Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-21
atausiae Gatherinss.
nr To a great many people the only

to find out that it never pays to worry
e@ Many men owe the grandeur o
their lives to their tremendous diff
culties.
p@ The easiest money to spend and
the hardest to save is thae which we
have not yet earned.
s@ A critic is a creature who car
always tell another man how he ought
to do a thing that he can't do himself
BG Unless you are perfect you have
no right to talk about you neighbor's
faults. If you are perfect you won't
do it.
p@ An Oregon girl wrote to Anna
Dickinson once, asking show to get 9
husband ?" and Anna replied "by the
hair"
D6% To store our memories with q
sense of injuries is to fill that chest
with rusty iron which was made fol
refined gold.
p6 Contempt for money is constantly
found to be only fine name for being
to indolent to earn it or too extrava'
giant to keep it.
p@ There is a professional woman
diver in Gravesend, England, who
often makes as much as $S5 q. day
in her strange calling.
saE If you would find great many
faults, be on the lookout; but if you
want to find them in unlimited
quantities, be on the look-in.
s@ Ten years ago there were 1000
lakes and ponds in Minnesota. One
third of these are now dry, and the
others are largely shrunken in area.
s@ Almost the only monument OF
the Roman dominion in Egypt-the
fortress of Babylon, at old Cairo--is
being torn down to make way for
modern buildings.
r@ In the year 1896 there were only
tour kinds of hyacinth, the single and
the double blue, the purple and the
violet. At the present time there are
many thousands of varieties.
p@ A Kansas judge committed the
local agent of a brewing company to
|iail for contempt of court for refusing,
when on the witness stand as an expert
to drink some of his own beer.
p@ Of the 1875 miles of srteet
railway in the United States, only 1850
are still operated by horse power, show
ling how promptly this country drops 9
good thing when better is discovered
p@ The longest wagon bridge in the
world is situated st Galveston, Texas
, It is more than three miles long, and
spans Galveston bay from north tc
south. It is built mainly of wood, and
has one draw.
p@ To the city of Liverpool must
be awarded the somewhat doubtful
distinction of having the biggest
workhouse in the world. This huge
institution has ample accommodation
for 5000 inmates.
p1 The Bank of England has 1,16C
officials on its payroll, which amounts
to about 81, 100000 year, and 1000
clerks. Ifa clerk is late three times, he
receives warning; the fourth time he
is discharged at once.
s@ "My DEAR" said dying hus'
band, "do you think you will marry
again when I am gone?" ~ don't
know, John," replied the lady, with a
burst of tears. "I haven't given the
matter very much thought as yet"
p@r The Sunday law in Germany hits
the drinker instead of the purveyor
The courts of appeal at Erfurst sus'
tanned the lower court in finding q
thirsty man rs cents for drinking q
glass of beer at tavern during the
hours of divine service.
Gag A Russian physician claims that
strychnine injections under the skin
are sure and prompt cure for drunk
enness. 1t is said that the appetite
for strong drink becomes positive
diversion, and the inebriate is complete
ly cured in 10 days.
R4 A mother started to tell the
story of miser to her children, and
upon asking if they knew what miser
was, her seven-year-old replied, 20
yes, I know, economiser-somebody
who always saves, and never spends
a cent.
H~"I understand that you have
relics of war for sale, my little man.
said the Northern tourist to the tow
head. awe did have," replied the
boy, "but they done bought us out
and the swords daddy buried last
week won't git rusted fore next sum-
mer."
B6 Edward Simmons, the artist who
designed the decorations for the new
criminal court building in New York
rejects the idea of blind Justice, and
has depicted that deity with both eyes
open, holding her scales in one hand
and the American flag in the other.
s6 In one of the natural gas towns
the local paper tells some stirring
experiences that followed its introduc'
ton. One cook gave her mistress
prompt notice to leave, as she would
never be willing to "cook Gods meat
with hell fire."
B9 A man at Monticello, Fla, claims
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