Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-22
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York has a gang of boys who trair
bull dogs to fight policemen.
s6r If man will reduce his faults
he will find that at the same time he
is also reducing his expenses.
p9- The deepest running stream ir
the world is said to be the Niagars
river just under the suspension bridge
p4- That man will be benefactor O.
his race who will teach US how tc
manage rightly the first years of q
child's education.
p6r In some parts of England when
you haul drowning man out of the
water you get nothing; but if you lei
him drown, and then haul him out
you get one dollar.
b6r The Japanese are very much
alike physically. Recent measurement:
taken of an infantry regiment showed
no variations except two inches in
height or 20 pounds in weight.
p6 Let us not think about God with
out serving him; nor muse upon mans
estate without mending our own :; mol
argue and teach of the way of saliva
ton without walking therein.
ser That little girl unwittingly gave
utterance to the principles of many Of
her elders when she wrote in her com
position: "We should make mistakes
and tell lies as seldom as it is con
venient."
n6e The camel's foot is soft cushion,
peculiarly we'll adapted to the stones
and gravel over which it is constantly
walking. During a single journey
through the Sahara, horses have worn
out three sets of shoes, while the
camel's feet are not even sore.
r6- When we think ourselves for
saken, we should commend ourselves
to Gods love, and when we cannot
provide for others, we should com.
mend them to him. He will care fol
us. He has cared for and remembered
his promises for his people.
Sdr Do not be too touchy. Learn to
restrain your feelings, and to gain a
complete mastery over yourself. "He
that ruleth his spirit is better than he
that taketh CITY," Moral power is
the greatest power, and moral heroes
are the greatest heroes.
p6r Walking backward is the latest
pedestrian feat of a wager. A young
Belgian recently walked from Antwerp
to Brussels in two days, going back.
ward the whole time. Practice made
him progress as rapidly as by the or,
binary mode of walking, but he was
obliged to wear special shoes, with a
kind of heel underneath the toe.
s@ On the boundary lines of Pen
obscot and Hancock counties, Maine,
there is post, it is said, upon which
a man may sit with his feet in Han
cock county and his coat-tails hanging
down in Pcnobscot county. He may
take pipe out of a pocket in Holden,
tobacco out of pocket in Bucksport,
and lighting the pipe, blow smoke into
the town of Dedham.
r% Smart-That was an awful
whopper you told in your speech last
night when you said that with one
exception all the Smithers would vote
with US this year. You know as well
as I that there is only one of the
Smithers left and he is dead set
against us. Slye-Yes; he is the one
exception referred to.
s6- "I think" said the minister,
who was visiting parishioner, "that
it is easier to coax children than to
drive them. Gentle words are more
effective than harsh Ones" II think
so, too" said the lady. Then she
raised the window and shouted to her
boy: "Johnnie, if you don't come in
out of that mud-puddle I'll break
your back"
s6r Wife-I mended the hole in
your trousers pocket last night after
you had gone to bed, John, dear. Now
am 1 not a thoughtful little wife
Husband (dubiously)-Well-er -ye.es,
you are thoughtful enough, my dear
but how the mischief did you discover
that there was a hole in my trousers
pocket?
s4- Mrs. Jones-How does your
daughter Helen get along on the sew
ing machine Mrs. Brown-Oh, she
had to give it up; the exertion Of
moving the pedals were too much fol-
her. "Where is she now?" "Oh
she's out on her wheel. She is perfect
ly infatuated with it. She has already
made three century runs in a fort
night"
gks- "Dear wife," said dying hus
band, "if you do marry again, at least
wait until the grass is growing on my
grave" The widow promised faith
fully that his wish should be respect
ed. About two weeks after the fun
eral the widow visited the grave, and
pressing a gold coin in the sections
hand, said, "Can't you have this
grave sodded without delay ?"
sG The first planting of cotton seed
in the colonies was in the Carolinas
in the year 1921, when seeds were
planted as an experiment in garden
Winthrop says that in l643 "men tel
to the manufacture of cotton, whereo
we have great scores from Barbados.
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