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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

lessons IN religion. The last official
report tells us that more than half the
pupils are girls. For centuries women
and girls have been under the ban and
were of no more consequence in the
household than dogs or beasts of bur
den, but now they arc being lifted up
and treated with humanity and respect.
If the work Of our missionaries ac-
complished no other good but the re-
scuing of woman from the degradation
of ages it is worth ten times its cost.
Costl what is the cost but the surplus
of our wealth, and that surplus is not
ours, but God's.- Libraries and col
lcges are good things TO build up and
foster, but how much do millionaircs
give to the cause af missions Most
of this charity, we arc told, came from
those who are not worth onc-tcnth of
million.
1t is lamentable fact that the more
less he gives away in proportion to his
wealth. The parable of Dives and
Lazarus was intended TO alarm the
rich and selfish, but most of them say
give me little more money and will
| take the FISK OF losing heaven. Paul
said to Timothy: "Gain is not godi-
ness, but godliness with contcntmcnt
is great gain. We brought nolhlng
into this world, and it is certain we
can carry nothing out and they who
would be rich fall into temptation and
into foolish and hutful lusts that cast
men into pcrdition. The love of
money is the root of all evil" There
is sermon to live by, but it is hard
to do. Somehow l can't help wishing
l had little more than I have got
not for myself, but my wife would like
carriage and horses and ride around
and take the grand children, and she
would like to have some money Of her
own to give away and buy little pre-
scnts without asking me every now
| and then for dollar or two. She does
hate to do that, and | don't let her
when l have any to spare.
BILL. ART.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

was the; anti Christ and millennium
was near at hand. Next came Oliver
Cromwell, who excited his followers
with prediction of the millennium
and so it goes on and on and now it is
about time for another just as soon as
we have done killing off the Philip
pines and England has killed out all
the Boers. ns
We'll, now all these ruminations
about tho millennium were provoked
by what l have been reading about
the recent discoveries of oil all over
the country. One thought brings on
another and if the coming of Christ is
near at hand and His reign is to: be a
spiritual one for thousand years and
there is to be no winter or night or
sickness or pain or sorrow we won't
need all this Oil, neither for fuel or
light. And 50 L don't believe the mil
lennium is very near. If all the peo-
pie are to be converted and become
good it will be long time off, for it
is a slow process and all the coal and
oil that is IN the bowels of the earth
will be needed. 1t wasent put there
for nothing.
Missionary work is going on moro
rapidly than ever before, but it is like
a drop in bucket of water. We have
got 10000 missionaries in heather
lands and they arc aided by $4,000
native preachers and teachers, but
these 100000 wifi have to convert an
average for each of ten a year to make
a million, and there are over a thous-
and millions Of heathens now and
more coming on. But they do not
convert half a, million year, for the
last report gives only 100000 all
told. Last year we spent. SIC, 900, ,OOC
on them and have now over 1000, ,00C
children going to Christian schools
and have $4,000 churches and over
Il 900 secondary schools besides medi
cal colleges and training schools ant
hospitals and asylums for orphans ant
the blind and the insane and the lcpors
They have got almost everything tina
\, we have got and now have protection
in Constantinople and Pekin ant
Beirut and other great heathen ccnters
The work they have done in the las
ten years is amazing and the abduc
tion of Miss Stone has increased thei
zeal.
Thirty million dollars have beer
, promised for this year and they sa,
that if we cannot convert them we Cal
at least civilize them and teach then
, The doctrine of clean shirt and a com
L. Portable home, and these are the frs
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

much as I can with her, and t never
delay over calls like this. But l must
got on to her without delay"
:sI'n go for the boys" spoke up the
Young minister. SIT will be moon
light after ten o'clock, and if the trails
decent we'll have them here by dawn
at the latest. A saddle horse will
make tho best time"
And a saddle horse it had t. be, any
way, because the only Hardness team
not up at the McInness camp for the
winter was in Bracken, waiting to
bring Mr.. Harkness home when he re-
turned from Toronto, and all the
neighbors were in similar casc-both
for horses and men. So the young
minister saddlcd tho cOltie" while
Nell made him cup of strong coffee;
he swallowed it, cheered her and was
off-just as the clock struck tour.
-Four and half hours later the camp
trail being fair, and the highway lead
ing to it hard packed and in good con-
dltion, the men at the McInness camp
heard sound of wild shouting. They
turned out of their hunks, cut into the
night and tho frozen darkness, to find
the young minister dropping over his
horse outside.
Lift me down carefully, please,
men," he said---and there was new
ring TO his voice which stirred their
blood strangely. "The horse fell with
me, a while back, and Pm afraid my
right legs broken. l had lot Of
trouble getting back to the saddle
again"
Then he tainted, and the broken leg
was set and spllnted in rough but ef.
fcctive camp fashion before he came
TO. A circle Of admiring faces sur.
rounded his improvlsed couch when
his eyes opened, and Big Elder, tho
camp talkcr, was pertol ming sort OF
ecstatic war dance in the corner.
" Broke his leg and got on again
Rid with the broken leg hangingl jim
mlkins, but he's gritl'
SO chantcd Big Elder, over and over
until the young minister sobered him
with the announcement he had come
TO make. And then Big ELDERS great,
tender arms around him, young Arch
cr was borne to the rude sled whlcf
McInness himself had made ready, ant
| driven, III 1ur-cnClrClcu luxury, Dack
to the darkness farm.
He'll go home with u.s." thu
darkness boys had decided, summarlly
when somebody limited that his owl
lodgings at Bracken were nearer; "th'
extra eight miles won't hurt him, see
ing how far he's got to 60 anyway, an
we can look after him bcttcr'n the no
tel people,"
Hc-he rid up here with q broker
leg to tell us bout Ben," finished Bill
darkness, who had always dcspised th'
young minister. "I reckon we ow'
him something for that"
And they paid him, paid him in full
and with splendid interest, long befor'
Ben was about again, or before th'
new logging camp hero had recovered
from the fever and weakness which
followed that awful ride in the bite
cold, and with but cup of hot coffee
to stay the days hunger and cXhaus
ton. For they, with every man i'll tn
whole countryside, gave him thci
fullest respect and admiration from
that moment. and the Harkness boy
and their father, TO heap up the goot
measure of their bargain, conscntci Il
give him-Ncn.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27
Atlanta Constitution,


believe The millennium craze has
subsidized for awhile. Within my re-
collection it, bobbcd up three or four
times and excited good people all over
the country, for good people wish it to
come and live in hope and expectation.
1 remember when William Miller, of
Massachusetts, had all New England
excited, for he was very learned man
and sincere Christian and believed
all that he professcd. For ten years
he exhorted the people TO be ready for
fixed the day when they would see
Him descending from heaven in mag
nilicent glory and escorted by Moses
and Elijah and retinue Of angels.
lie had over 50,O00 devoted converts
and the night before the promised day
they arrayed themselves in white
ralment and sang and shouted and
prayed until morning, and then climbed
the high hills and tho tree tops and the
spires Of the churches TO meet Him as
Tic ncared the earth. But lie dident
come and 1t nearly broke their hearts
and they liked to have perishcd 10
death, for they had given away all
their earthly possessions.
Next came DR.. John Cummings, a
very learned minister of London, who
wrote book on 1t and fixed tn, mil.
lennial year at 1868 We were fight
ing over here about that time and the
millennium he'd to be postponed. The
millennium means the reign of Christ
upon the earth for thousand years,
when every body will be good and there
shall be no more death nor pain nor
sorrow, and there has not been CEN
tury since His crucilixion that the re-
liglous people have not been looking
for His coming. The Christians got
their belief from the prophecies of
Daniel and from st. John and St. Peter
and later on from lrenaeus and Justin
Martyr and they delighted themselves
with dreams of glory that was near at
hand. Some Of them declared there
would be no more winters, no more
nights and everlasting wells would ruin
with honey and milk and VINE. Jeru-
salem would be rebuilt and the fruits
of the earth would be colossal and
never dying. One notable writer said
that every grape vine would have lO,-
600 branches and every branch 10 900
shoots and every shoot 10000 punches
and every bunch 10000 grapes and
every grape would make 25 gallons of
wine. Good graciousl how thirsty that
fellow must have been. But the mil
lennium didcnt come and by and by |
Orlgen, very wise and good man,
came along in the third century and
declared that there would be no such
grapes, but that Chrlst's coming would
'e altogether spiritual. Still His COM
ng kept on being predicted and when
he reformation Of Luther and Calvin
amo about they said that the pope
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

The Georgia supreme court has
passed an order dispensing with oral
argument at the present term rs re-
suit of the crowded condition of the
docket and the illness of two Of the
Justices.
a leading authority on wine pro-
duction in the United States estimates
the total output in 1901 to have been
u 100000 gallons, Of which l3.5UO,-
800 gallons were +hc product of Cali
fOrna.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27


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blcs and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmer's Swamp=Root is not rec
commended for everything but If you have kid
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just the remedy you need. II has been tested
In SO many ways, in hospital work, in private
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every case that special arrangement has
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who have not already tried it, may have a
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When writing mention reading this generous
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27
IN \ HUMOROUS VEIN.

A Georgia paper tells Of revival
meeting at which man arose and
said he was the wickcdcst wretch in
the town. "pd 80 to pcrdi;:on if |
should die tonight" be concluded.
Immediately an old deacon started the
hymn, I" If you get there before l no J.,
look out for me, Pm coming too"
And then the deacon wondered why
everybody laughed.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

The New York Times credits Bishop
Potter with the following little ancc-
dote: a Chicagoan had been taken
around Boston all day to observe her
bulwarks, but had failed to exhibit any
OF those symptoms of paralysis whlch
are acceptable to tho Bostonian mind.
" Now Confess" said the Bostonlan
host, after the burden and heat Of the
day, "isn't Boston unique town."
" Unlquc?" muscd the Wcstcrncr: Ell
believe that word is derived from two
Latin words, unus, one, and cquus,
horse. L think Boston is Il unique
town."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

have rcconimcn ended your medicines to sevcnd1
Of my friends and they have been benefited
by them"
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser III paper covers is sent free ON
receipt of ar ne!cent stamps to pay ex-
pcnse Of mailing only. Address DR.. Il.
v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

hl I ~. hItiitS APt'>N
Syracuse, N. ",
writes: "Your med
icines have done
wonders for me. I'Or
years my health was
very poor; ] had four
Inisliaps. but since
taking DR.. Picrcc's
Golden Medical Dis
covery and I'avoritc
Prescription I have
much better health,
and now l have n
a. t-fNf tS.t
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

"Why do men llGck after the
widows" Because" explained the
sweet young thing, not without a touch
of bitterness, "lhc average man lacks
confidence in his own Judgment and
IN the Case of a widow he feels that he
is merely backing the Judgment of an
other man. ."--- Chicago Post.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

Representative Wilson, of brooklyn,
was strolhng lcisu:cly through the lob
by of tho Capitol the other day when
he met a tall, gaunt, heavy mustachcd
person, who stopped to inquire about
a member of Congress from Kentucky.
Mr.. Wilson looked the stranger over
carefully and gave him the desired in
formation, and then, suddenly rcmcm-
boring that the strangers face was
familiar, turned and inquircd: " Are
you from Kentucky, sir?" "Not by Il
burned sightn' was the reply. "rm
from Tennessee, but Iyc been sick a
week; that's why lock bad"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

A Kansas City paper having re-
marked that Prince IIcnry's act in
shaking hands with colored man in
Louisville is not calculated to make
him popular in the South, the Memphis
Scimitar replies: &" What rot! South
crncrs not only shake black hands, but
not infrcqucntly put something in
them, which is more to the purpose"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

cures made by DR..
kilmcr's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great mcdi-
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tcenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. kilmer, the emf
ncnt kidney and blad-
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

Alycc--What a lovely, cosy corner,
Maymc-suCh pretty couch!
Maymc--Isn't 1T? It's made out of
five trunks and hat.boX, seven pill
lows, two holsters and an old piano
cOver.-Detroit Free Press.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

"Will you kindly show me what you
have here 2" asked the visitor to the
pcnitcntiary.
With ple..surc,n replied the war
den who had once worked in dry
goods store: We have a few things
in stripes that | think will interest
you."- Ohio State Journal.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

A Glencoe lawyer was recently cross
questioning an Irish woman. "And,
now, my good woman," the lawyer
said, " will you be good enough to tell
the court how the stairs run in your
house % " How do the stairs run?"
the witness replied; " shurc, whin pm
oci,s;airs they run down, and whin
Pm downstairs they run oop."--NIin-
ncapolis journal.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27
BILL ARP ON
THE MILLEN MI u Nj

He Docs Not Think the Happy
Time is Near at Hand Con
vcrting the World is Slow
Work.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

" George Washington got great
deal of credit for not telling lic."
Ics,' answered the man who
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

"You arc in my pew, sir" said Mr..
Upjohn, stilly.
"Thcn l am sitting in the scat OF
the scornful," replied the stranger,
getting out of it with alacrity and TAX
ing scat further back in the church.
Chicago Tribune.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

'SNNN>'>SSSNNNNN
"Where did you come from, baby dear1
Out OF the everywhere Into the here.
Where did you get your eyes SO bluef
Ont OF the sky as came through.
What makes tho light in them sparkle
and spin1
Some of the starry spikes let in,
Where did you get that little tenr'
found 1t waiting when got here"
The fact is as sad as it is true that the
baby finds the tear waiting to dull its
blue eyes, and stain it's soft cheeks. At
the first il ohas no language but cry"
Its one necessity Is but to give express
sion to its suffering, and for that tear
suffices.
The mother who stoops in. anguish
over the wailing child would do any
thing to case its suffering. But she is
helpless. The time when she could have
did not realize that in those anxious
nervous days when she shrank from the
ordeal motherhood she was preparing
suffering for the baiT..
The patti of motherhood is soothed
and made easy for those who use DR..
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from strength. 1t makes the Birth hour
practically painless, and by increasing
the natural, food secretions, 1t enables the
healthy mother to enjoy the happiness
of nursing her child.
"Favorite Prescription" contains no
alcohol, neither opium, cocaine, or any
other narcotic.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

patient-Doctor, will you kindly pre-
scribe Il good nerve tonic for me?
Doctor-Why, my dear man. you've
entirely recovered from your sickness.
Paticnt-Yes; but L want you to
send in your bill.--Judge.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

thinks that all Is fair in business;
q" truthfuluess often helps a man to get
credit, but it sometimes interfores
with his profits. ."--Washington Star.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-27

"I want rest, Jedge. Please send
me up for year, won't you?"
"Six months"
Well, that's somethin'. Half
loaf is bettcr'n no loaf"
The Washington times., 1902-10-19

offered the conductor fare, and to my
ereat surprise he declined to take it. At
first | thought he must be union man
and wanted me to save the 5 cents to
helm the miners, but when l pressed him
to take the money he informed me that
everybody who wished to rode free on
the line
I'D like to patronize that line once,''
remarked the other.
Come with me and you shall see," said
Mr.. Mitchell The two men left the
Avenue car at Sixth Street and boarded
the one waiting on Sixth Street They
rode to G Street and got OFF. and, as Mr..
Mitchell had said. without having been
asked to pay for their ride.
Mr.. Mitchell walked up G Street to
Typographical Temple to confer with
Samuel Gompers about the strike, and
his friend is still wondering what has
prompted this magnanimity on the part
of big street car corporation, and why
he never discovered the fact before.
The Washington times., 1902-10-19
CIVILIZATION AND POPULATION.

The New York Evening Post" in a
thoughtful leader. epitomizes the rea-
sons advanced by Prof Brentano, of the
University Of Munich. for the fact that
the civilization of today appears to be
disproving the Malthuslan doctrine ac-
cepted by political economists. NAL
thus. as Is well known, convinced Sc
rious students that the increase of pop
ulation tends to outrun the means of
subsistence. and is only neutralized by
war, pesti!ence, ETC., or at least by in
territorial restriction of propagation. But
the plainest truth of our time is that
there has been an enormous increase of
population in all civilized countries. and
a sudden increase also during the last
century. and with it, despite Malthus,
as great an increase in human comfort
and prosperity. In England. for in
stance. during the six centuries after
William the Conqueror, the population
only doubled ESTIMATED at $500, 500, and
in 1900 it was cnly $780, $40 But in the
last century 1t rose to 32,500, 600 In 1912
the per capita wealth was about $500,
while in 1856 1t was as much as 81 $50,
and the wages Of the common workman
rose 1873 per cent. Such an increase of
population, wealth. wages, and prosperi-
ty has taken place in all civilized coun-
tries. but not In the uncivilized ones.
The reason is patent; 1t Is due to SCI
eEce. which has many times multiplied
the products Of human labor and COM
The Washington times., 1902-10-19
AN INTOXICATING ATMOSPHERE.
Can One Get Drunk on the Impalpable
Fumes of Alcohol?

There can be little doubt that the air
and drinking saloons must at times con-
tain appreciable amounts Of alcohol and
the question has arisen as to whether
air containing traces Of alcohol would
be prejudicial to health. Our attention
has been drawn by a correspondent to
one instance In which definite steps
were taken to ascertain whether the
air of an office In a wine and spirit
warehouse contained alcohol vapor.
1t is we'll known. Of course, that where
wines and spirits are stored there is in
variably sort of alcoholic smell. and
1t has tden stated that a walk through
the cellars at the London docks, where
large quantities of spirits are stored.
has at first a peculirly stimulating ef
feet. followed by depression and head
ache and nausea. In the same way the
stranger on his first visit to the great
sherry bodegas in the south OF Spain eS-
periences at first decided sense OF
exhilaration with quickening Of the
pulse, followed by narcotic effect.
feeling Of languor. and headache. In the
great brandy stores at Cognac. again, to
some people the air is sickening.
1t might be naturally expected that
and spirits would be the first to evap-
crate into the air, and possibly the
volatile ethers would thus prevail. We
have heard it said that the effect OF in
haling the air of the sherry vaults is
more marked than when other spiritu-
GUS liquids are kept in the store. 1t Is,
of course, we'll known that sherry Is a
highly ethereal wine. There would,
therefore, appear to be some ground for
concluding that when air is impregnaI/
with the volatile vapors OF spirits or
wines 1t has a marked effect upon
health. Whether this effect would be
pronounced or not upon those inhaling
the air day by day does not appear to
have been ascertained with certainty. II
is probable. however, that at any rate
some slight deterioration Of health
would take place
1t is pretty commonly asserted that
publicans and barmaids experience ill
effects from the constant inhalation OF !
an lcohol-contaminated air, but their
environment. of course, provides COM
bination of unhealthy factors. Accord
ing to an examination made Of the air
of distillery 1t would appear that no
less than an ounce of proof spirit or
half an ounce Of absolute alcohol may
bC PiCSoht III uSc CupiS lcSt VI II
is obvious from this result. we think. |
that very appreciable amount of al
cohol would be inhaled during a stay |
say. of eight hours in such air. And
since the alcohol by the medium OF the |
lungs would rapidly gain access to the !
the conclusion must be IN |
favor of the view that such air would !
in the long run be detrimental 20 !
health, and therefore that in such a case |
special arrangements for particularly |
ef~Nent ventilation are indicated.-Lon-
don Lancet. |