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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20
HISTORICAL.

The probe was invented by Esou-
sapius.
The anoients used pitch to give odor
to wine
AMErHYsTs were found in Kerry, Ire
land, in 1855.
CHERRIES were first planted in Britain
100 years B. O.
FRANCE adopted the system Of postal
stamps in 1949.
MohE traps were precisely the same
PORE JOHN XII added the third crown
to tho Papal tiara.
AN AIR GUN was made for Henry ~.
in Normandy, in 1883.
In 1474, William Saxton introduced
printing in England.
The Scandinavians believed the earth
to rcst upon nine pillars.
The order of the Garter was insti-
tuted IN 1348 by Edward III.
IN THE fourteenth century the sale of
noseSays occur as O trade in Toulouse.
THE Sicilians borrowed the term ad-
mjral from the Saracens about 1149
The first tragedy was acted in Athens
III 80. The first comedy in 562 B. @.
1'nE canary bird was introduced into
Europe early in the sixteenth century.
The first mills in England for turn
ing grindstones were set up at Sheffield.
AMONG the Oldest representations of
diving apparatus is print of the year
1911.
Tho study of the classics was dis
conraged by the bishops in the fourth
century.
In THE seventeenth century, on the
continent, boots were never worn with
out spurs.
DURING tho reign of Edward vi
Tyndnle's Bible was printed moro than
thirty times.
The Eddystone Light house was begun
in 1766, by John Sweaton. It was built
i'll four years.
QUEEN ELIZABETH wore her prayer
book hanging from her girdle by
golden chain.
ably that sent to Charlemagne by Alb
dalla, King of Persia.
In 17G4 the members Of the church in
Colelaine, Mass, voted "to color the
meeting house blue"
AMONG the Greeks the death punish
ment OF certain criminals was aggravated
by tho denial of funeral rites.
7 In 1922 the coast of Chill, one hum
drcd miles in extent, was raised from
two to six feet by an earthquake.
In THE early days of printing books
the paper was only printed on one side
and the blank sides pasted together.
BELLS were first introduced into
churches about 400 A. D., by Paulinus
of Nola, and were then called Nola.
THE next use of the Mayfower, after
her memorable voyage to America. was
to carry Il cargo of slaves to the West
Indies.
& BY A STATUTE of Henry VIII. person
whose wife wore silk gown was bound
to furnish horse for the use of the
Government
TARRrNa and feathering is q European
invention. It was one of Richard Cnur
de Lions ordinances for seamen in
punishment for theft.
PYNsoN was the first English printer
who introduced borders and vignettes in
his books. Vignettes with human 6g-
ures are probably of the date 1927.
FIREWORKS are little spoken of in
English history till the time of Eliza
beth, and then very slightly, but in the
time of Charles they were commonly
used at rejoicings.
The earliest magnifying lense of
which we have any knowledge was one
rudely made OF rock crystal, which was
found among number of glass bowls in
the palace of Nimrod
BEER was the common drink of the
Germans in the time of Tacitus, who
wrote his "Treatise on the Manner of
the Germans" about the end of the
first century.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

The total transactions at the New
York Clearing House for the year aggre-
gated $50, ,341 1886, ,373. SO, or an average
OF $l65, ,O55, 20l.22 per day. Of the
balances for the year, 1912, ,410,O were
paid in gold coin, the weight of which
was 6s63 tons. The volume of business
done was $11 ,643, ,269, ,121 more than in
any former year.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20
PICKENs s. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 90 1884,

hand to everything that wants to come,
which means that fortune-tellers can
come and welcome. Here these people
openly advertise their fraudulent bust
ness and pass for Legitimate business
people. The best institutions have their
faults and America has hers.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

THOSE who were 80 horribly mortified
WIN surplus of hot weather must have
felt greatly relieved when mercury fell
suddenly on the 9TH inst. from up in the
ninetles down to freezing point In
places in Pennsylvania ice an inch thick
was formed, and snow fell in the New
England States. Much fruit was frozen
on the trees.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

Ex-Gov. HrnARD HALL, of Benning
eon' w. who is aged eighty-six years,
has heard the announcement of all the
deceased Presidents at the time that thew
occurred, beginning with that of Wash
ington and ending with that of Garfelds
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

MIR. BRADLAUaH declares that "Vic-
ftoria is the last of the German intruders
who will be tolerated by the English
people. Albert Edward will not succeed
his mother"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

Mr.. THOMAS J. BRADY, late Second
Assistant Postmaster General, who de-
sired to be tried in order to establish his
innocence, is TO be accommodated. "In-
formation has been filed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

The "rose" diamond is so called not
from any popularity of color, as many
suppose, but from the form into hich
1t is cut, which is twenty-four facets,
with the base plane. In the "bril-
liant" pattern, invented during the reign
Of George l., the stone is cut in form of
a double cone, the lower end pointed,
upper end truncated.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20
PRESIDENT ARTHUR was fiftv-one y

PRESIDENT ARTHUR was fifty-one years
old on the 9th inst, and weighs 215
pounds. He thinks something of get
ting married, and the name of Mrs.
Marshall o. Roberts, of New York, is
connected in a roundabout way with the
event.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

CONTRARY to the report current #
should be stated that the government
has fxed no valuation upon mutilated
silver coin other than the market valne
OF the silver they contain. They are
purchased at the mints by weight as
bnllion.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

AGRICULTURAL fairs are wondrously
beneficial. It is estimated that their in
fiuence, producing competitions, has in
creased the value of stock 80 per cent.
IN many localities the past ten Years.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

BECAUSE Cincinnati brewer has given
$25O,OOO to his children an exchange
wants sone one to write poem about it.
1T opeps up new field-the beer does,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

HERBERT SPENCER is reported to be en-.
gagged to an American heiress whose &C
quaintance he made in Egypt.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

MIR. AED Mrs. WHrTEnAw REID will
return from Europe this month. Reid
will resume journalistic duties.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

IT Is stated that the grocery trade of
Charleston, S. O., amounts to $2O,OO0,-
600 year. That is no inconsiderable
amount.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

THERE are getting to be too many
weather prophets and we can't think
about mentioning all of them. What
we want is, more weather.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

WE MAY still congratulate ourselves
that we live in America. In Russia. in
spite OF the most rigid measures, the
eruption of q revolutionary Volcano is
momentarily expected. Evervbodv ~
suspected, and everybody lives in fear.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

THIRTx-FIvE families Of the Oneida
Community have bought tract of land
In California, and will soon remove to it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has asserted that
the whole years salary of the Presi-
dents Office shall go to Mrs. Garfield.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

ARTIFICIAL seltzer water is made Ill
Paris from ground oyster shells. The
oyster seltzer water.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

ARCHIBALD FORBES, the world re-
noWned war correspondent and lecturer,
Is again in America.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

MRS. MARSHAL o. ROBERTS is widow
OF thirty-ive, with fair face and SAC, 900
q year.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

TIE war of the French in Tunis goes
bravely on, but the Moslems seem to be
holding their own.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are to be banished
nom Paris. Free America extends 4
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20
JOAQUIN MILLER is writing new pla,
on the Mormon question.

SECRETARY BLAINE, we understand, is
to retire to private life. He is wealthy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Ex-PREs1DENT HAYES and wife will
shortly sail for England.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-10-20

A GOLD memorial medal of the late
President will shortly be issued from the
inS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

"With me" "A deep flush swept over the
baronet's pale face. "She knows, then, that
am living?" he asked in husky tones.
"Aye-she'd guessed it before; and l
couldn't disguise the truth"
"And she wants me-summons me of her
own accord. Heavenly Father, l thank
Thee" exclaimed Sir Roland, devoutly rails.
ing his eyes. "Oh Priscilla, have l not often
told you that day would come when the
dreadful past would be cancelled, and the
breach between US be healed I knew that
her heart would not always remain obdurate.
l will 90 to her at once. Is she prepared for
my coming?"
"I told her I'd let her know when to ex-
pect you. Better let me 20 first"
Go, 60 then, quickly, my good nurse. Ask
her if may come without farther delay"
Suppose you follow after me, master Ro'
land. That will be the best way"
A minute later found them both at the door
of Lady Hepburn's chamber, Priscilla en-
tered, while her master, trembling with anx-
iety, remained outside. In few moments
she returned, and bade him 60 in.
With noiseless steps, his heart throbbing so
violently that he could scarcely breathe, the
baronet entered and approached the bed.
Miriam, lying white and still, gazed at him
as he drew near. Her eyes, looking larger
and darker from the contrast with her thin,
colorless face, shone like luminous stars, and
something of fear mingled with the eagerness
of their gaze. Silent and trembling. he sank
upon his knees beside the bed. 1t was thus,
after ten long years, they met again.
TCONCIuSION NEXT WEEK.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17
ERRORS IN MARRIAGE.

Many of the errors of life admit of rene.
dy. A loss in one business may be repaired
by gain in another; miscalculation this
year may be retrieved by special care the
next; bad partnership may be dissolved, an
injury repaired. q wrong step retraced.
But an error in marriage goes to the very
root and foundation of life. 1t has been said
no man is utterly ruined until he has married
worthless wife; and so every woman has
future before her until she is chained, in we'd
lock which is paddock, to wretched and
unworthy man. The deed once done cannot
be recalled. The wine Of life is wasted and
the goblet is broken, and no tears and tolls
can bring back the precious draught. Let
the young think Of this, and let them walk
carefully in world Of snares, and take heed
to their steps, lest in the most critical event of
life they 60 fatally astray.
But here we must guard against another.
Many people think they have made mistake
in marriage, when the mistake is only in
their own behavior since they they were mar
ried. Good husbands make good wives and
good wives make good husbands; and the
scolding or Incorporate or satternly partner
often has but himself or herself to blame
for the misery..that clouds the life and desoates
the home Multitudes who feel that their
marriage was mistake, and who make exis.
tence lifelong misery, might, by little
selfdenial, and forbearance, and gentleness,
and oldtime courtesy, make their home
brighten like the gates Of Eden, and bring
back again the old love that blessed the hap
py golden days gone by.
Suppose the wife does not know quite so
much as you do; we'll, you showed your great
judgment when you thought her the chief
among ten thousand Or, if your husband
is not the most wonderful man in the world,
it simply illustrates the wit and wisdom of the
young woman who once thought he was, and
could not be convinced to the contrary So
perhaps you are not so unevenly matched af-
ter all; and if one has had better opportu-
mites since married, then of course that one
should teach and cultivate, and encourage the
other, and so both journey on together. But
if one has grown worse and sunk lower than
at the beginning, perhaps even then patience
and toll and sunshine may bring back the
erring one to duty, lift up the fallen, rescue
the perishing, and save the lost. How glo-
rious for wife to pluck her husband from
the jaws of ruin and bring him safely to the
heavenly home How blessed for the hus-
band to bring back to the gates of paradise
~ th rnl,rh rnnaknnaa -hnd haan-
led astray. ....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17
THE LABOR QUESTION.

The scarcity of labor is attracting con.
siderable attention throughout the State, and
many persons are casting about for relief
State Senator B. F. Crayton, of Anderson,
who has had some experience with white Ia
Dor, in recent conversation with reporter
of the News and Courier said:
think it was about five years ago that l
got out the first immigrant to work on my
farms in Anderson county. | first got one
man and his wife from Castle Garden, and
next season I brought out from Germany
his children and eight other immigrants.
The following season I brought out fifteen
or twenty families, who are now located on
my places and the places of my neighbors in
Anderson county. secured these latter
through Maj. Franz Melchers, who for
warded the tickets, and the immigrants were
landed at New York with the exception of
the last arrivals, who were landed at Bal.
timore and thence went to Anderson by way
of the Airline Railroad.
The cost of transportation from Germany
to New York or Baltimore. is about $50 per
immigrant. From New York to Anderson,
by way of Charleston, the fare is Sl5, and
from Baltimore by way of the Airline
Railroad, the cost is s10.50. Arrangements
have recently been made by Mr.. Melchers,
however, by which the cost from Charleston
to Anderson has been fixed at $3.50. l ad.
vance the money for their expenses all the
way and not single one has failed to remain
with me and work out his Indebtedness. |
pay them for their work on an average OF Sl2
month for males, and $6 month for fe.
males, and out of this they find themselves.
The wages are about the same as are paid
for negro laborers and the quality Of the work
is better. They are as fine ploughmen as l
have ever seen. The women hoe cotton very
we'll indeed. They work little slow but do
the work well, and make expert cotton pick
ers. My experience with them is that they
stand the climate perfectly we'll, remain re.
markably healthy and keep their homes and
themselves strikingly cleanly. They are
constant workers and expect but three holi.
days in the year, Christmas, New Years Day
and good Friday. I have both Protestants
and Catholics on my farms, the latter being
of Polish descent. They have for the most
part come from Posen, province Of Prussia,
included in what is termed Prussian Poland,
and lying mostly between the latitude So 30
and $50 so north, and longitude 150 30 and
-l90 east, and having an area of II ,l7S square
miles. The population in 1875 was 1906,
O84 of whom two thirds are Roman Catholics
have at present about twenty Of these
immigrants in my employ, and suppose
there are as many more working on the
farms Of my neighbors. They have remained
more contentedly and I have had less trouble
with them, than any class of laborers | have
ever had to deal with. They all read and
write German, and the younger ones acquire
English with facility. look upon these i'm
migrants as the very class of people We want
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

THE LORDS PRAYER.-When the elder
Booth was residing in Baltimore, pious, ur.
bane old gentleman of that city, learning of
his wonderful powers OF elocution, one day In
vited him to dinner, although always depre'
eating the stage and all theatrical perform
ances. A large company sat down at the
table, and, on returning to the drawing-room,
one of them asked Booth, as special favor to
them all, to repeat the Lords Prayer. he
signi6ed his willingness to crafty them, and
all eyes were fixed upon him. He slowly and
reverently arose from his chair, trembling
with the burden of two great conceptions.
He had to realize the character, attributes
and presence of the Almighty Being he was to
address. He was to transform himself into a
poor, SHINING, stumbling, benighted, needy
suppliant, offering homage, asking bread, par
don, light and guidance. Says one OF the
comp pany who was present, "1t was wonderful
to watch the play of emotions that convulsed
his countenance. He became deadly pale, his
eyes turned trembling upward, were wet with
tears. AS yet he has not spoken. The 81
lence could be felt; it had become absolutely
painful, until at last the spell was broken as
if by an electric shock, as his rich.toned voice
syllabled forth, Our Father, which art in
heaven etc., with pathos and fervid solem'
nifty which thrilled all hearts. He finished ;
the silence continued; nota voice was heard,
nor muscle moved in this wrapt audience,
until, from remote corner of the room, q
subdued sob was heard, and the old gentle
man (the host) stepped forward with stream
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

here in South Carolina to supplement our
negro labor. I do not think they will sup.
plant the negroes, but there is an actual scar
city of labor, and there is ample room for
thousands of them. They are thrifty and
economical, and have tendency to strike
out for themselves as soon as they have ac-
cumulated little property. In this way we
secure the services of first class laborers for
several years who, by their own exertions,
elevate themselves to good and prosperous
citizens. Where persons propose to bring
these immigrants from Germany, they are re-
quired to give notice by the 24th of June Of
their intention to leave, otherwise their land.
lords can hold them. expect to get out sew
eral families more this season, and few will
arrive this spring.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

ing eyes and tottering frame and seized Booth
by the hand. Sir said he, in broken &C.
certs, you have afforded me a pleasure for
which my future life will feel grateful: l
am an old man, and every day, from my boy
hood to the present time, I have repeated the
Lords Prayer; but I never heard it before,
never you arc right replied Booth, to
read that prayer 81 it should be read, caused
me the severest study and labor for thirty
years, and l am far from satisfied with my
rendering of that wonderful production.
Hardly one person in ten thousand compre-
hends how much beauty, tenderness and gran
deur can be condensed in space so simple.
That prayer itself sufficiently illustrates the
truth of the Bible, and stamps upon it the
seal cf divinity .'"-he Alliance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17
THE LAND OF PALESTINE.

Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes.
Over it broods the spell of curse that has
withered it's fields and fettered its energies.
Where Sodom and Gomorrah reared their
.domes and towers, that solemn sea now floods
the plain, in whose bitter waters no living
thing exists-over whose waveless surface the
blistering air hangs motionless and dead
about whose waters nothing grows but weeds
and scattering tufts of cane, and that treach-
erous fruit that promises refreshment to
parching lips, but turns to ashes at the touch.
Nazareth is forlorn. About the ford of Jor-
dan, where the hosts of Israel entered the
promised land with songs of rejoicing, one
finds only squallid camp of fantastic Be-
douins Of the desert; Jericho, the accursed,
lies moldering ruin to-day, even as Joshua's
miracle left it more than three thousand years
ago; Bethlehem and Bethany, in their pow
erty and their humiliation, have nothing
about them now to remind one that they once
knew the high honor of the Saviours pres
euce; the hallowed spot where shepherds
watched their Aocks by night, and where the
angels sang, Peace on earth, good will to
men," is untenanted by any living creature,
and unblessed by any feature that is pleasant
to the eye. -.
Jerusalem itself, the statelest name in his
tory, has lost all its grandeur, and is become
a pauper village the riches of Solomon are
no longer there to compare the admiration OF
Oriental queens; the wonderful temple which
was the pride and glory of Israel, is gone,
and the Oriental crescent is lifted above the
spot where, on that most memorable day in
the annals of the world, they reared the holy
cross The noted Sea of Gallilee, where Ro'
man fleets once rode at anchor, and the dis.
ciples of the Saviour sailed in their ships, was
long ago deserted by the devotees of war and
commerce, and its borders are silent wilder
ness; Capernaum is shapeless ruin Mag
dala is the home of the beggared Arabs !;
Bethsaida and Chorazin have banished from
the earth, and the "desert places" round about
them, where thousands of men once listened
to the Saviours voice and ate miraculous
bread, sleep in the hush of solitude that is
inhabited only by birds Of prey and skulking
foxes. .
Palestine is desolate and unlovely. And
why should it be otherwise }? Can the curse
of Deity beautify land?
Palestine is no more of this work-day
world. 1t is sacred to poetry and tradition
it is a amland.-Mark Twain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

The HAIR OF PROMINENT MEN.-in this
feature, writes the New York correspondent
of the Rochester Democrat, N. P. Willis and
Horace Greeley were entirely dissimilar:
Willis bad long and beautiful ringlets, of
which he was very proud, while, as is we'll
known, Greeley became bald early in life, the
base of the head being merely fringed with
gold. We may note that many Of our best
writer's or public men were in similar con.
dition. Washington Irving wore wig half
of his lifetime. William Lloyd Garrison was
we'll known for bis smooth pate. Wendell
Phillips has only q few scattered silver locks:
Ralph Waldo Emmerson keeps bis head
cropped closely. Such, also, was the practice
of the late Charles Sumner. 1t may be
urged against long-haired men that not only
Willis (who was rake) was thus adorned,
but also the magnates of the Brooklyn scan
dal, (Beecher and Tilton) are also Of the long
haired class. Theodore Parker, on the other
hand, was bald, and so was John Quincy
Adams. The late Chief Justice Chase was
much in the same condition. Speaking of
fashion, it may be said that the ancient
Greeks wore their hair long, while the Egyp-
tians cut it of, and wore light wigs. In
France, at one time, short hair was the style,
and in the reign of Louis Quatorze it was
worn of prodigious length, and was done up
in lofty manner. The hair fashion Of New
York, at present, deserves more space than
can Just now be afforded, Notwithstanding the
Importance of the theme.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-17

any member of the committee that the con.
vocation will approve and adopt the new YER
sion. Whether other churches than the
Church of England will accept it is ques'
tion to be decided 10 the future.