Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-14
atjausiae Gatheritlgs.

R@ If young men will not believe IN
themselves no woman can believe in
them.
p4 We cannot expect perfection in
anyone, but we may demand consist.
ency of everyone.
p@ In the good old times 80 years
ago, there were but 5000 officehold-
ers in this country.
r@ An old maxim is that religion
will cost us something, but the want
of it infinitely more.
s@ Digesting; not eating, is what
gives strength to the body. Thinking,
not cramming, gives strength to the
mind.
sa| We live longer than Methuselah
for we know more, do more, are more
in 70 years than he knew, did, or was
in his $50.
n% If a man could but take his
troubles as easy as other people take
them, what happy, happy world this
would be!
p@ A healthy baby should cry three
or four times a day, to give its lungs
needed exercise. So asserts medical
authority.
sE All of US who are worth any
thing, spend our manhood in unlearn-
ling the follies or expiating the mis-
takes Of youth.
td Earthquakes were of frequent
occurrence in New England during
the first century after its settlement
by the Puritans.
r@ Beware of inquisitive persons; a
wonderful curiosity to know all is gen.
orally accompanied with as great an
itch to tell it again.
p~ It was Daniel Webster who said,
|in reference to the extent of the state
of Texas, $50 vast that bird cannot
fly over it in week."
p@ Ornithologists have discovered
that the crow has no less than 27
different cries, each distinctly refer
able to different action.
p8 Happiness is shy nymph; and
|if you chase her, you will never catch
fher. But just go quietly on and do
your duty, and she will come to you.
nB "You seem to be at home here" !"
remarked man at the postoffice to
the postmaster. eyes," replied the
latter "this is my stamping ground" "
s8- The most popular man in this
world, remarks the Somerville Journal, =,
is the man who understands the best
just how to adopt other peoples opln-
ions.
s9 Mother-What is the matter, my
dear? Why are you crying? Harry
between sobs)-I left my taffy on
that chair, and the minister's a-sittin'
on it.
p@ Some far-seeing prophets predict
that there will be nothing to talk
about now the election is over. They
fail to consider the time it takes to say
II told you So"
eI Every ton of ocean water on the
Australian coast is said to contain one
grain of dissolved gold, but every ton
of American soil can produce a good
many golden grains.
p@- There is a building standing in
Chicago that is 63 years old, and her
sentimental citizens want the local
historical society to purchase and pre-
serve this venerable structure.
p9- An old lady in Toronto does not
approve of her hens laying eggs on
Sunday, therefore she devotes the pro-
fits accruing from the sale of the Sun
day work of her hens to the missionary
cause.
s@ Little Ethel wonder why men
like to talk abon' their old school
days? Little Johnnie-I s'ppose after
they got growed up they is always
tryin' to find out where the teacher
lives, so they can lick him.
s@ An Iowa man bet $40 that he
could ride the tlywheel on a sawmill.
When his widow paid the bet, she
remarked, sympathetically, civilian
was good, kind husband; but he
didn't know much about fywheels."
sdT "Some folks" said Uncle Eben,
"talks bout de wuhk dey had done in
de pas. Some folks talk bout de
wuhk dey's gwinter do in de future.
But de man dat's rely doin' sometin'
right now, he amt got time ter say er
word"
e6- The OWLS eyes have no muscles
by which they can be moved. This
deficiency is atoned for by extraordi-
nary fexibility in the muscles of the
neck, by which the owl can move his
head with incredible rapidity in any
direction.
s6~ All arimals, when taken for a
sea voyage become tanner. Monkeys
suffer greatly from sea sickness. Fowls
and geese soon become thin, and cocks
generally cease to crow. Birds, too
are affected by the sea, and never sing
during a voyage.
adT In the Russian army two days
week are observed as fasts-Wednes-
days and Fridays-on which days all
the soldier gets in way Of food is lem
til soup and black bread and drink
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