Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-01
M'ausiae Gatherings.

derful scource of cheerfulness.
AZ The man is very poor who can put
all his riches in an iron safe.
s8r Systematic daily study will soon
turn an ignorant man into scholar.
sa The height of wisdom is to live
each day as if it might be the last.
ga No dust affects the eyes like gold
dust. and no glasses like brandy glass
eS.
TT Fame won by doing good is deplor-
ably rare, but it is eminently Christ
like.
ssT Men are Just as good as their daily
lives indicate them to be and no bet
ter.
aa God wants us to find out that hap
piness does not come by getting, but by
giving.
sT Scripture read and correctly ap
Piled, protects from error, and guides
to abiding success.
sa' In as wide a world as this there Is
no good reason why a man should De
minded.
sT After being pardoned, Frank Coles
a burglar in Jail at Richmond, Va, de-
clared he would be missionary.
"a The Great Eastern has faded into
the era of small things. Her tonnage
was 10000 below that Of the Celtic, just
launched at Belfast.
az The United States Is now ahead
of Germany in naval strength by about
5000 tons, and thus is entitled TO 1ourtn
place among naval powers.
@ A Pittsburg woman has asked fol
a divorce on the ground that her NUS
band continually insisted on telling hel
about his past life, which had been bad
Who can blame her.
AZ A curious effort in behalf or tenn
perance is noted on the part of the Bel
gian government. A prize has peen
offered for the best picture showing the
evils of drunkenness.
AZ The Republic of Mexico signed the
convention of the peace conference al
The Hague. China, Luxembourg ano
Turkey are now the only countries
which have not signed.
sBThere are 7,400 members Of the New
York police force. The number OF ar
rests made by the New York police
last year was 13S,S75, or an average OF
between 18 and 20 for each policeman.
az One of the laws of Texas imposes
heavy fine and imprisonment on law
vers who foment suits against railroads
and other corporations, or who advance
money to clients to secure such cases.
ar It is noted that the elements are
playing strange pranks near Naples
First there was red rain, then red
snow: now it is red mud that falls from
the sky.
Ar Four SISTERS, according to the Sa-
lima, (Kan.) Union, registered from
one ward at the city clerks office, pre-
senting themselves separately. Each
gave her age as 21.
Ar The pathetic story of child's love
comes from West Union. Cal Rhine
was lodged in Jail on a peace warrant
His little 5-year old son refused to
leave his father and was locked up with
him.
sA The total number of women over
1s years old employed in the factories
and workshops Of the British ISLANDS,
Is about five hundred thousand OF
whom II per cent. belong to trade un-
ions.
ar The recent census Of India shows
that Bengal, which has an area OF
2O3 473 square miles-one-quarter less
than the area of Texas-has a popula-
ton of 74,713,OOO, which is equal to that
of the United States.
ar Ireland lost by emigration lastyear
45,2SS souls, an increase over 1899 OF
s347. Over SO per cent. Of these were
between the ages Of Is and 35. OF the
total number of emigrants, S7,765 came
to the United States.
SY According to an apparently au-
thentic article in a French periodical
not less than 10000 aristocrats are at
present confined in the prisons of Eu-
rope. Russia stands first, with $4,000
blue-blooded lawbreakers.
Ar The new naval academy at Annap-
oils will be a fine structure. When
completed the building will cost s3,OOO,-
900, and be finer than any government
building outside of Washington. 1t
will accommodate 500 cadets.
Sar At the communion service in one
of the Presbyterian churches in Wash
ington, on Sunday recently, the bread
and wine were passed by two admirals
general, two supreme court justices
and a former secretary Of state.
sg The Po, in North Italy, is $50 miles
in length. The deposits at it's mouth
have caused the coast to gain so rapid
ly upon the sea that a point which In
the time Of Augustus was a seaport
town Is now 1S miles from the Adriatic
6I Twenty-Five years ago Russia was
practically dependent upon foreign ship
yards for her warships. Now she has
ten shipyards, and in them ten battle
ships and cruisers, ranging from $500 to
1000 tons each, are being constructed
Ar During the prevalence of the in
tense cold in the Yukon region, the first
two months Of this year (6S.5 below
zero being the lowest) there was a
haze all over the country. and an cpl
demic of rabies seized upon the dogs
of Dawson.
Ar During the last 20 years the rail-
way mileage of the South has doubled
nearly three times. In 1880 there were
10, ITO miles of track; in 1900 there were
49,627. In 1880 the South produced 379,-
3O1 tons Of pig iron; in 1900 the total
surpassed 100000.
Slr Henry H. Faxon, a well-knowr
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