Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-25
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y One secret of success is constancy

fly farther.
sS- There are in Japan $50 Sunday
schools, with $4,000 scholars.
g9~ Faith without works is about as
useless as a watch without wheels.
RD- An ounce of fattery goes fur
ther with some women than pound
of pity.
a@~ A recently discovered spot on
the sun is said to be 10000 miles in
diameter.
s1" Farinelli could sing 300 notes
without drawing breath, while 5O ex-
haust most singers.
sT Food, drink and tobacco cost
the people of New York city Sl,ooo,-
900 and over per day.
sH China has a 10000 spindle cot.
ton mill, which employs children and
makes a profit of 40 per cent.
sg- Procrastinstion is the thief OF
time, and industry is the only police
man that can catch up with him.
s@ A man never sees all that his
mother has been to him till it's too
late to let her know that he sees it.
sd- "Do you think you could dodge
bullets?" ~ think so; I've been
lodging bicycles for about five years" "
sH- According to the best authori-
ties, there has never been q race OF
men that was ignorant of the use OF
fire.
gg Estimating the amount of blood
in the human body at "a pounds, II
pounds pass through the heart every
minute.
gag" Advice to wives-Man is very
much like an egg; keep him in hot
water and he is bound to become
hardened.
aH- Situations are like skeins OF
thread and silk. To make the most OF
them, we need only to take them at
the right end.
pay The planet, Neptune, takes 6o,-
900 of our days TO journey around the
sun. In other words, its year equals
l65 of our years.
gE" A law recently enacted in Nor
way makes girls ineligible for matri-
mony until they are skilled in sewing,
knitting and cooking.
sasn A record in British deep sea div
ing was created on the Clyde, when
Diver Walker descended 1S6 feet, and
was under water 40 minutes.
aay The American railroads expend
| in wear a sum more than $10O,OOO,-
900 in excess of the total expenses OF
the United States government.
aa An ignorant man who "stands
upon his dignity" is like the fellow
who tried to elevate himself by stand
ing upon piece of brown paper.
s@~ 1t is wonderful how silent man
can be when he knows his cause is
Just, and how boisterous he becomes
when he knows he is in the wrong.
to- "If you marry that poor girl
you will find matrimony uphill work. "
"Good," said the lover; "Id rather
90 up hill than down hill, by good
deal"
sase Cloth of pink tint is used in
Russia to cover the coffin of child or
young person, crimson for a woman,
and brown for widow. In no case is
black used.
aa@ A country grave-digger was ask.
ed how he liked the business. He said
he liked it pretty well, but said he
"should like it better if he had steady
employment"
aay AS a rule, a mans hair turns
gray FIVE year sooner than woman's.
1t is not necessary after this statement
to ask who is the great sufferer in this
world of ours.
RH A subterranean lake of hot wa
ter has been found near Boise City,
Idaho. 1t is 400 feet below the earth's
surface, and the average temperature
is 120 degrees.
gsg~ In times of scarcity the South
African natives sometimes rob ants
nests of the termites, and as much as
five bushels of grain have been taken
from single nest.
s@~ "Miss, what have you done to
be ashamed of, that you blush SO p
"Sir, what have the roses and the
strawberries and the peaches done
that they blush 500"
RH% A wife and mother suggests this
motto as an excellent one for the din
ing-room wall: '1t is a good horse
that never stumbles, and good hus-
band that never grumbles."
sa- In the English house of parlia-
ment it is customary for the members
to take off their hats when they walk
to their seats, or when they rise to
leave, but to wear them when they are
seated.
a1~ A ton of Atlantic water, when
evaporated, yields 81 pounds of salt ;
ton of Pacific water, 70 pounds a
ton of Arctic or Antarctic water, IS
pounds; q ton of water from the Dead
sea, 1S7 pounds.
sG- The lives of Queen Victoria and
the Prince of Wales are heavily insur-
ed, but not to the extent Of Lord
Rothschild, who carries policies on his
life aggregating twelve hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
ag "Mr. Engineer, is your boiler
safe ?" ayes, ma'am." "Are you
sure?" eyes, ma'am we never had
boiler explosion under six weeks
use, and this ere one hasn't been in
but little over a month"