Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-05


coat or not, his appearance cannot be
offensive to any sensible person"
An astonishing piece Of news now
comes from Bolivia, where the newspa-
pers are talking of annexation to this
country as a means to avoid submis-
sion to the aggression of Chile. More
over, If the provinces of Tacra and
Arice, which are held by Chile, there
have been meetings Of the populace
where it was formally resolved to raise
the Stars and Stripes if the provinces
were not restored to Peru.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday:
Frances, the 14-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. w. H. Johnston, of Davidson, who
eloped with Tilden Harrington, hired
man on her fathers farm, last Thurs
day, was found by her father Friday
night at Coxe's Mill, in Cabarrus coun-
ty, where Harrington had taken her
and then deserted her. The girl was
taken home by her father yesterday.
Harrington is wanted by the legal au-
thorities, and, if caught, his crime will
probably cause him to be sent to the
penitentiary for a number Of years.
The temptations Of the shirt waist
have proved too much for the staid
representatives in the legislature. The
following resolution, says a Louisville,
KY, dispatch of August 29, was intro
duced in the house today and will be
passed tomorrow: Whereas, The at
mospheric and thermometric conditions
existing in the state Of Kentucky make
it almost intolerable to exist clad in
the conventional amount Of clothes
prescribed in Kentucky society; and,
Whereas, The cool and convenient style
Of clothing, prevailing among our fell
low countrymen, the Apaches, has not
vet commended itself to the people Of
Kentucky, in lieu thereof and until
such reform as the above reaches the
rather backward civilization Of our
state, be it Resolved, By the house Of
representatives of the commonwealth
of Kentucky, that each of it's members
be permitted to wear shirt waists, pro-
vided they contain not more than six
colors Of the rainbow, without sus-
penders."
Lincoln, N. c., Journal, August 81:
A most horrible accident occurred at
Jugtown, Thursday night of last week.
Max Fulbright, a well-known young
man Of that place, had been very i'll
with typhoid fever. On Thursday he
became worse. In his delirium he curs-
ed and raved, declaring that he was
going straight to hell" He tried to
choke himself to death with his hands.
Foiled in this, he caught paper from
the floor and crammed it into his
throat. 1t took several men to hold
him in bed, one Of them being his
brother, Sol Fulbright. The dying man,
raving like a maniac, caught his broth
er by the arm and bit piece out of
it, which he chewed and swallowed. At
ter hours of agony and frenzy, with
horrible curses pouring from his lips,
the young man died. The most singu-
lar thing about the whole matter is the
fact that young Fulbright was steady,
sober, moral and amiable, and was new
er known to curse. He was about 30
years Of age and leaves a young wife,
who has our sympathy. The brother,
who was bitten by the dying man, Is
suffering greatly with his wounded
arm, which is greatly swollen and in
famed.
The office of the second assistant
postmaster general is preparing the US
ual advertisement which will be issued
about September Is next, for the car
rfo Of OF 1S or l.
vertisement will be of unusual import
ance, as it is designed to check an al
legged proposed combination Of star
route bidders, and for the first time will
require as a guarantee of satisfactory
performance of service, that every ac-
cepted bidder, whatever may be his
residence at the bidding, must agree to
live on or contiguous to the routes and
personally superintend the performance
of service. This general letting will oc-
cur in the New England states, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
1t has recently come to the notice of
the department that certain specula-
tive bidders will seek to secure num-
attorney or other person in each of the
counties to allow the use of his name
as a bidder for a consideration. The
law, however, prohibits any shb-letting
Of contracts without the consent of the
postmaster general.
is it to be wondered at that China
has considered herself self-sufficient?
1t is not the middle kingdom" of the
world but it is Of Asia. It lies in the
middle and on the southeastern slope
Of Asia. 1t encloses an area Of $780,
600 square miles. It's circuit Is $4,000
miles, or over one-half the circunifer-
ence Of the globe. 1t comprises one
third of Asia and one-tenth OF the
whole earth. 1t is inhabited almost ex-
clusively by Chinese. The foreigners
are not yet numerous. They are so
few that the hostility to them reminds
US of the Biblical prophecy that "one
shall chase thousand and two put ten
thousand to flight" says Leslie's
Weekly. Its original IS provinces are
variously estimated at from 1,347,S7O
to 100000 square miles, or nearly the
equivalent of the states lying east of
the Mississippi river, plus Texas, Ar
kansas, Missouri and Iowa. Its great
plain extends from the great wall
north Of Pekin to the junction of the
Yangtse-Kiang river with the Poyang
lake-700 miles in length. 1t includes
2l0 square miles. 1t supports pop
ulation Of 17O, 900, 900 and is more dense
ly populated than any other equal por-
ton of the world. The Yangste- Kiang
river is one of the worlds great rivers.