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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
THEY SHET TIE DO NOW.
Georgia Crackora Actually Discover kaow
to Keep Cold Ont

Georgia Crackors Actually Discover Row
to Hoep Geld Out.
In "Creeker" cabins In north Georgia,
no matter how cold the weather, both
doors, back and front, stand open from
daylight till dark, the year through.
This, perhaps, Is accounted for by the
fact that there orc no windows In the
houses, and the doors arc kept open for
light.
One bltter oold winters day, says ON
exchange, while hunting for @ work.
man, a northern superintendent Of the
Georgia Marble company went into
ono of these cabins and found the
whole family, bluo with cold, huddlcd
over few pine sticlss In tho fireplace.
Every door was open and the icy wind
was sweeping through tho room un-
hindered.
Before proceeding 10 business tho
northerner banged TO the doors, throw
several logs ON the Goals. and soon had
things steaminR. As they grew comfort
able, he remarked:
"Now, don't you Gee how quickly you
warm up when you keep tho wind out3
Sec what O difference it makes TO shut
the doors9"
The thawed-out Cracker turned TO his
wife quito energetically and said:
"Wife, DANCED II hit ant sol Don't
forgot 1t. When hits cold arter this.
les shet tho do"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
FiRESipE FRAGMENTS.

Chestnut Pie-Grate or chop ono
pint OF fresh ohestnuts, add one pint
OF milk, three eggs, ono cup of sugar
and o little salt. This will make two
pies. This recipe is reprinted from an
Issue of several years ago, for the bene-
nt OF y. II. r. and others.-Farm and
Home.
-Cold Tongue on Toast-Tato cold
smoked tongue, mince IL fine, mix it
with the !beaten yolks of eggs, and
oream or milk, and u dash Of cayenne
pepper; prepare thin, small Squares Of
buttered toast, place them on hot
platter, putting a spoon Of the meat on
each piece. Serve very hot.-House-
keeper.
Fruit Cake (Plain. .)--Half n pound
OF butter and a pound Of sugar beaten
to a cream, add tho yolles of four we'll
beaten eggs, stir till light, then add the
whites beaten to a stiff froth, then add
one-half pound of English currants,
flavor with mace, add light pound Of
flour in which has been stirred a hcaping
tenspoonful Of baking powder Bake
in a moderate oven. This Ia very GOOD
II eaton fresh.-Boston Budget.
Fish Rolls.-Tal1e half a pound Of
any raw white fish, free of skin and
bono, and pound 1t in n mortar with a
tablespoonful Of butter and two table
spoonfuls of bread crumbs. Whom re-
duoed TO paste, add two well-benten
eggs, half a teaspoonful Of anchovy
snuce, salt and cayenne to taste. Blond
thoroughly, and make into rolls about
tae slze or an egg. Brush over with
egg and dip twice in vernicelli, broken
hne, and fry o golden brown. Serve
garniBhed with slices of lemon and
nprigs Of parsley.-Leeds Mercury.
Rico Bannooks. teaoupful OF
rice sot over the Hre in a little water
until It has awolled thoroughly. Add
ono toaeupful of milk and a piooe Of
butter about the size of a walnut.
This must be done at night Lot the
mixture stand until morning and then
add half pint of Indian meal, two
well-beaten oRgs, two tablespoonfuls
of -four, liberal pint of milk and q
little salt Bake an hour in shallow
pans.-Ladies' Home journal.
Gold Souffie Pudding - Dissolve
half an ounce of gela tine in cupful Of
milk; add the yolks of three eggs and
sugar and stir over the fire in double
boiler till 1t thicl1ens. Mix with this
custard an equal quantity of rich peach
or apricot preserve which is first put
through n sieve or strained, and the
flavor frightened, If necessary, by a
Judioious addition of lemon or orange
juice, or maraschino. A little cochi-
neal to brighten the color is also de-.
sirable. Beat the whites OF four eggs
to stiff froth and stir lemon In, light
ly, with an upward motion, SO as to
mix without losing lightness. Mold as
usual.-Country Gentleman.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
SONGS THEY SING.
How tho Hoo and tho KatYdid MAX
Their Music.

How tho Hoo and tho Katydid Mako
Their Music.
Many insects make noise of some
sort, at least most Of them do. And rs
this noise Is of different kind In differ
ent animals, so it 10 produced in differ
ent ways. Scarcely any two insects
make their music in tho same manner.
There is the little lratydid. You all
know tho katydid, of course. 1t is in
color u light green; its wings are gauzy
and beautiful. Just where the wing Of
the kntydid joins the body there Is a
thick ridge, and another ridge corpe-
spending to it on the wing. On those
ridges Is stretched n t in but strong
skin, which makes q sort of drumhead.
It is tho rubbing together Of these two
ridges or drumheads which makes the
queer noise we hear from the katydid.
1t Is loud nnd distinct, but not very
musical, and tho next time we hear the
sound Katy didl Haty didn'tr you
may know this katydid is rubbing tho
ridges of her body together and per-
hops enjoying doing 1t. Tho moment
1t Is dark she and all her friends begin.
Perhaps some Of them rest sometimes.
but If they do there are plenty moro TO
take up tho music.
Then there Is the bee. Tho bees hum
comes from under ita wings, too, but 10
produced in different way. IT 10 tho
air drawing in and out of the air tubes
in the bees quick flight which makes
the humming. The faster bee f3ies
the louder he huns. Darting back and
forth, he huns busily, because he oan't
help 1t, until presently he lghts on q
flower or even fence, and all at onoe
ho Is still again.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
VERTICAL WRITING.
Telographers Arc Mainly Responsible {

photographers Arc Mainly Responsible Cor
Its Introduction Here.
II the vertical handwriting which is
being taught in our public schools pre-
walls, and becomes tho ordinary hand
writing, the people who enjoy its ad-
vantages will have In largo meaaure tho
telegraphers to thank for It, They
have been tho pioneers Of vertical writ
ing. For tho last twenty years almost
every telegraph operator in the country
has written round, vertical hand,
palmer than any other sort of hand
writing known, with round, fat loops
for the letters which drop below tho
line, and simple capitals. This tcleg-
rapher's handwriting has much In
common with the English "civil servioe
handwriting" which may havo preceded
It, but the civil service hand Is loss
often vertical and has certain points Of
difference. Mems handwriting tends
in general way to conform to tho
fashion OF Roman print prevalent at
any time, and as the most ordinary
print letter nowadays Is Of n round or
Scottish face, it is not strange on tho
whole that the tendency in handwriting
is toward n round letter. Womcn's
chirography is moro capricious in it's
fashion, though It has inclined pretty
steadily now for several years toward
angular criticism.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
THE END SEAT IN THE PEW,
It 10 tho Plaoo Occupied by tho Proteotor
OF tho Family.

OF tho Family.
1t 1s common enough" said Mr..
Gratebar, according to the New York
Bun, ITO 500 o man sitting In tho
aisle end OF n pow IN church got up on
the arrival Of some other member Of
the family, step out into the aisle 10 lot
tho late conner In and then resume his
seat at the end of the pew. It seems to
me that I have read that this custom
originated In New England In tho early
days, when the men oil sat by tho aislo
SO that they could seize their essas and
get out promptly In case Of attack by
Indians We don't have much to fear
from Indians nowadays but tho seat
by the aisle is still occupied by the head
of the family He stands in tho aisle
whilo the others pass In, and then
calmly takes his place In tho end scat,
at the hend Of the line, rs n sort Of gem
oral protector.
"Sometimes in these days 1--WE are so
very free from Indians now the head
OF the family thinks 1t is safe for him to
stay ut homo whom he has n headache,
and then tho young son takes his place
imagine that he talks it over with hi
mother ON the way to church, so that 1t
Is all understood. Whom they get to
the pew he stands in the aisle while his
sisters and his mother pass in. Yfnnoy
that his sisters are rather glad whom
they are all seated and no Ionger CON
spicuous, but upon h!s ,nother's face as
she brushes past him into the pew there
Is amile OF affectionote pride; and
then he takes Ills scat in his fathers
place and sits there with fine boyiah
dignitv
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
HOW HE WAS ACCEPTED.
Hero Indeed Is n Now Way to Win 4
Woman,

Hero Indeed Is n Now Way to Win q
/ Woman.
The New Orleans Picayune has this
interesting story of two literary celeb
rifles in recent issue: The late Prof,
Aytoun was uncommonly difldent
when making proposals Of marriage to
Miss Jane Emily Wilson, who after
ward became his wife. The lady re-
minded him that before she should give
her absolute consent IT. would be neees-
sary to obtain her fathers approval.
"You must speak for NO." said the
suitor, "for could not summon cour-
age to speak to the professor on the
subject"
Papa is IN the library" said the
lady.
"Then you had better 20 to him."
said the suitor, 'and will wait your
return"
The lady proceeded to the library, and
taking her father affeotionately by the
hand mentioned that tho professor had
asked her hand In marriage. She add
ed: "Shall accept his offer, papa9
He is so difldent thot he won't speak
to you about 1t himself"
"Then we must deal tenderly with
his feelings" said the hearty old
Christopher. "I'll write my reply on u
slip of paper and pin it to your book. I"
"Papa's answer Is on tho back Of my
dress" said Miss Jane, Us she entered
tho drawing-room. Turning around
tho delighted suitor read these words:
with the authors compliments."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
QusSrying Granite by Eirs.

At Bangalore, In southern India,
granite slabs as large as sixty by forty
feet and half foot thick ore quarried
BY means OF wood fires. A. narrow line
Of fire, about seven feet long, made Of
dry logs Of light wood, is gradually
lengthened and moved forward over
oil even surface of solid rock. It is
left In position till strokes with ham
nler show that tho rock In front of tho
fro has become detached from tho
main mass beneath; the burning wood
is then pushed on fow inches. The
rock keeps splitting about five inchea
below the surface. It takes about
eight hours and one thousand fivo hun.
G-sad weight of wood to sot free slab
measuring seven hundred and forty
square feet. Afterward tho plate Is
easily cut with blunt chisels into strips
two and one-half feet wide.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
ITe Was Increduloug.

A party Of tourists was being shown
over tho British museum, and in one OF
the rooms the keeper pointed out a col.
lection OF antique vases, which had
been recently dug up at Horculancum.
"What's that2" said one of the party
with q look of incredulity. "Dug up
out of tho ground9" "Certainly, sir.
Perhaps some pains have been taken in
cleaning them, but otherwise they were
found Just ns you sec them" The wise
man turned to his companions and said,
with knowing shake Of his head "He
may say what he likes, but he shall
never persuade me that they dug up
ready.madc pots out Of the Rromdl"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
THE ouT.To-DlNNER MAN.
Ono Who 10 Not Brilliant, But Make.
Himself Uaoful.

Himself Uaofui.
"No," said the slightly cynical bach
| elor to q New York Tribune man, "it's
not because / am tremendously popu-
lar that get invitations, and l don't
consider it such an honor to be invited
to dino somewhere every night In tho
week with half q dozen or moro invita-.
ttons week to spare. Why In tho
world do you suppose they invite mep
Well, ON good deal like the follow
who is taken on ship and made to
work his passage. He pays for his voy-
age with work. work my passage at
the dinners Oh, yes, lido. There's no
use In being vain about these things.
You see, I'm not married, and there's
always some young woman, or old
woman, for that matter, who has to be
taken care Of Now, q married man is
Mt n discount ut dinner. OF course,
no takes q woman out to dinner, but
some man has to DO provided for his
wife.
''I'm just useful ut dinner and that's
why get invited. I'm not cookbook
ing and never said bright thing in
my life, but can talk a streak of stuff
and nonsense that is necessary to keep
dinner going. I'm good natured and
amiable. like everybody, and 80 I
get along comfortably with my neigh
bors. In n mild sort of way, I sup
pose, am amusing. And then am
good laughcr. 1 laugh at all tho
good things that are said, and at many
OF them that are not SO good. get In
my own little jokes when the time
comes, and SO we row along through
the dinner, working my passage and
my hostess smiling approval on mo.
"Oh, no, it's not bit damaging to
my vanity. 1 simply know it's so, and
accept 1t cheerfully. can't dance for
shucls, so I'm Of no earthly use at q
dance. If were a good dancer I'd
probably como In for all that, too. NV
strong point Is dinnor, and SO I'm
wanted there, and not ut a dance. It
dosesn't wound my vanity bit. en-
JOY tho dinner. Having lot of pretty
women around the table, and listening
to them, and talking to them is lots
more fun than sitting alone in q club,
with only a lot of ghostlise walters to
amuso you. It's a perfectly fair
bargain. I talk and I am sweet
tempered for my fcrriage, and get on
the ferry good dinnor and enjoyable
surroundings. That's all there Is to It,
and as for the honor Of tho thing and
oil that, there's no more honor in my
being invited to dino out every cvon-
ing than there would bo in going out
to fiddle for party at the regular
price. talk and get my dinner and
pleasant company. The other man
gets his five Or ten dollars, or whatever
the price Is, and flddles."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
Tho Tpenoh Cola.

The common belief Is that tho Bre,foh
are a Celtic race; but. according to M.
kiviere, tho Celt Ia not even tho largest
clement In that mixed race called tho
French. 1t is probable that they de.
rive much of their artistic faculty from
their savage ancestors in the stone are.
who carved quite artistic designs with
flint burin on bones. The genuine
Celt does not appear to DO particularly
artistic. The Auvergnats are almost
pure Cclt, and yet their reputation
mainl y rests upon their capacities as
as cabmen. Tho true Colt, T.. Riviere
asserts, is chiefly to be found In q belt
drawn across France from Savoy to
Low Brittany, and hc has not been
identified at all in tho United Kingdom.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
Bumps on tho Earth.

The alarming theories propoundcd
by scientists make one sit up at first
glance. For example, Nj. do Lnpparcnt
read q paper before tho scientific con-
gress at Paris the other day in which
he labored to prove that the mountains
Of the earth are decreasing In size, and
that they will ultimately vanish alto
gethcr. The tremendous friction of tho
atmosphere Is wearing them away.
Tho Alps, no said, cxempllncd tho
youth, tho Pyrcnecs tho maturity, the
mountains Of Provence tho declining
years and the central plateau Of France
tho death and dissolution Of mountain
ranges. But don't worry. Four or five
hundred thousand years must slip by
before the bumps on the earth's surface
arc .EQzed, -------.-.. ..-,..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
INCREASING LENGTH OF LIFE,

Modern Horoinos at Lenst Aro Much
Longer Lived Than Jano Austen's wero.
Is tho human race becoming longer
lived despite tho fret and fevor of mod
ern civilization? 1t Is an interesting
question, and It may very probably bo
answered some day by science in tho
affirmative. The longevity Of profess
sional men Is now generally considered
to DO greater than that Of farmers and
mechanics. In other words, intcllcctu-
n activity, although in many respects
moro exhausting than physical, has in
tho main salutary effect upon tho
human franc. 1t may be the nerves
rather than the muscles upon which we
mainly depend, after all. It is a COM
monplace of observation that tho big,
| hearty men are constantly dropping
out of the world, while those of faI
more fragile organizations, apparently
live on to ripe old age
AS to the increasing longevity Of tho
race generally, there Is no little moi
dental testimony on this head to DO
gathered from various sources. Somo
OF the early heroes and hcroincs of ro-
nance arc old before they reach what
we should call middle life. And at tho
beginning of our own century Jano
Austen, whose testimony is always un-
impcachable, speaks Of tho healthy und
confronted woman Of forty as having a
good prospect OF twenty years Of life
yet. Twenty yearsl What woman Of
to-day, asks the Providence journal,
thinks OF herself as falling into dccrcp-
itude at sixty9 Elsewhere in Miss Aus
tens pages we run across people who
are old with the passage Of half q CEN
tury OF life. But now we have Glad
stones at eighty and over, and thinls
nothing OF It.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
SOME REMARKABLE PETS.
Woird Yarns OF tho Sasaoity of Dumb An
male Told In tho Newspapera.

"oard XsrnB or tho Sagaotty OF Dumb AMI
malls Told In tho Newspapers.
A good thing may be carried to OK.
cess, and too earnest and persistent q
| dwelling on the Importance Of the
minor virtues sometimes has m effect
contrary to that intended. A little girl
who is uniformly kind to animals, and
who has been known to make the tour
| of an extensive neighborhood, much
overloaded with an ar1hful of sacred and
clawing stray cat, which she declined
to relinquish until she could do 90 in
the assurance that her burden had
found a good homo, was heard to ex-
claim the other day with indignant en-
phasis:
''1'm 80 tired Of our dumb animals
and 'sagacfous pets and the friends of
man. that I believe shall pull the
cats tail as soon rs get homo and tie
tin can to the puppy's!"
She did neither, having sufficiently
relieved her feelings In the outburst,
but 1t Is not hard to sympathize with
her. Our pets are doubtless often sa-
gacious and often interesting, but for q
change, says a writer in Youths Com
panion, one would like occasionally to
hear OF noble Newfoundland that
was born idtotic or feeble-minded
kitten that did not know cream from
soapsuds.
The lrrepressible funny man" Of tho
ne~apapers, however, is not yet weary
OF L imal sagacity. On the contrary,
he has recently furnished some striking
examples which we give below, mere
ly suggesting that If the reader does
not enjoy caricatures he had better pass
them by.
Not long ago, ho tells us, a gentle
man In India owned a tame snake of q
harmless kind, of which he was very
fond and which returned his affection.
On ono occasion, at the approach of q
dangerous tropical thunderstorm, the
intelligent reptile overheard its master
expressing his fears, and proved in
stantly equal to tho emergency. Wrig-
Cling swiftly to the hearth, It ran up
the chimney and stood on it's head at
the top, with its tapering tail elevated
toward the clouds. The lightning rod
thus improvised answered the purpose
perfectly, and the peril was averted.
Again, gentleman in New York
was the proud possessor Of beautiful
and amiable tortoise shell cat, notable
~AAAAo 3Sl AS1ihS SOuu(lS unQ SOunO
feline sense. One tenlpestuous night
her owner, returning late and weary,
could not find n bootjacls and was un-
able to get off his heavy, wet boots
Pussy understood the situation immc-
diately, and running lightly downstairs
slipped out Of doors, and mounting the
clothes drier emitted her very best
howl-loud, long drawn, melancholy
and moving. At once u shower of boot
jacks rained down from the windows of
irate neighbors. and she had but to Sc
lect the most suitable one and carry it
In her mouth to her masters feet. She
now wears a silver dollar in commem-
Grafton Of her sagacity.
The third pet, the funny man de-
clares, belonged in London. He was a
pug dog, who, becoming accidentally
separated from his master and losing
his way In the great. metropolis, on
tered a cab which he observed standing
by the curbstone, and refused to leave
1t until driven to the address on his
collarl
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
THIS WAS A SMART CAT.
How Ho Convinced Himself That 1t Wa
His Own Image.

Eow Ho Convinced Himself That 1t Was
His Own Image.
The late DR.. Romancs, in his "Ani.
mai Intelligence" gives two stories OF
cats. which, on seeing their own reflec-
tlon IN q looking glass, convinced them
selves that the reflection was an illu-
sion. In the case Of a very intelligent
cat OF mino, he went, think, q stop be-
yond this-namely, he satisfied himself
that 1t was In some way his own image.
Even X my deduction is wrong, tho frst
part Of proceedings was 80 singularly
like those In DR.. Romanes' accounts,
that 1t seems es though it were uni
form law Of cat nature TO act IN this
way, and SO far It may not be alto
gether uninteresting.
II put the cat on table, in front of
smau toilet mirror. After looking at
his reflection for short while, he went
behind the glass; then he returned to
his seat In front, and again watched It
attentively. After n few momonts no
rapidly dashed behind 1t. He again re-
turned to his seat in front OF the glass,
and, while retaining his seat and keep
Ing his eyes fixed on the image, he
struck about behind tho glass with his
paw In diffenent directions.
"His next action, was, fancy, sug-
gested by aeeing the image apparently
strilto with its paw also. Keeping his
seat and retaining his eye fixed on tho
image, he proceeded to df I may uso
tho worD posture In front of the glass.
He raised his paws alternately, licked
them, touched the glass, moved his
head, eto. have tried to simply do.
scribe facts, and as far as possible avoid
drawing conclusions"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-23
primrOSeS Arc ponuInr.

One Of the cheapest and most beau.
tiful of pottcd plants, and one consc-
qncntly beloved by the poor in all parts
of the city, is the primrose. 1t blooms
Tor many weeks together, and tho
plant, with care, may be carried over
from one winter to another. It's great
enemy is the heat of the summer hcrc-
abouts. Cheaper and more easily prop
agated is the gcranium, which will
endure all sorts OF weather, can be
multiplied indefinitely, and blooms q
large pnrt Of the gear. 1t, too, is u
prime favoritc in the tenement quar-
tors, whore the poor still have the merit
to cultivate flowers. .~-philudclphia
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