Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-26
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s@ There are 100000 words in the
English language.
H6 Christianity was introduced into
Japan in l549.
spg The skeleton alone of all average
whale weighs 20 tons.
s@ Japan has written history en-
tending over $500 years.
s@ The more insignificant the man,
the louder he boasts of his ancestry.
s@ The moment the devil ceases to
make sin attractive, his occupation is
gone.
RG You can trade your reputation
for dollar, but you can never trade
back.
s@ France still possesses four Water
loo veterans, three of them being cen-
tenarians.
Bag Ifyou blow your neighbor's fire,
don't complain if the sparks fly in
your face.
Har Chewing gums main component,
gum chicle, is the sap of the sapodilla,
q Mexican tree.
B9 The coins of Siam are made OF
porcelain. Those of Japan are made
principally of iron.
p6 Vermont has the largest marble
output in the United States. Michi-
gan excels in copper.
e@ When a man is no longer able to
do harm, he becomes possessed of an
ambition to do good.
pH The distance from the north pole
to the equator, measured along the
earth's surface, is 5000 miles.
I@ The "dumb piano'"is new in
vention on which young ladies can
learn music without making any sound.
p8r 1t is said that there are over
7OO,0OO,OOO needles made each week
within the limits of the city of Reddich,
England.
R4 A favorite dish of the East In
dians is an ant mash. The insects are
caught in pits and mashed by hand
fuls like raisins.
t@ "No flies on him." given as an
Americanism, is found in Don Quixote,
where it occurs as one of the sayings
of Sancho Panza.
p9- There is kind of magic truth
which forcibly carries the mind along
with it. Men readily embrace the
dictate of sincere reason.
s@ Laughter is day, and sobriety is.
night; and smile is the twilight that
hovers gently between both and is
more bewitching than either.
a9 Blindness is on the increase in
the United States. Forty years ago,
but four in 10000 were blind, but now
the ratio has increased 100 per cent.
a@3 Over 400 diamonds are known to
have been recovered from the ruins of
Babylon. Many are uncut, but most
are polished on one or two sides only.
p@ Hundreds of Western towns have
adopted ordinances to keep boys under
16 off the streets after 9 o'clock at
night. This is a return to the times
of the curfew.
s9 BY brushing shoes with soft
brush, rubbing little glycerine well
into the leather and polishing with
very clean, soft brush, no backing
will be required.
s6 Queen Victoria's daily menu is
written in French, with the exception
of the single item, "roast beef" which
is Loyalty and uncompromisingly Eng
lsh, as BELTS, national dish.
s~ A girl-baby born the other day
in Kokomo, Ind, is the fourteenth
daughter of fourteenth daughter of a
fourteenth daughter, record which is
thought to be unprecedented.
aS According to The Electrical Re-
view, copper wires are used for Mexi-
can telegraph lines, so that they "will
hold the weight of the birds and mon
keys which crowd them at night"
BS Whenever we hear man max
ing disparaging insinuation in regard
to his mother-in-law we always feel
like saying to him, "Sr, you never
would have been anywhere if your
father had never had mother-in-law."
say "Young man." said an apostle,
solemnly, "do you realize when you
retire at night that you may be called
before the morning dawns?" "Yes,
SIR" responded the young man, 81 re-
alize it fully. l am the father of a
three-weeks, old baby"
sG 1t is the most momentous ques-
ton a woman is ever called upon to
decide, e,-whether the faults of the man
she loves are beyond remedy and will
drag her down, or whether she is COM
petent to be his earthly redeemer, and
lift him to her own level.
nar From the top Of the cathedral
spire in Mexico you can see the entire
city, and the most striking feature of
the view is the absence of chimneys.
There is not chimney in all Mexico;
not a CRATE, nor stove, nor a furnace.
All the cooking is done with charcoal
in Dutch ovens.
w A New Orleans doctor calls at
tention to very simple fact which
merits attention from medicine takers.