The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

'ho "ouIn ana CLOSES the eyes.
"A Colorado man, after being tried
anu acquitted five times, for murder
was hung for stealing $lO horse.
NO farmer will be mad when the COW
KICKS over the milk pail. It's VIII en- She
Kicks square against it and upsets it thai
!s 1t 80 singular that men so often lie
when they find how many enemies thev
make by telling the truth?
a rocking chair is Just as necessary
W woman comfort as mantlepiecc
or window sill is to mans.
some magazine writer SAYS, GA
woman becomes sensible at tw wenty-
nVe' Ihen the woman Is about one
hundred and thirty years all cad Of some
men. '''''"
1t is solemn thought with the mid
ule ageu, chat life's last business Is
begun In earnest.
NO books are so legible as the lives Of
men; no characteristics 30 plain az
their moral conduct.
Always suspect a man who aff,cts
great softness Of manner, an unruilled
eVenness Of temper, and an enuncia-
tton studied, slow and deliberate.
hgotism often weara the mask of hui
unity, anu hnds more pleasure in talk
.lg o! lts own tollies, and even vices.
thAn Ill not talking Of itself.
hldlcule, which chiefly arises from
prlue, selfish passion, Is at best but
gross pleasure, too rough all entertain
and refined. e"'"'''
sensibility is like the stars; they can
acau only when the sky is clear. Rea:
y
guides tho ship when the stors mr..
wrapt In darkness.
Whatever difficulties you have to en-
counter, pe not perplexed, but think
1niy GIy what Is right to do IN the sight of
without replning, the result.
Tears do not dwell long ,mon tha
cheeks of youth. Rain drops easily
from the bud, rests on the. bosom Of TIA
maturer Hover, and breaks down thnt
one only which hath lived its day.
Soap bubbles are airy things, but
.nes SOON Durst. just so it Is with men
puted up with vanity. They mako -
show for a season-sail on the cmrrant
DuC soon burst, and nothing Is left Of
them. 80 '''' VI
Good breeding is the result OF naturc
ana not OF education; it may be found
IN cottage, and missed in a palace. 1t
Is general regard for the feelings of
oGhers that Springs from the ABSENCE Of
all seltishness. "
LIS much easier to meet with error
ChAh 10 nnd truth; error is Oh the sur
lace, truth ls hidden In great depths:
anu the way to seek it does not annpur
TO all the world. "pp'"'
a tender conscience Is an est,moh,o
Dlesslng; that Is a conscience not only
quick to discern what Is evil. but IT,
stantly to sfun it, and the eyelld closes
Itself against the mote.
Be not diverted from your duty bv
any idle reflections the siIlv world muv
make upon you, for their censures Ar.,
not IN your power and consequently
should not be any part of your con-
Germ. oo'
a mother who had guided anl
moulded the lives Of n family of chill
ufen 80 that they come to an honest.
VlrCt.ous Christian manhood and wo-
MANHOOD, has done a work that any
woman may be- proud Of.
NO man Is more to be feared than the
man who Is willing to toll you all he
KNOWS, because the chances are that ha
wul tell you great deal more than hc
knows. NV
Teacher (to a stupid but fat boy)-
ou are better fed than taught, or
eise I'M mlstaken.' STUPID bow
eyes, be, cause 1 feeds mysclf' Snd
you teach me-"
A young lady who didn'e admire tho
custom III vogue among her sisters of
wtlIing letter, and the orosswriting
u To ll!egtD1llty, said she would prefer
her epistlcs "without an oyerskirt.',
"Man," says Victor Hugo "was tle
conundrnm Of tho eighteenth century:
woman IS the conundrnm Of the nine.
CeehIh century, An American editor
tuus: I'VE can't guess her, but Will
never give her up-no, neveri
1t Is said of Sir Isaac Newton,s
nephew, who was clergyman, that l.e
always refused marriage fee, saying
with much pleasantry, Go yoilr wuv.
poor children, have done you mis-
1hie1 enough already without taking
your money"
A Yankee who had never paid more
than smiling to see an exhibition.
went 10 New York theatre to soc the
Forty Thieves" The tickct-seljer
charged him three shillings lor a ticket.
Passing the pasteboard back, he quietly
remarked. "Keep it, mister: | don't
want to see the other thirty-nine," and
out he marched
Keep the tongue from unkindness.
Words arc sometimes wounds; not
very deep wounds always, and yet they
irritate. Speech Is unkind sometimes
when there Is no unkIndness in the
heart. So much the worse that need
loss wounds are Inflicted; so much the
worse that unintentionally pain Is
caused.
The rcadiest way to escape from our
Is TO be willing they should
endure as long as God pleases.
10 have sought out one new fact to.
day Is to have three others In the same
connection seek you tomorrow.
The three Bible types OF character
Noah Daniel and Job, 1.-THE learner, the
worker and the sufferer, r,--submissIo
.luty, patience.
AS no temporal blessing Is good
enough 70 be a sign Of eternal election;
so no temporal affllction Is bad enough
70 be an evidence of reprobation.