Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-07
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a population of 100000.
Bd Prayer is the wing wherewith
the soul flies to heaven, and medita-
ton the eye wherewith we see God.
p@ Etiquette says a call should not
be less than Is minutes in length.
Book agents have been known to re-
main longer.
a9' Insurance against twins is the
latest English wrinkle. The policy
costs you 500, and if twins come it
costs the company $1,000.
e@ If woman would believe less
of what man tells her before marriage
and more afterwards, the welded state
would be much more harmonious
affair.
s6 Everybody in republic" says
one of our political theorists, "should
know how to govern" Yes; every
body should know how to govern
himself.
s@ 1t takes about Is minutes to
transmit a telegram from San Francis
co to Hong Kong, via New York, Pen
zance, Alden, Bombay, Madras and
Singapore.
sg A child once said: "When my
mother says NO. there is no Yes in
it," And when Jesus says ayes" to
the soul seeking his grace, there is no
"No" in it.
sd- Flowers can be kept fresh some
time if pinch of soda or saltpetre is
added to the water. Wilted roses will
regain their freshness if dipped min
ute or two in hot water.
H6 An exchange says: "The smile
| is the same in all languages" 1t va
ries in our land, however, in the mat
ter of size, from half finger in New
Orleans to four fingers in Boston.
p@ A very rich man said: ~
worked like a slave till I was 40 to
make my fortune, and I've been
watching it like a detective ever since
that time for my lodging, food, and
clothes.
E9- The British government pays
the royal family of England $3,000,000
every year, and of this the queen re-
ceives nearly $2,000,0O0, besides her
S25O,OO income from the Dutchy of
Lancaster.
p9 Narrow minded people who have
not thought beyond the little sphere
of their own vision recalls the Hindoo
saying, "The snail sees nothing but its
own she'll, and thinks it the grandest
in the universe"
H@ When Washington became pres
ident, in 1889, the country contained
less than 1000, 900 people. The single
state of New York has larger popu-
lation today than the whole country
in Washington's day.
p6% The French method of admins
tering castor oil to children is to pour
the oil into a pan over moderate
fire, break an egg into it and stir up.
When it is done, flavor with a little
salt, sugar or currant jelly.
p9- Margery was playing with the
kitten, and all at once received Sc
we're scratch. She looked at the ugly
red line, then she stretched out her
hand toward the kitten and said, stern
ly, "Titty, dive me that pin"
s@ "And how does. Charley like 60
ling to school ?" kindly inquired good
man of a 6-year-old boy. 81 like 60
in we'll enough" replied the embryo
statesmen, ingeniously;. "but l don't
like thestaying after get there"
s@" Nothing so helps newspaper
as the imparting of useful information.
"How shall keep the ants out of the
sugarbowl ?" asks correspondent.
"Fill the sugarbowl with SALT"
promptly responds Texas Siftings.
R6- Encourage the child to depend
upon water as a beverage, and you
will have founded habit for which he
will be grateful through life. There
are grown people who "never touched
water" Such examples are not to be-
initiated.
s@- An old Negro and his son called
on the editor of a newspaper. 81
wants my son ter work in yer office,
sab" "What can he do?" "Oh at
fust he can't do nothin' but edick yer
paper, but arter awhile, when he
learns mo sense, he ken black yeo
boot an sweep de flo'."
B6" If one is accustomed to sleeping
with the windows open there is no
danger of taking cold from the expos
ure, winter or summer. People who
shut up windows to keep out "night
air" make a mistake. At night the
only air to breathe is "night air"
B9" The voracity of the eagle and
similar birds of prey is wellknown,
but the contents of nest which was
discovered in the Alps by a Swiss
hunter show the following remarkable
variety in the daily menu: A hare,
81 chamois' feet, 4 pigeons feet, 80
pheasants' feet, II heads of fowls, Is
heads of grouse and the remains of a
number of rabbits, marmots and squir-
rels.
aT A young tiger in the New York
Zoo recently refused to eat. At the
end of the third day the willy keeper
introduced another tiger cub into the
same cage and Immediately fed it with
large piece of meat, and made no
show of giving the other tiger any.
The next morning he did the same
thing, when the tiger who had before
refused to eat rushed forward, seized
the meat from the other animal and
devoured it.
p9 A professional burglar in Berlin
found new and original way of add