Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-12-18
dt)ausiae Gatherinas.

R@ Potatoes in Greenland never
grow larger than marble.
I@ Some people are born tired, and
some are born to make others tired.
I@ The cinnamon gardens of Ceylon
are said to have an area of IL, 1000 acres.
D@ A race horse galloping at full
speed clears from 20 to "a feet every
bound.
p@ We often repent ofwhat we have
said, but never of that which we have
not said.
b6T Ninety-five per cent. of the in
habitants of New Zealand are profes-
sors of religion.
~ A Frenchman has patented an
apparatus to take off and put on a
mans coat.
I@ Over 1000 patents have been is
sued in the United States for the man
ufacture of inks.
IT st. Peters, Rome, can accommo-
date $4,000 worshipers, and st. Pauls,
London, $4,000.
S6 Grand temples are built of small
stones, and great lives are made Of trl-
fling events.
sI There are some men to whom a
loss of their reputation would mean
mighty good luck.
p@ A lumberman of West Branch,
Maine, says he counted 81 deer in one
day near his camp recently.
rH- 1t was barber who remarked
that it took everything he could "rake
and scrape" to make him living.
p@- 1t is good indication when we
are more grieved for our own wrong
doings than for the wrong doings OF
others.
~ A Kansas young lady told a
friend that she liked Shakespeare very
much, and she read it when it first
came out.
s6 The sum and substance of all the
preparations needed for eternity is to
believe what the Bible tells us and do
what the Bible bids us do.
s@ People worry themselves ill ;
they worry themselves insane; they
worry themselves to death. This is
very foolish there are lots of other
people to worry.
I@- The more we know of ourselves
the humber we shall be in our opinion
of ourselves, and the more patient we
shall be with the failings and weak
nesses of others.
S@ "My frien's," said a colored
preacher, "a mans character is like a
fence. You can't strengthen it by
whitewash, though you can cover up
the places where it is worm eaten"
pB~ The Union Signal has this item /:
"You cannot make men sober by Law" "
says an objector, and to this the logical
reply will be, "No, but you can stop
making them drunk by law"
p~ Cooking meat at a high and in a
dry temperature develops richer and
more savory flavor so, when it is pos
sible, it is we'll to brown the meat be-
fore adding the water to it.
pa- In Tartary, onions, leeks and
garlic are regarded as perfumes. A
Tartar lady will make herself agreea-
BILE by rubbing a piece Of freshly-cut
onion on her hands and over her coun-
tenance.
t@ A curious case of the record
breaking mania is that of Newark,
N. j., woman, who has developed an
ambition to be the first prisoner locked
up in every police station built in the
town.
sds- The champion fat man of the
world is now in Paris. NJ. Canon-berg,
who is of Swiss nationality, weighs
something over $50 pounds. His
health is excellent, and his appetite
takes in enough food for five persons.
s@ Most of the richest veins in Cali
fornia have been brought to light by
poor and uneducated adventures.
There is not a single instance of one
having been found by trained geolo-
gist or the graduate of a mining school.
w A church at Anderson, ILL.,, re-
Gently dedicated has window repre-
senting the American flag. The repro
duction is said to be complete and a
work of art. This is the only church
window in the United States that has
the stars and stripes on it,.
s@ A bishop was at dinner party
one night, and a waiter carelessly up
set into his lap bowl of hot soup. He
cleaned around with an agonizing look
upon his features, and then exclaimed,
"Will some layman make a remark
appropriate to the occasion?"
p9r A philadelphia man suys that
the last time his wife ever said "yes''
willingly to anything he was interested
in, was when he proposed to marry her.
She would no doubt be happier to-day
if she had not made an exception on
that occasion.
H@ People who are talking about the
coming of the two-minute trotter will
be interested in learning that to trot a
mile in the time named a horse must
get over the ground at the rate of A
feet in a second, which is trifle fast
for trotting gait.
E4 Ice two inches thick will support
man. Four inches thick, man on
horse back. Five inches thick, an
SO-pounder cannon. Eight inches
thick, battery of artillery, with car
riages and horses. Ten inches thick
an army.
pdr Landlady-That new boarder
needn't try to make me think he is a
bachelor. He's either married or a