Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-12-09
Mjausiae Gatheriugs.
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p~ Not to enjoy life but to employ
life ought to be our aim and aspiration.
p~ The number of fighting men in
this country is estimated at 9,467, ,694'
b@ According to late statistics there
are in the United States 10000 deaf
mutes.
~ More than 1900 varieties of roses
have been cultivated during the pres,
ent century.
p@ Economy is no disgrace. 1t is
better living on little than OUTLYING
a great deal.
p@ People who make boast of say.
ing what they mean, generally have
mean things to say.
b% Seventy-two races inhabit the
world and use over 5000 different
tongues. There are about 1000 re-
ligions.
H@ A man in New York died from
"nasal hemorrhage" recently. Old
fashioned people would have called it
"nosebleed."
p6 The historian puts good deal
more weight on the opinions of a mans
neighbor than he does on the lettering
on the tombstone.
S6E There are preachers who get
large salaries that accept support from
widows who must make their money
over the wash tub.
p@ Evangelist Moody says wealth
is not power but there is a wide
spread impression that it is a pretty
good substitute for it.
t% If you would find great many
faults, be on the lookout; but if you
want to find them in unlimited guam
titles, be on the look in.
p~ Tiger bones are some of the
queer things in commerce of China.
They are used as medicine, being &C.
counted a kind of tonic.
p~ How many blunders we should
escape, if we were not 80 much in
clined to think of ourselves more
highly than we ought to think.
s6r 1t is a strange fact that the right
hand is more sensitive to the touch
than the left, is less sensitive than the
latter to the effect of heat or cold.
s8 In one house in Nashua, N. H.
every one of the eight families who
have lived in the house during the
eight years have had scarlet fever.
nag There are men who are very
profane who suddenly become very
pious in the midst of thunder storm,
or in the presence of physical danger.
B4 DR.. Livingstone used to tell how,
whilst travelling in Africa, he was so
hard set for food that he made meal
of two mice and a light, blue-colored
mole.
s6 The region about the Dead Sea
is one of the hottest places on the
globe, and the sea is said to lose a
million tons of water day by evapo-
ration.
n~ A New York religious journal
intimates that some persons contribute
to missions according to their mean
ness rather than according to their
means.
s9 A musical bicycle has appeared
in England. The motion of the vehicle
grinds out the tunes, and the wheel
man whirls along to the strains of a
lively harmony.
s9 "Charley, if you are good today
you shall be allowed to 60 after the
cows" "suppose I'm bad, papa 9'
"Oh, then you'll have to 60 after them
as a punishment"
p~ w. J. Bryan received a larger
number of electoral votes and more
of the popular vote of the country than
was ever received by defeated can
didate for the presidency.
s@ An Irishman was explaining to
a friend the difficulty he had going
from the station to the hotel. "The
streets are so crooked" he said, "that
1 met myself on the way back"
p@ A wellknown specialist of ear
diseases has made the announcement
that half the deafness prevalent at the
present time can be traced to the
practice of boxing the ears of children.
H6r In New Zealand the Maori priest
repeats to the infant lengthy list of
the names of its ancestors, fixing upon
the one which the child by sneezing or
crying when it is uttered is considered
to select for itself.
p@ The best way to ascertain wheth-
er coffee has been adulterated is to
pour cold water on it. If pure, it will
color the water very slightly if mix
ed with chicory, the water will take
brownish hue.
H@ A trocha is a narrow path cross
ing the main highway. Used as a
war term it signifies line of defence
stretching across certain portions of
the country, crossing all highways, and
of course, cutting off all travel.
p@ There are church members who
can stand on the street corners and
discuss politics with many words, who
will not open their mouths except it
be to yawn, in a testimony meeting,
claiming they are not gifted with Ian
guage.
s4 A c!ass in grammar was reciting,
and one of the younger boys was
asked to compare "sick." He began,
thoughtfully: "Sick"-paused while
his brain struggled with the problem
then finished, triumphantly, "Sick,
worse, dead"
e9 According to the London Figaro,
the Prince of Wales is the greatest