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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

I've nothing to do In hammock swing,
And my thoughts they think--think Of anything.
! I'LL up my pipe, and then I think
VI tho waste I've made of paper and ink:
Verses and prose Of no earthly USE -
IAe scrtbbling mania'B my only excuse
Ot the number of times have been In love;
III exactly how often T. We lost glove i,
VI the people I've met and the people I've missed
" how many girls in my life have kiBsedj
Ot how many more couldn't get;
VI how many times I've been in debt.
And then to light my pipe pause,
And think OF things with smoking for cause.
I think OF what I've done and Geen;
Of the man would be aud the man have been
VI La, an aimless man sinking into life's shade.
think OF all have studied and read,
Aud think of blind man, cripple in bed;
think OF an idle and purposeless youth,
Ana think, " Have found out the meaning Of
~ truth 7n
HOW oft was angry, ill-huinored and swore;
VI how many pebbles are washed on the shore
VI how many actions Pve done that are good;
VI how many herrings you'll find in wood;
" things that bore me; of things that hate;
u an afternoon dance which breaks up at eight;
VI now many times have wasted my cash,
ana spent lots OF Iaoney nothing but trash
VI how many times have wished you were here I;
VI how many wishes I've wished in q year.
was smoking q pipe, unless mistake;
HOW long have slept and when did wake9
London Society.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
She Fetched Him.

Women sometimes have great pres
ence of mind. A jaiior's wife saw that
prisoner had got between her husband
and the unlocked door and was going
for it like Scotch terrier for rat hole
She knew she hadn't the strength to
seize and hold him, and besides he had
o knife, so she didn't try. But she
stepped into side corridor near the head
of fight of stairs the prisoner had got
to descend, yanked off her hoopskirt,
and, as lie passed, flung it before him.
The way he turned handsprings aud
somersaults down those stairs was eau
zion TO cats, and his frantic struggles
after he reached the bottom would have
attracted folks from o dog fight. When
the jailor came up, the fellow had got
himself SO entangled that he was abso-
lutely helpless, was doubled up in teri
bly, uncomfortable ways and was chok-
ing to death, and SO completely wound
mp that the jailor had to cut him out
with hatchet, and it took half yard OF
court plaster and pint of srnica to
make him at all comfortable. Boston
Post,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The wasteful practice OF burning or
otherwise destroying love- letters has
been brought into disrepute by q Young
lady in Iowa, who has had hers bound
in the form of nm album, which she
turns out for the inspection aud enter
tainment of her visitors when they have
wearied of praising her tides and finished
the family photographs.
The device, economical as il is--and In
TINT aspect praiseworthy has its draw
backs. To visitors who have nlet--aa
the phrase is-"with disappointment,
the sight of such collection would bai
narrowing in the extreme. Then there
would be the additional danger that
some guest would find among the mis-
sives one from somebody to whom she
believed she had special claim The
sight, in such case, of words OF love
addressed to another might be provoca-
tive OF unpleasantness perhaps, even,
Of tears or, worse still, of scratching and
shair-pulling.
These possibilities are to be dreaded.
Fortunately they can be avoided without.
recurring to the old-fashionetl and waste
ful method of burning love letters. Such
missives contain--or are popularity held
to contain--a good deal OF sweetness.
some VI tlleL! nave pSen desckApecs ~
the glowing imagery OF girlhood, as
is undoubtedly hyperbole. They ought
however, to be sweet enough for glucUseS
if there is any semblance OF sweetness
about them. Let the Iowa plan be-
abandoned then and let the accumulated
love letters Of the country be sent Ia tssa
glucose factories. The residents in the
neighborhood of such factories might
object. But they do that now. S.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

MmLIoNs of barrels of crude oil,
enough to supply the world for years.
are said to be stored away in the oil re-
gions. The discovery of oil in Europe
and the sinking of wells there threaten
to affect the foreign market, though sta
tistics as yet show no decrease of the
amount of oil expected from this coun try.
Our oil men have turned their attention
to South America as a market, but IN
some parts of that section of the world
there arc large deposits of petroleum OF
good quality, which can be procured III
abundance without boring for it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

ACCORDING to all accounts Mrs. Lin
coin is in pretty bad condition, physi-
cally and mentally. She is attending
Miller's Water Cure, New York, and is
barely able to walk about her room.
Cataracts are forming on both eyes She
is troubled with spinal troubles and has
Bright's disease. When told that the
Pension Committee had decided to give
her $15, 900, which amount was due her
under arrears of pension, she manifested
great satisfaction. She will remain in
New York for the winter.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
An Outlaws SmAethaart.

The robbers used 10 frequently shoot
at targets in company with their sweet.
hearts, in the shooting the gifls ma king
sometimes almost as good a score ~ the
men, and the yells that would rend ilAA
air as ones favorite lady would split tIie
bullet on the half dollar as il fell fot4
ward to the ground would have done
justice to border scout. Nor were tiss
young ladies behind them ia equesfrinn.
ism, Miss Ryan, in particular, oft
boasting that she could drop Che nickel
Us often in the race as any Of the b9y 5,
It may be proper here TO explain sHe
nlcGats 0per0ndi Of the "nickel race
A nickel or other small coin IS placed 81
the forks of tree, about the diss
from the ground thet O. mans shcfss
would be while on horseback 6ess
party has one shot at Il as he Aies w
his horse at full speed. The ladies' s
their regular turn, and Miss sgan fia6E
been known to drop the pSssel gu
times out Of Ave races apd tiint sle
indeed, at home IN the s6dal ale IS dei0f
strated by the TACT tiy.s 81 hen
from her favorite llolse & q lossef
charger, she aiDs
dls and ieas,a 70
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
Remember, Young Men.

Young men who are intending to be
farmers should remember that agricult-
ure is both science and an art, to be
carefully studied, and then practically
carried out. The day has gone by when
the ignorant can become s1ccessfll
tanners. Within the past ten yeers
aay Itpga has undergone Hgeat
gavol ntfo. bnt Slle next te years
.@ill Ae gfe9tes changes than laya
ye on fwifaesf The
e3 bs ie aafiisa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A COMMUNICATIONS in the Charleston
NeaOs and Courier calls attention to the
statute which makes the non-payment of
apoll tax of 81 q misdemeanor. It says:
"What prompts me to write to you at
this time is that arrests are now being
made and prisoners are confined in our
Jail charged with no other crime than
neglect to pay their poll tax, and MS the
Legislature is now in session 4 hope the
matter can be SO presented to the people
and our Legislators that irnrpe1iate action
wiz he taken Ills this Kind 90 4 law
sbeb eaaee iasa I'll an gei
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A FOREIGN letter says all Vienna thea
ters are well nigh bankrupt. Nobody
frequents them. The largest amount Of
money received by an one of them is $500;
others take in about $50 night. The
police have forbidden all day perform
ances, and have lessened the num-
Der OF seats in each. For instance, the
the Ander Wien Theater, which held g.
$40 seats, has now only 1870.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The annual product Of the precious
metals in the States and Territories west
of the Missouri River, including British
Columbia, are as follows Receipts at
San Francisco from the west coast of
Mexico and reported to Wells-Fargo ::
Gold, $31, ,869,686; silver, $45, on, 1929.
California shows an increase in silver
and decrease in gold. Nevada shows
falling off, and Utah, Colorado, and Ari-
Zona, an increase. -.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A RAILROAD disaster is a pretty serious
thing for the company which owns the
road. It is said that the Ashtabula dis
aster five years age has cost the Lake
Shore So, 100000, and some of the suits
for damages are not ended yet. The
Spuyten Duyvil disaster will cost the
Central a tremendous sum.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

MAYOR HARRISON, of Chicago, has
just had streak of luck. A few days
ago he received letter from q lady in
Boston, who said that she lived on Shaw
NUT avenue, was cultivated, had a taste
for the aesthetic literature and art, had
cool 100000 in bank, was but thirty
eight years old, and anxious to be made
Mayors bride. The Mayor perhaps
understands the drift of her argument.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

In rs claimed that on account of the
beans they cot Boston women look
younger at forty than Chicago women
do at thirty years Of age. Still, 1t is
pretty hard to believe.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
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into @ bang up place, too. Any Tins
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At this point the literary editor Dame
in, and the young man who had been
doing so much talking indicated 90 Slas
girl by series of violent winks that the
new arrival was the person she wanted
to see. Explaining her business, She
handed him her poetical effort. He efead
1t tcarefuiiy, and then said
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A WEST VIRGINIA railroad company has
agreed to stop at least one of its trains
each way--on being tagged passen-
gers and freight at every farm where
right of way is given. The good times
hoped for when every farmer shonld
have q railroad in his own door yard
seems to have come, in West Virginia.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

OswEao, New York, is decidedly q
healthly town. Rev. Simon Parmaiee,
on the 10Th of January, celebrated his
centennial birthday. Another Oswegoan
died recently aged 108 years and Mr..
Clark, OF the same town, claims to have
passed his 10th year.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

1T Is gratifying to know that o tue
bill for murder in the first degree has
been found against the nmaerers OF
Jennie Cramer, OF New Haven, Conn.,,
the 9TH of August last. Walter e. Nal.
ley, James Malley and Blanche Douglass
are the persons indicted.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The National Board of Health is con
sidering the pressing demand for better
quarantine regulations at New York and
other ports, in order to prevent emf
grants infected with smallpox landing
and proceeding Oh their journey inland,
spreading the foul disease all over the
country.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

KENTuoKY does not naturally take to
holidays and believes there are too MANY
OF them on the calendar. In the House
q few days ago, bill was passed to
abolish New Years day as holiday.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

In BALTIMORE teachers are required TO
report twice week the number of whip
pings administered, and those who re.
port the fewest whippings have the
smoothest sailing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

SAYS the Detroit Free Press! "Tbe
war OF 1919 ended sixty-seven years ago,
and yet over 10000 widows are drawing
pensions granted On account of it. That's
big load Of old widows"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
A REMARKABLE use Is being made q

. A REMARKABLE use is being made OF
potatoes. The clear peeled tuber is
macerated in a solution of sulphuric
acid. The result is dried between sheets
OF blotting paper, and then pressed. OF
this all manner of small articles are
made, from combs to collars, and even
billiard balls, for which the hard, bril-
hantly white material is we'll fitted.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

IT rs in order to announce that Secre-
tary Folger has no one to do the honors
Of his palatial home but a grown daugh-
ter. In other words. he is solitaire,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

THE aesthetic knee. .breeches have, one
great advantage - they do not bag at
the knee, and they have this great disad.
vNntage-they betray an unshspely calf.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

In REQUIRED 1000 cars to carry or,
hlblts TO the Atlanta Exposition, but 30
many were sold that 200 were sufficient
to take away those which remained, they
being nearlyal OF them machinery.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The Boston Globe believes the sethetic
wriggle, which fashionable women have
adopted as manner of locomotion, will
cure rheumatism.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

THERE is one thing the Land Act has
done in Ireland; it has filed the prisons,
but what other benefit has been derived
trom it would be hard to say.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

THAT infinitesimal specimen of human
lty, Tom Thumb. has become convert
to spiritualism, and believes in almost
everything of a ghostly nature.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

EXPERIMENTS made with sugar beets in
Whitman County, Oregon, resnlt in q
yield of 5000 pounds to the acre.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

IT is said that of $4,000, 600 bushels of
grain sent from America to Europe last
year, not single bushel was carried by
an American ship.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

MISS ANNA DICKINSON has scored
success in male character, as g Hamlet"
Her determination to wear tights has
prevailed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

RUSSIA goes steadily nearer bank,
ruptcy each year, and last December
raised with difficulty the gold to pay the
seni-annual interest due foreign debtors.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

WHAT remarkable contrast the pres.
ent winter is with that of one year ago.
Everything seems to go to extremes.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A New YORK paper advertised for
original short stories, and received over
500 responses. The world has an abund-
ance of literary talent.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The Garfield monument fund now
amounts to about 300, 600, OF which the
city OF Cleveland contributed S6S. 600.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A RESIDENT Of Belfast, Ohio, has been
put under bonds for opening his wife's
letters.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A SALT LAKE Gentle states that il
would require an army of 10000 men to
put the Mormons down.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

In WILL be great relief when we shall
be able TO announce the close of the
Guiteau trial.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

(. BoTH the new Senators elected from
Iowa are natives of Ohio. Men born in
Ohio get into Office everywhere.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A CONTEMPORARY suggests that Guiteau
will have an opportunity to deliver his
speech from the gallows.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

PATTr's baggage consists Of twenty
three trunks.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

AsAr.ooN-KRRpER, at Manchester, Ohio.
has been required to pay woman 81 200
for selling her husband liquor.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The Boston University has come into
possession of $4,000, 900 bequeathed to
Il by Mr.. Rich.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The project for the Worlds Fair in
Boston has been abandoned for want of
money.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

The Boston cooperative store, after
several years trial, has proved o failure,
and will wind up its affairs.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

OSCAR WILDE says that in all England
there is not an actress SO powerfully
intense" as Clara Morris. This remark
is supposed to be complim ent to Miss
Morris.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

goxs EIsaD AisE is the President oj
ths sni1sd American Electric
1dg Company, o Massachusetts,,
h alallaa s Aayo ystem Fog lsghts
sea
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

A GIRL at Wentworth, Ont, was sent
to jail for forty-eight hours for contempt
OF court because she refused to take an
oath.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

MASSACHUSETTS entire representation
in Congress-two Senators and eleven
Representatives-are in favor OF woman
suffrage.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

rs anest railgoad skation ia The
Staiep Is eAid q Is the new ona
the elsNs8 lvania Ca4lspaisy ii phila.
seg in Che heaFt es tli4
1egl 0s i elaauiA6ep
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

CoNTRARY to report, Annie Louise
Gary is not to be married.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

ONE hundred newspapers in this coun.
try are edited by colored men.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

soovrnnn hss one faculty. He Can
talk.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

Tan long-haired Wilde's first lecture
netted him 81, 400.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02
How Can You Tell o Good CIgara

They used to say that a good cigar
could be known by the light brown
specks on it. These were made by
worms, the story was, and the worms
were epicures in tobacco and would
touch only the best. But the chemists
soon found o way Of Stimulating these
worm specks. So that spoiled The test.
Then there was no other guide but the
ashes. If these burned white the cigar
was good if not, bad. But the enter
prising tobacconists soon found n way to
make the vilest cabbagenia burn as spot
lessly white as the best Havana. An.
other test gone. FINALLY the makers OF
claolce cigars put q little red label around
eacn. rs1is was though to be aonie hing
wllich woaid aswaya Be 5sG 8tilis
And 50 st gor tt ks bU6 iilipttita
= som the l aqtl {1
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-02

= CO. PICKENS. g. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 1882 VOL
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-05-30
Decoration Day.

Decoration day, the 30th inst, is draw
ing nigh, and, as usual, great preparations
are being made for its proper celebration.
All the soap dealers and beer brewers and
safe makers and phenomenal tailors and
patent cure-alls in the larger cities are
having their wagons painted in the gaudi-
est colors; others are ordering chariots
OF gold to be built. DO you ask why they
are ordering chariots of gold? Well, We
will tell you: the chariots are to hold the
flowers to be placed upon the graves OF the
fallen brave.
But do not imagine this is all. On the
sides of the vehicles signs will he placed
setting forth the virtues Of the dealers
wares, and the signs will he so large that
only the people that secure positions ON
the housetops will be able TO see the flow
ers. 1t will be very much like circus
pageant, and will show at once Americas
respect Tor the memory of her departed
heroes and her love for advertising.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-05-30
Married at Last.

Lillian Duer has married a man at last.
About two years ago she became infatuated
with a girl, named Ella Hearn, and asked
her TO marry her. Upon being rejected
she became So insanely jeal-
Gus that she went cunning after Ella
and succeeded in killing her. This &C
CURED i'm Arkansas. The trial Of the
young mur,ieress was a remarkable one,
and developed the curious fact that the
girl believed it TO be the proper thing for
women TO intermarrv. She was acquitted
on the ground of emotional insanity. One
of the attendants at the trial was a young
man who became interested in
Miss Duer, and cultivated her ac-
qmaintance. By careful nursing he man.
aged to change her notion as to the desira-
bility of female husband, and last week
the twain were married. On general prin.
cipIe il does not seem as if Miss Diner
would make the most desirable
kind of spouse. Her predisposition to
emotional insanity and the festive pistol Is
calculated to keep domestic circle in a
state of constant expectation OF an I'M
pleasant character. Woman's natural
weapon is the broom handle and mop; when
she gets to welding anything that is liable
10 explode she becomes quite too utterly
unpleasant To- have around.