The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-10-05
moves or seems to move just 1000
miles an hour. These mondean lines

moves or seems to move just 1000
miles an hour. These mondean lines
divide time into eastern, central, noun.
tain and Pacific, a ID they pass through
New York city, ST. Louis, Denver and
Carson City, and therefore when it is
II o'clock in New York city it is only
8 o'clock in California. The railroad
companies, however, could not cut
their lines in two to suit these mon.
deans and hence their railroad time is
zig.zag crooked line to fit their ter
mlnal points, but 1t apprOXimates the
mOndean.
This ts not all that could be written
about time and whore the day begins,
b, but 1t Is enough to satisfy the school
girls and boys, and especially the
pretty girl who writes me from Nc
lac. In these days Of telegraph and
ocean cables 1t seems very funny to us
veterans that when u message is sent
from London it gets here two or three
hours before 1t starts, and II we send q
telegram to San Francisco today at
noon 1t gets there at 8 o'clock this
morning. The battle of Manila was
fought on Sunday morning, hut the
news Of 1t came on Saturday night be-
fore. How Is that? =,
Edgar Poe wrote a pretty little story
which he told about a young man who
was adopted aud reared by rich old
bachelor uncle who had been a ssa
captain, and now the old sailor was to
leave his nephew q large fortune If he
behaved to suit him. The old man
was cfossjand: contrary and the young
man was; awfully uneasy. for fear he
would do something to displease him.
At last he fell in love, of course, with
a very poor but pretty girl named
Kate. They kept their love u secret
and lived on it for about q year, and.
thought the old captain didn't know it,
but he did. So they determined. to:
got married even tho IT. should make
the old man mad and he should turn
them out of doors and not leave them
anything when he died. So on Sunday
morning Jack took Kate by the hand
and boldly they went into the old mans
presence. and told him all iabOut it, aud
that they had come for his consent and
for him to fix the day When:they should
be married. The old fellow, was really
glad OF it, Fforhe likedsthe girl, but he
couldn't help being contrary and 80 he
blusterediarouhd and: pretended to be
very mad, and finally wound up by say
ing Yes, yes, you may get married,
and I'll say when-yes when. Well,
three Sundays in a week. Yes, then
and not before"
: This was awful and the sad young
couple were about to leave when there
vas knock at the. door. When it was
opened two sailors, sea captains, too,
came rushing in and seized the old
mans hands and hugged him, and all
three got Jolly, for they were old chums
and had not seen each other for year.
The old uncle introduced them to the
young man and Kate and said some-
thing nice, about them. He soon
brought out some fine old Madeira and
Captain Pratt said: : Well, now
remember that the last time we were
together we had a royal game Of cards.
suppose 81 Up ssen We. y Z have another game as
"Oh, no." said the old uncle. Good
friends, you forget that this is Sunday,
ffnd tr9le Englishmen never play cards
on Sunday" "Sunday indeed" ex-
claimed Captain Pratt. cit is Mon
day. Yesterday was Sunday, and had
prayers on. board ship ash always do"
Captain Smithsop. by, this time was
excited and exclaimed !: :. Why you
both are crazy: To-day is Saturday and
tomorrow will be Sunday. Didn't f
j.
Ing before sunrise as we came into
port, and don't we always scrub ship
on Saturday: What are you thinking
about" - ..,~ ~., .'.:..:,
Then the old uncle, laughed and
chuckled and danced around the room
in great 'glee, for the wine was doing
it's work. > ~ 90 49,.
".Sunday--,Sundsy p he exclaimed.
Pratt says that yesterday was Sun.
day. Smithson, ,swears that TOMORROW
will be Sunday and swear that today
is Sunday: Ha s'hal ha | I see how it
,is, Pratt sailed west from London and
.Smitbson sailed cast and. have been
round the world in opposite directions,
and have stayed at homo. Three
Sundays In q week, by Jupiter. Here
jack. you young dog, go after the
preacher. and you and Kate, get mar
ried today, for it will be q long time
before three Sundays come togothe or
again" .'... 49,. '
Il haven't told the story as Poe told
1t, but that is the gist of 1t. ...
BILL ARP.
Does your doctor guarantee to cure or
permanently relieve that chronic trouble
which causes you so much pain2 MOI If
it's rheumatism, neuralgia, an old brilise,