Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-11-21
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in others, but nothing in yourself.
s@ The man who is always insisting
that be is his own man is usually his
own slave.
p9 Let every man do the best he
knows and if he is not a fool he will do
about right.
p9 Economy is no disgrace; it is
better living on little than OUTLYING
a great deal.
p0 Indianapolis has refuge for
sick, MANNED, aged, homeless and lost
dogs and cats.
t@ If people were as anxious to live
right as they are to die right, this
would be much better world.
s@ Parents who are rude to their
children need not be surprised if their
children become rude to them.
p8- To have the advantage of an
enemy, and yet abstain from using it,
is to display true Christian magnan'
unity.
pH 1t is cowardice to conceal your
religion through fear of men, and is
|Pharisaism to faunt it ostentatiously
before the world.
nag The assessed value of farms in
the United States in 1880 was over
SIC, ,OOO, ,OOO, 900 and in 1890 was over
s1S, ,OOO,O 100000.
nag Many have an idea that they
are serving the Lord when they are
meddling with something that is none
of their business.
e4 How many Llunders we should
escape, if we were not so much in
clined to think of ourselves more high
ly than we ought to think.
s0 There are people who have an
Idea that if q sin is universal, they
have the right to do it, and that if it is
widespread. it is spread too thin to do
any damage.
pa The voyage to Liberia takes 81
days by sailing vessels. In 70 years,
during which there lave been nearly
200 emigrations, there has not been a
case VI lOSS VI uiSuoOCi.
p@ There has been recently discov-
cred a manuscript which is an incom-
plete text of the Samaritan pentateuch,
and it is older by several years than
any other Hebrew text.
S6 If you really wish to cure mis-
understanding that has grown up be-
tween you and your friend, you will
certainly avoid any action that may
give fresh cause of offense.
a@r The most powerful guns now
made fire shot from II to Is miles,
and Krupp's great 130-ton steel gun
hurled shot weighing $500 pounds
few yards over Is miles.
p4 Australians are the greatest tea
drinkers, and annually consume 7.66
pounds per head. The people OF
Great Britain consume 400 pounds
each. America drinks 4.40 pounds.
@"I don't mind bein' spanked"
sobbed Bobbie, nor I don't mind sittin'
in chair for five minutes; but when
I'm spanked first and have to sit down
right away afterwards, 1 tell you it
hurts"
p9- Of a dozen photographs of a
scene taken from as many different
points of view, no two were alike.
And yet we are persuaded that the
man who differs with us is either blind
or fool.
b@~ If you have made a mistake,
don't think it condescension to apollo
gize. The true gentleman is always
ready to rectify blunder. Only the
mule bites with one end and kicks
with the other.
@ "What is woman's sphere ?" she
demanded, oratically. "Well, he re-
piled thoughtfully, "unless there has
been a change since the Garden OF
Eden, should say it was an apple.
OF course there isn't perfect sphere ;
but it satisfied Eve"
BD- That extreme partiality which
gives horses warm stables and good
bedding, while COWS are turned out in
the rain to lie on wet ground, and
take all the exposure of the inclement
season, is discrimination most hurt
full to the farmer who permits it.
sS' The dress of fully equipped div
er weighs 1863! pounds and costs about
$500. The thick underclothing weighs
s! pounds, the dress itself IA pounds ;
the huge boots; with leaden soles, 80
pounds; the breast and back weights
80 pounds, and the helmet 35 pounds.
B9 Apropos of the inconvenient
names often given to helpless children,
a strange custom among the mothers
of Japan is to name their children af-
ter the first object which the eyes OF
the mother happen to rest after the
babe was born. Thus in one village
there are children named respectively
Dustpan, Brush, Cup and Kettle.
RB Preparations for the exploration
of the South Polar regions by Belgi-
an naval officer are almost complete.
The crew of the Belgica will be chiefly
composed of Norwegian sailors and
harpooners but of the three officers
holding responsible positions, two are
Belgians. Three Belgian scientific