Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-22
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b8 Boys will be men, if they keep
growing and don't outgrow themselves
nag The dentist will make more
money per acher than any farmer in
the land.
p@ The average annual payment to
British soldiers in pensions for wounds
is only $4,000.
p6 The watermelon grows wild all
over. Africa. 1t was cultivated in
Egypt B. G. $500.
p4- The oldest national flag in the
world is that of Denmark, which has
been in use since the year 1919.
p@ Nothing will give the grass such
a start on lawn, pasture or moving
field as sprinkling with nitrate OF
soda in rainy weather.
r&- A philosopher observes: "Siz
things are requisite to create happy
home. One of these is good cook,
the other five are money"
r6 The longest artificial watercourse
in the world is the Bengal canal in
India, 900 miles the next is Erie, 1863.
Each cost nearly s1O,oOo,0O0.
f@ Nature believes in the preserva-
ton of the unities. When she endows
a man with an overplus of cheek, she
gives him plenty of chin to 60 with it.
p6 The Danube flows through coun-
tries in which 50 languages and dialects
are spoken. 1t bears on its waters
four.fifths of the commerce of eastern
Europe.
p6 If you want knowledge, read the
newspapers-not merely one, but sew
eral when business presses, be dill.
gent; when your wife scolds you, hold
your tongue.
s6-. The rooster that will leave his
crow half crowed to gobble worm
may not be musical success; but it is
safe to bet that he will make q way
in the world.
p6- Of course you know how disa'
greeable it is to feel a desire to sneeze
/ in any public place. Press hard upon
your upper lip, and you can usually
overcome this feeling.
p8- An eccentric blacksmith at the
Bridge of Allan was observed to plant
his cabbages zigzag instead of in rows,
and on being asked the reason, replied,
sits to put the snails of the track"
% A Western editor is responsible
for the following illustration of juve-
nile piety: spray, God, bless father
and mother and Anna. BY jinks
I must scramble quick to get into bed
before Mary does"
r@- Madrid has an arbor day when
thousands of schoolcbildren 60 into
the fields, and plant a tree for each
child, in recognition of the fact that
the present poverty of Spain is due to
the destruction Of the forests.
S0r Turkey bones are said to make
the most perfect pipestems imagin-
able. The substance is light, porous,
and resists the pressure of the teeth.
Smoke drawn through the turkey bone
is cool and sweet.
p6- A man in Sumner county, Kan,
recently sold hog. In paying for it,
the firm held out the amount of q
debt. The man went to law, and, af,
ter taking a change of venue, discov'
cred that he had paid $3.50 for giving
the hog away.
s6 In the Office of a New York
wholesale dealer in horns Ind tips
there is pair of South American cat
tie horns that measure, following the
horns, nine feet from tip to tip. 1t is
believed to be the biggest pair of horns
in the country.
s6- In Bavaria the police will allow
no woman to appear in public on
bicycle unless she holds certificate o.
efficiency. To obtain one, she must
ride before the public officials in 6
crowd of other candidates without
falling off or running into any one.
s6- "Say, old man, you are looking
100 per cent. better than you were
year ago." ayes, I was worrying
about nv debts then" GAIL paid ur
now, eh ?" "No. They have grown
so that know there is no use in try
ing to pay. 1t is great load off my
mind"
B@ Wife Ito her husband, who is
great criminal lawyer, and who has
found fault with the dinner)-Thert
You 90 again; always finding fault
with my cooking. You never see any
redeeming qualities in me, and ye
you have an excuse for every murder
er that comes along.
H@ During the presidential campaign
of 1872, when General Grant and Hor
ace Greeley were the principal candi
dates, a citizen remarked to friend
"In trying to make up my mind how
to vote, have got as far as CIR, bu
can get no further" To which his
friend retorted quickly" Go to thu
ant, thou sluggard !"
s9 To make fireproof paper, nothing
more is necessary than to dip the pa
per in strong solution of alum water
and when thoroughly dry it will resis
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