Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-01
aajauside Gatherings.

p6 The hens of this country earn as
much as do the iron mines and the
sheep together, and yet many eggs are
still imported.
r6e The exact distance from the
equator to either the north or south
pole is 5000 miles, when measured
along the surface.
p6c Of what advantage is it to the
youth who gets bicycle free, if he
smokes enough cigarettes to kill him
in order to get the wheel coupons.
~"When er man declahs he doan'
regret muffin he ever done," said
Uncle Eben, "he's either got er mighty
good conscience er none at ALL"
r6- It costs $50 to kiss woman in
Connecticut. That is to say, against
her will. When the woman is willing,
it oftentimes costs very much more
than $50.
rH- Russian railways not only have
the usual smoking cars attached to all
trains, but there is another smoker for
ladies only, which no man may enter
to remain.
s@ "Can you give me change for
$5?" inquired the usually impecuni-
GUS friend. "Certainly," was the
unguarded reply. "Then lend me
three"
s@ "Mary, I hope you took good
care of my animals while l was
away ?" "Indeed did; only once 1
forgot to feed the cat" 81 hope she
didn't suffer-" "Oh, no; she ate the
canary and the parrot"
I% jefferson said of agriculture that
it is the grand exchequer of the world,
that honors all drafts, however large.
To express the idea otherwise, all the
world stands with open mouth, wait
ing for the farmer to fill it with food.
S@ A writer in Blackwood says:
"When people want to speak OF q
native of Holland, they call him an
Amsterdam Dutchman; but when they
speak of one of the German race gene
rally, they leave out the kmster."
p~ Twenty years ago there was
only one decent hotel in Jerusalem,
whereas now there are at least six
good hotels in the city, two being
frst-class, besides several boarding.
houses and hospices for the accommo-
dation of pilgrims.
s@ Japan's population at the close
of 1894 was $4,000, 900, to which must
be added the 100000 in Formosa
That puts her 9Th in the list of coun-
ties according to population, China,
India, Russia, the United States, and
Germany SURPRISING her.
p6r There is no building material so
durable as well-made bricks. In the
British Museum are bricks taken from
the the buildings in Nineveh and Ba-
bylon which show no sign of decay
or disintegration, although the ancients
did not burn or bake them, but dried
in the sun.
r6- "I will issue q proclamation" !"
said the Spanish commander, "giving
the rebels Is days to surrender"
Sand if they won't surrender" in
uuired his lieutenant. "Well," an
swered the general, "if they won't
we'll be no worse off than we are now,
will we?"-Puck.
pH- One of the bills recently signed
by Governor Morton, of New York,
provides that 60 hours week shall be
the maximum of work for women and
children, that chairs shall be provided
for women clerks, and that all places
where women and children are em-
ployed shall be subject to sanitary in
spection.
r@ The amount of loss suffered by
coal from exposure to the weather is
considerable greater, indeed, than
is generally known. The results of
recent analyses show in some cases a
total loss in weight from this cause
amounting to 33.0s per cent, while
the deterioration in quality for purpos-
es of fuel or gas making reaches still
higher figure.
p@ By means of microscope, Prof.
Wolfskoff has discovered many inter-
esting details connected with the life
of the ancient Egyptians, in brick
taken from the ruins of the pyramid
of Dashour. The brick itself is made
of mud from the Nile, chopped straw,
and sand, thus confirming what the
Bible and Herodotus had handed
down to us as the Egyptian method OF
brickmaking.
s@ A minister noted for combining
the somewhat incongruous professions
of preaching and money lender, was
offering a prayer in which was the fol-
lowing petition: "Grant that we may
have more interest in heaven !" "Don't
do it," exclaimed one of the congre-
CATION; "don't do it The old sinner
gets five per cent. month now, and
that's enough, the Lord knows!"
B6 Intemperance cannot be treated
like theft, or lying, or covetousness:
"Look not upon the wine-cup," and
"Woe unto him that giveth his neig-
Dor drink", have been in the Bible
from the beginning, and yet public