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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A BHIDGEroRT, Or, man has inside of
4 week forced blossoms on branch cut
from a cherry tree. He kept it in water
and mixed with tho water lhe first day
five grains Of nitrate OF sodH, and in
creased the dose one grain every day,
giving MI the sunlight possible. Before
long the buds began to swell and burst,
continuing in their growth until lunches
of blossoms appeared. lie declares that
he will have full developed cherries in
two or three weeks.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

THE total amomt subscribed ror the
sufferers by the Ring Thcatcr five in Vi.
emma Is 1888, $50 norins. or about 472J.
900. The HE pensioners on the fund
number 1913, and they will absorb 33, 600
iiorins. There are twenty-thrce annui-
tantS for II limited number of years to
whom the annual payments will amount
IS, 48O tlorins, and there are, besides,
i18 children to bo supported out OF the
fund
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A CANADIAN farmer last SIMMER lost
two horses, and although dlligent search
was made, no trace Of them conid be
:ound. Somc two weeks ago, however,
IN Indian, following moose, tracked it
20 yard where he found the horses md
moose yArded together, and fro,n al ap
PonranceS the happy family had occuriod
'hc same quarters i'll common for q con.
ildcrabic time.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

a MICHIGAN man, desiring to commit
suicide, fired at his head four times
without hitting it. Then hc concluded
that he had no head, and went to m hos.
pltal to see about it. The physicians
decided that his head was in place. but
It's contents were wrong, and sent him to
M insane asylum.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05
PlCkENS, s. G, THURSDAY, APRIL s. 1883, VOL. XII NO.

come from Germany. England and Wales
furnish one-seventh of tho new corners,
while only one in fifteen comes from
famine stricken Ireland. The per cent.
Of decrease has been about the same for
the different nationalties. The effect of
the,embargo upon Chinese immigration
has been to reduce the number of arrivals
at San francisco moro than one-half.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A GIRL, sixteen years OF a&., is to
captain OF band of Los Angeles, Cal.
hoodlums, whose exploits hayo made
them terror Of q certain section Of uie
city. They are not only thievcy, but
burglars, MS they recently CIT n puno of
glass from a jewclry show wiudnw anu
abstracted large quantity Of vaIuahlc,
The maiden captain plans all tho move.
ncnt1 of the gang.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

Mrs. Lucy Stone, in a recent Ioo-
turc at Providence, Il. l., describing her
Woman Suffrage campaign in Nebraska,
said the foreign element was very strong
in that State. There werc whole couns
ties populated by Swedes, who were
very good people; and also there wore
Vory many Germans in the State. The
farmers were the best Jhat could bo
found anywhere. The women among
the foreign population worked in the
fields with the men.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

To-pAY'a duty can only &c dono well to.
day. limo Gud circumstances are now
favorable, and we are III the best oondi-
tion to perform it. Tomorrow ali will
be changed; othor exigencies will arise,
other objects will claim our attention,
and our capacity for performing that
s0eOjal duty viii be aepsSblY diminished,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

THE friends of the late railroad prince.
Mark Hopkins, of California, have erect,
ed an enormous monument over his
grave. The stones were brought from
Fort Laramie, and the contractor who
placed them in position was paid $50.
0O0 The tomb cost more than any resi-
depce in San Francisco,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A CLERK in the Surgeon GencrnIs
office i'll Washington has inycnted 1t tole
phone, through which, oyer a five mile
wire, has been distinctly heard Il
whisper spoken ut a distance OF seven.
teen feet from the instrument It j,
said an ordinary tone OF voice can be
heard when the speaker is seventy feet
away
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

IT HAS been discovered trat the prim
ary cause ia the break IN the canal at
Windsor Locks. Conn.,, ny which break
mills were shut down, 1000 hands
thrown out of employment, and 500, ,O00
lost, was the work of muskrat that bur
rowed through the embankment.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

1abouohere says of Indian meal:
"It is simply oatmeal with the taste OF
tho smell nf NICE, and a large quantity
oi wIt,t Il 4a,s lo bn sand added .
MISUNDERSTANDING obleota 10 gchick.
ep feed, N8 Y qfapdIu,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

REPPEsENTArIvE THos. OCHIBTREE has
lied supplemental argument with the
First Comptroller of the Treasury i2 -
rard to tho authority of the Treasurer to
"ithhold the payment OF his salary as
member of Congress until his accounts
as Marshal of Texas have been settled.
lhls argument questions the legality of
such action under the Constitution, on
the ground that its operation would de.
prive a portion of the citizens of the
United States of representation in Con.
qress,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

ILLINOIS has 81, 1929 in savings
5anksF Indiana 81, 1913, 619, and Della
ware $l,554, $50, while Rhode Island
alone has $11, ,OOO,O
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

ACCORDING to q recent authority, it il
as dangerous to life and limb to ride on,
mile in passenger elevator as forty OIL
surface railway, or, to put it different
iy, tho chances of safe delivery to III,
passenger is as forty to one in favor O,
the lNilrOnds.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

CANNING oranges Is the latest Florid;
idea. 1T was started by two ma;de,,
ladiesJ who, finding no market for thcir
oranges, conceived the plan OF canniug
them like other fruit 1t was perfect
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

TuE curfew is still ruug at many
towns in England, and ut Ripon horn
is blown ut 8 p. m, in memory of tn"
presentation to the city Of IL horn, s:i
0Xt,&nt, by King Alfred.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A CATTLE raiser in Texas requires fifty
miles of wire fence to inclose his planta.
tation along the line of tho Texas and
Mexican Railway.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

THE estimate now is that Minnesota
will have $2,450,000 acres seeded to
wheat this spring.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

The reigning beauty of Ireland is q
Belfast mill girl. Crowds, it is said,
surround The mill daily to see her rs she
takes her departure.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

Or the l06 members of the Texas
Legislature only twelve are natives OF
the State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05
TOPICS Of TIFF EAY,

OPIUM smoking IL p coramon vico in
Nevada towns among all classes Of peo.
pie.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

The Haytian Chambers have passed :,
bill reducing export duties 80 per cent. =,
and. raising import duties o5 per cent.
Coffee will now pay 81. p per 100 0pounds,
with the previous additional 20 per cent
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

A IIontuckian's idea Of life insur-
ance: II dJn't make none of them bets,
stranger, that man must die before he
Wins,m
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

THE tide ofimmigration has decreased
very perceptibly Dnripa the last year
tho falling ofRhas heen fully Twenty-Five
psy semi oas.tbird Of the inmigranta
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-05

Now is o good time 70 sacqae you
vie,
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
TWELVE HOURS AFTER.

Mr.. HENRY BAgNEs the Tea and Coffee Merchant,
90 Houston Street, New Haven, Conn, writes on May
is 1885, lit is with feeling of gratitude and desire
to benefit my fellow man that write you these few
lines testimony to the value of the greatest of all
medicines Eight years have been sufferer from
kidney disorder and Inflammation of the bladder
Sometimes when passing water the pains were some
thing terrible, scalding burning sensation with
tention of urine, with sharp pains In my sde lons.
apd back, extending clear to the back of my head.
I. ned to make life miserable have been treated by
q oumbcr OF best physicians. and have used any
1mber Of proprietary medicines. NIL to no avail OBJ
tanning no relief. How long world have continued
IL, this way do know; in fact despaired OF Get.
tng relief, until neishbor, who had been very much
benefited by the use OF Hunts Remedy advised me to
Try it, and although had faith that 1t would reach
lay case yet he spoke highly Of Its great merits
decided to give trial. and rs use has been attended
With the very best possible results. Twelve hours aft.
err taking the first dose I experienced relief
continued on in Its until had used Ave bottles
when all the pains had vanished. my otherwise good
health returned and am free from all palms, and am
well man. am confident my cure has resulted from
the use of Hunts Remedy. and that alone.
hat IT has done for positive 1t viii do foy
others You arc at liberty to use my name or this let
ter in any manner you see TT.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
Our Young Readers.
S.AMzNIE. RUNS a WY.

- TX
Z" Tn going now to run away
Said little Sammie Green, one day.
"Then can do Just what choose,
I'll never have to black my shoes.
Or wash my face, or comb my hair.
Ill find a place, know, somewhere;
And erhave again to fill
That old chip-bas- et-so / will.
!" Goodbye. mamma he said-"Go od-bye!'
He thought his mother then would cry.
She only said: 'You going, dear?"
And didn't shed single tear.
/" There, now!" said Sammie Green; T" know
2 She does not care it / do go. 58ifiz
But Bridget does. She'll have to fill
That old chip-basket-so she WILL
But Bridget only said: "Well, boy,
You off for sure? wish you joy 5G.s 4
And Sammie's little sister Kate,
Who swung upon the garden gate,
Said, anxiously, as he passed thro';
/" Tonight, whatever will you do
When you can't get no 'lasses spread
At supper time on top OF bread"
One block from home, and sammie's dear,
Weak little heart was full of fear.
He thought about ''Red Riding Hood;"
The wolf that met her in the wood;
The bean-stalk boy,who kept SO mum
When he heard the giants : Fee, TO fum;"
OF the dark night and the policeman,
Then poor Samnlie homeward ran.
Quick through the alley-way he sped,
a nd crawled in thro' the old w-ood-shed.
The big chip-basket he did fill;
He BACKED his shoes up with will;
He washed his face and combed his hair;
He went up to his mothers chair,
And kissed her twice, and then he said:
sid like some iasses top of bread"
-lhas. Susan z. Perry, IN Golden Days.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
Begin at Once.

Make an effort! Every young man
intends to make an effort. He is going
to do wonders. "You just wait, y
he says, confident in his own good in
tention and abilities. .'I'll show you
some day Show us now, lad! Show
us now! Now's the time! You'll never
have better. We can't wait; we are
anxious to see you begin. Let us at
once see you animated by the practical
purpose of doing mot by the dream of
doing -and then We will cipher up your
future for you. Make, an effort! Even
il you fail the first time--a hundred
times that's no matter. Stick to it!
The result is inevitable! 1t is only
those who back out who come to grief.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
A COWBOY MATINEE.

-Aln Eight Handed Reel in the Dark, In
Which Pistols Furnished the Music.-A
Crazy Act with 1. Fearful Examinations
Three Killed and Three Fatally Wounded.
DENVER, COL, Sept IL.
The details of bloody ARRAY, which
occurred at McLain Ranch, Ebert County,
Sunday night, in which eight cowboys en-
gagged, have just reached this city. Sunday
was their day off, and all went to Agate
Station, on the Kansas Pacific Road, and
tiles with several drinks. Thence they
rode to neighboring ranch, where they
obtained supply of liquor and started for
home. On their way two, named Roster
and McKeever, engaged in an angry dis
pute about trivial matter, and all re-
paired to the herder's quarters to settle the
difficulty. AS soon as the inside was reached
the men clinched and both fell to the ground,
sighting desperately, their comrades urging
them ON. Tables and benches We're removed
and in ring improyised, the men beat and
tore at each other with the ferocity of tigers.
The onlookers in the excitement madly
howled and danced about, brandishfng re-
volvers, and encouraging their favorites in
the fight. 1t was a weird and blood
curdling sight. While the fight was at its
highest, the oil lamp was knocked from its
place, and the room was in darkness. The
men madly ran upon each other, and In q
minute after the light had been extin-
guished the melee was general. The door
being locked and there being no means of
egress, each man was for himself. Amid
the resounding blows and curses pistol
shots rang out, and the death-cry of a VIC
tim paralyzed whatever of reason was left
in the party. Almost before the cry hadleft
Che lips of the unfortunate man the air was
wild with the fusilade, and for moment,
by the fitful flash the gloom was lifted.
Roster was dead. The two Joneses welt,red
in their blood. Three others were wound
ed, some fatally. Rollins and McKeever
were the only ones not injured. They fed,
and are not vet apprehended,e szl.'.s4 ~
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
HURT BY A FALL.

When only boy some thirteen years old I was hurt
quite badly fall and severely injured my back and
kidneys and doctored by our best physicians. and
tried many remedies. and they all failed until Hunts
Remedy was recommended to us by friends that had
used it here In Manchester with the greatest SUCCESS
We purchased bottle from T. Foster Campbeirs drug
store and found that improved very rapidly was re-
eved of the pains In back and after using several bot
ties found that completely cured. and can not
over estimate the good Hunts Remedy has done me.
and can most heartily recommend 1t to those troubled
with kidney complaint; and you use this letter as
you choose, Respectfully yours,
4 II PC ~ss ALoSZo p. MARSHALL
90 Orange ST., Manchester, n. H.. May :. 1883.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
cit viii break his mothers heart"

s.It will break his mothers heart, -
sighed Aunt Penelope.
Hannah was on her way up garnet for
another search, wien noticing the
store-room door open she stopped and
| looked in. There in the further corner
on a pile of comfortables was Teddy.
| s'You needn't bother bout me- he
said, briskly. II was tired and my
head ached. You better go down and
eat your dinner without waiting for me,
cause I ain t a bit hungry
..Miss White,'' called Hannah, We
| found him, and it S my belief he's goin'
to be sick. He looks fcvery, and says
he don't want his dinner, and it's Sc
rious when boys Of his age don't want
that"
Aunt Penelope came up with all pos
sible haste.
..Dear, dear me, what can it be! l
didn't know there was scarlet fever or
anything about here except baby Jones
fits, and those amt catching"
''You needn't bother bit about me-
said Teddy, very earnestly. My
mother doesn' tWhen I'm sick; she just
let's me cuperate, she says"
But Aunt Penelope preferred to know
about it.
Teddy" she exclaimed, as she took
his rather grimy and very sticky hand
to find his pulse, .sFeddy, what have
you been eating?''
Teddy looked up at the ceiling, down
at his copper-toes, over in the corner,
everywhere but at Aunt Penelope.
Teddy" she almost gasped, "did
you eat my cake?n y ne.
"I-you said it was beautiful, and-1
wanted to see-I fought know
you'd want me--to have some cause ]
was so homesick-and kept thinking
-and-it went pretty fast before l
knowed it, sobbed Teddy. ..But |
didn't eat itall,n he added, taking from
the depths of his pocket very small,
very crumpled piece of cake.
Aunt Penelope turned round ard
looked at Hannah, and Hannah looked
speechlessly at Aunt Penelope.
"A loaf of cake! He'll de-" said
Aunt Penelope.
They took him downstairs, soaked
his feet in boiling water-as Teddy If
firmed-gave him ipecac, castor oil and
tea of every kind of herb in the house,
while waiting for the doctor.
But he did not die, though mamma
said afterwards, laughing until the tears
ran down her cheeks, that it was not
Teddy's nor Aunt Penelope's fault.
He certainly did not cooperate much
from that sickness, and from that day
to this Teddy has never once tasted a
bit of loaf-cake; indeed. he objects to
the very sight of t. Youths Companion.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
A Morning Scene.

About eight o'clock yesterday morn
ing a man smoking plug tobacco in an
old clay pipe walked out Of Michigan
avenue saloon with rat in trap. He
looked neither to the right nor the left
until he had reached the middle of the
street Then he placed the trap on the
ground and whistled for his dog. If he
had a dog. the animal did not respond,
but the public did In less than two
minutes thirty men We're rushing to the
spot. II g 59zst 81 St.*1fils5l
Hi! there! Don't let him out till |
get my dog, Y shouted oneJIsiE .i
Hold on! Wait for the dogs!'' yelled
half a dozen voices at once.
Keep cool and form circle!'' COM
manded a policeman, rs he took a frmer
grip of his baton.
e The man with the trap spread a large
handkerchief over it and waited. He
was not bit excited. On the contrary
he was as placid as chip sailing in the
wash-dish. -
"Whar' did ye ketch him?" inquired
a newsboy. st
The placid man did not deign to
reply.
i |fWhat'n We take fur himp'' asked
another, but his inquiry was treated with
the same silent contempt.
Then four or five men came running,
up with dogs under their arms, and ten
or fifteen dogs on foot followed behind.
There was fight between bulldog
and Newfoundland, and there would
have been a row between owners. had
not a second policeman appeared.
Order was finally restored. The dogs
were arranged in circle and held BY
their collars, and the placid man slowly
Knocked the ashes from his pipe, looked
carefully around, and then raised the
trap and shook the rat out. All the
dogs made a rush, but in ten seconds
each and every canine walked Off on his
ear and seemed to be hurt in his feel
inggs. A boy stepped forward ard held
the rat up to view.
$ It's a crockery rat!n' he yelled as
he whirled it around.
!" Yes, it vhas a GROCERY radt, und he
cost me den cents!'' calmly replied the
placid man as he walked off with his
trap. ---Detroit Free Press,
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22

E. c. stedman. the New York poet
banker who recently failed, lately laid
the cornerstone of costly summer
villa in New Hampshire which will have
to !" 90. ~ y. Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22


Northwest-The Corn Crop and Sorghum
Seriously Affected in Many Localities.
MINNESOTA.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Sept. 9.
Advices from all parts of Minnesota and
Wisconsin state that great injury was done
by the frosts last night and Friday Wealth
er reports received at the various railroad
offices show that heavy frost formed all
through the northwestern country, and
from every section come reports of great
damage to the corn crop. What little corn
there is along the Manitoba Railway has
been much frozen, and in many places the
crop has been killed outright. Along tie
Omaha Road, where the greater part of the
corn of this section of country is grown, the
weather was not so cold, but still the frost
was heavy, and serious damage was done.
The crop in the first of the week was i'll
good shape everywhere, and the only thing
feared by farmers was the early frost.
Owing to the wet weather in the early
spring the crop was very much backward.
No estimates of damage done have been re-
ceiyed, and for q few days it will be inn
possible to tell exactly how serious it is.
way damaged, as they were pretty much
all gathered several days ago.
In Northern Wisconsin ice formed on
standing water. Some corn, much adj
yanced, will be saved, but the crop in gen.
eral is backward and will prove nearly a
total loss. Sorghum is total loss. The
proprietors of large sugar mills have lost
acres of standing cane unripe, which will
not be worth a dollar. All other crops are
secured and unusually good. The oldest
residents claim that yesterday was the
coolest day ever experienced in early Sep
TENDER, and last evening the thermometer
sank very close to the freezing point.
The 'frosts Of Friday and Saturday nights
were the most severe north of this point,
but extended over the entire State and
into Northern Iowa. Corn has been Sc
riously damaged, and good judges estimate
the crop will be short of last years, and
will not go over 100000 900 bushels at the
advanced so far it was not hurt SO badly as
further north.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
JACK FROST.

An Early, Severe and Disastrous yisita-
tion-The Effects Visible Throughout the
Northwest-The Corn Crop and Sorghum
Seriously Affected in Many Localities.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
WISCONSIN,.

MILWAUKEE, Sept o.
The frost in Wisconsin seems to have
been very general, and, in most directions,
very severe. At Sturgeon Bay there was e
repetition of the severe cold on Saturday
night. The corn was totally ruined at
Oconomowoc, the cold wave striking Sat
urday night, and the buckwheat and sor-
ghunl suffered accordingly. The black
frost put in an appearance on low lands,
and corn in such places was ruined. Two
weeks more were needed to mature corn.
An Appleton dispatch says that corn is
ruined. There it was planted late. and is
nowhere near maturity. At Marshtield
corn will yield nothing.
FOND DU LAC, Sept. 9.
A heavy white frost appeared here this
morning, doing much damage to crops,
especially to corn. An estimate of damage
can not be had till valuable information
comes from the farmers. 1t is certain that
not more than a quarter of a crop of corn
will be harvested, as a combination of cir.
cumstances has about ruined it--namely,
poor seed to start with, then floods, and
now an early heavy frost.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
IOWA.

DAVENPORT, Sept. 9.
Reports received at the railroad offices
here state that a light white frost was visi-
BILE this morning all over the northern half
Of the State. In low grounds corn has
been injured, but generally the crop has
not been seriously damaged.
II. DUBUQUE, Sept. 9,
Last night was the coolest OF the season,
the mercury going down to thirty-seven
or thirty-five. degrees. A heavy white
frost was visible on the sidewalks, and
vines were scorched. There are no reports
as to the effect on corn.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-22
=nA
OHIO,

TOLEDO, Sept 9.
The black frost this morning in these
parts, while twas pretty severe on small
garden stuff, such as tomatoes, cucumbers,
melons and other tender vines, was not
enough so to do them very material damage
as far as can be learned. Reports received
at late hour tonight from Putin Bay and
that region aye that the grape crop is unin-
far as the grain crop and corn are con-
cerned, no damage win be sustained, ex-
cept the slight check that may occur to the
growth and ripening of EACH The frost is
by far the earliest and most severe one
known here for years, and extends very
generally throughout this locality