The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-14
BRIC-A-BR4C.

What kind Of an ant is supposed
to work the hardest? Tho sorv- ant,
of course.
He who is tho most slow in maxi
ing promise is tho most faithful in
the performance Of it.
TO l1oep apples from rotting put
them in a.fcool place-where there
is large family Of children.
English reporters are no longer
admitted to soc garroters hogged
and murderers hanged.
Mrs. Whitney's "Key to tho Cook
Boolz" is good work, but it is not
half as satisfying, when q man is
hungry, rs tho key to tho pantry.
In Trenton, N. j., there arc nine
teen potteries in operation, manu-
featuring white granite, cream COL
ored and porcelain china.
Tho repartee of mule is said to
be unoqualed, and tho way to draw
him out is by pulling out one little
hair from the tip end of his stumpy
tail.
Nearly million and half of
gospels and New Testaments, print.
ed in twonty~two languages, wore
given away at the Bible stand in
the Paris exposition.
"Mamma, arc all vessels called
she 2" eyes, my dear" s'Then
how are all national ships called
men~of-war ?" 'sJane, you may put
that child in bod"
"say, what is lass ?" his small brother in
qurcd,
Ana Al" dl the youth, With as smile TINT was saa,
"a lass Is alas to Il lad"
Tho young man to whom the
world ''owes a living" has been
turned out of doors, his landlady
not being willing to tako the in
debtedness of this world on her
shoulders.
A largo mushroom is said to have
forced it's way through twelve
inches of concrete covered with O
thick layer of asphalt, in tho floor
Of the savings bank department Of
tho general postoffice in London.
A very curious plant is the Des-
naodium gyraa,s, or moving plant.
IT is native of India, and is curl
ous from tho rotary movement Of
tho leaves, which, during the heat
of the day, are in constant motion.
It was formerly believed that the
fern blossomed and seeded only on
O midsummer night, and it was
thought that tho seed must be
caught on twelve pewter plates,
through eleven Of which 1t would
pass, resting only on the twelfth.
"Give me cure for the toothache
quick" Sufferer. Place the ach-
ing tooth near the heels of a mule,
and then touch off the mule. One
touch of mulo sets oil nature achin,
and relieves the patient too imme-
diately sudden to think about
Keokuh Constitution.
Funny things are often found in
life insurance proposals. Here is
ono who says he uses liquor "only
in minco pic 5" another wants his
insurance paid to "his legal sisters"
this ono snys his brother was
"drowned in the Thames )" and yet
another defines his occupation to be-
"Hater."
We saw man, tho other day,
Who never yct-Strangc thing TO say
With wiStful gaze has looked upon
Another'S wealth who ne'er was known
TO utter oath, in wrath to cry
Who never told o'cn whitest 1io.
This man, by the way,
We'd forgotten to say.
From birth deaf muto,
Is stone. blind to boot. .....
A young man sat down at the
piano and began singing for the
physicians daughter, ''Ehere's q
sigh in the heart" Just then the
old gentleman came in. "Young
man," he said. severely, "you are
entirely mistaken. 1t isn't q sigh.
There may be sigh from the
lungs, but from tho heart, never.
You have made an error in diagno-
sis. What are the symptoms 2"
We are heartily in favor of girls
learning to dance, and paint, and
sing, and play the piano, but we ore
also firm in tho belief that o large
number of our young ladies could
be proftably employed in learning
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