagne, the new figures stand oul
in stronger relief than The old. This
/ final operation is 'the wash Of this
debensure. IL is first washed viii a
camel's hair brush dipped in a mixture
Of one part of castor oil TO six parts O.
alcohol, at a heat of 80 degrees Tn,
primitive figures now appear more dis
tinctly than the added ones. The s'c-
ond wash is Of soda and water. in The
proportion of , to 100. The added ink
II at all fresh, disappears. and the cri'
ginal number stands out clearly. L
notice has been given cf the loss CT ;
bond, with the original number, it will
go hard with the person who has pre-
sented the crooked" one, unless h'
can show that il was thus when ht
broker conveyed it 10 HIM -LondOl
Truth.
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
NJ. J DOUGHERTY.
We give 5 per cent. discount with
every purchase.
ChiIdren's Hose

Extra heavy Jersey ribbed Hose, to
Sis, for 10c.
Extra heavy Jersey ribbed Hose, to
91a, for 121ac.
Infants Cashmere Hose, 15c., worth
25c.
Ladies' extra quality Richelleu ribbed,
121sc.
Mems Wool Half-Hose, 12isc.
Mems Black Hose, with white feet,
121ac.
Ladies' Cashmere Gloves, black and
colors, 15c, 25c. and 39c.
Ladies' and Children's Bicycle Gloves,
25c., worth soc.
Bargain Ribbon, Black Satin, No. g.
&c.
Bargain Ribbon. Black Satin, No. 8
Sc.
Bargain Ribbon, Black Satin, No. 12
lie.
Bargain Ribbon, Black Satin, No. %
12kc.
Bargain Ribbon, Black Satin, No. 40
15c.
Ladies' ribbed Vests, 25c.; sold last
season for soc.
Ladies' ribbed Drawers, 25c.; sold las
season for SOC.
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
For Saturday
and Monday Only

A 3S-inch Black Sicilian, heavy
and fine fabric, silky and lustrous;
soc. goods, the price for these two
days only SEC a yard. No samples
cut.
Perhaps you wish to buy your
Winter Jacket or Cape to-day or
tomorrow. We have u large assort-
ment of bright up-to-date garments;
the newest and the best; we'll made
and finished. and the prices we
think you will find to be from one
to three dollars less than is usually
asked for similar goods.
Please remember we give trading
stamps with all cash sales of 10
cents and upwards.
We will have a great Lace Cur
tain snap for you next week. Look
out for the ad.
Evening journal., 1897-11-12
KENNARD h co
62l-623 Market Street

Special sale of Aprons for
Saturday.
A Victoria Lawn Apron.
with embroidery and wide hem.
IS cents
A tucked and wide hem
Apron at 70 cents These two
Aprons are among the best
values shown for many years.
Another lot of those fine
quality heeced Shirts and
Drawers for Men, all sizes, at
80 cents; usual price always
and everywhere. at so cents.
1000 pairs of that good
Black Stocking for Children,
6 to oH, in, at 10 cents.
If you have not seen this
Stocking would like you to
call some Saturday, day or
night, and see them.
A lot of Women's good
Ribbed Vests and Pants at 10
cents Usually 25c quality.
An extra quality, pure while.
heavy weight Ladies Vests at
Is cents These are among
the best to be found at the
price.
Our lines Of Ladies and
Children's Half Wool and All
Wool Underwear is composed
of the be,t makes to be had
And the pr ces are as low as
they ever were, though in
many cases the cost of The all
woods. are very much more
than eaily in the season; but
we propose to continue the
sale of The entire lines all
Winter at our early prices.
Not a garment will be ad-
vanced
Without goioginto lengthy
description of styles, can as
sure J ou that we have mcst of
the best and finest of The Sc ne
cessary e. DDS for men, women
and children from Io cents
each 10 $500 each.