The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-11-17
wAYsIDE GATHERINGS.
Bits of Humor and Nuggets OF Truth
for the Multitude.

Dogs are the greatest wags we
have.
There is no suffering equal TO fear,
for 1t has no limit.
Not to love the good is proof
that you are bad.
He who waits to do great deal OF
good at once will never do any.
Mako your long prayers in private,
and your short ones in public.
An ounce OF encouragement is
worth pound Of fault finding.
The biggest coward in all the
earth Is the man who is afraid to do
right. n
If you want your life to be q suc-
cess, mover be found opposing the
truth. m
Abuse is one of the few things q
man can get without earning or dee
serving it,
In 1900 America had more colleges,
| In proportion to population than she
has now.
The good workman is like q pair
OF shears. He SHUTS up when he goes
| TO work.
DO good, and leavec behind YOU a
monument OF good deeds that time can
never destroy.
Health isa mint that constantly
sends out its golden coin of opportuni-
ties and power.
In escaping from fire, creep or
crawl along the room with your face
close to the floor.
BY doing our work properly we
will not have to perform the same la
bors the second time.
Two wealthy Hebrews of Bagdad
now own all that remains of the an
cient town of Babylon.
Take it easy. 1t is no uncommon
thing for people with plenty of "go"
in them to go-to tho bad.
Sixteen million dollars have been
expended in building houses in Den
yer within the past six years.
Your life will never rise any high
er than your belief. If YOU believe
wrong you will behave wrong.
Carter Lake, Oregon, is believed
to be the deepest fresh water lake in
America, its depth being 1000 feet.
As soon as you tind:that you are
beginning to squint when you wish to
see anything clearly, put on glasses.
"A mans character is frequently
treated like grate-blackened all
over first, to come out brighter after
ward.
Biscuit once meant simply to bake
twice, sea bread being prepared for
Keeping during long voyages by double
baking.
No human head was impressed on
coins until after the death of Alexan-
der the Great. All images before that
time were of deities.
Bible promises arc like the beams
OF the sun, which shine as freely in at
the window of the poor mans cottage
as at the rich mans palace.
The average woman can't help
wishing that she knew just what the
men were saying when Il dead silence
falls as she comes into the room.
"A certain doctor asked Diogenes
which he thought was the best way
to die. Surely" said he, ''you might
have learned that much from your
patients"
=" Is your house warm one, land
lord :" asked q gentleman in search of
house. 1T ought to be-" was the
reply, the painter gave it two coats
Five -ehhtharen,- -beetwaen the ages
OF Ii years and l6 years, were recently
checked through from Tipperary Ire
land, to Chicago without an atten-
dant, and arrived safely and on sched-
ule time.
1t must be comforting to a man,
no matter how ugly or despised he may
be, to think he was once a baby be-
loved by large circle of relatives ana
friends. 1t is a comfort we would not
deny him.
Tho ancient ,proverb says: "You
cannot get more out of bottle than
you put in" That's an error. Besides
what he puts in, he can get headache
a sick stomach, and perhaps ten days
in the lookup.
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 ordinary peo-
pie to do IT,"
DO you think" he asked in hesi-
tating accents, that you could learn
to love me ?" "Tes," she replied, Gov
ly, 81 could learn, but Pm afraid you'll
have good deal of trouble teaching
father"
The richest American President
was George Washington. He was
worth, when inaugurated, $350,O0O
which for those days was fabulous
wealth. He was the richest man In
the colonies for the time.
drawing teacher-Now this is o
symmetrical figure. Can anyone tell
me what symmetry is? All there is
little boy with his hand up. What is
symmetry, my boy? Sam Murphy
Plaze, sor, it do be place where they
bury dead people.
1t Is not the people who shine in
society, but the people who brighten
up the back parlor not the people
who are charming when they are out,
but the people who are charming when
they are in, that are good to live
with.