Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-03
a$jausiae Gatherings.
p9 Dancing is taught in many OF
the public schools in Scotland.


pd- The party who won't forgive is
the one who is always in the wrong.
s@ Washington city contains in its
streets and squares over 10000 trees.
~ A man longing for Office always
fancies himself invited to be candi-
date.
n6- Brass can be kept beautifully
bright by occasionally rubbing with
vinegar.
p8 "Forty-three popes reigned dur
ing the building of St. Peters cathe-
dral, Rome.
k~ .Rumors are like a swarm of bees.
The more you fight them the less you
get rid of them.
p@ If every man was as big as he
feels there wouldn't be standing room
in this country.
p6 In matters of conscience, first
thoughts are best. In matters of pru-
dence last thoughts are best.
s@ In one day the human body gen.
crates enough heat to melt 40 pounds
of ice and raise it to boiling heat.
p6- 1t is not what he has, nor what
he does, which directly expresses the
worth of man, but what is be?
t@ From the cotton seed that used
to be thrown away there are now, it is
stated, $4,000 tons of oil made every
year.
R@ Personal matters should never
be introduced at chance meeting If
the third party is not conversant with
the facts.
r6 The question has arisen, "Has
the devil a wife?" He has several
wives, we think; but they belong to
some other men.
Sds. 1t has been proven by instanta-
neous photography that horse at full
trot sometimes has its four feet off the
ground all at once.
s@- Some one called Richard Steele
the vilest of mankind. He retorted,
with proud humility, "1t would be a
glorious world if I were."
@ According to Mr.. Dana, of the
New York Sun, it costs an average of
81, 900 day to run leading morning
daily paper in New York.
s6- The entire population of the
world could be provided for in the
United States, allowing each person
one and half ceres in land.
p@- A law has been passed in Wal
deck, Germany, forbidding the grant
ing of marriage license to a person
addicted to the liquor habit.
p8- The name of Maine was given to
that state descriptively since in the
original charter it was considered "the
Mayne Land of New England"
p8- For inflamatory rheumatism,
dissolve into pint of sweet oil, one
ounce of pulverized saltpetre, and
thoroughly rub the parts affected.
B9~ Father-That cat made an aw-
full noise in the back garden last night.
Arnold-Yes, father, I think that since
he ate the canary he thinks he can
sing.
R9- The largest bell in the world,
the famous "Giant of Giants" at Mos
cow, has circumference of 6S feet, is
81 feet high, and weighs 443,772
pounds.
p4 Three men in France competed
to see who could drink the most water.
One swallowed IL quarts, the second
9, and the third 7. All three died from
the effects.
p6~ "All bitters have a healing ten
dency or effect" said doctor to a
young lady. "You will except bit
ter cold morning, won't you, doctor p
inquired the young lady.
B8~ Numerous experiments to deter
mine the best fire resisting materials
for the construction of doors proved
that wood covered with tin resisted
the fire better than an iron door.
n@ A Jersey man married five
wives, and they were all redheaded.
He explains it by relating that the
first one clawed the spirit out of him
so completely that he didn't care after
that if he married porcupine.
n@ Sharpe-I saved a girls life this
morning. Woodman-Why, how was
that? Sharpe-Well, I was smoking
on the hotel veranda, and she said :
"Pardon me, sir, but that cigarette is
killing me-" So I threw it away and
smoked another.
n9- A preacher being requested to
perform the last sad Office for young
woman at the point of death, pressed
her to believe that flesh and blood
could not enter the kingdom of heaven.
II am SAFE" said she; ~ am nothing
but skin and bone."
p9r A lawyer sent very heavy bill
to a woman whom he wished to mar
ry. AS she made some severe remark
on the matter, the lawyer replied: II
wish to show you how lucrative is the
profession of barrister. You can
now see for yourself in what profta-
BILE business I am engaged"
p6r what comfort there is in the
thought that although God could not
depend on us, we can always de-
pend on him, and that although He
could always get on with out us, He
is willing to make use of us when we
are ready to stand in his strength, and
that he does not despair of us, even
when we despair of him."
Bdsr In Persia the first time a man
is caught in the act of stealing he
is "bastinadoed" beaten on the soles OF
the feet with an iron rod,) and made
to sign paper declaring that it will be