Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-04
dt'ausiae Gatherings.

SCii ioi ehy 'oeAsS.
pdr Health is another word for tenn
perance and exercise.
s@ A human skull as large as bush
el basket has been found in Sicily.
s9 A man may itch for office, but il
is the voters right to do the scratching
p@ Ragged clothing cannot debase
man as much as can frayed reputation
p1 A very small amount of doing Is
better than q whole wagon-load of res
olutions. :.
R9 1t never pays man to act the
fool. There are too many people who
do the act naturally.
nay A good report fingers on its way
but an i'll one flies straight to where 1t
can do the most harm.
p6r 1t is not only arrogant, but it is
profigate, for man to disregard the
worlds opinion of himself.
p9 1t is the acquisition of no con.
temptible science to know how to bear
with the ignorance of fools.
pE Seven hundred and fifty men
who were besieged in Ladysmith are
writing histories of the siege.
eHe Slander not others because they
have slandered you; bite not reptile
because you have felt his bite.
s@ There are in this country more
than 100000 persons over 80 years o.
age who have not been married.
p1 Around Calcutta the bubonic
plague is fast increasing. In Benga
4,725 deaths occurred last week.
s6r The London Times says Turkey
mas yielded to practically all of Russia's
demands for Asia Minor railway con
cessions.
s6r So dense is the water in the deep
est parts of the oceans that an ironclad
if it were to sink, would never reach
the bottom.
p9 A wise German student esti
mates, after much patient research, thai
it cost about $1,000 for Columbus te
discover America.
s@ Patience is very good, but perse'
verance is much better. While the for
mer stands as a stole under difficulties
the latter whips them out of the ring.
p@ The transport Summer, which
will sail from New York to Manila in
about week, will carry 100 recruits
for regular regimentsin the Philippines
tag The man who sat out on the
woodpile and told funny stories, ex
pecting the wood.would split, evident
ly did not strike a responsive chord.
s6T Evidence: ~ think Jaggers's
family knew he was no saint" "Why?'
"When he died they buried him in &
fre-proof casket, and put a fan in hi:
hand"
e9- About &c, 900 women are employ
ed by the British postoffice, and out o
this number there are l60 head post
mistresses and over 5000 sub-postmis
tresses.
nag Administration officials are ad
vising General Wheeler to withhold hi
resignation in order that he and Gene
raj Lee may retire with the rank o
brigadier general.
p@ Our fellow-creatures can only
Judge of what we are from what we do
but in the eye of our Maker what We
do is of no worth except as it flow:
from what we are.
a6~ Miss Elder-I think it was rea
mean in you to tell Mr.. Spratt l wa'
% years old. Miss Fossick-Why, yol
surely didn't want me to tell him how
old you really were?
a6- ayes I am awfully fond of tina
girl, and 1 believed her to be perfect
but I saw something about her las
night that made me sick" "What wa
that ?" "Another fellows arm"
B1" The bubonic plague is primarily
due to specific organism or microbt
of infinitesimal size-so small that prob
ably 5O,OOO,OOO of them would be re
quired to cover square inch of surface
s6' "In the case of the word onion,
inquired the teacher, "where does th'
accent fall?" And the sad-eyed
thoughtful boy with the freckled face
said the accent fell mostly on the nose
sas- A Chinese proverb: A druggis
who buys and sells drugs should have
two eyes, physician who gives drug
to patients should have one eye, and q
patient who takes drugs should b'
blind.
a9 Tennessee has become the lead
ing phosphate producer Of America
There are 24S valuable mines in tht
state, and over 81 900 men are employ
ed in the business. New mines art
being opened daily.
p6H At St. Paul it has been estimated
by the officials of the various north
western railroads that the emigration
movement now under way from th'
older states to the northwestern states
from Minnesota to Washington, vii
exceed 10000.
Ed" Kansas is TO have a cucumber
farm on large scale. The project i:
to secure 100 acres near Lawrence, or
the line of the proposed electric rail
road. The cucumber crop natures JUS
as the school term ends, when picker<
can be easily secured.
p% A police raid on the hig hbinders
at San Francisco resulted in the arrest
of six of the most notorious members o
the Suey Sing Tong. Each of the mer
in custody is accused of at least one
murder, and several are suspected o
having assassinated two or more mem
hers of rival tonpS.