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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
On the SOnnd.

The NcU York Tribune says that tlN
old mistress of William NJ. Tweed, is liv-
ing i'll n villa near Cos Cob, on the shore
of Tho Sound. Her sister has family Ivy
another celebrated city politician. Their
father was the chief gambler i'll N. Y. city
thirty years ago, and they were consid-
cred the finest women in tho Broadway
promenade. Both married and took to
pleasure, and it is charged that Mr..
Tweod's friend not only obtained mil,
lion from him but caused his imprison.
ment and death by refusing to accom-.
pany him abroad and he was too fasciaa,
ted with her to fly alone. Like Jach
Sheppard, he clung to the city for the
sake of Edgeworth Bess.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
Pacific Coast Mining Stocks.

A writer III HarpHr's speaking of silver
mining stocks ON the Puciic coast SAYS:
The aggregate value Cf the mining stocks
which belonged to- the list of the San
Francisco board ut the period Of highest
prices, III tn" year 1915, was, in round
numhcrS, SS2S2, ,O0O ODb. The aggregate
value of the same stocks in the summer
f 1881 was but $17, ,000,0 There had
occurred shrinkagc of 500, COO, 600, or
more than fifteen times the amount of
the total value surviving. What had
happened? The "hottom had dropped
out" of the famous "ComStOclis, =" which
had been during their productive period
among the richest mines known to th&
history of the world. consolidated
Virginia." which had been valued ut
$75, 600, 600, and which III seven years
produced $65, 900, 600 in silver, was now
estimated as worth less than one.
Sierra Nevada" had fallen from ST.
coo, 900 to 1926, 900. But the greatest
>hrinkagc Of all was in "Califomia,"
which declined from S84,O00,OO0 to
1851, 900. These figures alone explain
II depression tho vcstigcs of which,
though the ruinOus crisis is long past.
still remain. The stock gambling mania
had possessed the community, hardly
making distinction of either age or scx,
and when the bubble broke there was
reason enough for gloom among those
who had laid up their treasures in this
kind of securities.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
Holding Power OF Nails.

The extensive use to which nails and
screws nv" put in construction lends con-
siderable interest to any records of OK
perienco tending to discover their hold
ing power. Haupt, in his Military
Bridges" gives table of the holding
power of wrought iron l0d nails, II to
the pound, and three inches long. Tho
nails were driven through n 1-inch board
into n block, and the board was then
dragged in direction perpendicular to
the length of the nails. Taking pine
plank nailed to Il pine block with eight
nails to the square foot, the average
breaking weight per nail was found to be
$50 pounds. Similar experiments with
oak showed the breaking weight to be
4l5 pounds. With - nails to the square
foot the holding power was 5i2k pounds
and with nails in pine 463! pounds.
The highest result obtained was for l2
nails to the square foot in pine the
brcnkimG weight being III this case 6l2
pounds per nail. The average strength
decreases with the increase of surface.
rrrdgold gives the force in pounds re-
Quircd to extract 81 brnds from Gtird
Christiaua deal ut right angles to tn"
grain of the wood as SO pounds. The
force to draw wrouGht-iron Gd nail was
1877 pounds, tn" length forced into the
wood being | inch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
A Story OF Poison.

In speech in favor of vivisection
me weeks ago, Sir. Lyon PInyfa
laallo great hit Iy story of two Ger
mains rXp,rimcntmm with Il poison he
would not nam", which produced no i'm
mcl!atc effect, lut killed sometime after
ward, if those who had taken it were not
:"@dc idiots by its use OF the two who
took this poison, one died (snid Mr.
l'layiair), and the other is in an idiot
aylm. Tie argued that had they nx-
prrimrutcd upon rabbits they would
;,uvc saved their lives. 1T has. row
v,r, been since assorted that this
nncntahlc occurrence was due to quite
..""ther cause, having arisen ont of
. me experiments made with mcrcurie
urthydo i'll Dr. Odling's laboratory.
The two men had just completed their
work, when they split flask containing
thr poison on the table. Unwilling to
60 the work over again, they preferred
to sop the stuff up with spongcs, and
Uuwittingly inhaled the poison, which
arose i'll vopor. One died under its i'll
influence almost immediately. The
ether, having spent days III warming his
fellow chemists of the dangers they
were exposed to in n&ing it, grew grad
ually worse, and died month after the
occurrence.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

SpECULATINa.--A correspondent writes:
ga New York merchant remarked: Il
nave been an occasional spcculator for
eighteen years, and hay" kept books to
show the net result of speculation, which
the average spcculator does not. About
TO close my business, / had my spccnla
tive accounts balanced, and dCductln8
commissions to brokers, found that |
was really short, but for $4,000 which |
made lately III real estate transaction,
that represented eighteen years profits.
At times I have made thousands, and
but for my books should have supposed
myself Il considerable gamer. In brief,
brokers commissions have absorbed my
profits"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
A REFORMED BURGLAR.
uE TOOK THE ADVICE OF A NEWS
PAPER REPORTER.
Ito i,ecomes superintendent of Rnnch mt
$500 n Month,
IFrom the Detroit FREQ Press.]

GFrom the Detroit FREQ Press.l
'Is the criminal reporter inl"
"Yes, Whit do you want?"
You have forgotten mo, suppose?"
"No, sir, / haven't. YOU ntS nill
Myles who helped crack the safe in Day
Y Dukes grocery on Woodward avenue
in 1867, and you got five years for it,
What do you #antS"
"I want to talk with you. Two come
good deal over q thousand miles to SEQ
you and one other person. Do you re-
member the time when / was convicted
over in the Recorders Court in tho old
City Hall ?"
eyes,
"Do you remember what you wrote
about me. in the FTee Press the next
morning?'
"No,'
you wrote 'NIyles doesn't look like
criminal, but his Identification was
complete. 1t is his first oflcnsc, and he
will regret it for five years ut least I
read that in the Free Press the next
morning as I was being taken to Jackson,
and those words, 'Myles doesn't look
like criminal, made n deep impression
upon me, probably for the reason that [
had not heard n kind word for q long
time before. L cut those words out and
pasted them up i'll my cell. / have come
here to day TO thank you for writing
them.'
"Why9'
"Because they helped me to become
an honest man."
"As an honest man, what ate you
| doing to earn livelihood - inu1lirci thu
reporter
"Whcn I came to Detroit in 1866 my
mother had just died, and my father had
been dead many years. 1t dosn't. t.mattel
what part Of the East | came FROM.
After mother died I sold everything VIC
owned and came West, locating here in
Detroit. [ got work in q store, and
was getting along nicely when I made
tho acquaintance of Charley Jones. IL
those days hc was the gaycst boy i
the business. Inside Of six months il,
had taught me all the ropes in town.
| lost my situation in the store, raj
through my money, and when he pro.
posed to crack that safe I was ready
for it, You know all about that. Re,
grct it d! You never wrote anything
trucr than that in your life. My God
how did suffer in that prison Long
before my time was out, and I only
served three years and ten months,
made up my mind to square the box,
and L was never happier in my life
than when [ walked out of that prison.
That was in the spring of 1871. went
|" Chicago, and from there to ST
Louis. | got work in a wholesale gro
Gerry store, changed my namc--I shan't
tell You what it is now. for I'll no
give you a chance TO give mo away
and | worked hard. The boss took
fancy to me, and five years ago he sen
me up into Nevada 10 look after II cat
lie rancho he and his brother own ~
ihcrc. That suited me, I became
hrrdcr, and now I am superintendent
of the rancho and get $500 month
I came down to St Louis on busi,lcs
month ago, and Thought I'd Take
RIM up here and see Detroit once moro
I'm going back to night. Good .hS
old fellow You did me good turI
!, and I'll never forget it,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
isoIS f0 shorten I,fs.

Abcfrethy, the great English surgeon, asked
a lady who 'ttiA him she only had cough
''What would you hafs2 The plagucT' Beware
of "only coughs" Tho tForsS @ GSses f,1 ean hGw W.
the Lungs, In Whooping Cough and Group
it immediately al,nys inflammation, and h "re
to prevent a fatal termination of the disease,
Sold by all druggists and dcslers i'll medicine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
Sot Satisfied with, I.f,lc.

The Surgeon General of the G. S. A.,
DIR. 5. p. Moore, writing from hcadQuar-
trrs, Richmond Va, in 1862, states oili-
cially that. "if DIR. Worthington can
furnish large quantities of his Cholera
and Diarrhoca Medicine, we will place it
in the army. as Il remedy in bowel ailcc-
tons. " sold for % and 80 cents bottle.
hy druggists and dealers.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
4 LOVE THOUGHT.

Love, II Death prove but dream,
And We seem
Waking out of it, to grow,
Dearor to each other far
Than we are
In this human life below.
Will our spirits dimly yearn
AS they burn
In Infinity on hign,
Tor each old familiar grace
OF this place,
Whore wo fingered but to die2
Will our souls remember well
What bcfcll
On this moonlit night in juno
Nature swooning into bliss
And kiss
That put hcart-bcats into tune?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Is tho Best Salvo for Cuts, Bruises, Uttsrsy Salt
Rheum, letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblalhs,
Corhs. and all kinds of Skin Eruptions Frcck-
les ana ffmttes. Get Henry's Carbolic Salve,
AS all others are coilhterfejts. Price 25 cents.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Mr.. II. BARNY Eaygagcmastcr on EaS'crn Railroad.
Boston, -dh9:
"Ibrvc used r,nnt's Remedy, the great kidney and
i've medicine my family for months. 1t was recoH
ncncd by friends in Po tsmoun ~" have been chrea
Of kidney troubles and find It just as represented hu
worth it's weight in gold. My wife is usinC IL icr dys
pcpsa ath has improved rapidly that checrini!y
indorso it ns 4 trmy ,nodcino OF real mort, and
would not be without il.
o
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

IT is said that q well-kopt flock Of poultry is I
the most profitable thing about the farm, not |
excepting the mich cow.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Nature is tho great teacher she GIGthSfoG foT
fowls and animals with %1fimSf VI it OF f in summer
winter helps tfs% air C S fat5 tC5aFboiine which is
makeS Lne peSs peeSrsf1med, and sold at 81 bottle
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

TuE sympathy of most people consists of Il
mixture of good humor, curiosity and self inn
pOrtanCC.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Az Iowa editor, being asked by cor.
rcspon,lcntif hogs paid, has looked ovor
his subscription list md decided that
they do not.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Rheumatine- -Goutaline, DR.. Elmorc'S 105 vii.
liam st., N. Y, is the only real c"0tirc roe' dis
c0uercd for rheumatism, and best remedy known
for kidney, liver and stomach diseases. Album
dant proofs Send for circulars.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

The purcst butter over made may become
j6stiotfal surroundings.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

THOSE to be feared are not those who dispute
but those who COnCGdc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

PURE cod.liyer oil, from selec'ed liVers on
the sea shore by Caswell, Hazard & Co, Nv
York, Absolutely pure and sweet; sweet = Pa, a.
tients who have once taken it prefer 1t !, 10 tc
all others. Physicians declare 1t superior
tn all other oila.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

WE usually learn to wait only when We have
no longer anything to wait for.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

GAsrMNE cures dyspepsia. What more do
A,u want! Ask your druggist for Ii. GAS
rRIHE is in liquid form.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Ladies ana girls requiring n non n-alcohol.
ic gentle s'imu'ant, will find Browns Iron
BitterI henefcial
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

The people whom We never contradict are
those whom we either love most or respect least.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. Rev. T. ]. Reilly
says: 81 nseh Browns Iron Bitters for Indi.
gestion and chills with entire satisfaction.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

Az old woman was asked what she
Thought of one of hor ncighbors of tn,
name of Jones, and with knowing look
replied: "Why, don't like to say any.
thing about my neighbor, but as to Mr.,
Jones sometimes L think, and then again
don't know, but after all rather
Guess he'll turn out to bo a good den
such a sort Of man as take him to he y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

WEIUII SyILIE "a. RcV. EITah Wllson
>ays: Browns IRON Bittcrs have perma
nentlv cured me OF chill, and fevn""
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

CHApPED hands, face pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap made
ty Cnswell, Hazard Il Co., New York.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

"Ffrc Dr.'s. no end Of medicine; no rct'ct,
Dr Ec,,%on'S SL:in C,pc has d'icen "tT9y %I y,
,rup,ioa& ond Pm ncarty !ccH ,-ia" a. {, = :
Voting. Hamilton. ILL., Druggists Keep H. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

MIX charcoal with the food when tatteHie eF my
turkoys. Tho charcoal corrects acldlty oi 'i''
stomach and prevents indigestion.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

"Dr. Benson's Celery and Chamomile Pills
rro worth their weight in gold IN nervous ana
-ick headache. DIR. H. ii. Schilchter' O.
BlltimCrc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

THOSE people in whom heart and understand
ing balance each other develop late.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

WHEN art finds no temple open, it takes ref
ugc in the Workshop.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

TO be content with little is difficult; to be
content with much, impossible.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

TROUBLE EAnEAD.-Thomas M. Keene
said to a reporter lately that he is look
ing forward to the greatest financial con:
vulsion that ever shook Wall street and
the entire country, and that it will not
be long before it an puts in appearance.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

IIoBmEs protects us from passions One
hobby becomes passion.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

THE best way to make name is 20
have az aim.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19

CONSIDER existence as a task, and You will l.
able always to endure it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-19
Am OPEN =,
SECRET
AMONG THE LADIES

! The brilliant, fascinating
tints of Complexion for which
ladies strive are chiefly arti=
dcial, aud all who will take
th6 trouble may secure them.
These fOseate, beWitching
hues follow the use of Hagan'S
Magnolia Baiisk---G delicate,
harmless and always relianst"
article. Sold by oil druggists
The Magnolia B aim con-
ceals every blemish, removes
SallOwness, Tan, Rednesss
EruptiOns, all evidences OF
excitement and every imper-
fectiOn.
Its effects are immediate
and so natural that no human
being can detect its appica-
ton.
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Ladies' d children's boots d shoes can't run
over if Lyons Patent Heel StiffenerS are used
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-04-19
New Port News.

The Richmond correspondent Of the Pc
tersburg Lader-Appeol of the 9th, has the
following'items,. indicating the importance
Of the trade that is soon to be commanded
at the eastern terminus of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. as well as the growing
ont at that place:
On Monday the first steamship Of the
new Brazilian line viii. arrive at Newport
News with a cargo of coffee from Rio
This coffee will be shipped to points west
and to this city. On the first of May a
daily line of steamships will run between
Newport News and New York and Bos-
ton, connecting with the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway. The new Hotel Warwick
with 147 rooms and modern Improvements
at Newport News. will be opened on We'd
nesday next. An excursion train from
New y DIRK will be run, and MI. Stephens.
the proprietor. himself an old New York
hotel man, expects large crowd. AT this
new port there are now awaiting shipment
to South America 10000 barrels of fioul
from this city, and $4,000 barrels of west
ern flour. Fifteen hundred hands are EN-
plOyed there, and the companies interested
in the building up OF the place are encouI-
aging every enterprise. For instance, MI.
Cash ;. Thomas, Of Loudom county, pro
prietor of the Wedge, " a paper formerly
printed at Herndon, has just moved there
bought new press, and will issue his first
paper,,next week. He has an office in the
Hotel Warwick. AS a matter of course
the land, railway and steamship companies
will do all they can to build up the paper
which will be larger sheet than former
ly, andsmust sooner OF later be daily
Our old cities may as well begin to alHici
ipate what is to come
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-04-19
SOUTH BOUND.

Mail train, South bound, connects at charlottesville
with Ches Ohio R. R. East and West; at Lynchburg
west Virginia to Nashville, New Orleans, Mem
phts, Little Rock and Texas,-and with Rich 4 AL
legy r. II. for Lexington Natural Bridge-and at
Danvllle with Richmond Danville R. R., to South
and Southwest. -
, Mail train North bound, connects at Lynchburg
with the r. \ A. B.. R. for Lexington9and Natural
Bridge, and at Charlottesville with c. o. r. w for
stanton, Clifton Forge and intermediate points
Express trains South bound connect al CharIottes
Vile with c. Il o. X. W. for the West and with r.
Il. d. r. r. at Danville for all points in South
Southeast, Southwest, and East
Express trains North bound, make connections at
Charlottesville with G. Il o. Il. W. for RichmOnd
Staunton, White sulphur, Charleston and Hunting.
ton.
For Fairfax G. H. daily connection, except sun
day, at Fairfax station -
Trains So 81 and 81 connect to and from Warren
ton daily and train So daily, except sunday to and
Mail trains, north and south bound, coates, a.
FRANKLIN Junction TO and from all points o. Frank
Mixed trains leave Alexandria daily excelt sun
Jay, o.3o am Ito p m,and 1l45 p. M; returning ar
rive at Alexandria l.. 45, 4.10 and 1O.45 p. m. D
Manassas Division, daily, except Sunday: cave
Washington ITO a. m. Alexandria 7.5O a. M, arrive
at Stras6urg l2.15 p M, connecting with Valley
Railroad, East and West, and at River with S,iV.
R.R. for Luray and waynesboro. Returning, leave
straspufg l.3o, p M, arriving at Alexandria 645 p
M.
. Mixed train leaves Alexandria 500 a. M, arriving
Straasburg $40 p M, returning leave Strasburg
pm arriving at Alexandria at45O p m
For Mtddleburg, connection at Plains Station.
For Upperville connection at Delaplane.
Pullman Sleeping cars between New York and At
lanta mail trains north and south bound without
change; only one change of cars between New York
and New Orleans. 7ls --4, 4
New Orleans sleeping cars leave Washington at
z 10 a. M, running through without change.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington and
Charleston s. c., without change, 10 So D. m train
via Greensboro, Charlotte and Columbia
Solid trains with Pullman Palace Cars attached,
run through between Washington and Louisville
via Staunton and White Sulphur, daily.
fnar nQ ka MT Woa n
to and from North and West. =.
Through tickets at lowest rates to all important
points in the United States.
movie FIT. HAWKS, A. +. &TA.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-04-19
Soaking Seed.

A correspondent of the N. +. Farmer
gives his opinion on the soaking of seeds
in the following terms Il am often asked
whether it does any good to soak seeds be-
fore sowing them. In general believe it
does more harm than good, and if done at
all, good deal of Judgment should be used
to prevent mischief. Thus peas, beans
and corn are often soaked to hasten germi-
nation, with the belief that they will come
q day or two earlier but in case the wea-
ther is cold and wet for some time after
sowing the seed, it will be more likely to
suffer injury from the weather than if sown
dry especially is this true of the Mclean
pea and other delicate green peas. and of
the various kinds of sweet corn. When
the weather is dry and hot. however, it
may be an advantage to steep the seeds
before using them, and especially so i'll the
case OF seeds that are slow to terminate.
such as celery and parsnips and carrots to
steep these seeds for few days until ger
mination has started, and then dry them
just enough to make them pass readily
through the seed drill, will hasten their
coming up, so that wedding will be less
difficult in case the land is foul but such
seed should not be sown upon foul land if
it can be avoided. Care is required in
sleeping seeds, that fermentation does not
occur, which will frequently kill the seed.
1t may be arrested by turning off the water
and spreading out the seed thinly upon a
piece of sheeting and partially drying it, =