Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-24
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pS A physician says the gum-chew-
ing habit produces wrinkles and de-
forms the face.
par Washington knew no fear. He
fought Indians and Englisnmen, and
married a widow.
p1 From the salt wells at Hutchin-
son, Kan, 100000 barrels of salt
were obtained last year.
s5 The largest state of Mexico is
Chihuahua, with an erea of nearly
co. 900 square miles.
lH A Negro doctor in an Alabama
town has at the top of his professional
card: "No pay, no cure"
sT The consumption of soap in In
dia only reaches the modest amount OF
one ounce per head annually.
nag On an average there are LOG
boys born to every 100 girls but more
boys die in infancy than girls.
n9r Why is the letter 80" the most
charitable letter? Because it is found
ofsener than any other in "doing
good"
nay@ Russell Sage's income is $l5 q
minute, and the additional day of
leap year enables him to rake down
Sf1, 900.
Tag 1t is said that alcohol is good to
take out spots. 1t will certainly
knock the spots out of mans pocket
book in time.
E8- In Scotland, chocolate drops, fill
ed with whisky, are forcing the once
popular peppermint lozenges out OF
the market.
r@- In fertilizing fruit trees it should
be remembered that the roots extend
as far as the branches that shade them.
r6r A cremated body leaves re-
siduum of only eight ounces ali be-
sides is restored to the gaseous ele-
ments.
D8- To speak a thoughtless word
against the good name of fellowman
is to commit sin of no ordinary mag
nitude.
g@- The Manassah society is a pecu-
liar organization in Chicago composed
of colored men who have married
white wives.
pa A grand rabbit drive was held
in Fresno county, CAL, recently, and
it is estimated that about $4,000 rab-
bits were slain.
va A gorilla has been photographed
in Paris. The interesting question is,
did the photographer ask him to
"Look pleasant please9"
W- The man who is mean enough to
write an anonymous letter is mean
enough to do all the things he charges
another man with doing in it.
HdT The largest annual pension is
sos, 900, paid by Great Britain to the
Duke of Richmond. 1t is perpetuity
from the time of Charles II.
D0" Eagles do not have different
mates every season, as do birds gener-
ally; they pair for life, and sometimes
occupy the same nest for many years.
p3" Sponges, states and slate pencils
are no longer allowed in the public
schools of Cambridge, Mass. Paper,
pens and pencils have been substi-
tuted.
p6- If you would think little more
of the service that you owe to the peo-
pie, and little less of that which
other people owe to you, it would be
well.
sH- Queen Anna, of Holland, has in
sured her life in trust for her daughter
for a sum equivalent to s500,000 or
two and half million of dollars.
uH- Somehow it comes natural to
the humblest man to say "they" when
speaking of wicked people, and 1--WE"
when he talks of the faithful and good.
sa- On the return of the Japanese
regiments from the Chinese war the
favorite tune of the military bands
was "Marching Thro' Georgia"
E9- There went ashore twelve miles
south of St. Augustine, Fla, an octo-
pus or giant cutie fish, with a body
eighteen feet long and arms seventy
five feet.
p~ The military academy at West
Point has sixty-one professors and 296
students, and the naval academy at
Annapolis has sixty-seven professors
and 242 students.
D@ In Lexington, KY, there is q
club, the youngest member of which is
SO years old. All the others are over
80. The club meets regularly for pur
poses of mutual improvement and
social pleasure.
sJ- A movement has been started to
effect the consolidation of Boston's
suburbs with the Hub. If the outly-
ling municipalities were annexed
"Greater Boston" would have popu-
lation of about million.
s@ A few years ago 4,5O0,000 bronze
2-cent pieces were set afoat. Three
millions of these are still outstanding.
Three million Scent nickel pieces are
scattered over the United States, but it
is very rarely that one is seen.
a4 Four cakes of manufactured ice
averaging more than 5000 pounds
each were taken from the vats Of an
Orange Tex, company. One weighed
5000 pounds and measured 16 feet by
feet, and was IA inches thick.
p~ A teacher, after telling the class
about Jonah and the whale, happened
to ask, "Suppose a big storm arose at
sea, and it looked as though you were
going to be drowned, what would you
do ?" "I would throw a man over
board for the whale to swallow" was