Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-09-01
atauside Gathtrings.
b@ Havana's principal theatre was
hnilt hy convict lahor

uuGy.
pd- One pound of sleeps wool is
capable of producing one yard OF
cloth.
a65@ The railways of the world carry
every day between 100000 and IL, :
100000 passengers.
kB- Switzerland is the only civilized
country in the world which grants nc
patents for inventions.
s6- Married men, like candles, ofte q
20 out at night and leave their wives
in the dark as to their whereabouts.
p6" A crust of bread with content
ment Herewith is better than dish ot
strawberry ice-cream with sore tooth
Hds- A teacher who is attempting to
teach without inspiring the pupil with
a desire to learn, is hammering on cold
iron.
sdr Philip Sidney said "I am nc
herald 20 inquire of mems pedigrees
it is enough for me to know their vir'
tues"
s6- John Neal says some persons
read mankind as they do a proof sheet,
merely to find the errors and omis-
sionS.
H6r 1t is estimated that greater quan
titles of gold and silver have been
sunk in the sea than are now in circu-
lation on earth.
HB "Dah's only one kind er good
luck" said Uncle Eben, "dat kin be
trusted, and dat's the good luck o
bein' born wifi sense"
EdT If some one can start a story
that gold nuggets may be picked up
at the North Pole, the problem of its
discovery will soon be solved.
p6 An apothecary asserted in
large Ct mpany "that all bitter things
are hot "No," replied physician
"a bitter cold day is an exception"
B9 Put 20 people, all of one denom-
ination, on deserted island, and in
less than ten years the island would
have at least two religions, says the
SOmerVllle journal.
s@ Why he was fined 81 under
stand that Wheeler was fined for
scorching." "Scorching nothing! He
was fined for riding so slow that he
impeded traffic"
p@r In Hindostan, when the parents
of baby cannot agree upon name,
two lamps are placed over the names.
The one over which the lamp is bright
er is that which is chosen.
p1 A German farmer disputed his
tax bill. He said, ~ pays the state
tax, the county tax, and the school
tax but I pays no total tax. rs got
no total, and never had any"
p9r In the little German principality
of Waldeck a decree has been pro.
claimed that a license to marry will
not be granted to any individual who
is in the habit of getting drunk.
s@ "Might I ask what school OF
poetry you prefer ?" inquired the
Young man who writes. And the old
gentleman replied, "The homeopathic
school. The smaller the dose the bet
ter it suits me-"
s9 The falling off in the sale OF
cigarettes in Indiana since the law
went into effect fixing penalty for
their sale to minors is said to have
been so great that many wholesale
grocers will stop handling them.
Bg Klondike is said to be corrup-
ton of the Indian "Tron-dak," mean
ing "plenty of fish," which may re-
mind us that the supply of fish was OF
much more Importance to the abort
gines than the supply of gold.
r9- The largest proportion of single
persons is found in Ireland and Scot
land and the smallest in the United
States. In Ireland, G7 per cent; in
Scotland, 65 per cent, but in the Uni
ted States only SO per cent. are in that
condition.
p6 A western citizen who had been
worsted in a fight was told that he
could collect damages. 81 did collect
damages" he replied, mournfully. 81
collected everything but piece of my
left ear and two front teeth {; I couldn't
find those"
B6 Bason-I see they have put q
soundingboard at the back of the min
ister's pulpit. What do you suppose
that's for ? Egbert-Why, it's to throw
out the sound. "Gracious If you
throw out the sound, there won't be
anything left in the sermon"
RH- "And," were the concluding
words of the professors lecture to the
medical students, "do not promise too
much. KNEW a physician of real abil-
ity who promised patient, whose legs
he had Just amputated, that he would
have him on his feet within two weeks" "
f@ Nebraska used to be marked on
the map as a part of the "Great Amer
lean Desert" If the mapmakers
would visit Nebraska now, says the
Omaha, Neb., Bee, they would have to
change the designation to that of the
"Great American Grain Garden"
sa- "A Kansas preacher thus brought
his discourse to sudden stop on Sun
day: Brethren, I will now close, for
1 see that we are going to have a
thunderstorm. The congregation will
please follow me to Brother Soandso's
field and help him stack his wheat"
p6 The United States census gives
the number of deaths from alcoholism
in 1880 as 1892; in 1890, 1857, an in
crease Of 81 per cent. If the same
ratio has been maintained during the
past seven years, the present annual
death rate from alcoholism is nearly