Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-11-28
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ar BY the census Of 1900 Galveston
had q population of 37,7S9.

Rg some meu never lediA IL eilS oAiASA
ence between education and conceit.
sE We feed upon what we read; but
digest only what we mediate upon.
sF AS with a boil, the best place for
a practical joke is on somebody else.
sr Men who attribute all their failures
to fate never think their successes may
be due to the same cause.
sT A grated tree at Monticello, Fla,
annually bears a mixed crop Of peach
es, apples, pears, ounces and crabs.
s8 Those who notice the rapid growth
of their finger nails should be happy for
it is considered to indicate good health.
sg Contentment is more satisfying
than exhileration. A discontented spir-
1t makes the way Of life seem long and
hard.
sg The only reason why some people
are considered religious is because they
make a great deal Of noise in the
church.
eg The Sierra Nevada range Of noun
tains in California Is nearly 500 miles
long, 70 wide and from 1000 to 5000
feet high.
sB In California peach trees are sue
cessfully grated with rosebuds, thus
producing groves of red, white and
pink roses.
sS 1t takes a lifetime Of experience to
teach us that we are our best friend; {;
that we are our own worst enemy we
never learn.
g A mean man will do almost any
thing to beat neighbor, but you never
heard Of a man mean enough to beat
a neighbor's carpet.
sT The way in which we do our work
may not be of much consequence to the
world, but it Is Of the gravest conse-
quence to ourselves.
and his life will make his neighbors
feel that they ought to live a better
life than they do.
eB A suburban woman was so incon-
solable for the loss Of her husband that
when she played the piano, she touched
only the black keys.
sJ Energy will do anything that can
be done in this world, and no talents,
no circumstances. no opportunities will
make man without it.
s@ If a we'll could be dug to the depth
of 46 miles, the density Of the air at
that depth would be almost as great
-, +b,t of 1,,;oloilvor
ar Wet boots may be readily dried by
filling them to the top with oats. The
oats quickly absorb the moisture, and
can be repeatedly used.
ST No, man has as much religion as
God wants him to have until he can
get down on his knees and earnestly
pray for people he don't like.
sg If you want to be miserable think
about yourself, about what you like,
what respect people ought to pay you
and what people think Of you.
5J The man who can get an office Is
willing to commit himself to harmony
in the party. The man who cannot
will wait awhile and see about 1t.
s8 So delicate is the adjustment Of
the most powerful cannon that allow
ance has to be made for the curvature
of the earth before the discharge.
Sg A Western editor thus alludes to a
HE is young yet, but
he can sit at his desk and brush cob
webs from the ceiling with his ears.
sg If you wish success in life, make
your bosom friend, expert
ence your wise counsellor, caution your
elder brother and hope your guardian
genius.
s| The interest with which young
man watches hair coming out on his
face is only equalled by the interest
with which an older man watches 1t
coming out Of his head.
s@ It is estimated that the number Of
colored votes eliminated from the
Southern polls by additional laws pass
ed during the past four years will
amount to about 100000.
Ar The man who will not accept the
Bible, because he cannot see through
everything it contains, might just as
we'll stay in bed on a cloudy day. be
cause he cannot see the sunshine.
AZ An Indian may not vote as long he
remains member Of tribe; but If he
gives up his tribal relationship and be-
comes a citizen, he may vote under the
same condition as any other citizen.
sy Admiral Crowninshield, in his an
nual report to the secretary of the
navy, declares that there are not men
enough in the navy to fit out the vessels
now afloat, and that officers are break
ing down from overwork.
aT Queen Victoria has a family Of
over 100 members. representing, with
herself, four generations Of the royal
blood. Thirty-nine of these are great
grandchildren, the latest being a
daughter born a few weeks ago to the
Duchess Of Teck.
sg New York city has growing num-
Der of tropical plantations we'll within
the limits Of the city. In both Central
been cultivated during the summer a
large number Of cotton, tobacco and
coffee plants.
ar Isaiah T. Montgomery, who was in
his youth a slave of Jefferson Davis,
and his elder brother, Joseph Davis,
founded colony of Negroes in the Va
zoo river valley, in Mississippi, after
the war, and he Is now mayor" Of the
village Of Mount Bayou, the center of
the colony. The Negroes own $4,000
acres there.
3aT A sugar plantation in Cuba, near
the town Of Fergus, is $4,000 acres in
extent. 1t employs 1,5O0 persons, and
on it are two forts, 80 miles of railroad,
belonging to the place, three steam rail-
road locomotives, many homes for the
white DeoDle and natives q big sugar