Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13
aYausiat Gatherings.

az Men lose more by selfishness than
they gain.
"a, The first public schools were open
ed in 1645, in Massachusetts,.
6ar Umbrellas were introduced into
America from England in 1772.
"a Breaking your promises to child
is one way of learning it to lie.
sa Do as much as you can and God
will see to it that you do enough.
sa Accusing another often means
nothing more than excusing yourself
"a 1t is of no consequence how good
man is abroad If he is really mean at
home.
AZ A Philadelphia grocer has this sign
behind his counter. 1.-THE man who
trusts is out
Sg One drop of ink will darken glass
of water, and one bad boy will corrupt
a neighborhood.
s0 In the English army soldier is
drummed to church just as he is to drill
or dress parade.
szr The oldest national flag in the
world Is that Of Denmark, which has
been in use since 12l9.
S5T The British museum has three
copies of the Bible written on the
leaves of the fan palm.
81- A Japanese tailor makes the lining
to a garment first, and cuts out the
cloth from it as pattern.
ar The recent census shows that
about IL per cent. of the population or
the United States is colored.
a; If all the states were as populous
as Massachusetts, their aggregate pop
ulation would be 1,11S, 04S,OOO
al OF the 3,153 locomotives built in the
United States last year, sos went
abroad, most of them to British lines.
a. The house fly of Europe is said to
be of an entirely different species from
that of the same aff1iction in America
84' Norway and Sweden are the only
European countries in which the use of
intoxicating liquors is steadily decreas-
ing.
az The total number Of nominal
Christians in 1900 was estimated at 2OO,-
600, 900; the estimate in 1900 is nearly
500, 900, 900.
a. Instead of looking at the many
poor representatives of Christianity in
the churcn let us look at the life Of
Christ to see what Christianity is.
"a Courage is not the absence of fear
Any one can do what the world calls
brave deed if he is not afraid, but it
takes hero to do it when he is afraid.
8aT A philosopher who went to a
church where the people came in late,
said it was "the fashion there for no
body to go until everybody got there"
SaT A writer in the London Speaker
declares that the greatest aid to diges-
tion is conversation at meals and that
laughter is almost a cure for dyspepsia.
Al why, frankie, what are you
reading in that book about bringing up
children?" IT am just looking to see
whether I'm being properly brought
up"
AZ The man who is always pious, but
never pleasant, is probably not much
nearer the kingdom of heaven than the
man who is always pleasant, but never
pious.
6s A prisoner at Southampton, Eng
land, probably holds the record for
drunkenness. He has been convicted
153 times, and last year spent 1856 out of
the 365 days in prison.
4zT A japanese Christian on going
away from home to his. work in the
morning, leaves his door unfastened,
and puts up a notice that "the Christ
ian good book" is lying on the table
and anyone is welcome to go in and
read it
szj' A student who had too frequently
asked for leave of absence offered as
a reason the necessity of attending the
funeral of a cousin. "Well, I suppose
you must CO." said the doubling pro-
fessor "but I wish it were a nearer
relative"
513' In the last weeks of our war with
Spain there was a project Of raising
money by selling the famous Padro
gallery in Madrid. The value Of the
pictures is about $1O,OOO,000. and this
would have paid the war expenses for
one month only.
Al Rev. Joel j. Janvier, native
preacher of Northern India, who died
recently after AZ years of hard work,
was at the beginning of that period the
only Christian in that region, where
there are now $4,000 Christians and 92.-
900 children in Sunday schools.
8aT An inquiry at one Of the depart
ment stores in New York, ELECTED the
fact that of the enormous number Of
books sold during the holidays, more
than one-half were Bibles. Other
stores also reported large sales. One
store has sold over 10000 Bibles during
the year.
sB The number Of immigrants who
came to this country during the past
year was 447,572. Of these about 100000
came from Austria Hungary, about the
same number from Italy, and nearly as
many from Russia. The contribution
from the British Isles. principally from
Ireland, was $4,000.
3z' General Kelly-Kenny, one of the
British commanders in South Africa, is
quoted as saying that the war in the
Transvaal has clearly proved that it
was possible to endure great hardships
and do the hardest kind of fighting
while practising absolute total absti-
nence from intoxicating liquors.
Al A cord of pitch pine under distilla-
| ton, gives the following substances:
Charcoal so bushels; Illuminating gas,
about 1000 cubic feet; illuminating oil