Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-12
atjausiae Gatherings.

"a Only l man in 208 is over
feet in height.
"a A railway is to be made across
the field of Waterloo.
p@ He who borrows trouble has tt
pay heavy interest.
~ An excellent quality of sugar II
now made from watermelons.
p3 Show may easily be purchased
but happiness is home article.
p& A good habit is a faithful ser
want a bad habit is hard master.
s@ Moles are expert swimmers
Their broad paws operate as paddles
r% An Ashland (Me.D child only
years old can sing several tunes cor
rectly.
a. Every age has its problem, by
solving which humanity is helped for
ward.
~ It is easier to pretend to be what
you are not than to hide what you
really are.
~ A man was arrested in New
Jersey the other day for digging his
own grave.
pS A clerk at the Fort Hall Indian
agency has mustache that measures
feet from tip to tip.
NJ A rancher of Sheridan county,
Wyo., claims to be able to raise 1000
bushels Of potatoes TO the scre.
~ Russia proposes to abandon 81
IBERIA as d place Of exile. She has
found colder spot.
D@ Why are people who stutter not
to be relied on? Because they are al
ways breaking their word.
p@ A few grains of salt sprinkled on
the coffee before adding the water
brings out and improves the flavor.
~ The jawbone Of the average
whale is 2s feet in length. The tongue
Of such q monster will yield a ton
Of oil.
a. The piles of old London bridge,
driven 800 years before, were found to
be in good condition when the new
bridge was erected.
"a There has never been proof of an
Indian being killed by 9 cyclone.
People who are killed in cyclones live
n brick or frame houses.
I6F While some cows were passing
he house, one of them lowed. "Oh,
exclaimed Clark, Zone ofthe
,orns blew. Which one was it ?"
s% A carpet in the room of the
English mint, after being in wear
'ome years, was recently burned In
pans, and yielded $4,000 worth of
yold. ....-.s -
~ The most remarkable canal In
he world is the one between Worsley
md St. Helens in Lancanshire. 1t is
6 miles long, and underground from
md to end.
"a. "tt Is tough, but true,' said the
Jumminsville sage, ."that man gener-
lily does not get any foresight until he
8 too old to have anything to look
onward to-" -
p@ The empire Of Christ is moral,
lot material empire; it is realm,
,ot>of bodies, but of souls instinct with
Intelligence and love. Its seat OF
lower is the conscience of mankind.
b6 In Wales the people claim that
Welsh is the most ancient language on
earth, and that Adam, Eve and the
serpent chattered Welsh together in
Paradise.
p6 Electricians aver that 1t is posi-
Die for those Injured to the business to
receive with impunitS double the volts
hat would kill any one who was in
mortal fear of the mysterious fluid.
Va The Chicago postofice building,
which cost over 100000, 16 years
ago, is now being demolished, it hav-
ng settled 80 much as to be unsafe.
Chicago's correspondence must have
been heavy.
tdr The syllable Ii is pronounced
Lee. A suburban laundryman whose
original sign Yeu Ii made him the
object of satirical inquiries, calmly
the populace by putting
out new sign, You Lee.
D@ A shoemaker was taken up for
bigamy, and brought before the sitting
(which wife," some one
asked, twill he be obliged to take?"
'sHe is a cobbler, and, of course, must
stick to his last" replied the -magis-
trate.
p6r There are rs national cemete-
ries. in which there have been 1884,
453 interments. The largest number,
1898, is credited to Arlington, and
others coming closely upon it are
with 1866; Nashville,
with 1858; and Fredericksburg,
with 1925.
p@ Toads in such numbers came
with a shower at Topeka, Kan, re.
Gently that freight train in charge OF
Engineer Charles Bates was unable to
make grade just west Of the city,
and had to back to a siding until q
downbound passenger train had
cleared the track.
p@ About a year ago a Wichita
(Kan.) man was a juryman at the triaI
of a man accused of counterfeiting