Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-07-10
Anmurul&s department,
THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE.


It is curious how narrow-minded some men
are, and how little they care about subjects
calculated to broaden and benefit their men
tai faculties. Such a man was half-asleep
on bench at the Union depot, when very
tall stranger, with linen duster on, sat down
beside him and said:
"Have you calculated the pressure per
square inch which you exert on this bench?''
The sleepy man scowled as he looked up,
and then turned away as if he didn't want to
hear any more.
"Do you know" continued linen duster,
whether it is dead weight or force Of gravi-
tation which permits you to rest on this
bench p
mo sir" was the emphatic answer.
"What is the attractive power Of the earth
What force is exerted by the law of gravita-
ton ON feet the size of yours ? Let US figure
a moment"
Il don't want to hear you talk" snapped
the other as he sat up. | am waiting for
trainp'
"So'm l." said linen duster, "and that
opens subject for new thought. Do you
know the weight of air displayed by train
moving at the rate of thirty miles an hour ?"
"No, sir, nor I don'tcare! I'm in no mood
for talking"
Suppose" remarked linen duster, as he
squinted his left eye at the sun, "that you are
walking at the rate of six miles an hour, do
you wish to know what pressure the air ex-
erts upon your forward movement? Lend
me your pencil and will 6gure."
II won't do it and tell you again don t
want to be talked to!" was the fierce reply.
"Do you know how long it would take a
locomotive to reach the moon, running at the
rate of mile a minute?" softly asked linen
duster.
"see here, I'll knock your head off if yod
don't 90 away from me"
"You, sir, weigh about 100 pounds, and
have well-developed muscles; but do you
know how much force is exerted in knocking
down human being, and the force Of atmos-
pheric pressure to be overcome before your list
reaches his face?"
"I've stood your sass just long enough and
now you leave or I'll mop the ground with
you p shouted the narrow minded man as he
jumped up and spat on his hands.
care not the wonders of science interesting
toyou?"
''No, sirp
"And, don't you care to know that the
heat of the sun is 256,O00 times-?"
mo, sir! no, sir!'
"Or that the moon exercises an influence
mo sir-go off don't care-go away
you're liar and a fraud"
The man with the linen duster withdrew
few feet to lean against the wall, and the
other went back to his narrow-minded and
selfish interests While the latter dozed and
thought of nothing better than ham and eggs,
the former picked up an old nail and softly
figured out the distance travelled by a fathers
arm in giving his son an old fashioned wha.
ling.
ALESSON IN LAW.
The average American farmer certainly
knows how to look after his harvests, and he
has a keen wit that is hard to get over. For
example: Some days agothe conductor of a
freight train who was out with this train, saw
a couple of 6ne-looking ducks on the river
near the track. He had a shotgun in the
caboose car, and stopping the train for few
minutes, he got off and shot both of the birds.
He thought this was something to congratu-
late himself on, and when he reached his
home he invited little party Of friends to
partake of the fruits of his prowess. A couple
of days after this the conductor happened to
be stopped at the place where the ducks had
been shot. He got out his gun and walked
down to the river with the intention Of bag
ging couple more, if possible. He had
scarcely reached the edge of the river, before
man who looked like farmer, approached
him and said:
care you the man who shot those two
ducks here day before yesterday"
Eyes, that was me" said the sportsman,
rather proudly.
"Well, those ducks belonged to me. They
wasn't any Of your wild ducks, but tame ones. %
"Oh, pshaw You can't fool me. L guess
I know wild duck from tame one"
evil you pay me for the ducks? ?" said the
farmer, coolly.
"No, sir, I won't You can't prove the
ducks were not wild ones"
Gall right" and the farmer started off to-
ward thenearest village.
"Where are you going? What do you in
tend to do?" asked the conductor.
"Well," said the farmer, quietly, as he lean
ed against tree, 81 am going to squire to
make an information against you for killing
wild ducks out of season. If you insist that
them ducks was wild, it'll cost you S. duck.
Ifyou come to the conclusion they were tame,
it'll only cost you $3.50 duck. Now what'll
you do?"
The conductor stared at his tormentor,
scratched his head, said something about
ducks generally, and these ducks in particu-
lar and then paid the S.. He does not carry
agun in his car any more.
WHAT IS Ir?-Recently farmers horse
and wagon were hitched on Congress street,
and after the man had gone into the store an
individual, who must know something about
human curiosity, walked slowly down to the
wagon and carefully examined q hind wheel.