Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-01
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a@ The streets in Berlin are washed
and scrubbed every night in the week.
nag The oldest watches bearing in
scribed dates are Of Swiss make, and
the date is 1884.
p6r If Adam is accountable for "con-
sequential damages" he will have a
rough time of it.
aG Loves young dream-A little
signing, little crying, little dying,
and veay great deal of lying.
s6 never knew any man in my life
who could not bear another's misfor-
tune perfectly like Christian.-Pope.
sd An eccentric New York gentle
man has had his house painted black,
as token of grief for the loss of his
wife.
pT- Reflect upon your present bless
ings, of which every man has many !;
not on your past misfortunes, OF which
all men have some.
s6S- 1t has been discovered by a
California fruit-grower that when
fruit is packed in powdered borax it
resists decay for months"
s9. Naomi, the daughter Of Enoch,
was $50 years old when she married.
There is hope for some of you other
ladies after that.
s6F It is estimated that fully $50, 900
non-residents of the metropolis daily
come to New York city to work, to
shop, or for pleasure.
s@ A lawyer recently left Connect
ticut town in disgust, his only case
for. year being case inaammatory
rheumatism.
p6 The sultan of Turkey is con-
stantly attended by eunuch, who
will be beheaded if the sultan should
die of poison.
sd One of the curiosities of this age
of iron is line of railroad, 38 miles
long, in construction in Florida, whose
rails are all wooden, and secured with
wooden pins.
S6 "That lawyer you recommended
| is not a man of his word" "Why
not ?" "He told me I could talk
freely to him, and look at the bill he's
sent meW
s6F In Sumatra the leaves of the
coffee plant are used for making tea
which has the essential properties Of
both tea and coffee, resembling both
in taste and smell.
s@ Deacon Dyer-I guess Brother
Goodleigh is not feeling well. Deacon
Wyld-What makes you think so ?"
"He did not not 60 to sleep during
the service this morning."
ad Letter writers in Spain receive
about 10 cents page for writing let
ters if required to take extra pains, as
with the young woman's love letter,
they charge Is cents.
s9- For swearing in members in the
house of commons the revised version
of the Bible is used for Protestants, the
Douai version for Catholics, and a
copy in Hebrew for Jews.
s@. A little girl, somewhat noted for
her quaint and original sayings, said,
the other day at the breakfast-table,
that "she had got a piece ofbread head
first down her cough-pipe."
s@ In Mexico and also in Siam,
judge, jury and lawyers all smoke
in court, if they wish to, while case
is being tried. Even the prisoner is
not deprived of his cigar or cigarette.
R6- Tomato plants have been grated
on potato plants in England, giving
crop of tomatoes above ground
and of potatoes below. Potatoes
grated on tomatoes have produced
flowers and apples and few tubers.
s@. Remember the poor; prayers and
kind wishes are good, but they will not
serve instead of fuel and food. The
Bible has some practical remarks on
charity that stops short of actual
giving.
s6~ The average wealth throughout
the world, taking its population at
1,5OO, 100000, is about 1926 per head
according to recent calculations. Rus
sia, in spite of her natural resources,
appears to be the poorest civilized
nation on the face of the globe.
Ba Mamma" said the little girl at
the flower show, who had absorbed
during the evening glass of lemonade,
quantity of cider, and some grape
juice, 81 wish you would buy me a
drink Of water; 1 want something to
unthirst me-"
pH Alligators grow slowly. AT Is
years of age they are only two feet
long. A IL footer may be supposed to
be Is years old. 1t is believed that
they grow as long as they live, and
probably live longer than any other
animal.
B4- Prince Bismark received about
21S,OOO postal cards from as many
admirers, congratulating him on his
S0th birthday. The cards have total
weight of 1920 pounds, and piled up
in one colum, would reach height OF
$50 feet.
Bey~ The wettest place in this country
is Neah bay in Washington over l23
inches of rain fall there every year.
The dryest place in the United States,
at any point where regular observa-
tions are taken, is Fort Garland, Col. ;
less than six inches of rain fell there
during the year.
p9- There is no error which prevails
more widely, even among educated
people, than the belief that man has
one rib more in his right side than in
his left, the deficiency being supposed
to have been inherited from Adam.