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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14
PAP AS YOU 60.

What Mr.. N. J.. Shepherd says in
the following article is just as good adj
vice for the printer or any other busi-
ness man as for the farmer:
~ think one of the worst evils tho
farmer has to contend with is going
into debt. Many and many of them
are always in debt for their machinery
from year to year, and to their black
smith and their merchant from one
years end to another. Men of this
class always have to sell their wheat az
soon as they can thrash it and haul it
to market, their corn as soon as it is
ripe enough to gather, and their stock
as soon as the animals are salable.
They have no choice. They cannot
wait for q better market, because, if
they keep the merchant waiting too
long, they know there will be no
chance Of getting credit another year,
and it takes all they have got this year
to square up old accounts. AS q rule,
such farmers are obliged to sell at low
prices and pay the highest price for
what they use, and therefore lose on
both sides. Most farmers will find it
far easier, and great deal moro prof
liable, to pay as they 60. There is no
question but that they can get goods
cheaper for cash. sAnyssmerchant will
tell you he can afford to sell good for
less 'meneygif lie gets cash every time
instead Of waiting six months. Pre-
cisely the same is the case with all
with whom the farmer deals, and it viii
pay anyone. to Gveac close for one year
in order ever afterward%so be free from
the CALLING pressure Of debt. DO with
out everything that Yen can possibly
live without Do6not buy new plow,
or a new harrq or any other new
implement simply because you can buy
it on credit. WHIT, and wait patiently,
until you can pay as you go, and you
willGbe surprised how much you will
save ia o year for I honestly believe
any farmer will buy more when he is
buying on credit than he will il he
pays cash every time. 1t is those who
are in debt, head over heels, that feel
the hard times SO severely. We farm
ers who are out Of debt now, arc the
most independent class of men in the
country. Keep out of debit M
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

THE British Government is consider
ably disturbed by the recent movements
IN Ireland. The peasantry ore reported
TO be armirg themselves, and Irish
American agents are said to be busy in
the county. The British military force
in the island is being daily increased,
and during the long, dark nights, as a
British Judge once remarked, lively
work is anticipated,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

STEPHEN q. SPENCE, q young farmer
Of Kingston, N. O., met Mrs. M. E.
Waller in the road. After bowing to
her, he said she must kiss him. The
lady indignantly hurried on, whersupon
Spence followed, and, despite her strug-
giles, kissed her. She made complaint,
and Spence was arrested. He was tried,
and sentenced to- thirty days in the
county Jail for kissing another mans
wife.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14
BE EARNRSr

Earnestness in business wins. If q
lawyer tries d suit, it is Of little impor-
tance to him, being but one Of 100, in
an extensive practice, yet il may be Nh
epoch in the life Of his client perhaps
bis first sllit, or at lesst he clothes it
with great Importance His life, liberty
and property may be at stake.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

The total number of paupers in Lon
don, exclusive Of lunatics in asylums
and 1886 vagrants, on the last day of the
second week in June was 85,O49, of
whom 1898 were in warehouses and
1856 receiving outdoor relief,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

gleam as of old; the lips were just as
seductive in their expression, and the
voice made the sweetest of music. She
took my thin face in her little, hands and
looked sadly'into'm my eyes,"
"Fred! Fredp she whispered. "Dear
old boy, tell me what this meansl'
1 shook my head wearily. s' =.
"I've been away" she said. I" and
there's horrible story about us: in the
paper-about me, I mean-that I am
the cause of this. Have you seen it?"
"No, Lou"
Are you going to kill yourself,
Fred?" bringing that dear face of hers
closer to mine.
CT shall continue to try"
"Why? What is the matter ?"
You are the matter, Lou, if you
mast KNOW" I said, getting desperate,
with her lips so close to mine, and the
questions coming thick and fast. "You
ore the matter"
"Me?"
"You."
could sec that she wanted to make
me tell, and believe that the only thing
that kept her from asking was that she
believed she knew what had to tell. I
resolved to settle my doubt, and, if I
was going to die, to have her know just
the reason for my suicide.
"Lou," I began, putting an arm
around her waist to steady myself.
"Lou, I am killing myself because you
don't love me-"
"How do you know that, Fred Bar
ron? You make me ask the question. {"
Her face came down upon my
shoulder, and she began to sob.
because, Lou, because, because"-I
paused simply because 7 didn't know,
but had only guessed at it, and in my
weak condition it seemed as if I had been
wofully mistaken. "Well, then, 1 knew
it because you always put Gherkins be-
tween us; and how could tell you over
his shoulder that wanted you to he nv
wife"
did you want to tell me that, Fred p
eyes ~
"And that animated old petrifactiol
kept you away2"
"AnimatAd Old Petrifaction, eh D.? Di,
she call me that. Judge Barron P
shrleked the Colonel, slapping his hat OF
his head and driving it down with bloy
OF his fist, rs he sprang from his chair
elf she did, Sir, demand satisfaction
the satisfaction Of gentleman, sir
Animated Old Petrifaction 7 And thi.
by a woman would have honored b,
marrying It is too much, too much
You shall give me revenge -
Barron laughed. So did the minister
"You shall have what you want
Colonel" said the Judge.
"When, where, how2. That tall
suits me-"
"By coming around to dinner with me
this afternoon. You know Mrs. Barron
has changed her mind ;ahout you since
that day."
"I'l be blanked if will, roared the
Colonel, slamming the chairs aside as he
tramped away.
At 4 o'clock sharp" said the Judge,
leaning over the railing, and speaking tc
the angry man on the walk below.
The Colonel shook his fist in reply.
" He is very wrathful," observed the
minister.
"But he will come all the same" said
the Judge.
" I suppose that young lady gave you
favorable reply" meekly observed DR..
Miller, who wanted to hear the conclu-
sion of the story.
Favorable ? OF course See that
lady over the street there?" =.
Mrs. Barron? Oh, yes I"
"Well, she was Lou Dexter before T
married her. Her yes stopped my
suicide"
"Indeed I"
Indeed. And what is more, in view
OF my profession, I've never had to
starve since"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

A NEGRO barber, afsSt Louis, studied
law az night for several years, and was
finally admitted 70 the bar. IIo now
works in the shepon Saturdays and Sun.
days and practices with considerable suc.
cess in the courts on other days.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14
SONG.
BY On. LA NOBLE.

Not where tho poison dews distiil,
Which bring much woe to men,
Shall we our brimming glasses fill,
And drink and I'LL again.
But We shall quaff tho water pure,
Which sparkles lin the wave,
Whose draught 80 sweet doth health assure,
p And far removes the grave.
Water, true gift Of heaven thou art;
Without thy smile to bless,
Earth were a desert and mans heart
Could ne'er find happiness
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-10-14

A MAN in Philadelphia gathers slops
and swill and garbage and distills it into
whisky.
, 1880-02-18
ROMAN EMAI

At Salisborg, between Hausu and Kes'
selstadt, the foundations OF . Roman house
bays been discovered, tho walls Of which
were a yard thick and about 3ltt. and s!tt
long respectively. In the middle Of the
enclosed space q vauited room, 4 s'fouhd'
and in the n~eiehbourhood several earshen
ware vessels, very perfectly finished. "A.
bout IS PAGES away a~considerabls portion
of the walls Of another Roman honss was
previously discovered, and also 1t various
times Roman coins, tombs,t and aleeepda.
ry stone. Dr.. Albert Duncker coucl'ades
from all these data that the place 10 tne
site ofa considerable Roman settismenss
and that q careful exploration would bring
many interesting objects - iisbt-1's's''
, 1880-02-18
M~lSCELLANEOU ITEMS.
From the Spsctotor.)

The Times publishes a biography Of Alb
derahmsn Khan, who may soon be the
strongest claimant for the Afghan throne.
He 10 the son of Afzul Khan, elder brother
of'Shefe Ali, and, according to English
ideas Of primogeniture. natural successor
to Dost Mahommed. In 1865 he rebelIed
and seized Balkh, and in 1866 seized
Cabnl and proclaimed. his father Ameer.
Atzul was recognisedby the Indian Govern
ment. and obeyed by the greater part of
the country, but took to drinking, and
became unpopular, and on his death Alb
derrahman found himself obliged to recog-
MISE his uncle, Shere Ali, as Ameer. He,
rebelled. however, once mora at Balkh;
butawastwice defeated by Yakoob Khan,
, 1880-02-18
Bekjendtgjorelse

mET bekjendtgjores herved, at Ex-
W emplarer af Anordningerne at
oath October t. A. a~ngaaende Tyende-
vesenet og ON S~traffenfor Losg@ngeri
og Betleri kunne erholdes gratis nd
1everede paa Politikamrene j Chris
tiansted og Frederiksted.
Prasidentskabs Secretariatet for ST.
Croix den Cite Februar 1880.
S. w. VAN BRAKLE.
, 1880-02-18

the whole distance between the south side
OF the bridge aud the high girders. These
sparks appeared to have been due to the
great pressure of the wind grinding the
train against the rails ON the eastern side
of the bridge. One of the guards gave
evidence to having witnessed the same
thing ION q previous occasion, when .
very strong west wind was blowiDgs
and to ito having 80 alarmed him, that
thinking an axle was broken, be put on
the brake. At the point, too, where the
catastrophe occurred, the rails were broken
out on the eastern side, as though torn up
by the excessive pressure OF the train from
their place. For the rest. nothing has
been discovered, nor is now likely TO be
discovered, az to the character of the dis
aster, except that one witness, living to the
west of the bridge. but above it, declared
that he saw a girder give way and tall into
the river before the train came up. The
night, however, was very dark. The
witness 10 question, though higher than
the bridge, was on the wrong side OF it sfor
seeing anything. and all evidence on sub.
jects of this exciting kind is very apt to be
10 fact, affected by interpretations. uncon.
sciously lput upon somewhat ambiguous
perceptions, after the event.
OF course, the outory in Scotland 90 %
Sabbath breaking az the moral cause OF
the disaster, has begun. DR.. Begg and
bis friends could not lose 80 great 40 OPP
portunity. We think, however. lt might
be proved to even their satisfaction that
Sunday gets much less than one-seventh Of
the full sum OF travellers disasters
for this very good reason that the travels
ing on Sundays 10 much less than one"
seventh of the total travelling OF the year:
We wonder the Sabbatarians do not hnd
it scandalous that hurricanes themselves
are permitted to break the rest OF the
Sabbath.
The assertion that the French Ambsssa'
dor at Berlin, M. de Saint Waller, had
resigned his post in consequence OF
his dissemination to serve under M. dc
Frsycinet's Government, appears to have
been a complete mistake. The Times
correspondent states. on the authority OF
a~conversrtion with him. that M. de Saint
Vallier's attitude towards M. de Freyci.
net is perfectly cordial, and that his resig.
nation had been determined on and ten.
dered before W~addington's administration
came to an end, and was q consequence of
III. de Saint Vallier's disaPproval OF
Clause Z 10 M. Jules Ferry's Education
Bill. In fact the Ambassadors regard for
NJ. de Freycinet tended rather to delay
thsn to hasten the resignation OF M. dc
Saint Waller which afforded the occasion
for Prince Bismarck's strong expression OF
confidence in the Ministry OF NJ. de Frey
cinet on New Years Day. expression
probably none the less cordial snas ,,i inc
make the German Chancellor oil the more
anxious to give France no pretext for Q
hostile attitude. Moreover, NJ. de Frey.
ciuet, on his side, seemed entirely indispos.
ed to look for any such pretext.
, 1880-02-18
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The evidence taken before the Court Of
Inquiry into the Tay-Bridgs disaster has
brought out nothing of any Importance,
except the fact that one of the officials on
the south side OF the bridge noticed sparks
issuing from the train throughout nearly
, 1880-02-18
PETER MATTHIAS ANDERSEN

PGG
Den ST. Thomas ! Amerika
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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21
Ssssr school.

WI
t0rsnge (Texas) Tribune, Ang. a5.I
Wemake the'fOllowing extractsfrom
a circnlarFto be issued inaifew days hy
the Board of Trustees:
eve take pleasure In announcing to the
public that we have secured the services sGf
Prof L. l. Singleton as president Of Orange
College. PrUf. Singleton, comes 10 as recon-
meRded as one of the best instrnct0rsin the
State of Missouri, hence weffeels that instruc-
tons given 10 pupils attending Orange College
viii be inferior 10 none.
THE college Is open to pupils Of both sexes.
.sStudeats from q distance are solicited 10
iattendn SIGNED ny THE BOARD.
Prof. Singleton called npon Ms yes
terday morning, and, having spent sew
eral days in the city gathering inform
alton relative TO its present condition.
future prospects, etc, expressed himself
seryhighlypleasea. IIe5exan,incd sonr
handsome college building, and with
that, too, he was especially pleased;
and we feel sure from hisrepniation ~
an experienced teacher, with so good q
field in which to operate, that success
will attend his efforts. The faculty is
nearly completed. The Professorilcaves
this morning for Ibis homein Missouri,
but returns at once, and the school IL
totopen on Monday, the 9Th of Sep
TENDER next.
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Hw.s.,.un IA. Aag. lis. 1850.
-. F,,.e--sV 7. have =, been having
-. ~. ,..r- st,a,,,re weather for a few
- ,.ast m l,ss been feared BIZ some
~ ! .ss.,rn would BE- tlaeresaiit, bui
49, 4 mt the ease. bui
s ~. Il isssTslssretl mn with the pros
-. Z l..;,,s r.s, weather for awhile.
-. sss,,y,ia M afternoon q PARTY Of eex-
ts,s,l- trim togthe beach to
-~sti,er .sss-sl,sIls and enioy a ranibleson
sTl,~.,sl, md alter ali were satisfied
,.isb this k;n5 Sof enjoyment, 1T was
,,rre..s7 Ttl,at ] ride on the breakers
siso,,l.l h ,cxt:s so All being comfortably
sssssa ~ the Rescue. Cant. tfinss
s,..ered Bl,.r. anton the briny deep and
- 81. s.vas 1uallantly riding the waves
,sl,e,, s.,,ue III the marty became sick
md ssl,e stnrued back. It,was really .
nicestrip Cant. THntchins and lady,
ana Miss Nav Helm, all of Lake
cl,srlss have beensspendiae a few days
visiting friends and acqnaintaneesI here;
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4fscho0ness NErecaxcsi-sAses of
AsifSs
lIspeeial to The Galveston News.


sRockport, August liI.-Thc Laurel,
Welcome, Lille Wicks, and one nm
known, supposed to be the Nonesueh,
are wrecked. The latter is reported
to be drifting past Arkansas. pass on the
night of August Is The Laurel and
ssyicks are on Padre island. The Wei
come is on Mustang island. Charles
Brown and Nv. IS. lHalsey aretthe only
known survivors oftthe Ianrel. Capt.
Dodge, a passenger on the Laurel, is
known TO be drowned. lIIeiwas inthe
cabin with the cook when the vessel
capsizcd. One man, name unknown,
WAS saved from the Welcome.
Indianela, August NV. S. Lap
ham, the only sairyiyorsof the schooner
Amadeo, arrived here to-day, and re
ports that the vessel MAS capsized of
Padre islanl Thursday night. Capt.
y. IA. Howard, limited States engineer,
lately in charge oftthe harbor improve
ments at Sabine Pass, and Pat Powers,
q sailor, were both drowned. IHeaalso
,statesi the schooner I4aarel ,went ashore
and Capt John Mccall and four men
and a Raan unknown, were lost; two
were saved, bat their names are m
known; and that the schooner Wei
come, and another schooner, naine IN
known, Standardization npon Mus
lang Island, and all hands are supposed
.tObe lost.
lAFlargc French bark, with a cargoo
wines and liquors, isaalso ashore cor
Padre island.
The wires are still interrupted ives
Of GRoepkort.
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Fsan Antonio Express. ]


Dr. q. ii. johnson, sof Centre Point,
Kerr county, sends ms the following
antiFlote for the bite Of the poisonous
rattiesnake...
Potassium lodi, four grains.
Iydnargyri, Chloride enrrcsiyi, two
grains.
Broniifli, five irachpis-
The doctor SAYS ten drops of TINS
mixture. taken with tablespoonful
Of wine or brandy, constitutes a dose,
Ito he repeated If necessary -wliich
means should any swelling srsturn IN
the space of an honr, there should be
repetition of the ddose.
Dr. q johnson says further:
With ttlIis antidote and spirits of
ammonia applied externally, q sholila
have no apprehension in doing tine
same as Dr. Bibrsn did in has expert
ment beforesthe Academy of Science
Of Paris. He allowed d rattlesnalse to
bite him on the lips and checks, and
then by taking the antidote discover
Ell stly AulfA fFfEFUutSA Fasi sns@Atsfsl5
symptoms, and, in TACT, snfferedno In
convenience ltherefrom. Dr. VIM. Al
Hammond, us. a., and 4 believe
now residing in Philadelphia, was
stationed ut Fort Riley in 1887. He
made many experiments with lBibrnn'sI
antidotes on animals, and with com
plete success, which me reported in the
Meiico-C lirnrgieal Review of March,
1865. Ono ease 4 will give as stated
by Dr. Hammond: afIeinrich brandt,
hospital steward, was bitten on the I'D
of July, 1857, onsthe index finger of
the right hand lbY a large rattlesIlake,l
which he was in the act of putting
into a jar for preservation. The snake
inflicted a very deep wound, and hung
by its fangs nntii detached. a admin,
isteredsten dropstof Bibron's antidote.
Forty minutes after giving the first,
the pain and swelling returned, attend
ed with considerable athrobhing. A re-
ipeated the medicine, and Unless than
five minutes the finger had regainedI
its natural appearance, and all pain
and swelling had vanished. He re-
manned eured.n
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-21

TaEsecond democratic congressional
,cuRvenEion Scr the Third district mall
be held II Morgan CITY, St. Marsis
pariah, September Ilth- Tho chairman
of the eongressionalsexecutiEe commit
acc has crdercd al parish conventions
10 be held Sept 4th, for the purpose
ofelectiag delegates TO the congress
sionsl convention. Our parish execu1
tive committee has issued q call fer
ward meetings on the 2sth inst, TO
elect delegates to our parish aconven-
ttion. The defeat Of tho carpet-bagger
Dsrrsll, and the election of a demo-
cratic congressman from this district is
of too much Importance to be lightly
estimated, and the democracy of the
other parishes have aright'to expect,
and do expect, that the Caleasien de-
inocracy will doitheir whole duty in
this matter.
1t looks now as If Hon. !. ii. Aek-
len viii be renominated blythe Morgan
City convention. We consider his
chances Of defeating Darrall as good
MS those Of any other democrat, If not
indeed better. Mr.. lAckien has GER
tainls been Of great service toihis dis
etrict, and has been very active and
yigilantfin the promotion Of its mate
rial interests. With his familiarity
with congressional life and::action, and
with thepwaats ofhis constituents, he
eansbe Of especial service insthe next
congress Calsasieu will give the party
nominee, whoever be may be, its solid
democratic vote, and it has always been
disposed faEerably towards Mr. Aeklen.
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ON 30 Es.xsas.
In. o. Times, 18th inst

ils.tO. AtAits, ftsstSl tast3
Saturday morning the Rrodace lEx-
change held ameeting, at which the
Importance Of making u grand and nm
iintermittipg and systematic effort to
secure Tesasttraie, theeopening of
heirailway. tol Houston, WAS considered,
and it was resolved to appoint acorn
Tmittee stoeonfer with cosnaittcesifrom
the Chamberaf Commerce, Cotton IEx-
change, Stock Exchange and fromsother
bodies Of citizens, irpensthe bestiineans
ofsecufing the desired end. lItis under
stood that an excursion to and from
Texaswi llbe inentfeasHreinthe
proposed plan. The sonmitteeenthe
part oft the Produce iExcbangeIis com
posed as follows: i. Il. MORTIMER, chair
man; Jas. Schmidt, Morris sSchwa-
Ibacher, Ex-GoveFner Holm McEnery,
"A. j. sGomila, dsidere Aernsheim and
j. IB. Sinnott. The Chamber of Com
tnsrcc will meet Tnesday ievening, 10
appoint their committee.