The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-23
GLEANIEGS.

One Of the New York papers recently
used quarter of ton of ink in print
ing one days edition.
when you hire servant in Mexico it
Is with the understanding that his or
her entire family reside with you.
In the "bilI' of MOSQUITO there ara
five distinct surgical Instruments.
These are described as q lance. two neat
saws, suction pump and small Cor
liss engine. *
The Mexican stage coach always has
two drivers, one to hold the reins and
the other to do the whipping. Tho lat
ter carries bag of stones to throw at
the leaders. ~ s
The North Carolina Commissioned of (
immigration says 10 families, numbeI4
ing 700 persons, have settled in tho
State, mainly from New England, in
the last year.
The most universally dinuscd organ
ISM In nature, the least size with which
we are definitely acquainted, is so small
that 5O, 1000, 600 of them could lie tooeth-
or IN l-l0O square incl.
David Allen. q farmer of East Bridge
water Mass, has eaten but ono meal q
day Tor thirty year,. lie is "a wears of
age, perfectly healthy, and does as
mush work us average farmers around
him.
In deep test bore ut BLOOMINGTON.
Ind. Potsdam sandstone has been
reached at a depth Of 2,45O feet. It is
supposed to be the stratum of fine
stone which crops out in Michigan and
elsewhere.
A New Haven gentleman has one Of
the old 1862 SPENCE pieces coined in
Boston, and as to which it was recently
said mono were known to be in exist
enco. The first American coir: .ge Nar
of this year. v.
Indian Territory contains 68,991
square miles and has an Indian popula-
ton of 5I.046. Tho Territory is larger
than Missouri by 10000 square miles.
The vast tract should not long be
devoted to n few Indians.
The Japanese prison color is pink, as
constant association with this color is
supposed to create peculiar impressions
upon the mind OF the criminal which
will exert an influence for good after he
has regaincd his liberty
The square in New York City bound
cd by Fourth street, Fifth street, Avenue
a and First avenue is said to be the
most crowded spot on earth. Each
side or this square is solidly composed
OF siX-Story tenement houses, each o.
foot frontage and representing four
families on each floor.
For many years n scaled box with
instructions that it should not be OMEN
cd Tor twenty years from date of its
sealing was "kickcd aroundr in tho
Massachusetts Secretary of States
Office, nuisance to everybody until
the allotted time expired. 1t was then
opened, and found to contain papers
relating to the potato rot.
In the plains of India at the COM
mencement Of the monsoon, storms
occur in which the lightning runs like
snakes all over the sky at the rate of
three or four flashes in second, and
the thunder roars without n break for
frequently ono or two hours at time.
Yet 1T is very raro that any tree or ami
NAL is struck by the electric current
Tho coachman mania has spread to
Canada. A wealthy old lady residing
at st. Rochs, suburb of Quebec, and
who has already been twice married.
her last husband having been a promi-
ncnt physician, is said TO bo about to
take third husband in the person of
her coachman. Tho youthful bride is
only "a, while the groom has reached
the mature age of 20.
Marmaladc made from banana skins
is novelty in Philadelphia. An enter
prising Italian has opened q factory and
employs about twenty Italian boys who
gather the basis of tho marmalade,
banana skins, from the cutters, and
carry them to the factory After the
skins are washed they are ground I'D
and put through press, tho pulp is
thrown away, and the meat of tic skin,
after going through cooking process
with sugar and flavoring, becomes O
toothsome-looking Jelly.