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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
Flora and Fauna Of the Desert.

Bunch grass, as gray as the sand it.
self, dwarf evergreens, nearly black in
color, and cactus, with q few wild flow.
ers, are almost the only botanical con-
tribution to the changing picture. No
trees grow on the desert. The cactus
family, the most eccentric of plants,
makes this region it's home. The first
to be seen coming from the East is of the
variety most familiar to Eastern hot
houses, shaped like mittens upon ex-
tended human hands, thumbless, and
bordered with sharp spines. A COM
moner variety in the desert lis of vine
like character, clinging somewhat closely
to the ground and putting forth branches
at angles rs eccentric as those of the let
ters Of the Chinese alphabet. East OF
Tucson this variety takes to itself O
trunk or stem as odd in appearance as,
itself, black, leafess, branching much
like stag-horn, and bearing It's vine
like burden upon each terminal point.
The most singular variety of the cactus
grows near Tucson, where grove num-
bering several hundred individual plants
is seen upon barren, stony hillside.
1t shoots up round and straight like O
telegraph pole, the largest specimens
attaining nearly two feet in circumfer-
ohCoJ Ny JWeAVo 10 eIBuUeon 1901 LII
height, often without branches, but
generally putting forth two shoots like
the elbows and connecting links of
stove pipe. It bears upon its upper end
small tuft or flower. So great dis
proportion between stem and flower Is
probably found in no other plant. The
trunk is covered with regular rows Of
warts and spines.
sands of acres and has it's share of &C.
centricities. When young it's long
tough bayonets point in every direction
as If guarding some precious fruit with
in its worthless stump. Later all but
those pointing upward and downward
fall off, leaving o band in its middle,
giving it the appearance of small bum
die of straw tied up and ready for the
harvest wagon. Individuals Of the
variety send up g. shoot from the center
four or five feet, like bamboo, bearing
at the top pleasing cluster of small
flowers. .--NesO Yorb Tribune,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
Why q Kerosene Lamp Bursts.

Girls, as well rs boys, need to Under
stand about Kerosene explosions. A
great many fatal accidents happen from
Trying to pour little kerosene on the
ire to make it kindle better, also by
pouring oil into lamp while it is light
eu. Most persons suppose that it is the
Kerosene itself which cxplodcs, and that
II they are very careful to keep tho oil
itself from boing touched by the fire or
the light there will be no danger. But
this is not SO. If can or q lamp Is left
about half full of kerosene oil tho oil
viii dry up-that is, "evaporate"-
little and will form, by mingling with
the air i'll the upper part, o very explo-
SlVe gas. You cannot see this gas any
more than you can see air. But if it is
disturbed and driven out, and blaze
reaches it, there will be terrible explo-
SION, although the blaze did not touch
The OIL. There arc several other liquids
used in houses and workshops which
Will produce an explosive vapor in this
way, Benzine is one; burning fluid is
another; and naphtha, alcohol, ether,
chloroform NAV do the same thing.
In New York workshop lately, there
was can OF bcnzinc, or gasoline, stand
ing on the floor. A boy sixteen years
Ola hghtod cigarette, and threw the
burning match on the floor close to the
can. Ho did not dream there was anv
danger, because the liquid was corked
up in the can. But there was a GREAT
explosion, and ne was badly hurt. This
seems s.. very mysterious; The probabil-
lty is that the can had been standno
there good while and good deal Of
vapor had formed, some of which had
leaked out around the stopper and was
hanging in sort of invisible cloud over
and around the can; and this cloud.
when the match struck it, exploded.
suppose a girl tries to fill a kerosene
lamp without first blowing 1t out. or
course the lamp is nearly empty or she
would not care to fill it. This empty
space is filled with cloud of explosive
Vapor arising from the oil in the lamp.
when she pushes the nozzle of the can
into the lamp at the top, and begins to
pour, the oil, running into the lamp,
his the empty space and pushes the
cloud or explosive vapor up; tho vapor
IS Obliged to FOUR out over the edges Of
Ine lamp, at the top, into the room out
Sioe: VI course 1T strikes against the
blazing wick which the girl is holding
down by one side. The Haze of the
wick sets the invisible cloud of vapor
ahrc, and there is an explosion which
1gnltcs the oil and scattcrs it over her
clothes and over the furniture of the
room. This is the way in which kcr-
osenc lamp bursts. The saline thing
may happen when a girl pours the oil
over he fire in the range or stove, if
there is cloud of explosive vapor in the
upper part of the can, or if the stove is
not enough to vaporizc quickly some Of
the oil us it fails. Remember that it. ia
net the oil but the invisible vapor which
eXplodcs. Taking care of the oil will
not protect you. There is no safctv cx. ~
ccpt in the rule: Never pour oil on o
lighted fire or into lighted lamp
Christian Union.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
The Draft of a PIOW SuIky.

Why is the draft of plow sulky less
than that of walking plow? asks and
answers writer in the Ohio Farmer.
Simply because the plow is carried
through the soil instead of being pulled
though. In the common walkinG-plo
the weight of the soil upon the mold
board causes the plow to rest upon the
bottom of the furrow, with so much ad-
ditional friction. With the plow sulkv
this weight is transferred from the bot
tom OF the furrOw, with its friction, to
the wheels, including the weight of the
soil that is being overturned. With q
common plow it will be noticed that the
under edge of the landslide makes q
very smooth track in the furrow, which
can only be produced by considerable
pressure; but this disappears when the
plow is suspended upon an axle between
two heels. Then again, there is no
PlunginG of the plow, going deeper than
Is needed, or running to land and MAX
ing a wider furrow, with increased draft,
or running out and taking off onlv a
strip. AT the ends of the furrow ihe
piow is hoisted and wheeled into its
place, instead of being dragged about;
and in starting q furrow or closing up q
landing no walking plow can do as easv
and as satisfactory work as can be ac-
complished by % sulky.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
Chinese rs Printers.

A Chinaman offers his services to the
publisher Of monthly paper in this
city, to set up all the forms OF his paper,
send him proofs of each article, and
make the corrections marked in the
proofs when returned, and convey the
forms to and from the press room for
seventy-five cents column. There are
forty-eight columns in tho paper, each
column twenty and one half inches long
by two and one-quarter inches wide.
The offer was declined, whereupon the
Chinaman said he was doing the same
work for two other periodical in the city.
They learned the business in Hong Kong
and Canton, where papers ere published
in the English tongue, and where China
men are drilled into the work on account
of the scarcity of white labor. San
Francisco Bulletin,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

A WAR which has probably cost Egypt
the agricultural production of one wear.
and hundreds Of millions besides, and
has put Great Britain to enormous ex-
pense to send 10000 men to Egypt. and
to gather transportation from all the
world for their campaign, ended at the
first real touch of arms, with o victory
III which the heroic victorious army lost.
thirty killed and 100 wounded. Eng
land will make much Of it. And poor
Egypt must pay for the destruction of
Alexandria, which was British work, and
for her conquest by the British; all this
out of her destroyed crops, and her poor
agricultural laborers. With the mill
tary prestige gained by this war, will
not Great Britain be looking about for
otner countries to conquer? Will she
not be arrogant and dangerous2 But
Great Britain has had military success
IN several wars, in her recent pursuit Of
on imperial policy, which has not been
profitable in the outcome, and il nav be
80 lin this instance. After all this mill
,tary glory, the thing passes to the reo1n,
OF diplomacy, and the other powera will
claim to have finger in the pie Of
Egypt. The outcome may be o sort Of
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

--Love reckons houSs for months, and
days for years, and every little absence
is an age.Dyyden.
The proper way TO check sIandeK
is 10 despiSe it; attempt TO overtake and
refute it, and it VIII loutrun you. - George
Eliot.
"A thick corn-husk Is not sign OF q
hard winter, as some folks think. It
makes no difference to corn-husks what
the weather is. Detroit Free Press.
"A man has been arrested In New
York for counterfeiting theater tickets.
His villainy has put him in "a box, but
he sighs for tho family circle. Steu6en-
Utlte Herald.
1t is said that the debt of the world
is over $23, 900, 600, but so long as it is
not in shape of contested will the law
yers may gnash their teeth in vain
Detroit Free Press.
-" Yes, sir" says the oldest resident,
1.-THE first trip l made from Lowell to
Boston was over the old canal. and [
worked my passage on the canal beat"
"Worked your passageP HowP" i'm
quired his audience. II led the horse"
solemnly remarked the ancient mariner.
-Fogg has got an idea at last, and he
says there's millions in it, as it meets q
lOngfel want. 1t is nothing less than
a revolving house, which is to turn upon
pivot, SO that the best rooms shall al
ways face the sun in winter and be in
tho shade in summer Fogg has great
head.-NeW Haven Register.
"A student of human nature was the
Yankee schoolm' am who undertook the
care of school out West, where her
predecessor, a man, had been tossed
through the window by the rebellious
pupils. She got along splendidly; and,
when asked how she managed it, re-
piled: "Oh, easily enough I thrashed
the little boys and mashed the big
ones"
A coachman calls upon the doctor
to ask what can be the matter with
him. "My good man." said the prince
of science, "you've got dropsy-that'=
what ails you." "Dropsy! Whass
thatp" It's morbid collection of
fluid in the serous cavities within the
body-in your case, take it thydropcri-
toneum caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
but curablc by paracentesis. "I
know, but what is it in EnglishP'
You are all full of water inside"
WaterP Oh, that's nonsense" Gre
fleets moment) THAT scoundreI Of
q saloon-kccper must have watered his
liquor, and yet he swore to me he
didn' t. - Chicago Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

JUDGE HILTON, who refused Banker
Seiglman entertainment at the Grand
Union Hotel, Saratoga, because the lat
ter was an Israelite, now offers to give
$4,000 to exiles fund for the benefit of
Russian Hebrew refugees. Several gifts
and subscriptions offered by Judge
Hilton to different Jewish charities have
already been refused. DR.. Brown, Of
the Jeacish Herald, thinks that the So
ciety for the relief of Hebrew exiles
should accept the gift.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

New YORK Herald: Cetewayo, says
London Truth, objects to the barbarism
of taking different kinds of food on the
same plate, and insists upon having his
vegetables served separately. What
would he think Of a beauty ut cole
DRAFTED watering place hotel, who had ON
her plate roast, two entrees, mashed
potatoes, succotash, and several sauces
and juices, and then, pointing her jew
eled finger at dish of wine Jelly, said
TO the waiter, "Bring mo some of that
liver?"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

A NORTH CAROLINA correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution writes CT sup
pose Morehead City is tho only city in
The world without a whoel in it. do
not think there is wagon or buggy
horse in the town, and very few in the
county. Everything is done in boats.
There is not house in the county that
boat can not get within mile Of Not
Il doctor or lawyer in the county owns
horse-they practice in boats. The
people go to funerals in boats, and when
they arrest man they carry him to jaiI
In boat"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

GENTLEMAN writing from Georgia to
" friend in Washington, says that Gov
ernor Colquitt will probably succeed the
late Senator Hill to the United States
Senate. The election of Senator will
take place at the next session of the
Legislature to be held this fall.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

A MASSACHUSETTS law makes the owner
of house liable for treble any loss that
mny bo sustained by gambling therein
with his consent. A saloon-keeper at
Lowell has just been compelled to paw
$1,000, the money going to man who
had lost only 5000 in playing poker on
the premises.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

MIR. LOT, who accompanies Herbert
Spencer on his visit to this country, told
Buffalo Courier reporter that instead of
getting better Mr.. Spencer has grown
worse. His trouble is in the nature of
insomnia. He is not able to sleep OK
cept by fits and starts. Night after
night he tosses about, md the day
comes only to find him more fatigued
than he retired.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

LORD DUFFER1N, Admiral Seymour
Slr Garnet Wolseley and Lord Beres-
1ord' who nave distinguished themselves
IN tho Egyptian campaign, are oil Kelts.
Thus England is under renewed obliga-
tiols to Ireland.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

The value of property in the United
states is held to be fully $4,000, 000,-
600, making it the richest country in the
world. England, the next richest, has
Sd, 100, 100000, and France comes next
with $97, 200. 100000 The average to
every inhabtant in England is about
81, 800 and in the United States but
$4,000, 49, Chicago Herntd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

Joint arrangement which will be humil-
latlon to the conqueror, and will be
worse In the matters of national and
commercial security than that which ex-
listed before the British destroyed it by
making war.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

THERE is authority for each of the fol-
lowing methods of spelling and pronun-
clatlon: Mo-hamne-cd (short a,) Ma
ho"'-et Qong A. Ma-hom-et {short q. }
Properly speaking, Mahomet is the name
OF the prophet, and Mohammed that of
his Successors, and therefore the faith
should only be known as Mahometanism
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

Fannie Cornan, fourteen years old,
has rivaled the famous daughter of the
lighthouse keeper, by the bold rescue
of her drowning companion, Jessie Rem
ton. The latter, eight years old, fell
into Harlem River the other afternoon.
There was q light tide and strong cur
rent, but Fannie sprang in without re-
moving an article of her clothing and
succeeded in bringing the child ashore.
IN. Y. Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

GEORGE FRANCIS TWAIN still lives.
which we learn by the statement that
seventeen boys were recently arrested In
Now York for tormenting him while sit,
ting In the park of evenings,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

THE war in Egypt virtually ended
when the British took possession of
Cairo. England has wanted Egypt for a
century, and tho coveted land has fallen
into Der hands like ripe apple.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

- A'ST. LoU1s paper remarks that the
Snnances OF Canada must be in good con-
dltlon if the royal party can afford to
visit Niagara Falls and Chicago in close
succession.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

AN Indiana schoolma'am says it is noS
only less trouble. to rule the boys by love
but she thus manages to get the best ap-
pies and incest bonnets.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

BENJAMIN H. HILL expects to publish
his fathers speeches and letters, togeth-
er with biographical sketch, shortly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

VHE New Orleans Tines Democrat says
the South will pay the West $1OO, ,OOO,-
600 less this year for food than in 1881.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
T0PECs OF THE DAY.

i AND finally the Prince of Wales ID
afflicted with gout.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

IT rs stated that German has in
vented gunpowder that water will not
affect.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

OcToBER is the fiftieth anniversary
OF the birth of President Arthur.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

THE Pacific coast is filing up with
italian immigrants.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

The Star Route trial occupied lob
days, and cost something like 5000, 900.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

There arc four NICKEL mines in the
united states, all ofWhich are exceed
inSly profitable.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28

Tho pastors or the Methodist Epls-
1opal Churches of York, Pa. publish q
card giving their reasons for refusing to
attend "so-called Methodist camp-moet-
lngs.' Many of these enterprises, they
say, arc not under the control Of any de-
partmcnt of the church, and are man
aged by grossly immoral men, who use
money to bribc uneducated consciences,
and obtain this money by colusion with
railroad corporations. 1--WE are in fa-
V0r OF camp-mGctings," the clcrgymcn
add, whenever it can be demonstrated
that their influence is more helpful than
hurt.ul to the cause of Christ. - ChicO-
90 IT{6unc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-28
The Channel Tunnel.

Some interesting observations on the
Channel Tunnel have been commune
Gated to the French Academy of Sci
enceS by M. Daubrce. After rcfcrrino
to the three stages of tho work, the SCI
cntifc researches, the preparatory OBJ
cratlOnS, and the execution Of the pro-
lcct, he points out that while the Roucn
chalk is watcr-bcaring in its upper
strata it is only slightly so in it's lower
beds. The French Association have dug
two wells at Sangattc, ea h about nine
ty-flvc yards deep, and have begun 10
run two galleries from them toward
Shakespeare Cliff under the sea- in
one of these galleries, at depth
OF sixty scven-tcnths yards below
the French photographic bench
mark, the Beaumont pcrforator
will be at work, and in the other the ma
chine of Mr. Brunton will be employed.
On the English side the pndcr-channcl
gallery begins at II depth Of about thir-
ty-twO yards below tho French HYDRO
graphic bench-marE, thanks to the dricr
nature of the chalk near the surface,
and runs under the sea at q descending
slope of one in eighty. This gallery is
now nearly mile long under hi gh-
water mark, and no water has entered
it as yet. The mass of the rock through
which the tunnel is bored is quite dry,
but from time to time little tunnels of
water arc met with issuing from cracks
in the rock. The cylindrical form of
bore adopted by Colonel Beaumont has
an advantage under these circumstan-
ccs, as it allows Of the gallery being in
sulatcd from these tricklings by means
OF an iron lining formed Of rings having
a diameter equal to that Of the gallery.
These rings are in five scgmcnts, bound
together by ribs, through which ! ass
bolts which connect the scgTGm:s to-
gethcr, and each ring to the next ones.
When water iisSurc is encountered,
one or more of these rings are placed
over it SO as to mask it completely. At
first four scgmcnts arc put into position
and then the fifth or key is added, The
last joint is tightcned by band of thin
sheet iron inserted into it. When the
spring from the rock is tolerably strong
it is luted with n cement containing red
lead before the rings are placed over it
If the fissurc is Obliquc q sort of tube
has to be built up of the rings until it is
masked, but hall an hour serves to place
ring into position. Owing to the slope
of the gallery the bOrcrS recently at
tanned II depth of lifty-siX yards below
the French bcnch-mark. At this point
the depth Of low water is five and one
halt yards, so that the thickness Of
strata between the tunnel and the sea
bottom was there about fifty yards. -
Scientific Anlcric0n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-01

Brghts disease samuel d. IT,, son Of the Rev
Or :. b aud Agnes VI. Burchard
His relatives and friends are nyted 70 attend me ansrsi
May , at : ?. m
cHURcHILL-In this city April 49, Louisa Terry wife q
Tev Of Harttors Comm ana aAusn o. tue "'
Burial in Hartford. Tuesday.
DELANo,on sgnday April 30 1882 B. f. Deano late
Funeral services on Monday at 100 m from his a;e resi-
Remains win be taken Massachusetts for ntermsnt.
EDwARDs-on saturday morning Aprfl 49, Walter Ed-
wards, in the slst year OF his age 49,, -
sna n rsn rea ass No 0 Est oa Nom
day afternoon. May !, at2 o'clock
GERALDTn Brooklyn saturday, April 20. Bell Kerr.
wife OF Henry 4 Gerald, aged 50 years
Relative and friends Of the family are respect n invited 70
ST., Tuesday, May 2, at 25O p m
GoRDoN-on Thursday Apri p, Robert Gordon, IN the
Relatives and friends are invited TO attend the funeral service
az his late residence, No los Suyanst Monday May
Friends are kindly requested not to send aowers
HORTON-on seventh day An month. 10Th, 1882 Pcrmeia.
wife Of william Horton, aged q years. d.
point l. L. second day 9th MONTH LIST inst al O'Clock
Remains Will be taken to Chappaqua for third
day, 9Th month, 2d inst.
HUNT-At aetuchen y. J.. April % the Rev II. W. Eunt
rhe friend, family and members of the Pessyery Of
Pesbyteran Church Of Metuchen Monday. May !. az
$3.50 O'Clock p. m.
MARvfN-In TIN. city on sunday April 90 Asra r. eldest
daughter OF WINS And Lila B. Marvin, aged years aud
Funeral private
OLoNETA-Aprl So Colonel Jose Ramon oloneta IN tho
45th year Of his age
Notice OF funera| hereafter.
PATTEN-On FRIDAY April %. Colonel George W. Patten,
L. : A., aged - years
Funeral at Houtol, Ne Tuesday. May
PROHIBITION April % INST residence Alexander
NJ Proudut in the "a " lIs
His relatives and friends invited 10 attend l funeral &c
First Prcsbyelu Church corner Of shave AMI l2h
ID Tuesday. May AZ $3.50 o'clock.
sCHOFI ELD-At orange. J., OF sunday, April 30 Mrt.
Ann ogden ~ch0ded IN The 18Th Of hei age.
Funeral services at st. Marks Church orange N Tuesday.
May p al $50 y.
Carriages viii be 10 waiting the Orange depot the arr
val Of the train leaving Barclay aId Christ0phcrss at
llOp. IN.
sCOFIELD-At FfshkIl-oa- Hudson y. Y. April 30 1892.
Jacob l. Scoled IN the sd ycarGf her
Funeral services Tuesday May p m, from the rest
deuce 1f her sidney -cofed klshki0n HGason, =. y
Relatives and friends invited 10 attend without further
TREDwELL-On Friday April ., 1882 Eliza F., widow Of
II ,raDuTy rrcdwelL
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited attend the
her residence No - East 4hsL. Tues
day, VI ly . at 10 ia.