The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-03-01
BRIC.A.BRAC.
THE DrpFERRNcE.

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,
II 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, "Tbere, you horrid, clumsy loutl
Was ever such vexation2
Some day those hoofs of yours will rip
The earth from its foundation.
To rule oneself is in reality the greatest
triumph.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection
is no trifle.
Friendship gives no privilege to make
ourselves disagreeable.
All men are 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 exacts love from man as duty,
but confcrs it on him as a favor.
A general advance agent-Tho pawn
broker.
Clocks arc awfully dissipated; 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.
"Thcro are no countcrfcits in our cloth
ing" advcrtiscs dealer. Does hc 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 il
| good rule to ask ourselves what we shal
| wish on the morrow that we had done.
People in this world almost always hav,
| ideals, and they arc generally strenuous
| about having other people live up to them
He was fond of singing revival hymns
| and his wife named the baby Fort, so tha
| he would want to hold it.
Much as worthy friends add to the hap
| pincss and value Of life, we must in tn
| main depend on ourselves, AID every one i
his own best friend or worst enemy.
A man who had grown rich selling han,
built country seat, but had some difficult,
| in finding a name to suit. A friend sug
gestcd that he call 1t the All ll-ham- bra.
The theory that corscts cause consumr
| tion is slightly disturbed by the discover,
| that there are more deaths from consump
t'on among men than among women.
| Look out for the man who Is alwavs sus
picious of everybody elses motives. Th
chances are that he has some motives hin
self.
II charged battery myself once" c,
claimed an cX.sutlcr. "You did," replie
an old artllcryman who knew him. "Yo
charged our battery fifty cents drink fo
whiskcy!'
Keep your combs and brushes sweet an
clean. Wash them in tepid water cor
tanning few drops Of ammonia. PloC
the brushes bristlcs down to dry, and del
cate cclluloid handles will not be injured
Very little pure cinnamon is put upo
the market in this country. True cinnt
man comes from Ceylon, and costs on
dollar pound. Cassia, the outside bark
costs one tenth rs much, and is the articl
| we use.
"All minkind are happier for havn
been happy" says q philosopher; but h
doesn't want 10 argue the proposition wit
q man who enjoyed eating platterful c
lobster salad and two-thirds of mince pi
the night before just before be went to bee
| Wife-The question, "How to get rid G
the surplus2' is an important one in polit
cal economy, is it not, John? Husband
Yes, my dear; but the question in priva,
economy, "How to obtain q surplus to &c
rid of" is of the greater importance.
The BARRIERS pole used to represent a.
arm with blood streaming down, as ba,
bcrs of the olden times were also surgeons
There is n question as to the origin OF tn
blue stripes, but is supposed to have take
from the patients countenance when tn
doctors bill came in.
nn@ of our Western exchanges says tha
practical rcvivalist requested all his con
gregatiOn who paid their debts to rise Th
rising was general. After they had take
their seats call was made for those VIII
didn't pay their debts, and one solitary in
dividual arose, who explained that he wa
the editor, and could not because the res
OF the congregation were owing him thei
subscriptions.
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