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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
Beyond the Styx.

Plato-Let me see: They con-
demned you to die, but permitted you
to choose the manner Of your death.
Am I right? That's right.
told them hemlock juice was my
poison. I said ice cream first, but
they made me guess again.-Puck.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
No Change.

No Change.
The young men Of the town had
bought the vacant lot opposite Miss
Martha Billingsby's fashionable
school for young ladies'" purposing 20,
build a club house thereon. ~
'I am sorry for you, said one o.
Miss Martha's friends; 1 fear having
these young men opposite you In ~
stead Of that empty lot win seriously
injure your school. " i
"oh, never fear" answered Mjss
Martha promptly: Il can aseurs yous
that it win stiI be an empty lot
Neale's Monthly. ll.ssss:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
Very Raoular.

After the sermon on Sunday morn
ing the rector welcomed and shock
hands with a young German.
care you a regular communicant g
said the rector. 10 ~
.Yes," said the German take the4
7:45 every morning.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
LONDON FULL OF BEGGARs
Mendicants and cadeers Appear in
the Great Metropolis in All
Sorts Of Disguises.

There are many professional beg
gars in London, who have their own
copyright methods Of extracting coin
from sympathetic and credulous pub
lie. You may perhaps have come
across the distressed governess, ont
of situation, who asks you in Oxford
street the way tv walk to Turnham
Green, and is so staggered at the c:s-
tance that you ask her to accept the
bus fare.
Then there is the transatlantic
Journalist stranded in the metropolis.
He is too proud to seek aid from some
of his millionaire friends at the Cecil,
but if you could?-and perhaps you
do.
Most artistic Of all mendicants Is
the old lady of grandmotherly appear
ance dressed in black silk. She Is up
in London for the day, and some one
has robbed her of her purse. She has
called on her solicitor, but unfortu-
nately he was out. What shall she
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19

about that. Sam said he'd been trcu.
bling you by walking in his Sleep
New York Post
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
Her Good Record.

els that Mrs. Smith? I called you
up to ask if you can say anything
good Of Bridget Farley, who was with
you as cook"
(. Eyes, l can say one nice thing. She
left without breaking any dishes
That's encouraging. How long did
she stay?"
zone hour"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
..F1ubdub, ny vie wants to meee

you"
"'I feel complimented, Wombat I"
LET me tip you of. I've been blau-
ing it on you when I've been down
town late"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
Nome.

Willie, can you name big city IA
Alaska pr ss:s.. Z.
Nom"
Correct S.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19

Sometimes siegle:blessedness Is Q
greater failure chan marriage
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19

Drive that cough from your system.
Deans Mentholated Cough Drops wiz
surely help you-6c at all Drug Ssorea
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
Only One ..BRoMoQUIrIINE',
Trouble Ahead

To get the genuine, call sor fur1 name. EAXA.
TIVE BROMO OUININE. Look for signasueeo&
e. w. GROVE. Cures caid In One Day. zsa.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
A Medium Kind.

She-James, we must get a plain
cook.
Ke-But if she's any palmer than
the last one, she'll scare the baby,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
IN Spirit
.1n SPIRIT
have done away with
said the member Of

passes ent1reis, said the member Of
the town council.
"Oh, don't know" replied the en-
bittered rural editor. "Now and then
one Of them passes dividend"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19

Sore Eyes, Circulated Eysiida and sties
promptly healed with Roman Eye Bal Z
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
The Difference.

That fake doctors cares are moi
patent"
Perhaps moi, but his medicines
are"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
IF YOU'RE GRouchf

it is likely that your liver needs stir
ring up. Wright's Indian Vegetable
Pills will set you right quickly. ADV.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
The Dentists Act

The Dentists Act
These new laws have teeth N
them"
Not for people who know how 70
work pull"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19
ENDS DYSPEPSIA.
INDIGESTION. GAS
''Pape's Diapepsin1 cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time It! 9

Really does" put bad stomachs In
order really does" overcome indiges-
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in FIVE minutes-that-iust
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. +: what you eat ferments into
stubborn humps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head ie dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filed
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member tbs moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
ali such distress vanishes. It's truly
eetorich:::,,-- ,st marvellous, and
&c 10Y - rs aa nlessness.
:. iasa2- Ess--ly-calt case o. Pape's Dia-
5sssL- ~: gia YOU hundred dollars
.cr,h ~. :t:ssaction.
Faf eight in gold to men
sad narne. .ro can't get their stom.
gca& se<zaae--. It belongs in your
no,ca -sa@"l1 q ways be kept handy
= case q 6 SCI sour, upset stomach
5z.;1r,ng n 5av or at night. It's the
.s;5a Sa.s and most harmless
So 2a ;lae.5 n the world.-Adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-03-19

Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, and makes delightful eferyes-
cent lithia-water drink.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

guarded as he was. that the officials
stood confounded.
Search was made for hours, aud then
the watchman in the corridor was put
under arrest 1t was asserted that un-
less he had unlocked the cell and two
corridor doors Chilka could not have
escaped. He made an indignant Genial
and the singular incident was the talk
of the town and was published in the
newspapers. The AFFAIR would have died
out in q week but for the recapture OF
the Hindoo two or three days later. He
was seen and recognized in village
about twenty miles away, and was ar
rested and returned to jail. He would
make no explanation. He was offered
sum OF money and his freedom ne
would betray the guard. but he was
silent. No Importance was attached to
the pink stone, but it was taken away
from him when he was locked up.
For two days the man was quiet and
suIlen. Then he began to shout and
scream and rave, and to quiet him the
stone was restored. As soon as 1t was
placed in his hands, the fellow was like
a lamb. Il was given him . about aoGS,5oS )
in which he was confined contained eight
cells, and in each cell, except his, there
were two prisoners: There was q barred
an iron door at the other. A guard sat
at his door and had control Of the lever
unlocking all the cells. he was own
ooGa not 70 be shs a HIS oTsrs
to look into Chiika's cell every hour, and
at 4 o'clock he looked In and found the
man apparently asleep. At o'clock he
looked In, to hnd the cell empty. The
other prisoners had heard nothing. Be
fore unlocking the cell, the guard called
the tailer, and never was official 50
dumfounded. The Hindoo had vanished.
But how could he have gone In the
nesh? There was q guard, and there
were fourteen prisoners to back him up,
and though the jailor was hard-head-
ed man. he was forced TO believe in the
supernatural.
This third queer escape caused no end
OF talk. Europeans who reside in India
see so many strange things that they
become tainted with superstition. There
were a few who shook their heads and
limited that the jallor knew more than
he dared to tell, meaning that Chilka
had dealt with him, but the general ma
tority put II down that the pink stone
was the fetish which had caused all the
trouble. In order 70 clear ourselves OF
the officials determined that
Chilka should be recaptured at any cost.
and messengers were sent out in every
direction. and a large reward offered. In
about ten days he was found 100 miles
away. The FIRST move Of his captors was
20 take the pink stone away from him.
He was brought back to Hardarabad and
jailed, and he was offered various sums
Of money II he would give up the secret
Of his escape. Not q word Of expla-
patton would he make. and for four days
he refused to eat or drink. He begged
decided to give 1t TO him The stone had
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

through a hole in a grindstone. I have
IL here and l will read it:
To Senator Jones it seemed the most
amazing proposition that has been sub
mitted since the foundation Of the gov
ernment' and he added that it involved
the very principle Of representative gov
eminent
That an act should be passed and
then repealed before it went into effect
struck him as being very strange He
coastwise ships to go through the canal
without paying toll would reduce
freight rates. To require them to pay
toll, he said, would be playing into the
hands OF the transcontinental railroads.
I would say nothing to wound or
grieve the President said Senator Jones.
His is the most trying position in the
republic. Upon his action. his word, his
decision, may depend the happiness of
our people. the prosperity of the nation,
and the lives of its citizens.
But what is it that we are asked to
do? 1t is an astounding act. I doubt
IL the people have fully grasped its sig
nihcance. To uphold the nations honor,
We are asked to confess its dishonor.
What could be more humiliating? What
could be more dishonorable? What action
on our part could more discredit US
among the nations OF the earth?'
There II is, Senator. Those are the
bold and fearless words you flung at the
May day breeze that spring day to be
carried around the world on its hutter-
ing wings. They represent the object
and the principles of our club. Only
two other Senators have dared to speak
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

tor Jones is right the other Senators
must be getting theirs somehow
Il said what I felt modestly replied
the Senator.
Look here. Mr.. Jones. the President
and you and the Senators can read print,
can't you?'
IF its large print, yes"
Well. the family Bible is in large
print. and has the Ten Commandments.
Can you read; Thou shalt not steal" and
twist it to read: Thou shalt not cut OF
the tail Of thy neighbor's cow?'"
''Skassly.'
Then how can they read a treaty
and twist II around like a rams horn"
Senator. in that speech you dehed
the British.
You grabbed the tail Of the lion
You twisted that tail.
You spoke for honor.
You must come into our Upholders
Club and be one Of u.s.
Can ten men accomplish anything he
asked after thinking It over
why, it didn't take half that number
to wreck the New Haven Road to the
last spike"
'"True-true."
Senator, I shall tell the Club that Won
accept the membership. but conditionallv.
That is, II after due research and dill
gent inquiry, you find that this country
hasn't got any honor to be discredited
and humiliated, and that there is moth
ing to uphold, you can withdraw and
start a chicken farm"
THE P. D. Q. MAN.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

but I can figure a little You might coop
up fifty hens in the back yard. but not
more. As TO eggs, II you get two hun
dred day from thousand hens you
would do well. The increase would not
be half what you figure. Then you have
not figured on the expense OF lumber and
carpenter work for the coOps, nor for
feed and help. You sec
les. I see-of course / see! / see
that you know nothing about poultry.
I tell you that any man with an ounce
Of brains can make 5000 a year out OF
two thousand fowls
We'll. let US see how II Is done"
Its done in a business way. OF course" i"
Then we'll figure in business way.
You will want lumber and nails for the
coops, and there will be carpenter work.
How much lumber"
mot a piank-not a board-not foot"'
howled Mr.. Bowser.
But how are you going to do it?''
None OF your business, / go to work
and invent plan to make 500 year
as easy as rolling on log. ! come home
feeling pleasant over 1t. Like an ass. l
state the plan to you, and YOU immediate
~ and maliciously set out to tear 1t to
pieces. Woman"
II was lucky for Mr.. Bowser that Just
then he heard the voice OF a tramp in
the basement hall asking the cook for
a bite to eat. II offered him diversion.
from Mrs. Bowscr and rushed down
stairs followed by the cat, and he fell
upon that unsuspicious tramp like a
thunderbolt There was a miX-up, three
or four whoops and yells. and then the
tramp broke loose and spread his wings
and made for the street. He didn't stop
TO open the gate. but went over the fence
like a bird, and the chase was over.
When Mr.. Bowser returned to the sitting
room pencil and paper had disappeared.
and the diplomatic Mrs. Bowser was look
ing into the family almanac to see what
day in the week the next Fourth Of jolly
would fall on"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
P. D. O. INTERVIEWS
A Little Talk With Senator Jones

II any one has stated that Senator
Jones. Of Washington State, Is a hard
man to interview, he must have been
wanting to leave temperance tracts with
him, and the Senator suspected 1t.
Five minutes after the p. D. Q. Mans
card went in he sat facing the Senator
and feeling very much at home.
The honorasia Is not only a good-look-
him TO see that he Is a man Of high and
patriotic aims and purposes You can
reapin his clear eyes, high forehead, and
determined mouth that he In ready to
give his life at any moment to prevent
a foreign foe from cutlIng the buttons
on Of Uncle Sans coat tails.
Most Senators have the questionable
way. with an interviewer. as soon as he
has got seated, of fetching q fierce
scowl and clicking their teeth together
and demanding:
Well. What in (the hot olimate) do
Senator Jones is no bulIdozer. He wait
ed for the p. d. Q. Man to state his
He was complimented on the size and
flavor Of the Washington apple.
He was congratulated on the skill OF
the politicians Of his State in hiding
their graft.
He was asked IL the hotels and board
lighthouses OF his State stood ready TO
serve huckleberry pie day and night to
He was asked IL the quick-lunch par
lors had yet appeared as far West as his
home
Then the interviewer was ready to say:
Senator. the Upholders' Club OF New
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
BOWSER'S SURE THING
But Mrs Bowser Knocks 1t Right Out

Mr.. Bowser was smiling as he left the
office.
He chuckled as he took the street car.
He reached home with grin on his
face.
That he was about to make a break
of some sort was apparent to Mrs. Bow
ser before he had been home fve min
utes, but she asked no questions, and he
ter dinner. Then he rubbed his hands to-
gether and chuckled softly and said:
'I suppose that II / should tell you
that expect to make a clean thousand
dollars a month on the outside for the
next five years you'n call It one OF my
fRds, wouldn't your"
Perhaps not" answered Mrs. Bowser,
doubtfully. Are you going to speculate?''
,,,rS Not .sin. at all have simply struck a
IF it's a sure thing it will be nice.
What is it?'
'T'I tell you, though you won't under
STAN. Not one woman in ten thousand
has a business head on her. have Of
ten wished you knew something OF bust
ness, so that could talk to you. 1t isn't
your fault that the Lord created you to
in search OF bargains, and so / don't
lay II UP against you. I'll tell you what
my new move is. ] am going into hogs" 8"
Il can understand that much" quietly
raise hogs in order to supply the mar
ket with pork"
That's the plan to a dot. and you
deserve praise for catching on so quick
ly. 1 propose to buy a thousand pigs
pig six months old can be bought for
a dollar"
And one thousand pigs for one thou
sand dollars
That's 1t. I invest 1900 in pigs. At
the age of two years old every pig is
ready to be made into pork. The aver
age weight OF a two-year-old pig ready
for the pork barrel is 200 pounds. Fresh
pork Is worth 13 cents per pound. That
Is SOS for every pig. or &25 clear profit.
Any man with an ounce OF brains in his
head can figure 5000 clear profit in two
years. Is there any fad about that?'
I'm sorry haven't got a business head
on me-" said Mrs. Bowser as she got pen
ell and paper. but will figure with you
little. Where are you going to fatten
your hogs?"
why, on a farm. of course. You don't
suppose I'm going to turn the basement
OF our house into a pig pen. do you?"
But where is your farm
Mr.. Bowser's jaw dropped. He hadn't
figured on a farm.
"A farmer figures that II costs cents
per pound to make pork for market"
continued Mrs. Bowser. Those are his
figures even when he owns his farm and
crowns his own corn. 1t will take, In
addition to all other feeds. at least twenty
Bushels of corn for every one of your
pigs. Have you figured on buying 10000
bushels OF corn. Mr.. Bowser2'
He began to flush up and breathe hard,
but he made no reply"
ITO care for a thousand hogs you must
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

York has delegated me to ask you II
you viii accept an honorary member
The name Of the club is not familiar
to me-" he replied
Because it has just been adopted and
We are keeping 1t secret"
rs II q poker clubF'
mo, Senator. Some poker will be
played, as is always the case In every
but the object is far different and more
praiseworthy one"
But just what is the obJect?"
ITO uphold the honor OF the United
States Our club numbers only seven
members at present, and when We get
three members no more will be taken. %
But l hardly understand" said the
but you surely understand this. II
everybody in the country was tumbling
over himself to save its honor there
would be such confusion and disagree
ment that 1t could not be saved at ALL a"
Yes, 1t might be the case"
And therefore a few of US patriots
going to take the work in hand and see
that 1t is well done"
But why do you come to me?"
Senator, on the 9th OF May you made
a speech on the floor Of the Senate"
'It was that speech that called our
direct attention to you.
ut was fervid.
1T was patriotic.
1T was fearless.
1T proved that you could read a doc
ument and understand IL.
1t also proved that you could see
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
THEY NEVER WILL BELIEVE.

Speaking about fishing" said the gro
Ger as he talked with a friend at the
door Of his store-"speakinE about fish
ing
TITS no use." interrupted the other.
Not a bit I was out to Gem Lake
! the other day
There are fish in Gem Lake7''
There are. sir, and monstrous big
ones, too. More than forty men laughed
at me for going and said I wouldn't
even get a nibble."
But you did?'
why. sir had hardly thrown IN
my hook when it was seized by a twenty
pound pickereL."
You don't sayr'
II expect he weighed fve pounds more
but I made a conservative estimate. I
played him for an hour and then tele-
graphed the crowd TO come out and see
him taken from the water. I told them
to come by special train and would
pay all the expense. wanted no lying
about that fish"
That's right-that's right. And they
came, did theyT'
they were four hours late. The hSh
waited for three hours and then swAl-
lowed hook, line and pole and went on
about his business"
And, Of course, they said he was only
q minnow and"
and they sneered and jibed and called
me a liar. and-and-well. it's no use.
do no more fishing. and the crowd
can go to grass!"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04

or give in gracefully. but finally decided
to do the latter. Her facts and figures
were beyond dispute and had laid him
cold, but for fear she would feel puffed
up over It, he said:
of course 1 should have figured it all
out TO a penny before investing any
money. What you say is all guesswork,
but Wen let II go for time. In fact,
the hog scheme was a secondary matter.
I've got a better thing than that. l was
in hopes Brown might drop in this even
ing and I'd talk II over with him"
Why not talk it over with me?' asked
Mrs. Bowser.
You won't comprehend it. OF course.
but III give you an outline OF II. How
much do you suppose a man down in Ohio
has made out OF chickens in the last
Year,"
a thousand dollars perhaps"
over 5000 clean money. and next year
he will double that amount I've got my
facts and figures down pat. and I'm going
What are your facts and fgures?'
You can't understand them. but I'll
give you a few, III start in with 1000
hens"
where do you START
Where do I start? Perhaps you i'm
agine I'm going to make a hen-roost OF
the top of the house, start in our
back yard. OF course. I buy loo hens
Il don't know where you are going to
do IT," said Mrs. Bowser. The very
lowest figure you can make Is 30 cents,
and the fowls will be common at that
Having got your thousand hens together,
then what?'
Then I depend on eggs and chickens"
replied Mr.. Bowser. Il figure on so
eggs per day. Wen call it fifty dozen.
and put the price at 20 cents per dozen.
There's 80 per day for sure. One thou
sand hens ought to hatch ten thousand
chickens per year: Each chicken will
readily sell for"
Just wait a minute. Let US begin
The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
A HINDOO MYSTERY

For confederation of what am about
to relate 1 give you the Hardarabad
Gazette Of the date OF June 6, and "a
of the year 1S72 In those three issues,
find much space devoted to the case Of
the man who went by the name Of Chilks-
This Hindoo Chilka, who was about
forty years of age, came to the canton
ment at Hardarabad as a peddler Of
fetishes. He had the beaks and claws
of birds, the feet OF small animals, and
skins and teeth OF serpents and the ears
and claws Of tigers and panthers; He
claimed that all his stock had been bless
ed by a holy man and that each and every
article-was a charm The native soldier
is full of superstition, and the English
soldier in India at least hopes for good
ly. There were charms against death.
wounds, sickness, losses and what not
and the very cheapest and poorest was
guarantee that its possessor would never
be struck by lightning. The man had
been selling his goods for an hour or
so when dispute arose between him
and the English soldier, and he was or
dered OF the grounds. As he stopped to
argue the matter he was run into the
guardhouse to give him a lesson. The
prison held four or hve soldiers at the
and refused to notice any Of them. They
turned from him to their cards, but
after half an hour suddenly saw that
he was missing. There was but one win
but one door, and that had not been
opened. The alarm was given and the
officer came In to investigate. It was lit
tie he could discover. The peddler had
vanished, and yet had he been a cock
roach there was no crevice he could have
used to escape. The door had been lock-
ed. with a sentry on the outside, and the
window had not been tampered with
When the oficer made his report he
was reprimanded. To square himself he
fell back on the soldier prisoners. Be
fore the affair ended a good many oficers
were badly mixed up. 1t could not be
disputed that Chilka had been locked up.
II could not be disputed that he had
vanished soon after. No one could say
how he had gone, and that was the stick
Of IT, To say that he had melted into a
shadow and hoated through the keyhole
was ridiculing the matter. He was final
ly reported as having escaped, and II was
generally believed that the other pris-
, oners had somehow aided him. Next
day the Hindoo was arrested in the city
for having passed q bogus coin, and was
taken to the city jail to await trial. When
imprisoned in the guardhouse at the
cantonment nothing was taken away
from him. When taken to the city jail he
was carefully searched and his pockets
emptied. Aside from the fetishes have
mentioned he had with him nat stone