Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-24
at'ausiae Gatherings.

B9 "Why did you leann over tha
+, empty cask ?" II am mourning ovel
departed spirits"
p8- What is that which coach can
!, not move without, and which yet is ne
part of it? Noise.
nag Ponce is pronouced as though
spelled Ponthay. San Juan is pro
nounced thus: Sahnwhan.
p6- 1t is with men as with watches
the worst movements are often founo
in the best cases; and wise versa.
p9 At the Strozzi palace, in Rome
there is a book made of marble, the
leaves being of marvellous thinness.
p@r A bushel of ordinary wheat con
tains 100000 grains. A bushel of or
binary barley contains $4,000 grains
p9r Why was Goliath very much
surprised when David slung the stone
at him ? Because such thing never
entered his head before.
p4- In the main hall of the Shah's
: palace at Teheran, there is carpet
woven in one piece, which has been ir
use for 200 years.
SS- In man the lungs lie in the chest
on each side of the heart, filling up
nearly all the space which is not taker
up by the heart.
, pd- Munster, in Westphalia, has Q
public school which has just celebrated
| the eleventh hundred anniversary Of
its foundation.
f p8r Don't drink intoxicating liquor
with the expectation that it will make
man of you. On the contrary, il
may make beast of you.
s@- 1t is strange that so many per
sons are killed by tornadoes, yet the
man who is daily blown up by his wife
manages to live through it all.
. nag The doctors in Sweden never
/ sends bills to their patients, the amount
of remuneration being left entirely
; to the generosity of the latter.
s9H Sailors frequently mutiny for ar
allowance of grog, and bread-riots oc
cur; but the only strike for water re-
corded, was when Moses smote the
rock.
B- "Ain't that a lovely critter
john" said Lucresha, as they stopped
opposite the leopard's cage. "Waal
yes" said John, "but he's drefully
freckled, amt he ?"
p8- There is an old adage that i
enough rope is given to fool he will
hang himself with it, but it appear:
that ever since the world began there
has been a scarcity of rope.
p9- Life is like a pack of cards
Childhood's best cards are hearts
, youth is won by diamonds, middle age
is conquered with club, while old
age is raked in by a spade.
@r Women of the world never use
harsh expressions when condemning
[ their rivals. Like the savage, they
hurl elegant arrows, ornamented with
feathers of purple and azure, but with
poisoned points.
pG" It is not the lustre of gold, the
sparkling of diamonds and emeralds
r nor the splendor of the purple tine
ture, that adorns or embellishes
woman; but gravity, discretion, hu'
mility, and modesty.
n8- The man that is physically
wicked does not live out half his days
and he is not half alive while he does
live. However gracious God may be
with the heart, he never pardons the
stomach.
@- Death has a wondrous power to
, still all those prejudiced and one-sided
!, judgments which, in the heat of oul
daily strife for the worlds goods and
6 honors, we are too apt to make in re-
gard to one another.
t nag Old Abrams wisest remark
"Ef de descendants oh de rooster what
: crowed at Peter was ter make noise
ebery time lie is told, dar would be
: such a noise in de world dat yer could
not heah de hens cackle."
nag A visionary local fnancier, who
had a thousand ways to make a for
tune, and not a single one to make
living, is described by friend as "a
man so sanguine that the mere getting
} hold of shoestring makes him think
he is already the owner of tannery.
p@ Do all in your power to teach
. your children selfgovernment. If q
child is passionate, teach him by gen
tie and patient means to curb his tenn
per. If he is greedy, cultivate liber'
ality in him. If he is selfish, promote
generosity.
nag The Bishop of Hereford having
f expressed himself very strongly on
modern female costume, an English
lady turns on him in this way, "Why
should bishop put on so feminine a
garment as an apron, if a woman can
not put on vest?"
p8r The best equipped person is not
the one whose clothes and manners
are the finest and the most polished
| but the one whose heart is clean and
: true and whose mind is filled and
trained. People may look at the first
but the second they will follow.
n@ In q very thin house an actress