Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-20
at'ausiae Gatherings.

to have an aim.
p8 Character cannot be bought for
less than life.
p8r Health and happiness, only, will
keep an old man young.
p9 First the distiller, then the doc
tor, then the undertaken.
a@ Mexico has had IS presidents
during the past rs years.
s6r A full man and an empty pock-
etkook often go hand in hand.
p@ When blue we 20 to God ; when
bright we hobnob with the devil.
H6 If man has nothing to say, he
has splendid opportunity not to talk.
H@ Who seeks a perfect friend
among men will walk alone through
life.
sG "Darling, this potato is only half
DONE" "Then eat the done half,
love-"
B9 No men living are more worthy
to be trusted than those who toll up
from poverty.
H9 A woman never becomes 80 rich
that she can resist the temptation to
wear calico shirt waists.
pay An English traveller reports that
there is million acres OF available
farm land in the Philippines.
snE A man is never entirely satisfied
with his sons-in.law, and a woman's
daughters-in-law never suits her.
s@ An Atchison woman says she
never thinks of opening her husbands
mail unless it is marked "private."
p@ Austria-Hungary expends less
upon liquor in year than any other
country of the frst-class in Europe.
s6 An old topper being requested to
define hard drinking, said, "1t was
sitting on rock and slipping cold wa
ter"
p9- You can do anything if you only
have patience. Water may be carried
in sieve if you only wait till it
freezes.
p6 The International Postal Con-
press elected the fact that two-thirds
of the mail of the world is addressed
in English.
s9 Persistency is the road to sue
cess. The only known exception to
this rule is the case of hen sitting on
a china egg.
sar In France 14S,SOS families have
claimed exemption from certain taxes
this year on account of having seven
or more children.
p9- In 1894 the habitual users of the
English language did not number more
than 10000, 900 in 1897 their number
was estimated at 110,00O,O00.
n9 About the most discouraging
thing that comes to man in his life is
the desire to thrash an enemy, coupled
with the belief that he can't do it.
pH- "There is one falsehood which
every woman will tell" "What is it ?"
"She always says the frock she has on
is the only respectable one she has,"
E@ A Spaniard calls Cervera, Their
vay-rah; Cavite is Cah-vee-tay; Glen
fuegos is Thee. e.an-foo-a-gos. The 9Th"
is like that in "thin," and &c" before
re" has this pronunciation"
n@ "Pa," said the youngest of sew
en-, "why don't you 60 to the war p
II have all that I can do to keep the
reconcentrados in this house from star
ving," replied the parent, sadly.
rag A California Chinaman ran away
with another Chinaman's wife, and to
throw the pursuers off the trail, took
her aboard steamboat rolled up in a
lot of blankets, carrying her on his
shoulder.
pS There are 80 cats on the payroll
of the United States army. These
cats guard stores in government ware
houses against rats, mice, etc., and
save the government thousands OF
dollars yearly.
p@ The chief secret of success is
nothing more than doing what you
can do we'll, without thought of
fame. If it comes at all, it will come
because it is deserved, not because it
is sought after.
s6r The fact that the Yankee and
the Dixie are both to be included on
Commodore Watson's squadron, is
significant that the United States are
united now as they have not been be-
fore for 80 years.
HJ~ There is continual warfare 60
ing on between the good and the bad
in mans nature. He who indulges in
drink to excess weakens the defences
which religion and morality erects
against the assaults of evil.
BB~ The continued strike in Welsh
coal mines has reduced the English
coal supply so that English steam
ships are obliged to rely mostly on
American coal. An English syndicate
has bought $4,000 acres of Kentucky
and Tennessee coal. This will bring
millions of dollars here.
H9 General Garcia tells Admiral
Sampson that the Americans will find
it easy to whip the Spanish army, hut
difficult to drive it out of Cuba. Gar
cia's meaning is that the Spanish army
defeated will resolve itself into many
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