Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-08-15
aHauside Gatherings.
s6- A big hat is no sign of a great

s9 The credit that is got by a liz
only lasts till the truth comes out.
a@ He who prays as he ought will
endeavor to live as he prays.
b@ A little wrong going in the be-
ginning leadeth to great sin in tht
end.
~ We see thousands that are covet.
GUS where we find one that is econo
mical.
~ After all, this world is danger
Gus place-very few ever get out OF II
alive.
D@- Envy not the appearance of hap
piness in any man, for thou knowes
not his secret griefs.
H6 Why is game of ball like
buckwheat cake2 Because its success
depends very largely upon the batter
r@ Of all the passions, jealousy is
that which extracts the hardest ser
vice and pays the bitterest wages.
I6r In France there is law compell
ing physicians to write their prescrip'
tions in the language of the country.
s~ GAIL men are equal before the
law" eyes, before the law, but
after it gets hold of them it's differ
ent."
p~ "Dah's only one ting wuss'n de
hot weather." said. Uncle Eben, ian
dat's de man dat won't talk bout nuf:
fin else"
1~ How can q woman be expected
to keep a secret when she knows that
people will not believe that she has
one if she keeps it?
p@ Keep doing, always doing. Wish
ing, dreaming, intending, mourning
talking, signing, and pining, are idle
and profitless employments.
r@ elbow much older is your elder
sister than you ?" II don't know
She loses year annually. I expect
we shall be twins before long.
~ 1t was the saying of; q heather
that he who would do good must either
have q faithful friend to instruct him
or q watchful enemy to correct him.
s@ A thoughtful observer remarked
that there are two classes of people
whom it is hard to convince against
their will-women and men.
H% New York has more Jews than
Jerusalem, Boston more breweries
than Bavaria, and the United States
more politics than is good for her.
n~ People may be instructed by
those who have less sense than them
selves-as man may be guided by a
fingerboard that has no sense at all.
1@ Queen Victoria now rules 367,,
100000 people, greater number than
has ever before acknowledged the
sovereignty of either king, queen or
emperor.
G~"Let's see," said the teacher.
"Your name is Peter Marmaduke
Jones ?" "Yessum," said Peter. "But
that amt my fault. Poppy and Nom
mie did it,"
s6 To be a successful lawyer requires
three things: Average ability, indus
try, and character; not necessarily a
religious man, but man whose word
can be relied upon.
n6T She-Oh, see that scarecrow out
there in the field. He-That isn't a
scarecrow. She-It must be see how
motionless it is. He-That's the
hired man at work by the day.
s6 1t is not interesting to have a
man tell how rich he might have been
if he had had good luck. tits better to
know what he has been able to do
against bad luck.
s@ "You say that Deacon Smatters
was not at church this morning? 1
wonder if it is possible that he can
have fallen from grace?" "No; 1
understand that he fell from his bicy-
Gle and broke his nose."
p~ Statistics of life insurance show
that in the last 25 years the average
woman's life has increased from nearly
42 to nearly 46, or more than 8 per
cent. while mans life-average has in
creased from 42 to "A, which is 5 per
cent.
B~"I have always maintained" F"
said the host, as he poured out glass
of sherry, "that a certain amount of
wine after dinner is good for the inner
man." II quite agree with you,"
said his guest, pleasantly; sit is the
uncertain quantity that does the mis-
chief"
pey Little Philip had just returned
from Sunday school, and was eating
some candy. Mother-Philip, give
your sister some of your candy.
"Nopew "Why not?" "Cause my
Sunday school teacher told me to
'cleave to that which was good.'"
p0 Coal dealer-Where's John &?
Driver-He stayed up to Mr.. Browns.
"Why on earth did he do that ?
Doesn't he know we're shorthanded ?"
~ suppose he does, sir, but he said
he was weighed in with his load, and
he had an idea he belonged to Mr..
Brown"
RaF Two rival bellies at an evening
party were seated in the conservatory
with their respective cavaliers enjoy
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