Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-17
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pey Failure is more frequently from
want of energy than want of capital.
s~ If some men were as big as they
think they are, the world would have
to be enlarged.
eB France has half as many people
as the United States, but her national
debt is twice as great as ours.
e@ 1t has been observed that the
smaller a man is the greater is the
case of "big head" when he gets it.
pa- The professed Christian who de.
fends the immoral man, if not as bad
needs only the opportunity in order
to be so.
nag Head faith believes Christ died
for everybody, and lets it 60 at that.
Heart faith believes he died for me,
and adores him for it.
s@ A poet asks, "What is warmer
than a woman's love?" We infer
that be never picked up newly coin
ed horseshoe fresh from the forge.
paT The star of hope for the temper,
ance cause hangs over. the school
house. If we save the children today,
we shall have saved the nation to-
morrow.
n@r We often live under cloud,
and it is we'll for US to do 80. Unin-
terrupted sunshine would parch our
hearts; we want shade and rain to
cool and refresh them.
p9r "It is no use telling you to look
pleasant" said the photographer to
the pretty young lady, "for you can
not look anything else." And his
scheme worked beautifully.
s@ A correspondent says that a
good way to teach calf to drink is to
punch the pith out of a corn cob, put
the cob in the calf's mouth and put
the nose in the milk in the pail.
pd- The jury system of Louisiana is
a little different from that of other
states. In civil cases, 9 out Of the IL
Jurors are all that is necessary to re-
turn verdict, instead of the whole
number of 12.
sT In the field of war invention
meets invention. A new French in
vention is smoke bomb, intended to
be fired into the ranks of the enemy
who uses smokeless powder and OBJ
scure his view.
s@ "Johnnie," said his mother,
"did YOU get and marks at school to-
day for conduct p "Yes," promptly
replied Johnnie, several; but if you
want to see them, I'll have to take of
some of my clothes"
pdr The man who has learned how
to put himself to work and keep him
self at it, has reached a condition of
mastery that promises him success in
almost any situation. He has then a
possession infinitely better than the
gift of genius.
sG Take a pair of shoes that have
become stiff and uncomfortable by
constant wear in the rain and apply
coat of vaseline, rubbing it well with
cloth, and in a short time the leath-
er becomes as soft and pliable as when
| it was taken from the shelves of the
shoe dealer.
s@ A woman in New York, aged So
wears, who sued a man for $4,000
damages for breach of promise of mar
riage, was awarded 6 cents. The jury
evidently thought that when woman
reached the age of So years, her heart
was too tough to be damaged $4,000
worth.
s% When Cincinnati burglar plead
ed guilty the other day, and piteously
alleged that he was drunk when he
committed the crime, the judge gave
him two years extra on his sentence,
Saying, "The man who gets drunk and
commits a felony is worse than So
ber man who breaks the law"
pg Never be alarmed if living in
sect enters your ear. Pouring warm
water into the canal will drown it,
when it will generally come to the
surface, and can be easily removed
with the fingers. A few puffs of to-
bacco smoke blown into the ear will
stupefy the insect.
eg He that is habituated to decep-
tions and artifcialties in trifes, will
try in vain to be true in matters Of
importance for truth is a thing of
habit rather than Of will. You cannot
in any given case, by any sudden and
single effort, will to be true, if the
habit of your life has been insincere.-
F. w. Robertson.
pG- The average life of temperance
people is 63 years and 2 months,
while the average life of Incorporate
people is 35 years and 6 months. Thus
the average life of drinker is but
little more than half of on-drinker ;
and yet we are asked to believe bran
dy, gin, whisky and beer are wonder
full promoters to health.
D9 A Georgia editor recently ate
three dozen eggs on wager. The
Georgia moulder of public opiuion
should not be judged too harshly.
Journalism is not very remuneratlve
in some sections of the state, and this
might have been the first time this
year that the editor aforesaid got a
chance at g. square meal.