Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-24
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Boz Snow mas cOSG Gne clGy VI INC"
York 100000 this winter.
a% A draft will bring on cold, cure
a cold, and pay the doctors bill.
s8 Cynthia-Do you think Frank
will love me when am old, Maud
"Well, there's one thing, dear-you'l
soon know"
bE"I have no race prejudices.'
"You would have race prejudices il
you had lost as much money on horses
as have"
nag Travellers in the Arctic regions
have frequently found that the moist
ure in their breath drops to the earth
in the form of snowfakes.
p9A man may be so wrapped ur
in science that he forgets all things
else, but he never fools with electrici'
ty and powder more than once.
p8 "How is old Straws, the weather
bureau man?" "What do you cal
him Straws for?" because he tells
which way the wind blows"
s9- 1t was Sidney Smith who retort'
ed upon someone who called him an
everyday man: swell, if I am an
everyday man, you are a week one.'
p9 The flea is the politician of the
insect world. He is ever itching fol
place, creates no end of disturbance,
and YOU never know where to find
him.
H6 The Somerville Journal asserts
that no church congregation has any
business to find fault with its minister
unless his salary is paid clear up to
date.
nag The Adams Freeman advises
that if you would be remembered by 9
bald-headed bachelor, send him 8
comb, for he will never be able to part
with it.
R6g Sometimes a man gets credit
for generosity and thoughtfulness by
bringing his wife home box of French
candy, and then eats four-ffths of il
himself.
a6T The horse when browsing is
guided entirely by the nostrils in the
choice of proper food, and blind horses
are never known to make mistakes in
their diet.
s4 Besides postmistress, woman
physician and a woman stage.driver,
the town of Lowell, Me-, rejoices in q
woman justice of the peace, Mrs
Louisa J. Cabel.
s@ A Denver man has spent
$50, 900, his whole fortune, on a church,
the consideration being that he is al
lowed to live in the tower and fill the
Office of SEXTON.
a9 In some of the cities of Europe
the cost of putting out fire is made a
charge upon the property of the per-
son for whose benefit the fire depart
ment is called out.
a~ A Memphis physician advocates
the theory that perspiration will cure
almost every disease by expelling it
through the pores. Fat men may take
consolation in this.
pdT The Prince of Wales is said to
have greatly enjoyed the American
dishes at the Bayard dinner, especially
the brandy peaches. Wasn't that
dainty dish to set before prince?
p9- "Uncle George, what is a dys'
peptic?" "a dyspeptic is a delicate
person who has to have special dishes
prepared for him, and then whirls in
and eats some of everything else on
the table,"
e9r The increase from S12 to $50 q
month in the rate for pensioners of the
war of 1912 will not be severe drain
on the treasury. Only 12 names are
on the roll, and the youngest of the
IL is over 80 years old.
s@ A slot bicycle is in use in Glas'
gov for hiring purposes. The cost is
a penny for every five miles travelled,
and if the wheelman neglects to drop
in a penny at the end of each five
miles the wheels refuse to move.
a@- An explanation comes from Lon
don of the reason why the evangelists
hold services "for men only" A falli-
BILE Cockney says: ~ don't mind be.
ing lectured by a parson so long as my
old woman amt about to ear it,"
s@ "It's very serious CHARGE" said
the judge, "throwing brick at the
plaintiffs head. Have you anything
to say before I send you to prison for
a fortnight ?" "It was only half a
brick" ain that case," said the judge,
"you will be imprisoned for a week. "
s6F Major Mckinley will, at the time
of his Inauguration, be 54 years of
age. Nine presidents entered the
White House at an earlier age-Grant
at AZ, Cleveland at 4s, Garfield and
Pierce at 40, Polk at so, Fillmore at
so, Tyler and Arthur at 81, and Lin
coin at 50.
s@ All experience teaches us that
we become that which we make our
selves. We strive against the inclina-
tion to do wrong, we strive for the
inclination to do right, and little by
little we become that for which we
strive. Every days effort makes the
struggle easier.
B6" Hasty conclusions are the mark
of fool; wise man doubts; fool
RACES and is confident; the novice
says: II am sure that it is so;" the
better learned answers: "Peradven-
ture it may be so; but I pray thee in
quire." 1t is little learning, and but
a little, which makes men conclude
hastily. Experience and humanity
teach modesty and fear.
a6R On natal rails in the most favor.