Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-23
UNCLE ESSEX'S WISDOM.

more than their radicalism gone to seed.
Chastity is like broken vase; it can be
meuded, but can never be made whole.
Bigotry knows of but one way to reach
heaven, while faith knows of hundred.
1t is we'll to give heed to your doubts, for
they are very often the dawnings of truth.
Man is two-legged. eccentric animal that
deals in politics, religion and general mer.
chandise.
A man of true genius is generally as sim
pie as child, and as unconscious of his pow.
er as an elephant.
1t is much more difficult for man to make
circumstance than it is for circumstance
to make a man.
1t requires wisdom to be able, and it re-
quires honesty to be willing, to call things by
their right names.
The man who is ever ready to take the
chances will very probably take his last one
in the almshouse.
Man is the only creature that laughs; an.
gels do not, animals cannot, and devils will
+ not
There is great deal Of modesty in this
world which will gaze at almost anything,
provided it can be seen through crack.
If we would measure our happiness by the
condition of those below US, instead of those
above, we should find ourselves very we'll off.
Literary men, as class, are unsatisfactory
companions; if you Aatter their vanity enough
to make them agreeable, you disgust yourself.
Men have been known to correct their van
ity, subdue their pride, and even overcome
their superstitions, but once impregnated with
it, it is impossible for man to get rid of his
vulg arity.-Scrib"er for august
LEARN TO UNITE STRINGS.
One story Of the eccentric Stephen Girard
says that he once tested the quality of boy
who applied for situation, by giving him a
match loaded at both ends, and ordering him
to light it. The boy struck the match, and
after it had burned half it's length threw it
away. Girard dismissed him because he did
not save the other end fos future use The
boys failure to notice that the match had q
double end was natural enough, considering
how matches are generally made; but haste
and heedlessness Ga habit of careless observa-
tion) are responsible for great part Of the
waste of property in the world.
Said one of the most successful merchants
of Cleveland, Ohio, day or two ago, to a
lad who was opening parcel, young man,
unite those strings-don't cut them"
1t was the first remark he had made to a
new employe. 1t was the FIRST lesson the lad
had to learn, and it involved the principles of
success or failure in business career. Point
ing to we'll dressed man behind the counter,
he said:
"There is man who always whips out his
scissors and cuts the strings Of the packages
in three or four places. He is good sales
man, but will never be anything more. |
presume he lives from hand to mouth, and |
presume is more or less in debt, The trouble
with him is that he was never taught to save.
told the boy just now to unite the string,
not so much for the value of the string, as to
teach him that everything is to be saved and
nothing wasted If the idea can be firmly
impressed upon the mind of beginner in life
that nothing was made to be wasted, you have
laid the foundation of success"
A good lesson, ethard to learn. Enforced
by the Saviour, himself-"Gather up the frag-
ments that nothing be lost" signifies order
and arrangement and thrift. 1t allays irrita-
ton of mind, makes men lovers of good gov
ernment, and secures the peace of society.
Yes, fragments of barley bread and fish bones
may well be gathered up. Ifthis had always
been done there would not now be so much
waste and worn out land in this (compara-
tively) new country, nor such an outlay for
fertilizers. Then what of the household 1t
has been we'll said: "Many woman throws
out of the window with teaspoon, more than
man many can shovel at the door,"
"For want of nail the shoe WAS lost
For want of shoe the horse was lost
For want of horse the rider was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail"
PRINTING OFFICE SECRETs.-A properly
conducted printing Office is as much secret
as Masonic lodge. The printers are not
under oath of secrecy, but always feel them.
selves as truly in honor bound to keep Office
secrets as though triple oathed. Any en-
ploye in a printing Office who willingly disre.
CARDS this fact in regard to printing office Sc.
crets would not only be scorned by his breth.
rem of the craft, but lose his position at once.
We make this statement because it sometimes
happens that a communication appears in
newspaper under an assumed signature, which
excites comment, and various parties try to
find out who is the author. Let all be saved
the trouble of questioning the employees Of
the printing Office. They are know-notbings
on such points as these.
On such matters they have eyes and ears,
but no mouth, and, if they fail to observe this
rule, let them be put down as dshonorable
members of the craft. 1t is the same in job
printing. If anything is to be printed and
kept secret, let proper notice be given of the
desire for secrecy, and you might as we'll ques-
ton the Sphynx as one of the printers, 80 that
even the secret books of lodges are printed
without fear.-Erchange.
illness is sometimes brought
on by imagination and weakness. Courageis
a wonderful agent in throwing off disease.
A walk of five miles would cure many an
occupant of the lounge. Will-power will sur
pass pills in nine cases out of ten, if not in
every one. To hold a bottle of smelling salts
in the hand on account of headache may be
just the thing, at times, but to fling pound
of fruit cake out into the alley, and then walk
furlong as a reward for not eating the COM
pound, is nearly always much better thing