The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-03-24

ENTERTAINING PARAGRAPHS,

TWENTY years ago an iron theatre was
shipped to Australia, from England, III
convenient sections, SO as to be put up
easily on arrival there.
WOMAN at West Cornwall, Conn.
fniling to induce her husband to move
out of house which she did not like,
deliberately destroyed it by fire.
LET us not despiso homcly persons.
They serve to remind us that but
slight variation in our facial lines would
have ilremediahly marrcd our beauty.
WRITER on dogs SAYS that every ono
given to scdentary pursuits ought to
keep dog, as the necessity Of giving
exercise to the dog will exercise the man
THE following is an cpitaph from
tomb near Versailles: Except in 1859.
during which for several DAYS SHE took
lessons on the piano, her life was without
n stain"
'l WISH" says DR.. Schliemann, chat
could have proved Homer to have been
an eyewitness of the Trojan war; Alas,
can not do it." Still the doctor has not
lived i'll vain
DURING the reign of Napoleon J. n
book Of birds for children was suppressed
because it contained the phrase: "The
cock is rather the tyrant than chieftain
Of the farm-yard.
EVERY shell fred by al army during
siege operations costs, with the powder
with which the mortar is charged, the
sum of eight dollars--cnough to support
n poor family for fortnight.
One of the modes of punishment III
China is to compel criminal to die of
sleeplessness, by keeping him awake q
week, night and day. Ten days is sure
to prove fatal and is terrible agony for
the victim.
AN official return puts the feminine
"models" in Paris at G75. The pay for
n sitting is from 30 cents to $40. Most
Of the models are Italian; thirty are
American; 145 have been Ill the hands Of
the police.
THERE is man in Newark, n. j., so
close that when he attends church he
occupies the pew fnrthcst from the pulpit
to save the interest on his money while
tho collectors are passing the plate for
contributions.
THE stages and theatres of the Greeks
and Romans were SO immense that the
actors, to be heard, were obliged to have
:ccOllrse to metallic masks, contrivod
with great mouths, 70 augment the
bOllnU OJ llle voice.
A GENTLEMAN in Buckingham County.
Va, has among his domestic animals u
large rat, which was caught twelve
months ago by cat; but, instead of
devouring it, the cat nursed and fed it,
and they now play and sleep together,
like cat and kitten.
a SAD story is related by the Pittsyl-
vania (Va.) Trib'nC. A young man in
kl,oI
from garret to cellar and purchased his
wedding outfit But the wedding didn't
take place. On the day fixed the br1ie
married another fellow.
THE Milwaukee Sun speaks of per
son who 'turncd as pale rs tho ace of
spades" We always supposed the ace of
spades was red, and was hard to distin.
tinguish from the jack of-diamonds. MS
we believe that card is called whore the
figure wears crown. ---NOrriStOD1e Her.
0id
ANOTHER of the Blue Laws in va
olden time was: "No ono shall run on
the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden.
or elsewhere, except revereptially TO and
from meeting. No one shall travel, cook
victuals, make beds, sweep house. cut
hair or shave on the Sabbath day. No
woman shall kiss her child on the Sab
bath or fasting day."
IT is melancholy fact that crysts
palaces do not pay. That at Sydenham
has been financial failure, and now the
Alexandria Palace, on the northern
heights of London, with it's beautiful
park of four hundred and seventy acres,
is announced for sole The expense oI
keeping ZIP these places is so large as tc
absorb all the profits.