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?Pic 4A '1 E II1E N ~IINE ii> '.' lu iEatered April 28, 1908 at Pickens, B. 0., as second class matter, undet act of Congress 6tf D.arob- 8, 1879. VOL. xxxvill PICZISS, BDUH CAROLINA, THlURSDAY,_DECBMBB 2807 Like Mcirrying a Title. Old Aintie laiidy. who did the Wash Ing, was such a1 happy, brave old soul that, although she worked very hard early and late and Iust often 'have been weary. nothing coulil depress her. ilydeverythitng that occurred she saw oaly "good luck" for herself. One day she brought home the washing in a high slate of glee. ".Jes think Mis' Arnold," she said, "'''s goinl' ter git nuapried. Isnt dat jes' tine luck to' poor, old tlack woman like mei?" "I shall be very sorry to lose you, Mandy," said Mirs. Arnold, "but I'm ghld iIf your life will be iEsler." "Lose mne!" .gasped M1andy. "Lor'! Mis' Arnold. I can't aiord to let you lose me Jos' now. Why, l's goin' ter annrry Br'er Johnson an' his flvo (hil lun. l's got tel hustle now, fur sar. tin." "But I fail to see where your good luck is coming in from such a mar riNge, Nlandy." "Why, chile, If I marry dat man an' his chillun he's promised ine six mo' big washes his fust wife (one had! Dat's clar luck, Mis' Arnold, chu' luck, 'sides iabin' de honor ob mnarryin' in Br'er .Johnson's fanbly!"-Philadelphia Ledger. -_ I__ When Goethe Dictatcd. In W1lhohn Bode's "Studles With Goethe" an interesting chlapter is made 111 from the recollections of his last secretary, Christian Schuchardt. Of Goethe's method when lie dictated "Wilhelm Meister" Schuchardt says: "lIe dictated with a certainty and ra pidity which made one fancy that lie was reading from a printed book. If this had been done in quiet and with out Interruption. I would not have nmarveled so much. But while the work was proceeding there came the barber, the hairdresser-Goethe had his haih singed every other day and had it dressed daily-the library servant, of ten the former secretary, his clerk, all of whom had access to his study unan nounced. Friends called, the barber gossiped, the librarian told about books newly received, some member of the family would enter and join in the con versation, and finally, when all was again quiet, I would read1 the last sentenee, and the dictation wld pro oeed as though there had been no in terruption. - Talked Too Much. In a certain village of New Hamp :shire there Is a quaint old character 'known as Boss Mellin keenly alive to the trjith of the old saying, "Silence is gol4en.4 M0lin's gift In this respect .approaches genius, though he was ful -ty aware of what he deemed his short 00MiRg th3eren. Mefit wed to m Inattpspeis fro .-a iveOneday allolive of the piqvee -entee ..h shop anA4 asked, -"B.s' whet's tbe--best kind of a mattess?" "Reks." was the laconle response ot Twenty yeat later, so runs the tra Aiton, the saw* man again entered the abop an4 again asked what, in the .opInion of Mellin, was the best kind of :a mattress. "Straw," said Boss. "Straw? You told me husks was the best'" Boss Mellio emitted a sigh. "I've a aye ruined- myself by talkin," said Passed the LImit. purchased these shoes here last ath, and I want to get them --- ngd"began the man i' the de ttment store. "You'll nottce that the; ohe, est inelayin thier then a yarid Je-Whye ftheroeI "thnk are: s setokhe notent haw s rhabe tie Fo ayher-you, whco"ou supeposeathat -quirer. -__ _ __ _ _ Net an Outing. "E~vpr been in Siberia?" asked the re "Er-yes," answered the distinguish. ed Iusslan refugee. "I took a knotit ng there one summer.".-Chicago Trity uine. ST olbysDefinition of Rubric. lhe archbishop of Canterbury at a h banquet said the boys at a secondary school had been given a dictation, and one of the words of which they were to give the derivation and meaning1 was "rubric." One boy clinched an~ inithil dlfilculty by giving. It two b's. theni, beIng puzzled for the rest, wrote, "The word is derived from rubber and mueans a religious rule which you can stretch or twist."-St. James' Gasette. Breaking the News. The matrimonial failure of Pat bartender in the center of the city, I been commin knowgige for so tIme, and It has also been no see that Pat really does 9not blamie wife for her impatience with his h its. Pat Is in dead eAirnest when says that his wife really Is too gi for him and deserves a divorce, wih the self abasiig Pat would gla grant her if It wasn't *so expen l The good faith of Pat in this resp was, however, never more forcibly lustrated than during the severe 'tack of pneumonIa from vlich he I just recovered. "Pat, the doctors C you are very sick,"'sa!d his wife d Ing her visit to the hos)ltdl onc (1 "Wha"t do they really say,. You .ca hurt me by telling the truth," aunsw ed.I'at. "Well, Pat, they say that y cainot live." whispered the wife, fl ly yielding to Pat's insistentEden for the truth. "Don't you belIeve Doctors iike a habit of holding hopes to the last," drawled'Pat in wearisonle style. "Thpy- are or breaking the news to you gerrtly. ai going to get well."-Philadelpl Record. Tolltale Bibles. A dealer in secondhand books adv' tised the other day for old Bibles 1 longing to three families that ha lately coie into proinience. "Do they want thema as heirlooms asked it customer who had iread the a vertisement. "Not a bit of it," said the deal( "They want the Bibles because th contain a record of births; consequci ly they reveal ages-women's ages. pI sumnably. Very often dealers in c books are asked to ,look up inconvc lent documentary evidence of that kit Before days of affluence tije family ] bles got lost in the shuflle of movi around. Nobody thought Imuch abc the loss then, but with the advent prosperity the books could easily 1 come a source of mortification -to ma women if they happened to fall In the hands of malletous persons; her the frantic attempts to gather all su records into the family."-New Yc Post. He Robbed the Thief. From Czenstochowa, the Mecca Polish pilgrims, comes a'n amazi stery of coincidences. A pilgrim w< to one of the priests and complali that some thief had stolen his pui while he wps In church and asked money. The priest replied that had no money and that the best tbi for the pilgrim to do was to try And the thief. "I shall go into the church and et Iolpy from somobody elui" saId .t plAPim, "for J r n4th1isg tp ,hose* ytt." ' .estiate the chur anse~pga nan in the eowg .w a let 60. bis bAk, sipped N ha Into it and pulled out his own stol puhe, W.i.-the emet sut he had 14 in It. "iAW0 d to find his mw *y that b iristid; to ten the prie and the hief et-Away.-Warsaw C Pall Mall Gasette. Clara-Prn gotag to beekk of may< p4.ement with To&h. I *4 d o a love him. Maude-Iadeedt When 4 YOU 6.0 te discovery? Clara-L afght. 'Aout riding wth i other girl, and 'didn't feel like pulid her hair or seratching'her eyes out all.-Chlcago New. H. Had N. Chelee. The wife of a dynamo tender we to a haberdasher's, to buy a necktie I her husband, She selected a brillia t'ed one, ready made, whereupon t young and InexperIenced salesma with compassion for the future own, was moved to remark: "Excuse me, miesus. is this tie I your husband?" "It is." replied the woman. "Don't you think he'd rather ha some other color? I'm afraid he wo' wear this red tie." "Oh, yes, he willI" said the worn firmly. "He'll have to-he's dead,' London Answers. The Iislh Priest. Stephen Gwvynn has said son where excellently that the Irish pri possesses the secret of Irish life. does, and so entirely is the key to in his posession that I doubt if a genius, however great, could give adequate rendering of Irish life wi out Introducing the priest.-Itgther 'Tynan In Fortnightly Re~vIew. A Diseourager. Miss Kreech-Some authorities1 lieve that the practice of singing a keep a person from getting consun tion. Mr. Knox-Yes, but most abth ities believe in "the greatest good the greatest number," -Philadelpl Press. Not Responsible. a " Hold on," said the learned chemist. as ")idn't I give you a bottle of mly won rot derful tonic that would ua'O you look I twenty years younger?" , b "You did," replied the pltieUt, "and h I took it ill. I was then thirty-nine, >od and now I amn only nineteen." tch "Well, then, will you please settle this bill you owe me for the treat 11 nt?' Le "Oh, no1 As I am only nineteen now, t I aim a minor, and minors ire not held responsible for the bills they lucur. Good day, sir."-Illustrated Bits. til Christmas Holiday Rates. ty. . Greatly reduced rates via the Southern n't 1ailw y. er- Account Christmas Holidays the 0 Southern announces Special E curion al- Rales of one and one-third flirst--olone it. one way fare plu1 25o for (he round trip uit to all points south of the Ohio and Poto As tonac and east of the Mississippi river, 1 including Wasuingtcn, D. C., and Cin oinnati. I Tickets will be on nalo Dec. 20 to 25, inclusive; December 30 to 31 1907, and January 1st. 1908, wili limit good to r. leave destination not later than Mid ie wght January 6th 1908. VO Apply to nearest agent of 'he Southern Railway or address .J. 0. Lusk, Div. d- Pass. Agt.. Charleston, S. 0. Christmas Holiday Rates. The Clintu'le-tanm & Western Caroli rt- Railwa will seli r-xeurpion tickets on account of the Holidays at very low rates for the round trip Id. Ticlieta on sale Dec 20-25 inclusive, . 30th and 31st 1907. and Jan. 1, 1908 ag with final limit returning Jan. 6. ut 1908. of For further information apply to w- ticket agents or, ly Ernest Williams, to Gen. Pes. Agent. tee 807 Broadway, Augusta, Ga. rk H. Snider has his stock repleiished for the holiday trade with. new patterns in watobes, lookets, braoelet, ete. of A fair line of emblem goods also sev. ng eral brands of standard quality ailver. int More usw geods will be in before this reobes Yon. Make somebody glad with a nice piece of jewelry from this stock. he 1 "e Iledilnt Unli. to The seoond division of the Pied. ial monet Unions will inet with t4e firt N* otich .t Centbl on 88 efegg r e rtt i ay In. tbr,;, e th 10 .,. . 1 1. Devotional seriice. N 2. Euirothtest of delegates. in- 8. Reports fran- the eburobes. -~ 4. 11 a. u.--todutomry aermou, by He. P. F. Orawford. 4Nob nt The real valuiek and r. section 'of the state or crought out that it the prices as we offel he. The peeple are corn ndnew stylish 1902 itilothers, it is a goc anqit-at the prices ne no get them again. No alterations-r E R B Is your baby tb Make m a baby. Scott' s.. E muI and Hypophosphites easily digested by litt Consequently the Scotffs EmCCIs checked. little fellow I ALU DRUCGI8S 1.80 p. m.--Union reah-semlhes. l1t Query-'I4 baptism esenitial t( saavation?" Opene;d by Rev.4 FR. R Mce1naan and G. L Martivn. 2d Query-'OChnrh .aftindance. Its . ,.. importance. 18i6 on the de .cine? If PO, somte (if tb caluses" Opened by J, T Dohen an 'is Honn. Lahar # Thinks Much of Our c ATuA EDITOR SENTINEL-JOURNAL: It gives me great pleast arships which you offer ft business colleges. rwas iatunate to secoi and studied bookzeteping H. L. Bridges. .I am no High Company, one of ti in the South. My work i salary. I think any youn spending their time wisely t wli glarships.which you Wishing. om nuch suc the scholarsip which you ody That K YWIll Ever Doubt bargains we are offe .Every day the fa is an impossibility te ing from far and rn -8 clothing and over< dI time to remember w Qfn hem they are~ othing chiarged--Ioi L'S2O" In,'weak, fretful? cotit's Emtdson n/on is Cod Liver Oil prepared so that it is le folks. baby thet is, fed on n. 'is a sturdy, rosy ul of health and vigor. ;.509. AND $1.00. Mauldin. Such other queries as may present thoweelves to the Union will be dis. CUSed. Union will reassemble at 10 a it. sundsay, for mass meeting. 11 30.-Mimsionary sermon, by Rtev. D.'W. Hiott. All churcbes are ur ed to elect del-. egates who will ,ntten W. T. EARILE, for Com. 'cholarship Pmopositions. NTA, GA., 28th Nov. 1907. re to recommend the schol om time to time in Atlanta e one of your scholarkips, here in Atlanta under Prof. a bookeeper for J. M. te largest dry goods houtes' 3 pleasant, and I get a good Z man, or woman, would be in trying to iecure one of offer. :ess, and thanking you for gave me, I am. )incerely, LEH.A BALLENTINE. ES! ring the people of this cet is more plainly 'find sufh cl9thing at ~ar to buy high-grade ~oats at ONE-THIRD LESS. the boys with anew cheaper than you will hing on approval. S. Plain Street Greenville, S. C.