Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-01-17

GB A line or telegraph HAS oeeh GO
tablished to Dawson City, Alaska.
The rate for 20 words is $4.35.
s4- In the Philippines the parting
benedictian is bestowed in the form OF
rubbing ones friends face with ones
hand.
p8- An exchange makes the positive
assertion that Mormonism is the pre-
dominant religion in FIVE western
states.
s4r A beef famine is threatening the
Klondike, the retail prices of fresh
meat early in December being 81 per
pound.
n4- Since March 10 of last year New
Jersey has enrolled corporations that
represent face stock value of 81, 4O3,-
100000.
p6- The product of the potato farms
in Detroit in 1899 was 10,430 bushels,
produced at cost of about 8 cents a
bushel.
a8- A western firm is about to es'
tablish steam sawmill in China. 1t
will be the first of its kind in that
country.
s4- 1t is no unusual thing for ves-
sci plying between Japan and London
to carry 100000 fans as a single item
of its cargo.
a9" The general feeling in the Orient
is that there will be a war between
Russia and Japan over the possession
of Massampo.
n4- Statistics show a reduction, by
curfew ordinances, of 80 per cent. Of
the crimes committed by children un-
der Is years of age.
R4r 1t was said in Washington that
$500 troops are to be withdrawn from
Cuba, and the number of military de-
partments reduced to two.
pd- There are two hospitals for lep-
ers in this country, one in New Or
leans and one in San Francisco. Each
contains about IS patients.
a4 Russia, which has heretofore sup
piled the greater part of Europe with
cereals, has herself, become purchas.
er of grain from the United States.
p9- The most curious paper weight in
the world is said to belong to the
Prince of Wales. 1t is the mummied
hand of one of the daughters of Pha-
roah.
p@ A Newfoundland dog guarding
warehouse in Boston had to he club
bed into submission by the firemen
before they could enter the building
to extinguish fire.
S4~ Instead of issuing return checks
to persons leaving theatre during the
performance, the japanese mark the
departing spectator on the hand with
an India rubber stamp.
s6r There are 426 colleges in Ameri-
ca, with property estimated at $780,
900, 900. Girard, with $15,000,00C
and Leland Stanford, Jr., with S13,'
500, 900, are the richest.
s6y The Khedive of Egypt, whose
salary is s500,O0O year, complains
that that sum is not su efficient to meet
his household expenses, and he will
have to dismiss some of his wives.
RT An Indian man has refused to
pay note of $3.50, which he gave to a
church some years ago, on the ground
that the paper was drawn on Sun
day, and was, therefore, of no value.
B9 A Kansas man is suing for di'
vorce mainly on the ground that his
wife nags him so persistently and has
done it so long, that he hasn't the
heart even to say grace at the table.
s4 Winning race horses are gener'
ally bays, chestnuts or browns, and
for every 100 bays among them there
are SO chestnuts and 80 browns. There
is no record of an important race being
won by piebald.
Bas" With a population of 206, Ser
via, a village in Indiana, on the line OF
the Chicago and Erie railway, has II
men who weigh more than 200 pounds
each, and some of them tip the beam
at very nearly 800.
a6 A Washington man has brought
suit for divorce from his wife because
she sleeps with a razor under her
pillow. She will offer no explanation
for this eccentric habit, and refuses to
give one when asked.
Dd The gold output of the Cripple
Creek district for September amounted
to S1,731 900, surprising all records.
The production of gold in this district
from the time of its discovery in 1891
to date is S62,O57, ,292.
"a" The total wealth of the United
States will be nearly $100,000,000,O00
when the next century begins, and
since the country has grown so rich
we have become one of the first among
nations that seek investment in foreign
lands.
s@ In only nine states in the Union
does the reading of the Bible as func-
tion of school exercises rest on legal
basis. These states are Massachusetts,
New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.
Georgia, Mississippi and North and
South Dakota.
H9" The Chicago Anti-C Cruelty soci-
ety instituted movement to have all
the carriage horses in that city shod
with rubber shoes to prevent them
from slipping. One horse was attired
in a brand new set of rubber boots
during the recent snow storm, and got
along so well that others are to be
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