Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-29


You'll save your strength by sharpening
your axe. When Jesus came into this
world with a special work, he took thirty
years of quiet preparation for his three
years of public ministry. 1t is safe to say
that it commonly takes about ten times
as long to prepare for good work as it
does for its doing. None of us ought to
expect a shorter time of preparation, rela-
lively, than we demanded of Him who is
our perfect pattern.-S. s. Times.
RECOGNITION OF FAvoRs.-Gratitude
is grace by far too rarely found. The
story Of the lepers in book which re-
veals not only more of the divine nature,
but more of human nature, than any 9TH
er, represents the usual sad dispropOrtiOn
ofgratitude in the world. The lepers were
peculiar in the misfortune of leprosy, but
not peculiar in the misfortune of ingrati-
tude. Every feeling grows by expression
hence we should strive to increase our ap-
probation of favors by every possible ac-
acknowledgement of them. Yet great
many favors are habitually accepted by US
as matter of course, and if not entirely
unacknowledged, are very carelessly and
indifferently received.
A domestic said once, in speaking of a
deceased mistress with respect to affec-
ton, "It was pleasure to do anything
for her, for whatever it was, great or
small, she always had O bright smile and
a hearty Thank you.'"
"Why do you suppose Madam B. has
80 many friends ?" asked a young girl
about an aged lady who received great
many visits and tokens of remembrance.
Everybody seems to like her."
II can give you one reason" answered
her aunt; "she is always grateful for every
kindness, and shows that she appreciates
even the slightest favor-a flower, the
loan of a book, whatever it may be-by
prompt and heartfelt recognition OF any
attention, any personal thoughtfulness on
the part of Others"
NOT LoNG.-How long will we be miss
ed when We are gone. Not long. The best
and most useful of US will soon be forgot
ten. Those who to-day are filling large
place in the world regards will pass away
from the remembrance of man in few
months, or, at the furthest, in few years
after the grave is covered over the re-
mains. We are shedding tears above a
new made grave and wildly crying out
in our grief that the loss is irreparable;
yet in short time the tendrils OF love
have entwined around other supports and
we no longer miss the one who is gone.
So passes the world. But there are those
to whom loss is beyond repair. There
are men from whose memories no woman's
smile can chase the recollections of the
sweet face that has given up all its beauty
at deaths icy touch. There are women
whose plighted faith extends beyond the
grave and drives away as prOfane those
who would entice them from worship OF
their buried love. Such loyalty, however,
is hidden away from the public gaze. The
world sweeps on beside and around them,
and cares not to look upon unobtruding
grief. 1t curves line and rears a stone
over the dead, and hastens away to offer
homage to the living.
LOOK 1T UP.--It will not hurt you,
boys and girls, to learn little accurate
geography, by looking up these places
before going on with the story; and II
were your school-master, instead of your
story-teller, would stop here to advise
you always to look on the map for every
town, river, lake, mountain, or other geo.
graphical thing mentioned in any book
or paper YOU read. I would advise you,
too, if were a school-master, to add up
the figures given in books and neWspa-'
pers to see if the writer's have made any
mistakes; and it is a good plan, too, to
20 at once to the dictionary when you
meet word you do not quite compre-
hend, or the encyclopedia or history, or
whatever else is handy when you read
about anything, and would like to know
more about it.-EdaCard Eggleston.
Bl~ Some of the soundest advice which
has yet been given young people this year
is in the address by NJ. Renanrat, Paris.
It is worth the consideration of both
young and old. He says, among other
words "Joy and works are two healthy
things. Work, then, work incessantiy,
but amuse yourselves, too. Do not fatigue
yourselves. Rest yourself from one kind
of work by another. Have various sub
iects to study. An old Rabbi OF the first
century said: One can pour several meas
ures of oil into barrel full Of nuts"
How true that is 4! Aspire to know every
thing, the limits will come later on. Be
always thoroughly good and respectable
young men il you are not, you cann0t
work we'll, or even amuse yourselves well.
One must lead good life to possess gaye-
ty Of mind."
FRIENDS cast aside your friends
if by any possibility you can retain them.
we are the weakest of spendthrifts if we
let one drop off through inattention or
let one push away another. or if we hold
aloof from one through petty jealousy, or
throw away dian. ud because it pricked
YOU. One good friend is to be weighed
against the jewels of the earth. If there
is coolness or unkindness between US let's
come face to face and have it out. Quick,
before the love grows cold! Life is too
short to quarrel in, or to carry black
thoughts of friends. 1t is easy to lose
a friend, but a new one will not come for
calling, nor make up for the old one.
STRUCTURE AND COLOR OF HAIR.-An
examination of the structure of hair shows
that the difference of color is entirely oW-
ing to the tint of the fluid which fills the
hollow tube in each hair. The beautiful
golden hair owes its brightness to an ex-
cess of sulphur and oxygen, with def
cheney of carbon while black hair owes
its ietty aspect to an excess of carbon, and
a deficiency of sulphur and oxygen.
mp If a man would be useful continually,
he must have courage and self respect
enough to be inconvenient occasionally.
No man can always be at hand without
something being in the way. No man
can be skillful mechanic without first
being an inquisitive apprentice. A man
absolutely and always harmless is likely
to be absolutely and always useless.
n9- There is no knowledge for which
so great price is paid as knowledge of
the world and no one ever became an
adept in it except at the expense of
hardened and wounded heart.
aS AS soon as you can, put far from you
the delusive hope that anybody-unless
- ho r,;fo huchond or chi1d-WilI ever