Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-14
dfjausiaf Gatherinas.

p6- There are three times as many
muscles in the tail of cat as there are
in the human hand and wrist.
p@ Unless you have an aim and
ambition of your own you will some
day find yourself turning some other
fellows grindstone.
p6 The people of this country use
three times as much writing paper rs
those Of any other nation, in proper
ton to their number.
s6 As an instance of the wonderful
fecundity of vegetable life, it is stated
that single tobacco plant will pro
duce 100000 seeds.
p6r A. word of kindness is seldom
spoken in vain; while witty sayings
are as easily lost as the pearls slipping
from a broken string.
p6~ Going to sleep with one hand
tucked under the cheek is not wise
1t makes fold in the soft skin that by
and by helps the wrinkles.
s6~ A. Texas jury arose, after the
evidence was all in, and requested that
the case 60 to them without 'any
lawyers speeches )" and it did.
pas- Cultivate a gentle, even temper
The man who flies into passion upon
every provocation, is like a wasp
senseless and exceeding annoying.
b@ 1t is worth while to get out your
religion and expose it to the light otter
enough to prevent it from getting moth
eaten, remarks The Christian Register
p@ A. New York newspaper offers tc
aid in prosecuting any driver who
recklessly runs down a bicyclist. Will
it aid in prosecuting any bicyclist who
recklessly runs down a pedestrian?
p6 awhile I like to see man who
is not afraid to stand up for his rights,
said the Cumminsville sage, "still,
have noticed that this sort of man US
ually thinks he has right to anything
be wants."
pg The average weight of a dozer
eggs is about 212 ounces. One-eightt
of this entire weight may be regarded
as nitrogenous and nutritious matter
greater proportion than that of meal
or of the oyster.
s% The crypt of the Capitol in which
it was once proposed to deposit the
ashes of George Washington is now
used for bicycle stable, which cause:
| it to be visited oftener than though
the original purpose had been carried
out.
I@ The rheumatic bachelor 81 won
der" said the fair-haired maid, 81
there will be any more love when wo
man is the acknowledged peer of mar
in inteIlect?" "What," asked tht
rheumatic bachelor, has love got to dc
with intellect ?"
s6 When one is hurried in mailing 6
letter, and the only available postage
stamp is found to be without sufficien
glue, moisten the stamp, rub it on tht
gummed flap of an envelope, anc
quickly press it in place upon the let
ter.
p6r A veritable curiosity has beer
captured in Africa. 1t is an elephant
larger than the late lamented Jumbo
pea.gr in color, trunkless, and ha'
tusks that branch out something like
the horns of deer. 1t is in posses
sion of a native king, who will mo-
part with it.
p9r History has fully established tha
Captain Kidd buried no treasure ex
cept on Gardner's Island, and this
amounting, with what he had OF
board his vessel, to about $4,000, wa'
secured by the Earl of Bellamont
governor of the British colonies il
New England.
s@ The largest republic in tht
world, and the only one that has eve
lived century on purely democrat
ic basis, is the United States of Amer
ica, which contains 100000 square
miles, being almost equal in extent t.
Europe, which has 59 Kingdoms, EN-
pires, principalities and republics.
s@ "Now, darling, will you gran
me one favor before I go?" Yes
George, WILL" she said, dropping hel
eyelashes and getting her lips in shape
"What is the favor 1 can grant you p
"Only little song at the piano, love
1 am afraid there is dog outside
waiting for me, and l want to scare
him away"
R6- "I wish you would renew thi
note. My father will endorse for me,
said a Texas youth to Nose Schaum
burg, the merchant prince of Austin
even fader has got no more sens'
than to endorse for such son as yor
vas, vat SECURITY ish dot for me
Dot shows dot your vader was an ole
block of the young chip"
ndF An oak tree was cut down a
Baraboo, Wis, recently the trunk o
which had nearly 400 rings, which, &C
cording to the generally accepted rule
that a new ring is formed each year
would indicate that the tree started OF
it's earthly career after Columbus frs
sighted the new world. The tree wa
six feet in diameter at the base.
pd. The false shame which fears tt
be detected in honest manual employ
ment; which shrinks from exposing to
the world a necessary and honorable
economy; which bushes more deeply
for shabby attire than for mear
action; and which breads the sneer o
the world more than the upbraiding o
conscience-this false shame will prove
the ruin of every one who suffers it tt
influence his thoughts and life.