Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-12
aeausiae Gatherings.
R@ Excessive coffee drinking, it is
said, impairs the sight.

my Twenty-seven members of the
present congress are of foreign birth.
s6- Philip Silas Rucker, farmer, of
Oklahoma, weighs 495 pounds, but
says he won't be happy until he weighs
an even 500 pounds.
pF Under an act passed by the last
congress, a person who defaces gold
or silver coin is liable to fine OF
81, 900 and FIVE years. imprisonment.
R8 There is barber's chair in
Maine IN which Hannibal Hamlin,
Fred Douglass, Garfield, Blaine, Theo-
dore rilton, and Mckinley have sat.
p6 A colored philosopher is reported
to have said "Life, my breddern,
am mostly made up of prayin' for
rain, and then wishin' it would cl'ar
off,"
s@ "If you are good at remembering
your own faults" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, "you will be surprised to
see how easily you forget your neigh
bors'."
b4 Youthful Inquirer-Pa, what is
the difference between drunkard
and a bon vivant? Learned parent
The difference consists in the size OF
their pocketbooks.
p4- The crater of Mauna Loa, in the
Sandwich Islands, the largest volcano
in the world, is 20 miles in diameter.
Sometimes the stream of lava flowing
from it is so miles long.
e@ One hundred and twenty-five
million of people speak English and
four hundred million speak Chinese.
The gospel is in China, but it is there
as drop in the bucket.
ad~ "How often do you eat?" asked
the benevolent old lady. The tramp
smiled. "As often as I chews, mad
am" he replied, as he wiped his mouth
with his bunch of whiskers.
sey- "How much do these scales
weigh? ?" he asked of the new clerk.
"I-I don't know, sir" answered the
clerk "but if you'll wait one minute,
I'll weigh them and tell you"
p6- A Philadelphia woman suffragist
has prepared a flag which she calls the
"woman's flag" 1t is a blue field
with four white stars-one star for
each state where woman suffrage pre-
walls.
r@> A Kalamazoo merchant recently
wrote delinquent debtor as follows
"Dear sir, will you send amount of
your bill, and oblige," etc. To which
the delinquent replied: "The amount
is $685.. Yours resp'y."
R6- In Westphalia twelve bees were
released at distance of three miles
from their hives at the same time as
twelve carrier pigeons, to test which
could cover the distance in the shortest
time. The bees came in first.
S6. "I have seen some pretty hard
knocks in my time," began the anvil,
in ringing tones, when the bellows in
terrupted him with, "But think of the
trouble 1 have. There isn't day that
1 am not hard pressed to raise the
wind"
r@- A Russian recently won about
$4,000 at Monte Carlo at one sitting.
He won the maximum for 20 consecu-
tive "coups" and in doing so broke the
bank twice-that is, he forced it to
suspend until another supply of money
could be obtained.
p4- "Lord, please send a turkey to
this darkey for Christmas" prayed a
Negro mig hit after night. None COM
ing, he prayed: 30, Lord, send dar-
key to turkey" and he got one the
same night. Not much done in this
world without working for it.
B1- describe briefly the way wo-
man gets off a street car" said the
superintendent to the applicant for a
position as conductor. ''The wrong
way," was the answer. "Correct," ="
said the superintendent, and the appli-
cant WAS straightway engaged.
s9~ Never use water that is not per-
fectly fresh. Water that has been
standing overnight in a bedroom,
kitchen or any apartment should be
thrown out, for floating germs have
settled in it, and it is dangerous to
make use of it. Tea and coffee should
always be made with fresh water.
n6" "What did Noah live on when
the food subsided, and his provisions
in the ark were exhausted ?" asked a
Sunday school teacher of her class.
II know" squeaked a little girl, after
the others had given up. "Well,
what ?" inquired the teacher. "Dry
land"
p6~ A company has purchased a
farm ir Illinois where cat farming will
be carried on for the skins, which sell
for from 10 to Is cents each. Maltese
and black cats will be reared, and the
"cattisn" collection, as Don Quixote
would say, is expected to number 1O,-
900 in one year, and 100000 in two
years.
shs~ 1t is said that every part of u
shoe can be made by machinery. In
deed, machinery is now so wonder
fully made it can do the work of man.
kind in the most accurate and labor
saving way, and mans brain is re-
quired for direction, at the present
time, where his fingers were formerly
needed for accomplishment. Every
stitch and eyelet about lady's fine
shoe can now be put in by machine.
p9 Among the Parsees the approach
of death is signal for the relatives to
leave the presence of the dying one,
the priest alone remaining to whisper
the Zend-Avesta precepts into his ear.