Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-29
atjauside Gatherings.

R9@ About 4OO,OOO,000 pounds o
soap are used in Great Britain yearly
e9r 1t never does any good to tall
religion with snap like that of a stee
trap.
B9 Do your dreaming during th'
nighttime. Your days should be spen
in working.
s9 The new woman will do th'
popping this year, and if the man re
fuses she will abduct him.
b9 Dogs, as a rule, live about /;
years though there have been instance'
of collies living over 20 years.
B9 A widow is a woman who ha
buried her husband grass-widow il
one who has simply mislaid hers.
~ "What do you think of my
portrait?" "Sincerely, it is not beau
tiful, but the likeness is perfect"
tag Contentment is good thing
until it reaches the point where it sit'
in the shade and lets the weeds grow
b6 The French law allows prisoners
whose parents are dying to pay one
visit to them when on their death-beds
s4r Great Britain owns 2,500,OO(
square miles of territory in Africa, al
area almost equal to that of the United
States.
a9- A reduction of SO per cent. i:
estimated in the Cuban sugar crop, due
to the destruction explanations by the
insurgents.
sG A lawyer recently left a Con
necticut town in disgust, his only
case for year being case intiamma
tory rheumatism.
B9 London manufactures $4,000
900 worth of umbrellas annually
Think of the volume of stealing there
is in these figures!
B9 Utah is a State, and there are
As stars upon the flag. There are only
about half as many people in Utah as
there are in Boston.
B1~ Contempt for money is constant
ly found to be only fine name fol
being too indolent to earn it or toe
extravagant to keep it.
B6" A boy in Sunday school, when
asked the question, "What is the chic
end of man ?" said, "The chief end is
the end with the head on"
B9 Let youth who stands at the
bar with glass of liquor in his hand
consider which he had better throw
away-the liquor or himself.
s6 If you knew the struggles
through which your brother is pass,
ing, you would stop criticising him and
throw your arm around him.
..BT Emma was accused of being vain
"Me vain !" she exclaimed, indignant
ly "why, don't think myself half as
good-looking as really ami"
sd There's nothing like newspapers
for keeping out cold; many a water
pipe would be saved in this weather by
wrapping it in old newspapers.
s9 An inch of rain falling upon an
area of one square mile is equivalent
to nearly 17,5O0,OO0 gallons, weighing
145, $50, 900 pounds, or 64,S44 tons.
s9 There are 2O0,OOO,OOO acres Of
forest lands in the republic of Venezu'
ella. Rosewood, satinwood, mahogany
and white and black ebony are found.
eg Don't assume that the man who
talks war the loudest would be the
first man to enlist. The chances are
frst-rate that he would hire substi-
tute.
e9 Utah is formally admitted to the
Union at last. Tickets Of admission,
like those to Artemus Wards celebrat'
ed lecture, read "Admit one Mormon
and one wife"
B6T The hotel capacity Of New York
City is between 10000 and $4,000, and
on pinch, the city could accommodate
10000 guests without drawing on
private resources.
seE If the lavish expenditure OF
of money aboard every year by our
aristocracy was spent at home, gold
exports would be seldom heard OF, and
general business be much benefited.
sd A preacher recently asked a
university don what he thought of his
sermon. 81 heard in it what l hope
never to hear again." "What was
that ?" "The clock strike twice"
sar A bright boy in Boston school
was asked to name six animals OF the
Arctic zone. With the confidence of a
college professor, he promptly answer,
ed, "Three polar bears and three seals. u
saF A petition signed by 10000
persons, it is said, has been prepared
in Chicago, and will be presented soon
to the board of education, asking that
the reading of the Bible be restored to
the public schools.
s@ Switzerland, Europe's great san
atorium, enjoys the unenviable distinc
tion of having larger percentage oi
lunalics than any other country. In
the Canton Zurich there are 22,061 in
population of 339, 900 or nearly one
in 100.
B9 An invention provides for pneu'
matte seats in railway carriages. These
may be readily inflated by mears of a
hose connected with the pipes of the
a; hr,lya Tn this mannar travelling