Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-26
atjausiae Gatherings.
nag What is that which is used in

as zone in q thousand" he naturally
regards other as ciphers.
p8- No man can lift himself by his
boot tops, but he can easily pull him.
self Gown by his chin.
nH- A man down in Georgia has
built g. number of houses which are
occupied by widows free of rent.
s9- There is an old saying, and q
true one, there is no telling what a
man is worth until he is dead and his
funeral expenses paid.
R6- Tramp-Could you give poor
man bite or two without much trou-
BILE? Housewife-I can. Joe, un-
chain Nero and take his muzzle of.
n9 A Lansing, Mich, schoolboy
drew a revolver on his teacher, and an
investigation showed that Is of the
boys were similarly armed.
p4r Lord Chesterfield once remarked
that even Adam, the first man, knew
the value of politeness, aud allowed
Eve to have the first bite of the apple,
r@- Liquor" said the lecturer, "is
responsible for much of the misery in
this world" "That's So" said an old
topper in the audience. ~ am always
unhappy when I can't get it,
adr The latest cure for neuralgia
halls from Russia, where physician
claims to be able to cure the complaint
by casting beam from an arc electric
trio light on the affected part.
p9" ''Mamma," said little May, "I'm
afraid I'm naughty, because I've got
an awful stomachache." "It was the
pie you ate, I think, May" "Oh, no.
mamma. The pie was too good to be-
have like that. 1t must be me-"
tag The Missouri supreme court has
declared that the law against opium
smoking and opium joints is uneonsti'
tutional, because it interferes with the
right of men to smoke whatever they
choose.
H6- There are 25 railway tunnels in
England between one and two miles
long, four over two miles, two just
three miles, and one, the Severn, on
the Great Western railway, is over
four and one.half miles long.
pd- All the Negro institutions in
North Carolina, such as the asylums
for the insane, the blind and the deaf.
mutes and the normal schools, will
hereafter be managed exclusively by
Negroes.
sd- NJ. Andree, who means to try
for the North Pole again next summer,
has had the size of his balloon increas,
ed 800 cubic feet, which will enable
him to take along 400 pounds more
of dead weight.
B9- "Did you take much pressing
before you accepted Jack ?" asked a
young lady of her friend, who had
Just got engaged. ooh, lot. And
then Jack is so strong, you know. He
nearly squeezed the breath out of my
body"
s6" A prisoner of the Saltwater,
penitentiary, who ran awy while on
parole in 1895, has written the warden
a letter asking if he may return
Transportation has been sent him, and
he is returning alone to serve the re-
naming seven years of his term.
sa- The new Canadian census shows
the surprising fact that seventeen in
every thousand of the Canadian popu-
lation were born in the United States
This is seven more in the thousand
than the number reported from all
European countries outside of Great
Britain.
s9- Literature certainly runs in the
Greensmith family. The two daugh'
ters write poetry that nobody will
print, the son writes plays that nobody
will act, and the mother writes novels
that nobody will read" "And what
does the father write?" "Oh, he
writes checks that nobody will cash. y
tag A wag on the outside of a coach
called to a man by the roadside who
was fencing in some very poor land
II say, mister, what are you fencing
in that land for? 1t would take &c
acres of it to starve cow" "Jesso,'
was the reply. "I'm fencing ing it in
to keep my caows out of it."
a8r When an Egyptian dog wishes
to drink at the Nile he goes short
distance up the river and howls fol
some time. The crocodiles, being at.
tracted by sound, Immediately crowd
to the place, while the dog hastily
runs to the part which the crocodiles
have left and drinks in safety.
RB Nearly every one can do some
thing to add to the pleasure of the
social life around the table. If one
cannot talk, he can ask questions
not silly, nor guying, nor impertinent
ones-but for information. 1t is as
we'll to be good listener as good
talker. Never quarrel or argue at the
table. Talk about pleasant things, OF
listen.
a9T The custom of placing Grape on
the door of a house where there has
been recent death had it's origin in
the ancient English heraldic customs
and dates as far back, at least as the
year 100 A. D. At that period hatch.
ments or armorial ensigns were placed
in from of houses when the nobility
and gentry died. The Indictments
were of diamond shape, and contained
the family arms quartered and colored
with sable.
s9 Though Queen Victoria is about
to celebrate her sixtieth anniversary
as queen, there are other prominent
ladies in ENGLAND who are her seniors