Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-27
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ernOrS.
a0 Potatoes were introduced into
Ireland in 1889.
aJ There is a village called A B c in
New York state.
s1 There are more republics in the
world than monarchies.
Sg Nothing except the mint can
make money without advertising.
sJ Learn to labor and to wait" Do
not forget that labor comes first.
s| The output Of rice for this season
in Eastern Texas is not less than
80, 900 tons.
sT If we have good in us 1t is sure TO
come to the surface whenever 1t has an
opportunity.
g Do not tell what you are going to
do; if you do not do it, the people will
laugh at you.
s9 There was never but one original
man, and that was Adam. The others
are limitations.
sT The silk industry Of China en-
ploys, it Is estimated, from 100000 to
100000 people.
s9 Education is a good thing when 1t
does not directly unfit man for work
ing for living.
s9r Last year 1878 cases Of smallpox
were reported in the United States. as
against 2,4S7 in 1899.
s1' The use Of tools does not wear
them out so rapidly as do the sun and
rain, rust and exposure.
SaT To the end of the world the most
delightful people will be those who
mind their own business.
AZ The leading poultry man In
thriving North Missouri town answers
to the name Of Henry Coop.
az A New York man made over all
his property to his wife. She eloped,
and he is now in the poorhouse.
saT If some men could only be con-
vinced that it pays to be good, they
couldn't be kept out of church with a
gun.
"a Papa, Why do we wish people
good appetite;' but not a 'good
thirst?" Because that isn't neces-
sary ?"
sT Of the $4,000 people belonging to
the Creek Nation, according to the
latest report, no less than 5000 are Ne
groes.
6g Chicago has a frontage Of % miles
on Lake Michigan, and a navigable
frontage on the Chicago river Of about
% miles.
3g' Thomas r. Jones, reported crank
Of Wilkesbarre. Pa. has applied for a
divorce on the ground that his wife
has cold feet.
AZ Marriage seems never so much a
failure to a man as when something
goes wrong at home that he can't pos
slbly blame on his wife.
AZ No man need expect to play on
golden harp in heaven who only con-
tributes to the church collection on i
mouth harmonica basis.
AZ A fiber company at Lockport, N.
Y, is preparing to manufacture gun
stocks of fiber, with a view of light
ening the weight Of the present rifle.
sS The Egyptian fellah is apparent
ly the worst taxed man in the world.
Even on the palm-tree, which gives
him food and shelter, he pays so cents
a year.
sJ There are two classes Of things in
the world that it is unwise to fret
about: First, the things which cannot
be helped. Second, the things that can
be helped.
3J The editor Of Burke's Peerage,
London, says that he receives more in
quiries about questions of precedence
from the United States than he does
from England.
6g All lack Of love, all difference to
others, all sharp, hasty, judgments, all
temper, loneliness and irritation, all
bitterness and estrangement, have
their root in pride.
sJ Chief Justice Lore, Of Delaware,
who has had 40 years practical exper-
ience in dealing with criminals, de-
criminals out Of the state.
8| Hold your tongue for a fool!"
was the polite recommendation of an
Irish husband. "Sure. then. you're
going to spake yourself!" was the
equally polite reply of the wife.
sI What do you thing Of man who
will at the table, tell the Lord he r.
thankful for the things before him, but
as soon as he says Amen" will be-
gin storming about the cooking?
az Another new religious sect has
been started in New York. They
call themselves the Babists, and follow
the teachings of one Abbas Effendi,
whom they hold to be son Of God.
AZ The kindly treated horse is the
gentle horse; the gentle horse is the
safe horse; the safe horse is the high
est priced horse, other things being
equal, and is the kind treatment coined
into dollars.
AZ Hyndham Spencer Portal, who has
recently been created a baronet, Is
the head Of family which. since 1924,
has had the exclusive privilege ofmak-
ing the banknote paper for the Bank
of England.
Ar On peace footing, the military
power Of Russia consists of 10000 in
fantry, $4,000 engineers and $4,000 de-
partment troops. The reserves number
100000. There are 1925 troops on a
war footing.
aS There are now in operation in
Italy in the cotton industry over 10000
looms and more than 100000 spin
dies. Italian made cotton goods are
now largely exported, especially to
South America.
sT No less than 100000 homes are held