Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-09
dVausiae Gatheriags.
p4- Single women live longer than
single men, while married women, on
an average, live two years longer than

an average, live two years longer tnan
single ones.
p9r Two seconds don't amount to
very much, but horse trotting mile
in 2.O5 IA would finish IS feet ahead
of one going at 81 IA gait.
pG- Among the most blessed of all
the contrivances of nature is that
which prevents man from being dis
turbed by his own snoring.
sd- The whole world now operates
100000 miles of telegraph lines, and
the charges for messages amount to
nearly $4OO, 100000 annually.
sd- Make few promises, and religious
ly keep all those you make. You
can't afford to make many promises il
you seriously mean to keep them.
p@- The only city in the world on the
line of the equator is Quito, and there
the sun rises and sets at the same time
all the year round, namely, 6 o'clock
s@- "Papa," said a lad, the other
night after attentively studying an en-
craving of human skeleton, "how
did this man manage to keep in his
dinner ?"
b6~ The peach is of Persian origin
and the apricot is Syrian. The former
fruit is mentioned by classical writers
as early as 200 B. c., but the latter not
till 80 A. D.
pd- Cranes, storks and wild geese
fly fast enough to make trip from
northern Europe to Africa in a week
but most of them rest north of the
Mediterranean.
p4 The drummer in Servian regi
ments never carries the drum. 1t is
placed on two-wheeled cart, which
is drawn by big dog just in advance
of the drummer.
p4" A tree in Ashburnham, Mass,
has two kinds of foliage-that of 8
pine and that of an oak. In the fall
of the year burrs fall on one side and
acorns on the other.
s9A we'll informed statistician stated
that more Jewish synagogues have
been set up in this country during the
past ten years than in all previous
years of American history.
pG- "Don't put him out" said the
temperance lecturer, as the police were
about to eject victim of alcoholism
"He appears to be opposed to US, but
he is really with US in spirit"
p8- To spend more money than you
make is both foolish and dishonest
foolish because it involves you in end
less worry; dishonest because it makes
you unable to pay even just debts.
p9- The highest temperature on the
globe is at Death Valley, Inyo county
Cal. Its surface is 159 feet below sea
level, and in summer the thermometer
has occasionally marked 122 degrees.
H6- Invalid Wife-John, dear, dc
hope if you should ever marry again
you will marry a better wife than
have been. John-There, there, my
love, don't worry; there will be nc
trouble about that.
R6n From Connecticut comes tale
of young woman who has attained
the age of % without being permitted
to come in contact with any human
beings save her unnatural and per-
haps not quite sane parents.
s8" The rivers of Russia grow shall
lower year after year, and the Vorskla
once an abundant tributary to the
Dnieper, and compared to the Hudson
or Delaware, $50 miles in length, has
completely and permanently dried up
pS- Africa is 234 times as large as
the state of New York. 1t is the
most remarkable of all the countries as
respects its animal distributions. Out
of total of 523 known species, 47E
of them are to be found in no other
country.
n4r One secret of the Chicago pack
ers' great fortunes is that they don't
waste anything. The meat, the en-
trails, everything is made use of but
the squeal. They can't catch that, SC
it is wasted. The blood is stamped
into buttons.
R@- "Are you fond of music ?" asked
stranger of the young man at the
concert, who was applauding vigor'
ously after a pretty girl had sung in 9
very painful way. "Not particularly, u
replied the young man, frankly; "but
I am exceedingly fond of the musi
cian."
R9" The best thing to give your enc.
my is forgiveness to an opponent
tolerance; to friend, your heart; to
your child, a good example; to your
father, Difference; to your mother
conduct that will make her proud oi
you; to yourself, respect; to all men
charity.
a9 The mother who spends two
hours every day trying to make her
little girls hair curl and 10 minutes
on Sunday trying to teach who is the
first man, will, in the course of few
years, get the little things heart SC
we'll set in vanity that better crop
will never have ghost of chance.
H8 a Kentucky man has water
spaniel that he has taught to extin'
guish fire whenever it sees anything
burning. To test the little dog piece
of paper was ignited and thrown on
the floor. In an instant the dog jump
ed upon it, and very quickly extin'
guished the flame by rubbing it with
it's paws. The dog was tried with
lighted cigar, with the same result.
B@~ The dog days are so called from
Sirius, the most brilliant of the fixed
stars in the head of the constellation
CAMS Major. or the Greater Dog. They