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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
The Pleasures OF Business.

No human mind is cOntcntcd without
occupation. No human soul is satisfied
without an aim or purpose III life. The
greatest success in life consists not in the
mere accumulation of riches, hut in l.c-
ing able to acquire wealth with diSpo-
sition to apply it in such manner that
ii shall be II comfort and blessing to
OthcrS-nOt in the mere giving away of
money, but in putting people in Il way
to labor and help themselves. There is
no pleasure in oppression. There is no
JOY III grinding and cXacting gold from
the poor; but there is n great deal of
genuine satisfaction i'll being able to offer
steady and honorable employment to the
many willing hands that have nothing to
do. One Of the greatest enjoymcnts of
the prosperous business man consists i'll
being able to comfortably provide for
the many employees in his house and
manufactory. In doing this he is full
filling his obligations to society; he be-
comes n useful and honorcd citizen;
business to him is real pleasure; he en-
joys his successes, when they are fairly
won because he feels that he deserves
them.
When business man has tho right
kind of purpose in life he enjoys his
occupation, he feels q just and worthy
pride in his prosperity, he is pleased
with the respect and gratitude of those
! whom he directs and controls in the
management of his affairs, and he fcclt
! that III bcnchtting himself he is confer
ring q favor unnm others.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
HUMOROUS:


1t annoys dn nihateuF b6dt I'd find
that his poetry has been ''run in'' by
the Intelligent compositor and every
6thcf line "qudtGd. IN T. Commercial
ddrcftfSets
Young ladies who arc afraid tha
lovers arc after them for their money
Gun make ali effective dGfensc by regll-
'arly bucklihg dawn to the Wasli-tttb
and filling the baUk-yHrd with White
linen every Monday morning. -Chicdgo
Inter Occdn.
we are s0rcly puzzled by an asso-
ciateu press dispatch, Which says tho
couiitry seat Of an editor, near Long
Branch, was robb' d on Sunday night.
There is something about this dispatch
we eantdt Understand. .-IMddItto,Un
1TdtSc'iph
"A New York man says he keeps
chops and steaks for several DAYS in tic
hottest weather by burying them in
meal. Mctl is a good thij,g in any
weather for steaks and cho ps. W.
more particularly refer just now TO the
morning meal. .-Danbu1y Ncws.
Oatmeal is really very good
thing to make the skin fine and s 5ft, if
1t is used in cold water as q wash. We
always had h tlotiUn that oatmeal could
DO put tb SOME good use. Heretofore
it has been principally used by cranks
who keep boarding houses as a means
Of killing appetites for breakfast. - The
Judgc.
$50 you've wcancd the baby" sad
a lady to her 1lcNt doornc' ghbor. Yes,
| did that some time ago. Why?" The
querist stepped out on the front porch
as she replied: Well Judging from the
slnpping noise heard last night, | knew
you were bringing him up by hand"'
The door closed with bang that could
have been heard over in the next coun.
ty.-N0rTiStOtOn Xcruld
Hundreds of thousands of men die
annually from strong drink. - Ko1iSnS
Pr0hibti0ni$h We never undertake to
critcisc ally other editor, but we do not
believe that any man can die annually
Annually means every year, and no man
can die every year, for any great length
of time, uni ess he has u great deal of
practice aild cXppriehsc ~ the business.
-1craS SUtiHgS.
The SeaShOre correspondents of
some of our variOuSly esteemed c0ntem-
porarieS appcarto find the ocean in Il
highly devotional and rcvcrcntial mood
this season. One of this ilk speaks OF
1.-The loud hOSuhhaS of the waves" an
| other of 1.-THE solemn hymns Of the
Surgcs," and II third Of 1.-The deep TC
Dcum Of the midnight tide" All OF
| which is very beautiful and poetic. But
even when you come down TO hard and
prosaic fact, the idea seems to be car
ricd out and strengthened. One does
not need TO go very far from Boston any
day Ia, see Ocean Spray. A key tc
this Joke will be furnished reaGcrs or
APP apP'ic"''o" at this Office -D0s'0" '0">
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
A Missing Finger,

Judge tyter is as good name as any
other to call him by. He is one Of the
best-known lawyers in the State, aud
not long ago spent several days in Neva-
da City trying al important case before
the Superior Court. One of his hands,
ms most people observed, is minus fin
gcr,or rathCrthe best part Ofone. There
is quite history connected with that
unnaturally short piece of flesh. As tho
story goes, the Judge did not always
center all of his talents on solving knot.
ty legal problems. Ever so many years
ago he lived in one of the northern
counties of the State. He was an infont
in the profession then, and the dcnizcns
of the mining camp had n way of settling
their little misunderstanding with pis-
tolls and knives. Consequently grass
got pretty short with tho young lawyer,
and tho first thing he know he became
one of the "b'hoys."
One night he got into game of polk
cr with "Black Bob" an eminent card
sharp. There was o mint of money on
the cloth, and both players became OBJ
livious of the crowd of interested specta-
tors, who had seldom Witnessed such
stiff playing, even in the mines. Bob
had tho first deal, and he dealt we'll, fo9:
he and the Judge continued to shove
coin to the center till their respective
treasures were exhausted. They then
showed mp.
The Judge tossed two aces and three
kings down, and reached out to rake in
the spoils. AS his hand slid across the
table it came in contact with II bowie
knife that Bob had tishcd out from some
where, and one of hie finger joints was
whacked off clean as whistle.
The astonishcd lawyer looked up in
amazemcnt to learn the cause of his OPP
ponent's eccentric action. The latter
laid three aces and two kings alongside
the other "full.
The Judge gazcd ut the two batchca
of cards minute, then raised his eyes
| to the stained knife that the other was
holding in readiness for any emergency.
"Ah, yes, I Sec" he suffered ncr-
Vously; "queer kind oflay-out, amt it,
Bob? But your apology is accepted. .
Bob appropriated tho spoils without
any demurrer being filed, and it is saiG
that for long time after tho two mer
| had great respect for each other, anC
hunted in pairs. s.-Ncvado city Tran
script.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
The Height OF Sublimity.

' kan sell for 81 $50, Il palms, sweet
and !" nsivc retirement, lOkatcd on tho
virgo. banks ov the Hudson, containing
50 acres. Thc land is luXuriously dlvId-
ed, by the hand of matur and art, INTO
pastor and tillngc, into plain and d"idlv-
ity, into stern Arbuptncss and the dnll-
ansc Ov mOSs-t -tuftcd mctldcr; streams OF
sparkling gladncss Chick with trouD
dansc through this wilderness ov huty,
tow the low musk ov the krickct and
gr"sshoppcr. The cv, r%rcrn siGh@ NJ
the evening zcphir fits through It's shad-
owy buHZlIm, and the aspen trcmhlcs
like The lovc-Smittcn hartc Of Il dnm@cli.
Fruits Of the tropicks, in golden buty,
melt on the bows, and the bees go heavy
and sweet from the fields TO their gam
cring hives. The stables are worthy OF
the stccds ov Nimrod, or the studs OF
Akllcs, and its hcnncry was bilt express
| ly for the birds of paradicc; while SOM
| her in thc distance, like the cave of n
| hermit, glimscs are caught Ov the dorg-
| house. Here poets have cum and war
| blcd their lazc; nc sculpt0rS have cut;
! here painters have robbed the scene ov
| dreamy landscapes; and here the phil
| losOphcr discovered the stun which made
| him the alkimiSt Ov natu. Az the
young moon hangs like curling Ov sill
| yer from the blu breast Of the SKI, an
angel may be seen danSing with golden
ip-t0cS each mite on the grass. (N. B.
Tine angel goes with tho place. )-Jo8h
BiLi)ILJS
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
Learn a Trade.

It Is very evident that great dis
prOp0t!lOn hxists, as regards education,
between thdt kind %fich is ncoded and
Is OF practical Importance, aiiG thot
Which Is not; but which thousands ac-
duite without any definite purpose; and
il they decide tlpOu some pursuit it is
not chosen with that ECgard to their
qualifications and deficiencies whiEh tho
Importance Of tho question requires.
The tbnng tnan who thinks he will
be Il lawyor, II doctor, on 4 minister, and
hopes to attain success; must decide
on his choice of any profession Try some
thing beside his own ambition and con-
ceit in the matter as to his fitness and
ability for The same The desire to fill
a high and Influential position Is laud-
able only when it is not dispr0rortioa-
ato to ones ability
One of tho strongest Incentives that
influences many to rucfi into tho pro-
fessiors without that careful dolibrra,
tion which the subject demands, is the
idea that those nvocations will reflect
more honor and credit ttlon them than
a trade, but instead of such hon0TinG
the profession, the reverse is glaringly
apparent, that a large proportion of them
are sadly out of place.
1t does nvt require much saGacity to
Scc that one had better bc good lum-
herman than thir1.ratc lawyer, II first
class mechanic than aquack doctor.
There are those WHO have spent q
great deal Of time and money in study
ing Latin and Greek, and many other
things. which never did them any good,
| practically speaking, and have learned
/ oolatc that their TIME might have been
employed to far better advantage.
; Many young men, after years spent in
| hisdircrtcd effort, have had to resort to
anything that offered. or this there arc
instances too numerous to- mention.
The world is full of so-cullcd educated
men who don't know anything of any
Importance, considering the kind of
knowlegc which the needs Of the country
demand. There is n need of skilled mo-
chanics, capable, active mon, instead of
| doctors, lawyers, ministers md clerks.
! 1t is question of great impotence
! not only to the young, but to the parents,
this of preparing their children for
business wherein they can not only earn
| their daily bread but secure to them
selves some of the comforts and cOnven-
| fences Of life, and an honorable position
| in the world.
When people get out of the prevailing
but foolish notion of thinking that it is
moro honorable to have II profession
than n good trade, and when the reverse
of this rather is taught to the young, it
cannot fail to have a irldicious tendency
toward correcting an error which has
been fostercd long, and lies close to the
interests Of all.
Ii every man had an occupation that
was chosen because he was better fitted
for it than for any other, he would be in
n condition to enjoy much i'll life, and
his sphere Of usefulness and influence
would be greatly enlarged Practical
education, with careful consideration
Of ones abilities and deficiencies, with
al ndaptcdncss to the wants and needs
of our land, cannot fail to make our con-
dition much pleasanter and our labor
more renumerativc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
Able to Support Themselves.

Tho imperial family of Germany is
quito able to support itself. If the Crown
Prince were deprived of his Inheritance
he could easily win bread and butter by
his skill as II turner; while his eldest son,
Prince wilhelm, is an excellent amateur
ar;'ean. On the Emperor's cabinet ARE
several samples of his dead grandson
Waldcmar's proficiency as bookbjndcr.
This acquisition of n trade is in accord.
ance with the traditionary customs i'll
the royal family, which prescribe that
every Prince of the blood shall learn
some useful handicraft, so as to strength
en- his spirit of Independence and make
him wise through actual contact with
che material world.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
Keep Young.

Don't grow old and rusty and cross,
afraid Of nonsense and fun. Tolerate
the follies and crudities of youth. GRAY
hair and wrinkles you cannot escape,
but you need not grow old in feeling
unless you choose. And so long ss your
age is only on the outside, you win win
in conf dence from the young and find
your life all tho brighter for contact
with theirs. But you have too many
grave thoughts, too many weighty anxi
eti.ss and duties too much to do to make
this triAing possible, you say. The
very reason, my friend, why you should
cultivate fun, nonsense, hghtness OF
heart-because you need them so much,
because you arc "weary with thinking. "
Then do try to be Young, even if you
have 20 be foolish in so doing, One
cannot be wise all the time,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
Men Are Liberal to BE Seen Of Men.

An eminent British rIcrGymrm was
severely opposed to what he called sen
sntiumal methods of gatherings cOllCr.
tiums. He denounced the practic" Of
passing collection boxes or baskets
through the congregation, and %til it
was unscriptural. lie believed that Civ
ing ought to be done on principle, with
out special impulse, and without appeal
to the feelings. He determined to put
his views into practical operation in his
own way. SO lie told his people that for
one year they might put their donations
for missionary work into two large boxes,
which lie placed for the purpos" in the
church vcStihulcs. These boxes, which
were made Of stout oak, were securely
locked and would not he opened until
the close of the year, when he Hoped
they would bc full OF money. He wanted
people quietly and mostcmtatioualy to
deposit their gifts i'll the openings IN the
| tops of these boxes, in th" sight Of the
! Lord, and not "to be seen of men.
| The boxes were recently opened. On
carefully counting the contents of both.
| the tota' ,r.m was found 10 be somewhat
less than lwo shillinGs, all in copper com.
The eminent clergyman still believes
that his theory of hrn"volcncc is the cor
rect one. But he believes that he is III
advance of his age, for he il persuaded
that the people will not put his view into
practical operation.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

During the ten months ended April
3Oth, 1888, All, ,688 immigrants arrived
in the United States at the principal
customs districts. During the ten
months ended April 30th, 1882, the
number of arrivals at the same districts
was 544 sol, showing falling off dur
ing the ten months last past of 1876, ,913.
BY fiscal years i'm migration to the Uni
ted States was at it's highest tide during
the year ended June 30th, 1882. The
arrivals for the current fiscal year will
ne fully $50, 900 less than they were for
that year. Still, with the exception of
tie iscal years 1881 and 1882, immi>
grants are now ccming into the United
States at greater rate than ever before
in its history.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
A Few Points In Etiquette.

Wedding and engagement rings arc
both %yorn on the same finger, third OF
the left hand, the latter serving as
guard to the former, when both nrc in
place. The bride does not give the
groom wcdding-ring. She gives nm
q seal ring, cats-cyc or II broad
gold ring with gems sunkcn in 1t. NO
bride should wear at II wedding any
thing that has been worn before, unless
il be some trinc to conform with the
superstition that q bride, for luck
sake, should wear something old ana
something new, something borrowed
and something blue. When asked
TO dance, n lady need only 20"
in accepting the invitation. iherc
is no necessity to return thanks
either before or after the dance; your
partncr will thank you. 1t IS "had
form" for lady to thank gentleman
who invites her to dance, ride, drive,
row or walk with him. 1t IS always
prcsumcd that he is the Obliged party,
and that she graciously confcrS favor.
There is no law of etiquette aS to winch
side of woman n man walks III the
street. He allows circumstances TO de-
tcrminc on which side will be most
agreeable and safe for her. Nor does
he keep changing at the street corners.
a man raises his hat to the woman 20
whom his friend bows. This is the
acknowledged etiquette of the polite
world everywhere. A woman's ono
bow, if gracious, will do for several ac,
0uaintanCcs whom she may meet al
once. Smile and glance at all as yo,
do So GWn Belle, IN CiNcinHoI E,t
QtLirer.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

Goldsmith Maid trotted 232 heats in
80 or better, won 1864, 200 during her
trotting career, and captured 121 races.
american Girl won $1i8,10O in forty
nine races. RaYus won $114,95O in six
ty-three races. Judge Fullerton won
Sl02,035 in thirty.two races. Flora
Temple won 100000 in eighty-six races.
Hopeful, $4,000 in forty.nine races.
Lady Thorne, $40, ,575 in forty-one races
The actual gains brought to her owners
NY Goldsmith Maid, over expenses, were
246, $50.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

TIE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that giving letter to a
carrier is equivalent to depositing It in
the post-oftice. For it can make no diff.
ference whether one hands letter to a
"arrier or puts it in a letter box a few
feet away whence the letter-carrier
will take it. The decision arose out of
4 suit in which the indorser of a note
claimed that he had not received notice
Of protest.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
An Act of Charity to q villain.

We quote the following from recent
issue of the Detroit Free Press!
"Mr. and Mrs. Geo. w. Burnham, of
IL Columbia street west, were walking
up Woodward avenue, and at the Con
gress street crossing one of those street
corner oglers of ladies addressed an in
sulting remark to Mrs. Burnham. Her
husband of course heard it, but with
great self-control he passed on fcw
doors, left the lady in friends store
and returned to the place whore the in
cident occurred. The fellow was still
there leering at other ladies passing by.
Walking up to him Mr. Burnilam quietly
said: You have insulted lady and Z
and [ am. going to punish you for it.
Putup your hands. The fellow accepted
the challenge and in about three minutes
he was perhaps tho most scientifically
pummeled mortal the streets Of Detroit
have seen in generation. Bleeding,
limp and helpless some men loaded him
on dray and carted him of, while Mr..
Burnham wrapped handkerchief around
his swollen and bleeding right hand. re-
joined Mrs. Burnham and went o.. his
way rs cOolly as if he had not done the
community an invaluable service. His
example is emincntlY worthy of emula-
ton. Tom Doner is the name of the
person to whom the wholesome correc-
ton was applied"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

The Brooklyn Eagle, commenting on
the recent change in proprietorship Of
The New York World, says: "a news.
paper, to be successful, must draw its
support from the public; to deserve and
win support, it must be true to the pub,
lie interest and free from even suspic-
ion of control by public enemies" This
il a truth of general application, It's
Corce is not limited to New York.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
Mr.. Warner On the Donkey.

The best way Of getting about Cairo
and its envirOnS is on the donkey. 1t is
cheap and eXhilaraiing. The donkey is
easily mounted and easily got off from;
not seldom he will weaken in his hind legs
and let his rider to the ground-a sink
ing operation which destroys your CON
tidoncc i'll life itself Sometimes he
stumbles and sends the rider over his
head But the good donkey never does
either. He IS the best animal of his
size and appearance living. He has the
two qualities of our greatest general.
patience and obstinancy. The good
donkey IS easy as n rocking chair, sure
footed as n chamois; he can thread on~
crowd and stand patiently DOING in antY
noisy thoroughfare for hours. To ride
him is only slight compromise of ones
independence in walking. One is SO
near the ground, and so absent t-mindedly
he forgets that there is anything under
him. When the donkey, in the excite
ment of company on the open street and
stimulated by tho whacho and cries of
his driver, breaks into ;he rush of gal
lop, thero is so much flying of legs and
such general futte1 that the rider fam
cies he is getting O'or the ground at an
awful rate, running n break-neck race:
but 1t docs not appear 50 to an observer.
The ridc1"has the feeling of the swift
lOcOmOtiOn of the Arab stead without its
danger or expense. Besides, n long.
legged man, with cork hat and flying
linen cluster" tearing madly along oD
an animal as big as n sheep, is on amuB-
lug spectacle. My Winter on the Nile.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

Tho City of Wilmington, Delaware,
'aving ordained dollar tax upon every
telegraph pole in that city, the company
@fused to pay. The authorities order.
Cd the removal of every pole from the
streets, and $3.50 were promptly paid
rnder protest. This is a new form OF
pole tax.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
AITOPICS OF THE DAY,

The annual dividend of seven per
cent for the unfortunate tlepositors in
the Freedmen's Bank has been announ-
'ed. This makes sixty-two per cent of
he funds restored to them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

Malloy, the southern man, who recov-
red $4,000 for libel from the New
York Herald, for having been charged
with being suspected of incindiarism,
has had his damages cut down 70 So, 500
IN q second trial.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

YES, you may come again next sun
day evening, but - and she hesitated
"What is it, darling? Have L given you
pain ?" he asked, as she still remained ST.
lent. "You didn't mean to, I'm sure. !"
she responded, "but next time please
don't wear one of those collars with the
points turning outward, they scratch 80. &"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

A FAMILY never becomes extinct in
Japan. If there are no male descend
ants, young son of another family is
adopted, aud takes the family name
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07

TIE sunbeam is composed OF three
distinct rays, one Of heat, one of light
and one called the chemical ray. The
blue or chemical ray is greater in spring,
the light ray in summer. The chemical
ray is less III autumn.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-07
What Becomes of Dead Birds!

How strange it is that, considering the
millions of birds born every year, dead
ones are SO seldom seen. TO each littlo
Song8tcr in turn comes the trndcGY--
sickness, decay and death yet, even in
tn" woods, it i rare TO find Il dead bird.
Who buri2s them? One can tiud it in
ones heart to believe i'll the pathetic
robbins of oldcn story, and turn up tho
leaves to sec if, pcrchaEcr, some stray
feather may not bctray tie hidden
mausOlrum. IT is 0diOu8 to think that
they have become the prey Of Others OF
their species, or of enemies proving Ill
want for their hour of weakness. But
nature manages her affairs so we'll that
doubtless the ObSCQulcS are conducted
with order and regularity and II we had
but ewes to sec them We should find
relics of orr songStcrs doing their part
TO fcltilza and enrich the scene of thoir
brief existence.
TIE London NcdicUL JOurnnL insists
that BrighEs disease is the result Of the
immOdcrate use of iced drinks, nnd seeks
to prove this with figures showing that
the disease prevailsin any country i'll pro-
portion with the amount Of i9C consumed
there. We 0f the United States use 80
per cent. more ice than any European
country, and the disease is Is per cent.
worse than in Europe. England comes
next, while in the wine drinking coun"
tries the disease is very seldom seen, and
in scmi-civiliZcd nations, where ice Is not
used, 1t Is wholly urkuo:.--'