Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-06
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farms in the United states.
s@ If a man could have his wishes
he would double his trouble.
g@- Plenty of beer in the summer
means little fire in the winter.
s@- Three-ffths of the Spanish sol,
diers in Cuba are under 25 years oi
age.
n6 What is that which, though
black itself, enlightens the world
Ink.
R9- The state of Texas is about 75,,
600 square miles larger in area than
Spain.
n9 There are $1,000 breweries in
the world, and about $4,000 of them
are in Germany.
p@- The man who gets drunk with
out suffering injury is not overbur'
dened with brains.
n% Women are not having real
good time unless four or five of them
are talking at once.
n@% Some babies are brought up on
the bottle, and good many men are
brought down by it.
pG- If somebody would only pull the
sled up hill for us, life would be one
long delightful slide.
@ Recent measurements of the
Chinese wall show it to be Is feet high
and 1900 miles long.
s4- He must be person of very in
significant standing who is always
standing upon his dignity.
p@ Havana's defences are said to be
very formidable, and the Spanish army
of 100, 900 men very strong.
a9 A man seldom forgives an injury
until after he has availed himself OF
an opportunity to get even.
nag 1t is estimated that 100000
square miles of the earth's surface are
still uninhabited or ownerless.
nH An Illinois man name Storms
has named his three SONS Hale Storms,
Rayne Storms and Snow Storms.
p9 The first ingredient in converse,
ton is truth, the next good sense, the
third good humor, and the fourth, wit.
p6P Some husbands never think OF
telling their wives anything until after
they have found it out for themselves
ng Never enter an apartment occu-
pied by another person, except the
common rooms of q dwelling, without
knocking.
p8 The apple has larger proper
ton of PHOSPHORUS than any other
. fruit, and is, therefore, an excellent
brain food.
n8 An aluminium violin, invented
and painted by Cincinnati musician,
is ighly spoken of, both by players
and critics.
pG 1t is to be presumed that raw
recruit is not done until he is properly
seasoned; that is to say, peppered and
mustard out.
s9 Egyptian figures, found on obe
lisks, mounted on two-wheeled vehicles
showed the Pharaohs had some idea Of
a velocipede.
pp Ever since Rebecca met Jacob
at the we'll, mothers have been taking
their manageable daughters to water
ing places.
H9 We are commanded to let our
light shine before men the man with
the red nose keeps his light shining
before himself.
bd The highest tree in the world is
at Dudenong, in Australia. 1t is a
gum tree. 1t stands $50 feet high, and
is still growing.
Ng No man Is so miserable but that
his neighbor wants something he pos
sesses, and none so mighty but that he
wants another's aid.
B0 "Do you expect to hear often
from your husband ?" eyes; he said
he'd write, and l made him promise to
give his letters to some other man to
mail"
R9 There is limit to the work that
can be got out of human body or
human brain, and he is a wise man
who wastes no energy on pursuits tor
which he is not ftted.-Gladstone.
pS Speaking of the what-would-you'
do-if:you-were-a.man question, it was
an unfeeling woman who said she sup
posed she would make fool of her
self like any other man.
saE A Topeka lady engages lawyer
by the year, and pays him a stated
sum for attending to all her legal
work. During the last seven years he
has secured five divorces for her.
sB" "This is the fourth time you have
asked me to marry you," said Miss
Cayenne, rather impatiently. GLOW
often do you wish me to refuse you p
"Well," replied Willie Washington,
II think three times quite sufficient"
BS AS showing the keenness of their
scent, it is said that the vulture and
carrion crow can smell their food for
distance of 40 miles. But then it
must he taken into account that the
food has somewhat penetrating flavor
sd' Husband-If you only had the
ability to cook as mother used to |
would be happy, dear. Wife-And il
yo,, opl,, bod tho ability IN make mon.