Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-26
dtjausiae Gatherings.

sH- The recent census in Great Bri
tain makes the population S9,OO0,ooO
p6r The total forest area in the Uni
ted States is estimated at 4S1, ,764 ,59s
acres.
w America has 200, 900 telephones
more than the rest of the world com
bined.
r@- The number of newspapers prin'
ted in all countries is estimated al
Al, 900.
s6r There are two business men ir
an English town named I. Came and
H. E. Went.
r~ During the month of MAJ near
ly a million and a half of silv@r dol.
lars were coined.
SaS- Cork, if sunk twenty feet in the
ocean, will not rise on account of the
pressure of the water.
s@ We love ourselves, notwithstand.
ing our faults, and we ought to love
our friends in like manner.
p@ The man who sits down to wait
for golden opportunity to come along
never has comfortable seat.
r8- Alaska is now the roomiest OF
our territories. 1t contains eighteen
square miles for each inhabitant.
s@- In Italy twenty thousand peo'
pie live in cellars. Many laborers
there average only twenty-five cents a
day.
I@ AS a rule women have poor
memories, but they never forget the
people who say nice things about their
bonnets.
t@ A well-known artist declares
that in SO cases out of 100 the left
side of the human face Is more perfect
in outline.
H6S An Iowan has invented a ma.
chine which, he says, will cut corn and
separate the ears and stalks at the rate
of Is acres day.
16- A new French camera rotates on
its axis and photographs on strip, SO
as to give a continuous picture all
around the horizon.
t@ There are some men who cannot
resist the opportunity to say smart
thing, even though it involve the
wounding of true friend.
s@- A remarkable tree grows in Bra
zil. 1t is about 6 feet high, and is so
luminous that it can be seen on the
darkest night for a distance of mile
or more.
r6S- Man is an embodied paradox.
As some set.off against the marvellous
things that he has done, we may fairly
adduce the monstrous ones that he has
believed.
t~ When the Siberian railway is
completed, the journey round the
world will occupy not more than 4C
days, and the cost of transportation
will not exceed S400.
B@ "Frisbie is the LATEST man I ever
knew" "What makes you think 80 ?''
"He actually seems to be glad that he's
getting bald-headed, so that he Won't
have to comb his hair any MORE"
p@- "Bridget, what is that child cry.
ing so wildly for ?" "Sure, mum, he's
lust drinked all his soothin' syrup, and
ct the cork, and don't know what
ails him unless it's the bottle he wants
to schwally."
S9- There are 365, 900 men employed
in coal mining in this country, of whom
135, 900 are at work in the anthracite
regions of Pennsylvania. For every
100000 tons of coal mined one poor
miner on the average loses his life by
accident.
H8- The Squire-It's no use for you
to deny your guilt, johnson. The
chickens were actually found in your
coat-tail pockets. Bre'er Johnsing
(stoutly)-I KANT help dat, sab
Hain't it pooty tough to hold a poo
niggah responsible fo' what's goin' on
behind his back
s@- The ''angry tree" attains height
of from 10 to 25 feet. 1t is found in
California, Nevada and Arizona. Il
disturbed by contact or moved by the
wind, it. manifests sign of vexation
ruffling its leaves like the hairs of an
angry cat and emitting sickening
odor.
p6r 1t is well-known and generally
accepted fact that the greatest people
are the humblest, and that those who
are always trying to assert their supe'
riority, and who are afraid of not re.
ceiving respectful treatment from 9th
ers, have some very good reason why
they do not deserve it.
r% Particular Guest-I have been
waiting here nearly an hour for my
dessert. Waiter-You ordered gen.
uine English plumb pudding, sir?'
"Of course" "That has to be made,
parboiled and hung in bag for three
months before it is served. Be ready
for you in 80 days, SIR"
I4 It is a mistake to keep all our
flowers for the funerals and graves OF
our friends. Let them have few
to gladden. their lives. A few flowers
put in the hand while it is warm, will
be appreciated more by them, than
they will when the hand is cold in