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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
sobool Children Of the state.

Saturday Superiuteudent OF Educa.
ton Mayiield compiled other figures
concerning the schools of the State,
which are even more interesting than
those alrerdy given. The statistics toll
lowing are taken from his annual report,
and show the comparative numbers ot
pupils, by races, Tor this year as COM
compared with last year. In the average
attendance the figures presented show
slight decrease, but OcOnee County Is
outstanding and last year its total was
2,4l5, which would IN Ike uniform in
crease. In the enrolment figures Oconee
is also left out.
TOTAL ENROLMENT.
White-Males, this year, 46, 49l; last
year. 4G 800; increase, l3l. Females,
this year, 43, ,5SS; last year, 43, lO2; IN
crease, 486, Total whites, this year
90, ,O79; last year, 89,372; increase, 7O7.
Colored-Males, this year, SIS, 1871
last year, 54,13l; increase, l,OO6
Females, this year, G0.336; last year,
58,757; increase, 1879. Total colored
this year, lis, ACT; last year, 1888
Increase, 3,579.
Total males-Thls year, l0l ,G22; las
year, 100, ,49l; increase, 1,l3l.
Total females-This year, O3,024
last year, 1Ol, 100; increase, 2, 155; Crane
total, this year, POS, SAG; last year, 2O3,
l4l; Increase, 2, ,4O3.
| AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.
White-Males, this year, 33,7G6; last
34.093; decrease, 327. Females, thi
year, 32,024; last, 33,092; decrease
LOGS. Total whites this year, G5, ,7OC
last, 1875; decrease, l,475.
Colorcd-Males, this year, 3S,203
last, 38,2G3; decrease, GO. Females, thi
year, 1915; last, 42,35l; decrease
15G. Total colored, this year, 80. .30s
last, 80,Gl4, decrease, ZIG.
Tatals-Males this year, II, 900; last
1886; decrease, 387. Total female
this year, n, 249; last, 5,443; decrease
1924. Grand total this year, 14G, Isl
last, 147, 100; decrease. 1,Gll.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
IN THE NIGHT.

Sometimes in the night when sit ana
write,
| hear the strangest things,
AS my brain grows hot with huihinS
thought
That struggles for form ard wings,
can hear tho beat Of my swift BLOOD iect
AS 1t speeds with II lush and a whirr,
From heart to brain and back again,
Like race.h horse under the spur.
With my souls fine ctr listen ana near
The tender silence speak,
AS it leans on tho breast OF night 10 res"
And presses his duSky check.
And the darkness turns i'll lis sleep ahn
ycarns
For something that is kill
And hear the hiss Of Scorchlng KISS
As it folds and fOndlCS Sin.
In its hurrying race thro' Leagues OF space
can hear the earth catch b,catt,
AS it heavcs and means and ShudderS ah'
grOanS
And longs for the rest Of death.
And high and far from u distant star,
Whose name is unknown to me,
/ hear voice that says, "Reloice!
For keep ward o'cr thec!'
Oh, sweet and stra"ge arc tho sounds tn!H
range n~a:
Thro' the chamber Of the niShE-he Nih,
And the watcher who waits fh"'
May hear if he lis:,,r~;;~'oo'- -=--:----------,.;
Al
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
She Blow Her Brains Out.

JASPER Tenn, Nov. G.-Mrs. Davis
wife Of one of the convict guards at In.
man, where one OF the largest convict
camps in the state is located, commit
ted suicide. She blew her brains out
with shotgun. She left note to her
husband saying that she had rather be
dead than TO be living witt him. There
IS some mystery about the matter, and
y y believed that the inhumanity of
convict labor bore heavily on her
mind,
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ATeRRlsLE PLUNGE TO DEATH.
Seventeen Mon Killed and two |seally
Injured.

Seventeen Mon Killed and two S'e"i''
Iniured.
BUTTE, Mont, Noy~4.-Seventeen
m en- met instant >~"Eth IN an awful form
in the great->rdaconda mine near here
q, mid-Snt. The time had come to
~.ss the gangs of men, and a cage full
y, miners returning from work
stepped out into the open air. Their
places were at once taken by nineteen
men, who were to take up the work they
had just abandoned and tho cage was
started toward the depths beloH. The
rope had been unwouud but couple of
times from the slowly revolving wind
lass, when there was a sudden snap. A
cry of horror from the shaft, in which
the cage was but q moment before, went
up from the men who had a moment be-
fore come to the surface. The rope had
broken, and the cage, with its nineteen
Inmates, was precipitated to the bottom
Of the mine.
1t was some little time before assist
ancc could be sent them. The shaft
down which they had plunged to then
getting at the place where they had fal
| lCll COulu uOO UO Il VI
there was some help for the dead, anc
dying in the mine itself. A number o
miners, who were through work, ant
waiting to be relieved, were at the bot
tom of the shaft, waiting for the cage tt
take them out. Amidst them narrowl,
missing some, the cage dashed. 1t broke
and before their horror. stricken eye
were the mangled hodies of their com
panions, whom they were awaiting.
When they had recovered from tn
} shock word of the accident was sen
!; through the mine, and from the dark
} ness came men hurrylng to the reliei
There was little, however, that the
could DO. Of the nineteen men VIII
made the fearful ride, seventeen wer
} dead, their forms crushed out Of a
, semblance to those Of human beings
while the two who were yet breathin
} have no hopes of recovery. Their CON
3 rades bore them out of the ruin, an
l awaited help from above, but any al
} that could have been given them wa
= useless.
= The Anaconda mine is the biggest
= this territory. 1t employs 400 men, an
e was redpcned, after a long closing, o.
: tober %. The fact that it was reopene
on Friday was commented on at tt
: time by superstitions miners, and man
8 were afraid to work in 1t.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
Water Being Sold.

COLUMBUS, Ind, Nov. 6.-Therei Is no
mo 70 prospect Of rain than than there
was two months ago and everybody
views the situation with alarm. Wells,
streams and ponds are completely dry
In this entire section, and since tho az
tics nothing like this has been known.
In many inland towns, like Charles
town, water Is being sold.
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The Fatal Curront.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 1O.-John
Battler. q lineman in the employ of the
Electric Light Company here, while
attempting to adjust light on a pole
live wire and was instantly killed. fall
ing forty feet to the ground.
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radaG't PaYS The FPGilht.

HA GREAT OEFER THAT MAY~N NOT AGAIN ]
BE REPEATED, 50 DO NOT DELAY, r
"SrRIRB WHILE THE Iron Is Hot"
Write for Catalogue now, and say what q
Spaper you saw this advertisement in. x
Remember that sell everything that I
egoes to furnishing \ hOme-manpfactur-t
sing some things ant buying others in the (
alargest poss ible lots, which enables me to Y
Ewipe out all competition.
SHERE ARE A FEW OF MY START
LING BARGAINS
4 A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. full
PsiZe. lbxl7 inch ovl a, fitted with 2l pieces
Sof ware, delivered at your own depot,
gall freight charges paid by me, for
5only Twelve Dollars.
9 Again, will sell you hole CookiD
SRange 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, Mt
sted with 81 pieces Of ware, Tor iAih' L
ArEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight ttS
XYeur depot
bDO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FORE
YOUR GOODS.
will send you nice plush Parlor suit,
awalnut frame, either in combination or
kbanded, the most stylish cOlOrs for $500,
ITO your Iailroad station. freight pald.
4 | will also sell you nice Bedromos ui'l
aconsisting OF Bureau with glass, mgr
Hhead Bedstead, Washsiand, Centre
Stable, cane scat chairs, cane scat ana
aD6Ck TOChSI dll lul lo'oVI ohA PNJ N>~-p'I
Hto your depot.
II Or will send you an elegant Bedroom
Hsuit with large glass, full maroleto loi
H$30, ana pay freight.
| kNice window shade ON spring roller 0O
| sElepant LARGE walnutS uay clock, AVA
SWalnut lounge. 100
| 81, ,ace curtains uer window. Lee
/ lcannot describe everything III Il small
advertisement, but have an immense STORE
ScOntaining %. 600 feet OF floor room, WIZ
aware houses and factory buildings III other
| fparts OF Augusta, making i'll all tho laf-
S9est business of this kind under one man-
aagement in the Southern States. These
Estor0Sand warehouses are crowded WILL
1.-THE choicest productions Of tho best facto'
fries. My catalogue containing illustrations
Eof gOouS will be mailed If YOU Will klnaly
sSay where you saw this advertisements.
epay freight. Address,
II LIS. PADGETT,
Epropnetor radgott's Furniture, Stovt
4 and Carpet Store,
ElliO-11l2 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, NA
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Isafn t,H-DunCan (, |

Isafn {. t.G.-DunCan Eagln, Il
ATL1Gs. Il horrible death yesterday
.,&rtd.b bUn. He was blown from the
Oottom of well, twenty feet deep, and
zen feet above the opening, tearing his
body in half and otherwise mutllating
it. Eagin was wcll-diggcr and has
for some time been at work in Bell
wood. Hard rock was struck a few
days ago in Il well he was digging and
it was made necessary to dO some heavy
blasting. Yesterday he was preparing
to make Il blast, and was alone at the
bottom of the well. Everything was
in readiness and in place when he found
it necessary to do more drilling. In
stead Of removing the dynamite he at
tempted to do the work while it was III
place. Tho striking Of the hard steel
against the rock soon procured the nee
esSary incentive TO the powder, and Il
loud explosion took place. Instantly
the wOrkmCn outside were horrIllcd TO
see the body Of Eagin shoot from the
mouth Of the well and on up into the
air. A mass Of dirt, fragments OF stone
and smoke accompanied the body and
raincd down upon these about. Rush
ing to Eagin, they found the body hor-
ribiy mutilatcd and The man uncon-
Sciuus. Powder stains and burns cOV-
cred tho face and hands. The hair and
clothes were s, orchcd. Blood poured
from his nose, ears and cuts in his flesh.
The body was torn almost in two parts
and presented Il hOrrityinG appearance.
He Was picked up and carried to his
home Medical attendanCr was SUM-
moncd. but it WAS impossible to do
more than relieve thc mans suffering
and b"furc morning hr WAS lcad.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19

If Iov has its way next year and the
ticket Is Cleveland and Boles. these two
men wi If elected, 60 TO Washington
bearing elations different from any two
men sin. larlv situated in all the check
cred his ,ry Of our politIcs.-New York
Times.
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faken to? a Boar.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo, Nov. C.
q. w. Price. son ct DR.. Price Of Chi
cago, y. &. Fieischnor and i. B. Cobb,
w. III. Hubbard Of Spring Valley. as
gnidc, outIittCd Ivand StTtcN for q
two weeks hunt on the Big Muddy.
They campcu in ,lrromc park, at the
head OF Thompson creek, in Pilllin
county, in Il place called Dun's Dug
out. some time during the night Mr..
Price, who, it is claimed, IS Il Somnam-
buliSr, went outSih" OF the dug-out,
leaving the othel& asleep. Upon his
return, rs lr crAWlVd into the room on
all fourS. Hubbard awokc and called
out: "WhoSe there" aud called to the
dog, but as the dog became frightened
and no answer was given. Hubbard
CXclaimed: "BoyS. | believe it's bear,
give me gun quick" and Cobb hastily
handed him Il 45-caliber Colts revolver,
and without further Thought fired two
shots, one of which passed through the
top OF Prices head, into his body, cauS-
ing his death in about two hour. The
party returned immediately with the
body to Marion, where an engine was
procured, and all came to Glcnwood
Springs. Coroner &. Clark Immediate
ly summoned Il jury and a verdict Of
accidental shooting rendered.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-19
Horrors OF Famine In Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 10.--Terrible
scenes are reported from the famine dis
tricts. At Chelabink a woman killed
her three children and then hanged her
self upon being refused a small loan of
money by. a rich neigebor in order to
buy food for herself and her famishing
babies. One hundred and twenty per.
sons have died OF hunger and tyaphoid
fever In the one parish Of Kagors, Rus
sia, ....
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Train Robbery ut Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb, Nov. 6.-Passengers on
the Missouri Pacific train which left
Omaha at 1920 last night were treated
to an old-fashioned ''hOld-up" at West
Side Suburb at II O'Clock. -Four mask
ed men took charge of the train when
it stopped at the station, one covering
the engineer and fireman with rifle,
while the others, with drawn reyolvers,
proceeded to plunder the train. They
approached the coaches and ordered
the passengers to throw their hands up.
At the door they retreated and attacked
the mail car. by threatening to blow
open the door with dynamite the mes
senger WAS induced to admit the rob.
bers, and the car was plundered. The
officers refuse to give any information
as to tho amount of booty obtained, but
it Is said that large sums from Kansas
City and st. Louis banks were taken.
The officers went in pursuit of the rob-
bors, who are armed, but on foot.
TIE PRESS AND BANNER directs the
attention of the Legislature to the es-
tablishment of State poor house in
place of the present county poor houses.
1t claims that there is no moro sense in
having a county poor house than there
would be in having a county peniten-
tiary or county lunatIC asvlum
There is force in the suggestion. The
paupers could be better cared for in a
State institution.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
SCISSoRED SMILES.

Give Russia an inch-and she'll take the
Dardanelles.- Philadelphia Record
The Eternal City must be a Rome antic spot
during the carnival.-Binghamton Repub-
hcan.
Ii IS said the car never shaves. ut most
peoDie know he has had many close shave.
-Pittsburg Post.
The fall has come, with those two lovely
flowers the golden-rod and tle mushroom
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The woods used to be full of balloon aero
bats, but they seem TO be falling off rapidly.
-yonkers Statesman.
The Lick telescope shows 1Oo.ooo,oo0 stars.
but lick without i telescope frequently does
IS weil-1hieago Times.
tialm1ce'ia is sald 10 have carried things
witi' i.fSh aa.'d, bnt lie failed 20 come up
y 3 his an IL tae last deal.-Rochesier
l'o-s
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
A COMING REFORM.

The English people like to put up
literally to support the ornamental peo-
pie who wear royal titles and live In
luxurious idleness. 1t is the traditional
way, and aristocratic. The common peo-
pie may begin to hesitate and kick a
little, but they have small voice in the
matter. Poor men are practically barred
from parliament by the fact that mem
berS have no pay. There have been
poor men in the Legislative body oc-
casionally, but they were enabled to
serve only by the contributions of trade,
labor societies or wealthy parties. The
British government is in this respect a
rich mans government. The appropri-
ations for the support of the royal fam
lily would divide up in sufficient per
diem for the members of parlia-
ment to enable workingmen to hold
seats. At the recent industrial con-
gress the proposition was preached to
give compensation for services in par
lament, and the workingmen Of the
country are taking the matter under
consideration, and generally favoring.
They insist that if man has ability
and friends he should be allowed this
chance, even if he is poor. On this side
of the water that seems very reasonable,
and is open only TO the objection of eX-
pense. Why pay men who are able and
willing to work without pay? But it
does not impress the British public in
that way. There is little concern about
the expense. but the proposition sends
a shock through all parties. The Con-
servatives look upon it as verging
upon socialism, and can find no
way of denouncing it too strong
ly. The Liberals think it is radi-
cal and in advance of the times. and
will be apt to reject it at their con-
ference, soon to be held. All the adj
vances toward popular rights have been
secured in opposition to the dominant
classes in England. Reforms have to
break UP the crusts of ages. Yet this is
one of the changes that will make it's
way in the future. If it is pressed by
the workmen, some of them will yet
sit in the great popular body with their
hats on
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
FOR THE LIBERALS

General elections for members of the
British parliament do not come with
anything like the frequency of similar
elections In this country,as rule. But
an appeal to the people is likely to be
had any time when there is sharp an
tagonism between the ministry and par
lament OH any important question. But
the vacancies requiring special elections
are far more frequentthan in the United
States congress. Since the present par
lament was elected in 1856 there have
been over 100 seats to be filled. The
changes have been so greatly in favor of
the Home Rule Liberals that GLAD
STONE figures from them a Liberal
majority of more than fifty at the next
general election. This is to be had at
an early period.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
PROBABLY A FAuURE

1t is to be feared that the great ma
tional organization that was to promote
the comfort Of society and the conven-
fence of large class of mankind in
particular, by providing the ubiquitous
umbrella, has, like the average rain
shedder, failed to show up when wanted
AT least, there is no indication that the
ramifcations or suDstations have pene-
trated the West. Possibly delay NAV
have been occaSioned by watching the
rain-producing experiments to afford a
basis for estimate as to the probable ex-
tension of the field. But if it is an in
dustrial or commercial infant to be ex-
tracted from the adolescent stage bv
aqueous Improvements on nature, its
future does not glow with pros
pective brightness. The chart of
this corporation proposed to stand
about at all times with an umbrella
ready for its subscribers, and after the
need was over the user YVES to drop it
at the most convenient station and re-
ceive a check, good for another UNI
brella when the emergency called for it.
The st. Paul check would give him the
rain shield in Chicago when he had the
neeG. The scheme is good and humane.
but has its weak points. When a man
is caught in the shower he wants the
umbrella right away, and cannot travel
dozen blocks to a loaning station.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20

1t is to be hoped that no one in st.
Paul is losing sight of the important
war which is waging in the midst of us,
with the board of education on the one
side and the upper chamber of the COM
mon council on the other. 1t is purely
a war of principle, although a question
of money lies back of it all, as is 50
often the case in such contests. The
latest move was made on Friday night,
when the .janitor of the Franklin school
petitioned the inspectors who have his
comfort in their hands that his salary
might be raised from $50 to $40 month.
This promised to give rise to discus
sion, but the reports say that DR.. SMITH
moved to adjourn, and that after little
sparring the motion was carried.
This means that as far as the janitors
of our public schools are concerned,
the ghost who has been walking for two
months may continue his promenade
for while longer. The board of edu-
cation has cut down their wages, and
the aldermen, who have to approve the
pay roll before it means cash to the men
whose names appear on it, refuse to
sanction the reduction. The board of
education says that what they do is
none of the alderm ems business. The
aldermen say that 1t is. Some of the
members of the board of education say
that SEINE of the members of the board
of aldermen are politicians. This has
hurt the feelings of the board of alder
men, and there is some bad fee ling in
Mnanp,hiIa
deadlock, and the faithful servants, who
are the most interested parties, get no
pay.
The GLOBE would pour oil on the
troubled waters unless there is really a
matter of principle at stake. There
once was burly ruffian who made a
fortune i'll diSreputable trade and then
moved to the city of Brooklyn and be-
came prominent in social and eclesiasti-
cal circles. He attached himself to a
church, and his full pocketboo1 made
him a power in its councils. After a
while he objected to the pastor because
his sermons, he declared, gave his soul
no food. The pastor was a good man,
and endeared to his flock, who were I'M
willing to part with him. But when he
heard of the burly ruffian's criticisms
he at once resigned, because, as he said,
if his critic had soul it surely ought to
be fed. And so about our local war. If
great moral or political issue depends
on its waging, let there be no compro-
mise. Let it go on to the bitter end.
Neither the board of aldermen nor the
board of education can afford to falter
for an instant
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
THE HINDOo sCEPTIC
I think till / weary of thinking,
Said the sad-eyed Hindoo king,
And | see but shadows around me,
Illusion in everything.

I think till / weary of thinking,
Said the sad-eyed Hindoo king,
And | see but shadows around me,
Illusion in everything.
How knowest thou aught of God,
OF His favor or His wrath:
Can the little fish tell what the lion thinks,
Or map out the eagles path!
Can the finite the Infinite search?
Did the blind discover the stars?
Is the thought that think thought
Or throb of the brain in its bars?
For aught that my eyes can discern,
Your God is what Won think good
Yourself flashed back from the glass.
When the light pours out in its flood.
You preach TO me to be just,
And this is His realm, you say;
And the good are dying with hunger,
And the bad gorge every day.
You say that He loveth mercy.
Aud the famine is not yet gone:
That lie hateth the shedder of blood
And He slayeth us every one.
You say that my soul shall live,
That the spirit can never die
If lie was content when ] was not
Why not when have passed by.
You say / must have meaning,
So mast dung. and its meanins is flowers
What if our souls are 5r. nurture
For lives that are greater than ourss
When the fish swims elt Il h water.
When the bird solgr ont ri he blue,
Man thoughts may traascend man know
edge
And lour Gc1 % I - OF yeu.
The Spectator
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20

demands of business, to which free
coinage would make it automatically
correspond, but should be artifically
limited by legislative caprice. Accord
ing to the SHERMAN law, silver dollar
contains metal enough to make it worth
about IS cents, and it is kept at par be-
cause the government says that it shall
be. In other words. it is fiat money.
like the treasury notes issued in time
of war, and the basis of which is con-
fidence in the stability of the state be-
hind them. The lesson of history, then,
must be again that currency incon-
vertible and without intrinsic value is
an ideal medium of exchange and stand
ard of measurement. But these things
are not the lessons of history. and it is
only the blindness-of partisanship which
thinks that they are.