Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-06-07
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p1r West Virginia alone now mines
more coal than the whole South did
10 years ago.
n9 In boiling rice, peas or macaroni
save the water in which they are boil
ed for use in soups.
s9r If YOU. let the cat out of the bag,
never try to cram it back again 1T
only makes matters worse.
w- If everybody knew what to eat
and drink, the average of human life
would he about century.
~ "No man can do anything against
his will" "Faith," said Pat, "my
brother went to prison against his will"
p9- The buttons on a mans clothing
are usually on the right side. On a
woman's clothing they are on the left.
pg A monopoly is a good deal like a
baby. A man is opposed to it on gen.
eral principles until he has one OF his
| own.
BG" He that loses wealth loses
much; he that loses friends loses
more but he who loses his spirits
loses all.
p1- Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm swarms
of insects will surround you in sun
shine.
s~ Java is said to be the region of
the globe where it thunders oftenest,
having thunder-storms on 81 days of
| the year.
Bdr The population of the world av-
erages 109 women to every 100 men.
Eight-ninths of the sudden deaths are
those of males.
s@ The letter O sounds odd for a
name, but there is a distinguished
family in Belgium whose name is o,
no more and no less.
p9 Baron Rothschild has a piano
which cost him $4,000. 1t is adorned
with allegorical paintings by Alma
Tadema and Poynter.
B@ In 20 years the worlds sugar
crops have increased from 1888, 900
tons to 8,303,000 tons. This increase
is more than $50 per cent.
R9 A hundred years ago people wor-
ried about the same things that are
distressing you, and they are dead
now, and their worry did no good.
BH If at the table a little salt is
split between two people, the way to
prevent quarrel is for each to take
pinch and throw it over his shoulder.
19 Paper quilts are becoming popu-
lar in Europe. They are cheap and
warm. They are composed of sheets
ofperforated white paper sewn togeth-
er.
H6 Deaf persons frequently hear re-
marks in moderate voice better than
in shout, because too loud sound
has tendency to stun the membranes
Of the ear.
k4r The stomach has a churning
motion which during the process of
digestion is continuous in order that
the food may be properly mixed with
the grastric juice.
nH A match cutting machine is an
automatic curiosity. 1t cuts 10, 100000
sticks day, and then arranges them
over vat where the heads are put on
at surprising rate of speed.
p9~ TO the lazy man the world ap-
pears to be bereft of all blessing; if
poor, he has no friends if rich, he
has no ambition he aims at nothing,
and generally hits the mark.
H9 People sniff the air to locate an
odor because by distending the nos
trils larger quantity of air is drawn
in, the nerves are better exposed and
the odor more clearly perceived.
BI Germany has adopted the sys-
tenn of separating the bright children
from the stupid ones in the public
schools. The sorting is to be done not
by the teachers but by medical men.
a9- Blood travels from the heart
through the arteries ordinarily at the
rate of about - inches per second
it's speed through the capillaries is at
the rate of three one-hundredths of an
inch.
IG Stockings made from human hair
are worn by Chinese fishermen as the
best preventive of wet feet. They are
drawn over ordinary cotton stockings,
being too rough for putting near the
skin.
B9 The oldest capital in the United
States is Santa Fe, which was the seat
of government in New Mexico as far
back as 1850, and yet its population is
only 6,lS5, according to the last
census.
p9" Women are gradually winning
recognition in China. Twenty years
ago you could buy pretty good sort
Of wife for S25. Now the price is
$3.50, and the market has an upward
tendency.
p~ The palms of the hands and soles
of the feet are composed Of cushions of
fat in order that sudden jolts and
violent blows may he successfully re.
sisted and no injury done to the mus
cles and bones underneath.