Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-13
dtausiae Gatherings.

Gag. There are always more or less
money drawers in bank.
eP Texas has 81 counties, each
larger than Rhode Island.
s6r All of US who are sorry for our
sins are brothers and sisters.
p4 A book with loose leaf should
be bound over to keep the piece.
pd~ 1t costs some people more to
keep up appearances than it does to
live.
s9. The United States supplies near
ly one-half of the wheat used in Eng
land.
s&- The dried fruit trade is increas.
ing. California exported one thousand
carloads last year.
sd Over 600 varieties of cotton are
said to exist-400 in Asia and Africa,
and 200 in America.
s6r The emperor of China must fast
81 days in the year to satisfy the
claims of his religion.
s@ Unselfsh people are always po-
lite, because good manners are only
the absence of selisness.
aas- 1t is only when man is the un-
der dog that he begins to seriously
think of turning reformer.
a4- Pious Russians do not eat pig
cons, because of the sancity conferred
on the dove in the Scriptures.
pd5- All eternity will regret the loss
of single day. Invest your moments
we'll. They are precious jewels.
p6~ 1t is said that more murders oc-
cur in Paris in six months, than in
London, Berlin and Vienna in year.
s9- 1t is claimed that Lake Erie
produces more fish to the square mile
than any body of water in the world.
a9> Make no haste to be rich, if you
would prosper small and steady gains
give competency with tranquility OF
mind.
s@ We hear a:great deal about
"Men of the hour" and "Men of the
day." but what about "Men of the
night ?"
tag In seeking a wife, young man
should remember that beautiful char.
acter is not liable to become wrinkled
and faded.
pdT Why do girls kiss each other,
while boys do not? Because girls
have nothing better to kiss, and the
boys have.
pase The fact that you have cherished
base thought for even moment
ought to cause your cheek to flush
with shame.
a6T Scales are now made that will
weigh the flame of candle or the
smallest strand of hair plucked from
the eyebrow.
gd There goes a fellow who whis-
ties at danger" "Ah! he must be a
very brave fellow. Who is he ?" "a
locomotive driver"
B@ If a man strikes another man
weaker than himself he is coward ;
| if he assaults a stronger man than
himself he is fool.
s9 Handel, the famous composer,
used, when travelling, to order dinner
for three, or if hungry, for five, and
then eat the whole himself.
s@ The Connecticut Mutual Life
will permit any of its policyholders to
fight for their country without charg-
ing them any extra premium.
H9% Rummaging in his garret recent
ly, a Lowell man found in the pocket
of an old vest a letter that was given
to him by lady to mail 80 years ago.
s1" In Sitka, Alaska, when an In
dian wife has lost her husband by
death, she goes into mourning by paint
ing the upper half of her face deep
black.
g6r There was one lover once who
told the truth. Reference is made to
Adam. When he told Eve "you are
the first woman 1 ever loved" he was
not assembling.
a6s- In old times card playing was
regarded as essentially a Christmas
pastime, and statute of Henry VII.
forbids card playing save during the
Christmas holidays.
s@e Maryland has passed law do.
ing away with words $50 help me
God" in judicial oaths, and it isn't like
ly that there will be any more perjury
than there was before.
a9" Variations in the size of rain
drops, are attributed to atmospheric
disturbances and to the height from
which they fall; those from high al
titude being much the smaller.
s6r Minister-So you go to school,
do you Bobby? Bobby-Yes, sir.
Minister-Let me hear you spell kit
ten. Bobby-I'm getting too big q
boy to spell kitten, sir. Try me on
cat.
H6s- The average healthful man eats
nearly two and half pounds of solid
food a day. Upon this basis the daily
consumption OF food by the human
race equals 3,6O7,770,0OO pounds, or
1,6l0,6l2 tons.
W "What is a commercial travel
er?" asked little Tommy of his father.
ga commercial traveller, my son." said
the father, "is man who travels over
the country and shows hotel men how
to run their hotels"
H9r Daisy-When I get big like you
mamma, am going TO marry doctor
or minister. Mamma-Why, my
dear? Daisy-'Cause, if marry a
doctor can get we'll for nothing; if
| noarry q minister 7 can he pood for