Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-11-16

G9T The cOStliest dresses In the WorlC
are worn by the women of Sumatra.
e9r In New York the average mum
ber of persons to a dwelling is 1871.
e@ Even though we do not see God
God is very near to us all and always
D9- Be the kind of a man that you
would like to have your boys become
pa Minneapolis is making $4,000
barrels of -four on an average day
sdE There are more public holidays
in Honolulu than in any other city ir
the world.
e0r The first American fire insurance
company began business at Philadel
phia in 1894.
e9r As a rule it takes more to keeE
up appearances than it takes to sup
port a family.
s@ Dissection of human bodies by
medical students has been practiceo
since B. C. 800.
p9r One square foot of glass will lose
as much heat as six square feet OF II
inch brick wall.
e9 A late invention is cradle which
rocks by clock-work mechanism and
plays baby tunes.
ga The number of deaths in the en-
tire world in century is estimated tc
be 4,5O0, 100000.
a9 Little minds rejoice over the
errors of men of genius, as the ow
rejoices at an eclipse.
ga The United States has les:
of blind people than any
country in the world.
g1~ When woman is trying to write
a letter on half sheet of paper, much
may be said on both sides.
a9 The largest single forti6cation in
the world is Fortress Monroe. 1t has
cost over $3,OoO,0OO.
a9r John Wesley used the expression
is indeed next TO godli'
ness" in a sermon on "Dress."
s6r The tongue of a man is an un
ruly member, and like the tongue Of
an OK it is not cured until after death
aS England pays her ambassadors
from $50, 1000 to $40, 900 per year. She
pays her sailors in the navy Sl2 pei
month.
BT Roosters are a good deal like
men. A rooster never gives notice oi
finding worm until after be has swal'
lowed it.
pHH Consul Newson reports that in
Malaga workmen are allowed 15 min
utes leisure in every hour to smoke
Ha' The canyon of the Colorado is
800 miles long, and the cliffs on either
side are from 5000 to 5000 feet above
the water.
s9- "Ten dollars fo' stealin' dat
chicken ?" cried Rastus. "Why, jege,
honis, now, l could "a bought dat hen
fo' so cents"
say- Do not be concerned about the
"Shall we know each other
IN heaven ?" when you pass your next
door neighbor without speaking to
him.
~ A pair of kid button shoes were
made complete and packed, in Lynn
factory, the other day, in Is minutes
and As seconds. The previous record
was "a minutes.
s9 Our fellow-creatures can only
Judge of what we are from what we
do but in the eyes of our Maker what
we do is of no worth except as it flows
from what we are.
Ra" The chief food products of the
Ladrones are bread-fruit and cocoa
nuts, which grow spontaneously in
every part Of the islands. One cocoa
nut tree will feed man.
Hg GAS diamond polishes diamond"
says a German writer, $50 man is
formed by man." Truly. And we
may add, as diamond cuts diamond,
so man is feeced by man.
B0 An electric light that will be Wis.
ible at distance of 4S miles is to be
established at Cape Grisnez, on the
French coast, opposite Dover. 1t will
be of 100000 candle-power.
s@H There are some roomy theatres
in this country, but none that comes
up to the old theatre of Emiius Seav-
rius at Rome, which comfortly seated
$4,000 persons. 1t was built 1850
years ago.
Bd- At a Sunday entertainment in
the City of Mexico two lions, one at a
time, were pitted against bull. The
bull easily vanquished the lions, tossing
them and goring them until they lay
helpless in the arena.
saS At Gotta, in Saxony, persons
who did not pay their taxes last year
are published in a list which hangs up
in all tn restaurants and saloons OF
the city. Those that are on the list
can get neither meat nor drink at
these places, under penalty OF loss ol
license.
s9 An eminent physician ofSt. Louis
says that no person should be permit
ted to drink tea or coffee until he or
she has attained the age of Is years
In the young those beverages unduly
excite the nervous system and have
an injurious effect upon the digestive
organs.
p9- The amount of powder required
to propel cannon projectiles is about
half the weight of the projectile. A
proiectile 4 inches in diameter weighs
SO pounds; 5 inch, so pounds; 6,inch,
,oo q :..l osn, N ;,,ob E00 1 . inch