Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-28
atausiat Gathtrings.

| H0Se The earneStneSS OF lie IL the Only
passport to the satisfaction of life.
sH Many fond parent does not 60
to sleep until after the bawl is over.
sT The number of draught dogs in
Belgium is probably not less than So
900.
sG He who is always prying into
other mems affairs leads dangerous
life.
t@ A noble nature can alone attract
the noble, and alone knows how to re-
tain them.
nag Let YOUR character be as firm as
granite and the shafts of your enemies
cannot harm it.
s6r Seventy-6ve per cent. of the en-
listments in the regular army last year
were Americans.
R9 Soft corns are relieved by wet
ting them several times a day with
spirits of ammonia.
s@ In England the average weight
of men is 155 pounds; that of the wo-
men is 122 pounds.
t6 The Ferris wheel is being put up
again in Chicago, and will be ready for
business by August.
n@ Eight thousand tons ofgold have
been mined throughout the world dur
ing the present century.
19 Italy has the greatest population
of criminals. They number 5,14O to
the l, 1,O0O,OOO of population.
nag Wooden shoes are worn by about
10000 900 people in Europe. Most of
them are made of Eastwood.
s8 The consumption of water in
New York city is very large-averag-
ing 100 gallons day for each person.
s@ Pleasure shortens life happiness
prolongs it. Take care of your living
and your dying will take care of it.
self.
r@ Umbrellas made of paper are
coming into use in France. The pa
per is made waterproof by gelatined
bichromate of potassium.
p9 In the language Of modern dip
lomacy, England, France, Austria,
Russia, and Prussia are called the
great powers of Europe.
p6- Rope made from the mescal plant
product of Southern Arizona and
Mexico, is almost indestructible from
ordinary wear, and is very strong.
s6 Ringworms are cured with mer-
curial ointment. Rubit on at night
and wash it off in the morning. Re-
peat until the trouble disappears.
eG- A French optican has recently
brought out an entirely new kind of
field or opera glass, which may be fold
ed upAat and carried in the pocket.
s@- The Brooklyn bridge cable is
seven feet and six inches longer when
the thermometer marks 100 degrees,
than when the mercury is down to 0.
B9 1t is now proposed in England to
drive tram cars by power derived from
huge springs, which can be wound
while the whole is in motion or other
wise.
D@ The fastest trains on the cont.
nent are said to be the express trains
of the Northern Railway company of
France. Their speed is 36 miles an
hour.
sH Every japanese workman is
ticketed He bears on his cap and on
his back labels giving his name and
business, as we'll as his employers
name.
s9 The thinnest tissue paper meas
ures 1-1200 of an inch in thickness.
Iron has been rolled so thin as to
measure only 1880 of an inch in
thickness.
BS Four persons, representing four
generations, dwell in the same house
in Kansas City, Mo. The great-grand-
mother is 80 years of age, the grand
mother is SO, the mother is 16, and the
baby is a month old.
sVr In Sandanga pond, near Jack
sonville, VT, is floating island two
feet in thickness and nearly mile in
length. The wind shifts it from one
part of the pond to another. 1t is
prolific cranberry farm.
a9 There are doors in some old
houses of Holland which were in form
er days never used except for funerals
and weddings. After the bride and
groom had passed, the door was nailed
up to await the next occasion.
B@" Maxim's cavalry gun, which fires
700 shots a minute, weighs but 30
pounds and can be carried strapped to
a soldiers back. The gun he made
for the sultan of Turkey fires no
shots minute but it is field piece
on wheels.
a4~ Family harmony is preserved by
the ants. 1t is asserted by Sir John
Lubbock, the astronomer, that "during
the many years he had ants under OBJ
servation, he never saw anything like
a quarrel between two ants of the
same community.
B9- The tallest chimney in the Unit
ed States, and perhaps in the world, is
that of the Fall River Iron company,
| at Fall River. Mass. From the top of