Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-15
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you possess it.
pdT The less man talks the more
time he has to think.
Bag Thomas A. Edison is the patentee
of over 600 inventions.
Ba5 An ounce of experience is worth
exactly a ton Of theory.
s9 Every one can stand little
more than he thinks he can.
sdS Any man can control his tongue
who can control his thoughts.
s9 Don't contradict people even if
you know that you are right.
R@ A man may not like the fashion
of his nose, but he follows it.
edr There are four Irishmen to every
Englishman in the United States.
s9 No man is so ignorant that you
cannot learn something from him.
s9 China, with all her 100000
people, has only 40 miles of railroad.
s@ The largest perfect diamond in
the world is world is worth 81 ,250,000.
s@ a simple remedy for hiccough is
a lump of sugar saturated with vine
gar.
B9 A man is all the better for trying
to be good, no matter what the motive
may be.
pyH Twenty million acres of the
land of the United States are held by
foreigners.
a9 Of the 100000 inhabitants in
Cincinnati, 81, 900 came from the Ger
man empire.
s| One explanation of the high
prices Of beef is that everybody wants
the best cuts.
s9 The finger nails grow between
one and half and two inches in
length yearly.
sa- New Workers are claiming that
their city has a population of between
100000 and 100000.
sB- Greet heartily and speak kindly
to the brother whose circumstances in
life are humber than yours.
Rg There are men who would growl
that the wind was in the wrong direc-
ton if it was raining money.
B9" AS to feel that we can do q thing
is often success, so to doubt and des-
pond is sure step to failure.
s@ Most people who receive charity
are compelled to give more gratitude
for it than the charity is worth.
r9 A great many men can stand
their own singing who will leave the
house at night when the baby cries.
ga- The horse has no eye brow, and
if much white is visible in the eye it.
self, it is sure sign ofa vicious nature.
BY~ The greatest plague ever known
visited Naples in 1856. 1t lasted %
weeks, and carried off 10000 people.
s9" Some people will find fault with
the idleness Of others as means of
calling attention to their own industry.
NDe In England and Scotland Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday are consid-
ed lucky days on which to get married.
BT When two friends agree to smoke
the pipe of peace, one is usually ready
to quarrel over the quality of the to-
bacco.
Bg- Over s5O,OOO,O0O are spent in
maintaining the churches Of the Unit
ed States, and S4OO,000,00O in running
the jails.
BD@ The first printing press ever used
in America was run in Mexico, about
1850, and the second in Lima, Peru,
about 1886.
sS- When the devil wants to be real
funny he, no doubt, repeats to his
guests the nice things said about them
on their tombstones.
sY- The government of Switzerland
is the most economically managed in
Europe. The president of the Swiss
republic is paid $4,000 year.
HT Twenty-four years ago, electrici-
ty as a mechinical power was unknown.
Now 5000, 100000 is invested in vari-
Gus kinds of electrical machinery.
eY To whiten the hands use oatmeal
instead of soap to wash the hands.
This will have the effect both Of soft
ening and whitening them.
B9~ Profound observers have remark
ed that when man don't know any
ching, he is singularly apt to disclose
the fact whenever he has an opportu-
nifty.
BI" Are blacksmiths who make a
living by forging, or carpenters who do
little counterftting, any worse than
other men who sell iron and steel for a
living?
B9 Less tobacco is consumed in
Great Britain, in proportion to the
inhabitants, than in any other civil
lied country. The average is % oun-
ces per annum for each person.
pa- 1t is stated that over 100000
acres of land in Europe are devoted
to beet-sugar cultivation, which with
an average of - tons of beets to the
acre, would give 7,30O,0O0,O0O pounds
of sugar.
BGe ~ suppose you are tired of talk
ing about the weather." said the phil
osopher; "but / have been thinking