The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

II. ). Burdcttc liked Mrs. Brownin
carlyle, Ihackcray; his fav0ritc cha
acterS Colonel Ncwcomc and Cromwell
best trait sincerity: sum of happluc<
Il home full of friends.
Henry S. Foote liked Shakcsnc,,
ana Byron, Macaulay and Tacilus: hi
iavorlte characters Old Mortality an
washington; the sum of happincs.
conjugal felicity.
II. E. Blccklcy chose Shakespeare
byron and Tcnnyson, Hamilton, Mi
and Pascal; his favorite characters Do
QulXotc and Marcus Aurclius.
John Is. Gordon preferred Shakes
pc"fc, Macaulay and Carlyle; his favo
rite characters Washington and Cato
MS 1avollte occupation raising lin,
stock; best trait in man, integrity, il
woman tenderness.
| L. Nj. Norwood, Shakespeare and
! byron; best trait in man honor.
Wallace L. Reed likes Shakespeare
an" MacauIay; best character is Napo-
;eoh; best trait, iusticc; sum of all
happlncss is happy home.
Joel Chandler Harris prefers Shakes
pearc, Scott and Thackcray; best char.
ac'ers Jefferson and Lincoln; favoritc
occupation looking after my roses; best
lralt IN man is honesty, in woman
lnodesty; sum OF human happiness to
be at home.
All OF these men name the sweetest
words in our language and also the
saddcSt. Among the last are lost -
forever lost might have been,
Observation-Disclosures, and one
says most of them begin with the letter
-, as disappointment, dismav, dcstruc.
''on, despair, debts, duns, death, dam.
nation and the icvil.
1hclc are ether writer's in this al
bum, but space forhids. These are
enough ior young man to choose
from. From these he can make up 4
good library, for there is not y cues
'lohablc BOOK among them. Shakes
pcarc and Macaulcy arc in the lead 10.
authors and Washington for character,
truth Tor the best TRAIT IN man and
modesty in woman. About half these
men liked The early morn and the
other hall the twilight, except, how
ever, l.. &. {. Lamar, who SAYS his
tavortc hour is | o'clock at night. U
never knew before that he playrd
pokcr.( or these sixteen notable men
Just half are dead. Their record is
made up and the book is closed. Their
influence upon the present generation
cannot be estimated nor over. cstimnt.
ca. NO great or good MAI or woman
mas an adequate idea of what he or shc
Is worth to mankind. Last Sabbath
we hcard very grand discourse upon
environment from Rev. Mr.. Mumford
who has established that industrial
school near Macon for the rejected
children OF the State, those who are
under the ban and who nobody wants
and nobody cares for the children of
drunken or disrcputablc parents an,
whom no orphanagc will receive. The
eloquent and earnest preacher declared
III words that burned: L" Men and
women are not born, they are made
Made by their environments, their
parents or their early associates. - lie
IS gong over the State gathering up
THO !r'endless and pleading with the
good people to give these children a
chance. "GIvc every fricndlcss child
a chance" he earnestly exclaimed.
Ills text was "Bcar yc one anothcr's
burdens and SO fulfill the law of
th'lsl." II is Il hardened heart who
can listen to hlm and not wlvr some
thing. There should be another uucs-
tion IN that album, what is the worst
ana most prevalent TRAIT in mankind {?
And would an swcr, scllishncss.n
BI;L AEr.