The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-01
BRlC-A-BHAC.
THE DIFFERENCE,

! have observed that if by chance,
On some elite occasion,
A swell doth on lady's train
Make damaging invasion,
The etiquette of time and place
The lady's rage will scatter,
And with smile she'll say, Good, sir,
1t isn't any matter"
But should her lord make that misstep
In going to their carriage.
AS like as not she'd season the
Amenities of marriage
With, "Thore, you horrid, clumsy loutl
Was ever such veXatiou2
Some day those hoofs of yours will rip
The earth from its foundation"
TO rule oneself is in reality the greatest
triumph.
Trihcs make perfection, and perfection
is no tritle.
Friendship gives no privilege to make
ourselves dsagrceable.
All men arc not homeless, but some men
are home less than others.
Pulling the wool over peoples eyes
Selling mutton for spring lamb.
A contemporary calls sleeping car
THAT modern masterpiece Of misery"
Woman cXacts love from man us duty,
but confers it on him as favor.
A general advance agent-Thc pawn
broker.
Clocks arc awfully dissipacd; they keep
all kinds of hours.
1t Is not hard to get woman to tell her
age. The difficulty is in getting her to tell
the truth about it.
"thcrc arc no COuntcrfcitS in our cloth
ing, advcrtisCs n dealer. Does he refuse
to sell to dudcS?"
The policemen Of the country say they
will make no reduction in their clubbing
| rates to- anarchists.
1t is generally the idle who complain
| they cannot find time to do that which they
fancy they wish.
If we arc ever in doubt what to do, it is
| good rule to ask ourselves what we shall
wish on the morrow that we had done.
People in this world almost always have
ideals, and they are generally strenuous
about having other people live up to them.
lie was fond of singing revival hymns,
ana his wife named the baby Fort, so that
he would want to hold it,
Much as worthy friends add to the hap,
plnCsS and value Of life, We must in The
main depend on ourselves, al d every one is
ms own best friend or worst enemy.
a man who had grown rich selling hans
Dullt country scat, but had some difficulty
III inulnT name to suit A friend sur
Scstcd that he call it the All,ham- bra.
The theory that corsctS cause consump
tion is slightly disturbed by the discovery
mat there arc more deaths from COnSump
| ''oh among men than among women.
Look out for the man who is ALWAYS sus
plcious of everybody clsc's motives Th,
chances are that he has some motives him
self
81 charged battery myself once" cx
claimed an eN.sutlcr. "You did, ," replied
an old artillcryman who knew him. "YO,
charged our battery fifty cents drink fol
whiskcy'
Keep your combs and brushes sweet an,
cican. Wash them in tcpid water con
| tanning 4 few drops of ammonin plon
the brushes bristlcs down to dry. and deli
cate ccllulOid handles will not be injured
Very little pure cinnamon is put upor
the market in this country. True CHINA
man comes from Ceylon, and costs one
| dollar pound. Cassia, the outside bark
| costs one tenth us much, and is the articl,
| we use.
'All minkind arc happier for havne
| been happy" says philosopher; but he
doesn't want to argue the proposition will
a man who enjoyed eating a platterful OF
lobster salad and two-thirds OF mincc pi,
the night before just before he went to bed
Wifc-The question, How to eet rid OF
inc snrplusY is an important one in politi
Cal economy, is it not, John? husband
\ cs, my dear; but the question in private
economy, "IlOw to obtain surplus to gc,
rid OF, is of the greater Importance
The BARRIERS pole used to represent an
arm with blood streaming down, as bar
bcrs of the Olden times were also surgeons.
| There is question as to the origin of the
blue stripes, but is supposed to have taken
from the patients cOuntcnance when the
| doctors bill came in.
One Of our Western exchanges saws that
practical rcvivaliSt requested all his con.
gregation who paid their debts to rise. The
| rising was general After they had taken
their seats Il call was made for those who
didn't pay their debts, and one solitary in.
dlVldual arose, who explained that he was
the editor, and could not because the rest
OF the congregation were owing him their
subscriptions.
The Ises of High License.
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