Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-10
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another.
nG- It is said that the American peo.
pie spent s2O,OO0,00O last year for
chewing gum.
lp8 Only "a white elephants have
been captured since the beginning OF
the Christian era.
S6 Blame not others for your disap-
pointments till you have sought for
the blame in yourself.
S8 "Will you name the bones of the
head ?" "I've got 'em all in. my head,
professor; but I can't give them"
s8 In Hamburg a dog is taxed ac-
cording to his size; little tax for a
little dog, and big tax for big dog.
s6r Pages in congress must he over
the age of 12 years and under 16. In
the senate they receive 81, ,440 a year
and in the house, 81, 200.
s@ "Why do you punch that hole
in my ticket ?" asked little man of a
railway official. $50 that you can
pass through" was the reply.
s@ Queen Victoria now rules 367 )
600, 900 people, greater number than
has ever before acknowledged the sov-
ereignty of either king, queen or
emperor.
p~ The man who is willing to do
wrong in secret will after awhile be
willing to do wrong in public. The
fear of God is better protection than
the fear of man.
p~ A conscientious registrar of
births and deaths at St. Ives, England,
recently certified to the death of an
infant aged one minute. He was
bound to be accurate.
p~ During his entire career Stradi-
varius made from 600 to 700 violins.
Few of these were sold higher than
$25 during his life. Now some of
them command $4,000 each.
p@ Asbestos towels are among the
curiosities of the day. When soiled
it is only necessary to throw til ,m into
a red-hot fire, and after few minutes
draw them out fresh and clean.
B~ The house of representatives has
twice elected presidents of the United
States first in 1900, when Thomas
jefferson was chosen over Aaron Burr {;
and in 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was chosen over Andrew Jackson.
p@r The government always with
holds the fractions of penny in its
periodical distribution of dividends on
account of the national debt. From
this source it has accumulated in the
last 100 years, the sum of $750,000.
s@ As the result of an election wa
ger, a man in Ripley, Ohio, is going to
shave his head, gild it and walk q
mile without his hat if Mckinley is
elected. His opponent will silver
his head if Bryan carries off the prize.
p@ A Negro preacher who was car
rying on protracted meeting in Stew
art county was asked how he got on
with the meeting. "First-rate," said
he; II made 70 convicts the first
night"
s~ "Does he offer any proof of his
affection ?" "Proof" exclaimed the
beautiful girl. "Why, he says that I
have set his heart afre, and it has
been burning so that it has lit the ci-
gars in his vest pocket" "But the
proof" HE showed me the half
burned cigars"
s6- The coldest region in the United
States is the stretch of country on the
northern border from the Minnesota
lakes to the western line of Dakota.
At Pembina, which lies near the 49th
parallel, the lowest temperature re-
corded in the great storm of the win
ter of 1873 was Sc degrees below zero.
This is believed to be the lowest tenn
perature reached in the United States.
p9 "They say that man cannot
successfully do two things at once"
"I've heard it said" "Do you believe
it ?" "I've never had any occasion to
doubt it," "Have you ever had any
experience in municipal affafrs?" "a
little" "Then you must have known
of cases in which a man has drawn
two salaries at once, and kept it up for
some time" "Oh, we'll, anything is
possible to a fnancier in politics"
B6r An English paper reports the
discovery of a real Mrs. Partington.
She walked into the Office of the judge
of probate, and inquired, "Are you
the judge of reprobates ?" II am the
Judge of probate" was the reply.
that's it, I expect" quoth the
lady. "You see, my husband died
detested, and left me several little
infdels; and I want to be appointed
their executioner
p9. Don't eat too fast; the digestive
organs are something like stove,
which if checked up and out of order
burns slowly, and if you keep filling
in fuel grows more and more checked.
The wiser course is to let it burn down
and put in fuel only when needed. 1t
is a foolish notion that food always
keeps up the strength. Only what
we digest helps US; all beyond that is
a tax upon the system and exhausts
the strength instead of increasing it.
s8- One of the most unique cemete-
ries in the United States is that Of
Row Tono Island the