Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-29
Mjausiae Gathetings.

R1 Misery loves company, anu 81
does manageable young lady. '
s@ Dishonesty is forsaking of per
manent for temporary advantages.
p6r The happy man is he who makes
more money than his wife can spend.
n4 It is not what we want, but
what we can get that makes US happy
p6 Gods livery is very plain one
but its wearers have good reasons to be
content.
p@ You may turn your back to the
porus plaster, yet by close application
it will accomplish its work.
"a Bank tellers disinfect dirty.look'
ing notes by sprinkling camphorin the
receptacle where the money is kept.
p~ Luck lies doing in the sun, his
mouth wide open to catch mamma from
heaven, while Work hoes corn until
the dinner bell rings.
~ Never be ashamed Of plain
clothes while doing plain work. A
white starched shirt front and tooth.
pick shoes are not trademarks of gen.
tility.
b@ Consciousness of error is, to q
certain extent, a consciousness OF un'
derstanding and correction of error is
the plainest proof Of energy and mas.
terry.
NJ A New York dentist employs
woman assistant, who goes from house
to house and cleans teeth. The charge
is 60 cents mouth and she does a big
business.
p@ The sultan of Turkey has a
mania for collecting carriages. He has
nearly five hundred of them, and often
loses half an hour before deciding in
which one he will ride.
s@ Few people know their OWL
power. It is only in the midst of trials
and overshadowed by obstacles that
they bring into action latent forces and
know their own strength.
D6r Miss Ellen Richardson, one Of
the two Quaker sisters, who, in 1s45,
paid the $3.50 by which Frederick
Douglass was legally manumitted, has
Just died in Newcastle England.
"a Sweet charity: "Please, father,
let me have a sixpence to give to q
poor, lame man." "Who is the poor,
lame man, Johnny ?" "Er-well, faith.
er, he happens to be the doorkeeper at
the circus"
D6 Some of the progressive farmers
of Charleston county, South Carolina
have adopted 3.inch and 33.inch tires
for their farm and road vehicles and
are more than pleased with the results
of the change.
s@ It rather disgusted Vermont
man who went to a neighbours farm to
steal cow to find when he got the
animal home that it was his own COW
which his neighbor had stolen earlier
in the night.
H6r Ladies who write on matters oi
business, should, to avoid mistakes
sign their names with the prefix to in
dicate if they are married or single,
This will save some embarrassment in
directing the reply to them.
S6r "John has broken the record, y
said the proud father. II expect so, y
said his mother, resignedly. "He's
broken the front gate, and three places
in the hedge, and the cats back, and
the croquet set, and his collar bone
since he began to ride and I'm prepared
for anything"
I6r Nebraska celebrated Arbor day
in great shape this year. Premiums
were offered by both societies and In
dividuals for the largest paintings
every effort was put forth to evoke
enthusiasm for Che work. The result
was over 100000 trees planted be-
tween sunrise and sunset.
p6r Johnny Jameson had arrived Al
his eighth birthday, and thought thai
it would be real nice to write lettel
to his papa, and this is the way ht
began: "My Dear Papa-Whenevel
1 am tempted to do wrong l think o
you, and say, Get thee behind me
Satan "
s@ "Doesn't it annoy you, Mr.. Proof
text, to have people sleep under YOU
teaching?" "Yes," was the reply, ''i
is rather humiliating, but, then, there
is this advantage-I can preach the
same sermon several Sundays in sue
cession without the fact being recog
nized by the congregation"
p~ The druggist rushed into tn
front Office showing the greatest alarm
"Quick, put on your hat, James, ant
run around to Mrs. Smiths. Nv
made a fearful mistake" he cried
"What is it ?" asked the boy, breath
lessly. "Morphine-arsenic-poison p
"No, no. She sent for 10 cents wortl
of 1.cent stamps, and I sent her II
two's."
s@ Fuller's earth is one of thos
things which no family should be with
out. When grease has been spille'
upon the carpet, paste of magnesi
and fuller's earth in equal parts, mixe'
with boiling water, should be applied
and let dry. When it is hard brusl
the powder away, and the grease spo
will have disappeared. Fuller's cart
and benzine will remove stains from