Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-07
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B6 An adult has about % pounds of
blood, and 10 pounds are sent through
veins and arteries at each pulsation.
sar Life, according to the Arabic
proverb, is composed of two parts !:
That which is past, a dream and that
which is to come, wish.
p@ Spurgeon was, it is well-known,
an open communion Baptist. Some
one has said he was never, on that ac-
count, urged to visit this country.
p~ A little girl in town said, the
other day, "Oh, grandmother, don't
make me two dresses just alike; I'm
afraid people will think I'm twins"
n~ Uncommon fractions: "1 see
that Skindollar is advertising his goods
for sale for fraction of their real
value.'" eyes, about eight-fifths, 1
guess"
p@r When a young man and a young
woman are really in love with one
another, it is probably quite beyond
their comprehension why anybody else
should presume to have even the right
to live.
a8~ Opium eating produces the most
deadly form of intoxication. Physical
weakness soon overtakes the opium
eater, his powers decay, the stimulant
ceases to help him, and he is happy'if
death soon ends his misery.
s@ Death keeps its own secrets and
takes nobody into its confidence. What
it is to die, we can actually know only
by dying; and the knowledge thus
gained we can never give to those
whom we have left behind us.
s@ "My daughter is entirely too
young to marry" snorted old Goldrick.
"Well," replied the detected suitor,
"what would you say to my taking
her marriage portion now and waiting
a few years for the girl?"
H@r Legal disputes in Borneo are
curiously decided. The two litigants
are each given a lump of salt of the
same size to drop simultaneously into
water. The one whose lump first dis
solves is deemed to be in the wrong.
s@ A lady in Wilkesbarre, Pa, who
died possessed of considerable proper
ty, left it all to d female friend who
had been very kind to her-all except
one cent and this she decreed should
be given to her husband five years
after her death.
s@ Many of the streets of Paris are
lined with trees. If tree dies, anoth-
er of the same kind, age and size is
brought from the state forest and put
in its place. The cost is tremendous,
but Paris is the most beautiful of mod
ern cities.
s@ There has come to light in New
York hospital a queer case of abnor-
NAL development in the shape of lit
tie girl about 12 years old who has
three perfectly formed hands on her
right arm. Each of the hands has
four fingers and a thumb, over all Of
which the girl has perfect control.
s6r "You charge dollar day
more at one of your hotels than at the
other" remarked the man who travels.
eyes," replied the proprietor But
1 don't see any difference" "There
is a difference, though. At one we
print the bill of fare in French, and at
the other in English"
p9~ "Any letter for me?" asked d
young lady of postmistress in a
country town. "No," was the reply.
said the young lady, aloud,
to herself, as she turned away. "Noth-
ing strange about !" cried the post
mistress over the counter. "You amt
answered the last letter he writ ye."
s9- Calling on an insurance man the
other day with reference to getting a
policy for her house, a Maine woman
said to the agent: "Ye see, square, we
haven't had it insured for some time,
we've been kinder trusting in the Lord
for better n seven year; but to my
mind, in these days, it's terrible risky"
pIr Those who are found of display
ing their knowledge on subjects of
which others profess to be ignorant,
should be cautious for those who
have dignity and candor enough to
confess their own ignorance, we may
be assured will have discrimination
enough to detect the ignorance of
others.
sdsa There is a man in Glasgow who,
when he goes to church, notes the
hour when the sermon begins, and if
it does not exceed 20 minutes he SUBJ
scribes two shillings, sixpence to the
collection bag; if under 25 minutes
he subscribes one shilling; but if it
goes over that time he buttons up his
pocket and gives nothing.
s9. 1t is said that the hottest mines
in the world are those of the famous
Comstock lode. On the lower level
the heat is so great that the men can
not work over ten or fifteen minutes at
a time. Every known means of regu-
lating the heat has been tried in vain.
Ice melts before it reaches the bottom
of the shafts.
n9 The truly courteous person will
take particular pains to be courteous
to poor people, working people, SER
wants, just the same as the truly great
and brave man will scorn to attack a
weak person or a helpless animal.
George Washington astonished friend
by taking off his hat to a poor Negro
whom he knew and happened to meet
on the street.
p6 They have species of foolery in
the japanese parliament as ludicrous