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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-05
ARE UNEQUaLLED

By those Of other agencies in the
Territory, and at VERY MUCH
LESS PRICE. which I am prepared
to publicly demonstrate at any time. 1t
will give me pleasure to furnish all who
desire it, an illustrated description of the
interior of the instrument in all its
parts, and to personally explain, on the
piano, the several points of excellence.
Sold for cash or on easy monthly pay
ments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-05
GRAND PLANO

In an upright position. giving it great
volume Of tone and carrying power.
The action and touch is precise, prompt
and elastic. I speak advieedly when
I say that these upright pianos
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
Confederate. Bond Text.

As considerable interest has been
aroused in regard to Confederate bonds.
and as the majority of people are un.
acquainted with their terms, tho follow
ing wording of S., 900 bond is given as
matter Of information
tNo. 7,4OS. First Series.
"CoNFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,
LOAN Authorized by Section 6 of February
III, 1864 Act of Congress. ...
+ I "On the first day OF July, 1854, tho Con-
federate States OF America will pay to the
bearer Of this bond at tho seat of Government,
oriat such place Of deposit as maybe appointed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury, the sum Of
one thousand dollars, with interest thereon at
the rate OF six per cent. per ahnum, payable
seEni-annuaily ON the first days Of january and
July In each year., y.. :, ,.,.,.. A.,
''The Confederate States have, by an act ap-
proved February /, 1854, enacted that the
principal and interest whereof shall be free
from taxation. and for the payment Of the in-
terest thereon, the entire net receipts Of any
export duty hereafter laid on the value Of ali
cotton tobacco, and naval stores, which shall
be exported from the Confederate States
and the net proceeds of the import duties now
laid on SO much thereof as may be necessary to
pay annually the interest, are hereby specially
pledged, provided that the duties now laid upon
imports, and hereby pledged, shall hereafter
be paid in specie or in sterling exchange, or in
the coupons OF said bonds.
ain witness whereof the register of the
treasury, in pursuance Of the said act Of Con-
gtess, hath hereunto set his hand and affixed
the seal Of the treasury, at Richmond, this 1st
day of March, 1854. e. ApPERsoN, :
-. "For register OF the treasury" .
"Entered, R. B. 8. Recorded, J. J. W."
On the left Of the bond at O right
angle with the body'of the bond are The
words, lone Thousand dollars" and on
the right, "Six per cent. per annum."
Attached to the bond are sixty coupons,
payable every six months, from january
l, 1855, to July 1, 1894. The coupons
!, are as follows: "Loan under act of
February II, 1854. The Confederate
States Of America will pay to bearer
thirty. dollars for six months interest,
due January 1, 1865, on Bond 7,4O8, for
$1,000. Ro, Tyler, Register" except
the dates, which, Of course, are all diff
ferent, beginning at January !, 1855, and
ending with July /. 1894.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
Didn't WIN the Bet.

Two friends were discussing the mer-
it's of their acquaintances. Said ono
of the gentlemen: "Talk about mean
men now there's old Strassberger.
He's the hardest, driest, nneanest old
Shylock that ever lived. That man |.
why II And there he stopped as if
words couldn't do justice 10 the subject.
"You're mistaken" said his friend.
"He's not 30 bad even the devil isn't
go black as he is painted. Now I'll bet
You $40 can borrow $50 Of him before
night"
"Done I" nnd the money was put up.
On posted the sanguinO book-maker to
his intended victim.
Srasgberger, my boy, how are your"
and he slapped him on the back of q
faded readY.made coat with capital as
sumption of gooa-fellowship. .
"Vell, was all right Volts do
madder NIT your"
"Look here, old fellow, made lit
tie bet about you just now, he, ha ! It's
q capital joke"
"Um /" said Strassberger. "Vell ?"
eyes, bet $40 with Smithy that I
could borrow 800 of you to-day"
" Feefty tollar y .s...
eyes, that was the amount"
"Und You bet temp"
"That's what put up"
swell, now look here, my friend" Cn
low whisper) "you go straight away
and hedge"
SAID the man who got left when the
wine came short at communion : "I
don't care for the liquor, but think my
soul is of as much account as anybody'B,
and, if don't lick the deacon by whose
negligence I was prevented from carry
ing out my religious duty, I'm Spirate."
HoBRRT BoNNER pays his horss-doctor
more than double that paid any college
professor. 49,. .-.... .......
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
Concerning Authors.

There is an abundance of writer's for
the press, and to illustrate this fact. I
may say that the editor of Harper's
Magazine has already sufficient num-
Der Of accepted articles onhand to serve
for two years. Hence should he not re-
ceiye o single fresh contribution his sup
ply would last till 1884. The rejected
matter, often Of interest and real value.
which Is daily declined by magazines,
newspapers, and booksellers, would Ali
o good-si2od wagon. Bonner, of the
Ledgest, has for some years left orders
with his clerks to allow no contribution
to be left for examination. He has his
regular list OF writer's, who fill up the
space allotted to them, and thus the pa
per is made up without any new con-
tributors. Authorship and writing for
the press is now overdone, and there ere
but few, and these are, indeed, lucky
who can make q living at it. It is said
that the magazine writer's are not Az
enViable class. They may receive 800
for On article, but It IL so difficult to aei
an article published that they are moi
much better than q mere newspaper
Bohemian. A leading magazipist iS said
, to rate his income from this source at
$1,AVV Y, ,yS%E! Wil11ch Osf fanny Is noCntn6
TO boast of: /" I have read in the Ilswspa
pers that young man who had fitted
himself for journalism by q college ed,
ucsGon, had recently engaged to tend
bar In a saloon at % per week. Thil
may be intended as o piece Of hurnor,
but there is Q SAD truth underlying it. =
Nes0 .Yerk Letter. .-...'r.,,.- ~ -.
"ORySs," said Mrs. Brown, ss she
surveyed witk evident pleasure the little
parlor sidel4oard, covered with old china
and decorated with highly.colored tiles ;
"Mr. b. romarkedilast night that was
becoming quite an atheist" and the old
lady's countenance fairly beamed with
delight as her eyes rested on 1e cent
Japanese teapot. --NeWGrb CaM a'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
Earth-Eating Tribes.

, M. Grevaux, French aayal surgeon,
has lately been exploring the northern
parts of South America, Jnore especially
in the valley of the Orinooo and its af1u-
ents. Among other facts Of observation,
he states that the Guaraunos,j ati the
delta of that river, take refuge in the
trees when the delta is inundated. There
they make a sort of dwelling with
branches and clay. The women light,
on o small piece Of floor, the fire needed
for cooking, and the traveller on the
river by night often sees with surprise
long rows of flames at considerable
height in the air. The Guaraunos dis
pose Of their dead by hanging them In
hammocks in the tops of trees. DIR.
Crevaux, in tho course of his travels
met with geophagous or earth-eating
tribes. The clay, which often serves
for their food whole months, seems to
be mixture of oxide of iron and, some
organic substances. They have reeourae
to it more especially in times Of scarcity /;
but, strange to- say, there are eager
gourmands for the substance, individ-
uals in whom the depraved taste becomes
DO pronounced that they may be seen
tearing pieces of ferruginous clay from
huts made of it and putting them in
their mouths.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
They VIII Sin No More.

An Eighteenth Ward baker, John g.
sapter, put up job of exceeding cruelty
on the small boys who make life pleas-
ant for the Residents In the vicinity Of
Fullerton street and Broadway, Every
afternoon when the baker drew up at 9
store, it was the reprehengible custom
of the wicked lads to mount the wagon
in the owners absence, and appropriate
whatever samples of pie and ginger
snaps came in their way. One afternoon
&our of the boys were at there pop
when tho baker arrived. A half
dozen pieces we're suspiciously easy
to got at, but the guileful (" kids" hdd
no thong ght of wrong in others, and,
with many expressions of satisfaction,
fed to a contiguous ravine with the pro,
vendor, aud in a remarkably short space
of time had coiled round the indigegti-
BILE. Their sensation of replotion was
all too brief. The baker had seasoned
his pastry with tartar emetic, and the
only reason the young bandits retained
their shoes was because they were tied
on. The agony ended at last, and four
woe-begone, paIlid-faced small ones,
with stomachs as empty as tho promise
Of o politician, but their hearts filled
with Intentions Of future honesty and
uprightness, crept and tottoIAa toward
their respective homes. - CteSetGssd
LeG0er. T." 'S'hh
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

Il SEVERAL Cincinnati brewers, disgusted
w'th the way the weather has been act.
ing, are putting in ice machines. and
whl have ics, whether old Boreas Wills it
or not. alphabetically speaking, it does
look as If Satan and science were going
hand in hand. .a.s %
The memory Of Guiteau will be per-
petuated by plaster casts, the product of
the sculptor Clark Mills, but who it is
that is anxious to adorn their mantel-
pieces with copies of it would be hard to
say. Everyone has had about enough
of him already t}}g.% 20 ".>.9g
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
Rgit5aSDg rc9
. ia39 a .htGom
FACTS FoR THE n : : CURIOUS.

b J. ~ = "a 4
IvoRY is 80 valuable that mRnufaetur-
which Is sold for making iellyT Inryso;
Tim average life Of an BngliSh gold
sovereign is about eighteen yeaTs---8 -8hRt
is, the coin loses three-quarters of o
grain in weight in about that length os
time. It then ceases to be legal tender.
1t is said that OF the &100, 600, COO OF
British gold coinage 40 per cent. 1swoRn
down below the legal rate. ~ -. -aor
80 Dr. LEWIS BALoH; of Albany, in q re-
view of the medical cvidenoeiin the cele-
hrated Billings murder ease, alludes to
the curious fact that q ball of q Rivau
cahber fred through glass may make q
hole enough smaller than the f11il, siHe
OF tho ball before firing to prevent en-
9nfred ball of like caliber passing. l.. Dr.
Baleh notes having seen ga base ball,
tArown with great force and having q
rotary twist, make round hole throuRIa
an ordinary window light, and when the
ball was tried to be again passed through
the same opening the hole was nearly
one-third too small" .....
THR English antquary, John Aubrey.
who wrote about the middle Of tho sev-
eateeath century, says that in his time
most Of the houses in the West End Of
London were protected against witches
and evil spirits by having horse-shoes
fastened to them in various ways. II
was the belief that then no witch or evil
genius could cross the threshold which
was protected by the shoe. The fact IL
that the superstition has been traced
about 10 far back, and then we find it
lost in the obscurity of the ages. The
custom of mailing horse-shces for luck to
all kinds Of sailing craft is still in vogue,
and is religiously maintained to be q
wise and lucky measure. The supersti-
tion goes further, by making it fortunate
for any one to find O horseshoe, and the
good luck is increased with the number Of
nails that are attached to the shoe when
it is picked up. - '..'..'' '''' .'t':-
IT is curious to note that SCOTS
earliest poems we're published under the
title of William Scott. Still more curl
GUS TO note that he was not aware of this
until it was mentioned in "TaSlor's Sur
vey Of German Poetry" Scott wrote to
Taylor, to renonstrate. cas- to ina
tive OF Scotland" he writes, 'ethere are
few things counted more dishonoraIblQ
than abandoning his own name" Tay.
lor's defence was, "H you had seen the
itle-page of Goetz Won BerGchingen,
printed in London in 1779, for Bell, 14e
Oxford street, you would not have been
surprised atirmy blunder. IT states the
play to have been translated from the
German, by VIM. Scott, Dsq., advocate,
of Edinburgh. THE Lay of the Last
Minstrel has the name of Walter Scott,
Esq, advocate of Edinburgh, prefxed
That there lshould be two SCOTS, both
| advocates, both of Edinburgh, and both
| skilled in German, at O. time when the
study of that language was uncommon,
appeared to me improbable, and there
fore inferred that the historic or bap
tsmal name of this individual was
William, and his romantic or Arcadial
name was Walter"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

The report Of the United States Rail.
road Commissioner says that indications
arc that in a short time there will be five
separate routes to the Pacific coast,
where less than q year ago there was but
one. The tendency is still toward in
creased railroad development, principally
in the South and Southwest, 1t is be-
lieved that operations in railroad con.
struction this year will exceed those of
any preceding year. The general con-
struction of, the Pacific railroads is criti-
oised as notup to the standard. Congress
is asked to establish uniform system OF
railroad signals.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05
AN rxcHANan whose editor seems to

AN EXCHANGE whose editor seems to
have had some experience, says: A
doctor viii sit down and write prescrip.
tion time, five minutes paper and ink.
one-fourth of cent; and the patient
pays 81, 80, $5, $40, as the case may be.
A lawyer writes ten OF. twelve lines of
advice, and gets from $40 to $40 from his
client An editor writes q half column
puff for man, pays q man from Afty
cents to 81 for putting it in type, prints
it on several dollars worth Of paper,
sends it to several Thousand people, and
then surprises the pufed man il he
makes any charge.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

SENATOR GALL, of Florida, Senator
Jones, of Louisiana, and other Congress.
men, have bought the old Whitehall
gold mine. near the Wilderness battle
field, in Spottsylvania, County, Virginia.
Gold was first found there in 1909. The
mine was worked by Commodore Stock
ton from. 1848 until just before the war.
1t has since been owned by Gilbert r.
Fox, Of Pennsylvania. Nearly $2,000,-
600 worth of gold has been taken from
the mine. -, ~ --.---- -. -. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

Longstrees does not pretend thst lie can
build the road all by himself, but with
proper encouragement can and will
do so. .. ~. -. 81 T.'
Atlanta Constitution Many farmers
say they will plant more corn next year.
These are not the intentl ems of spring.
When the present crop of cotton iS safe
ly out of the hands of the producers,
prices will go up with venomcus
bounce, and then our gifted husband
men will plow up the corn they have
planted and proceed to scatter their cot
ton seed over the face Of nature.
Natchez (Miss.) Democrat: Yester-
day Mr.. Jerome Converse shot and killed
an immense rattlesnake, which measured
eleven and half feet in length and fif-
teen inches in diameter. This monster
snake had nineteen rsttles, and its upper
fangs were one inch long, and when shot
had large rabbit in its mouth prepara-
tory to swallowing It.
Mr.. n. B. Evers, of England, repre-
senting Londen syndicate. has recently
bought GIG, 900 acres of land from the
State of Mississippi, lying principally
in the Yazoo delta, and for which he
has paid the State about $4,000. Mr..
Evers says that if the State will give
his syndicate aid they will in the next
four years bring to the State 100000
English immigrants, 10000 of whom
will be voters as soon as naturalized.
Orapge county, (Fla.,) Reporter:
Eleven years ago, DR.. J. F. J. Mitchell,
of Lake Jessup, ate some Oranges and
planted the seed. The trees are now ten
years old. This year eighty of the seed
ling trees from those seeds are bearing,
and last week the Doctor sold the fruit
from the eighty trees for 1852. These
trees, as they are ordinarily planned,
would cover about one and one-third
acres of land-a yield of about $40 per
acre, which, for young grove, is not a
bad showing by any means. The Doctor
has four young groves, and he reports
his crop this year 290 per cent. larger
than last years crop.
Mr.. J G.. McEiroy, of Banks county,
Ga, relates the following occurapc
which happened on his plantation, near
Harmony Grove, few days ago: While
his three little boys were standing in the
yard large hawk swooped down and
flew away with chicken in his talons.
The boys thinking that his majesty might
drop the chicken, followed him some dis
tance. when. to their delight, they saw
him drop his prey. AS soon as this hap
pened the hawk commenced circling
arouud where the boys and chicken were
congregated, and finally lighted on the
eldest boy, who was ten years old, and
fastened oneI talon in the boys chin.
The second son went to the rescue, when
the hawk caught him in the arm with the
other talon, thus holding both the boys
at his mercy. The third and yougest,
seeing the perilous situation Of his broth
ers, drew his knife, went to work and
succeeded in cutting the hawk from his
brothers and killing him. both legs were
cut to the bone, just above the claw, be-
fore the boys were released from their
dangerous position. After his lordahip
was dispatched he was found to be a
large bird, and measured twenty four
inches from stem to stern.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

each person or 0orporstion aoiHtw bus.
ness in the United States on TERRITORIES
on all net incomes above 81. 900.
LADY LAND ItEAauHRs In Ireland aro
TO be arrested, and for their reception, q
special jail is being provided. This
means that, according to all expectations,
there will be, for some time to come.
ladies' in Jail in Ireland for political
offenses. E
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

The immigrants to this country dur
ing November were distributed among
the various nationalities thus England
and Wales, 5,a23-; Ireland, 8 1884 Scot
land, 989; Austria, 1,454 Belgium,
80; Denmark, 314; France, 629; Ger
many, 1890; Hungary, 593; Italy,
2,978 y Netherlands, s6s; :. Norway, l.
294; Poland, 223 Russia, /, 721 ; Swed-
en-. 2,S70;; Switzerland, 451 ;, Dominion
OF Canada, 9,907; China, 2,711 and
from all other countries, 228. .,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

WE BEuIEvE there is general demand
for fractional currency for convenience
in mailing purposes. Silver is out of the
question for this purpose, and postage
stamps are nuisance to business houses
receiving small orders by mail It is Of
little, importance what shape this small
currency is in, just solong as it will serve
the purpose in Question. Congress
ought to make some provision at once.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

DIR, II. G. GLENN, of California, has
put 3O,0oo'acres in wheat, and expects
to SOW $4,000 acres more. That is the
way they farm, where, when a young
married couple start out to milk, thew
have so far to go and are gone so long
that their children bring the milk home.
Big farms out there.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

PERSONS who have unlimited faith in
the predictions of Prof. Vennor, O So
called Canadian weather prognosticator,
will perhaps have that faith somewhat
shaken by the perusal of the following,
published three months, ago in his
almanac fof,1892a '#f4s GGN~E
December, 1851 hardly like the looks OF
this month, viewed from the present stand
point CSeptember 18). It looks ugly. and
smacks Of cold--6ttter, biting cold north and
south, east and west. The month bids fair To
be cold and dry rather than otherwise, and
this cold may be somewhat proportionate to
the heat Of the past summer, and extend to
extreme Southern and Western points. The
entry OF the month is likely to bring in winter
abruptly In most sections where winter in usu-
ally expected or experienced. The first week
of the month will probably give the first good
snowfells Of the season in New York" !
It does not seem that he hit it very
well that time. In his almanac for 1881,
for the same month, he said:
"The characteristics of December probabIy
will be- those OF the preceding two months
This believe will be one Of those Decembers
that will cause inquiries Of the Oldest inhabi-
tant as to whether there ever had been such
December before. In Canada Iotners NAV bo
discovered IN bloom IN ne open garden, and
plowing will be continued almost up to Christ
mas"
Now had Vennor transposOd the order
Of this, the hit would have been capital.
But then--he didn't ! = :
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

ALIEN q. THURMAN is changed by the
Washington Critic With producing a
panic IN the Senate. It says "a
noise Like unto clap of thunder ct seS
was heard. Davis. of West Virginia,
sprang to his feet Ia amusement Hoar
trernbled, Vest Laughed. Beck looked
as though he had heard that noise before,
and turned toward the Democratic cloak
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

THE Detroit Free Press, religious
paper, says: "In the last 100 years
over 1000 people have been burned .up
in theatcrs, and in the same time over
5000 have perished in church acci-
dents" Where is the good of publish
ing such statistics It seems that there
is everything to shake ones faith.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

THERE are two Congressman now
serving who commenced life as pages in
the National House, and Senator who's
start in life was as page in the Senate.
The Congressman are Townshend Of T.
linois and Wise of Virginia. The Sena-
tor is German of Maryland.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

MARRIASBABnE ladies seeking rank
VIII please bear in mind that President
Arthur persistently denies the story
current that he is about to be married.
There is nothing atall in it and his heart
is, Just as big as it ever was.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

IT Is not known how near the North
Pefe the Jeanaette reached. The de-
tails Of the expedition are awaited with
some anxiety.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

HE meats in gallon of oysters
should weigh eight and three-quarter
pounds, and gallon of oysters that does
not weigh that much, has been stnfed
with water and is swindle.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

United ireland, o newspaper, is now
printed in London, all the material of
the concern having been shipped there
from Ireland the past week.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

In fifty-nile bicycle contest in New
York the past week, George Gideon was
the only person who completed the dis.
itance. Time, 8 hours, 13 minutes and
81 seconds. '...... ...--'-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

4 TrskoTn2 Q. HowE, Of Wisconsin, the
new Postmaster General, is sixty-five
years cid. he was at one time United
States Senator, and at the Chicago Re-
publican Convention, was one Of the
notable 1905" E, ,.". g
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

THEY" shaped hull of the polar vessel
Jeanette did not save her from being
crushed by the ice : but il is with q feel.
ing OF Joy that We are able to chronicle
the safe return of greater portion of
her crew. ..s,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

"A sAnooN-KEEpER in Brooklyn has
been sued by Methodist minister be-
cause the minister's son loafed about the
saloon, and he was thereby deprived OF
his services. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-01-05

HENRY WATTERsoN, writing from,
Warrington approves the course ,,f
Judge Cox and Mr.. Corkhiu in giving
9niteau all the rope he wants. II will
help 10 hang him. \, ""N