Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-08
M,ausiae Gatheriugs.

says 80.
s6 Give people cause and they sci
dom fail to be grateful. The trouble
is that they so seldom have cause.
p@ Fried shrimps and grasshopper'
are sold in the markets of Mexico
Both are cooked whole and 80 eaten.
s& The Thirteen Club of New Yorl
has elected the Prince of Wales al
honorary member, and the prince ha
accepted.
p% At recent wedding in Orange
N. j., the bride wore 20 garters, which
she distributed among her bridesmaid
and friends after the ceremony. A
girl presented with a brides CARTE
will herself be married in year
tits said.
s@ "If man wants to own tn
earth, what does a woman want?
inquired Mr.. Gray of his better halt
after little family matinee few day
ago. "Well, my DEAR" responded
that lady in a gentle, smouldertone
"to OWE the man, I suppose"
tv Abraham Lincoln is credited will
having said: "Sir, my concern is no
whether God is on my side; but my
great concern is to be on Gods side
for God is always right" Some peo
pie when they get in tight place, try
to pull God over on their side.
p@If the farmer had something tt
sell every month in the year, either o
crops or stock, he would find it les
difficult to manage on a limited capi
tai. Cows and poultry bring in daily
returns, and farmers who make
specially of milk, butter and eggs art
usual prosperous.
I@ A friend in the country who
never loses chickens or other fowls BY
disease gives the following recipe
Every Monday morning give them
feed of dough mixed with kerosene
oil. Keep constantly in the water yes
sci used by them little copperas and
bluestone.
s@ "Jimmy, my child" the FOND
mother exclaimed, "don't eat so much
of that lobster salad. You'll be il
tonight, dear; I know you will
"Well, ma," said Jimmy, as he helped
to another plateful ''if I am
you'll know what's the matter with
me, anyhow"
pS A halfpint of beans was sent te
a missionary meeting with the request
that they be planted for three years
and the result be given to the mis-
sions. 1t was done, and the net result
was over $40O. How quickly and ea.
sily the world would be won to Christ
if every convert became a converter
p@ The Cocopah volcanoes, rs miles
of Yuma, Arizona, have re-
Gently been in violent eruption. The
larger ones emitted great volumes Of
smoke and some flames, and the small
er ones threw out quantities of water
stones and mud. The roar of the erup'
tions could be heard 20 miles or more
s@ Our future trials are hidden from
US. We think they would be more
easily borne if we knew the worst from
the beginning, and our unhallowed
prayer is, "Show me the end" It is
better as it is.. In infinite mercy. the
Father puts his hands over our eyes,
He reveals his will, both for our in
and our submission, as fast as
we are able to bear it.
p~ A lawyer of Biddeford, Me-, is
afflicted with a peculiar mania fol
collecting lamps of all sorts. His
house is filled with every kind of 8
lantern he has been able to buy, in
cluding a full line of bicycle lamps
He visits Boston frequently, and al
ways brings back with him a new LOT
of lamps. His craze costs him a good
deal of money, and be says he is aware
of the folly of it; but is entirely unable
to resist it.
ndr We are sincerely sorry for the
brother who has not grace and sense
enough to forget wrong. There is
no surer sign of weakness than the
habit of constantly pulling an old
skeleton from the closet. A brother
says "My church has treated me bad
ly, and can't get over it," In the first
place, such a man lacks grace, or he
would be ever "ready to forgive" In
the second place he lacks sense, or he
would never make boon companion
of so deadly a monster as hatred
Brother pray for Christian manhood.
s@ A tablet made of Nile mud
which was recently discovered among
the treasures of the British museum
has been found to contain in cunei
form characters the marriage proposal
of a Pharoah for the hand of the
daughter of the king of Babylon. As
this brick like missive was written
about $500 years ago, it may justly be
as probably the oldest love
letter on record. Sinse it was "brick'
fled" it may also he said to have beer
burnt as soon as it was written.
R9n Some idea of the terrors of 6
bursting volcano may be gained from
the account of the last eruption ir
Hawaii. The crater of the volcano
was filled from 600 to 1000 feet deeI
with molten lava, which finally forced