Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-12-02
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others becomes burden to himself.
a6- When you are in doubt whether
you ought to say thing, do not say
it.
I@ The veneering is pretty thin on
good many of the polished gentlemen
you meet.
S@ A man without any ambition is
like dough without leaven in it to
make it rise.
t@r It is the fashion in Paris to en-
grave the dying words of the dead on
their tombstones..
p6r The most thickly populated
country in Europe is Belgium, and it is
also the most Incorporate.
I@ All men love freedom but the
lust man demands it for all mankind,
the unjust man for himself alone.
s&- He is the truest friend of his race
who makes it easier for the people to
have virtuous and comfortable homes.
p0- You demand the right to do
your own thinking, and you should
concede the same right to other peo-
pie.
p@- There are 332 cadets receiving
instruction this year at West Point,
the largest class in the history of the
academy.
p@r Of all dark traits that disfgure
the human race, that of wishing to
belittle or degrade the character of an
other is the lowest.
s@ 81 may not be very wealthy, but
1 can afford my own carriage and
pair" said the fond father, as he wheel
ed his twins along the sidewalk.
pdF A young lady about to marry a
farmer said "Mother Eve married a
gardener" She forgot to add, howev-
er, that owing to the match the gar
dener lost his situation.
H6- AT the funeral of an unmarried
woman in Brazil scarlet is the mourn
ing hue. The coffin, the hearse, the
trappings of the horses and the livery
of the driver must be scarlet.
1@ You can't blame people for talk
ing about you, young man. 1t is a
subject of which you never tire, and
why should not others be equally in
terested in so lofty a subjectP
R@- Friend-What on earth are you
photographing the umbrella for, dear
boy? Amateur Photographer-You
said you wanted to borrow it to 20
home with, and I'm getting something
to remember it by, that's all.
p@ In a short time the New York
postoffice will collect mails with horse
less wagons. Experiments have been
tried, and the department officials are
satisfied that the new method will re-
suit in quicker collections.
1~ Although she is an old lady, with
a surprising record as a queen, Victo-
ria has been able to lately experience
q new sensation-one that she never,
never felt before. She has become the
great-grandmother of twins.
I~ "Papa, did you ever fly or sit up
in tree and sing ?" "Certainly not.
You must have been dreaming, my
boy" "No, haven't but I heard Mr..
Shipley tell Mrs. Shipley that you
were bird when you got out"
s6r 1t is not widely known that
Queen Victoria rules over more Mo-
hammedans than the sultan of Turkey,
over more Jews than are in Palestine,
and over more Negroes than any other
sovereign who is not native of Africa.
I6- The dollar store: "This is the
dollar store, isn't it ?" asked Gareoyle,
as he presented himself at the counter
of a prominent bank "No, sir" re-
piled the teller, severely; this is
bank" swell, what's the dife renee ?"
s@ A serpent in confinement has
been known to refuse all food for Pc
riod of 81 months. A viper will live 10
months without food, and bear 6
months, while even horse will live 25
days without food, merely drinking
water.
DG What is the difference between
an old married couple who stay at
home and quarrel, and young mar
ried couple who 60 skating and fall
through the ice? The first stay in
and fall out; and the second go out
and fall in.
s6- Our prayers, like our religion,
need to be translated into acts. We
profess to love the Lord with all our
hearts, but we do not prove it by our
strength, with our hands as we'll as
our emotion. "Emotion is good, but
steam spent in whistling never drives
the engine"
s@ A woman writer says: "Many
of my sex have yet to learn the intrin-
sic value of a SMILE" They should
ask their husbands. The price of
"smile," we've been informed, varies
from five to 80 cents, but its intrinsic
value is much less.
sG- "I'm all in the dark about how
these bills are to be paid" said Mr..
Hardup to his wife. swell, Henry"
said she, as she pulled out a colored
one and laid it on top of the pile, "you
will be if you don't pay that one, for
that's the gas BILL"
s4" Recently at San Francisco, CAL,
Judge Laidlow, who caused scandal
by appearing in public in an intoxica-
ted condition, apologized from the
bench condemned himself severely
and imposed himself fine of $50,
which he paid over to the bailiff.
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