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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
SLEEPING CAR sfBvrcE

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
NJ; So has Pullman sleep& New York
to Atlanta
No. 50, Pullman sleeper Washing gton to-
NrW Orleans, and Washington to Birm-
ingham.
No. 81 Pullman sleeper Atlanta to New
York.
No. 50. Pullmon sleeper New Orleans
to Washington. aud Birmirg CHAM TO WASH
ington. JAS. J.. TAYLOR,
&. p. A. Washington, ID. G..
l.. l., McI.ESkEI, ID. p. A., Atlanta.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

j. y. CLYDE is respectfully announced
as Il candidate for reelection to the Office
OF CUurty Auditor, subject to the action
of the Democratic party i'll the primary
election
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
IURSDAY, JUNE &c, 1890.

contract for the erection Of
ew government building at
lille has been awarded to J. r.
nee, of Wilmington, N. G. He
'5,43O for the building and
Or the sewer.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26

silver bill is still taking up the
{ Congress. It is not q party
re and the two parties are mix
the question. If the bill
pass there will be n large in
in silver money in the country.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26

free coinage silver bill has
l the lower house of Congress
los gono to the Senate. Nc
the millionaire senators who
large silver mines will make a
: fight to put it through the
rs its passage will put money
IL grain sack pockets.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
Richmond az FpanyiIIc HE

Grccnvillc and Columbia Division.
Condensed Schedule May 25th, 1890,
Trains run on 10Th meridian time
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26

nan is not in favor of a prima-
Governor. At the meeting in
last Saturday he refused to
Il agreement to that effect. He
lcre is a trick in it. The meet.
Is noisy and some of the speak
4 trouble in getting II hearing
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26
As1chnond IL DanviIIe HK
Condensed Schcdulc-Scpt. 20, 1880.
trains run by 75th Meridian time. One
hour faster than O0th Meridian tina vi"

!SourHwARD-Doily. No59 No 60I
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-26

The SENTINEL $50 per year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02
CHlCAGO'S WATER SUPPLY,
It Brings to Light Many Fearfuily Made
Animal CuriOSlties.

1t Brings to Light Many Fearfuily Made
Animal Curiosities.
Every once in awhile-and sometimes
twice in awhile-we see stories in the
local papers anent the reptilian speci-
mems that make their Chicago debuts
through the faucets of the dwellings OF
the elite. 1t is with no idea of compel.
ing with the enterprising daily press
that we submit the appended anecdotes
garnered by our reporters in the course
of their vigils in the cause of good
government and pure water.
Daisy Magnify, wash>lady in the
residence of Potiphar Porkchop, of Ash.
land avenue, recently drew a tub OF
water from the faucet in the kitchen,
when what was her establishment to
find in the water half-grown specimen
of the behemoth of Holy Writ. Barnum
has put in bid for it.
Bebe Pumpernickel, q French nursery
maid in the family of Mrs. Obrion, OF
Obrion Villa, Line DIN Park, North,
while giving little Raoul Obrion his
morning bath one day this week was
surprised to find issuing from the faucet
Demonstration as large as full.
grown bologna sausage. The reptile
was in excellent health and very intel.
ligent. Surely something should be
done to prevent respectable people in
Chicago from imbibing boa-constrictors
in their drinking water.
A fnll-grown ichthyosaurus was drawn
from the hydrant in Hon. G. Whilli.
ken's house last week. 1t has been sent
to Mayor Cregier with letter Of intro.
duction.
Miss Petite Muldoon found a phoenix
and unicorn in pitcher of drinking
water yesterday. Turn the rascals outl
America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

used to get down on her knees and talk
to Him, but forget what she said"
''What did she ask Jesus for?"
''Oh, to be good, and to make US boys
good"
SWELL, know what I'm going to ask
Jesus for. want Him to send mother
back. You said we had warm break.
fasts and lots of nice things before she
went away"
"Rut mothers dead" said Tom; "she
can't come back"
''You said Jesus could do any thing"
persisted Dave.
Eyes, teacher said so," hesitatingly.
Tom seemed to be something of a skep'
tic when it came to taking his teachers
words so literally.
''Well, I'm going to pray" and Dave
sank on his knees at the chancel rail
and drew Tom down by his side. The
perfume of lilies and roses was all about
them-a ray Of golden light fell upon
them-two ragged boys amid all the
beauty and grandeur of the temple.
show did teacher begin?" asked
Dave.
"Dear Jesus" said Tom, land then
she asked Him what she wanted"
Dave looked straight up to the loving
face of the Christine did not know he
ought to bow his head-and after little
pause he said quite slowly and distinct.
ly as though trying to make some one
hear who was not very near:
''Dear Jesus, please make Tom and
me good boys and send mother back tc
us right off, cause we want her sc
much"
''Now say amen," prompted Tom
''teacher always did,"
"Amen," echoed Dave, and the
strangest prayer ever voiced in that
house of God was ended. But did praye,
ever ascend to the great white throne
more quickly?
"Now let's wait here till she comes,
said Dave.
''Till who comes? asked Tom.
'Why, mother. said right of.
Didn't you hear me?"
Tom was nonplussed. He knew what
death meant better than Dave, but was
at loss to make it clear to his brother
that his prayer could not be answered. Sc
he compromised by saying: "We'll stay
little while il you will be q good boy
and go when I ask you to-"
Dave assented cheerfully. He had
perfect faith that his prayer would be
answered and quickly, too.
The children did not know it, but they
could not have left the church If they
had tried. The inner door had beer
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

swung noiselessly to BY the sexton, who
had not thought Of looking In, then he
had locked the outside deors-the boys
were alone In the church.
Dave gave one more look at the cross
Of lilies and the Christ in the window,
then walked up the aisle little way
and went into one of the pewa First he
sat down and then he lay down. and so
comfortable bed did the soft cushion
mako tos tina tired child that he object
ed to being disturbed when ION sug-
gested going. So Tom, who was tired,
too sat down on footstool and put his
head on the cushion beside Dave.
There was . rustic Of skirts, low
hum of voices. A committee Of ladies',
to whom had been assigned the chapel
decorations for the children's service
that afternoon, were discussing what
flowers could best be spared from within
the chancel.
Tom was wakened, but Dave still
slept soundly.
A young lady who had been detained
in the chapel came hurriedly up the
aisle to join the group, and though Tom
shrank closer in his corner, she saw him,
and her exclamation brought the half.
dozen ladies to her side.
Dave slept on, and a pretty picture he
made, the gold of his hair brought out
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02
An EASTER BONNET.

WELL worthy Of . son.
net
Ia the dainty little
bonnet
That my wife will wear
on Easter
When she goes to
church with me;
Flowers, ribbon, lace
and fenther
---Ra>ndi~e--eeattiln-t TO-
gether
Make > poem most ex'
Quisite
And q work Of art ia
"hon no TINA ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

against the deep red of the pew cushion.
Tom was frightened, but they were
such kind faces he looked into that he
was not afraid to tell his story-and
very simply and directly he told it.
The young lady who had discovered
the boys had business-like air, and a
brisk way of saying things that spoke
volumes for her executive ability.
Nov here is mission work." she
cried. "What are we going to do for
these boys? Homes must be found for
them. Suppose we adopt them as pro.
teges of the Mission Society and make q
monthly assessment to pay some one to
care for them? How many Of you will
vote to-"
A slender, sweet-faced woman, dressed
in mourning-the only one who had
been silent-interrupted her. Her
voice was broken, but she tried to con-
troll it.
''Perhaps you will think me Wild"
she said, "but don't you see where these
boys are? They are in my pew, where
my boys used to sit. am alone in the
world; they are alone. Why should they
not be my boys? I come here with
empty arms, longing for the sound of
boyish voices forever hushed, and here,
just whore they used to sit in the church
hallowed to me by so many memories
where I was married, where my chill
dren were baptized-I find these mother
less, homeless boys. And on Easter
Sunday, too. 1t seems like resurrec-
ton of hopes l had thought forever
dead. Why should not take these boys.
care for them, educate them, make them
my boys? Does it not seem that God
has sent them to me?"
There was silence for moment. Then
the brisk young lady said, with a little
laugh, to hide some real emotion: AT
least, Mrs. Sanborn, it will be a saving
for the missionary society,""
Mrs. Sanborn passed into the pew and
bent over sleeping Dave, and as she did
so the child opened his eyes, glad light
crept into them and he stretched out his
arms.
"Motherp' he cried, II asked Jesus to
send you back"
This Easter prayer was granted. Tom
and Dave were no longer homeless, no
longer motherless, and above the cross
of snowy lilies the pictured Christ
seemed to look down in blessing upon
them.-Mrs. Eta F. Martin, in Boston
Globe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

Easter greeting; in church and chapel
flowers sent up their incense to Christ
who died but rose again. And while
Easter anthems were being sung and
Easter sermons preached the tired,
hungry lads walked from street to
street, looking into store windows where
the curtains were lifted, Tom doing his
best to interest and amuse weary little
Dave.
y -a*-.. sh~- ..aa~hod- a great stone.
church the worshipers were coming
out and the boys, from doorway
across the street, watched the long line
of richly-dressed people.
AT last every ono was gone, the little
groups that fingered in the vestibule
breaking up. one by one, but still the
heavy doors stood wide open. The in
ner door, too, was open, and through
the two entrances the boys could catch
glimpse OF color and brightness.
LETS 60 in," said Dave.
Tom hesitated, but the doors still
stood open, no one was to be seen, and
he ventured to cross the street and as
oend the steps.
As the boys entered the vestibule
Dave cried out in wonder and delight,
for through the inner door could be
seen great window, rich with glowing
tints. The sexton was in the chapel,
and there was no one to forbid the chill
dren entrance.
Once inside the church there was so
much to see that Tom and Dave quite
forgot they were unlimited guests.
They had never seen q church interior
before. Tom had attended Sabbath
school at mission chapel, and had
thought the framed notices, the white
washed walls and the wheezy little Or
gan very grand, but this fairly took his
breath away, the soft, rich carpet the
wonderful window, the shining pipes Of
the organ and its glistening banks of
keys, the carvings Of the dark wood,
and more than all the flowers within
the chancel rail-
There were masses of great white
lilies everywhere on altar and pulpit
and organ; just over the altar large
cross of lilies standing out with vivid
whiteness against the dark carvings of
the reredos, and above altar and cross
the window that was the pride Of the
Grace Church people, window that
represented the risen and ascending
Christ. The figure, exquisite and life
like, with outstretched hands and flow
ing draperies, seemed to stand out
from the deep azure of the background.
Tom and Dave went quite close to the
chancel rail to look at the beautiful
window.
''That is Jesus" said Tom. II know
it is, cause it's just like the picture the
teacher showed me. If you want any
thing you ask Jesus for it and He will
give it to you. Teacher said So"
Dave opened his blue eyes wide.
Lets ask Him for things" he cried.
But you have to pray" said Tom,
'sand we don'c know how. The teacher
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02
PRETTY COMPLIMENTS.
Men and Women Who Know How to Say
u Graceful Thing.

Men and Women Who Know How to Say
Graceful Thing.
When the great Duke of Wellington
said HE always slept we'll when Sta
pleton Cotton was on guard" he paid a
sterling compliment which must have
gratifed that offlcer-if he heard it-as
much as promotion in rank would
have done.
A little absurdity about compliment
often gives it point. A Spanish lover
is reported to have said to his mistress:
''Lend me your eyes; 1 want tonight to
kill man."
Mrs. Moore, the wife Of the poet, was
noted for her benevolence to the poor in
the vicinity of their country residence.
On one occasion guest observed: II
take it for granted that no one is dying
in our neighborhood, or we should not
be favored with Mrs. Moore's com.
pany."
Not long ago, when brief matrimo-
NAL engagement was broken off, near
relation of the gentleman, one who
fully appreciated the high qualities of
her from whom the sometime lover was
sundered, said to the young lady: you
have only lost an ideal; he has lost a
reality" A sweet compliment this, un-
der the circumstances, it seems to US.
A husbands compliment to his wife:
They were visitors for few days at a
country house, and on being shown into
their room the lady, who was nearer
forty than thirty, prepared to take of
her bonnet. Now, be it observed that
looking-glasses vary very much in quail
ity; some distort and some fatter the
countenance.
These different qualities in glass;
making are no new things, for we may
remember that when Queen Elizabeth
was dying she asked for a true glass,
into which she had not allowed herself
to look for twenty years. The glass
that was on the dressing-table on the
occasion to. which we refer was de-
lightful one-that is to say, ''fatter-
tering" one-and as the lady saw her.
self reflected in it she merrily ex-
claimed: 20, what = charming glass!
l look about eighteen in it," 1T is just
like my eyes, them" the husband
promptly replied:-Chamber's Journal.
The reform in the administration OF
the Baltic provinces has gone into effect.
Under the new administration journal
ISIS are deprived Of the franchise, and
the Russian language replaces the Ger
man. S15..%,@s II ff$*5]
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02
P,TH AND POINT.

I'm selecting wife choose woman
smaller than yourself, so that you may
be able to overlook her faults.
-'When a fellow gets mashed on him
SELF" SAYS a talented Roman, ut isn't
long before he cuts out every body else"
Rome Tribune.
The use we make of our fortune de-
termtnes it's efficiency. A little 10
enough. ii used wisely, too much, If ex-
pended foolishly.-bovee.
AS in war steel is better than gold
for use, 80 wisdom is better than wealth.
The chief business Of q wise man is to
distinguish what is good and to shun
what is otberwise.-N. Y. Ledger.
"A good deal of the trouble of this
life is due to the fact that people will
persist in working 80 hard to get things
that they do not need and never ought
to want-Somerville Journal
You must not only listen, but read.
You must not only read, but think.
knowledge without common sense Is
folly; without method it is waste; with
out charity it is fanaticism; without re-
ligion it is death.-Iowa State Register.
An accurate remembrance of names
and faces has been called gift Of
Princes; another gift, showing the no
bility of both heart and breeding, is
that of punctilious courtesy toward the
humble as we'll as toward the great
Put away presumption and pride.
II they assail thy heart think of the be-
ginning and end of life. Narrow, in
deed, are the cradle and the coffin; in
both we slumber alike helpless, to-day =
terminating dust, tomorrow crumbling
erm.-Wesselmann.
The moral sense ieadens more
rapidly in some men than others Some
times we see youth who, though their
experience has been brief, are lost to all
sentiment of honor and integrity, while
a long lifetime of perversions in others
fails to destroy their moral feelings
United Presbyterian.
The moment people are relieved Of
their ignorance and bad morals, which
is the best prosperity. they begin to
prosper in worldly way also. Nomat-
ter what social, financial, OF govern
mental changes we make for the re-
moval of poverty-and these are posi-
bly, changes for good-let US get them;
| none Of them will have but transient
| success, if any, until character is reno
waited. Cure poverty? Cure character.
The Pacific.
The WEAKNESS of long-continued
study is proveribal. Its explanation is
not far to seek. One portion of our en-
tire being is almost exclusively occu-
pied, and the monotony of the process
constitutes in large Measure the cause
of exhaustion. Relief must accor iingly
| be sought in rest, in the exercise of
| other functions, or in variation OF the
form of mental exertion. Such timely
/ and refreshing change enters into all
well-ordered plans of education. There
| is, however, in every study stage at
which persistent concentration is indis-
pensable to Ligh development.-Once a
| Week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

To be taken care of by a blue-coated
officer meant but one thing to Tom
the station in that precinct-and the
lad had a wholesome terror of the law.
The words brought picture of himself
and Dave dragged through the streets
as he had more than once seen violators
of the law treated. There was only one
thing to be done, they must go, and go
at once before the family awoke.
Tom was eight years old, Dave not
much over five. Tom had a bright face,
keen beyond its years, and a self-reliant
air. Dave was a remarkably pretty
child, even with his tumbled hair and
generally uncared-for appearance. And
these boys were literally homeless and
friendless. It was the old story-so old
that people become almost Indifferent to
it-a drunken father, a murdered moth
er. Yes, murdered-not by mercifully
quick pistol-shot or knife-thrust, but by
years of want and ill-treatment. For
the two years since her death the chill
dren had been absolutely without care
except that given by father who was
rarely free from the influence of liquor
and by the women who lived in the old
tenement house and who had families
of their own to look out for.
When the father walked off the dock
and ended his worthless life the boys
were scarcely worse of. The neighbors
gave them som ething to eat as they had
done before when the father was not
there. Tom, small as he was, mani
tested a sort of paternal care for Dave
that sometimes touched even the hearts
of the jewellers of Ford's court. If he
earned penny by an errand the larger
part of the red apple or the striped
candy stick went to blue-eyed Dave.
AS for Dave he had no one but Tom, and
his confidence in his brothers age and
wisdom was unbounded.
So when he was awakened it was with
unquestioning obedience that he dressed
and left the house with Tom. No one
was astir, for it was Sunday morning
and the occupants of the tenement house
slept late.
1t was bright Sunday, late in April,
Easter Sunday, though the homeless
boys did not know that. Although the
sun shone there was chill in the air,
and Dave soon com planned of being cold.
A horse-car station offered a temporary
shelter and the children were unmo-
Tested for long time. There was a
lunch counter in the room, and from the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02
BACHELORS IN WASHINGTON.
Unmarried Young Men Can Have = Good
Time at the Capital

Unmarried Young Men Can Have . Good
Time at the Capital.
sIf were a young bachelor-more
particularly poor young bachelor
would certainly live nowhere else than
in Washington" said a society matron
the other evening. I'm this town a
young man, unencumbered matrimonial
~, occupies singularly desirable posi-
ton. OF course, bachelors are in de-
mand. socially speaking, everywhere,
but nowhere so much so as at the Ma
tional capital. Thus it happens that
any passably agreeable youth is sure to
have life made very pleasant for him.
1t is not accustomed to be said here of a
poor young man that he is a detri-
mountaineering that he is merely
fellow without the money necessary to
render him an available parti, and at the
same time sufficiently attractive to keep
off practicable suitors. Indeed, as you
are very we'll aware, there are
scarcely any young men who go
out in Washington society that
are not poverty-stricken. There
fore discrimination on that score is out
of the question. One must have young
men at ones parties, you know, or. else
the girls would not have any sort of =
time. The situation is an unfortunate
one from some points of view, but what
are you going to do about it?''
Nothing that l can see," said the
writer to whom the lady was speaking.
but don't exactly see why the young
men should be poorer in Washington
than anywhere else.''
Don't you? Why, it's very simple. In
the first place, this is not town in
which young men can make living,
unless in the hopeless situation Of de-
partment clerks, where they literally
dare not seek advan .ement beyond a
certain point lest their places should be
sufficiently desirable to make it worth
while for the first new Administration
to grab them. Most of the men one
meets here, more especially the unmar-
ried ones, are in Uncle Sans employ.
Then, again. the rich people who come
here, while they always bring their
daughters with them, very seldom fetch
their sons-partly because Washington
is generally imagined to be dissipated
city. So, to sum up, few young
men come here and those native to
the place who do not 60 elsewhere to
seek their fortunes, usually remain
poor-too poor, indeed, to venture upon
matrimony. Thus you observe the
spectacle of q society in which the
young women greatly outnumber the
young men, and the latter are, general.
ly speaking, not available for marriage.
The anomaly of the situation is rather
aggravated than otherwise by the fact
that so many of the girls are rich,
either actually or in prospect and,
though things might be fixed delight
fully by the rich girls marrying the
poor men, things do not go tina: way. (
have heard it said that $50, 000, 600 worth
of prettiness in petticoats was some
times seen at once in single Washing
ton ballroom, and I shouldn't wonder IL
it were true. But the men, poor as they
are, are so few as to be priced IS rara-
ties, and the result is that they are the
worst-spoiled lot Of young fellows have
ever seen. They are apt to have an ex.
cessive notion of their Importance. p.-'
Washington Star.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-02

wear the bonnet
BY the mirror she will don it,
And I'll see her smile Of triumph
As she, blushing, turns to show
Ne that lovely Easter treasure;
How her eyes will dance with pleasure
At my Raze Of admiration
And the praise I shall bestow.
Then I'll ak beside that bonnet,
CHANGING, o, so proudly on it,
Up the aisle on Easter morning
With the dearest one on earth,
And I'll notice the attention
(Which afterwards will mention)
That the other women pay 1t
For it's beauty and it's worth.
o. all worthy Of . sonnet
Is the dainty little bonnet
That till Easter must be hiding
All it's glory on o shelf;
But the sweetest thing about It
Is-though other husbands doubt IT.
That my vito, to save my pocket,
Planned and made it all herself.
H. c. Dodge.