Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-02
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s6- Only one man in 203 is over six
feet in height.
pa The room in which Napoleon
died is now stable.
p6- The unexplored area of Canada
is 100000 square miles.
p6- The population of America in
creases 1000 persons day.
s6- Time to bury the hatchet is be-
fore blood is found upon it.
p6~ A young lady can stand up
straight and still be bent on marriage
r6- Nobody ever blames good ap.
pie for having come from a twisted
tree.
p6r If there were no troubles to talk
about, some people would be always
silert.
s9- Living for self is the smallest
business any one can be engaged in in
this life.
p6- Many a wise man has picked up
good suggestion where some fool has
dropped it.
p6~ 1t is never hard to do the right
thing. 1t is deciding to do it that the
tug comes.
b9- The great secret of success ir
life is for a man to be ready when his
opportunity comes.
H6r A country Jail in Mexico is said
to consist of live-oak tree with O
chain and steeple attached.
s6- Sincerity is speaking as we think
believing as we pretend, acting as we
profess, performing as we promise, and
being as we appear to be.
sdr The girl who marries for money,
usually has look on her face after
marriage that indicates that she is
having trouble in collecting her salary
s6- The most tired people in the
world are those who do not half work
There is plenty of Scripture to show
that one way to get more rest is to dc
more work.
Rd~ In America, as in France, the
average size of families has been stead
lily decreasing for the last half a GEN.
tury. The average now is 4.94 where
in 1850 it was $50.
D6@ A curious superstition is alleged
to exist among the Hindoo sentries at
Bombay. Whenever black cat passes
they salute in the belief that it con-
tains the soul of an English officer.
"a" Mt. Ararat, the resting place Of
the Scriptural ark, is in reality two
mountains separated by a valley. The
higher peak is 1920 feet, and the
lesser $4,000 feet, above the sea level.
pd- Little Boy-Isn't fathers queer ?
Auntie-In what way? Little Boy
Wen a little boy does anything for
his papa, he doesn't get anything; but
if another mans little boy does it he
gets five cents.
p9- DR.. C. P. Carver, of St. Angus
tine, Fla, owns the oldest house in
America, and lives in it, too. Accord
ing 20 the deed in his possession, his
Florida house was built in 1860 by a
Frenchman.
pa- 1t is a pleasant sight to see do
mestic animals cherish confidence in
the persons who attend them. 1t is
easily to secure confidence if always
treated kindly. The teasing man OF
boy is nuisance.
s6- 81 think my little dogs smarter
than my BROTHER" said Willie. "They
are both a year old, and the dog can
walk twice as well as Tommy" "He'd
ought to-" said Jimmy. she has
twice as many legs to do it with"
"a The growth in grace is like the
polishing of metals. There is first an
opaque surface; by and by you see a
spark darting out, thea strong light,
till at length it sends back perfect
image of the sun that shines upon it.
pa In England farming is consider
ed business that must be learned, as
we'll as anything else. A man with
out experience would have difficulty
IN renting or leasing good farm there,
no matter how much capital he might
have.
B9H Rev. Mr.. Winkwunk-My hear
ers, I shall have to ask your indul-
gence for a few minutes. I forgot my
manuscript and have sent my little
boy for it. His son Coming iD--
Marn couldn't find the writin," but
here is the. book you copied it from.
p6~ A small boy in Brooklyn gram
mar school has furnished the latest in
formation about girls in recent COM
position: "Girls is pretty and afraid OF
guns. They wear toe rubbers, and
look at the clouds and say, 'Oh, how
perfckly lovely"
t6r Preachers can tell others about
the Christian religion; theologians
can explain it to others but only
a molly life can show it to others.
Christ showed his religion to the mul-
titudes so clearly, so convincingly by
His holy life, that they could see and
feel it.
bdr "Have you a parrot that
swears ?" asked a woman as she en-
tered the bird store. "I suppose |
could get one," replied the dealer ;
but never had such call before" D."
"You see, my husband went out west
a month ago and I'm sort O. lone
some."
Hdr A church journal says that the
infdel sneeringly remarks, "Two-
thirds of the church members of this
country are women" And the same
journal casually mentions the fact That
"out of forty-five thousand convicts in
the state prisons more than forty-three
thousand are men," Now where