Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-16
dtjausiae Gatherings.

seldom what they seam"
a9r 1t is only in the world of dreams
that we have the rainbow without the
storm.
HE The problem of life is to be able
to readjust yourself to altered circum-
stances.
s6 1t is the Chinese custom to in
augurate business ventures with dis
play of fireworks.
pE The last word in quarrel is
not nearly so good as the first word in
a reconciliation.
ng The man who really intends to
"drown his sorrow in drink" should
jump overheard.
pG Of the 7S1 Universalist ministers
named in the annual register for 1898,
about 70 are women.
@ The American Bible society
prints or gives away about l 100000
Bibles and Testaments a year.
s6 Zeal is something which only a
wise man knows how to use, but it is
mostly intrusted to the care of fools.
p9r The screech of the locomotive is
now heard in the streets of old Damas-
Gus, once so famous in Bible history.
p9- The fastest flowing river in the
world is the Sutley, in British India.
Its descent is 10000 feet in 1SO miles.
sG- At sea level an object 100 feet
high is visible a little over 13 miles.
If 500 feet high, it is visible nearly 80
miles.
e6r Pale Youth Ito dusky brother)-
Anyhow, wouldn't / be a fool to fight
wild you; ; if I gave you black eye it
wouldn't show.
s9 A little boy remarked, 81 like
grandpa because he is such gentle
manly man; he always tells me to
help myself to sugar."
g9- The largest room in the world
under one roof and unbroken by pill
lars is at St. Petersburg. 1t is $40
feet long by 12O feet broad.
H@ Indians never use profane Ian
guage until they learn English and be-
come civilized. So says Bishop Leon
ard, of Nevada.
Bd~ In the Seventeen century the
average duration of human life was
only 13 years. In the Nineteenth GEN.
tury it is SO years.
s4. It's mean boy who, knowing
that his sisters young man is still in
the parlor, will slip down stairs near
midnight, and gayly ring the breakfast
bell.
a6" Tesla declares that he has per-
fected an electric light of such power
that it will enable photographers to
produce as good pictures at night as
by sunlight.
sas- If the millions of church men,
bers in the United States, says cotem-
porary, would each give tenth of
their income, the grand total would be
$3.50, 100000.
nB" A Dublin newspaper contained
the following: 81 hereby warn all
persons from trusting my wife, Ellen
Flanagan, on my account, as / am not
married to her."
pdT Lake Huron contains 5000 is
lands. Loeb Erne, in Ireland, has
365. The Lake of the Thousand Isles
is only an expansion of the St. Lew
renee river, and has 1,70O.
s@ Some persons, like the cat in pur-
suit of her tail, appear to think that
they shall be able to make both ends
meet simply by running around, in
stead of trying to get ahead.
B9 The London Lancet urges upon
the public the importance of breathing
through the nose in damp, cold, or
foggy weather. 1t is natures respir-
ator and protection to the delicate.
~ A religious paper printed in In
dia says of young woman who COM
mitted suicide: "She ended her virtu-
Gus life in the cool retreat afforded by
a convenient and outrageous WE'LL"
H6r If danger of war caused such
havoc in the stock market, what would
be the effect of an actual outbreak of
hostilities? Those who glibly talk of
war seldom take time to reckon its
cost.
sB~ The editor of Virginia paper
was asked by stranger if it was pos
sible that little town kept up four
newspapers; and the reply was, "No !;
it takes four newspapers to keep up
the town."
BY The health of pig is indicated
by its tail. When the tail hangs loose
ly, the pig is not well, and its food
should be changed. When the tail is
tightly coiled, the animal is healthy,
happy, and frisky.
B9 "Is it true, Shykes, that you are
going to marry your typewriter ?"
eyes, it's true, Glizzard. 1 was pay
ing her as high a salary as I could af-
ford. She wanted more, and some
thing had to be DONE"
ga A professor of French in New
York school recently asked a pupil
what was the gender of academy.
The unusually bright pupil responded
that it depended on whether it was a
male or female academy.
nas" Rev. Francis Schneider, of New
York city, claims TO have married $50
couples during the last two months,
and as he does not accept less than So
for each service, he probably feels that
"Blest is the tie that binds"
ssS> A suburban pastor preached re-
Gently in the morning from the text,
GAS thy servant was busy here and