Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03
W|ausiae Gatherings.

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p@ Autumn is the season of the fall
ing leaf and rising coal bills.
s@ A lazy man is always going t.
do great things-after while.
p@ A mattress turned regularly viii
keep in good condition twice as long
a6F Solitude shows US what w
should be; society shows US what W
are.
p4 "Just being in hurry all over,
is the fit description little girl gav
of nervousness.
R6r Under the existing laws neithe
Chinese nor Japanese can become cit
izens of the United States.
p@ Germany has a population
81, ,77O,2S4, according to the census o
1895, the results of which have jus
been published.
B6 Many of the so-called "vegeta
BILE ivory" buttons used on dresses
cloaks, etc., are made of potatoe
treated with sulphuric acid.
B@ In France licenses are issued tt
women to wear male clothing. ON
holder of license is the managers
of a printing Office.
p@ Soil brought up from depth o
326 feet in one of the Belgian mines i:
said to haye grown weeds unknown tt
botanists.
t~ A certain Chinese sect teaches
that women who wear short hair vii
be transformed into men in the grea
hereafter.
s@ A trolley system capable of run
ming cars at 60 miles an hour is under
construction for the electric railroad
between Baltimore and Washington.
p@ The largest Bible in the world is
the Buddhist Tripitaka, or Three Bas
kets, which comprises 325 volumes
and weighs 1925 pounds.
s@ A number of Coldwater, Mich.
citizens have organized an anti-mus
tache society, and every member
swears he will keep his upper lip fret
from hair.
p@ A lot of land on Cornhill, ir
London, with a front of "a feet, facing
the Bank of England was sold recent
ly at a price equivalent to S12, ,260, ,OO(
an acre.
p9 The average candidate for pub
lie Office leaves no stone unturned tt
get there, not excepting the grind
stone; but he usually allows somebody
else to do the turning in that case.
p% An inventor in Paterson, N. J..
proposes to initiate bicycle tires with
hydrogen, which will increase the
buoyancy of the wheel, or decrease
its weight by eight pounds.
saT A small piece of candle may bt
made to burn all night by putting
finely powdered salt on it until il
reaches the black part of the wick
A small, even light may be kept ir
this way.
p6 The women folk had begun tt
pass remarks upon the neighbors
when they were interrupted by tht
head of the family, who solemly re
minded them Sunday was not day
to be devoted to pleasure.
e@ On the east coast of England
where hook and line fishing is mos
extensively carried on, immense line!
are used. Some of them are abou
eight miles long, and carry nearly
5000 hooks.
p@ A four-year-old child fell from 6
three-story window in New York. A
brave woman standing in the yart
below saw the little one topple anC
fall; she rushed forward, gathered uE
her skirts and caught the child safely
with them. The little tot was un
hurt, but the woman's back wa:
slightly sprained.
ng "The love of money is the roo
of all evil" The love of money, moi
the money, for money may bring the
greatest of blessings. A man may
love money and never have a dollar
and yet the love of it may destroy
him. As the love of money is the roo
of all evil, so idleness is the mother o.
all vices, while love of work, with
economy, will bring all the blessing:
man will need.
a@ There are 19,OOO,OOO old copper
pennies somewhere. Nobody knows
what has become of them, except once
in u while single specimen turns uI
in change. A few years ago 4,50O, ,00(
bronze two.cent pieces were set afloat
Three million of these are still out
standing; 100000 three-cent nickel
pieces are scattered over the United
States, but it is very rarely that one is
seen.
BB France, Germany and Austria
now produce beet sugar enough fol
home consumption, and but little
sugar is now imported into either o.
these countries. Germany and France
annually export large quantities. Hal
a century ago, 81 per cent. of the an
nual sugar products of Cuba found g
market in Europe; now that proper
tion of its production is sold in the
United States.
BS" In an article in the Yale Medical
Journal, DR.. Edwin A. Down combats
the Dopular imnressiOn that insanity