Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-31


B9 The devil has garden, and you
work in it every time you plant sus-
picion of some one in another mans
mind.
s@ 1t is calculated that in 80 years,
at the present rate of increase, Aus
tralia will contain about 100000
citizens.
Bag A miss is as good as a mile.
This is probably why a man doesn't
feel the distance when he's got a nice
girl with him.
a9 1t is estimated that the coffee
crop of South and Central America
this year will be about 10 per cent less
than last year.
H9 A Russian scientist attributes all
our maladies to the fact that we wear
clothes. He suggests return to mans
primitive state.
B9 Magistrate Ito prisoner)-Have
you any remarks to make. Prisoner "a
barber)-Yes, your honor. Your hair
wants cutting.
pH The statue of Liberty on the
dome of the Capitol building at Wash
ington is 10 feet 6inches in height, and
weighs 1895 pounds.
B9 A cigarette smoker sends into.
the air about 4,000,000,000 particles Of
dust at every puff, according to DIR
Atken's investigations.
@ A camel of the largest size has
been known to drink from 80 to so
gallons of water, and then travel with
out any more for 20 days.
s9~ The largest woodenware works
in the world are located in Bay City,
Mich. The present output every 10
hours is 1900 tubs and $500 pals.
BH They are trying to invent a pho
nographic desk on which a speaker
can record his own orations. This is
to be tested in the German Reichstag.
B@- Teacher lat the Sunday-schooD-
Can you tell me, my little boy, who
our first parent were? New Schol-
ar-Yes, m; our fathers and moth
ers.
B@ "Cool as cucumber is correct
scientifically. Investigation claims that
that vegetable usually has temper
ature one degree less than the surround
ing atmosphere.
BI On January l, 1895, the railroads
of the United States were using 81, PSI
locomotives, 24,SS1 passenger cars,
1900 mail and baggage cars, and l, ,l6S,-
$40 freight cars.
@ "What am I to take this medi-
cine in ?" asked the fussy old lady Of
the young assistant. "In your mouth,
num-" replied the chemist Of the flu
ture. "Tain't to be rubbed on, that
amt"
R9 Gas lamps were introduced in
the Paris streets in 1919. Their en-
ployment caused no little remark
among the country people, who got an
idea that there was some magic about
the matter.
B@ 1t is said :hat the chief reason
why mule can nearly always wear
out horse, when it comes to trial Of
endurance, is that the former always
lies down to sleep, and the latter, in a
large number of cases, sleeps standing
up.
B@ Advertisement writing is becom-
| ing a regular branch of literature in
| the United States. Some Of the first
class writer's command salaries of S10,-
900 a year, and now young men are
regularly training for the work, and
going to college in preparation.
pG The dolphin is said to be the
fastest swimmer in the seas. 1t has
been observed to dart through the
water at rate computed to be much
greater than 20 miles an hour, and is
often seen swimming round and round
a vessel which is sailing at highest
speed.
By A man in London is making lot
of money by lending out FL 900 Bank
of England note for swell weddings to
be exhibited as as a gift of the brides
father. A man is sent along to watch
the note, and can be made very useful
at the presents table exhibiting the
| articles.
BT The best tea in Japan in raised in
districts where the snow often falls to
the caves of the houses. Many plants
will survive under such snow that are
not hardy even in the Southern States.
BY the same rule, some varieties Of
japanese lilies will survive Vermont
winters that are not hardy in Missouri.
b@ An entire book can be reproduced
without setting line of type by pho
tographing each page separately and
making photo-engraving of it. There
is in New York weekly newspaper of
eight pages, six of which are prepared
in this way each week from copy cut
and pasted together and then photo
| graphed.
pg A transparent mirror glass, re-
Gently introduced in Germany, reflects
on one side, from which it is practically
opaque, while from the other side it is
transparent. 1t is proposed to use this
type of glass for glazing windows in
city residences, flor, while it will not cut
off light or vision from the interior, it