The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-04
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

, The miser Is the man who lives like Il
, beggar because he Is afraid OF diving
| like one.
! All that tread the globe are bit u
handful to the tribes that slumbcr ia
its bosom.
Ito needs no other rosary whose
thread of life is strung with beads OF
love and thought.
Seeing much, and suffering much. .
ana studying much, arc the three pill
lars of learning.
Always there Is life while life lasts.
which rightly OWNED, implies divine
satisfaction.
Inc most convenient habit YOU can
acquire is that of letting your habits
Sit loose upon you.
lie who, with good health, has Il true
friend, may laugh adversely to scorn
and defy the world.
AS many as arc the difficulties VIII ich
virtue has to encounter in this world.
her force is yet superior.
1t is great art to keep yourself con-
tented aud happy, and it requires u
grea: heart to make others so.
rs an archer makes straight his ar
row, soa wise mali makes straight his
thought, which Is difficult to turn.
This Is the present reward OF virtuous
conduct-that no unlucky consequence
caA oblige us to regret it.
Flowers sweeten the air, rejoice the
eye, INK us with nature and innoce nee
and are something to love.
People who fish for compliments do
not need long lines. They will get
their best bites In shallow water.
n lio is like counterfeit bin. Ic
may pass through q great many hands.
but 1t viii be found out at last.
Men are Often like tea-the real
Strength anu goodness arc not properly
drawn out until they have been In hot
water.
Lie, whoawith health, has Il true wife,
a dutiful child, and u true friend NAV
laugh advcrsity to scom and defy tue
world. .....
Speak the truth; yell not to anger;
give when asked, OF the little thou hast
Dy these three steps thou shall 60 near
tho gods.
Though the life of man falls short of
4 hundred years, he gives himself az
much pain and anxiety as If he were to
live thousand.
Who will feel the tenderest partfcipa-
ton IN joy lot him not look at happy
children, but at the parents who re-
joice to see them happy.
Our striving against nature is like
holding aweathcrcOck with one's hand;
as soon rs the force Is taken off it veors
again with the wind.
True friendship Is a plant of slow
growth, and must undergo anu with
stand many shocks Of adversity before
it Is entitled to the appelation.
Though the word and the spirit do
the main work, yet suffering SO unbolts
the door Of the heart that both the word
and the spirit have entrance.
A beautiful smile is to the female
countenance what lhe sunbeam Is to the
landscape; Ii embellishcs all inferior
face anu rcdcems an ugly one.
Kindness is slowed away in the heart
like rose leaves In Il drawer to sweeten
every object around them, and to bring
hope to the weary hearted.
The greater the difficulty the more
glory in surmOuhrfng 1t. Skilful pilets
gain their reputation from storms and
tompests.. ,|
That plenty should produce either
covetousncss or prodigality Is a pervcrq
sion Of providence, and yet the gener-
Allty Of men are the worse for their
riches. "".
Its distinguishing feature of Chris
tianity that its God Isl God of love.
Christianity tells us that" Oh is Love-"
This Is both Ills nature and His name.
| There Is no greater Sign OF mean
and sordiJ man than to dote upon
riches; nor Is anything more magnif-
cent than to lay them OUT freely In acts
of bounty and liberality. ..,.
A man need only correct himself
with the same rigor thathe reDrchenus
others and excuse others with the same
indulgence that he shows to himself.
Over in Kentucky, when mule gets
80 lazy that hc won't work more than
nine or ten hours a day, they Trim his
cars down and sell him to some Chicago
man for carriage horse.
coils and pomade are no longer used
OH the hair" This Is a sensible edict
of fashion. Hereafterayonngm man can
help Il young lady to say nothing in
particular on Sunday evening without
having his vest soilod. 90
When the barbarous practice of stuff
ing one's guests shall have been abol-
ishcd. social gathering will not ne
ocssarily imp. hard labor and dyspep-
sia. Perhaps, when that time arrives,
we shall be sufficiently civilized to de-
mand pleasures of a higher sort. True,
the entertainments will then, in one
sense, be moro costly, as culture costs
more than cake. ."f
There is a game of cards very popu-
| lar in Ireland called "Spolled Five.'
Any number of persons greater than
two can participate III, q game, but with
three contestants the best points are
drawn out. Each player looks exclu-
sivcly after his own interests. Each
trick counts five, and to win a game it
is necessary to get fifteen In single
hand. But AZ only FIVE cards are dealt
to each player, this, 1t will be seen, Is
not an easy thing to do; and with good
players the battle has often to be fought
again and again, with increasing stakes
and interest, before Victory is scored.
AS SOON rs the player has looked at his
hand andcalculated his chances, he Is
guided by this golden rule: "lf you
can't win the game, spoil it," ~
Truth discoveries the OWL; grace puts