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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
A mOYta H.HRRRE.

The Norristown Ona) Hcr0ld In q
recent issue referred among others, to
the following cases of special interest.
They are their own commentary. Mr..
Samuel O. Nyce resides at 3O8 Marshall
street, and holds the responsible position
Of journal clerk in the Pennsylvania
Legislature, at Harrisburg. While Mr..
Nyce and family were in the country
recently, his boy. aged three years, fell
and broke his leg. de recovered, but a
very troublesome Stiffness Get in and he
could scarcely use the leg. The injured
limb was rubbed several times with ST.
Jacobs Oil, and the stiffness was 80 much
reduced that the boy was able to use his
leg freely. DR.. Knipe said IL was the use
OF st. Jacobs Oil that cured the stiff.
ness. Mr.. Nyce himself used the Great
German Remedy for toothache with good
effect, and also for sprain and pains of
rheumatic nature, and always with good
effect. Mrs. Nyce also says she thinks
the OH is splendid thing, and che
always keeps it on hand.
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AS Far as He Knew.

A stranger from the East was having
his boots BACKED ut the postottice, when
an alarm of fire was turned in. As he
saw the Larned street steamer rush out
he inquired of the "shiner at his feet ::
"Bub, what sort of water system have
you got in this city2"
The boy spit on his brush, looked up
and down the street, and finally answered.:
"Well, as far as / know anything
about it, they all take water after their
gin p
The reply seemed to be thoroughly
satisfactory to tho stranger.-Detroit
Free PreSs
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TI1e cause q mob Lar.

The existence OF mob law In comm1.
nIty indicates either state of semi-ciy.
llizatlon as di played In our frontier set.
tIelnebts where government is still ip
embryo, or q lack of confidence in the
Justice meted out by the courts. When
we ind this disorder apparently increas-
ing Ill old and conservative portions OF
the country, and when summary ven-
geanee for crime Ia winked at tx not
openly approved by sober, respectable
people, 1t Is evident that something more
than ordinary is wrong. They don't
approve Of mob law because they believe
it to be right. They know it is all wrong,
and disgrace to the community even
when the sufferer from it deserved his
fate, instead Of being, as is sometimes
the case, an entirely Innocent individual.
Why is this? There can be only one
answer. 1t is the delay and difficulty, il
not impossihility in many cases, of pun
lshing criminals through the ordinary
methods. The Constitution was careful
u guarantee to criminals the right to q
speedy and impartial trial, but that in
most cases is the last thing they want.
The Very first effort Of prisoners at
torneys, too often successful, is for de-
lay, in the hope that new subjects may
engross the attention Of the public, wit
ne SOS become scattered and the most
untavorable facts forgotten. That the
public has any right to a speedy trial is
q fact too often ignored. This of itself
tends to encourage crime, for the moral
effect of punishment is largely lost when
so long delayed, even il conviction 10
attained. Then the insanity dodge has
been played 30 extensively OF late years
as to practically work o denial of JUS
tlce. Men whose sanity had been trusted
all through life in every sort of business
transactions are suddenly found to have
! become irresponsible beings, and the
law which would have held o man re-
sponsible in all ordinary matters sud
denly finds him irresponsible should he
take notion to imbrue his hands in the
| blood Of bis fellow-man. To heighten
the absurdity, if possible, n person
whom twelve men have declared SO in
sane that he can kill his brother without
legal responsibility, is allowed to goforth
free man to carry out his deadly work
on some one else. It would seem that
even lunatics who 60 about killing peo-
| pie ought to he confined in the interests
| Of society. The general public is en-
tirely out of patience with oil this, and
the feeling hos become very general that
IL the courts Will not punish criminals
the people will take the law in their
own hands. This is not creditable, but
dealing with facts, there is no use
mincing things. When the people of
this country conclude TO abolish capital
punishment they will do 1t through their
! Legislatures, and in the meantime thew
expect the courts to punish crime speed
lily and vigorously. With the certainty
that punishment in o legal way is sure
| to follow crime the motive and excuse
for mob action will dis 'ppear, and with
it the acts themselves. s.-Steu6enville
| Herald.
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THn best person Ia the world is the
sne whN minds his ewn business.
EofIee.

From the 10th of October 1881 to the
lst of July, 1882, genuine Rock SpRINe
WATER will be supplied to customers by
ELLIS 4 Co., of Bailey Springs, Ala, At
the following ratesi -
Ten gallons In anti-corrosive cans. .&b. 90
Same can reflled at. .00
Five gallons in anti-corr 1sive cans. 3.25
Same can-reflled at. 2.b0
Nine gallons in glass bottleA -. 7.5O
Reasonable freight and express rates
are given by all railroads. This water
has been known for nearly fifty wears az
sure cure for Dyspepsia, a sure cure
for diseases of the Kidney and Bladder,
4 sure cure for all durable cases of Drop.
sy, sure cure for Scrofulous cases of
the Bones or Skin, and certain DESTROYS
r of the terrible thirst for Intoxicating
irink that overcomes 80 many worthy
resolutions. Deprive a. drunkard of his
Tram for three days and mes nwhile give
nim plenty of Rock Spring Water, and
he won't want the whisky Don't YOU
think it's worth trying it3 If you do
irop postal to Ellis & Co. It will cost
>nly cent.
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Poverty and nnatrnaas

That poverty which produces the greatest
'Htreas 10 mot OF the purse but of the blood
deprived Of lie richness 1t becomes scant and
"atery, condition termed d,lsn,id In medical
TritiSge. Given this condition, and scrofu-
Ions dwellings and sores, general and nervous
debility, loss Of fiesh and appetite, weak lungs,
throat disease, splitting OF blood and oonsump-
ton. are among the common results. II Won
are suffering from thin, poor blood employ DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" which
enrlches tho blood snd cures these grave afHe6-
aonS. 10 more nutritivs than cod liver oil, and
10 harmless in any condition Of tho system, yet
powerful to cure. BY drugRBts.
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MOSATCs.

"
AsrmtNa beggary is wretchedness It.
SELF.
WHO bravely dares must sometimes
riSk . fall.
FAITH ana hops themselves shall die,
White dsathlssS charity reurainS
Tm bearing and training Of q child is
womanb wisdom.
THE and tho sun win make vinegar
without any shouting to help them.
T1fE niNs ON restless pinions- constant never.
% oonstan&-and thou ehainost Time forever.
TIE most miserable pettifogging in
The world Is that of nan in the court
ct his own conscience.
AHoBLH deed 10 q stsp coward God,
LIFTING The soul from tia common SOD
70 purer afr and broader view. =
Bin that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and shhrpens our skill. Our
antagonist 10 our helper.
THE tear down childhood's check that aows
In iEks sho dewdrop on Tho roSeI
When neat tho summer breexe comes by
And Wavea the bush, the flower is dry.
BS thou like the bird perched upon
some frail thing; although he feels tho
branch bending beneath him yet loudly
sings, knowing full we'll that he has
wings.
IT is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins to unrevel if single
\ stitch drops; one single sin indulgcd
in makes hole you could put your head
through.
WHO bleSsOs others in his daily deeds
WGll and tho healing That his spirit nosds,
FOR every 90 wsr In others, pathway thrown
0onSeTa its fragrant beauty on our own.
WHERE God hath put exquisite tinge
upon the shell washed in the surf, and
planted paradise OF bloom in child's
cheek lot us leave il TO the owl to hoot,
and the frog to croalr, and the fault
finder TO complain.
THH luster Of diamonds Is invieorated
by the interpretation of darker bodies; the
Lights Of picture are created by the
GhAdes. The highest pleasure which
mature has indulged to sensitive per-
eeDtion 10 that Of rest after fatigue.
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Hts Equal Is UnknOVvla

A Lowell (Mass. paper, so we observe,
cites the case of Mr.. P. II. Short, pro-
prietor Of the Belmont Hotel, that city,
who suffered with rheumatism for seven
teen years without finding relief from
any Of the numerous remedies employed,
until he applied st. Jacobs Oil: "Inever
found any medicine that produced such
remarkable and instantaneous effect as it
did," says Mr.. Short. - Lyons (La.)
HiY.YO9.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

in Montreal breaoh-oS-prornise suit
it was shown that the pair agreed upon
q day for marriage, and marked 1t in o
calendar Of her diary, and that he twice
surreptitiously rubbed out the mark and
put il q month ahead. She caught him
at 10 on the last occasion, and soueht by
Q recourse TO the law to ooCpel him to
keep the original promise.
VVnPuer,s safe Bxes,ey ,.,,,,,a ss,s,. s,v,,..
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
Peculiar Weddings.

Numerous peculiar weddings are hap
pening nowadays. A girl at Coulters-
VILE, N. O., was locked in a room by n
rather, who chained n savage bulldog
under the window but her lover poi.
-soned the dog, pried open her window,
and carried her to q clergyman.
Mrs. Reeder, on the death of her hus-
band, in Baltimore, received the follow
ing letter from Franklin Broillar, of
Carroll, Mo-: "I have just heard the
news. Will you lnarry me nowP En-
closed find 800 to bring you and your
children here" Broillar and Mrs
Reeder had been engaged before the
war; but an uncontladicted report that
he h0d been killed in battle, led her to
marry another man. When he learned
that he had losS her he went West and
and waited twenty years to renew the
courtship. She said yes.
Old Edgerton, of Bellevue, Iowa, de.
cided to get rid of his wife and marry
= younger woman. This he accomplished
by tneans of an irregular divorce and
With the consent of the original wife,
who remains in the Edgerton establish
meEt as housekeeper, while the bride
plays the idle lady.
A Nashville girl being forbidden to
marry her lover. promised obedience,
but one day requested herfatber to hand
their pastor note on his way to bust
ness. Thus lie was unsilspeoGingly led
10 deliver an invitation to the clergyman
70 call at once and perform the prohibit
ed ceremony and the latter, presumine
Chat parental consent had been obtained,
readily obeyed the summons.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
On Tharty Dnya' Fr,aa,

The Volsato Belt Co., Marsball, Mich, win
SSnd their Electro-Voltric Belts and other
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty GiAye TO
any person afflicted with Nervous Debility,
Lost vitality and kindred troubles, guarantee
ing complete restoration of vigor and nanhood
Address 80 above without delay.
rial Is allowed. ''
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

QUEEN VICTORIA takes her daily drive
at Belmoral with block straw bonnet
upon her head, and with large shawl
Of shepherds plaid upon her shoulders.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

THOUSANDS Of ladies have found sudden 70
lief from all their woes by the use Of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, the great
remedy for diseases peculiar to females. Send
10 Mrs. Lydia E., Pinkham, 233 Western avenue,
Lynn, Macs, for pamphlets.
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Became sound ou1l woHU.~
HATcuERio STATION, Ga, Msroh ~, ls

HATcHER0 STATION, Ga, March ~, 1879.
Il. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Dear Si.--My wife,
who had been Ill for over two years, and had
tried many other medicines became sound and
well by using your "Favorite Prescription. -
My niece WAS also cured by its use, after several
physicians had failed to do her any good.
You're truly, THOMAS J. METHYIN.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

HOTELS are 80 scarce in Boston that il
1000 unexpected travellers we're to put
In an appearance some busy night it
would be a hard matter to afford them
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

4. PURE Con LIvEa On, made from selected
nyers, on the sea-shore, by Caswell, Hazard a
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure and avoet
Patients Who have once taken it prefer It TO all
others. Physicians have decided It superior to
any OF the other oils in mcsket
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

PRESIDENT GARFIELD, wlIen he for the
last time entered the Washington rail-
way station, carried small hand-trunk
which he had packed himself. His
widow preserves it as he left it, and will
not allow it to be unpacked.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

A FRENCH physiologist, after expert
menting on dogs, is convinced that coffee
retards digestion, but is not as obiec.
tlonable on this account when well
Bweetened as when taken without sugar,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

YoUNo men, and middle-aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses,
send three cepts for Part VII Of Dime Series
Books. Address WoRLD's D1sPENRARg MRDI-
oAh ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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not allow It to be unpacked.

SroK and bilious headache, and all derange.
ments of gtomacn aud bowels. cured by Dr.
Pieroe's "Pellets"-or anti-bious granules.
20 cents phlal. No cheap boxes to allow waste
Of virtues. By druggists.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

THE Boston papers say that there is
talk OF celebrating the centennial birth.
day OF Daniel Webster, which will occur
on the 18th of January, 1882,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

SOME idee Of the magnitude Of the
railroad : interest in this country can be
bad from the fact that 100000 people
are employed in it's se,vice
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

Dos9 shou love life7 Then do not souanasy
yslusoie lime Tor that Is tho stun life s made
Of Dus pfocure 2. once bottle OF Or. Bulps
Oougn syrup for your cough and be cur.a
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

A VERMONT man undertook to kin
hen; the fowl fought back and scratched
his hand, inficting wound that proved
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

+. L. BARNUM announces that he vii!
employ al curious specimens Of the
human race, including giants, dwarfs, fat
people aud freaks OF nature, for his great
show. Parties interested should write,
!nclosing photos, to Rarnum, Bailey &
Hutchinson, 40 Bond street. N. Y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

PHYSICIANS use Kidney-Wort In regular prse-
tioe and pronounce its action perfect.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12

BEFORE marriage she was dear and he
was her treasure; but afterward she be-
came dearer and he treasurer. and yet
they arc not happy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-12
The Earaadrannar.

The most contemplate thing in nature
is the eayesdropper. The name was
originally given to the person who
listened beneath the windows and at the
doors of peoples houses, but custom
authorizes its use in speaking Of any Of
the tribe Of contemplate gneaks who
peek about and listen and pry into their
neighbour affairs.
The oayesdropper bears the impress
OF his character upoa his countenance
and betrays 1t In his sneaking slip-slop
gait. He sidles into every company
where he Shinks any private matter is
being discussed, and peeks over their
shoulders with his mouth agape like q
young chimney swallow waiting for q
worm, and here he will stay until the
company is either compelled to change
the subject Of their talk or seek some
some spot not infested by the caves.
dropper. Lot two gentlemen sit down
at any point along the street and engage
in private conversation, and il will not
be long before the eavesdropper takes
up his position near them to pry into
| what does not concern him.
Your eavesdropper has no shame. BE
cannot take a hint, and there ara but
two ways to get rid Of him. One Is to
| go where he can't find you, and the
other is to kick him for his insolence.
Those who prefer the former method
can take it, but as for ourseR we have
determined to adopt the latter, She next
time occasion requires.
BEFORE marriage she was dear and he
was her treasure; but afterward she be-
came dearer and he treasurer, and yet
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FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-09-07
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Living 10 Purposr.


Live for some purpose in the world
Act your part well Fill up the meas
ure of your duty to others. Conduct
yourself 10 that you shall be missed
with sorrow when you are gone.
Multitudrs Of your species are living
in such selfish manner that they are
not likely to be remembered after their
disappearance. They leave behind
them scarcely any trace of their exist
ence, but are forgotten almost as
though they had not been. They are.
while they live, like one pebble lying
unobseryed among million on tho
shore; and when they die, they are
like the same pebble thrown into
the sea, which just ruiIlcs the surface,
sinks and is forgotten, without being
missed from the beach. They are
neither regretted by the rich, wanted
by the poor nor celebrated by the
learned. Who has been the better for
their life? Who has been the worse
for their death? Whose tears have
they dried up? Whose wants sup
piled? Whose miseries have they
healed? Who would unbar the gates
of life to readmit them to existence?
Or what face would greet them back !
again to our word with, "A smile?
iWretched, unproductive mode of exist
.ence Sclfshncss is its own curse; it |
is starving vice, The man who does |
no good, gets none. lie is like the
heath in the desert, neither yielding
fruit nor seeing when good cometh; a
stunted, dwarfsh, miserable shrub. -
J. 4. james.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-09-07
RcIIEieu. New. md Notc..

The Southern Baptist says there are
about l25,0OO Baptists in Mississippi,
of which 100000 are whites and 25,-
900 colored.
The woman's foreign missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church was organized in March, 1869,
in fremont street church. Boston.
Since then its total receipts have been
s69S, ,9l5, and it has sent out sixty
three missionaries.
There were added TO the Southern
Presbyterian churches in the year end
ing May last on profession Of faith
6,062 persons, an advance Of more than
1900 over the previous year. There
are 5000 elders and 1000 deacons in
the church.
A special convention of the Protest
ant Episcopal diocese of Central Penn
sylvania will meet at Reading in Octo-
Der for the purpose Of electing an
assistant bishop.
The recently organized Church Ex-
tension society of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, has resolved to
ask Of the annual conferences $4,000
for the ensuing year,
Crathie Established church. which
is attended by the queen when in
Scotland, it would seem, is not distin-
guished for the liberality of its mem
bers, tho whole contributions TO the
mission and other schemes of the churh
amounting last year TO 800, and the
total income TO &505.
Among the Primitive Methodists of
England barn-service revival is grow
Ing apace. In one very small parish,
where the Primitives have no chapel.
4 weeks service was held in a large
barn. and as a result the whole region
has been aroused, and over seventy
persons have profeSsed conversion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-09-07
A Field of Rattle.

I had my letter 20 write and post,
and this invited a fvemile drive by
moonlight 10 the rear across the most
ghastly field which can well he i'm
agined had some trouble in finding
my carriage. ! had left il at q we'll
defined position on the battle of the
day before, but to reach il l had to
walk for more than a mile over a plain
where the carcasses of men and horses
were not merely thickly strewn but
frozen into all sorts Of fantastic at
titudcs. The thermometer had been
sixteen degrees below the freezing
point on the previous night, and men
only slightly wounded, who had not
been able 10 crawl 10 their comrades,
had been frozen TO death. One man
was stiff in a sitting position, with
both arms lifted straight above his
head, as though his last moments had
been spent in an invocation, and IL
gave one a shudder in the clear moon
light to approach him. Others were
crumpled up in death agony, and so
frozen. In places, many together,
French and Germans were mingled,
not because they had been at close
quarters. but because the same ground
had first been occupied hy one and then
by the other, perhaps at an interval of
half a day. / think l was more com
Portable with bullets singing in my
ears than walking amid the distorted
shadows Of these dead and stiffened
men; and il was quite relief to see q
haystack on fire and regiment
warming themselves Mt 1t, and my
prudent coachman within comfortable
distance Of the ruddy blaze. Then
comes the hard part Of correspond
ent's life. / had still to dine had
lived since the mornings coffee on
loaf of bread which had been picking
at all day then to write my letter-a
good two hours task then to see that
it was safely posted. either that night
or the next morning early. 50 ~ to
give me time 10 get TO the field for the
third days battle, And all this after
having been on strain OF exertion
and excitement since daylight; and
then the gentleman At ease in London
reads Il all in his armchair after break.
fast for a penny or al the most two
pence half-pcnny--Biuckto M0oa.
-asts
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-09-07
4 Natural Copper Plating Bath.

Two years ago. at mine operated
by William Utter, at Campo Seco, near
Milton, water came in and work
stopped. To keep the large iron-bound
and iron-baled bucket, used to hoist
rock, from drying and falling TO pieces.
It was let down into the water. Next
season when II was drawn up, 10, a
miraclel IL was copper-bound and
copper-bailed. From this has sprung
quite an industry, and the mine has
been sustaining itself from ore water
ever since. The water contains an acid
which has the propriety Of taking into
solution the particles of iron thrust into
it, and it has also copper in solution
which is let go, particle by particle, rs
the iron is picked up. II is an extreme
ly simple chemical exchange, and this
mine may make another profit still IL
It will get another chemical into the
water which will make the acid lay
down the iron which, as q black food.
the water carries down into the Stanis-
laus river. The copper industry con-
sists in taking bundles of scrap iron
and old tin 10 the mine, where It is
thrust into watts of water caught up.
In which the metals are soon changed
10 copper, the residue Of the iron taking
the form Of black stream and flowing
away. To make sure of making the
water swap all It's copper for iron.
which it is glad TO do without boot. one
vat 5 placed below another down the
bank 70 the river, and when the water
escapes it has eaten It's fill Of iron and
left pay for les meal in genuine copper.
Stockton (Cal) Mail