The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-10
wAYsIDE GATHERINGS.
Bits Of Humor and Nuggets OF Truth
for the multitudc <

w iilhD -" no ~ HlWHyS lnSlSJluS
that be is his own man is usually his !"
own slave.
economy is no disgrace it is
better living on u little than OUTLYING
Il great deal.
children need not be surprised If their
children become rude to them.
To have the advantage OF an en-
cmy, and yet abstain from using it, Is
TO display true Christian magnan-
unity.
1t is cOwardicc TO conceal your
rcion through fear Of men, and is
phariSasm to Haunt it ostcntatiously
before the world.
Many have an idea that they are
serving the Lord when they arc mod
ding with something that is none Of
their business.
=" Is it true that pidgor is linan-
ciaiiy embarrassed :" He Is awfully
in debt, but IL does not seem to cm-
harr;t,s him any"
How many blundcrs we should
escape, If we, were not SO much in
Cljnou to t.Iink Of ourselves more high
iN than we ought TO think.
~AuHtraliuns arc tho greatest tea
drinkers, and annually consume 1.G6
hounds per head. The people Of Great
britain oonsumu 100 refunds each.
There a. Z people who have an idea
that It " sin is universal, they havo
tho right to do it, ana If il il wide
spread it. Is spread too thin to do any
damage.
The voyage to Liberia takes 35
days by sailing vessels. In 10 years,
during which there have been nearly
zoo cmigrations, there has not been q
case 0! loss or disnstrr.
IL you really wish to cure mis-
understanding that has grown up be-
tween You and your friend, you will
certainly avoid any action that may
give fresh cause for oiicnsc.
The most powerful guns now made
fire ~ shot from - TO l3 miles, and
Krusg's great l30.ton steel gun hurled
II shot weighing 1900 pounds u few
yards over 10 miles.
OF II dozen Hh"t S"p, - "'''' ,-o
taken from aa many different opoints
OF view, no two were alike. And yet
we arc persuaded that tho man who
differs with us Is either blind or u fool.
-" don't mind bcin' spanked"
sobbcd Bobbic" nor don't mind sittin'
ia chair for five minutes but when
I'm spanked first and have to sit 0owE
right away afterwards, | tell you it
hurts"
If you have made " mistake, don't
think tia condo 5cension to apologize.
The true gentleman is always ready
90 rcctify IL blunder. Only tho mulo
bites with one end and kicks with the
| other.
-" What is woman's sphere ?' she
demanded oratorically. "Well," he
replied thought(ully, g unless .thcrc
has been change since tho Garden Of
| Eden, | should say 10 was an apple.
| OF course There isn't Il perfect sphere
but it satisfied Eve"
---Thut extreme partiality which
gives horses warm stables and good
bedding, while cows arc turned out in
the rain TO lie on wet ground, and tako
all the exposure OF tho inclcmont sea-
son, is Il discrimination most hurtful to
the farmer who permits it.
The dress OF IL fully equipped diver
weighs 1863! pounds ana costs about
$500 The thick undcrclotbing weighs
$! pounds, the dress itself II pounds :
The huge boots, with lcadcn sOles, 32
pounds the breast and back weights
50 pounds, and the helmet 81 pounds.
-Npropos OF the inconvcnicnt names
often given to helpless children, q
atcuugc custom among the mothers of
Japan is TO name their children after
the first object which the eyes Of the
mother happen TO rest after the babe
was born. Thus il one village thero
arc children named respectively. Dust
pan, Brush, Cup and Kettle.
-" When did George Washington
die ?' asked II teacher IN Il New York
public school. "i5 he dead ;" was the
astonishing reply. Why, it was not
more than Il week ago that we was
celebrating his birthday, and now be
| is dc;td. It's Il bad year on children,
| reckon his folks let him cat some
thing that didn't agree with him."
An Irishman once worked all day
on the promise Of getting q glass Of
grog. At night the employer brought
out thc groG TO MIN, aud the lrishman
tasted IL and said, (which did you
put in ,irst, the whiskcy or the wa
tcr?' "Oh," said the employer, "the
iri.hmat. WclI maybe Pll como to
it by and by
-Tcachcr-IIave you finished your.
composition on what little boys should
not do in school: Ycs'm." Read
it" LiLtIc boys when at school
should not make faces al the teacher
| and should not study too hard, cause
it makes them ncursighted, and should
not sit 100 long in one position, cause
IT makes jnClr DackS crooked, ana
should not do long examples in arith-
nctic, cause it. uses up their pencils
too fa~t.'
An old Algerian had scven sons.
II wife died, and he remained o wild
over. Once MS sons were seated and
talking. The youngest Of them said to
his brothers Come, Oh, my brothers!
let US sell some goats, and with the
price Of them marry our father again"
They dropped tho subject Of converse
tion, and passed to another. After
awhile, tho Old man said to them,
Come, my sons, let ua return to the
conversation about the goats"
The pastor Of a church in upper
New York, whose hearers are among
the richest in town, but are niggardly
in their contributions, has been trying
to induce poor people to come to his
church, and recently, through the col
umns OF the local papers, extended to