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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
Powerful Ocean Steamships.

Twenty years ago the largest steamers
known in this, as in all such comparisons
neglectng the Great Eastern, which was
a prodigy of engineering sl1ilD did not
reach. $50 feet in length, 45 feet in
breadth, $500 tons in tonnage, or 4, 600
horsepower indicated. We have before
us at this moment list of 50 merchant
steamers sailing, in the year 1860, from
southampton and other southern ports,
which the largest vessels then frequented
and the list includes but 10 ships of more
than 300 feet in length, none of which
reached the limits of size and powor lust
given, and the whole of which belonged
to two companies, viz, the Royal Mail
and the ,Peninsular} and Oriental. At
the present moment we have afoat and
ut work. the White Star liners, some of
them OF AS feet in length, 45 feet in
breadth, and nearly 5000 indicated
horsepower; the Inman liners, compris-
ing such ships as the City of Berlin, 4S8
ffeet by AZ feet broad, and of about the
same steam-power; the Orient, of 445
teet by 464 feet, with engines developing
5000 horse power; the Arizona, of about
the same. e.size, with still greater steam
power and speed; and many other
splendid vessels but little inferior to any
OF the foregoing. And these grand
steamers--many of which reach the Guays
OF New York with greater punctaality
than railway trains reach the London
suburbs from Victoria and Charing cross,
and would reach our quays with equal
punctuahty if they could avoid the
abomlnable sands that bar the Mersey-
are the forerunners of still larger and
moro powerful vessels now taking shape
upon the banks of the Clyde and else
where. The Cunard steel ship, the
Servia, now building by Messrs. Thomp-
son, OF Glasgow, is 500 feet by SO feet,
with over 10000 Indicated horsepower,
and will, therefore, doubtless possess o
speed considerably in advance of that of
the very fastest ship at present afoat in
the mercantile marine. The Inman
steamship City of Rome, building of iron
at Barrow, will be still larger, having
length of 546 feet, breadth of So feet. q
gross registered tonnage of 5000, and O
steam power nearly equal to that Of the
Servla. The Guion line is to be increased
by ships of almost equal size and power
and the Allan line is building others
equal to the finest of the White Star
boats Notwithstanding thenumber and
magnitude OF the passenger steamers
now running between America and this
country the traffic is so great that it has
only been possible to secure accommoda-
tlon by arranging passage many weeks,
and even months, in advance, while the
rapidly increasing population and wealth
OF the United States and of Canada make
1t certain that the interchange of aericul-
tural produces and manufactured goods
between them and ourselves will 20 Oh
increasing. g.-LOndO1e Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
Who was BlIcbeard!

A gentleman who saw the gray, forbid
ding castle of Bluobcard rising above the
8 station OF Champtoce, France, tells who
the frightful hero of the nursery was:
Some reader may ask, "Who was this
real, historical Bluobeard?"
L answer that in Brittany he was the
Sieur Giles de Retz, great fcudal lord
who possessed vast estates and great
power i'll this ncighborhOod in the latter
part Of the fourteenth and beginning of
the fifteenth centuries, and was, besides.
a marshal OF Franco.
This castle was his stronghold. and he
ruled it and the Loire country around
with hand Of iron and n sword of fire
Gifted i'll youth with physical strength
and beauty, and an enormous fortune,
ho impaired both by all sorts of i1-
dnlgcnceS.
When too late, with defled and
bloatcd body, he found himself lashod
by the scorpion whip that is always sure
to follow sin.
Instead of growing penitcnt, he only
became moro bloody and relentless.
Seduccd by wicked and cunning
alchemlst to belicvo that by bathing in
human blood he could claim back his
vanished health, beauty, and spirits, he
entrapped children and young persons of
both sexes, murdered them in the dun
geons OF the castle with his own hand
and bathed in their warm blood
1t was believed that more than o hun
dred were thus murdered.
After years of impunity the matter be-
came so notorious and spread SO much
lear through the country that tho people
rose III a mass against him, made him n
prisoner, and carried him to Nantes.
There he was tried by his sllzcrnin
lord, the Duke of Brittany. and con-
dcmncd t. be burnt alive at the stake. n
Judgment carried into execution in 14dO
on what is now the Chausscc dc Ia Made
| lclne, on the Gloriettc Island, in front of
| where the great hospital now stands,
Changes in English Fiction.
Marvellous changes both in tho quality
of English novels and in the personal of
their writer's have been witnessed since
Dickens and Thackeray used away:
Shirley Brooks, George Lawrence and
White Melville are no more. Anthony
Trollope ambles along ut the well-known
psce on the same old nag. Charles
Reado has laid aside the pen. Wilkie
Collins grows increasing more spectral
and shuddery, and less like his old
master. George Eliot keeps for tho
most part silence, or, when she breaks it,
does so only to bore q public which
would fain admire. Miss Brandon,
Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Oliphant are
still weaving the familiar plots out of the
| accustomed material Miss Broughton
has almost exhausted the resources of
her prurient imagination. Ouida alone
possesses that In full vigOr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
American T0hnccn.

While I was at Ferrieres, in Italy, I
heard a comical story from the wife Of an
American gentleman who resides in the
neighborhood. 1t seems tobacco is q
Government monopoly; the raising of
more than dozen plants by any ono
person is strictly prohibited. The gar
dener engaged by my friend had rather
a liking for the plant, and embellished
several of his ornamental fower-beds
with it. So one day the lady was waited
upon by the Commissaire, who informed
her that, as she had transgressed the
rules respecting the cultivation of to-
bacco by authorized individuals, she
would have to pay fine of some $50.
But. fortunately, the Republican Dep
uty from the district was on terms Of
great intimacy with the family, and he
offered his services to get them out of the
scrape. He went, therefore, to call on
the local Magistrate, and represented to
him that the offending plants were of
American origin, and consequently.
were of kind that were totally valueless
for any other purpose than that of orna-
mentation. The dignitary professed him
self as being quite satisfied with the ex-
planation, and, in view of the non
existence in commerce of any such on
article as American tobacco, my friend
got OIL scot free.-Ltcy Hooper.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
The Quickest Trains in the World,

The pace of the quickest trains in En-
gland, says an English paper, is greater
by ten miles an hour than that of the
quickest trains of any other country. In
Great Britain the average velocity of the
express is fifty miles an hour. In Bel
glum it never exceeds forty-one miles an
hour; between Paris and bordeaux it is
thirty-nine and half miles an hour. ia
Russia and IN some parts of Switzerland
the rate is twenty-seven miles an hour.
Per contra, in England railway travel
ing is attended with more risk than IN
any other country in the world. Yet
even thus the perils of the steam loco
motive are much exaggerated, for n
French statistician, after o very labori-
GUS examination of the deaths occurring
from railway accidents over the surface
of the whole earth, states the result of
his examination thus: IF person were
to live continually in n railway carriage,
and spend all his time in railway travel
ing, the chances in favor of his dying
from railroad accident would not occur
until he was 960 years old"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09

explained, "that one cannot get around
with you ut all, but only that you are not
very graceful and s,lre-footed. There
are plenty of men here who dance worse
MIR. Simpson, for instance.
=" should hope So" said Dick "a
Simpson, little weak-eycd man, who
held his fair partner as if he feared she
was packed with dynamite and was in
danger every minute of exploding.
moved laboriously past the door. "if
that Is the best you can say for me. Miss
Florcnco, l shall never have the audacitv
to ask you to dance again" md with y
heavy heart he left the conservatory. now
fully satisfied he had had enough of Mrs
Grey's ball
T. Ho took O glass of champagne in the
supper-room, where its quality was being
1reelX discussed by the young men who
fingered there, and went back to pay his
parting respects to his hostess. There
were still plenty of people about, but q
chll seemed to have fallen on thom. tho
aahccrs were few, and everybody looked
oored or discontented. Mrs. Groy was
saying the last words to party of guests
VINO We're about taking their departure.
nsuch pity it should have been a
failure" n, II re- ne heard one Of them whisper
WIN a
the expense you have gono to!"
"I am sure, then, It must have bccn
the fault of my guests" returned Mrs
Grey, "for L did my part as we'll os T
could. Why, Mr.. Turner arc YOU roinn
SO soon? I wonder if you, too, found
my party q stupid one?''
She looked so harassed that Dick for
goG the grudge he owed her, and would
gladly have declared her ball both bril-
hant and delightful, but the words he
wished to say stuck in his throat-ho
absolutely could not give them utterancc.
AN awful impulse was upon him, and to
his own secret horror and dismay bc
heard himself assuring her the painful
truth that it was the most dismal affair
ne had ever witnessed in his life. Then
overwhelmed with shame at his ipyolun-
tar rudeness he turned away, and his
eyes i"l upou tho crimson roses still
blooming freshly over the doorway,
-, What an idiot he must have been!
There in plain English letters we're tho
three words, "Palacc of Truth" AS ho
looked and read. the marie flute nnaled
forth so loudly and with so shriIl a
triumph in its tone that Dick fairly
| jumped, and in the violence of his start
kicked the sleeping Snip, who lcapcd
out of his masters way and gazed ut him
with reproachful, wonderful eyes.
"Eleven o'clock, as I am living
man." said Dick, yawning. ''Threc
hours asleep and no ball for mo Tonight
Snip, you little villain, why didn't you
awaken me?"
Snip was silent. He felt the arrant
injustice of this romark, and bore it with
the equanimity of stole.
"Well," said his master, slowly, as he
ht his candle, "since you did not. and as
L have had all the dissipation and all the
candor L need for one night, think, lit
tie dog, that you and will go peaceably
and gratefully to bed"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09

In Paris, children's parties are preten-
tious affairs. The decorations and toilets
are made as prominent features and as
elaborate as among o. society followers.
At one of the children's balls was child
of eleven decked in thousands of dollars
worth Of diamonds, and O toilet of lace
worth six hundred dollars, with a gossa-
mer fan mounted in turquoise and pearls.
Where all should be Joy, life and Iioht
in this youthful crowd, there are Che
same rivalries, heart-burnings and en-
vious feelings that embitter and spoil the
pleasure Of older hearts.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
Goats as ChurnorS.

The most striking feature of the dairy
ranch of f. s. Clough, in San Mateo
canon, is the new dairy house which Mr..
Clough recently completed at cost of
1900. 1t is 1896 in ground dimen-
sions, finished externally in rustic style,
and inside is rs trim and cleanly as tho
thrifty housewives chest room" The
buttcr-rOOm, an apartment I0x15 feet in
dimensions, is rs inviting as parlor.
The apparatus for handling the milk and
making the butter is complete in every
detail, and is designed throughout for
the saving of labor. The chum holds
fifty-twO gallons Of cream, and turns out
from 100 to 120 pounds of butter at each
churning. 1t is worked by goat power,
the appliances being q treading- wheel
eighteen feet in diameter, which connects
with and operates q shaft running into
the dairy house, and this in turn con-
Meeting with cOg-wheels worki1,x the
dashcrs. Mr.. Clough says that the goats
in operating tho wheel indulge their
natural propensities for climbing, and
they apply themselves to the work with
great gusto. The herd consists of some
eight or ten animals, ranging from the
grandmother and old Billy" with the
whiskers down to the younQling not
over foot high When released from
their penss they one and all, great and
small, ,Srun bleating for the wheel, and
the only tfouble 90 contend with there
after is tbs excess OF power which they
are apt toagiye tin the course of their
trollcsome gan1bols. Los ASa9eLes (CoL J
EEDre8S.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
HHER LAST LETTER.
BY LADY LINDSAY,

"Tis but line, o hurried scrawI,
And little seem the words to say,
Yet hold me iu repr0aGhful th1all: -
You quarreiod with mo yesterday;
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Aye, "you'u be sad" the words are few,
And yet they pierce my soul with pain;
Aye, you'll be sad" the words are true;
They haunt me with prophetic strain:
"To-morrow you'll be sad" y,
Wequarreled, and for what o word,
foolish speech that Jared the ear,
And thus in wrath our pulses stirr'd; "
Then came her letter Dear my dear,
Tomorrow you'll be sad"
Few words! half mirth, and half regret,
The last her hand should ever write
Sad words learned long ago, and yet
Fresh with new pain to ear aud sight
UTo-mOrrOW YOnil III be sad IL
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09

A VOLUME containing descriptions of
all the presents ever given to a Queen is
certainly an oddity, but it is said that
Queen Victoria proposes to issue such
book. It is to be illustrated by photo
graphs, and to include not merely costly
gifts but simple tokens of affection which
have been given by her poor subjects at
Balmoral, P-v-----
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-12-09
SOUTHERN NEWS.

L
ters are dong hnelY.
Scarlet fever is making it red-hot for
the people of Natchez.
Tbore arc fvo co,d;do+os g.. u,o ..
mastcrship Of Nashville under GarfeId's
administration.
The sugar crop Of Southern Toxos hos
been domaocd fnllv ono.bolf bv 4ho ro
cent storms
1.,,
ut Cleburne Lonoview NcKinnev ond
other points in Texas
Tho Nosbvn1o Arou;oo o,. c
I'M Domooro+;o ,,,o;o.;t,
hal1ot IN tho Tonrossoo r oa;aIn+.. ' ''''''
- '0'"'''i'
,,,o,,,1,or, &C rro,,,,o,,,...
rovoro of no,,;,r t,o c,.a.o JoI. "'0 -
1,o.o
'oio -, " nv o,,'eiU y" loo' ny Proml-
'0''' ''''''''c'''i vi'o he'ii'eS'ee AeglSH'-
W ''' Wv" Il VIZ i'"i'ioel ol elecUiohS'
James Christopher, OF Forest City,
N'N'' 'N>N'AI t'iiO w viz llOuSC VI al
c0'0ic'' "o'''an' ana, III attempting TO
49," way 49, was Ni'io'' ny ier' one
I.c. ', .'','N'''' s>>' VII VIC s'o"i'' u Sell
>'0'9'1'e'
lherc are dchclts III the budgets of
| seVcrai departments OF the City Hall of
New Orleans. The appropriation for pay
OF the police IS $4,000 short, and the
| Improvements Department is short $32,-
'''''' w. iA.i'' l''''c MOCK printer
vas io-'''"'' leu e''''eSuhy laSC 10 the
wiz ','''' "',o'', III WIS u''orceo' AFTER
~ ''''' ''i"i ~. 'i'' Sep''"'ioii 'hey oegan
~. ~. l''''0''e' "i'i'i e'ioeo III second
''''''
'hoer the new code OF Mississippi,
any clti|eh has the right to arrest or carry
pelorc a magistrate or Sny proper officer
.le tramp he may md begging about
| MS premises. IL IS made the duty of
NlaglStrateS 10 commit such tramps to
Ja'l' ana from the jail he IS to be hired
| 0'''N' N''' '''' '''e
"lil'ahl MattoN' an lnolfenslve old
man, was Drutally murdered at his house
near AooeVllle' >. u, thursday night
"?' W. men ''SNcu lor logging, ana
''i"S oc,'!co' 'n'ercu the mouse ana de-
lil"llueo MS money! killed nm and took
G!'o' NO cue 10 Cne murdererS mas been
''>'"' '''" ui' " ."'S 'il''e, Inc "lle OF
WV '' '''o0" WIS III 'ii "oJolniilS room.
Nashville American Five school,
houscs--four in Wilson and one in Da
wilson county, oil near the Lebanon
| turnpikc-wcrc destroyed by fire. ON
Wednesday night last, by inccndiarics.
! Under what is known as the four mile
law, saloons or drinking-houscs can not
DC run WlIhih an incorporated institution
OF Ie"rnlng' ana, IN order to prevent the
S''c Oh H!uor III tllclr nclghDorhoods,
persons residing at different points along
the turnpike secured charters and built
an the Scho"l-houses destroyed last
wednesday hlghC'
A special from ITarpcr's Ferry says q
romantic marriage has taken place on
the railroad bridge there. A gentleman
from Newmarket, w., was taking his
daughter westward to prevent her mar
rIagc with young farmer. While the
father was in depot writing to his wife,
!, informing her of his safe journey to that
point, the young lady's lover, who had
secured marriage license and minis
for ,,I,t ,,, o,J A.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
TuE ATTACK ox W.. ,. 3 co.

The Postal Commission, in its attack
on the express management of Messrs.
Wells. Fargo & Co. has already discov-
cred that it has made q mistake, and
will probably retreat from its present
attitude.
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express Com
pany is household title on the Pacific
coast, where during winter ws,spring
slush and summers heat, through noun
tain fastnesses beset by robbers and
desperadOes, they have safely carried
the miners treasure to its destination.
True, it was matter of business for
the Express Company to do their work
well and faithfully, as their reputation
was at stake, but many times, as our
Pacific coast people know, they and
their messengers have gone through
trials and periIs which entitle them to
the esteem and confidence of our peo-
pie.
In the language of an Oregon ex-
change, Eve are glad to see that all the
newspapers of the Pacific coast are tax
ing sides with Wells, Fargo & Co. in
the late attack made by the Postal Com
mission upon that company. 1t has
stirred upa feeling Of Indignation all
over the coast, even to the smallest min
ing camp. No, the people of this side
of the Rockies cannot we'll do without
the aid of Wells, Fargo 4 Co. in carry
ing our letters, and We are pleased to
see our people SO unanimous in protest
ing against any changes being made.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
GRIT.

That old and respectable RepublI-
can paper OF Albany-the Register
apparently doesn't propose to be
wiped out by the New Machine or
gan. Hear what the plucky Van
Glove has to say about IT,:
Mr.. Thad. Hanford has become as
sociated with US in the publication Of
the Register. He Is a newspaper
worker OF practical experience and
success, and we hail the accession OF
his facile pen, and practical abilities
as q worker TO our ranks as q favora.
BILE omen for the Republican cause In
our county and State.
Having added 10 our working
force we hope to be able 10 furnish a
paper of increased value, and one
every way more worthy and accept
able to the reading public than in the
past. II is our purpose at an early
day to enlarge and otherwise Inn
prove the Register, making It in every
respect the equal II not superior to
any weekly journal in the State.
Look out for the Register--it proposes
to keep on top.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
TmE TAaIVV aTEsTIox.

In our platform upon which Hon.
Jno. Whitaker was renominated We
have n plank on the tariff question
a question that Is loudly calling for
attention at .he hands Of the people
Mt large, and notably OF those en-
gagged In Agriculture. Tho apathy
that exists among tho farming popu-
lation on this and other kindred top
les Of vital Importance TO them, Is de-
Plorable. DaIrymen complain occa-
slonally Of tho protection afforded at
their expense TO few Onondaga salt
men In New York State, but even
they have recently shown, rs at liar
ward tho other day, a disposition to
do nothing but little grumbIEng,
while the farmers at largo go on sub
mitting TO be taxed on everything
they use, from q tenpcnny nail to the
clothes on their hack, from their chill
dren's school books TO their farming
implements, without moro than an
occasional whInc OF discomfort.
II the farmers, prior 10 the fall clec-
tIons, would exact from every candI-
date for election TO the National Leg
Islature a pledge on these important
subjects, they would get II every
time, whether from Republicans or
Democrats. Neither party would
venture to ALLEVIATE the agricultural
vote this year, and they (the farm
ers) can safely undertake to pursue
the course we have indicated without
tho least fear OF detaching themselves
from either OF the political parties to
which they actually belong.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
run rnInrEns raInsp.

Our washington correspondent, ,un.
der date Of the 7th inst, states that
ION the day before there was q very
significant y1te In the House on the
motion to suspend tho rules and pass
Mr. Townsend's bill placing on tho
FREQ list printing type, printing pa
per, and all materials used In the
manufacture Of paper. The vote In
favor Of suspendlng the rules was lI3
yeas to so nays. Though the major.
lty foil short Of The required two
thirds, II was largo enough to show
that tho bill Is certain Of passage
could IL be presented In the regular
order. It indicates, moreover, that
the bill placing wood-puIp on the
free list, rs well as that taking the
duty Off salt, would, IL presented as
independent propositions, be passed
under a suspension Of the rules.
There wero only 10 Republicans In
the majority In favor OF Mr.. Town
sends bill, and but 10 Democrats In
the minority against II. One OF the
most influential Republican journals
In commenting on the subject says !:
"The course OF the Republican load
ers In Congress in Identifying their
party with the maintenance OF all
tariff duties, however unproductIve
and odIous, Is defeDslble neither OH
grounds Of statesmanshIp nor consId-
eratIons Of oxpedlency. Tho ques-
tIon OF readJusting the tariff may en-
ter moro largely into the political Is
sues OF the fall campaign than will be
pleasant or profitable for the RepubII-
can Representatives who approve Of
this kind Of leadership"
In this connection we want to state
that our noble, square and honorable
Representative, Jno. Whiteaker, stood
by the question of anti-tariR. aud his
vote Is 50 recorded.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
ELATTEaISG csnPnnExT.

The following Ia relation TO the
platform adopted by the late Demo
cratic State Convention Is taken from
the Commercial Reporter, Of Port
land:
The platform, taken as whole,
will recommend itself TO many inde-
pendent voters not allied with the
Democratic party. Placing itself
fairly and squarely on the tariff for
revenue only, will carry much weight
with the commercial class In this
city. It remains now to be seen
what the Republicans will put for
ward In their platform, and also who
they will nominate for the various
Offices to be filed, after which we
can write more intelligently and dis
cuss tho position from an IndePend.
ent standpoint.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-04-23
A SUGGESTION.

We would suggest to young gentle
men who have SO freshly come to the
city, and have regulations that might
hurt them, that they be careful what
they say against o,d and respectable
citizens. The Freshmen" who run the
machine up street will please govern
themselves accordingly.
1t is for their own sakes that we
make this suggestion. If they have
brains enough to argue and respectable
ity enough to maintain their position.
let them clay on, AIacdufr," but our old
citizens, irrespective of party, protest
against such a guerrilla style of warfare
as is evi3ced by these young gentlemen.