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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Gagged SNAKES and Their Food.

Many persons suppose that the crea.
lures introduced alive into the dens OF
huge monsters suffer t~ortures of terror
and fear. We have often observed the
process, and confidently affirm the sup
position to be entirely groundless. The
rabbits and ducks, which we saw put in
with serpents, showed no signs of fear
whatever, sometimes even giving the
plainest demonstrations that they were
governed by quite other emotions.
On one occasion we recollect noticing
a rabbit running about beside and over
the coils of a huge python. When ex.
actly opposite the head the serpent
moved it slightly and projected its
tongue several times. The rabbit took
no notice of this. AMI Ilittle afterward
began to try and nibble the skin of the
pythcu's body Quarterly Review.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Her Nerve and Rifle,

A nervy girl, with a rifle Ind quick
shot, saved the life of a boy Who was
being dragged to death by a runaway
horse on the road aboutfour miles south
west of Hastings, Neb., Sunday after
noon. A. lot of children We're playing
around the farnyard of Walter Will
liams. and one OF the boys was riding a
horse. His feet We're stuck in the stir
rups, and he was playing circus for
the benefit of his playmates. Through
some mischance his companions scared
the horse, and the animal started off on
the dead run and threw the boy from
the saddle. His foot caught fast in the
stirrup, and he was dragged.
Miss Ella Williams was standing in
the yard with a small rifle, with which
she had been shooting at a mark. She
is an expert shot, and her nerve saved
the b.. She saw that inevitable death
stared him in the face, and as the horse
dashed past her she fired a bullet
through his neck, close to his ears, that
killed him instantly, dropping him in
his tracks. The boy was ~fearfully
bruised, but not seriously injured. He
was a son of George Jones. a neighbor,
and when the father heard of the girls
deed he presented her father with an
other horse to replace the n which had
been shot, and then gave Ella a horse OF
her own.-Oshkosh Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

A work Of giant dimensions has been
undertaken by the celebrated Chinese
scholar, DIR. }. J. NJ. de Groot. under
the comprehensive title of The Reli-
gious System of China During his
long sojonrn IL China the author care.
fnlly collected, siIted ard arranged his
materials from Chinese literature and
personal observation. The work will
consist Of seven locks, IN he published
in twelve stout octave Nolrmes Of $50 10
500 pages
Each book will deal with a separate
part-the first. with the fuIeral rites;
the second. the grave: the third. with
taoism: the fourth, with the worship
and Precipitation Of divinities: The fifth.
With Chinese Buddhism. the sixth. with
the state religion. and the seventh and
last, with the two great churches 1f
China. the taoiSt and the Buddhist. =
Philadelphia Ledger.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
A Year without a summe,

During the extraordinary year of 1916.
according to the best records, January
and February We're warm and spring
like. March was cold and stormy. Vege-
tation had gotten well along in April.
when real winter set Ill. Sleet and snow
fell on seventeen different days in May.
In June there was either frost or snow
every night but three. The snow was
five inches deep for several days in sue
cession in the interior of New York, and
from ten inches to three feet in Vermont
and Maine. July wa cold and frosty;
ice formed as thick as window panes
in every IL of the New England states.
August was still worse: ice formed
nearly an inch in thickness and killed
nearly every green thing in the United
States and in Europe. In the spring of
1917 corn which had been kept over from
the crop of 1915 sold for from five to ten
dollars a bushel, the buyers purchasing
for seed. On May 10, 1875, snow fell to
TIE depth of a foot in jamestown, Va,
and was piled up in huge drifts in most
of the northern states,-St. Louis Re-
public.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Pet Spnerstitioas.

How many of US are there who do not
once in awhile feel just a little un
comfortable when we find that we have
sat thirteen at the table, or have seen
the moon over our left shoulders, OF
have done any of the thousand and
one things that are supposed to portend
evil? Not that we think for a moment
any misfortune really will happen in
consequence Of these acts, but the sug-
gestions are not pleasant, and we wish
our attention had not been called to
them.
Of course we all laugh at supersti-
tons, and think them silly, as they are,
but nevertheless we do not get away
from the unpleasant feeling.
knew an old lady who considered II
positively wicked and unchristian to
give up to "foolish superstitions," but
she never would allow any n to rock
an empty chair in her presence. You Will
see people in the street, who have been
hurrying as if anxious to lose no time,
stop on a corner and wait five minutes
for a long funeral procession to pass.
They have not the courage to cross
through it when an opportunity is Of
fered, although they may waste mo-
ments that are golden to them.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
A Patriotic Landlord.

Of all Irish landlords perhaps none
was more popular with his tenants than
the Earl of Leitrim. As an instance Of
what may be termed his approachability,
it may be stated that on the birth of his
second son an old woman on the estate
called at Manorvaughan to offer her
congratulations and, remarKing to the
earl that this was ''the first of the breed
born on Irish soil, suggested that the
boy should be called Pat" The earl
good naturally said he might do so, and
accordingly the child bears the name of
Hon. Francis Patrick.
1t is characteristic of the same mans
determination and resourc hat at one
time he voluntarily did duty in the
engine room Of a small coasting steamer,
which he had established for trading
purposes along the Donegal coast, for a
period of three weeks when he was
without an engineer.-London Tit-Bits.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Montana Potatoes.

There are no such potatoes IN the
world as are grown in Montana. They
attain prodigious size, and often weigh
three, four or FIVE pounds apiece.
Eighteen such potatoes make a bushet.
To the taste they are like a new vegeta-
BILE. The larger ones are mealy, but the
smaller ones are like sacks of meal.
When the skin is broken the meat falls
out like -four. 1t must very soon be.
come the pride of every steward in the
first grade hotels, restaurants and clubs
of the cities here, and even in Europe. to
prepare these most delicious vegetables
for those who enjoy good living. AS
these potatoes of the choicest quality
can be cultivated in all of the valleys
east of the Rocky mountains there will
soon be no lack Of them. Today the
only ones that have left the state have
been the few bushels sent to gourmets
in New York. Washington and San
Francisco >lian Ralph in Rarpera
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

Hope can only die by our own hand.
China has twenty-seven American
merchants.
Plants are synthetical feeders; animals
are analytical feeders.
The omnibuses have awnings over the
people who SIT on the roofs.
The spider probably thinks that the
bee is wasting time III making honey.
Most men find out too late that they
should have taken their wives advice.
At some hospitals almost the only gar
gle used for the throat is hot salt water.
Buenos Ayres is going extensively into
the manufacture Of agricultural imple-
ments.
No woman, unless in feeble health,
should cling TO a mans arm during a
daylight stroll.
The greatest distance covered by a
steam vessel in o..e hours run is fixed at
twenty-six miles.
When tins are much blacke2ed by the
fire they should be secured with soap
water and fine sand.
If the oven should be too hot at any
time, place a pan filed with water in it.
and the heat will be lessened.
A French officer has invented a hi.c-
pometer which will register the PAGES
and ground covered by a horse.
The largest dock in the world is said
to be the one at Bermuda, which Is 3Sl
| feet long and 1913 feet in breadth.
Steel wire railway carriage seating is
fast taking The place of the padded and
volute spring seats in use in England.
1t is reported that an Atlanta lawyer
dislocated his arm while making a ges-
ture to emphasize his speed recently.
Giant killers and destroy-rs Of mon
sters are found in the folklore Of Pacific
islanders as well as IN that of other
people.
1t is optional with a lady to recognize
at the second meeting a gentleman who
has upon a previous occasion rendered
her a service.
Never omit regular bathing, for unless
the skin is in regular condition the cold
will close the pores and favor congestion
or other diseases.
A little vase of Sevres ware, presented
by a French sovereign to Tippo Sahib,
was sold in London not long ago for
1905. 1t was only eight inches high.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
A Story of ? Horse

A gentleman living rear here tells me
a beautiful story of his horse. A few
days since, as he was leaving his resi-
dence, a horse that he owned galloped
up and caught his arm and made an at
tempt to pull him in a special direction.
Trying this for a while he galloped off
quickly toward a pasture a quarter of a
mile away. Their he came back again,
calling urgently and evidently desiring
something very much. The man fol
lowed him, and when he had reached
the pasture found the mate of the horse
entangled in a broken bridge. When
the animal was liberated the n who
had called the gentleman came up to
him and gently rubbed him with his
head and looked his love.
Gentleness and gratitude and careful
ness for others is characteristic of the
higher animals, and occasionally OF the
birds and fowls. Indeed, believe that
the animals frequently deserve the
epithet gentleman or gentlewoman more
than human folk do.-Mary E. Spencer
in St. Louis lobe-Democrat.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
PRACTICAL COOKING.
An Enslishwoman Teaching Working
People Economical Cooking.

An Enslishwoman Teaching Working
People Economical Cooking.
About 200 women and girls are now
attending the cookery demonstration
class in the shipbuilding district Of
Govan. Miss Gordon, the demonstrator.
has been specially trained for her work.
| and is at once a skillful cook and a clev-
Der teacher. Her method Of work is es-
sentially practical. Assisted by the
more advanced of her pupils, and in full
view of the others, she makes soups.
dresses vegetables and manufactures
dishes of various kinds. The fire by
which she cooks is an ordinary open
CRATE of the sort found in most work
mems houses, and the saucepans and
other utensils are all of the simplest de-
scription.
This is a matter of Importance, as
cookery demonstrations involving the
use of costly apparatus are worse than
useless for workingmen's wives. The
things made are, as a rule, of the most
inexpensive kind, and they all depend
for their value upon careful seasoning
and cookery rather than costly ingre
dents; for the demonstration lever for
gets that the chief object of the school
is to teach poor women how to provide
nutritious food for their families at the
least,possible cost.
SOUPS are a great feature of this class.
pupils oeing shown how to make up
ward of twenty different kinds-all
savory, nutritious and inexpensive.
During the lesson the cost of each thing
is given in detail. Thus, enough mock
turtle soup for six persons costs Is. I'd.
the same quantity of sheepshead broth,
sgd; of fish soup, 3D., and of barley
and beef bone broth, 4d. One of the
things specially taught is how to cook
potatoes properly-a difficult feat in its
way. At the same time great efforts
are made 70 induce people to use lentils.
peas, beans, rice and macaroni.
Proof is afforded them, too, that many
Of the so called weeds which grow wild
by the roadside-sorrel, for instance
are delicious in soups and salads. In her
lectures Miss Gordon lays the greatest
emphasis on the necessity for variety in
food, insisting that the most wholesome
dish loses many of its nutritive qualities
if eaten day after day. She shows, too.
how this variety could easily be obtained
if, instead of always buying beef ana
mutton, people would just occasionally
have a rabbit, some fish, or even liver
In a full course of lectures the demon
strator teaches her pupils not only how
to cook beef and mutton in every mag
Unable way, but how to make a great
variety of buildings, omelets, one and
cakes, as well as every kind of sick
room delicacv, and eve poultices.
She teaches them, too. that most diff
cult of arts-how to season what they
make. At the close of each demonstra-
ton the various dishes are sold in half
penny portions-an arrangement which
has the double advantage of defraying
the cost of the materials used, and en-
ables those present to test the quality of
the food.-London Letter.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
n4narerie an ar au.uchs.

The warm suns are starting HE usual
snowslides and avalanches in the Cas-
cade AMI Olympic mountains. says a
dispatch rom Seattle, Wash. From
Sultan City. a mining camp in the Cas-
cades. a curious sight is reported. The
men al work in the Silver Top tunnel
heard o noise. and rushing out found a
vast srowslide coming down the noun
tain. not 800 yards away In the middle
Of a mass Of 10Y ten rods wide by a
quarter of a mile long were Ave bears
and fourteen mountain goats. The ava
Ianche plunged owe the cliff, and the
whole menagerie except one bear was
buried in the debris.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
CAROLINA, CUMBERLAND GAP AND
- CHICAGO RAILROAD
TUROUGH TRAIN SERVICE,

Through trains daily between Charles
ton and Augusta, between Charleston
and Columbia and between Columbia and
Camden. Through Sleepers daily between
Charleston and Atlanta-Leave Charles
ton CID p. NJ. arrive Atlanta SO A. NJ.
leave Atlanta Ills p. NJ, arrive Charles
ton LID p. NJ. Buffet chair car daily
between Charleston and Coiumbia-Leave
Charleston $50 a. NJ. arrive Columbia
1919 a. NJ: leave Columbia 600 p. NJ,
arrive Charleston 1920 p. NJ.
CONNECTIONS
at Charleston with Clyde Steamship Co.
for New York. Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays: fog Jacksonville Mondays
Thursdays and Ssst>rIays; at Columbia
daily for and fromtorlN 9ql 4rq4 %|enyille
RSaiR}yo3Edti nfff Ct r.. Il. and P. r. georgia
Rv.: at Camden daily with c. c. " c. X.
r., through train to and from Marion, y.
c.. and Blacksburg.
For further information apply to
K. l.. LEAY,
Union Ticket Agent.
Columbia. 5. c.
f. P. WARING,
General Pass. Agent.
c. NJ. WARD,
General Manager.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
A Good Sized Youncster.

Little Dixie Edwards, the daughter of
B. H. Edwards and wife, of Maury City.
Tenn, is eight months old, and weighs
thirty-one pounds, having fallen off five
pounds in the last three weeks. She
measures twenty-one inches around the
chest, seven inches around the forearm,
seven and a half between the elbow and
shoulder, and nine inches around the
calf of the leg.-Cor. st. Louis Re
m h1ic
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
A Lost Art Discovered.

An interesting report comes from An.
derson, Ind, to the effect that an enter.
prising glass manufacturer of that town
has discovered the lost art Of casting
glass tubes which the ancient Egyptians
and Phonicians practiced with entire
success. Glass of the toughness and
durability requisite for molding into
prs, together with a process by which
annealing might be dispensed with, have
been dlllSentiy svoe,-v -L---oL --J
a by inventors. If the Indiana MAI
has succeeded his reward IS likely to be
correspondingly great.-Chicago Her
aid
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
SQUIRRELS Raised by a Cat.

Two or three weeks ago Nj. Jack
Whites boys brought home two baby
flying squirrels. Mr.. White directed
the boys to give them to the cat. 1t SO
happened that the cat at the time had q
nest of little kittens. The boys put
the squirrels in the nest with the kittens,
and they are with them yet, The squirrels
boarded right along with the kittens in
peace and unity. the old cat concnrring.
They have grown and fourished on
their diet, and are shy of surroundings
only wher frightened by unusual noise.
-Gastonia q. e. Gazette.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

"What a change one little woman
can make in a mans life" exclaims
the moralist. "Yes," sighed Dub
kins, "and what a deal OF change she
requires while doing it"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

The mar or woman who speaks in
the simplest, most direct and unequi-
vocal language is least liable to be
misunderstood or to suffer the morti-
fcation of explanation or correction.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

a locomotive, drawing four pas
senger coaches, has recently done a
mile in 394 seconds on the Reading
road, which would come very nearto
20 miles an hourif maintained.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

Very few people have any definite
conceptions of their own sins. They
discover them clearly enough in 9th
ers. 1t would be profitable to change
Identities occasionally.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

Additional trains Nos. IL and lS-Lula accom-
modation, daily except Sunday-leaves Atlanta
$50 p. NJ, arrives Lula S.12 p. N. Returning,
leaves Lula 800 A. M, arrives Atlanta $50 A. ~.
Between Lula and Athens-No. II daily, except
Sunday. and No. 9 daily, leave Lula $50 P. NJ,
and lilo A. NJ. arrive Athens 1918 p. N. and
1920 p. N. Returning, leave Athens, No. 10 daily,
except Sunday, and No. u daily, go p. N. and
6.45 A. NJ, arrive Lula sos p. NJ. and $50 A. N.
Between Toccoa and Elberton-No. 81 daily,
except Sunday, leaves Toecoa Loo P. NJ, arrives
Elberton 4F P. NJ. Returning, No. 90 daily,
except Sunday, leaves Elberton 500 A. ~, arrives
Toccoa $50 A. NJ
Nos. 9 and 10 Pullman Sleeper between Atlanta
and New York.
Nos. 81 and 8-Washingtop and Southwestern
vestibuled Limited, between Atlanta and Wash
ingtOn. On this train nc extra fare is charged.
Through Pullman Sleepers Setween New York
and New Orleans; also between Washington and
Memphis via Atlanta and Birmingham
For detailed as TO local and
through time tables, rates and Pullman Sleeping
Car reservations, confer with local agents. or
JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Gent Pass. Agt-,
Atlanta, Ga.
W. A. TURK,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Charlotte, n. {.
C. r. HAR1MOND,
Superintendent,
Atlanta, Ga.
v. H GREEN,
General Manager,
Atlanta, Ga
SOL. HAAS,
Traffic Manager.
Atlanta, Ga =
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

Punch and Judy shows still continue
to draw crowds in London and seem to
be regarded by the populace as the acme
of u~proarious humor,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
/" Old RELIABLE LINE.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY AND
LEASED LINES.

D. II. CHAMBERLAIE, RECEIVER.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Schedule. in effect January
1-fb 1909
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her csstoria-
When she wac . ch",, she cried FOR Castoria-
When she beca. Hiss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them castoria
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

Meal Stations. VIII stop to let off
passengers.
Additional trains, daily-Leave Column
bia 900 A. NJ, arrive Kingyille go A. NJ:
leave Kingville 6.43 P. NJ, arrive Column
bia 30 p. NJ.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

The following ere the appointments
of Rev. J. A. Wilson, pastor, at the
Seneca Presbyterian church and Keowee
chapel Preaching every first and third
Sabbath at Seneca, both. morning and
at night at 1I.30 a. VI. and S p. NJ. Also,
every first Sabbath afternoon at $50
o'clock at Keowee chapel. Sabbath
school every Sabbath at Seneca at 10 A.
NJ, and every Sabbath at Keowee chapel
at go p. NJ.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23

Trains leave ~Spartanburg. ). C.. y.
C. Division. Northbound, sd a. M..4.3t
p. NJ. 7.4 p. VI. (Nestibuled Limited)
Southbcund. 3.23 An. AS =. NJ. Hi:
A. VI. W~estibuled Limited): WeStboGnd,
w. \. c. Division. BIO p. NJ. and 40 Pm
for Hendersonville. ASheville, Hot
Springs and Knoxville.
Trains leave Greenville. ). C., AZ {,
Division, Northbound. 81 A. ". I'll p
NJ, COS y. NJ. Vestibuled Limlted)
Southbound, 60 a. M..3.$] ?. NJ, l2.3t
p. NJ. Westibuied Limited).
Trains leave Seneca, ). c.. a. X e.
Division. Northbound, LII \. NJ. l2.I3 P.
NJ; S%outhbound. rs a. NJ. III T. NJ.
PULLMAN al SERVICE.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Car on trains
9. 10, II and Il. 81 and Is on a. &c c.
Division.
Pullman Parlor Cars on trains Nos. /:
and II between Columbia and Spartan.
burg.
j. A. DODSON,
Superintendent.
Columbia, S. c.
W. A. TURK,
Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
Charlotte. \. &.
W. II. GREEN.
General Manager,
Atlanta, Ga.
JAS L. TAYLOR,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
SOL. HAAS.
Traffic Manager,
Atlanta, Ga.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Directory
PLAN OF PREACHING Apo


Until the 10th of October Il,
preaching appointments on Sene
cult. NJ. Z. Church. South, will be g. oil
lows:
SENECA. first and second Sundays, at
II A. NJ. and fourth Sundays atS.30P. NJ.
FA1RvIEw, first and third Sundays at
$50 p. VI.
FRIENDSHIP, second Sundays, at $50
P. NJ. and fourth Sundays at II A. NJ.
OLD PlcKESs, third Sundays, at II A.
VI.
Appointments for fifth Sundays and
all other services announced to the con-
.gregations from time TO time.
Rev. NJ. F. Whitaker will preach at
Fairyiew Church every second Sunday at
80 p. VI. ALLsToN 3. EARLE,
Dac%n,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
& DanViIle Railroad Co.

Columbia & Greenville Division.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN EFFECT
NAY u, 1892.
Trains run by 18th Meridian Time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
Richmond & DalTilIs Railroad.
Atlanta Il Charlotte Air Line
Division.

,~oxpKxsED OF PASSENGER TRAINS,
N EFFECT JANUARY l., 1872.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-23
REGISTRATION NOTICE.

TINE Books of the Supervisor of Regis
i tration will be open to register any
one, entitled under the law, the FIRST
MONDAY of each month, up to and in
| elusive of the FIRST MONDAY OF
JULY, 1892. Any one desiring blanks
for renewal of lost certificate or change
of residence will be supplied by address
ing me at Richland, S. c., inciosing
stamp. N. C. MCDONALD,
supervisor Registration Oconee County.
February 4, 1901. 5-Sm