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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
Portuguese Shepherds.

On the hillside, under tho oak trees.
We see child tending her flock and spin
ming with distaff and spindle. Such q
sight Is very common; little girls have
much to do with domestic animals: they
run fearlessly between the long horns Of
the great tawny oxen, and guide them in
the way they should go with shower of
blows on their long g-suffering foreheads
and muzzles. They milk the goats and
herd the swine, and grow 1.-THE and strong
OF limb and put-broWn of face in the
warm sun The herdsmen and shepherd
essos beguile their lonely watch with the
peculiar antiphonal songs of the country,
which often display remarkable wit in re-
paYtee on the part of the improviaatores,
as well as ready talent for rhyming.
These songs are composed as well in Spain
as in Portugal. One shepherd challenges
another to tournament in verse. and be-
gins by singing o stanza which is TO serve
as keynote TO the whole production, as
veil in the kind Of measure TO be used as
In tune. In one OF these lyrical ballads,
which, so far as know, has never crepi
into print, O man begins q song half In
banter, half in earnest:
II Is better to lore q dog thai to love woman,
For pieee Of gold a win leave you to o1ief
Bat the Affection q dog 10 endless"
A woman, who perhaps has had some
experience of the improvidence as well
as OF the voraoity of mankind, replies, in
ready caricature OF the ether:
- It Is better 10 feed dog than to feed man,
For With a Piece Ct meat dog will leave you In
peaee,
Bat the hunger OF a nam Will last forever"
And Che keon, ghArp-shooting is kept
up through long range Of topics, the
ball tossed hack and forward from one
skillfm composer to another, and when
Improvisation ia4la, traditional badinapo
B remembered and sung With equal
gusto.--L " otamgoney, In Harper 8
MagGztte. .
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
Weeds Autograph Collection.

The autograph letters left by Mr..
Weed are thought TO form the finest pri-
vate collection in this country. The
collection includes letters written by
every President of tho United States
since the formation of the republic. All
of those since the time of Madison were
written 10 Mr.. Weed. There are also
letters from most Of the Revolutionary
heroes. including Lafayette ond Baron
Steuben. There are one or two letters
by Benedict Arnold. Nearly every man
OF note in the political psties in the
last half century has hold correspond
once with Mr.. Weed. Nearly ali OF tho
political leaders Of Great Britain arc
represented ia the collection of letters,
Many OF these were received direct by
Mr. Weed from tho writer's during the
war of the rebellion and since. Royaltv
is also wei! represented in the cSIIec,
tion. Mr.. Weed greatly priced this
collection Of autographs, and toot
great pride IA showing some q tSS
rarer autogGsp ph9 20 his Intimate friends,
He had 81 rcpgn tted up with shSIyes
especially foIsShis collection, and before
his eye.sight failed. he could Law his
hand upon any particular letter he
Waptea. IN \. tribune, "
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
Dust In the Air.

There Is scarcely q solid, however
compact it may appear, which does not
contain pores, and these pores are filled
with dir. 1t is TO be found In abun-
dance in the soil; indeed, were it not
80, numberless worms and insects
which inhabit tho latter would cease to
exist. The most compact mortar and
walls are penetrated by it, and water In
Its natural state contains large guam
tity of air in solution. The atmosphere
was formerly believed to extend no
higher than five miles above the earth's
surface, but meteorological observations
have since shown that it extends to
height of more than 200 miles. Owing
to the force OF gravity the air Is much
denser near the earth, dnd gets thinner,
layer by layer, as you ascend. II, then,
the atmosphere were possessed of color,
it would be very dark just round tho
globe, and the tint would gradually
fade into space. There is no absolutely
normal composition OF the air we
breathe, or, if there be, It IS not at
present known. 1t contains, however,
IN all cases, unless under purely arti6-
cial conditions, two essential elements,
which are nearly tnvariable under
normal circumstances, namely oxygen
and nitrogen, and two accessory ele-
meuts which vary extremely in amount,
but are practically never absent, namely
carbonio acid and water. Without
either of the first two air could not
exist, and without the last two air 10
scarcely found in nature. Their combi.
nation, moreover, is not chemical
union, but q simple mechanical mixture.
But besides these constituents the air
contains an immense amount of life, and
small particles derived from the whole
creation. In the air may be found
animalculos, spores, seeds, cells Of all
kinds, eggs Of insects, fungi, and ele-
ments of contagion, besides formless
dust, and sandy and other particles of
local origin. For example, no one can
travel in railway carriage without
being surrounded by dust, q large
portion OF which may be attracted by a
magnet, consisting, as 1t does, in a great
measure, of minute particles of iron
derived from the rails. The purest air
has some dust in it. There probably
never fell a beam of light from the. sun
since the world was made which Would
not have shown countless numbers Of
solid PARTICLES Good WoTd8.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
HUMOROUS.

Plug hats cause badness. But it Is
| worth something to bo q genIeman-
which you cannot convince 4 man in a
plug that he is not. 4-Lot0eH CfsSzen.
New Workers seem to fairly worship
wealth. They have elected to their
Legislature two bankers, I'VE journal
lists and one plumber. FiiiGdeiphsa
| NeIUS. ~
One OF our exchanges recently con.
tanned en elaborate editorial entitled
"Ihe Bright Side of Journalism y The
editor had just heard that q riytA had
failed!--Boston Post.
--Gambetta will lose two FIN gers M
the result Of playing with toy pistol
As he has already lost an eye, he will
hereafter be often mistaken for brake
man. Boston Post.
--.'Ah, excuse me,n exclaimed an
Arkansaw man as he knocked down a
stranger In the streot ~ thought that
you were friend of mine. My eye
sight is failing me, 80 that Ill have to
wear glasses. "--ArkdnsGoO Traveller.
The Coroner and the City Marshal
OF Colorado town are not on speaking
terms because the latter saved the life
OF man who came near to death on the
railway. The Coroner says that emo
friend of mine takes the shingles off my
roof" ~
Prof. Tyndall says there will be
wonderful change in the appearance Of
Niagara Falls in five Thousand years.
1t is quito likely that there Will also bo
o remarkable change in ourselves by
that time. Any how, we shall See
NoT7tStotOn Herald. ..t3 ~
-ItwaS but simple pin, Puck saws,
on chair, aud the little boy did gria
like bear when the teacher took q
seat and in manner very fleet flew
half hundred feet in the air. This the
teacher doth annoy, and he chants, aud
no pardon to the boy quick he grants.
But he grabs the indiscreet little boy and
him doth beat till he rather spoils the
seat OF his pants" .......
When he had called the meeting to
order, Brother Gardner arose and said:
Gen len, if it wasn't for de wheels on
a wagon the wagon wouldn't move.
When de wheels is on, den whatP'
"Grensep' solemnly exclaimed an old
ldent, softly rubbing his hands togeth-
| er. I'VE hez de wagon an de wheels.
We will now pass de hat aroun' for do
! grease. .'-Detroit Free Press.
"A white man not long since sued n
black man in one of our courts, and
while the trial was before the Judge
the litigants came to an amicable set
tlement, and so the counsel stated to
the court. "a verbal settlement will
not answer" replied the Judge; "it
must be in writing. "Here is the agree
ment in black and white" responded
the counsel, pointing to the reconciled
parties, pray what does your honor
want more than thisp"- Chicago Times.
The man who offers to pay his land
lady fifty cents n week extra if she will
see that a butter plate is always before
him at dinner, may be said to have un-7
dertakon to make All extradition treaty.
we own up to the badness of that pun.
| but it ism t SO bad as ono q friend of ours
made when he said the clothes worn by
| the University students, and which seem
intended to advertise their wearers "a
collegians, have q five cent, that 10,
"Harvard I'm" ok.-Boston Post.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
EXtra HaZardOua-

A certain officer received report of q
policy written, covering, among others,
this item $3.50 on her wigs, braids,
puffs, rolls, curls and other hair for her
personal use, etc.
The presiding genius of said Office ex-
hibited an alarming ignorance of the
subject in writing the agent as follows:
"This is an uncommon item, and, as
we find no blanks for an appropriate
survey, you will please speedily answer
the following interrogations: What Is
the color Of her hair2 and, If red, de-
cline. Is assured married or single? Ii
not single, is her husband quick TOM
pered? Does she fire up quickly
herself? II single, has she beaux, and
do they smoke? Does she use q spark
arregtcr? Is she near-sighted or cross
eyed, and are her dressing mirror lights
oIobcd or basketed? Is she q match
maker. and is she subject to 'em ? Has
she sparkling eyes, and is she q heiressS
Limit degree of heat of curling tongs,
and toilette chemicals to bay water and
champagne, and not moro hazardous.
Strike out lightning clause if steel hair
pins are used. Oelluloid pins, back
combs, bang supporters and other arta-
cles prohibited, and powder limited to
twenty-five pounds in metal packages.
IL any moral hazard or enemies decline"
-----------------.,
"A man should be regular in his hab-
its II his habits are good. Otherwise it
were better to. lsayethem altogether
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
The Destructive Custom OF the Bar
mack Tribe.


A Bannack Indian boy, about twelve
years of ago, met with horrible death
at the Touring mill at Fort Hall Indian
Agency, Idaho Territory, last Tuesday.
The boy was idling around the mill at
the time, and happened to get in the
machinery, and was badly crushed and
mangled before nc could be taken from
the gearing. He died soon afterward.
1t is the custom of Indians to burn or
destroy all things connected with the
death of one of their tribe. For instance,
if one meets death by being kicked by q
horse, the animal is killed; and if from
disease an Indian dies in a wickup or
lodge, it is burned. The mill in which
this accident occurred was built by the
Government at cost of $1,000 or
$4,000, and was worth that amount of
money. Between six and seven o'clock on
the morning of the 9th this mill was dis
covered TO be on fire, and was soon en-
tirely consumed, with large amount OF
wheat and flour belonging to the Indians.
This grain and -four was worth from So.
900 to$3, 900. At tho agency there are two
tribes of Indians, the Bannacks and Sho
shones, and the grain and -four belonged
mostly to the latter. From the well
known practice of Indians, which they
consider areligious duty to avenge the
death of one Of their tribe by fire OF
killing, 1t was natural 30 place the de
gtruction of the mill at the hands of the
Bannacks, and the Shoshones losina
their property has caused strong feel
ing between the two tribes. It is MOI
apprehended that this may lead to any
serious trouble between the Indians, anC
yet it may possibly do sos
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

FRANCIS GA1ToN, an English gentle
man, has devised an apparatus for test
ing the muscular sense. It consists Of a
oo& containing trays of small weight ar-
ranged IN sequence, and numbered ono,
'wo' three, etc. The person whose mus.
cular sense is to be tested is told to ar
range a given set o. Weights in their
'rue order of heaviness. and his powers
are measured by his success in doing so.
AS the results of Mr.. Cations expert
ments men are found to discriminate
oetter than women, and men of intel.
,ectual attalnments better than those OF
less mental activity.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
Large Loss in Using Damp Fuel,

Burning wet or damp wood, or coal,
instead OF dry is much more wastefui
and expensive than most people imagine,
and the subject is worthy of attention,
now, when we are using much fuel, and
arc-or ought TO be providing sup
ply OF wood for tho roSt Of the year,
where fuel is used. An extensive series
OF experiments, recently made at Bo-
chum, Germany, shows that six tons of
finely broken dry coal gives as much
heat as about seven tons burned as wet
as 1t could be il water were dashed
upon it and drained off for short time.
And this is the condition Of much coal
Kept in damp vaults, lcaky sheds, or out
ol-doors. The lesson is obvious: keep
the coal in n dry place and condition,
and five to fourteen pei cent. less, ac-
cording to its iinencss, will be needed
to obtain the same heat.
There is good scientific explanation
OF this. Water, in changing to steam,
or cold Eapor even that is, in drying
oT-conccals, or makes latent, about
LOCO degrees Of heat. If heated to
2l2o, the boiling point, the steam real
lY contains about l. 200 degree of heat,
although only PIP degrees are sensible,
or arc shown by the thermometers
The waste of heat is still greater in
burning green or wet wood. The sap
or water uses up-that is, carries of in
a latent statc-a very large portion of
the heat produced by its CARBON, or its
dry material. AS much men and team
power is required to haul three or four
cords OF green wood as for six or eight
cords of dry wood. The lesson is, cut
the fuel. and split it as finely as it is to
be used, in tho grove; haul it homo
when well dried, and keep it in a dry
place for Use. 1t will be worth far moro
for heading purposes than if burned
green, or wet or damp even. The only
exception to this advice is. when by
reason Of easier hauling on snow. and
OH account Of the !eisl'rc t.f men and
teams in winter, it may Ec cXpedicnt to
haul home the green wood then; but in
all cases let it be we'll dried before it is
used. d.--AmcricUM I0ricUituIlSt.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

POPE LEO XIII. is said to have d.
clared recently to M. de Giers, the Rus.
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs, that
society was menaccd by the enormous
increase Of infidelity, the spread OF no.
nostlc literature, and by the unscrupu-
lous attitude of the chiefs Of the revolu-
tlonary party, who had insinuated
themselves into the favor Of the peonle
by making mendacious promises. 10
meet the terrific consequences of this
state OF affairs, the Pope said, ''there is
but one means-the oOunterbalancina
influence of real religion, and the union
OF all persons who believe in the divini.
ty of Christ"
WHEN the pilot of an East River ferry
BOAT fell dead ut the wheel from heart
disease somo two years ago, the event
was regarded as o warning against the
danger OF running with q single pilot on
SO crowded thoroughfare. When a
second met the same fate the ferry COM
pany adopted tho precaution of having
wheelsman in reserve, but nobody
seemed to regard itas an event likely to be
duplicated very often. Statistics show.
however, that it is of comparatively
frequent occurrence. During the year
Just closed there were five cases, as
shown by the records of the United
states Marine Hospital at Now York, ol
pilots dying of disease of the heart while
at the helm
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
M. StonisIaus Martin S'ntes that, n

M. StQnislaus Martin s ntes that, rs
the result of an experiment on three
different criminals sentenced to death,
who accepted the scientific trial in
preference TO hanging, No. |, nour-
ishcd exclusively on tea, lived three
years, and then died. He had become
almost ske eton and was in a trans
parent condition. No. z, on coffee, died
in two years, burned rs if an interior
fire had calcinod him. No. ) lived on
chocolate FOR eight months, and died in
very advanced state of rottcnness,
and, as il were, dcvoured by worms.
"A tame deer belonging to Samuel
Long of Sheridan, Berks County, Pa,
was scared by a dog, and it jumped the
fence and ran away. Tho frIgh>ened
animal made q circuit Of ten miles, and
in its journey attracted about fifty
armed hunters and many dogs. After
an exciting chase, attended by much
excitement, tho deer safely reached
home, and many hunters were disap-
pointed.
Often when mans neIghDor has a
frightfully naughty boy, the neighbor
remarks: "Pd just like TO be that little
tiko' father!" Queer! It's mighty odd
that Il man should wish TO be held re-
spons be for the paternity Of such DIS
agreeable child!--BO8Ion Transcript
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

GovERNoRG GENERAL LoRNE recently
wrote letter to General Sherman asking
him if it would be safe for his wife, The
Princess Louise, to winter in Charleston,
S. O. 1t seems, from tho Marquis let
ter, that the Princess had changed hor
mind about Bermuda, and preferred
Charleston. General Sherman replied,
stating that in his opinion there was no
safer or moro pleasant place in the United
States for tho Princess to winter than
Charleston.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

A BosToNIAN says there were twenty
four stormy Sundays last year, and that
the average in Boston during the past
fifteen years hIs been sixteen and one.
fourth stormy Sundays in year. Tho
Bostonian seems to have kept careful
note of his excuses for not attending
church,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

EARLY rising, without early resting, is
harmful, says medical exchange Sen
siblo people always have admitted it,
but some persons want medical advice
upon the simplest subject before they
dare to let common sense sway tt. EN-,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

A NEW cattle disease in Europe,
caused by minute fungus, manifests it.
self by great enlargement and indura-
ton, as we'll as liberation of the tongue.
1t also attacks the bones of the face and
jaws, appears inside and outside the
ehroat in the form Of tumors, and is very
destructive, especially among young
BSock
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

THE late British census shows that
only 81, 167 persons in tho United King
dom speak the old native Irish language
This ID decrease of about 1000 from
the showing of the census Of 81, and it
suggests that the English language is
overwhelming the Gaelic. In Wales the
aboriginal language is srapidly fading out
as it is in Ireland.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

M. LAssAbnE, of tho Paris Academy of
Music, has accepted an offer from an
American of 800, 900 francs for starring
tour in Russia, Spain, and Italy, to last
six months. The French theater man.
ayers say the Americans are running
them by sending salaries up too high.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

DIR. M. P. BARKER says that "China
Is vast sepulcher, her tombs containing
millions of her population swept into
untmely graves for want of knowl-
edge Of sanitary laws and a scientific
knowledge of medicine"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

PROF. KAPosI, of Vienna, has intro
duced continuous baths for skin afrec-
tlons. The patient is placed in thom on
mechanical bed, and remains there for
fifty or 100 days, not only taking his
meals, but sleeping while thus immersed
in water.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
NEWS GLEANINGs.
Columbus, Ga, has increased her liq-
uor license fifty per cent.

Columbus, Ga, has increased her liq--
nor license fitty per cent.
They are killing the surplus dogs in
Chattanooga to prevent the spread of
smallspox.
Building lots In the suburbs of Mont.
/, gomery, Ala, which not long ago were
offered for $4,000, sold a few days since
for $1,000.
The new Atlanta cotton factory stu
ated at the Exposition grounds, will be
. ready to commence operations about the
1stcf March. ...
Corn is selling in some portions of
North Alabama at thirty-fve cents per
bushel, with not much demand even at
that low figure.
Two hundred new houses are going up
I'm Birmingham, Ala, and the popula--
tion is increasing at the rate of from 400
70 800 per month.
The; school fund Of Virginia has been
increased by $500, 900, one-ffth of which
sum is to be devoted to the maintenan &C
of colored normal school.
Mrs. Field, of San Antonio, Texas,
refused to allow her son to play with the
son of Mrs. Weber, for which Mrs. We
Der shot at her with a revolver.
p. P. Andrews, Of st. Augustine, Fla,
caught a sawfsh which was fourteen
fest long, had saw three feet ten III ches
long, and weighed nearly 800 pounds.
The bird hunt of the Selma Gun Club,
which took place few days ago, result
ed IN the death of about $500 birds, be.
hdes several deer and hundreds of squir
rels.
The Macon Library has received the
breast-plate and armp pieces of the armor
recently unearthed in Florida, and sup
posed to have belonged to one of Desc.
to's soldiers.
The late British census shows that
emily 64,167 persons in the United King
dom speak the old native Irish language.
This is decrease of about 10000 from
the showing Of the census of 1871, and
1t suggests that the English language is
overwhelming the Gaelic. In Wales the
aboriginal language is rapidly fading
out, as it is Ireland
Fish Commissioner Baird has been pre.
vided by the Government with q swift
cruiser, the Albatross, ct an expense of
$500, 900, for the purpose of looking af-
ter the propagation Of fish on the sea
coaats of the country. The Professor
and his staff will take the United States
ash exhibit to the great London exhibi~
tton next summer. The Albatross is
provided with every comfort and luxury
known to toilers on tho sea. She is built
for speed.
Chattanooga has a boom In cabbages.
The Times says: The cabbage trade of
Chattanooga is enormous, and is increas-
ing at a rapid rate, During the present
sea On Dietzen & Brother have handled
about twenty GERS, or 100000, large
portion Of which were, Of course, ship,
ped to Southern markets, Other dealers
In the city have handled nearly as
many, Most of them come from Vir-
ginia. They are raised there both in
spring and autumn, and the shipments
OF some of the dealers are startling. One
dealer last season shipped seventy five
$3.50 ornearly 2,250,0o0 cabbages.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

MIR. IRVING, the English actor, is ex-
peoted to make his appearance on the
American stage next autumn, Miss
Mary Anderson having exchanged her
American engagement with him. Miss
Anderson intends to play at the Lycenm
Theater, in London, in September.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25
"A white man not long since sued {

A white man not long since sued n
black man in one OF our courts, and
while the trial was before the Judge
the ltigants came to an amcablo set
tlcmcnt, and so the counsel stated to
the court. "a verbal settlement will
not answer" replied tho Judge; cit
must be in writing. "Hcro is the agree
ment in black and white" responded
the counsel, pointing to the rcconciled
parties, pray what does your honor
want more than this?" Chicago Times
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

The German Empire has OF present
about 81, 100000 acres Of forest, valued
ut $4oO, 900, 900, andappropriates annual
~ $500, 900 to increase and maintain the
growth Of the trees.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

In the coffin OF a Chinese maiden who
died and was buried in New York a few
days ago was noticed a large fan, open as
II tor use. The father Of tho dead girl
said that it was for "aood luck"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-01-25

The Queen testified her regard for
Archbishop TAFT by appearing in the
deepest mourning at the splendid cere-
mony of the opening of the new law
courts.