Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-02
gatherings.
sur wife falls asleep by

inhabltant to the square mile.
Yb@ The only woman's face that ha'
ever adorned United States pape
money is that of Martha Washington
n@ Why is restless man in bee
like a lawyer? Because he lies or
one side, then turns around and lie!
on the other.
p@ More than four times as many
barrels of apples have been exported
so far this season as in the same perioc
last year.
p~ A French way of complimentins
the old lady: "Ah, madam, you gro"
every day to look more like youl
daughter"
B@ A journal devoted to the pen
ink, and paper trade says that the
world now uses 100000 steel pens
every day in the week.
s@ The largest room in the world is
said to be the hall of the imperial
palace in st. Petersburg. 1t is 16C
feet long by $50 feet wide.
p@ The mite mentioned in the Script.
ures was a Greek coin which circulat.
ed freely in Rome and Palestine. II
weighed about IS grains.
t9 A swarm of bees took possession
of big grocery store in Logansport.
Ind, and, after driving out the clerks
and customers, ate 20 pounds of honey
that was exposed for sale.
p~ An old farmer, famous for his
bulls, one day informed his wife that
"Neighbor Page was agoin' ter build
a cyclone (silo), and put mucilage
(ensilage) inter it, fer them uphol-
stored (Holstein) cattle O. hisn."
p@ The tallest trees are to be found
in the state forest of Victoria, Austria
lia. They belong to the eucalyptus
family, and range from $50 to 500 feet
in height.
s~ Let a man run five miles, then
stop still in the cold zero wind for
three hours, and he will appreciate
the condition of horse in the same
situation.
r6S In making up your mind how
good you will be after the first of
January, include that you will be
good for something, advises the Adams
Freeman.
p9 There are about 1000 persons
10 France who are set down as anar-
chists, and are under the constant
watch of the police of the various
European countries.
s@ 1t is asserted by Lyell, the geol-
ogist, that at period comparatively
recent all that portion of the United
States south of the Black Hills was
under from 500 to 900 feet of water.
p6r 1t is said by philologists that
there are 13 original languages-the
Greek, Latin, German, Slavonic, Bis
cayan, Welsh, Irish, Albanian, Tarta-
rian, Illyrian, Jazygian, Chaucin and
Finnic.
"a Success in good cause is sure
to follow. ff those who are interested
=. consistent and persistent N tne':-
efforts. 1t may take time, work, and
some money to "get there" but truth
is mighty and will prevail.
p@ A remarkable march of 4,7OO
miles across Siberia, occupying almost
a year, has been completed by two
Russian battalions Of line infantry and
two batteries of artillery, which reach
ed their camp on the Amur.
H9- The longest commercial distance
at which the long distance telephone
is now operated is from Boston to st.
Louis, a distance of ], 400 miles. This
line is more than twice as long as any
European telephone line.
p4- A religious newspaper will go
the round of the family circle, and
will look bright and clean but when
the family story paper makes the cir
cult, it looks as if it had served in the
capacity of hustle, and been given
to the baby to cut its teeth on.
k6 General Rawlings once dined
with a man who partook of wine
rather freely. Finally the latter said,
speaking of somebody, "Oh, that mine
enemy would write a book" "4our
enemy," said Rawlings, pointing to
the bottle, "don't write books"
s8- Sunnyside, formerly the home
of Washington Irving, has been closed
to the public. The present owner de-
clares that the worshipers of Irving
have tramped over his grounds, chip
ned corners from his house, worn out
his carpets, carried off his brio. a-brac,
and so disturbed his household that
his patience is exhausted, and he has
decided to fence them out.
aaS It is said that almost every morn
;no q score or more of birds are found
at the base of the Washington monu-
ment at the national capital. They
lose their lives by flying against the
shaft in the dimness of twilight OF
davbreak. All kinds of birds meet
death in this way, but the English
sparrow is rare victim.
a6r Shad are of different families
which come from the ocean to the
rivers along the Atlantic coast tc
shawn. The shad of Florida are no,
the same as those Of the Hudson OF
the Connecticut or the Susquehanna
The same fish come each year 10 the
nort;cular river where they were born
and in their appearance are slightly
different. Each river is the nome o
a separate colony.
| O. Nv,rpo11c comDanv Nou