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An Impartial Woman.

This Is the grave of the most impair
tial woman on record" said the guide in
Cave Hill Cemetery to a party who
visited the beautiful cemetery the other
day. Away over that second knoll there
IS lot containing only two graves. and
the headstone of each is marked Father.
THE woman who is buried here was
married twice, and the two graves in that
lot are the graves of her two husbands
She tried her best TO treat her second
husband as she did the first, and even
when he died she had no idea of showing
any preference. But she was sick when
the funeral service of her second hus-
band was held. She directed that the
partner of her second matrimonial ven
ture be laid by the side of the first but
tina, enough space be left to bury her be-
tween the two.
BY some hook or crook mistake was
made and when she visited the cemetery
she found that they were buried side by
side with 40 space between.
We'll sir she didn't know what to do
She argued that If she should be buried
by the side OF her first husband it would
not be fair to the memory of her last
spouse. and vice versa. What did she do?
Why. when she died she left a request
that she be buried in another lot away
from both Of them. And it was needed -
-Somervine Courier-Journal.
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A Wedding Anniversary.
And How One Twentieth Century
Couple Celebrated 1t.

! In the fragrance of a summer twilight
they are dining beside an open window.
the langudly stirring curtains of yellow
/ ish lace showing posteresque glimpses Of
/ Fifth Avenue The band. hidden some
where behind palms. as band should be.
/ is playing "F'lorodora." Occasionally a
waiter changes the plates and fills the
/ glasses. They seem not to notice his
kindly offices, for their minds are fun of
J other things
With the Little Neck CLAIMS the woman
sighs softly and speaks, her eyes upon
the plate.
4 hope they are cold-cold as the sum
mer promises for us"
The man sighs. picks out the smallest,
of the CLAIMS on his plate and holds It to-
ward her lips across the table. She ac-
cepts it, laughs and tears brim over her
eyelashes.
After ALL" she says, defantly, Il am
glad We have decided to end it. 1 should
never have promised to meet you here
except to part from you"
Il know, dear, / know. But it's tough
state of affairs, when life promises so
little at best that We must let these in
fernal notions of prudence
Prudence! Why, Harry, 1 am aston
ished. Not prudence-right. There is a
clear line of demarkation and when people
who are married step over it they are
in"
"sh- dear! There's no happiness in
life anyhow. It's all a mockery!'
The waiter silently serves soft shell
crabs and pours a white wine.
Don't let him forget the lemon she
whispers tragically across the table, SO
the waiter can hear her
It's all game, but one that you nice
women will never learn to play. 1t is only
the heartless ones that win"
Like Herr
I'VE mustn't speak Of her! After all.
she's my"
stop! 1 won't have you say 1t! There
must be something more than this life,
Harry. We've got to think of that"
1T will be a beastly sort of joke on US
if there isn't anything to follow
THE cEabs?'
Hal ha! hal No, this life, or dream,
or whatever you may call it. Ha! ha!
ha >"
The Washington times., 1901-07-14
The Law and the Indy.

She had just come from abroad, this
honest little traveller. and her opinion of
the Dingley tariff and the dear" shop
keepers way of evading it was duly
printed in the New York Commercial
Advertiser" as follows:
They are perfectly sweet In London, -
she said. THE shopkeepers all sympa-
thiZe with the poor American woman who
wants to take back to her native shores
all kinds Of garments and furs and frocks
that can be bought cheaper in England
than in America. Well, the horrid Ding
ley law only allows you to bring slOO
worth Of things into the country free of
duty. OF course, no self-respecting. free
born, law-abiding American woman would
try to evade the law Neither would she
want 20 pay DUTY. And as for bribing and
smuggling. Perish the thought
Some Of my friends have had such sad
experiences, she continued dreamiIy.
one woman brought home six hats and
nlne gowns, and when the custom house
Faui Prys tried to bully her into paying
duty she naturally rebelIed.
Am | not allowed 800 of dutiable
goods| she asked. They said she was.
Wei, these clothes cost only S75 The
hats were S15-S2.j0 each-in London. The
gowns were $50 And she told the indi-
vidual prize Of each frock very willingly
and promptly and glibly. But those Gus
toms inspectors We're br4tes They would
not take ladys word. They had the-im-
pudence 10 say that not one of the gowns
could have been bought in New York for
less than 200. and that the hats were
worth from so to $50 apiece. Wasn't it
outrageousE Well, she had to pay duty
or have her frocHs sold by auction and she
herself sent to ludlow Street jaiI-and
this Is called a free country
But, as ! was saying, the London
shopkeepers are darlings. They mark
their hats and gowns for one before one
sails Tor home Things = 70 ghaartar. or
there, you know. and l don't see how the
customs house inspectors dare 10 wrangle
over prices when they know only Ameri-
can prices. But II 4 hat IS marked in
plain figures, rs Cd, and a gown is
such eVidence2
Yes. the more I think Of It the more 1
appreciate the thoughtful considera ton
OF the shopkeepers over there. / bought
all my things at one establishment last
summer and the firms name was on
every new article / owned. They gave
me a receipted bill for 219 19s ulzd, or
S9s-9S Wasn't 1t dear of them?"
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Her Fortune in n Tub.

Mrs. A. 4. klopfy. of Atchison, Kan,
is not only engaged in a very unusual
business for a woman, but one that is
fast winning her fortune. saws
the st Louis Republic" She is an
artistic laundress of lace curtains and
bedspreads and fine table linen. Com
mencing the business a few years ago
the excellence Of her work soon com
mended itself to the public. and it has
now grown to such proportions that she
and her sister, Mrs. Jennie Roth, who
assists in the work, have all they can
attended 10 In this line. During the first
year she was engaged in this wc-L Mrs
hlopt washed and ironed lis curtains. re-
celVlng 50 cents pair for them Last
year she laundered 5000 curtains and
so tar this year she has already washed
ana lroned over 2,0oo curtains. Her fame
Is 50 widespread that curtains are sent
10 her from Topeka. Leavenworth. ST
Joseph, Eftinsham. Doniphan. and Meta
waka. Mrs. Klopf and sister have
washed and dried as many as 100 lace
curtains in one day. but the average
number IS nifty. In addition TO the larln-
dering OF curtains, the rarest of old Iaces.
the daintleSt OF centrepieces, dOilies and
lunch cloths in countless numbers are
brought to her, and her patrons are the
best housewives In Atchison and neigh
boring towns. After washing the fabrics
with a galNaric soap they are put upon
an upright stretcher and exposed to the
rays of the sun. after which they are
ironed upon heavy pad. thus bringing
out the figures very distinctly.
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the mystery and interest attaching TO the
origin of the new dance that the Austro-
Hungarian Consul in London made in
vestigations and discovered that il had
been invented ten wears before by a Bo-
hemian servant gin named Anna Slezak.
who used 20 dance and sing it for the
entertainment of her friends on Sunday
afternoons. a local musician wrote out
the music, and the dance was taken up
by the students Of the little town (EIbe-
kosteletz). But II took five years TO get
to Prague, the capital, and four years
more 10 reach Vienna. where il met with
an enthusiastic reception. A year later,
as already stated. ii became known to
Paris and the world.
The Washington times., 1901-07-14
China Painters Wanted.
Women Artists Could Make For
tmn, ut Thcnc MfIIS.

The big, picturesque pot and tile kilns
/ of Trenton, n. J.. afford exceptionally
I well paid labor TO a large proportion of
! the working population of that city. says
| tha New York Herald" 1t is hard TO con-
ceive Of a more happy or contented lot OF
| people than the mel and women who lend
| brain and Drawn to the making of a tea
| cup or a storied hearth tiIe-designers,
mold makers, and casters. engravers and
priaters, and carvers. burnishers. gilders,
decorators-each happy in his or her pc
cuiar skill and cunning to transform
once homely clod of clay into thing of
use or of beauty.
II is in the decorating departments,
furnishing rooms. and gliding rooms that
womens work plays it's greatest role In
the manufacture of pottery and porcelain
and tile. Although women seem to be.
and are by every tradition of their sex.
especially adapted for china decorating
work, it is a fact that the Ceramic Art
Works are just now without one woman
flower painter-not because they do not
want women painters, not because there
is not a great deal Of fine work to do,
but because they cannot get good women
flower painters.
'AIl women can paint china more or
less WELL" said Mr.. Waiter Lenox, 'or,
at least. all women think they can paint
china, but the trouble is they wont give
it the time and attention as a life work
that a man does.
Now, a first-class woman artist can
make $50 week at china, and have her
own hours. There is every opportunity in
the world for a talented flower painter
The trouble with a woman artist in cera-
mics is that invariably as soon as she
begins to turn out really artistic work
and earn good salary she makes the
mistake of getting married.
1.-The painting of high class art porce-
lain must be, one might say. entirely in
spirational. Marriage and the cares Of
home seem in almost every case to tend
to destroy the ability for inspirational
work We have had girls come back to
us after several years of married life
and go into the studio again. only To
prove that the charm and originality OF
their former work had been hopelessly
lost in that short hiatus Of their art life
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proper colors. Although in the ordinary
pottery there Is no freehand drawing,
there is every opportunity for the exer-
else of native artistic ability. Few if any.
Of these girl decorators who make an
average salary OF s15 per week at this
light and pleasant employment, know the
first principle of technical art. The most
OF them begin as apprentices when they
are little girls.
1t is a wholesome sight to watch a hun
dred or more girls painting flowers on
cups and saucers and platters. as If their
very lives depended upon just the right
shading of a rose or the proper twist of
vine. There is always and everywhere
displayed a strong incentive and fierce
rivalry to excel, without which any work
after all, must become in time mere
drudgery. Possibly it is that alone that
incentive to excellence. that the fictile art
offers to all its followers. which makes
the potterS a peculiarly happy and con-
tented and prosperous people.
The making of tea cup is in each and
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and executed It, / didn't know till he
showed me the menu In fact 1 didn' {
know then. 1t looked like something by
FiIlon.'
Never mentioned chops, suppose. Ha,
ha. hal A toi.''
The honor is mine, madame. No,
chops are always outlets in French, be-
lieve."
The waiter pOurs more wine and serves
two small broiled chickens. She looks
them over tenderly
Poor little things! Perhaps they loved
each other and had to part"
They are not parted. you notice. They
are united even in death. To your eyesi"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, har'
'Ha. ha, hai"
They both laughed so exuberantly that
the waiter raises his eyebrows sixteenth
of an inch and keeps them there.
How can we laugh so?'' she asks, re-
proachfully; but, OH Harry, I've thought
The Washington times., 1901-07-14
History of the PnII,n-

The peculiar and fashionable dance
called the polka does not derive it's name
from Poland, as many people suppose,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser." 1t originated In Bohemia, and its
name is derived from the Bohemian word
pulka, which means half" and refers to
the hitch, half step, or kick characteris-
fic of the dance.
The polka danced by a Bohemian ballet
master in the Odeon Theatre In Paris in
1870 soon became the fashionable society
The Washington times., 1901-07-14
AItorether DiRerent.

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-"Well, 1 see that En-
glishman has got his Gainsborough back
after twenty years"
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-"I shouldn't think
his wife would care for it now; it's out of
style
out nothing; picture as valuable as
that is never out of style"
oh. is il picture? l thought all along
that the Gainsborough was a hat!'-Yon-
kers Statesman.
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The Moonstruck Maid.

Science has proved that moonlight is
more fatal to the complexion than the sun
in his splendor and they are now selling
in Paris little moonshades made of
double thickness of mousseline de sole
with a light fringe, the handles of which
fold back like those of the marquises OF
our grandmothers time.
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But were alive tonight, as the verse
says"
Let us forget tomorrow"
1T never is, you know
That's too Henry James for me. Never
ie what?"
Tomorrow; it's always today, don't you
see2''
The waiter pours again.
And after this WHAT"
Salad, l think, and cheese"
"Oh," she pouts. Il don't mean that.
mean when we say Goodbye Did you
order a mayonnaise?"
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This is a most un-
g-.,rt - pTf

Of some thing funny. This is a most un-
"Why?"
Why, look Even the broiied chickens
have their legs crossed
They look into each others eyes across
! the table as they touch their g.asses' rims
The walters shoulders undulate deli
catelv.
Life is so short isn't it, Harry
And the other thing so beastly long
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well as an art, or. rather a complexity of
arts and sciences-arts teeming with
witchcraft, sciences rife with mysticism
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Ceramic Art Works
are filed with gems
of painted porcelain
and carved Parian, all
the work of women
who have either given
up art for marriage or
who have accepted po-
sitions even more re-
munerative as in
structors in schools of
art and design.
In the tile works and
in those factories
where the more com
mon pottery is turned
out, and where the re-
quirements for high
art are not quite so
exacting, women and
girls work by the
hundreds with paint
brushes and gliding
sticks, or in the more
mechanical work of
transferring decora-
tions from printed tis-
sue paper patterns.
But even in its most
simple phases, the dec
Grafton of pottery is
an art of the most in
finite restrictions and
uncertainties, but of
never failing fascina-
tion. Each printer in
the mechanical deco
rating room has three
girls under his super
vision, and as he
prints the design from
an engraved copper
plate the little appren-
tice cuts the trans
ferred wreaths and
sprigs and nosegays
from the tissue paper
sheet.
The next girl at the
table claps the proper
piece on TO the cup
and saucer and plate,
and the next girl. with
a brush and soft soap,
rubs the impression
thoroughly into the
smooth surface, and
then the ware is hur-
ried away to the next
room, where hundreds
of girls, with pailettes
and paint brushes,
"fill in" the flowers
The Washington times., 1901-07-14
Her French m uIt Mixed

Did you hear what Judy Gibbs said?''
mo: what was it?''
''She said the new bride next door to
them has the most elegant repertoire *
shirt waists she-eVc- w."-Chicago Res
ord Herald.
The Washington times., 1901-07-14

fiuW I'd II YOU
laugh?"
"Er-have some of
these crosses; they're
so dewy and fresh"
The spiritual side OF
things has always ap-
pealed TO me more
than the material.
Those crosses are love-
ly. That's what l al
ways liked about you,
Harry. You were al
ways $3.50"
Fresh ?"
NO, so mystic.
Don't you remember
the night of the thun-
derstorm. when we
first met in that queer
little summer house on
the cliffs. afraid to run
to the hotel in the
downpour. and the
lightning flashing
around us. and the
thunder You said it
was a Wagner night;
don't you remember ?"
The waiter brings
spring lamb chops,
green peas and aspar-
gus. He pours another
wine.
"Champagner she
gasps.
1t wouldn't be a
properly constructed
parting without cham
pagne, you know"
1t will drive away
the blues, l suppose. +"
"Hai hai har"
Please don't laugh,
Harry"
Why not? Laugh
ter and tears are both
enjoyable in their way.
Here's to the one old
joke that we must al
ways laugh at-lifei"
Men laugh at it
but we women love to
cry. you know.
Not into the cham
pagne, my dear. Have
another chop"
They are so good.
Harry, there may be
nobler men than you,
bat none that can or
der a better dinner"
That bouquet is for
DhdHfs.ra IL. ~. -. - % 4
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
FROM NEIiDMORE.

Mr.. Editor: The heavy rains
Of late have washed the land con-
siderably. The farmers are getting
over the blues though, and are ap.
plying elbow grease, repairing ter
races, thinning cotton and replant-
ing corn. Tho streams were higher
than they ever have been and the
signs Will show many years to
come. Cotton has tho blu?s and
sore shin, but the sun will cure i!
when it gets warm.
Mes.rs. Anderson Looper, John
Thomas and B. Lathom arc home
from The Saludu Seminary. We
don't Know whcthor they received
a sheep skin or a COW hide.
oLcs Cooper and wife, Of Pied.
mout, wcro visiting relatives and
fri'nds in this section last week.
n. \. Christopher, of Norris
visited his wife and family Satur.
day June I'd.
James Hunt, who hae been on
the sick list, is able to be out
again.
Thomas Childress conducted a
very enjoyable singing at Mt. Car.
mel tho first Sunday afternoon
which should he a "eglnning of a
sc: les Of sing ng. there's nothing
b'ltor than prr, sweet music. 1t
tends 10 cIrIae the mind; makes
our Ideals Ii! her and like Shake
&peara sad: "The man that hath
no music in himself, nor is not
moved with concord Of sweet
$oUnI?: Is tit for treas N, strata
gem ana spo.ls. Tho nations of
his spirit are dull az night, and his
affections dark Erebus. Let nc
such man b. trusted. " Congrovt
sal', "Music hath CHAINS tc
sootho l..' savage breast, to softsl
rocks or bcNd II knotted OAK
Didn't T.pman and McLaurir
play it whc> they resigned.
reckon there II be another cam
raign. Some good man ought tt
step III and got tho plum aid leave
ln"ln ~ nome. 1T Will be another
mud singing campain and will
corrupt the morals Of the country
We have too many elections,
think. If the State officers were
elected every four years ther,
would be less sensations. I guess
some people want sensation though
May cherries are ripe now ant
onc may SEQ the shirt.teils in the
trees very day.
~ nelghbor of the tcri saw {
king snake wrap itself around ,
largD moccaslon and kill it on las
Thursday. KING snakes end blacl
snakes llIl all the mice and rat
around the crib and barn; they ar
the farm ers friend and should no
be killed for they arc not very poi
FonQus' Naais!sE,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
SAVED TWO FROM DFATU.

"Our little daughter had an al
most fatal attack Of whoopin &
cough and bronchitis,' writes Mrs.
w. X. HaviIand, OF Armonk, n. Y,
"but, when al other rcm>dics fail
cd, We saved her lifo with DR..
Kings New Discovery. Oar niece,
who had Consumption in IN ad.
vanced stnga, also used this wcr.
derIul medicine and to-day she is
perfectly wcll.' Desperate throat
and lung DISEASES yield TO Dr..
Kings Now Discovery es to no o..
er medicine on Garth, InfalIiblc
for Coushs aod Colds. Soc and
800 bottles guaranteed by Bolt 4
Thornley,, Triai boIt!ea free,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
Apply for board at Mrs. Lathem's.
forms rCuSOnublo

Icfn3 IclSOn;iDC.
Roy. 0. j. Copeland, of Anderson,
will preach ut the Baptist church at this
place next Sunday evening ut o'clock.
Coroner j. j.. Parsons WAS called 10
Euscy Wednesday morning to hold i'll
quest over the rcmains of Ear!o Forgu-
son who was found dead in bed at his
home early that morning.
Rev. G. i. Mccain preached an in
tcrcstinG and instructive sermon to n
large congregation in tho Methodist
church LIST Sunday night. His text WAS
taken from tho 1st and I'll verses of the
18th chapter of Hebrews.
--Childlcns Day will 10 tho next
thnd Sunday in June ut Twelve Mile
Exercises Ecgin at 3 O'Clock in tho after.
noon. Addresses will be made by ). L..
O.. Thompson and others. Also the
rchool will take part i'll the exercises.
Good music will De had.
The Y. NJ. G. \. meeting last Sun
day was Il corplcto cllcccss. lion. Z. f.;
Robinson very appropriately Addressed
the audience on the SuhjTct OF tImpcr-
oncr. Tie pro.ram was we'll arranged
and carric.i out. In tie absence OF the
president and vice -prcsiLont j. Il. lay
lor was elected temporary president.
The Sunday school ut Bethlehem
schoolhouso us usual, rrodu" Il some cN-
ccllcnt music last Sunday afternoon with
Nlcssrs Griffin, Rimp"T, Hamilton, Mel.
son and Murphrcc in the lead. The
Sunday schoot ai [, ut pl CO is in -four
ishing condition under the efficient man
ngcmcnt Of its superintendent S. II.
DuV
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
liberty SINGING ASSOCIA.
TJON


The Liberty Township Singing
association met with tho Iion
Methotiirt church on Sunday the
2nd Just, n;th N. i, hrg.rs pr.,
siding iAe rfclI:1g srryI:Ws wuru
"A0%;Nu;c" ~ t!.r presi'unt after
wh:'h tA* l"a"s':s werG us iuiluMs
each leading twenty minntcSi w.
y. Porter, VIII Young, Furr,an
Johnson, T. 3. Owens, W. T.. Smith,
and j. f. Lesley. Intcrmlssion
was thcn given for an hour and
thirty minutes while Il sumptuous
>cnast Was scrvcd OH the ground.
In the afternoon the following pro.
fc-sors lead the music: w. w.
Norris, l.. 0. Uunn,cutt, D. W.
Rogers, +. c. Rogers, l.. Chapman,
4, lo<ter, J, +. Lesley and ". 4.
i'":tcI, Misses jet!ic WrlbUrn anl
Edna Smith performed with eff.
c!enay at the organ.
Thcro was a larg crowd present
aud every o"c scanel to euiny the
nccA1inn.
ANor prayer J." The president sl:n
tE:*5':jHi:ou adionrnetl t. meet with
tIIu Liberty EaElisi church OF tie
second Sunday iii July,
w. II. Evatt, Sec.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
Y. NJ. G., A.,

l. Opening exercises including
devotional service.
2, Reading minutes last meting
3. Music.
4. Ton minutes talk by J. II.
Nowlon.
5. Music.
=, Ton minutes talk On Bible
Heading by II. l.. Henderson.
z. Music.
s. Collections
8. General remarks.
III. Announcement program next
meeting and fixing place.
II. Music.
II. New business.
l3. Dlsmission.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-06
SU MINER SCHOOL.

Columbia, S. c., May %, 1901.
Mr.. w. w. +. Bright,
Pickens. S. G.
Dear Sir: AS to the Summer
School N Pickens, if We hold one,
it will DO rather late-I do not
know myself, yet. | should think
would be very 'unwisc to havo the
school while the teachers are at
work IN the country schools.
There will not be Il school for
negro teachers at Pickcns, but
there will lie ono at Greonville
which the teachers Of your county
may attend, | hnfo.
Very truly yours,
John }, McMuhan,
state Supt. Education.
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convincing proof that the kidneys and blad~

convincing PROOF mat inc kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to DO.
There IS comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root, the great kidney remedy funlls every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain In tho
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every par.
OF the urinary passage. It corrects inability
TO hold water, and scalding pain In passing
It, or bad effects following use OF lquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled TO 20 often
during the day. and TO get up many ,imss
during the night The mild and tho extra,
ordinary effect OF Swafnp-Root Is coon
realized. II stands the hlghes, for rs won.
derful cures OF tha most distressing cases,
Hyou i,eed q medicine you should Rave The
eost' Sold BY druggists In SOC. and 81. sixos
You may have a sample bottle Of thls
and book that tolls hsIfIEs1gS S!|lNssa
absolutely free by mall, sals ssislss
sadyesa pr, Kllmer O. a.ps q sSsmp Rco,,
Co., elhghamton, N, Y. Wbaa writing MEM
ll9A reading thla generous offer In this paper.