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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
A Turkish Fast

Before closing this chapter of Turkish
gossip, can not refrain from giving
young Moslem officials account of his
infraction of the great fast. "The day
was very sultry," said he. 81 had been
Ss work and was dying with thirst.
resolved to myself that [ would slip
out and sneak into some watershop in
some Out-of-the-way corner and get o
glass of water, fast or no fast. The
water was there in crystal and ice; my
tongue was bursting. was just going
into the shop when a man crossed the
street and stood in front of me. l knew
he was detective, and 80 l went away.
hunted up another watarshop in an
out-of-the-way place, and 10, another
detective appeared. 1 hurried past and
third time found q watershOp, and
again it was watched by o SPY. Then |
said to myself Here we have gov
ernment that takes revenue from grog
jhops and gambling houses. And this
government sets itself up to enforce
pious Observances. 1t puts its spies by
the watershop lest some poor wretch
may drink in fast-time. A fig for such
piety. was going to have five paras
worth of sin. If this is what piety
means will go to Pera this minute and
get 2 hundred paras' worth of sin in the
shape of ice-cream.' went. 1 sat ir
the darkest corner of great hall and
had my ice-cream. had Just finished
about half of 1t when I saw peering in al
the window man with his rosary in hi.
hand, and recognized him as one O.
those meddling pious people who &c
about as q work of religious duty TO find
erring Moslems and warn them Of the
consequences of breaking the fast.
crammed the other half of the ice-creari
into my mouth at once and bolted out o.
side door. If you have never had
your mouth stuffed with ice-cream sc
stiff that you can't open your jaws
you can have no conception of what
suffered. But had my revenge on thi.
government for making money out O
vice and then putting guards over thu
water-jugs. l broke my fast in spite o
them, and nobody found it out. ."-Con
atGStttaopLe Letter.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
What Is Cruelty to n Cat?

The trial of Hugh Devlin fer cruelty
to a cat called forth interesting medical
testimony at Providence recently. Dew
lin had confessed that, having been an.
noyed by huge tom-cat, he had
chucked it alive under the ground, not
wantonly, but because he thought it
was the surest and most merciful way
to take the animals nine lives. The
agent of the Humane Society contended
that Dcvlin had done a cruel. wanton
deed, but physicians testified for the de-
fcnsc that death by suffocation under
ground was for any animal as easy and
painless rs death by drowning. The
popular horror of being buried alive
had its origin. not in experience, but
in the Imagination, which pictured such
a rate as terrible. Whatever Devlin' s
intent, he had caused the cat no moro
death agony than if he had followed the
orthodox method and drowned it. Pos
sibly, said one physician, the cat lived
longer by three respirations than it
would have done under water. Devlin
was found not guilty of cruelty to cat.
.-SprtnQfeN l4HasS.) Republican.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
Moths.

The word moth was derived from two
Gothic words meaning to gnaW and to
eat. 1t was formally applied TO moth
worms only, but is now also applied to
mllers or "night butterfies." When
we say moths we generally mean the
little wOrmlike caterpillars that eat
woolen goods. in May or June the
cloths moth miller (TI',e0 fnUttrOntGUG)
is of light buff, broWn-cOlor, with g.
GiIky luster and long narrow body. Il
HieS around at night, and every one seen
should be killed if possible. When it
rests it does not fold its wings out
straight, but rather rolls them around
tho body. The miller searches for a
good place where plenty of wool is
found and after depositing the eggs it
dies. The eggs hatch in about fifteen
days. The larv@ begins to gnaw little
burrows through the substance in which
they are, covering themselves with its
small particles. In the fall they cease
eating, make n sort Of little cocoon out
of their food, remain dormant all win
ter, and in the following spring change
into pup@ before emerging. The good
old plan of house cleaning in early June,
summing and beating all wool articles,
and the use of tobacco, camphor and
carbolic acid, are wel-known to all
good hOusekeepers. Furs may be kept
from destruction by placing camphOr in
the box and sealing them up by pastine
paper over the crack between the
cover and the box. Dealers pack furt
In common tar roofing paper. One
man recommends petroleum paper fol
the same purpose. se.-ALiCe B. Walton, IL
IoUG State Reqtster. .u
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
West India Superstitions.

1t is very unlucky to tell the name Of
g boat before it is launched. I recoi-
lect once when worthy old creole, a
connection of the French savant Geof-
froi st. Hilaire, and who, as L hope, still
owns small island in the Grenadines,
was about to launch sloop, I asked
what name he proposed to give it. He
led me to where l could see a strip Of
canvass covering the stern, and told me
it was not good to tell the name before
the vessel was afoat. A calabash
turned upside down in boat is sure
forerunner of iil-luck, either in weather
or fishing. The oil obtained from q
shark liver rubbed over the kin is Q
protection against the alta k of 81 shark.
Fi>h brought into a place where arrow
root or other starch is being prepared
prevents proper separation of the
suspended in the water used. To turn
your boots upside down brings loss Of
money, and to open an umbrella in the
house prevents your ever marrying.
Never wash your hands in water which
another person has u ed unless you first
make the sign Of the cross over it. When
glass cracks suddenly in house it
foretells q death and horse stopping
before house and neighing is also a
sign of death. If cock crows in @
house a stranger may be expected. In
the South American colonies no good
Catholic cuts a banana a"ross. The
fruit when so cut shows mark which
is thought to resemble a crucitix. The
number of years it will take before o
pine plant bears fruit depends
on the number of "chops'' Civ
en with the hoe before placing
the plant in the ground. Black
people. az a rule, before drinking pour o
small qu antity of the liquid on the
ground. "When hen drink she lift she
Mead to God and say: Tank you when
man drink he drink and say muffin.
Notes and O,Le1.ieS
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

Six years ago an eccentric Spaniard
was in Keokuk, Iowa. He died in Spain
last August. He had an only child, b
girl, twelve years old. 1t seems lie
wanted her raised Protestant, and in
his cccentricity named George Bland, a
colored blacksmith of Keokuk, as her
guardian. He made contract with O
priest III Spain for carrying out his WILL
The will provides that the priest is to re-
ceive $68,000 in case the conditions of
the will are fulfilled, otherwise nothing
George Bland, the colored man is to
have the same amount and the guar,: ian
chip of the child, who gets $500, 900 and
q large amount of diamonds and jewelry.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
Oyerfed Pigs.

Whef young pigs are sick it may be
pretty certainly understood that they
have been Overfed. The general treat
ment of pigs seems to be based upop the
idea that they are naturally greedy and
gluttOnous animals, and that this habit
should be encouraged as much as pos
sible. Hence all the diseases which so
frequently affect pigs. When young q
pig is a tender animal, with stomach
not much larger than that of q human
infant about as old, and yet people will
cram the little creature with sour slop,
grease, milk, and corn meal until it can
swallow no more. And when the pig is
sick one wonders what is the matter.
We do not feed lambs or calves, or
colts, in that fashion, hence these are
rarely diseased. Cough and difficulty
of breathing is caused by indigestion,
and the common disease of which par
tial paralysis of the hind parts is the
chief symptom, and which is cerebre-
spinal meningitis, is caused by indiges-
tion and malnutrition, which cause dis
turbance of the circulation and conges-
ton of the brain and spinal marrow,
with loss of nervous power. The treat
ment is to give dose of salts and one
scruple Of saltpcter daily afterward, and
feed very sparingly.-Dudl1n FN'naer'e
/ GGzetLe.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
Korea.

Fruits are abundant. but have sc'rrc-
ly any flavor, and, while G"wrrS arc
everywhere to be seen, they have lit'ie
or no fragrance. Valuable drugs are
found in the wild and almost inar cNS'-
bic valleys and tabIc-land5 OF the in g.
rior, their collection atlOrding sranty
means Of subsistence to numerous
class O. mountain dwcllcrs. Th"r" 10
but little in the country to attract for
ei0ners. as has been before rcma cd.
its resources being almost MI, and the
wants of its inhabitants few. lHe
French missionaries, who have !"r so
many years undergone prva,lon ana ana
suffering in their cndeavors to ~ mt
the Christian religion within is borders.
are responsible for the statement that
Korea is rich in mines OF gold a'd >il~
vcr, the working of which, however. the
Government fOrbidS. 1t is tins icr-
haps. which has given rise to thc 81 ri
that its rulers are bur.c in golden oot'
fns.-COr. London NeWS.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
HUMOROUS.

"A young lady says that males ara
OF no account from the time the ladies
stop kissing them rs infants till they
commence kissing them as lovers.
"A facetiouS boy asked one Of his
playmates how hardware dealer diC-
fered from a boOt-maker. The latter,
somewhat puzzled gave it up why"
said the other, because the one sold
the nails, and the other nailed the
soles."
--"Does your sister Annie ever say
anything about me. sissyP" asked an
anxious lover of little girl. ''Yes,"
was the reply. "She said if you had
rockers on your shoes they'd make such
a nice cradle for my doll" Y
Ledger.
An intelligent youth, recently en-
gagged in a commercial Office, made ouS
a shipping bill for ':fourty'' barrels Of
flour. His employer called his attention,
to an error in the spelling of forty.
''Sure enough" replied the promising,
clerk, II left out the gh."
Nearly 80, 500, 900 is invested In the
printing and publishing trade in Boston.
and the yeaBly product is valued at $6.s
467,OOO. This does not include the
amount paid to writer's who furnish the
matter for printing and publishing, and
which, if all added together, aggregates
several hundred dollars more.-PhiLo-
detphiG NeoCS.
"A PROMISING youth of five summers.
being about to retire for the evening,
was asked by his mother to kneel By
her side and repeat the Lords PRAYER.
The little chap, whose m nd was evil
dently intent on the beauties of the ma
tional game. having reached the middle
of the prayer, paused, looked into his
mothers s face and exclaimed: "BillY
Brown is a boss short-stop." and pro-
ceeded with his devotions as if nothing
unusual had transpired. boston Post.
A little five-year- friend who was
alway allowed to choose the prettiest
kitten for his pet and playmate before
the other nurslings were drowned was
taken to his mothers room the other
morning to see the two, tiny twin new
babes. He looked retlectively from one
to the other for minute or two. then
poking his chubby finger into the cheek
of the plumpest baby he said, decided
ly: "Save this one. ~" Chicago Tribune.
II. NJ, Selma, Ala: "How can I
permanently remove an indelible grease
spot from a broadcloth coat?" The
only way to permanently remove an in
delible grease spot from a coat is to saw
1t out OF the coat, but that would posi-
bly, injure the coat. On the other hand,
if you would saw the coat from the
grease spot-but really we feel made
quate to the task of furnishing the right
brand of advice in this case.-Ie5Gs
SjtiiU0S
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
The Personal Appearance Of Robert
Burns.

So far as we can form any correct
Judgment, Burns was one of the noblest-
looking men of his age. Walter Scott,
ut the age of Is, saw the poet, and it
made al enduring impression. He de-
scribes him as follows &" His body was
strong and robust, and his appearance
was rustic, but not clownish. His man
ner, though plain, was marked by digni-
fled simplicity. His countenance was
more massive than it appears in his por-
traits. His eyes were large and glowed
q say literally glowed) when he spoke
on any subject with feeling or deep in
terest. never saw such another eye in
any other man, though | have seen the
most distinguished characters of the
age" The aforementioned interview
il interesting, as the picture Of one poet
given by another. 1t occurred ut a So
cial dinner when Scott was merely q
spectator, but he attracted attention by
replying to n question which no OTHER
person in the room could answer, and his
reward was smile and an approving
word from the poet. How little did the
inspired plowman imagine that the lame
boy, who then attracted his attention,
would reach such distinctiOn-still less
| that they two would divide the highest
honOrs in the literature of their native
land The Burns statue will attract
more attention than that of any author
in Central Park Except Irving), not be-
cause he won the admiration Of Scot
land, but because he touched the heart
with peculiar mastery. He thus won g
place in human affection which he will
probably always retain. Hence the
statue is one of the most welcome aid
appropriate benefactions the Centra!
Park has thus far enjoyeG.-NcD YOrE
Cor. Rochester Democrat.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

THE Russian Royal Commission 10
abate drunkenness recommends /
Liberty to G c)mmittees to close all drink.
ing shops. Q. Permission to communi.
ties to establish communal monopolies
for the sale Of drink 3. No public
The Postoffice authorities will urge
the Senate to pass, at as early dav as
possible, at the coming session, the bill
that passed the House for the modifica.
ton of tho money order system. DR..
Mcdonald, the Chief of the Money Or
der Division, is of the opinion that il
that bill shall become q law the rates
Will so largely increase the business OF
the department as to be q largo source
OF revenue to the Government. An ef-
house to be established above 25 Del
cent. in excess of one per 1000 of the
population. 4. Tea and food to be solo
wherever drink is consumed on the
premises. 5. Rigorous supervision OF
public houses.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
Extraordinary Tidal Waves.

The reported damage done by tida.
waves on the Panama Isthmus during
the tropical cyclone and earthquake Of
the 9TH ult. is suggestive not only OF the
connection between these phenomena,
but also of the possibility of predicting
the destructive ocean waves which orig
mate under combined tidal and cyclon-
ic influences. The tidal waves reported
from Panama may have been partly due
TO the earthquake, but if as violent rs
they are represented they must have
been intensified by the great fuctua-
tions of air pressure going on at the
time over the Caribbean Sea and it's vi
cinity. The highest spring tides of the
year occur in March, shortly before the
vernal equinox, and in September,
shortly after the equinox. But, as has
been recently pointed out by Rev.
James l'earson, an English astronomer,
"it is only whom combination Of
astronomical and atmospheric circum-
stances favors their development that
their effects become remarkable" OBJ
servations at BreSt have shown that
with depression of one inch in the ba-
rometer the tide rises sixteen inches
above high water mark, and similar
though less differences are noticed at
Liverpool and other ports. Low ba-
rometer causes high tides, and, vice
versa, the abnormal rise Of the barom-
eter, as was strikingly illustrated last
January in New York Bay, gives rise
to unusually low tides. Instances also
are recorded in which high winds have
obliterated the tides, as during the Brit
ish hurricane of January 8, 1899, when
there was no tide at all on part of the
river Trent. During the passage OF
West India cyclones along our Atlantic
seaboard we may have at any time ex-
traordinary tidal fluctuations. rs have
often under such circumstances oc.
CURED, with disastrous effects. AS the
periods when the highest and lowest
tides due to astronomic causes alone are
known, it would &c easy to make fore.
casts OF the development of very extra,
ordinary tidal ranges due TO the con.
currence of astronomical and weather
agencies, which would occasionally
give great additional value to the daily
weather reports. N. Y. Herald.
DIR. z. PopofT has an article in tn
Critic showing that American literatur
is read in Russia. Longfellow heads tn
list. Cooper's Indian tales are bette
bib ed than any other foreign novels an,
there are few educated Russians VIII
have not read Mrs. Stoves "UncI
Tom" Bret Harte and Mark Twain ais
are popular among the subjects of th
Gar; but we doubt if even they ca
make His Imperial Majesty laugh YER,
much, while Watching to hear where tn
nsxt Nihilist bomb will eZplode,-De
%Oit Fr1e Pres,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

s. Fl. BUTCHER, of Oxford University,
young man of less than thirty-hve, has
been elected to the Greek Professorship
at Edinburgh University, a place, says
the London Spectator, worth $4,000 q
year. 'With Mr.. Butcher at Edin.
burgh, Jebb at Glasgow. Geddes at Alb,
erdeen, and Lewis Campbell at st. An
drew's. the new generation in Scotland
should know Greek"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

The latest phase of the Egyptian
question is the completely of the Sultan
in Arab Boys revolutionary movement.
This has been ofton affirmed, though as
often denied, and it is now maintained
by Arabi's counsel that direct encour-
agement was given him from the Sultan
as we'll as from the Egyptian people and
clergy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

O-TR1oHEs are worth 81 400 each. and
there is duty of 20 per cent. on their
feathers. A man from Buenos Z yres has
Just brought twenty-five of the birds to
this country, and will establish farm
IN the South. If his experiment Sue
ceeds, it will find many imitators. It is
cheaper and pleasanter to run an ostrich
farm than to shoot down the wild birds
on the plains of Africa
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

A BILL is before the Vermont Legis7a-
ture prohibiting a divorced person from
marrying within year, and person
from whom divorce is obtained from
marrying within five years or. ever if
the ground of complaint is a crime, in
which case criminal prosecution must
follow the divorce PROCEEDINGS.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

THE immense cost of living in Egypt
Is very serious matter for the British
troops who will have to remain there. The
prices for everything are enormous, and
the whole days pay of a. subaltern will
purchase him but one meal at hotel
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

eldest eighteen years and the youngest
only ten months, arrived at New York
recently from Ireland, having been com
PEELED to make the voyage alone by the
father being arrested, charged with
abducting young girl whom he had
hired to nurse the infant. The father
has since arrived to take charge of his
family,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

'PhUNGER" WALTON lost 81, 500 on
his first horse race wager during his
present visit to England according to n
correspondent of the Boston HeruM, and
for several days his luck was, generally
bad, but by winning $40, 900 on single
horse he came out $15, 900 ahead on the
whole week.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

BABY insurance companies are becom-
ing quite popular in New England Yhe
lives OF children from one to twelve
years OF age are insured to amounts not
exceeding $3.50, the charges being few
cents weekly. 1t is expected that the
business will become profitable accom-
paniment of the baby farming industry.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

A FEW miles away from Philadelphia
are living q family Of triplets, two men
and o woman, who are sixty years of age.
They are the children of an old Lutheran
clergyman named Rollers, and are all
hale and hearty. These triplets have
always lived together. The brothers are
married, but the sister has remained a
spinster.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

The Ting Yueng. the formidable iron
Glad that has just been built in Germany
for the Chinese Government, is to be
lighted by 240 Edison electric lamps.
This mysterious method Of illumination
viii probably be as satisfactory evidence
to the magnates of the Flowery King
dom thaS there is something in Western
civilization as eny that could be fur
nished
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

MIR. EDWARD ATKINSON has written O
letter to the managers of the proposed
Cotton Exchange in Louisville, Ken
lucky, warmly approving of the project,
and making some valuable suggestions
as to the construction of the building.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

THE wife of the Chinese Minister at
Washington is seventeen years of age.
She dees not receive visitors, of course,
but with an attendant she drives out
She is studying the English lanpuacn
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

"A naughty gentleman walking in
Baltimore kicked parcel from the side
walk into the gutter. A small boy
picked it up and carEied it to his mother,
who found that it contained $40, ,OOG
worth Of bonds. An advertisement re-
vealed the owner, who received hie
bonds and gave the boy 800.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

Mr.. EDWIN Booth will spend the
Christmas holidays in Rome, AID soon
after go to Germany, where engage
men is have been made for him at Ber.
lin, Hamburg, Leipsic, and several other
large cities.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

whats your name ?" asked one little
four-year-old miss of another. "I do
declare !" replied the second little girl,
"you are as inquisitive as grown peoples.
They always askses my names, whore l
got my new boots, and all such fngs,
until I'm almost as'amed of 'em."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23
IT Is stated that o. pastrv cook %

IT rs stated that pastry cook at
Bologna has produced very novel sub.
stitute for newspaper. It is composed
Of very doIicate leaves of pastry, on
which witty articles are printed. not with
ink, but with chocolate liquor. Thus,
after its literary contents are devoured,
the reader may devour the production
itself.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

AT recent test of plain boiler fues
IN England against corrugated fues the
former collapsed Mt 225 pounds pc,
square inch, while tho latter withstood
l,C2O pounds per square inch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

AN exhibition of skill with the larint
at Austin, Texas, a few days ago, drew
crowd of 10000 persons. Ten cowboys
conte sted for silver trimmed saddle
worth $500, to be given to him who
roped, threw and tied down steer In
the shortest space of time. The winner
accomplished the feat in one minute and
fortY.five seconds.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

BEECHER has looked over several
Sunday school libraries, and it is his
candid opinion that eighteen books out
OF every twenty are too boshy for any
intelligent child to read.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-11-23

fort is also to be made to pass the postal
currency bill at an early day. There is
very urgent demand for this bill from
many quarters.