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7 THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL 12.-NO. 42. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, 1)ECEMBER 4, 1902 ~ TEDDY HAS NOT APOLOGIZI WI[AT CLUB WOMEN Al )OING. Bill Arp is Reconelled to t Iden of Womn's Clubs-T' Unblushing IilIence Roosevelt. Atlanta Constitution. I've been watching these women these club women. For a long timi did not like the name, but I am rect ciled. I never visited a man's cli but once. It was a gathering of ye nice, well behaved social gentlom with eatables and drinkable int background, but no body partook excess while I was there. The exce came afterwards, if it came at all. 1i i woman's club has neither eatabl nor drinkables nor cigars. Of cour it is a very social gathering, but the mean business and they do it. On a few years ago a few ladies of th town determined to do something f< the town and they formed " Ti Cherokee Club," and soon had mo: members and wont to work. All th members had passed their teens an the married ones had laid by the crop. They secured a charter an then got a lease from the city and tlh State for fifty years control of ti ground between the hotel block an the railroad, and adorned it with grai and gravel walks, and enclosed it wit a chain fence and placed handsom iron seats by the shade trees, an planted a beautiful fountain in th center and peopled it with gold f1sh This beautiful park is the frolickin ground for the children and a cheerfu resting place for their tired mother and a trysting place for young me and maidens. Near by the trains ar passing at all hours, and our nes beautiful passenger depot is near a hand, where our people congregate t receive their friends or bid them good by. And the club did it all, for the oli depot would still be there if the woue1 had not stirred up the men to demanc another. Then these women began to plan flowers and shrubbery in ,he schoc house grounds, and next they starte< a small library in a small room, ant circulated good books among our peo ple and they kept on anl on until the3 got a larger room and more books, an kept it open two days in a week an the demand for books soon widened to the country and every week they sen out four boxes of sixty volumes eacl along the mail routes, and so hav established a rural circulating librar; that has proven a blessing to our coun try boys and girls, and the books al ways come back unhurt and are sen out on another mission. Next these good women started sewing society among the poorer classe in our community and are taking turn in teaching the girls how to cut gar monts and make them and where the are very poor they give them aid anc com'ort. It is all charity. But last o all and the best of all they have ac tually laid the foundation of a Clul Library building that will hold thous ands of books and where all the bes magazines of the country will be taken The city fathers gave them a beautifu lot and if the weather permits th building will be finished and paid fo and occupied in three months. It wil not only be a library for books, but place for rest for the traveling man a well as for our country friends an their wives and daughterre when the come to town. Besides these uses1 Is intended to have literary and musi cal entertainments there that will b. far more elevating and refining tha the average shows that perform in ou opera house. These same women organized lyceum course for two winters an succeeded fairly well, but to send afe off for lecturers costs too much for town of this size and so they are gemn to secure home talent and talent froi Atlanta and Rome and Dalton an have entertainments at popular price say at 10 cents admission, as Profese< Proctor, the great astronomer did u1 North. HIe told me he never chargt more in a manufacturing town and a ways gave the working people the pr ference of seats and always had crowded houe. It was a cheap at delightful school to them. W hat thei club women will do next I do n know, but they mean business. Thu mean to elevate Uielr own sex first ar if the men and boys come in they w -find hi welcorme. I suppose that th library building will be the first th any club has erected mn the State, ai what.[ wish to remark and emphasi: is that there is not a respt otable tov or village In the State but can do sowl thing on this same line. Now I hear you ask, where did yi -get theioney to do all this? "Heav bgips those who help themselves Our women began with very little. T rAilroad gave them'8$50 to start on a~ gave them part of the seats in the pai Then, the club gave an oyste~r supji aiid made a good little sum. Lal on they held a bazaar, and later or concerty and after awhile another st per, -and all along at intervals tb srsi1ed at the. n1rchants and ,othu - ad"g~ ot oue more money, and wh they run clear down theriaBsesst seles and' i usbands and fall a have to%hell out.' 196,you dqn4 nt a( 7a.ruegio,.but if ybu hive onefe big heiarted man and hip wife m n wmmunity.like we haVe yo)u will e..bconie bhlirupt. Where there i wilt there is a way. And my obSr -tion Is that women can do any. g~ 'i a thh.i'the.y combine on. A thoughtful man* who witnea the laying Qf the. corner stone said .'me/ " ThaMs the best work that ever been started in this to*n ani dping ijhoro to uplift and encour y, our young people than everything else God bless the women." Lord Bacon said, "Knowledge i t power." It is force. It is money. A good libray is better than a university Dr. Johnson said, " Knowledge is ti he wing with which we fly to heaven.' lie One of my boys (Frank) is a civil en of gineer and built two plants of water works in Ohio for Mr. Huntington One day the pump at London got out of order and he went down in the deep -- well to fix it, but failed. A second I time he tried it, but it would not work n- and the water in the reservoir was ib getting low. iIe telegraphed to a ry neighboring town for an expert to 3m come bythe train. 1He came and fixed 2e it in half an hour Frank felt relieved to and thanked him and asked him for s his bill. "'en dollars," lie said; "two at dollars for railroad fare, $3 for fixing as the pump and $5 for knowing how." ie That's it, knowledge is money. -y Some time ago I advertised for a Y copy of General Henry Rt. Jackson's 15 famous speech on the " Wanderer" >r and also for a copy of Daniel Webster's e last and greatest speech inade at Capon e Springs in .June, 1851, in which he e oualilied ill his previous declarations d about the right of a State to withdraw r from the Union under certain contin d gencies. That speech was suppressed at e the North and is not found in his pub e lished works. Well I have been favored with both. s Senator Mangum, of North Carolina, heard the speech delivered and he V with other Southern members of Con gress had it printed in pamphlet form e and his grandson, Wiley Mangum Turner, of Greensboro, N. C., has found it among his grandfather's papers and sent it to me. My friend, Mr. Ed Holland, of Atlanta, Ga., has had both speeches neatly printed in one pamphlet, together with a brief biography of General Jackson by his friend, Joseph M. Brown, and this in valuable pamphlet will be mailed to any address on receipt of 25 cents. It will be sent to stadents of colleges at the cost of publication. Address Ed Holland, Atlanta, Ga. And now here is a letter from an old Federal soldier living at Live Oak, Fla. His name is F. W. Angus, and he belonged to General Sickles' brigade, and two days after a battle in Virginia in 1802 he found in the woods the dead body of a Confederate soldier, and he and a comrade dug a grave and buried him. In his pocket was found a pass from Colonel John S. Reid, colonel commanding Third Georgia re giment, and the name of the soldier was D. P. Williams. Also another pass from Captain D. B. Langston, commanding company K. I find in General Avery's roster the names of both these oflicers, and if pri vate Williams has any surviving rela tives and would like to have these passes I will send them. I wrote in a former letter that the bears of Mississippi had held a con vention and resolved not to come out of their dens to be shot at by any priest or president who slandered Mr. Davis. I am pleased to read that Governor Longino did not invite him there, and that the veterano of Memphis will not attend the ovation that Memphis has promised him. After denouncing Mr. Davis (who was (lead) as the arch r traitor and repudi.aur, it seems to me 1 to be the most unblushing impudence for him to put his feet on. that hallowed ground. He says in his so-called his tory that when Mr. Davis was Gover nor lie vetoed the bill that was passed tto pay the repudiated debts, when the -truth is Mr. Davis never was Governor, nor did he ever advocate repudiation. Teddy, old boy, waeu are you going to r retract and send an apology to Mrs. Davis, who still lives ? You say in your book that we were all traitors Iand anarchists. Hlow about your uncle, r Captain BullochA, who served with Ad a miral Semmes in our navy, of whom ,you wrote so gushingly to Mr. Cunning ham, saying he was a most admirable man and very like the Colonel New come of Thackeray? Was lie a traitor, too ? But Cunnmngham says Teddy is all right and showers editorial praise d upon him in " The Veteran." I i. wonder what the veterans of Missis 3. sippi think of that. a Teddy said : " I'm going to Mis (d sissippi to hunt for bear," andi the a bears said, " Forbear!" BILL Anir. ly - h dA physician, writing to a medical a journal, declares that he fInds pepper mint water -an eficient remedy for dsleeplessness. This is a very simple ~ecure, and it will not bring forth from the organs of professional opinion any declaration of unsafeness. It is added that a mixture of spirits of chloroform xand peppermint water given in hot water to the victim of insomnia will "produce sleep, but perhaps in the case of the admixture the chloroform water 0may claim a decided share In relieving k. the trouble. It is at least easy to try or peppermint water, and the theory of er Its action is believed to be founded on erits effect in withdrawing blood from athe brain by attracting a fuller flow-to the stomach. ~rs en Mt'.rk Twain was standing in m P' ,atreet cars hanging to a strap rAe earliWung around a 'conlier thei ed .strqp broke, dumping hn "to the laj Ati of a well-dressed woman. The humno 1W st arose and bowed. ."AMadam,' o 'said he, " this Is the 'Lrst time t1l ISstreet car company e'y6r conferred . favor on me," od ied Mrs. Estella UQok, .of M,iddlttown to New Yorke has.asured a'vSihdit c 'mae $800 ainet Isnr el Harris, of Nei I is York, for buggi. and kissing (her 11 1ga theO street in adlt SOUTH CAROLINA LEA)INC An Industrial Record of Which the 'aliinetto State May bc Prot(l. A Columbia correspondent says that South Carolina some time ago took its place as the second cotton manufactur ing State in the Union, and there are features connected with this develop ment that give the subject especial interest. In years prior to the civil war South Carolinians had a very high opinion of themselves and their State, and a cer taii set-was doubtless considered boast ful. If this spirit existed it was for many years crushed nut of existence. Now, however, the people of this State are taking a very keen delight in their manufacturing interests, a great pride in the rapid strides that have been made very largely with home capital, and entirely with home ennrgy and en terprise. While South Carolina is second only to Massachusetts in the manufacture of cotton, she stands first as to the in novations in the application of most modern methods. As exemplifying progress in manufacturing, this little Southern State is leading the world, and she was, as it were, an infant in arms a dozen years ago. In Columbia is the first cotton mill to have machin ety driven by electricity; here, too, is the largest mill under one roof in the world. Again, when experts or men contemplating building wish to see the mill admitted to be the finest in mill construction, the most modern in all appointments, they come here. Mill men from Massachusetts, as well as from Manchester, England, have visit ed South Carolina's capital to witness perfection in cotton manufacturing. The records of the United States agricultural department will show that the greatest yield of corn ever grown on one acre was in South Caro lina, which was in a contest open to the world. It is, of course, well known that' "Carolina rice" ranks first in every market and grocery. The famed Sea Island long staple cotton of this coast is unequalled, and can be likened only to silk. The finest grades are sent to France, and only appear on the market in the form of bilk. The manner in which this silky cot ton is selected and grown would make a story by itself. It demonstrates that the South Carolina planter can be infinitely painstaking and industrious. To grow a cotton that sells for $2 a pound when the ordinary short staple fetches 8 cents, he must have a superior order of intelligence. South Carolina claims the record acre yield for sweet potatoes-the food for man and beast; also for raising the largest hog ever butchered. In five years the growing of tobacco has be come an important industry. The de velopment in this line has been re markable. Where ten years ago the tobacco crop sold for a few thousand dollars, it now yields several millions. It should not be forgotten that in the Palmetto State is the only tea planta tion in America, and that tea raised here brings the highest price of any sold in this country. The oldest cotton mill now running in the State was established in 1838. The next was built in 1845. Then not one for twenty-five years. It was not till 1888 that any Important mills were built. The Columbia mills, built in 1b93, were the first in the State to cost as inuch as a half million dollars. The Olympia Mills In Columbia, finish ed over a year ago, represents more than $2,000,000. In the last four years one-fourth of the entire capital in South Carolina mills has been in vested. There are only thirteen coun ties in which there are no cotton nulls. The agitation about child labor that has been going on for two yeais seems to have had no effect on mill building. There is DO decrease. New mills are going up and 01(d ones are being en larged. It is likely that the Legisla ture that meets in January will dhis pose of- the labor question along lines that will be satisfactory to the mills and t,he children, as well as the hu mane public. With all of this, there is a general prosperity throughout South .Carolina unknown for many years. The people are at peace with themselves. They have ceased fighting oyer politics. The Frost King has been kInd, and permit-| ted cotton to mature in an unexpected manner. Ten bales have been made where, in August, seven and a half were hoped for. 01(1 debts hiavo been paid and November 27 has been a day of real thanksgiving. The married man has~listened to the remarks on femmnine bravery In silence. " I acknowledge that the cases you have cIted, gentlemen," he said at last, " prove beyond doubt that women are courageous, but I assure you that my wife is so full of pluck that she out classes any of these you have men tioned. WVhy, just the other day I saw her fight at the drop of a hat." " What !" demanded the doubtful individual. " Really fight?" 'i,, Bhould say ,so I" replied the raat'ried man. " It was in a depart. ment store and there. were twenty other women preset2t. -You see, the hat had been $15 and the moment It came down to $14 08 she began". At this 'point the fat man ordered the cigars. 'The name of Jessie Benton Fremont the aged widow,. of the "Pathfinder,' !ree the first to be enteredt on the no't r- .regIter of the Fremont hotel, recentil 4 pened:14i Los Angelos and named is honor of;Bar husband. MR. BEESWAX A(II[A AND ANUICL4INA. 1 p They Are Eugiged After Miuch fa I;lo(ieiice aS1K Expended on is Is Patrt. dt Charleston News and Couirier. of Mr. Nathan Beeswax called to see e<l Miss Angelina Carraway last night. sn Mr. Beeswax ham heen fiercely in love th with Angelina since he met her I'i several weeks ago at the Isle of Palms. tiu He has never, however, been able to aV talk business to her fromu a matrimo- T nial viewpoint, as he is about to go in- qu to the hands of a receiver. But the ' way he loved Aiigeliua, the deep- lin seated, yearning adoration with which he rogarded her, took the edge off his gas appetite and made him morose and taciturn. Last night they sat on the sofa in the parlor. Air. Beeswax had decided 'Th to reveal the nature of his nalady. . .'apa was upstairs smoking a cigar and f thinking about freight rates. Mainma '1 was in the dlining room placing the soiled supper dishes on the side table, so old Betty could wash them early the"l next morning. Aunt Laura was in the i"g sitting room reading a letter from her the married sister, who lives in I.owndes- mn ville, S. C. Little Harry, Angelina's of young brother, was on the front Un veranda poking his hand in Bruno's auit mouth to see if lie would bite, fiun " Angelina," begged Air. Beeswax bac softly, '' I want to tell you something. I want to tell you that my system is trl crowded with love and the standin. der room-only sign has been hung out. I can't look at you without a sort of swelling sensation in my throat. I've the never b)een in love b)efore andl it's alik going hard with me. I have all kinds nes, of curious symptoms. I saw you walk- out ing up King street yesterday with that ont gimletheaded Willie you call Mr. cntl Charlie, and the cold sweat came out tae of me in geyser-like streams. I can't und 3tan(l the agony much longer. If the of worst comes to the worst there is al- whe ways a way out of it. A gulp of laud- the mum I A deep sleep--aud the follow- It d ng head-line in The News and Courier tax ,he next morning: 'Last Flashes han oui the Wires: Mr. Beeswax is no of a more.' Then my home paper, the T B3urgsville Daily Astonisher, will print ther ,he ad story under this head: 'Mr. ,.. Beeswax Seeks a Suicide's Grave. The seli Details.' and " Oh, Mr. Beeswax," cried Ange- pena lina, with a shudder, "don't. even hint pow mch a horrible thing. I can't stand Yer 1" retu " Darling, come hillier: I believe tion ou do care for me about thirty cents was worth," said Mr. Beeswax, unlimbering litei is right arm. incl " Mr. Beeswax, please stop." - rep( " Stop what? Oh, that's all right. in LJ You don't want to worry about trilles. den [t will shorten your life if you do." the " Mr. Beeswax, you are the most thoi twful man I ever met. No, I won't po8( ither. You sit over yonder and be nea good." trail " Well, if I have to occupy this rev< ,hair," said Mr. Beeswax, taking the that teat assigned to him, " I might ju3t as lnov well bo talking to you over the long thei listance telephone. I can see plainly Pail anough you don't like me. I wish i 'I was dead." test Angelina gazedi out the wmndow and tha said nothing. irs " You've quit speaking to me, have (e you?" continued, Mr. Beeswax, in alln aggrieved tone. " Woman, don't o tamper with my affections. Despera- ye tion is gnawing at my vitals. Dost, per thou not know that lovers and mad- cai men have such seet,hing brains, suchno shaping fantasies, that apprehendig more than cool reason ever compre hends. Hear me, for the Shakespeare ang in my system has caught f ire ; 'The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of a imagination all compact. One seeswi more devils than vast 11el1 caii hold-_ that is the madman; tihe lover, all asfa frantic, sees IIelen's beauty in a brower of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine aer frenzy rolling, do0th glance from Heaven to earth, from ear thi to IIeaven;co and, as imagination bodies forththie forms of things unknown, the p)oet's pen turns them t,o shape, and gives towi airy nothieg a local habitation and ati name. IIave a care-, woman, have a care in " What on earth do you meanl, Mr. C Beeswax?" cried ADgelina, in a pu% zl tone. " I mean," rep1hati Mr. Beeswax, set sternly, " to ret,urn~ to that sofa and sit saa beside thee. It's too cold out, here me where Ii am." thi " Very well," said Angelina, smil- lis: ingly; " but if you (10 not conduct co: yourself properly I'll scream for pa- of pa." be " You will, oh?" exclaimed Mr.. p Beeswax, quickly. ." All right; I'd dli hate to injure papa, but if lie's looking. 7, for trouble I'm willing t,o dlistribute P1 it." " Mr. Beeswax," admonished Ange- be lina, nervously, " can't you sit here without placing your arm on the back PE of this sofa ?" a " That arm knows its business" re plied Mr. Beeswax, comiposedly. " I's T educated. 8o long is it does Its duty bi I never interfere with it. :Say, how UJ much do you love me?" a "Not a particle," replied Angelina, bi firmly. " Woman," snorted Mr. Beeswax, risimg to 'his feet, " surely thou must be bereft of thy senses. 'Tils 1, Bees wax, who lays his heart and fortune at b thy feet. Are yot ready for the ques-' b Stion ?" a i " What question?" murmured Ange- ' i ' lina, with a demure smile. ( " 'Tis lika a play," cr'ed Mr. Bees. i ax. " Woman, come out into the nolight. The curtain is up. The ird abt is on. The most thrilling rt of the performance is about to gin. Hearken to my soliloquy: Tho il moment has arrived. The future big with possibilities. The l'Lesi nt has been hunting bears in Missis )pi and trouble is bruin. Showers stars are predictcd, and it is rumor that the actress who atei(lentally allowed a watch has coughed up rty minutes. Angelina, come closer; a making hist -ty now. The (lue. u in my mind, oh, auti of Rlutledge -nur, concerns thee most acutely. kiss or not to kiss.-that is the stiou. Damsel, it's up to you. Oh h, Mr. Beeswax," cried Ange i in i stilled tono. in( so Mr. Beeswax became en ed. I141,'I'Ii(l ,STA'I'E, RECOVBU ' e Clint of' Souti Ciirolirna Ir I' xemption From lRevelite 'arxes. L WvaRdnglon correspondent savs I a most important an(d far-reiaelh test case, involving one aspect of old nulliflcation idea, is to he tried he Court of Claims, witi the State iouth CUirolina as plaintiff and the ted States as defendant. It is the of Sout,h Carolina to recov or the is paid for a series of years as far k as it is polssible to go without on iltering the statute of limitatilons, nternal revenue taxes on the liquor le now conducted by that State utin its dispenisary system. s is well known, the Federal gov nent makes no distinctions betw\' cii persons who sell liquors, taxing e those who are engaged in the b usi I lawfully and unlawfully, and with regard to any local taxation or other litions imposed by State or munici legislation. But it is also true that Federal government has no right or the constitution to tax the lal agencies of a sovereign State, n exercised in the performance of legitimate functions of the State. oos not and cannot, for instance, a State bond, or the funds in lie Is of a State treasurer, or the oflico G4overnor. lie State of South Carolina has efore hit upon the notion that un its dispensary system, evory lawful r of liquor is a police functionary, that a Federal tax upon tbe dis mary tralic is a tax upon the poice or of the State. Commissioner kes, of whom the demand for the rn of the money collected in taxa was formally mad. before suit brought, searched all the pubie ature lie c.,uld find on the subject, ading the ollicial messages and irts of the State ollicers, and found lom abundant and satisfactory evi e that, whatever may have been idea of the original author or aul s of the dispensary idea, the pur s of conducting the system is not. :ly so much a plan for restricting ic in intoxicants as for acquirliur a inuo. Indeed, it may be said that is practically the only purpose , the other being only incidental eto, if any attention whatecr is I to it. he commissioner is therefore con ing the claim in entire conll(dence t,he State cannot, recover. The consequence of thc govern :ncut's. 3(at woului b)e a reductioni of its reve s by from oneO hundred enud lilly to hundred and seventy mihijons a r at a single stroke. If the dhis sary hare of South Carolina are dle *ed legitimate State agencies of the -taxable class, there will 1)0 noth to prevent, the Stautes going into wholesale manufacture of liquors; what. South Carolina can do ini that other States-probably all except, ew of the retmainling forty-four 1 (10 also. Th'e tobaicco indlustry I follow in the same line as a mat,-. of course, aunt then the whole" ric of internal taxation bly the Fed I government,. ill go to p)ieces like ouse of cards. louth Carolina has retained for her insel a very able1 lawyer, Franklin Mackey. The At,torney General 1 p)robab)ly give his p)ersonal atten i to the condluct of the case for the rernment. The litigatimn is ati,ract wide attention among members of agress andl fIscal experts. TurE CANNING BUsINIESS.---The rotary of agriculture in Pennsyvania a~ that a personal invest,igation do by him two years ago revealed fact that a single preserving estab mest purchasedl 675 acres of sweet mn, 376 acres of peaches, 125 acres string beans, 60 acres of Lima ans, 360 acres of squash, 75 acres of mpkins, 12 acres of rheubarb, in adl ,lon to 35,000 bushels of apples, )00 bushels pears, 10,000 bushels 2mB, 1,600 b)ushiels quinces, 300,000 arts raspberries, 60,000 quarts straw rries and 50,000 quarts blackberries. IIe says the number of bushels of aches and apricots could not be given the time of the Inquiry. About ty tons of cherries were also canned. icro wore also gooseberries, blue irries, crab-apples and currants p?ut in large quantities. These figures ow what such an establishment can to a community, and aie worth the rious consideration of farming peo. e In this section. The Ge rman Emperor has French Lood in his veins, its source dating uck over 300 years. The Kaiser's aicostor, Frederick I, of Prussia, was io son of a princess descetided from aspardl do Coligny, a French admiral rho died in 1572. TAYLOR'S Cherokee Remedy of Swo Cures Coughs, Colds, Whooping "1'hroat and Lung Troubles. 1 Mullein and Honey. Your Drug IN A IIUMOROUS VEIN. Nell--He loves her for all ho is worth, doesn't he? Boll--Yes, and for ati she is worth. .obbins-1 didn't think you had any Kid idea of marrying the widow. Newlywed--I dlidu't; it was an idea Pap of hers. p Old Gentloman-I can't see where that pair of spectacles is worth $12. Optician--Of course you can't, my dear sir. Otherwise you wouldn't need them. .Jaggshy-I understand, sir, that, you said I drank like a fish. Waggby --It's a lie. I never knew you to take a drink of water in your life. "" won, 'hrenologist-This large bumpl) in- lam( utcts that you ttu eccentrie. bles The Victim-Wrong professor. It form indieates that my wife is stronuous. DI omr Xoungpop-I tell you, old boy, it ney, takes a baby to brighten up a home. Just I Oldwed-'ITat's right. W hen there's '" i baby in the house the gas meter pract wot ks overtime. chas cvcr) " Little boy,'' said the parson, ' I been ope you don't real those horridl dime who novels." samr " Not me," replied the wise young- teilln iter. " I know where to get. better |Whe nnos for a nit kel." offer Little liessie-What's a widower? send Little Hlarry--Vhy, a widower is a Dr.H vidl.,w's laisbandf. I should thiuk any- ham body ought to know that. regul '' I wish," said an attxiuu mother to her indolent son, "1 that you wouldL Live a little alttention to your lessons.'' " Why, matlmta,'' replied the little fellow, 1 ( d give them as little at Lention as I possibly can." ' Well, there is one con,olation tbout being up in an airship,'' ro narked the man who was taking his are 1ret ride through the clounde, on " What is that?" asked the in;ventor. pill " There is no danger of being run in )ver by an automobile." stal A young man in Philadelpl is was Nit ecently called upon to mourn the loss an f his wife. It appears that at the last 'st ioment he was informed that the ar -angements were such that he would lavo to ride to the grave in a carriage with his otlher-in-law, " One-half of the world,'' I say to ny wise frien:a, '' (toesn't know how he other half lives." " Then," concludes my wise friend ith an ar deliberation, '' one-half .he world hasn't any neighbors." '' A horse ran away with my broth r, and he hasn't been out of doors for three weeks." 'IThat's nothing; my h.other ran waa, wath a horse, and le h.t.unL i.et aut of doors for three years." " What possessed you," asked Nag us, the literary editor, " to write a 'loinance of Society in the Other World ?" " Nobody can call me down on it," respondled lorus, the struggling author. "Wheneyer I write a romance of c ociety in this world a lot of smart Alecks, always tells tme I don't know nythinig ab)out it.'" " Sailors are awful forgetful, ain't tbey?" asked little Elsie. ' " Why, what makes you think that, ?" inquired her p)apa. 19 & " lecause every time they leave a place they have to weigh their anchor.roj .f they weren't, forgetful they'd re-re tnembler the weight."ou lie inquired if there was no other alternative. The undertaker informed him that it could not possiblhy be avoid ed. " Well," said the young man, " I will have t.o submit, b)ut it will rob F the occasion of all pleasure for me." '" A Germantown school teacher re- frot cently told one of his bioy pup)ils, who S. ( was insubordinate, that, he must be0. Co. have, the, "If you (10 not (10 better," saidl the teacher, " I shall go and see your fath -_ er." " Hub," said the boy, who was only( t,hree feet high, " yer will have to take \. a pick anid abovel to see him, lie's dlead."' Mary Branyard-Out here we always 1 go to bed with th)e chickens. Miss Wopsie-Mercy mel it must be Wi awfully unhealthy. . " Women are hard to unesan. " Think so?" " Yes; I told her she carried her age well, and she was offended." " You don't say!" " Yes; and then I' told her she dlidnl't carry it well, and she wouldn't speak." One evening at supper little Lester said to his grandmother: 01 " Grandma,- do your glasses make things look bigger ?" " Yes, dearie," said grandma. "Why?" " Oh!" said Lester, "I only thought if they did, may be you'd take 'em off when you're cutting the cake." 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