Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-05-18
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long to them.
p6~ Men will refrain from evil-speak-
ing when their fellow-men refrain
from evil hearing.
B9~ A coquette is rose from which
every lover plucks leaf-the thorns
are left for her future husband.
s9- Why is the letter S likely to
prove dangerous in argument? BE-
cause it turns words into swords.
p9s There is a boy in Boston so bright
that his mother has to look at him
through piece of smoked glass.
R9~ A man who is not at heart
ashamed of himself, need not be
ashamed of his early condition in life.
p9- At sea level an object 100 feet
high is visible a little over 13 miles.
If 500 feet high, it is visible nearly 80
miles.
p6- Minds of great men may run in
the same channel, but somehow the
channel seems never to become over
crowded.
s@- Although the flap of skin which
covers an elephants ear is of consider
BILE size, the ear itself is very small in
proportion.
a9~ It's pretty hard for some people
to distinguish between what they
think they know and what they know
they think.
p9" Laboring men have 312 working
days a year in Hungary, 3OS in the
United States, 27S in Enlgand and
267 in Russia.
n6" The average man never fully
realizes at midnight how very sleepy
he is going to be at seven o'clock the
next morning.
B6- The general in chief of the Cuban
revolutionary army in the field is Max
imo Gomez. The lieutenant general is
CaliXto Garcia.
n9r A very nice imported fan, plenty
good enough for a woman whose hus-
band earns s12 per week, can now be
purchased for $500.
B9- We don't just see why a woman
should like her mirror better than a
man, for the man will flatter her and
the mirror will not.
s1- When alaboring man undertakes
to support family and saloon at the
same time, the saloon will grow rich
and the family grow poor.
a1~ Wieden, suburb of Vienna, has
the largest dwelling house in the world.
1t contains 400 rooms, divided into
400 suits, and affords shelter to 2,ll2
persons.
s9" "Well, my little man, aren't you
barefooted rather early this seeson p
said a benevolent gentleman to a
youngster. "Guess not. Wuz born
barefooted."
e6" You are coward if you fear to
tell the truth when you should do so.
You are coward when you insult the
weak. You are coward if you are
afraid to do right.
asg~ A law of New Zealand awards
pension of e3S annually to every
respectable person who has attained
the age of 65, and has resided 20
years in the colony.
s9" Bricks made of plaster of paris
and cork are now used in the conslruc-
ton of powder mills. In case Of ex-
plosion they offer slight resistance, and
are broken to atoms.
p1~ Yellow fever prevails each year
in the seaport cities of Cuba, begin
ming toward the end of Juno and dis
appearing in September. Foreigners
only are attacked by the disease.
a9" The rainy season in Cuba begins
in May or June and ends in Novem-
Der, The most rain falls in Septem-
Der and October. The average num-
Der of rainy days in year is 1O2.
H1- Havana harbor, one of the fin
est in the world, is entered from the
northwest by channel which is mar
row for three-eighths of mile and
then opens into magnificent bay.
B9~ "These is terrible hard times" "
said Meandering Mike. "You bet they
is," replied Flooding Pete. "a fellow
can't 90 nowhere lookin' fur work
nowadays without hevin' some offered
him."
H@~ "Mr. Timms," said young wag,
chow do you keep your books?" "Oh,
by double entry" "Double entry
how's that ?" "Oh, easy enough; I
make one entry, and my partner makes
another"
s6@ The daisy did not grow in the
southern states until after the Civil
war. The explanation of its appear
ance there is, that the seed was trans
ported in the hay sent from the north
to feed the army horses.
gp9~ The distance from one end of
Cuba to the other is about as great as
that from New York to Chicago. 1t
will therefore be seen that the island
is capable of furnishing some pretty
big battlefields without crowding.
ia Woman is an enigma. She will
face frowning world and cling to the
man she loves through the most bitter
season of trial and adversely, but she
wouldn't wear hat three weeks be-
hind the style to save the government.
aS" Havana, Matanzas, Santiago
these are the three principal cities OF
Cuba in the order of their size and
commercial Importance. The exports
of Santiago, the least of the three,
amount in times of peace to IS, 900, ,OOOl
annually.
Ba~ Mamma-My son, you must go