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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
The Feet Of Chinese Women.

An American missionary, Miss Nor
wood, of Swatow, has lately described
how the size Of the foot is reduced in
Chinese women. The binding of the
feet is not begun till the child has learned
to walk and do various things. The
bandages are specially manufactured,
and are about two inches wide and two
yards long for the first year, five
yards long for subsequent years. The
end of the strip is laid on the inside of
the foot at the instep, then carried over
the toes, under the foot and round the
heel, the toes being thus drawn toward
and over the sole, while bulge is pro.
duced on the instep and deep indenta-
tion in the sole. The indentation, it is
considered, should measure about an
inch and half from the part of the foot
that rests on the ground up to the instep.
Successive layers of bandages are used
till the strip is all used, and the end is
then sewn tightly down. The foot is so
squeezed upward that, in walking, only
the ball Of the great toe touches the
ground. Large quantities of powdered
alum are used to prevent liberation and
lessen the offensive odor. After month
the foot is put in hot water to soak some
time; then the bandage is carefully I'M
wound, much dead cuticle coming off
with it. Ulcers and other sores are often
found on the foot; frequently, too, o
large piece of flesh sloughs off the sole,
and one or two toes may even drop off,
in which case the woman feels afterward
repaid by having smaller and more deli
cate feet. Each time the bandage is
taken off the foot is kneaded, to make
the joints more flexible, and is then
bound up again as quickly as possible
with o fresh bandage, which is drawn
moro tightly. During the first year the
pain is 80 intense that the sufferer can do
nothing, and for about two years the foot
aches continually, and is the seat of o
pain which is like the pricking of sharp
needles. With continued rigorous bind
ing the foot in two years becomes dead
and ceases to ache. and the whole leg,
from the knee downward, becomes
shrunk, so as to be little more than skin
and bone. When once formed, the
"golden lily" as the Chinese lady calls
her delicate little foot, can never recover
its orginial shape e-London Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
The Horrors of Russian Criminal Inv.

AS to the manner In which Nihilists
are treated In prison the following case
may serve as an example:
L. H. was arrested for small press
offence in November He was placed in
cell SO small that it was almost impog-
sible to stand upright in it, while walkino
was out Of the question. The window
was broken, and the stoveless dungeon
soon filled with snow and ice. L.
who had only his trousers and shirt on
when imprisoned, was left without any
additional clothing, without being even
for one moment removed from this cell
for live months. The only covering given
him was thin blanket, thrown In at
night and taken away in the morning.
The fact that torture is applied in Rms.
sian jails is so we'll known that the rela-
tives and friends of prisoners continually
try to convey them poison in order that
these unhappy victims may escape the
terrible sufferings they are subjected to.
The mother of H herself supplied
her son with prussic acid Gin case he
should be questioned. In the case of
Solovieff, one Trapp publicly boasted
she would soon make the prisones speak
in all tongues" boast which he would
undoubtly have tried to execute but for
the threats of the Nihilist Committee.
who so effectively intimidatsd the prison
authorities that Solovieff was t'onIy
hanged"
"We willingly risk our ives," Rus
sian exile said to me lately, eve die
gladly in our cause; the only thing we
do fear is the torture. Most of us carry
poison; but this is now so well known
that doctors are always in attendance to
administer antidotes at the first sign OF
poison having been taken"
A SCHENECTADY IN. ~ firm sent O.
large shipment of brushes and brooms
to Jer!1salem.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
A WOman9a Dress.

Bob Burdette, in the course Of an
article in the Burlington Hus0keye on
the rights and wrongs of women, says:
Our wife wants o dress. After two or
three or half dozen stores have been
ransacked for goods, the dressmaker is
sought out. The matter of measure
ment is tedious, and then the matter of
fitting is one of numerous and repeated
trials. Finally the dress is finished and
sent home. Then it is sent back to be
taken in here and let out there, and at
last, after the customer has been fitted
more times for that one dress than her
husband has been measured for three or
four years, the dress comes home for the
last time and is pronounced by the
wearer, her friends, and the dressmal1er
as beautiful and perfect fit, and is fin
ished.
Beautiful it certainly is, far moro beau
tiful than anything her husband ever
ing shades and contrasting bits of color,
are all in the perfection of good taste.
No man can improve upon that. But it
isn't finished. When it is completed rs
far as the skill of the dressmaker can fin
ish it, and it is put on, it has to be
pinned. Somewhere; sometimes in two
or three, often in half q dozen places.
1t always requires pin. Leave out the
pin and the dress is all awry somewhere.
On all this broad continent there is not
one American woman who can dress so
as to make any kind Of on appearance in
good society without pins.
Now, suppose our tailor should send
our suit home, and when we had put on
the coat we had to pin it ut the back :?
Or suppose there was no suspender but
tons aft, and we had to use pins there :?
Suppose he made our shirts so we would
have to pin on the ar,-how long
would such shirt or such q suit of
clothes stay in the housep Who would
be responsible for the Language used by
the man who had to pin his coat2 No
tailor would dare to SO tempt the wrath
of an Independent man. But woman
alas, she patiently pins on the dress that
she paid some one $50 or $40 to make,
and doesn't think anything about It, We
will not pursue this painful subject.
Let the women of America take it up,
and think about it, and learn, in the
noble independence Of womanhood, to
make their clothes before they put
them on.
"DAR amt no use O. tryin' to hide yor
sins under fine clos, fo' de Lawd can
see slick froo broadcloth," said the
Rev. James Delavan, Mt Kansas camp
meeting. Dan Kirby, a well-dressed
gambler, construed the words rs per-
sonal insult, and whipped the preacher
after the Servicaa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Vegetine.
Kidney Complaints.
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

kidneys follows Fever pain in the small Of the
back, and thonce shooting downwsrd nqmbnesS Of the
thigh, vomiting, usually at first deep red color OF the
urne which becomes pale and coorless rs the disease
increases and Is discharged very often with pain and
difficulty; cosveness and some degree of collie. In
ehronc diseases ofhe kidneys the symptoms pain In
the back and limbs dryness Ofhs skim frequent TrRS
dizziness Of sight, INDIGESTION, and palpa,io9 OF the
.he face cough, and shortnSss of breath.
In diseases Of the kidneys the VHsErISE gives i'm
mediate relief. II has failed to when IL s
taken regularly and directions followed In many cases
may take several bottles especially cases Of long
standing IL directly upon the secretioDs, cleansing
and strsngthenpg removing AL obstructi0ns and inn
ing having been perfectly cured by the VEoErNE,
after trying many of the known remedies which said
to be expressly for this disease.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Kidney Complaints.
CINCINNATI, O., March 10, 1877,

C1ScINAATI, O., March 10, 1877.
II. r. STEVENS
Dear Sr-I have used your VEoETINE for some time,
and can truthfully say 1t has been great benefit to
apd to those suffering from disease OF the kidneys
cheerfuly recommendit.
Respectfully, o. II. SMITH.
Attested to by X. B. Ashsid, druggist Eighth
and Central avenue.
CINCINNATI, o., April 10, 1877.
Mr.. II. r. STEVENS:
have suffered several years with the kidney COM
plant, and induced 10 try VEoETINE have taken
several bottles of your pre- parnon, and convinced II
is valuable remedy. 1t has done more good than
any other medicine. 1 heartily recommend TO all
suffering from kidney complaints.
Yours respectfully, J. s. M6MIBLEN,
First bookkeeper for Newhall. Gaio g Co., Flour Mer
chants, No. SO West Front street, Cincinnati, o.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

GRANDFATHER, confined to the chimney cor
ner by that old-fashioned ailment, rheumatism,
fights his battles Ger again, but Bob, wide
awake, progressive fellow, interrupts him thus:
@
cure your rheumatism, and can be bought in
sample bottles for 25c., or one of regular size
for &c." For sale by all Druggists.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Rather Nlixed.

Johnson" What is the matter with
you, Ned you look melancholyP"
Ned" Yes the fact of the matter is
l have got mixed up SO in my family af-
fairs that L don't know who / am"
Johnson" Rather strange remark.
Explain yourself"
Ned-"I will. You see. T married q
young widow who lived with her step
daughter; my father shortly after mar
ried the step-daughter. My wife was.
therefore, the mother-in- law and daugh-
ter-in-law of my father. I am the step-
father of my mother-in- law, and NV
wifes step daughter is my step-mother.
Well, my step-mother-that is to saw,
my fathers wife, and my wifes daugh..
ter-had son. He is my brother,
OF course but, being the son of nv
wife's step-daughter, my wife is, Of
course, his grandmother, and I nm his
grandfather as we'll as his step-brother.
My wife also had a boy. NY step
mother is consequently the step-sistor of
of my boy, and also his grandmother.
because he is the child of her step-son'
and my father is the brother. in-law
my son, who is the son of my step
mother. am my mothers brother-in-
law, my wife is aunt of her own son. nv
son is the grandson of my father, and I
am my own grandfather"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

DIR. MARCHIsPs UTERINE GATHoLICoN will posi-.
uveiy cure Female Weakness, such Falling OF the
utern9, Whites, ChroRic Inflammation or Liberation Of
the Uterus incidental HemoTrhage Flooding Painful
suppressed and Irregular MenBtruation &C. An old and
reliable remedy. Send postal card for PAM phet, with
treatment. cures and certificates from yscIsns and
patients, 10 HoWARTH BALLARD, UyfcE Nav York
gold by all DRUGGISTS 80 per bottle.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Thomas CarlyIe's Last Work.

The great literary Titan, Thomas
Carlyle, has recovered sufficiently to
superintend the gathering and prepara-
ton of materials for his autobiography.
Mrs, Alexander Carlyle, his niece, and
the historian Froude, are jointly at work
on 1t Carlyle himself is gradually sink
ing, and this recovery May be the last
flicker Of the splendid old Ii0hs. Parton
ascribes Carlyle's ailments I'd th8. life
long use of the pipe asA the nicctine
which has permeated his s5stom And
yet, IN the tobacco raising StnteA of this
country, incessant smokers live to O
patriarchal age.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
The XoltR2R

The VoltAie Belt DO, Marshall, FEIch..
Will send their Electro-Voltajo Belts to tho
afflicted upon 80 days trial Flee their ldver-
tisement in this paper headed, "On 80 Days
1919
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

DIR. O. z. Shoemaker, the well-known aural
surgeon Of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail
Iree OF charge valuable little book on deafness
ear and catarrh and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
Saesfy the most skeptical. Address 90 above,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
lGrand Rapid Times.]
A Builders Testimony

Chas. S. Strickland, Esq, of 8 Boyl-
ston Place, Boston, Mass, after relating
his surprising recovery from rheumatism
by st. Jacobs Oil. l cannot find words
to convey my praise and gratitude to
the discoverer Of this liniment.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
[St. Louis Evening Chr niclc.
People in Glass Houses. etc

While it may be proper that those
'!iving in glass houses should never
throw stones" we think it eminently
proper that those working in glass houses
should say good word for anything of
benefit to themselves In this connection
Mr.. Isaac Corey, Manager Salem, N. J.,
Glass Works, remarks am pleased to
say that have used the Great Remedy,
st. Jacobs Oil, for Rheumatism, with
excellent results; other members of my
family have also been greatly benefited.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

The tonnage Of English sailing vessels
has decreased by about 100000 tons
since 1870, but steam tonnage has in
creased by about l, 400, 900 tons.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

MAnknIAI. feveTE can be prevented, also other
Iniasmatio diseases, by occasionally using DR..
ganfoJ'ds L6oer InUigorator, the Oldest general
oure for all diseases caused by dsordered
Liver. Eighty-page book aerit free. Address
DR.. Sanford, l62 broadway. Now York.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

BAD habits are easily contracted; 80 are Colds,
and both are very hard to get rid Of. Tho Colds
are quickly and surely cured by DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

FEaE INE is nourishing and strengthening;
pur1fes he blood; regulates the bowels; quiets
t1e nerve as system; acts directly upon the 60
erotiors, and arouses the whole system to
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Tire RrientS oe BSeiseatS T.ntason,

Wasner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Is the
remedy that viii cnre fhe many diseases pecu-
lIar to women. Headsobe, neuralgia, disordored
a rVes, weakness, mental Shocks and kindred
ailments are effectually removed by its use
The Mothey's Magazine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

The Detroit Free Press, which is
good authority on such things, says:
Corkscrews can now be made and sold
for o cent"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

The colored Baptists of Texas, Arkan-
sas, and Northern Louisiana, number
ing about 100000, have determined to
build college for the education of min
isters and teachers, in the city of Mar
shall, Texas. They are making vigor-
ous and successful effort to raise $40, 900
for this purpose among themselves, and
they are hoping that like amount may
be contributed through the American
Baptist Home Mission.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

CIR Lyons Patent Heel stiffeners applied 20
those new boots before yOu run them over.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Which Is Right2

A doctor says: "When lethargic
feeling pervades your system, when you
have O disinclination to move about,
when you have an adherence of exercise
your liver is torpid, you are unwell. ]"
But an old father, whose son was affected
in this way, and showed all the symptoms
described by the doctor, gave different
opinion: "Sick? Not much; it's lazi-
ness that ails him."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02

VEeErrNE has restored thousands to health who hav
been long and painful sufferers.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
To G0n9umptIVe9.

Y oDERG EMULSION OF COD LIVER OIL AND
Wild Cherry Bark, the tnost palatable comb binatioA
dy for consum psicn sorofua, all Lung AFFECTIONS, Nor
v9uH Debility and all wasting dlSssse1 The manner IN
which the Cod Liver OIL 10 combined with the Wild Cher
enable. IL to be asSinatsd BY the most delcalo stom.
system, relieves cough causes increase Of heSh and
strength. Endorsed By th9 most eminont physcapo:
ovortwo hundred cases, and thero NO cOmbina-
hoS equal to II for Consumption, scrofs" eto Thou.
Or Cod Liver OIL but have hssn unable 70 do so Thsy
With excellent resuta. Prio0, One Dollar per Bottle,
ex Bottles for Five Doara. Circulars and valuable In:
formation TO all sufferers receipt Of descrps
aen OF case. Address ell orders to
@. O. A. LoDER, Manufacturing Chemist,
40 Choahnnt h.. phllaIa alnhln. Pa.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-02
Food Value OF Root Crous.

Chemical analysis gives the following
results with regard to the food value Of
different root croDs.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

PROPOSITION TO CoxPRox1sE.-Por
mauy mouths the court records have
been filed with the proceeding. of the
Yesler-Cosmsn Acontroversy. which res
suited over The sale of the old Yesler
mill 70 Colman in 1876. The longer
the case run the more complicated it
became, until many Of the business
men on the Sound have become mixed
up IN 1t in the capacity of bondsmen or
Otherwise During the discussion Of thu
case in eourt yesterday. Mr.. Jas. Me-
Naught, as attorney for q number OF the
parties at interest, made q proposition
10 compromise all the differences exist
ing between Yesler and Colman. which
by many was considered fair and sqni-
table. The proposition was plainly AID
dscsinctly made, and vas as follows: J
M. Colman will pay IL L Yesler 500
600 10 gold coiD. cash down. and pay all
the costs OF all suits now pending pro-
yided Mr Yesler will return to Mr Col
man the mill property. ana obtain from
Mcbsip release Of the same. and get
q deed from Mrs Yesler thereto. 1t is
understood that Mr. Y sslsr viii not nc
cept this proposition. hut nothing eer-
tam is known as yet If compromise
is not effected. the cases now pending
will probably be taken to the Supreme
Court OF the United States. snd seveFai
years elspse and Thousands of dollars
be squandered before . satisfactory or
final settlement is reached.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

UNEMPLOYED MEN Say lie >Lsnd
ard: There were never So many uneln-
plnyed men IN Portland as there are
jast now The bulletin board, in front
Of the iitforeat enplo 4nsnt offices are.
ss rule, thrm,ged from urrning ill
night with crowds f the unemployed
eagerly looking for work. The appli.
Giants for places. tie agents report ar
greatly in excess of the ialniber this
time last year. The demand for labor
ers outside the city is greater toau the
supply. but the men who are here now
are 80 poor that they cannot pay the
fare necessary to take them To the
Dalles and other places where they
could obtain work. How they live is u
mystery.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

During the speci.l session of court.
Yesterday. Judge Greene made some
very important decisions, among which
were the following:
Mrs Burke. Of Newcastle. brought
suit against the Seattle Coal and Trans
portatlon Company TO recover damages
for the loss OF her SOD, who Was killed
IN the mines some mouths ago. The
Judge made ruling that before she
could sue she must first Allege in her
pleadings that her husband was either
dead or bad deserted his family. Msssls
Haines and White sre the attorneys for
Mrs Burke, aud Mcknight. Ferry &
McNsught represent the coal company
lie tie case Of the collision of the
barksutins G L Taylor and the bark
Rainier, cross libel had been fled By
the attorneys for tbs Taylor. The court
held that the cross libel contained no
canss Of action. aud sustained the ex-
ceptions to 1t. aud dismissed the case
McNsaght, Ferry d Mcknight repre-
Strive. Haihes &, Leary the Taylor.
In the famous tax case Of the City of
Seattle vs. Fl L Yesler. 10 recover the
amount dae the city from Yeslsr. for
The grading of Front street. some
$1,000. the Court held that the ordi-
nanees under which the assessments
were levied were special. when they
should have been general ordinances.
and consequently the assessments were
yoid ane the taxes cannot be collected
by process OF law. R Lewis repre-
sented feeler and NJ Hall the city.
In the case of Crawford g. Harring-
ton and w & Squire vs. u ID Hill, col
iector of delinquent axes which was a
similar case 20 the above except that
the assessments were levied to pay for
the grading and improvement Of Com
mercial street, and the Court made the
same ruling as above. G. that the ordi-
nsnces under which the assessments
we're levied. were special when they
should have been general ordinances.
The balance of the day was taken up in
tie arguments in the eases of Preston
& McKinnon va Yesler and Colman. and
Yes.er vs. Colman and his bondsmen.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

REAL ESTATE. The following are
the transactions in real estate, as re-
corded in the Auditors Office. since our
lsstTeport:
w II Reeves 20 james Mcknight,
east half o. lot /, and west half OF
lot .. in block 80. Maynards addition,
$50 G
a. \. Denny to L II Jenny. los II,
block G, A A Deuny's addition, 500
B F Holmes to N \ Hauser, south
nAlf of lot ?, block Is. Bell IL Drnny's
addition. $50.
Thos d Brennan 70 Chas Cra:g, lots
!. 2. 8. 4. 5. s. IL. l2. Is, Ia. IS and 10,
block Is. Laws addition. $3.50
Hugh McAleey to Fred E Sander.
lots Is and IA. block 90, Seattle Hone-
stead, $3.50
A.A Denny TO L. l.. W Carr. lot 8.
block 40. A A Denny addition. 1915.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

TILE pERPoRHAxCE.--Tbea attendance
at the Ver..lli illusion performs nee last
evening was good. The first part Of the
performances consisted Of the usual
tricks with cards and other novelties.
ysntnlcquism, ghos, dancing. etc The
leading feature OF the evening was the
box and tag mystery. Miss Rowland
was sealed Ia bag ard then locked In
q box, which was dashed with a strong
cord or rope. Without turning down
the lights the lady succeeded in getting
out of both bag and box, breaking nei
Their seal. lock. knots. nor anything
else, ia . remark sbly short time, with
out detection. The tight rope walking
feat by the Professor. a. we'll as Miss
Rowland. was we'll done. At the con-
clu,ion Of the performance q number
OF useful prizes. such as set OF goblets.
casters. bird cages. lamps. spittoons,
flower pots. vases. fans. brooms. &c.
were distributed among the holders OF
the lucky tickets. The drawing was
fair aud impartial. All who drew
prizes were well pleased, and th SO
who did not sill try their lung again
this evening when an entire ne pro-
grsmme is promiset.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

To MEET AT New TACoMA.-At o
meeting Of the Executive Committee
held last evening, it was decided to
hold the next meeting Of the Washing
ton Teachers Institute at New Tacoma =,
on the second Tuesday of August. 1881
The committee received cordial invi-
tstion fsom that town and accepted.
While we regret to lose the Institute.
even for one year. We wish it unlimited
suness. AMI hGpr It's next nesting may
i''' IA in' rest. ( NJ d beneficial rs the
o'., hahl here last August.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-11-23

A FINE LoT. Lot O. in block 10, of
Fairview Homestead. will be sold at
auction at half past l2 tomori ow. 81 the
room Of Mr. Cheadie. This lot is go by
100 feet. large enough for the necessi-
ties If any ordinary family. Il has
been cleared. grubbed aad plausd; is
fenced and ha, small house upon IL.
and is crossed by beautiful stream Of
ever running water. large enough for
fish. The improvements we speak Of
cannot be placed upoN this lot for
much short OF $3.50. and 5000 for the
property will be iow-pricsd indeed