Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-29
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VI NOiONApSNSo'
s~ Encourage the birds, and there
by discourage the bugs.
R@ Rousseau said that no woman
with fine teeth could be ugly.
nay The different countries of the
world now use 13,400 different kinds
of postage stamps.
s@ Out of every three companies
registered in England, two become
insolvent.
p6 Something that's all the better
for being put OF till tomorrow-The
speaking of an angry word.
s@ Wet head and chest on going into
the water, and bathing will not so Of
ten be followed by chill.
| s@ The highest inhabited building
in Europe is the Alpine Clubhouse, on
Mt. Rosa-12,000 feet above the sea
level.
nag Show me the land that has
mountains without valleys, and 1 will
show YOU a man who has joys without
sorrows.
p6y Careful scientific observation
shows that the average speed of the
transmission of an earthquake shock
is 10000 feet per second.
p@A speed of mile in fifty-eight
seconds is claimed for motor cycle
exhibited at the Imperial Institute,
London.
p6 It is a misdemeanor to throw
upon any road in New York state
glass, tacks or any sharp substance
likely to injure bicycle tires.
p6 Every person under twenty-one
years of age needs nine hours rest out
of the twenty-four. So says DIR. Cold,
an eminent German physician.
p@- The tigers strength exceeds
that of the lion. Five men can easily
hold down a lion; but nine arc re-
quired to hold tiger.
H@- Iowa, almost from the date of it's
admission, has been called the "Hawk-
eye state" Hawkeye was the name
of a noted Indian chief.
p@ Elephants in Africa are becom-
ing so scarce that it is proposed to
establish protected reservations for
them on territory under British pro-
lection, like Somaliland.
eda A bride in Montreal appeared at
the altar with her pet canary fastened
to her shoulder by golden chain.
During the marriage ceremony the
bird broke into song.
p6 Probably the owner of the larg-
est number of dogs in the world is q
Russian cattle king, who has $4,000
shepherd dogs to look after 100000
sheep.
p8r For fruit stains on the hands
nothing is better than a little salt,
with enough lemon juice to moisten it,
rubbed on the spots. Wash afterward
with clear water.
@Chicago pickpockets, after reliev-
| ing an Iowa farmer of a wallet con-
tanning $125 and number of valuable
papers, returned the latter to him by
express some days later.
p@ "What is the worst thing about
riches ?" asked a Sunday school
teacher. "That they take unto them
selves wings and fly away" promptly
replied the boy at the foot of the
class.
b9~ It looked like it: "Why did
Solomon marry a thousand wives2"
asked the Sunday school teacher.
"Perhaps he wanted to be the father
of his country" replied one of the
older pupils.
p6~ The Broad river in South Caro-
lima, was so called by the whites. The
Indian name was Eswan Huppeday,
or "Dividing Line river" because it
was the boundary between the Chero-
KEGS and the Catawbas.
sd Every ton of Atlantic water
when evaporated yields eighty-one
pounds of salt ton of Pacific water,
seventy nine pounds; Arctic and Ant
arctic waters yield eighty-five pounds
to the ton, and Dea Sea water, ls7
pounds.
R@ Lincoln was the first occupant of
the White House to wear a beard,
and Grant was the first to wear q
moustache. Cleveland has moderate
moustache, and is the only one of the
presidents to wear moustache with
out a beard.
B6 The Atlanta Constitution hears
of Georgia mule that was struck by
lightning, but kicked the lightning
over into the next county, where it
killed six cows and demolished a
church steeple-so great was the force
of the mules kick.
p6. There is one small village in
the south of Ireland, 1900 inhabitants,
| in which there are 81 licensed public
houses for the sale of strong drink. It
requires 80 police to keep the inhabi-
tants of that village in order.
H@- This must be a pretty religious
town, judging from the number of
churches it has," said the traveller.
at amt that, mister. The people is
so durn lazy that there had to be lots
of churches set around handylike to
git them to 60 to any of 'em."
p9 Two women were asleep on
featherbed in their home at Bonne
Terre, Md, when lightning struck the
house, and set fire to the shuck' mat
tress under the bed, but the women
were unharmed. The feathers repelled
the electricity.
H6r In France they have species of
trout called the "black burn" He is
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