Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-27
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friend, folly his worst enemy.
H@ Bigness is as different from great
ness as buster is from dignity.
H@- Three out of every 1876 English
speaking people have red hair.
p9r There is no sure foundation fol
the ladder of selfish ambition.
nag Two-thirds of the male popula
ton of the world use tobacco.
nag Six hundred out of 5000 Kansas
volunteers are school teachers.
p@ South Dakota's wheat yield is
100 per cent. greater than last year.
s6% Don't do things today so you
will have to do them over tomorrow.
ndr Strong efforts will be made to
stimulate the raising of cotton in
Hawaii.
p9r Eliza Guy, colored, aged 102
years, died at Wyoming, DEL, last
Monday.
p@ He who fears the scoffer's jeer
will never be called to stand at the
martyrs stake.
aG If fresh air could be sold in bot,
ties, all other tonics would be run out
of the market.
B6S At the present rate of increase
the population of the earth will double
itself in 26O years.
ad Eleven hundred and seventy
three persons have been buried in
Westminster Abbey.
s% Duty and success have been
Joined together by God, and no man
can put them asunder.
a9 Auntie-When I was your age
I never told a lie, Tommy. "When
did you begin, auntie?"
e6 A meal never tastes right if pre-
pared by a woman whose hair is
stringing around her face.
B9 About $500 Dunkards from Vir.
ginia, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois have
removed to North Dakota.
ndr 1t has ever been my experience
that folks who have no vices have
very few virtues. Lincoln.
p6r "They tell me Mikes bond
holder" sis that so ?" ayes he
went bail for man that skipped"
s@- The unexpected never happens
there are always people around who
knew things would turn out that way
R@ Great Britain owns in Africa an
area of 2,579, 900 square miles, almost
equal to the area of the United States
p4 What an absurd thing it is to
pass over all the valuable parts of q
man, and fix our attention on his in
6rmities.
s@- Mattie-Were you ever in love
Helen-Yes, with myself. "Well, you
never had any rivals to worry about
anyhow"
b@- The largest egg is that of the
ostrich. 1t weighs three pounds, and
is considered equal in amount to "a
hens eggs.
pdr 1t is estimated that more gold
and silver haye been sunk in the sea
than are now in circulation in the
whole world.
p| To pronounce a man happy mere
ly because he is rich is just as absurd
as to call a man healthy because he
has enough to eat.
B9r Lady (engaging new cook
"Can you clean bicycles ?" "No, ludy
but can give you the address where
have mine cleaned"
e6r 1t was the first time Nan had
seen anyone husking corn. "Do you
have to undress every single ear ?" she
asked, soberly.-Judge.
p@r The two biggest fire engines in
the world are in Liverpool; they can
throw 1900 gallons of water a min
ute, and a jet 140 feet high.
a6r 'It is true that can't sing
WE'LL" said the cat that had just swal.
lowed the canary, "but I have good
deal of music in me, all the same"
p@ 1t is estimated that in conse
auence Of intoxication the sum lost tc
the working population of France in
1897 was thirteen hundred and forty
million francs.
p4~ 1t is stated that the annual ex
penses of the papal court are over
s15O,O00,0OO. 1t is expensive business
keeping up sacred appearances on this
mundane stool.
B@r Mrs. Green-They must think
good deal of your husbands comfort
to give him a three months vacation
The Parsons Wife-Or a good deal o.
their own comfort.
B9 1t often happens that the man
who is averse to offering even 10 cents
once week at church has no objec
tion to spending much more than thai
sum each day for drink.
n8 Russia has the most rapidly in
creasing population of any country il
the world. The growth during the
last 100 years has been fraction les:
than 100000 annually.
B9 If you would enjoy your food
labor for it; if you would enjoy youl
raiment, pay for it before you wear it
if you would sleep soundly, let goot
conscience be your bedfellow.
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