Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-23
aTausiae Gatherings.

SB Inc only way W uaNo O hiouo 10
to be one.
p6 Nobody but a fool will try to be
always witty.
p@ No man can truly say that he has
always. done bis level best.
s@- The able bodied man who will
not work deserves to starve.
.p@ The time to show a courageous
spirit is when the trial comes.
p~ Diversity of opinion proves that
things are only what we think them.
s% ALL our possessions are as moth.
fng compared TO health, strength and
q clear conscience.
B@ Switzerland is the only civilized
countrysin the world which grants no
patents for inventions.
I8- The ancients knew how to cheat.
Loaded. dice have been found in the
ruins of HercuIanenm.
p6T Seventy-two races inhabit the
world, and use 1904 different tongues.
There are about ], 900 religions.
pT 1t is said that the emperor of
Russia received over 500 threatening
letters prior to his journey 10 France.
p8 Strange to say, the bicycle now
forms no inconsiderable portion of the
miscellaneous supplies forwarded TO
the missionaries abroad.
S George Vanderbilt is the largest
land owner in North Carolina. The
next largest is General Mat w. Ran
som, who owns 10000 acres.
s@ There are some people who never
have cheering word for the struggler.
They make life just as hard as posi-.
BILE for all who are striving to do right.
H@ The more machinery, the more
the farmer must hustle to drive it and
pay the bills. Tools are no excuse for
loafng, but idle machines heap up
debt.
pD Teach self.denial and make its
practicepleasurable, and you create fol
the world a destiny more sublime than
ever issued from the brain of the wild
est dreamer.
s6 There is time when thou may
est say nothing, and time when thou
mayest say something; but there will
never be g time when thou shouldst
say all things.
p6 At the funeral of an unmarried
woman in Brazil, scarlet is the mourn
ing hue. The coffin, the hearse, the
trappings of the horses, and the livery
of the drivers must be scarlet.
p6 A Texas man claims to have in
vented perpetual motion machine
that can be utilized in saving wood.
In practical use, it would be a splen-
did object lesson for many men.
pH Sailors do not like cats. They
have saying when the cat is frisky
she has q gale of wind in her tale, and
charm is often resorted to in a calm
by tlrowing the cat overheard to raise
a storm.
a~ 1t is folly to think that discon'
tent can ever be cured by change in
environment. It is a disease of the
soul, and can be removed only by inspir.
ing that soul with the highest princi.
Piles of love and service.
pH- A bushel of corn yields about &C
pounds of glucose. There are only
about half a dozen glucose factories in
operation in this country. The small.
est of them grinds 10000 bushels oi
corn day, the largest 10000.
pI- The ancient copper mines oi
Sinai have been re-explored. These
were worked by the Egyptians, OF
their slaves, thousands of years ago
and are believed to have been aban.
doned about 5000 years ago.
pB. While it is best to keep water
where the COWS can help themselves.
when this cannot be done convenient
ly, the best plan is to see that they
have all of the pure, fresh water they
will drink regularly twice day.
a@ So great is my veneration for the
Bible, that the earlier my children
begin to read it, the more confident
will be my hopes that they will prove
useful citizens to their country, and
respectable members of society.--John
@. Adams.
s@ 1t is now said that X-rays exist
in nature and are produced by the
common glow-worm. The light from
these tiny creatures has the same ca.
pacity as the Roentgen rays for passing
through ordinary solids. 1t will even
penetrate thin sheets of aluminium.
H9 Though an inheritance of acres
may be bequeathed, an inheritance OF
knowledge cannot. The wealthy man
may pay others for doing his work for
him; but it is impossible to get his
thinking done for him by another, or
to purchase any kind of self-culture.
a~ A famous Prussian general was
inspecting some military stables.
"What do I see there" he said in tones
of thunder to sergeant-"cobwebs ?''
eyes, sir" was the respectful reply,
1--WE keep them here to catch the flies
and prevent them from teasing the
horses"
pV Careful weighing shows that an
ordinary bee, not loaded, weighs the
6ve-thousandth part of pound, so
that it takes 5000 bees to make a
pound. But the loaded bee, when he
comes in fresh from the fields and
flowers, freighted with honey or bee
bread, weighs nearly three times more.
ny A blind man was sitting in com.