Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-07
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be enjoyed by society.
nag Every one can stand little more
than he thinks he can.
p@- The mice always play when the
cats away but the cat finally catches
on to it.
nag It is said that women criminals
have larger hands and feet than aver
age women.
p9. A cube of cast iron one inch
each way will be crushed under pres
sure of 80 tons.
s@~ "I'm always getting things mix
ed,n as the man said who had hash set
before him 13 times week.
RY- He who does his best, however
little, is always TO be distinguished
from him who does nothing.
B@ It is stated as fact that many
people hear best when their eyes are
closed. Think of this in church.
sdy The people who are most careless
as to their duties are usually most ex-
acting as to their rights.
s@- The men who expects to accom-
plish everything by main strength are
doomed to bitter disappointment.
s9- The highest church steeple on
earth is not as near heaven as sack
of flour left in poor woman's cellar.
Ba~ David Hume, the Scotch philoso-
pher, said that he would rather be
born with a cheerful disposition than
heir to $4,000 a year.
Bd. A cheerful temper, Joined with
innocence, will make beauty attrac-
tive, knowledge delightful, and wit
good-natured.
s6- Mrs. ADO you find it more
ecomical to do your own cooking. Mrs.
30, yes; my husband doesn't eat
half as much as he did,"
s9- "You want to 60 to the old dig
gings? Heavens, boy, you don't know
a spade from jigsaw." eyes; do,
father. Iheld five of them last night"
pG- The proper name: Some dentists
speak of the rooms in which they re-
ceive their patients as "parlors." But
they ought to call them drawing rooms.
aa- Mother-Dear me q! The baby
has swallowed that piece of worsted'
Father-That's nothing to the yarns
she'll have to swallow if she lives to
grow up.
nag An idea of the amount of gold
mined every year may be found from
the fact that European goldsmiths
make up s24, 100000 into gold plate
and jewelry annually.
Rd- It is said that tar may be readily
removed from the hands by rubbing on
them the outside of fresh orange or
lemon peel, and wiping dry imme-
diately.
pa- Ready for life's pathway: M.
Rox-So you say young Pusher wants
to marry you? What has he got to
take you through life with ?" Daugh-
ter (sweetly)-He's got tandem"
sa- One of the stations of the rail
way which is to be built from the Red
Sea to the top of Mount Sinai will be
on the spot where it is supposed Moses
stood when he received the two tables
of the law.
nd- Do not think of knocking out
another mans brains because he differs
in opinion from you. 1t would be as
rational to knock yourself on the head
because you differ from yourself ten
years ago.
s1s- In making railroad tunnels, and
in sinking wells and pits in Arizona,
Nevada and Utah, salt strata is often
struck at varying depths. Hundreds
of fish, perfectly preserved, are found
in blocks of this pure rock salt.
p9- "Hampsley worked hard for
three years trying to get a public
office" "Indeed? What is he doing
now?" "Not e thing" "Why, how
can he afford that?' "He's got the
Office"
n@- In France woman may become
a doctor, a lawyer, a member OF the
board of education, and may even be
decorated with the cross of the Legion
of Honor; but she may not witness q
legal document. She occupies an i'm
portant place in art, business and com
merce, but she cannot possess her own
earnings if she is married.
p9 In the forthcoming annual report
of the commissioner of pensions, H.
Clay Evans, it will be shown that on
June 30, 1897, there were on the rolls
of the pension bureau 976,014 pension.
ers. TO this must be added 6,S5z
original claims granted but not record
ed and 1852 restorations which were
not entered at the time on the books
sas- In Germany each servant girl is
Obliged to own little blank book fol
stamps. Once a week the mistress
pastes in the book a two penny half
penny stamp, which is purchased from
the government. When the girl gets
old, or should she fall i'll, the stamps
are redeemed by the government, Sc
that the girl has a small sickness OF
old-age fund. This custom was order
ed by the emperor about two years
ago.
p4H Fish nets are made from some
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