The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-01
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
Gatherings from Our Exchanges on
Various Topics

"e'hcfinSS from Our Exchanges on
Various Topics
"A Mississippi man is at work
on lying machine which, he says,
will settle the mystery of the North
pole.
FLORIDA alligator stories are fire.
quent but the latest and best is that
of q saurian that entered q garden and
attacked woman who was hanging
clothes on Il line. Her husband came
to the rescue and settled matters with
q shotgun.
The German agricultural papers
make the remarkable statement that
the imports Of American apples into
the German empire last year were
more than twenty times as large as in
any previous season, the shipments in
1896 having amounted to no less than
5000. 900 double centners-the centner
being equal to a hundred weight.
1t is said that Governor Johnston,
Of Alabama, will appoint twenty dele.
gates from that State to attend
Southern insurance convention to be
held at Southern Pines, N. c., on
April 18th and 10Th. The object of
the convention ia to boycott the various
Northern and foreign companies who
are taking money away from the South.
-OShoIol IItplu ID. I1l.l SAYS OI
President Mckinley: :" He is strong
man, Of force and clear ideas. He is q
strong partisan, and | see that some
people have been criticising him for it.
| That is foolish. He has always been
aggressive and no one can expect him
to change now. He is a man of ripe
experience, and his knowledge Of men
and affairs will stand him in good stead
| now
| Near Ruthcrfordton, N. c., Mat
| Davis and a man named Matthews met.
and were disputing the depth Of the
river. TO satisfy themselves, they
undressed and went in, but Still could
not agree, whereupon they got out
their knives and went at it hot. Mat
theWs was pretty badly cut up in the
face and on tho head, Davis receiving
several ugly gashes. Matthews was
carried home aud is not expected to
live. Davis has not been seen since.
There is moro rain from Scptem-
Der To March than from March to
September, because the temperature
or the air is then constantly decreasing,
and there is, therefore, q greater con-
densatiOn Of the vapOr into water,
which falls as rain. Between March
and September, on the contrary, the
temperature OF tho air is constantly in
creaslng, and, with this increase, its
power to hold vapOr. Hence, there
is less precipitation during that sea-
son.
Tho Pennsylvania prison report
has some interesting statistics roat-
ing to the condition OF the convicts IN
the penal institutions of that State.
In 1896 there were received in the
penijentiary G23 cOnvicts. of whom 492
had attended the public schools and 3S
had been pupils in private schools. OF
the total, only 81, or less than Is per
cent. were illiterate, while four-ffths
Of the entire NUMBER had received
some benefit from the public educa.
) tional system. Clearly whatever may
be said of education as a preventive o!
crime it does not appear that illiter8 ~
is necessary adjunct Of crime, at ]yast
In Pennsylvania.
The Now York Evening Post SAYS
The faculty OF the Union Theological
Seminary, this city, awarded the
second place in the graduating class o
1897 to Miss Emilio Grace Briggs. Mis-
Briggs Is the daughter Of Prof. Charlie
A. Briggs, and she is the first woman
, who has ever been graduated from
, Presbyterian theological seminary. Ii
speaking Of her graduation Dr.. Thoma
, S. Hastings, the president OF the Unio
l Theological Seminary, said he cor
eidered that Miss Briggs success mark
:, cd an epoch in the history of the Pres
- byterian Church OF the United State
Q and in the history Of tho advancement
d OF women.