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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Technical knowledge.

A two-foot rule was given to a laborer
in Clyde boat-yard to measure an iron
plate. The laborer not being we'll up to
the use of the rule, after spending con-
siderable time returned.
"Noo, Mick" asked the platter,
"what size is the plate?"
"Well," replied Mick, with q grin Of
satisfaction, " it is the length of your
rule and two thumbs over, with this
piece of brick and the breadth of my
hand and my arm from here to there,
bar o finger. ."--.LOnOlO1l Punch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07
Getting Out OF n Tight Place.

Santeul, the Jesuit wit and poet, was
an inveterato card player. One day he
was summoned to the pulpit while en-
gagged in a game of piquet He got up,
taking his cards with him, and conceal
ing them under his coat Unfortunately,
as he was preaching, he extended his
arms with vehement gesture, and he
let fall his cards, which flew in all direc-
tions about the church. The congrega-
tion, of course, appeared much scandal
lied, but Santeul quietly called child Of
some ten years toward him, and said:
"What is that card which you hold in
your hand?" 1.-THE queen Of spades, " re-
Of the m three & % theological i 40 virtues" iD esp
"T don't know" "Ahl my breth-
rem" cried Staneul, with burst
of indignation, "behold how you teach
your children the names of the cards,
and neglect to teach them the virtues y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07

PREACHER in Rock County, Kansas,
had been for weeks conducting wonder
fully successful revival. "Dear brethren
and sisters" he said one day, "this is
the last meeting shall hold It is i'm"
possible to keep up a fervor on corn
bread and molasses for myself and an ear
of corn day for my horse. God bless
you"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07

A NEVADA critic, speaking of n harp
ist, said, We never before knew there
was so much music in q Rridiron."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-04-07

APRoPos of the adoption of cork he'll.
NETS by the regular army, it is suggested
that, in the absence of other weSnona
the soldiers will he able to charge the
enemy u la billy goat, and in crossing a
preservers. This is an age of prooresa
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02
The Healthier

The professors of journalism, who
periodically tell US ali about newspapers,
have failed to notice a comparatively
modern and very important feature
Of the newspaper. This is depart
ment of the paper which has stealthily
conquered for itself an influence which
even newspaper managers inadequately
recognize. 1t often happens that the
ingenious artist in this department is
really editing the paper. He can con-
vey an impression which the writers Of
ponderous leaders are endeavoring to
avoid. He can create doubt or
awaken suspicion by single artfully
chosen word, or sow broadcast opinion
which it may take columns of writing
to show is unfounded. Suggestions
that are buried in the body Of the arti-
Gle may attract no notice; but the
flaming headline takes the eye at once,
and its diagnosis OF the matter which
it criticises may be wide Of the mark
without the average reader applying
any corrective. The headline largely
regulates the emphasis that is given to
the report of current events. Small
matters in this way may be magnitied,
and more conjectures invested with
nearly the dignity of established facts.
Toronto Mail
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

1t is pointed out that in these bad
times hint how to provide most ac-
ceptable and inexpensive present for
the children may not be unwelcome.
1t was the practice Of an eminent army
surgeon to lock up his olive branch q
week before the anniversary of his
birthday. On that day he solemnly
opened his dungeon and released him,
saying: "The most valuable boon man
can enjoy is liberty! Take it, my son,
as a welcome present from your pa
rents!"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

The German Government is the most
arbitrary civilized power in the Old
World. A short time since two editors
were thrown into prison for eighteen
months for criticizing Bismark's public
acts. These summary arrests, without
giving the defendant a reasonable time
for preparing his case, will result in
still futher increased immigration to
the United States.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

Letters received in Hartford from the
Chinese students recently ordered home
say that on arriving in Shanghai they
were sent to confinement in remote
part of the town, the Governments in
tentien apparently to examine them as
to their belief or disbelief Of Christian
ity before they had chance to scatter
through the country. 1t is said, how
ever, that none of them had been much
inclined toward the Christian religion
while in Hartford.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02
.Guiteau's Former Wife.

Upon the register at the fremont
House is written the name Theodore
Dunmire, wife and two children, Lead
vile, Colorado" and as the lady was
formerly the wife of Guiteau, a repre-
sentative Of the Republican called to see
her last evening. He was Informed
that the party had left the hotel, and
were boarding in private house in the
vicinity, and thither the Republican
wendell his way. Inquiry was made
for Mr.. Dunmire: and after short de-
lay dark-comple1ioned, slend built
man, apparently about forty years of
age, responded. He wore a dark suit
of clothes, heavy cavalry boots with the
pantloons tucked in them, a figured
scarf and white turned-down collar.
His moustache and beard were very
black and closely trimmed, and his hair
was of the same hue and rather thin.
He was asked if his wife could be seen,
and after consultation in an adjoining
room he reappeared in company with
slender built lady, weighing probably
10 pounds. Her hair was dark, eyes
blue, and her face was brought out
prominently by a nose of a decided
Roman cast. She was apparently
pleased to see her visitor, but after
learning his occupation stated that she
preferred not to be interviewed in re-
lation to her connection with the
Guiteau case. as her testimony might
be twisted agaist her by the lawyers.
Her husband, however, after consider
able reluctance, in reply to request as
to her marriage with the prisoner,
stated that she was joined in wedlocll |
in Chicago in 1869. After residing
there a short time they removed to |
New York, where they lived nearly
four years. Guiteau went off suddenly
one day, and did not again put in an
appearance, and she sued for and OBJ
.ained divorce on the ground of de-
;ertion. During their married life
iuiteau frequently ill treated her, and
his also made cause of complaint in
Ter bill. She had no idea that he was
insane, and had never entertained
uch an opinion. Subsequently she
anne to this city and obtained po-
ition in the Treasury Department, but
vas discharged in 1876, and went to
Boulder City, COL, to live. Here she
net Mr.. Theodore Dunmire, her pres
mt husband, to whom she was married
n 1877. After short time they moved
0 Leadville, where they now reside,
Nth their children, boy Of three and
half years and girl of thirteen
nonths. Upon receiving the sum-
1ons to appear as a witness for the
Government she and her husband
acked their trunks and started for this
ity last Saturday. BY mistake of
ae agent their baggage was delayed at
'enver, and has not yet arrived. Mr..
thought that as he had made
trip of $500 miles, and had to put a
Ian in to lsck after his interests, the
should pay his expenses
5 we'll as those of his wife.-Washing-
m Republican.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02
We have heard much of the public

We have heard much of the public
utility of saving banks in connec-
ton with the Post Office in the British
system, and some fault has been found
with America in the contrast of nom
adoption of the principle. The popu-
larity of the institution will be greatly
lessened among the poor in England if
it comes to be generally understood, as
it will from the case tried at Maidstone
on the End inst, that when a deposit
has been drawn by means of forgery,
the Post Office is not liable to the depos-
itor Lord CoIeridge. the presiding
Judge, expressed surprise at such
rule.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

Jay Gould in 1873, held 100000
shares of Union Pacific. A combination
was. formed between Keene, Morgan
and Scott to "squeeze" Gould, and ac-
cording to New York Times infor-
mant, they succeeded to the extent of
obtaining from him promise to drop
out of Wall street and leave New York,
if they pressed him no further. Before
banking hours the next day Gould had
borrowed $4,000, 900 from Russell Sage.
This tided him over the crisis and he
made many thousands by the combina-
ton. Sage and Gould have ever since
been fast friends.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

Among the first to formally approve
and use the revised version of the New
Testament were the Protestant clergy
men of New Haven. A few days ago,
in a meeting for discussing the subject,
majority announced change of opin-
ion by voting that it was too faulty to
be acceptable. The chief condemnation
was Of bad English, the Rev. DR.. John
E. Todd declaring that he had counted
$50 errors of grammar uncorrected in
one Of the epistles to the Corinthians
alone.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

The st. Louis Republican has the fol-
lowing appreciative words about Cali
fornia fruits: "California has presented
to the world development and produc-
ton of fruits in the short period of
twenty years, that is as great a wonder
as its production Of gold. Its oranges,
lemons and figs rival those Of the semi
tropics it's grapes surpass those of all
other regions Of the world in size, rich
ness, variety,t beauty and dimensions of
their clusters and it's peaches, pears,
plums and walnuts are marvels of
growth and coler.'
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

Hugh j. Mohan, the Irish orator, is
lecturing ia California for the benefit Of
the Irish Land League. AS a general
thing Hugh used to lecture for his own
tenefit he must have grown wealthy.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

If Congress will not take such action
as will raise the effective force of cur
navy above dersion and contempt, let
our old tubs be called in, our flag hauled
down and the confession frankly made
that we bid adieu to the company and
fellowship of naval powers. Even that
humiliation were better than the ludi-
crous figure we are cutting at this time.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

The Carson friends of Hon. d. r.
Sessions will be pleased to know that
that gentleman is bringing the journal
under his management, the Eureka
Sentinel, up to a frst-class standard-of
course, its politics excepted. ,-z -. --
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-02

Secretary Kirkwood recommends
that the Indians be gathered on great
reservations. He will reccommed Con-
gress to ratify the agreements made by
the tribes whereby several railroads are
permitted to cross their reservations.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02
The Man Who Made Grant.
indianapolis Journal.

Indianapolis Journal
Samuel Morrison, now living at
l31 Christian avenue, who Is q bout
seventy-two years old, filed with Gov.
Porter on Saturday his application
asking the appointment of clerk Of
the Supreme Court, he evidently not
having read the papers closely, other
wise he would have known of the ap-
pointment Of Maj. Gordon, which was
made on Thursday. In the applica-
ton for the appointment, Mr.. Nor
rison prefaces it by saying he was
''nOt in the service for his country,
but he did that which made Gen.
u. S. Grant president, by making q
map Of the surrOundings'and stations
Of Vicksburg, prior to the victory of
Gen. Grant" which Morrison claims
was the reason Grant came out win
ner. and by that event the latter was
enabled to become president. He also
says he sent the map to Gen. Grant,
who acknowledged the receipt of the
same but failed to say to Mr.. Morri-
son that it was the map that insured
the victory. In the application he
also says he made map of Richmond
and the situation of the two armies
and sent that map to Gen. Butler.
He fails to say whether the map
crushed out the rebellion, but upon
the hypothesis that the first one made
Grant president, the latter must have
saved the country and captured jeff
Davis.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint

Is it no, worth the small price Of 75 cts
to free yourself of every symptom Of these
distressing complaints? Ii Won think So,
call at our store and get bottle at Shiloh's
Vitalizer. Every bottle has i printed
guarantee on it. Use accordingly, and ii
it does yon no good it will cost YOU moth
ing. Sold by your druggist.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02

These goods are all 6rcs made by manufacturers who have millions
OF dollars invested their works. utterly impossible for small
ure with hm either price quality openly DEFY
Competition price within mentioned
material and workmanship considered Work built Repairing
done with naness and dispatch [2d&wl F. G. CROWLEY CO.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02
For You,
Madam,

Whose complexion betrays
some humfliating imperfec.
ton, whose mirror tells You
that you are Tanned, Sall0W
aud dislgured In e0untenanee,
or have Eruptions, Redness,
ROughneSS or unWh0lo som q
tints Of complexion. We say
use HaganB Magnolia Balm.
LISA delicate, harmless and
delightful article, producing
the most natural and entranc.
Ing tints, tho artifciality Of
which no observer can detect,
and which soon becomes per.
manent IL the Magnolia Balm
b judici0usly used.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02

tereU around, some OF iron, some Oi
stone. and a fine, impalpable dust
covered the floor. all that remained OF
the furs and robes with which the
cave had once, no doubt, as the Gus.
tom was. been carpeted. Amidst all
these strange, mouldy relics of the
past Charley came suddenly upon
some objects uninjured by the touch,
OF time, that caused him to forget for
the moment his unpleasant position il,
an Indian catacomb. with only dead
man and Aeshless skeletons for COM
panions. and made his brain throb
and whirl with the throng of wild
ideas they conjured up-thoughts Of
unbounded wealth, luxury and COM
fort. for the dear one who was to share
his life hencef0rth and for those other
dear ones who had cared for them
both from childhood upward-the
two precious mothers and fathers.
For lying beside the crumbling bones
were hundreds of ornaments of solid
gold. many of them those twisted
circlets known to anriquarians as
torques. A number Of these weighed
two pounds each. and in these alone
was an ample fortune for the finder.
But these ornaments were only part,
and minor part of the treasure
house. In the center of the catacomb
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-02

ENDORSED ~
PHYSICIANS, clEReYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-10
IL

lovers or recreant husbands. These
require more o Less of 'gush' In their
letters. Then other letters must be
made fearful, as in cases Of an erTing
son or 3 drunken father. ] could tell
you some interesting "reminiscences
were ! not pledged in msDy cases to
secrecy"
You must have occasion % write .
great many love letters"
..Yes more than so per cent are letters
If that description, and n hard time
have sometimes in fully understanding
the destination, for many come TO me
who cannot speak English at all. or if
any, of q very unsatisfactory kind"
II suppose you have beef the means
Of making . great many matehesP'
''Oh. yes, and / sometimes think 1t is
quite comforting to know that we have
brought together persons who were
.snguishing apart from each other. l
frequently write letters for those who
~;.h TO remain unknown. Frequently
they are people in good society"
At this moment = ring sounded from
tie 1oor-ben. and the letter-writer ex-
cs,sod herself for q mement. On re-
tt-:ing She sa;A II shall beg lou to
EXCUSE no To-Day. as l am requested by
a s:sitor TO wri'a q letter on q love
Affair.""
On the way down stairs the reporter
met = man coming up. looking like o
tu,'y drayman. who was hurrying
,.r.r;y. as II he had something import
adj On Ills mind
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-10
The Use of the Razor

Touching upon the question whether
members of the French bar should be
permitted to grow their boards, q writer
in a Partisan contemporary gives somo
particulars showing how many mon
eminent in various ways have been de-
voices Of the razor. He begins by chal-
longing proof that, apart from q very
few exceptions, no great orator has
ever wore beard and moustache. Among
eminent French speakers and statesmen,
Mirabeau. Danton. Vergniaud. Berger.
Foy, Manuel. Cha;eaubriand, De Brog-
lie, Mole, Odillon Barrot, Casimir Per-
Ter, Guizot, Theirs and Montalembcrt
all shaved. The moustache is thought
to be a distinctive military adornment.
yet it was not worn by Alexander, Caesar,
Pompey, Trajan, or Napoleon. The
great marshals of the French army dis
dained it, and not n of the generals
of the first empire permitted it to sprout
upon his lip. Revolutionists are popu-
larly supposed to be marked by unkept
boards. Yet R~obespierre, Marat, Saint
shaven a. the grand monarque himself.
OF French writers and poets, Moliere
and Corneille wore the Richelieu NOUS
Lacnc, Dub hdCluc, dSChl, Lat outhlnd,
Boileau, La Bruyere, Voltaire, Rous-
seau, Dideroti Montesquieu. and all tho
thinkers and savants Of tho eighteenth
century INDUCED in a clean shave. So
did Dante and Petrarch, Byron and
Shelley, Popc and Addison, Sheridan
and Goldsmith. Swift and johnson. Field
ing and Richardson, Pitt Burke and Fox.
Among eminent Frenchmen Of very re-
cent times, Lamartine, DeVigny, Victor
Hugo (tin his exile), Michelet. Emilio
de Giradin, Carrcl, Baudelaire, Louis
Blanc and Sardou made, or still make
an uncompromising use of the razor, in
this respect following the example Of
Haydn, Chuck. Mozsat, Piccini. Gina
rosa, Mehul, Weber, C%herubini, Herold,
Beethoven, Bellini, Rossini, Meyerbeer.
and Auber. There Is much to be
said on tho other side, no doubt. but il
seems as though space should be found
in the escutcheon Of genius for q razor
and a BARRIERS pole. While tho argu-
ments adduced are undoubtedly estab.
lished. yet all orators are not Frcnch-
men, and in looking at the long and IL
l~ustrious list of statesmen Of other
countries We find among them many
adorned with hirsutc appondages.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-10
Princess Alice and Her Husband.


1t has been my lot to meet with a few
royal personages in my time, but 0 n
have impressed me more than Louis
W., Grand Duke of Hesse-D armstadt.
He is every inch a prince and a soldier.
fresh, frank, and courtly. Tall and
niddy, with a look of great intelligence
md sweetness, and a keen light in the
eloquent eyes. The expression is one
of simplicity, kindness, and manly good
sensc. His father died two months be-
fore the last Grand Duke, Louis I'LL,
who has only q family through a NOR
ganatic marriage. This ~potentate's Sis
Ter was Empress of Russia, and his
younger brother the father of Prince
Won Battenburg, % Prince of Bull
garia-
The palace is situated on a slope OF
rising ground, exactly opposite the Ro-
man Catholic church, whose domsuis a
landmark far and wide. Queen Vic
toria built it for the Princess Alice
Murray states al al outlay Of eco, 900
her daughter and the nations. With
Its gardens it suggests Buckingham
Palace on q reduced scale. There are
I'D memories connected with this state
ly palace. From one of the windows
in the rear OF b edifice, fell the little
child and died. In another chamber
diphtheria killed o second, and 1.-THE
fatal kiss" was given Of which the royal
mother died. But previous to this her
health had not been good for q long
ip.e, and it must be added that the lit
tie court and the limited scope which
Darmstadt afforded perhaps hardly suf-
Coed for that active, Intelligent spirit
N her days Of lassitude the Darmstadt
people did not see much Of the Princess,
except, indeed, In her constant drives;
but.they understood fully that her mind
and heart were ever at work for the in
terests Of her adopted country. All
sdcrcd her 10 their way. Tho Princess
was an exquisite artist, a firstrate mo
stefan. and translated an English work,
70 which abe wrote an introduction.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-10
Picture Printing.

Fancy Trades Register.
Many attempts hsys been made u
print a picture or design in varied col
ors by = single impression, but these
have all proved more or less defective,
owing TO the blending Of the pigments
sith each other. A new process Invent
u recently, Is, however, free from this
objection, and is SO successful, that q
mandatory for carrying it out is be-
tag erected at Passay, near Paris. The
secret of success consists in employing
solid eolors in the form of a hard mo
saie, from which the impression is
made. This poly-chrome block is form
ID by making a solid matrix of the
ground color, and then cutting Il the
pattern by a sharp, steel knife mounted
3n the end of a jointed parallelogram
70 keep it vertical while leaving it free
10 move horizontally. Another way to
form this intaglio mold is, TO indent il
by a wood or steel die, on which the
picture is cut in relief. The various
paints are poured into the mold in q
hot and liquid state, one after another,
taking are alwaysto allow the proceed
ting ones to cool. When the whole de-
sign is finished, and the mosaic COM
plete, it is shaved with q keen steel
knife so a to give it a fiat, smooth. lev
81 surface. 1t is then pnt into q power
ful press, resembling that used by litho-
graphers; the material to be printed is
laid face downwards on its slightly
noistened surface, and a series of roll
srs are passed over it once or twice. SO
IS to impart the picture TO it. The
print is then exposed for a few seconds
70 the heat of a hot plate in order TO
drive off volatile solvents and FIX the
uolors. which are thereby rendered so
permanent that they will stand expos
IRE to the sun. Cloths painted In this
way only lose to the picture when their
tissues wear away; and a piece Of vel
ret boiled for eight hours in a strong
potash solution still retained some OF
the color. Water-color drawings and
vii paintings can be reproduced on pa
per by this plan so Is TO present the ap-
pearance of acknowledgement and
oleographs; but there is a far wider
held for the method in printing the
beautiful designs of Gobelins and Ar
ousson tapestry on textile fabric. 90 a.
form pictorial screens and curtains.