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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14
No ibi~crili nation Now.

In Germany there are bat 2.uUU
miles Of railroad remaining in the
hands OF private individuals. all Tie
other having been acquired by the
Government III 1881. In the conteS.
that took place III that country over
the proposition 10 make this 4 public
service, the opposition to j: came from
the very same class of people Is those
who are SO hostile to GovernXcnt
ownership Of railroads III this country
that is, by all having a direct interest
IN the roads. ana those who profit b
discrimination IN rates
Prof. N. Seriug Of the tniversit,
OF Berlin. who was sent here by the
German Government to study ana
Export upon oar agricultural and i'll
entire German people are now con
vinced 81 the wisdom OF the change
ana that while there IS more or less
discussion il the Legislative body re
rarliug railroad administration, no
Voice Is ever raised II favor OF a return
10 the old system. Rates have been
largely reauced. interest OH bonds
laid sinking funds provided for. a
large portion Of school taxes are pal.
out Of the earnings and there is now d
surplus Of 50, u0o. 900 on hand But. "
said Prof. Serlng the best part OF
the system IS tie complete abolition q
discrimination. all men are treated
exactly alike. no one shipper has HI
advantage over another We're there
10 other advantage. even il IL other
respects the present system was Tot 50
desirable as the old. this one. wish lis
even-landed Justice to all, would in
stantly silence any demand that might
he made for Il return TO private owner
ship"-Nr. Leggest in Boston Travel
Ter.
Paid For Twice Over.
In l,o,,c, lr..i,,nr &ho L = e
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14

our faces: wipe you feet on us: we will
love thee all the more. And now, our
great political father, We leave us i'll
thy care Do with us as thou wilt.
Kick silver into the middle Of the next
century; issue more bonds; establish
state banks: foster trusts; bride Con
gressmen with patronage; fish when
ever thou wilt. and hunt snipe when
ever thou carest TO. and We will in
dorse everything thou doest, carry
Cleveland ROSTERS, campaign torches.
ami forevcrmore sing thy praise. Amen.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14
Here They Are.

The money leaders, coupon clippers.
tax eaters and salary grahhers are in
terestcd in less money. The farmers.
the laborers, the business men all
who toll fox * living and have 10 fixed
income, but must in some form sell
their labor for all the money they get,
which Of these classes do you belong :?
Are you eXerting your Influence for
the class You belong TO, or is Your in
iluenre given 70 the other class? Think
about it.-progre>slye EaIr>4r.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14
Paid For Twice Over.

In considering the question of the
purchase end operation Of the railroads
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14

The elections demonstrated one
thing sure-that there IS ne gain to
the Peoples party cause by fusion. It
is merely Il matter OF holding up the
weaker of the two old parties while it
pounds YOU over the head.-Elk Coun-
" Citizen.
Il costs less than 4 doIiar.to mine a
ton Of coal il Pennsylvania. The
same ton OF coal IL Nebraska costs
Sl2. This means that class OF pull
lie sponges are taxing the western con
>umer twelve hundred per cent. for
lie right 70 keep from freezing 70
death -Laborer. Omaha.
IT is really elevating 10 hear fellow
who has but one pair u pants. and
those the worse Tor Wear. and one or
two shirts. the service Of which has
| heen prolonged materially by al IN
limited series OF patches. talking about
dollar tina. is worth q dollar in Var
rup. Age. huston. La.
EVERY time free silver was offered As
substitute Tor the Sherman law. Dem
ocrats and Republicans joined together
and Tut it down. Three years ago in
| thirty-Seyen states where the Demo
Gratis held conventions, they declared
| for free silver. Now they have demon
/. cited 1T nion, Lamar, Mo.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
Cannot Catch Gladstone.

One hears various stories of the clever
ness displayed by Mr.. Gladstone in elud-
ing inconvenient questioners, but the
following, which is perfectly authentic,
strikes London correspondent as being
quite the best of the bunch. The other
evening some earnest young Radicals
were invited to meet the prime minister.
They naturally longed to discuss the po-
litical situation with him and to receive
some advice for their guidance. Mr..
Gladstone, however. .desoanted with great
sloouence on the proper place in the
church for the organ.
Then there was q short lull, and the
boldest of them pulled himself together
and propounded somewhat hesitatlng
question on home rule, or about it. The
old parliamentary hand either did not
hear or affected a convenicat deafness.
Before the sentence could be repeated
Mr.. Gladstone was deep in a learned ar
eument with clergyman present upon
HYMNS, ancient and modern. The re-
mainder of the company sat IN silence,
with feelings that can be easier imagined
than described. Philadelphia Press.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
p,4 mba4 fhr;l1s ma with sueeesti,

But what thrills me with suggestive
ness is the material out Of which all
pearls are made. They are fashioned
from the wound Of the shellfsh- The
exudation from that wound is fixed and
hardened and enlarged into pearl The
ruptured vessels of the water animal
fashioned the gem that now adorns finger
or earring or sword hilt or kings crown.
So out of the wounds of earth viii
come the pearls Of heaven. Out of the
wound of conviction the pearl of pardon.
Out of the wound Of bereavement the
pearl of solace. Out Of the wound of loss
the pearl of gain. Out of the deep wound
of the grave the pearl Of resurrection
10Y. Out of the wounds Of Saviour's
life and Saviour's death the rich, the
radiant, the everlasting pearl Of heaven
ly gladness.
"And the l2 gates were u pearls.
Take the consolation, all ye who have
been hurt, whether hurt in body, or hurt
in mind, or hurt in soul. Get your trou'
bles sanctifed If you suffer with Christ
on earth, you will reign with him IL
glory. The tears Of earth are the crys'
tails of heaven. Every several gate was
of one pearl"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
r,e ro,en, uavaiian pick-me-up


Poi is made from the root Of the tago
plant. The tago grows in the water, and
its broad leaves float upon the surface
1t has a root very similar to the turnlp
but of more elongated form. 1t is pre-
pared by grating it upon slightly mol
lowed volcanic stone upon which water
is poured from time to time. The whole
eventually forms a paste. which under
goes slight fermentation and Is pleas
ant to the taste There is drink on the
islands known as poi cocktail. 1t is
made by stirring the paste into glass oi
milk. Its virtues were discerned many
years ago by Europeans For ths head
which follows nights debauch there Is
nothing like it.
When the stomach absolutely refuses
anything known to civilization; when
the throat is dry and burning, the voict
husky, the temple throbDing and the
hands shaking. the poi cocktail is swal
lowed. 1t is almost instantly assimilated
A delicious feeling of calm and rest
steals over the patient. The paste Gov
ers the infamed walls of the stomach
and protects them. The throat becomes
once more of flesh, not fire, and the head
ceases to ache in IS Misunderstanding
~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
A f-ura For Insomnia.

Old Captain Billison and his wife Han
nah of Nantucket had lived in peace Ind
comfort together for 90 years. the cap
tain having left off going to sea early
in Efeand adopted home staying pur-
suit, but at the end of all these years, IN
which he and Hannah had not been sep
arated for single day, he was unexpect-
edly called to Boston on necessary bust
ness. to be gone month.
One of the neighbors called few days
afterward. We'll. we'll, Hammer" said
she. Il sh'd think t be purity lonesome
livin here without the cap'n.
..Lonesomew exclaimed Hannah. Il
cd stand that. but laws a-massyl How
wus to go to sleep nights without hearin
Elnathan snorin? Fust two nights
couldn't sleep, nohow | cd FIX it.
"Go to sleep now all risht?"
yes"
How'd ye manage it?"
We'll. you see, Maria Folger she keeps
boarders next door. an got her to come
in an rig up her coffee mill t the foot o
the bed. an every night she comes in an
Srinds her coffee jest after I've gone to
bed. Mercy! You couldn't tell it from
Elnathans snorin. an Of course 80 right
OFF to sleep.
Hannah's eyes twinkled, and we fear
she loved joke more than she loved the
truth.-Youth's Companion.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
AIexauuer III's Courage.

The czar has been frequently accusct
of cowardice-an Indictment to which
it must be admitted, many undeniablt
facts lend strong coioring of probabil
ity. Thus it has been alleged in suppor
of the charge that he seldom drives about
the city alone. and when not escorted by
a body of Cossacks is invariably accom-
panied by her majesty the empress. Hi.
profound seclusion at Gatchino, where
for considerable period be hid himself
even from the bulk of his own officers
likewise created a most unfavorabie i'm
preston. which is by no means yet re
moved
Again, the sight Of the armies thai
guard the railway lines along which h'
happens to be travelling. the elaborate
system of espionage. and the practice o.
employing agents provocateurs. wht
sometimes organize the crime which they
discover, have contributed to impart con
sistency to charge which his creditablt
career as an officer should have amply
suficed to refute.-Con,emporary Re
view
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
She Has Fcrtitude Unbounded, Yet No
y,c,;nas r., ponsiva Ways.

She Has Fcrtitude Unbounded, Yet Now
Inciines to Pensive Ways.
There seems to be a mode in maladies
as well as in mantles, styles in suffering
as novelties in dress Just at the present
time it isn't fashionable to have any phys
ical ailment unless it is something vague
and peculiar under the general name o!
nerves, - and the odd thing about it is
only the more robust and vigorous wom
en-, so far as looks are an indication OF
virility. that have this nervous prostra-
ton perpetually on hand. If a woman
looks pale and delicate, she never will ad-
NIT that she is not strong.
The fin &c steele girl glories in bearing
physical lain without a complaint. She
will seat he:se!. in the dentists OF ocu-
lists char a: c&, 'naeruedly as if posing
for the photographer and submit to the
most painful operations withouta' 'grcan.
in fact. assuring the operator that il
really was less painful than she expect
ed" A car driver would cry like a baoy
if subjected to half as much suffering.
But we are returning to the days of
sloping shoulders, of parted pensive
tresses, of fullness and frivolity in dress.
The up to { -te girls sweetly submissive.
not smart and self reliant She wears
flowers in her hair and occasionally even
ventures in what the girl in the old nov
els is always doing, putting rose in her
bosom, your rose that you have given
her. And she does it with such a shy
and modest little blush. Now the ques-
ton is, Will the ''vapors' and d-"swoons
and "sob5ings" of that period come IN
again? The Amelias and Delias and Caro-
lines of that Cay were always in dead
faint over something. They tainted for
JOY and tainted for sorrow. a girl Of
that time swooned off when her lover
proposed. and when she came to she was
always lying in his arms. and of course
it was all over and no use trying to tell
fellow about being sister to him after
that.
There was another feature about this
swooning fit of the old time heroine, and
CQaL Was lldl ileI ttCdltSI lllCL0 w tio q
ways within call with the scissors to cut
her corset laces. How is any one in this
time of hidden hooks ever to loosen a
bodice before the heroine passes over the
border line in her faint? twill be rather
difficult for the modern girl, who has
traine,. ..lerself to smile when her heart
breaks. to die rather than reveal her heart.
to conceal her JOY and preserve her Sc
renity alike through death or divorce. tc
learn this graceful art of collapsing at
just the proper time to bring wary
suitor to his knees.
There's something dangerous to
chivalrous mans theories against mar
rage 70 find himself suddenly with his
arms full of limp. signing. pale faced girl
hood. He is more apt to call her pretty
names than he would be if she stood radl
ant and defiant before him. apparently
ready to laugh at bis endearments.-Ne"
| York Sun
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
Pathetic Eerofsrn.

A pathetic heroism was that shown oy
woman, devoted wife and mother
whose life, after months of invalidism.
went out in this first month OF the new
year 1t mad been the intention OF her
self and husband to redecorate the home
about the time her iliness declared itself.
aud when last autumn it became evident
that not much more time among the
things of this world would be accorded
to the sufferer she decided that the work
should be carried forward under her Sc
pervision Her illness was Of a nature to
permit her to be up and about few
hours every day. and during these strong
er moments artists and decorators con-
suited with her. carrying out her wishes
in every detail.
From garret to cellar the home was
gone over. and the family spent their last
united Christmas in their beautifully rem
ovated home. You will be glad by and
by" said this wise and loving woman
whose artistic soul must have painfully
appreciated the Ioveliness she had Great
ed only to leave; glad that did 1t all
and it will be IA comfort to live surround
ed by my fancies and my taste.
Ard so it will undoubtedly prove to the
husband and sons and daughters, who
now feel only their deep bereavement
Her Point of View in New York Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
She Injnred Her Pride.

"Are you hurt:" said a gentleman to a
young woman who had just fallen down
in most ungraceful heap on the side
walk on Chestnut street the other day
mo. thank you: only my pride and
she brushed off her gown and got out of
sight as quickly as possible. 1t is wom-
ans nature to really wish if she has to
fall that she will hurt herself rather than
to have all the ignoininy for nothing
When man tumbles down. he is up
again in minute. his clothes intact, and
no one gives more than a passing thought
to the occurrence But the poor woman
usually drops her purse, knocks her hat
awry, is never certain how much lingerie
she has exposed and is helped up mis-
cradle wreck that Will take several pins
and 10 minutes before the mirror to
make presentable again, to say nothing
Of the humbling her pride undergoes by
tho operaticn.-Philadelphia Times
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
A Card From Mrs. Blaine.
The following is published by request

The fOIIOWlnS IS puUIIsLeu Uy 1eV01eoV
WASHINGTON, Feb. /.
The public advertisements Of many "biog-
raphies of James G. Blaine" pretending to oe
-authentic" and authoritative" compel me tc
state that no biography or Life and Work
Mr.. Blaine" is autho.z"d or approved by my
self or by any membe- OF Mr.. Blaine's family
that no manuscript by Mr.. Blaine. OF any pri'
vate letter or paper Of Ar. Bla;ne's. or any ma
terial for biography. has been given out TO any
one II In the future any authentic or au'
thorized" biography should be prepared oy
competent authors, it will be authenticated ano
authorized By myself
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
rou-. of Snow CRYSTALS.

The pure white luster of snow is due
to the fact that all the elementary colors
of light are blended together in the IA
dance that is thrown off from the sur
face of the various crystals. More than
a thousand distinct and perfect forms OF
snow CRYSTALS have been enumerated and
figured by the various investigators II
that line. One hundred an,, hfty-ont
different forms were once observed by
the English scientist Glashier, who care.
fully made enTavings of each and print.
ed them in paper attached to the re
port of the British Meteorological so
ciety for the year 1S55.-St. Louis Re
public.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
ODDS ANo ENDS.
Hot water is good for sprains.

Hot water is good for sprains.
A work of real merit finds favor at
last.
The microscopists say that mosquito
has % teeth
Demosthenes was the son of sword
maker and blacksmith.
If you heat your knife, you can cut hot
bread as smoothly as cod.
Londoners pay an average each OF u
shillings per annum for gas.
If you would civilize man. begin with
his grandmother. her.-Victor Hugo
Eighteen hundred girls were gradu-
ated from the Boston cooking school last
year.
The fact that a man wants more
knowledge is proof that he has some al
ready
Don't have big Chinese porcelain jar
in a room only fou1 times the width OF
the jar.
The Duke of Portland is the largest
subscriber to newspapers and periodicals.
in England.
The sad face speaks much more loudly
Of heartfelt grief than a heavy Grape
veil and laughing eyes.
The first cable between Calais and
Dover was failure; the cable was cut
on rocky ridge in 1880.
Chilli is said to number among her pop
uiation more poets per capita than any
other nation in the world.
April 12 next will be the 200th ami
versary of the introduction Of the art OF
printing in New York city.
The horse has no eyebrows. The ap-
pearance of much white in the eye of a
horse indicates vicious nature.
In the 18th century hook was at
tached to a foot1nan's spear to enable
him to drag knight from the saddle.
On the bank of the river Rhine be-
tween Bingen and Coblentz there is an
echo capable of repeating sentence Il
times.
The stork is partial to kittens as an ar
sicle of food and finds them an easy and
wholesome prey, and cats reciprocate by
love for young storks.
Cards and note paper are bordered
with black, but are not es wide as tor
merly, such display being regarded as
ostentatious and therefore IN bad taste.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

A religious contemporary, speak
ing of the sharp competition OF mod
ern life, especially in the cities, where
there are at least twenty applicants
for every position, advises young
men to first get the best general edu-
cation within their reach, and then
learn to do some one thing better
than anybody else can do it. The
main secret of success is to be found
in this pitby piece of advice. The
well-educated young man, who is
able to do something that the world
wants done, better than anybody else
can do it, has fortune within has
grasp.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23

| rake TO your feet with the gospel
rake the most thorough evidences OF
Gods care for his creatures. pile around
Won great mounds of shells that they
may teach you most comforting theol-
ogy oh. We of little faith. walk among
these arbors of coraline and look at these
bouquets of shell it to be handed a
queen on her coronation day, and see
ahese fallen rainbows Of color. and ex-
anime these lilies in stone, these 2rlm-
roses in stone, these hehot-Qpes IN stone.
these cowslips in stone, these geraniums
in stone. these japonicas in stone.
o We who have your telescopes ready
looking out on clear nights, trying to see
what is transpiring in Mars. Jupiter and
Mercury. know that within few hours
walk or ride of where You now are there
are whole worlds that you might explore,
but Of which you are unconscious. and
among the most beautiful and suggest
i've IF these worlds is the genealogical
world. Take this lesson OF a provlden-
tial care How does that old hymn go!
We may like ships. by ,empes, be tossed
On perilouS deeps, but cannot be lost
Though satan enraces The wind and the tide.
Tie promise assures Us the Lord will provide
GorS CARE AND MANS FREEDOM.
But while you get this pointed lesson
Of providential care from the shelled
creatures of the deep. notice in their
construction that God helps them TO help
themselves This house Of stone in which
they live is not dropped on them and is
not built around them. The material
for it exudes from their own bodies and
is adorned with colored fluid from the
pores Of their own neck. 1t is most
interesting thing to see these crustacean
animals fashion their own homes out OF
carbonate of lime and membrane.
And all of this is mighty lesson to
those who are waiting for others to build
their fortunes when they ought to so to
work and. like the mollusks, build their
own fortunes out OF their own brain,
oct of their own sweat, out of their own
industries. Not mollusk on all the
beaches of all the seas would have a
Eouse of shell if it had not its I built
one. Do net wait for others tc shelter
Won or prosper you. All the crustaceous
creatures of the earth from every fake
of their covering and from every ridge
of their tiny castles on Atlantic and Pa
cifc and Mediterranean coasts say, Help
yourself, while God helps you to help
yourself.
Those people VINO are waiting for their
father or rich old uncle to die and leave
them fortune are az silly as mollusk
would be to wait for some other mollusk
to drop on it shell equipment. 1t would
kill the mollusk as in most cases 1t de
stroys man. Not one person ont OF a
hundred ever was strong enough to stand
a large estate by inheritance dropped on
him in . chunk. Eave great e1pecta-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
x HUSBANDS TRIALS.
george wsshipman.l

George W-Shipman.]
I've been doing woman's work for atleast
week or more,
And I'll own it isn't anything like fun;
For when you try to think that your
labor's nearly DER,
You will often find you've Only just
begun.
There is boiling, and there's baking,
There is sweeping, and bed making,
And thousand other things not under
stood
BY novice such as I,
And so won't deny
That l would not be woman if l could.
This is how it came about: My wife was
taken sick;
No help was to be had, so, like Ounce,
thought I'd try my hand, but found
out very quick
That couldn't think of everything at
once.
The fire was slowly dying
When put the steak a-frying,
And the cat was making havoc with the
bread
had prepared for toasting, :
While the apple that was roasting
Was plaything for the pug upon the bed.
When went to wash the dishes l found
the kettle dry;
The spout was melted Off, and On the
floor
1t lay perfect wreck, that awoke pen
sive sigh,
AS thought upon the happy days Of
yOre.
reflected on the bliss
OF domestic scenes like this,
And / couldn't hit on any other plan.
1t might be called bewitching,
But the work done in a kitchen
Is not within the scope of common man.
SO I'd like to mention this to every friend
and neighbor,
That woman's work is never overdrawn;
Ny respect is something greater for the
housewives daily labor
Since the trials have lately undergone.
Their woes are not misstated,
For Eve been initiated,
And I'm bound to help every time can.
There's recompense in doing
What alone is worth pursuing,
And wor.ans loving labor is blessing
unto man.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-02-23
THE EDWARDS, ESTATE.

/. An heir TO 100000 was found by sending
his NAME and TEN CENTS to Agents Record.
,r. or-fiye &c. Stamps will s5Ed your
EH n2me whirling all over the world,
sENry to pr blishers, manufacturers, pat
SAL' EfA eEtees and those employing agents,
and will bring you large mail OF books, maga-
ing YOU bargains, agencies, etc. Address
AGENTS RECORD, Box 70, AT1ASIA, Ga.