Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-06-02
The Rev. Mr.. Osborne, in a re-

| cent speech In England, SAID:
"Allusion had been made TO the
progress Of infidelity in these
times. Some Of the lecturers oc-
casionallyt met, with their match.
Some time since he heard of-a
man who went down to Lanca-
shire or Yorkshire and delivered
a lecture on evolution or develop
ment. He endeavored to show
that every form of excellence was
developed from some inferior
species Of the same genus, and to
account for the existence Of man
in the same way. He said: sYou
60 and stand by hoside of pool
Of water, perfectly bright, pure
and clear; 60 little while after
and you will find it getting thick;
go again and it will be green and
putrid; 60 again and there will he
a number Of little creatures pop
ping about in the form Of tadpoles;
go again and you will see these
tadpoles cutting their capers in tho
shape of frogs.' by that time ho
had gotten as far rs he could and
he did as parsons sometimes do
whom they do not know what else
10 do; he said, 'And SO on
Whereupon man in the audience
got up and said: sYes, 1 think [
sec what you mean, but can you
tell us how long we should have
TO stand by the pond before we
should see man pop up?"
The next Southern Baptist Convention
will be held in Grecnville, S. @. Fl,
A twelve year old Jersey COW was sold in
New York on Tuesday for three thousand
dollars. 01ot9 f1
The National bank circulation ou Satur-
day reached 1892, 900, 900, the highest ever
reached. @
Geo. Reincko, German tailor of Charles
ton, committed suicide the Goth instant by
taking audanum.
Ho was fond of singing revival hymns,
he would want to hold it.
Ignorance aud deceit aro two of the
worst qualities to combat. 1t is easier
to dispute with statesman than with
block head. .t 0a
Joe Stephens, colorod, was hanged ct
Edgelield, Friday, Goth instant, for the mur.
of Andy Richardson, colorod, January IL,
1878.
| There is no policy like politeness; and
good manner is the best thing in tho world,
either to get a. good name, or supply the
want of it. M..j.. H
Tho State Board Of Agriculture has np-
pointed the following gcntlcmen to repre-
| sent the State at the Cotton Exposition in
Atlanta next fall, viz: ID. Wyatt Aiken, II.
p. Hammet, w. G. Hinson, Q. S. Mccall
and Paul L. Hammond.
The clerk of the Southern Express Com.
pany at Ncwbcrry, who met the II 40 East
bound trnin on the Air Line Railroad, was
Knocked down and robbed of his pouch by
a negro thief on Friday night on the depot
platform. The thief escaped. The pouch
contained nothing valuable.
Almost everybody who writes with o
pencil has contracted tho useless, not to
say dangerous habit of touching the point
with their tongue. 1t has been ascertained
that piece of lead from pencil half the
size of pea, if swallowed, will cause the
death of robust man.
A standing antidote for poison BY dew
poison oak, ivy, ETC., is 10 take handful
Of quick lime, dissolve in water let it stand
half an hour, then paint the poisoned
parts with it. Three or four applications
will never fail to euro the most aggravated
cases.
It is grander thing to win soul for
Christ than it would be to launch n new
star into space; for when all tho stars arc
dim that soul will shine on, rejecting tho
glory which comes from the count cnance Of
God.
An 1rishman fights before ho reasons;
Scotchman reasons before he fights; an
Englishman is not particular as to the order
of precedence but will do either to accom-
modato his customers A modern Genaral
has said that the best troops would be ns
follows: Gan Irishman half drunk,
Scotchman half starved and an Englishman
with his belly full"
Prayer answered. A great many people
say what they don't mean in their prayers.
A Scotchman went behind fence to pray
and declared to the Lord that if tho fence
should fall on him it would bo no more
than he deserved. At that moment q high
wind blew the fenoe on tho petitioner. He
arose hastily from his knees and olicd out
| frluhtannH s.S.