The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-04
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pass through the ordeJl of examination
may advantngeously, BcrhapS, copy the
reply of French student, who was
being examined by a famous physician
in Paris. He described to the perpcx
ed nspirant for medicalj honors disease
eliminating By degrees to the most dan.
gesous symptoms, Ind asked, "what
would you then preEcribe, or do?" The
student, after slight hesitation, re-
piled, 81 should send instantly for your"
He got his diploma off course.
A Yankee in Paris, who was listening
to the boasts of a Bot Of English and
French artists about tho wonderful gen
ius of their respective countryrnen, at
last '.broks out" and said, "Uh, pshaw /!
Yeou git eoutl why, there's Bill Di-
vine, of our villugq9 who kin paint
piece Of cork SO zfctly like marble, that
the minute you throw it into the water
it will sink to thel bottom kuh.ch ug, jes'
like stone"
Yon Moltkc, Whose admirers have
held that every Victory he gained was
the result of profound strategic move
meut, says, WITH the tru,hfulnOss ofa
gentleman and The frankness of q sol
dier, that cxcepSin two instances, his
success was dlsito the impetuosity of
his leutenunts, who rushed on to action
in direct contrf fdiction to his orders
Napoleon o#aya up to the same facts in
some of his Emost celebrated cam
| paigns.
Tho Piutcstn Utah occupy their les-
ure momeuts }in catching flying lizards
with sticks curved like the handle of a
canes and 9atiug them When Piutc
sees one l9 extends his stick, and by a
dexterous twist of the wrist spins the
lizard in the air, catching him in his
hands as 'ho comes down. The flesh of
those lizards resemble tho meat of a
bull frog. and they are said to be even
more delicious. AS fast as the Indians
catch, them they string them around
their, waist and necks, and roast them
one by ons, as they become hungry
The word 'humbug,', says De Quin
cey, rests upon very rich and compre-
henaive basis; it cannot be rendered
adeq quately either by German or By Greek.
the two richest of human language. It's
origin, however, is wrapped In doubt
the stories concerning &c being vacu
aud uncertain. The following il regar
dad as the Tiost trustworthy. At ON.
tip,e tLere was war between Germany
aid Aust ria, and constantly the widest
and most incredible stories concerning
the victory or defeat of the German
arms would be spread, entirely without
truth. They were all traced to Ham.
burg, so, whe never anything marvellou,
was announced men would say, "Oh
that is Hamburg" and finally "hum.
bug"
A dramatic critic says that he over.
heard gentleman observe to another in
a stall at tho theatre one night recently,
"Look at that pal nted old woman; old
and parched as she is, they say she can
still turn mems heads" "Yes, but the
other Way" was the reply.
A map, who had pretended to sec
ghost, was asked what the ghost said to
himY '.How should l understand re
piled the narrator, "what he said! am
not skilled in any of the dead langua.
ges."
On one Of the trips Of an Asrinwal
steamer tho steersge was so numerous as
." make them uncomfortable. The
sleeping Accommodations were aptlv des
cribed by Californian, who approached
the captain and said, 81 should like to
have sleeping berth, if you please"
"Why, where have you been sleeping
these last two nights since We left ~
"Wa'al I've been sleeping top Of a
sick man: but he's got better now, aud
won't stand it no longer
There was little Parliamentary dis.
cussion in the Florida Senate the other
day, in the course OF which the Presi-
dent pro tenn was knocked down by an
honorable member. In the language of a
local reporter, the President actuall y
few into pieces, his wig, glass eye, and