Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-05
dEjausiae Gatherings.


s@ Why can't the milkmen leave
well enough alone?
p@- Four sailing vessels are lost at
sea to one steamer.
H@ 1t does not require any brains
to be growler or bowler.
nag In New York the average num-
ber of persons to a dwelling is 1S3.
paP Dissection of human bodies by
medical students has been practiced
since B. c. 800.
s@ The first American fire insur-
ance company began business at Phil
adelphia in 1854.
R~ The United States has less pc
centage of blind people than any coun-
try in the world.
s@ A contemporary says lawyers are
noted for losing their patience. How
about doctors?
s6F Compensation is the law of the
soil. Feed and cultivate, if you would
have large products.
p@ The largest single fortification in
the world is Fortress Monroe. 1t has
already cost over $4,000, 900.
nag John Wesley used the express
sion "Cleanliness is indeed next to god
liness," in sermon on "Dress."
s6e The tongue of man is an unru-
ly member, aud like the tongue of an
OK it is not cured until after death.
nag Roosters are a good deal like
men. A rooster never gives notice OF
finding a worm until after he has
swallowed it.
s6T Consul Newson reports that in
Malaga workmen are allowed Is min
utes leisure in every hour to smoke
cigarettes.
e6T The canyon of the Colorado is
800 miles long, and the cliffs on either
side are from 5000 to 5000 feet above
the water.
s@ England pays her ambassadors
from $35, 900 to $40, 900 per year. She
pays her sailors in the navy $12 per
month.
nag A well-known minister is hu-
morous lecturer, and he prints his
tickets, "Lecture on Fools. Admit
one"
R9 An observant old bachelor says,
eff you meet young lady who is not
very shy, you had better be a little shy
yourself"
s9- The only experience that you
can fully comprehend is your own.
That is why the world is so slow to
learn.
s@ The citizens of Belfast, Ireland,
are to erect statue of Queen Victoria,
to cost $4,000, in commemoration OF
the Goth anniversary of her reign.
R@ Johnstown, Pa, which was prac-
tically swept away by the floods three
or four years ago, is now more pros
porous than ever, and has population
of $4,000.
nag The number of prisoners locked
up in IA of the Western and Middle
state is 10, ,53S and of this vast num-
ber of offenders but one-sixth know
how to read.
s~ Date vinegar has been made by
the Arabs for ages. 1t has recently
been put on the English market, and
the English say it is far superior toiany
other vinegar.
H4 Our fellow-creatures can only
Judge of what we are from what we
do; but in the eyes of our Maker
what we do is of no worth except as it
flows from what we are.
s@ "As diamond polishes dia-
mond," says German writer, $50
man is formed by man." Truly. And
we may add, as diamond cuts diamond,
so man is feeced by man.
sdF The following FIVE states, all be.
longing to the original thirteen, still
hold annual sessions of the legislature :
Georgia, Massachusetts, New York,
Rhode Island and South Carolina.
s@ The adoption of universal post
age stamp which shall be good in any
part of the world, will he considered
at the postal union congress in Wash
ington next month.
aa" A pair of kid button shoes were
made complete and packed, in a Lynn
factory, the other day in fifteen min
utes and forty-five seconds. The pre-
vious record was twenty-four minutes.
Rag There are some roomy theatres
in this country, but none that comes
up to the old theatre of Emilius Seav-
rius at Rome, which comfortably steat-
ed $4,000 persons. 1t was 1850 years
ago.
s9> "The freedom of the city, is a
phrase which has lost its meaning. In
ancient times it conferred particular
privileges which are now common to
all inhabitants. But the ceremonial is
still preserved as means of paying a
compliment to distinguished foreign
ers.
nag There are no native kangaroos
except on the continent of Australia.
That country contains about II ,0O0,.
900 of them. Over 100000 skins are
shipped to the United States for use in
boot making. Each skin will make
about four pairs of ordinary sized
shoes.
p@ If child cries because he goes
to bed in the dark, he must be humor-
ed and given light, according to the
latest scientific theory. Modern
psychologists have discovered that
children are subject to hallucinations,
and that their imagination that they