Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
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has good determination.
a4 A great many pairs of shoes are
worn out before man does all he says
pH- In China to salute person by
taking off the hat is considered an in
suit.
p9 In nursing their disappointment,
some men md it thrives best on the
bottle.
p@ At the first of the year the
armies of the world numbered A.
100000.
r6- In France when railway train
is more than 10 minutes late the com.
pany is fined.
p6 Florida, of all the states, has the
most water within its boundaries
4, ,440 square miles.
pd- The Dutch people consume more
tobacco per head than the people Of
any other country.
s% The only vengence which good
man desires is to have his enemies
know that he is right.
r6- The best cure for drunkards, says
an old philosopher, is, whilst sober, to
observe q drunken man.
R6 Insurance companies claim that
cycling is more dangerous than trav'
cling either by railway or by ship.
p@ The people of the United States
read and support as many newspapers
as England, France and Germany
combined.
p@ Our success or failure in life de-
pends upon nothing so much as the
confidence we place in our ability to
accomplish.
p9 The largest amount of gold coin
and bullion in circulation in the United
States was in 1890. The most silver
was in circulation in 1891.
r@ Speak of mems virtues, says q
Chinese moralist, as if they were your
own, and of their vices as if you were
liable to their punishment.
r6- Of the 3S sultans who have ruled
the Ottoman empire since the con-
quest of Constantinople by the Turks,
81 have died violent deaths.
p8 The man who expects to be saw
ed because he pays his debts would
do we'll to spend the next rainy day
in looking over his account with heaV-
en-.
nag A Russian nobleman has followed
the advice of Count Tolstoi, and divi-
ded his estates among the peasants,
reserving but seven acres for his own
cultivation.
r9 A French Canadian couple, now
living in St. Paul, recently celebrated
the SOth anniversary of their marriage.
The husband is 107 years of age and
his wife is 101.
p@ A young man who was about
jumping from train while in motion,
was deferred by a reporter, who asked
for his name, age, business and resi-
dence for an obituary item.
r& A dental expert estimates that
rs per cent. of all Americans use den
fists, and that there is at present in
the teeth of Americans a "gold re-
serve" of at least $50, 100000.
I@ The congressional library, which
is soon to be housed in its new and
elegant building, comprises over 74O,-
900 books, 25O,OOO pamphlets, and
about 100000 numbered periodicals.
p& A wild boar, roasted whole, was
the chief dish at state dinner given
by the Prince of Montenegro. 1t was
brought in smoking hot. Inside the
boar was a turkey, and inside the tur-
key was a snipe which had been shot
by the host.
r4" The director of the work of the
Palestine exploration fund, is reported
to have discovered the staircase lead
ing to the pool of Sloan. The stair
case is 40 feet wide and extends back
from the pool a distance of 200 feet.
D@ Converse, Indiana, has the most
stringent curfew law. 1t forbids all
person under II years of age from
being on the streets alone after 7
o'clock in the evening during the
months from September to April, and
after o'clock the rest of the year.
p9 There are more ants to the
square mile in Florida than in any
other country in the world. There
are ants that will measure more than
half an inch in length, and then there
are ants so small that they can scarce
ly be seen to move with the unaided
eye.
p| During the experiments lately
undertaken at Paris for the explora-
tion of the upper air, free balloon,
carrying self recording instruments,
attained an elevation of 49, 200 feet, or
nearly nine an one-third miles and re-
corded a temperature of To F. below
zero.
p6 Study to be kind. Not much
danger of carrying it too far if you are
guided by good common sense. How
ever kind and thoughtful you may be,
the day may possibly come when you
will wish that you had been kinder
still. Thoughtful kindess to the living
is better than tears for the dead.
s9 Charitable old lady Ito little beg
gar girD-There's some bread for you.
It's day or two old, but you can tell
your mother to take three or four fresh
eggs, a quart of milk, cup of sugar,
some good butter, and half.grated
nutmeg, and she can make very ex.
cellent pudding of it,"
gas" A man who escaped from the
;oI Of Andarcnn Indiana adnnted q