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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31
ASSASSINATION by Silence"

Assassination by silence'' is the
latest Gallicism. 1t was the verdict of
the medical men and of society in the
case of Frenchwoman recently de-
ceased; and q coroner's jury would
probably have rendered the same ver-
dict If the case had not been kept from
the coroner. Noble by birth, she was,
and very rich; but she was hopelesslY
plain, ugly of feature and hump p-backed.
Her husband, a Duke, married her for
her money and hated her for her ugli-
ness. A fortnight after her wedding
her martyrdom began, but not as other
conjugal martyrdoms have done. The
Duke lavished attentions on her-in
public; he was Observation-Disclosures tho
servants; it was "darling" and "be.
loved," and ''mv little cat''-when any
one was present; but in private changed,
and only one old nurse was in the se-
cret. He pretended to be jealous Of
her, and so played the Othello. He
had the hinges of all the doors so care
fully oiled that they could be opened
without creak, the domestics were
trained to move about noiselessly, snareS
were set in the vast gardens of their ho-
tel so that never the chirp OF the spar
row was heard. The poor woman was
forced to live in the midst of silence, and
when they went together into society he
scowled so fearfully at every one who
approached his wife to speak to her that
little by little people ceased to make the
effort. And then after they had re-
turned, and she had gone to bed, he
would enter with list shoes on his feet,
80 as not to announce his coming, and
would simulate scene of jealousy.
That is to say, he would pace up and
down like one in a fury who is about to
burst into reproaches; words of anger
would seem on the point of issuing from
his mouth; then he would stop by the
bedside and raise his hand in threat; but
he never struck, he never spoke, and,
resuming his walk, would 60 through
the same scene over and over again,
until, overcome by fatigue and horror,
the Duchess swooned. Every night for
ten years his victim watched for menaces
which he seemed about to proffer, but
to which he never gave vent. The doc
tors weIo summoned at last; but the
utmost they could say was that they
were in the presence of some horrible
mystery which could not be fathomed
without killing the husband. And when
the poor woman died and the old nurse
told her story they rendered the verdict
above ecorded.-Detroit Free Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

In Toronto, Canada, the street cars
do not run on Sunday, the bootblack
boys are not on duty, and all the tele-
graph Offices are closed except the GEN.
tral one, where one man remains all day
to attend to important messages. The
cab stands are deserted, and anybody
who wants vehicle and team must 20
to livery stable. The drug stores are
open OF certain hours, and that only for
the sale of medicines. The liquor shops
close OF 7 on Saturday evening, and re-
main closed till s on Monday morning.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler, who has been

Mr. Eugene Schuyler, who has been
connected with the United States diplo-
matte service in Europe for many years,
has returned to New York on visit In
speaking of the present exodus of Rus
sian Jews from that country he says that
one of the grievances that led to the
present troubles are the methods they
have employed for getting the peasant
ry in their power. The Jews, he states,
lend money on good security and then
insist upon the most rigid enforcement
of their claims. They are the possess
ors of o great deal OF land which has
come to them through this means. None
of the Jews are artisans or farmers.
Chic0qo NcUS.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31


LARGE, new clock has been con-
structed for the United States Signal
Service in Washington, D. @. The case
Is made OF brass, of sufficient height to
allow the swing of the pendulum one
moter in length, which weighs about
three hundred pounds. The case is
made air tight, so that the air can be
exhausted from it and the clock move
ment runs in a vacuum, in order that
the variation caused by atmospheric
changes will be slightly felt. A very in
genious attachment has been affixed to
the movement, whereby the clock winds
itself as it runs, 80 as to overcome the
difficulty which might arise from the
difference in the power of the spring
when fully wound and when partly
spent The way this is accomplished is
by alternately breaking and closing an
electric circuit, and using the motion
thus obtained, and the power of the
electricity in rewinding the spring by
means of worm end and other mechan-
ism, which is so graduated as to motion
that the winding keeps exact pace with
the running.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31
RACTs AND rreURRs.

II {.
The capacity or the ice-h0usss
along the Hudson River Is more than
1000, ,000 tons
The tonnage transported on eli Sllu
railroads in the United States ia 1881
amounted to 85O, ,00O, 600 tons which
Poor's Railroad Manual estimates, at
| the too low average of $50 q ton, would
be worth S18, 600, 600, 900.
1t is estimated that the South has
this season paid to the North $55, 0QD,-
600 for wheat, $4,000, 900 for cord
$72, 600, 600 for meats, and about $25s-
GOO, 900 for hay, butter, cheese, OATS afs.
pies, potatoes, etc. -- Chicago Times.
1T is pretty well settled that .
healthy man who lives to be 40 years OF
age, In his life eats 1880 pounds OF
meat, ~ barrels Of flour, 1000 pounds
Of butter, 987 dozen eggs, 500 pounds
of cheese, 1873 bushels Of potatoes. and
1,700 pounds Of lard.
Since the first oil well was opened
in 1859 the product of the wells has added
800. 100000 to the wealth of the
United States In the value of the crude
oil and its products. To-day the prod
uct of these wells lights the cathedralS
Of Europe, the mosques OF Asia, the pa.
godas of Japan, and even the huts on
Africa's sunny sol. Its exports are
over 100000 gallons day.--Bostos
Post.
the great cattle range of Wyoming
under the military protection of Fort
Mckinney is about 800 miles square.
In this area are now grazing 100000
head of cattle, worth $27 per head,
amounting to $13.5OO, 900, to which can
be added the value of the horses and
ranches of the cattle-men and the
farmers, and the stock of the grangers,
making at least $15. 900. 900 of property
under the protection of the post.-M
Y. Herald.
In this country, with a population
of. 100000, there are 4,204, 362 per-
sons above the age of twenty-one years
who cannot write. Of this number
2,056, ,463 are whites, 1,747, 900 negroes,
about 100000 Indians and 100, 900 Ash
atics. 1t is estimated that in almost
every State in the Union, and in the
country as whole, the balance of po-
litical power, so far as numbers are con"
cerned, is or can be in the hands of tha
lliterate voters. ~. Y Sun.
Arizona covers an area of 72,000,-
600 acres of land, four-tenths of which
is mineral-bearing. 1t is larger than
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware combined Since 1849
there has been extracted from seven
States and Territories the sum of $2,-
100000, 1000, {or which California is
credited 81, 148, 307, 731; Nevada, $780,
1875, ,943; Idaho, $71, ,543,9O Oregon
and Washington Territory, $48,637, ,251;
Utah, $55, ,848, 1881, and Arizona, $17,-
$50, O,175.-Chtcd0o Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

CoREA, whose King and Queen have
been assassinated because they effected
treaty of commerce with the United
States and England, regards the world
at large as barbarians and want nothing
to do with it. Confucianism mixed with
local superstition is their religion. Tor
ture is inflicted as part of their judicial
proceedings Sometimes prisoners
bones are bent or pulled out OF Joint
sometimes his calves are beaten into
rags by blows from heavy plank: his
thighs may be sawed by heavy cord.
or he may be hung up by the arms until
ne talnts or dies. The final step is n
cut off the victims head
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31
"A Dakota girl has earned her RIGHT

"A Dakota girl has earned her right
to the endearing title of "duck."
While crossing tho river near Valley
City her canoe upset. She tied the ca
noe to her ankle and swan ashore.
Another young woman of the same Ter
ritory has advertised for husband as
follows: "I mean business. If there
is any young man in this county that has
as much sand in him as pound Of plug
tobacco I want to hear from him. I have
free claim and homestead, am good
cook and not afraid to work, and willing
to do my part. If any man with q like
amount of land, and decent face and car
cass, wants o good wife, I can fill the bill. %
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

AN OLD landlord says that not moro
than half of the summer hotels will ea.
cape loss this season, nor more than one
In hve yield profit. Persons who have
oeen subjected to extortion at these fash
enable hostelries may extract some COM
fort from this statement,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

The postal authorities of the United
States have asked the British officials
for an explanation of their action in in
terdicting the delivery of American mail
matter suspected of containing seditious
articles as information.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

CoREA, the country now attracting
some attention owing to the revolt of
her people, is mountainous peninsula
lying between the Yellow and japanese
seas. 1t is kingdom, whose sovereign
IS nominally vassal of China. Il con-
tains about $4,000 square miles, or lit
lie more than twice the area of Ohio.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

THE Treasury Department has decid-
ed that Custom officers may detain re-
prints of American copyrighted books
and notify the owners of the copyrights.
to the end that the latter may take such
measures for the forfeiture of tho books
as circumstances may warrant.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

"A gentleman admires charming
woman over whose head the swarms of
seventeen-year locusts have passed at
least thrice. "But, say" says one of
his friends, ''she's very charming, [
know; still, you must admit that she Ia
wrinkled." "Wrinkied!" echoes the
chivalrous lover. "No, sir! There NAV
be the indelible impression Of a smile
upon her face here and there, but that's
alll"-~{TOnp tho French,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

IHE approaching school days leads
us to remark the fact that NOWADAYS all
school books are pretty good, and, as
far as merit is concerned, very much
alike. The pressure of competition
makes 1t 80. And changes of textbooks
should be made very rarely.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

AUGUST 13 Professor Vennor wrote to
the Boston Post: "No more hot wave
and the straw hat season is over. -
Straw hats will be worn, however, until
enough money can be scraped together
to purchase another sort.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

THE result of Southern duel, says
the PIttsburg Dispatch, depends a great
1eal upon the locality, it would appear.
In Virginia, as a general thing, the COM
oatants return from the field of honor to
wine supper. That Sisn't the way in
Kentucky. There both men generally
ceturn full of buckshot, and with no ap-
petite to speak of.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

TIE 6rst sentence under the new
whipping-post law in Maryland was pro-
nounced on q negro wife-beater the
other day, the sentence being that the
offender receive thirty lashes. "Fore
de- Lord, Judge" pleaded the criminal,
"give me seven years in jail" A mo-
tion for new trial, which was made,
will stay the execution of the sentence
for several days.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

CINCINNATI is making extensive prep
aratlons for the forthcoming Exposition,
which occurs September 9Th to October
1th inclusive. The industrial parade on
the opening day is expected to be the
largest ever witnessed in the West,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

THE Baltimore american cites two
classes OF professional tramps: One is
the wealthy idler who will not toll; the
other is the impecunious idler who will
not toll. This is distinction without
difference
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

should have the credit of being the in
stigator. The Khedive married grand
daughter of Abbas Pasha. She is beau
tiful and strong minded, and Tewfk is
entirely under her influence This mod
ern Cleopatra is very rich, and when
money has been wanted to bribe the
Turks, ahe has, greatly to her dislike,
been obliged to provide it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

CADET WHITAKER has dropped from
the public gaze. He has given up lee
turing and returned to his South Caro-
lima home where he will earn living at
hard work.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

Jones is timid man. He lives out OF
town, and out of town he has remained
Tor q month. Every morning he starts
Tor the train, gets nearly as far as the
railroad, sees the red flag at tho station,
and returns homeward, wondering now
much longer that case of small -Dox Cd
70 keep him away fyppn the
Reste9 1faDserips
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

The Washington female kickers,
known as the Female Society for the
Prevention of Unsympathetic Congress-
men, have arranged what they call
blacklist, it being their purpose to de-
defeat the future political aspirations of
those whose names are upon it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

M. Muybridge, who has been so
successful in photographing the horse
in motion, says there is no such thing
as "dead heat in horse races. He
predicts that in the near feature no race
of any Importance will be undertaken
without the assistance of photography
to determine the winner Of what might
otherwise be Calleda "daad heat"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

THE Jesuits of Quebec are again agi-
tatlng for the restoration to them of all
their property confiscated during Henry
the Fourth's reign.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

CURIOUS tourists are not fiockinp tn
Egypt In as great numbers just now az
they did in former times. The strange
scenes Of that country have lost their
charm.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

According to the Salt Like Tribune,
an Apostle of the Mormon Church
meanly cheated circus which exhibited
IN Salt Lake City by purchasing fam
ily ticket, on which twenty-nine women
with babies in their arms, fifty-two red
headed girls and seventy.ni1e freolIled
boys fled into tho tent
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

ARARr, whose name is just now on
every lip, is pronounced Arab, the
accent on the second syllable with the
long sound of ''a,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

ATTENTION is called to the fact that the
latest official returns show that the ratio
OF the insane to the sane has doubled
during the last ten years.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

OscAR WILDE is still in this country
lie is at Saratoga. ct is just possible
that we owe our readers an apology for
permitting this paragraph to be printed. }
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

THE census of 1880 will make thirty
volumes of $4,000 pages. They will be
quartos, the size of the Congressional
Record,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

1T MAY yet be q question whether
England will have to whip Egypt, De-
Lesseps or Turkey. DeLesseps, how
ever, thinks he is one size larger than
Egypt.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

ILLINOIS farmers are feeding thei,
hogs rye, as being cheaper than corn an6
more fattening.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

1T KEEPS the postal authorities busy in
england Watching for dynamite in mail
matter from America.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, has quaran.
uned against Pensacola. Florida, where
yellow fever is reported.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

In AN article on the death of Senator
Hill, Of Georgia, the Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI (Republican) says:
His character is too widely understood
to require word of comment. His abjli-
ties SHINE forth like stars from the night
of conte mporary mediocrity. Perhaps no
man of his time could both speak and
write the English language with such
force and elegance as belonged to his
tongue and pen. More especially was he
thorough orator. The worthy successor of
Webster, of Clay, and of Calhoun, his un-
timely death is not his loss-a Nations.
Above all, his loss will be most severely
felt by the Southern people, who recog-
nized in him fearless, unyielding pat
riot and statesman.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-08-31

IN approving Of the course of the Khe"
dive, the London Truth says his wife
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30
TRUSTEES SALE,

| 1NDER and by virtue Of authority vested In
- me by certain deed In trust executed
February oath. 1877, by Oh. Il Clint conveying
the hereinafter described real estate to &. n.
Aldrioge, as trustee, to secure the payment Of
four certain promissory notes, executed Februa-
ry 2ith. lS7L by said Oh Y. Clint payable to
order of W l.. Mitchell, rs follows: one note
for 600 %, payable March lst 1879; one note for
500 ~, payable March lst 1850; one note for
W, payable March LIST. 1881: one note for
S2,0l7 On, payable March lst 1852 each bearing
81 per cent. per annum interest and oil said
notes being due and unpaid, except the sum of
siS3 o. credited November 5th 1877
!, Ben +. Jones, sheriff of Dallas county, TeN
alternate trustee In said deed in trust C. N ;
Aldridgc having referred to act will sell nj the
request of Gezenam q Ferris, the owners and
holders of said notes. on the second day being
the first Tuesday, of May, 1882 at the Court
House door, IN Dallas City, TO the highest bidder
for cash. the following described property to
wit: All that certain farm. parcel. or lot of land
lying and situated In Dallas county, Texas,
about eight miles south OF city Of Dallas. being
part of the Levi Dixon league, and more partic.
ularly described as follows: Beginning at the ex-
IRENE southwest corner If my whole tract, Il
stake In the north line of Ganos field, rs II was in
1875, thence eastwardly lill varas TO Il stake;
thence northwardly 1888 varas TO stake: thence
wcstwarily 5i3 varns TO Il stake; thence north.
wardly 80 varas to stake; thence westwardly
SOS yaraS TO stake thence south 80
east lll5 yaras to the place of beginning con
\ tanning S57k acres of land.
| For further details reference Is made 10 the
said deed of trust duly recorded in Dallas coun
" records of deeds, bonds, etc, volume "a, page
20 ana 226 Upon compliance with the terms o
sale will make proper title to the purchaser.
BEN. 7. ZONES.
Sheriff Of Dallas Co..
ml6-tm2 Alternate Trustee.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30

t seems that the telephone people in
ne sections of the country are running
! dr lines between great many towns,
|laprOpose to compete with the telegraph
|nfs for local business. Madison, Indiana,
|atelephOnic connection with Milton, Car
f.lOn and Frankfort, Kentucky, and all
tieImediate towns on the Kentucky river.
|As Ohio river is spanned by wire
tdChed from bluff to bluff 400 feet above
|seyel of the water. This connection, it
aid will largely increase Madison S
ble with the Kentucky river val
p Champaign, Illinois, has tele-
lAonic connection with Urbana,
|voy and SANKEY'S, and arrangements are
ping completed to connect with Danyille,
|Eatur, Bloomington and all intermediate
|nk The time evidently. is not far dis
El when telephone connection will be
Flblished between all towns of any i'm.
france throughout the country. In Lou.
ANA line forty-eight miles in length,
ElEeen New Orleans and Magnolia plan.
fon, is in successful operation. A line
= soon be constructed between Houston
p Galveston, and we hope at an early
lines will be constructed connecting
|lN with Fort Worth and Sherman
|hi II will prove OF great advantage to oul
|sless men all who are familiar with the
lsing of the telephone will readily con
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30

Rev. Sylvanus Cobb thus writes in the
Boston Christian Freeman We would by
no means recommend any kind ofmedicine
which we did not know to be good-partic-
ularly for infants. But of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup We can. speak from known
edge IN our own family it has proved a
blessing indeed, by giving an infant trou.
bled with collie pains, quiet sleep, and the
parents unbroken rest at night Most pa
rents can appreciate these blessings Here
is an article which works TO perfection, and
which is harmless for the sleep which il
affords the infant is perfectly natural, and
the little cherub wakes as bright as a but
ton" And during the process of teething,
its value Is incalculabie. We have fire.
quently heard mothers say that they would
not be without it from the birth ofthe child
till it had finished the teething siege, ON
any consideration whatever. Sold by all
druggists. Twenty-Five cents bottle. :.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30
Divorce Granted,

l'he district court yesterday Judge AL.
[uSe granted Mrs. Rowena Stephenson a
[O'co rom her husband, George Stephen.
Ion the ground of abandonment. They
\. sr ned in this county on the 9th of octo.
nv NJ ~. They did not have fair sailing
(yva me sea of matrimony, though they
|a Jagged to rough IL until 1879, and the
.n proving too much for
n,a MN hey parted, The honeymoon was
n, u,y over before he began to mistreat
m, Osating and bruising her. Besides
nv my, ne became infatuated with another
MY an much to her annoyance, and IN.
'a ,su on fostering Il, Notwithstanding her
m SSeaslies. He brutally drove her away
M mt h nome and eloped with his mistress,
WIS whereabouts is unknown TO her.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-30
Microphone.

A microphone is an instrument to aug
ment small sounds, or in other words is {
microcoustic. In connection with the tel
ephone, il is avery useful, interesting ant
amusing instrument.
MIR. Walter Dove, a young man connected
with the telephone exchange in this city
has been at work for several days past in
the construction Of a microphone, and yes.
terday he succeeded in his efforts. He has
put it up in Apollo Hall, and through
its agency anyone can easily hear the sweet
music nightly rendered at the hall.