The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-12-14
QUEER FOLKS.
Everybody Queer
But Us.
THEIR FADS ARE
INEXP'LAINABLF.
Zeke Eliminates on Queer Things
and How They Know.
"This is a queer world"

S'OH ho'o SOu lI6dIN lDa
remark from people of your ac
qualntance, but it ia my candle
opinion that the old world is prett,
near on the level, while it is th4
people that are queer.
1t has been said that every per,
son is little off in the head on
some subject or other, and while
L can't vouch for the truth of the
statement, [ will say, with the ex.
ceptIon of you and |, they all have
hobby which they are ready tt
ride whenever an opportunit,
offers, and if you doubt it watcl
Your acquaintance apd see how
long it wall take you to discover
their weak spot, or in other words
"thelr fad," and You will find it a
:, pretty safe rule if you wish to
make a friend or retain FRIENDSHIP
to ride the fellows hobby"
DON'T believe it, do you Well,
watch out for your own weak spot
and then sit down and wonder il
you are not little off in the head
yourself, or i'll other words, if Won
are Dot little queer
The head of Europes greatesr
banking institutions, ."Rothohlld >
iS a crank, and his fad is postage
stamps, and he pays fabulous sums
for rare specimens. A mllionau e
On the Pacific slorGAeDds men TO
all partsFof tb4gs1Rbe to collect
butterflies'vir. ~ Gould pays
$4,000 for a dog, while his fathers
fad was flowers, and he paid thov,
sands for an orchid. Others have
fancy for coins, and the dollar
bearing date of 1904 sold for $1,000.
Horses, cattle, fancy poultry, shoes
brIc-a-brac of all description all
have their devotes, and are upper
most in the minds Of some one II
is their fad and they ride their
hobbies to the limit.
knew a man who was crazy ON
the subject of slippers, and he was
always seen Oh the street wearing
them and was happy in the posses.
sion of fifteen hundred pairs, while
another one vas daft on the sub.
JecC OF canes, and if you called on
MIN at his home he Won id entertain
you by bringing forth for your
Inspection few hundred WALKING
sticks, and ifyou valued his friend.
ship you must sit for few hours
and listen to the life and adventures
of each particular stick. Queer peo.
pie, amt they? What is your
hobby? 1t is dollars to doughnuts
you have one, whether you are
willing to admit it or not.
But people who have hobbie:
are not the only queer people IN
the world. On Sunday 90 tc
the fashionable church aud sir
quietly to seat near the door
that my shabby dress may not at.
tract attention, and / watch the
Worshippers as they file into the
high priced pews where they fuss
and primp to smooth out the
wrinkles OF the coat or dress, anC
then bow the head or bend the
knee III prayer, after which they
size up thei. neighbor's new clothes
and | am queer enough to fine
myself wondering what il upper
most in their minds There comes
we'll dressed substantial LOOKING
man and seats himself in the amer
corner, and when called on to leaC
in prayer he tells the congregation
and the Lord what an upright life
he is living, and Monday morning
he goes out and takes the last COW
from the poor widow, with hous
full of kids, because she can't pay
the mortgage which she gaye Il
twelve per cent month interest,
He is what | call queer Christian
But there is another one dow
there, who leads In the praye
meetings, a sanctimonious Psalm
anging old hYpociite. Ho get
down on his knees and tries t,