Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-15
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body elSeS ana1rS.
Sg Better make penitents by gentle
ness than hypocrites by severity.
89' The average woman is too delicate
to shoulder a musket; but nobody
questions her right to bare arms.
AZ He was fond of singing revival
hymns, and his wife named the baby
Fort, so that he would want to hold It.
an In boring for oil at Beaumont,
Texas, it is reported that vein of
pure sulphur 70 feet thick was discov-
cred.
89' Every violation Of truth Is not
only a sort of suicide in the liar; but
is a stab at the health Of human So
ciety.
3S The scales used in weighing dia-
monds are so delicately poised that the
weight of a single eyelash will turn the
balance.
40 The surrender of Quentin Sales at
Iloilo, Island of Panay, ends the organ
lied rebellion in that part Of the Phil
ippines.
ar "You never saw my hands as dir
ty as yours" said the mother to her
little girl. "No, but grandmother did,"
was the reply.
az The Roman catacombs are 4S0
miles in extent and it is estimated that
from 100000 to 100000 dead are
there inferred.
sg If any body tells you something
evil about your brother abhor 1t too
much to repeat it; but tell the good
you hear of him.
sT Texas is counting on having a big
ger cotton crop in 1901 than it gather
ed in 1900. It's acreage for 1901 is rs per
cent. greater than that Of 1900.
3T It Is stated on high authority that
all the so-called cat-gut in the markets
for stringing instruments and for med
ical purposes comes from sheep.
3B A young man, charged with being
lazy, was asked if he took it from his
father. IT think not" was the reply;
fathers got all the laziness he ever
had"
8g Germany has demanded $4,000 in
demnity from England for certain
Transvaal expulsions. England refus-
es to pay the money; but is conducting
an investigation.
Sa' C. F. Saylor, special agent Of the
agricultural department, in his annual
report says that 13 new beet sugar fac
tories are contemplated throughout the
United States.
AZ "See Naples and die" says an Ital-
ian proverb. II saw it," says an Amer
lean traveller, land survived; but 1t
was a narrow squeak, for the stencil
of it nearly killed me-"
3B Kansas is to revolutionize her
treatment of the insane. Instead of
crowding the patients together into one
immense building, they will be placed
in cottages similar to private homes.
SB The papers are quoting this impor-
tant fact regarding the new King Of
England: king Edward VII, in spite
of most of his pictures, Is but 5 feet
4 inches high, and weighs 257 pounds" d"
az The loss Of my husband complete
ly unnerved me-" said a lady to a
neighbor who has been recently aftiic-
ted herself. Eyes, dear, and the loss of
my husband completely unnamed
me-"
5T To be angry at horse, mule or OK
is as senseless as anger at a wagon.
All these are mere tools in the hands of
man, and if any anger is developed it
should be aimed, not at the tools: but
at he who directs them.
"a" Husband-I should very much like
to know, why it is that you are so
much more amiable to the servants
than you are with me? Wife-Why,
you great stupid, if I wasn't, they
wouldn't stay with me.
Sg "Well, what did you learn new in
agriculture at the county fair?" asked
Mrs. Grander, Of her husband, upon
his return home from the exhibition.
why, learned enough not to bet $40
on the wrong horse next time"
ST Ministerial friend (on visit)-I
wonder what makes your mamma so
happy today! She is singing around
all over the house. Little Nell-I guess
she's thought Of something to scold
papa about when he comes home.
s4j' Toads are so useful in gardens that
they are sold in France by the dozen
for the purpose of stocking gardens to
free them from many injurious insects.
The toad lives almost entirely on wing
ed insects, and never does harm to
plants.
3D' It is not generally known that the
custom Of keeping birthdays is many
thousand years old. 1t is recorded in
Genesis, xi, 20: And it came to pass
the third day, which was Pharaoh's
birthday, that he made feast unto all
his servants"
SzJ An Arkansas planter is making
arrangements to start a kangaroo
ranch. The hides are valuable and the
tendons much more SO. The latter
can be split extremely fine, and are the
best thing known to surgeons for sew
ing up wounds.
Sar 1t is reported from Denver that
an oil field has been discovered in the
western part Of Rio Blanco county,
Colo, extending over into Utah, which
bids fair to create as great excitement
in that section as that in the Beau
mont fields Of Texas.
IN The progress in the rapidity Of fire
of infantry guns since 1865 is marvel
lous. A soldier can now aim at an OBJ
ject and fire 20 shots in less than one
minute, or if he rapidly throws his
gun to his shoulder and fires without
aim, 40 shots may be discharged in 6S
seconds