Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-25
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@ The telegraph wire used in the
United States would 60 around the
world something like Is times.
a@ Nevada is so sparsely settled
that there are nearly two and one-half
square miles to each inhabitant.
sT A California paper asserts that
one of the tramps of the Santa Cruz
chain gang wears kid gloves when
sweeping the street.
aaS The darkest hour in the history
of any young man is when he sits down
to study how to get money without
honestly earning it.
sH- "Don't BROOD" said Mr.. Crate
bar. "a trouble dwelt upon will get
as big as a balloon and it may have no
more substantial stutfing."
p6r At a recent fashionable wedding
in Chicago, the bride-a widow-was
given away at the altar by her son,
whose age is 10 years.
R| There are two ways of getting
rich: One by adding to our possessions
the other by diminishing our desires.
The latter is much the eisier and
reader.
pw A West Virginia man is so pecu-
liarly affected by riding on a train that
he has to chain himself to seat to
prevent his jumping out of the car
window.
a6F An Albany physician says he has
never known case of cancer among
the Hebrews, and thinks their exemp-
ton from the disease is due to absti-
nence from pork.
s6F A wealthy young lawyer passed
two days and nights over one case,
and at the end of that time could not
tell which side he was on. 1t was a
case of champagne.
p4 Uncle Remus says that the color
ed race will never be in its proper place
until it is on top. "Ain't the black
notes on the pyanna," he asks, "on a
higher level than the white ones"
s9r Why does the letter r hold an
enviable position2 Because it is never
found in sin, but always in temperance,
industry, virtue, and prosperity. 1t is
the beginning Of religion, and the end of
war.
s9 A Minnesota judge was due in
court at q town some miles distant.
He adjourned a referred case TO the
car, heard evidence en- route and grant
ed the petition before getting of the
train.
s9 A New York woman who was
bitten by a dog worried herselfto death
over fear of hydrophobia. Several
persons bitten by the same dog from
fear of whose bite this woman died are
alive and well.
s9- Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
objects to the title cold maid" being
longer applied to an elderly unmarried
woman. In these days of the new
woman she holds the title improper.
She wants an unmarried woman to be
called "bachelor."
H9 Master-What both want a
holiday tomorrow I can't spare you
both at once Mary, you can have to-
morrow and John the next day. John--
Thank you, sir, but we wanted to get
married, and Pm afraid, sir, it can't
be done that way, but I'll inquire.
H9~ A Winterport, Me-, man who
cleaned out his well the other day found
the following assortment Of articles at
the bottom Six rats, two cats, sew
en- buckets and pals, one pudding stick,
one hat and people wonder where
typhoid fever comes from.
s@~ The output of aluminium, says
Hardware, has increased from 223
pounds in 1883 to $4,000 pounds in
1898. The cost of production has been
decreased from nearly $40 per pound
to less than 60 cents per pound. The
output for 1894 was valued at $780,
$50.
B@~ It the case of musk, as it comes
to the refner, the odor is so pungent
and unpleasant that those who have to
examine the pods in which it comes
have to wear cloths over their mouth
and nose, and in some cases inhalation
of the odor produces bleeding at the
nose.
B6 The hottest mines in the world
are the Comstock. On the lower levels
the heat is so great that the men can
not work over 10 or Is minutes at a
time. Every known means ofmitigat-
ing the heat have been tried in vain,
ice melts before it has reached the bot
tom of the shaft.
B9 In Carrollton, Mo-, a man and
wife who had driven in to see the cir
Gus stopped at a doctors house to ask
what allied the child they had with
them. The child was dead. Then they
asked if they could leave the body in
the doctors back yard while they saw
the show. And they did.
BB The Duke of Atholl, of British
nobility, may claim to have the great
est number of titles. Beside his duke
dom, he holds two marquisates, five
earldoms, three viscountcies, eight
baronies, and is also knight of the
thistle-20 distinct titles in all. He is,
moreover, co-heir of five other baronies.
B9 When men do any thing for God,
the very least thing, they never know
where it will end or what amount of
good it will do for Him. Loves secret,
therefore, is to be always doing things
for God, and not to mind because they
are such very little ones. "Cast your
dread upon the running waters; for
after long time thou shalt find it
again."
my" In a pasture near Grafenberg,
Bavaria there is a large flat boulder