Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-25
atjauside. Gatherings.


human hands.
r@- The foolish virgin of today is the
one whose bicycle lamp is not trimmed
and burning.
p8 Thirty years ago there were only
two dozen explosive compounds known
to chemists now there are over l,OOO'
r@ 1t is said that the only Europe
an monarch who is not insured is the
Gear. The companies will risk moth
ing on him.
r6- "Uncle Simon, what's an ora
tor ?" "He's a man who can get peo'
ple so stay in room and hear him
talk without having the door locked" )"
p@ Gladstone has written such a vast
number of letters during his life that
his autographs brings only IL cents in
the English market.
r@ Tobacco statistics prove that
two-thirds of the grown male popula-
ton of the globe either smoke or
chew the "weed."
p@ "Why did they let that man go
who stole the bicycle ?" "They had
to; they couldn't get a jury to try
him-every man in the country rides
a wheel"
p6 Of course you know how disa-
greeable it is to feel desire to sneeze
in any public place. Press hard upon
your upper lip and you can usually
overcome this feeling.
p@ Says The Commercial Bulletin
A female reformer has come out against
the bicycle as immoral. 1t certainly
is responsible for the fall of a great
many women.
p@ The smallest salary drawn by any
national chief executive in the civilized
world is that which the president OF
the republic of Andorra receives: 1t
is one dollar and a quarter month, or
$15 year.
~ A South Brewer (Me.) milkman,
who was working in the field be-
hind his house, crawled inside an
empty barrel to escape a shower, and
couldn't get out again until his wife
came to his aid and cut the hoops.
p6 After many experiments, Profes-
sors Pratt and Whitman of Bennett
Medical college, Chicago, declare that
the Roentgen rays will destroy chole-
ra and all other forms of infectious
and contagious germs.
nE Three-tenths of the earnings of a
Belgian convict are given to him on
the expiration of his term of imprlson-
ment. Some thus save more money
in Jail than they have ever saved be-
fore.
I@ In Canada no campaign buttons,
ribbons or badges can be worn be-
tween nomination and polling day.
The carrying of flags as a party badge
is also forbidden. The penalty is a
fine of 500, or three months in prison,
or both.
s~ "Ma," inquired Bobby, "hasn't
pa a queer idea of heaven ?" "Well, l
think not, Bobby. Why?" II heard
him say that the week you spent at
the seaside seemed liked heaven to
him."
r% The best way of treating stove
which has not been BACKED for some
time is to rub it we'll with newspe-
per, using a little clean grease. 1t
will take polish quickly after few
treatments of this sort"
S6F Sawdust is turned into transport
able fuel in Germany by very simple
process. 1t is heated under high steam
pressure until the resinous ingredients
become sticky, when it is pressed into
bricks. One man with twc-horse
machine can turn out 5000 bricks a
day.
p6e 1t is said that if lamp wick is
soaked in vinegar "a hours before be-.
ing placed in the lamp a clear
flame will be insured. Wicks should
be changed often, as they soon become
clogged and do not permit the free
passage of the oil.
H@ Between January l of the year
1137 and January l, 1896, over 7,OO0,-
900 persons have perished in earth
quakes. The greatest mortality in any
one shock or series of shocks was at
Yeddo, Japan, in 1908, when 1s1, 900
persons perished in three days and
nights.
p@- A gentleman apologizing for lam
guage used, said: ~ did not mean
what said, but the fact is that, as you
will see, have had the misfortune to
to lose some of my front teeth, and
words slip out of my mouth every now
and then without my knowing it."
p4 jefferson built his fine old man
sion, Monticello, piecemeal, beginning
with brick wing of the house. Near
ly everything used in its construction
had to be brought from afar--the win.
dow. sashes, for instance, coming from
London, and one lot being delayed a
month for the putty to harden. Many
of the residents of the country round
about the historic house are descend
ants of the mechanics who were i'm
ported from Europe to do work on it.
s@r The Merry-go-rounds is the ap-
propriate name taken by woman's
club of Palmyra, Me-, the members OF
which meet weekly at the homes OF
the different members, in turn, and