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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
Hosiery.


Black stockings are most in favor at
present, in wool, cotton and silk alike;
they are worn both for the street and
for full evening dress, with either Slip
pers or high shoes, and arc liked as we'll
tor children as for ladies; terra-cotta
shades are next in favor, but these
colors are not so well brought out in
wool stockings as in those of silk or
thread. Ladies' who require great
warmth, and those whose feet are mover
moistcncd by pcrspiration, like the fine,
soft, French cashmere stockings. Those
of solid color. with very narrow clocks
ut the sides, are most used, and are
chosen in black, cardinal, wine, blue,
olive and plum colors, with reference to
the dress with which they arc worn. II
is poor economy to buy the low-prced
roughly woven wool hosiery that falls
into a great hole as soon az n thread
breaks. Heavy black Balbriggan hose
with white soles are used by those to
whose flesh wool is irritating, and the
similar white half-footed stocking is
shown in dark cardinal, bronze and
cadet blue shades. Ladies who wear
silk stockings all the year choose those
ofraw silk woven in ribs for street wear
in the winter; black and red are pre-
fcrrcd, but every shade is shown to
match suits. Lighter qualities Of
ribbed silk hose in black and in
colors are preferred to wear in
the house with slippers. Some of
the handsomcst silk stockings have
open-worked clocks two inches wide up
each side; others, Of the lightcst blue
or pink or black plain silk, have rose
buds or stars embroidered all over the
cfi
than these are the French lace stockings
with open slk-work Ike lace forming
the ontire stocking, and embroidery on
the sides or instcp; most costly of all
are those with Chantilly lace set in on
the instep of pink, blue, or cardinal
silk. The only striped stockings are
those that nave the ribbed stripe length
wise, with a plain contrasting stripe
between. When black stockings are
not used with evening dress the stock
ing matches tho color of the dress, or of
something prominent in its trimmings.
Ribbed stockings wear best for chill.
drcn, and shape themselves properly to
the child's growing feet and lcps.
Black ribbed cotton, or ribbed wool, or
raw silk stockings are the fashion Of the
moment for children to wear with drcss-
es of any color; those with white feet
that are not ribbed are liked by some.
but the ribbed legs are preferred by all;
the wool stockings with cotton feet, and
thoe with doubled knees, heels and
toos, wear best, and need not be clumsy
il the quality is good. Dark cardinal,
terra Gotta. bronze and tho deepest blue
arc the cofored hose worn to match
children's dresses. White silk stock
ings in the long lace-liko patterns are
chosen for brides. -Harper's Bazar
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

STATISTICS compiled by tho officials of
the United States Internal Revenue De-
partment show that in the year 1881 95,-
600, 900 gallons of beer were consumed in
the country, and 78O, 900, 900 on the cont
nent of Europe and in Great Britain and
Ireland. The total value of this beer
was $3.50, 100000. Tho United States
stands third on tho list of beer drinking
countries, the average being about two
and half gallons for each inhabitant.
Belgium stands first on tho list. Little
beer is consumed in Scotland and Ire
land, whisky being the national beverage.
The English average ton gallons of beer
per head per annum.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
HUMOROUS.

--Has any one found ont how much
waterways,
Question in Natural History What
does catamount top
Aminadab says the balance of trade
Is generally some two ounces short.
Said = loving wife to her husband:
DO you know, my dear, that butterfly
ornaments are very fashionableP'
"Perhaps so," he gr1ffiy replied. "but
grub is the great desideratum."
The verdict of the Coroner 8 iuryat
Tunbridge Wells on the death Of a
child was: "The child was sufTocated.
but there is no evidence to show that
the suffocation was before or after
death" =
your sister Emma returnPn Julia: "I
don't know" Didn't she say any
thing before she went awayp'' Julia:
She sad, if you came to see her, that
she'd be gone till doomsday."
-"What impudencer' exclaimed
Mrs Shoddy. Here is man applying
by letter for situation as coachman,
WIG signs himself Your obedient SER
vant,' and have not even thought OF
hiring him yet Philadelphia Ne,0s.
mere cnap gets ahead OF old
Father Time is when be dreams. He
can dream of going 70 England and
ftooling around for a year and returning
home again in ten seconds. 1t also
saves expenses. .-DetroH Free Press.
Mr.. J. j. II. Gregory says that an
acre Of land may contain six tons OF
worms. So it may; but, if Mr.. Gregory
ever tried to dig q box of bait on ten
minutes notice of an invitation to go
fishing In dry time he knows it don't
-L0aUeN Courier.
An old darky said to his wife at the
circus "Look ahere, Suse, yer jest got
to make up yer mind; of yer gwine to
take do shoes yer can't 60 to de circus,
an of yer is gwine to de circus yer can't
get de shoes" Just about this Tins
the band struck up lively air, and
Suse told the old man she would go
barefooted a while longer. She was
bound TO see de circus.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Tho new Governor of Colorado 10
only about thirty years old.
Senator Bayard is ranked by George
A. Sala as the best story-tollar n the
country.
Milton received $25 for his para
disc Lost" and Tennyson $4,000 for his
Promise of May" ."
Mr.. Bill Nye, Of the Laramie BOOM
erang, speaks of Elder Cannon as four
ply rater-1amilins. ..
Mime. Nilsson, speaking of Oscar
Wilde TO a Chicago reporterS said: "He
ought to have been taken by the ear
and taken to the boat and driven out Of
this country" ....
-Davy Green, of Ballard County,
Ky, an eight-year old boy, without edu-
cation, ccn do pencil sketching worthy
of an old artist, and can copy, true to
life, anything he once sees.
In the opinion of the PHILADELPHIA
Press Mrs. Langtry could have 'sgot
into' her critics In the most cruel way
by saying: "How much money did YOU
fellows earn while l was making $62,-
900.
1t is now said that Governor Cleve-
land Is q direct lineal descendant of
Henry Sewell, Esq, WHO. in the days of
Queen Elizabeth, was several times
chosen mayor of Coventry.
Mrs. Charlotte Carpenter, who be-
camc the wife of Walter Scott, wrote
before marriage that she did not ap-
provo of rejecting, and bade adieu to
all thoughts, for she meant to have a
good time.
Among the honors to be conferred
upon Sir Garnet Wolseley will, it is an
nounced, be tho placing of his name on
the list of officers eligible for appoint
ment as Colonel of one of the regiments
of Household Cavalry. .r
Tho London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian says that Herbert
Spencer looks well, but protests that his
bronzcd look is only temporary conse-
quence OF the sea voyage, and that no
feels in reality the reverse of benefited
by his trip. ...
Tho prospective Mrs. Cleveland,
who Is expected to preside over the OK
ocutivc mansion at Albany, is Miss MAY
Burlingamc, n lady residing near Utica.
The Governor elect has been about six
years making up his mind to it, but the
question is said to have been popped at
last
Sergeant Ballantine, though cele-
brated and eloquent speaker, Is rather
awkward in manner and has an odd
way of altering his phrases like law
yer debating an important brief to an
amanucnss. He has spoken six hours
q day in court for three succeeding days
without notes, but says that he is afraid
to address nm American audience.
DR.. David Parsons, the old-tims
pastor of the church in Amherst, was
noted for his eccentricities, and, among
other vagaries, used to have q plate set
at his table for n favorite cat. One day,
while asking a blessing Mt the morning
meal, he was taken with fit of cough-
ing, and before the paroxysm was over
the cat mewcd. AS soon as the par
son could speak he turned to the cat
and exclaimed: Shut up! can get
along without your helpn' and then
struck in where he had left off and fin
ished the blessing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

BoUQUEr JOHNNY, a widely known
Philadelphia flower peddler, was n Lang
try victim. Whether his regard for the
beauty was n matter OF sentiment or bus
mess is conjectural; but it is certain
that he decided to give her an immense
and costly bouquet in Philadelphia. He
went to her hotel, sent up his card, and
was met by handsome young woman,
to whom he handed the flowers with a
neat speech. She accepted the gift very
graciously, and he retired in o state of
wild delight, only 20 be plunged down to
despair by learning that he had only
seen Mrs. Langtry's maid.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
Nuisance OF Titles.

[ read with interest the other day, in
leading provincial paper, that ellis
Excellency, the Right Hon. j. II. Low
ell, the American Minister, is staying at
the Royal Hotel, in Whitby." It is true
that Mr.. Lowell was in Wbitby, but
why call him "Right Honorable?" The
mistake is analogous to that which the
American is wont to make in dealing
with English titles prefxing, for ex-
ample, "Hon." to the name of political
notability. An English writer seldom
speaks OF nm Arkansas Senator as tho
"Hon." John Smith, because "Honora.
bile" in England is never political title.
1t is applied by courtesy to tho son or
daughter OF Peer, supposing tho son or
daughter has no higher courtesy title
fright Honorable" which I suppose
does not exist in America, is, in n sense,
a political designation. Membership Of
the Privy Council confers it. Member
ship OF Parliament does not. Mr.. Bright
is the Right Hon. John Bright because
he is Privy Councillor, not at all be-
cause he sits for Birmingham in the
House OF Commons. The only distnc
ton appertainiDg to him in tic latter
capacity is the right to a1lix the magic
letters Nj. p. to his name. His proper
address is "The Right Hon. John Bright,
NJ. p" If he were not in the Privy
Council it would DO, "John Bright, Esq.
NJ. p" ''Right Honorable" moreover, is
all appellation to which Peers as such
have a claim, but it is going out OF
use, and need not be taken into account
for practical purposes. -London Cor
NcW York Tri6,mc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
Heroism Not Obsolete

Tales OF heroism at sea never lose
their charm for landsmen. The last ono
is found in the 81. JumeS Gazette. A pas.
senger on board the Orient line steam
ship Liguria, on her voyage from 81
mons Bay to Melbourne, gives, in pri.
Vato letter, the following account of an
act Of bravery and devotion on the
part Of one of the officers and several OF
the crew of the ship: "While tho sea
was tremendously high o sailor fell
overheard. There was no chance OF his
recovery. Tho ship was stopped as soon
as possible, but after the first minute he
was never seen again. Nevertheless in
five minutes boat was launched, with
out the orders of the captain, who cried
when he heard it. There go ten more
men, 1t was an awful time while tho
boat was out. The officer in charge said
that twice he gave up all hope OF ever
getting back again. After about an
hour. during which we were turning,
backing, and stopping, rolling fearfuliy
all the time, we and the boat got near to
each other again. Ultimately, she
reached the side of the ship, and amid
the greatest excitement the men wero
hauled up one after the other with ropes,
but the captain said he would have no
lives lost in trying to save the boat,
which was Immediately smashed by q
blow from the rudder."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
The Moon and the Weather.

A great many people believe tho moon
has more or less to do with the weather,
and they watch the changes of that
luminary and from it Judge of what the
weather is to be.
Some persons believe if the moon
change at certain times the weather for
the next seven days, or until the moon
changes again, will be so and so. For
instance, if the moons change takes
place between the hours of twelve and
two o'clock in the morning, then the
next seven days will be good weather.
and so on throughoutsthe various hours
of the day and night. I have for some
time been in the habit of keeping daily
record of the weather, and as had Just
heard 1t predicted that the seven days,
beginning with the 10Th of October and
ending with the 10Th, would be mild
weather because the moon had changed
about one o'clock in the morning, took
ouF&almanac and notebook and 0om-
pared results. Going back with its be-
ginning OF the year up to this time,
nno the moon has changed thirty-eight
umes. Ont OF these at the time of day
OF change the weather changed seven.
teen times, while the other twenty-one
umes there was no change of weather
at all. Now, these weather prophets or
moon believers, always anticipate a.
change of weather when the moon
changes. This rule does not hold good
as it has failed more than half the time,
kept an account year ago last
summeraat each of the moons changes.
but as we had such an unprecedented
long drought | hardly considered it a fair
test but this year the weather has been
very ohsngeablo and ! think the test
e3Vta q fsls essss rrSsaafq &gSssT,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON, of Geor-
gla, came home recently from Europe
proud of his country. He said to re-
porter: "It is enough to make an
American proud to ride through the
streets OF London, with its civilization of
two thousand years, and see American
implements, American sewing-machinos,
American tools, and American goods
displayed on every hand, and know that
American watches are being sold in the
stores, and American fields arc feeding
tho English people, and American fauto
RES beginning to clothe them."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The Pope has ordered n collection
to be made from tho public and the Sc
cret archives of the Vatican of all the
diplomatic relations and other docu-
ments concerning the first separation OF
England from tho Church of Rome, and
everything relating to that "schism !"
from that time to the present. 1t is be-
lieVed that certain important documents
may be found, calculated to facilitate
those negotiations for the resumption OF
diplomatic intercourse which we're ini-
tiated two years ago, but have hitherto
failed to overcome the difficulties in tho
RaY, '.' -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
An ArithmetiCal Curiosity.

To find the day Of the week for any
date within the first thirty centuries Of
tho Christian cra
From the number Indicating the year
drop all to tho left of the tens. 70 this
result add its fourth part (rcgardcss OF
any romainder), the day of the month,
index Of the month, and index OF the
century. Divide tho sum by 7, and the
remainder will be the day Of the week,
counting Sunday !, Monday 2, Tuesday
3, "Wednesday I, Thursday 5, Friday 6,
and Saturday 0.
TABLE OF INDICEs FOR MONTHS.
January 3 May.......... September !
April. ..........2 AuFust........5 ) December.
For Lcapycar the indiccs for january
and February would each be ono less
than in tho above table:
TAnLH or INDlcEs ron CENTURIES.
O-lndcr Gura, q II, -, ,26, 30.
l-Indtx for |, 8, II.
8-Indcx ror0, :, lj, Il, 2I, 25. 20.
g-Imdox ["rr' %. %. - o, ., .,
6-nlCN FOR (, ii, II, % 81.
C--ImdCX for 3, /, o.
To find The index of the century for
any givon year, find In tho table tho
number dropped from the year, and its
index will be the index required.
E>ANrI.T.
Required upon what day Of the wcok
the Doclaration OF independence was
signed, July 4, 177G:
1lr2p IT. and we have. Observation-Disclosures. "a
Add tho day ofth0 month. th...............,...,
Aad indox Of tho month b.....................
Add Index OF tho century uiy....................
Sum- OlOi
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

AN Italian vessel has just returned
from scientific expedition to the South
Pacific, and the voyagers havo settled
the question of the former existence of
race OF giants i'll Patagonia, reported
by Magellan. In wandering over Terra
del Fuego the travellers found human
craniums and bones of such an enormous
size as to prove the existence of O raco
which has now disappeared, and thus at
test the veracity Of Magellan.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

". J. LAMProN, tho humorous jour-
nalist, formerly of the Steubenville CO.,
Herald, but late of the Louisville Gou-
rier-Jouna1, has taken editorial charge
the Drummer well-known humorous
paper of Cincinnati. Mr.. hampton ranks
among the best American humorists.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

SINCE 1875 there has been most re.
markable decrease in crime in New York
city. In that year the total cases ar
raigned was 84,399; convictions, 1866.
Last year the total cases was 60, 1876, and
the convictions, 45,309.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

THE Louisiana Lottery Company is
occupying the attention of good many
people just now in Washington, both in
and out of Congress. It seems to be
pretty certain that O movement of some
Ind with regard to this company is on
foot, but just what it is nobody on the
outside appears to know.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
and remaining, or Thu sday, answer
- q. Puimer. IN Tcrre H0aflc Gaz,ua
.Thn dressea of I.ollia panlina- LhI

The dresses Of Lolita PauIina, tho
rival of Aggripina, were valued at $2,-
764, ,480, not including her jewels,
which cost as much more. 1t has slipped
our memory whether Miss Paulina
was the daughter Of plumber or an
editor, but our impression is that she
WAS NOrriSt0Nn HernM.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

DURING the last year 2Os drowned
bodies have been found floating on the
waters that surround Manhattan Island
The ghastly aggregate for thirteen Years
ia 1900.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

DIR. CoRvIsANr, who was devoted
friend OF Napoleon, and physician to the
young Prince Imperial, has just died in
Paris. He never recovered, it is said,
from the shock caused by young Napo
leon's death.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The South Carolina Legislature is
credited with doing some excellent work
during its late session. It sat but twen.
ty days, yet passed 1S1 important and
much needed acts.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

CONGRESS, it is thought, will mako ap-
propriations to purchase the Washing.
ton relics now in England and offered
for sale by distant connections Of the
family who have lately become ombar.
rassed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

lum on Wards Island is to be investi-
gated. Of late q number of persons
nave been brought before the courts and
released as sane. Considering tho
crowded state of these public asylums,
1t is very surprising that it is possible to
include in them any excepting those
who are very positively insane.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The Trustees of the old st. Patrick's
Cathedral in New York have decided to
remove the bodies from its former grave
yard. There were about $4,000 inter
ments in it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

IT IS said that the life Of the poet
Whittier is much disturbed by women
One wealthy widow actually proposed
to him, and other women have made
violent love to him without avail.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

OVER four hundred per cent. is the
increase OF cotton future speculation in
New York since 1876. Then 5000, 600
bales were sold. In the year ending
May, 1882, there were 80, 700, 900 bales
sold
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The pigeon that Mr.. Thurlow Weed
was so fond of, and constantly pettotd
until he became too i'll to permit it's
presence in tho sick chamber, grew
very y disconsolato after it's master's
death. Mr.. Seward said the bird could
hardly be quoted. IT ssems to be
ware Of It's loss. .
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

PRESIDENT ARTHUR's Christmas table
bore hugo platter of roast beef, the
choicest beef of Iowa's famous Crimson
Herd, sent to him with the compliments
of the State by Senator Allison.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

THE Queen of England bought several
Of the mules used in the Egyptian cam.
paign to carry deer and game on their
backs at Windsor and Balmoral
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

GEO. W. CH1bDs, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Ledger, made his employees
happy on Christmas day by distributing
Sc. 900 worth of presents among them.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

THERE are 90,00O,OOO gallons of
whisky in bond i'll this country which, it
is calculated, will make 100000, 900
drinks. This is ninety drinks to every
man, woman and child in tho United
States
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

SARGENT and Stewart, two American
artists in Paris, represent the United
States in the International Society OF
Painters and Sculptors, founded by Ba-
ten Lepage.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

A WASHINGTON firm has sued the
Adams Express Company for $4,000,
claiming that q diamond and emerald
butterfly brooch, head ornament and
ring setting, of this value, forwarded by
them to n person in New York, on tho
10th ult., never reached their destina-
t;or
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The largest insurance upon the life OF
any ono person in the United States is
held by one G. X. Anderson, of Titus
vile, Pa, and amounts to $315,OOO.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

THERE is dehcit in the city budget
OF Baltimore of about $780, 900 for this
year. Either the rate of taxation, 81. 81
per 800 must go up or the appropria.
tions come down.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

II. New Orleans man broke two legs
with one kick. One belonged to chair,
and the other was part of his own
anatomy. During his conyalascenca
his amiable wife placed the smaslled
chair where he could easily see it. New
VaNh cngmaraiGE A9gRtissr
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

FOURTEEN miles of now buildings,
costing 800, 100000 is the construction
record of Chicago for 1882. 1t is q mag,
nificent showing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

IT IS estimated that 10000 buildings
In Philadelphia which ought to have fire
escapes have not
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EFFORTS are being made to establish
wine cellar company in Warrenton, Va
Several varieties of wine making grapes
grow to perfection in central Fauuuier
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

The tinny occupants Of a largo
aquarium at Elmira, n. Y, became in.
volved III a fight a few days ago, and in
sPlashing about upset a pile of rocGs
that had stood in the water Lne rock
fell against the glass side and broke it,
and the three hundred gallons of
water and all the fishes were dischars cd
upon the floor.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

NEARLY 1900 deer have been shipped
this winter, from one point on the Wis
consin Central Railway.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

JUDGE JAMES GARLAND, OF Lynch
burg, Virginia, has recently retired from
the bench at the age of ninety, one. His
tory records but one instance before this
of a Judge reaching his ninetieth year
while yet performing the duties of the
bench. That was Sir John Moore, and
Judge Gerland exceeds even him.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-18

Brass bedsteads that were entirely
unknown In America q few years ago
are rapidly Raipiag IN favor,