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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

A meeting Of Indiana Republican cdi-
tors at indianapolis drew out large attend.
ancc from all points Of the State General
sentiment favored making the campaign in
favor of protection, a free ballot and fair
count, the latter features being given pre-
CcdCnCG. While no official expression was
given, it was plain that there WAS strong
feeling in favor Of pushing Ex Senator
Harrison as Indiann's candidate for tho
| Presidency.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

"Ya'a8," said young Mr.. Sissy, sucking
the head Of his cane; "I'm an Angloma-
MAC, but only in mild form, y knaw "
"Ycs, she responded, by way of keeping
up the conversation; sort of an Anglo
lunatic, as it were"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

1t is said that wasps remember their nests
nincty-siX hours. When boy gets near
n waSp's nest he is apt to remember it for q
longer time than that
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23
PIANOs AND ORGANS.

We are prepared to sell Pianos and
Organs Of the best make at factory
prices for Cash or easy Instalments.
Pianos from $2l0 up; Organs from $24
up. The verdict of the people is that
they can save the freight and twenty-five
per cent. by buying of us. Instruments
delivered to any depot on fifteen days
trial. We pay freight both ways if not
satisfactory. Order and test in your
own homes. Respectfully,
N. w. TRUMP,
Columbia, s. O.
There is not so much failure to be charged
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

There is not so much failure to be charged
to "poor luck" as to bad management.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

n dead beat-The muftled drums.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
The TREASURE CHESTSOF OLD.
The Earliest Banks Of Which We
O.. - Have Record. -
GREEDY usUReRs OF GREECE.
The Seventy Banks or Florence,
the Earliest Circulating
80. Medium, and Chi
" hese Notes.
Ancient Money Sies.
For the Rec.

II t. Nj . ID r. * N
word bank is sup
posed to have been.
derived from the
G. e r m an wo ord
- banc k,",intfo-
, duced into Italy by
the dominant Ger
mans in the twelfth
century and ltal-
ianized into the
word "banc o."
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
A Misunderstanding.

Chicago Tribune: "You seem quite
hoarse," remarked young man in a
North Side car yesterday to the young
lady with whom he was conversing.
"You impudenJ chestnut peddler.''
exclaimed in loud and angry voice a
maiden with hair of fiery auburn hue on
the opposite side of the car; "no man
can work off that old gag in my pres
ence without hearing from me!n And
she made lunge at him.
For heavens sake, young woman!''
he protested, actively dOdging the UNI
brella, "what are you doing that for? l
wasn't working off any old gag. |
wasn't even speaking toIyou-"
"You were speaking about me, You
slim-legged dude! You looked at my
hair and then | heard you say some
thing about white horse!'
80 help me, Yerkes,' he exclaimed,
dodging the umbrella again, Il didn I
say anything of the kind. | merely re-
marked to this young lady that she
seemed quite hoarse." #,
But the passengers unanimously coin
cided with the auburn=haire maiden
and encouraged her to prod him, and
he got off hastily at Goethe street with
out trying to pronounce the name and
with the injured look Ola martyr.
.. In the latter stage OF consumption
the afflicted will find relief and comfort
in DR.. j. II. McLean's Tar Wine Lung
Balm, its soothing effects on the lungs
is remarkable. % cents bottle.
The average watch is composed of 175
different pieces, comprising upward Of
400 separate and distinct operations in
its manufacturer. The balance has
$4,000 beats or vibrations per hour,
l2,960,0S0 in 80 days, l57 $4,000 in l
year; it travels l 43-lO0 inches with
each vibration which is equal TO % miles
in "A hours, 1924 miles in 80 days, or
3,55Ss miles in year.
We recommend the use OF Angostura
Bitters to our friends who suffer with
dyspepsia, bnt only the genuine, manu-
featured by Dr. Siegert u Sens. -.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04

We recommend the use OF Angostura
Bitters to our friends who suffer with
dyspepsia, bnt only the genuine, manu-
factured by Dr. Siegert Il Sens. -,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
DIR. Gefcaen Described.

Pail Mall Gazette: One OF the Lon
don correspondents gives the following
description of DR.. Geffcken: "A small
man with quick, excitable gestures. He
wears dark beard and rough mus
tache, the bristly appearance OF which,
combined with the eager look in his
eyes, gives the impression OF great en-.
crgy, which it is easy to see might
ness" The same authority states that
the whole of the diary, from which DR..
Geffcken took the portions published in
the Deutsche Rupdschau, and Of which
several copies are said to be in exist
ence, is to be published before long in
Fance and in En gland.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-11-04
EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Balloon Telephone Communication n

BALLOON IelepnOne COMMUNICATIONS
Electrical Review: Jacob Reese, of
Pittsburg, through some correspond
ence with French military men, has
conceived the idea of a captive balloon,
which, he claims. would be a valuable
adjunct in time of war. The balloon is
made of silk. and is water and gas proof.
1t is attached to a telephone wire, the
lower end of which is connected to an
electric motor or steam engine. In ad-
dition to the balloon and winding ma.
chinery, there will also be a portable
gas manufacturing apparatus, in which
hydrogen gas may be produced by the
decomposition of water by the use of
iron and sulphuric acid. These balloons
will have a telephone and Photographic
apparatus. When the apparatus is
ready for use the balloon is filled with
hydrogen gas, the operators get in the
car, the gas is allowed to elevate the
balloon and unwind the wire, one end
the car and the other end being wound
around the drum When the balloon
has ascended to the desired height, the
drum is stopped and the balloon is thus
held in any position desired. While
the balloon is at a standstill, Observa-
tions can be made at any height, while
telephone communications may be had
from the car to the ground or from the
ground to the car at all times when the
balloon is going up or coming down.
When it is desired to return, the engi
neer IN the balloon can telephone down,
and the engine is started and winds up
the wire on the drum. and thus pulls the
balloon down TO the place it started
from. 1t will thus be seen that the cap
tive balloon is destined to become an
important factor in all army tactics, for
by its use important observations may
be may.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Suggestions to q Husband.

Nobody ever said TO you: ''Meet your wife
with q smile" What an ideal You have SO
many cares and vexations in your business
No matter if you are strong and vigorous,
and can throw OF your troubles in hearty
work, and feel your blood stirred beautifully
by contact with human kind, while your
wife is weak and her troubles and crosses are
to be met and borne il the lonely monotonY
of home life and endless tasks You NAV
look sour il you feel like it, and you may go
and throw your bundle Of cares upon her
shoulders, but she must smile. You have to
be pleasant abroad. Then can't fellow be
cross at home? And if anything has gone
wrong--if last night at the ''club" has given
You headache, or your breakfast disagreed
with your lordly stomach, may not you snub
your wife and strike terror into the chill
dren'S souls! Certainly, by all means, sir.
And if your wife fails to meet you with
that SMILE whether you come in the mood of
roaring lion or a sllky bear, when-well,
you can get some editor to publish some
thing about ga Wife's Duties" or some moro
"Advice to Wives" And now, dear sisters.
lend me your ears. 4 good man with a
great loving heart is q creature for any
woman to adore. If you are a true wife, and
have such husband, you viii generally
wear that SMILE" l think The sunshine
his love makes in your heart viii break out
in your face.-Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zaftp
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21

Lately in conversation with enc Of the
most brilliant. Yet soliGly intellectual, no
men it has ever been ny privilege to meet
We spoke OF tAe personal love Of praise, az
probation, or 2pP-eci2ton that seems TO TO
natural to people. She sad that they should
not care 50 much 6 they 10 abou. receiving
praisa. ''I2Cs,' / repiiei, Setting aside i
Eincera fattery, which Is easily detected. do
you not think that honest approval or ge-iU-
inc appreciation iudiciously bestowed, either
upoa children or grown persons, IS right
whan they deserve III Does II not encourage
and stimulate the moral and mental facul-
ties! Ii seems 10 ne thst human beings are
III this respect like flowers. In order TO grow
they should be planted II the right soil and
receive the sunshine as well as the rain Ap-
probation is 20 al individual what the sun
shine is TO fower.o The lady answered,
Il catch the thought, AMI it is true, but you
DO not use tho best word 70 express IL Il IS
neither praise. appreciation, nor, 20 put fine
and correct point upon Il, appreciation that
people need 1t IS recognition. Hartford
Times
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Judicious Hanging Of Pictures.

If we suppose pictures wisely chosen ard
framed, there still remain certain questions
IS to their judicious hanging. Here we note
first that they should be suited, primarily as
10 their subjects and next as to size, to the
room in which they are to be put. This rule
is followed in the general custom of placing
in the study or tho library portraits Of eu-
thors, aud similarly in the music room those
of great composers. Some householders even
go TO the length Of selecting for the dining
room representations Of game, fish or fruit.
Negatively, the most important application
OF this rule IS probably that family portraits,
especially if large, should be kept in tho
glore private rooms rather than in those
used by almost all persons who come into tho
house. 1t is hard to name practice in much
worse taste than to have in the parlor one,
two, or, in some cases, an extended row Of
portraits Of people perhaps very estimable
personally, out having no other claim to dis
tinction than being members of the family
living IN the house, Landscapes can scarcely
De termed out of place in any room.
An important canon of good taste is that
one and the same apartment should con-
tain either colored or monochrome pictures,
but not both. This rule is perhaps subject 10
exception where a person is living in but
one or two rooms and is thus under some ne
cessity TO hang in proximity incongruous
pictures. The same may DO said of the rule
against an excessive number il one room;
yet in either case it I,idy be in better taste
10 stow away part Of ones pictorial posses
sions.
IN choosing places on walls for different
pictures, of course the old rule is not to 10
forgotten to regard the Light and sbsde in tho
picture, and put it where the prevailing light
from the nearest window will be opposite the
depicted shadows Care is necessary also
sometimes 10 avoid the occurrence of an IN
pleasant glare from the surface of an Oil
painting or from glass.
A common error is having the eyelets in
the frame too near the middle of the two
sides, whereby the surface of the picture
when hung tips forward at an unsracefl
pitch. Too little inclination is not 50 bad as
TOO much. Another error Is hanging pictures
too high. a safe guide, at least in beginning,
is to have the center or the pictures about in
limo with the eyes Of an adult CT ordinary
size. In adjusting pictures of varying width
to in average height above the floor it is tho
center, rather than the bottom, of the frames
which should be considered.- l. Collins
IL Good Housekeeping.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
An Infants Persuasive Powers,

1t CHANGED the other day that went shop
ping with young lady aged Sand her
mother, l should add. We got along smoothly
until q toy store WAS reached There the
youngest person in the party, who was also
its boss, became enamored of q dolls toilet
basket, and would be satisfied with nothing
else. But the article was expensive, and its
usefulness to a small and tenpestuous girl of
3 was very questionable, and for these req
sons her mother declined to buy it and for
babe Inc TO.
To soothc the agitated child her mother
said that she could ask her grandma to buy
it for her.
The sequel ono of the young women in the
toy store told me on Saturday. a few days
after the events narrated above the 3-year-
old returned to the store, and with feverish
haste.called for the toilet basket as the girl
behind the counter was wrapping up tho
basket she asked the babe if she had per-
suaded her grandma to buy it for her.
LES, l 'suaded gamma" said the child. II
cried till she Promised to glib il me-"
For a 5-year-Old that's pretty fast trotting,
sthink, in worldly arts Of suasion.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
The Spirit Of a Tiger.

The dread of ghosts is common to al
aboriginal races of India, from which it
has been very generally adopted by their
Aryan conquerors, and even by the lower
classes of Mohammedans All ghosts
are believed to be mischievous, and some
of them bitterly malicious, and the only
means employed to oppose their raneor
is to build shrines for them, and to make
them offerings of fowl. a pig, or, on
grand occasions. of a buffalo. Any severe
illness, and more especially any epidemic
disease, such as smallpox Or cholera, is
attributed to the malignancy of certain
of these spirits, who must be propitiated
accordingly.
The man tiger is, perhaps, the most
dreaded o; all these demon ghosts; for
when g tiger has killed man the tiger is
considered safe from harm, as the spirit
of the man rides upon his head and guides
him clear of danger. Accordingly, it is
believed that ''the only sure mode of de-
stroying tiger who has killed many peo-
pie is TO begin by making offerings TO the
spirits of his victims. thereby depriving
him of their valuable services" The
ghosts most propitiated are of those who
have met a violent or untimely death,
whether by design or by accident, inelu-
ding poison and disease. Even wretcbes
who are hanged for their crimes are be-
Geved to have the same powers of causing
evil to the living as those who have been
killed by tigers or by lightning or by any
other violent cause-London Graphic
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Why Not Visiting uousemaid?

Household labor is regarded as a dru6gery
about and upon which the primal curse
clings like parasite. And SO it is, unless
brain enters into it equally with hand ser
vice. a little genius in the kitchen would
do more to help mankind along with its bur-
den bearing than much of the genius which
enters into libraries. If tie housekeeping
part of home making were made the ema-
mating point Of what goes to make up a
happy household, rather than relegated to
the scraps and ends" department, TO be
worked i'll secret and kept out Of sight, hus-
tied over and despised, a new field of work
would be thrown open for needy women
wide as the continent Suppose the case of
tired mother, with lots of little folks aud
and an income not large enough to admit Of
keeping more than one servant.
Suppose there was q certain hour Of each
day when an "angel" OF tidiness and thrift
descended into that mothers home for an
hour or 50 to put things to rights, trim the
lamps, dust the parlors and do the thousand
and one handy things an overworked kitchen
girl never finds the time nor has the knack
to dol You would have reason TO thank the
Lord with all your might if he sent out such
ninistering angels; but why not hire them
for yourself and thus open way of escape
for your own soul from earthly harass-
ment, as well as throw wide an avenue Of
employment for INDECENT and needy womenl
Such service could be accomplished in a cou-
pie of hours, and the day would admit of at
least three service terms at different houses
yielding a fair income to tho visiting house
maid, and comforting great comfort on tho
households visited. You employ visiting
tutors and visiting govcrnesses-why not
visiting housenaidss Say that s. week
wero paid for such service by every family
visited; the remuneration thus gained from
half-dozen families would create good in
come, and be nothing Of an expense to any
household compared to the wages and board
Of a second girl-"Amber" in Chicago Jour
n.l
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
lets Of A.nericnn Citics.

= writer IN La Nature remarks that the
streets Of American cities have been laid
out with the tape line and at right angles
This, he observes, is very fine from q
Eeomotrical standpoint, but carries with
1t very serious consequences from an
economical point of view. In fact, if we
walk along the two sides of square in
stead Of following diagonal, the distance
Is increased in the proportion of 40 per
cent; that is to say, instead of walking
100 feet, We walk 140 Hence loss of
time, strength and money. Professor
HaUpt has calculated that the opening of
TWO diagonal streets in PHILADELPHIA
$50, coo inhabitants) would reduce the ex-
IRENE distances by enc mile and quarter.
The annual number of passengers. carried
by the cars being 125, 1000, coo, the total
saving would reach about $3.50, coo per
mile travelled The passengers would gain
1855 years in time and would save more
than 5000 eco horse power in motive
power. Scientific American.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Penmanship at the Postoaice.

How about the difficulty Of iIlegible
handwritings?"
We'll, that is, generally speaking, not
as bad as might be expected, especially in
cosmopolitan city like Chicago, which
can boast of all sorts of national hand
writings. Long practice has skilled orr
eyesight and gift Of distinction so that we
but rarely have difficulty in decipher-
ing any style of writing. In my twenty
years experience l think | remember only
two or three occasions where was unable
TO make the writing out. Judged by
nationalities the Chinese are by all
odds the worst penmcn-that is, of
our style of writing. You'd die laugh
ing if you could see sometimes the
chirography some Of these almond eyed
gentlemen indulge in. The Italians
come next as illegible writers, and then
some of the Scandinavians and few of
the Germans, who affect German script
and get off some very bold figures with the
pen. The Americans are, that goes with
out saying, the plainest and most distinct
writer's. But even among them there are
n good many who affect such peculiarities
Of handwriting as puzzle us not little.
Especially what's called the 'backhanded'
ones-it may look pretty enough, but the
characters all run into each other and
make the effect of blurring the whole. It
takes study to decipher this style of writ
ing, and you often have to twist the let
ter and turn it sideways and upside down
to get any sense Of it. Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Nints On Nair Dressing.

The American Wolan--ll2J Is, the general
wonlan-has an oval face and head shaped
10 correspond Consequently, the mode most
becoming TO her consists in having her hair
low on tie neck and with broad elect. Not
just tight narrow knot, but either the sof.
HAIR Itself, or i that VIII rot keep neat, the
hair braided and arranged cross wise, 50 that
it shows slightly from the 'front.' and is very
low at tho back. Il IS prettiest when fGs-
tened with small tortoise sheu pins. TIE
trout hai;'i-Ius. then be fuzzy short bang,
that entrances the face, but IS not aFgres-
sivelv conspicuous ike tie long full fz1nge5
that were sgcrn sa1-e tlElo ago.
The WON ssi with c sosrewhas -o1nd faco
haa HOW foreneso Il usuauy most SUCCESSIVE
when she draws her hair back fror, the face.
not in severe way, out letting it look sof1
and rather loose She should wear Is little
hair as possible for al she requires is that
the back hair be drawn up in French twist
and knotted 50 that length is gained from
the from: TO the back rather than across
This may be fastened down with either small
geld or she'll pins; but i must be very close
60 the head
A blonde woman whose hair only fell 20
her shoulders, and who seemed 70 be utterly
unable to arrange it in such way that IL
woule make her slender face look fuller, at
last but ul.o9 . device which not only salts
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Truck Driver and Eoy.

People who know the truck driver only
from hearing his cursing of his brother
driver of the car platform do not know
the gentle depths of kindness to which he
can descend. The other day small Italian
boy staggered through Stanton street
under a load of long, rough boards. spoil
from some demolished building A truck
slowly clattered up the street behind.
and the boy got one eye on it, dropped his
boards. laid them out along the cufbstone,
one end out on the street and the other
on the curb, and looked appealingly at the
big Irishman who drove the truck. The
Irishman grinned and the boy smiled
brightly Then the horses were swerved,
and the left wheels Of the truck went
crashing over the boards, smashing them
into easy lengths. The driver and boy
grinned at each other. but neither said a
word Both were properly gratifed.-
New York Sun
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Treatment OF Couruls;nns.

Of course, there Is no one remedy for such
a terrible disease as commissions, and in every
case no time should be lost in sending for q
doctor; but it is well TO bear in mind that
these three very simple measures may DO
taken in every case: y hot bath, with appli-
cation OF cold bandages to the head; dose
of castor oil, which is usually rapid in its
effects, or an injection Of ,tepid soap and
water. In severe cases during the infancy
OF my youngest child, found almost inne-
date relief followed tho application of mus
t.lrd pouldcaS to tho solss of the feet, or often
from merely rubbing dry mustard on tho
feet, and il the palms Of the hands, which
last is very simple and very little known
method Of equaliziny circulation when there
is a rush Of blood to the haad-Demorest'
MONTH";.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21

The French critic, Albert Delpit, New
Orleans creole, and NJ. Febvre. of tho
Comedie Franchise. recently decided to
settle the difference arising out Of tire
mutual attacks on each other by means q
duel Their seconds arranged the pre-
liminary conditions of the encounter,
which were that Delpit should read aloud
to his adversary five act comedy pre-
pared by him for the Coincide Franchise,
after which FebYre was to act some OF
his principal roles, and the ono who first
showed signs of WEAKNESS was to be de-
clared the vanquished party. Before Del
pit concluded the reading Of his drama
Febvre, with a yawn, extended his hands
in token of reconciliation ana declared
himself vanquished.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
A Case of ssExtravaeance.''

group of young men were admiring the
dress of young lady, which all agreed was
very becoming From the dress to the
wearer was an easy transition. One young
man intimated that girl who was always
so well dressed would prove costly wife to
q struggling man. friend of the young
Lady incerposed with spirit: "That dress you
have been admiringc cost her Just eight cents
yard. And I happen to know that she made
1t herself. But it looks as well on her as
many dress I've seen that cost fifty dollars
The ignorance of the average male critic was
never more thoroughly exposed or rebuked.-
Plttsburg Bulletin.
Wichita eagle., 1888-08-21
Handy for Hnnsekeeners.

A good mixture to have in the house Is
composed of aqua ammonia, two ounces; soft
water, one quart: saltpeter, one teaspoonful;
shaving soap, one ounce. Scrape the soap
fine before mixing the other ingredients and
allow it to stand few hours before using.
1t Is sure death TO bedbugs if applied to the
crevices which they inhabit; it will remove
paint that is mixed with oil without injuring
the finest fabrics, and will remove grease
from carpets by covering the spots with the
mixture, and after sponging and rubbing it
thoroughly wash it off with clear cold wa
ter.-Boston Budget.