Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-12-13

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always have more than you want.
asF Someone, believing that "brevity
| is the soul of wit" writes "Don't eat
stale Q-cumbers; they'll w up"
a9 SAKE graphically described GER
tain pieces of beefsteak as ian Infringe
ment on Goodyear's patent"
e9 Never worry about what you
can't help. Believe in God, and give
him all the burdens you can't carry.
aar A woman's idea of a true friend
is one who will admire her children
lust as much as she does herself.
aay Germany is the only civilized
country in the world whererein mur-
derers are still beheaded with axe or
sword.
RE- IF the United States had as great
relative population as Japan, 1t
would have population of $50, 100000
people.
nag Piling up manure in the stables
NAV he convenient; but the health OF
the animals will not be promoted
thereby.
nag God does not ask where you
have been, or what you have been do
ing. He wants to know where you
are now.
psg- Josh Billings says, eff man has
got $4,000 at interest and owns the
house he lives in, it amt much trouble
to be philosopher"
B9~ A good many people don't ac-
complish anything because they try to
do loo much. Don't take a sledge
hammer to crack peanut.
e6~ Wearing his hat on the back Of
his head is one of the ways in which a
young man can tell every body he
don't know much.
s9r No, my son, neither loud talk
nor rapid speaking is argument, but
many there be who think that it is, and
who act accordingly.
e9r The British census report says
that if all the houses in England were
placed side by side they would cover
space of $50 square miles.
p9- A woman's heart was really bro
ken-burst into halves-in England,
recently, not from love or sorrow, but
from eating too hearty supper.
Bas~ After the Franco-German war
it was calculated that the proportion
of killed to the bullets spent in ell
deavoring to kill them was as l to 1900.
B4~ To keep back the sharp word
which you are tempted to speak may
require more grace than to face great
danger or resist a terrific temptation.
B91 Cultivate a gentle, even temper.
The man who flies into passion upon
every provocHtion is like a wasp,
senseless and exceedingly annoying.
R9@ That is a queer moral process by
which some men persuade themselves
the meanness of others is a warrant
and justification Of their own evil
conduct.
sS~ Beauty is the mark God sets on
virtue. Every natural action is grace
full. Every heroic act is also decent,
and causes the place and the bystand-
ers to shine.
Rsg| In Persia and Afghanistan, ASA
rptida is considered delicate perfume,
and many luxurious persons carry
quantity of it in their pockets or in
bag suspended from the neck.
ns- On a tomb in Blairsville, Pa,
cemetery may be read this curious
epitaph: "a. B. - was a good son,
a loving husband, fond father, an
able lawyer, but an honest man."
gsg- One of the Rothchilds is quoted
as saving that there will be more
chances to make money in America
during the next five years than in any
other section of the globe.
pS The first known coin is Chinese.
1t Is copper, and specimens weighing
from one to five pounds, and supposed
to date from period at least 1000
years before Christ, are still in exis-
tence.
gsy Five BARRIERS in Paris make a
livelihood by shaving dogs. Some Of
the dogs have the forward part OF the
body shaved, some the rear, while 9TH
ers are ornamented in six or seven
stripes. :,
asYn Times of great calamity and
confusion have ever been productive
of the greatest minds. The purest ore
is produced from the hottest furnace,
and the brightest thunderbolt is elicit
from the darkest storm.
esS~ Besides her plague OF rabbits,
Australia is now threatened with a.
plague Of foxes. These animals, i'm
ported for the sport of fox-huuting,
have increased so rapidly that re-
ward is now offered for their capture.
a9~ That the Lords Supper ought to
be real meal and not sham supper
of crumbs of bread and drops of
wine, was the radical proposition put
before his congregation by the Rev: L.
NJ. Gibson, of Plattsburg, Mo-, few
days ago. And it is stated that many
of the congregation are heartily in