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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
THE HAPPY ISLANDS,

nc rohrns dbout the town from dawn till
dark, "'' VII
An old man with bent form and whitcncd
Who dreams the earth he tIcads on is Il burIs
Ihat sails to find shore forever fair,
Inc SnOrO so many seek and do not find
, Among the busy crowd, he hceds it not
buT Rons APP, comes TO all our pleasure blind
the world no lives in seems by him forgot.
Sometimes he stops one in tho crowded
And questions thus: "Why do wo sail SO
far? w
know full well tho vcsscrs course is wrong,
For further south the Happy Islands are o.
And VIC arc near thom for last night | heard
The sound of music coming from their
And caught the scent of flowers, and one
bright bird
Flew homcward, oyor us, to roam no more.
I almost Thought saw them in tho dawn,
Fair as tho rosy peaks of Paradise;
But when the day broke fully they were gone .
Far; further south the shore VIC search for
Pray G cd they turn the vessel ere too latcl
Must we sail by, as many tunes before?
They make i5talScS, and lay it all to Fato
That wo have never reached the longcd for
And rs he talks tho old mans cngcr eyes
Arc looking Southward, where he hopes to
Tho purple peaks, crowned with strange
Meath taircr skies than those OF italy.
NO sISht oi lana breaks on his hopeful ewes.
nAn, we navo missed them, as SC OFT before
AnC we were near, SO near to them" he cries.
Must we sail on and on forcvelmoroW
Where arc our Happy Islands! Must We sail
re orcNGr past them when SO near thcy seem:
Blow from the Shores We left. O favorin~ r;Io
anu wait us to tho shores that haunt caeb
fellow voyagcrs. pray God we find
o,l ~ nc nc land we seek and do not pass it byl
On. blow II" 10 tn" s south, incOnStant wiHdI
For there, We think, the Happy Islands lfo
-EGcH Il. ReiJord. IN Our Continent.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

tHh late Robert Asa Packer, whom on
visit to Connecticut in his younger
DAYS, discovered that the excellent
Dread on his hosts table had been made
by ono OF his daughters. He sought
her out ana married her, but they only
lived together a few years, not being
able to get along at all. He afterwor5
married daughter of Victor e. Piolott
with whom he lived as happily ao hc,
could wish, and entertained his friends
in regal style.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

In Massachusetts, there is one divorce
to twenty~one marriages; in Vermont,
New Hampshire and Connecticut, about
one to fourteen; in Rhode island, one
to twelve a.; in Maine, one to eight.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

The junior NJ. 2. for Edinburg has i'm
proved upon his great colleague in the
matter of postal cards. Mr. Gladstone
used to write his, to tho great Joy of
autograph collectors. But Mr.. Waddy
replies to all applications from his con
stltuents with printed card, as follows
81 beg to acknowledge tho receipt Of
v0ur note. I receive SO many applica
Sions OF q similar character, that T cnll
not possibly comply with your request. ]
regret my inability to assist you, and am,
yours truly, 8. d. WADDY."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

IMMENSE folds and mountains of ice
cave alrea ty appeared off the banks Of
Newfoundland. The year, bound to be
historical for its floods. fires. storms
and accidents, will also probably 10
memorable for the immensity and dau
gcrousncss of its icoburgs. These great
masses OF ice are said to be productive,
through their atmospheric influences, of
the violent tcmpeats that have of late
distressed Atlantic mariners.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

ACCORDING to the report of the Secro
cary OF War, the organized strength of
the militia of the United States is 87,G11
ot this number c, 583 are commissioned
o'hcers, and 81, ,061 are non-commission.
cd officers, musicians and privates. The
number of men available for military
duty, but unorganized. is G, 797. 600
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

ACCORDING to the Manchester Guar
at9", the latest and largest donation to
she fund for England's Royal College of
Music came from New York City, and
was the gift of Mr.. Andrew Carnepie
Its amount was $4,000. The COLLEGE
will, it is thought, be opened in South
Kensinston in May next with about
fifty scholars.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A New York surgeon, the other dav,
successfully tried ira, sfusion of blood
for asphyxia. A man named Okeburp
blew out the gas III his room at n hotel
was almost dead when discovered, and,
as he was not revived 10y ordinary RENE,
dies, several ounces of blood tokor
trom healthy negro, were pumped into
VEN in his arm and ho soon regaincd
consciousness.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

"A GENERAL depreSslon of butiness pro.
walls in England, one cause of which is
believed to be the unfavorable agricul-
tural outlook. The weather has been
bad all through the winter for that inter-
est, and now the heavy rains prevent the
usual preparations 5,r sprlng planting,
The prospect i'll other European conn,
trles Is also gloomy. particularly France,
Germany, Russia ana Turkey.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

THERE are several thousand honse.
keepers in the land who vopld foo,
grateful to the several Legislatures if
they should carry into effect the sueees
tion Of the Lime Kiln Club, of Detroit
which is as follows : ResoIvsd, Dat de-
present I,egischur of dis State nm
ordered to pass law maxim it a pena,
ofenso fur grocer not to deliver onc
pound Of cheese and eleven cents wus OF
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

AN EMINENT French physician, who
has known Prince Bismark well for near
ly aquarter of q century, says that all
talk about the Chancellor's health break
ing down is sheer nonsense. His nerves
and general constitution are in admirable
condition, and bid fair to remain so for
twenty years to come.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

lr Is reported that there are 80, ,OO0
negroes in Indian Territory denied the
privilege OF franchise and schools, and
are incompetent ns witnesses and jurors
IN courts. They were, or are, descend-
ants frem former slaves of the indians,
dhey ask tho Government to remove
Shem from among tho Indians aud settle
them opOklahoma lands.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

That tits not good for man to be alone
has been the belief of 5000 years, but it
Is only recently that tho fatal evil OF
such sollcltudc has been worked out hy
inc stahsticinns. "Bachclorhood, says
Or. Stork, ''is more destructive to lie
than the most unwhoIesome trades
OF than residence in an umwhoIesomc
house or district whero there has never
been the most distant attempt at sani.
tary improvement"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

WHhN DIR. Wecker, tho celebrated
Germen oculist, removed Gambetta's
raght eye in 1867, the organ was pre-.
served IN spirits. "it is the eye," the
surgeon said, "of a man who is suro TO
enact an important part in tho worlds
aistory'" He was right, and the eye is
still preserved.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A LATE Assistant Commissioner Of
Ireland says that proper system of ar
teFial drainage is the most practical way
OF assisting tho solution of the "Irish
question" BY such q system lands
could be reclaimed and farmers would
take the place of laborers
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

NEW YORK is soon to have in readiness
thoroughly drilled and equipped life
saving corps to act in conjunction with
its Fire Department. It will be pro-
vided with ingenious mechanical con.
triVances for scaling the highest builds
ings and bringing inmates in safety to
the ground
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15


ACCORDING to the summary of the
Catholic directory for 1883, the hierarchy
OF the Catholic Church in the United
States comprises l Cardinal, 13 Arch
bishops, SO Bishops, 6,54G priests, 5,241
churches, besides 1,180 chapels and
l,7GS stations, which are attended by
priests, and where mass is occasionally
celebrated. The Catholic population is
computed to be 6,832, 1854. There are 1
ecclesiastical seminaries for the educa-
ton of l, ,434 ecclesiastical students. The
number of colleges. 81 academies, $40:
and parochlal schools, 2,491. Tho mum
Der of pupils attending the Catholic
schools, exclusive of colleges and acadc-
mics, is given at 428, ,642. There are 275
asylums of various kinds and lS5 hospi-
tails. A comparison of figures will show
that there is but a very slight overaver-
age OF ono priest to every church. The
number of educational institutions foot
up over 5000, or equal to half the num-
Der of churches.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

GAN my darling wife," sad George,
tho week after his marriage, eff your your
husband were to die, what would Won
do?" 81 don't know, I'm sure, GEORGE, :"
said the wife, rehectively. "I never
Thought of that. I must look in nv
Book of Etiquette and read the rules
for young Widowsp
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

THE Inspector of Milk, in Hartford,
Ct, recently found seven samples OF
milk out of thirty. five adulterated with
water or skim milk.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A COMMITTEE to plan an industrial
school at Springfield, Mass, have de-
cided to teach tho rudiments of trades,
and not to turn out finished mechanics
The desire is to give the boy a knowl-
eege that will enable him to choose O.
pursuit for which he recognizes his own
adaptability, SO that three or four years
of his life may not be wasted after he
leaves school in trying to determine
how ho will earn his living, and finally
drifting through ignorance and ncces-
slty into work where manual labor. not
brains, is needed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

WONG chin Foo, editor of the Chi.
"eSe american, is clatsd over the sue.
cess OF his paper, which is now about
iour weeks old. Wong came to this
country in 1874 with Rev. Mr.. Gibson
and was mobbcd at San Francisco for
trying to liberatc twcnty-thrce Chinese
women who had been sent over in his
snip by business agents. Since then ne
mas lived in tho East as a lecturer and
writer on Chinese matters. He tbirI,s
the present Chinese Embassy to this
country is useless body, and has q
poor opinion of tho common Chinese
American.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A. NEW poem says: can angel touched
his lips, and he smiled" Well, that ia
a new name for it. The author has
made too free use of poetic license. For
''angeP' read "bottle" and why h9
"suiled" will become more apparent,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

"YOUNG mother" wants to know II
green apples are healthy. Yes, they are
generally healthy, but the people wilo
cot them ore not.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
TOPICS or THE DAY.

GRRAr BRITAIN hos no less than / ,6T4
Generals in her army, but only $50 OF
them are in active service
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

halibut widin ten minits Of de time
agreed upon when dc said articles arc
ordered and paid for"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
NncW His Business.

fow months ago conductor on one
Of tho Chicago strcet-cars suddenly cx-
pcricnccd religion and joined small
ilock i'll the neighborhOod of his resi-
dcnce. None more dGvout than he was
to be found III the country around, and
every spare moment from his business
was put into something energetic toward
strengthening up the little church into
which he had projected himself. Motto
ing his interest, his pastor, to encourage
him, showed him along all he could, and
III IL short time the new convert was n
shining light among his fcllow-worship-
pcrs, and the Christian grace with which
he passed the cOntributiOn-plate evoked
nicldcs from what before had been bar
rem pockets"
One Sunday morning a hoodlum was
noisy, and the conductor quietly ordered
him ont. He went, but last Sunday
evening he appeared with a mob Of dis
soutc companions bent on difficulty
1'ho conductor kept an eye ON the
leader until the disturbance became I'M
| bcarablc
"Put on brakes a moment, parson,"
said ne, "till I look after this fare"
Approaching the thug, he went for
him, and wiped up several yards of aisle
with him, and then stood him OH his
legs.
Five cents for the kingdom Of God!"
he demanded.
The hoodlum said he did not have to
pay.
GIVE cents for this ride OF !he Gospel
chariot" and he smashed the thug in the
comtcnancc.
"But, brother" demonstrated the pas
tor, "you cannot compel him TO con
tribute"
" Never you mind that parson. You
preach and I'll collect. This man can't
dcad-hcad on this orthordox through
line without putting up. Beside Tn re-
sponsiblc to tho company for his fare
I've punched hin md he's got to show
coin"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

The robin also accommodates itself
to a mixed dict, taking fruit in its sea-
son. hut living almost wholly upon
worms in the early and Letter portions
of the year, and feeding its young al
most exclusively upon insect food. If
the robin gets too mischieyous he rec
ommonds taking a number OF him for q
pOt-pie, as he is very good game bird
when fat. 1t is probable, however, that
the fruit eaten by the robin is not in ex-
cess Of what would be destroyed by the
insects he oats early in tho spring, II
they were left to do their work, :, "
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15
Jonathan Edwards.

1t is impossible that people of orln-
airy sensibilities should have listened to
his torturing discourscs without bccom-
ing at last sick of hearing Of infinite
horrors and endless agonics 1t came
very hard to kfnd-heartCd persons to be
licye that the least sin exposed Great
me God had made to such cxorbitant
penalties. Edwards whole system had
too much of the character of the snvuga
people by whom the wilderness had 50
recently been tcnantcd. There was re-
vcngo -" rcvcnging justice was
what he called it-insatiablc, OK
hausting its ingenuity in conhiving the
most exquisite tOrmcnts; thcrc was the
hereditary hatred glaring on the babe iii
its cradle; there were the suffering
wretch and the pleased and shouting
lookcrs-on. Every natural grace Of dis
position all that had once charmed in
the sweet ingonuousncSs of youth, in the
laughing gaycty of childhood, in the
winning hclplcssncss of infancy every
virtue that Plato had dreamed of, evcrv
| character that Plutarch had Grawn-aiI
were branded with the hot iron, which
left the blackcncd inscription upon
them, signifying that they were 0cclr8c,
of GOd-thc damming word nuthjo.
There is no sufficient reason for at
lacking the motives of man so snintly
i'll life, SO holy in aspirations, so mccl;
so laborious, SO thoroughly III earnest il
the work to which his life was given
But, aftcT long smothcrimg in the sui.
phurous atmosphere of his thought, oMe
cannot help asking, Was this or any
thing like this--is this or anything like
this-the accepted belief of any consid
cradle part of ProtcStmtiSm If so,
we must say with Bacon " 1t were bet
ter to have no opinion Of God at ali tI'aU
such an opinion as is unworthy Of Ilnn.
A natural man" is better than m I'M
natural theologian. 1t is less violence
to our nature to dcify protoplnsm than
it is to diabOlizc the Deity --Dr q. w..
! Holmes. IN International RCUicW.
LITTLE Robby aged three years, has
attended Sunday-school one or two
months. He is dill apt scholar, and gives
carly promise Of bearing rich ethical
fruitage, At play with an older brother
the other day, his original Adam so far
got the better of him as to cause him to
clench hislittle fist and strike his brother.
Brother Tom was about to retaliate with
his more formidable weapon, when Robby
cried out, Ono, no, no! Teacher says 90
NUT Mt strike back when 90 iS hit,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15


The State of Georgia makes a very
hmppy showing in the matter of develop
mont of country by railroads. A few
years after the war tho Southern manu-
featuring State began to move in the di-
rection Of connecting herself with outer
markets by railways. The result was
that farmers began to putin larger crops,
planters to double their acreage in cotton.
and stock raisers to increase their expor-
tation OF domestic animals. They had n
market for their products. This is the
result in 1882: The State raises three
times as much corn and wheat as it did
IN 1870, and six times as many potatoes.
In all other farm products there has been
corresponding increase. Since 1876
the amount of cotton raised has doubled
a largely increased production to the
acre shows also that the methods O
tillage have improved. The added mum
Der OF farm animals, horses, mules
swine, mich COWS and sheep is no les,
striking. The tendency seems to be Il
cut up the great estates into small ones
In 1870 Georgia had 70, 600 farms. Tber,
are now 10000. The value of farm
products has, in fact, nearly doubled
since 1870. 1t is mostly owing to th,
building of railroads.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-15

A YOUNG servant girl ~ the namo of
Annie Lennon, who is employ ID in the
family OF Sheriff Easton, of Newport, r.
l., performed an act Of brave devotion
few nights ago. of which it is proposed
to make some public recognition. She
and q five-year- old daughter Of Sheriff
Easton were alone in the house, the rest
of the family not having returned from
an Odd Fellows Festival. Soon after
midnight she awoke to find her attic
room filled with smoke. She waited
only to put on skirt, hurried down
stairs, and, being unable to open the
door, climbed through q window upon a
back porch, jumped to the ground, eight
feet below. and ran with bare feet ovel
the Ice and snow to rouse the neighbors.
fastening home again, she appealed tc
several persons, who by that timo had
gathered before the house, to save the
little Firl sleeping upstairs, and, as no
one responded, she entered the house rs
she had left it, felt her way through the
binding and sitting smoke to the child's
room, and escaped with her to the yard
uninjured, though the heat was intense
enough to scorch their clothing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-22
Mistakes Eminent Men Made.

Old men give too much advice
for it all to be sound. Washington,
it is said, once decided that the
Erie Canal was not practicable.
Sam. Houston thought one-half
the money ongress voted to Morse
to build the first telegraph line
ought to be devoted to encourage
mesmerism. Dave johnson. post
master-general, declined to buy
the telegraph patents for the gov
eminent for 800, 900 on the ground
that it couldn't earn expenses. Ezra
Cornell spent two-thirds of Morse S
appropriations laying the first poor
starving telegraph underground in
stead of stretching it like clothes
line. Timothy Howe was sure a IF
ty cent tax on whisky could not col
lect as much as So tax. Seward
thought 70, 900 men would put down
the rebellion. The old Baltimore
merchant to whom Poe's poems
were submitted Endorsed them
"Here is a man fit for nothing what
ever" Franklin rather thought
the stamp act a smart recommends
ton. Commodore Vanderbilt told
his son to buy no railroads outside
of New York state. Old age is fol
council, but it ought to come from
the "Amen" benches. ALI the wis.
dom in Spain and Portugal dis
couraged Columbus, but a pretty
woman said to the sailor:
GAS we'll TO. die and 60,
A die and -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-22

Next to being king" said an
avenue wretch, who wants to get
absurdly rich in minute, 81 would
like to be commissioner of Indian
affairs. 1 would give flour, meat,
sugar, and all other contracts to my
own trusty friends, even though I
had to carry their proposals in my
pocket until / knew what the other
fellow bid, so that I could draw the
right envelope from my inside
coat pocket. Then 1 should give
all my cousins and brothers and
uncles and sons, if 1 had any,
soft jobs, and put them in control
of all the Indian trading west of the
Kansas and Nebraska line, though
for the sake of appearance I would
give the necessary privileges to dis
Greet outsiders, who knew the val
ne of addition, division and silence,
and who would be willing to do the
right thing. BY this means could
throw dust in the eyes of the pub
lie, make good thing, preserve my
reputation for being truly good,
and save enough in a few months
from "a $4,000 salary to build a
100000 residence. If the Indians
made fuss about having to sub
sist on lean cattle, mule meat,
bread made from musty -four at $13
barrel, sugar composed of equal
parts.of pulverized sandstone and
sweetened corn starch, l would hear
of the complaints first, and could
very easily lead off the untutored
savage. / would be very poor
christian indeed, if couldn't cir
cumvent a whole delegation of man
gy redskins. The lazy wretches
are lucky TO be alive, did they
but know it. They cannot long
survive the civilizing influence of
this progressive age, and must soon
pass away. / hate to see them dy-
ing off so fast; because, as a means
to an end, they are a good thing to
keep in the family. If any of my
subordinates should get onto my
pious little racket, and go to knock
ing at the door of my sugar hogs
head for admission, woul dn't let
them in. 1 should tell them there
wasn't enough to go around. Then
if they should make themselves
disagreeable by knocking off the
hoops and kicking in a few slaves,
1 should set up cry of persecution
and get an appropriation TO repair
the damage. Then everything
would be lovely, and the goose
would once more hang at great
elevation. Two or three years
would be enough for me. 1 could
then spend my summers in the
White Mountains and my winters
in the south of France for the re.
mainder of my natural existence"
- National Republican.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-03-22
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