The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-24
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An Indiana farmer shot into his
Asm0kebollsc attn supposed thiefandkill-
dShis uncle GF
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-"You follow the legal profession,
believe, STRIP Lawyer Pompous:
"No, sir; lead it,"
Tho recent cyclone in Kansas was
quite popular-many persons were
really carried away with it.,tghfFt
Tho Detroit Free Press is sure
tl1 that the liability Of a statesman does
not depend upon the size Of Ills iaw."s
Tho Missouri farmers arc reported
to be driving posts in the ground to
hang to when the cyclones come. 5..
.--Ame rican women eat more candy
than all the othor women in tho world. .
'tSwcots to the sweet. 49, ChScooo
journal. r..ur.! n1l' &u.N .yl.J
= -+Botter baro feet and contenftmcnt
lthorcwith, than, patent leather, boots
ana q corn on each toc.--Aia7aMom
Independent. ...'.,,..'., ',.''.' '''''' - -.
,I-S Senator Bruce, estimates That be-
tween 5000 and 10000 colorcd pcople
left Mississippi for Kansas during the
''cxodus" fcver. ''''. '~'..'.'1'o
-Smythckins says it's old but it's
good-the logical joke that since all
hesii Is grass, new made hay must be
occt a t0 n,oaoed.-New I'o:'k MaH. ',
Con. Walker, who Is to supcrin-
tend the United States census Of 1880,
estimates that the population win be
between forty-six and forty-scven
millions. ~
The fool ,gocth out in sail-boat
when he doesn't know a boom from a
breaker, but the wise man picks nm
pebbles on the shore and flirts with n
girl with Il pink dress. n. na"
"A man named Smith died recent
~ in Australia, leaving fortune Of
SiOO,0 900. If any person by tho name
OF Smith sees this he may hear of
something to his advantage.--N. o.
Picayune. '.''7 -
There is at least one good point in
tho usagcs Of the New York detective
force. When prisoner is hahdcu1fed
to an'ot1iccr there is no chance for thc
officer to run away.-Phtladelphi
Item. ... ...... :, '..' '''>' i''''
.-"Thc duty has been taken off oui-
mne,' exclaim the protectionists. "but
we bave not yet heard ofa reduction
IN IN tn the price Of the drug" OF course
you haven't. Do you expect Romc to
be built in day? Wait until the for
eign manufacturers get the word and
pile the drug into this country, and
you'll hear quinine drop. .a,' .l
'--tBoncs, did you hear that fellow
make that speech in the courthouse
to-day?" eyes" What did YOU think
of it" "Well, I tell you what's fact,
he can bring All argument down to a
p'nt about as quick as any fellow ever
saws" "Yis," replied the other, "but
no can bring quart of whiskey down
to pint heap quickcr'n that 'l'.
Little Freddy was undergoing the
disagreeable operation Of having his
hair lcombed by his mother, and he
grNmbled at the mancuvcr. "NVhy,
Freddie" said mamma, tsyou ought
not to make such a fuss. I don't fuss
and cry when my hair is combed."
eyes," replied the youthful party,
',Fbut your hair aimt hitchedto your
head" .-.... 49,. qg0l
, Talk of the bravery Of the sterncr
time that you asked her, ."IVm YOU
take my afmW While You trcm6led
all over like the narrative of q stump
tail dog and experienced the sensation
OF having swallowed your Adams ap-
pie, what did she do? Why, she took
your arm as coolly as she would cat d
pickle.-Boston Trunscript. i :.
lys the louisville Courier-Joua'-
mai: "Wowould walk seven miles
barcfooted over a turnpike to the
tuncrat of a fool who would try to
make Q a,cqrk7screw, of o mules tail but
we never can shcd,a tear. for. the idiot
who had no better sense than TO kill
himself drinking whiskey. Every
time n drttnkard 'hands in his checks
hc makes more room in this world for
sober men who are trying to keep body
and soul together."I h1,nauyN '"'
The Philadelphia Lelqer believes
that If there were more .gymnastic ex-
crcises in our, public schools there
would lever ,half-alivc people in the
world. Don't know about that. we
once saw'a schoolmastcr chase boy
six times around tho school-rooni, over
oesKs ana Denches, and out OF q win
dow, and whep he caught him that
boy, for the space Of al hour, felt only
about half alive, despite the exercise
he had just INDUCED in.-Norristown
Herald" ''7 ''"- .'|'' =
Syracuse, N. Y. boasts a young
man named Findley, who has stopped
200 hCr'es. When he sees q runaway
horse approaching he plants himself
directly in it's route, and runs with it
in the same direction it is proceeding.
Findley can run like deer, and by tho
time the runaway horse is abreast of
him, nine times out Of ten he is run
ming as fast as the horse is. To seize
him by the check-rein or one line and
bring him to halt is but tho work of
al instant. lr
There isa story-first told at a
public dinner ofEngiish horticulturists
of gentleman who had such 'Aoral
zeal" that, though he stumbled and
broke q leg in aliphtinoc from his car-