Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-20
afapsiae Gathttings.
~ The average amount of sickness


in human life is 10 days per annum.
"a Don't attempt to punish all your
enemies at once. You can't do large
business on small capital.
p6 The export of horses from thi'
country to Europe has increased large
ly in the last twoIor three years.
t@ One asked why B stood before
&c. Because, said another, man mus
B before he can c.
p@ Venezuela has 200, 900, 900 acres
of forest, in which grow all the varie
ties of ebony, as we'll as rosewood, sat
inwood and mahogany.
p@ The chief engineer of the army
says that $SO,0OO,OOO is the smalles
sum for which an efficient system 9
coast defences can be built.
p6- This is the season when YOU
neighbor buys a hoe and rake and
a few garden seeds, and preteuds t
be better than you are.
p6 Jenkins, who has tried it, say
he finds none of those people wht
"builded better than they knew" ir
the house-building business.
p6- "Order In the court!' shouted
the Judge. "This is the worst disgrace
this court has suffered since I wa
elected to the judgeshipP
"a There is lamentable truth ir
the remark of an exchange, that there
are more poorhouses constructed from
the "bricks in mans hat" than from
any other material.
p@ A farmer speaking of the thin
ness Of his hay crop, said: "Th'
grassboppers have all got lame trying
to jump from one blade Of grass K
another" saa ~
bD It has been decided by an Ohio
court that wives are legally response
BILE for the support of their husbands
when the husband cannot furnish tht
support.
l8- A statistician computes tina
Queen Victoria Is now sovereign ovel
one continent, 100 peninsulas; 50(
promontories, 1000 lakes, 1000 rivers
and 10000 islands. .,
D6- The quantity of wheat remaining
in the farmers hands March il 19,
00O,OOO bushels less than year ago
according to the special report of The
American Agriculturist. ..
D6- The Spanish government hat
bought 1000 mules at the Kansas City
market during the past two months
presumably for use in Cuban opera
tions.
p@ There are e,47s different fire
escapes to be used in emergencies
These not including the one which
some clergymen are in the habit oI
Recommending to their parishioners.
p@ Underhill u crusty old bache
lor)-There, that's Minerva the God
dess of Wisdom. She never got mar
ried. Artful Widow-No; but this il
King Solomon, the wisest man tha,
ever lived. He married 1000 times.
p@ A Welsh clergyman, in an obitu
al ~ of a brother minister, states tha
"he died in his harness, and his buck
les were undone as noiselessly as the
angel unbarred and unlocked the pris
on in which Potter was confined"
S% Chicago is to have needle fac
tory. The needles are to be made BY
a machine invented by Detroit man
which, it is claimed, can turn ou1
$500 needles an hour at materially
lower cost than the price of imported
needles. ..
s6- The halcyon alluded to by the
poets is the bird called the kingfsher
1t is believed by the ancients thai
while the female brooded over the
eggs, the sea and weather remained
calm aud unruffled: hence arose the
expression of halcyon days.
p~ A physician of Pocahontas coun'
ty, Va, tells a story of a patient who
one night recently, swallowed two 49,
calibre cartridges in mistake for two
5.grain capsules of medicine. Nc
serious harm resulted, though the pa
tient had an anxious time for some
hours.
H% The best thing to give your
enemy is forgiveness, to an opponen,
tolerance, to a friend your heart, tc
your child a good example, to father
Difference, to your mother conduct thai
will make her proud Of you, to your
self respect, to all men charity.
a@ ~ very much dislike to see an
old man smoking cigarettes" said Miss
Dukane to young Mr.. Gaswell. "Why
do you dislike to see an old man smok.
ing one, more than young man p
asked Mr.. Gaswell, as he complacent.
ly puffed at a particularly odorous
specimen. II don't"
H6- The familiar charge that the
Negro race furnishes more than its
quota of crime is disproved, so far as
Virginia is concerned. According to
the Petersburg Index. Appeal, Dem.
ocratic paper, recent statistics show sc
per cent. less crime in the Black Belt
than in the white counties.
eaT The official directory of the Ro,
man Catholic church in the United
States gives the number of followers
of that faith in this country as 9,410,,
100. Considering that the total popu-
lation of the United States must be