Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-12-08

DIMENSIONS. OF dEAVEN.-LeWlS fen-
ny Reading publishes the following very
interesting paragraph, the idea being to en-.
leavor to show some way the dimensions of
Heaven. Any one may prove the approxi-
mate accuracy of the computation for him
self by performing the several operations
called for. The basis Of the calculation is
taken from the 10th verse Of the 2lst chap
ter of Revelation:
"And he measured the city with a reed,
twelve thousand fur0ngs. The length, and
the breadth, and the height of it are equal"
Twelve thousand furlongs equal 1920, 900
feet, which, being cubed, is 496, ,793, ,08S, ,0O0,-
900, 100000 cubic feet. Reserving 0ne-half
of this space for the throne and Court of
He, ven, and half the balance for streets, we
have the remainder, l24, 1913, ,372, ,0OO, ,OOO, ,OOO,-
there will be 3O,321, ,S43, $50 900, 900 rooms.
Now, suppose the world always did and al
ways will hold 99O,O00,00O inhabitants and
that generation lasts thirty-three and one
third years, making in all 2,O70, 900 200, 900
inhabitants every century, and that the
world will stand 100000, years, or 1000 CEN
turies, making in all 2, 100000, 900 900 inhab-
itants. Then suppose there were one hun
dred worlds equal to this in the number OF
the inhabitants and duration of years, max
ing total of 1913, ,0OO,0OO 900, 900 persons,
anu lHGTC WOulu uc IuOIS 1Uu lOOIlo
sixteen feet square for every person.
PURE AIR.-A noted physician has said
that we hear much talk about malaria now
adays, but that modern bedrooms are more
productive of malaria than housekeepers
generally are aware. The Agricult,triSt adds:
Persons who are moderately intelligent on
other topics appear to have small thought,
or that very perverted, on the subject OF
hygiene in their sleeping rooms, and es-
pecially those occupied by children. The
ventilation of bed chamber cannot be too
carefully attended to; and, as says Horace
Mann, "Seeing the atmosphere is forty
miles deep all around the globe, it is USE
than once" Yet nine mothers out of ten
will carefully close all the windows "for
fear of colds and night air." and leave two
or three children to sleep in sitting atmos-
phere, and see no connection between the
colds and throat troubles they have, and the
vitiated air they compel them to breathe
night after night.
Let the morning air and sunshine into
the bed room as soon as possible after the
occupants have risen; and if there is no
sunshine, and it is not raining let in the
air. Do not make up beds too soon after
they are vacated. You may get your house
tidied sooner, but it is neither cleanly nor
healthful to snugly pack up bed clothing,
until the eXhalatiOns of the sleepers' bodies
have been removed by exposure to the air.
"Lo! THE Poor INDIAN."-One of the
strangest of all the facts in history is that
the negro, a savage from Africa, has been
transplanted to America and fOstered into
a man, civilized, educated, Cristianized,
while the native Indian has been wronged
and butchered and eXterminated. More
Thought has been given to the improve
ment OF the negro in America, and more
blood has been shed for his freedom, than
any other race of the whole human family
have ever received from another race.
With one hand the American people have
lifted up the negro, and with the other they
have crushed the poor Indian. IS IL n0t
time that the Indian should receive full
share of Christian sympathy and help?
Is it not time that the church should awake
to its duty to these poor people? Is 1t not
time that the Government should cease
to kill and begin to comfort and educate
them Alabama Christian Advocate.
ORIGIN OF "THE DEAD WooD."-"I've
got the dead WOOD on you" IS an express
Sion signifying that the evidences of unfair
dealing are producible for the justi tification
of the defendant. 1t originated in this
way: A mans wife died and first class
coffin was ordered. The coffin, supposed to
be of rosewood, was lowered clunsilly into
the grave, and one corner of it was knock
ed off. The gentleman took the piece of
wood home, and found it was pine: The
bill was presented and rosewood coffin was
one of the items. The undertaken was forced
to sue for the amount, and when brought to
court the defendant produced his chip in
evidence. So goes the story.-Detron free
Press.