The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-17
WAXSIDE GATHERINGS.
h'ts or Humor and Nuggets OF Truth
for the Multitude

10 cncat ones sclf.
the rich are ri, h because the poor
are Industrious. p0'
There is breed Of dogs in Russia
that cannot bark.
There arc thirty towns called
Washington in America.
An ounce OF encouragement ia
worth pound Of faultfnding.
Tho Japanese, up to 1868 wore
Vacclnatcd on the tip Of tho nose.
=, There Is growing demand in
England Tor human skin leather.
Tho biggest coward In all the
carth Is Tho man who is afraid to do
right. W w
Tho reproachcs of enemies should
quicken us to duty, and not koep ia
| from it. w
III you want your life to be n sue
cess; mover be found opposing tho
truth.
:. Tho pen Is IL mighty engine, and
IL sonotlmes runs away with the en-
| ginecr.
I'll thou Il: ire tho happiness of tho
child Teach him obedience and self
restraint.
No man ever believed that u crv-
ing baby belonged nS much to him ia
TO its mother.
Some women look at secret much
| to keep.
"A woman readily pardons minis-
cer's failings. 10 her, it's human to
forgive divincs.
Cats arc said to be musicinl be-
cause their insidcs arc composed most.
~ OF iddlcstring.
--llo who docs his best, however
little, Is always to be distinguished
from nm VINO does nothing.
Suppose everybody should STAY
away from church rs much as you do.
what would be tho result.
| --Charcoal is very highly rclished
by fowls, both young and old. Al ia
Keep supply before them.
.ook ever on tho bright side,
which is tho heaven sido OF lifo. This
is far better than medicine
1.-Two states Of the Union-Wyo-
! ming and Nevada-have less than ono
lnhabitant TO the square mile.
--Ihere are many moro fools in the
world than there arc knnves, otherwise
the knaves could not exist.
Every real nice old womao thinks
tnat people IKE to hear about her mar
rled children and tho grandchildren.
Tho wise man Goes not tell all he
knows and docs not always listen
while others tell all they know either.
women comprise two-thirds Of the
churcii mem bcrs Of tho United States,
but only onethirteenth oftho crimf-
nails.
when VIC strive to do the best we
can, VIC arc sure to find that our best
Is beyond anything we had dared TO
hope for.
| The roasons why some mon ara
| such inveterato wind bags would seem
TO be because thcir wives blow them
up every day.
Every man is the architect of his
own fortune. And it's lucky for the
most OF us that there is no building
Inspector around.
Tho man who Is drawn into q
scheme to invest | cent and draw oat
$l may not be fool, but he is in no
danger from brain fever
In l'aris there is u skating rink
formed OF real ice on IL circular basin
OF watcr artiticially cooled by pipes
containing ammonia gas.
1t has been said that it costs moth
ing to say good word for another bu
when ono must lie to do it tho word
seems rather expensive.
-Fogg is moan enough to say that,
generally speaking, the women who
remain single from choice" are not
Il particularly choice lot.
Who you have cold you do not
know how to cure 1t. All your friends
know how and they tell you; but that
| docs not affect tho cold
When q woman -gots angry you
can generally depend on her saving
frankly what she thinks-or ct least,
what she thinks just then.
-" One swallow docs not make q
summer but it may have occurred
to you that one grasshopper makes
more than dozen springs.
Tho war and navy dopartmonts
are ondavoring to arrange for tho use
or smokclcss powder, such as has boon
adopted by France and Germany.
"A machine that cuts match sticks
makes 100000 q day. They are ar
ranged over Il vat, and have tho heads
put on at tho rate OF 5000, 900 per day
| by ono man.
| -" Come in and get your soul saved
While you wait, Is the notice that q
Glasgow man rclGtcs he saw ata Sal
vatlon Army meeting during his re-
cent stay in Chicago.
"A clergyman says it is not wrong
W uuhCc ~ you danCC properly. Juug-
ing from his subsequent remarks, the
way to dance properly is to sit In the
corner and twirl your fingers.
MANY times wo arc under tho
divine influence whom we are not con-
scl"us OF It, No man speaks o good
word or performs good deed without
being Influenced by the spirit.
=" Madam" shouted the attorney,
do you know what the punishment
will be II you do not toll tho truth as
you have ;,,, sworn to do ?" Certainly
do;l wilrbe crossedquestioned again"
-: Seventy berths in the ladies'
cabin !" exclaimed Fogg, after hearing
q description OF the new steamer.
Great Scott but there must have
been q terrible squall about that timew
The people Of the District of
Columbia are getting ready to ask Con-
gress to substitute o creamatory for
the potter's field at Washington, and
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