Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-08-25
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aches.
sG Goldsmith thought people should
write their own fattering epitaphs
and then live up to them.
R6 1t is said to drink sweet milk
after eating onions will purify the
breath so that no odor will remain.
p6 "Who was the author of the say
ing, "There is always room at the
top!" "The hotel clerk, l believe"
p6- There are good many men in
the pulpit who would not be there il
they bad not misunderstood the Lord.
s9 Cicero gives expression to beau.
tiful thought when he says, "1 60 from
life as from an inn, not as from home u
B@ The highest masts of sailing yes,
sells are from 100 to $50 feet high, and
spread from 10000 to 100000 feet OF
canvas.
p9 Good character is above all
things else. Your character cannot
be essentially injured except by your
own acts.
s@ Everybody enjoys the best OF
health" says the Manayunk philoso'
pher; "it's the worst of health that
bothers u.s."
sdT Your personal affairs are Of
mighty little concern to the world un-
less you have been doing something
that WI, ouphtn't to.
sar Some philosopher has observed
that "when a man considers himself
one in thousand, he naturally re-
CARDS others as ciphers."
p6r Gold has been discovered in
northern China. When all the back
countries are heard from, perhaps there
will be enough for us all.
p@ Venezula has 2O0,000,000 acres
of forest, in which grow all the varie-
ties of ebony, as well as rosewood,
satin wood, and mahogany.
p8 A Horse Review wag afirms
that "the market prices for Oregon
horses for canning are $3.50 for two
year-olds and over, and $3.50 for
yearlings."
s@ The highest temperature in the
world is recorded in the great desert
of Africa, where the thermometer Of
ten marks one hundred and fifty de-
grees fahrenheit.
a6- Il is said that raw egg sWal-
lowed at once when a fish bone is
caught in the throat beyond the reach
of the finger will dislodge the bone
and carry it down.
s~ "Opporchunities," said Uncle
Eben, "Is pretty sho' ter come to ebery
man. But it's mighty good idee, jes'
de same, fob him ter hustle round an
send out a few invitations"
p@~ A woman of 81, now living in
the south, recently had a proposal OF
marriage. She is western by birth, is
said to be wonderfully attractive, and
looks 80 years younger than she is.
I@- No fewer than 81 persons Gen.
tury old and upwards are reported by
the registrar-general for Scotland to
have died last year in that country.
Five were men and Is were women.
s@ One of the greatest English
piano manufacturers says that bis firm
alone turns out 1000 pianos a year
that London turns out $4,000 year,
Germany $4,000, France 10000, the
limited States 25 900.
ad. Yardsley donated castor, worth
80 cents, to his minister, and put a
tag on it marked SIG. The parson
took the article to Yardsley's store,
and traded it for dry goods. The
storekeeper didn't smile for week.
nd% In the Louvre, at Paris, there is
an interesting old vase of Etruscan
whose age is computed
at about $500 years. 1t is interesting
as bearing a group of children in relief
who are engaged in blowing soap bub-
bles from pipes.
H9" "Were there cats in the ark ?" is
a question that is troubling the reli-
gious editor of an exchange. Certain
Iy there were and the first thing they
said after leaving the ancient craft
was: "If there's Ararat round here,
we want to gopher it,"
a1e A child, a curiosity in his way,
has been taken to the home of the
United Charities organization, Wilkes
barre, Pa. He is 8 years old and
weighs only 1O4 pounds. His head is
the size of a baseball, and a 25.cent
piece would cover one hand. The
little fellow stands % inches high.
s~ A Lyons (France) cyclist, a plum
Der by trade, who had undertaken to
ride round the coping-stone of a house
in course of construction, successfully
accomplished his feat in the presence
of a large gathering. This coping
stone is barely two feet wide, and is
about fifty feet from the ground.
s6~ Tne Maldivian islanders eat
alone. Before a meal they retire to
the most secluded spot they can find,
and eat with drawn blinds or surroun-
ded by screen. The explanation OF
this precaution is more likely to be
fear than modesty. In days one by,
the savage no doubt concealed himself
lest some man stronger than he should
snatch the hard-earned food away.
BH Cuba's entire area is only about
equal to that Of the state of Pennsyl-
vania, yet on the island are 100000
acres of primeval forests, "where the
woodman's axe has never been heard" "
In these forests, which cover nearly
half the entire surface Of the island,
are found among other timber, mahog-
any, cedar, redwood, logwood, ebony,
l;rnur, vitn ond froo with avcoad