The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-06-26

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on faithfully unul 1t can't work an,
longer, and then gets discouraged unI
dies suddenly at its post.
The book says that but little was
known to medical science conccru,no
tho heart until the eighteenth century.
and that within the last fifty wears
many books have been written, and
now no part of the human system Is
better understood or more satisfactorily
treated. The disease called angina
pcctorls, is declared to be the most
dangerous to which it is subject be-
cause OF its distressing pain and a sense
OF impending death. If had read
that while | was suffering | should
have surrendered, but the doctor
Wouldnt tell me nor let me read il.
Tic says it is better to minlfy rather
Than magnify the apprchcnsions of his
patients. But the young people ought
to he told, told often and earnestly
that they can't fool with the heart. a
BOY who smokes cigarettes on the sly
IS storing up trouble that Will surely
come home and sap his manhood and
shorten his life. This Is 80 well known
no" That good men will not employ
boys who smoke. One wee calls for
another and Il news manager told me
the other day that one of his newsboys
skipped some of his patrons every
week so rs to have paper or two to
sell and get money to buy cigarettes.
or course he discharged him.
1t ls pleasant entertainment to listen
TO doctor tell his varied experiences
ana this one uttered Il truth the other
day that ought TO provoke sc, ious
Thought III every PARENTS bosom. lie
says thaI his greatest foe in the treat
mcnt OF diseases Of children IS their
to THEN parents and it il
most generally the mothers fault.
They will do things and cat things
that are forbidden, but she loves the
little dears SO much she ovcrlooks their
dlsoDedlonce and SO when they get sick
they VIII not take the physicians
medicines without force or n struggle.
ana II the doctor is not there TO force
IL the mother lets the time pass rather
lhan near the screams or erie of the
child. Not half the parents enforce
obedience from their children. prompt
and willing obedience should be the
first lesion taught child. Thei,
happiness depends upon it and so does
the mothers peace.
We old'tashloncd people have bu
little patience with n generation that i.
trying to reform the world with new
Notwithstanding the ways of thci
Notwithstanding children on love
instead of discipline. and filling all tho
schools In the land with athletic srort
and Intercollegiate contests. Wha
honor, what manlincss, is there il
kicking Il ball or batting one or wrcstl
ing or rowing boat? These sports
have gotten to be the most importan
part OF the curriculum and fill the dally
papers with pictures and thrilling re-.
ports of the games. 1t is all an "ignis
fatuus " that fools the boys and makes
them think they have acquired on edu-
cation. When they went to college
their parents had fond hopes of them
when they come out that hone is
gone, for they are unfit for business or
The duties of life.
While was half recovering from
the morphine state got to rumlnatiny
about the valuc of things and com
pared good health and domestic happi-
ness and the love and devotion of vii c
and children with fame and power and
wealth and ambition, and the very
thought of them sickoncd me. |
wouldn't give n good shower of rain
just now for Roosevelt and all he has
got or ever expects TO be. But | love
Roosevelt because he hates Miles, and
| love Miles because he hates ROOsc-
welt and ! despise them both -" Turn
Angelina '-ping pong. And last of
all came Satan. They arc for war.
They kill n thousand negroes to our
one. They make land dcsolatc and
call it peace. They have tramplcd the
love of liberty in :hc dust and all for
lust of power and peace.
A woman from Kansas City sends
me a paper with speech of Grand
Army of the Republic orator on De-
coration Day, in which he says that he
wishes every Confederate monument
was buried in the bottomless ocean
and other vindictivo things, and she
wants me to answer it,. No, il is no
use. That Grand Army of the Rcpub-
lie is full of just such contemplate
creatures and ! can't answer them all.
IL is a standing curse TO the peace OF
the land. Let the ball roll on. Turn
Angelina--ping pong, ding dong, ding
dong bell. Wo will survive the wreck
of matter and the crush Of worlds.
And 80 | went of to sleep murmur
ing, there is no Grand Army. IL is 6
TWO for a nickel or four to one concern
If I ronlln,i HUht bnfior thon thot -,