Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-28
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, ESS A lie llDeraIeS us lOi d uouono
and enslaves us forever.
sa- True friendship are not purchas-
ed at the expense of fine clothes.
saT As fire is discovered by its own
light, so is virtue by its own excellence.
gar The man who waits for appreci.
alton generally gets it in the shape OF
an epitaph.
sa A theological writer thinks two
things were made to be lost-sinners
and umbrellas.
nH He is more truly a hero who
having fallen gets up again, than he
who never falls.
s9 The LATEST man always has en-
ergy enough to meddle with other
peoples affairs.
s4- The Negro race embraces about
one-tenth of the worlds population,
$50, 900, 900 persons.
e9 In Norway the average length
of life is greater than in any other
country on the globe.
g9- If you are good this world is
good enough for you ;if you are mean,
then it is too good for you.
s4r When a woman is trying to write
letter on half sheet of paper much
may he said on both sides.
B9 Do all the good you can, to all
the people you can, in all the ways
you can, and you will be happy.
HasR Laziness, carelessness and filth
ness are trio which have brought de-
struction and ruin to many men.
sD- Russian ladies are said to keep
their feet warm by putting brown pa.
per inside their shoes and boots.
pH When you neglect to take ad-
vantage of the available opportunities
presented, you merit and deserve dis
appointment.
BG What a pleasant world this
would be if we did not have 10 go TO
bed when we are not sleepy, and have
to get up when we are J!
H6 A Missouri statute makes it
peni,entiary offense for husband to
desert his wife until they have lived
together for at least ten years.
Bd 1t seems strange that dog can
find any enjoyment in his ear-vexine
bark. But then there are men and
women who delight to hear themselves
talk.
s6 The average man is pleased TO
have his baby or his dog praised, but
admire his wheel and you have found
the shortest and most direct road to
his heart.
B9r The Red sea is for the most part
blue. 1t gets its name from the fact
that portions of it are covered by min-
ute animalcule, which die the surface
of the water red where they float.
sd- The thinnest tissue paper meas
ures 1-1,200 of an inch in thickness.
The Krupp gun works claim machine
which will roll iron so thin that it
would take 1000 sheets to make all
inch.
ga A "T" will work wonders if
properly applied: 1t makes bough
bought, turns here to there, makes tone
out of one and transforms the phrase
"allow his own" into "tallow this
town."
R9 "There is no W. sound in the
Hawaiian language" declared Prince
Kawanauakoa to New York Journal
man. "Hawaii is pronounced 'Ha-
vayee," and 1 am surprised that so
few of your people say it correctly"
a9 Bank of England notes are never
reissued, but when paid in for gold,
are at once cancelled. They are then
preserved for seven years, so that in
quiries relative TO forgeries or frauds
on which the notes may throw light,
may be answered.
BHe When a man really loves to go
on a shopping tour with his wife, 1t
may be taken for granted either that
he has very strong affection for the
partner of his joys and sorrows, or
that he is trying to make her think
he has.
B9 There is woman in New Hamp-
shire who is street railway magnate,
good cook and housekeeper, fine
shot with revolver, a first.class swim.
mer, a tip-top business woman and a
good worker in the church, but she
can't throw a stone for shucks.
p0 She-Does the fact that 1 have
money make any difference to you,
dearest? He-Of course it does, my
own. 1t is such a comfort to know
that If should die you would be pro-
vided for. She-But suppose | should
die? He-Then l would be provided
for.
Ra The inhabitants of the Andaman
islands are said to be the smallest race
of people in the world. The average
height Of full-grown Andaman is less
than feet, and the anthropological
experts who recently visited them
found but few that weighed over rs
pounds.
BG Wood for tennis rackets requires
at least five years seasoning-that is
to say, it requires to be kept for five
years in the rough timber state before
being cut up for use. Wood for pianos
| is kept, as a rule, for 40 years before
it is considered sufficiently in condition
to be used.
Rar Under the old Blue laws of Con-
necticut "any who shall stand by and
see two dogs fight and not try to sepa'
rate them shall be deemed guilty of a
breach of the peace, and shall lie in
| iail the length of seven days and