Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-03
aTauside 6atherings.
r@- A man who fools his time away

H6r Of all the dark trials that disfg
ure the human race that of wishing Il
belittle or degrade the character o
another is the lowest.
Rd In Paris there is skating rinl
formed of real ice on a circular BASH
of water artifcially cooled by pipe!
containing ammonia gas.
R9r The time to warn us is befor'
we have made our mistakes and com
mitted our sins. The time to teach u
how to harvest is before we have sowr
our seed.
s@ A Negro who attempted to rob {
store at Palmetto, Ga, thought h'
would enter by way of the chimney
About half way down he stuck fas
and yelled for some one to help hin
out.
nag There is a burden of care ir
getting riches; fear in keeping them
temptation in using them; guilt il
abusing them sorrow in loosing them
and a burden of account to be given ur
concerning them.
s6 A minister in Topeka, Kan, j:
trying to hold his congregation togeth
er and get them to church regularly
by reading to them continued story
in weekly installments. His scheme
is said to be success.
pd An accurate remembrance o.
names and faces has been called a gift
of princes another gift, showing the
nobility of both heart and breeding, i:
that of the punctilious courtesy toward
the humble as we'll as toward the
great.
s@ An electrician has invented 6
wonderful watch that will tell man
when his note is coming due. Hi:
watch would be a great deal more
remarkable, as we'll as useful, if il
would tell the man where to get the
money to pay the note.
p8 A London genius has invented d
hot water apparatus to warm piano
keys, so that the fingers may not be
chilled. He should now try his hand
at a contrivance that will enable the
listener to poor piano music to keep
cool.
p6 Under the new marriage law in
Brazil, widows cannot marry until
their husbands have been dead 1C
months. This seems hard; but per.
haps it will make the wives take such
extra care of their husbands that they
won't die at all.
Bg An engineer, saying the life of a
locomotive was only 80 years, a pas
senger remarked that such tough.
looking thing ought to live longer than
that. "Well," responded the engineer
"perhaps it would if it did not smoke
so much"
H9r The balloon, by means of which
NJ. Andree, the Swedish engineer, will
endeavor to reach the North pole, will
be capable of carrying three persons,
four months provisions, sledge and
sailing boat, and will be sufficiently
gas tight to hover in the air for sc
days.
p9- A Negro preacher addressed his
flock with great earnestness on the
subject of "Miracles" as follows: "My
beloved friends, de greatest of all
miracles was bout the loaves and fish.
es. Dey was 5000 loves and 1900
fishes, and de 12 'postles had to eat
'em all. De miracale is, dey didn't
bust"
pa- A St. Louis woman identified a
body in the morgue as that of her hus-
band, from whom she had been separa,
ted several years, and gave it an ex'
pensive funeral. Her husband has
since turned up alive and well, and
having learned that his wife had buried
him in style, called on her to express
his thanks.
g9~ A lawyer residing in the north
of England, and noted for his laconic
style of expression, sent the following
terse and witty note to a refractory
client, who would not succumb to his
reiterated demands for the payment OF
his bill. "Sir, if you pay the above
you will oblige me. If you do not, |
shall oblige YOU"
gar Every one is steadily making a
death march in the sense that every
step he takes in life brings him one
step nearer to- his dying hour. This
fact, while it should not make life
gloomy, should make it one of constant
preparation for that hour. He who
practically lives as if he were immor-
tai on earth makes grave mistake.
Rs1r A little girl heard sermon from
the words, "My cup runneth over ;
surely goodness and mercy shall fol-
low me all the days of my life" On
returning home, she was asked if she
could remember the minister's text,
and replied: eyes, indeed. 1t was
this: Mercy! Goodness! My cups
tipped over"
as% They tell of petty king on one
of the South Sea island who had 23
wives, whose duty it was to smoke his
pipe for him and breathe the smoke into
his mouth. Although the personifica,
tion of laziness, he seems to have had a
tender heart. A less considerate
heather would have compelled one
wife to do that work.
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