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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19
UOW THOUGHTLESS!

When was only twenty-five,
and Ada ScVouteen,
thought her temper, entire nous,
The sweetest ever seen.
lis grief to find u turtlo-doVe
Grow up tigcrcat;
INT In my days of early love
never thought of that.
Our young affection grew apaco;
our future seemed so fuirl
Thought she played with such q grace,
ana sang with such IN air.
us rarely now that Ada sings,
ana mostly rather fiat:
one plays but half dozen things
never thought of that.
WAS not alone her lovely looks
mat bound my heart in thrall;
MY Aua read 10 many books,
- And understood them uli.
nuI now she might rs well be blind
AS blind as any bat;
oi1c Coh improve her backward mind
never thought of that
HGr checks Terc like the dnmask roso,
Ihclr tint from Nature cumc;
Though Art, as ov'ry CocknCy knows.
Can emulate the same
And lately on my Ada's raco
They both play tit for tat:
IL strlkc8 me Art will win tho rGcc-
never thought of Udt.
deemed my pathway all serene,
With such a model wife;
NO care could come to cloud tho Scono
IhrOughout our welded life.
Though Cupid wrecked my love and mo,
Twcrc sin to blame The brat:
Poor little wretch, he can not sec
never thought of that.
-IonGon Soc;,J,,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

A REMARKABLE invention is described
by the Electrical Revic1U. It is q devico
for photographing in telcphone OK
change oil persons using the telephones
on wires emanating therefrom. The
photograph appears on ribbon which
runs under the eye of tho operator. If
the person using the instrument is not
subscriber, the fact is at once apparent,
and the person in whose office the tel
ephone is located is charged fixed sum
for allowing his instrument to be used
by one not entitled to use it. Each rib.
bon will hold two hundred and fifty
photographs, IN when full will be filed
away. 1t is claimed that the telephone
service can be much improved if the use
of the instrument is restricted to sub
scribers only, rs is likely to be the case
if the device is attached.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19
The Worship Of the Drum,

A writer in contemporary speaks Of
the extensive prevalence at one time Of
the worship of tho drum or rattle. Say
age people have a singular tendency to
venerate whatever makes a noise. The
great seat of drum worship was South
America. Even at the present day it is
found in full vitality in the interior of
Brazil; but hundred years ago it could
be said that "the drum was the only OBJ
ject of worship from the Orinoco to tho
La Plata" This is two, thirds of South
America, and, as lit is more than proba-
ble that Patagonia should be added too,
this would make the area of tho practice
nearly co-equal with that of the conti.
nent. In former times drum worship
also prevailed in Lapland.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19
HUIEORoUy.

I'm reply TO she question: 'Gs Willie
Winter o poetP" che Philadelphia NstCs
says: ':Ho used to be, but he has ha&
his hair cut"
"A girl just returned from Boston
high school, said upon seeing fire en-
gine at work: "Who would evah have
dweamed such o vewy dinainutiyO look
ing apawatus would hold so much wat
tah.-St. Louis Globe.
Fred, aged seven, was handling
valuable book carelessly, and his mother
told him to put It down on tho table.
He did so unwillingly, and remarked;
"When I'm married, shall not have to
obey mamma"
When we sec tightly-laced woman
trying 90 enjoy good laugh with q
smile on her mouth and tears I'm her
eyes. we think Of the dear old hymn
which begins: '.Let joy DO unoondned"
Boston Post.
"A German at hotel table In this
city the other day had some Limburger
cheese sent to him. A little boy who
sat beside him turned to his mother and
exclaimed: mamma, how I wish was
deaf and dumb In my nose" Chicago
NeS0a.
--''Yes, SIR" replied meek-loolfnR
man VINO was aSK0u IL No nau eun0E0u
any reverses; '1've seen more ups and
downs during my life than most men,"
"lndeed! What do you do for live
ing?" inquired the philanthropist. 80.
run an elevator, sir. ~ Chtcago Herald.
Tho Mayor and members of the
Board of Aldermen of Brookton are anti
tobacco men, and tho Mayor of Boston
has forbidden smoking in the City Hall;
but after all an American sovereign
may use tobacco in that building If he
chews. -Lo,OeH Courier.
whats orbs, Sallie?" "Orbsp
Why. as to how, MaggieP Who said
sop" "Well, you know that oity chap
was sparkling mo last night, an he
looked mo square in the face and sung
out: "Oh! If could always bask in tho
efiulgence of those bright orbs."
''Humph! Iguess that must be what
they call eyes that squint; but what do
you suppose no wanted Of q basquep'
-Footpads on dark street-'.Hold up
your hands," Victim-"An right; but
what do you want" "Your watch and
money" "Yes, Of course, but beg
your pardon, you don't recognize mo;
the plumber took down that next street
few minutes ago; Pm an editor. and
-" Here, take this quarter to buy q
lunch of cheese and something warm
ing, and 60 about your business. ."-T0-
led0 american.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

A BILL passed second reading in the
California Legislature which provided
in substance that the Attorney General
might, on application of any oitizen of
the State, bring an action for divorce in
any case whore tho parties had been
separated for four years. Before tho bill
oamo up for final passage letter roach
cd the Speaker from the wife of o legis-
lator showing that the proposed law was
merely device to secure for this legis-
lator decree which the courts refused
to grant. The letter proved to be O
convincing argument, and the bill failed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

cities of the United States Offering ro-
ward of CT, 900 for the apprehension of
any OF the pereons concerned in the at.
tempt n blow up the Government Offices
and the Times office. The circular
promises the recommendation of Her
Majesty's most gracious pardon, ip adj
dition to the payment of the reward. to
any accomplice giving information, who
was not the actual perpetrator of either
outrage.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

The representatives of the Kerr estate
in Memphis, Tenn, have caused an
excitement among the Catholics l,y
fencing off one. half of Calvary G mctcry.
Ii l" claimed that part of tho purchase
money for the land has been due since
1866, which the managers of the estato
nave been unable to collect. In the por,
ton fenced off lie the remains of twenty.
'ne Catholic priests, and many Others
whose relatives are prominent people of
Memphis
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

THE Bankrupt Cooperative Dress AS
sociation, of Now York, which went into
receivers hands about three months
ago, appears to have been more fortu-
nato than the average of such concerns
in that State. A dividend of 60 per cont.
has been declared to tho creditors and
they arc assured by tho receiver that
there is moro to follow. Nothing has
been paid to lawyers and no fees re-
tNincd by the receiver.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

COMPLAINT is made that there has
been very little social gayoty in the
American circle in Paris this year, Mrs,
Mackey being at Mentone recuperatiu.
her health On the other hand, strange
as 1t may seem, correspondent, writ
ing from Alexandria, says that the town
has been very gay, that there is an ex-
celient club there, and very agreeable
society, with an abundance of dinner
parties and dances.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

Mr.. II. A. w. TABOR, of Colorado,
who will be remembered as United
States Senator during few days of the
last session, is reported to contemplate
the building of hotel in Denver. 1t
will be the finest hostelry in the world,
and, exclusive of the furnishing, will cost
moro than 81 100000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

wendell PHnLIPs' wife has been an
invalid for over thirty years. and during
all this imo the groHt orator has been
untiring in his attention to her. "Nu
one but you can know what it has been
to care for her." was remarked to him
recently. "Ahl No ono hut mo knows
how good she is" was his heartsome
answer.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

DOMESTIC servants are accustomed TO
:ubmit to moro rigid control than people
in other kinds of employment; but it is
rarely that the head of the household
stretches his authority so far as to order
what servant shall or shall not do
when out Of doors. Sir John Cowen,
the master Of tho Queens household at
Windsor, has forbidden even those ser
wants who are living at their own homes
TO visit a theatre, a music hall, or anv
other public place.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

Two important new lines Of railways
are now being surveyed in East Tennes-
see. One is to extend from Sparta, over
the Cumberland Mountains, to the Gin
cinnati Southern Railway, near Rugby,
and the other is to extend from the Ciu-
oinnati Southern, near sunbright, to
Knoxville.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19
" James, Is That YOu ?D

Women are timid creatures, and iuto
be left in house alone at night, so,
when Mr.. Gallagher went away from
homo, leaving his wife with only an ig-
norant servant, she was very much wOr-
rled, and readily hardened to the voice
OF an agent who called Just after Gal
laghcr had gone around the corner, and
wanted to sell her n machine which
would prevent burglars from getting
into the house. She bought three
Those placed at the front and back
doors wGNe so arranged that, when the
door was opened, n hamner would strike
down from above and knock down the
person trying TO enter a third contriv-
ance of different pattern was placed on
the stairs and another at the front win
dow. Gallagher unexpectedly returned
late that night, and, attempting to ~.
ter the front door, got II blow cn the
nose that Knocked him down the STEPS
INTO the street. lie was both surprised
and annoyed at t5e circumstance, and,
utterly unable to understand it, tried
he door again. Same Jesuit He then
Thought somebody was Echind the door
trying to assasSinatc him, and, getting
up very mad, ran around to the back
door to get III that way. Then lie got
thump that sent him back into the awiIl-
barrel, and he was terribly cross when
he got up. He grabbed an AK, and, rs
he opened tho door again, strnck with
it. But he hit nobody, and got
another knock-d"wn. Then he went
and got policeman, so that
one could tackle each door, and one b"
sure to get in, hut after both had en-
ioycd three knock-downs they met and
compared notes, and decided that two
men must be in the house. They then
tried the front window, and, raising it, a
dcluge of icy water from hose arranged
to bring it flew upon them. But they
hravcd that and got in. Then they ran
sacked tho lower part OF the house, but
could find nobody, and meantime Mrs.
G., upstairs, heard thcm, and nearly
died OF fright. They started upstairs,
Gallagher first, and near the top a stair,
and hurled him backward, and he went
with him. They both yelled, but Gal,
laGhcr yelled the lOudest, and his wife
recognized his voice and his favoritc oath.
Her courage returned. She went to the
head of the stairs and clied: "James is
that you?" James was painfully hurt
and awful mad then, and the policeman
was trying to get back the breath Gal
laghcr had squashcd out of him. "No, "
cried James, "iL's not mo; it's some
other fellow. jim Gallagher was never
knocked down seventeen times in one
night !" But she know it was no, and
explained matters. And thon Gallagher
gave the policeman $40 to say nothing
about the matter, and the officer retired;
and then Gallagher jawed his wife for
two hours, and the next day went seven
miles to ovcrtal1c the man who sold her
the machines and kicked the life nearly
out of him. He admits that the things
would be dreadfully discoura8ing to n
burglar, though. Post.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

"A man who was kept in the lock. up
over night for kissing performance at
the thenter in Wheeling, w. Va, wOe
examined next morning by the Police
Justice. One of the witnesses said that
other persons in the audience had ap-
plauded the same performer. did the
officer arrest them?" asked the Judge.
"No, SIR" "Did not the applause make
more noise than the hissing?" eyes,
suppose it did" "Well, viii discharge
the prisoner. The right to applaud i'm
plies the right to hiss. You may go,
sir."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

ALEXANDER DOYLE, the New Orleans
Eculptor, who has furnished several
statues of General Lee, General John
Ston and other Southern warriors, has
sent North, at Mr.. Corcoran's request, a
model for the monument to the poet
Payne.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

DlR. CLARK, the architect of the Capi-
tol at Washington, suggests to Cover.
nor Foster that the Ohio statue OF Mr.,
Garfield, to be placed in Statuary Hall
at the Capitol, shall correspond IN size
with the other statues there. He calls
attention to the general condemnation
that the statue of Ethan Allen has pro-
Voked on account of its colossal sizo.
which dwarfs the surrounding statuos.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

IT IS said that some OF the female op
eratives obtained from England to work
in the new cotton factory at Halifax,
N. s., are in the habit of taking their
infant children to liquor shops and stu
pefying them with raw spirits prepara.
tory to leaving for their work,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

A CHICAGO syndicate purchased, one
year ago, from the Texas Legislature,
100000 acres of land for 81, 800, 900.
The land has now been sold to q Lon
don syndicate for $40, 900, 900.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A FLORIDA gentleman spreads muslin
under his orange trees to catch the bIcs-
SONS when they fall. He will convert
them into perfumery.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

a SET OF paper wheels under a truck
OF an engine on the Central Vermont
Railroad, have been in use twelve years,
and they are still apparently sound.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

MUSICAL notes were first printed in
the YEAR 1902. The first authentic use
rf 4 musical instrument constructed on
th6 principle of the modern organ was
in the yesF 756, .->za .....
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

Thomas Chadwick, who died u
Farmington, N. a., recently, ha h"w'
coffin for himself out of solid grant
and on his deatE-bed enjoincd his f1mIi,
to put him in it, which they did, a.
though it required big st me. wago"
aud four horses to convey it TO the Gem
etery. He requested that he shnn'd i
buried in Great Falls, and that his fric H.
and mourners should, after the funetm
have good dinner at hottl, and mat
no one should mourn for lim, mli At
which was dono. About seventy persons
partook Of the funeral repast,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

YOUNG lady who entered convent
in Montreal about four years ago, is now
tired OF her soclHsion from the world,
and in failing health. Her relatives havo
applied for hor release, but the Bishop
replies that they have no right to inter
fere. The young lady is deferred from
acting herself through fear Of cxcom-
mumication, and the family are talking
of resorting to writ of habeas corpus
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

CmcUhARs have been received Mt the
police headquarters in tho principal
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

You've Alexander Saivini, who has
been performing with Margaret Mathcr,
will return to Italy soon, to be examined
for the military service, all young men
in that country being compelled to sorvo
three years in the army. Ho will prob
ably be excused on account of the weak
ness OF his eyes, but it is not probable
that he will return to the United Stotcs
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-19

rAChENS, s. T., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1883. x
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-12-29
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.

Henry Mandel. q miner, recently
perished on the Colorado desert.
A bold attempt at incendiarism was
frustrated at Watsonville Friday
night.
Portland made shipment of 800
barrels of -four East Saturday, des-
tined for q foreign port.
Deep plowing and freeing the soil
from Jumps will not be followed BY
the cry of half a CROP
Ostrich plumes valued at 500
we're taken to San Francisco from
Anaheim ostrich farm few days ago.
Two large dead whales drifted
ashore few days ago at the mouth of
the Siuslaw River, Or. They meas-
ured sixty and forty feet respectively.
The apostle of Dudeiam, Oscar
Wilde, tells the few people who lis
ten to his lectures on Ameiica that
San Francisco was built by hhe Chi
nese.
Salt Lake Tribune: Opium smok-
ing seems to be on the increase here,
as evidenced by the pallId.faced,gam-
blers and members of the demi-
monde.
Charles Gelerman, an escaped con.
vict from Folsom, has been captured
at Stockton. He was sent to prison
for twelve years. He will now have
to serve twenty eight.
A young lady named Murphy, in
Honey Lake Valley, New, had her
jaw broken in Eve places and was
otherwise injured by wagon run
ming over her head last Wednesday.
Rnmors come to Bodie of an I'M
portant new strike 10 the old Modoc
mine. Lookout District. Superintend-
ent Fitzgerald has strong force at
work, preparing for big run of the
furnaces.
The picking of the orange crop
in southern California has just COM
menced, a few carloads having al.
ready been shipped. The price for
oranges ranges from two to five dol
lars box in orchards.
Surveyors are now in the field sur.
veying the railroad from Iron City,
Utah to the iron mines near Cedar
City. This road is owned by the
Mormon Church. The material of
the old Phoebe Railroad will be used
in its construction.
The Havana police have captured 9
noted criminal from Vera Cruz, who
went to Cuba to organize band of
budits. Among the effects found
were important papers showing the
service Of bandits were to be used In
fomenting a political agitation.
Rumor has 1t that Alvin Potter,
while prospecting near the United
States Fishery, on McCloud River, in
close proximity to the iron mines,
has discovered the richest lead of
silver ever found in Shasta county.
The ore is horn silver, with traces of
copper.
When Weston started the other day
from Westminster Bridge, London,
to walk fifty miles day for one hum
dred days, to illustrate the physical
advantages of tenn perance. a crowd
of distinguished doctors and eminent
clergymen and BENEVOLENT Barons
and fair ladies gathered to see him
of, and he started 10 the strains of 8
temperance hymn.
Ah Gee, the Chinese forman. work.
ing at q large sawmill at Marshfeld.
Oregon, met with horrible death on
the 9ist inst. While attempting TO
put belt over large gully, he was
caught, and was whirled around
great number of times, his body
Was driven through space not six
inches wide. The body WAS mangled
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Training Horses.

- L.
A horse cannot be screamed at and ours
Cd without becoming less valuable in every
particular. To reach the highest degree
of value the animal should be perfectly
gentle and always reliable, but If it ex-
poets every moment to be "jawed" at and
struck, it will be in n constant state of ner-
vousness, and in its excitement Is as liable
through'fear TO do something which is not
expected as TO 20 along doing what you
started II TO do. II Is possible TO train q
horse to be governed by the word of mouth
almost as completely as it is to train q
child, and in such training the horse reaches
its highest value. When a horse is soothed
by the gentle words of his driver-and we
have seen him Gained down from great ex-
element by no other means-it may be
fairly concluded that he is q valuable ami
NAL for practical purposes, and it may be
certainly concluded that the man who has
such control over him is a humane man
and q sensible one. But all this simply
means that the man must secure the ami
mails confidence. Only in exceptional in
stances is n horse stubborn or vicious. If
he understands his surroundings and what
is expected Of him, he gives no trouble.
AS almost every reader must know, If the
animal when frightened can be brought up
to the object he will become calm. The
reason is that he understands there is moth
ing to fear. So he must be taught to have
confidence in the man who handles him,
and then this powerful animal, which usu-
ally q man could not handle if it were dis
posed to be vicious, will give no trouble.
The very best rule, therefore, which we
would lay down for the management of
the horse is gontleness and good sense on
the part of the driver. Bad drivers make
bad horses.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
A Scathing Denunciatio1.

Judge johnson, of California, in passing
sentence upon a murderer who was drunk
when the deed was committed, gave his
Lpinion OF dram selling in the following
of1r-1;'w fnrn- Mar, like plague spots, the
fair face of our state. You need not be
told that mean n tippling shop, the meet
Ing place of Satan's miniOns, aud the foul
cess-pool, which by spontaneous genera
ton, breeds and %nurtures all that is loath-
some and disgusting in profanity and bah
bling, and vulgarity and Sabbath breaking.
l would not be the owner of a Roger for
the price of this globe converted into pre-
sious ore. For the pitiful sum of q dime
he furnished that poison which made the
licensed q fool, and this trembling culprit
ademon. How paltry the price of two
human lives! This traffic is tolerated by
law, and therefore the vendor has commit
ted an offence not cognizable by earthly
tribunals. Bat in the sight of God, he who
deliberately furnishes the draught which
intlame1 men to anger and bl0odshed is
pdrticeps criminis in the turpituds of the
deed. Is 1t not high time that the sinks OF
vice and crime should he rigidly account
able to the law of the land, and placed
under the bar of an enlightened and vir-
tuOuS public ODiniOnY