Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-09
aVausiae Gatherings.

s4- Telegraph posts along railway
are arranged 80 to the mile.
s@- Take care of your habits, and
your health will take care of itself.
r6- The man that gets the best of a
horse trade is the one that drives the
bargain.
p8 The ancient theory that "custom
is law" is disproven by the fact that
it is some mems custom to defy the
law.
s6r The most extensive cemetery in
Europe is that at Rome, in which over
10000 human beings have been in
TERED.
D@ Atlanta has a hotel in which
the rooms are designated by the names
of states. The Office is the District of
Columbia.
p8 If we moved our legs proper
tionately as fast as an ant, it is calcu-
lated we could travel nearly 800 miles
an hour.
p0- Mr.. Beecher confessed to his con-
gregation that in his youth he had, as
have all boys, robbed his mothers
preserve closet.
I~ A little Atchison girl recently
gave party, her mother limiting the
guests to ten. The girl invited nine
boys and one girl.
p6F It is estimated that North Caro-
lima mills are consuming annually So
600 more bales of cotton than are
produced in the state.
.p6r 1t is said that Scotchman plant
ed the first thistle in Australia out OF
love for his native land, and now mil.
lions of the plant afflict the land. :
p% Describing the cold weather
down east, a man said that it was so
cold sometimes that all the fishes froze,
and he often used an eel rs walking
stick.
p% Kansas has raised enough food
this year to fill train of freight cars
5000 miles long. Could solid gold
mine be worth half so much to the
world?
p@ Paper teeth are made by den-
tist in Lubbock, Germany. One of his
patrons has a set which has been in
use for 13 years, and gives complete
satisfaction.
s6- 1t is claimed that crows, eagles,
ravens and swans live to be 100 years
old, herons SO, parrots 60, geese so,
sparrow-hawks 40, peacocks, canaries
and cranes "a.
p8 Recently $4,000 barrels of Amer
ican apples arrived at Hamburg, Ger
many, in one day. Their quality is
unequaled in Europe, and that is why
the market abroad is growing.
b@ Wit loses it respect with the
good when seen in company with mall
ice; and to smile at a jest which plants
a thorn in another's breast is to be-
come principal in the business.
p~ His opinion: "What are you do.
ing, Jimmie ?" "Readin' tn dictionary
through" CHOW do you like it ?"
"Oh, some O. tn words is good, but
others hain't much sense in 'em."
p@ "This," said the Kansas editor,
looking over the top of his spectacles,
'is the most inviting manuscript l
have received in long time" "What
is it ?" asked the foreman. "a poem
beginning, Come, drink with me-"
p% "Your mother takes in washing,
doesn't she ?" asked the man in the
bald wig. "She has to take in the
washing as soon as it gets dark" re-
torted the gentleman with the pea
green whiskers, "or your father would
have it all before morning !"
p~ "Have you named the baby Vir-
ginia, Dinah? I hear you call her
Virgie." "Oh, laws! no, missus not
Virginny. She sure huff Christian
chile, an we's boun' to give her a
Bible name. Names Virgin Mary.
We JUS call her Virgie for short"
ag "What's the matter with you ?"
cried a tired traveller in the stage.
"This is a perfectly level road, and
when I went over it 20 years ago you
drove fast enough" awe do seem to
be a leetle pokey," owned the driver,
land I can't see why. This is the
same boss he'd then"
pdT The blushing bride.elect was re-
hearsing the ceremony about to take
place. "Of course you will give me
away, papa?" she said. ~ am afraid
I have done it already, Carolina" re-
piled the old gentleman, nervously.
'I told your Herbert this morning you
had disposition just like your moth
er's."
p@ To the average eye not more
than 5000 stars are visible some per-
sons having extraordinarily strong eyes
can see about 5000 stars. Through the
Lick telescope and other powerful in
struments about 50,OO0,O0O stars are
visible. There are believed to be stars
in existence beyond the reach of any
telescope yet constructed.
s6e A friend of the late Lord Gran
vile, noted for his badness and avar-
ice, was speaking one day about a
mutual friend who was going to be
married. "I would like to give him,
my lord," said he, "something rare
but not expensive" "Present him a
lock of your hair" Granville whisper
ed, sweetly.
s@ "Mr. Higgamore," said Miss
Quickstep, firmly and distinctly, inter-
rupting him, "you have called me a
lump Of sweetness a great many
times, but you have never said you