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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

The captain knocked the ashes from
his pipe and tilted his chair backward,
that he might put his feet on the
desk. 1t was after midnight and the
steady throb of the presses came UP
from the basement as their gaping
maws took in the long rolls of white
paper and delivered the first edition,
ready for the mail, moment later
In the composing room the machines
clicked steadily away as the operators
put the later news Of the night into
shining lines Of type; and in the edi-
torial department few belated writ
ers were grinding out their last copy.
'The Fourth of July is half an hour
DID," said the captain, as the last
ashes fell from the pipe, land if Fat
terson, here" Cunning toward the po.
lice reporter, who had just come in)
"has got time to listen awhile, I'll
spin you the yarn of one Independ-
ence Day that we spent in Guate-
mala.''
Having refilled and lighted the pipe
to his liking, while the boys gathered
around, he continued; "It was in
July, "a, and we were camped on the
Rio Gracios Dios. Our company
was mostly Americans, and we hadn't
seen Old Glory since we left Cuba,
over two months before, and the boys
felt blue about it. The Guatemalan
flag is a pretty one, for it has all the
colors of the rainbow in it, and some
that are not in the bow, but it isn't
one to tie to. Well, we'd been talking
about the Fourth, and wishing that
we had flag that we could run up
and salute, but it had got around to
the third, and we seemed no nearer
to our desire than we were two weeks
before.
"On the morning Of the third I took
Paterson and five other men, and went
on scout on the south side of the
river. 1t was hotter than blazes and we
had fourteen hours in the saddle, SO
it was after dark when we came in.
The sun had just set when we 'spied
fire. cleaning through the trees.
sent Pat to look it up, and he crawl
ed off through the bushes. Pretty soou
he came back with the word that it
was only beach-comber, as they call
tramps down there, SO we went up
and surrounded him. A more dirty,
ragged specimen of the genus tramp
have rarely seen. He told us his
story. He had tramped all over the
United States, and at Mobile had
Joined a..fruiter trading to Bocas del
1oro. He had deserted there and was
beach-combing it back to civilization.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

And when the freedom-paean
Swept, surgelike, through the dells-
A mighty clang whose echoes rang
From Philadelphia bells
Loud from stern old steeple
He hurled the proud hurrah,
The joy-peal to the people,
My neutrality-suspicious..
He held the brutal Briton
A ching" beneath his scorn
A tory he conceived to be
The basest caitiff born;
And not neighbor wondered
He looked upon them So
Forsooth, that was one hundred
And nineteen years ago!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03
CaninlHScnt

Customer-That meat that l bought
here last night, Mr.. Cleaver, was
frightfully tough.
I:utcher-Do you know, marin, that
one reason why there are SO many poor
teeth nowadays is because they do not
have enough exercise?
Customer-But that steak couldn't
be cut with q knife.
Eutcher-Ycs; there is some mighty
poor cutlery in the market now. Did
You say five pounds, marm?- Boston
Transcript.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

List of patents issued last week -
Northwestern inventors:
Thsodcre Gruttins, st. Paul, MINI,
electrical connection; Henry ]. KurS
ger, Minneapolis, Mimi, log skiddine
device; Edwin L. Morey, Portland, Or.
register for telephones; Magnus Orten.
blad, Sandstone, Mimi, mailing hatch.
ct; Edward Siskron, Minneapolis,
MINI, convertible cover and pot foS
plants; John 81. Suthoff, Seattle, Wash.
tea infuser.
T. D. Merwin, Patent lawyer, 91oL
oil and 012 Pioneer Press building, ST.
Paul, MINI.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03
The Faithful Friend.

Friendship may tire, ties of affection
be rudely broken, but there is always
one friend kind and true, and that is
He who sacrificed His life for you. No
years can weaken his love for you. He
has been with you from the first, and
He will be with you at the end
whether we have strayed away from
Him or not.-Rev. John M. Kiely.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03
Solved at Last.

H,nedict-See here; I've solved the
problem.
Arnold-Vvhat problem:
Ec1edict-This thing about marriage.
married money and have found that
it's Il failure. That is to say. her faith
CT failed the day after the wedding
Philadelphia North American.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

And then in his elation
Did my forefather gay
Speak out the word he'd long deferred
For fear she'd say him May"
And when he saw how tender
Within her eyes the light,
He cried: I'm your surrender
Iread-we win the fight!'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03
Fair warnins.

Passenger Ito the train boy)-You
probably did not know when you put
this book in my lap that was the
author7
Train Boy-Did you write that
book?
Passenger did.
Train Boy-Then You had bctte@
keep mighty quiet about it. just
sold copy to the man back Of you.-
Boston Herald.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

flow true the happy presage!
In faith, how real and true
Thy whole long life Of love and strife
Thou saint in buff and blue!
Beyond all touch of travail,
With Observation-Disclosures,
Now flooding time, slips by in rhyme
For great-great-grandpapa!
Clinton Scollard.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

s'Take . Pull. and Pull Hearty"
We proposed that he go with us to
camp, and he was only too delighted
to accept the proposition.
1--WE took him with us to camp, and
after Burleigh had questioned him q
bit we fed him up. We were not liv-
ing on Delmonico fare ourselves, but
it would have done you good to see
that fellow eat. After he got through
he pulled n handkerchief out Of his
pocket, and the next thing heard was
a howl from Pat, and in a minute he
was waving the handkerchief over his
head and half the boys in camp were
yelling like mad. 1t was neither more
nor less than little American ag.
I reckon the tramp thought we had all
gone crazy, for we shouted and sang
and laughed and cried, and ragged
and dirty as that old handkerchief
was, there were many Of the boys that
kissed 1t. As for the owner, lie was
right in clover-thcre was nothing in
camp that was too good for him, and
one Of the boys, that had never been
known to share anything with any
one, aston;shed the crowd by produc-
ing bottle from some secret place
and inviting his trampship to take a
pull, and pull hearty Before he slept
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Quoits, as a game, are said to have
originated with the Greeks, and to
have been first played ut the Olympic
games 1853 years B. G.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

A Swiss patent is granted for fifteen
years, a small annual tax being levied
Elephants are fond Of gin, but viii
not touch champagne.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

"A caveat may be fled in Canada Just
as in the United States, the entire ex-
pense being $40.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

In Germany patents may be taken
out for Improvements of inventions al
ready patented.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

For Lung and Chest diseases, Piso's
Cure is the best medicine we have
used.-Afrs. ]. Il. Northcott, Windsor,
Ont, Canada.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03
a GENTLEMAN OF 20.

He cut a gallant figure
In bonnie bun and blue;
A goodly sight his buckles bright,
Z And primly powdered queue!
A more courageous quester
Meier served sultan or shah
Than he, my brave ancestor,
My MISREPRESENTATION!
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

IL the Baby 10 Cutting Teeth.
D sure and use that old and wsltried remedy, Ma
WINDOWS 6ooTnMo SYluP fer ChilAxsn Tssthine
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Gramme's magnetico- electric M,
chine was brought to perfection in -
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Megemsn's Cemphor Tee With 0lyceri.e.
ohilblans, Piles &c. G. q. Clark Co.. New Haven Ct
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Nerve keotorer. No Fits after the nrst day usS
Marvellous Treatise and o2trlAl bottle free -.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Hospital nursing is becoming a fash.
ionable craze in Paris.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

DIR. ]. a. GRANT. Specialist.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
syndicate Block, Minneapolis.
(Spectacles Atted.)
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-03

Potatoes in Greenland never grow
larged than q marble.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
w. W. Il. Bright was in Pickens

w. W. Il. Bright was in Picken.
Saturday.
G. B. Looper, of Polzer, was III
town Saturday.
Captain I. NJ. Mauldin left fo,
Clemson yesterday.
II. l.. Robertson, of Praters, was
in town last Friday.
Clemson College opens todav
(Thursday) Feb, 20.
J..P. Carey, Esq, is attending
court in Anderson this week.
Horny G. Mcdaniel, of Dacus-
vlllo, II cousin of Sheriff McDan-
lel. was in town Monday.
ELIAS e. Konncmore, of Easlev.
Killed q sixteen months old hog
that weighed 600 pounds net. .
D. G. Tomkns, of the Hughes
section was in Pickens Friday and
made tho JOURNAL a pleasant coll
1t is amusing to 500 a man load
up on blind tiger liquor and write
an essay on temperance and the
OWLS Of tho dispensary.
Col. J. e. Hagood and daughter,
Miss Francis, who have been in
P:okons for some days returned to
Charleston last Sunday.
A child of Mr.. r. NJ. Hendricks,
of the Mica section, died from the
objects Of measles on the 18th inst.
and was buried at Cross Roads
church Oh the 18th.
There are several young men Of
our community who say if some
genius will get up bull dog proof
brooches they will certainly real
izo q fortune from their patent.
Tho public term Of Pickens
school district Will open Monday
February Oath. Those who live
in this district and those who have
boon transferred to this district
will be entitled to the benefits of
tho same.
Mr.. w, f. Snipos, recently of
Anderson county, has moved to
tho Moot section and become ono
Of our county's citizens. He made
us very agreeable call one day
last week and expresses himself as
much pl easod with his surround
lngs.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
HrOsll HiLGrfY.

The first snow of tho season fell this
morning. Mercury fell about twenty dc.
grccs in twelve hours last night.
Ihr p'o"s have been standing the most
OF February so far.
There has been considerable amount OF
fertilizer hauled from here already.
The oil mill StartGd up again last week
after standing about 8 week waiting for a
tank considerably delayed enroute.
The warm days recently, has brought IN
wheat and winter SOwn oats.
Garden vegetables are beginning to show
some signs of life.
There arc two more new houses under
way In town, Il. III. Moore has started a
house with view OF taking boarders.
Considerable cotton business done hore
last week
There was q big trial here last week on
he blind tiger traffic. There was five par
ties charged with violating tho dispensary
law and about twenty witnesses We're cx-
amincd. All the cases were dismissed
except one, which was held open to OK
anime some witnesses that were not on
hnnd, owing to sickness. It seems chat the
liquor business has not been frightened by
the big trial as there has been more OF the
old topcrs on roaring drunk than usual
the last few days. We heard man that
talked knowingly that it was a fine thing
the days OF Anninias and SAPPHIRE was past,
for some people at least, who "tell the
N'"!' i"Lh anu mourning DuJ the truth
leaving o"t nothing, just as they did You
know.
l.cc Sammrn and wife, Of Marietta, are
visiting the latters father, II. III. Moore
SliS Samnon has had fever this winter but
is improving now.
Walker Glenn, Of Grcenvilc, is stopping
in town at present.
i;lmor has it that Charley IIutchins ID
coming to town and will open store In
company with +. M. Morris. G.
February 18th 1886.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
FHOria EIuSIey.

Don't you think we have a
strong evidence that tho "Arctlc
Explorers has discovered tho north
pole and is returning with tho big
end Of it.
This has been Il week Of gaioies
in Easloy, ono Of tho most onjoy-
ablo events was an entertainment
at the popular Mountain View Uo-
tel given by the young ladies of
the Presbyterian church. Inter
esting games were indulgod in, re-
freshments were served and the
pleasurable anticipations Of the
guests fully realized.
Miss ELIZA Gossett is at homo
again on q visit to her parents.
Mrs. Anthony, the wife Of our
depot agent is Visiting hor parents
in North Carolina. Will looks as
lonely as a tom-tit on u pump
handle.
Some fend threw stono in a
window of the south bound local
Sunday evening. He ought to be
detected and made to work on the
gravel bod Of hard luck.
There was Il social entertainment
at tho homo of Mr.. Waldrop Fri
day evening which was we'll at
tended and much enjoyed by q
largo number of young people.
Services were held at two Of our
churches last Sabbath, tho Pros
byterian and Methodist.
Gill Thomas rounded up the
weeks gaicties by ono Of his musi-
cal entertainments at Tho Easley
Academy Saturday evening, which
was rare treat TO lovers OF mu
sic. He performed on six instru
ments at tho srn,o time.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
Form Maynard.

DEAR JOURNAL: II is slccling this morn
ing ~ / write.
The sick AZ reported by this pencil push
or last week arc improving, but Jimmie
Findley, son Of Joe Findlcy, and PinincX
Childrcss, son Of Holland Childrcs3 arc
now seriously i'll from relapse of measles.
About tho last relief OF the measles in CHA
lection for generation, are now entering
UE IN duty.
The third Sunday meeting at Cross Reads
was but slimly attcndcd-cvcn the pas,or
was absent.
Miss Bette Childre.S' health has 80 i'm
proved so as to allow her,to attend ChGrch.
day.
=; Nj. Williams has "run rrv<nuo" and
Dullt an extension in the way Of Il fence
ronnu about his dwelling and out-ying
y. IS, Jamison il fortifying "rossun
ridgc,' he says "against the incclnrncics
1.,,n Eh th9 weather but it looks much more
liRe IKE Gnat thrown up by the soldiers undc,
S zoo johnston TO prevent tho "boys in bllo'
from shopping In Atlanta during the "iat,
pleasantness." pnr1p T orr.
February 17th 1856. 0''''
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
Railroad,

The people of Pickens county
has heard 80 much about the
Pickens and Easley railroad, that
nothing in that way can interest
them. Yet for tho town Of Pick
ems tho completion Of that onter-
prlse is almost Of vital impor-
tance. 1t means more than to the
superficial thinker it may appear.
The prospects havo oftentimes
been remote, and sometimes the
efforts Of Its promoters seemed to
be almost crowned with success.
A great deal has been dono apd
yet the road is not a certainty.
Hope deferred makoth tho heart
sick and some have abandoned all
hope of railroad for Pickens,
but the darkest time is just be-
fore day and the railroad mattor
has resolved itself down to the
point, where tho success Of tho bus
ness depends upon the citizens and
property holders in the town of
Pickens. Can thoy afford to lose
all that has been invested in the
road and allow their interests in
the town suffer to q ruinous ex-
tent. The time for action has
come and q plan that seems fcas-
ible and business like, is on foot.
The president Of Che railroad
will explain it and if tho citlzous
will work together and lond thoir
aid, tho railroad will bo built in a
short time.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
II
ferillg.

The appointments on Piokons
Circuit for 1896 aro as follows:
Preaching on first Sabbath at
II a. m., at Twelve Milo; at $50
p. M, at Gap Hill.
Second Sabbath, Pickops at If
a. M, and 7 p. m; Bethlehem at
$3.50 p. m.
Third Sabbath, Ruhamah at If
a. m; Fair Wow at $3.50 p. m.
Fourth Sabbath, DacusviIle at
II m; Tabor at $50 p. M.
w. M. HARDEN. G..
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
The Peoples Journal.
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. B. S. Freeman, of Briggs,
was in town Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Mauldin, of near
Easley, is visiting at Landrum.
Robt. Lathem, of Easl ey, was
laid up with measles last week.
Miss Matte Hester, is visiting
the Misses Harris, of Field, this
week.
Mr.. Goo. Robinson is now clerk
ing for Mr.. J. E. Robinson ut
Easley.
Drop your eye on what II. D.
Harris, tho cheap cash man has to
say this week.
Miss Hortenso Mauldin, who has
been visiting at Kingstree, is
at home again.
So far there are sevon getting
themselves in trim to make the
shrievalty race.
Mr.. I. H. Philpot, of Dacusville,
made the JOURNAL q worry agreea-
ple call Monday.
Mr.. John D. Harris and wife, oe
Greenville county, are visiting at
Mr.. II. D. Harris.
Rev. B. Holder returned Thurs
day from Welt to his daughter
Mre. J. Boatwright, at Polzer.
Mr.. John Craig has opened up
general stock Of merchandise in
the J. N. Howard stand at Easley.
Married, on Friday, February
14th, in Ensley, By tho Rev. J. F.
Anderson, Mr.. Bud Nalley, to Miss
Lettie Moore.
Married, February 18th, at tho
residence of Rev. w. J. Sheritfs,
Mr.. B. r. Holcombe to Miss Ves-
tn King, both of Pickens county.
Rev. w. M. Harden will preach
at Dacusville next Sunday, at
which time memorial services will
be held in respect to Isaac Nc
Daniel.
Rev. w. M. Hardin has changed
mis- appointment at the Methodist
church in town from the first Sun
day to tho second Sunday in each
month. His next meeting will be
on the second Sunday in March.
Homer A. Ricnoy has boon ap-
pointed to position in the rail
way mail service, He will report
ct Charlotte, N. G. the latter part
Of this month for duty. He will
run on the road between Charlotte,
N. G. and Jacksonville, Fla.
Our correspondence will be par
ticulsr to write on only one side
Of their paper. A printer never
turns a sheet Of copy over. A
very important notice was missed
last week on account of both sides
of the paper being written on.
Magistrate Cureton at Easlcy
says that Judge Lathem would
make q good coroner. We have
heard that the Judge is one Of the
finest in sitting at bodies of tur-
key, chicken, quail, interminglod
with toast, 'possum smothered with
sweet potatoes, &C. Como out
Judge and show the people how
you can get thero.
Mr.. Ben P. Fisher, Of Jocasseo,
stopped in Pickens last Friday on
his way home from Greeuville,
whore he had been for several days
indulging in the pleasurable pas
time of swapping horses, in which
no is very proficient, Judging from
the fiery ord untamed steed he
was riding. Bon is good one
and is one Of the stable citizen 9
of his community.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
Awondorful institution.

There is an institution IN this country
whose history Of remarkable growth must
be OF interest to those acquainted with Il.
Within few short years 1t has grown
from very small beginning to one OF
the first installations Of the land. Selling
goods rs It does direct from the manuf;lc.
| turcr to the consumer Oh an economic,
ono small profit plan, Its business has en-
largcd until It now occupies one Of the
largest business blocks in Chicago and
employs between 40C and 500 people. Its
entire establishment Is devoted 20 out-of-
town mail order trade. It's wonderful
growth is evidence Of its sterling intcgri-
ty, extraordinary ability and unquestion-
cd financial standing. In fact we are in
receipt of letter from the National Bank
Of Illinois, of Chicago, one Of the largest
and most reliable financial institutions in
Illinois, whcrein they say that they
say that they arc personally acquainted
with tho stockholders, that the institution
is reputable and thoroughly responsible,
and that thorough confidence can be had
In any rep presentations it makes. In fact,
we are In receipt t indisputablc evidence
us to the reliability of this institution,
and We feel safe in saying that our "ead-
ers can place implicit confidence in this
house, and that they will receive the same
prompt careful and courteous treatment
the members would like to receive were
they in your place.
The wontlc' fui facilities OF this mstitu-
ton for surplyiny merchandise at manu-
facturers' prices is certainly Of great in
tercst to all economic buyeIs.
The firm to which his article refers is
sues long list Of advc, Using matter, in
Guiding mammoth catalogu" and many
special catalogues all of which they
mail to any o"c. In farts they arc SO
thoroughly orgrrnizcd that they make it
easy to 10 trading with t;cm by m",il
The concern to which this article refers
Is authorized and incorporated under the
laws OF the state Of Illmoiss with Il cash
capital of $l5O.0o0! paid in fnllsnnd is
Sears Rocbuck 81 Coz l93.sand l75 West
AdalnSs street, Chicago III.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20

DR.. II. NJ. Bailey, Of Greenvillo,
filled the pulpit Of the Baptist
church last Sunday morning and
night and treated the people hero
to two very fine sermons. The
Baptists hero have arranged to
have their pulpit filled monthly
by some Of tho preachers from
Greenville until they can secure a
regular pastor.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
From BRIGGS.

Mr.. EDITOR: L SEQ you gave
Easley and her merchants, bank
ers, etc, quito a litt!o puff in your
last issue. She is Il hustler and
deserves all you said. Now the
next town should be her twin Sis
ter, Briggs, for she is arothor hus-
tier and bids fair to out ship any
Of her sisters, Sugar town eXcopt-
ed.
There was q most enjoyable so
ciol,io at Mr.. A. b. kay's Friday
night, while it was no swell affair
and fancy ball, yet our rustics
made things hum playing stoal
part ners, otc., till t wco hours.
NIr. James Taylor, OF Trmb!ing
Shoals. is visiting rcinilv"s in
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20

Irot. j. Marion Looper has been
singing in the Minor Key for the
past two months, but has modula
ted to tho major and moved to his
now house and is now singing
"Homo Sweet Home"
UNCLE ARE.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20
Books.

In the course Of two weoks / will
have a supply Of Bibles and Tes-
tamonts on hand, and will DO able
to supply all who need thom at
moderate rates. Any sizo for IN
lily, church or private use.
" M. HARDEN.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-02-20

For sale or trade. my place in
sido tho corporate limits of the
town of Pickens, containing two
and three-quartor acres of ground.
Two good dwellings, on Same and
necessary out buildings. Will sell
cheap for cash or trade for farm
ing land fine we'll of wator.
W. G.. BRAMLETT.