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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
A Surprise PARTY.

A plensaut surprise party may b Civ,
Oh to your stomach and liv =. ty t,kiug
n medicine which will relieve thoir pain
and discomfort, w: d.. Kings Now
Life Pills. They are most wond rfu
remedy, nff'oriiug sure relief and cure,
for headache, dizziness aEt constipation
25c at Pickens Drug Co.'S. store.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19

An English court has deciled that
no man is gemtlman who earns his
living. We have gentlemon, then, at
both ends Of American society. Those
at one end we call "tramps:" those at
the other end call themselves "the
400"
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
MOthorR! NIOtharRI NJ .IhnraI

How many children are at this season
feverish and constipatcd with bad
stomach headache. Mother Gray's
Sweet Powders for Children viii always
cure. If worms are present they vii
certainly remove them. At all drug
gists; 25c Sample bottle mailed FREE
Address y Hen S. Oln,stea'l, Leroy,
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
Good for Stomach Trouble and Con
Stinati0n.

"Chambrrlains Stomach and Liver
Tablets have done mo II great deal of
good, says G. Towns of Rat Portage,
Ontcrio, Canada. "Being mild physio
the after effects arc not unpleasant and |
ctn recommend them to all who anffer
from stomach disorder" For sale by
Pickens Drug Go.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19

When you want n pleasant laxative,
that is easy to take and certain to act,
use Clnmberlain' Stomach and liver
Tablets. For s,le by Picker Drug Co.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
. a g IT. O R Z a..
Bears the q The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature "f @N2Nzz1I

An accident on the Coast Limo near
Charleston resulted in the dealt. Of
one lahorer and the injuring OF two of
the crew.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
Notice or Final Settlement

I will apply to j. b. Newbery, Pho
bate Judge for PcHcns county, on the
1cth day of August for final settle
ment Of the estate of Samuel Jones,
deceased, aud ask to he dismissed as
administrator. Fl. f.. CLAYTON,
Administrator.
July 10, 1905.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-07-19
For Cotton Teighcr.

Il. II. Crane is hereby announced asa candid
ntc for Cotton weigher for PicKcnS Township,
subject to the action Of the voters ut the np-
rolching election.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

MIND OF PRETTY MAID GIVES
UP TO LIQUOR.
Halls JUDGE AS CARNEGIE
Then Pleads for tigarette-Mad Girl
Attempts to Burn Kitten to
Death in Gas Jet-Women In
sane Flee Before Attacks.

Cleveland, O.-Liquor and dissipation
are said to have caused the mind OF
pretty Bessie Finn to give way to the
strain placed upon it. Probate Judge
Hadden ordered her committed to the
Newburg state hospital, and she was
taken to that institution.
The case of the girl is one OF the
strangest and most pathetic that ever
came before the probate court. Traces
of one time refinement still linger on
her face. She is only "a, but five years
of a wild life have added years to her
appearance. Wild-eyed, fiendish at
times, docile as child at other mo-
ments, her mind is said to be utterly
gone. @.
When the girl was brought to the coun-
ty Jail from the workhouse, where the
police sent her for an ordinary offense.
Taken before Judge Hadden she greeted
him:
ssWell, if there isn't Andrew Car
uegie, Give me cigarette, won t you?"
The judge was forced to refuse her
request, and she pleaded with spec
tators to hand her just one.
"Just one cigarette, just one. haven't
had one for days." she cried.
Back in the woman's ward of the
Jail, where she was taken from the
courtroom she grew violent. Running
through the corridor of the lower .ier
of cells she screamed and raved. The
other prisoners were thrown into a
panic and their screams mingled with
those of the mad woman. Mrs. Chad
wick in the corridor on the third floor,
heard the cries and started down the
steps. She was pushed back into g
chair and Gained.
Catching sight of a small kitten
that had wandered through the bars
in to the corridor, the woman, with a
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
The "Border Ruffiau."

The recent death of DR.. ]. H. String
fellow, speaker of thes first Kansas
house of representatives, recalls the
fact that he was the first person to
whom the famous epithet border ruff
fan" was applied. Gov. Reeder is said
to have used the term, whereupon the
doctors brother knocked the governor
down. The legislature was in session
at Shawnee mission, little across the
Kansas-Missouri line. This was the
legislature which adopted the statutes
OF Missouri entire, substituting the
word kansas" for Missouri wher-
ever necessary. DR.. Stringfellow was
called the father of Atchison and start
ed the first newspaper in Kansas, the
Squatter Sovereign. Stringfellow was
an ardent champion OF the proslayery
cause, but, as history tells, his party
was unsuccessful against John Brown,
Jim Lane and the other antislavery
leaders in making Kansas a slave state.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

hours before the last been returned
home. Now the bees are kept in the hive
until the store closes. Then they are
released from the roof and wander in
search of sweetness wherever they will
until after dark.
Already these hives, and the fornli-
carums, or nests of living ants, are in
great demand. A herd of the ants cows
the common green fy-and about half
a dozen of their domestic pets-the little
white woodlouse, which is not as big
as one letter of it's terrific name, Platyar-
thus Hoffmannaeggii-are introduced
into each nest.
The ants may be seen building, laying
out roads, boring tunnels, constructing
cowsheds and milking their cows, play
ing with their pets, attending in state
on their queen, storing away their eggs
and food, feeding and washing their
young and burying their dead in the
cemetery each colony has built in one
corner of its nest.
The greatest demand so far in the new
department has been for japanese waltz
ing mice, which come out of their nests
and indulge in periodical mad whirls
until they look like nothing but balls
Of fblack-and-white wool.
There are lizards, frogs and nevis
alive and in spirit, aquaria illustrating
the development of pond life, and mount
ed moths and butterflies, as well as cases
showing the life history of insects in
furious to crops and cattle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
Conserving Morality.

! Some progressive business banks In
Manhattan now equip gymnasiums and
libraries, as we'll as dining halls, for
the help, from junior clerks to the tell
ers. When young man is engaged he
is taken on months probation with
out being subject to fling bond. It
he be continued in service after that pc
r1Od, individual bonding is required in
every instance. The parent house OF
the Corn Exchange. bank, in the Wall
street district, says the New York Press,
necessarily employs considerable force
as it clears for its many brancn IS
throughout the city. Every mothers
son on the regular payroll is entitled
to daily free lunch on the premises.
the meals being supplied from Delmch.
ico's downtown place. The statement
is made that the purpose in furnishing
this convenience is not to curtall en-
ployes' MONDAY recreation time, but
with an idea of confining companionship,
thus steering clear Of pool rooms, bucket
shops and the "curb.'
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
WITHIN INCH OF DEATH
DOWN IN A MINE.
Visitors in Colorado Shaft Stand ON
crumbling Ledge Above Thirty
Feet Of Water.

Denver, Col-To face death by
drowning in the icy waters OF a cavern
1000 feet under ground, to feel mar
row strip of ground affording temper
ary safety crumbling away inch BIZ
inch into the black waters tapping at
their feet, to see their only hope Of
rescue just an inch above their out
stretched hands and, finally, to be
saved after hope was gone, was the ex-
perience Of Howard Wyndham and his
companion, Sir George Berkeley, OF
London, in the Mohegan mine in Vic
tor.
The visitors went to Victor to IN
epect the Mohegan mine, and were be-
ing lowered in the shaft when they saw
water below them. They jerked the
bell rope to signal the engineer, and
broke it. The cage continued down.
ward and when the water was up to
their chins they jumped for a ledge and
reached it.
The engineer, puzzled by the one bell
he had heard before the rope broke, be-
gan hosting slowly, and the cage left
them. Then they discovered that the
clay ledge they were standing upon
was breaking down. Barely in time to
save them, the cage was lowered again
and stopped where they could reach It
and they were hoisted in safety.
The shaft had filed to depth Of 80
feet or more from seepage.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
Come Cook Lady!

We are willing to enter into con-
tract with a party desirous OF PERFORM
ing the culinary duties of Our little
household. We will pay more than any
body else in town, will give every after
noon of and no cooking on Sundays,
pleads the yearning scribe Of the News
Of Echo, Oregon. The good wife will
wait if there is rush at the table; now,
we don't mean a rush Of grub, but a
rush for a location. We are tryiI g
to mortgage this plant; if we succeed, We
will purchase an auto, if we can raise
enough to pay the first payment and
freight, of course. This vehicle is at
the pleasure of the H. G." and her
friends. All we ask is notice each morn
ing when we are preparing our coffee
and sinkers, which we would, of course,
expect to do if we got anything that day.
Now, if this is not enough inducement,
then stay where you are and starve to
death and see if we care. For further
particulars write this Office and a stamp
will be returned.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
How It Sounded.

Gov. Mclean of New Hampshire was
talking about Henry James criticism
Of American speech. 81 suppose that
Mr.. James wants us to use the broad
a." he said, "and to talk in every
way like Oxford graduates. The broad
is all, very well and the Oxford
graduate talks more musically, no
doubt, than the native of Paint Rock.
At the same time it was through the
cultivation Of this English way OF
speaking that my best friend nearly
lost his wife-lost her, mean, through
divorce, not through death. She made
one day some biscuits and at dinner
that night she said in her cultivated
way: I made big batch of these
biscuits You did, indeed, DEAR said
my friend, her husband. How do you
know how big batch made?' she
asked, surprised. I thought he mur-
INJURED, that you said botch.'"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
SHE PUSHED THE LITTLE JAIL PET
INTO A JET OF BURNING GAS.

wild shrek, pounced upon it. Reach
ing high above her head she pushed
the little jail pet into jet of burning
gas. Three women prisoners, afraid
for their own safety, attacked the mad
girl and compelled her to relinquish
her hold on the kitten. Dazed and
suffering it skunk into corner of the
corridor and cried piteously until one
of the prisoners gathered 1t up in her
arms and eased its pain.
Finding herself unable to control the
girl the Jail matron gave the alarm
and two deputy sherMs rushed into the
word. Selling the girl they struggled
and fought until the doors of a cell
were closed and locked against her.
While driving through the city to New
burg she would glance from the car
riage window and call passers by dis
tinguished names. Carnegie's name
seemed to be favorite and many an
imaginative iron king was petiticned
to give her "just one cigarette"
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
NORTH CAROLINA BOY
EATEN BY A SHARK.
sixteen-Year-O Sutton Davis Falls
Victim to Monster at
Beaufort.

Beaufort, N. C.-Sutton Davis, boy
Of Is, while wading and playing in the
water at Davis Shore, ten miles east of
here, was attacked and eaten by q very
large shark.
Davis and others were waist deep in
the water, greatly enjoying themselves.
The approach of the shark was not no.
ticed. 1t threw the boy in the air, caught
him in its mouth as he struck the water,
pulled him under and disappeared into
the deep water
Davis companions were too horror
stricken to do anything, even If they had
had an weapons with them, which they
did not.
Thorough search has been made, but
not a particle of the unfortunate lads
body has been found.
Many fat-backs have been caught this
month and quantity OF refuse matter
has been thrown back into the water
from the factories. The sharks have
come in to feast on this, and many of
them have been seen during the last
two weeks. No one felt any alarm, AZ
no one had been molested by shark in
Beaufort waters for nearly SO years.
Grown folks and children who daily en-
joyed diving and swimming matches
have discontinued this sport since the
terrible death Of young Davis.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
BEES MAKE HOME
M a LONDON SHOP.
Loosed for Airing; They Invade Candy
and Flour Departments Instead
os Keusington Gardens.


London.-A London store where one
can buy anything from suspender
button to an elephant, has added de.
partment where anything living or dead
which naturalist collects from fog
spawn to an observatory hive Of 10000
bees, may be bought
The first hive of bees which arrived AZ
Whiteley's almost caused panic. o.
the evening of their arrival the bees
were let loose for an airing, it beins
thought they would fy to Kensingtor
gardens in quest of honey. But the bees
proved themselves economists. They
invaded the stores and took possession
of the flower, candy and grocery depart-
ments and helped themselves to the
sugar and other sweets about. It was
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
cHINAMAN WANTED a WEIGH
Tried All Kinds Of Coins on the
Machine, But Couldn't Find
One to Fit,

As he walked out upon the platform
OF the elevated station he attracted at
tention Immediately, relates the New
York Post. He was rather different
from the ordinary Chinaman. There
were the coiled pigtail, Tapping trou-
sers and long, loose jacket, but his
face was anything but Celestial
While the usual Chinaman expresses
only habitual stoicism this man
beamed good humor and intelligent in
quisitiveness.
Unaware that he was the center Of
attraction. he walked up to weigh
ing machine and gingerly inspected It
That he understood its purpose was
evident, for he reached down into q
pocket and hauled out nickel, which
he vainly attempted to insert In. the
slot. This coin did not At and he
tried again with quarter. Still NO
success. Evidently this machine Of
the foreign Devil" required . bigger
sacrifice A half-dollar was forthcom-
ing, and just as he was inserting .
folded dollar bill, the station agent
rushed out and held his arm.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

Locked in a narrow cell in the psni.
sentiary and left there for hours by
q warden, while crazy man in an ad-
joining cell was shouting at the top OF
his voice, Hamlin Garland, the noted
novelist, had his latest experience re-
Gently in gaining local color for his
next work. Garland visited the peni-
tentiary and asked to be locked in a
real cell for half an hour. The war
den complied, telling deputy to re-
lease the author in 80 minutes. The
deputy forgot the novelist for three
hours. When at last he went to re-
lease him he found the visitor pacing
his cell like a Gagged lion. Garland ex-
pressed his indignation in warm tones.
but afterward repented and sent the
warden q box Of cigars.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

ILL TAKE IL. ully, DeueVe,
and counted out the money. "You
needn't do it up. I'll just put it on"
And with five unexpected dollars In
her pocket, Mrs. Tryon walked to the
nearest mirror, placed her purchase
on her head and walked out OF the
store.
''I never yet did get beat at a bar.
gain" Mrs. Tryon said, as she told
the story to her husband that evening.
"but l never made five dollars SO easy
in my life."
"That certainly was a bargain" Mr..
Tryon responded. Lets buy some
thing for the house with the five dol
lars"
Indeed, let's not, Mrs. Tryon smiled.
"Im saving that toward my sealskin
ape."-Kansas City Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

woman looked very well in the hat.
When the shopper was finally through
and had laid the hat pack on the
counter, after looking 1t over for a
price mark, Mrs. Tryon took her hat
from the counter, while the woman's
back was turned. and walked on down
the aisle.
She was carrying her hat in her
hand and after bit she noticed that
several women looked at the hat and
then at her as she passed. But Mrs.
Tryon was looking for her brown
bargain and paid little attention to
them.
A little later woman approached
and touched her on the arm.
"Are you going to take that hat,
madam" she inquired, pointing to
Mrs. Tryon's hat she was still carrying
in her hand
II believe l may as WE'LL" Mrs.
Tryon responded. ITS the one wore
down here this morning."
81 beg your pardon" the shopper
answerod in some embarrassment II
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

a. . M O"1N AAA' CT the clSFhS tain
ing together farther down the aisle
and she looked up just in time to see
the large woman pointing at her. Mrs.
Tryon became interested In watcn1ng
them and as the pair saw that they
were observed, the clerk walked away.
A moment later she returned with the
head Of the department, well-dressed,
important looking gentleman, ana tnen
to Mrs. Tryon's amazement the three
began q conversation which was aDoIt
her. there could be no doubt.
'They suspect me Of being q shoplifs-
er," was Mrs. Tryon's first thought. ana
she turned red to the roots OF her hair.
She did not know what to do. and there
was no time to think, for the gentleman
approached her straight.
Il beg your pardon, madam" he be-
gan, looking closely at Mrs. Tryon,
''but there is lady here who has COM
planned to me that You have been carry
Ing around q hat all morning that she
would like very much to look Of. She
says you don't seem to want to give
anyone else an opportunity to try It
on, and she says you have not bought It,
she is sure. would suggest, II you will
permit me, that you decide at once It
you want the hat, for il you don't, I'm
quite sure the other lady viii take Il. /"
Il really hate to disappoi1lt the lady" "
Mrs. Tryon answered, having recovered
herself, suddenly, sbut she really cannot
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

generally q fatal tos ae1 ~ J! ~ Z
The little accessorles Qf ~ tDil
ties. ruchings, friIls buek j
other small things which add 81 IS
ing touches, must Be taken ints
count. These may add largely a s1els
expense OF ones costume, unleaD - !
are put carefully away when not 1lal|
use. The secret Of many N0n1ai Is
dainty appearances Is NJ M IA lls| ~
that revelation Of character
drawer Of her dressing bureaus -
pity that, man seeking wife cs1ss
not have peep into the ide1s
bureau before he asks the all-insp pofs
tant question.
Ornament and jewelry should 20
used very sparingly by those ne
aspire to be well dressed. Jfsa-l
sion of rings, however costly ~ nosH
in good taste.
Once We are dressed, ~ an0al1
think no more about the subject l1E|
it is impossible for any reason for w.
to dress SO extensively y our I1ciz ~
bors, we need not be distressed. IAstss
counts for more than money irA fne
choice Of one 8 wardrobe. Unless ons hasz
a very deep purse, It Is y great MISTAKE
to have too many dresses or sulta e
the same time They are sl1le t0 ~
out Of fashion, and to prove sOgyce
OF trouble, rather than Of tislne-s
ton. In purchasing look out TOR a.
wearing qualities OF goodl ~ ~
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

VAO VAAA w vseO>
WIFE. this morning If l
san get there in time," the note
went on.
By the time Tryon had read the
note and finished his breakfast Mrs.
Tryon was in the heat Of the scrlm-
mage in the millinery department
downtown. Although she succeeded
in getting there just as the doors were
opened,. 20 other women were ahead
of her and the scrimmage up the
stairs was as thrilling as basket ball
game. Each of the wise ones grabbed
a clerk at once, knowing tha. was the
quickest way to get waited on, but
Mrs. Tryon was one of those who did
not understand this. She found her
self running about looking in vain for
that brown hat she had set her heart
on and no one to assist her. She came
across one creation" that she had
looked at in the window few days
before, but had given up because it
was too expensive. Here at least was
en- opportunity to see how she would
look in it. So she took OF her own
hat and laid 1t on the counter while
she walked eagerly to the glass with
the Creation in her hana.
Now the hat that Mrs. Tryon had
laid on the counter was dainty little
thing in white with pink flowers taste
fully trimmed on the brim. Mrs.
Tryon had worn it SO much that she
was thoroughly tired of it. Yet it was
still pretty hat.
After she had gazed longingly at her
reflection in the glass and had noted
with a sigh how we'll the expensive hat
became her, she returned to the coun-
ter just in time to see an eager shop
per trying on her hat.
Mrs. Tryon was shocked bit at first
and then she smiled at the situation.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
THE GRAND DUKES OF AMERICA
n Moneyhof, proud citadel.

In Moneyhof, proud citadel.
Our Grand Dukes sit conspiring.
They know the peoples weakness well,
They plot and scourge, they buy and sell
With energy untiring.
The Grand Duke Steel and the Grand
Duke Coal,
The Grand Duke Beef with the hard,
hard soul.
And swelled with the might Of his tribute
rich,
The Grand Duke standardoilovitch-
At Moneyhof the courtiers kneel
! In servile adulation;
Beneath the heavy Ducal heel
The weaker starve. the baser steal.
The bolder loot the nation.
boreal Pole
You pay the tax Of the Grand Duke Chal
And few are spared from the greedy itch
OF the Grand Duke Standardoilovitch.
In Moneyhof the tyran,s heed
No morals or condition.
The people groan, the people bleed
What matter, If they only feed
The Money Proposition?
The Grand Duke Beef. when whims de-
Serenely robs the Workman>s plate,
Then pools the Doodle to enrich
The Grand Duke Standardotlovitch.
Not in St. Petersburg alone
Do leeches have their inning
While Cossacks raid and peasants groan-
We have some Grand Dukes OF our own
That need little thinning:
The Grand Duke Steel and the Grand
Duke Coal,
The Grand Duke Beef with the food
control,
And swelled with the might Of his
tribute rich,
The Grand Duke Standardoilovitch.
Wallace Irwin, in N. 7. Globe.
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23


when she was suddenly stopped by an
excited woman who demanded:
''Is that hat sold?" pointing to Mrs.
Tryon's white hat trimmed in pink
flowers. Mrs. Tryon was getting rath.
er tired of this experience.
No, madam, it is not" she replied,
rather tartly.
How much is it," the woman per-
sisted. Mrs. Tryon saw at once that
being hatless she had been mistaken
for a clerk. She didn't care to in.
suit the lady, for the sake of the es-
tablishment, SO she said, as politely
as possible:
"The original price was $25, but"
Eyes, I know" interrupted the lady,
that makes it twelve and a half to-
day. I'll take it, And before Mrs.
Tryon could protest, the lady had
snatched the hat from her and had
handed her the even change. I won't
wait to have it wrapped, I'll just carry
it until get through on this floor"
Mrs. Tryon took her $3.50, and
walked meditatively to the counter,
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23
Mrs. Tryon's
BurguiD

MRS. TRYON was q truly thrifty
lV wife. AS . consequence she
was bargain hunter She often
bought little things because they were
cheap-not that she particularly need
ed them. But she would never ac-
knowledge this.
Tryon was not at all surprised one
rorning to find his breakfast standing
St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-23

Cardinal Gibbons expressed vital
truth in saying that at the bottom. of
every story Of corruption in public
of1ice and in high finance in this
country is tie trouble Of money"
The distinguished prelate made very
wise and necessary distinction, in
adding, in response to inquiry, that the
..trouble of money" is not in the love
Of money for itself, but tn the ambition
to acquire it for purposes OF extrava-
rant or magnificent display. This am.
bition leads, in many cases, to dishonor
and disgrace.