The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-07
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

said when he saw his father take
down the strap from the accustomed
nail.
An Englishman, who Is boarding.
says he can stand Ash Wednesday once
In while but lash Monday every week
Is too 'ard.
Pleasure and recreation are abso-
lutely necessary to relieve our minds
and bodies from too constant attention
and labor.
a man should have fortune who
thinks Of marrying, a ballet dancer, be-
cause 1t Is next t" tni2ossiI.&: 10 keep
her in clothes.
The young man who was referred to-
pa When ne popped the question stated
that he visited the convention as an in
structed delegate.
Faith builds bridge across the gult
OF death, to break the shock blind
| Nature cannot shun, and lands thoughr
smoothly Oh the farther shore.
Write your name by Kindness, love
and mercy in the hearts of thousands
you CONG in contact with year by year,
and you will never be forgotten.
Never refuse to receive an apology.
You may not revive friendship, but
courtesy will require, when an apology
ID offered, that you may accept 1t.
AS nettle stings betimes, an urchin
is rough whom young, and crab soon
goes backward, so sunguinary dispOsi-
lions Will soon discover themselves.
Ladies' are like watches, pretty
enough to look at; sweet faces and deli
cate hands, but somewhat difficult to
'regulate' after they are set a-going.
If you wish TO spend the life Of a man
not OF fungus, be social, be sympath-
etic, be brotherly, be charitable, and
always speak kind word when you
can.
The great religions Of the world are
but larger sects. Test each sect by its
worst, as you will-by its high water
mark OF virtue or its low water mark Of
vice.
If men would spend In doing good to
others quarter OF the time and money
they spend in doing harm to themsel-
yes, misery would vanish from the
earth.
Cultivate prompvness in deciding
upon matters that come before YOU:
there are few objects more disagreeable
anu vcXatiOus than All undecided yacil-
lating person.
Never give all your pleasant words
and smiles to strangers. The klndest
words and the sweetest smiles should
be reserved for home. Home should
De our heaven.
Never, when walking arm III arm
with lady, be continually changing
ana going to the other side, because OF
change OF corners. 1t shows to. much
attention to form.
The truest self-respect lies, not in
extracting honor that is undeserved,
but In striving to attain that worth
which receives honor and observance
as Its rightful due.
Thore Is no greater sign Of mean
and sordid man chan to dOte upon rich
es; nor Is anything more magnititont
than to lay them out freely in acts OF
bounty and liberallty.
Things OF God That are marvellous
are to be believed on a pi inciplc of
faith, not to be pricd into by reason.
For II reason set them open before our
eyes, they woull no longer be marvel
lous.
Men and women make sad mistakes
tDout their own symptoms. iaklns
Jhelr vague, uneasy lOngings some
times for genius, sometimes for reli-
gion, and ofCener still for mighty
love.
The gentle mind Is like calm and
peaceful stream that reflects every OBJ
jeot In It's just proportion. The violent
spirit, like troubled waters, renders
back images of things distorted AMI
broken.
1t Is the great privilege Of poverty to
be happy unenviod, to be healthy with
out any physics, secure without Il
gard, and to obtain from the bounty
of nature what the great and wealthy
are compelled TO obtain by the help OF
the artist. ...s
When nature would make anything
specially rare and beautiful, she always
makes 1t little; little pearls, little dia-
monds, little dews. Little fortunes
oring the most content, and little hopes
The least disapolntment, and little songs
are the dearest loved.
Upon earth there can be no safe hap
piness. All things here are subject To
time and mutability. We must be In
eternity before wetan be secure against
change. The word upon which we
close our eyes at nighG is never the
In the morning.
The sea is the largest OF all cemeteries
md its vast numbers sleep without
monuments. Over their remains, the
same storms beat and the same rcq.iiem
by minstrels Of the ocean is sung to
heir honor there unmarked the weak
md the powerful, the plumed and the
unhonored are alike undistinguished.
The man of genius should occupy the
whole space between Gods pure mind
md the multitude Of uneducated men.
lie must draw from the Infinite reason
o. one side; and he must penetrate In
to the heart and sense Of the crowd on
tie other. From the one he must draw
his strength; to the other he must owe
his aim.
The life that is devoted to knowledge
passes silently away and is very little
diversified by events. 10 talk in pub
lie, to think IN solitude, to read and to
h ,ar, to inquire and to answer inquir-
les, is the business Of a scholar. He
vandcrs about the world without pomp
Or terror, and Is neither known nor
valued but by men Ike himself.
Friendship issa vases whioh, when
nay as woll be broken az Sac5S 20 can
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