The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-09-02
DRTC-A-BRAC.

Let us, then,
AS business men.
Proclaim to all creation
That those arc wise
Who advertise
In every generation.
a letter Of introduction-I.
Every bonnet has q "b" in it.
Proud ilcsh-The naughty man.
a gentleman Of color-A painter.
A worn glove is the image of its paw.
a man on skates is necessary slipshod.
The photographers song: "Wait till the
clouds roll by"
1t is pleasant to know that oysters or" to
be unusually fine"
Wives who arc always blowing up their
husbands arc domestic magazines.
When baby is born it is usually red
but 1t soon becomes little ycllcr.
Silver still holds its own in the way of
personal adornmcnt.
Roses, Of all other flowers, arc preferred
for table decoration.
1t IS not safe to back luck against hard
work for Il long race
Painting on glass is all the rage among
artistic young ladies.
The great study Of politicians nOw.n-d laws
is how to make II record.
Now is the time to give attention TO
sewage and drainage.
1t is very English to 20 without your
OVc'coaC this weather.
The heaviest mash on record was when
truth was crushed to Garth.
Good taste is the result of Judgment,
not Of wit.
a blind man is very sympathetic. lie
VIII never see anybody sulIcr.
y Boston boy calls himself Compass, be-
cause he Is boxed SO often.
Fa$tidious men have every day canes
and an extra one for Sunday.
1T has been well said: eve take less
pains to be happy than to appear So"
Every dollar invested in permanent i'm
| provcmcnt is that much on interest.
The patriotic citizen who is Gin the hands
OF his friends is now abroad in the land.
| We hear much about the pipe of peace.
Is not the stovc-pipc the pipe of u,larrcls!
Lawyers dress pretty well, notwithstand-
my the Fact that they occasionally losc a
suit
The man who is splendid listener in
company doesn't fall far short of being u
| genius.
The man who advcrliScs GLOW to be-
come rich" usually lives in an attic and
exists on free lunches.
The bravcst boy will quail when he an
| pears in public for the first time after he has
had his hair cut by his mother.
The Boston girl never says 'It is rain
| ing p''rhi"rk$. She says: 1T is raining
agricultural implements"
" no shall il bc?' asks Il Chicago stock.
yard poctcSs We don't know, but who
ever nc is he has our sympathy
,Mhy do dogs have tlras?" q young nat
Nrati%t asks us. Dear boy, that's lust what
'iic H"E;5 are anxious to know.
Money and time are valuable: but man
may he miserable with both when he has
more OF either than he can spend
Ban%S having gone out of STYLE among
young ladies, the rollingpin and wosIo
board begin to look more hopeful.
Some statesmen are continually nu,,inr
| thclr ears to the ground to hear What noSo
| tciity will say Of them. r
Acting Captain Ncwnham had the Volun.
| lccrS out last night for drill, preparatory
to the Lexington trip.
why Is woman dcformcd when she is
hcndlng her stocking? Her hands orr
where her feet ought to he.
Telling the truth about it afterwards
u"cS not make ii right to cut down cherry
| tree. ,
a Connecticut paper cnrchcs the lam
gua&': with 'rcccntmost." 1t means thc
latest. WV
Mrs. Grundy says that people who oro
SupcfSlltlOuS can never be induced To wear
pearls or garncts.
-, Syracuse has bill collector named Child
l. nc people OF that city have Child among
them taking notes. o
Mr. Gladstoncs enemies in London de-
rive great pleasure from repeating these
four lines of doggcrcl:
me number of men who are disapp0intcd
IN love doesn't compare with the humber
who arc disappointed in marriage.
IWns at the tailors' convention whore
the delegate arose and said that what thc
country wanted was measures, not men.
Murdcr will out" declares the Dr0vcrb
and apparently in Connecticut the murderer
VIII out, too-out Of the way of Justice.
Many people contract disease simplv
through the fear Of it. The imapinntion
mas IL wonderful influence on the human
body.
The Italians who come to this country
must have a strong attachment for their
native land. They bring so much of it
with them.
No musical man can ever claim tbc
proud distinction of being an American
composer until he has written "Prcsi-
dents march,"
Flushing the pencil is hard work when
YOU are quite three fourhs sick. But n
daily paper is like death and taxcs-for il
knows no refusal.
Into power he comes the third time
w lth projects so dark and SO sinister,
NAT no longer we call him the Prime
But rather the Past his Prime Minister "
Kissing through veil is allowed IN Bos.
ton when women kiss each other. As such
KISSING is mere lip service, without heart
the veil makes no difference
,Thc world is making progress, undoubt-
cdly, but it is n stern fact, nevertheless
that it pays better to be freak in n dime
than TO be n poet.
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