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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-05-04

Communication

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MIR. EDITOR: Liberty Station is the
youngest of the three towns on the
Air Line in Pickens County, but ac-
cordipglto age, has built up as rapidly
as either of her elder sisters. It is
located midway between Easley and
Central, on an elevated plain, and
about the centre of the County, on a
line running from East to West. This
town is only a year old, but yet she
can boast Of some four or five stores,
ahotel, a steam saw mill, an aca> )
denny, two blacksmith shops and a
wood shop. The Messrs. Greer are
the proprietors of one of the shops,
and bid fair to become quite an ac-
qui3ition to the place. One of the
brothers left his native State Just
after the war, and settled in Illinois,
the Egypt of America. Here lie fol-
lowed farming for several years,
realizing a handsome return for his
labor from those fertile lands, of from
SO to 60 bushels corn per acre. One
of the crop years, however, proved
almost total failure, from excessive
rains, not making enough corn to
feed his horse through the winter
Although rebel Southerner, Mr..
Greer informs us that for the most
part, he was treated kindly, especi-
ally by the Union soldiers. If at any
time, ilo was tainted with his South
ern, peculiarities, it always came from
q stay-at home, not soldier. If
our farmers would hear Mr.. Greer
talk about the cholera meet of the
West, it would add another strong
If we desire it free from the tant of
disease. He has returned to his
old native State, to contribute his
mite to restore her 10 her former
prosperity, and make comfortable
support Tor bis family.
The steam mill is owned by Messrs
Wood and others, and is great coli.
veniencc to the town They can turn
out from 5000 to 1000 feet of lum-
Der per day.
The town has been Incorporated
and the citizens have honCred the
Hon. w. E, Holcombe as their In
tendant. This was fitting tcstimo-
nial to the energy of Mr. IIolcombe,
in establishing the depot and getting
the town under way. I""i" a7s'
The people Of Liberty have shown
a coTnlnendable zeal in The cause of
education, by building a comfortable
building for the academy, and secu-
ring the services of one SO compe,
tent as Mr.. Julius Boggs as principal;
This is certainly step in the right
direction, and older towns might
learn useful lesson thcretrom. Let
the church and the school house
stand together. s
This town is competing with Elsley
for the new mail route, claiming that
they are more on the direct line to
Pickens @. H., and thence across the
mountains to Brcvard, N. O., where
itsbould eventually terminate. We
suppose in this, as in many other
generous rivaIries between towns,
the longest pole knocks down the
persimmon. T. III. r.
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PtcKENs S. c. THURSDAY, MAY54 1876. ] -5 .7 @ls - J

turned home before their displays are
completed. One of the distinctively
Southern features, OF which at press
ent, owing to it's unfinished state l am
unable to give detailed description
will be
THE CLUB HOUSE,
which is being erected by an Atlanta
gentleman. From present appear
ance it will be an imposing and cred
liable structure. 1t will be capable
OF accommodating five hundred
guests at dinner. 1t is intended that
the dishes shall be Southern, the
cooks and walters from the same sec
ton, and colored, while the bar will
dispense mint juleps and other tip
pies popularity supposed to be beet
adapted 10 the Southern palate.
suppose no letter about the Centen-
NAL will be complete without q re-
ference to the hotel accommodations.
Rest assured that they will be ample.
The new hotels that have been built
or are building number legion, while
boarding aud lodging houses have
been opened by the thousand. The
Centennial authorities believe that
10000 strangers can be provided for
here every day for the next six
months; and l have means for know
ing that these figures are not exaggero
ated. The Centennial Lodging House
Agency, an enterprise directly con-
nected with the railroads, will alone
take care of 10000 persons. The
concern has made arrangeinoiits with
the boarding and lodging house.
keepers of the city, by means Of
which coupons providing for board
can be purchased at all the railroad
offices in the United States, Canada
and Europe where excursion tickets
arc authorized to be sold. The hold
ers o! the coupons will be taken to
their quarters previously engaged as
soon rs they arrive in the city, and
thus a vast amount of confusion.
trouble and annoyance be avoided
Now abont prices. They will be
high of course, but not extortionate,
and the visitors will have an exceed
ingly varied price list from which to
| choose.
THE CHARGES PER DAY
will 'bo all tho way from $3.50 tc
probably not moro than SIS. You pay
your money and you take your choice
Regular first class hotels in tho heart
of the city VIII not charge you q pon>
ny moro than thcir ordinary pricos
If you desire special accommodations
however, you must not shrink from
tho expense. | hear of suites ofroome
handsomely furnished which will noxt
month net their owners more than
the entire house rented for during tho
past year. Tho arrival Of steamships
with foreign exhibits isalmost of daily
occurrence, and sometimes q pair o.
the lcviathans puff up tho rlvor side
by side. The st. Laurent, from
Franco, which arrived on Friday
brought 1926 cases of exhibition
goods, including tho celebrated Bar,
tholdi fountain TO be placed between
tho main building and Machinery
Hall. An additional insLallmont is also
expected from Italy, including somo o.
the treasures of tho Vatican. Pic
Mono, howovor, refuses to allow the
precious works Of Raphael and Mich
aol Angelo to bo removed from the
Quirinal Palace TO risk tho porils of ar
ocean voyage PM.
How TO SPELL IT.-The fatos arc
against our Roscoe. Somo enemy o.
1
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Women need exercise in more
ways than riding or walking, even;
they require to use their hands and
arms, to throw out their chests, to put
the whole body in motion. No health
lift, no gymnastic is half SO good for
this purpose as making beds, and
sweeping, busting and arranging
rooms. Then there is son citing
peculiarly agreeable in the thought
that an intelligent hand touches and
smooths sheets and pillows, evons
everything off nicely, removes with
care dust from vases, bottles, books,
and secret hooks and corners, leaves
the toilet apparatus in order, and
takes away whatever is unsightly.-.
The time required is worry little in,
deed, when the work is done with
regularity, and the satisfaction is
immense.-Jennie June.
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How TO mako good thirg last
mako everything olso first,
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Ga3 Mr. y. II. Randolph, living
near Santuo, has shown us q solid gold
ring, which, from tho engraving, it is
l54 years old. This'ring was p!owod
up on the Cowpcns battle ground,
twenty years ago, and aitcrwal DIS sold
to Mr.. j. II. Randolph, ST., of Green
vile, who gave it to his eldest son,
Mr.. w. j Randolph, who in turn
gave it to his eldest son, Mr.. j. II.
Randolph, the prcsont owner. On
tho inside of the ring tho following
ungrommaticol sentence is plainly
cngraved 'This and yc givor is yours
forever, l722"-U Union Times.
The trouble with General. Schonclt
is too many "antcsj" with General
Bolknap, too many "posts."
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The Linif.

A colored man living on Fort street
east has sign on his house reading /:
"Meals at eight cents" The sign at
tracted the attention of a hungry man
Of color the other day, and he stepped
in and said he would have n dinner.
A slice of bread and a bowl of water
was placed on the table and he was
told to draw up.
"What sort of n meal is dat he
demanded, drawing away instead of
drawing up.
"Dat's an eight cent meal, my
friend"
81 isn't prepared to squar' off in
front of no such dinner growled the
stranger, getting out doors.
at isn't no festival, dat's true" re-
piled the proprietor, "but when de
price is limited down to eight cents
you must spec de food to be limited
down to about two courses. Oars
bread, and dar's water, and if ycu
want to make it ten cents III put on
de pepper-box and a knife and fork.
i Detroit Free Press.
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Our Cincinnati correspondent is res
ponsible for the following;
j. p. Spinning has been interviewed
by Benjamin, revivalist from Chic
ago.
Benj.-"Are you the manager Of
the Elm Street Printing Coz
Sp.-"Yes, Sir"
Benz 81 have JOB l wish you to
do for me-"
Sp.-"All right; We can do it for
YOU
Benj.-'Well, l want il done for
nothing. | prayed to God to direct
me to some kind-hearted printer who
would not charge me for the work,
and he directed me to your establish
ment."
Sp.-"Well. guess the Lord don't
know us, or be would not have sent
you here. There was only one prin.
ter in the city that did work as you
want il done, and, guess he is dead,
or moved over the hills to the poor
house"
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THIS Centennial year is one in
which there seems to be no end to the
good and sharp things gotten off by
the young people. Witness the fol-
lowing: A certain merchant IN this
city purchased the other day. bas-
ket of eggs and left them in his store
room till time to go to his home. A
bright idea struck one of his clerks,
whereuron he proposed bet as fol-
lows: "Say, B, l will bet you a
pair Of pants that ] can tell you what
kind of hen laid every egg in that
basket, provided you will let me ex-
anime them between me and the
light" Good" said B., 81 take
the bet" Thereupon. three or four
eggs were drawn from the basket and
held up 10 the light, when the answer
came out slowly but surely, ut was a
chicken hen." Good said Il. again,
you can take the pants and crow
over me, for you have feaihered your
nest."- Bowling Green Democrat.
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.Apuerican UJ,onders.

The greatest cataract in the world
is the falls of Niagara.
The greatest cave in the world is
the Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky.
The greatest river in the wc-ld is
the Mississippi, 400 mills long. The
largest valley in the world is the MIS-
sissippi Valley.
The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being four hundred and thirty miles
long, and one thousand feet deep.
The largest railroad in the world is
the Pacific Railroad, which is over
5000 miles in length.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the natural bridge over Ce-
dar Creek, in Virginia.
The greatest mass Of solid iron in
the world is the great Iron Mountain
in Missouri.
The largest deposits of anthracite
coal in the world are in Pennsylvania.
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1t is the easiest thing in the world.
Simply put in clean jars, and cover
with a strong brine. This will keep
pure butter year, fresh and sweet, as
we know by experience. 1t is almost
equally good to put in oak casks,
headed tight. This is equivalent to
canning fruit. The brine, in case of
jars, acts as a heading, keeping the
air out. But butter she uld be made
well /; We have never Experimental on
poor butter. Work out the butter
milk till you have pure "beais," clear
as rain water but do not work SO
much as to break the grain, in which
case you have tough. heavy article
in winter, and grease in summer.
Such butter We advise no one to pre-
serve.
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D'eI.nfarv Cremation

One of the most shocking suicides
occurred in Whitehall, last night.
One Mons. Jensen burned himself to
death in log heap. The last known
of him was yesterday afternoon. He
went out from dinner and assisted
his son to harness a span Of horses to
come to town. After this he came to
the house, went down to the cellar,
got crock Of butter for his wife TO
sell, and put IL in the wagon. The
mother and son started for town, and
that is the last they saw Of the hus-
band and father alive. When they
started he bid them a very cordial and
afectionate farewell, and wished them
a pleasant journey, which was very
unusual for him. The mother on the
way home stopped at a neigbbor's,
and the boy went home, took care of
the team, went into the house, sat
down and read a while, and becoming
restless he went into his fathers room,
where he discovered a key in chest
which was never opened only by his
father. The chest was known to con-
tain two jugs and can of oil, also a
bottle of powder. The boy opened
the chest out of curiosity, and discov-
cred that it was empty. On the top
of the chest lay a dirty shirt and a
pair of suspenders. On the bed lay
his pocketbook and knife, and in the
pocketbook was found the following
note in Norwegian:
81 wish what is left Of me 70 Ike
burned, and what will not burn want
buried right on the spot.
(SignedD "MONS. JENSEN.
Ii seems that he had frequently
threatened to commit suicide by some
means. This morning he did not ap-
pear, and search was made, when the
charred remains Of n human being
were discovered in log heap. About
forty feet from the log heap they found
a jug and bottle, also pair of socks.
Appearances indicate that he threw
powder over the log heap, poured the
kerosene over his botly, chained him
self to log and fired the whole.
An inquest was held before Coroner
Moag and the jury rendered a verdict
Of "premeditated case OF burning"
Physicians johnson and Switzer
and your correspondent saw the note
and portions of the remains.
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"Pa," said young hopeful to his
father, prominent citizen. "what is
meant by chip of the old blockY"
"Why do you ask that question,
my SOM
because | was out hunting this
morning, and after returning home
told some gentlemen, that while out
hunting, saw fifty squirrels up on
tree. They kept trying to make me
say that l did not see but forty-nine,
and because | wouldn't say so, they
said was chip Of the old block. ,"
"Hem! Well. my sen, they meant
that you were smart and honest like
your pa"
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Alphabet Of ProrcrSs.

A grain Of prudence is worth a
pound OF craft.
Boosters are cousins to liars.
Confession Of fault makes half
amends.
Denying fault doubles il.
Envy shooteth at Others and woun.
deth herself.
Foolish fear doubles danger.
God reaches us good things by our
own hands.
He has hard work who has nothing
to do.
1t costs more to avenge wrongs than
to bear them.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Learning makes a man fit company
for himself.
Modcsty is guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience is the way
10 silence II.
One hour to-day, is worth two hours
tomorrow.
Proud looks make foul words in
fair faces.
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults INDUCED are little
thieves.
The boughs that bear the most,
hang lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness are near kin.
True men make more opportunities
than the find.
You never lose by doing a good
turn.
Zeal without knowledge is fire with
out light.
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Ii is better fer you TO pass an eve
ming once or twice a week in a lady's
drawing room, even though the con-
versation is slow. and you know the
girls song by heart, than at club, a
tavern, or pit of n theatre. All the
amusements Of youth, to which virtu-
Gus women are not admitted, rely on
it, are dcleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society,
have dull perceptions, and are dull,
and have gross tastes, aud revolt
agains: what is pure. Your club swag-
erers, who are sucking the buts of bill
lard cues all night. call female socie-
ty insipid. Poetry Is uninspiring to a
jockey; beauty has no charms for a
blind man; music does not please a
poor beast who does not know one
tune from another; but us pure cpl.
cure is hardly tired of water sauces
and brown bread and butter. l protest
| can sit for a whole night talking
with well regulated, kindly woman
about her girl Fanny, or boy Frank,
and like the evenings entertainment.
One Of the great benefits derived from
woman's society by man is. that
he is bound to respect her. The hab-
it is of great good to your moral man,
depend upon it. Our education makes
us the most eminently selfish men in
the world.-[Thackery.
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a Nan Ey~re. Years q. Prison.

To-day we met in town poor.
manned soldier, who has walked all
the way from Ohio, where he has been
in prison ever since Atlanta was taken,
in June, 1864, by Sherman.
His name is James johnson he
ran away from his parents when only
fourteen years Of age, entered the
army, where he served as a private,
and was shot through the hip in the
fight near Atlanta, where he was cap
tured. His wounds have prevented
his walking. and he has been confined
in Northern hospital, denominated
the "Jef Davis" in Marion county,
Ohio. lie has written repeatedly,
and so have the other prisoners, but
no reply ever comes back. He says
the keeper Of the hospital-Rey
Stringer-is interested in keeping
them there, and destroys their letters.
The keeper gets 81 a week for every
prisoner--and they are kept as
prisoners no communication
with the outer world, literally isolated
by their keeper from human sympa-
thy.
There are yet thirty-three manned
soldiers in the hospital, none of them
able to help themselves or
escape from their loathsome
abode. 'Tis utterly narrowing to
listen to the account of their mode of
life. Mr.. johnson is trying to get to
Talladega, to see il he can find any Of
his kindred.
We have never heard anything
sadder than this poor mans history,
and we hope he may, by the aid of
our citizens. be enabled tn pay his
fare from here to Talladega, and thus
save him long, and to his poor
crippled limbs, toilsome journey.
Let those having friends missing,
send to JEFF Davis Hospital, Marion
county, Ohio, and see whether
the lost may not be found.-[ Home
Bulletin.
The above named character came to
this place last Saturday morning, and
found that his relations had moved
years ago to jackson county. lie
says that there is an old soldier from
Limestone county, in this State, con-
fined in the above mentioned hospital,
but is unable to walk, and has no
means to get away Otherwise
/ Mountain Home.
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House or Fence JghifesrU sh.

The United States Treasury depart
ment has sent out a recipe for white
washing, which is said to answer ON
wood or brick almost as well as oil
paint, and much cheaper. Stake half
a bushel of unslacked lime with boil
ing water, keeping it covered during
the process. Strain it and add peck
of salt, dissolved in warm water, three
pounds of ground rice, put in boiling
water and boil to a thin paste; one
half pound powdered Spanish whiting
and pound of clear glue dissolved in
warm water; mix these well together
and let the mixture stand for several
days. Keep the wash thus prepared
in kettle or portable furnace. and
when used, put it on as hot rs posi-
BILE with either paint or whitewash
brushes.
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In loose sense of the word, all
men may be said TO think; that is,
succession of ideas. notions, pass
through their minds from morning
till night; but in as far as this success
sion is passive, undirected, or govern
ed only by accident and outward I'M
pulse, it has little more claim to dig
nifty than the experience of the brute
who receives, with like passivcness,
sensations from abroad through his
waking hours. Such thought, If
thought it may be called, having no
aim, is as useless as the vision of an
eye that rests on nothing, which flies
without pause over earth and sky, and
of consequence, receives no distinct
image. Thought in its true sense is
an energy of intellect. In thought,
the mind not only receives impressions
or suggestions, from without or with
in, but reacts upon them; collects its
attention, concentrates its forces upon
them, like living laboratory, and
then combines them anew, traces their
connections, and thus impresses. itself
on all the objects which engage it.
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| have observed that lips become
more or less contracted in the course
Of years, III proportion as they are ac-
customed to express good humor and
generosity, or peevishness and con-
tractcd mind. Remark the effect
which a moment of ill.temper and
grudgingness has upon the lips, and
judge what may be expected of a
habitual series of such movements.
The mouth is the frankest part Of the
face it cannot in the least con-
ceal its sensations. We can new
er hide ill.temper with it, nor
good we may affect what we please,
but affectation will not help us. In a
wrong cause it will only make our OBJ
servers resent the endeavor to impose
on them. The mouth is the seat Of
one class of emotions as the eyes are
of another; or, rather, it expresses
the same emotion F; but in greater de-
tail, and with a more irrepressible ten.
deucy to be in motion. 1t is the re-
gion of smiles and dimples, and Of
trembling tenderness of sharp sor'
row, or full-breathing joy, of candor,
of reserve, of anxious care, or liberal
sympathy. The mouth, out of its
many sensibilites may be fancied
throwing up one great expression into
the eye--as many lights in city re
fleet a broad lustre into the heavens.
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A GOVERNMENT postal envelope is
now issued with a striking device On
the stamp. On the upper and lower
parts of the shield, the ground of
which is green, are scrolls bearing the
words "Postoiiice," Three Cents" I"
aud above aud below the scrolls aud
across the center of the shield are
representations of a mounted post boy
under full speed, telegraph line, and
last mail" postal train of cars
representing the three modes Of diff
fusing intelligence. 1t is neat de-
vice, and will be popular.