The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-15
WAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
bits OF liumor and Nuggets OF Truth
for the MuItitudc

-n Stick to me Closely" said tho
envelope to the stamp. " By gum, |
WILL" replied the stamp.
BY judicial decision in IL New
York court, tobacco is hold to be an
article OF necessity rather than u lux
ury.
In California the railroads coop
crate with the people by carrying road
material at actual cost Of tranSpOrta-
ton.
In the Rocky Mountain ranges
there are about 100000 wild horses
which anybody can have for tho catch
ing.
"A young woman OF Hillsboro, N.
IT,, finished II piece Of fancy work, in
which, by actual count, there were
3l6,H'1 stitches.
-" Jones is IL sly dog" remarked
Aiken. " He always has something up
ms slceVc.' Has, ch what is it 2"
The seam"
when a man is sure that his
friends never talk about him behind
MS back, it is certain that all his
friends are dead
One hundred years ago q man
was arrested in London for wearing q
tall silk hat, the first article OF head
world.
Tho man who can't AFFORD n new
dress for his wife and books for tho
boys and girls, often has no difficulty
IN indlng money for tobacco and
whisky.
Tho secretary OF war is to have Il
spt clal flag to be displayed wherever
nc Is present in his official capacity.
1t ls blood red flag with eagles and
things on it.
"A boston antiquarian has in his
possession bottle OF the tea which, on
the night Of December rs, 1913, was
cmpticd from the British vessel by the
Boston Tea Party.
"A man will die for want OF air in
five minutes, for want OF sleep in ten
days, Tor want OF water in week, and
for want of food at varying periods,
dependent on circumstances.
AT Coggin's mill, near Sisson, CAL,
Ihc lOBBcrs cut tree q short time
ago which was estimated to be just I04
years OF age. twas s feet in diameter
and produced ID, 900 feet OF lumber.
"A Kansas young man has caused
the arrest Of IL girl on the charge that
she did suddenly, forccfully and in
tcntionally hug him, thereby causing
him great confusion and mental an
guish.'
"A goose with remarkable maternal
instinct has been found ncar Berry,
ky. Her brood was recently drowned,
and an old SOW dying about the same
time, the goose adopted the little Or
phan pigs.
Tho average man takes five and
Il half pounds Of food and drink each
DAY, amounting to one ton of solid and
liquid n0urishmcnt annually. In 70
years he eats and drinks 1000 times
his own weight.
An Orcgonian has devised an open-
Top thimblc containing o small sponge,
TO be placed on the tinger and used as
IL molstcncr in scaling envelopes. Once
molstcncd the sponge can te used on
many envelopes.
-" William" said tho teacher, "can
you tell me anything about the shape
OF the earth ?" "OnIy what my father
found out in the newspaper" What
Is that ?' "Hc says it's in mighty bad
shape just at present"
-Four cakes Of manufactured ice
averaging more than 5000 pounds each
were taken from the vats Of an Orange,
Tex, company. One weighed 5000
pounds and measured IL feet by 8 fcet,
and was If inches thick.
The Cuban tobacco yield tho past
year has Eccn 5000 bales, instead of
800 600 bales, the yield the year before.
fhc sugar crop has been reduced to
one fourth its former size, and will be
smaller tho coming year.