Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-19
1t)ausiae 6atherinss.

saT In 1916 there were only $50 Enghsh
people in all North America.
ar Make your long prayers in private
and your short ones in public.
! Tar An ounce Of encouragement Is
worth a pound Of fault finding.
AZ The population Of Oklahoma has
Increased 544 per cent. over lsso.
"a We never get more happiness than
we try to secure for other people.
ar The biggest coward Of all the earth
q the man who Is afraid to do right.
as;. IF YOU want your life to be a sue
cess never be found opposing the
truth.
s5T Abuse Is one of the few things
man can get without earning or deserv-
| ing it.
saT In 1900 America had more colleges,
in proportion to population, than she
has now.
ss There are 100000 French Canadi-
ans, Of whom $4,000 are voters, In Mas
sachusetts.
sg By doing our work properly we do
not have to perform the same labors
the second time.
aI A large shipment Of potatoes, first
of the kind, will soon be made from
Washington to China.
sg Your life will never rise any high
er than your belief. If you believe
wrong you will behave wrong.
Ar The attempt by the government to
introduce reindeer from Lapland into
Alaska has proved failure.
sg A woman has been found In Ma
lone. N. Y, who is remarkably hale
and hearty at the age Of 1O5.
ss The Vermont legislature has ad-
iourned. Among the measures passed
was one prohibiting the sale of cigar
cites in the state.
| S1r No human head was ever Impress
ed on coins until after the death OF
Alexander the Great. All images be-
fore that time were Of the deities.
aa Guest-Who owns this hotel?
Waiter-Mr. Blank am de proprietor,
sab. "Glad to hear it. thought from
your actions that the walters owned
the hotel." 20 no, sab. We don't own
muffin but de guests"
| az The ancient proverb says: you
cannot get more out Of bottle than
YOU put in it." That's an error. Be-
sides what he puts in, he can get a
headache, a sick stomach, and perhaps
10 days in the lookup.
ar Every 80 days: Lonesum-Been
married a month today, haven't you,
old fel? Still billing and cooling. 1
suppose. Scrunge (dubiously)| am
not cooling as much as / was at one
time, but the billing-ah, me!
65T IT vas in great luck" How vas
dot?" "Vy, I find 100 pounds yester-
day belong to dot miser Mark, und ven
I Gift it back to him dis morning he
nefer scharge me no interest fer der
use Of dot monish for "a hours. Mark
vas getting shildish."
3B II can always tell when my hus-
band has been drinking" said a young
wife. "Yes?" said another young wife.
| Y L
me-" II can also tell when. my hus-
band has been drinking" said the 9TH
err" "Yees?" when he doesn't kiss
me-"
| Al A clergyman, on entering a coun-
try store not long ago, opened the door
Just in time to hear man remark very
emphatically, 1.-THE devir'-"Ah-er-oh-
elder, I didn't know you were here,
was the mans remark. mo apology is
needed" was the reply; "he is no
| friend of mine."
aag During the last ten years Georgia
has increased in population more rap
idly than Ohio. Ohio gained 4S5.229,
which is an increase Of 1872 per cent.
Georgia has gained 37S,97S, which is
an increase of 2O.6 per cent. This is
probably the most rapid gain OF any
state in the south, except Texas, which
is the most progressive as we'll as the
most prosperous.
8ar The country which now holds the
record for the biggest and richest gold
nuggets is North Carolina. For size,
value and quantity the Reed mine, in
Cabarrus county, N. c., is far ahead Of
all rivals, and mines in Montgomery
county in that state have also produc-
ed some famous nuggets. The Reed
mine has produced nuggets weighing
% pounds, II pounds and 16 pounds.
az never had any faith in luck at
all, except that I believe that good
luck will carry a man over a ditch.
if he jumps we'll, and put bit Of bacon
in his pot, If he looks after his gar
den and keeps a pig. Luck generally
comes to those who look after 1t, and
my notion is it taps once in lifetime
at everybody's door, and If industry
does not open it away it goes.-Spur-
geon.
88' About a year ago a 70-pound Mis-
sissippi river catfish was taken to the
New York aquarium. For about six
months it was a very inexpensive
boarder, eating hardly anything. Now,
however, it is feeding regularly, taxi
ing every other day single meal of
to Il pounds of eels and herring. The
bottom of the big cats tank is covered
with white sand, in which 1t loves to
rub itself.
ar In 1857 General Albert Sydney
Johnson commanded an expedition
against the Mormons, which required
the service of 4,500 mules. When the
expedition was abandoned the mules
were sold at Salt Lake City in 1860 and
bought by one man. at prices ranging
from $50 to s1O0 each. The mules were
driven to California in bands of 500, a
week apart, where they were sold at
the average price of $500 each.
Ar Husband in?" asked the gas col
lector, cheerfully. mo" answered the