Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-28
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sd 1t doesn't take many pints of
whisky to make peck of trouble.
s9. When people are crazy to marry
they attach no consequence to conse-
quenees.
eg There is more snuff used in Bos-
ton than in any other city in the Uni
ted States.
eE A sound discretion is not so much
indicated by never making a mistake,
as by never repeating it.
s4 Not one unmarried woman in a
hundred tells the truth when she is
asked why she never married.
a6 Said an Irishman in the course
of an eloquent speech, "Mr. Chairman,
the gals is the boys to do IT,"
s6 Happiness consists not in hav-
ing vast and rich possessions, but in
being fitted to enjoy what we have.
p8 Fear of what people will say
has more religious effect on the
world than the fear of what the Lord
will think.
B9 A Winconsin girl has refused an
offer of marriage, on the ground that
her father was not able to support any
larger family.
s9 Many men imagine that the
world couldn't get along without them,
but when they die the town in which
they life experiences boom.
a4r The man that forgets a great
deal that has happened has better
memory than he who remembers a
great deal that never happened.
BG" A harmless lotion for removing
freckles is as follows: Lemon juice,
one ounce; powdered borax, one.half
dram sugar, one-half dram.
a9r When man makes up his mind
that he is a good man, he should be
ready to show others what he is good
for, remarked the n. o. Picayune.
B4 The London telegraph Office is
the biggest in the world. Over 5000
operators are employed, and upwards
of 10000 batteries being used.
n@ Usually, the greatest boasters
are the smallest workers. The deep
rivers pay larger tlibute to the sea
than shallow brooks, and yet empty
themselves with less noise.
s6r True happiness never flows into a
man, but always out Of him. Hence
heaven is sometimes found in cottages
and hell in palaces. Heaven itself is
more internal than external.
s@ Contempt for holy things is the
highest road to in6delity. Once let a
man begin to make jest of any part Of
Christianity, and am never surprised
to hear that he is a downright unbe-
lever.
s@ Daniel Webster was once asked {:
"What is the most important thought
you ever had ?" He replied "The
most important thought I ever had
was my individual responsibility to
God"
sdr A little girl who had been very
observant of her parents mode of ex-
hibiting their charity, when asked
what generosity was, answered: 'lt
is giving to the poor all the old stuff
that you don't want yourself.
a6 Watch crystals are made by blow
ing spere of glass about one yard in
diamter, after which the disks are cut
from it by means of pair of COM
passes having diamond at the ex-
tremity of one leg.
B9r Little girl Of seven being asked
why she ate her tart all round the edge
first, and consequently got her fingers
covered with jam, answered reproach-
fully, "Meg, don't you know-duty
first and pleasure afterward.
H8 An old Marquesan chief, on be-
ing told by a missionary that in heaven
there was no war, nor hunger or thirst,
nor sickness or death, replied, "That
will be good place for towards, and
lazy folks who are afraid to fight, and
too lazy to climb bread-fruit and cocoa
nut trees"
p@ A queer libel suit has been
instituted against newspaper in In
diana for averring that the plaintiffs
horse was fed on soup, being too old
to eat corn. He claims $4,000 DANA
ges, alleging that he has suffered great
mental anguish on account of the pub
lication.
s6" An Irishman was asked if he
could define an Irish bull. ayes,
num-" he said. eff you are drivin'
along the road, and you see three cows
lyin' down in pasture, and wan of
thin is standin' up, why that wan is
an Irish bull.'
B@ Too often, as very respectable
looking professor of religion dashes
by in his phaton, with his wife and
daughters dressed in the most costly
garments, the remark is heard, eff l
had what belongs to me he would not
cut such DASH"
s9 II thought you advertised that
you were selling out at cost, groWled
the customer, throwing down the re-
quired 25 cents for small package Of
note paper. eyes, sir" replied the
stationer briskly. "That's right. We
referred to our postage stamps. Want
any"
BS Lemons are a simple and excel
lent remedy for billousness. Take the
juice Of one or two lemons in as much
water as will make it pleasant to
drink without sugar, before going to
bed. In the morning on rising, at
least half an hour before breakfast,
take the juice of one lemon in a tum-
BILE of cold water.
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