The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-08
RRIC-- l. BR.1C.

Tho prodigals return--Gold
como to par.
A man takes no interest in bad
Investment.
Fun for tho wccli-.A farco in an
insane asylum.
Nothing made in vein, except
human blood.
Tho ihebriate's song-,This is the
way L long have sot.
Eleven cheese factories arc doing
well in kossuth county, Iowa.
A refined gcntlcman-,ono who
gets fined for second offansc.
"Quito cold snap" as tho fox
remarked when the trap took him
1t is s,id that the speed of a COM
ct IS eight times greater than a
telegraph message.
The Chinese new year begins on
tho 5th of Fcruary, and they celc-
bratc accordingly.
A New York shopkecpcr has
written on his door: "Evory ono
shuts this door but you"
The individual who was nccidcntly
injured by the discharge Of his duty
is Still very low.
The tuhc-ro.c grows wild in
Venezuela, and also in great abm:-
dance, being the principal flower
there.
Set solid" as Tho printer said
when the ch,ir ho sat down wasn't
there, and he landed on the floor.
In enc street in London are near
ly one hundred stores devoted to
buying and selling coins.
The first printing Office cstub!ish>
ed in Russin, in 1860, was DESTROYED
by the supcrstitio,,s pcpul;cc.
1t cannot he that "all flesh is
grass. Grass gets it's dew --ubout
the only thing that does in this
world.
Silk pocket handkerchicfs, end
deep blue factory cotton will not
fade if dipped in salt ami water
while now.
"a short tale Of waggish nature
is now in press" said Jones, when
he stepped on ihe tail Of his wiic's
favorito poodle.
Health is just ass sscontogi, u>as ,?js
ease. Few people realize this. We
imbibe vitality from strong and
healthy associates, beyond Il doubt.
Now it is said kerosene will cure
diphtheria. We believe in this
remedy. Kerosene poured from n
can into a stove having u fire in it
will euro everything except an
undertakcr's bill Of items. --iStiN-
ec0ter Lumbe,mun.
Mr.. Baker, Of Oshkosh, has son
OF seven years who reads in three
languages. Ho is the flower OF the
mily.--Weriden HccDrtlcr. And
is undoubtedly well bred. u.-Ro,ae
| Sentinel.
A young lady said to her lover !;
"Charlcy, how far is it around the
world ?" About twenty -four inches,
my darlinG,' replied he, rs his arm
oncirclcd her waist. She was all
the world to him.
In the midst of q quarrel-'.r[
don't know what keeps me from
breaking your head y "Woll, J know
what keeps me- from breaking yours.
I'm n member OF tho society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals !"
There is an old nobloman in Peru
who always asks his body-scrvant
three questions upon rising in the
morning: l.. How is the weather :?
2. How are the horses 3. Under
what form Of government are we
living this morning
Tho Atlantic ocean if it were to be
drained, would bo u vast plain, with
a mountain ridge in the middle
running parallel with our coast.
Another range crosses it from New.
fonndlond to Ireland, on top of
which lies the telegraphic cable.
The first weeping willow in Eng
land is said to have been planted by
Alexander Popo. He received u
present of figs from Turkey, and
observing q twig in tho basket
ready to bud, planted it. From
| his stock Ill tha millinns IN Ennlanl