Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-14
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R9n Want of care does more damage
than want of knowledge.
RG- Every man believes he carries
the heavy end of the log.
s6a A man is little the better for
liking himself, if nobody likes him.
G6~ If you always do good as you
have opportunity, you will never be
idle.
sdr In India there is a species OF
crow that laughs just like a human
being.
p4r The average depth of the sand
in the African desert is thought to be
80 to 40 feet.
p8 Nothing is more difficult than to
recover the the lost control of ones
children.
s@ Comparing your sins with those
of other people won't make your sim
ming any safer.
a6H aThe only way to prevent what's
past" said Mrs. Muldoon, ''is to put
stop to it before it happens"
adr Cruelty and religion don't fit
together. How can a man love God
who mistreats helpless dumb brute :?
sdr If you really have sounder re-
ligious experience than your neighbor
the way to show it is by leading a
better life.
s0- The Turkish government has
issued an edict prohibiting any officers
below the rank of major from having
more than one wife.
p6r The true test of civilization is
not the census, nor the size of cities,
nor the crops but the kind of men that
the country turns out.
a0- believe there is no soul, how
ever scared and sin-besmirched, that
does not in its inmost recess, bend the
knee before the shrine of purity.
p4 IF you have had misunder-
standing with your friend, you will not
mend matters by doing something that
still further widens the breach between
you.
pdr it is remarkable that some men
will freely spend the last red cent they
have for whisky, get drunk and have
the headache and feel awful sick, and
then swear they can't pay their debts.
Lots of them do it.
H@ The word "Amen" does not
mean "Let it be So" In that case the
word would simply be an additional
prayer. "Amen" means "It shall be
so." 1t is a declaration of faith; not
a word of supplication.
p6" hicks-Your wife, of course, is
lover of the beautiful. Wicks-
Generally speaking, yes; but she does
not particularly dote on the women /
consider beautiful. At least, gather
as much from her conversation.
a@ If poison has been accidentally
swallowed, instantly drink a pint OF
hot water in which has been stirred a
teaspoonful of salt and one or two of
mustard. A half glass of sweet oil
will render many poisons harmless.
B9 The more that women are en-
lightered, so much more will we men
be. On the cultivation of the mind
of women very largely depends the
wisdom of men. 1t is by women that
nature writes upon the hearts of men.
H6 If you want knowledge you must
toll for it; and if pleasure, you must
toll for it. Toll is the law. Pleasure
comes through toll, and not by self
indulgence and Incidence. When one
learns to love work, his life is happy
one.
a9 Three-quarters of a second is
the time occupied by the fall of a
knife in the guillotine. The knife is
weighted by 120 pounds of lead, falls
nine feet, and cuts through flesh and
bones as easily as through a bar OF
soap.
pd" The law of supply and demand
largely determines the price of COM
modities, but the cost of production
determines their profitableness; and
all reasonable care should be taken to
reduce the cost of production below
the selling price.
a9 The balance of a watch gives
five vibrations every second, 800 every
minute, $4,000 every hour, 1000
every day, and 147, ,6SO,OOO during the
year. At each vibration it rotates It
times, or, say, about 1877, 100000
revolutions year.
ad Doctor-Why, how is this, my
dear sir? You sent me letter stating
you had been attacked by measles, and
l find you suffering from rheumatism.
Patien: Well, you see, doctor, it is
like this: there wasn't a soul in the
house that knew how to spell rheu-
matism.
s9- Try to keep clear of prejudice,
and be willing to alter any opinion
you may hold when further light
breaks in upon your mind. He is
clever beyond precedent, or weak be-
yond measure, who never sees reason
to change his judgment of men and
things.
I9 The Sabbath days journey OF
the Hebrews was 1900 yards, the ira
ditionai distance from the end of the
ark of the covenant to the farther side
of the Israelites' camp, where they had
made a stop in the wilderness, the
point where the Sabbatical law was
given.
p@ An unfortunate man gained ac-
cess to a rich nobleman. He depicted
his misfortunes and misery in so
moving a manner that the noble lord
with tears in his eyes, and his voice
choked with sohs called TO the ser