Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-27
dYausiat 6atherings.

article of necessity rather than lux
ury.
nay In California the railroads coop
crate with the people by carrying road
material at actual cost of transporta-
ton.
p6e In the Rocky Mountain ranges
there are about 100000 wild horses
which anybody can have for the catch
ing.
p@- A young woman of Hillsboro, N.
H., finished piece of fancy work, in
which, by actual count, there were
$685. stitches.
s6- "Jones is sly dog" remarked
Aiken. "He always has something up
his sleeve" "Has, Ell; what is it p
"The seam."
t@- When q man is sure that bis
friends never talk about him behind
his back, it is sure that all his friends
are dead, says the Sumerville Journal.
p6- One hundred years ago man
was arrested in London for wearing a
tall silk hat, the first article of head
gear of that kind ever seen in the
world.
p@- A Boston antiquarian has in his
possession bottle of the tea which, on
the night of December 16, 1773, was
emptied from the British vessel by the
Boston Tea Party.
B6- The man who can't afford new
dress for his wife and books for the
boys and girls, often has no difficulty
in finding money for tobacco and
whisky.
p@- The secretary of war is to have
special flag to be displayed wherever
he is present in his official capacity.
1t is a blood red flag with eagles and
things on it.
p9- A man will die for want of air
in five minutes, for want of sleep in 10
days, for want of water in week, and
for want of food at varying periods,
dependent on circumstances.
p6- A Kansas young man has caused
the arrest of a girl on the charge that
she "did suddenly, forcefully and in
tentionally hug him, thereby causing
him great confusion and mental an
guish."
e6 The average man takes five and
half pounds of food and drink each
day, amounting TO one ton of solid and
LIQUID nourishment annually. In 70
years he eats and drinks 1000 times
his own weight.
r@ "William," said the teacher,
"can you tell me anything about the
shape of the earth ?" "Only what
my father found out in the newspa-
per-" "What is that ?" "He says it's
in mighty bad shape just at present"
s8- "There is no occasion for you to
envy me-" said the prosperous person
II have as many troubles as you" ~
allow you do, mister" admitted Dis
NAL Dawson "but the difficulty with
me is that I amt got nothing else."
p6- At Coggins' mill, near sisson,
CAL, the loggers cut a tree short
time ago which was estimated to be
just 404 years of age. 1t was feet in
diameter and produced $4,000 feet of
lumber.
s@ An exchange tells of the pitiful
case of two young men, one OF whom
''has married a girl who can cook, and
thinks she can play the piano." while
the other "has married girl who can
play the piano, and thinks she can
cook.
p@ An Oregonian has devised an
open-top thimble containing a small
sponge, to be placed on the finger and
used as a moistener in sealing envel-
opes. Once moistened the sponge
may be used on many envelopes.
td- 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
attained the age of are under mar
riage bonds as arranged by their pa
rents.
pd- All animals, domestic ones inclu-
ded, become restless before storm.
Cats and dogs scratch and move about,
while their fur looks less bright and
glossy than usual. 1t is always sure
sign of rain when horses and cattle
scratch their necks, and sniff the air.
p6r The six wealthiest women in the
world are said to be Sonora Isidora
Cousino, 5000, 900, 900; Hetty Green,
$50, 100000; Baroness Burdett- -Couts,
$40, 100000; Nine. Barrios, $15,0O0,-
600; Miss Mary Garrett, $4,000, 900;
Mrs. Woleska, Sl0,OOO,00O.
p6- The state of Maine gives official
employment to a photographer who
devotes his time to securing enticing
views of the sporting regions of the
state and distributing them broadcast
throughout the rest of the Union as
advertisements.
aa- "Step right in, ladies and gentle.
men I" cried the Snowman. "Step
right in, and see the educated pig add
and subtract 7" "Pshaw!" interrupt
ed Farmer Backlots. my old hog at
home has got way over to square
root"
p6- The Cuban tobacco yield the
past wear has been $4,000 bales, in