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, 1881-11-02

III IdCI, Il HOatlllg palace, ana though
others Of the great ocean.going steamers
may rival her in this character, none
excel her in luxury while in capacity and
engine p0ver she is the present leader OF
EnGland's mercantile marine.
The placin1 Of this vessel on the station
marks another epoch il the history Of
steam navigation, and illustrates the
marvellous strides made in that science
during the life Of one British merchant
Mr.. William Inman lived to see the City
of Rome launched, but he was cut off by
death q few weeks ago, before she was
ready for sea. He was only 56 years OF
age at the time Of his d~ecease, Yet during
his comparatively brief life he Witnessed
and, indeed, led-One Of the most wonder
ful revolutions in maritime enterprise
which history records. His boldneSS
brou- ht great prosperity to himself and
his co partners but it was also attended
by blessings to the world, and on the
latter ground the facts deserve to be
chr0nicled. The two main incidents OF
bis career were that he was the pioneer
III adapting the screw propeller to trans
atlantic navigation, and in utilizing
steamships for the emigration trade To
appreciate the Importance Of these cnan-
ges-Which date from the yeas 1S50-it
IS necessary to cast the mine back to the
anterior state Of things. Before that
date many steamships were employed in
the trade between England and America
but they were exclusively constructed Of
wood and propelled nv naddIe wheels.
and owing to The GREAT cypense of their
navigation tbe naSS9 9e-moupv was so
high that none eycent PASSENGERS With
abundant means drcamt Of maxine the
VOYAGE to or from America in the steam
ships. The stream Of emirration. however.
was even thcn bpoinuino IA flow west w9rI
and the muItitudes OF men and women
who were seeking their fortunes in the
west suffered severe priyati,ns ON tbn
VOYAGE. Che emioratjou Trade was mono.
D0Ijzpd by SAILING yqSSrIs-no douEt
excellent Of tbpir Kind. well ango;ptpd
and nayieated by skiIUiI spamen. But
in tlo Atlantic The Sen il cren tonnes.
tuouS. AID he winds adverse so that tho
pasSage was DrotrdcfeG. and the djScona.
forts If the pmierants were tryin@ and
glierous; sach. indeed. as deferred all
bat the most adventurous from making
the passage. Bot 10 HE masses or the
people tacra was no alternative: they
could n0t pay the cabin fares of tbn
steamers. and irthry vonld cmiorate nj
all tbry muSf use the sailino Sims or
Z, D9ckrts ~ They were called. Mr..
IuIu1u determined to rlanon fhis state
Of tbjnos. ana in dnino So introduced \
cninuI.5a 3pyojrIion iDfa ora y ~novioa.
tio, He roucp YEA me idea az pmnlovin~
iron vessels vim Qrrnn n,onn1Inrs i, tb39
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
True to the Last.

Daisy Shoemaker, the pretty daughter
of farmer living near Richmond, Va.
had agreed to elope with Westlana Pierce,
but when the critical moment arrived
she feared to transgress her parents
wishes, and would not go to the rendez-
7ous. Her sister Jane, two years her
senior, begged her to keep her trust with
her lover, but all in vain. '"Well, if You
don't keep your word with West Pierce,
I'll do it for you," she said, and indig-
nantly leaving her sister, she got into
the buggy and dashed off, despite
reached the waiting place; explanations
were made; she said she wae willing to
take her sisters place. The lover,
touched by her pluck and captivated by
her determination not to let the plan fail
through, did actually marry her-so the
story goes.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
6 Going to School,"

Glass in geography, stand up. Now,
who can tell me who was King of the
Cannibal Islands 400 years ago? What,
can no one answer this gravely important
query? Is it possible that you have
knowingly kept yourselves in the dark
on point which may one day decide the
fate of the nation? Very we'll the
| whole class will stay for an hour after
school as punishment.
The "B" class in geography will
please arise and come forward for trial
and sentence. Now then, in what direc-
tion from San Francisco are the Man
grove Islands? Whatl can no one an
swer? And you boys expect to grow up
and become business men, and you girls
to become wives, and yet don't know
whether the Mangrove Islands are north,
east or southwest of San Francisco! I
shall send the boys up to tho principal
TO be thrashed, and the girls will have
no recess.
The class in history will now take the
prisoners box, and tell the jury whether
sunflower seeds are among the exports
OF Afghanistan. No answer? None of
you posted on this momentuous Ques-
ton? Two thirds of you on the point of
leaving school to minglc in the busy
scenes of life, and yet you do not know
whether Afghanistau exports sunhower
seeds or grindstones! For five years [
have labored hero as teacher, and now
L find that my work has been thrown
away Go to your seats and will think
up some mode Of punishment befitting
your crime.
The advanced class in mathematics
will now step forward. One of you
please step to the blackboard and illus
trate the angular rectanglo northeast
corner of quadrangle. What! No one
in all this class able to make that simple
| illustration? James and John and Joseph
and Henry, you expect to become mer-
chants, and Mary and Kate and Nancy
and Sarah, you are all old enough to be
married, and yet you confess your igno-
rance of angular rectangular quadrangle
lers before the whole school John,
suppose you become wholesale grocer.
Do you expect to buy tea and sugar and
coffee and spices, and sell the same
again without reference to quadrangles?
Mary, suppose you go to the storo to
buy four yards of factory at ten cents a
yard. How are you going to be certain
that you have not been cheated if YOU
cannot figure the right angle of trian-
gle? All, me! I might as we'll resign my
position and go home md die, for the
next generation will be so ignorant tha-
all educated persons will feel themselve:
strangers and outcasts. Fire.
| Press
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
The Decoration Of a Room.

Crude white is in favor with house
wives for ceilings-'it looks 80 clean. u
That is just its fault. It looks 80 clean,
even when it is not, that it makes ali
else look dirty, even though it may be
clean. To paint the fat ceiling of G
moderate-siZed room by hand is simply
waste OF labor. 1t is only at great per.
sonal inconvenience that one can look
long at it, while, as o matter Of fact, no
one cares to do 80. You see it occasion
ally, by accident, and for moment,
and, that that casual glimpse should
not be a shook to tho eye, as it is as we'll
to tint it In accordance with tho room.
or even cover it with q diapered paper,
which will to some extent withdraw the
attention from the creeks that frequent
ly disfgure the ceilings of modern
houses. What hand-painting we can
afford may best be reserved for the pam
nels or doors, window shutters, and the
like, whore it can be seen-these doors
and the other woodwork being painted
In two or three shades of colors, fat or
vanished, according as we prefer soft
ness OF tone or durability of surface
Perhaps it will be best In this instance
that the woodwork should fall in with
the tone Of the dado; but this is not O
point on which any rule can be laid
down. The decoration of the panels
should be in keeping with the wall
paper patterns. 1t may be much more
pronounced than they, but still it must
not assert itself. One great point of
consideration in the decoration of room
is the relation of the various patterns
one to another. It may often be we'll to
sacrifice an otherwise admirable design
simply because you can find nothing
else to go with it, A single pattern,
once chosen, will often contral the whole
scheme Of decoration. Magazine OF
Ark
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
THE THRESAHERN.

E.Rs t,b This is the wheat
lne wheat well grown, mans lawful spoil,
The new-plucked fruit of patient toll;
Pledge me the farmers sinewy hand ....
dis goodly acres waiting stand;
Pledge me the hands his force can wield
To plow, to SOW, to reap the field
Brulse the bright heads and break them sore.
Scatter the chaf from door to door,
Show me the kernel sound and sweet
The nations bread, the winnowed wheatl
r, This is the fail co.
Inc noisy fail, whose loud uproar
wears the oaken tbreshing-noor:
a measured beat, ringing round,
a "A hardened resonance of sound!
q Inc long, low scafolds wax and wane 3 .
prop down the sheaves of garnered grain,
ana empty. careless, lauGhter-wild,
line yellow straw is loosely piled.
5hose level crashings tell the tale
oWlng round the fail, the mighty 1ail
- These ate the men, =
Inc Inc men who cleaye, with sturdy stroke,
Ihe fallen giants heart OF oak,
NOW build for life and lifes demands,
Anu NIL with bread the waiting lands.
Slash rhyme with rhyme, the threshers' song
lea zeal blows on blows, strike loud and long;
In Inc wrench of hunger drives at length
Inc iron OF unyielding strength;
Weld the bent blade--aRain, again.
And serve the puny race of men!
Elaine CooddLe in the Critic.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
A Relic of WASHINGTON.

An old walnut cabinet of antique de-
sign has been discovered in the store of
Frank Ware, q secondhand furniture
dealer i'll Staunton, Va, to which un-
usual interest attaches. In moving the
desk Ware turned it up and his eye fell
upon singular looking inscription, to
lcciphcr which he called in the aid of
several gentlemen, to make it out as fol-
lows: 'To George Washington by d.
Wehfter i'll ye year 1777," and in another
place: eye desk was presented to George
Washington in yc year of ye Lord 1777
by d. Webfter." The inscribton is
quite distinct, except the cd" preceding
Webster The cabinet was bought re-
Gently at n sale Of the effects of the
widow of the late Samuel Clark, former
Mayor OF Staunton, and is about three
feet long and one deep and stands upon
four slender crooked legs. A drawer
runs the whole length of the cabinet at
the top and there are smaller shallow
ones beneath this, with an old fashioned
brass handle. It has been found that
Samuel Clark married daughter of
Sampson Matthews, who was the first
man who ever kept tavern in Staunton.
His tavern, which has long since disap-
peared, was rendezvous for Continental
soldiers. General Matthews, brother
of the tavern-keeper, was O friend of
General Washington and was Governor
of Georgia after the war. The old desk
evidently passed from General Washing
ton into the hands of Governor Matthews
and so into his brothers family. It's
identity is much strengthened by the
strong resemblance between the inscrip-
ton upon it and the handwriting of
Washington as seen upon an old auto
graph letter of his which has been
hunted up and compared with it.--IhiI-
ndeLnhi0 Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
Not So Green After All.

A chap from the rural districts stepped
into music store in the city Of Provi-
dence, and, after taking q fifteen min
utes' survey Of the contents, ho stepped
up to the counter and asked the clerk If
he had any new music" bran now, Just
out?"
The clerk measured him with his eye
for moment, and, thinking he was ig-
norant as to music, and that anything
would be fresh to his customer that had
been issued since the days of ''Rosin
the Bow" decided to palm off some old
pieces which had become drug on the
counter. So he took up "The Last
Rose of Summer" and said:
Yes, here is piece that goes with
perfect rush, and here is The Old Arm
Chair another favorite. There is
when this Cruel War is Over which is
MI the rage all over the city"
"That will dew" replied Jonathan.
Chow much do you ask for the lot"
zone dollar" returned the clerk.
Waal, you may dew 'em up in O.
piece of paper and lay 'em on the
she'll"
The clerk obeyed, but Jonathan did
not pay for the music.
Pm going down town o piece" he
said, and If [ come back I will paw for
that music and take it but if I don't
come back you may light your pipe with
THE Last Rose of Summer sit down in
The Old Arm Chair and wait till This
Cruel War is Over"
Jonathan slid out of the door. and the
clerk looked as though he had been
aold
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
NEWS GLEANINGS.

There are 271 ,461 negroes in Kentucky.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is to have a
street railroad.
North Carolina has 26,90O colored
voters.
The locusts have appeared in middle
Tennessee.
Corn prospects throughout Florida
are very Gne.
Louisville, Kentucky, has a public
library Of $4,000 volumes.
A 250 pound turtle was caught on
Pensacola beach last week.
Last year Bullock county, Alabama,
bought 70 tons of guano; this year she
buys 416 tons.
w. H. Pillow has shipped from Pen
sacola, Florida, this season, thirty-nine
thousand quarts of strawberries.
The Goldsboro IN. O. Advance says
bushels, barrels and hogsheads of straw,
berries at five cents a quart, and acres
in the fields red with them for picking.
Mr.. Alger, of New York, has taken
charge, and will begin and push through
water works for Charlotte, North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. L. ONeil, of Nassau county, Fla,
cleared 5000 on small patch of celery
during tbe'peSt wiuter
During last week, $4,000 pounds of
Strawberries were shipped from Chattan-
ooga to Cincinnati. TheyS brought
$1,000. z
J. w. Willis. of Crystal RiYer, Flor
ida, has q field cf corn that averages
between eleven and twelve feet high and
not yet tasseled.
The center ofpopulation of the United
States is placed in Kenton county, Ken
lucky, mile from the south bank of the
Ohio river.
Two men recently found cypress
tree in Clay county, Florida, that meas
ured four feet from the ground 254 feet
in circumference.
AT Goodlettsville, Tennessee, a few
days since, 653 lambs were sold at five
cents pr pound, and were shipped tc
New York by Bowling Green man.
1t will take forty thousand bushels OF
corn to run the Dale county, Alabama
farmers this year. So they will have
some 100000 to pay for that article next
| fall.
The Tecumseh furnace, at Rome, Ga.
is said to be making an average of twenty
tons day, and not to have been cool in
six years.
Rev DIR. S. G.. Hillyer has resigned
the pastorate of the Baptist church at
Forsyth, Ca, and received call from
the church at Washington, Ga. This
leaves vacant also the Presidency of
Monroe Female College.
Nashville, Tenncsse, is we'll provided
with schools. Among the most import
ant institutions of learning are the
Nashville University, Vanderbilt,
Wards Seminary, with its $50 young
ladies, Prices Seminary, and. Fisks
University, the latter being colored
institution, we'll endowed, and provided
with magnificent buildings.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
"Helen, do Yon love me p,

She had known him for long years. but
| never had she heard such earnestness,
| such real passion, in his tones. f.... -
1t was as though his very soul hung on
her answer. Strange, she had never
dreampt his love for her was more than
| friendship, such as she had felt for him.
A tinge of color crept into her cheek.
Il have promised to marry you, Earl.
You know that am fond of you, and
l highly respect you. Will not this sat-
i'fy y5Xo Xou'1 = want d, t,o 4.,,., ,, -
heart mlne-al mine, SO that, to tear me
| from 1t, would be to tear it asunder?"
"No, Earl. If it were for your happi-
ness or mine, 1 could give up my lover
and still hold my friend and cousin"
He seized her hand and carried il to his
lips more fervently than he had done
even in the moment of his courtship.
Then, taking the fan from his pocket. he
unfolded it, and told her all the tai @ of
his summer romance.
VI thought could forget her" he
said, in ending, land that when the
snow fell and [ did not return to her. she
would cease to remember me; but see,
Helen! She stu remembers, and I still
love. do not know what brings her
here. have heard nothing from her
since last summer. But. tell me. cousin
NINE, what must do? I leave ii ell to
YOU"
II said that would be your friend.
Now, will be hers as well. Go to her,
Earl. Tell her all the truth. Then, if
she torgives you, make her your wife. IF
she is alone in the world, as perhaps she
may be, bring her to me. She shall be
married from my house, as my sister. I
accept this fan, not as a lovers gift, but
pledge to the truer, more honest bond
which henceforth binds u.s."
Lena was exhausted after her Sleep
less night, and, throwing herself on the
lounge In the sitting-room Of her kind
hostess, she had fallen into a dreamless
slumber. #"
Long Earl Lysle stood and watched
her, until the magnetism of his glance
aroused her. She thought that she was
dreaming of the fan; but as he stopped
and took her in his arms, she knew that
1t was reality.
She listened silently while he told her
| all-even his struggle for forgetfulness
and his ignorance of his own heart and
| its demands. She heard that she had
| sent the paper with the news of hat
| fathers death to the wrong address, that
he had known nothing of the long
lonely winter to which had succeeded
this wonderful, glorious summertime Of
| hope. .....
| Poor child! She had no room fov
pride in the heart so filed by his image
She forgot that there was sore need for
forgiveness
lie loved her nowl Of that showas
assured; and after all, the snow had only
lam upon the ground to warm the earth.
and foster the rich, sweet violets, which
now bloomed and clustered at her feet.
ready for her to stoop and pluck them.
Perhaps some women, in their pride.
would have rejected them. She could
not; but, STOPPING. kissed them, then
transplanted them to her heart, there to
shed sweet fragrance forevermore.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
A LeadviIIe Minister.

The following remarkable report of
Protestant Episcopal life in Leadville was
made by the Rev. II. j. Mackay, O. mis-
sionary in charge of that church, on O.
recent Sabbath in one of the large
churches of that denomination (Dr. New
ton's), in Philadelphia. After stating
that when he went to Leadville, he found
instead Of hamlet, thriving town. with
churches of every denomination. five
banks, five daily newspapers, etc., he
said:
''My first vestryman could drink more
whisky than any man in the etown. Shortly
after made my appearance in the town
my parlshloners invited me to o church
soclable, and upon going I was astonished
to see the worthy people waltzing and
dancing IN the most scandalous manner
10 add to this there are two streets whose
entire length were made up Of low dance
houses. How was [ to overcome such
gigantic evil? I secured hall, had the
floor waxed, and after engaging O band
OF music, l sent out invitations to all
the young men of the place to come
down and have dance. [ instructed my
floor manager--who, by the way, made
lots OF money and skipped-not to allow
any waltzing. The result was, after en-
Toying square dances until II o'clock,
the participants quietly dispersed. Some
few said: "Wait until the preacher
goes, then we'll have waltz" but was
too smart for them-I carried the key of
the hall in my pocket, and did not leave
until all had departed. Every other
week gave such o sociable, and the
results are remarkably good. This char
acter of mission would not do in Phila-
delphia or Boston, but it will do in Lead
vile. 1t may seem ungodly to practice
such course, but it is the only way to
reach these people. When first went
out there the congregation used to ap-
plaud me when was preaching, but I
finally got them out of such an unholy
habit. No matter who dies, the process
sion is headed by brass band. When I
buried Texas Jack, the partner of Buff
falo Bill, the cortege was headed by q
brass band of forty.two pieces. Lead
vile is also great place for titles.
Everybody has title. Captain is pretty
good but to command attention one must
be q Colonel or General. I am a sort
OF o General. T belong to five military
companies, and In my capacity as O
m1litiaman watch over my congrega-
tion. ..,..
OF the fifty-eight men who framed the
Constitution and declared the indepen-
1nnra pf Tavao,s NHn,oI. n 1ooa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
A Disgraced DAUGHTER.

A doting mother in Chicago displayed
her solicitude for her daug ghter's good
name by frantically rushing into the
station and shouting, "My daughter is
disgracedr True enough, she had
eloped with an insurance agent; but had
the mother been discreet she wouldn't
have given it away.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09
A Real Cnnreninnno-

All fashionable ladies should carry a
hand-painted satin bag. In it can be
carried flask, gumdrops or O handker-
chief.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09

THE New York Central runs one hun
dred and sixty trains day-one every
nine minutes.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-06-09

OF the fifty-eight men who framed the
Constitution and declared the indepen-
dence of Texas, March Q, 1886, one is
still living, DR.. Charles B. Stewart, of
Montgomery County r' rm.-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05
THE WHITE HOUSE DINNER-SER-
VICE.

WASHINGTON. December, 19.-The re-
mainder of the dinner-service contracted
for by the Government with Haviland &
Co., for the use of the President on State
occasions, was to-day delivered at the
Executive Mansion The first order was
executed last summer, and comprised all
that it was then intended should form
the state dinner-set The President.
however, was so we'll pleased with the
manner in which the details of the first
order were executed tina he enlarged the
courses, added new ones to make the
services more complete. Over 800 new
pieces were added. The designs for the
entire set were drawn by Mr.. Theodore
R. Davis and accepted by Mrs. Hayes.
The intention was to illustrate the fauna
and fora of the United States Oddly
enough, however, when the goods were
unpacked to-day, it was discovered that
the ice-cream trays and plates were
models of Canadian snow-shoe, the
birch-bark INIT ton being perfect, The
set, entire, will be used for the first time
next week at the dinner to be given by
the President to the members OF the In
ternational Sanitary Conference, which
will include all the foreign Ministers and
members of the Cabinet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-05
NO. O./2,
GEORGE ELIOT AT HOME.

The next time [ saw George Eliot was
in her own house, the Priory, 81 North
Bank, Regents Park. Much as I want
ed to renew the acquaintance, | stayed
away from the Priory until invited, as /
knew George Eliot shrank from strangers,
and had no reason to suppose that she
would remember an American girl in
Florence. Fortunately for me | was not
forgotten, and when one foggy Sunday I
entered her pleasant London drawing
room, both she and Mr. Lewes warmly
welcomed me.
Sunday was their reception day. From
to the cleverest men and women in
London felt honored in being received by
the quiet woman who sat by the fire with
hef back to the window, and talked ear
nestly.i in almost a whisper, while Lewes
pervaded the atmosphere, speaking first
interesting and frequently brilliant, the
ugliest of men, who made you forget his
pocked face and shaggy red hair in about
fifteen minutes. Often he came to my
rooms and delighted me with his CONVEX
sation and advice, but she never came.
She visited no one; all visited her all
save music and art. At every "private
view," at every fine classic concert George
Eliot was sure to be present, dressed un-
obtrusively, and seemingly oblivious of
every one about her. She loved music
ardently, and was herself a pianist Of no
mean order. Only once did | succeed in
Turing her away from the Prlory, and
that was to see the telephone, about which
she was very curious. Yes, she would
come with Mr.. Lewes, provided no one
else was present. So one afternoon
George Eliot visited the Office of Bells
Telephone in the city and for an hour
tested its capacity. 1T is very wonder
ful, very useful, she said. "What mar
velous inventions you Americans havep
1t was the last time [ ever saw her or him.
Lewes died suddenly, not long after, and
now she has passed away, too soon for her
friends, but not too soon for her fame.-
Nelo York Tribune.