Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
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the education of our youth.
B9r In cultivating cotton, never stop
your plows for dry weather.
sd. Tennessee was originally organ
lied as the state of Franklin.
n6- 1t is hard to feel at home with
people who never make mistakes.
p6. Admit the right, though you are
obliged to say, ~ WAS mistaken"
HTr Even though we do not see God /,
God is very near to us all and always.
p8~ Vermont's maple sugar yield is
the largest in the history of the state.
p9r Be the kind of man that you
would like to have your boys become.
p@ Cotton is indigenous to the trop-
ical regions of India, Africa and Amer
ica.
nag A farmer who smoked in his
barn is now hauling lumber for anoth :
er one.
p@ Providence intended the earth
to improve in fertility as it increases
in population.
p1- "The word impossible is the
mother-tongue of little SOULS" said
Lord Brougham.
a9 One square foot of glass will lose
as much heat rs six square feet of r.
inch brick wall.
p@ A late invention is cradle which
rocks nv clock work mechanism and
plays baby tunes.
p6H On state occasions Emperor Will
liam, of Germany, wears crown that
weighs three pounds.
p@r Little minds rejoice over the er-
rors OF men of genius, as the owl re-
joices at an eclipse.
BB A Western teamster calls his
near mule Ann says it is a scripture
name-Ann a nigh ass.
a4r Small service is true service
while it lasts. Of friends, however
humble, scorn not one.
Hd~ All vegetable matter placed on
your field will, in due time, turn to
cotton and corn.
BB 1t is not only arrogant, but it is
profligate for man to disregard the
worlds opinion of himself.
B4" When a woman is trying to write
a letter on half sheet of paper, much
may be said on both sides.
s6 A man is happiest when he is
giving a woman advice on subject of
which he knows nothing.
B9- In a recently designed door lock
the key fits into the end of the door
knob, and there is no other keyhole.
p9 Farmers should not bank on the
floods cutting down the cotton area or
the yield in cotton this year.
p@ "Maymmie" is the new way of
spelling Mamie, and it is sweeping
through the west like prairie fire.
p9 Laplanders are the shortest peo-
pie in Europe, their average height
being, males fifty-nine inches, females
fifty-seven.
a9r The New York Telephone COM
pany has 1880 subscribers, from
whom it receives in rentals about
$2,625, 900 per annum.
a4~ 1t is with narrow-souled people
as with narrow-necked bottles; the
less they have in them, the more noise
they make in pouring it out.
n9r Mr.. Moody does not believe in
working seven days in the week, and
usually takes his rest on Fridays. A
good example to follow.
p9 Old glass bottles, which are
more or less useless, are now ground
up and employed as substitute for
sand in the preparation of mortar.
p9r By a decision of the courts of
Pennsylvania, a bicyclist is required
to dismount, "stop, look and listen"
before going over railroad crossing.
p9r Do not be concerned about the
question, "Shall we know each other
in heaven ?" when you pass you next
door neighbor without speaking to
him.
s9r The Arkansas senate has passed
a bill providing that only qualified
electors shall be appointed to clerk.
ships, etc., at the state house. This
shuts out the women.
p@ While the population of France
remains nearly stationary, the con-
sumption of tobacco increases by leaps
and bounds. During 1896 the French
consumed over 10000 tons Of tobacco.
b@ "Do you think that knife is an
unlucky thing for gift ?" ~ know
it is. Somebody made my little
son present of knife, and he whit
tied great gashes in the piano with it"
pd- "Now, boys, when is the best
and most appropriate time to thank
the Lord ?" No answer. "What does
your father do when you sit down to
your meals?" Small Voice-Cuss the
cook
b9~ "You can't allus tell whah ter
put de credit by lookin' at de surface,
said Uncle Eben. "De cork on de
fshin'-line dances aroun' an tracts a
heap O. tention. But it's de hook dat's
doin' business"
B9 Mr.. Gladstone is said to have
observed through his long life the Gus
tom of entire rest on Sunday from
the mental occupations of the week,
and thereto he attributes the wonder
full preservation of his vigor.
aT Above all things, keep me from
those friends who are always croaking
and looking at everything in an unfa-
vorable light; however, perfect and
sure their friendship may be, their
Il cnmnanu will Nield To me neither sat-