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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
n Decaying Community.

The North Star. of Danville, Yer.
mont, founded i'll 1906, has suspend
ed publication. Several months age
both the town and the paper suffered
a stunning blow from fire, and bust,
ness was prostrated. Danville, one
of tic towns in the northern part OF
the State, has fallen behind in recent
years in population and business; il
IS chiefly n farming community, and
many of its farms have been aban-
doncd: The Springfield Republican
regards the suspension as significant,
and inquiries: "Shall we go from
abandoned farms to deserted vii
lagcs?"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10

1t is a singular fact that Profess
sor Max Miller, the eminent Orien-
tallst, went to England without
mlt0wlng single word of English.
Although ut that time mere youth,
ne was deeply versed in Scanscrit,
Hcbrew and Arabic. Professor Mil,
Ter lives in Oxford in the house that
years ago Professor Goodwin Smith
built for himself. He rises early and
leads the long, laborious day of the
devoted student. He is especially
proud of an invention of his Which is
uesigned to support the right arm
whcn writing, and which by an in
semous mechanical contrivance dis
counts the probability of writer's
cramp.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10

y Six boys of r.. H. Baskerville and
N. L. Womack, ranging in age from
eleVen to nineteen years, were killed
near near vernon, Texas, Wednesday by
me IN cavlng IN of a sand cave in which
they were playing.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10

Henry NJ. Stanley is in the field
for doodle" He said to a friend
before he left this country in search
of Emin Pasha; "Tm getting on past
middle age. [ have not saved cent.
My book and lectures shall pay me
within the next five years enough to
make my old age comfortable. This
African expedition is for money, not
glory"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10

Diseases Peculiar to women, cspe
ciali,r monthly disorders, are cured by
the timely use of Bradfield's Female
Regulator
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
BRIGHT BITS.

WITH corn palace at Sioux City and sugar
palace at Grand Island, all that the west lacks
is a mint palace.-.St. Joseph Ners.
IT is one of the curlosties of natural history
that horse enjoys his fool most when he
hasn't a bit in his mouuh.-TexGS SiftinJS.
II HEAR your husband is quite a gallant. Do
you ever find any letters in his pockets?'
Only the ones l gave him to posr"-Spdre
Moments.
BoLIvER-we cannot see ourselves, my dear
friends, as Others see us.
Lafayette, Burns, ct al.-Well, if we look
anything like those New York statues of our
selve -, it is a good thing for US that we cannot,
Life.
PAPA" says little Johnny Pokerdeck, my
book says that some kinds of ivory more ex-
pensive than others. Which are they?"
I'm, or, oh yes. The blue kind, Johnny costs
ten, the reds five, and the whites one."-BoSto1l
TrdUelIer.
"AH, RosAL1E.' sighed her friend, ''you don't
know what yon miss by not caring to dance"
Don't II, replied the girl; that's all right!
I've had five proposals already this season while
sitting out dances in the conservatory. Nun
seu's Weekly.
LAWYER lat the theater on a first night)-I
can't imagine how the piece can be drawn out
into five acts. So ~
Author-Oh, that is very simple In the first
act, you see. the hero gets into a lawsuit
btieqende BLdtter.
CLERK-Mr. Brown, | can't make out the sig
nature OF This letter If you would be so good
as TO zee if you can
Mr.. B. (angrily)-I wish you wouldn't bother
me- with your business. just writo to the man
and say that you can't read his name.-Flie-
geRde Batter.
THE EDITOR Of a Pennsylvania weekly paper
paid fellow SIS for manuscript exposing the
secrets of Free Masonry. He could have got all
the degrees in a blue lodge in bis own town for
$50. and thus discovered the secrets for himself
Such economy as that is what makes customers
for the Washington hand-press -NorriStotoh
Herdld.
STRANGER ION car, to Cadley)- Have you the
time?
Cadley--Its $50 o'clock. Give minutes
eapse.)
Stranger-Will you please give me the time?
Cadley-Three twenty-five O'Clock, sir. ('Ten
minutes elapse,)
Stranger-Can you give me the time again,
sir?
Galley Cindignantlyl-No, sir; I can't. I've
given you all | had. You'd better apply to
some man who has eternity on his hands,
Hdrper'S Bdz0r.
ST.. PAUL MAN ton railway train)-It just makes
me sick TO see the cheap wit that's gotten off
about ST. Paul and Minneapolis, just as if there
was deadly rivalry between them.
Stranger-Well isn't there anys
st. Paul Man-BlesS your heart, no; not par
ticle Each place is contributory to the other,
and we all recognize it. No feeling on the SUBJ
ject at ALL Sir-never was Couldn't be- of
course, among sensible people, you know. You
are on your way to st. Paul. presumeY
Stranger-No; I'm going to Minneapolis, to
settle there.
st. Paul Mau-Minneapolis? What do you
want to bury yourself in that miserable little
hole for?-Ne0 York Weekly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
win pat;ison be a Candidateq

/ A day or two after the November cleo
tons the MORNING NEWS said that Gov
elect Pattison, of Pennsylvania, would, in
all probability, be prominent candidate
/ FOR the presidential nomination Of the
/ Democratic party in 1892. His wonderful
political success in his own state has at
tracted attention in all parts Of the country.
In the republican city of Philadelphia,
when a very young man, he was elected TO
the important Office of controller. In the
over whelmIngly republican state of Penn
| sylvania he was elected governor when be
was only SO years of age, and this year he
was again elected governor. notwithstand-
standing the fact that Pennsylvanil is
credited with republican majority of So,
0O0 He is quite a young man yet, being
only about 40 years of age. 1t is doubtful
if there is another man in the country who,
so early in life, has achieved So many con-
spicuous political successes.
Ex-Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania says
that the democrats of that state Intend to
bring him forward as a presidential candi-
date. If they do there is great deal they
can urge IN his favor. His recent campaign
was conducted with admirable tact and
excellent judgement. He made no mistakes,
and won friends by the thousands. He
handled public questions in a way that sur
prised his friends, because they had not
given him credit for being a particularly
brilliant man. They were forced to the
conclusion that he is much more of states
man than they had believed MIN to be.
The belief that Gov. Pattison is lucky in
politics will increase the number of his sup
porters should he become an avowed presi-
Dental candidate, and the confidence that
men of all political parties have in his
integrity will be used as an argument in
his behalf. 1t is doubtful, however, if he
has yet such hold upon the country as
justifies his friends in hoping that he can
get the presidential nomination of his
party.
He has carried Pennsylvania twice, but
could he carry it as a presidential candi-
date? tits quite safe to say that he could
not. Thousands who voted for him for
governor would not vote for him for Presi-
dent. If he could not carry his own state
it would be a great mistake to nominate
him for President And the democrats
cannot afford to make any mistakes. The
man they will nominate, in all probability,
is Mr.. Cleveland. He has a strong hold
upon the people in all parts of the country,
and, besides, he can carry his own state
These two things place him far ahead of
Mr.. Pattison as candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
PER son AL.

/ RIDER HAGGARD has gone 10 Palenque to get
I up aaother OF his extraordinary romences. At
Palenque there is temple prominently
decorated with the symbol of the cross. How
TIE cross got there before it was uplifted at
calvary is problem that has puzzled genera
tons OF explorers aud commentators
The SNAKE chosen by Sarah Bernhard to
I serve as her executioner IS the ''blind-worm''
species. and is known in France as an orvet. II
Is pretty creature, which may be often found
on the tops of old walls summing itself. TIE
back Is dark green, vito metallic hues that are
IN certain lights iridescent. Sarah's snake is
called by her Iris.
Ex-Gov. LONG of Massachusetts possesses the
remarkable ability of recollecting what he
has written without reading it over, even by
himself. IL is said that during his most ami
mated speech he has in his minds eve vivid
impression OF his manuscript, so that ne knows
where every page and every line ends and even
where there are inJerlineations.
GEN, GEORGE A. SHERIDAN names Pattison
and Hill as the probable democratic candidates
IN 1892. OF the republicans he says: Maj,
Mckinley will be electe governor of Ohio ia
1871 by an immense mai ority. and nobody else
will be thought OF for u g first place, and so the
ticket will read Mckinley and Read There
you ore-Pattison and Hill, Mckinley and Reed"
Mr.. GLADSTONE boldly admits that the over
whelming majority of the educated classes
are against home rule for Ireland. This admis-
sion be makes in his appeal to the Tory House
holder In the new quarterly, Subjects of the
Day, and, having made it, he proceeds to urge
that the general hostility of educated opinion
against his proposal is not strong argument
against it.
WILLIAM L. RUSSELL is not frequently
published, the youngest man ever elected gov
ernor of Massachusetts Mr.. Russell is 80 years
old. George s. Boutwell, was elected governor
IN November 1850, at the age of g. when he
was exactly one year younger than Mr.. Russell
was on the day he was elected. The next
youngest governor of Massachusetts was
nathaniel P. Banks, who was first elected when
he was -.
SENATOR PLUMB on the stump begins speak
ing with bis right hand stuffed deep down in
his breeches POCKET. The thumb of his left
hand is stuck into the lower vest pocket When
he gets excited he bows rather hobs up and
down. moving the muscles of the waist only,
the back and head being h I'd stiff. 1t is a very
ungraceful movement. Then he will take his
right hand, toss it up to the back of his head
and run It through his hair down to the fore
head. This gesture generally puts the hair all
awry and gives him rather fierce look. The
senator's face in the meantime has grown red
and his collar has melted His right arm has
been drawn out of the pocket and saws the air
up and down as though hammerng at imagi-
nary foes. He talks TO the poiat and means
what he says.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
Saved BY Negligence.


THERE'S Pennsylvania railroad telegraph
operator stationed at Pittsburg, who was
guilty of negligence few days ago, but he
is in no danger of being discharged. His
negligence saved the life of Mr.. George B.
Roberts, the president of the road An i'm
portant meeting of railroad officials was ex-
pected to take place at Pittsburg, at which it
was necessary that President Roberts should
be present. He was at philadelphia, and
was told that he would be- notified il il
should be determined to hold the meeting.
He ordered his private car attached to the
western express at Philadelphia, aud
anxiously waited for the dispatch. Not re-
ceiving it at the time expected he ordered
his car to be detached and
he remained in Philadelphia. And he is
now glad that he received no dispatch. The
western express was made up in two sec
tons. As originally made up President
Roberts car was the last one of the first
section. Near New Florence the second
section plunged into the rear car Of the
first section. completely wrecking it and
killing two persons, and dangerously
wounding eleven others.
Had President Roberts gone to Pittsburg,
as he expected, his car would have been the
one wrecked. He could have hardly es-
capped being killed, as the bed he occupies
in his car is in the rear end of it. Without
doubt, he would have been crushed to
death by the engine of the second section.
Why did he not receive the expected
dispatch calling him to Pittsburgh The
reason was that the operator at Pittsbure
neglected to send it. 1t was placed upon hi,
table early in the afternoon with in
structions TO send it promptly. Someho "
or other it got covered up with some other
papers, and he did not come across it unit
after the news of the accident had been re.
ceived. Aud then he was glad that he had
not sent IL, aud so was President Roberts
Indeed, so glad was President Roberts
that he notified the operator that ht
was in no danger of being discharged
for neglect of duty. There are people,
doubtless, who would regard the failure tc
send the dispatch providential neglect OF
duty, but that view of it would be rather
hard on those who we're killed and mainet
in the accident. Had the dispatch been
sent President Roberts alone probably would
have been killed. The safest view of tn,
matter is that Providence does not interior,
to cause or prevent railroad accidents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
He Knew His RIGHTS.

"Say, you let 60 of that" shouted the
driver
Don't you try to run over me- retorted the
pedestrian
The conversation took place at a muddy cross
ing on Western avenue yesterday morning he
tween the administered driver of a delivery
wagon and a raw boned man with a basket on
his arm, says the Chicago Tribune. The latter
~ avoid being run over, had seized the horse b ?
the bride and stopped the animal with g sud-
deness that nearly threw the driver off his
seat.
keep out of the way if you don't wan to
get run over" yelled the red whiskered iehu.
my friend" answered the man on the cross
ing, still holding the horse by the bits, don't
you know that this crossing belongs to the
people of Chicagoy"
You let 90 of that horser'
Now, be reasonable, my dear sir. This cross
ing Is merely continuation of the sidewalk 1t
belongs to the pedestrians. have the right of
way, and"
IF you don't let go of that iii
Hold on moment. Don't get excited, my
friend. The law is perfectly clear on this point.
The courts have decided time and again that a
person who is on q street crossing"
You let so of that horse or I'll break your
head"
BE calm, my friend Preserve your equi-
librium. 1t is the case of Warner VS. Nebersall.
44th ILL.,, page"
Take thatr' reared the infatuated driver.
striking at him with his whip.
Once more l ask you not to get excited ="
answered the man On the crossing, lodging the
whip. You will find, by referring to the we'll
known case OF Skean VS.. Dockrush, 18th ILL.,,
page 81"
Whack,
The d-whiskered driver landed his whip this
time sdusrely on the shoulders of the argu.
mentative citizen.
Now will you let go of that horse:" he
fercely demanded.
Certainly" was the answer. III you have
no respect for precedents and won't listen TO
the law in the case, shall have to try some
other kind of argument"
The next Instant the fiery-huei driver found
himself jerked out OF the wagon and rolling
over and over in the street. He was dragged
through a mud-puddle on his back turned
over and pulled through it again his face
and when he was permitted to get up his most
intimate creditor would not have known him
His features had disappeared, and his once
magnificently lurid hair and beard had turned
in single minute to sober but sticky slate
color.
You may climb in and drive on again, my
friend. observed the aw-boned citizen, picking
up his basket and trudgiug along. You don't
look quite so handsome you did. but you
know good deal more about the law than you
ever knew before"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
Battling for Bliss.

Out in Illinois very clipper young man
engaged to marry two girls in Peoria. He
was having great fun six days in the week.
But one Of the girls found out his little
scheme. That spoiled it. She was hustler,
and determined to have him.
One night, as he was frisking along
shady, moonliJ lane with Miss Sadie Cordel,
a s0lidly built shadow doomed athwart his
vision. 1t was Minnie. Then came another
thwart It was her big brother. Minnie
was mad all over, from her Gainsboro hat
clear down to her box-toed CATERS. So was
her brother. He gave a snort that made
Mr.. Sam Harris back ache He had blood
in his Off eye and a six-story gun in each
hand.
BY this time Miss Cordel was doubled up
in a wad of inanimate alarm.
Intimating that he had seen all the
monkey business he cared to witness,
Brother Webb offered Beau Harris instan-
ta1eous marriage or immediate oblivion.
Mr.. Harris promptly selected nuptials for
two as he gazed into the open countenance
Of a 3S-calIcer cannon.
Then Miss Webb braced up and grabbed
MS hand IKE unto pump-handle, while a
parson with an eight-day smile, such as all
parsons are provided with, and matrimo~
NAL license in his inside pocket. innocently
proceeded with the splicing process, while
the big brother grimly toyed with his gun
and looked sudden death.
When it Yves all over Beau Harris,
though somewhat limp and ratified, struck
fNv.N Ha ksrrI,A ,EAr. l.
counsel to see if he can't break away some
how.
These robustuous and dead-earnest girls
ought not to take such sly. all-unders adj
vantages of lone slim young man. Ii
amt right. But when bliss won't come to
YOU, go after it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
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Took a Very stln Drink.

Not long ago, in temperance meeting in this
county, this story was told, says the Lewiston
Cde.) Journal 1t has since become famous,
and the man who told it has since had his name
recorded among the masters of fiction, for he
Is, and Always was, noted wit.
Il used to be a drinking man. brothers, " said
he. Il used to stay out late nights. used to
20 home in depiorable shaps and | always
kept something extra in the cupboard at home
to help me along to bed. My wife pleaded with
me and pleaded with me, but no good.
[ was at it day and night and night
and day, and L don't know where
would have been now if this thing had net
happened, of which | am about to tell YOU
One night, to make my story short went
home in sad stata | wasn't, even then ready
to go to bed, but l thought I'D go and take
something more. kept flask of liquor in a
certain place in the cupboard, but it so hap
pened this night that my wife had moved it. Il
Ws' awful, but so great was my haste ard SO
eager was TO swallow the accursed stuff that
| FASTENED to the cupboard in the dark, seized
the first thing my hands came into contact
with In the accustomed place, and before
knew it had swallowed one of my wife's fiat
irons. Ii cured ne forever"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22

When case against a brace of bunco
steerers came up in court few days ago in
New York city the presiding judge and the
district attorney had to throw it out. 1t was
a singular instance of the sharper being
worsted. Not long since a barber from
Montana arrived in the city and was
wheedled out of his $3.50 He could not
get the detectives to catch the thieves So
he got himself appointed special deputy
sheriff. Very soon he had collared all the
bad buncos. One was sent to the peniten.
tiary. That scared the others. They gave
the barber all his money back and a ticket
to Chicago. But he didn't go. He caught
another bnnco. Then he boldly told them
he'd "let up on them" for 5000. When
the court heard that the luckless buncos had
got into the clutches of worse shark than
they were, it refused to prosecute. Moral
Don't monkey with the barber.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-22
II nation and Speculation.

All sorts of ways are being suggested for
| increasing the volume of the currency. the
1 people have an idea that if money is penti'
ful it will be easy to get rich. II the legis-
! lature in this state a resolution has been
adopted asking congress to remove the 10
per cent. tax on state bank circulation.
Those who favor q state bank currency
see n to have forgotten tho wild cat institu-
tons that existed a quarter of a century
ago. The currency was 50 bad that people
were afraid to take it Soma Of it was
worthless, good deal of it woulin't pass
at its face value, and countsrfeits were so
numerous that nobody felt entirely safe in
accepting it. Vet this is the SORT of cur
rency that some of the Georgia legislators
want. If they should succeed in eating it
they would soon bs coavince1 that they
made great mistake whe they asked for
it. II the national banks do not suit them
the thing to do is TO have the national bank
act amended so that those banks will meet
their approval
The farmers alliance has scheme for in
creasing the volume of the cure lcy which
is known as the sub-treasury bill, and Sen
ator Stanford has bill in the Senate au-
thorizing the government to issue money to
farmers based upon mortgages UPON their
farms.
All Of these schemes would initiate the
currency and encourage speculation. The
cedula in the Argentine Republic brought
the great house of the Earrings to tn, verge
of ruin and gave the whole financial world
a shaking up from which it has not yet re-
covered. The cedula is very much like
Senator Stanford's scheme 1t is
bond authorized by the government,
issued by state and local banks
and secured by mortgages upon improved
an III improved lands at the rate of so per
cent of thei- nominal value, the interest
being guaranteed by the government.
Nearly every man who owned lald in the
republic obtained cedulas and sold them.
The people had their pockets crammed with
money, and all sorts Of speculations were
engaged in. They thought they were get
of paper money. The end has come, and
the Argentine Republic is atinancisl wreck.
Business Of all sorts is at standstill, and
the people are finding out that instead of
being rich they are poor. They are no:
able to pay their debts 1t will take them
years to get back to where they were when
they were drawn away from safe financial
methods by the cedula craze.
II those who have schemes for flooding
this country with paper money are per-
mitted to have their way we shall have
an experience much like that which the
people of the Argentine Republic are hav-
ing. They are ouack financiers. They
haven't the remotest idea of what the result
of their schemes would be if they should DO
adopted.