Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-17
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liquors.
Dd- The habit of jesting about sacred
things implies the possession of low
and coarse nature.
p6- One hundred and twenty firemer
are required to feed the furnaces of {
first class Atlantic steamer.
~ A caterpillar is so greedy thai
in one month it usually devors 5000
times its own weight in food.
s@ A nail making machine produce'
as many nails in a given time as were
formerly made by 1000 men.
p@ Do good constantly, patiently
and wisely, and you will never have
cause to say that life was not worth
living. -,
r@ To have friends we must make
ourselves friendly, and thus can We
hope to widen the circle of our use
fulness.
t6T Of the Sc cities of the United
States of 100000 population and up
ward, 81 own their own water plants
and do not.
r@ A doctor says that probably hal
the deafness prevalent at the present
time is the result of children having
their ears boxed.
r6- He-Carrie, will you make me
the happiest of men? She-I should
like to, Harry, but think prefer tt
remain the happiest of women.
p6r Roses discovered in tombs con
tanning Egyptian mummies often have
their colors perfect, even though some
Of those found must be over 300 years
old.
p6- In Bulgaria, the proprietors of
medicine, by which they claim to cure
special disease, are liable to impris
onment if the medicine fails to produce
the desired effect.
t@ A large proposition of the acci
dents and much of the sickness from
which colts and horses suffer, are due
TO neglect and carelessness on the part
of those in charge.
~ Those who have tried it say thai
if two or three dandelion leaves be
chewed before going TO bed they viii
induce sleep, no matter how nervou:
or worried one may be.
H6s- 1t does not seem to be generally
known that the turkey was domesti
Gated by the Indians long before the
discovery of this continent by white
men, but such is the case.
k6- A salesman of Cincinnati, is SAID
10 be the tallest man in the world
He is 7 feet p inches in height. Queer
Victoria presented him a gold watch
when he was in the show business.
r9 The island of Puerto Rico is
more populous than Cuba, quite as
rich and productive and almost as dis
affected. The Spanish government
has been obliged to increase its forces
there, for fear of an outbreak.
sdy In India there are 100000 boys
and 627, 900 girls under the age of Ia
who are legally married, while $500
boys and $4,000 girls who have not at
tained the age of four are under mar
riage bonds as arranged by their pa
rents.
R6 Prince Wittgenstein stands at
the head of Germany's landed aristo'
cracy. He owns 100000 acres. Four
teen other titled landlords own be-
tween them 100000 acres. Prince
Talleyrand-Sagan, one of the IA, is a
French citizen.
s9 DR.. Darlington used to tell sto'
ry of an Irish gentleman, for whom he
prescribed an emetic, saying: "My
dear doctor, it is of no use your Civ
ing me an emetic. I tried it twice in
Dublin, and it would not stay on my
stomach either time"
s@ The supposed grave of Eve is Wis
tied by over 10000 pilgrims in each
year. 1t is to be seen at Jeddah, in q
cemetery outside the city walls. The
tomb is so cubits long and IL wide.
The Arabs entertain a belief that Eve
was the tallest woman that ever lived
r6 The new rural delivery bill,
which is expected to become a law,
authorizes a postmaster in a town or
village where no free delivery exists,
to appoint carriers on the petition OF
20 or more persons, the carrier to be
paid at so much a month, or one cent
letter by those receiving the mail.
p@ "Where do you wish to go9'
asked the railroad ticket seller, as q
somewhat unsteady man slapped down
half dollar before him. "Sh-pose it's
HI. Got any tickets to there?' said
the applicant. "No! Office for that
place across the street," said the rail,
road man, pointing to liquor saloon
s9- The president of the Germania
Insurance Bank, of Louisville, died in
sole possession of the combination to
the reserve vault, which contained the
banks s259,0O0 gold reserve. The
efforts of the bank officials and experts
proved fruitless, and it was finally ne
cessary, after ten hours work, to bore
into the lock.
sdT In mediaeval times rhinoceros
horns were employed for drinking cups
by royal personages, the notion being
that poison put into them would show