Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-03-06
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s@ Many man who is waiting for
chance has been standing on the
wrong corner.
t@ If some men were as big as they
think they are, the world would have
to be enlarged.
p@ France has half as many. people
as the United States, but her national
debt is twice as great as ours. -.
p@ The love of pleasure betrays US
into pain E; and many a man, through
love of fame becomes infamous.
s@ A man who can hold his tongue
when angered always comes out ahead
of him who lets his tongue run with his
temper.
s@ Wearing his hat on the back Of
his head is one of the ways in which a
young man can tell everybody he don't
know much. -.
p@ The object of the Bible is to
bring God and man together. The OBJ
ject of the devil is to keep them as far
apart as possible.
p@ Base all your actions on princi-
pie of right, preserve integrity of char
acter and in doing this never reckon
on the cost.
p@ After pondering for six years on
the query, "Why do animals fear fire P"
a Southern professor answers, "because
fire is hot"
p@ 1t is estimated that over ,000,-
Oo0, 900 human beings have perished in
the wars of the world since the opening
of the Christian era. .
H6 DR.. Elliot Coues, the discoverer
of the true source of the Mississippi,
SAYS that it is "branch" 8 inches
across and 2 inches deep.
t@ There are men in the world who,
if they displayed one-half the energy
in business that they exhibit in loafng,
would soon become independent.
s@ Never bear more than one kind
of trouble at a time. Some people
bear three kinds; all they have had,
all they have now, and all they expect
to have.
p@ Somebody says that society is
made up of two classes; those who
have more dinner than appetite; and
those who have more appetite than
dinner.
p@ To plant a tree is little specu-
lation in which one takes the earth in
to partnership. There is no outlay but
q little labor-the generous earth fur
nishes all the capital.
p@ In the English language there
are about 100000 words, more or less.
Of the two most recent large die
tionaries, one claims to contain about
200, 900 the other claims nearly 3OO,-
900 words and phrases.
D6 The first labor strike in this
country, of which there is record, took
place in 1903, in New York, where a
number of sailors struck for an increase
of wages. Itwas settled by arresting
the ringleader, and locking him in
Jail.
p8 Newspapers are often criticised
for what they print, but if it were
known how much credit they merit
for what they don't print, or for the
nonsense they whack out of what
they do print, they would command a
much more generous judgment.
p9r The average life of temperance
people is 63 years and 2 months, while
the average life of incorporate people
is 35 years and months. Thus the
average life of a drinker is but little
more than half of a non-drinker ; and
vet we are asked to believe brandy,
gin, whisky and beer are wonderful
promoters ofhealth.
p6 A young wife demonstrated with
her husband, dissipated spendthrift,
on his conduct. "My DEAR" said he,
81 am only like the Prodigal SOM
shall reform by and by" "And 1 will
be like the Prodigal Son, too," replied
she, II will arise and 60 to my fathers
house" and off she went.
b@ Many people in New York city
spend the night riding in the elevated
railroad cars, as they find it cheaper
than going to the hotel. Four round
trips from the Battery to the Harlem,
going up on the east side and coming
down on the west, consumes about 8
hours and costs only 20 cents.
p@r "If we can't talk about our
neighbors, faults, what are we to talk
about ?" remarked the proof-reader, as
he glanced at our article on gossip.
"Talk about your own faults" a print
er over the way answered, "and you'll
soon get tired of talking-that is, if
you tell the truth" Do you see the
point9
D8 A man went into a drug store
and asked for something to cure a
headache. The druggist held bottle
of hartshorn to his nose, and he was
nearly overpowered by its pungency.
AS soon as he recovered he began to
rail at the druggist. "But did not it
help your headache ?" asked the
apothecary. "Help my headache ?"
asked the man. 81 haven't any head
ache. It's my wife that has the head
ache"
p@ To make a good hard soap dis
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