Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-12
attauside Gatheriags.
s6- Credulity is not faith /; and fanat-

n6T Exactness in little duties IS q
wonderful source of cheerfulness.
g@ The man is very poor who can
put all his riches in an iron safe.
sS Systematic daily study will soon
turn an ignorant man into scholar.
n~ The height of wisdom is to live
each day as if it might be the last day.
H@ Fame won by doing good is de-
plorably rare, but it is eminently
Christ-like.
s6r No dust affects the eyes like
gold dust, and no glasses like brandy
glasses.
B~ Men are just as good as their
daily lives indicate them to be-and
no better.
R4 God wants us to find out that
happiness does not come by getting,
but by giving.
p6r Scripture read and correctly ap-
piled, protects from error, and guides
to abiding success.
pdr In as wide a world as this there
is no good reason why man should be
narrow-minded.
p0r We should find a great deal more
good in our fellowmen if we would
only look for it.
Rd Wounds on trees should be COW
cred quickly with paint to keep out
dampness and light.
p9- According to modern measure
ment, the ark was 525 feet long, 81
feet wide, and So feet deep.
B@ Don't work sick animal. Rest is
better than medicine, especially where
the trouble results from lameness or
sprain.
pdF Cuba is costing Spain more than
the island is worth to her. Only SEN
timental reasons prevent the mother
country from giving up the war.
B6 A health journal says you ought
to take three.quarters of an hour for
dinner. 1t is well, also, perhaps, to
add a few vegetables and a piece OF
meat.
BH The population of Africa is
estimated by German geographers at
163, ,953, 900, or 52,240,000 more than
the aggregate population of North and
South America.
B@ "Does your papa get much
practice ?" asked the visitor of the
DOCTORS seven-year-old son. "Oh, he
don't have to practice any more. He
knows how, now"
p9 The St. Paul bore 10000 in
gold when she ran aground off Long
Branch. Better have lost every ounce
of it than human life. Lucky to have
lost neither.
s9r There are no undertakers in
Japan. When person dies in that
country the nearest relatives purchase
a box or coffin and bury the body.
The period of mourning does not begin
until after the burial.
H6- Her conclusion: Mamma v
said Edith, in whisper, rs the bald
headed man with the full beard enter
ed the room, "there's man whose
hair is all growed down through his
face"
BB- A church fair is place where
We spend more than we can afford for
things we do not want, in order to
please people whom we do not like,
and to help the heather who are
happier than we are.
p9T Leap year: "Laura," said the
fond mother, "what are the intentions
of that young man you are permitting
to call on you so often ?" "Never mind
that, mother" answered the maiden.
~ know what my intentions are"
>g9~ This is one of those simple things
which few people know of. Ifyou are
in a Pullman car, get pillow from the
porter, put it on your lap and plate
your writing material on it. The elias
licity the pillow will insure smooth
ness.
g9 Camel's flesh is the latest addi-
tion to the Partisan bill of fare, Alge-
rian butchers undertaking to provide
this supply. The meat is said to taste
like beef, though white like veal. The
hump is considered great delicacy
by the Arabs.
sdS 1t is hardly fair to expect horse
or COW to possess sound judgment, a
college education, and the knack of
mind-reading; yet some men treat
as if they were to blame for
not knowing more than their owner
does.
pE- There was a family reunion in
Kentucky, the other day, at which
were present d man SO years old, who
weighed only 63 pounds, a baby two
years old, that weighed 964 pounds,
and a woman with II toes and IA
fingers.
pas" The oil of tobacco found in the
stems of long-used pipes, or obtained
by distillation at a red heat, is one OF
the most active and powerful poisons
known to the chemist. A single drop
will often cause death in the case of a
dog or cat.
Bas- The female spider is always lar
ger than the male, and if accounts be
true, is of "a rather peppery disposition.