Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-06-19
atjauside Gatherimgs.

ph0 PAhSS'
p6r There is nobody any poorer thar
the rich man who never gives.
"a Lung diseases are rare among the
employees in tobacco factories.
p8- An ordinary railway engine is
equal in strength to 900 horses.
p@- Football has been played in En-
gland for more than 500 years.
"a It is estimated that Adelina Pat.
tt has received $5,000,00o for her sing
ing.
"a There are about 5000 Cinnamon
in the city of Philadelphia and its
suburbs.
~ To salute with the left hand is
deadly insult to Mohammedans in the
East.
p@ West Woolwick, Me-, is perhaps
unique in not having dog within the
village limits.
p@ In China, "the land of opposites,' u
the dials of clocks are make to turn
round. while the hands stand still.
~ In proportion to its size, the horse
has a smaller stomach than any other
quadruped.
s@ There ought to be religion in va
cation time, but no vacation time in
religion, suggests The Christian Regis
ter.
~ We must face death once; we
must face duty every day. live have
courage for the latter we need have
little concern for the former.
"a The Danube flows through coun-
tries in which So languages and dialects
are spoken. 1t bears on its current
.four.fifths of the commerce of eastern
Europe.
p6r In Bulgaria the proprietors OF 9
medicine by which they claim to cure
a specified disease are liable to be inn
prisoned if the medicine fails to pro.
duce the desired effect.
M Henry Ward Beecber made 9
good point when he said that some
people seem to think they were made
on purpose and everybody else by &C.
cident.
s6r It is usually best, ifa minister
and his charge cannot agree, for the
minister to drop the contest. The
church cannot very we'll go off; and &c
this leaves but one alternative.
s6T Before a fire brigade in Berlin
starts for a fire members are drawn ul
in line, and, in military fashion, salute
their captain; then off they run, hav
ing lost more than a minute by thii
foolery.
s~ A romantic young lady, who was
dragged out of q pond into which she
had fallen, on coming round declared
that she would marry her preserver
"That is impossible" said a young
man. "Is he already married, then p
she inquired. "No," said he; che Is
Newfoundland dog" :.
p@- 1t is said that yellow fever is be-
ing successfully treated at Brazil by q
refrigerating process. The patient is
placed in a box for three days, the
temperature of which is only one OF
two degrees above freezing point, the
theory being that the bacilla ofthe dis
ease cannot reproduce themselves ex'
cept high temperature.
I@- "Hiram," said Mrs. Corntassel
"which kind O. money do you favor p
"Well, Mandy" replied the old gentle
man, "ter tell ye the truth, l kinder
hate ter express any opinion. I've seer
a lot o. fellers sit down an worry
bout maxim a ch'ice, an the fus' thing
they knew they didn' hev non o.
neither kind"
p8 A story is told on Russell Sage te
the effect that lady went to him
few days ago with a subscription book
and asked his assistance for worthy
charity. Mr.. Sage took the book, rar
quickly through the list of names, ano
saw that Mrs. Russell Sage was dowr
for S25, so he promptly took his pen ir
hand and put "Mr. and" before Mrs
Russell Sage.
nay The timber wealth of the United
States gives yearly product of over
billion dollars, or more than twice the
value of the entire output of all the
mines. Yet nowhere on earth is the
wealth of the forests wasted more wan
tonly than in this country. Trees anc
forests are slashed down not only with
out consideration, but with something
akin to contempt.
Hd- One of the effects of the war ir
Cuba has been to diminish the export
of Cuban sponges by fully one-half
The Cuban sponge fishermen get a
license to fish in Cuban waters only
upon condition that they shall serve
in the navy if required and 80 many
have been called upon for this service
that the take of sponges has been ma
terially reduced.
H@ The enormous amount OF wooo
used every year for the purpose o
making paper may be estimated iron
the fact that The Petit Journal of Paris
which has circulation of over 1,O0O,'
900 copies day, and is printed or
wood-pulp paper, consumes in yea'
120, 900 fir trees of an average heigh
of 66 feet. This is equivalent to tht
annual thinning of 5000 acres of for
est land.