The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-18
NO. 2I.
MISSING LINKS.

Inc now Washington mansion of
Ioloncl John Hay has cost bin $780,
600.
Anthracite coal mined in Pennsyl-
wanna sells for 1926 q ton in the CITY of
Mexico. -
A new town in Russia has been named
New York in honor of the American
metropolis.
An iron pier 3,1G6 feet in length is
,b'ng built at Boston. 1t will be the
lon%cSc in the world.
a Cleveland paper gives prominence
10 IN" report that Mrs. Garfield is writ
ing biography of her husband.
n,l IN Il popular American cyclopetHa, in
me Serlon devoted to important rivers,
no mention is made of the Ohio.
-, Recent experiments have shown that
W.: ilrSt choice among colors of all
ch,I"reh under seven years of age is
yellow o0
Mr.. ,Iohn Henry Grimes, Il native Of
Nova Scotia, resident of San Francisco.
mas i"ur perfectly developed and SER
N!ccabIc ears.
=, Subtcrrancan outlet to the Great
,,'l' Lake OF Utah has recently been
1ound. The lake was discovered bv
Colonel John G. Fremont in 1916.
Nils. Liv"rmoro thinks the future Of
New England is behind her, and that
tno hope OF progress now lies in the
Western States settled from New En-
gland stock.
I'm lSS3 an American farm was cstab-
hShrd IN (orra, WhcrcOn nothing was
TO be grown but American vegetables.
recent report says the enterprise has
proved an entire success.
a Chinese banker, Ham Qua. of Cam
ton, Is SHld 90 be the wcalthicst man in
III" world. lie pays taxes upon an cs-
tat" OF $500 300. and is estimated to
j" worth ;;l,iU0, ,OO0O 900.
som" one wr0t" Gen. Sherman n lct-
ter requesting Il lock OF his hair and IN
autograph. In reply the general said.
IT regret +" STATE that. us my ORDERLY is
h'ih' aNd rs the man who FORMERLY
wrote my autographs has been dis
missed: cannot comply with your re-
guest This was mailed without his
signature.
nj TIE recent meeting of n philosophi
"aI aS$o":aIion in New York, the prcsi
o,ni, M%. 1.atimrr. read paper on the
Ai%r"i"n of Races" in which he
mrnhiam"'l that the Anglo-Saxons are
In" remains OF the loI tribes Of Israel
''-'' So ~ '>'''N IE'is,'N INC lrOOl
Ill" %tAlrM"nt 10 be 4 little difficult OF
comprehension TO the ordinary mind.
IN paper ON the rule CT the rond,
from a %rivn,ili' standpoint, Geo.,fr
Campbell, Il member of the Enmli;h
parliament, maintains that the most
natural and convenient method for all
rlEht-handcd people is to turn TO the
Irlt on meeting others on the road, as is
done in Great Britain. nr'oad of turn
ing 10 the right, rs we do in this coun-
try; He opposes the proposition to make
change III England.
In ancient times c0bblcrs made shoe,
on' OF hldcS, nnN, silk, cloth, wood, iroT.
SILVER anu goId,'and in great variety ar
Shapes, plain and ornamental. In thr
eleventh century the upper part of tho
"iloc was mad" OF leather and the sole
Mood' n" HaNon3 wore shoes with
thongs. In the year 1000, i'm the roion
OF William Rufus, the treat dandy RGb.
"rt WAS called ''thc hornet" because he
wore shoes with long points stuffed
turned up and twisted like horns. rho
clergy WaGrd war ON this fashion until
IT WAS discontinued.
n" man who gave John Husch, of
'o'' Louis, a loaded cigar is now invited
nav ''tl anu answer a
E1,OOO damage suit. Mr.. IIusch sot
down ut home to enjoy his cinar onJ
to add to the happiness of the Occasion
took his wife ON his lap. The cigar cy-
plodcd, and Mrs. liusch was SEVERELY in
J"rcd. We have no wish to interfere in
II matter thAt in no way concerns MS:
nlll, when man SO flies in the face of
me social usagcS of his town as thc
~. Louis man did in taking his wife on
ms iap II seems TO us that he ought to
abide by the consequences.
An acquaintance of Walt Whitman
says: 81 never knew Il man to be moro
popular with the ladies than the old
poet, and especially with English Ia
dIcS. lie is constantly in recent OF
%pIStIrS from them praising his verses.
The old man, by the way, while not
rolling in wealth, is still cominm on
quite comfortably, He has q steady,
II small, income from his books. His
receipts from England are LARGER than
th"Sc IN this country. A short time AGO
ne got $3.50 for or" article, in an En-
%lIsh magazine. As his wants are SIM
pie, 1t doesn't take much to satisfy him."
, Clerical starvation is little less than n
Literal fact in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. according to the assertion of
'hc rH"|" HTc$S, which argues that
Whcn man has been duly ordained to
the cure OF souls he is entitled to an ade-
quaI" support for him self and family
from the bishop by whom he has been
set apart, and from the parish in which
he tolls. The editor tolls of u clergy
man who was induced to rciinqush %
mercantile position worth $4,000 year,
and during ten years Of ministerial life
has never received moro than $500
year, and now he has wife and four
children; yet he is strongly indorsed by
his bishop and approved by his parishes.
Another case taken as an example is
that OF Il man earnest and devoted to
the work, good reader and e fair
preacher He has Il wife and six chill
drcn. lie is promised $500 a year, and
furnishes his own house. In point of
fact he received last year less than $4OO
salary. He has had parishioners at
summer resorts who have not contribut-
cd one dime to their minister's sup