The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-05-31
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A STUDENT went into Z boot;.a,o,,ss

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A STUDENT went into 4 booH.stors
and inquired Of the proprietor if he had
any pocket testaments in Greek. 'r-In.,
Greek| echoed our good friend. hesi.
tatingly: II believe not. sir; butI have
lot of elegant ones in morocco"
A PAPER lately gave. an account of q
duel, and announced the resnlt-of the
meeting in these words = - The ons.l
party was wounded severely in, the.
chest, and the other fred IN the air.. {.
Query-who wounded the sufferer l,,A
MuRNrRINo.-Ob, precious time that {.
Is buried in the grave of murruuring
When the murmurer should be praying.
ne is murmrring against tile Lord:
when he should be hearing, he is mur- q.
mnrng against the Divine Providence; /.
when he should be reading, he is mur.. !,
muring against instruments and In
these and a thousand other ways do :.
murmurers eXpend that precious time
which some woald redeem with a world.
CHURCH. BEHAVIOR Western
Christian Advocate says 90 A bad, ard
very 'irreVereut, habit with some peo-
pie, is always to have spell of loud
talking with somebody on some subject
or other, in church. just before preach
ing or prayer meeting begins" 70 s.gsl'ga
/ We commend this item to some Of
our readers, who know themselves to DO
guilty. ~. 2. j.. ~ x
The N. Y. Observer says Young
lady lately ran a rusty nail into her
foot. The injury produced the lock-
jaw, and physicians pronunced her. case
hopeless. An old nurse pounded beet.
roots, applied the poultice as often "a
1t dried, and the lady was completely
cured. -.
A MoTHER's LorE.-A Mrs. Locke ,
recently walked from her home in Ar.
kansas, to Osceola, Mo-, a distance of
several handred miles, to see her son,
who was confined in Jail for killing an,
Indian, and then started back home rs
she came, foot, unprotected and alone.
The muscles of the human Jaw, pro-,
duce a power equal to four hundred.
and thirty four pounds. This is only.
what science tells us but we know tho,
jaw of somo of our lawyers is equal to {.
good many thousand pounds a year to-
them. ... .. -.... :, Il -
MARRIAGE, withoutlove, is tue suicide
OF happiness. As we'll might a person
undertake to build dwelling without
either cash, credit or material, as to ex-,,
pect to live happily in the marriages
state without love.
A PERT young lawyer once boosted
to an old member Of the bar, that he
had received two hundred, dollars for
speaking in certain law suit. -.,a.
Pooh " replied the other, At re-
ceived double that sum for keeping siI
lent in that very case" 49,. d.
a YOUNG poet out west, in describing
heaven, says: 1t is world Of bliss, fenced
in with girls.
If that is true, and we are so fortunate
as to get there we intend to ask per.
mission to sleep in the fence corners. a
BAsHruI. .MEN.-Mrs. Denison save
that sne never yet saw bashful man
who was not the soul of honor. Th.
man-who is bashful in the presence or
ladies, Is their defender when the loose
tongue OF the slanderer would defame.
The greatest of all external BLESSINGS
Is to be able TO lean your heart apains,
another heart, faithful, tender, true and
tried, and record, with thankfulness
that years deepen, instead of diminish.
ing, 81 have got friend"
/ In what two cases are precisely the
same means used for directly opposite.
pnrposes2 Why, bars, to be sure
They are put on bank windows to keer
thieves out, and on Jail windows to
keep them in.
IT is in vain to hope TO place all
alike. Let man stand with his fac.
IN what direction1he will, he must ne
cessariIy turn his back upon half of the,
world -.
TIE human heart is like feather.
bed-it must I've roughly handled, well
shaken, and exposed to variety of
turns, to prevent it becoming hard and
knotty. ... .s. d. -
Iris observed that an English jour.
nal pots forth the statement that tho
common elder bush, scattered amont,
cucumber andmelon vines, will keep OF
the bugs which infest them. $s-..a (
MEN are said to admire that which
they look up to, and to love that which
they look down upon.
ENJOY the glory of the sun, and no$
put out your eyes by trying to count
the spots upon his face. .r
ALLOW boy to run at large in indo-.
lence, and you have laid the foundations
whereon will be built his future ruin.
Snow me land that has mountaips
without valleys, aud will shoY you q
| man who hoo inyy ,pitEouf Sxr.<x.. u -