The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-04
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pass through the ordeal OF examination
may advantngeously, perhaps, copy the
reply of Trench sBadent, who was
being examined by q famous physician
in Paris. He described to the perplex.
ed aspirant for medicAli honors disease
culminating by degrees to the most dan.
gesous symptoms, |nd asked, "What
would you then prsfcribe, or do?' The
student, after slight hesitation, re-
piled, "I should send instantly for your"
He got his diploma dsf course. :
A Yankee in Paris, who was listening
to the boasts of lot IF English and
French artists about che wonderful gen
ius of their respective countrynen, at
last ''broks out, !" aud said, ,"Uh, pshaw
Yeou git eoutl Why, there's Bill Di-
vine, of our villsgo,l who kin paint
piece Of cork SO szSctly like marble, that
the minute you throw it into the water
it will sink to the botton, kuh-ch ug, jes'
like astone" 1,----.
Von Moltkc, sliose admirers have
held that every Itctory he gained was
the result of pr6jtonnd strategic move
ment, says, WITH the truthfulnoss ofa
gentleman and be frankncss of sol-v
dior, that exceptsin two instances, his
success was dIelto tbe impetuosity of
his lieutenants {who rushed on to action
s.,. = n.k. .k~.I =, L.
Napoleon ownza up to the same facts in
some Of liis mos. celebrated cam.
| paigns. ~
'TheyPiutcsEu Utah occupy their leis-
ure elmomeuts in catching flying lizards
with sticks surved like the handle of q
canes and Satipg them. When Piute
sees one lr5 extends his stick, and by
dexterous 9wist of the wrist spins the
lizard in the air, catching him in his
hands as !he comes down. The flesh of
those liza Erds resemble the. meat of
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, aud roast them
one by one, as they become hungry
Tie word .'humbug,', says De Quin
cey, rests upon very rich and compre-
hen&ive basis; it cannot be rendered
adequately eitherby German or by Greek.
the ewo richest of human language It's
origin, however, is wrapped In doubt. !.
the stories concerning &c being vasu e
aud uncertain. Tue following il regar.
ded as the riost trustworthy. at one
sin,e ttoro was war between Germany
AID Austria, 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 marvellous
was announced, men would say, "Oh /
that 10 o Hamburg, and finally "hum-
bug" Ill.,
|oSA dramatic critic says that he over
heard a gentleman observe to another in
q stall at the theatre one night recently,
sLook at that pal nted old woman; old
and parched as she is, they say she can
still tnrn mems heads" "Yes, but the
other way;" was the reply.
"A man, who had pretended to see
ghost, was asked what the ghost said to
him2 '.How should / understand" re-
1 Piled the narrator, "what he said! lam
not skilled in any of the dead langua.
gss"
On one of the trips of an Asrinwall
steamer tho steersge was SO numerous as
1 To mako them uncomfortable. Tho
sleeping Accommodations were aptly des-
oribed by Californian, who approached
the captain and said, "I should like to
have sleeping berth, if you please"
.Why, here have you been sleeping
these last two nights since We LETT ?"
"WaaI I've been sleeping top of
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 tho otb or
day, in the courso OF which the Presi-
dent pro tenn. was knocked down by an
honorable member. In the language of a
local reporter, the President actuall
fleW into pieces, his wig, glass eye, and
false teeth being scattered over the