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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12

April 8, 1891.
!ng to the recent cold wave
,orest, peach nndmany other
look to DO entirely dead.
of tho peach trees arc dead
Q ground. Tho blackberry
arc killed in many places.
It and oats are all moro or
amaged, or thoy still appear
The dry spell for tho past
8 eeks has given tho farmers a
nee to get things in shape for
or crop. There is q greater
Z nd for guano now than there
no to supply, but there is
ity still being hauled away.
oy Chamblin cut his foot
)adly with a hand axo Satur-
/. Parkins boarded the train
'nxas Saturday evening, whore
poets to locate---hs aims to
i'he balance Of tho family
herman.
quiet, don't say shoo-don't
a bush---the town Is billed
"ction of Town Council, or |
Prse town record destroying,
o othor modern benevolent
at will2mako a graceful dis
what is possible with tho
high, mighty and most won
mastor minds of the 10Th
y, undor only the veIy slight :
rec OF pressure conceivable.
erlng forth tho great Go. {
we never have been mad I
avid for throwing rocks IN
fencc--in fo.t we rathor :
us style as E young warrior. =
Tor courage, Goliah for blus- I
osea for moekness, Solomon
isdom, Samson for power. e
Q Washington for honesty
as Jefferson for his country,
But these arc all gentlemen !;
past, and their respective !
2 cut quite a small figure I
J history, beslde Wall street, I
and, Sherman & Co., and q I
their wonderful master q
iiSnchmen "All rise and !
.5iOn8 Iasd 0FTiborjy .
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12

creator--the State. So hot have
the Reformers made this fight tha,
corporate monopoly has been drlv-
en- from their cover and forced to
fight in the open field. Its subtle
grip upon the peoples throat has
been loosened and complete eman-
cipation for tho people is only a
iauestion Of time. 1t is proper
subject for congratulation that in
this mighty struggle, worldwide in
it's scope, South Carolina Rotor
mers stand we'll out in tho front.
1t only needs now that we be true
to our principles, to our country
and to our people, and the victory
is sure.
To insure continued success, a
certain amount of organization is
necessary. In 1890 the necessary
organization was accomplished by
a March convention. For various
and sufficient reasons such a con-
vention was deemed inexpedient
this year; but after full discuce-
sion In the press, the plan of hold
ing mass meetings to elect a State
Reform campaign committee was
adopted. Meetings were hold, COM
mlttemen were appointed, and that
committee in it's assembled wisdom
formulated q plan of suggesting
Reform candidates. for governor
and Lieutenant Governor. it meets
the reasonable demands of the peo-
| pie to see and hear and question
every man who asplres to their
their suffrage, and looks to the SO.
lection of that Reform candidate
who gets the most Reform votes
1t provides for an open fold for all
who aspire to public preferment
and it is safe plan.
i We commend this plan to the
: favorable consideration of tho Ro.
formors of tho State. Study i,
, we'll; carry out it's provisions faith.
: fully and our movement will onto,
: upon an era of broader aud higho,
) usefulness than in the past.
Lot every Reformer IN the State
: do his duty and we will pilo up q
> bigger majority for rulo by the
y people than evor before in our his.
tory.
J. a. SLleu,
J. G. OTTs,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12
rs,Ys THE WAss.

O smoke, Of battle has
+, The people can looE
cid and calmly cont"m-
whole affair. That mis-
made by both sidce, can
led: that the patriotism
ian spirit Of mon Oh both
vi the state from civil
bo admitted by even the
emc partisan. The best
old a repetition Of such
ntions Of intolerance and
is to ignore tho advice
partisane, and to oliml-
;ics from tho questions Of
ence and the enforcement
'. No one can deny, that
woro paramount in the
.tiona Of many stops talion
fortunate affair. Acts of
'ss were encouraged by |
0 hoped to advance the
interests Of their faction,
'mperato and swaggoring
and acts wore on tho 9TH
INDUCED in for the same
II WAS n Gno game, but
'xponso Of the taxpayer
much to the credit Of the
Affairs looked ugly and
cen the factions was i'm
1'','' " '''''0,'9'',' :.
"'''. ''''' 'e"''''H 81 '"c'' 1
hon they hogan to co-ope-
each other iii preserving
g and restoring orGcr.
"a rift in ti,n clouds. and |
i''c u t'%|' '':h'h H!''-
/ 0'''"' /
> no F""'" !"" '"o>i'n"I {
"'hii''S''a'."N .N"!Ind ia" |.
"9!nro " grand victory,
''S'r''i"il deserves credit. |
'"' III" success q restor-
!. ~ 10Y 'no generous
" c'''c'''''"'! nehaFlof
:" ~ "''c"h'"''7''''S 'h's
1l'e p'''l"'lc h''h' WHO
'o'' "''h A'"'' 'h" l"rgo'
~ ,'i '''i'''''''''"S' "H'orVe
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12

oS lhae We sing : otc..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-04-12
! WANT YOUgs TRA@gglE, @glE,

! WANT y0UR TRACE.
Bnt do not ask for it unless NV
Goods and Prices merit it. I don't
claim that you should trade with me,
II some one elee can beat my prices->
1t Is but just to yourself and,m that
you trade where your money will buy
most. Come and see me-.
IT. . I'D H a B, lBe eI@e
Pickens, s. c., March goth, a86A::; :
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
A Golden Deed.

Some ono tells the story of q i:
year.Old girl of New York City who
attempted to cross broadway at one
OF its most crowded places u few
weeks since. Just as she got half
was across, q carriage dashed up, and,
before the mettlesOme steeds which
drew II could be checked, they b d
knocked down the little girl and
actually stepped on her PROSTATE
body two or three timeA The
animals were soon forced back, the
little unfortunate carried to the side.
walk, and some ono teleph0ned to
the New York hospital for an arn.
bulance Though the hospital was
only u block and half away for
some reason, no ambulance responded
fol fully q Quater of an hour. Dur.
ing this time. the litter sufferer lay
moaning with pain. A strong
young man presently wedged his way
through the crowd.
'It's an outrage to allow the poor
child to lie there on the street, suf'
fering as she la" he cried. III nc
ambulance can DO had, we'll have Ia
do the next best thing" and before
any one realized what he was about,
he picked the injured child up In his
muscular arms and started on q trOt
toward the hospital. The crowd
broke out with o cheer, and fully
800 OF them followed on the sidewalk,
keeping up with the speeding young
stranger, and cheering him all the
way to the hospital.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
An Approved Criticism.

Stuart labored under one rather
annoying isadvantage while paint
ing q portrait Of Washington, q dis.
advantage which has become his.
toric, and which arose from the cir.
cumstances Of Washingtcn's lift.
ing set of false teeth. It Is given 10
the New England Magazine.
As Stuart said, "when I painted
him he had just had set Of false
teeth inserted, which accounts for
the constrained expression so notice.
able about the mouth and the lower
part OF the face"
6 Enough has been made OF this. and
more than enough; there Is even an
anecdote about Stuart having per.
suaded his famous sitter to stuff cot
ton In his mouth while he was being
painted. Miss Jane Stuart gives the
following amusing account Of q uar-
row escape Of her fathers:
"While talking one day with Gen.
Leo, my father happened 70 remark
that Washington had q tremendous
temper, but held 1t under wonderful
control.
'Gen. Lee breakfasted with the
President and Mrs. Washington few
days afterward.
~ saw your portrait the other
day. said the General, but Stuart
says you have a tremendous temper.
Upon my word said Mrs. Wash
ington, colOring, Mr.. Stuart takes a
great deal upon himself to make
such a remark!'
"'But stay, my dear lady, said
Gen. Lee. lie added that the Pres
ident had II under wonderful con
troll
"With something like q smile
Gen. Washington remarked: He is
ripht'O
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
Their Verdict

Many are the stories told Of the 70.
markable verdict brought In by In.
efficient juries, but there could
scarcely be q better illustration Of
what a certain legal man calls
colossal inefficiency," than the story
he tells OF the verdict given by q jury
In o Western city. The case under
trial was that Of man who-acci.
dentally, as most every one believed
had fatally shot q friend, while the
two were OF with hunt ting party.
The accused person was a prominent
citizen Of the place and was greatly
beloved as we'll as respectep by every
Que who knew him.
As the trial proceeded, the faces OF
the jurymen were Oiled with anxiety.
When they at last retired II became
evident to them that the prisoner
could not be &C Quilted Of all blame,
according, to the evidence but they
decided that II he must be consid cred
guilty Of something they would make
that something 10 light as possible.
Accordingly the foreman gravely
announced on the return to the court.
house that they found the prisoner
guilty Of drunkenness"
In spite of the gravity Of the cas-,
. ripple Of amusement ran over tn
courtroom at this verdict TIT
Judge, with considerable severity and
with great clearnesS, again charged
the Jury, and again they retired.
A long interval elapsed. At las
they came struggling In again
Once more the foreman confronted
the Judge and thus announced tn,
verdict:
1--WE find the prisoner guilty o
manslauRhter In the third degree
but'-this In q tone OF something
like deaance-"we don't believe h
| Ali itvD
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

Policemen perform many unofficial
acts which prove that the proverbial
stony heart does not always beat
under brass buttons A pleasing In.
stance IL thus narrated BY q writer IL
the Boston Saturday Gazette:
A poorly dressed and feeble old
woman was coming down one Of the
eide streets on the Back Bay, care.
fully balancing q basket on her head.
Suddenly q treacherous bit OF Ice, OF
an Inc luality In the pavement, caused
her to mist her footing, and In striv'
ing to regain II the basket waa
thrown TO the ground and Its con-
tents q quantity Of small wares, few
In every direction.
Almost before she had time to 70
alizc the catastrophe, q policeman,
VINO had been spectator OF the
scene from the opposite corner, came
has tenlng across the street, and with
a word or two of coincidence begau
deity to collect the scattered spools,
pieces OF tape ana thimbles.
Several OF the spools had rolled
into the gutter and were rendered
worthless Ivy their contact with thu
mud, and my knight OF the bras
buttons noticed the rueful glanc,
cast upon them by their owner.
When the last Of the articles hat
been restored to the basket, and HI
had assisted her to raise 1t to he
head, he took q piece OF silver from
his pocket, slipped II into her hand
and with o pleasant little u01 In re
turn tor the voluminOus blessing
showered upon him, saunNrsd slowl!
back to his post
This kindly act was certainly no
done for effect as the street was de
serted at the time, and I was screene
from view by the curtain Of thu win
dow.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
THE RAZOR. BACKS.
a Variety Of Hog Well Known In the South
and They Are Terror.

a Variety Of Hog Well Known In the South
and They Are Terr0rs.
Alabama and some other Southern
States produce an animal known as
the raz0r.back hog, which from time
to time furnishes amusement or an.
nOyance to the travellers In the rail.
road trains runping In isolated dis.
tricts, says the New York Herald.
The rayOr.back 10 undoubtedly the
descendant several generations re-.
moved, Of the ordinary domestic hog.
but what q difference between them.
Instead OF the sleek, sleepy, well.fed
animal Of tho sty the razor.back IL
as thin as rail-. as gaunt and hun.
gry 40 . volt and as unprepossessinR
as q shark.
Its thin side, showing every indi.
viduai rib, like q greyhound In con.
diti0n, and the prominent spine sug.
gests its name which Is aptly up.
piled. Along its back are q few
sparse bristles and the legs Of the
beast are long enough for an ordinary
dog of mOhGrel breed.
Where the annoyance to the trav.
eler comes In 10 when the razor. back
or dozen OF them-for they move In
droves--get on the railroad In front
OF tho engine. Fleet of foot as the
beasts are, they cannot, of course.
Outstrip q locomotive They won't
leave the track, however, but race
along Ia front OF the engine, discon.
certed by the bell and whistle, but
afraid to turn aside until the train Is
brought to full stop
Attempts have been made to do.
mesticate these hogs, but they have
all proved unavailing Their yield,
too, Is enormous, and after q year or
two experimentalists give up their
efforts for fear OF being eaten out OF
house and home. Quite recently
Thomas Booth OF Pulaski, Tennessee,
secured o male and female OF the
raz0r.back tribe and tried to time
them, but failed. Mr.. Booth kept
his specimens for about q year, and
ut tho emo OF that time they were az
wild as at first The more he fed
them the thinner they got Within
the period mentioned they consumed
400 bushels OF corn without yielding
In the slightest to the fattening In
fiuence to the grain. Dur ny the in
terval the sow had five filters OF pigs,
numbering twenty.One. Disguised
with bis efforts, Mr.. Booth gave hi
animals to a negro, who In the end
considered himself under no 0bliga
tion for the gift The negro slaugh
tered the animals to keep himsel
and family from becoming charg,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
MAJORITY veRo,crs eY JUR,es.
Civil Cases May lie So Decided in yloss
European Countries.

Civil Cases May he SO Decided In .aoss
European Countries.
In Scotland, since 1854. IL has
been provided that in civil cases, at.
ter six hours deliberatiOn, a verdict
Of three.fOurths may be taken. And
in British India the criminal proceed.
ure Of 1852 makes similar pro.
vision, and goes even so far as to de.
clare that alter due elaboration the
opinion Of SIX, concurred In by the
Judge, shall prevail. In most coun.
tries Of Europe trial by jury is used
only In criminal cases, and IN France,
Italy, and Germany q simple ma or.
ity is sufficient. There IL nothing In
the reason Of the thing, nor in the
experience Of civilized nations to
Justify American persistence In this
rule. says Frank Leslie's Weekly.
The constitutions Of three Of our
States provide that 10 civil action,
three.fourths Of q jury may render
q verdict; these are California, Ne.
vada, and Texas In Texas II pro-
vides that the same rule shall apply
TO criminal cases below the grade Of
felony In Connecticut the law pro-
vides that q legal verdict may be
rendered by any number not le IS
than nine in civil cases, where the
parties shall agree to IL In writing
before the rendition Of the verdict
In New Jersey, In 1882, the House OF
Assembly passed q bill providing for
similar verdicts In civil cases, but II
failed to become q law. But this
seems to DO the extent tn which the
eiferts to change the rule OF una.
nimity have reached. As long ago
rs 1869 Ex-Governor KOerner Of
Illinois, made this suggestions: IA
verdict returned within six hours
should be unanimous and signed by
every juryman: after that time and
within six hours thereafter o verdict
signed by eleven jurors may be given;
after twelve hours, and within six
hours thereafter one signed by ten;
after eighteen hours and within six
hours thereafter one signed by nine,
and after twenty -four hours one
signed by eight may lie given.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
An OnpOrtuntty Lost.

II don't hear much In these days
about people taking trips q: ound Cape
Horn In the interest Of health" said
Henry Weber to o Washington Post
reporter II Owe the fact that I am
u Californian to the notion Of that
sort that prevailed about thirty years
ago. My parents were In New FORK
and nv mothers health was SO bad
that II was thought q good idea, by
the physicians and my father, that
she should be taken In o sailing ship
around the long trip by way Of the
Cape. We started from New York
In May, and II was more than seven
months before we reached our desti.
nation. In that time We had Q most
delightful voyage. Ny mother, who
was almost dead at the time we
started, was a we'll woman when we
got to san Franc sco. and she IL still
living out three o we'll woman. ]
was years old at the time, but 1 dis.
tinctly remember that we had great
many people on hoard who were TAX.
ing the trip In the interest OF health.
One would have to be sick indeed not
TO be able to eat heartily after the
first few days on the water.
"At the end of o month there
would he no stopping the passenger
who had recovered from the III CT
fccts Of the sea voyage. With Us, In
vallds became strong In few week.
and people who we're given up were
we'll on the road to recovery wher
our ship got to the end Of its Ions
run. It was better than oil the Pull
man car rides that you get In this az,
Of dust and steam"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

He was Unable 70

upon the county. ffe was unable 10
secure enough fat for soap grease.
These semi-wild razOf.backs can 20
through a garden like q shovel pillow.
No green or living thing escapes their
ravages They can crawl through a
crack that would defy cat and lift
garden gates with their sharp noses
The flesh Of q razor.back Is too tough
TO Le eatable. Men who have at.
tempted the feat compare IL, for lack
of q better substance, to rhinoceros
hlda
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
Escorts should BE Careful.

Last Saturday a young lady went
TO the matinee with her brOther.in.
law. When they were seated the
young lady removed her hat, and
after the play she put 1t on without
the ard OF q mirror, asking her es.
cOrt II 1t was straight He told her
1t was and she left him at the corner
and started for home. When about
halfway up she put up her hand and
found that the hat was on the wrong
side before. 1t was one OF the 'flats, u
tilted up behind, with two immense
rOsettes, and u bunch OF Quills In
front. 1t did not look any worse
tlrned around than nine.tenths OF
the head.gear shown In the millinery
windows, but that did not save the
escort from o raking. Pittsburgh
Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19
Chinese Dudes aud Washers.

China Is perhaps the last place In
the world where one would expect to
find dud q and Washers, but 1t ap'
pears that In Shanghai the gilde,l
youth among the Celcstials have
adopted the masher costume Very
curious tn y look in their high col
lars and tight.fttlng coats. They
have also taken to wearing foreign
understanding, eating foreign foods,
smoking foreign tobacco, and dOina
many other things contrary to the
Oid-fashiOned Chinese usage. They
also ride in foreign carriages, men
and women together, and some OF
them live In foreign houses 10 grand
style. There are also hundreds OF
schools kept by Chinese where moth
ing hut English Is taught that being
considered the most useful language
Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

"WHAT Is that OUT there In the
water" Its the bell-buoy."
"Why, it's ringing wet"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

TIE friends OF the devil are always
the first to get mad when the real
gospel Of Christ Is preached Ia
church.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

The smelu IL q small fish In the
water, but very large hsh are often
smelt In summer.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

WHISKY lowers the man and raises
the devil.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

If God had no more mercy on US
than we have on one another, the
world would have been burned up
long ago
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-19

TEACHER-Who led the hosts of
Troy9 Little Mulligan. Edward
Murphy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-06

New jersey, but now the latter state
produces about as many as all other
cranberry growing sections OF the Unit
ed States combined, fully 6, 600 acres
of the total of II, 600 A,res under cult
walton being located In Ocean and adj
joining counties The total American
output Is about 500, 600 bushels, New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore
and Milwaukee being the great markets.
Some years the export trade in cranber-
ries is very large. the American crop
being eagerly bought IN England, France
and the West Indies England's supply
was formerly furnished almost exclu-
sively from the boys Of Lincolnshire and
Norfolk, but the fruit there grown is
only the common wild cranberry, much
inferior to the full round, juicy Amer
lean berry When the English cannot
get Gran berries from the United States,
they have to take up with those from
Sweden and Russia
The Gran berry harvest is now on. Tt
furnishes plenty Of work to many hands
for a brief period every autumn, and
large proportion of the persons SO en-
ployed are industrious only during the
few weeks of the gathering. This cir
cumstance has called into being a more
or less distinct class known as 1.-The
GIauDC1II D1ChGLSs tFuD8O C41dLdACtCIlE-
tics are very similar to those of 1.-THE
hop pickers. - This class is much more
IN evidence in the Jersey boys than on
the "cape, - where a very considerable
portion of the harvesters are Cape Cod
folks, - simple, sincere creatures Of old
New England stock. In Jersey, hoEev-
er, there are negroes a-plenty from near
and far, and of late years there are
many Italians. With both these classes
of pickers gambling is almost a passion,
whereas the Cape Codders are steady
and sober and devoted to their work.
Among the Jersey pickers. too, there is
far more Of rOistering and carousing and
fighting, especially on the wild boys, "
where the berries are the property of
whoever seizes them first
Women as we'll as men pick cranber-
ries both in New Jersey and on the cape.
but the feminine type known as the
queen of the bog fourishes best and
possibly only in New Jersey. She is
usually a Swapping Italian woman,
though sometimes a quadroon or mulattO
and in one or two instances q full blood
ed negress. Besides being endowed with
a certain rough comeliness she who
would rule a bog must be possessed Of
great physical strength, for there are
times when her right to reign viii be
disputed by force. One such who had
tyrannized over a certain New Jersey