Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-06
atjaasiae Gatherings.

prompt In their payments tnan ooi
rowers of money.
H6- One thousand bicycles are to be
bought for the United States army as
necessary military equipment.
p6r Massachusetts, we are told, i'm
ports annually from beyond her bor-
ders eggs to the value of s5,00o,0o0.
p@- The size of each thread, as spun
by the silkworm, is one two-hun-
dredths part of an inch in diameter.
p9- What is that which the rich man
wants, the poor man has, the miser
spends, and the spendthrift saves ?
Nothing.
p@- Trying to be happy is like try
ing to go to sleep. You will not
succeed unless you forget that you
are trying.-Puck.
p4- eff yer HUSTLE" says Uncle Ras-
tus, "you're shore TO-, run over some
body; but shores yer bawn, if yer
don't hustle, somebody'll run over
you"
p6~ 1t is a great shock to a mans
nervous system to have suspender
button fly off just when he is making
a profound bow to a lady on the
street.
p6- The word "book" is derived
from the word "beech," the bark OF
which tree our Teutonic forefathers
used for writing on before paper. was
invented.
p6- Piercing the flesh with even the
finest needle hurts, because the nerves
are so thickly matted just under the
skin that not even the finest point can
be introduced without wounding one
or more.
p6 Department figures in Washing
ton gives nine hundred million dol
lars as the amount of the actual liquor
traffic, and that sum is easily doubled
by the cost of trials and similar ex-
penses growing out of it.
e6- The hotel men of Washington
have agreed not to take any guests
during Inauguration for less than
four days. Those who desire to stay
for only one or two days will be re-
quired to pay for four days.
sd- Hard coal retails in South Dako-
ia at $40 to $11 per ton. Two tons of
corn will furnish as much heat as one
ton of coal. As corn is much the
cheapest it will be used for fuel this
winter.
"a" The five longest rivers in the
world are the Missouri Mississippi, A.
2S0 miles; Nile with the Nyanza head
stream, 200 miles; Amazon, with the
Apurimac,. $500 miles; Irtish-Ob, g.
41O miles; Selenga-Angara-Yenisei
8, 300 miles.
p@- The Dutch have a delightfully."-
original way of collecting their taxes.
If, after due notice has been given,
the money is not sent, the authori-
ties place one or two hungry militia
men in the house to be lodged there
until the amount of the tax is paid.
s6- Laughter is most healthful ex-
ercise. 1t is one of the greatest helps
to digestion with which l am acquaint-
ed, and the custom prevalent among
our forefathers of exciting it at table
by testers and butfoons was founded
on true medical Observation-Disclosures.
s6- 1t takes 100000 crossties to
supply the railroads of the country,
consuming 100000 acres of forest an
nually. This, with the supply OF
wood pulp now required, threatens to
denude the whole country in time if
we do not wake up to the Importance
of forestry.
b8 Illinois has greater number OF
miles of railroad than any other state,
10,599.59; Pennsylvania is second,
with 1855 miles; Texas third, with
9,222.SS miles; Rhode Island has the
least mileage, 221.O6. New York has
s,O7s.25 miles; Ohio, s,6s9.23; lndl-
ana, 6,295.2S.
r6r From the top of the cathedral
spire in Mexico you can see the entire
city, and the most striking feature OF
the view is the absence of chimneys.
There is not a chimney in all Mexico,
not crate, nor a stove, nor furnace.
All the cooking is done with charcoal
in Dutch ovens; while the gas is
sometimes offensive, one soon becomes
used to it.
p8- The term gopher is used COLO
quially to designate different animals
always burrowing ones-in different
parts of the country. On the plains
of Iowa it is the ground squirrel in
some other parts of the west the little
prairie dog is called gopher; in Cali
fornia it is the pouched rat; while in
Florida the land tortoise monopolizes
the gopher name.
p@ ~ suppose" said lawyer to a
Dakota justice, "that you reserve your
decision until tomorrow, so as to look
up some of the doubtful points in the
case ?" "Not much," replied the JUS
tice; II made up my mind bout this
ere case as soon as heard who the de-
fendent was-I want the time to fgger
up the bill of COSTS"
p9~ A farmer in Columbus county,
N. c., last year realized $1O1 from
four-acre patch in snap beans; he
followed the beans with corn that
shucked out 1S0 bushels; this was
augmented by twelve tons ofpea vines.
These four acres turned him out 1871,
or an average of s92.75 per acre, and
his land is not impoverished.
p9 On an ordinary dirt road, ac'