The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-28
AM sorty.

teller out mlt TWO legs Oh der rCat
to etil.
Nurses make the meanests kind
of white cap gentry, for they will
even hold up babies.-Baltimoro
American.
Der bug bed vas shmall quad
ruped, but be vas yoost dor fellcr
dot Good make Il mans nit a chant
indelleck feel for him.
When the Shah of Persia's pri-
vate car upset, his highness saved
his bones by jumping into tho
mud. Royalty always does like
soft snap.-New York World.
Horace Greedy gave wonderful
good advice when he said man
should never change his business
after he was thirty-fve years old,
unless he was horse e-thief.-Wes-
tern Rural.
Persistence-I am sorry, but the
editor cannot talk to any one to-
day.
Author-Oh, that's no matter. l
will do all the talking myself
Fliegende Blatter.
Friend-Did your mama enjoy
the cake 1 sent over last week?
Tommy-Yes: one piece Of it
kept papa at homo throe or four
days, and nothing else ever did
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
An exchange says: A lady was
kicked in q neighboripg city, by n
mule, but she recovered. She
probably would, having becn only
kicked in ncighboring city. If
she had boen kicked in the stom-
ach it would have boom din'oront.
A New York lady recently acci-
} IDENTIFY lot fall 81 900 worth of dia
monds in the East River. Beng
: the wife of an editor sho moroIy
smiled, and then wont down to
Tif1's anel ordered several million
dollars worth more.-Broakfast
Table.
Squire Dowlap-Sco that rock
over there?
!, The girls-Yos.
Squire Dowlap-Right under its
> shadow, twenty-five years ago,
, asked your mo,hoT to marry me
The girls (carrcd away will,
curiosity)-What was her answer:
Judge.
Judge (to prisonor)-So you
wcro drunk and disordcrly. What
have you to say2
Prisoner-I'vo good deal to
say, your honor, if you'll only give
mo timo to say it.
Judge-Cortainly; with pleasure.
Sixty days will bo enough, won t
it? Our object is to please
Washington Critic.
Some time ago lot Of pennies
was received at tho treasury de-
mption. Among them was q coin
which was rejected. The treasury
would not give cent for it. A
clerk in the Office redeemed it and
gave 1T to Congressman Johnson
of North Dakota, who sent 1T to
the Smithsonian to be identified,
and latter he received word that
the coin is Of tho mintage of the
year 2S4 A. d., and circulated IN
the times Of Emperor Diocletinn
1t is q very valuable relic, worth
many times It's weight in gold.
Mr.. Vanderbilt owns 100000
acros Of land in tho United States
Mr.. Lisston of Pennsylvania boasts
Of his 4, 100000 broad acres. The
Schlenley estate owns 1000 acre:
within tho cities Of Pittsburg an(
Allegheny. The California mil
lionaire, Murdhy, owns an area OF
, land bigger than tho whole state
, of Massachusetts. Foreign noble.
mon, who owo no allegiance to
this country, are permanent alb
( sentee landlords, and spend al
their money abroad, own 21.OOO,OOC
! acres of land in this country, OF
} moro than the ontire area of Ire
land. Lord Sully Of Ireland owns
, 10000 acres of farming land II
Illinois, which no rents out il
small parcels to tenant farmers
and pockets his annual 100000 in
rents to spend abroad.
A Good Farmer
Should never depend upon his
neighbor for what he can, by care
and good management, produce
= upon his own farm. He should
> never bog fruit while no can plant
. or graft trees; ho should nevol
borrow vohlclos or tools whom he
can make or buy them; he should
nevor refuse n fair price for any.
thing ho wants to sell; he should
nevor undertake to cultivate more
land than he can till thoroughly,
for while well-tilled land is con.
stantly improving, half-til'ed land
is growing poorer overy day. He
should always have q supply Of dry
kindling wood or summer stove