Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-04

voyage of life. Some must bo before tho
| mast.
Tho most manifest sign Of wisdom is con.
| tinued oheerfulness.
Better bo in shame now than at tho day
of Judgment.
The vanity of loving fino clothes and
fashions, and yaluiDg ourselves by them. s
one of the most childish pieces Of folly that
eau be-
Good temper is, like summer day, tho
sweetener of toll and soothcr of disquietude.
1t sheds brightness over everything.
| nc who was never tempted, let him not
be hi gh minded, but fear, for ho may bo
surprised IN that very instant wherein he
boastcth that he was never tempted at all.
A farmer who has expcrimcutcd with
poultry, well rotted COW manure, barn ma
nurc and bone dust for melons, reports
that the best yield was obtained when the
bone dust was applied.
10 increase the yield of rich milk give
COWS every day water slightly warm and
slightly satcd, in which bran has been
stirred at the rate of Que quart to two GAL
Ions of water.
Snow drifts twelve feet deep
IN October seem most remarkable,
but sucH was the reported condi-
.ion OF things in parts Of Dakota aud
Minnesota after the late severe storms.
Kindness is slowed away in the heart
IKE rose leaves IN drawer, 10 awceton ev-.
cry object around them, aud bring hone to
the wcary-hcarted.
lIlc is kind of chess, in Which we baye
often points to gain, aud competitors or ad.
YersaricS to contend with, and in which
there Is vast variety of good and i'll events,
mat arc, IN some degree, tho effects Of pru.
dence or tic want of it,
''Just take bottle Of my medicine"
said quuck doctor to consu mptiye, "and
you II never cough again" "Is it so fatal
at that (" gasped the patient.
When an Eastern man goes to Colorado
he Is called "tcndcrfoo" until he has
been stabbed, Shot at, engaged in n FREQ
fight, fallen down mine, kicked BY mule,
and chased by vigilance committee Then
they admit that he is getting used to the
country, and when he kills his man he is
looked upon us citizen.
Amy good shooting on your farm 2"
asked the hunter of the farmer. "SpIen.
did, replied tho agriculturalist 'therc's
a driven wei! man down in the clover
meadow, cloth peddler at the house, can.
didatc out in the barn, and two tramps
down in the stock yard. Climb right over
the iencc, young man, load both barrels,
and sail iu.'
a bright little boy, who had been en-
gagged IN fight with another boy, was re.
proved by IN, aunt, wbo told him that he
ought always to wait until the other boy
pitched upon him" DWELL" exclaimed
the little hero, "hut if wait for the other
boy TO begin Pm afraid there won't bo any
fight"
According to Prof Grimmcr, thcro is a
terrible seven years before us. From 1880
to 1887 there will be universal mortality
Asia will be depopulutcd, and Europe viii
become almost desert. America will lose
fifteen million inhabitants. There will bo
tcmpcsts and inundatons No prophet
could possibly be grimmcr than this one.
Mr.. Lewis Swift, ;hc astronomer, of
Rochester, writes s:-"'lhe new comet which
! found on the | lth of October promises to
DC one OF tho most remarkable ones which
nave recently been seen in this country
It's great size, its slow rate of motion, and
tho fact that its movement is nearly IN di.
rect line toward the earth, all combine to
produce This result"
4 couple OF pcsants discuss the fertility of
their respective provinces. "At Bordeaux"
said ono, "lf you let match fall to the
ground, the next year there will grow up
q forest" CAT Marscilcs," cried the
other, trinmpantly, ''you let suspcndcr
button fall and in eight days YOU will have
pair of pantaloons ready made"
Says an exchange: We cannot but
smile when man tells us he cannot tuko
his local paper because he wants New
York paper. lie might as well say that
nc cannot afford bread because he intends
having sponge cake. Meanwhile he has to
ask his ncighbor about the local news and
notices, and the local paper goes on build
ing up his place and business and serving
his convenience without his support.
y terrible tale has been brought from the
arctic regions by the revenue cutter, Cor.
win, that at ST. Lawrence island, in tho
Bchrng Sea, 500 out of the 700 inhabit
ants were fonnd dead from starvation. This
tragedy is believed to have bcen largely tho
result Re Of liNCr which had been supplied to
the nasiv1 by traders, tho use of which
caused them TO neglect storing up their usu.
al supply of provisions.
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