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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
And Now Toronto Has Sea-Serpent.

Yesterday morning was cool, and
perhaps this was the reason why some
OF the Workmen engaged at the targets
on the Garrison ranges say the serpent
they saw was not more than fifty feet
long and the size Of mans body. The
story, as told by one of them, is in sub
stance as follows: Between eight and
nine o clock, while placing the targets
in position on No. range, boy rushed
up saying that there was a queer thing
floating near the shore. Some Of the
men were curious enough to leave their
work and hasten down to the shore.
There, sure enough, was a large BLUSH
gray mass floating lazily near the shore
1t had every appearance of ,eing asleep,
as its body yielded to every ripple. Part
was submerged, but the upper portion
of The head fioated just above the water
That part which was visible was covered
with short, stiff bristles in front. which
increased in length toward the sides,
and extended for distance of about
ten feet on each side. L re back. or 1T
least that portion Of it which appeared
above tho water, was lighter colored
than the head. A good view was had
OF the monster for upward of three min.
utes. when, suddenly raising its head
out OF the water, it gave swish with
its tail and started directly south, in
the direction of one of the steamers Its
head, AS it raised it above the water. was
very much like that of IN eel, with the
exception of the long, trailing hair or
whiskers. Its eyes were small, and as
it dashed off one of the men said he
thought he heard it give short, sharp
bark. A line Of foam marked its prog
ress out into the lake for about half a
mile, when, turning sharp around, it
dashed toward the Exhibition wharf,
and again out iuto the lake, where they
soon lost sight of it. The men did not
appear at all anxious to speak OF the
matter, as they feared their yeracity
wonld be questioned. AS it is, their
story is given for what it is worth, but
surely the word of three men who saw
1t is worth that of thirty who did not see
It. -IOr0nt0 Mail.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
difficulties OF Census Taking.

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enumerated.
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Fletcher, ll,ry ,ur ,yh,n ,nn f,iInd
IN thn L;ndIinu iyn,I Lmy;nns. nr,i
swind,c nv tathrr ON, 81 fem Lo]jorsi';
rcDlcd IT,. lodv.
"Your name is Susan Pratt, isn't it9',
asked the disromIitrd rnumrraIor
"Thcn what did vou ask me for?'
demanded the lady.
Unmarried, Miss Pratt?"
IL rr;rrtrJ Won fom ,in,n. Tin,
Flct her, which shows that could have
married if I'd wanted tor
"How old are you now, Miss Pratt?'
asked the enumcratOr, wiping his fore
head.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
personal AND LITERARY.
Ben HIPS last words were

Ben Hill's last words were spoken
to his pastor, Rev. G.. a. Evans, and
were: almost home.n
Secretary FoIger. of the Treasury.
is called perfect picture of Benjamin
Franklin's mother was FoIger.
Says +. j. Furnivall, the Shakespe-
rian critic: Shakespeare own five
signatures prove that the most authentic
form Of spelling his name is 'Shals-
pere.'"
-Roza Bonheur is sixty-two years old
and has quit wearing pantaloons and
dresses like any other woman. This
leaves Mary Walker in the full enjoy.
ment of q dangerous MONOPOLY
HGUkeye
Hans Won Bulow, the pianist, is go
ing to marry 3 woman named Maria
Amalia Katharine Josepha Schauzer.
When she adds Won Bulow she will
have real seVen-octaVe name. .-LoOeH
Courier.
--Berlioz, the composer, when he
was in love, said to the adored one:
"Ariel, 1 adore you, bless you; in q
word, love You more than the weak
French tongue can say; give me an Or
of $50 voices and can tell you.
The best prose sentence ever writ
ten on this side of the Atlantic, accord
ing to Mr.. +. P. Whipple, is this from
EmerSon's lecture on Shakespeare:
The recitation begins; one golden
word leaps out immortal from all this
painted nedan1rv, and sweetly torments
us with invitations to its own inaccessi-
BILE homes.'
Some Sanscrit manuscripts of parts
OF the bible of the Buddhists have been
found in Japan. 1t is thought that
many relics in SanScrit of great value
may yet be discovered in China and
Japan, though probably not any that
will have any important bearing upon
the religion either Of the Jews or of the
Christians. - Chicago Journal.
Antoine Gerin-Laioie, who recent
" died ut Ottawa. will be long remem-
bercd By his countrymen in Canada, for
h" wrote their national song, "Le ca
maiden Errant." There is hardly man,
woman or child in Canada who docs
not know the simple song by heart, and
II can be heard almost any evening
among the Canadians OF New England
factory towns and in the French settle
mentS of the far West. N. Y Sun.
"A correspondent relates the follow
ing incident in the life of the Rev. Will
lam Arthur, father of the President:
"Whie presiding over the Baptist
Church in West Troy. his choir drawled
out the hymn with variations, which did
not please him. so he took his text aud
preached two hours and forty minutes.
His head deacon grew impatient and
consulted his watch. Keep your watch
iii your pocket. Deacon JONES' said he,
'you had Il long sing, and now am 60
ing to preach till | get through. ~
Ch|cay0 UcTuid.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

AT THE marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Harris, at Mount Meridian. Vir-
ginia, the bride refused to say eyes" to
the question whether she would obev
her husband. She said that she saw no
reason in such a promise, and he con-
cluded that no harm would be done bv
omitting it, since he intended to "make
her mind anyhow Two years elapsed,
and few days ago the unsettled oues.
tion arose again. George ordered his
wife to fry chicken for dinner, and she
insisted on roasting it. He brought in a
horsewhip and declared that he would
fiog her until she obeyed. She shot and
killed him.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
Refining q Horse.

One of the most senseleFs, and vet
very common habit of the American
people, is the refining of driving horses
so tight as to infict upon them great
deal of pain, under the mistaken idea
that it adds to the stylish appearance of
the animal. When people see horses
head drawn up by the bearing rein, and
see him stepping short and cham ping
the bit, tossing his head and rattling the
harneBs, they assume that he is acting
In the pride of his strength and fullness
of spirit, whereas the animal is really
suffering agonies of pain, and is trying
to gajn by these movements momentary
friele. To our view, horse looks bet
ter, and we know he feels better, when
pursuing a natural, leisurely, swinging
gait. 1t is as necessary for his head to
oscillete in response to the motions of
his body as it is for q mans hands to do
the same thing. A horse allowed his
head will work easier and last longer
than one on which check is used.
Blinds are another popular absurdity
in the use of horses. They collect dust,
pound the eye and are in every way a
nuisance. A horse that cannot be driven
with safety without them should be sold
to railroad grader. No colt should be
broken to them.--L&,acoLa (Ne6) Jour.
nGI.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

1t has become almost q truism TO SAP
thar every age has its distinguishing fen
ture, which gives to it an individuality
as unmista&able as that which differen,
tiates the several members OF the same
family; and it needs but little examins.
1on to discover that the distinguishing
feature OF the present ago is "hiU{t
pressure" Physical science has taught
mankind tho conversation and utiliza.
C1on OF the forces of nature, and recent
experiment has shown that "hiph pres.
sure" Is the means by which the great
est amount of force may be extracted
from ton of Goals. Humanity is fond
of analogy, and is ever ready to trans-
fer its reasoning from the physical to
TO the psychic world.
Moreover the advance Of phvsicaI
cience, and the application thereof to
the appliances of life, must i'm time ne
cessitate corresponding movement in
the world of action. AS the locomotive
or steam vessel increases in speed, so
must human beings move more RAPIDLY
In thought and action. The humblcSt
servant upon line of railway is affected
D In his movements by every mile of in.
creased speed Of the trains running over
that line. The lowest clerk in an Office
is affected materially by each Increase of
postal deliveries, by every decrease in
the rates for kilograms, by every ald-
ton to the foreign and colonial mail sar
vices 1t is quite true that we TO not
spend SO many hours ir our ollir"s "a
did our grandiathers but we do more
in the shorter hours than thcv did, and
we know nothing Of the intervals of
quietude which they en- oyed during the
business day. Every man must work at
the top of his speed, and by the time his
days work is over he finds his powers
arc exhausted, and he has scarcely en-.
ergy left to seek the means # recreation
which lie around him. Our business
and professional friends arc constantly
urging rs an excuse for failure; in tho
exercise of social virtues the plea that
they are too weary to undertake that
exercise save at widely sundorcd inter-
vals, and the weary business man asks
for nothing when his days lahors are
ended save ''to be let alone" Such q
state of things can not fail to tell seri-
ously upon the character and genius of
people.
Leisure is thing unknown to the
bulk OF men, or is regarded as some far
distant haven which he scarcely hopes
to reach in future years. And to the
few fortunate ones who do reach it, it
TOO frequently comes when all capacity
for its enjoyment is gone, worn ont bv
the weary struggles and stress of tho
voyage. The principals of our com.
mercial houses arc already beginning to
see the result of this high pressure upon
their employees. There is a lack of
springiness or elasticity about them, and
a nervous hurriodnpgS in tbo;r =, owl,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
billiard balls can be made Of it rivaline
ivory in hardness.

A NEW style Of car is about to be ip-
troduced ON the Southern Pacific Rail
road, destined to be run from California
to the gulf as wheat cars, and on their
return as emigrant cars. The interior
will be like other freight cars. Along
the sides will he sleeping hunks, lowered
and suspended by an iron rod and hinge.
but capable of being closed up flush
when freight is carried. There are win
dowS, OF course, and it is said the cars
will be as comfortable and warm as the
most luxurious Pullman sleeping car.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

A FRENCH savant has called in the aid
OF Darwin's theory of evolution TO ex-
plain the graceful gait of the Partisan
ladies'. According TO his reasoning the
streets OF Paris were for long time af-
ter the foundation Of the city in o verv
poor condition, as is indeed apparent
from its original name-Lutetia, or the
"City of Mud" The Partisan ladies. in
order not to soil their shoes, were forced
to walk on tip-toe, which in due time re-
suited in high heels, and finally in that
charming gait which is the admiration
and envy of all the wonenof tho civil
lied world
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
Beat Him.

Dan and Flasher were in tho habit OF
trying their wits on each other.
Once they were discussing the rela.
tive merits of rifle vs.. bow and arrow.
"I can beat you even at short range"
said Flasher, boastingly.
"Try it," said Dan.
They tried. Dan discharged an arrow
in pursuit of o hen that they saw In a
yard that they were passing, and missed
the hen.
Flasher, with shot Of his rife, killed
the hon.
"There," he exclaimed, ~ told you
that could beat you."
"But have beat ye," coolly said
Dan.
"How oan that be! You missed the
hen, while ] killed her."
"SGll I have beat ye, because you
paust pay for the hen. You killed her. y
Verdict for Dan from referee. -.Ds.
EtotE Free Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

The seNlskin clothes worn by Engi-
neer Melville during his terrible expert
ences in the Arctic regions are objects of
mnch interest at the Navy Department,
Washington. Among the relics is a
brilliantly colored foxskin cap belonging
to Lieut.. Berry, which was presented to
linn by an Esquimaux damsel. She con.
tscated his old cap because it was not
pretty, and gave him one she had made
herself in return.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

IT IS proposed to perform an operation
on the eyes of Thurlow Weed, who has
been blind for five years, with the hope
of restoring his sight. It is intended to
cut away the double cataract over his
eyes and fit q double conve K lens of glass
accurately in front of the eye, 30 focused
as to properly cast an image upon the
retlna. II the retina has not lost its
constituencies, it is thought that he will
be able to see.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

ACTING on the suggestion that letter
postage be reduced to two cents half
ounce, Post Office Department official
has figured out that on that basis the
deficit of last year, one of the most pros
porous in the history of the service,
would be $40, O,00O,0 600. instead of q sur.
plus of 81, 100000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

Hon. JAMES G.. BLAINE has sent his
check for $50 toward the monument
proposed to be erected to the memory Of
the late Senator r. III. Hill, at Atianta,
GA. Though differing in politics, Messrs.
Hill and Blaine were warm personal
friends
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

A TRAINING school for servants has
just been established at st. Louis under
the management of leading ladies of
that city. Practical housekeeping in all
its departments will comprise the course
OF training, and nursery for poor chill
dr"n, where they shall also he taught to
"sew and sweep and spin,'' is to be at
tached.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

A NEW use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into o
substance resembling celluloid by peel.
ing them, and, after soaking in water
impregnated with eight parts of sulph.
uric acid, drying and pressing between
aheete of blotting paper. Ia France
pipes are made Of this substance, scarce,
ly distinguish&ble from rneerschanm Rv
subjecting the mass to great pressure
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

A CALIFORNIAN has invented sheep
counting machine. It counts up to
10000, registers the number, then gives
a snap, jumps back, and begins count
ing again. It never misses sheep. old
or young, fat or lean.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

Mr.. BURNHAM, scientic Connecti
cut farmer, recently sold one of his young
COWS for $4,000. This animal, in 372
days, has given in milk ten times her
own weight-1O,O0O pounds-and 1000
pounds of butter.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

KINGS and Princes are getting down
nowadays to the same prosaic, business
like ways Of thinking and doing as other
mortals. Oscar H., sovereign of Swe-
den and Norway, being about to under
take journey to the latter country, has
had his life insured III favor of his FAM
lily for the sum of 5000 crowns.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

PRESIDENT BARR1os, of Guatemala, re-
ceives salary of $1,000 month. He
has been in Office twelve years, and is
worth $9,00O,0O0 The debt of his
country is $9,O0O,0OO and growing,
which would seem to indicate that he
does not allow any one else to take
much
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

Mrs. LANGrRY, according to the latest
rumor, will be accompanied to this
country by band of male admirers,
something after the style of the lovesick
maidens in Patience" An English
nobleman, it is said, will be the leader
of the party.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

The 100000 bequeathed by Mr..
Lewis, of New Jersey, to the govern
ment. to be applied towards extinguish
ing the national debt, will make its ap-
pearance in the next monthly statement
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

The Flathead Indians have agreed to
allow railroad to be built across their
reservation in Montana, upon the pay
ment of 1913, 900. The price asked was
81, 900, 900.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

FIFTY young ladies from six counties
Of North Carolina, took part in breaking
ground for the Clinton and Point Cas-
weH Railroad, near Raleigh, recently.
They piled their shovels with great
vigor, and We're applaudcd by 5000
spectators.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

ROBERT T. LINCOLN has shipped from
Springfield, Illinois, to Washington
sixty-two trunks belonging to his
mother, which were filed with dress
goods and trinEets purchased in Europe
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

A FRENCH artist has represented Time
as woman instead of q man. He ar
gues that women have more of it than
anybody else.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
A NObIeman on a "Lark."

An incident in the reckless career Of
the Marquis of Hastings is related by a
traveller who chanced TO be staying in
the chief hotel at Sheffield, one evening,
when. md few companions resolved
on what they termed a "lark.n The
frolic took the turn of demolishing the
mirrors, chandeliers, pictures and furni-
ture 'of two large drawing~rooms. "If
ever saw madman," says the narra-
tor, ''it was the Marquis that night, as,
with the butt end of a heavy riding
whip, he frantically dashed out win
dows, ruined statuettes and vases, and
defaced bookcases and sideboards,
shrieking the while like an incarnate
demon. Then, when he had done, he
drew forth his check book, signed q
bank draft, and, with an oath. ordered
the manager to pay himself for the dam
age done, which, have no doubt, the
manager did without emitting single
item"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

"A Missouri tree has yielded 900
raids, 400 Senee-postS, ton cords Of
wood, twelve squirrels and one raccoon.
It ia supposed to have been 800 years
ala CdaTisr.. Journal
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

The centenary of Bolivar is to be Gel
ebrated on July "a, 1883, at Caracas,
Venezuela, by the dedication of statue
of Washington.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
Shark VS.. SWOrdnsh.

Gen. Spinner, the hero who used to
sign the Treasury notes, sends the fol-
lowing descriptive letter Of o fight
among sea monsters on the coast of
Florida, on South Beach, below Nav
port: "Early yesterday morning, as |
went for my usual surf bath, accom-
panied by my daughter, Mrs. Schu-
macher, we witnessed what has proba-
bly, seldom been seen. The ocean was
unusually placid, but a strange commo-
ton in the surf was noticed. On near
ing the shore it was seen that fierce
battle was raging between two schools
of fishes, one Of sharks and the other of
eaw-fsh. 1t was high tide, and the
water was quite shallow, 80 that the
caudal and dorsal fms of both these
kinds OF sea monsters were constantly
seen above the water. The onslaught
of each of the combatants, of which
from sixteen to twenty were in view,
was fierce and terrific. A disabled saw
fish was stranded. waded into him,
and with the edge of u piece of floor
board gave him the comp dc qruce. lie
measured nearly fifteen feet and carried
sword saw three and half feet long,
with over fifty teeth on its outer margin.
1t was found that one of the sharks had
bitten piece out of his side equal to a
foot square, through which his bowels
protruded.
cat one time it looked as if another
pair of the combatants would be strand
ed, for in their struggle they came so
near the shore that they touched bottom
all the time, but they finally managed
to join their companions in deep water,
and after fifteen minutes all the bellig-
erents disappeared, to the great relief Of
those who cared more for sea bathing
than for seolng the terrific fights of sea
monsters. My daughter will carry the
saw of the captured fish to her home as
memento and trophy of the great
conflict, and for an addition to her
cabinet of ocean curiosities. ."-Florida
DiSpnkch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

A YOUNG Boston widow this season
wore bathing suit of full mourning.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

SENATOR PENDLEToNs new home in
Washington has large guided sunflowers
at the top of the lightning rods.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

"A. 8. Chase, of Stockholm, st.
Lawrence County, N. r, was awakened
early in the morning by the barking Of
his dog. He opened the door and the
dog bounded in, thus escaping two full
grown wolves which were outside.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-10-19

American art seems to have been
accorded q prominent place at the Paris
Salon this year, both by the critics and
the judges as we'll as by the public.
Eighty-six American artists were repre-
sented. Mr.. Albert Wolff, the we'll
known critic of the Figaro, declared
that the Americans held front place in
the exhibition, and in French artistic
circles the high character of the Ameri"
can pictures has occasioned a good deal
of comment. Several of the best por-
traits in the Salon were by American
artists.-ChtcuGO Journal.
"A Philadelphla crank, who wears
an exceedingly high hat, "to prevent
the lightning from striking him. places
upon the roof of his house every day a
large quantity of fruit for an imaginary
girl to eat. A small boy, who has
learned of the eccentric conduct of the
old gentleman, climbs to the roof daily
on lightning rod and does much. to
confirm the old mans belief in The
mythical female. 49, EbitadeLphtG Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-03
The Wit of "a Dog.

Winks, for his part, after an hour or
two of it, got bored with the levity of
the conversation, and rustled about so
that he was put out of the carriage, to
run for the benefit of his health. He
went along for mile pleased enough,
gathering dust in clouds about him.
But when he intimated desire to be
taken in, the boys laughed in the face
of Winks. "a run will do you good,
old fellow said Dick, with cruel salts
faction. A short time afterward, | am
sorry to say, "a dreadful accident, ma
ture unknown, happened to Winks.
He uttered "A heart-rending shrek, and
appeared Immediately after, making
his way toward the carriage, holding
up one feathery paw in demOnstrative
suffering. The anxious party stopped
Immediately, and Winks made his way
toward them, laboriously limping, and
uttering painful cries. But when, all
adjust as he was, the hypOcrite was
lifted into the carriage, holding up the
injured member, and was laid upon
the sOftest cushion to have it examined,
words fail me to express the sardOnic
grin with which he showed his milk
white teeth. There was no more the
matter with the little villains paw
than with yours or mine Our Dumb
Animals