Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-08
dtausidt Gatherings.

g4" To be accounted eloquent, us'
your ears rather than your tongue.
sH How immense appear to us the
sins which we have not committed.
s9 A dentist refers to his collection
of extracted teeth as gum drops.
Bag Girls who use powder don't g
off any quicker than those who don't
pI The greatest height at which Wis
ible clouds ever exist does not exceed
10 miles.
H8r A needle factory in Redditch
England, makes 7O,0o0,O0O needle:
every week.
@ What a difference it make
whether you put CDR" before or at
ter name!
nDr The world looks at minister
out of the pulpit to know what they
mean when in it.
HH The burden of one man is bag
of gold, while the burden of another il
an empty pocketbook.
p4 The sayings of many great mer
would fill volumes. Their doings coult
he written on a postal card
a@~ Nearly all of the forms of lower
life dislike tobacco. 1t is reserved fol
mankind to appreciate this plant.
e@ A botanical explorer has found
| in the PHILIPPINE islands a species o.
wild flower measuring one yard in di'
ameter.
t@ Consecrate all your energies fol
good, scatter all your bad desires and
Ilie's harvest will fill your grapary
with wealth,
se- An Alabama railroad has been
sued for $4,000 damages because one
of it's conductors kissed a passenger
against her will.
b| People who keep their mouths
closed except when they are talking
eating or drinking, rarely contract
colds or coughs.
e1 The hotel proprietors in Cubs
are required by law to affix two-cen'
stamp on the register opposite the
name of each guest.
saF The authorities of Boston univer
sity have decided that the students
must give up the use of tobacco OF
leave the institution.
paE Good temper like a sunny day
sheds q brightness over everything
1t is the sweetener of toll and the
soother of disquietude.
p6~ Fifty.fve towns and cities IN
England now destroy garbage by burn
| ing and use the heat to generate elec'
tricity for street lighting.
p@- Do not preach politeness and pro
priety to children and violate their laws
Yourself. In other words, let the exam
pie you set them be good one.
RD- What we often regard as severe
chastisements are like the blow from
an angels hand on Peter, TO awaken
him for his deliverance from prison.
s6- 1t is in vain to hope to please al
alike. Let man stand with his face
in what direction he will, he must ne
cessarily turn his back on one-half the
world.
s@ A little boy who had been used
to receiving his elder brothers ole
TOYS and clothes, recently asked, MA
shall l have to marry his widow wheI
he dies?"
a9n What with the trolley and the
bicycle, the farmers are getting quite
set back, for not only is there less de-
mand for horses, but also for hay, corr
and oats.
eH There are nice, pretty, greer
oases all through the desert of life blu,
the fat man who breaks a suspendel
when running to catch train DOM
think Of this.
R9r Beware of despising small begin
nings. Some men never arrive Mt use
fulness because they are not satisfied
to begin in a small way, and proceed
a step at time.
sgr The law of the harvest is to rear
more than you sow. Sow an act ano
reap a habit; SOW habit, and you
reap character sow a character anc
you reap destiny.
a6 The Bavarian peasants, who
have a horror of fire, address the fol
lowing prayer to their favorite saint
80 holy St. Florian Protect this
house burn the Others"
pG- A New York paper gravely
observes that the suicide of farmer
which it notices, "is singularly strange
inasmuch as he has not been IN the
habit of doing such things"
@ "What are you doing now
Brown ?" "Iam a silver chaser at pres
ent, Quimby." "That's a new busl
ness for you isn'tit?' mo; I'm mere
ly looking for man with quarter tc
lend. Do you happen to have one.?"
sB- Prayer is the breath of the soul
The soul that is alive to God prays a:
the soul that is alive breathes. Cessa
ton of breathing is evidence of physl
cal death. Cessation of praying is evi
dence that the soul is dead. Is your
soul dead?
sar Mark Twain is said, by one who
knows him well, to be the most miser
able of men. Heis possessed ola wild
mad fear that ill luck is bound TO over
lo-,;,,a hin, of hic for.