Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-14
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nT He who is ashamed of his calling
ever liyeth shamefully in it.

the other fellow holds all the aces.
n@ The worst sinner as well as the
best saint can wear the shiniest hat.
a6 There are over 70 miles of tun-
ne! cut in the solid rock of Gibraltar.
pay Better cultivate three acres
with good crops, than five with half a
crop.
nag The man who thinks he can do
it all generally never tries to do any
of it.
aer Conscience is the voice of the
soul: the passions are the voice of the
body.
nB A fellow without credit finds it
harder to get into debt than others do
to get out.
p6y More than a third Of Great
Britain is owned by members of the
house of lords.
s9 In Maine 35,OOO,OOO feet Of
white birch are used annually for
making spools.
g6 Satan never takes a vacation.
He can't risk letting the weather man
get ahead of him.
s@r There are evils other than drink.
But drink is the evil that opens the
door for many others.
gS Some philosopher has discovered
that bad whisky has never yet kept
a man in good spirits.
RS- Preserve the privacy Of your
home, marriage state, heart, from rela-
tives and all the world.
BI 1t often occurs when woman
loves for the second time that she sees
she has not loved the irst.
gG- A man is not really old until he
relinquishes his belief that he can
marry any woman he wants to.
s9r If you want to be well Informed,
take paper. Even a paper Of pins
will give you some good points.
gD Sometimes, perhaps, there will
be less paupersm, but before that
there will have to be no drunkenness.
pdr If every person would be half as
good as he expects his neighbor to be,
what Heaven this world would be !!
p1 San Francisco has a 80. mile rail
road owned and officered by women,
and popularity called the "woman's
road"
D9 The pleasures of dissipation are
like gaudy colors-they attract for
moment, but it is only to oppress the
senses.
g9r Extolling the merits of dog he
offered for sale, the owner said: "He
will eat anything and is very fond of
children"
p9 No man ever did designed in
Jury to another but at the same time
did much greater injury to himself
Bishop Butler.
sg Nature has given us too ears,
two eyes, and but one tongue, to the
end that we should hear and see more
than we speak.
BDr 1t was the first time Nan had
seen any one husking corn. "Do you
have to undress every single carp"
she asked, soberly.
p9 Among the Anglo-Saxons in the
Seventh century men wore gloves,
while the women covered their hands
with their sleeves.
gar He who stabs you in the back
with a pen would do the same with a
pen knife, were he equally safe from
| l,too,;on opd tho low
HHr To vex another is to teach him
to vex US again ; injuries awaken re-
venge, and even an ant can sting,
and fly trouble our patience.
a9- "When tempted to anger" says
writer, "breathe prayer" Jes' so.
When you happen to stub your toe,
for instance, murmer, "Now l lame
me-"
B9r Patient-I am feeling wretched,
doctor. I take no interest in any
thing, have no appetite, can't sleep.
Doctor-Why don't you marry the
girl.
s8r "He," said the fond but firm
father, "is, fear, a young man of
very eXtravagant tastes" eyes," the
daughter admitted, che wants me for
wife,"
B9 Around the sin of drunkenness
is thrown the glamor of sociability.
The devil never hesitates to give sin
an attractive name, so as to mislead
the unwary.
s4~ All the flags used by the United
States navy are made at the Brooklyn
| Navy Yard. The work is done most
Ily by women. Each flag has 80 stars,
IS on each side.
BB Though "it is never too late to
mend" yet the difficulty Of doing so
increases each year. Now is the time
to mend character that is being un-
dermined by drink.
B4~ 81 have learned a new distinc-
ton between pessimist and optimist. !"
"What is it," "a pessimist calls
cream milk and an optimist always
calls milk Cream"
p8 The occasional discovery of fos.
sill plants and bones in the arctic re-
gions show that at some period of his
tory an almost tropical climate once
prevailed in the far north.
a9 We come into contact with
drink and its consequences at every
turn. 1t is a most persistently puz.
zling problem. Help to solve it by
taking the total abstinence pledge.
a9- A New York paper alludes TO a
marriage engagement as "cancelled." !"
This has rather a harsh sound, but