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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

%. ii. TAPPEN. of Hammond, Indiana,
went to DR.. Dodge, Chicago dentist, to
have his teeth drawn. He insisted on
taking chloroform, and the ane,thetic
was given. Within half an hour Tappen
was . corpse. An inquest WAS held and
sverdict was rendered only after large
tlprnber OF experts had been examined,
Oh Of whom agreed that the use of any
and6sthetio was dangerous, and that
ehloroform was especially so. The num-
6exFof scientific medical men who ad-
minister anaesthetics is yearly growing
smaller. There should be law prohib-
tting les use "a an anesthetic altogether.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

nh. H9wELL Smith, publisher of the
'e''turdt Nogaz;'ae, gave $4,000 in
OhrIstnnal gifts to his employees. and
SIG, 600 q the valuable Century stock to
the Leads members of his literary and
siness Ifaf The Century deserves
,e greatlet success.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

The N@3 Orleans Pionyune coneratu-
'ates husb Us and fathers of the South
on their gdi luck in not living in seal
'kin-saqt4 Innate. It would be good
idea to md ion this feature in on adver.
tisement dging Southern emigration.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

FHEoDoHa 1IToN is on another lectur-
ing tour. may say right here that
lecturing, a profitable business, is not
generally aopular as it-has been. The
lecturer ha become nearly as great a
bore as theE bok agent.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

GurTFt has patent reversible brain.
He admA that he is sane now but claims
insanity pr the I'd of July. He has the
genius II oe sane or insane Mt will, and
seems. a all times, to understand his
condition His conoeit makes him the
more cor ptible.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

IT IS rum Ted that one of Sara Burn
hardt's silAstockings was stretched to
rulnation christmas by some one at
tempting put lead pencil in it. Sara
perhaps WI know better than to hang
her stocki1f up next time.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

A BRIDAL outfit valued at 81, 900, and
confscated to the Government because
OF the non-payment Of duties, was sold
at auction in New York, in separate lots,
for less than 1900.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

CHARLES DIHx WARMER says that
while the ntry is filled with people
unable TO pa pr newspaper, he has
never heard anybody unable to edit
one. O. d. ". seems to fully under
stand the sifM Mtion.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

THE Pope is more seriously than ever
considering the advisability of leaving
Rome. He says his situation is becom-
ing intolerable. He is accused of being
rebel and enemy to Italy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

. TEE Postmaster General has been
asked to remove an Indian postmaster
who does not believe in he'll. It is
thought the act would change the opin-
ion Of said postmaster.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

TIE cars on the elevated roads in New
Work are to be run by means of pneu-
: matte engine, il the experiment proves a
success. The engine makes neither
steam nor smoke
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
The Nations Dead.

AS u matter of general interest wa
give the following list of national mill
tary cemeteries, together with the state
men6 OF tue number of interments in
each:
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

If rs lamentable fact that on Christ
mas day number Of American citizens
dent marrying somebody, and it does
NOT matter much who.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

VANDERBILT wants to retire from busi-
ness, says he has enough and wants to
i've In peace He has our sympathy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

HENRY B. CoMnEY, or rn.inGeIpn,a.
bitten on the finger three years ago by o
dog, died o few days ago of hydropho
bia.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

DAKOTA contains population of 1856,
QUO. Nevada was admitted as a State
when her population was onIy GO. 600.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

A M1cuaAN cavalry veteran states
that at thtime Of jeff. Davis capture
by Union Isroops. the saddle-hags and
hostlers his horse were filed with
$l4, 600 4Igold coin, which the captors
buried the ground and afterwards
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

The Providence Prsss suggests that
the plaster. casts of Guiteau be used for
eupsidores. Good things to spit at,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

Boss SHEPARD, who is in Mexico, was
bitten by a-tarantula few weeks ago
d II 22's~Dlte OF @ tarantula is deadly.
Shepard got we'll. This is o conun-
drum for Yon-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

\ 1T is the pink Of fashion now to have
s'sore arm-unless you can showa pretty
respectable looking scar.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

REAL culture is at premium in Bos-
ton. The clerk Of the new Mayor, Green,
rs an author, named Robert Grant, his
most notable production being "The
Frivolous Girl"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

SHRP1Na beef from Texas ola New
York to France in refrigerator cars has
been begun.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

Tm Chippewa Indians are reported to
90 starving. on account of smallpox
quarantine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

GurTEAu in the dock makes as much
noase az Guiteau out Of the dook. What
Nala Sesk !s;a lscdzYill get some day,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

A YOUNG lady ate half wedding cake,
and then tried TO dream of her future
husband. Now she says she would
SRther die than marry the man that she
saw In that dream.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

called on Guiseau, at the jail, and wiuhsd
him happy Christmas. Really, crime
Is getting to be viewed very lightly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

IT rS thought that Congress will en-
aeavor to do something now, that the
holidays are over.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

EEoRETARY FREL1NaHUYsEN 10 Sun
RaS-school teacher.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

IT sEEsss that jay Gould controls the
ReW York Wov'd, and Cyrus W. Field
the New York Eefress All big men
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
TOPICS OFsTHE DAY.

PATu made great success at OinCin.
natl. - =
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

OSCAR WILDE, the sas' hetic poet will
y, Se the guest Of Mr.. J. M. stoddard, of
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

SORRY to say, William H. Vanderbilt
aas no more marrlageable daughters on
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

= "A CONTEMPORARY, speaking of the Gui-
teai trial, thinks it about time to "drop"
}the subject-Guiteauff at the end of a.
hope, as it were.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

BAN FRANCISCO has raised $40, 900 for
70 statue q Garfield.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

NEW resolves are easily mado and
! ssesslssss s-ckeng They are cheap article.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

TH grass on Christmas Day was as
green as it usually is in the month OF
April and according to the old supersti-
hon, ne year Of 1882 will witness an un-
usually fat graveyard. The preceding
Ohri9 mas was "White christmas, /"
but 4 would be hard to find year more
disastrous to human life than that Just
closek. If the year 1882 surpasses it,
then indeed we may expect to have an
awfuItime Of il.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

TIE four-year-old child of Mrs. M. F.
CAppege, at New Orleans, last week,
So
ously under the control of the departed
spirits, do the tongue.rattling part of
the job.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
An Occasion for BoycOtting.

In reply to o correspondent who in.
dignantly asks if nothing can be done to
stop the vandals who are transforming
the face Of the country into one vast ad-
vertising medium, the Springfield Re-
publican observes that one obstacle in
the way Of preventing such outrages is
the melancholy fact that farmers and
landed proprietors "don't care, or, il
they do, it is only 81 or SO worth. The
disapproval of the advertising Aend is
chiefly felt by persons who don't own
any fences or sheds or rocks-who have
nothing but a sensitive taste and a pow
erless indignation. These unfortunate
people can't do anything except swear
never to buy @ particle Of the soaps or
dentifrices or elixirs or suspenders or
other contrivances so insolently adver-
tised, and never to deal with the attver-
tisers. We should like to see league
formed, bound by that solemn obliga-
t.on--it is a perfectly proper occasion
for boycotting."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

control newE perS, bat all newspapers
are not oontr ed by big men by q good
deal---no indS
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

IT stated that Prince Bismarck
excels In the employment of % particular
class 4 spies, who are known to his
oountKmen as "reptiles. " They are sham
reVolYionists, whose business it is either
to gel lon to the staff of Radical news-
paperf or to play leading part in
Social 4st electoral committees, for the
sake bringing to light real offenders.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

THE percentage of recoveries froEa
habitual drunkenness Gnebriety or
dipsomania) ib one-third under competent
medical care.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

IT cos the Lord Mayor Of London
$3.50, 00q Ia year to keep up expenses.
requirinl his own salary, which is but
$4,000, and an additional 500 600.
Where be additional 100000 comes
'Fonn is 4 > lookout. There may be, Of
course, b occasional perquisite.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

Rev. AhMAaE has had to let down on
free 81 walton" The annual expenses
# the Tabernacle are $40, 600 and the
incomeI contributed in envelopes by the
membeys- has never exceeded $1,000.
SO it Ias been decided to sell the pews
in the Tabernacle to mako up the deficit.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

AMAN must love something; he cannot
always be wounding and destroying, and
the heart, weary of scorn and hate, needs
repose In praise and tenderness.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

Nor that which men do worthily, but
what they do successfully, Is what his
tory makes haste to record, - BeeoReT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23
Totals in Sc States and Territories. 100


From this table it will be seen that during
the past five months tracklaying has been in
progress in thirty-six States and Territories
upon at least 100 roads, and that within that
time no less than 8, 480 miles OF new railway
have been added to the United States. These
figures, moreover, are necessarily incomplete as
quito number Of roads have not yet responded
to our inquiries for information, and on num-
Der of others tracklaying had but recently COM
menced. Although, as has been said, construc.
ton during 1881 was remarkably rapid, yet at
this time last year only about 1900 miles OF
new track had been reported. or less than As
per cent. of the aggregate for the present year,
and not much more than Ii per cent of the
total laid in 1881 A similar rate of construc-
ton for the remainder of this year would show
the prodigious total of about 5000 miles for
1882, bat, Of course, no such incress 80 Is now
possible.
That railway construction has by no means
been suspended, but that, on the other hand,
al enormous mileage is to be added, ia illdi-
Gated by the large number of companies re-
GENTLY Incorporated, as well as by the fact that
preliminary work is in progress on many other
lines which have not reached the stage of
tracklaying. By running through our own files
since Jan. 1, We find that we have referred to
no less than 225 companies either newly
incorporated or in process Of construction,
these being in addition to the 120 COW
cred by our table of tracklaying, and
in addition to the others on which
tracklaying is in progress but has not been re-
ported. We believe it safe to say that there
are at least 800 lines, covering at moderate
estimate total Of $4,000 miles, upon which
work is now either in progress or Is proposed to
be commenced during the present year or
course, some Of these projects may not speedily
be undertaken, and financial revulsion would
put temporary stop to many lines now under
construction; but if the coming harvest
throughout the country is good, and business
does not experience a serious setback, it is not
unlikely that the mileage Of railways construct
ed during 1882 will nearly equal the remarkable
record of 1891
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23
ouR LITTLE FOLKS


They were Methodists twain, Of the ancient schoo
Who always followed the wholesome ruIs
That whenever the preacher In meeting said
Aught that was coed for the heart or head.
His hearers should pour their feelings out
In q loud " Anenn or gcdly shout
Three children had they, all honest bows
Whose youthful SORROWS and youthful Joys
They shared, as Your loving parents win.
While tending them ever through good and Ill
One day-tIFas bleak, cold Sabbath morn.
When the sky was dark and the earth forlorn-
These boys, with caution not to roam,
We're left by the elder folk ct home.
But scarce had they gone when the wooden frame
Was seen by the tall stove-pipe a6ame;
And out Of their resch, high, high, and higher,
Rose the red coils of the serpent fire.
With startled sight for while they gazed,
As the pipe grew hot and the woodwork blazed;
Then up, though his heart beat wild with dread,
The eldest climbed to a shelf o'erhead,
And soon, with sputter and hiss Of steam,
The fame died out like an angry dream.
When the father and mother came back that day
They had gone to neighboring church to pray
Each looked, but with half-averted eye,
On the awful doom which had just passed by.
And then the father began to praise
His boys with q tender and sweet amaze.
ssWhy, how did you manage, Tom, to climb
And Quench the threatening flames in time
To save your brothers and save yourself7"
swell, father, mounted the strong oak shelf
By the help OF the table standing nigh"
/" And what" quoth the father suddenly,
Turning to Jenny, the next in age,
Did you to quiet the fiery rage?"
NJ brought the pail and the dipper too,
And so it was that the water few
ALI over the flames and quenched them quite,s
mist came over the fathers sight,
mist of pride and Of righteous Joy,
As he turned at last to his youngest boy
gleeful urchin scarce three years old, :
With his dimping cheeks and his hair of gold.
"Come, Artie, I'm sure you wasn't afraid;
Now tell me in what way you tried to aid
This fight with the fire." "Too small am In
Artie replied, with . haH-drawn sigh,
"To fetch Ike Jenny, and york like Tom;
So stood just here for moment dumb,
Because papa, was frightened some;
But prayed Our Father and then-and then
shouted as loud as could, Amen.'"
Paul Hamilton Hayne, in Harper's Young People
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23

strength to his mental requirements,
and his clear, manly voice charmed all
| listeners
"Isn't he fine lookingY whispered
enc. What splendid type of man
hood, " said another. He understands
himself perfectly, said third
When the speaker closed, the applause
was emphatic and prolonged. Salle sat
motionless. Surprise and pleasure
| mingled with thousand memories.
Prof. Storm did not heed it. He vas
looking at bright face just before
him, and answered the congratulations
of his friends In an absent manner.
"Pardon me-" said be to the Presi-
dent " | recognize an old schoolmate
yonder."
"Ah, indeed That q Miss Rivers. a
young lady of remarkable energy and
unbounded perseverance; she stands at
the head OF her class"
"She would be No. / anywhere, said
the professor, as he hurried away to join
her.
"I'm SO glad, SO very glad, was all
Sallie could say.
"Are you? Then help me to escape
from all these eyes, and let me give you
the latest t1dings from home.
Miss Rivers was envied by her friends
as she passed out, stopping now and
then to introduce the popular scientist
as an old schoolmate.
Of what they talked, and how, it mat
tiers not to US We only know that a GER
tain professor was absent from his post
in order to attend the exercises at a cer-
tain college, where Miss Rivers gradu-
ated, and we also know that a wedding
took place soon after.
Mrs. Storm, nee Sallie Rivers, is also
o professor in the same institution with
her husband, and her excellent parents
spend portion of each season with her.
GermGaatoaOrl Telegraph.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23
Charles Lamb at Home.

I availed myself of Charles Lambs
friendly invitation August 5, 1884. On
reaching his cottage, which stood back
from the road, (nearly opposite the
church. between two houses which
projected beyond it. and was screened
by shrubs and trees, I found that he was
out taking his morning stroll. was
admitted to small, paneled, and agree
ably shaded parlor. The modest room
was hung round with engravings by
Hogarth in dark frames Books and
magazines were scattered on the table
and on the old-fashioned window seat.
chatted awhile with Miss Lamb-a
meek, intelligent, very pleasant, but
rather deaf elderly lady, who told me
that her brother had been gratifed by
parts of my poem, {" Emily de Wilton, y
and had read them to her. "Elia
came in soon after-a short, thin man.
His dress was black and he wore
capacious coat, breeches, and CATERS,
and white neck-handkerchief. His
dark and shaggy hair and eyebrows,
and heated face, and very piercing jet
black eyes gave to his appearance
singularly wild and striking expression.
The sketch of him in FraSer's MdQd-
zine gives true idea OF his dress and
figure, but his portraits fail to represent
adequately his remarkably =" fine Titan
head full of dumb eloquence," as Haz-
lit described it. He grasped me cor
daily by the hand, sat down, and taking
bottle from a cupboard behind him,
mixed some rum and water On another
occasion his sister objected to this opera
ton, and he refrained. Presently after
he said {: "May I have little drop
now? only leetLe drop" "No," said
she, "be good boy" At last, how
ever, he prevailed and took his usual
draught. On each visit Chat of August
5 having been quickly succeeded by an
other) I found that he required to be
drawn into conversation. He would
throw out playful remark and then
pause while. He spoke by fits and
starts, and had slight impeachment in
his utterance which made him, so to say,
grunt once or twice before he began
sentence but his tones were loud and
rich, and once, when he read to me .
passage from a folio of Beaumont and
Fletcher (Which his sister had brought
down to show me Coleridge's manu-
script remarks at the end of each play
the deep pathos of his voice gave great
weight to the impression made by the
poetry. He would jump up and slap
his sister playfully on the back, and a
roomy snuff-box often passed between
them on the old round table. There
was not that point in his conversation
which we find in William Homes. He
agreed with me that Moore's poetry was
like very rich plum cake-very nice,
but too much of it at time makes one
sick. He said that Byron had written
only one good-natured thing, and that
was the "Vision Of Judgment" ''Mary,"
he added to Miss Lamb, "don't you
hate Byron ?" eyes, Charles" she
replied "That's right" says he.-
Notes and Queries.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23
Johnny's Voice.

How pleasant it is to gaze on the in
nocent amusement of happy childhood
There is little Johnny playing beside
the newly painted fence. He draws his
dainty finger over the moist surface,
making beautiful arabesques and un-
decipherable hieroglyphics that would
set an antiquary into Mysteries of joy.
Johnny's new suit is made picturesque
by its borrowings from the fence, and
his face and hands are effectuaIly dis
guised in the pigment. Happy, careless.
innocent childhood And here comes
Johnny's mother. How eagerly she
seizes her darling How closely she
hugs him in her fond embraced Now
she has disappeared with her darling
within doors. What are those sounds
that issue thence? It is Johnny's voice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-23
Dot: "whatn grandpa say : I von,t

Dot; "Whatn grandpa say2 I won't
CO."
"Sayf Why, that he is much obliged
to me. Dot trotted after me, as meek
as lamb.
1t wasn't far to the pound; but there
was one COW and her calf that wouldn't
hurry, and, besides, we walked yery
slowly along the sunny parts of the road
and rested every time we came toa shady
place; so it was late In the afternoon
when we left the pound, and turned to
come home.
We came quite distance by the road.
and then through Mr.. Halls corn-field
and the woods beyond, and right out in
the Spicers' pasture. Dot and noticed
that there was only one COW lett now in
the pasture.
!" / hope Sarah and Sam will have a
good time hunting after the others and
good enough for 'em," said L "Per-
haps her father is just scolding her now
for letting EN- stray away"
Well, he isn't, for there he is now. I"
Dot pointed, and / saw Sarah In the
swing on the butternut tree in front of
their house, and her father was swinging
her up ever so high.
When she saw us she jumped out and
ran to the fence.
"Hope You'll find your COWS tonight.
Sarah, said L
"You had better go for EN-" chimed
in Dot.
"Hope you'll find yours," retorted
| Sarah. If you don't keep EN- out OF
our garden, we are going to drive 'em to
the pound"
"Te, he, giggled Sam.
Although we hurried SO, 1t was late
when We got home. We were afraid
that supper would be all over, and Aunt
Jane would scold us for being late. But
| though the table was set, and grandpa
was home from work, no one had sat
down to it.
"Been waiting for the milk" said
Aunt Jane, sbut, la, it's no use waiting
any longer. I'll use mornings milk"
Yes, said grandpa, who was wash
ing his hands at the sink. ''Do let's
have supper. Children, have you seen
| the COWS Z"
why, no." I answered, "not ours !;
but Dot and drove the Spicers' COWS
up to the pound"
"Those that were in our garden ?"
demanded Aunt Jane, looking straight
at me.
I nodded.
"Well, of all the little mischief MAX
ers Those were oar COWS.
My gracious, goodness mep said
l; "and grandpa's got to pay fine
to get his own COWS out of the pound |
On dear |! I do hope Sarah Spicer
went find out about it"
And SO Dot and had to go to bed an
hour earlier than usual but Sarah
Spicer doesn't know anything abeut it.
| A. @. PlSn1DtOra'S. in st. Nicholas.