Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-01-31
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s9 No man is so Insignificant as to
be sure his example can do no hurt.
W New Orleans has 255, 900 people,
and extends over go square miles OF
territory.
e@ Endeavor so to live that when
you come to die even the undertaken
will be sorry.
s9 Truth is mighty and will prevail
unless superior inducements are offered
the other way.
a9- Many a man who is waiting for
a chance has been standing on the
wrong corner.
p9 Men are willing to work for the
devil, but object to accepting his
method of payment.
p@ Asia is the most populous quar-
ter of the globe it is reckoned to con-
tain 100000 of people.
p8 The easiest money to spend and
the hardest to save, is that which we
have not yet earned.
B@ The division of time into months
and weeks is so old that its origin can
not possibly be ascertained.
p@ You may have some sense, but
if you stand with the door open this
weather, you can't prove it.
p@ If you allow your happiness to
depend on the favor of men, you will
very soon be miserable man.
s@ The love of pleasure betrays us
into pain and many a man, through
love of fame, becomes Infamous.
p6 An innovation at recent wed,
ding consisted in having the wedding
march whistled by IL girl friends OF
the bride.
p9 Very few people know the sound
of their own voice. When they hear
it in a phonograph they are much
surprised.
B9- 1t is most mortifying reflection
for any man to consider what he has
done, compared with what he might
have done.
p@ Why should you be unwilling to
grant liberty of opinion to your breth,
rep, when you insist upon it so siren
uously for yourself?
H4r Hungary is to celebrate next
year the millennium of her existence.
A thousand years of national existence
is what few countries can boast.
s9 The Buffalo Courier says that
there are many reasons for thinking
that the future of no part fthe country
will be brighter than that of the South.
p@ 1t is not proper to trim the hair
that grows in he ear of horse. Ma
ture intended it to protect the orifice
from dust, insects, etc., and sudden at
mospheric changes.
B9 "Mankind," says an observing
philosopher, "is divided into two great
classes-those who want to get into the
papers, and those who are only
anxious to be kept out.
p@ The cotton mills of North Caro-
lima use up more of the raw material
than the State produces. Her citizens
have over S16,OO0,O00 invested in the
manufacture of this staple commodity
B9 The SO big guns contracted for
by the government for the coast de-
fenses will cost rather more than S5O,-
900 apiece. Mortars are more within
the reach of poor families, as they
come at about $4,000 each.
s@ "CourtiDg sticks" were in use in
New England about 100 years ago.
They were long wooden tubes, through
which lovers could whisper to each
other when the presence of other per-
sons interfered with the secret eX-
change of endearing expressions.
p9 A close estimate of the crop OF
oranges in Southern California this
season, made by the president of the
Southern California Fruit Exchange,
puts it at 5000 carloads, or 100000
boxes. This is an increase of about
100000 boxes over last season.
a@ The teacher asking questions
teachers are quite apt to ask questions,
and they sometimes receive curious
answers. This question was as fol-
lows "Now, pupils, how many months
have % days ?" Gall of them, teacher
replied the boy on the front seat.
B6 "Instead of colds coming from
atmospheric changes, as people gener-
ally suppose" says noted physician,
"they generally originate, in my opin-
ion, by breathing impure air. Ninety
nine of what are termed colds are
nothing more nor less than the poison
ling of the mucus membrane by bad
air."
BT The Rev. Mr.. Paradise and the
Rev. Mr.. Eden met in Lincolnton,
KY, recently. After they were intro
duced, the latter said that "Mr. Para
disc was as near Eden as he ever would
be; :" whereupon the other declared
that his brother clergyman "was near
er Paradise than he was ever likely to
be again."
s6F Corn meal is a convenient, and
we may say staple, article of food in
the barnyard, yet it is not the best
food for chickens. 1t is a very good
food in winter, as it is heating; but for
young chickens it is not sufficiently
growing. Very young chickens that
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