Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-20
at'ausiae 6atherings.
nag Man owes not only his services,

nag The life that is barren OF purpose
is barren of love.
s8- Do not despise the lowly; the
under jaw does all the work.
r9- He who persistently forgets all
of his past will always be poor.
s4~ More sense has been whipped
out of schoolboys than into them.
B@~ Gods mercy, like a circle, be-
gins everywhere and ends nowhere.
a6- At one of Lynn's shoe shops a
pair of ladies' boots can be made in 20
minutes.
H4- London has an area of 6SS
square miles. Greater New York will
have an area of 359 square miles.
pSn Better it is to have one pair of
trousers with money in the pockets
than two pair with empty pockets.
p9- During the season the total ship
ments of apples to European ports
from Boston were 922,4 barrels.
Hd- Henderson remarks that if some
people knew how little they know,
they would know a blamed sight more
than they do know.
Bd- The act to amend the postal
laws providing indemnity up 10 $40
for the loss of registered mail matter
has been signed by the president.
s9. There are over 100000 locomo-
tives on the earth. Europe has 63,-
900; America, 100000; Asia, $500
Australia, 1900, and Africa 700.
Bds- Son-Here's horseshoe I found
in the street-good one too. Papa
Well, throw it away. "Isn't it lucky
to find a horseshoe ?" "Not unless
you own horse"
R6- When flowers are full of heaven
descended dews they always hang
their heads, but men hold theirs the
higher the more they receive, getting
proud as they get full.
pase Indians are found in every state
and territory of the Union. There
are 1, AL in New England. The total
for the United States is 236, ,041, more
than so tribes.
H@- These are the signs of a wise
man: To reprove nobody, to praise
nobody, to blame nobody, nor even
to speak of himself or bis own mer-
its.-Epictetus.
n6e There are no orphan asylums in
Australia. Every destitute orphan
child is sent to private family at the
expense of the state, and maintained
until he or she is IA years of age.
s6F 1t is indisputable that there are
black Jews in India, red Jews in NAL
abar, brown Jews in Africa, and white
Jews in Europe and America, says
The Jewish Messenger.
a@ Every portion of soapstone lost
in cutting is utilized in other ways. 1t
gives the dull color to rubber goods, is
used in paper to gain weight, and is
also an excellent article to use in max
ing ireproof paints.
n@ A scientist declares that "the
elements entering into the cornstalk
can be made to produce alcohol, cellu-
lose, paper, smokeless powder, mat
ting, and condition powders for cattle"
s9 His great good luck: "The day
before yesterday" announces an Irish
paper, "Mr. O'Flynn fell from his
horse and broke his neck, but sustain
ed no other injury"
b1r "The funeral was elegant" wrote
the waiting-maid of a lady, whose
husband had just been buried, to her
sweetheart; II was dressed in black
silk, the flowers were lovely, and mis-
tress wept just like born angel"
pG "Would you please help me?"
said the poor beggar to the pedestrian.
81 have a wife and five children at
home, and an installment to pay on
my bicycle tomorrow. ."-Yonkers
Statesman.
B6r Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris has
returned to Washington with her chill
dren to make her home with her
mother, Mrs. U. S. Grant, who last
year bought a handsome house on
Massachusetts Avenue above Dupont
Circle.
p@ "My DEAR" asked grocer of
his wife, "do you think it is true that
man wants but little here below?' ID
"That sometimes depends whether he
has to pay cash down for it or not. If
YOU trust some men, they'll take all
they can get"
a9 The closest contest in any, of the
states at the recent election is believ-
ed to have been that for the state
treasurership in South Dakota, where
the Republican candidate won by a
majority of two votes in total of
more than 10000 votes.
B9 Mrs. Lovelace (before a milli-
ner's window)-Harold, dear, do you
see that sweet little bonnet? Isn't it
a perfect gem? Mr.. Lovelace (sud-
denly become deaf)-Here comes our
car, Eunice, and l have signaled the
driver to stop. We must be in readi-
ness to get aboard. Conductors are a
good deal like time and the tide; they
wait for no one.
no. Licorice root comes principally
from Asia Minor, and is the root of a
bush not more than or 4 feet high.
The dried roots are sent to Bagdad
and thence to London and America.
The black licorice stick in the drug
stores comes mostly from Spain, aud