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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09
Secrets of SOciul Power.


Tn the arr OF conversation les. TO
som" cHtCnt. the $"trC; OF social power.
Seek by every p0Ssii!a means 10 rem.
"dT any deficiency. and. ijy reading and
frcQucntiilG libraries where books and
magazines arc abundant. gain thor
ouE;h acQua intance with every timely
GOpic.
In due Imc Shc:c will come tho peas
1lrr OF entertaining guests in ones own
home. and in this connection there j.;
vc:-to-bc-ior:sOttrn fact tnat there
should be an Intimate correspondence
between tho circumstances bi the
EHStcSi and IL" style in which 81" ri!-
:ertain&. By the use here of the word
'Sty:c" 1t is not intended 20 convey tie
idca thai one may not stamp hcr on
tr"tainmcntS with ~" hnllmnrliS o.
elegance and at tilc same time with
simplicity.
The UlWrittcn laws O" on" aCa:al
HE declare hospitality Il rcciu?&ral
thing. ard 10 T0un" woman vino $vri:;
20 hH hun"S; wiih herself and thc
world Should fail 10 return in SON"
n:Hunr" nCi' social OBLIGATIONS; En!nS;
indeed. ny hr. tai2nt.; ;.i!" hu; nh,.c;i
luStrc To ;hc cM;"rtHinm"H;s O. others
Even :h" hachc:or maid may. il %hG
have a friend with hc". manage many
delightful affairs. .--Cincinnat Tribune
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09

The disappearance Of aboriginal pco-
pie before our advancing civilization,
as seen in tho islands OF tho Pacific,
is being repeated in various settle
mcntS OF the far North. III twenty
years the Inhabitants OF Labrador
have decreased from 10000 to $1,000.
The natives OF southwestern Green
land now number bat 10000. and they
require assistance from The Danish
Government. The determination OF
the seal. walrus and polar bear by
whalers has reduced the Alaskan IiS-
kimo from perhaps 1000 to about 800.
The Eskimo at Smiths Sound, who {,
dozen years ago nNmbercd 300. arc re
ported by Penry as being reduced tC
about 900.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09
ColorS Tint Maize Hou I.ooE Thin.

White make Il woman l0ol. innocent,
WinsOmc and classic. Clear white is
FOR the blonde, cream white for the
brunette. Is It nOl the woman in
White VINO has all the attention and the
Wldc eyed young thing in white with Il
pluc ribbon who captures al! the
DcauT?
"BlacIi suits the fair" a noct tells us.
1t Is the thinnest color n stout woman
can wear; indeed, the woman who
wears black to best advantage Is she
who Is stout and has black eyes and
black hair. 1t Is an echo from Paris
that In gowns Of certain colors flesh
seems 10 shrink; in others to expand.
a snDducd shade Of blue. hcliotr0Dc
and olive green. with black, OF course,
are the col0rs under which flesh seems
less ostcntatous, while Wedgewood
blue, pale gray and almost any shade
OF red are to be avoided. Mauvc and
tho higher shades OF green are the two
c0lors that in decoration about the
throat and shoulders are especially
helpful in diminishing the effect Of the
flesh.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09

rho development Of the modern rail
road and steamship makes possible Il
trip around the world in twenty seven
days, rs follows: From New York to
Hamburg. 4S00 miles. seven and three
faurths days: Hamburg to NladivO-
stock. 7a00 miles. six and onc-corth
days: NladivoStOcli TO Seattle. 1000
miles. ten and ouc.fourih days: Seattle
20 New York. $500 miles. two and
thvcc-fourth days: total, 22.GO0 miles
in twCntY-Srvrn days.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09
G O q d g
@ X o N D s.
TN hHnOnCunl prcprDga.

( 4 i'E progress OF tho good
reads movement in this
H country during IL" last
ION yi.,... Il
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09
When Cupid Stopped
A D!i;G.
a Stock Market Story.

T ltE ma~natc was Il satisfied
'Han. AS he 81, in i!iS library
that night, November Il. l0Gn,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09

1t Is discovered that nearly twenty
livery mail carriers. No women are
anr ointrd rs mail curriers' in the cities.
AMI ihr rOStOilirr Drpartmrn, is on
p pr%cd to women doing such wurl; any
where. ii being deemed too severe frr
them. The appointments in tn" rural
free delivery service would no, Mlv"
been made if ii had been known that
the candidates were women.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-04-09

II Is seldom thai you cen Eet 4 ccif
made man TO aD9Io@iEa. ...-o....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
Servia's Problem.

The Servian parliament will assemble
at Belgrade to-day to choose a king and
take control Of the situation. The pro-
visional ministry Of which Jovan Avaku-
movies is premier, was appointed by the
assassins, who, on Thursday last mas
sacred ten or twelve persons, including
the king, Alexander, and Queen >Draga
and her two brothers. This Avakumovics
ministry have FASTENED to pardon all
political prisoners and order their release,
and not a single person connected with
the bloody deed Of last Thursday has been
arrested or molested in any way. The
Sixth infantry Of the Servian army, who
effected the bloody coup, command the
situation. The national assembly has an
opportunity to show whether it is the
creature Of the army which, since the
tragedy, seems to have cowed the whole
kingdom, or has independence enough to
see that the assassins are punished, that
Servia shall not bear the stigma placed
upon her by the foul deed Of June 10. AS
the details come In the hideous and bestial
character Of the massacre appears more
appalling, showing that, while Servia has
during the last century made a bad rec
ord Of assassination, none have been sc
brutal as this last. There have been
vague assertions that if the national as.
sembly does not punish the crime, the
powers will step in and see that justice
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
REFRAlNED FROM MURDER
Nashville American,


The renewed activity In eliminating
personal enemies by the favorite process
of assassination in Breathitt county, Ken
lucky, rather makes apropos Henry Wat
terson's story Of a battered and crippled
old lawyer who went UP into that noun
tain region in Kentucky where the keen
crack of the rifle and the short, sharp.
bark Of the revolver are otter heard and
where the odor Of burnt powder freights
the air, to collect claim. He was only a
piece of a man, but he was not afraid of
anybody. AS Mr.. watterson tells the
story it runs about as: follows: The old
lawyer was lame and half blind and one
armed. A local celebrity in the case was
the districts dead shot, who had killed
many, men and who was ready to shoot
anything or anybody. He came in daily
to see the lawyer about a case in which
he was interested, until his visits be-
came extremely tiresome. Finally the
lawyer exclaimed: Get out Of here and
stay out Of here. Get out right away
I'm sick Of seeing you. Don't stand there
looked at the wreck Of man In incredible
dismay, and before he knew what he was
doing he was backing out of the room.
When he reached the street he burst into
tears. The Inhabitants crowded around
and asked him what was the matter. sHe
druv me out" he walled. 'Druv me right
out of the room. Said he's tired O. lookin'
at me and won't let me come back no
more.'' why didn't you shoot him ?''
asked the crowd. Shoot him?" echoed
the slayer of many lives. Shoot him !?
He couldn't walk. He couldn't see He's
deaf and couldn't hear. He couldn't run
and he couldn't fight. Why, fellow citi-
zens, If I'd "a shot him it would "a been
murder"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
A glance at the crop acreage figures for

A glance at the crop acreage figures for
western Canada this year is enough to
make most anybody appreciate the advan-
tages Of closer trade relations with Can
ada. In Manitoba alone the increased
acreage under plow is about $4,000 acres,
and Of this more than 100000 acres is in
wheat. If the new acreage does as well
as the old did last year it will produce not
less than 10000, 900 bushels of wheat. This.
remember, is Manitoba alone, and leaves
out Northwest Territory acreage. 1t begins
to look as If the prophets who have been
predicting a wheat yield of from 250,0O0,
900 to $4,000, 900 bushels within the next
few years knew what they were talking
about. z=$ss.t s%s5S ,s&sSS@A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
Books, and Authors
REAL NATURE STUDY

Professor Bailey in his ''The Nature
Study Idea" makes some very wholesome
suggestions. Nature study has become
something Of a fad and the professor
thinks that much that is called nature
study is only diluted and sugar-coated
science" and some Of It is mere senti-
mentalisms.' He rightly insists that,
when we talk about nature-study In the
schools, we ought to mean that the pupils
are coming more closely In touch with
nature and comprehending nature, not
thru the medium Of text books or read
ing books. so much as by personal and
actual observation. The more we are in
touch with nature, the less do we. publish
the fact abroad. 1t is not every teacher
by any means who is qualified to teach
nature study. The qualified nature study
teacher must have been baptized, so to
speak, in the beauty and affluence Of ma
ture, and be inspired with natures dis
closures. The qualified teacher may, in
deed. communicate the fervor of his or
her inspiration to those who are to be
guided in the study.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15


The burning Of the City hotel at Jack
son, KY, gives the outside world another
glimpse into the villainous sort of human
nature that fourishes in the Kentucky
A correspondent Of the New
York Post asserts that these Kentucky
.'bad men, are really very cowardly,
sneaking lot. He says that the Grim
inal law has become almost a nullity in
Kentucky, even outside the particular and
favored region Of assassination. There
are many people in the state, says this
correspondent, who are supposed to be
intelligent and respecting, who have
a lurking sympathy with these despera-
does and feel secret pride in the terror
which a Kentuckian' is supposed to car
ry with him wherever he goes" When
law abiding Kentuckians begin to realize
what byword their state is becoming
thru its lawlessness, they will find a means
to suppress the reign Of terror and law
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
President Standing Pat.

From the non-committal attitude of
President Roosevelt towards reciprocity
with Canada and reciprocity in general it
begins to look as If the administration
were now fully committed to the idea of
standing pat on the tariff until after the
elections Of 1904.
This appears to be a bad policy, gener-
ally and particularly. In general it seems
to be inviting the same fate for the re-
publican party that overlook it in 1890
and 1892 when it failed to understand the
tariff reform sentiment Of the country.
When that sentiment gets up a high pres
sure it will have it's way thru one or the
other Of the great national parties. If
the republicans do not revise the tariff
conformably to the principles of protec
ton, it will be revised by its enemies
conformably to the principle Of tariff for
revenue only.
In particular this policy Of procrastina
ton Is especially bad as it affects our
relations with Canada because the longer
we delay In this country to set our house
in order for better trade relations with
Canada, the less 11lCAueu. IS Ndudud Ill
that direction. If two years were to
elapse without any steps being taken by
the United States in the direction of reci-
procity the present favorable opening
would be lost. and 1t would take some
years for history to repeat itself and MAKE
the idea Of reciprocity again mutually
agreeable.
| Z
In this connection it is worth remark
ing that President Roosevelt has SO far
done nothing to carry out the Mckinley
reciprocity policy, which, in view Of the
fact that the late president had especially
emphasized it just before his death,
would seem to have been foremost in the
policies the new president informally
pledged himself to adhere to. It may be
that he prefers to walt until election to
the presidency shall have put him in a
position to force his policies upon the
attention of congress. His sad experience
with the Cuban reciprocity treaty natur-
ally tends to make him slow to urge con-
gress to act. 1t is only some such explain
alton that can account for the presidents
"stand pat tariff policy. in view of his
well known personal favor for more lib
eral trade relations than those we now
| have.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
THE DEADLY ri LINE

Some fiendish printer is my secret foe,
On the top floor.
He has a trick that fills me up with woe
And oaths galore.
I wrote sonnet to my lady's hair,
And said that ''only with it can compare
etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj xzfiflffzhhz
this made me sore.
A thrilling romance, too, penned one
day.
On the last page
The villain told why he did seek to slay
Sir Durivage.,
II sought his life," quoth he, mot In the
fray,
But helmet off, because he once did say:
vbgkqj xzffnM n -; shrdlu shrdlu inlu
That made me rage.
And forthwith to the editor wrote,
& With angry pen,
Correcting the mistake In brief note
OF how and when.
Twas printed; yet an added horror
smote.
AS over the correction did gloat:
MUST-All Eds--A ] T-Bury on inside
page
II was mad then.
Gould hut have this wretch to work my
For one short hour,
I'd boil him In hot pitch, or, better still,
Had the power,
Above the fiery furnace have him grill,
Able alone to shrek in wordiess will:
'.vhjkq shrdlu cmfwyp etaoin shrdlu tao"
Forevermore.
INLAND Printer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
For once at least the railways appear

For once at least the railways appear
to have bethought themselves that Min
neapolis sometimes has conventions that
are worthy Of low special railway passen-
ger rates. The special rate for the Ameri-
can Swedish Singers Union festival in
Minneapolis July 21-24 applies to all por-
lions Of the country and is the fare one
way plus So. 1t has been long time
since Minneapolis has had so low a rate
as this applying to. so large a territory
It really ought to bring many more visit.
ors to the city during the third week Of
July than came in during the carnival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
AT THE THEATERS
.Lyceum-"Mr. Barnes OF New

lyceum-"Mr. Barnes OF New York."
One of the most delightful plays Of the
season aroused enthusiasm last night at
the Lyceum. For Gunther's drama in
competent hands, displays the merits but
not the faults, Of his entertaining novels.
So skilful is the dramatic adaptation to
stage purposes, that what is really melo-
drama is freed from the falseness Of that
medium. One or two condolences in the
Corsfcan vendetta that entangles English
man, Frenchman and American in snares
Of love or hate might be unusual, If not
Improbable. But the incidents, the char
acters, are consistent, the moving situa-
lions are both surprising and inevitable
Climaxes begin in the very first act with
the touching death Of the young Corsican
slain in the duel on the beach. Yet in
terest is maintained, even intensified, UNI
til the final curtain. The excellent fun
is so judiciously assigned that it does not
strain the tragic thread.
Such opportunities were not lost by the
Ferris Sotck company. The characters
We're played as admirably as they were
cast. Byron Beasley elevated the role
Of Mr.. Barnes by a personality so well
bred and progressing, so modest tho
distinctive, that the elf-sufficient New
Yorker became charming always and
never offensive. Miss Grace Hayward. in
the difficult role of Marina, the loving
and aveng1ng Corsican, brilliantly bru-
nette, has seldom been more picturesque.
Her novel gowns will delight the women.
AT the most intense moments Miss Hay
ward would have gained by repression.
But her pathos, notably in the duel scene.
was very affecting. AS a Corsican girl
reared on the island she might not have
talked with a French accent. And stil]
the italian accent because Of its assocfa-
lions IN this country. would probably
weaken the dignity Of her role A really
fascinating Enid was that of Miss Maude
Gilbert. If her pathetic eyebrows, were
Gibsonian, her sweet dignity suggested the
nigh class English woman. She com
pleted the piquant interest Of the original
and exhilarating second act the railway
Journey from Paris, thru Tonnere and
Dijon, down to Lyons. Maud Chartris
the ''baby'' Of ID, would have been no lass
comic In the winks Of Miss Maisie Cecil
II this young lady's costume had been less
farcfcal. Ben Johnson put southern FIRE
into the role of old Tomasso. All the
scenic settings, especially that OF the d,1ai
| were very good. >1es'
III q r,,~~,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
lessne.s in the paupsr counties Of the
Ballard L Avenged.

These are evil days for saloon keepers
in the state Of Washington. The navy
department has been the means OF driv-a
ing them out Of Bremerton, and now the
city Of Ballard proposes to punish them
for their lack OF public spirit. Because.
the saloon keepers would not contribute to
the celebration fund. the grand Fourth
OF July celebration in Ballard has been
called Off The flags will not wave, the
cannon will not boom, the rockets will
not roar and the Roman candles will not
pop in Ballard on the glorious Fourth.
Neither will the Declaration Of Independ-
ence be read to the assembled people.
There will be no dance on a fresh lumber
platform in the grove and there will be
no lemonade, popcorn and peanut stands
Of hasty erection
Ballard will greatly miss its Fourth Of
July celebration, and it proposes to get
even with the drink dispensers whose pet
tiness has kept the city from having a
good time. It was not lack Of patriotism
among the publicans that caused all but
one Of them to refuse to subscribe to
the 1und, DuC eaCn Wdnteu dSSuIdilCoS
that the celebration would celebrate at
such place as to give him strategic
advantage in competing with his fellows
for the patronage of the thirsty.
The committee Is thoroly mad and the
report runs that it Is its avowed intention
''to wage war on the saloons and make
it personal business to see that the state
law is enforced in Ballard and that the
saloons be closed on Sunday" e. B. Cox.
one Of the committee announces that he
will see to it that the Sunday law Is en-
forced for the next six months. The 1ndl-
cations are that in 1904 the saloon keep
ers Of Ballard will subscribe literally to
the celebration fund.
If other towns would follow Ballard 8
example it would be much easier for busi-
ness mems associations and the public
affairs committee to get subscriptions for
public purposes. Let the saloons and
gambling houses run, but let them under
stand that they must always subscribe
| literally. The trouble is that very. few
cities have such men Of nerve as Bal
lard. Elsewhere they would have let the
saloon keepers withhold funds and never
peep. But the Ballard business mer
'have their nerve with them"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
LITERARY NOTES

Morgan Robertson has written a book Of
adventure entitled "Sinful Peck" which
the Harpers will publish. Mr.. Robertson
is the author of "Spun Yarn" and other
successful sea stories.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady contributes
to Harper's Bazaar a paper entitled "a
Teacher at the Theater.' Mr.. Brady is
a regular attendant at the theater, for
which he finds time, altho rector of
parish requiring hard spiritual toll and
concurrently turning out two novels a
year. Brady was marked for toll.
The Harpers say in their Literary
Gossip" dogs seem to be the popular pets
Of authors in these days, though why they
are the most sympathetic of animals to
the literary man no one has explained.
R. W. Chambers has some wonderful
hunting dogs; William Farquhar Payson,
author of The Triumph Of Life, a sheep
dog Of phenomenal sagacity; and George
Gibbs, who wrote The Love Of Monsieur
takes his daily tramps in company with
two settlers, a. bull terrier, Boston bull,
a French poodle and two fox terriers
I Harper & Brothers will publish the
American edition Of Poet Laureate Ans
toms tFlodden Field new three act
tragedy which has just been produced in
a London theater.
The Harpers note that they have sold
more of the stories and biographies of
| ~. kAOOOlL Blu Ills DTOLQer, JACOB
Abbott, during the last five years than
for many years before. They are
good books and are retained on
the lists Of many public school
authorities. Lincoln once said he was
indebted to these biographies for nearly
all historical knowledge he had.
The Harpers say in their notes: "a
memoir of John Forster, the biographer
of Dickens. has at length been brought
out in London. It is written by Percy
Fitzgerald, whose name is associated with
many interesting statements regarding
Dickens in his family relations Mr. Fit
gerald contributed an article to Harper
Magazine recently by which he aroused
considerable controversy as to Dickens
private life. It appears. from Mr.. Fitz-
gerald's present memoir, that Forster was
once engaged to the poet IL. E. L." Lee
tetia Landon, tho he ultimately married
the widow Of Henry Colburn, the publish
er. Forster's fame has steadily grown
| with that of Dickens, and there has neye,
been q time when Dickens has been more
a subject Of interest than now Even his
poems and verses, which had little or ne
part in building his reputation have
been gathered and published (Harpers,
in an authentic edition. edited by Kitton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15

Is done. Who Will make the flrst move
of interference? It does not seem likely
that the powers, who, unmoved, allowed
the Sultan Of Turkey to massacre 100000
Armenian Christians, win interfere to
bring to trial the conspirators of the
Karageorgevitch dynasty. who, apparent
~, have the Servian army back of them.
Even Russia, who has been aykind of wet
nurse for Servia during the past century,
using her to create disturbances on the
Balkan peninsula, has made no official
declaration of purpose to intervene.
The national assembly will meet under
the constitution OF 1901, which the late
king, In the coup d'etat of April, sus-.
pended while he effected some changes
in a daring absolutist way, and his re-
fusal Of the request of the late Vuitsch
ministry to submit his project Of making
his wife's brother the heir apparent Gas
he had no children), to the parliament led
to immediate preparations, the ministry
approving. for the determination of the
king and the whole Obrenovitch family.
There Is some talk in Belgrade Of the
assembly voting to change the form Of
government to a republic, but this change
is not likely to be made. The Servians
have no republican traditions. Neither
Austria nor Russia have any fancy for
another Switzerland right at their back
doors. Under the present constitution the
executive is in the king and the minis
try, and the legislative In the king and
the skuptschina and senate. There are
$50 members Of the former. elected by
universal suffrage, and 81 members Of the
senate, 30 Of whom are appointed for life
by the king, and 10 for six years, the
others being the heir apparent and two
church representatives. Prince Kara
georgevitch seems to be reasonably sure
Of the confirmation Of the assassins' nom
inee for the throne, who is himself. He
is nothing of statesman and trifler
with life. Since the army has undertaken
to control Servian politics and make and
unn1ake kings by regicide, 1t is likely to
keep up the amusement and If the skupts-
china confirms Peter Karageorgevitch,
there is q possibility that the army may
soon manufacture some reason to remove
or massacre him. The only hope for
Servia Is for her parliament and law
abiding people to see that the guilty are
punished, even if it develops that Peter
Karageorgevitch himself was con-
spirator in the abominable assassinations
Of June 10. European interference is very
| likely to precipitate trouble and war, and
, for that reason. the powers are fighting
shy Of such action. The pending session
Of the skuptschina will reveal the depth
and the breadth Of the conscience Of the
| Servian people.