Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-02

ne river Jordan has it's origin in
one of the largest springs in the world.
IA Robert w. Wilcox, the Hawaiian
delegate to congress has been sworn in.
81 In the United there % towns
named Columbus, and 3S named Colum-
bia.
s9- There is Touring mill at Duluth,
Mimi, with a capacity Of $4,000 barrels
daily.
SlT Before the days of coined money,
the Greeks used copper nails as cur
rency.
s1T The plume of the Prince Of Wales,
worn on state occasions, Is valued at
$4,000
sg The Taft Philippine commission
has passed a liquor license law for
Manila.
ar France has more gold and silver
coin than any other nation in the en-
tire world.
1r The Alaskan and Klondike gold
output for the year was estimated at
$25, ,725, 900.
sT Over $2 000, 900 was invested in new
cotton mills in the two Carolinas dur
ing the past year.
2aT Every day a man submits to some
injustice, which he vowed yesterday
he would not stand.
a9 Whenever you hear man say that
honesty does not pay, it is sign that
he has never tried 1t.
SJT Forty men in Charlottesville, ILL.,,
have been arrested for selling their
votes at the last election.
"a In 80 years the Spanish-speaking
people of the world have increased
from 26, ,1s0, 900 to AZ, 100000
ST Thirteen-year-old Fanny Lynch, of
Salem, Mass, has been arrested on the
charge Of robbing the mails.
8S' Natives of Alabama are called 'liz-
ards" from the abundance Of these
creatures along the streams.
AZ The sugar industry is promising in
Texas. Within the last three months
SO sugar refineries have been built.
4aT Thomas Jefferson never made a
speech, having, as he termed it, mo
faculty Of thinking when on his legs"
ar The size of your offering does not
depend upon what you take out Of your
pocket, but in what you leave in it.
8T Bills in both Nebraska and Ohio
will be introduced forbidding football
games within the borders of the states.
6aT The state of Ohio expends 14,0OO,-
900 annually on it's 100000 school chill
dren. OF this fund Cincinnati pays ST.
OOO, 900.
8g' Teacher-Name some Of the most
important things existing today which
were unknown 100 years ago. Tommy
You and me, of course.
Sg' II know I'm little irritable, John,
but if I had to live my life again I'd
marry you just the same" "H'm!-l
have my doubts about it."
Sar The Turks believe amber to be an
infallible guard against the injurious
effects Of nicotine; hence its extensive
use for the mouthpieces of pipes.
Sa' A square copper coin, struck by the
Swedish government in the Sixteenth
century, is nearly one-half inch thick
and weighs a pound and quarter.
ag' Joshua Harrison, who was sailor
on the Texas in the Santiago battle,
was sent to New York state prison for
Is years for killing Clark Johnson in a
saloon brawl.
3D The worlds output of gold for the
calendar year 1899 was s3O6, 1854, 900. The
production of the United States was
81, ,O53, 400, a great increase over the
preceding year.
sar Frank Smith, the Brooklyn district
messenger who carried the greeting Of
American school boys to President
Kruger, was arrested few days ago
for throwing a stone through a show
case.
ar General Macabalos. a former Phil
ippine chief, tells Gen. Macarthur that
he can catch Aguinaldo with 100 picked
men, backed by American troops.
Aguinaldo is said to be in Northern
Luzon.
ar The value of exports Of merchan-
disc from Cuba during the last fiscal
year, most Of which was products Of
agriculture, is set down at 5.22S.346.
The total exports from the island since
it passed into the possession Of the
United States amounted to $S1, 1894, ,525.
s5 According to a st. Petersburg cor
respondent Of the London Daily Mail,
an invalid who has reached the re-
markable age Of 140 years Is now lying
in the hospital at Tomsk. He still re-
members Catherine II, and talks of hav-
ing buried his wife 100 years ago, and
his son 80 years back.
ar While New York state is first in
point Of population, it is seventh In
miles of railroad, according to one au-
thority. Illinois, the third in popula-
tion, is the greatest railroad state, with
nearly 11,0O0 miles Of track. Pennsyl-
vania Is second, both in population and
in railroad trackage.
ar The exodus of Negroes from the
Carolinas as a result of recent restrict
i've legislation is crowding the labor
market of Maryland to such an extent
that much anxiety is felt as to the out
come. Since 1890 the Negro registration
in Maryland has increased 10000, and
is now 25 per cent. Of the whole.
ar One day in the spring of 1884, Mrs.
Frederick White, of Coventry, N. Y,
asked her husband to bring her sack
of flour from nearby store. He start
ed to do so and that was the last she
saw of him until one day last week,