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Sentinel- Journal. Published Weekly. PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA. Even $10,000,000 worth of peace is worth having. Money talks, but it will have to do -more than that if it insures peace. Every little while nobody's selsmo graph is recording an earthquake. Every year this world drinks 1.250, 100.000 pounds of tea. That seems plenty. Whenever the dressmakers think of tCher outrageous spring styles they let -us know. That latest earth shock might be traced to the militarists bringing up their heavy artillery. Still, feeding children on two cents a-day and making them like it are two d1fferent propositions. If we. must have so many warships why not get Mr. Edison to make a few with his cement molds? Now Peru and Bolivia are disagree ing. What South. America needs Is a light and revolt antitoxin. If motion pictures are to aid the in sane they should not be associated with nickel-theater ventilation. When a cold wave hits New York there are noses sympathetically red In Weehawken, Hoboken and Hacken sack. If all the New England hunting stories are true the abundance of ven lisen should bring down the price of bee. No objection is heard from the young men of the family to the new fad of einploying young women chauf feurs. A ninety-three-year-old man has been left a fortune but refuses to give up bis job. He knows what has kept Wm alive. The Courier-Journal notes the. fine difference between the words "died" and "passed away" as applied to bank easbierM. It was a stroke of genius which anade the census taking precede the opening of the shooting season for iomateur hunters. Chicago highwaymen carried a vic tim three miles to rob 'him. That aust constitute a violation of the: linterstate commerce law. * A new million-dollar apartment house in New York Is to have' a kin 'etrarten, hospital and skating rink.; - 'The three don't go badly ,together. " Mrs. Russell page is going to build a model town for 1,S00 model families uear New York. But she may have to go out of New York to find her ten When aerial freight transportation begins to become a fact, we shall hear some railroad men arguing that there des not enough air for the success of ~the plan. _____ An Iowa judge granted a divorce to a man whose wife liked cigarettes .bet 'ter than she did himn. Must have been zwfully good cigarettes or a pretty . 'New York waiters are opposed to! theinsittio ofth Betilonsystem, .and the 'public will stand by them so Iar as pertains to thumbprints on the coup plates. Paragraphers all over the country erHl mourn that it is the society wom en of Philadelphia, instead of Chicago. iwho are .unwilling to show their feet in a classi, tableau. -Dr. Wiley says that the earth Is.J foling and that men will freeze to' death on the equator some day. From a man who is contemplating miat': * unony one would expect a brighter view. Last year Alaska produced $20,463. 00 gold; or about three times what Unele Sam paid for the big territory. ;ome day Secretary Seward will have a fne monument as a good judge of a aestate bargain. The students of Vassar proclaim 4wtth pride that they can cook, and cook appetizing meals at that. There Is no danger' in the higher education. seven for the conservative, when wom en take pride in their cooking as an anccompllinhment. and men, as a rule, t do not care how much science and .philosophy their future wives absorb alogas the absorbing process does otinterfere with the prospect of good dinners when the cook Is o Sin the silk war between Italy and . ~Japan goods and prices cut much tncre of a figure than battleships. *The brave police president of Berlin has taken a valiant stand against long hat pins, calling upon women to cease making themselves in this respect a menace to mankind. The long hat pin affected by fashion is really danger ous, as those who have been jabbed in crowded cars or on the street can tea tify. If the women won't be reason asn it+ won't they nlease be Child Should be Given Fair Chance for Life Useful Existence By SIR OLIVER LODGE HE ultimate object of religious training must be to encourage such ideas and habits as shall result in a happy childhood and a sound and usefil life. We should not subordinate thel life of the child too entirely into the life of the adult. It is a period of preparation, truly, but it is something more than' that. It is a life period of value in itself. It is a time of con siderable subjective length, and it should be allowed due! weight and permanence in the scheme of existence. At the' same time a respect for grown-up people is a natural, child like instinct which ought not lightly to be destroyed. The first real gods of a child are his parents, however ungodlike they may be. And hence arises that feeling of security and nearness of protec-. tion and law which is one of the luxuries of childhood, and, I may add, one of the responsibilities of parenthood. In discussing religious teaching we are considering what* we term their souls; and however many clouds of glory the average poor child 1 may be trailing when he arrives in this poor planet he has not to wait long before every trace is completely lost and the vision splendid fades into the light of common day at an early stage, I fear, in the infancy of the street urchin. It is a lamentable result of town life and the struggle for existence in our complex civilization. I am not sure that it is not a wicked and i blasphemous condition of things. That nation or colony which could insure that its children should pend their short and vital- early years among healthy, happy surround rings suited to their time of life and state of development, and leading to a good, robust, serviceable manhood and womanhood-that nation: 1would in a few generations stand out from amongst the rest of the world as something almost superhuman. t The idea seems remote, the path towards its attainment too difficult; yes, but that is partly because too few realize it as an ideal, too few are Aware of any such problems before them. They have no such aim, and ithout proper aim we are not likely to hit the mark. I do not believe that the problem is insoluble. I believe that some. ay it will be solved. Human life is not allvays going to be the failure jiat it is at present. Crime and vice and besotted stupidity are not, always going to have it their own way. We owe it to the children to give them a fair and decent chance of understanding the world and of living in it with pleasure and human r profit. People will say that it would cost too much. Nothing of the kind can cost too much. What is the necessity ofi life? What is this planet for? Consider those questions and then con sider whether as yet we have learned or even effectively tried to answer' them in any reasonable manner: whether we are not hopelessly befogged by custom and buried beneath the relics of barbarous times. The fi ures would be comparatively few. But so long as neglected, weedy wastes are allowed, the most cultivated plots are unsafe and all the neighboring territory is infected to a lamentable extend. The whole world is welded to-' gether in this way, so that new physical and moral dis '~/ eases, bred in some tropical swamp or eastern city, 3can at times decimate the healthiest civilization. - No fraction of the world or of the individual can be thoroughly healthy and happy while any member of it is degraded and wretched. _____________________ In Detroit, Mich., recently there was in-: augurated a 'closed postoffice on Sunday. W orking All divisions and branch stations were to B inAclosed all day, except the general delivery' at the main postoffice, which was kept open About to oblige transients. 66 There were no complaints on account of a closing and even the callers at the general t Sunday" delivery were 's per cent. less than when _______________the_ main office and branch stations were a By E. F. GURI open on Sunday to accommodate patrons. S Chicago This much for a "sane Sabbath" was accomplished by the postmaster of Detroit, a acting on a petition presented to the head C f the postoffice department at Washington by patrons of the Detroit postoffice. There has been some agitation to close in Chicago and a business rnen's association endeavored to close the Jackson park station of the ('hi -ago office.I A prominent minister of a Woodlawn church made the subject his S heme in an address before this association. The church-going public are the chief patrons of the Sunday post- i >ffice. Why not (lose the pos'toffice on Sunday? It surely can and must be one if public sentiment demands it.. t _____________________ In the schools of manual training in, Massachusetts~ the girls beat the boys as~ G irls carpenters, the good-natured rivalry stimu-~ iating better work by both sexes. One of he most novel features of the work is the in iv anuai vacation schools at Cambridge. As high an trainingattendance as 1.400 boys and girls was re asks corded in 19)10 in Cambridge alone, which are additional to the regular manual coursee _____________________ in the free public schools. One of the young women students has By GRTRDE RICSON lately built a dressing table, which is de- y 1, cidedly elaborate, of white wood, and fin- I ished in white enamel. It has a cheval mir ror and is quite valuable. At other times she built a magazine cabinet y and a bench: or seat. "Indeed, I enjoy the work far better than sewing or cooking,'' sayst this young woman carpenter. "I wouldn't say that I recommend it for t all girls, yet I enjoy it. It is my intention to continue as instructor of classes in the future."t Jdigby the results in the schools the girls of thenxgnrain ill be able to wield the saw, drive nails straight, build bookcases, chairs, hle nd various artices of funiture. Not a Le By DONA Copyright, 1910, by As; They said of Jack Montagu in his :lub that he had been hit bard. He iadn't been hit with a sand club or i policeman's club. After having been t cynic on the woman question for many years he had at last been hit )y the club of romance. He was a bachelor of eight-and wenty, athletic, good-looking, and iad money. No one called him sporty, )ut everyone agreed that he was a rentleman and a good fellow. Mr. Jack Montagu had been hit vhile promenading the avenue. He 2ad promenaded a thousand times yefore, taking his bulldog out for an tiring. A bachelor gentleman must wn a bulldog.' If he dosen't he is ;ure to be called eccentric. Some of is fellow-members will go as far as 0 say that he has got a grouch Lgainst the world. The woman in the case was tall and villowy. She had the eyes and hair te had dreamed of in his callow days. "he had the walk of a goddess. And dontagu saw the goddess leave her arriage at the curb and sail into a nercantile establishment. Flirtation? Nothing of the sort. A ,oddess on her way into a store to >urchase an oriental rug doesn't stop , flirt with a gentleman leading a iulldog. It would be scandalous. 'his particular goddess sailed along otally indifferent to bachelors and anines. and Mr. Montagu hadn't raveled a hundred feet when he met ome one who could and did give the ame of the goddess away. At first sight it looked as if the omance was to stop right there. The oung lady was a way-up goddess. ler father owned about half a dozen allroads, and she was a-,shining ght in society. Mr. Montagu owned ary a railroad, and his means didn't ermit of over fifteen different kinds f winter overcoats. Besides, the 'our Hundred hadn't opened the oors to him. Montagu feared his omance must stop with an occa Why Don't You Claim to Be a Count or a Lord?" ional view of the goddess as she ame shopping. But no-it shouldn't! Ir. Montagu had fallen in love and dat always makes a man desperate nd determined. The first thing is to get an intro uction. There ar~e goddesses who tand ready to elope the hour they et a message by the hands of a mes enger boy, but the man of the bull og didn't believe that this was one f them. After a day or two de oted to- thought he called at the of .ce of his friend Davison. Davison's rife was a society woman. She and )avison might work the problem out ome way. It was at noon the canl was made. )avison was a lawyer, and he had a tenographer. She was eating her inch off the typewriter, while the oss was taking his at some swell lace outside. "I'll wait for him," replied Mr. Iontagu when told that the lawyei ras out. "ls it pressing business?" asked the irl, as she cleared away the crumbs. If it is. perhaps I can get him by elephone." "Yes, It's pressing, and yet not so erv pressing," was the reply. "If it's a deed I could go at It and are it all ready." "No, it's not a deed." "I can make out almost any kind of ontract." "It's not a contract-not yet." "Oh. then the other party Is hold. ag off?" "Yes, that's just It. Yes, It's the ther party that is holding off. I'm eady and willing, but I can't say as a the other party." "If there's a legal complication ou'll have to walt for Mr. Davison. remember now that he said he lght be in court this afternoon." Mr. Montagu had been observing the oung ladly before him, not brazenly nd impudently, but In a shy and iodest way. He put her age at wenty, and he saw that she was fair a look upon-daughter of a widow, erhaps, and had seen better days. fter he had seen l'er walk across he room he made 1:p his mind that he was almost aniother goddess. 'hey were beginning to cross his ath, and he might m let' a third one ia ay or two. Alla once a 'brigbt agal Case LD ALLEN sociated Literary Press idea seized him, and after turning it over for a couple of minutes he said: "It's not a legal case, after all, and perhaps you can help me." "Very well." "I-I think I've discovered the most beautiful girl in the world." "Um!" "-plied the stenographer. "1-I think I'm In love with her." "Yes?" "Yes, I think I am, but you see I don't know her." "That's not such a bad feature of the case. There are hundreds of ways of bringing it about." "By George, but I'm glad to hear that! Since Mr. Davison Is out, and since this Is not a legal case, let me ask you to advise me in a friendly way. It's' rather queer, of course, but. then-then-" "Just what Is It 'you wish to know?" "Why, bow to get to know the goddess." "I should call at the house with a subscription book." "Lord, no! It's got to have a so ciety twist to it, you see." "Why, don't you claim to be a count or lord?" "Played out. They've got ways of spotting the bogus ones Inside of. a week." '"You might call to Interest her In some charity," was suggested. "But you can't talk over eye and ear hospitals with a goddess, can you? She'd probably give me a check for $50 and then forget my name in ten minutes." "And there's no way you can save her life?" "I can't think of any, and I've beer. trying to for two days. If she was going to be blown up how would I know in advance and be on the spot?" "But see here," said the girl as the look of perplexity left her face, "you haven't told me the name of the god dess yet. If I'm to advise you I must have your confidence." "That's so-that's so. Well, she is. Miss Blank, the daughter of the- rail road magnate." "Then you don't read the society journals?" "Never." "Her engagement was announced six weeks ago to a Chicago canker. That's all, Mr. Montagu-no charge." Three evenings later Mr. Montagu had Mr. Davison at the club for din ner, and when the coffee and cigars came on he said: "Sam, who is that stenographer of yours?" "A Miss Grattan, daughter of a wid ow. Her father was a merchant and made a bad failure. Why do you ask?" "Sam, I think I need a friendly ad viser." "I know you do.". "I shall need one all the rest of my life." "Looks like it to me." "Well, you go to lunch early tomor row and stay late. I'nr coming to the ofiice to ask Miss Grattan if I may call on her at her home and make her mother's acquaintance.". "And marry the widow?" "No, sir-e-e-e! The goddess, Sam the goddess of thie pot hooks and the keys!" ON BEING TOO AFFECTIONATE Promiscuous Use of Endearing Words a Dangerous Habit to Acquire. Two stylish young women met on upper Broadway, in front of a large grocery from which one of them had just emerged looking decidedly flushed and embarrassed. "Seems to be something wrong," murmured the other, with a view to ameliorating. "Oh, it's all very well to be affec tionate In your family, but it's danger ous. to get into a habit of being too pleasant. Just a minute ago one of the clerks in the grocery asked me if he should send over a certain ar ticle, and I responded sweetly, 'No, thank you, dear.' Now, what do you think of that? I am so in the, habit of saying 'dear' to my mother and sis ter that I tack it on to everything, and that time, the clerk got the benefit." "What did he do?" "Oh, of course, he didn't do any thing. In these big shops the clerks are as well trained as English serv ants. He simply looked as if he hadu't heard, but I know he had, and I was horribly mortified." "Don't worry. It'll probably do him good for the rest of the day, if not longer. tlisn't likely he gets any too many endearing words thrown his way ,and perhaps he doesn't give too many himself. It may be a hint to. him. Besides, if we are all brothers, what does it matter? Whoever is do ing the right thing at the right time. is dear, and If we let them know it' they may be encouraged to go on being dear." His Little 'Joke. Frazzled Frederick-Wot Is yous puttin' dat ole erlarm clock on de rail 1*.id fer, Bughouse? Bughouse Benjamin-Ter see ef it'll wake de sleepers. Natural Cause and Effect. "Goodness, but that was a raw play!" "Probably the reason why it got roasted so.". I ARE YOUR K!DNEYS WELL? The kidney secretions tell if diseae is lurking in the system. Too fre quent or scanty uriraticn. discolored urine, lack of control at night tell of disordered kid jriciar neys. Do:n's TellsSiory' Kidney Pills cure sick kida - neys. Fred A. . / Campbell, At lantic Ave., Boothbay Har bor, Me., says: "I cannot de scribe the awful pain I endured. The kidneys were in terrible conditi-on; pain in voiding urine was intense, and often I passed blood. For weeks I was laid up in bed. Doan's Kidney Pills permanently cured me after I had doctored without relief." Remember the name-Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Needed Assistance. A poor old cast-down hobo started to knock the paint off of a back door the other morning, and when he tear fully told the laly who appeared that he had a sick wife at home and a dozen hungry kids, she gave him a couple of home-made biscuits. Daintily the hobo handled them, and once more he glanced up wistfully. "What's the matter," indignantly demanded the housewife, "aren't you satisfied with the biscuits?" "Yes,, dear lady," replied the tramp ful one, "but I thought perhaps you would be so kind as to loan me a nut cracker for a few minutes." A Prime Cause of III Health. A famous physician on being asked recently what is the chief cause of ill health, replied: "Thinking and talk ing about it all the time. This sense less introspection in which se many of the rising generation ot the nerv, ous folk indulge is certainly wearing them out. When they are not worry ing as to whether they sleep too much or too little, they are fidgeting over the amount of food they take or the quantity of exercise necessary for health. In short, they never give themselves a mpmept's peace." Old Houses. Old houses have a- far larger com mercial value than their owners al ways remember. Milton's well-kn6wn observatibn in his "Areopagitica," "Al-. most as well kill a man as a good book," applies not a little to -a good old building, which is not only a book but a unique manuscript that has no fel low.-Address by Thomas Haldy. There's the Rub. "Well," said the optimistic boarder. "therp's one thing about our 4arding house, you can eat as much as you like thei < - 440f "Of tuh .s ours," replied the pessimistic one, 'vou ca eat as much as jii fHA but, ther 's neve anything you could peiYAk Stupid Man. "My husband has no idea of the value of money." "Why, I thought he was a careful business man." "He thinks so, too. Bute he abso lutely doesn't realize what a lovely hat I can bu3 for $48.99." Nipped in the Bud. Parke-Too bad ahout Bilfer's boy, wasn't it-got him graduated from college and thought he had a career before him.. Lane-What happened? Parke.-Why, he has just eloped with the lady chauffeur.-Life. For COLDS and GRIP Hicks' CAPc~nZ is the best rer'edy-re leves the aching and feverishness-ures the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's liquid-effects immediately. 10c., 25'e,.aud 50c. At drug stores. I am of the opinionm that the mos4 honorable calling Is to serve the pub lie, and to be useful to many.-Mon taigne. Cause and Effect On account of ils economy, as well a superior baking results. SnowdriftHogless Lardisniversally used by Bakera. Hotels and all who use great quantities of short. cning. Snowdrift isthemosthealth-. 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