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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-22
HABITUAL costiveness afiiots millions of the
Ametioan people. Kidney Wort will cure il.

In the roasting Of coffee, DR.. o. Born
heimer finds three principal products
solid fatty acids, caffeine. and cafie6l, 3
heavy oil which turns yellow after hay
ing been exposed to the air, and which
is the vehicle OF the peculiar aroma Of
coffee.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-22
To Bxs GOLD Ar AUcrKOpx.

These familiar words recall to the farmer
and others interested, the unfortunate neces-
sity OF sometimes getting rid Of Stock that
Is not otherwise salable on account of blcm-
isheS or imperfections. To improve upon
this method, by showing how to restore your
Stock to tirst-class condition, is the plan
herewith presented. The signal benefit of
the Great German Remedy to mankind very
reasonably induced its application to the
sufferings and ailments OF the dumb crca-
ton, beginning with the Horse. People who
tried twere more than surprised by its re.
suits, as attested in the speedy and perma.
nent cure OF their Stock, and they gladly
announced their experience by word OF
mouth and by the public press, until to-day
FARMERS and DEALERS, STOCKMEN AND
BREEDERS, the COUNTRY OVER, are using ST.
JACOBS OIL with delight satisfaction and
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-22

g.
a GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest Sell-
"A Ing Pictorial Book and Bibles Prices reduced 80 per
cent National Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-22

YOUNG MEN r. II you would learn TelegeHphy in
alton, 'addreaS VALENTINE BROS, GAINESVILLE, w,s.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
Dogs In Germany.

Dogs arc valued highly IN Germany. in
bath house exclusively for dogs, which,
after being thoroughly washed in large
tubs, are placed in cages to dry. Dogs of
all sizes and breeds and of every social
position are admitted and charged only
with reference to their siZc.. No one ap-
prcc.atcs tho spirit of the phrase 'to work
like a dog" until he has been III Germany
The Arickarcc Indians call horse "a big
dog" In Germany Il dog might well be
called horse. About half OF the draft
power is furnished by dogs and women :;
and they arc frequently hitchcd up together.
1t is not uncommon to sec dog drag ten
or twelve h,nnrcd weight. have seen
man and woman get into a cart drawn by
two large maslilfs, and then drive down
the street ut rate Of which Jchu might
have been proud. Sixteen dollars will pur-
chase dog for this purpose tr!ling sum
considering mis- usefulness. A dog team
has ono advantage over Il horse team it
guards the property as well as drags it, In
Winter they are often allowed when rest.
ing or waiting to jump into the cart and
cuddlc down in tho straw. In Vienna there
Is an immense hospital and veterinary
college where horses, dogs and cats, and
all quadrupcds are received. Farricrs or
boss blacksmiths are required to spend six
months at this institution and to receive Il
certificate Of graduation before setting IN
in business for themselves. In this as In
all other matters, the Germans believe in
thOrOug hncss.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
OIL Region Dangers.

The season of thunder storms always
brings witha a feeling of great uncasincss in
the oil regions. Scattered about tho Great
pctrocum-producing field there arc prob
ably 200 IRON tal ks, III each one Of winch
are stored from 10, 900 to ~, 900 barrels
of crude oil. Most oi them arc situated
In the midst of popuous towns and cities
1t is not in the fact that the tanks are made
of iron that the danger Of lightning strokes
arises. Evaporation of the oil contained
in them produces vapor that arises and
hogers above them, and becomes a pcrpct-
ual attraction to The electric fluid. The
protection of tanks against lightning is Il
problem that scientific men have been for
years laboring to solve. A fortune awaits
the man who shall devise plan to pre-
vent or lcsscn the damage that is annually
caused by lightning in the oil regions.
Tho United Pipe Line Company which
owns nearly all The iron tanks in the OIL
country, is attaching TO number Of its
tanks an appliance by which chemical
action may be instantly brought TO bear on
the cloud of smoke which forms between
the surface Of the oil and the roof of tank
when it is Sci on fire. This, it is claimed,
will render the presence of flame impoSsi-
bic, and will lessen the number of oil fires.
No demonstration Of the value of the
extlnguisher has been made, but if
its action is satisfactory, II will be a
God.scnd TO the oil country.
Last season, during the great oil fire ut
Titusvillc, Va, when tank alter tank was
bciching its volumes of ilamc, a spectator
suggested that by firing cannon ball
through the side OF a tank near the bottom
before tho oil boiled over the top. the oil
might be drawn out and the spread OF the
conflagration topped. A piece of ord
nance was at once pr ,cured and the cxpcr-
imcnt tried. 1t was successful. Several
tanks were drawn off in This way and the
destruction Of great part of Titusvllo
was prevented. Now the Pipe Line Com.
pany has large cannon ready Tor use ut
an instants notice, fixed in position at all
tanks where a fire would jeopardizc con-
tiguous property. ---.-..-
The experiment >rof placing lightning
rods above the tanks is being tried this
year. One ahiindrcd and nifty men have
been putting up rods, seventy feet above
the tanks.y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
Conoy Island.

Everybody has heard of this popu-
lar summer resort of tho New York
ers with its splendid hotels, tho Man.
haitian, the Brighton, and the
Oriental. 1t lies directly on tho Ocean,
and tho pure son air, safe bathing, and
excellent music, make one forget tho
honto Of summon. Tho Pnnnesl""nio Roll
road Company, and the Iron Steamboat
Company of New York, have entered into
arrangements by which extra facilities
aro offered for renching Coney Island, this
popular summer resort. These palace
steamers will connect with trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad Mt Jersey City,
and land passengers at the Iron Pier,
Conoy Island, direct, also at Bay Ridge,
where connection is made with the Now
York and Sea Bench Railroad. Return
trips will be made Mt such hours as will
afford satisfaction to all visitors to the
island, and enable them to make sure
and close connections with trains Oh tho
Pennsylvania Railroad homeward bound.
The time on this line between Jersey
City and Coney Island will be about
forty minutes. This will be 81 safe,
speedy, and pleasant rouro from all
points to Coney Island.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
An English IIcronry.

Surrounded for miles by the spreading
heath on three sides, and with q wide ex-
panse of water On the other. the clump of
fir trees that is the home of the herons stands
alone. The best way to visit it is to go by
punt across 'thc sea-" and then, plunging
knee deep through the heather, make your
way toward the trees, which can be seen
for miles. Landing at what is called
Jack Sands, and where once stood three or
four cottages, and where we can still see
traces of the old gardens, we walked
through last years fern and heath until we
came almost within gunshot of the hcronry.
Then we paused and noticed how the trees
were laden with the big flat nests, some
looking twice the size of the rest, being
evidently built upon the site Of old ones
AS we approached nearer the hen birds
raised their long necks and listened, and as
they did 80 they looked like patches of
gray snow among the biuc-grcen branches.
Then from behind a brown hill on the left
rose flock of male birds, where they had
been summing themselves in the 900 of the
mound"
The nearer we came the greater seemed
to be the agitation among the dcnizCns of
the heronry; and presently, with great
clatter of wings and SCI eamil 6 of voices,
the hen birds rose from their nests and cir
clcd round and round, watching our
advancing figures keenly. The hcroDry is
surrounded by turf bank thrown up, but
1t IS otherwise unprotected, and we were
very soon inside it. looking up at the nests
through the branches. The trees are very
thick together, and have also nests of the
crows close beside the hcrons', and much
is the damage done to them by the crows.
They not only fight for favoritc sites, but
watch their opportunity and destroy the
eggs and nests whenever they get chance
to do SO. There was a stroug wind, and
the branches swayed heavily to and fro,
cracking and groaning like the nmsts of O
ship in storm; and as the hcrens flew to
and fro shrieking, a most weird effect was
produced. And soon VIC could hear the
feebler cry Of the newly hatchcd little ones
that told us that the families were already
out of the shell. The ground is deeply
covered with brown pine. needles, fir cones,
and softly powdered mould, into which we
sank as we walked; and under the trees
were numbcrlcss blue egg shells, gray
feathers. and mOrsels of fish and fishbones.
We came, too, upon the debris of the old
nests, either torn out by the birds or blown
out by tho tcmpcsts of last winter
From the centre of the heronry, which
slopes up and down and has sheltered hol-
lows, we watched the herons fishing on The
mud that stretches for miles from the mouth
of the river to beyond Poole, and saw also
the curious black shags standing like sen.
tlnels with their wings outspread in the
sun to dry; and on the mud just by the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
a Gigantic Iron Pier Pound-Not.

The Long Island fish company proposes
TO engage in pound fishing on sealc hlth-
erto undrcamcd of. Already large tract of
land has been purchased ut the eastern end
OIL Long 1oio..L, >...,..i;..o .-I-~. .~-;I~
along the coast. At this point, which is
eminently favorable for pound pound fish
ing, since fish that run along the coast here
always come very close to the shore, the
company propose to erect gigantic pier
supported by iron piles, forming al iron
pier TOO foct long and ten feet WIDE, with
bents or sections twenty feet long. At the
outer end Of the pier, III thirty feet of wa
ter, will be a hearL-shapcd pound, the large
end Of the heart in shore. This heart will
be about seventy feet across and outside
of it is TO be box of iron piers and netting
about seventy-tivc feet square. The fish
coming from either direction and striking
the pier netting will run out scaward to
the heart, and passing out at the lower end
will find themselves III the other rcccpta-
Gle. In the sections Of the iron pier stor-
age for thousands Of tons Of fish can be
provided, where they will keep alive in
their native element for a month or longer,
and need not be Immediately brought to
market when the price is low. The great
advantage of al iron pier lies in its stabl-
ity and freedom from attacks by worms.
The netting fence runs down to tho bottom
OF The water 80 Hs 10 stop ground swim
ming fish. The pound has " net bottom,
and when filled with fish is lifted and The
fish dipped out with hand nets. '..
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
Tricks In Prison,

One of the duties of Keeper ]. s.
Brown, of Auburn, N. Y, State. prison, Is
to dress all convicts whose time has expired
and while discharging his duty he has in
terceptcd number of contraband articles.
The EOcning 1u6ua7,icn tells the latest
dodge attempted in tl,e State boarding.
house. Two 'zebras' who had served
their time were brought down to Dir.
Browns office to receive their citizens out
tit. They were given their clothing, and
one of them was about to draw on bis boots
when Dir. Brown noticed that the stching
at the top of them was not uniform. He
asked the man for the boot, and taking his
knife and cutting the stitches he found
number of letters sccrctcd in the leg of his
boot, intended for outside parties. The
other man had donned his citizens garb,
and thinking he might have some CORES
pondencc sccretcd about him, Mr.. Brown
made him remove his boots, and upon ex-
ploring them he found wadtted in the toes
of the boots, between two layers of cotton,
number Of letters also designed for the
outside world. Both men were ordered to
disrobe again and put OIL the striped uni
form Of The State. They were turned over
to Prlnc.pal Keeper Boyle, who sent them
back TO their shops. They have forfeited
their communication for good behavior, and
will lemain in prison until the authorities
feel disposed to release them, which may
not be until after their sentences have ex-
pircd. All convicts are allowed to write
10 their friends once month. Their let.
ters pass through the chaplaln's Office, VIII, re
they are examined before passing out. to
see If their contents are Objectionable.
When conyicts desire to communicate with
friends that they are III want Of articles
forbidden by the authorities, they general
ly employ some outgoing striped to carry
out their letters for them, which generally
contain directions where to send the con.
tra6and articles, and by whom it will be
brought inside. One of these letters once
fell into the hands of the officials which
contuined an order for three revolvers, ac-
companicd by the request to 20 to Ger
tain friend III Buffalo, who would furnish
the money to purchase them with, and
after they were bought they were to be de-
livcrcd to on ex-convict who was lettering
about Auburn, and he would slip them
under the horth gate where the hosllcr,
who went out carly in the morning, would
bring them TO the writer, a twcnty y years
man, who, with some of his companions,
proposed 10 use the weapons in making
their escape from one OF the wings in the
night by shooting down the guard"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
a Norwegian Village.

Vossevangcn ls little farming hamlet
On til" west shore Of a beautiful lake. The
region is one of the hest agricultural dis
tricts in Western Norway; tho "Vos"
farmers are held to be fortunate and well
to 90, and their butter and cheese always
bring high prices in market
AS we drove into the village we met the
peasants gong home from church, the wo-
men in short green or black gowns, with
gay jackets and white haudkerchiefs made
into iying-buttrcss sort OF head dr. css
on their heads; the men with knee. brcech-
cs, short vests, and jackets thick trimmed
with silver buttons. Every man bowed
and every woman courtcsicd as VIC passed.
10 pass any human being on the highway
without sign or token Of greeting would
be considered in Norway tue he ght of ill
manners: any child seen to do it would be
sharply reprovcd. Probably few things
would astonsh the rural Norwegian more
than to he told Tint among the highly civ
ilize it's considered u mark of good breed
ing, if you chance to meet a icllow-man
On the highway, to go by him with no more
recognition oil his presence than you would
give to tree or u stone wall.
1t is All odd thing that man should be
keep ng the Vossevangcn Hotel to-day
who served in Americas civil war, was
for two years IN one of the New York
regiments and saw Il good deal of active
service. He was called back to Norway
by the death Of his father, which made it
necessary for him to take charge Of the
family estate III Vossevangcn. lie has
married Vossevangcn woman and is like
ly to end his days there, but he bankers,
for Chicago. and always will. Ho keeps
fairly good little hotel, GU the shores of
tho lake, with row of willow-tre in
front; dwarf applc-trccs, gooscbcrry and
currant bushes, and thickets Of rhubarb in
his yard. roses, too, besides larkspur and
phlox, but the rhubarb has the place Of
honor The dining-room and the parlor
were like those at Eide, adorned with ives
a'.d Towering plants; oleandcrs in the VIM
dows, and potted carnations on the table.
In one corner OF the dining-room was Il
large round table covered with old silver
for sale tankards, chains, belts, buttons,
CONS, rings, buckles, brooches, ornaments
OF oil kinds, - hundreds of dollars worth
of things. There they lay, dayand night,
open to all who came; and they had done
this, the landady said, for years, and not
a single article had ever bcea stolen: from
which 1t ls plain. that not only IL the Nor
wegian honest himself, there must be /,
contagion in his honesty, which spreads il
to all travellers in his country.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
Selecting Husbands.

a Turkish slavc-ship was captured the
other day by an English vessel, and the
slaves it contained, consisting of sevcnty
women and ten men, were liberated. The
men volunteered into tho Egyptian army,
but 1t was more difficult to dispose Of the
women. Under the treaty concluded be-
tween the English Government and the
Khcdlvc the importation and expectation of
slaves are forbidden; but the detention and
sale OF slaves IN the country are permitted
for about Six years longer in Egypt and
eleven years in the Soudan. Several officers
accordingly came to the Pasha Of the dis
trlct with offers to buy some of the female
slaves, but the Pasha declared that he
would not part with them unless they got
married. lie then announced that any
soldier Lr civilian wishing to marry one of
the slaves would have to pay SIX thalcrs for
her dowry, but that the women would be al
lowed to choose: their husbands from among
those who should present themselves for
tho purpose. A great number Of men,
chiefly soldiers, assembled on the day ap-
pointed for the selection. The women
were so shy that they ''huddlcd together
like flock of Sheep" and could not bc in
duccd to move. At last one of them, TAX
ing courage, advanced slowly to black
Egyptian Sergeant, VINO was anything but
young or handsome, and put her hand on
his shoulder as sign that he was the man
shc wished to marry. Her example was
Instantly followed by the other women,
who rushed forward to choose their hus-
bands as If they feared to be too late. 1t
was now the mems turn to say whether
they accepted the selection. All were
satisfied but five, and even the five women
who were consequently Obliged to choose
again were ultimately provided with hus-
bands.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
-
Served Him Right.

A woman at Cape Girardeau, Mo-, who
had suffered from husbands neglect,
traced him in a barroom where lie was
playing cards with several companions.
Setting a covered dish she held in her
hands down upon the table, she said 'IPrc-
suming, husband, til 1t you wcro too busy
to come home to dinner, ! have brought
you yours, and departed. With forced
laugh he invited his friends to dine with
him, bat on removing the cover from the
dish found orly a slip Of paper on which
was written:1I hope you will enjoy your
meal; II is The same your family have at
homc."
No man is wise or safe but he that is
honest
A person, truly noble, cannot be in
suited
A Jewel is jewel still though lying in
the dust.
A great mans foolish sayings pass for
wise ones.
A jest driven too far brings home
hate.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
] Mover Drink.

On the sleeper of an up train from Car
son City, recently, D traveller noticed an
old, white bearded gentleman trying to get
In an ovcrcoat. The young and spry travel.
or rushed to his assistance, and III helping
him with the garment, noticed good
sized bottle of whisky protrudlng from one
of the inside pockets Of th> coat. Being
of waggish turn, he appropriated the bot
tic, got the coat on the stranger and then
pulling out the flask said:
"Wiil yon take drink sir 2"
The old man did not recognize the bot
tic, and drawing himself up, remarked
rather sevcIe,y:
''No sir, l never drink"
cit won't hurt you," insisted The wag;
''it's the best"
"Yonhg man," said tho old gentleman,
i'll tone intended for the whole car, eff
you insist on drinking whisky you will be
ruined man at forty. 1t is the curse of
the land. When was boy my mother
died. and the last thing that saintcd woman
did was to call me to her dying bedside and
said, "John, swear to mo that you will
never touch drop of liquor" a.
Here the old man clappcd his hand to his
side pocket, found it empty, and recognized
the bottle in the hands of the other
continued,
Except, my dear boy, an occasional
snifter while travelling" and reaching for
the flask he pressed it to his lips, amid n
howl of laughter which shook the Cal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26


A farmer once was told that his turnip
field had been robbed. and that the rob.
berry had been committed by poor, inof
fensive man, OF the name OF Palmer, who,
many people or the village said, had taken
away Il wagon-load of turnips. Farmer
Brown, much cxaspcratcd at the loss of
his turnips, determined TO prosecute poor
Palmer with all the severity of the law.
With this intention he went to Molly San
ders, the washer woman, who had been
busy in spreading the report, to know the
whole truth; but Molly denied ever having
said anything about wagon-load o. tur-
nips. 1t was but a C, c,rt-load that had been
taken, and Dame Hodson, the huckster,
had told her SO, over and over again. The
farmer hearing this, went to Dame Hod-
son, who said that Molly Saunders was al
ways making things worse than they real
ly W re; that Palmer had taken only q
wheelbarrow full of turnips, and that she
had her account from Jenkins, the tailor.
Away went the farmer to Jenkins, the
tailor, who stoutly denied the account al
together. He had only told Dame IIodson
that Palmer had pulled up several turnips,
but how many he coult; not tell, tor that
he did not see himself, but was told by
Tom Slack, the plowman. Farmer Brown
next questioned Tom Slack. who in his
turn declared he had never said word
about seeing Palmer pull up several tur-
nlps; he only said he had heard say that
Barnes, the barber, was the person who
had told him about it. The farmer, al
most out of patience at this account, hur-
ricd off to Barnes the barber, who
wondered much that the people should
find pleasure in spreading idle tales which
had no truth in them. He assured the
farmer all he had said about the matter,
while lie took of the beard of Tom Slack,
was that, tor all he knew, Palmer was as
likely to pull up a turmp rs his neighbor.