Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-15
aY'ausiae Gatherings.

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out food, merely drinking water.
n@ The more honesty a man has,
the less he affects the air of saint.
p6r Men often have an idea they are
being good because they are not any
worse than usual.
nag Perfumers' motto-Take care Of
the scents, and the dollars will take
care of themselves.
n@r The average weight of Green
land whale is 100 tons, which is equal
to that of SS elephants.
a9r Man believes himself always
greater than he is, and is esteemed
less than he is worth.
b6r With the exception of Brazil,
Spanish is the prevailing language OF
every country in South America.
p6 Birds are covered with feathers
. because these combine the highest
degree of warmth with the least OF
weight.
p9 Josh Billings says he never will
patronize lottery so long as he can
find any one else to rob him at reason
able wages.
B9- 1t is estimated that the nerves,
with branches and minute ramiica-
tions connecting with the brain, exceed
ten million.
@ There is a man so knowing that
the men who don't know their own
minds come to him for information on
the subject.
p@ The eyeball is white, because the
blood vessels that feed its substance
are so small that they do not admit
the corpuscles.
p@ Men have not altered materially
since Shakespeare said, "To be honest,
as this world goes, is to be one picked
out of 10000"
p9r Washing is done in Japan by
getting into a boat, and letting the
garments to be washed drag after the
boat by long string.
p9 A baby girl, born in Belfast, Me-,
upon the Saturday night that Dewey
won his memorable battle, has been
named Manila Dewey.
s8 Pedagogue-"Conjugate the verb
TO do" Pupil-"Do, Dewey, done" "
Correct, my boy; you shall have a
Manila hat next week"
pR Be always exactly what you
think other people ought to be. Then
there will be at least one nearly per-
feet person in the world.
pG "Mrs. Grimes, lend me your
tub" "Can't do it-all the hoops are
off-it's full of suds; besides, never
had one-I washes in barrel"
p@ Only one-third of the worlds
population use bread as daily article
of food. Fully one-half of the people
of the world subsist chiefly on rice.
s0 The willow is one of the most
adaptable of plants. A willow switch
stuck in wet ground will almost in
variably take root and become tree.
s@- 1t is not considered patriotic to
discourage your friend from enlisting.
Besides, if he doesn't 60 of his own
accord, you may have to 60 against
your will.
p1 A French Canadian widow in
Montreal, aged 65, is the mother OF
26 children. The eldest is 42 years of
age, and she has just had him arrested
for abusing her.
n9- The Sultan of Turkey has just
built at Mecca the biggest house in
the world. 1t is intended for the &C
commodation of pilgrims, and is capa-
BILE of sheltering 5000 persons.
p6 A young lady ate half we'd
ding cake, and then tried to dream OF
her future husband. Now she says
she would rather die than marry the
man she saw in that dream.
s9~ Consul General Lees report to
the state department will show that
last years sugar product of the island
of Cuba was 212, ,O51 tons. In prosper
Gus years it is over 100000 tons.
p9- Says newspaper item: "It is
a curious fact that the honey-bee was
never known in the United States till
Imported from England" No more
was the English sparrow, contound 1t
B9- Uncle Sans seamen will have a
long coast line to defend. 1t measures
5,7l5 miles, embracing 2,349 miles on
the Atlantic Ocean, 1856 on the Gulf
of Mexico, and 1910 on the Pacific
ocean.
s9- A lady tells that when she was
poor little girl, living in the country,
she used to "plant corn in her bare
feet" This imparts new idea of the
origin of those troublesome things
growing on our toes.
p9@ The towns of Ramona and Lost
Springs, Kansas, have each a popula-
ton of about 200. Meth town con-
tains an idle man or boy, tippler, a
dog, an unoccupied house, or place
where liquor is sold.
a9 "Do you think your father is
going to move out soon?" inquired
the owner of rented house of the son
of his tenant. "Think so," was the
reply "we've begun using the win
dow frames for firewood."
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