The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-12
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
Bits OF Humor and Nuggets or Trut)
for the Multitude.

Inc man who expects his dailyE
Dread Will never get it by loafug.
-Thcro is u policeman in Chicago
VINO Is an active member Of the Saliva
tion Army.
,on spain has already sent more than
iioo,oOo soldiers TO put down the Cuban
lnsurrcction.
-fc0ple ca: 20 per cent. more bread
wheh INC weather. is cold than when
the weather is mild
-Hc who raigns within himself and
[ !"'te ms passions, desires, and fears.
Is more than Il king.
Do not wait for extraordinary IN.
porlunltirS Tor good actions. but make
use Oh common situations.
| .-ll people were as anxious to uye
risnt rs they arc to die right, this
would be much better world.
N" churches arc too handsome, if
thcN arc only paid for and made ac-
ccSlolc 10 worshippers with moderate
| means.
His theory "Davic, what makes
the rain fall :? "Why, it has =, that's
all: u it didn't fall il would go up and
put out tho sun"
The tulc-bcarcr and the talc-bcoror
should both bc hung up together back
10 bnck, one by the tongue and tho
Other by tho cars.
III Is estimated that tho amount of
solu IN the world Is about GLIB cubic
yards, and it would fit in a room "a
leet each way, if in Il solid cubo.
Tho, prrc"pts OF the law may be
comprchended under these three
points TO 1.-Two honestly. TO hurt no
man willfully, and to rchdcr every man
his due.
DON'T give the children indigcs-
tlblc knlck -knacks and then Quarrel
with Providence because you have to
DC up with their CG!ics or rcstlcssncss
AT night.
-" Preserve order, please ~ shouted
man on the platform TO restless au-
dlchcc. IEcrc's no chance for pre-
serves mere :. man yelled back.
There too much jam"
| "A hardware dealer in a western
city closes an advertisements as follows:
Carpenters in the country wishing to
purchase KIT OF tools will please send
tor one OF out CAT-alogucs."
30 always frank and true; sDurn
every Kind Of ailcctation and disguise.
liaVo the courage to confess your ig-
horahcc and awkwardncsss, and contido
So"r i"ults and follics to but few.
-lhc old maid: Maud-Are you
, nc"cr going to marry? Miss prim-
: never, my dear. Pm going to be an
:. o!d maid all my life, and ain going to
prlnS ny my children the same way.
Let your religion be seen. Lamps
h 40 not walk, but they do shine. a
y lighthouse sounds no drum, it beats no
= gong, and yet far over the waters it's
t. iflrh'ly spark Is seen by the mariner.
C -The smallest known species of hog
b. Is the p!SmY swine Of Australia. They
n are exactly IKE their larger brethren
;. III every partlcuIar except size, being
: no1 larger than Il good sized house
. rat.
Ono OF Josh Billingss maxims
Rise early, work hard and luto i,ys
: on what You kant sell; give nothing
away ana II yOa dOn'J die rich and
go 10 thc devil, you may suo me for
damages"
Said lawyer to his young clerk.
this mornings bog pardon, sir.
but ! am rcformcr. | believe that
the Office should seek the man, not the
man the onicc"
-" And Why" the teacher continu-
ca, should VIC hold the aged in re-
spect = cause it's mostly the old
men that has all the money, ;" Tommy
'''S"'i SNtS GU VIC UcttCnCr wasn't Ania
10 rl"r any better reasons.
There i, II burden Of care in get
C'nS rlches fear in Keeping them;
temptation in using them; guilt in
abusing them; sorrow in losing
them aud burden Of account to be
given up concerning them.
An accurate remembrance of names
ana faces has bocn called a. Gift of
princes another gift, showing tho no.
nl'lty OF both heart and breeding, is
that OF punctili0ns courtesy toward the
humble as well rs toward the great.
Sound travels at the rate Of l42
tcct per second about Is miles in n
minute. So that Il we hear L clan of
thunder half Il minute after the flash,
we may calculate that the discharge
OF electricity is six and half miles
OF.
-Be honest with yourself, whatever
Inc temptation say nothing to others
that you DO not think, and play no
tricks with your own mind or all
the evil spirits abroad at this hour in
the world insinccrity is the most dan
grrOuS.
Poverty is disease, saws Dr..
Glynn, and to this definition the New
York Tribune aptly replies "Per.
haps, but if tho patient treats it with
hypodcrmic injections of honesty and
steady application Of industry, it can
be OvcrcOmc."
An electrician has invented q won
derful watch that will tell man when
his note is coming duo. His watch
would be Il great deal more remark
able, as well as useful, If it would tell
the man where to get the money to
pay the note
Tho following is the entire list Of
""dding anniversaries. First anniver.
sary, iron: fifth, wooden tenth, tin;
fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china
twcnty-iifth, silver tbirticth, cotton
thirty fifth linen ; iifticth golden
scvcnty-f(th, diamond. +
On ono Of our steamers, during the
war, was regular Irishman from
Cork. On ono occasion, ho was placed
on the lookout. Seeing land he crtod
out, Land away" The usual re-
sponsc, Where away !" brought out
the original Irish answer, All along
the shore, sir"
There is no other such enemy Co
nnhlp liyinu nd l.