Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-17
dt)ausiae Gatherings.

B6 A gallon of milk makes pound
of cheese.
p@~ The rabbits long ears don't help
him to think.
s6r Washington was six feet two
inches in height.
s@- When the judgment is weak the
prejudice is strong.
p6- Why are hogs like trees? Be-
cause they root for aliving.
H6 Possession is II points of law,
and they say there are but IL.
n~ Asparagus is the oldest known
plant that has been used for food.
s6- Gratitude is the fairest flower
that sheds its perfume in the heart.
r8r An old bachelors definition OF
love-"sighing, crying, some dying,
and more lying"
saF Vultures have no sense of smell.
Carcasses kept out of their sight are
never detected by them.
s@ A good deal of expert testimony
appears to be only that of men who
know how to testify expertly.
S@- It's when her lover wants to kiss
her "for every year she is DID," that a
girl is torn by conflicting emotions.
e@ Darwin declared that insanity
is not peculiar to human beings. BE
asserted that animals often become
insane.
s@ The power of herculite, new
explosive, is almost beyond belief. A
half pound of it will remove 80 tons
of stone.
s@ The only time a man of expert.
ence takes his wife into his con6den ce
is to tell her he is not making any
money.
s@ He who is false to present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
find a flaw when he may have forgot,
ten its cause.
t@ Married men have been heard to
remark that talking through a hat is
far antedated by being talked to
through a nightcap.
pd Fogg is of the opinion that no
gentleman will swear in the presence
of ladies except it be in the sacred pri-
vacy of his own family.
p@~ As friends of the rising genera
ton, we should always recollect that
the larger the school fund, the less will
be the prison allowance.
p4 The bones of all flying birds are
hollow and filled with air, thus COM
bining the greatest strength with the
greatest possible lightness.
R6y It costs Great Britain $3.50 a
year to maintain the queens pack OF
deerhounds. People are petitioning
her to give them up.
e6r The hair of a red-headed girl
becomes transmitted to auburn or gol-
den; but a red-headed boy remains
the same as long as he lives.
s@- To prevent lamp chimneys from
cracking, put them into kettle OF
cold water, gradually heat it till it
boils, and then let it as gradually cool.
p@ The Chinese nickname for the
Japanese was "the monkey men,"
Now the Chinese have for their motto,
"Don't monkey with the Japanese.
B@ One hundred dollars is now the
penalty all offenders against cleanli-
ness and decency must pay for splitting
in the street cars of Boston.
W Iron made in Alabama is steadily
pushing its way into the markets OF
the Old World, the latest order being
for 1000 tons for shipment to India.
g@ Thirteen letters written by
George Washington over 100 years
ago were sold in London recently for
$3.50. This is an average of about
$3.50 apiece.
n@ Systematic exercise is an amaz-
ing cure for nervousness, languidness,
insomnia, and indigestion, and Incl.
dentally for awkward figures, dull
eyes, and muddy skin.
p4 A pair of spectacles cost in the
Sixteenth century at least $3.50. 1t
was fashionable to wear them, and the
larger they were the better they were
supposed to support the dignity OF
the wearer.
p@ A goose with remarkable ma
ternal instinct has been found near
Berry, KY. Her brood was recently
drowned, and an old sow dying about
the same time, the goose adopted the
little orphan pigs.
Ba According to Galton, the pat
terms on the finger tips are not only
unchangeable throughout life, but the
chance of the finger prints of two
persons being alike is less than one
chance in 64,000,00Q000.
b9 The eye of a little Washington
miss was attracted by the sparkle of
dew at early morning. Mamma, she
exclaimed, "it's hotter'n I thought it
was" "What do you mean ?" "Look
here, the grass is all covered with
perspiration."
s@ Wood-pulp paper is made very
rapidly in these days. A standing
tree is cut down, sawed into blocks,
fed into the pulp mill, and submitted
to the usual process. In eight hours
after the tree is cut down the finished
paper is on its way to some daily
newspaper.
1@ In Japan the family never gath
ers around one table, as the European
or other Asiatic people do, but each
person has his or her own separate
small table, a foot square and foot
high, and always highly decorated.
When they take their meals they kneel