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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
viii Battle for RIohts.

On the occasion of the twentieth
anniversary OF the Finnish Women's
Union, at Helsingfors this year, the
president. A. G. Gripenbcrg. who deliv-
cred addresses in both Swedish and
Finnish, recommended the union to
work for the following objects: The
right OF married women to come of
age at 81; to dispose of their own
property, and to have the same rights
with respect to their children as men
the promotion Of morality in accord,
ance with the Christian ideal, and
equality for women with men in the
choice of profession. The union
which hiss now been in existence fol
1b years. numbers 1915 members.
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Not a TactfuI Hostces

As might be expected. the junk shop
guest chamber is sure to prove a pit.
fell to the unwary. Having not long
ago to put the finishing touches to a
portrait, went into the country TO
pass couple Of days with my sitter, a
mere acquaintance. At dinner the first
evening, wishing TO start the convcr-
sation pleasantly, | asked:
"Whose portrait is that in my room ?
Such a charming face"
After u chilly silence my hostess an
swcred
THAT is my husbands first wife"
The conversation rather languished
during the rest CT our meal, but |
made no efforts TO revive 1.-THE Cen.
tury
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Telephones Help to Catch Horse
Thieves

cicphoncS are coming in handy to
eaten hors" thieves said George c..
French Tho have not been used so
muth ir Milwaukee a in The smaller
cities cf this and other states. There
~han the robbery OF a horse is re-.
ported the sheriff telephones to the
farmers on every road and so many
farmers have phones now that this is
practicable After every farmer haa
been given description OF the stolen
horse 1t is pretty difficult for the thief
to escape for he must pass out of the
city over some country road, and many
captures have been made in this way g"
milwaukee, Sentinel
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DeIicl1tfui Mexico.

The United States is the best land
under the sun as steady thing. but
for a months diversion lis Mexico
for ~" every time" said MIR. Parker
B. Smith Of !Iouston. Tex. at the
New Willard. Il have been going
down there for a months stay every
year for long time, and the more
| go the better | like the country.
For one thing, the people extend
a hospitality that is charming. and
they make you feel as If you owned
the entire republic. My wife. who ac-
companies me often. would rather go
to Mexico than Europe. She is lov-
er Of flowers, and it is in Mexico that
passion for them is satisfied for
wherever we stop, whether in the
capital or in some little village. now-
crs in prOfusiOn pour in uuun her.
with the compliments OF some newly
formed acquaintance. These Gural Of
ferings are never omitted down lAcro.
and it is one OF the customs OF the
country that is very greatly appreciate
cd by tourists, especially women. To
rise in the morning and find Yourself
the recipient OF half a dozen suDerh
bouquets is not only agreeable. but
gives one profound sense OF the re.
tinement and courtesy of the peG.
ple."-W Washington Post
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Try Hairy VetcI

Those who are not familiar with
sand or hairy vetch Should crow it and
ascertain for themselves how valuable
It iS A good way to test it is to takc
a single acre OF land and prepare 4
for wheat, being careful to get as nice
a seed bed as possible. then at wheat
sowing time, SOW this land with a
mixture OF one bushe Of wheat and
one hushel Of hairy vetch. The result
Will be surprising for the crop in the
spring will be excellent for hay or for
soiling The hairy vetch may be
grown alone or it may be used as a
cover for young orchards. 1t does
especially we'll under the shade of
trees. hence could be used to advan
tage in orchards OF considerable size
Indianapolis News.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26

All the best informed persons OF
my time have always thought that
this famous history was founded upon
the capture and captivity OF Mattiol
Picdmontcse political prisoner, who
died in the Bastilc in 1893 In those
days prisoners were made to wear
masks while travelling but it would
be more exact to say mask the color
of iron. All the details which Voltaire
added were simply fabulous and
laughahle, and think you will find
that my theory OF the iron mask is
the right onC.-Frcnch Noblesse.
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Otattonlnn Hardhaok.

Not long ago had occasion TO cross
the adjoining pastures Of two large
dairy farms with natural conditions
about alike On one there was a
large amount Of hardhack while on the
other there was only an occasionally
small shrub 10 be seen.
On the first there had been no at
tempt made 10 check or destroy the
growth, but + found on enquiry that
on the other thorough wcrk had been
made In pulling up the bushes in the
tall a few years since. It must have
been pretty thorough, too, and effect
uai TO hardly leave trace behind.
Perhaps the fall pullins was what did
the business, similar to that OF cutting.
II is we'll worth trying again 70. II.
Towla
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BOS'n Must Go.

-tmOng the changes now on the car
pet is the abolition Of the boatswains.
80 far as one can gather the idea Is
to make all boatSwainS Of less than
fifteen years seniority qualify as gun
ncrs, and let this rank gradually die
out, as that OF the old navigating Off
GERS has done. These alterations will
remove one Of the oldest warrant
ranks in the navy.
The "Batsuon." as the boatswain
WAS originally called, was in the ear
lier days much more important in
dividual than he is today--in fact he
seems to have ranked almost as high
as the sailing master Of the ship.
Ropes and sails and masts and yards
were always his speciality. ana the dis
appearance of these from the feet
seems likely to be followed By his
own. Not that there is any lGcl; of
work for him to do Even in the mod.
ern irOnclad the boaiSwain AiaS i'm
portant duties TO perform, but tho all-
thoritics seem to think that the duties
may just as well be discharged by the
gunncrS, who are now on the top line
in everything, so much importance is
there attached TO the branch for
which they specially qualify.-PaiI
Mall Gazette.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Cutting Woman in Two.

Swedish restaurant keepers of the
old fashioned sort charge less for a
woman's meal than for mans, on
the doubtful theory that she is phys!c-
ally unable TO eat so much.
A husband and wife travelling to.
gether only pay at many hotels
at9 one person and a half; and in like
manner a wife in her husbands com
pany may travel with half ticket by
train.-London Chronicle.
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About PIowinu

When the land has been plowed In
the fall the farmer sometimes objects
to cross-plowing the field early in
the season because the hardy weeds
put in an appearance almost before
frost leaves the ground. This is in
favor of the farmer, if he will give
the subject the proper view, as he can
destroy the weeds by loosoning in the
soil, allowing warmth TO enter, thus
fcrctng the weeds to germinatc, 50 as
to destroy them before the seeding OF
grain Is done. The earlier the weeds
can be started the fewer there will be
later on if the cultivator is used fre-
quently after the weeds begin to APP
pear.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
The Days Work.

Much Of the success of life dcpcnGs
IN proper preparations fer the days
work Most people work. either to
get the most ont OF themselves. To
rise late, rush through the toilet and
gulp down n hasty breakfast is no
preparation for a good days work. yet
It is safe to say that the majority OF
women begin the day in this way. IT
is just as easy TO rise in plenty yoftime.
if one will only do it. The tendency
on waking Is TO stretch and yawn A
few minutes spent in this deep breath.
ing Is always restful. says tne House.
keeper. This should be followed by a
few breaths Of fresh air, drinking a
couple of glasses of water, exercises
that suit the case, the bath and toilet.
This forms n mental attitude consls.
tent with a good days work. A sim
pie brealtfast--some take none
should follow before an unhurricd
journey either to ofice or the routine
Of housework Stand erect. breathe
crsct, think erect. and half the battle
Is won.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Hurdened win sio Names,

Pity the babies of presidential
year. Through life they will have to
stagger under the burden of names
other men have made famous, and
they can neither live UP to them nor
live them down. 1t is like brand
of nonentity stamped upon those who
otherwise might have lived peaceful
ly, in respectable mediocrity among
thousands of their unmarked fellowa
baltimore American.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
SAFEST FOOD
In Auy Tipao of Trouble a. erapo.No,s.

Food to rebuild the strength and that
IS pre- diSested must be selected when
one Is convalescent. At this time there
Ss nothing 90 valuable as Grape Nuts
Tor the reason that this food is all
nourlshment and is also all digestibio
nourishment. A woman who used Il
says:
Some time ago was very Ill with
typhoid fever. so I'll everyone thought
L would die, even myself. 1t left me
80 weak I could not properly digest
food OF any kind and I also had much
bowel trouble which left me weak,
helpless wreck.
Il needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could. but none Of the tonics
helped me until finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that thought
delicious as could be but 1t also made
me perfectly we'll andastyong again 81
can 90 all my housework, sleekSsA
can eat anything without any tfaS
bowel trouble and for that reason alone
Grape-Nuts food Is worth It's weight irs
gold" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Typhoid fever like some other dig
eases attacks the bowels and frequently
sets up bleeding and makes them for
months incapable OF digesting the
starcheS and therefore pre- digested
Grape-NutS Is invaluable for tho we'll
known reason that In Grape.Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
FIRST stage OF digestion has been me-
chanicaily accomplished in Grape Nuts
food ut the factories and therefore any
one, no matter bow weak the stomach,
can handle 1t and grow strong, for all
the norwisbment Ia stIll there.
There's a sound reason and 10 days
trial proyea.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
A CATS, WALKING FEAT.
It Trampod Eiahty-flve Miles to Re,
gain its Homo.


What Is probably another record
has been created, this time by a cat.
which had walked flom London to
Overslade, near Rugby, a distance of
eighty-flye miles.
'Jummy." as the 'Ts1lY-~-" isrS!a.r1ssSS
belongs to Mrs. M1pMnd ,Son ofys
Belsizegrove, Hall 2@r rSElnd is f,st
an ordinary me& N4n,& black cat.
Although seven years old, "Jummy'
had never before displayed any
marked ncmandio tendency, its pre-
vious ramblings having always been
confined to the neighDorhcod of Its
home.
About the beginning of June, Mr.
Robinson brought the cat to Hamp-
stead from Overslade, and it was at
once apparent that "Jummy," like tho
Rev. Mr.. Spalding, didn't like London.
The climax came when some furni-.
tnre was moved Into the house. This,
was too much, and "Jummy" took his
departure.
Nothing more was heard Of it until
about fortnight ago, when news
came from Oyerslade that "Jummy"
had returned its coat a trifie rough,
It's limbs a trifle thinner, but jun.
my" nevertheless.
AS the cat was brought to Lon
don in closed basket, its achieve
ment in walking back Is really re-
markable.
"Jummy" has rival in tho walk.
ing craze, for cat belonging to
friend OF Mr.. Robinson walked from
Rugby to bennington, and was seen
wandering about the empty house
there, which Its owner had left. 1t
has since returned to Rugby, having
taken three months for the double.
Journey.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
German Rapc.

Specimens ol German tor Dwarf Es-
SEX rape srown show the power of
the plant for securing feed and mois-
tur2 PLANS only ono foot high were
dug Up having large roots extending
four feet, while the feeding roots near
the surface were not only injurious,
hut extended over large area In
time OF drought the plant can get
moisture in plenty as il reaches fay
into Iho sIN..4iI
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To Preserve the currants.

September is the hest month in the
year to renew the currant plantation
from cuttings or from division of new
stools. OI1 stools may be carefully
removed ami tiyided, so as to retain
vigorous, healthy wood and roots
These sEoaid be cut back somewhat,
and planted .; once in freshly pre-
pared gardep soil where they can be
hil!cd up heavily for winter
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sg=:Ril !, Ril.iRMMks :
slELDcANNp GARDEN
-sSs-.ss ss.-.--s..--e.--- s..-e,--e.:-.-
About Fences.

/ f smaller field the more ma
Ed for fencing will be required, and
tJearer the square form the cheaper
$ost OF inclosing the field. Fences
heavy taxes on the farmer and
hld be avoided if possible, but if
ees are made it will be cheaper to
re tkcAI 0f tho best material.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Montana rolephone Line for Earme,s-

Montana Telephone Line for Farmers.
or Che farmers telephone line in
Flathead county Mon, $50 miles of
wire are now up. and the company e..
poets to put up $50 miles more, max.
ing q total OF 300 miles of wire, which
Will be used in connecting 200 fer.
mer8 with Kalispell and the telephone
exchange when it is fully completed
About 500 telephones arc in use and
the line is being hurried to compile.
tion. Electricity.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
Diseased Trees.

/ Farmers are frequently offered dis
)haSe-proof plants and trees, socalled,
but it may be safely claimed that no
variety OF pear, grape. cherry, apple,
peach, %oosen"rry or other fruit is
exempt from diseases peculiar to it's
species. some varieties may not be
so susceptible 10 disease as others, but
IF within range of disease they will
surely be atlAckel
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For Grass Seed,

fThe best condition for the growth OF
fass is soil firm, well.disintegrated
s whole, bat with smooth and fine
Hriace tilth. This condition also an
fwcrs for the cereal grains, with which
such grass is usually sown. Winter
wheat is the best crop with which to
'Sow grass seed, spring wheat next and
oats the most unsatisfactory.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26
A New Way Of Outline Ruck,vhe.

a New Way of Cutting 8ucl<wheat.
A new way of cutting buckwheat,
which came under my observation last
year, seems worthy the consideration
CT Duckwheat raisers as q time and
iaDor saver as well as an improve
ment on the quantity OF the grain. In
stead of cutting it with a cradle and
letting it lie before raking and gath
crlng up the buckwheat was cut with
binder and the shcaves were gath
cred up and placed standing in one
corner of the field, so that the sheaves
ala not touch each other. The bands
were then cut with knife and the
grain was allowed to stand until it was
thoroughly dry, when it was hauled
into tho barn.-Thomas w. Lloyd, in
the Tribune Farmer.
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That stretchu Kind.

Bjones- Strange amiction of Morris
says, isn't 1t?
Bjims-Hadn't heard; what is It?
Bjones-Why, he has become so ac.
customed to eating his wife's Welsh
rabbit that he has developed a mania
for chewing rubber bands.--What to
Eat
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-26

Egypt imports annually about $3.50,
900 worth Of cigarette paperR
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-19
By'Marlen Z. Pew.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE remark
able lack of campaign enthusiasm
which has spread over the country
like a wet blanket exists in this city
to a hitherto unparalleled degree,
and no amount of booming by the
national managers seems to lift it
for an instant.
With the headquarters of the two
national cammittees located in the
metropolis, it would seem hat here
at least, at this late date, the deathly
silence might be broken by an oc-
casional hurrah. 1t is a fact hat
the past two municipal elections in
Greater New York furnished more
excitement to the square inch thar
this campaign so far as shown for
whole city blocks. The why of this
is as much a mystery to the experts
about the two national headquar-
ters as to lay observers. Tom Tag
CART can understand and Geo. B.
Courtelyou can't understand.
The fact remains however, hat
aside from a p%rofusion of banners
down Broadway, in the alleyways
Of Wall Street and in front of polit-
ical club houses and headquarters up
town, there is not a single patent
sign that election is but a month
away. One Of the most marked evil
lack of attention which Judge Par
ker has received during his visits
here the past three weeks. He has
stopped at three hotels in the heart
of the city. He has not secluded
himself in his apartments entirely,
but has been easily seer about the
corridors and Hobbies. The papers
were full of his comings and goings.
Not even then did the idly curious,
that large and mobile element which
IAN always be depended on here to
seek out the most interesting public
event of the day. honor the Hobbies
of the hotel where the democratic
candidate stopped. The Parker
hotel Hobbies have been no more
crowded when the candidate was
about than when he was still chief
Judge and was taking his morning
plunge at Esopus. The archbishop
of Canterbury, with his knee
breetchees, attracted a bigger crowd
in the city streets.
With a knowledge of this deadly
lack of interest when the campaign
should be at it's hottest, the question
naturally is presented as to which
side will profit the more thereby.
The situation in New York city is
reproduced in similar proportions
throughout the east. Neither Of the
big parties can honestly assert it is
receiving enthusiastic support in
any quarter. Nothing has been done
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-19
R~ooseveIt's Wise Words

President Roosevelt's wise words, in
4 recent speech in Maine, strike home
upon an important phase Of the higher
life Of the household: Every father
of a large family-and being an old
fashioned man ! believe in large fam
ilies-knows that il he has to do well
by his children he must try to do well
by himself. Now haven't You in your
own experience known men-and l am
sorry to say wen more often women
who think that they are doing q favor
70 their children when they shield
them from any effort! When they
let the girls sit at ease and read while
the mother does all the housework:.
Don't you know cases like that3 I
do, yes; when q boy will be brought
up to be very ornamental and not
Don't you know that, toof
Exactly. Now those are not good
fathers and mothers. They are not
being kind, they are simply lilly"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-19

/ to arouse the enthusiasm. If the
campaign winds up as a real cam
paign, 1t will require a whipping
finish unprecedented in intensity to
v approach the stirring times of
four and eight years ago.
The republican managers believe
the way the a has been rated so
far speaks their success. In truth
they can point to Senator Fair
banks tour with some pride. He ad-
dressed fairly large meetings along
the saeboard, discussed tariff, Pam
m and politics In a truly dignified,
and from his party's point Of view,
entirely irreproachable method. His
address in a Broadway noon meeting.
however. attracted only the same
crowd that would have been there
to hear an upstate congressman
Yet his tour constitutes real cam
paigning, and as such deserves COM
mendation. At least Mr.. Cortelyou
and his helpers think so, and point
out that the democrats have fine
headquarters but no campaign.
For their part. the latter gentle
men declare the race so far has been
run to the benefit Of their entity,
and he is now g~alloping in a position
to come through in a rush at the
finish. If asked for brass tacks, how
ever, neither democrats of repub-
leans could deliver proof of just
where the inertia they cannot dis
pei can possibly benefit their candi-
| date.
In New York state an impressive
array Of republicans will not vote
for Governor Odelrs candidate for
governor, Lieut.. Gov. Higgins The
way they are betting at Wall-st in
dicates a belief in wise quarters
Judge Herrick will carry the state
for the democrats. If he does, many
sound r%easoners are certain he will
also carry the state for Parker, If
the latter can't do 1t on his own
| oars. Carrying the thought a step
farther, the man who has New
| York's electoral vote after Nov. s
| may with some more fortune, have
a majority in the same body. The
republican dope" workers have
figured out how Roosevelt will win
without New York. A questionable
feature of their figures. however, is
| that besides New York they name as
conceded democrats states outside
| the solid south, only Montana, Neva-
da and Colorado, still allowing a
margin of 3S votes for the accidental
loss of a contested state.
The dominating note of the race
in the east so far is indifference. AS
one old politician from the south
west said: TN times of drought, all
weather signs fail. When they quit
shouting at campaign time. you
might as we'll forget the old rules"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-19

was the way the photographer put it,
and these are his computations.
Mr.. Rockefeller own 60 per cent of
the stock of the Standard Oil Co.
which is capitalized at 500, 100000.
The market value of all the stock is
I $3.50, 600, 600. Dividends of A per
| cen were paid last ear and they
will probably equal that sum this
| year. So Mr.. Rockefeller's annual
/ receipts from this source amount to
| some s2S,60O, 600. He also owns con-
trolling or some interest in a dozen
or more railroads and big industrial
| enterprises, which yield him in per-
sonal profits each year at least $l2,-
f, 600, 900.
, must be somewhere about $40, 900
600. There are 365 days in a year
| and each n of these means some
thing like 100000 to Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's Golfers. Divide this by the 1440
minutes that makes up a day and it
is found that a few pennies short of
$40 is falling into the oil kings lap
| ctcIy W stCOIluS. As lie sat III thC
carriage, an these calculations being
correct, he had figuratively, speaking
received s140, which no doubt was
sufficient to pay the drug clerk for
the prescription.
Mr.. Rockefeller has practically re-
tired from business. He has not
been in the Standard Oil building
26 Broadway, but twice within the
year. Henry II. Rodgers runs the
Standard Oil for him while J. p. Nor
gan attends to his railroads and other
industrial interests in a large meas
ure.
Mr.. Rockefeller devotes himself to
reading a little playing golf a great
deal, and attends zelously to religious
thought and worship.
He lives much more plainly Than
a score of common m~illionaires who
have homes neal his own. Ostenta-
tion is unknown to him. His phil
osophy of life, as expressed by him
to II. Gaylord Wiltshire, the socialist,
some time ago, is that everyone is
working for himself. He laid the
foundations of his vast fortune and
has the right to enjoy the harvest.
Things in the world are pretty much
as they were intended to be, and in
life men shall prepare for the life to
come.
Mr.. Rockefeller is, despite reports
to the contrary, not in feeble health.
He has taveled about some this sum-
mer and there is a glow upon his
wrinkled cheek. He ever has a pleas
ant word for those about him and
is never a grumbler.
He has foresworn the busy world
of business, and according tn his
idea of how the richest man in all
the world should do 1t, he is resting.