The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-03
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
"''s OF Humor and Nuggets Of Truth
for tho multitude.


"A penny worth OF mirth is worth
pound of sorrow. va
, The first use OF o. locomotive in
thls country was in 1919.
brokers and BARRIERS aro c;v.,
them. 'o'o ~ making
massachusetts has declarcd for
jority. '''''0 Iii"
KNOW thyself and keen the in
formation to thyself. This is GOOD
Where the woollen mills emn,ov
about loO people, the cotton mills
usually employ some 500.
Tho greatest piece OF good fortune
Is that which corrects our deficiencies
anu redeemS our mistakes.
In Paris it has been decided that
gambling on tho part Of d wife consti-
totes sufficient grounds for divorce.
i! you count the sunny and cloudy
days of tho whole year, you will find
that the sunny ones predominate.
Willie (reading)-Pa, what is a
prevaricatlng minion of beelzebub? /?
" A man VINO disagrees with you polit-
ically, my SON."
Every wind that blows is caused
by the heated and expanding air of
some locality rising, while the cooler
air rushes in TO fill its place.
There arc a great many stories
that have no foundation. But when
it comes to building houses, the more
stories the better tho foundation must
be.
When a real New York boy wishes
TO say that q man is extremely eX-
travagant, he expresses himself this
way: He has money to burn and
carries matches"
Tho recent report of the commits
sioner OF education gives statistics
showing that there are 260,OOO wome n
schooltcachers in this country to l22, :
600 men teachers.
-lrate Customer-I want my money
back. Cycle Dealer-Wh for? "YCu
lid this was u high grade wheel ;
but find that in climbing hills tho
igher the grade the harder it is to
rile.'
"A doctor declares that four o.
angcs eaton every day are effective in
removing the craving for intoxcants.
OAc should be eaten before breakfast,
and ono each at Ii u. M, D. m, and
Il p. III.
-" Is it true that when a wild
goose's mate dies it never takes an
other - asks young widow. " Yes,
but don't worry about that. Tho rea.
son 1T acts that way is because it is a
goose
-" You are over 40, why don't you
marry" Because l do not care to
marry an elderly woman, while q
young girl would be foolish to marry
me, and | DO not caro- to marry fool
ish girl"
White frost is the ordinary frozen
dow or hoar frost. Black frost occurs;
when the cold is SO intense as to
freeze vegetation and cause it to turn
black without the formation OF hOar
frost.
--Bigamists in Hungary arc com
PEELED to submit to an odd punishment
The man who has been silly enough
to marry two wives is legally forced
to live with both Of them, in the same
house.
On his roturn from tour which
he had bcon making with his master
in Switzerland, q servant, being asked
what he had seen, replied: "Oh, one
can't sec anything. There's nothing
)uU iloulId us cVcFS W nCFe.
Women have q better perception
of color than mon. An eminent au-
thority on color blindness asserts that
under very severe test the color vis-
ion OF man in 5 is defective, while in
women the average Is in 30.
Nearly three minutes arc required
to bring big steamer, like the Etru-
ria. to q full stop ; and in that time
hn Iui II oil L,1 n
milo from tho place she was when
the first movements were made to stop
her.
"A man went home the other night
and found his house locked up. After
infinite trouble, he managed to gain an
entrance through Il back window, and
then discovered on the table a note
from his very thoug htful wife reading:
" [ have gone out. You may find the
key on the side Of the stop"
Who knows not, anu knows not
that he knows not, is q fool-shun
him. Who knows not, and knows
that he knows not, is humblc-tcach
him. Who knows, but knows not that
he knows, is asleep-wake him. Who
knows, and knows that he knows, is
wise-folow him.
"A judges little daughter, who had
attended her fathers court for tho first
time, was very much interested in tho
proceedings. After her return homo
she told her mother: Papa made q
speech, and several other mon made
speeches to II men who sat all together,
and these - men were put in dark
chamber to be developed"
"A Kansas girl, the daughter of O.
Greenwood county rapcher, was sent
east to school this fall. " What do you
know, my child ?" the hoad teacher
asked her. ooh, farming" the new
pupil replied. We'll tell me what is
u farm ?" "A farm Is body of land
surrounded by barb-wire fence" tho
little maid said.
-" Hello What's wrong, old fell.
low Pm almost crazy, [ sent a
letter to my broker, asking him
whether ho thought | was fool, and
another one to Miss Willets, asking
her to como for drive with mo; /
don't know which OF them this telc-
gram is from" What docs it say 2"
Simply Yes"
-Diek--IIow did you proceed :?