Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-14
atjauside Gatherings.
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put at the top and the items below.
p8- The ups and downs of life are
better than being down all the time.
n8- 1t is usually considered that an
adult should drink about three pints
of liquid day.
R9- In central South America, eggs,
cocoanuts and chocolate pass as cur
rency of the realm.
p@ Authority is like dried apples.
A few cents worth will puff a small
man up astonishingly.
p1r The largest room in the world is
in the imperial palace at St. Peters
burg. 1t is 16O feet long by $50 wide.
p6 Don't he too severe on the man
who scolds his wife in public. Per-
haps that is the only time he dares to
do so.
p6 Many have an idea that they are
serving the Lord when they are med
ding with what is none of their
business.
H4" Some of the towns of Germany
have their water pipes made of glass,
protected with an asphalt covering to
prevent fracture.
p6r The Commercial Bulletin OBJ
serves that whisky is about the only
thing that can beat the political candi-
date shaking hands.
s6- More gold watches are worn by
artisans and laboring men in the
United States than in any other two
countries in the world.
p6r 1t is positively asserted that to
drink half pint of hot milk or hot
water will have the effect of producing
sleep in s cases out of 10.
pIe The number of postoffices in the
United States has doubled since 1874.
There were then 34,294 Offices then as
compared with >70,S6O now.
a6- The term "infantry" was first
used by the Spaniards in the wars with
the Moors to designate the body guard
of the royal prince or infante.
"a" Before going to law, be sure it's
worth while. 1t takes only two to
make a quarrel; but all the courts in
the country may be required to settle it.
s8. Fruit dealers are offering for sale
anti-appendicitis grapes. Those who
stop to inquire the cause of such a
singular name for the grapes find that
they are seedless.
pd- julius Caesar was an epileptic !;
his attacks of this disease sometimes
seizing him while engaged in urgent
business, and he frequently remained
unconscious for hours.
B@- Rev. STANDARDIZATION have
quite a liberal congregation, I under
stand, Brother Poundtext9 Rev.
Poundtext-In matters of belief, yes /;
in respect to giving, no.
H4- A London thief holds the record
for meanness.' He stole the purse of
doctor who was trying to aid a man
that had been run over by heavy
cart and lay dying in the street.
s9- When the Trans-Siberian rail-
way is completed it will be possible to
travel around the world in less than
40 days. A months vacation around
the globe will be an everyday affair.
Bdys Bricks with mortises and lemons
are now made, with view to prevent
ing the cracking and springing of brick
walls, a difficulty that has long
bothered both architects and builders.
pa- Any one who thinks himself too
old to conquer the bicycle can find en-
couragement in the record of T. w.
Davis, of Peoria, ILL.,, who although
IS, has ridden 25,047 miles in little
over 81 months.
B6- There's young theological stu
dent in Middletown, Conn.,, who raises
the needful by acting as night clerk in
hotel, helping local barber, wait
ing on a table at the hotel and occas-
ionally preaching.
HS. The Mexican government has
amended it's patent law so that an in
ventor, in order to keep a patent in
his possession, has to pay tax of $50
for the first five years, $75 for the Sec
ond five years and 500 for the third.
b0" The flags to be hoisted at one
time in signaling at sea never exceed
four. 1t is an interesting arithmetical
fact that, with 18 various colored flags,
and never more than four at a time,
no fewer than 1852 signals may be
given.
a9. "That, sir" said the phrenolo-
gist, placing the tips of his long, bony
fingers on bump on Bliggin's head,
"is your bump of locomotion." "Right
you are," said Bliggins. ~ got that
last night while trying to learn to ride
a bicycle"
pd5. The Lord Chancellor is the only
member of the British cabinet who is
not allowed to go outside of Great
Britain. This is because he must have
the great seal in his personal custody,
and to take the great seal outside of
Great Britain would be an act of high
treason.
naT 1t was very quiet in the dining
room, when slight noise was heard
in the china closet. "Sh What was
that ?" queried mamma, in startled
tone. "Oh, don't be frightened, man.
ma" said Maude. "F guess it's only
the skeleton in the closet;;' 'twon't
hurt you"
gd5. A Maine man who has studied
church fairs pretty carefully thus de-
fines them: GA church fair is place
where we spend more money than we
can afford for things we do not want,