Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-31
dfauside Gatherimgs.


s8- Let every man do the best he
knows, and if he is not fool he will
do about right.
s@ A Methodist, in class meeting,
said that he had been Christian "otf
and on for 80 years.
s6y People eat 20 per cent. more
bread when the weather is cold than
when the weather is mild.
s@ If people were as anxious to live
right as they are to die right, this
would be much better world.
reg Do not wait for extraordinary
opportunities for good actions, but
make use of common situations.
s6F AS reasonably expect oaks from
mushroom bed, as great and durable
products from small and hasty efforts.
s@ No churches are too handsome,
| if they are only paid for and made
accessible to worshippers with moder-
ate means.
t6r 1t is estimated that the amount
of gold in the world is about GLIB cubic
yards, and it would fit in a room q
feet each way, if in solid cube.
p@- Don't give the children indiges-
tible knick-knacks and then quarrel
with Providence because you have to
be up with their colics or restlessness
at night.
B6r Can a man marry his deceased
wife's sister in any part of America ?
Not unless the sister is willing, and as
general rule, she isn't. She knows
him too we'll.
a6 "Preserve order, please shouted
man on the platform to restless au-
dience. "There's no chance for pre-
serves herer' man yelled back.
"There is too much JAM"
f@- Be always frank and true spurn
every kind of affection and disguise.
Have the courage to confess your ig-
norance and awkwardness and confde
your faults and follies to but few.
s6r A cyclone pit is regular part
of the equipment of many Iowa
schoolhouses now, and the children
are drilled to escape from cyclones as
children in other places have their
fire drill.
rdT An eccentric divine once said to
his audience, "My hearers, there is a
great deal of ordinary work to be
done in this world; and, thank the
Lord, there are a great many ordina'
ry people to do it."
s@ "Do you think" he asked in
hesitating accents, "that you could
learn to love me ?" "Yes," she re-
piled, coyly, 81 could learn, but I'm
afraid you'll have a good deal OF
trouble teaching father"
rar The richest American president
was George Washington. He was
worth, when inaugurated, $3.50, 600,
which for those days was fabulous
wealth. He was the richest man in
the colonies for the time.
r@ Growler, when asked what he
considered the saddest thing in life,
said he was always miserable when he
had big appetite and nothing to eat:
and suffered terribly when he had
plenty to eat and no appetite.
s4 A lesson in language: "What
are we waiting on, conductor" ?" asked
passenger from Chicago, when the
train came to standstill. "We are
waiting on the track" replied the
conductor, who was a Boston man.
p9r 1t is not the number of acres
that a man skins over that makes
him either large or successful farm
er. 1t is what he makes net, above
cost of production, for his own toll
and interest on the capital invested.
p8 Why do birds not fall from the
perch when they are asleep? Be-
cause they cannot open the foot when
the leg is bent. Look at hen walk
ing and see it close the toes as it lifts
the foot, and open them as it touches
the ground.
pDr She had sent off telegram, and
was waiting for au answer. Suddenly
the peculiar halting click of the re-
ceiving instrument sounded in the
Office, and she said to her companion,
"That's George, know; 1 can tell
his stutter"
s@- Be honest with yourself, what:
ever the temptation; say nothing to
others that you do not think, and
play no tricks with your own mind
OF all the evil spirits abroad at this
hour in the world insincerity is the
most dangerous.
s@ An electrician l as invented q
wonderful watch that will tell a man
when his note is coming due. His
watch would be great deal more
remarkable, as we'll as useful, if il
would tell the man where to get the
money to pay the note.
s4 There is no other such enemy
to noble living and heroic achievement
as worrying. But if we meet the
hindrances and discouragements with
undismayed courage, with persistent
resolve and with unconquerable en-
ergy we shall master them, and in
mastering them, carve royalty Of
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