The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-20
Truth makes the face OF that
person shine who speak and owns 1t.


person shine who speak and Owns 1t.
-Ex. President Clevelanl is spoken
OF as professor In the new chair OF
politics to be established .xt term at
Princeton;
The output of sardlnes on the
Maine coast Is likely to be increased
from 900, 900 cans In 1898 to 1000, 1000
this years In consequence OF the intro
ducttons OF the new canning machine.
"A great cave, said to be larger
than the Mammoth In Kentucky, has
been discovered in Victoria, B. g. 1t
has been explored q distance OF twelve
miles without the end being reached.
The largest salt producer In this
country 1s Now York State, which
with Michigan furnishes nearly 49,
ooO' O0O barrels annually, or within s.
United States.
Patrick Henry, lineal descen-
dant Of his illustrious namesake, has
just celebrated the sixtieth anniver-
sary OF his marriage. During all those
year he has lived in tho same house
in Lexington, Ky.
California has now about 10000
acres OF olive trees. Two.thirds of
them arc not yet bearing fruit, but 1t
is estimated that in five years Cali
fornia will be able to supply the
market for the United States.
-Eighty-four per cont Of the entire
State OF Idaho Is still public land,
amounting to moro than 44 4.000,000
acres. OF this area 1t has been esti-
mated by the government geological
survey that 7,000,O 900 acres can be irri-
gated successfully.
Several years ago Lieutenant Lans-
doll 1,n f1,,1 It'll lDl c.
visited Corea on one of the American
cruisers. He carried his bicycle along
with him and when he reached Che
mulpO he went ashore and mounted
the instrument, much tu the surprise
OF the natives, many OF whom were
panic-stricken. The king heard OF the
| wonderful machine and Lansdale re-
ceived a polite summons to come to
Seoul and bring his wheel. He did 80
and taught the king to ride: The
latter at once ordered royal collection
of wheels and he and Lansdale took
many rides together. They grew to
te excellent friends and the young
officer vas always welcome guest at
court. The friendship endured to the
end of the life of the officer.
Prominent mon engaged in the
shipping business at New York have
prepared q unique gift for presentation
to Admiral George Dewey on his arri-
val. 1t is to be q mammoth album,
containing assorted clippings from the
principal newspapers and publications
that have mentioned Admiral Dewey
since last May, 80 arranged that they
Dewey took In the war. Frederick B.
Dalzell, treasurer of the committee
| which has the memorial in charge,
said that the money to pay for it has
been subscribed, and that he thought
| the volume would give the admiral q
better idea Of how he is regarded by
the public than anything else He
hopes to include in the collection auto
graph letters from President Mckinley
and other prominent men. The volume
Will be illustrated by leading artists.
Says the Philadelphia Record
"The examinations in the public schools
this month have been, as usual, produc-
tive OF crop Of funny answers to ques-
tions in the various lines OF study
Among the funny responses were three,
made by young scholars who were
being examined IN geography. The
One little boy wrote that "a savage Ia q
person who wears no clothes except
under clothes ) another's answer was
The savage Is black and wears only 9
rag ) while the third response was: "A
savage doesn't wear anything except
hair and feather stuck in it, A class
that was being examined in anatomy
was asked TO describe a body. There
were varjous leug b able answers submit
ted, but the most amusing description
Was the following given by twelve
year-old girl, who had In mind az
article Of wear: "A body is something
to hold uD panties'"
"A Mexican woman, the Sonora RAY
Castillo, certainly holds the palm fo
supremacy in the number OF her real
genuine widowhoods. She has worn the
} weeds seven times between 1880 ant
} 1895. So widely different h ave been the
causes of death by which her sever
spouses Quilted this wicked world, ye
: 80 similar in the violence thereof, i
[ would almost seem that the fair senori
, was somewhat Of "hoodoo" to thu
( genus husband. Her first husband fel
, out of q carriage, her second took poison
I by accident, the third perished by min
Ing accident, the fourth shot himself
, the fifth was killed while hunting, th
, sixth met his death by dropping from
o scaHolding, and the seventh wa
! drowned. AS the sonora lives In Mex
leo she has not gained the fame and no
toriety which would otherwise hav
, been hers from her varied matrimonial
ventures were she resident OF SOM
progressive American city.
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