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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23
THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
Home Life of the CZur-IIow he spends Ills
Days in the Palace ut Gutchinn.

Although stern and even OvcrbcarinG
to the majority of those who surround
him, Alexander III. has always been n
sympathizing and aifrctonatc husband
and father. While at his palace ut CAT
china, he lunches daily at one o'clock
with his wife and children, and to tn s
meal none but the closest intimatcs of
his family are ever admitted. After
luncheon, if there arc no further dcpu-
tations to receive or important business
TO attend to, the Czar goes out walking
or driving in company with the Empress
or his sons. In tho evening there is
often q little musiy, of which the En-
press il as fond as the Emperor, and
Her Majesty is good pianist. The
Czar rctircs to bed early, and by eleven
o'clock all is silence in the imperial
apartments. During the daytime the
Empress occupies Il room on the ground
floor, exactly below the Cars study
with which it communicates directly by
n small private staircase. The Czarina's
houdoir is elegantly furnished, but in n
simple style, and with no appearance Of
luxury, except such as is given by the
: presence Of certain Handsome pieces OF
furniture and OIjCfS d0rt, which remain
to testify to the more cXtraVaGant tastes
| Of former occupants. The Empress J.
an admirable manager, both of her time
and Of everything that pertains to the
household duties. ITcrgrcat intelligence
and sweetness of manner have given her
an extraordinary influence over her hus-
baud and all other persons who arc
| brought into contact with her.
TIE EMPRESS.
The Anitchlinc Palace, which she &C
| cupi"d as CHarcnva, was model Of
| household management, and to her initi-
| ativc measures are due the commence
mcmt of the sweeping reforms in the
> administration of The other Ovcrgrowl }
palaces. She is patrOncSs, and takes rs
Gar as possible an active share in the
management, Of half the charitable in.
stitutions in Russia, and particularly
| those that are connected with the pro
| lection Of women and children. Every
morning, while the Emperor is busy up.
| stairs with his Ministers, the Empress
| receives thc reports of NJ. DclianOff and
| others, whom she mtruStS with the super
| vision of The various societies in whicl
| Size IL interested. The Emprcsss S Soici
| tlIdc for the safety of her husband /.
we'll known, and it has been observed
| that she is never at case when he is
called away from home. The education
and care of her children also cngross muc
Of her thoughts. The eldest son, thc
Czarcvitch. is in his fourteenth year, and
resembles his mother in features. Ec is
Of an active and lively disposition, and
for his years is far advanced in his studies.
Russian is always the language employed
| by the imperial family whcr they arc
| together, but when the boys are with
their teacher they speak French and
English on alternate days. Six hours n
day are devoted TO study by the young
princess but their education is not limited
to scdcntary studies alone. They arc
also practice d in riding and shooting, and
tho GzarcyiIch is, it is said, already .
good shot and rides well.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

q n0ng United States Indians On the Pa
C Tie, it is held, leads to immoral practi-
cos, those entering into it frequently
dcpriyiHg their families and themselves
of the ncccssarics Of life for that purpose.
1t will readily be seen that the result
must prove most ruinous ii the practice
IS allowed to ccntiLuc. Tho dominion
g I'VE rnmcnt, however, prefer to counsc
and advise rather than enforce its aboli-
ton. Thus failing, moro stringent
measures will likely DO adopted.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23
AMERICAN FABLES,
rhc SniIor and tho Slurlf-Thc Fox and tho
Farmer.

A Peasant, who had often heard that
Truth was Jewel lying Mt the bottom
of Il we'll, one day GcsccnG2d into his well
to search for the treasure. He skinned
his knees and elbows, barEcd his nose,
run an old fork into his foot, and shivcrcd
around for six long hours before his wife
Dire" him up and asked:
"What in Goodness name were YOU
doing down thcrc?"
"Iooking for TRUTH"
"Why L could have told you before
you went down that you were the big
gcst Fool in America" |"
MORAL:
You can get more Truth than YOU want
around any well-curE.
TIE SAILOR AND TIE SHARK.
4 Sailor who had fallen overheard and
was speedily interviewed by a Shark,
cried o1it to his enemy:
"IIavc pity on u man who is down ="
Only fricnd," replied the Shark, "a
man who keeps himself anovc water is Of
no use to me. Now is my time"
MORAL:
The man who falls overheard in bust
ness can expect no favOra of the Sheriff.
THE FOX AND TIE FARNIER.
A Fox one day made n call upon n
Peasant and bitterly complained Of tho
custom of shutting poultry up nights in
FoX-proof pons. cit isn't because I
suffer at all" added Rcynord, "but think
low Uncomfortable it must be for the
poor Fowls. 1T is their condition I wish
to mitigate"
The Peasant took the matter under ul-
visrmcnt, and next evening he ncglcctc I
to shut up his fowls. Next morning he
came across the Fox Just ns he had fin
ishcd fcasting on fat Pullct ami cried
ont "Ah this is the way yor' take to
pity my poor Fowls, is it? ?"
"Wcll, you see" grimcd Rcynard, 81
feel very SORRY for the Fowls, but at the
samo time cannot afford to miss an OPP
portunity."
MORAL:
The man with ten acres of land to sew
is tho chap who first secs the need #
an orphan asylum, ,-DCtroH Free Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

ANOTHER NOVEL, Mr.. W. A. Wilkins
editor Of the Whitehall Times and dauthor
of political novel, "The Clcyerdale
Mystery" which made n great deal of
talk during the State campaign last year.
is writing another novel. He lays his
plot this time about a watering place no.
tel, and will do the subject full justice.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IHE Wholesale shipping of arms and
munitions OF war, from the United States
to China, has been made public. The
amount expended i'll this country fins
far by the Chinese government is S., 600
900. N0'"'0'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

TRANSLATED from the Omnibus: "I
regret much, Mr.. Captain, the requested
furlough not to grant; now is not the
time for pleasure" "Mr. Colonel, I need
the furlough not far pleasure; want
to-mmrY."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

a GENIUS advcrtiscd--"A sewing ma
chine for twenty-five cents in stamps. "
and his dupcs did not see the point until
they received a cambria needle. Tile
Okkccpcr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

AWAY IT GoEs.-It is estimated that
the British worllmcn and women spend
NOR" than fifth Of their wages or .G75,-
600, 600 out of G250, 600, 600 for beer ar Z
other strong drinks,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

PLEDGED..-It is estimated that the
paWnbroEcrs of New York city have
fully 500, 900, 900 Of plcd8cs.in thoi pos
session.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-23

The man with ten acres of land TO sew
is tho chap who first secs the need f
an orphan asylum. Detroit Free Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

along the other side of his neck When he
got through and started to extricate himself
the ladder slipped and he was left hanging
by the neck.
In Paducah, KY, two English sparrows
tried to drown each other in a street gutter
The stru ggle was a long and desperate one,
and finally one got the head of the other
under water and KEEP it there until life was
extinct
frog-boy Weighing nineteen pounds and
standing one foot six inches in his shoes, was
on exhibition In Lexington, Va, last week.
He resembles a frog, both in face and form
and in his hnanner of getting about. The
boy was colored and in charge OF a colcred
man.
As Antonio Ygleisla, a boiler maker of
Paterson, was riveting inside of large boiler,
kneeling on piece of old carpet, mischiev-
Gus boy set fire to the carpet, and before
the man could arise the flame penetrated
his ear, causing brain fever which killed
him.
Upon breaking the end out of a conchshell,
at Mr.. John Clark's grocery, in Jacksonville,
Fla, Friday, the entire leaf of hymn book
was discovered. 1t was far up in the spiral,
and was only slightly discolored. How it
came there only the wild, wild waves of the
ocean can tell, and perhaps they won't.
Sol Burgess, OF Newbern, n. c., went out
-
self. While padding along the shore he
caught little alligator which began to whis-
tie. In short time the lagoon was filled
with its kindred Sol counted 401, big and
little, and then sc1dded for home. The
whole drove followed him to the wharf.
An amateur snake-chaimer in the Yellow
stone region has twenty-nine adders that
think so much of him that they follow him
around like dogs. On wash day each one
takes the tip of companions tail in his
mouth, ana they allow themselves to be hung
on poles for clothes-lines. In the summer
time they braid themselves into a most inge-
nious hammock, in which the snake-charmer
lies and reads novels on the frontstoop.
w. R. Polston, of Nashville, Tenn, has a
three-legged bay colt, which is now over a
year old. Excepting the fact that he pos
sesses one leg less than other members of his
species, he is a perfectly formed animal.
When the writer saw him he was hopping
around Mr.. Polston's back yard and resented
an interference with his long tail by kicking
as vigorously and with as much grace and
precision, as an old mule. The entire left
foreshoulder and leg of this remarkable ami
NAL is missing, the only effort which nature
seems to have made to attempt to supply
this want being a bone something in the
shape of a seals fin and about the same size,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
Weight of Bank Bills.

Hartford COurant.
The smart man takes out 500 gold piece
and asks his friends how many new 81 bills
will balance it in the scales, and offers to
treat any one who guesses within 100 of the
number. The thing was tried in Hartford
Conn, insurance Office, and the range in
human judgment was never better illus
trated. One clerk thought it would take 800
bills to counterbalance the gold coin. an
other 1000, and so on until everybody pres
ent had placed his judgment in jeopardy.
The lowest guess was $50 bills. When the
guesses were all recorded the double eagle
was placed on the scales and new 81 bills
counted into the other side until the beam
went down with thirtyfour in the tray.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
Lou1svILLr,s CHEZ INDUSTRY.


Louisville Correspondence Philadelphia Times.
Gambling is plainly the most important
business in Louisville. 1t gives character to
five or six of the choicest squares in the COM
mercial part of the town and exceeds any
other branch of trade in volume of transac-
tons. The pooling rooms, which are all on
the square on Third street between Main and
Market. handle not less than Sc, 0000 600 a
year. The faro banks, which occupy large
proportion of the houses on two squares of
Fifth street, two squares on Jefferson street
and one square on Green street, do business
of about S., 900 000 The winnings and losings
of the numerous poker rooms amount to
81, 600 000 at moderate estimate the keno
banks absorb about 81 900 QUO in the course
of each year, mainly the wages of laboring
men; and the lottery Offices of
which there are over a hundred,
scattered like drug stores all over
town, receive and keep $500 900 at least,
half of which comes from the negroes. These
estimates make total of S12 500, 900. The
proprietary gamblers are all money spending
politicians, and some of them are Office hold
ers. Two of the latter-Dick Watts, alder
man, and Ed. Hughes, chief OF the fire de-
partment-are regarded as the princes of
Louisville gambling but back of them and
controlling them is quiet little man, the
master gambler ofall. The story of Anderson
NJ. Waddell, Dick Watts and Ed. Hughes
would be the story of gambling here COM
plete; but their ways have been so myster-
Gus that not great deal can be told about
them. More is known about the men than
the methods by which they have attained
their present phenomenal power. They and
their associates have bought outright and
openly used for gambling purposes, more
than square of improved real estate; they
do an annual business of not less than $l0,-
900, 900, They are SO strong and popular
with the community in general that not a
voice has been raised against them.
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Something About Oranges.

Chicago Grocer.
The rich golden yellow of Florida or
anges Is the creation of art and not of ma
ture 1t is charged that when they are
picked they are as green as the foliage of tn e
tree on which they grow, and that they will
not ripeE and turn yellow either on the tree
or after being picked. The yellow color is
secured by subjecting the orange to the
fumes OF sulphur. Another triumph of art
is the ability to manufacture "blood or
anges" to order. The operation IS performed
by using syringe with delicate point,
which is forced through the rind and q
small quantity of analine dye inserted, which
permeates through the entire juices of the
orange. Verify, things are not what they
seemn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
A NEW MONOPOLY.
The Rich Who Ride in Currioles-Mrs. VAN
derbilt as a Jehu.

The Rich Who Ride in Curricles-Mrs Van
derbilt as a Jehu.
New York Letter
Among the women in our pretentious So
ciety, there is a great deal of talk about a
Vanderbilt of their own sex. The wife of
William K. Vanderbilt son OF William H.,
has made herself as conspicuous in the Jehu
line, at Newport, as her fatherin-law has
done with his horses on the boulevards, She
is young and handsome. 1t was in her that
the dizzily high circle of our ultra and ex-
IRENE best society found an excuse for
taking in the Vanderbilts. Her maiden name
was nothing better than Smith, which, of
course was against her, but her sister mar
ried brother OF the wife OF Lord Man
deville, and you have no idea how
thoroughly that purified her blood. Com
pared to that connection with aristoc-
raoy, her acknowledged excellence of mind
and person were of small account. 1t was
she who gave the great Vanderbilt fancy
dress ball last winter, and that was the event
which marked the recognition of the Van
derbilts. But as to her present distinction
at Newport. Driving is common among the
cottagers there, and it is difficult to do any
thing with horses and wagons to .commadd
especial attention. Valuable beasts, liverled
servants and emblazoned carriages are not
enough to do it. Eccentricity alone will
make success. Mrs. Vanderbilt adopted
that method. For several seasons she had
excelled as an expert and fearless driver This
year she came out with her steeds hitohed to
a currIcie You have never seen this kind
of vehicle. None had ever been used in this
country, and they had long been out of FASH
ion in England. 1t is said that she came
across one in an old picture, and had 1t re-
produced with considerable difficulty and
cost. 1t is an awkward concern with two
wheels and a preposterously high seat for
herself, while her footman bangles low down
behind 1t looks ready to burst into frag-
ments from sheer ugliness, but the real dan
ger is said to lie In its aptness for overturn-
ing. This fact gives zest to the sport for the
lady, and naturally increases the admira-
ton for her really clever handling of the
reins. There will be other curricles next
year, no doubt, but for the present Mrs.
Vanderbilt is monopoly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
Odds and Edds.

Houston, Miss, has dog with two tails.
A Jefferson county, N. Y. farmer has a
lamb Tith only three legs.
During a late cyclone a turtle, weighing
sixty pounds, was blown out Of Pearl river,
near Georgetown, Miss.
While teacher was whipping pupil at
the Snow Hill school-house the stick broke,
and the flying end put out the eye of little
girl.
Joseph Henderson, OF Napa, Cal, has Just
died from cancer caused by his sticking
the lighted end of his cigar in his mouth by
mistake four years ago.
Wilson county, n. c., possesses a natural,
well-developed pig six weeks old, that has
horns just as a lamb, one over each eye This
curiosity is owned by Mr.. B. d. Barnes.
A Pottsvlle cat caught a sparrow which
chirped an alarm CALL and in an instant
large numbers OF the beiligerant little birds
came to the rescue and drove the cat away.
An Orbisonia goose and pig have formed a
singularly close attachment to each other.
They are always seen in company, the goose
ahead, pointing out to the pig the tid-bits in
the gutter.
The Chinese think that white men wear
red clothes; have red hair and blue eyes sunk
in the head, or vertical or at the back fa-
tigue themselves on every occasion needless
ly, and have the restless curiosity of mon
keys
There is German superstition that the
finger pointed at star will certainly rot
away, because the angels kill it, and the
Ojibways warn their children not to point at
the moon, telling them that if they do, she
will bite their fingers of.
In splitting a log OF black oak. Benjamin
Marvin, of WATERFOWL, Conn, saw on the
smooth grain in the heart OF the tree a per-
feet picture of clump OF trees with trunks
L.. i i q I'M
picture is about four inches square.
A man in Carson, New, while building q
trestlework had to work from a stepladder.
In mailing the last strip he was obliged to lay
his neck alongside one OF the pieces already
nailed, while the one he was mailing came
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
MISS AIURPHY's CLOTHES.
The TrOusseau of the California Girl VIII
Was Married to "a WoIseley.

Was Married to WOlseley.
Paris Letter to the London Queen.
have seen at Felix's, the renowned dress
maker of the Faubourg St. Honore, the
seventy toilets he has made for the rousseau
of Miss Murphy, the youthful American,
who marries this week Sir Charles Wolseley.
| will describe the most remarkable. The
bridal dress (desRued by the fiancee herselO
is in white net over white satln; the net,
which is called "tulle reseau," is draped,
bouillonne and embroidered with raised
silver flowers, which form the border to the
skirt as well as to the tram, which measures
almost four yards in length. Bouquets OF
orange blossoms and white chrysanthemumS
are scattered everywhere over the dress, and
both skirt and train are edged with mass OF
narrow hounces of real A lencon lace, modern
but of exquisitely fine quality. The satin
bodice is sewed to the train, which is heavily
embroidered with silver. The veil is Allen
con lace of exquisite design and workman
ship.
There are twenty-five evening and ball
dresses. One is of the most tender pink bro
cade, with design of tulips in silver white.
The tablier is thick pink satin, with the flow
ers embroidered in relief in silver chenille,
anG outlined with pink pear-shaped pearls,
that form grelOts vfhe front of the pointed
bodice is OF similar pearls; the folds or berthe
/ are of crepe. Another evening dress is OF
the shade of pink known as ''aile de famant;"
bird OF paradise, with outstretched wings,
perching on q bouquet of flowers, is embroid-
cred on the train. The bodice is ornamented
| with a smaller bird.
There is a so-caled travelling costume. in
reality the dress for which the bride changes
her wedding attire. 1t is short and of white
! stamped velvet with fan-shaped quilles OF
satin at each side of the skirt; the high bod
! ice is of the two materials, and there is an
exquisite little mantelet of the en-
! bossed velvet, the ends of which
! terminate with enormous aiguillets of beau
| titul pearls. 1t has large collar of pearled
silk guipure besides small upright Medicis
collar. There are half a dozen exquisite
deshabilles in blue and pink crepon, the
sleeves of which are bouilionnes, with small
clusters of ribbon nesting in the puffs. The
dinner toilet, worn when the contract was
signed, is white velvet, printed III shaded red
roses and pale green leaves; the tablier is
pink silk studded with small pearls sewed on
net; the train is IN straight folds from the
waist. The tea gowns are in pale-colored
Sicilienne, one or TWO being beautifully orHa-
mented with rare crystal grelots. Nine.
| Murphy, the brides mother, will wear at the
ceremony red brocade, lowered over with
large bouquets OF white lilac; simple pointed
bodice. Brussels lace tablier over red silk.
The four bridesmaids wear Bengaline cos
TUNES in the beautiful shade of pink called
Trocadero. The skirts are ornamented with
embroidery, and the yokes of the Louis XIV
bodices are also embroidered.
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THE TRUE AND THE FALSE.
A MICHIGAN Cat Story.

Grand Traverse Herald.
S E. Wait, OF this village, is the possessor
OF hen which, in the due process OF nature,
became the mother OF brood OF chickens.
Three OF them made their appearance in adj
vance of the rest OF the family and were
taken into the house for safe keeping. The
family cat at once interviewed them, appar-
entity came to the conclusion that they were
a new and interesting kind of a kitten, and
adopted them on the spot As the chickens
Matched out they were brought in TO her, and
at last she was the proud owner, i'll her mind,
of round dozen. 1t was one of the pretilest
sights imaginable TO see pussy, who is nearly
white lying on a rug with a dozen little
downy chickens, all white, too nesting in
her fur and peeping contentedly, while their
foster mother proudly purred over them in
a state of immense happiness. Once or twice
when she thought danger threatened them
she seized chicken by the neck as she would
a kitten and ran to hide it in a more secure
corner. But owing to her inability to come
up to the scratch in making living for them
in proper manner, they were taken from
her in a day or two and given over to her
legitimate parent, to the great disappoint-
ment of Mrs, Cat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
A Bow Born Mad.

Reidsvllle.( n. G. Times.
There is clever, worthy family living in
0uilford county, near Gibsonville, who are
afflicted with a son mad from his birth.
And yet, as il the most beautiful feature
with which the God parent endows his crea-
ture man, the family are devoted to that I'M
fortunate son; they keep him shut up, but
treat him as kindly and tenderly as if he was
a blessing in their midst The lad is now
twelve years old and we'll grown and devel-
oped, and nearly as strong as a man. Ii he
sees stranger he stretches out his neck and
approaches, wringing his hands and run
ming his tongue out like snake. He will
shine his eye at you and take it off as quick
as a bird. He has great desire to play with
horses, and would have run frantic with de-
light to the reporters horse at the door, but
was held back by the family. His rage is al
most unmsnageable but the home people
seem to have control OF him. Anything pref
ty shaken before his eyes will check him in
his widest rage. And this boy is growing
and strengthening into manhood, and the
dark cloud before his eyes getting blacker
and blacker.