Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-19
aa)auside Gatherit1gs.
p6 An Indiana man has gone insane
because somebody killed his pet cat.

n6 1t is not enough 10 keep Cne pour
in mind !; give them something to keep
you in mind.
s6r There is bcundless pleasure in
making others happy, even if the 9TH
ers are "only animals"
~ The man who mounts his high
horse is invariably the one who gets
the least pity when he falls.
p6r Pins have been made for only
$50 years, while needles have been
used more than 40 centuries.
s~ It is estimated that there are
over $4,000 families in London with
only one room for each to live in.
s@ Four things cannot come back
the spoken word, the sped arrow, the
past life, the neglected opportunity.
s% Prejudices are like rats, and q
mans mind like trap; they get in
easily, and then perhaps can't get out
at all.
rag There is a time in every mans
life when he thinks there is nothing
sweeter under the sun than somebody's
daughter.
D6 There are few things in this
world to be more dreaded than a com.
municative man with nothing to com
municate. ,
s& The forest area of the United
States, according to recent official
report, is 100000, 900 acres, not includ'
ing Alaska.
p@ Age is hard to define. Some
men are aged beyond their years, and
some men at 70 are virtually younger
than others at 40.
~ AS means of imparting agricul.
tural information, The New England
Farmer says the large fairs are grow.
ing less valuable each year.
p1 Ii Hung Chang was so surprised
at the number of generals who greeted
him in this country that he had nc
surprise left for the colonels. .
p~ If man has right to be proud
of anything, it is good action, done
as it ought to be, without base inter
est lurking at the bottom of it..
r@ They say in Texas that the cow
boy of the future will use wheel in
stead of horse. One cowherder in
Atchison, Kan, already uses one.
p6 When you hear one girl speak
of another as being "good and sensi.
ble," you can feel perfectly confiden'
that she is as homely as a rail fence.
r6 There are men in the world who
|if they displayed one-half the energy
lin business that they exhibit in loaf
ling, would soon become independent.
t@ Before going to law, be sure it't
worth while. 1t takes only two te
make quarrel, but all the courts ir
the country may be required to'settle
lit.
p@ If any man has failed to estimate
the affection of true-hearted wife, he
will be likely to mark the value in biz
loss when the heart which loved hin
is stilled by death.
e@ There are about 100 grains o
liron in the average human body, ano
yet so important is this exceedingly
small quantity that it's diminuton il
attended with very serious results
~ A collector of bad debts wht
Lives in New Jersey towns drives q
horse over which is thrown shee
bearing this inscription: "Thls horse
stops only in front of houses whose in
mates are bad pay"
H@ "Yez may say wot yez place
Igintlemau, it's not onywhere yell be
foinding braver men nor th' Irish.
|"Come off, Pat; it was only the othe1
night made five of them rum" "Was
lit long catchin' ye, they weres"
sdr In unfolding his wings, the goose
shows a row of white feathers, ant
this action signifies his intention o
flying; and thus the thought of COW
ardice has become associated with tht
expression.
s@ "Yes," said Mr.. Spifin, II neve
had no chance at an education myself
|but am determined that my son Alb
ner shall have the best there is going
/ shall send him to college," "Yale
Harvard or Princeton ?" 81 haven
decided yet. What's this Electoral
college I see mentioned in the news
papers so much ?"
p4 A minister, who had been accused
of preaching a sermon that was no
his own, went to the parishioner wh'
had made the charge, and asked hin
to retract. "Well," said the parish
ioner, II thought, when heard tha
sermon, that it was taken from bool
I had at home; but 1 went home ant
looked in the book-and it was al
there"
D4- An Irish lawyer having address
ed the court as "gentlemen," insteat
of eyer honors," after he had conclu
ded, brother of the bar reminded
him of his error. He immediatel!
arose and apologized thus: "May
plase the coort, in the hate of the de
bate called yer honors gentlemen.
made mistake, yer honors." Th'
speaker then sat down.
pg- Only 9O6 persons in every mill
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