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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
WIT AND WISDOM.

Young man, don't you know you
ought to lay something by for n rainy
day2" 81 do; my rubbers. IN. Y. Re.
| corder.
Irish Nurse Shaking patient vigor.
ously)-Come, now, sor-r, wake up an
swallow yer slapin' dose; it's time
Tit-Bits.
Living Skeleton-What's the mat
ter with the glass eater to-day?" Fat
Woman-I hear he has pane in his
stomach. ch.-Philadelphia Record.
-Teacher-There arc three kinds OF
poetry. You have mentioned two,
lyric and dramatic; now what is the
third? "Well-epi' Elsa-Epidemic.
-Fliegender Blatter.
Jack" said mamma, run into the
parlor and see whether your father is
asleep or not" "Not quite" exclaimed
Jack, on his return. "He is all asleep
but his nose. e."-Harlem Life.
Not advanced. ."-One--I presume
you are one of the advanced" wom-
en-. Tother-Well, no, really, I can't
say that I am. You see, Pm married
and have four children.-Detroit Free
Press
Girl Goltingly)-I'd like place
where I'll have everything I want,
nothing to do and no one to boss me.
Clerk-This, miss. is an employment
Office, not matrimonial agency
London Tit-Bits.
Tin dc case oh de trusted en-
ployee." said Uncle Eben, ''yoh KANT
allus jedgc by appearances. But yoh
is sometimes 'bliged ter fohm berry pos
itive conclusions by disappearances" ~
Washington Star.
The Foreman-(sharply)-Henry---
man down here Mt 7 o'clock-wanted
to see you. Henry-(shutfling into the
room, pulling Off his coat at s:15)--
Who was it? The foreman with q
metallic elicle)-Me, sirl--Kansas City
Star.
Mrs. Potts-1 suppose you have n
wife and seven children ut home starv-
ing? Everett Wrest-Of course amt.
Do you suppose would be out worlsin'
sich weather rs this here Of I had a
family to support mc?-Cincinnati Tri-
bune.
--"Uncle," said the impecunious
nephew, "you ought to 90 and SOC tho
new play. You would just die laugh
ing" The old man merely glared. In a
few minutes later there could be heard
the sound Of n scratching pen as he al
tered his ill.-Cincinnati Tribune.
!, -~Silas Rustic-Why, that young fel
Jar over there seems to be fairly catin
that smoke. Diok urhan~"That':
what they call "inhaling." Silas-
We'll, I'd often hearn tell of these
smoke consumers; butt never lowed
they was as insignificant loolsin'.-
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Hope" thundered tho soutI
Amencan presiaAnt, :is letter from
that Yankee importer with the wor,
:dictateG ut the bottom of it." eyes
eire," humbly said his secretary. "Hav
him fred out of the country on tn
first steamer. am running oil tn
fictating busipass IN this country my
eelf"-Indianapolis journal. -" "'T
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
Long Distance Talking,

The people of Albanis practice long
distance talking without the aid Of the
electric current. They have curious
habit when they meet Of passing each
other with a nod, or perhaps hand
clasp and IL few muttcrcd words, and
then wait until they get to tho top Of
two hills to begin ta talk You march
along after your Albanian guide and
meet another. On you go and forget
that yon met anybody when suddenly,
on arriving at the top Of a hill, your
guide turns around and yells out, CO.
Gcorgio-o-o! or whatever tho name
may he, spinntng out the syllable TO
great length. The echo has hardly
died away before Georgia answers
from his hill, and these two leather
lunged fellows roar at each other for
perhaps half hour, vt an interval of q
| quarter mile or more. Why they keep
up this axaspcrating habit no one
knows. and no Albanian will tell. -
Golden Daya
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
THh RAGE FOR QUlNINE.
AS the Drug Grows Cheaper tho Deman
for 1t Increases.

As the Drug Grows Cheaper tho Demand
for 1t Increases.
The sale of quinine has increased in
late years to such an extent, says a
druggist who has one of the largest
trades In this limo, that it has become
staple article in nearly every drug
store. 1t is being bought in bulk in
such large quantities that would sur
prise you. Quinine has gained popu-
lar reputation by some means or other
Of being sort of cure-all. You oan
hardly imagine the various illnesses
which people are now using it to
remedy. Some are foolish in the ex-
treme; how the customers got suoh
ideas OF quinine's efficacy in treatmept
OF some siokneaaas is more than oan
cay. The sale Of the drug has been in
eroastng rapidly during tho laat few
years. The two-grein pill Is the ono
that sells the most. Three years ago
our store sold ten thousand of those,
while this year the amount will be at
leaat fve hundred thousand. Tho
price, of course, has declined greatly in
the last decade on account Of the duty
being taken OFF and the great increase
In Ito manufacture. About ten years
ago, remember, 1t sold for six dollars
an ounce; now 1t can DO bought in open
market In Ave hundred ounce lots for
twenty-five cents, and at one time It
was down as low as sixteen cents.
People in using quinine should be
careful that they get a good grade Of
the article or that they are not fooled
altogether. In many cases IN in
ferior product of the oinchona bark,
from which quinine is made, Is sub
stituted for the real article. tt is a.
little better than the cinchona bark
and has not nearly third Of the virtue
OF quinine. This Is called oinch onidia,
and oan be bought for from two centa
to four cents an ounoe, just little
more than the bark itself. It is so good
an imitation that tho customer Is un-
able to tell the difference, except that
the results will not be the same. Peo-
pie should be careful to get the pure
drug, and the only guarantee they can
have Is the reputation of tho man who
sells it to them.
Quinine pills must be taken by the
wholesale in some families. For in
stance, there is q man in Allegheny
who buys them In five hundred lots.
You would suppose he was going into
the drug business, but as fact he only
uses them for his family. Winter,
when people are catching colds, is the
best aeason for the sale of quinine, al-
though tho sale leeeps up we'll during
tho entire year A damp, murlsy day is
sure to bring the quinine fond to real
ize that he needs somo Of his favorito
remedy, SO the sales on these days are
always large. .-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
Mr.. sLvDaE, VHE MEDIUM.
Che Poes Brewning Dateotod> an Imposi.
tiOn on His Wifo.

%ho PooS Drowning Detected an ImpoSi.
tion on His Wife.
Mr.. Frederick Greenwood. In his per-
aonal recolections, written for the
"Realm," tells the following story:
Everybody who lives with books has
heard that Robert Browning's 'Sludge,
the Medium reflected upon Home, and
most people have also heard that tho
celebrated creature succeeded in bring
ing Mrs. Browning under his influence
completely. But tho trick that undo
ceived her (we must suppose) Is not so
we'll known. It may have got into
print, but, If 80, 7, for one, have. never
seen 1t, and tell the story as it was told
by Browning himself. Home had been
about the Brownings q good deal, knew
many people known to them; was, In
his tea-party way, IN agreeable sort of
person; and there were sednces here
and seances there's; tand,' said the poet,
casting q vague look about tho room to
express his bewilderment, Il don't know
how 1t was. I did my best, but little
by little he gained her over TO believ-
ing in him; how much to my distress,
imaginel' After awhile Home found q
yet moro excellent way Of working on
tho poor lady's mind. She had lost q
little child by death, and, her own
wishes running out to embrace the
promise, he began to hint that some day
he would bring the little ones spirit
into her presence. But he was slow In
performing this promise-naturally;f for,
otherwise, he would have lost tho ad-
vantage of an excited expectation,
often stimulated and as often batfled.
At last ap evening was named when
the mothers yearninG should he
satisfied. In tho customary way, light
was shut out of the room when the
three sat down, and tho usual rap-
pings and questionings and invoca-
tions went on for time, and then
then the chfld's spirit was to ap-
pear. And, sure enough, there did
arise above the edgo of the table some-
thing that was whitep than tho darls,
that seemed to have q motion Of it's
own and the luminousness of a living
thing, and that might veritably be
what poor Mrs. Browning fancied 1t.
But, conscious Of her trembling state Of
mind, her husband was in another
guess sort Of passion. Il suddenly
sprang up, dashed my arm across the
table, and took hold of--what do you
thinlk2 The scoundrel's obscene footi-
nakedP The flaming anger in which
Browning finished the story-after so
many years, too-left no doubt about
what happened next to the celebrated
mcdium-Home. lie was instantly and
literally kicked out Of tho house; his
shoe and stocking after him, no doubt"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

The Independent Congregational
lists claim 14,126 members, and 16o
churches, worth 81 ,496,OOO.
"A new compulsory education law
won't into effect in tho state of New
York with the opening of the new
year.
Michigan teachers in session at
Lansing declared in favor of free text
books and against teachers using to-
bacoo.
in New Mexico tho woman's execu-
tive committee of home missions has
more schools than all the government
and other denominational, including
Roman Catholic, schools combined.
Tho career of the Presbyterian
women's organization for the further
ance Of home missions spans the period
1s7s-94 Fifteen years ago the entire
receipts were less than is now received
in any one month.
The value of medical missions is
shown by the fact that, of twenty-five
recent additions to the Second Presby-
torian chlHoh in Canton, China, eleven
had been treated as patients in the
mission hospital, which is both medical
and evangelistic.
bishop D. B. Knickerbacser, of the
Episcopal diocese of Indiana, who died
December 81, was a stamp collector of
universal perseverance. He had col
lected 100000 of Cancelled stamps
which he sold for charitable purposes,
and had acquired one-tenth of his Sec
ond million when death put stop to
his energies.
The statistics from 335 college as
seoiations indicate that $4,000 men in
round numbers are members of evan.
gelioal churches in the colleges with
which the associations are connected.
There remain apparently $4,000 men
who are not professors of religion.
There are altogether, it is said, 200, 600
young mon in the institutions of higher
learning on this continent.
The eastern communities connect
cd with the pope and known as Uniat
churches are: 1. The Chaldee church,
with Ave archbishoprics and six bish-
opries in Turkey, in Asia and Persia.
10 this belong also over 100000 Christ
tans in Hindoostan. 2. The Uniats of
the Syrian rite, who are subject to the
patriarch of Antioch, and have four
archbishoprios and seven bishoprics.
3. The Church of the Maronites, with
eight diocescs. 4. The Melchite
church, subject to the Greek patriarch
of Antioch, with six archbishoprics
and eight bishoprics, extending from
Constantinople and Alexander to Ispa-
han. s. The Uniat Armenian church,
the most important of all, whose head,
the patriarch of Cilicia, resides at Con-
etantinople and is the representative
of all the Uniat churches in the cast.
VI, nnn
Egyptand rs, 200 Uniat Abyssinians. In
Europe there are $4,000 followers of
the Greek Uniat rite in lower Italy and
Sicily, and a small number in Greece
and Constan tinople; 5000 Uniat Armen-
ians live in Austria and $4,000 in Rus
sia. The number of Uniat Greek Rou-
manians is 1,1O0,O0O; that of Greek
Ruthenians in Austria over 5000, 900,
while 10000 Greek Bulgarians of the
Slavonic rite live in Macedonia and
Thrace.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
THE JAPANESE DRINK,
Hnwaiiaus Prefer saki to tho Vino and
Beor OF Amorlca.

Hnwaiisus Prefer saki to tho Vino and
Beer OF Amorlca.
Tho increased importation of Japan.
ESQ saki has been the subject Of con-
sideration Of the liquor importers for
aome time past. The recent action of
the viticultural association of Califor-
MIA has brought this new favorite bev-
erage Of the Hawaiians more promf-
nently to the attention of Honolulu
liquor houses The mandatory resolu-
tions OF the California vino manufao-
turers were rather surprise party to
moat Of the dealers here. They have
noted the growing demand for tho
drink, but hardly expected such do
oided expression Of sentiments to which
tho Califcrniens recently gave voice.
There are feda in drinks as well as in
dry gooda That beer and California
light wines have tiokled O mans palate
for years past Is no proof that they
will continue to do 90 Tor yoars to come.
The average frequenter of barroo1ns 10
looking for effects and when he finds
that chesper product will bring about
the same salubrious sensations in a
short space of time he is inclined to
turn from his California wine cups and
take to tho Japanese. This is what
salki has proved.
The figures Of the custom house con-
firm the statements Of the California
exportsrs. The wines of the state
have been crowded out, their importa-
tion has fallen Off to a marked degree
during the past year. Sali importa-
tion has increased IN much larger pro-
portion.
For 1893 the importation Of California
wines to this country amounted to
1912 gallone In 1894 those figures
had dropped to So,es4 gallons, de-
crease OF S5,4b8 gallons. During 1s9a
there were 9,8s9 gallons Of saki inn
ported to this country. For 1894 these
f1gures Rre TO- gallons. This gives
net increase in favoy of tho saki Of 81.
GIL gallons.
This showing gives evidence Of two
existing facts: That there is an in.
creased substitution Of Japanese wines
tor those OF CALIFORNIA;; also, that there
Is increased consumption, presumably
on account of the ability to obtain O
cheaper drink. These are facts that
at once interest the temperance agi-
tator and the importer Of liquors. It
is notable fact that native Hawaiians
have taken very kindly to sal1i and
will often take IL in preference to the
ever-faithful gin to addle their brains.
Those in a position to know say that
the effects Of the liquor are more dele
terious than any other of q similar na-
ture on the market Go
2ette
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
HOW HE WAS USED.
Tho Wooful Talo Of an ObliEing Young
Gothamite.

Tho Wooful Talo Of an Obliging Youna
Gothamite.
l boarded n Sixth avenue "L"train at
As5th street tho other afternoon, At
10th street two pretty girls, ingenious
looking, entered tho car l occupied.
After looking around in sort Of
where-arc-we-at way for a moment
they came to tho section where l was
sitting, riding backward. NV vis-a-yis
was IN old lady. One ingenue sat be.
aide mo, the other beside the old lady.
Before I had time to offer my seat
the one beside the old lady asked:
Won't you please change seats with
me, sir?'
Certainly. was about to offer il
to you," said.
"Oh, thank YOU"
After riding rs far as 1O4th street,
she jumped up and exclaimed, with q
peachblow pout:
"Oh, can't ride backward! Won't
you change again, sir?"
with pleasure" said I.
Sorry to trouble you, SIR"
Don't mention it. could keep this
up all day"
"Have you the time9" she asked, in q
few moments, leaning toward me, not
half far enough.
My watch is stopped, but I'll just
step off at Ninety.third street station.
tell the conductor to hold the train q
moment and look at the station clock, "
I said.
And did as had promised.
Seven minutes past three" said
on my return.
Are you sure that clock is right?"
Il presume SO, but to make sure III
open the window and ask the ticket
chopper" said.
This did also.
She nodded her pretty little head and
smiled bewitchingly.
How long does 1t take to go down
to Forty-second street?" sweetly asked
the ingenue in a moment.
About twenty-five minutes"
WYE want to catch n train Mt the
Grand Central at $40. Do you think
we Gun do itP"
81 should think so, if you take a cab
at the station"
''Those horrid cabs! I don't like
'em. Do you, Mollie?"
No. Mollie didn't either. Mollie
asked in her ain n't-he-a-nice-young man
oattenish voice,
GLOW much do they charge, do you
know?"
about fifty cents apiece Perhaps
they'll take you both for seventy
FIVE"
"How far do you go, sir?"
~ go to Thirty-third street."
"You couldn't get off at Forty-sccond
| suppose, and help MS with our traps
Into a cab?'
"Oh, certainly. have all day to N.Y.
self. only work at night"
"Wcll-how's thatP Arc you an
aetor?"
Mo, am newspaper man."
"a reporter?"
Copy reader"
"What's that?" came from both pret-
ty mouths simultaneously.
explained.
Forty -second? cried the conductor
'Oh, here's where we get off, sirl
Will you kindly"
l "kindly." l carried their trans
doWn stairs, hailed Dab, asked what
the faro was. Scvcnty-five cents.
Both opened their pochctboolss. Neith-
er had change. Jehu had none either.
/ was asked if l had. l gave up the
last three quarters hud, saluted and
started to walk to the office Just then
heard one sweet ingenue say to the
other Indignantly:
"Strikes me he's rather fresh on first
acquaintancc."- Y. Herald,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
Vie WAS Zoo Crltlona.

Everybody is familiar with the ad-
verse criticisms passed by shoplseepera,
on articles not purchased from them
Here Is on instance: A woman had n
handsome Russian sable skin presented
70 her' with head and feet in perfect
Gondluon. She took It to q furrier to
hayo u made into a bow. The furrier
examined 1t closely. '"Beautiful skin.
ISM, ISM itP'' remarked tho woman. "Yes.'
fepied the shopman, ''but don't tbink
you nave the right kind of q head on
IT,, Well returned the woman, las
- RaPpens to be the kind that tSod mt
On w think IT viii stay.n
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16

Kept Both Places.

When the czar was made colonel OF
the Royal Scots Grays an officer Of the
regiment said to his orderly: Donald,
have you heard that the new emperor
Of Russia has been appointed colonel OF
tho rcgimcnt?" "Indeed, SIR" replied
Donald, "it Is vera prood thing"
Thcn, after a pause: "Bcg pardon, sir,
but wul! he be able to keep both
nlanas2"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
wild Enough.

At the dinner table in q country no.
tol guest says to the waitress:
Miss, are you sure that this Is wild
duck that you've given mQ%'
"Wild! Well, should think 1t was
e you could o. seen us chasin' that
duck more'n forty times round the
barn yard fore we ketched it, euess
you'd believe twas wild,--Youth'a
COMPANION,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
important Legal Point,

"You wished to see mc?" sold tho
lawyer as the living skeleton from tho
dime.museum approached.
Yves, Sir. want advice on an inn
portant point"
500 on"
II am In love with tho two-headeA
EiN: If marry her can I DO pyQpsutSa
TOR bigamyT'~-Jpdgs. 60 "
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
lOalnH Hold on LlfO.

Shc then and there lost her hold
upon life. She was poisoned and must
die She was aa sure Of it as tho China.
man who has seon an eagle, and who.
recognizing that his hour is come.
calmly lies down and breathcs his last
by the mere suspension Of volition. In
old countries the lower orders. as n
rule, have but n low vitality. It NAV
be truer to say that the vital volition
is weak. Let tho learned settle the
definition. Tho fact Is easily accounted
for. During generations upon genera
tiona the majority Of European agri-
cultural populations 1.-Two upon vegeta.
bic food, like tho majority Of eastern
Asiatics, and with the same result.
Hard labor produces hard muscles, but
vegetable food yields low vital ten.
sion, so to say. Soldiers know 1t we'll
enough. The pale'faced city clerk who
eats meat twice T. day will Outright and
outlast and outstarve the burly laborer
whose big thews and sinews are mostly
compounded of potatoes, corn end
NATURALIZATION Crawford, in Century,
-------~-----------
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
A Solid Meal,

Tho Man OF tho House-~IIcre, poor
fellow, 10 n sponge calse2
Hungry Hawkins-O, say, boss, can't
yer give me somet'in' more solid dan
cake?
The Man Of the House (surprised)--
Something moro solid! Good heavens.
man, my wife baked this cake herself,
and 1t Is tho first ono she over made.--
Puck
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16

Men commonly think according to
their inclinations, speak according to
their learning and imbibcd opinions,
but generally act according to custom
bacon.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16
AN UNEXPECTED Answer.
Is "an Doubtloss SuRgested by tho Words
of Preceding Orators.

1t Waa Doubtloss suRgested by tho words
OF Preceding Orators.
"Waal--er-hem!-chi began
Col. Handy Polk. the well known real
estate, loan and insurance agent Of
Oklahoma, who had wandered into n
Sunday-school, and been invited by the
superintendent to address tho childron,
II didn't come here with the expecta-
&lon OF maxim a speech, but now that
Two been called on, III say few words
On Observation-Disclosures of honesty
and-er-truth. Honesty is the best
policy. Alwers be honest, children.
and alwers be truthful. As-cr-
What's-hia-name truly said, an bonest
man Is the-er-er--nohleat work OF
God. And q Truthful man Is better
than--or--ah-mnny sparrcrs. Alwcrs
remember that, children. If everybody
was honest, what Il different world
this would bc! But, alas! they hain't.
Instead, the generality of mankind in
--er-general Ia forever trying to pit
the hotter of tha-.er-er-general of
mankind in-er--ah-general, 10 to
speak. From this we should learn.-.
should learn, as 1t were, to-er- be-
honest. But III tell you o little story
to aorter illustrate my meanin' Once
on q time thar was boy whose par-
ents were poor but honest, and tried to
raise him up in the-er--way he should
60. But he wouldn't obey 'em, and
seemed to take delight in doin
wrong. He began stealin' little things
when he WAS no higher than tho tnble,
snd 'peared te prefer to lie when the
truth would have done jest Us well, or
aven better. He grew worse and worse
Us time passed on, and by the time he
had grown to be q man he had become
regular out-and-out scoundreI. Ilo
made business Of swindlin, lynn and
eheatin' and aeemed to glory in his
ehame. And what do you suppose be-
eame OF him? 1 ask you, children,
whur do you reckon he is at nowT"
And the colopele Innocent hearers
answered IN ono voice;
"Rie now stands before us!"--Tom p.
Morgan, In Harper's Magazine.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-05-16

According to tho old church canons
eho Chris mas festival lasted from
christmas eve to February /, by which
date all the decorations must be re.
moved from the ehurchsa
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-27
TO RECEIVE LIBERTY BELL.

meehns of the Committees Last Night.
4 What They Did.
1.-THE following committees were ap-
pointed yesterday by Mayor s. e. Jones
to make all necessary arrangements for
the reception of the Liberty Bell on
October 6, when it arrives in this city
en- route to Atlanta, where 1t will be
put on exhibition:
Com mittee on Arrangements-Thos
w. Miller, CHI airman; II. A Gilliss, Rev.
DR.. w. G. Campbell, w. o Hardaway,
Rev. DR.. L. G. M. Miller, L. II. Cooke,
w. E. Thomas, w. s. Jones, G. W.
Crum pecker, e. B. Crebill.
Reception Committee-Col. Frank
Huger, q. s. Trout, c, w. Thomas, s.
5. Brooke, DIR. W. Hodson, j s. Pat
tie, FL. G.. Davies, Dr.. j. A. Gale, A.
L. Payne, j. j. Carey.
Committee on Invitations-W. P.
Dupuy, chairman; A. j. Evans, Roy
b. Smith, A. S Calvert, R. e. Scott,
Anthony Sauter, l.. E. Lookabtll, J.
s. Kelly, Rev. Il. B. Pollard, Joseph
Rosenbaum
The three committees met in the
circuit court room last night at 8
o'clock, and after much discussion OF
the matter, the committee on arrange
ments decided to hold the celebration
on Monday morning, October 2. The
other committees adjourned to NEE
o-night at the postoffice. No further
action was taken in regard to tho mat
ter last night. The mayor has ordered
that the City Council attend the re-
cepsion OF the bell in body, and are
eX.cftlcio members Of the reception
committee.