Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-17
at'au5iat 6atherings.
p6 Many young mans best capt.
tai is his poverty, while the man who
has more to start with often ends with
less

has more to start with often ends with
less.
e4r The island of Cuba is 76O miles
long, and varies in width from 20 to
1876. The area is about the same as
the State of Ohio.
s9 Pat had been digging a well,
and was being slowly hoisted out.
"Pull me up quicker" he yelled, "or be
jabers, I'll cut the rope"
s@ Why are the ladies the biggest
thieves in existence? Because they
steel their skirts, bone their stays, crib
their babies, and hook their dresses.
a9 Cats and dogs are so plentiful in
Chicago that council committee is
considering an ordinance on the sub
ject. They have agreed so far as to
limit the number of dogs or of cats in
each family to three.
s8 "What has happened to you ?
You look so vexed." ~ should say 80.
This morning was just going to be
very angry about something, when
some one spoke to me; and 1 have
been trying the whole day to think
what was going to be angry about,
and I can't do it,"
B@ "Laura writes from home that
she has bought a Wheel" said Mrs.
Figg to the aunt with whom she is
spending the summer. ~ am glad to
hear that the old fashion is coming in
again." said the old lady. 81 allow
I'll have to come up and teach her
how to spin"
s@ Two ladies were sitting by an
open window while the choir was
practicing in a neighboring church.
allow loudly they sing tonight % said
one. eyes," returned the other,
thinking of the crickets in the grass {;
"and it is said they do it with their
hind legs"
a@ The peanut crop of the United
States is short this year. A large rails
er of the nut says the Virginia crop is
only about half that of last year, the
Tennessee almost as short, and the
Georgia and Alabama yield far behind.
In every Southern State, in fact, the
production is far behind the average.
p4 Notwithstanding her advanced
age, Queen Victoria always drives
out in an open carriage, even when
the weather is cold or wet. But she
is wrapped about with rugs, and when
it rains, one of the Highland servants
sitting behind the carriage holds an
enormous umbrella over her head.
B9 A clergyman in Ohio, Rev. D.
Smith, is addressed as Rev. Jeremiah
Prophet Elijah Smith. His sons, Most
Noble Festus and Sir Walter Scott
Bart, and his daughters, Juan Fernan-
dez Islands and Terra del Fuego Smith,
constitute q very interesting family.
The ladies of the family are Familiarity
known as Nan and Del.
ED4 A horse which has been worked
at the Merrill slate quarry in Brown
vile, Me-, for many years hauling the
cars of slate and refuse from the pit,
has learned to count. If only four
cars are in his train, he will pull the
load but when he sees any larger
number behind him, he will refuse, and
amount of urging will persuade him to
bend to his task.
HH The rust found in the interior of
boiler is of different character from
ordinary iron rust. 1t is much darker
in color. that formed in the upper
spaces by steam alone being almost
black. Though the oxides formed are
not of protective nature, they are far
less corrosive in their action than those
taking place under ordinary circum-
stances.
B9 Dumas the elder had a good deal
of the African in his appearance, and
he had, to no small degree the love of
show common to that race. Referring
to the latter trait, Alexander Dumas
fills made the remark "My father is so
vain and so fond of display, that he
would ride behind his own coach to
make people believe that he keeps a
colored footman."
H@ The Rev. DR.. Sutton once said
to the late Mr.. Peech, veterinary
surgeon: "Mr. Peech, how is that you
have not called upon me for you ac-
count?" "O," said Mr.. Peech, 81
never ask a gentleman for money"
"Indeed, said the vicar; then how do
you get on if he doesn't pay?"
"Why," replied Mr.. Peech, "after a
certain time I conclude that he is not
a gentleman, and then l ask him."
HI The branch of the Bank of Mon
treal, in New York city, has received
from the Caribou mine, at Kooatni,' B.
c., the second largest block of gold
that has ever passed through the New
York assay Office. 1t is in the form of
sugar loaf, weighs 2,435 ounces and
is valued at S41,S57. The bank also
received from the Horsefy mine, in
the same section, a gold brick weigh
ing 1911 ounces, valued at s26, $50.
The metal is virgin gold, of greenish
tint-similar to Australian gold.
B@ An exchange says that spiders
are met with in the forests of Java,
whose webs are so strong that it
requires knife to cut through them.
A spider of enormous size, which has
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