The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

classical farmer named his pIps
after the Greek roots.
Why Is flannel like mahogany? Be-
cause 1t Is made Into dra wers.
The pancake is like tho orb OF dav
rises III the yeast and sets In the vest.
1t Is no sign because farmer ia
growing sage that he Is becoming wise.
The time Is coming when a buffalo
rooc Will cover two hearts that beat as
one.
a desert waste-scooping out the In
sidc or pie and throwing away tho
crust.
Where there's smoke there's some
IRE, ana very often a mighty poor
cigar.
The Indians are fast retiring to their
reservations, which arc six feet under
ground.
u man never knows how many
TRENDS he has until he purchases bill
lard table.
How can we expect harvest OF
thought who have not had secd-tlme
OF character?
In a theatre the man who laughs last
never laughs we'll. He Gisturbs tho
rest OF the company.
1t is easy to pick holes in other peo-
PIES work, but far more profitable to
no better work yourself.
We presume the axlc-trees OF railroad
carwhecls arc called journals because
Oh thcir rapid circulation.
lt Is better to be doing the most insly-
hlhcant thing In the world than to
reckon half an hour Insignificant.
Many ways of happiness have beon
discovered, but all agree there Ia none
SO pleasant as loving and being loved.
Integrity without knowledge Is weak
aha useless, anu knowledge without In
tegrity Is dangerous and dreadful.
Logic helps to strip otf the outward
disguises Of things, and to behold and
j"dgc OF them in their own nature.
lI is strange desire to seek power,
and to lose liberty; or to seek power
over others, and lose power over ones
self.
We cannot conquer fate and neces-
slty; out We can yield to them In such
manner rs to be greater than If We
could. - I'LL
when Christian goes into the world
because he sees 1t in his call, yet while
ne feels 1t also his cross; 1t Will not
hurt him. .r
a downcast justice sentenced a man
VINO stole cent to the penny-tentiary
aDd II hedOesn'. reform we suppose old
Nickel get him.
An act by which we make one friend
ana ono enemy Is Il losing game, be-
cause revenge Is Il much stronger prin-
clple than gratitude.
God wishes to he served joyfully. and
the glory Of good master is to find his
servants continually happy and con-
tented In his service.
That which each can do best mona
put his Maker can teach him. No man
yet knows what it Is, nor can, till that
person has exhibited it.
Good nature extracts Sweetness from
everything which 1t. comes In contact.
with as the bee extracts honey from
every h>"er which it VISITS.
These slx--tlic pcevlsh, the niggard.
the dlssatis fled, the passionate, the sus-
ptclous, ana those VINO live upon other's
lncahs--arc forever unhappy.
The business Of life is to- go forward:
he VINO SECS evil In prospect meets 1t
on tho way; but he who catches 1t by
retrospection turns back to find it.
Mans valae IS In proportion to what
he has courageolsly suffered, as the
value Of tho steel blade is in proportion
to the tempering 1t has undergone.
Men trust rather to their eyes than to
their ears; the effect Of procepts is
therefore SLOW and tedious, whilst that
Of examples Is summary and etfoctual.
There are some men who are busy In
idlencss, and make the leisure Of peaco
not only more troublesome, but even
more wicked than the business Of war.
There Is as much greatness ofmind In
tho owning Of good turn AZ In tho
doing Of 1t; and We must no more force
u rcqultal out OF time than be wanting
in it.
Wisdom is better than riches. Wis
dom guards thee, but thou must guard
thy riches. Riches diminish in til.
using; but wisdom increases in tho use
of 1t.
Were there but one virtuous man I'm
the world, he would hold up his head
In confidence and honor; he would
shame the world, but tho world woulI
not shame him.
The great moments Of life are but
moments like tho others. Your doom
is spoken in u word or two. A single
look from the eyes, Il mere pressure OF
the hand, may decide 1t.
There is no JOY IN the world like the
Joy Of being a true Christian. Young
people think religious life is gloomy
and checrless, that 1t would rob them
Of pleasures and mako life drcary. But
never was there a sadder mistake.
The world Is governed by three
things, wisdom, authority and appear
anccs. Wisdom Is for thoughtful peo.
pie, authority for rough people, and. .ap-
pearance for the great mass Of super
llcial people who can look only at the
outside.
Imaginary evils soon become real
ones by indulging our reflections on
them; as he who has a, melancholy
fancy seeing gsomcthing like face on tho
wall or wainscot, can, by two or three
touches with a alead-pencilamake 1t look
visible, and agreeing with what ho
fahcies. ~
The every day cares. and duties
which men call drudgery are the
weights and couDterpoises Of the clock 3
Of time, giving It's pendulum a true Yl-3s
l. H.