The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-05-06
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we gamer AZ the ftoot OF the hllI, alter
failing to reach the tnp.
Good old Bishop Hall writes that II
wouldas soon be.a bftite beast as an ig.
norant rich man."
Wealth brings care and apprehension.
Nothing in this world is SO much afraid
as q million Of dollars. 49,. !.
Take heed, ifyou would not become
the worst Of characters take heed Of the
little sins, which mounting one upon an !,
other, may at last heave you from the
summit and destroy you forever.
Those who befriend genius when it is
struggling for distinction befriend the
world, and their names should be held in
remembrance. Ea. I...
Ladies' who have disposition to pun.
ish their husbands, should recollect that
q little warm sunshine viii melt an
icicle much sooner than regular north.
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In the shifting aspects of society, the
mind, in order to keep pace with the
progressive world, and enjoy the pleas.
ures Of intellectual growth, requires free
and constant intercourse with men and
books. fAg - .,.,
a"Let him that is without sin cast the
first stone" we imagine, would leave
few stones pnturned.
Lord Bacon beautifully said d:-'If n
man be gracious to strangers, it shows
that he. is q citizen Of the world and that
his heart .is no island, cnt of from other
lands. but a continent that joins them"
Never think less Of another on account
Of their differing from you on political or
religious subjects. ~ o.. a,
knowledge is good, and it is well to
have the mind well stored with useful
precepts; but it is better to practice one
than to learn fifty. Many persons are
industrious to hear and learn, but forget
that their duty Is to act. Knowledge is
only to teach us how to do; and, unless
we practice what we learn, our knowl.
edge is useless Rlmber. y ;fHf@ ~
Begin life with but little show; you
may increase 1t afterward. "., =
It costs us more TO be miserable than
would make US perfectly happy. y
Nor affect to- be witty, nor to lest so
as to wound the feelings of another. To
say as little as possible OF yourself anu
OF those who are near to you. To aim
at cheerfulness without levity. g
1t is no disgrace not to be able to do
everything, but to undertake or pretend
to do, that which you are not made for,
is not only shameful, extremely trouble.
some and yexatious. ~ e si'tls 9 ,st
when q man has no design but to
speak plain truth, he may say great
deal ina narrow compass. S,s.1,,T si
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A CuRloslrY.--We were lately
shown one Of the acuriosities of war"
produced by the collision of two minnie
balls in full fight. The two bullets had
met point to point and were moving.
through in opposite direction, vet so
ldentically upon the same straight line.
that there was no evasion by either Of
the full force Of the others stroke. The
result was complete fusion or welding
OF the two into one mass, so thoroughly
united that the line of junction could not
be discovered, except for the little ridge
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bullets are unaltered, and the grooves
received from the rifled barrels of the
muskets are plainly visible The bullets
were of course Aattenedby the mutual
blew, and the compound mass ID greatly
swollen in the middle. .
We are told that it is not uncommon
IN musketry engagements for the flying
bullets to impinge on each other, as q
shown by the balls picked up on the bat:
tle'feId. But to meet so squarely, and
with such effects as in the case to which
we have referred, must be exceedingly
rare. The welded bullets were picked
mp on the picket line, near the Hewlett
House; and it would seem that each Of
the men who fred them escaped death
only by firing Just VIXEN he did, and thus
stopping the ball that was coming direct.
ly to him.-zSentiasl - a'9
a NEeLECYEp DuTY.---No man has
any right to uialiags his affairs in such a