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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-03
A Second Lydia Sherman: rn9 i:

Tie Kansas City {Moy Times Says:
!"Last evening the Fort Scott train
brought il q woman who, if guilty,
viii rank among The greatest Of mod
ern prisoners. She was IN charge Of
Sheriff Bcdell, of Hancock county
n. G, and was on Ler way f. that
State to stand her trial for murder.
She is young woman Of rather pre-
possessing appearance, AM conversed
very atreelyuwith those who chose to
talk with her. Her name is CalAa-
rine NJ. Marlow, aud she is, charged
with poisoning her husband and two
children. She is a native Of Hartford
Conn, and was employed in the
Government service in Washington
Tor about two years, soon after. tile
close of the war. She married George
NARROW, a discharged soldier of the
United States, and went with him to
North Carolina. She says her hus-
band aud herself did not agree to-
gethor very wei, and that in 1878
SHE went home to her people, hear
Hartford Conn.,, and remained there
until the following year, when her
husband induced her to return TO
him in North Carolina. She claims
that the story Of her crime is purely
fabrication, gotten up by her de-
ceased husbands brother, with whom
SHE went to Marshall, Texas. After
residence there Of nearly two years
he left her and returned to North
Carolina, and has procured indict-
ments against her for poisoning her
husband and children. When she
was arrested in Marshall, Texas, she
was living With a saloon keeper. Sho
says she is innocent of the horrible
charges made.aSainSt her, and, while
she is poWcrless to resistihe demands
Of the law, Size feels confident that
she will be discharged when brought
to trial. Sheriff BodcIi says he has
had no trouble with. his prisoner
He went with his rcquistion all pre-
pared, andfound.his prisoner with
out trouble. 1t is alleged that there
is 10 doubt Of her guilt, and that the
evidence furnished by her husbands
brother is conclusive. She went
East last night over the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, and seemed to be
as happy as1any Of the Other passcn-
ge!s OH the train. ...- ,..-.
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Patents dated Nov. II, 1877, issued
to residents of Southern States named
below. Reported by G. E. Foster.
Patent Attorney, 500 9TH St., Wash,
ington, D. G.. ..
W. Wlnkless, Newport, Ky, fire
escape; "A. G. Perry, Hickory Flat,
Miss, plows; J. G. Munroe, Wythe-
villo, Va, trace fastener, J. NJ. O'Neal.
Ft. .Warth, Tex, thrashing machine;
W.:M. Towers, Rome, Ga, plows; J.
Redman, S., ,Carrollton, Ky, .plow at
tachments: G. @. Matbors, Louisville,
Ky, mosquito tnots; J. l.. Shipe, Clin-
tor Tenn, ohurns; j. Martin, Goliad,
Tex. tire tighteher J. Drake, Deni~
son City, Tex, baling pross; e. III.
Angamar, Now 0rleans, La, steam
street cars; j: T. Donovan, Waco,
Tex, cotton cloauer. .~.. ,.|, 90.
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.
How LIE WAS SUITED, Says the
Lewiston Me. Jonana!: A young
man Of meek I, appearance called at
a clothing store on Lisbonstreet, and
said: i would like pair of panta--
loons.' The trousers were produced,
and'the meek customer pulled off
his boots and got into the biturcated
apparel. Ho seemed pleased. Il
would like to try on a vest.' Like
wise well-fitting vest !pIeased the
meek yonth. Had the firm good
coat?' A nice coat was fitted to him.
and an overcoat| lie was clothed
in very natty overgarment. AS it
did not pnrport to fit very well, the
gentleman in waiting was asked 10
go and find Il garment a little larger.
The garment a little larger was
brought forward, but when it. came
there was no meek customer there.
lie had slid ont of the door very
noiselessIy and slipped into ali alley
way, clad in the snit and overcoat of
the clothing firm. He left his old
clothes in exchange.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-03

SHORT. SHEIET IN FRANCE
France the unfortunate criminals
hdr>sentence Of death never know
the time fixed for, their execution
untiljthe moment arrives; indeed, as
a prisoner capitally condemned usu-
ally aprcais as Il matter Of conrse to
tho Cour de Cessation against his
sentence, they must oftcuhbo uncer-
tain to The last whether the sentence
will lc carried out. The Urdor for
the execution is onl y sent to the pris~
on the evening before it is TO take
place, and the criminal is not in
formed Of it till the fatal morning
arrives. at the time Of our visit to
this prison., a correspondent writ cs,
there hapPcned to be two uufortun~
ate inmates OF the Condemned coils.
yho'noXt evening but one an order
came down from the ministry of the
iEtcriOr rcapting the one and direct
ing the execution Of the other. At
daybroak on the following morning
the wretchod man was reused from
sleep and informed that his appeal
had been rejected, and he must pre-
pare for death, andin eighteen min
utcs, as VIC were informed, from the
moment he awoke his head had 1al-
len beneath the gnilIotine.
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A Chicago inventor made fam.
wheel, to be placcdin tho hat, to keep
tho head GOBLIN warm weather. lie
set it going in his hat, and the first
thing he knew his Hair was being
wound up in tho machinery. Tho
spring was very stiff: and bcforo he
could rolcoso himself a largo part Of
his hair was pulled out by the roots
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drove before it the ship Pembroke,
bound to Liv verpool trom-the Sand
wich Islands. Under bare poles,
with every timber groaning and
creaking, with the tall masts bending
like reeds, with heavy seas and blind
ing spray sweeping her decks fore
and aft, the vessel doomed on, rolling
llnnsing and quiver;ng in her des-
era,e struggle with the tempest.
At midnight. Just before the end
ing f the third day, fearful cry,
not loud, but hourse and deep, went
through the shii:
we have sprung leak!'
Then The light from the two LIANT
erns hung up in the main and miz-
zen shrouds fell upon the sturdy
tol ms of seamen, hurryi s to rig the
pumps.
Soon the dismal clang was heard
as the stout, fellows tuiled and toi!ed
but all to no purpose.
'Oh, Henry, what shall we do? The
leak is gaining upon us!' cried dis
pairingiy the young wife of Mr.. Ro-
gers, the first mate.
She was fine, noble looking wo-
man, and was liked and respected by
every man aboard ship. A true
daughter. of Eve, her love for her
husband wasfso deep and absorbing
thatshe would have followed him
through any hardship or peril sooner
than separate from, him for a. long
period, "..,q e.. ......:
"Now'as the sturdy, looking
young mate heard his wife's cry Of
alarm, he flung an arm around her
waist and bade, her be of good cheer.
IF it should come to the worst,
said he, I'VE will probably tall in, ere
longs %ith'Some other craft" .s. ....
Meanwhile the leak steadily gain~
-.
ed. The captain sent his carpenter
into The hold. .... ........... ......' 49,.
'.'Captain!' cried the latter, when he
returned, 'its all up with usl There
must be big hold in the ship, as the
water in her is already seven feet
Deep ',"... ."o ..
A look of dismay settled on every
face. > "''". ~ ..t..'.'
Get the boats ready said the
skipper. ses.sv I."... ..
while the men were obeying the
order, the ships hull, settling lower
and lower, was soon nearly engulfed
III the rushing, roaring seas. .
The sailors had barely time to pnt
a.baglof sea biscuit, a couple of cans
OF prepared meat and breaker of
fresh water in each of the boats, when
with a sidelong sheer, the vessel rol-
led halt way over to- leeward, as a
log, preparatory to going down.
The fnate and his wife, with eight
men, took to the long boat; the rest
OF The ships occupants, amounting to
ten sailors, entered the quarter boat.
Just aa the two light vessels put
away from the doomed craft, the lat
ter lunging her bows under, a dull
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-03

To CURE SMALL Pox.--"I am
wiling to risk my reputation as q
public man." wrote Edward Hines
to the Liverpool Mercury, if tho
worst case Of small pox cannot be
cured in three days simply by tho
use of cream of tartar. One ounce
Of cream of tartar, dissolved in
pint Of water, drink at intervals,
when cold, ia certain, never falling
remedy. 1t has cured thousands,
never leaves a mark, never causes.
blindness and avoids tedions ling
ering. .s" ... ...,. -..."...: faoH
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hoC ulsengage, niHselI. 4urnlhg TO-
wards the sailors, she said: -.. ..~
Back, back, never shall you tear
me from him. But if you must have
a human life, take mine instead of
my husband's' .... - .
= At this the mon drew back. Even
at that dreadful moment they could
not endure the thought of killing. a
woman. ."., .' -
The first officer, who had watched
his chance, now by a sudden move"
ment taking advantage of his wife's
head being suddenly turned, and
nerved to additional strength by the
narrowing thought that his shipmates
might at length come to the conclu>
sion of accepting Harriet's PROPOSE,
ton to sacrifice her life, broke from
her entwining arms and ran towards
the bow of the boat.
There he was quickly joined by
the other men, one Of whom now
placed himself as barrier between
the young woman and her husband,
whom she was making frantic efforts
to reach.
Perceiving that she could not pass
the man, she fell upon her knees, and
in the most heart rending agony,
again begged the others to take her
own instead OF her husbands life.
But her supications were in vain.
She saw her husband leaning back
prepared TO die, while Bruno proceed
edto sharpen his knife Tor the dreadful
work on one of the hoops of the
breaker.
Having at length prepared the
weapon, he. STOPPED over the young
man to cut his throat, while Il COM
panion stood by with tin cup to
catch the blood.
For mercy's sake watt she cried,
Look first and sec if Lherc is not q
sail in sight,
The men oboycd her request. They
scanned the ocean far and near, but
no sign Of sail was to bo seen.
How do you know thoro is not ono
hidden by that mist?' she inquired,
pointing toward n small fog bank Il
league 10 windward.
'lherc is nome one of tho mon an
sweled. Il feel sure; looked at that
very spot before the fog settled there,
about fifteen minutes since
mo, no;you may be mistaken. I
conjure you, I implorc you to wait till
the fog clears up, when you may see
q SAIL
The men exchange glances.
It's no use,' criod Bruno; 'but TO
satisfy you, we will wait q few min
utes before We take your husbands
life.'
At this Harriet started up, With
her hands clasped and her hair stream
ing down her back, she stood, her eyes
turned toward the sky.
In this position there came upon
her faco an expression that had novor
been eeen there before.
1t was almost divine, filling the
countenanco with an 1nearthly beau
ty, lighting the eyes with such ra>
diant gleam-a look of such strong,
concentrated Will, blended with heav>
enly supplication, that the rough men
drew back with mingled respect and
awe, trembling under sort of super
natural influence.
A moment the young woman stood
thus, and thon from her parted lips
came her voice, full of strange, wiord
power, making the blood leap in ev-
cry vein:
'Oh, Heaven, a sail q sail
The words were simple enough, but
the manner in which they were utter
cd thrilled her listeners to the heart.
Instinctively they all glanced
around upon the ocean, as if expecting
that the prayer would be answered.
North, south, cast and west thoy
looked, but they saw no sign of YES,
sci.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-03

Johnnie lost his knife. After
eearching in one pocket and another
until he bad been through all with
ont success, ho exclaimed. "Oh,
deall | Wish | had another pocket,
it might be in that"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1878-01-03

! III luS uOlu.
A minute later, elevating her
stern, the ship sank out of sight in
the stormy ocean.
In the darkness and amongst the
heavy seas, the mates boat soon bes
came separated from tie other.
At dawn no sign Of the latter could
be discovered by those who looked
for it.
Keeping the boat dead all day
against the wind, the mate with his
companions vainly watched for sail.
Thus, day after day passed, until
nearly week had elapsed, by which
time the scanty allowance Of sea bis
cults having given out, there was
nothing Lett to cat in the boat, while
in the breaker Ga small cask) there
remained hardly two quarts Of wa
ter.
Three days later, neither land nor
Q sail having yet been fallen in with,
the suferings Of the people in the
boat: reduced almost to a state of
starvation, were terrible.
'Oh, Harrie'p gasped the mate on
he morning of the tenth day after
the ship had been abandoned, 'if l
could only obtain food for you-even
provided the rest of us had. Done--it
would be great comfort to me-"
Nay, answered the young woman,
in faint voice, while tears streamed
down her hollow, flushed cheeks,
you shoull have my share, Henry
| could manage to wait for a sail,
which trust we shall soon behold.'
Later in the day, a wild, fierce ex-
preston & teamed i'll tie eyes of The
men.
They exchanged significant glanccs
but at the same time said not word.
Each, however, guessed the h horri~
bic thought that had entered the
mind of every sailor, although they
hesltaiod, as yet, to express it.
At last a man named Michael
Bruno-a halt breed between an
Englishman aud Portugueso-let
loose lhe dreadful idea.
1t must be DONE "e fairly scream
ed. two hours more without food
will put the death seal upon us. One
Of us mrst die
'Oh. no, no. cried Harriet. sWe
can wait still. We shall see a sail
before long. I teei sure we will
But all her plea dings were in vain.
Some paper was cut into stripss and
these being: held by Bruno, the
drawing of lots to see who should die
was commenced, it having been ar
ranged that he who drew the shortest
slip was to yield up his life for the
benefit of the rest. ~~. 60
AS pale as death Harriet sat wat
ching the drawing. A moment later
she beheld her husband looking at a
small bit of paper in his hand, willie
the hoarse voice of Bruno grated on
her ear:
'Mr. Rogers has drawn the short
SLIP! lie must diep
'Ay, ay, men,' said Rogers; Il will
soon be readyp
Ills wife flung herself upon his
bosom. ... ....
Never! never shall they tear you
from mel she cried, twiuing her arms
about his neck.
'But, Harriet he said, st is nec-
essary. 1t is only fair that I should
die ,@:%
You must not; you shall not,' ex-
claimed The young woman. I'VE can
all 60 without food some hours long
er, during which we may see a SAIL
mo, no, no. cried Rogers ship
mates simultaneously, 'we must have
food now
Hunger had driven them to dee-
peration. Their teeth were clenched
their eyes wild and bloodshot, their
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Old Simon Cameron says ho told
the boys at Washington the extra
session would DC a ''hell Ola time"
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.Patterson's day, of iUnocence were
spent in newspaper office.
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Grant evidently featIiercd his nest
when President. .'" '"' -" E... .
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-07
A Romance from far Alaska.

A young man who was in Alaska
some four years ago fell in love
with the only young woman on the
island, a girl of fifteen, who was
possessed of extraordinary beau
ty, and whose hair fell below her
knees. But be was unable to COM
municate tue 'old, old story" to her,
for she did not understand a word
of English, nor did he speak Rus
sian. In his dilemma the arrival
of the priest on his once-in-two-
years visit was a god-send, and to
whom he made known his love.
The pliest, knowing the young man
to be possessed of a high charac-
ter and a fair fortune, thought it
was a lucky chance for the young
lady to escape from a life of such
isolation, and he willingly persuad-
ed the girls mother cher father was
dead to consent to the match, but
the young lady herself was not to be
persuaded. She argued that she
had never spoken to the young man
who expressed such a desire to be
her husband, and had only seen
him twice, and he had only been on
the island forty eight days, but her
objections were overruled and the
marriage took place. After living
in Alaska for several months, the
young NAH brought his bride to his
home in Cleveland, Ohio. She was
astonished at the fashions she saw,
and declared that nothing would in
duce her TO wear her hair otherwise
than flowing-as she had always
worn it. But before twenty four
hours had passed her mother-in law
had persuaded her to try the effect
OF braids around her broad and
shapely head; and now she dresses
as much in the fashions as any lady
in Cleveland. Last year her hus
band went to Alaska again and
brought home the young sister, who
is eleven years of age, and promises
to be as beautiful as the elder. The
mother, bereft of both her children,
still clings TO her home on one of the
islands OF Portland Tran
script
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The True Woman.
From the PhilOmathian Fasciole.

From the Philomathian Fascicle.
Show me the woman VINO can quit
the society of her gay companions
and take pleasure in listening to,
and obeying the voice of her pa
rents; one who can leave the parlor
for the kitchen when it is necessary.
Show us q woman free from all
jealousy, who loves to hear her SUI
perior sister praised, and her inferi-
ors elevated, who is ever kind to
the unfortunate, and charitable to
the faults of others. One who is as
polite to her brothers as to her
beaux; who loves a man for his vir
tues, not for his jewelry, and knows
gratitude is due for favors. One
who attires herself neatly and does
not think too much about dress;
who knows when to be merry and
when to be silent. Show us a wo-
man who does not fear to do right;
who does not set up "what other
people say" as her standard of
duty, and never forgets the dignity
due her womanhood.
A woman with these virtues COM
bined is u true woman, and may
Justly be called a treasure worth OBJ
tanning.
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sarily safe; because the temperature
of the oil in the open air is not so
great as that in burning lamp.
The only reliable test is one made
by slowly heating some oil in which
a thermometer is placed, constantly
noting the number OF degrees and
applying a lighted match, not to
the oil but to the vapor, if any, just
above the surface. If the oil
flashes below 40 degrees reject it.
This flashing point is the temper
ature at which the oil emits an in
fiamable vapor, and depends upon
the quantity of naptha or gasoline
oil. This point should always be
higher than the temperature that
the oil ever reaches in a lamp,
which is often 100
Cautions. L. Keep the metallic
parts of lamps clean and the air pas
sages open.
,. After lamp has been burn
ing three or more hours at one time
never reiight again till refilled.
3. In extinguishing the light,
turn the wick quite low and allow a
few seconds to intervene before
blowing it out, or, better still, do
not blow it out, but let it flicker out.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-07
Turnips and Corn.

A Westchester county IN. Y
farmer is in the habit of sowing yell
low Aberdeen among the corn at
the last passage Of the cultivator,
when the plants are about five feet
in height. The turnips do not
make much growth until the corn is
cut, after which they swell rapidly.
The cost is nothing except for seed
and harvesting, and corn already
cut is not injured when the turnips
are gathered in. From one to four
hundred bushels of turnips per acie
have been thus obtained without
lessening the corn crop. Weeds
are not tolerated, and the whole
strength of the land is developed, as
it should be, to useful crops.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-07
Grain and Cotton.

A late dispatch from New York
to the Baltimore Sun, says: The de-
cline in grain in the Liverpool mar
ket, arises from the same cause as
the fall of cotton. There is too
much of it for TIE present, and so,
in the face of what appears to be
more serious complication than ever
in the affairs of the east, the grain
market, instead Of advancing, de-
clines. The funds in London drop
to day, because the political aspect
is regarded as more threatening,
and also because of the loss of bull
lion by the banks, while the grain
trade, which should be strong and
buOyant, and the London view, is
dull and depressed. But in add
ton to the heavy weight of grain
on the English market, it is posi-
BILE there is an undercurrent that
looks for peace. If there was abso
lutte certainty Of general war prices
of hreadstuffe assuredly oufd no:
decline, as every bushel would be
wanted at full prices. Just now
the British market is stuffed with !
corn and wheat from this side, and !
failures have resulted because of |
there being no rapid outlet for the |
accumulated stock. Then there
was last week an intimation that
100000 bushels would be liberia
ted from Odessa and other Russian
ports, much of which would natual-
ly find its way to England and swell
still larger the heavy stock in that
country. 1t is these facts that have
weakened the backbone of the re-
cent speculation and sent prices
downward to-day.
The only thing that will restore
them is war, and one of the first
things that will be observed in the
of a general war will be
the closing of the Black Sea ports
to shipments of grain that were
only a few days since opened to
those same shipments. When En-
gland hears this news, both that
market and the markets of Ameri-
ca will receive new life and every
quarter and bushel of grain will be
wanted at higher prices than are
now current. But there is not like
Iy to be any material rise until then,
because the supply has reached
point where it is in excess of the
demand.
To certain extent the above re
marks apply to cotton. The stocks
all over the world are not large (as
the stocks of grain are) but they
are too large for the demand, and
hence the staple falls from its own
weight.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-03-07
How to Save Time.

There are many ways ii which a
busy woman may save what is more
valuable to her than any other COM
modify, viz, time. One is, never
leaving a room in confusion at
night. The family sitting room
presents an air of cheerful disorder,
when the circle breaks up for the
evening. Take a few moments then
to lay he books straight on the ia
BILE, set the chairs in their places,
gather up the threads and patches
from the floor. and put newspapers
in the wall pocket. Every living
room should be provided with
waste basket for odds and ends of
paper, a scrap bag for bits of thread
and rawlings, and wall pocket, or
two of them, for letters and papers.
1t is much pleasanter in the morn
ing to come down to a neat and
tidy room than to one which re-
minds us by its disorder is never
done