Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-18
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|invention-cheap and durable.
R1 All men are homeless, but some
men are home less than others.
p6 In Virginia the penalty for usury
is the forfeiture of the entire interest.
sa- It's easy to lose friend; but a
new one will not come for calling, nor
make up for the old when he comes.
s4- 1t has been observed that the
man who has the fewest failings is
the most tolerant of those of his
neighbors.
p1 1t is one of the paradoxes of life
that the more a wife keeps her hus-
band in hot water the colder he grows
toward her.
sG How much happier would all OF
us be in this life if we did not spend
so much time in searching for what we
do not want to find.
ea Half O dozen unfortunate fell
lows who were rolling in wealth in the
prosperous 1S49 period, are now in
mates of the San Francisco poorhouse.
Bg Joseph Field, of Red Bank, n.
J., the veteran farmer of the United
States, celebrated his 103d birthday
recently. He is known as "Uncle
josie"
e9 A physician declares that people
who use rocking chairs the most be-
come deaf the soonest, and that rock
ing also hurts the eyes and makes peo-
pie nearsighted.
s9 "Begorra," said Bridget, as she
opened bottle of champagne for the
first time, "the blame fool that filled
this quart bottle must have put in two
quarts instid av wan"
R9- "Yoh'll tex notus," said Uncle
Eben, "dat de man who talks big
bout what be has done an whut he's
gwine ter do, am invari'Dly doin' nuf-
fin tall at dis partic'lar time"
ga A spectator in Japanese theatre,
on payment of small extra fee, per-
mitted to stand up; and the person
behind him cannot object, although
the latter's view is obstructed.
BV 1t is not always the man who
has the sweetest things to say to the
minister who goes deepest into his
pocketbook when money is asked for
home expenses or foreign missions.
s9 Telephones are among the mod
ern improvements that are being in
troduced on the great Western cattle
ranches. Some of these wires extend
as far as 100 miles on a single ranch. -
sg" Bicycle weddings are increasing
in popularity in France. At the close
of a wedding ceremony recently, the
bridal couple started off on their honey.
moon on a "bicycle built for two"
s9~ Although Francis Scott Key has
a $50, 1000 monument in San Francisco,
The Examiner, of that city, has been
able to raise only SIC by popular sub
scription for his destitute granddaugh-
ter.
s9" The travelling expenses of the
commercial statesmen of the country
foots up over 300,000,000 year, and
their total salaries and commissions
probably amount to about $3.50, 0,000,-
900.
p6- An old man who was badly hurt
in a railroad collision, being advised to
sue the company for damages, said !:
"Well no, not for damages. I've had
enough of them; I'll just sue 'em for
repairs"
nag Each new census of London
shows some startling statistics. The
latest is that there are 15 births and IL
deaths each hour. Last year there
were more deaths there than in all
Scotland.
r@. Gold was first coined in Eng
land in the Eleventh century, and the
first round coins were not made until
100 years later. Herodotus says that
Cresus was the first ruler to order
gold coins to be made.
aH" Little Alice-And did Solomon
know more than anybody who was
ever in the world, papa? Papa
(thoughtfully)-Well, guess he knew
more than anybody ever met, except
perhaps your 16-year-old brother Jack.
bHr The kangaroo is said to have got
its name in this way; Captain Cook first
discovered the animal in Australia.
When he enquired its name of a native
the later replied, "Kan-ga-roo," which
in the Australian language is II don't
know"
BG A Negro who was giving evil
dence in Georgia court was reminded
by the judge that he must tell the
whole truth. "Well, yer see boss"
said the dusky witness, "I'se skeered
to tell the whole truth, for fear l might
tell lie."
p9- Murder will out: Ministerial
friend ION a visiO-I wonder what
makes your mamma SO happy today?
She is singing around all over the
house. Little Nell-I dess she thought
of somfin to scold papa about when he
comes home.
p8" A certain little 3-year-old likes
very much to 60 to church, and espe-
cially enjoys the singing. One day
the choir sang Crock of Ages, cleft for
me-" and after she got home the little
one was heard singing very seriously,