Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-06
atjausiae Gatherings.

Epd- The queen has 80 pianos at Os
borne, Windsor and Buckingham Pal
ace.
nag A good railway engine will
travel 100000 miles before it wears
out.
s6r Owing to the dry, cold atmos
phere, not a single infectious disease il
known in Greenland.
p6r Michigan produces one-ffth O.
the iron of this country, mining nine
million tons year.
H8 About 50, 900, 900 worth of Amer
lean whisky is annually sent abroad
most of it from Baltimore.
b6- American colleges received las
year gifts of money and property
amounting to $16,0OO,OOO.
p@r 1t is said that people who drink
great deal of water have rheuma
tism less than the non-water drinker
s@ The United States and Germany
are the only great powers that have ne
postal savings banks.
R8- "What is it that causes the salt
ness of the ocean ?" asked teacher
"It is the Goldfish" said little girl.
nag There is movement in Colorado
to erect q monument to the memory
of Zebulon Pike, the first explorer o
Pixies peak.
p6r The tone of a piano is best wher
the instrument is not near wall. Al
even temperature should be maintain
ed in the ROOM.
R6- To prevent corrosion of colla1
buttons by contact with the neck, {
recently patented button has the back
made of cork.
s6r The editor who was told tha
his last article was as clear as mue
quite promptly replied, swell, tha
covers the ground"
b8- Spain's wretched showing in ag
ricultural pursuits is said to be due tt
the use of primitive implements OF the
time of Julius Caesar.
1~ As early as the time of Alexan
der II of Scotland, man who lei
weeds 20 to seed on a farm was de-
clared to be the kings enemy.
S@ Before the great freeze in Flor
ida the annual orange crop was from
eight to ten million boxes. The esti'
mate for this season is 10000 boxes.
sdr Bread as daily article of food
is used by only about one-third of the
1,5OO,O 100000 people that constitute
the present population of the earth.
H% An error of a thousandth part
of an inch in astronomical records
may mean difference of 100000, ,00O,'
900 miles in the distance of star.
sdS 1t is thought the output of the
steel rail companies this year will be
in the neighborhood of 100000 tons
or fully three times the output of 1895
s@ Claus Spreckels is building $6,'
OOO, 900 house in San Francisco. In il
there will be six bathrooms that will
cost $4,000, no two of which will be
alike.
s6' White-wine vinegar can be made
by adding five gallons of rainwater to
10 pounds of mashed raisins, and let
ting it stand in warm place for 8
month.
s6. Only 70 years have elapsed since
the first railway in the world was fin.
ished. During that comparatively
brief period 100000 miles have been
constructed.
pdE Allowing the horse to stand hab'
itually upon a dry board floor often
causes the horses hoof to become
brittle. A linseed meal poultice is
the best remedy.
pH The man who comes to the sta
ton two minutes behind time, and
sees the train scudding out at the
other end, derives no satisfaction from
the proverb, "Better late than never
s4- When a man is no longer afraid
but is prepared to welcome whatever
comes, because he sees in it the ap
pointment of a loving Father, why
then he is in a happy state.
B6- Jack rabbits are so numerous in
some parts of Colorado that there il
an annual "round-up" to exterminate
the pests. At the roundup held the
week before Christmas at Lamar Is, ,00(
rabbits were killed.
B9 Magistrate-I seem to know
your face? Prisoner-Yus; we was
boys together. "Nonsense! "Yus
we was. We're both about the same
age, so we must have bin boys to
gether J"
s4 A whale recently captured il
arctic waters was found to have i'm
bedded in it's side a harpoon that be
longed to a whaling vessel that hat
been out of service nearly half a cen
tury.
s@ Exercise you patience for while
and you will get practice" said th'
old physician to the young doctor, wht
had recently "put out his shingle.
"Yes; but don't get any patients tt
exercise" was the reply.
s@r An exchange says: ''Kerosen'
will make teakettles shine as bright a!
new" eyes," remarked another pa
per, "kerosene will do wonders; it viii
nooGa bonce chino en- IT, can he seer