Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
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A cheerful face is nearly as
good for an invalid as healthy
weather.
Discomfort is the want of all
selfreliance; it is infrmity of will
Better be called fool for doing
right than be a fool in doing wrong.
How to make time fy-borrow
money and give a short note at
bank.
Beware of the man who always
dips his tongue in oil before he
speaks.
A man is called confirmed liar
when uothing that he says is
confirmed.
Steady intellectual work is good
for the health, both moral and
physical.
The sincerity of the believer is
not sufficient guarantee of the
truth of the belief.
Our happiness in this world de-.
pends largely on the happiness We
are able to inspire.
If you want to get ahead in the
world do not lie abed in the morn
ing thinking about it.
If you give the Lord pennies and
the devil dollars, you are throwing
away your coppers.
When a man S ways please the
Lord, he maketh even his enemies
to be at peace with him.
That mans death is easy and
happy whom death finds. with a
weak body and a strong soul.
Stockings were first worn in the
eleventh century; before that cloth
bandages were used on the feet.
The cemeteries in London cover
1000 acres, and The land they
occupy roprents a capital OF
$10,000,000.
The screw of an Atlantic liner
revolves something like 100000
times between Liverpool .and
New York.
/ If we were all as goods as ex-
pect our neighbors to be, there
would be immense improvement
in society.
The republic of Texas cree had
a secretary of the navy who never
saw a ship, or even an ocean, gulf
or pay.
Don'tgive your h orses too.much
cold water when hot or. after a
hearty meal, especially when they
are tired.
There are people who never give
away any milk until they skim it,
and then they want credit for the
cream.
If men were as jealous for the
Christian religion as they are for
partisan politics, Jesus, the Prince
of Peace, would soon become
practically the ruler of this
country.
The worlds production Of copper
in 1896 was the largest on record,
reaching $4,000 tons, an increase
If 33 per cent. since 1893.
A New York scientist says that
'the average person is supposed to
use about $4,000 words day." is
he married man?
Russia penal statistics show
hat in the dominion of the czar
women criminals outnumber the
men by nearly fifty per cent,
ust as the contrary beingthe case
in other countries. Most of the
women criminals are unmarried,
and the majority come from the
laboring classes in the cities.
The extreme of luxury has per-
haps been reached by the sultan
of Morocco. He has a narrow
gauge railway running through all
the rooms of his palace, and travels
about on sortof sleigh propelled
by little motor. The belt "line"
ends at his bedroom.
You should make it a point to
avoid and overcome in yourself
those faults which are most
displeaslng to you in others.
The dog never fails to lot a
person know that he is glad to see
him. Some good men are 30
peculiar that they don't do this.
"Never trust a man till you
know him" is good advice, but You
never know some men till yon
trust them.
Germany has one doctor to 1900
of population, France one to 2,167,
the United Kingdom one to 1924,
hut the United States one TO 600.