Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-01-15

the swamps enveloping us. Some of us be-
gan to feel a touch of the fever; one got
light-headed for while. We continued
for three or four days at this game, and
nothing to eat but dry oatmeal One morn
ing we were crossing native hunting
ground, and presently, without warning, q
spear came Whizzing through the air and
struck one Of our men in the foot, going
clean through boot and foot. We thought
our end had come, and determined to die
desperately but the natives decamped as
quickly as we made up our minds to fight
it out, for we could not find one. On we
went, and reched the coast at last"
LIFE.-Life is but a moment, a brief re-
feX from the great ocean Of eternity. Take
heed how you make use Of it, and from the
great consequences involved in its short du-
ration learn the Importance of little things
Queen Elizabeth once said to cOurtier:
"Those succeed best in this world who pass
over it quickly, for it is but bog; if we
stop we sink" Truly, this saying deserves
is short, and while we have it we should
make the most of it, as by our conduct in this
world will be awarded our position in the
next. We have no time for idleness; we
must be quick and decisive. The man who
thinks and executes rapidly succeeds best in
life, for though he may occasionally make
mistakes, of more or less importance, they
are more than counterbalanced by the bene-
fits arising from his successes. 1t is such a
man who makes mark in the world. For
there are moments when hesitation is worse
than folly-When it is a crime. Fortune
comes but seldom, and when she does come
she is often unexpected. tits our duty to be
always on the watch and seize all opportu-
mites which God or man may put within
our reach An active life is one of happi-
ness. Our energies are wrapped up IN our
undertakings to the exclusion of secret sor-
rows; every success is so much additional
pleasure; every failure an incentive to fur
ther endeavors, Act! act! that is the
grand secret of success in life. Rapid think
ers and decisive doors are scarce all the
world over not from lack of suitable ma
terial, but because the inclination for active
life is wanting in a vast number OF men.
Let one trust in himself, let him exert his
capabilities to their fullest extent, and, soon
er or later,success will inevitably smile upon
him. There is no such thing as failure to a
man with purpose which he is determined
to successfully accomplish. Let us have a
purpose and let us accomplish it. The good
which will follow will not be confined to in
dividuals alone, but will extend to and ben
eft all society.
Life is strange mystery. We can be
sure of nothing save DEATH and the antici-
patton of itcauses us more alarm and solici-
tude than all the other ills and calamities of
life. This fear of the tribute to nature is
childish in the extreme. Death is inevita-
BILE, and as we must resign ourselves to the
inevitable, why not doso with good grace,
instead of with an ignoble fear? Indeed,
we should rather welcome than fear death,
for it is the exchanging of a precarious pres
ent for happy and eternal life. We have
cause to bless our lot in belonging to the
present, and to bless the past, for the Scrip
lures have shown SO terriblea picture of the
last ages of the world that we cannot but
congratulate ourselves in not belonging to
them.
TO conclude, Homer says: "Like the
leaves of the trees, first spreading, and then
decaying, so are the generations of mortal
men,"