Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-20
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dry earns from 81 to $3.50 daily.
p9- A company has been chartered
to cut a tunnel under Pixies Peak.
p8r General Shafter fatty denies the
charge that he was under fire at San
tiago.
r6S The Winnebago Indians have
chosen Thomas R. Roddy, an Irishman
for their chief.
H6- The Chicago board of education
has decided to have Spanish taught ir
three or the high schools.
p6- United States Minister Buck re-
ports that Japan has opened to foreign
trade % additional ports.
p@ Negotiations for temporarily de-
fining the boundary line between Alas
ka and British Columbia are still pend
ing.
S@ Recently a ship of only $500 tons
carried from Para, Brazil, to New York
a cargo of rubber which was insured
for So, 100000.
pds In southern Russia camels are
much used by farmers for field work
They even stand the climate fairly
we'll further north.
R6- The Mexicans are making pre-
parations on a magnificent scale fol
the celebration of the anniversary o.
national independence.
p6- The Roman Catholic church has
70, 900 missionaries at work among its
8, 100000 converts in China and India
the result of 300 years work.
p6- The board of construction will
at once begin the consideration of the
detailed plans for the three battleships
authorized by the last congress.
s9- Most of the pianos and organs
in the South African republic are
brought from Germany; but some
from England and the United States
s@ Ex.Secretary VIM. G. Whitney's
famous stables at Wheatley are 500
feet in length. The foundation is o.
brick and the upper structure of pine
p8- 1t is now reported that severa
New York poultry dealers have or
ganized a goose trust, and are buy
ing up all the geese they can procure
in western cities.
sY In Switzerland a milkmaid get:
better wages if gifted with good
voice because it has been discovered
that cow will yield one-ffth more
milk if soothed during milking by
melody.
g6. The Belgium government ha:
given its support to the proposal fol
an international industrial exhibition
to be held at Liege in 1908, and viii
make considerable grants in aid of the
project.
H@r Lotteries are drawn every week
day in Brazil. On Sundays the horse
races take place, and the tickets of ad
mission are numbered, and many o
them draw prizes. This latter form o
lottery generally secures a full attend
ance at the races.
p9- There are nearly $19, 9,000,0 900 ir
the United States treasury, the pro
ceeds of sales of cotton which fell into
the Federal hands during the Civi
war. The money belongs to the own
ers of the cotton or their heirs, if they
can prove their claims.
s6T Men exposed to the rigors of the
Alaskan winter never wear mustaches
They wear full boards to protect the
throat and face; but keep the upper
lip clean shaven. The moisture from
the breath congeals so quickly that
mustache becomes imbedded in a solio
cake of ice and the face is frozen in
short time.
sdF France is trying hard to surpass
Germany in the matter of red tape
Advertising posters must bear revenue
stamps varying in value according to
size of poster. A man who affixed 8
15.centime stamp on poster which
should have had only a 6.centime
stamp has Just been fined 125 francs
or $25, for the offense.
B6- Mrs. B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi
widow of the late United States Sena'
Bruce, has accepted tne position Of
lady principal of the Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial institute, at Tuske'
gee, Ala. Senator Bruce was the only
Negro who served full term in the
United States senate, and was the first
Negro register of the United States
treasury.
s@- The famous Blue Grotto of Capr
has now a rival in the state of Mime
sofa. It occurs on lake in the shores
of which there is a cavern of white
Limestone flooded with water. A
swimmer enters the cave and, turning
to look outward, sees the most beauti
full shade of green and blue in the
water and a silvery sheen over his
submerged limbs.
n@ The averrge man, living for 81
years, consumes between IA and IL
tons of bread in a lifetime. The weight
of solid food of all kinds he consum:
aggregates the startling total of frac
tion less than IS tons, while On the
basis of three pints per day he con
sumes 422 tons of liquid. Think O
the woman's toll in preparing thi.
amonnt of food and drink.
b6 At Fort Gibson, in the Indiar
Territory. 20 miles south of COffeyyille