Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-22

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of your reputation than he is of his own? !.
Never jam your finger in the door; for to
swear is neither brave, polite nor wise. s .5.., !,
Never ask a lady to play upon the piano,
unless you intend to be polite enough to lis
ten to her playing. After having talked in
cessantly during her performance
Never add hypocrisy to boorishness, by.
seeming to be pleased with what you thought
more contemplate than your contemplate
prattle. Own up that you only asked her to
play out of politeness, and failed to listen out
of impoliteness.
Never put the mucilage brush in your ink
stand. True, the temptation is great; but
remember that cleanliness is next to godli-
ness.
Never attempt to write an original article
unless your scissors are sharp. Everybody
likes an incisive writer.
Never talk of yourself in country where
forty-odd millions of people are bent on talk.
ing of themselves. a aa5s
Never ask question unless you intend to
pay attention to. the answer. There is no
pleasure in life comparable to the joy Of air.
ing our knowledge Give your friend O.
chance to air his. He will love you with q
love surprising that of woman.
Never say that you have heard before what
your friend has evidently taken greaJ pleas
ure in telling you. His delight at finding
you equally we'll informed with himself may
not be so great as you had imagined.
Never look gift horse in the mouth while
the donor is present After he is gone it is
duty. The proper study for the horseman is
the horse. 3
Never tell secret to woman. If you
can't keep it yourself, why expect she will be
able to keep it?--Bostoa Transcript
p9 The New York Table, says the majority
Of the people imagine that it is the simplest
thing in the world to edit a newspaper. a
man may have grave doubts about his talents
for public speaking may freely admit that
he cannot turn tune or recognize one turned
by anybody else; may confess that he is no
poet, not much of scholar, and nothing OF
an artist but there is no creature 80 poor
spirited as to ayow his incapacity to edit q
newspaper. On the contrary, this is Q work
to which every man seems to have manifest
call. No matter what his actual business in
life may be-preacher, lawyer, physician,
butcher, baker, or candlestick maker ne has
secret fancy that if he only had a chance, he
could make newspaper little bit spicier
and livelier than any thing in the shape Of
public journal that has ever come in his way.
This is one of the most amusing and uniyer-.
sal weaknesses Of modern times. The NUM-.
Der of people who are injected by it is known
only to publishers, just as the extent to which
opium. eating is practiced is realized only by
druggists and physicians. The drawers and
waste. baskets of every newspaper Office in the
country overflow with evidences of the ambi-
ton and harmless vanity Of the vast public,
who .scribble by stealth and patiently toll over
reams Of compositions which nobody can be
induced to print. ~ 50:
TAKE A PAPER Nothing presents sad.
der commentary upon the present condition OF
society, than the large number of families,
both in town and the country, but more espe.
cially the latter, that subscribe to no paper Of
any kind. Hundreds and thousands Of FAM
lilies are thus growing up utterly ignorant of
what is transpiring in the world around
them-ignorant of the mighty events of the
day. But who can tell the vast amount of
injury that is being inflicted on The rising
generation-those who are TO take our place
in the busy world at no distant day growing
up without knowledge of the present or the
past; this ignorance, too, being imbued into
them by the sanction of those who should,
and doubtless do know better, did they only
think of the injurious effects of their insane
course. Let the head of every family think
of this and place in the hands of those for
whom be is responsible, the means Of acquiring
some knowledge ofthe moving panorama in
which we act our different parts. - Good Words.
HEwAs THE FIDDLER. "A Spanish curate
having preached with eloquence against the
deadly sin Of gluttony, his housekeeper was
so impressed by his discourse that she slipped
out and ran to the parsonage, and threw the
succulent> breakfast she had prepared for her
master into the pig-pen, and spread tle table
with herbs and such savory messes.
The good priest, returning from the church,
complained Of the Spartan simplicity Of the
fare, whereupon the housekeeper recalled to
his mind the position he had taken in his SER
mon.
"Junatia," says the good old clergyman,
"you have gone to the plaza of q Sunday
afternoon to see them dance haven't you =
Certainly, your reverence"
"Did you ever see the fiddler dance p.
"Never, your reverence; Of course not"
"Well, Junatia, I am the fiddler,
LATENT ELEcTRIc1rY.-An electrician of
Virginia (Nev.) asserts that the engines on
the Comstock, in the mere act Of running,
generate sufficient electricity to not only light
all the mines, but also the whole town, proyi-
ded said engines were 80 insulated that the
electricity could be stored up and utilized;
There is good deal Of electrical disturbance
to be observed about the machinery of mills
Where there are large rubber belts running,
when the hand is held near one of them,
steady and beautiful streams of electricity are;
to be seen. These do not pass from the belt
to the hand, but from the hand to the belt!i
1t is rather strange thing to see stream of
fire darting from the end of every finger on
ones hand without feeling the slightest sensa-
ton; yet it is real fire, and would blow up.a
powder magazine as readily as would a spark,
struck by flint and STEEL s'
The IMMENSELY OF TExAs.-Ireland is
about the size of Maine. France is more
than twice as large as England, Wales and
Scotland together. Texas is thirty.6ve times
as large as Massachusetts, or as large as
Maine New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode