Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-04
Waasiae Gatherings.
nag Speak the kind word and do'the
kind deed while you can.

kind deed while you can. :
p6 Whosoever serves his country
we'll has no need of ancestors.
pdr The greatest length of England
and Scotland, north and south, is about
608 miles r.. ~ ~, rc
s@ Genuine prayerisz the most!up-
lifting exercise in which one anposa
bly, engage. 6 : IS I
s4r The boy bully sof school days is
about sure to turn out the bully boy Of
the barroom.
p6T Selfconceit is the weakest and sill.
liest thing of WHICH rational being
can bs guilty. , ii
~ A little annoyance soften har..
der to-, bear ,in the right epirit thsnss
great trouble j I ! / Z 7
"a "Men Have sought TO save their
country; but who, before Jesus, sought
to save the world ?"
"a Every time: you consent to do
wrong you weaken your character and
corrupt your heart. 3 "
D% When you feed inclined to falter
and stagger under your load s1ook UP
and take fresh courage. 81 j = : =,
S6- When you are tempted to fret
over the shortcomings sof fother people,
stop and think of your own Il, '-.-&.
DdT "Every cloud has a silver lining u
and many a man wishes his Pocketbeok
was good-sized, heaithy' clonds+Z /
D% Beware of despairing about your
self; you are commanded to put your
trust in God, and not in yourself.
s% A good deed isnevsriost she who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love. I"
sr ItSis insthe courting hours sthat
ths.young woman finds that there is
''semething of' the'man about her. - :
p@ An ascertained fact about cam
paign lies cut, out of the whole;clDth
is tiat the cloth Is usually made up OF
yarns.
D@r Virginia has inst enacted . law
it d misdemsahor to sell intod-
cants to any student of an educational
institution in that State.
~ Fire insurance companies were
in existence in Italy in the Twelfth
They were established in
IN the Sixteenth cehtury.E
I@ "say, mister" said the little
Fresh Air child, as she watched the
cattle enjoying their eud ,2"do you have
to buy gum for all of them cows to
chew ?"
~ She-I wonder where, the GUS
tom of+mother's taking their daughters
to watering-places originated? He
In the days of Abraham. Rebecca got
her husband at one. ! -. : ;
a9 1t is very imprudent to give the
baby solid. food until he has teeth to
chew 1t, for nature provides the teeth
as soon as the stomach is strong enough
to digest such food properly.
~ BicycEstsin Germany use hand
grenades or bombs to get rid of trou-
blesome dogs. These bombs explode
with an extremely loud noise, and yet
are small and convenient to carry.
p@ France has society whose object
is to check the decline in population.
It. proposes that law be enacted ex!
empting from taxation all families
containing more than three children.
a. The first exports of cotton from
this country were in 1855, in which
year one bag was sent from Charleston
to- Liverpool, while 12s Wefesent ffona
Philadelphia and one from New York.
Bdr Humility issa beautiful grace.
Never utyonrselfbefore otherpeople.
Let them put you forward. Never,
never boast of what you have done or
could do; self-praise goes but little
way. 3 -
a@ In at least one city in the United
States-Montpelier, VIA locomotive
tire hangs in a church tower, and is
used as a fire alarm gong, giving a
very clear, and penetrating sound
when struck by the striker. J; go
S@ "What do you think of the bicycle
craze ?" "Great thing! Inever took;
80 much exercise before in all my
life." "Why, I didn't know that you
were riding" "Im not, but I have
To cross the street once in while."'
p8 The Egyptians believed that the
soul lived only as long as the body
/; hence their reason for en-
balming the body to make 1t last as
long as possible. 1t is estimated that
there are 100000, 900 mum
mics in Egypt. .s Z
p& Said, little Fannie Chaffie !:
Mamma, this is the place where some
little girls were walking, and one of
Them fell down and hurt herself, and
they all laughed! except me."' ''And
why didn't you laugh, Fannie ?" "Be-
cause. was the little. girl that fell
down and hurt herself" "'
"a "What a delicate-looking girl
hat little Miss Pslim is ~ observed
;he youth in the corduroy waistcoat.
she may look feeble," said the young
nan with the pale mustache, bitterly,
but you ought to see how easily she
,an break a three-years' engagement
when richer fellow comes along"
B9" eff we can't talk about our
1eighbors' faults, what are we to talk
about ?" remarked the proof reader,
as he glanced at our article on gossip.
Talk about your own faults" a print
n over the way answered, "and you'll
'oon get tired oftalking-that is, ifyou
ell the truth" Do you see the point ?
H@ A Maine clergyman was talking
o his Sunday school scholars, the