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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
Adventures OF q Diamond.

There is an interesting story connected
with the adventures of Mrs. Ashlurst
Bowic's diamond earring. Tho lady on
Christmas day, in going from Twentieth
to Spruce streets to her residence on
Spruce street, ncar Fifteenth, Phiadyl.
phin, lost valuable diamond earring.
She advertised her loss, with no immc.
diatc result. About the middle of jan
uary, Isaac johnson, young cOlorcd
man, was employed to clean the snow
out of the gutter In front of the house at
the south west corner OF Nineteenth and
Spruce streets. In turning up shovel
of Ow, he found an earring, the stono
i'll which was apparently a diamond. lie
went into Il le~clry store III South street
and, showing the earring 70 tbs propri-
etor, asked him to inform mm how much
it was worth. The jcwclcr said he
would give him 81 for it. Johnson de-
cllned to sell it, and the jcwclcr gradu-
ally raised the price to 50; but this WAS
also refused, and Johnson asked for the
return of the stone. The jcwrlcr de-.
clired to return it, and Johnson went for
al officer. Returning in about 20 min.
utcs with n policeman, he demanded his
caf-1'ing The rc-kcepcr then took
from case what Was apparently the ear
ring, aid returned it to tho cOlorCd man.
A few days later, johnson heard of Mrs.
Bowios loss. and took tho earring to
her. Mrs. Bowie recognized the 'ttinG
us hers: but the stone had been changed,
and instead of tho three hundred and
tifty-dollar diamond was piece of GLASS;
The finder then informed her Of his OK.
p'ricncc with the jcwclcr, ard The latter
was arrested on n charge of changing the
stone during the absence of johnson it,
search of an officer. The jcwclcr was
given a hearing before Magistrate South,
and was placed under 81, 900 bail for his
appearance in court. Mr.. Bowie also
began civil aii;t against him for DANA
gcS. The jcwclcr, while stoutly main-
tanning hiS innocence. made ovrrtur, =
through his counsel 10 pay $500 to s"ttlc
the matter. This was promptly declined,
and then h" proposed to purchase and
present to Mrs. Bowie diamond of
equal brilliancv and value to her lest
jewel. The offer WAS accepted, and the
icwclcr has just produced n diamond so
like Mrs. Bowic's own and such II per-
feet match for its mate that neither the
owner nor the best lopdaries in town
can detect the slightest difference. The
lost diamond WAS an Indian stone OF pc
culiar shape and quality, quite unlike
the ordinary diamonds nowin the market
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
Woman Suffrage.
GIVING THE RIGHT TO VOTE AT LOCAL
ELECTIONS BY PAYING THE POLL TAX.

The Woman Suffrage Committee Of
the Massachusetts Legislature have de-
tcrmined on n bill to give women the
right to vote on municipal affairs, but
still insisting on the poll tax qunlifca-
tions. The following is the bill re.
ported:
SECTION l. Every female citizen Of 81
years of "go or upward Excepting pau
pers, persons under guardianship and
persons excluded by article 20 of the
amendments 10 the Constitution who
has resided in the State one year and in
the city or town in which she claims the
right to vote six months next preceding
any election of city or town officers, and
who shall have paid Ivy herself, OF trus-
tee, OF parent or guardian any city or
town tax which within two years next
preceding such election has been assessed
upon her in this State, and any female
citizen otherwise qualified, who shall by
law be exempted from taxation, shall
have the right to vote IL all such cleo
tions for city and town officers.
SEC. 2. Every female citizen Of any
town, duly qualified to vote for town
officers, shall have tho right to vote
upon all municipal subjects and ques-
tions which may legally come before any
town meeting, with all the powers Of
male citizens ut such meetings.
Sec. 3. Every female citizen, duly
qualified to vote for ity and town Off
GERS, may hold any city or town office to
which she may he elected or appointed.
SEC. f. Any woman who is citizen
of this State, and above the age OF 20
years, may at any time, on or before the
18th day OF October in any year, give
notice to the assessors of the city or
town in which she resides that abe de-
Sircs to pay poll tax, and she shall be
assessed for her poll, as n city or town
tax, a sum not exceeding 80 cents, and
the asscssorB shall, on or before the Goth
day of October, return her name to the
Clerk Of the city or town in tho list Of
persons so assessed.
Other sections provide that all laws
respecting the registration of voters shall
apply to women upon whom the right to
vote is conferred, and that the names OF
such women may be placed on sepn
rate list i'll any city or town, and shal
continue On such list 30 long as they
continue to reside in such city or town
and to pay any city Or town tax that hnl
been assessed upon them within tw,
yCG<s previous to any voting day.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
An Orators Power.

1t was i'll the Clay campaign Of 1874.
An immense audience, fifteen or twenty
thousand, had assembled to hear Pres
ton. A large stage had been erected,
which was crowded with prominent per-
sons, and the multitude was packed
around it. There was the usual buzz
and confusion incident to such occasions,
until after Preston had been speaking q
few moments, when it began to subsIde,
and soon there was q dead silence, except
the music of that wonderful voice. he
was in fine condition for his work, and
went Mt it in his best style. The silence
seemed to intensity as the tide of his ell
ooucncc poured over tho dense mass OF
! enchanted listeners.
With the swell of his sonorous voice
tho audience seemed to rise on tiptoe anG
sink back again with its ebbing cadencos;
md again they swayed with the sweep
of his arm like wheat-field to the
brceZe. At length, i'll magnificent
bnrst of inspiration-wi his long arm
roiscd high, his eyes flashing, and the
multitude hanging broathlessly tc mis-
worls--he seized the brown wig which
he wore, held it up over his shining bald
head, and, still soaring in his splendid
plight, replaced it crosswise, and scared
on: and there was not, in that vast audi"
eIce, the least ripple of laughter at this
most ridiculous performance, but on the
conarary, no ono seemed to NOTICE 1t, 60
completely entranced was every listener.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
Tired Of Tender Feet,

When Joe Soar of Denver WAS asked
the cause of his WEAKNESS he replied:
Why, it makes me tired to hear tn, ST.
tender feet talk about their exploits and
blood-curdling experience in digging a
ten.foot hole in Halls Gulch or some
other remote suburb Every lung
HEAVIER from the East, whose people
have given him hitY dollars to recruit
on, and who has spent tMo years IN the
mountains, ima9 ines that he is an old
timer and n daisy at chat, and ii You sit
down to Cn Joy q comfortable smoke. he
takes you by tho ear and insists on
making you believe that compared with
him Daniel Boone was n chicken. hearted
squnrel-hmtcr. 1T makes me sick"
You must have struck the West at
an early day, Joe?"
It's nothing to brag on, but that's
what l did. [ crossed the plains with
my parents in 1853. 1 was then twelve
years old"
"Were the Indians bnd in chose davs,
Joe ?" -
ooh, Lord, yes I stood at Fourteenth
and Blake one morning in 1868 when n
man from ranch on Biiou River drove
up with two bodies in his wagon, ono u
"OSIthi tbiNl tllt ollltt Iltl lllllt DDy llNh
or six years old. They had been mur-
dered by the Indians the night before.
The husband happened to be absent and
escaped, but if You had seen him take
on when he looked into them boxes and
saw tho horrible butchrry a the woman
he loved and the little child hat made
the ranch home as cheerful as ai,, in
the broad mnd, you'd have felt unGas
for the red skin hC might run across even
on a reservation. No one thought OF
going any distance from Gown without
being fully armed, for the outbreaks OF
the Indians were continuous"
Was Denver ever such terribly
lawlcss place rs many Eastern folks have
been led to think ?"
"NO. Like all frontier towns We had
and have our rough element, but it never
ruled and never can. Eastern folks Gel
that idea from some dyspcptic IDIOT who
comes out here, hasn't the nerve to stay
and when he goes back makes a lion oi
himself by talking bowic-knivcs and six
shooters. "--hockY Mountain New8.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
PlCkENS S. G, THURSDAY, MAY 81, 1883 VOL NO 8

Treasury. In Philadelphia these sour
ces yielded revenue of $3.50, ,OCO last
year to the State, and it is stated by the
Bulletin of that citS. that ii the license
law is enforced the sum can be doubled.
Ii would appear that this new law, by
which so much additional motley is Sc
cured for local purposes, will have the
effect of interesting the different com
munities to see that the legal licences
are obtained, especially from the many
liquor saloons which evade the law
That Is one Of the effective WAYS of
ed ucipg the number of saloons,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
What to DO.

Among the papers lately distributed by
the Party of Action in the soldiers bar
racks at Paris are some which enable the
Young recruit to grasp the whole art Of
r,vo!ution down to the minutc8t details.
There is one, for instance, which tells
the revolutionary soldier what he ought
to do Immediately there is news Of an in
surrecti0n. He must set fire to his bar.
rack. To enable him to do this, he must
make for where tho straw and other in-
hammablc matter may be lying. In any
case he must set fire to the mattresses.
For making fire he must employ com
pound, if it is at hand, Of petroleum and
alcohol, of petroleum simply, or use a
candle, if no better means are available.
When the fro has commenced to burn
up, he must then turn on all tho Jets OF
gas in the corridors and apartments. In
tho midst Of tho confusion ho must
either force the officers to Join the revolt
or slay the rccalcitrants, so that no one
shall remain standing. He must th"I
Join the people in the street, and help e
burn the public buildings, beginning
with the police Offices. Besides alcohol
lied petroleum he should be Furnished
with q yet deadlier agent, which Is. pc
toleum essence saturated with wintt
phosphorus.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

Few even among sporting people know
that there is Shetland pony rancho in
this country. At Leon Springs, Baxter
county, Texas, Baron Yon Raub, an
old time sporting gentleman, has a
rancho of 5000 acrPs, all under fence,
and stocked with beautiful Shetland and
spotted ponies. His breeding stock con-
sists of seven thoroughbred stations,
forty-iivc mares and 200 small spotted
pony mares. He is now raising race
CT striped and spotted ponies to please
the children. He sells the increase tc
n"ople all over the world, and cannot
supply the demand fast enough. On {
visit, the rancho seems like kitten nur'
siry on large scale.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
Tclcphoning by n Beam of Light.


Prof. Alexander Melville Bill, father
of Mr.. Alexander GrIhnm Bell, the i'll
vcntor of the b. II telephone, was nSkcd:
eff III" question may be allowed,
Prof. Brll, is it true that Mrs. a. Graham
Bell is deaf mntc?'
"Shc is, and jet sh" talks almost per-
frctIy Yon would never know Hh" were
deaf if You met her. Deaf mutrs are
dumb only because they arc deaf. There
is n" local defect t" prevent u't, r%ice.
When they know how to control their
vocal organs Trey can Mrtic"l"tc with
r"mNrn'iy" fnriI'iy. Whllc cnGng' q IN
tr4cnn& the visible speech |" 2'ooo pu-
r'I& ~ b"s'"n' my son mMu' me expert
m"hts Nilirh lcd MN ilhHlIy 10 'lG Seho-
ing OF a'tdlNle WORT" through III" cicc'rl'
"lLr; ;n ... ,,n
IN" popular impression Is "l ln"I Inc INC
So"hd IS III some Wny Conveyed o'cr lllo
WIRE, just Wll"I ~ tl' i"c' ,.c-, .,.
lie lac' -, 49,, ~ Is " ''t,u,ii'' s rA"Np,o
"i Ile c"''Vcrt''ll''E "i i"i''n iioili @ ,l'o 4io
i"r'Il 10 n'"'ii'l' lH'Hi S"t Si'o u,o ti,o
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

The special feature Of the new obser-
vatory at Columbia college will be its
paper dome. There are only three 9th.
crs in the world. They are at the Troy
Polytechnic institute, the West Point
academy, and Beliot college, Wis, The
dome at West Point is the largest, but
that Of Columbia will be the best in
construction and arrangement. The
inside diameter Of the dome il 90 feet,
and its height II feet. 1t is 8.32 Of an
iuch thick, and SO light that the hand
can turn it. The method used in the
preparation Of the paper is taadc So
crct, protected hy patent.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

Charles H. yelling, who failed in
New York in 1868 for 100000, paying
only 81 cents on. the dollar, has recently
sought out his old cre,,iturs and paid
them nearly in full AS he was under
no legal obligation to do go, the majority
of people who are familiar with the facts
mc overcome with amaz mcnt,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

The Garfield Monument Committee of
the Society of the Army Of The Cum
btrland have selected Mr.. j. q. 4.
Ward. Of New York, to design and
complete the monument at cost not to
exceed $4,000.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
The First Settlement.

Marshall Jewell, 08 is we'll known, was
for many years prominently connected
with Hartford fire insurance company
At the time Of the great Chicago fire he
was in Detroit, and after som telegraph
ic correspondence with the Clliccr5 of the
company, he fastened ), the scene of
ruin, and found large CT 1wd Of business
mon assembled amid tho ashes, discuss
ing the probability of rccHvcrinQ in8ur-
ance on thcirlossca. Mounting box, Mr.
Jewell announced at once, in his own
genial way, that his company would pay
Rll it's losses in full. The crowd was a
little. skcptical, and finally merchant
stepped forward to test the matter. He
presented the policies on his burned
building, amounting to $4,000, which
was mere titho of his total loss. Mr.
Jewell, on the spot, with the top of hi
hat for q desk, signed draft for til,
amount, and that was the first scttlemen
tor loss on the Chicago fire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

The first cotton mill in California is
a bout to be built at Oakland, near San
Francisco. \ large number Of persons
have gone into the cotton growing bust
ness in California, the southern half of
the State being clmatically favorable
to the culture of cotton. 1t is said that
there is gain in weight of the crops of
20 per cent, and the shipping facilities
for the Asiatic market make the success
of cotton mill very certain 1t is
claimed by Californians that sea island
cotton can be grown in the State.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

The functions of the Signal Service
Bureau have been seriously crippled by
the failure Of Congress to make suf.
tcicnt appropriation for lis support
'ull reports will be resumed after July
lst, when the annual appropriation
becomes :vailable.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

Swi tzerlaud used to beat the world in
in the consumption of fire water, but
Belgium has forged ahead, There is a
drinking shop there for every IL persons
and eighty per cent of the hospital NOR
tality is attributed by the physicians in
attendance to alcoholism,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

If inventors and scientists assert that
the wasted energy Of Niagara falls ard Of
the swell Of the ocean can be utilized
and transmitted to run all Of the machin-
cry of all the factories in the world, why
cannot a kind of harness be made to fit
the lower jaw of barber?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

Under the Tavern Licence bill re
Gently passed by the Pennsylvania Leg.
islature, all the Iicencc money from
taVerns, liquor retailers, eating houses
brewers, auctioneers, patent medicine
pedIerS and bits vi room5 goes to tbn
several comtia3 instead of the sto,S
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
Six men 8nd one woman in Philade

Six men 8nl one woman in Philadel,
rhia have organized the "National Gre
nation Society,"" which is in substance
sort OF insurance company. Members
are admitted upon payments graduated
according to tie expectation Of life
those 2l years old for SO year, those 80
at 81, and SO on--and at their death the
society will furnish coffin, hearse and
one carriage, pay all expenses and have
the PERSONS remains crematcd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The New Workers have been seven
years trying to raise $250,000 for the
construction of the pedestal of Barthol>
dis great statue of "Libcrty Enlighten-,
ing the World," to be placed on Bedloc's
iSland
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

A DISTRESSING accident occurred III ST.
Louis last week, some itend throwing n
large stono into the local room OF daiIy
paper and seriously woundlng, several
colouels. The brigddicr-gcneEnl3 III me
adjoining apartment fortunately csc 'p""
injury. ChjrnM" 7"G"nc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

ABOUT tho only thing tits safe to aom-
at the last paragraph for a patcnt.mcdl-
cinc attachment is the dictionary or
200.ycar rold Bible. -NO1viStO1pn Uc|af@.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

The opium dealers have been laying
in large stocks of the drug in view of
the increase in the duty on July 1st
from sc to &l0a pound. 1t is estimated
that enough opium to supply the trade
for five years is alrcady stored at San
Francisco, and large lots arc received
constantly snd will lie until July 1st
San francisco firm recently paid $685.
400 in duties on S24G,CO0 worth Of OPT
um received on bne steamer
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

'Roval Red Cross" which is 10 be con
fcrred for special services in nursing the
sick and wounded of the army and
navy, consists of cross, enamccd
Grim son, edged with gold, bearing on
the arms the words, "Faith, Hope and
Charity" With the date of the institu-
ton of the decoration, and in the center
the queens cfligy. On the center Of
the reverse the royal and imperial arms
appear in relief. The cross is to be at
with red, and worn on the left shoulder
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

Too MUcH.--" Pupils nowadays study
20 much that they don't know anything,H
says IL membGr of the Massachusetts
Board Of Education.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31

BEWARE Of the cook who can make
hash OF everything except colned beef,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01

Of the comet recently discovered
and which is attracting great atten-
tion among scientists and astrono-
mers, the New York Sun saws that
there now seems to be no doubt that
it il the comet of 1872 returning. \
remarkable circumstance connected
with that comet was that il had "A sis
ter comet, which appeared in 1916,
and which has an orbit strikingly
similar. On account of this resem-
blance Professor Kirkwood, adopting
the hypothesis that there are systems
of comets in space whose members oc-
casionally fall within the attraction
of the sun As ii advances through the
universe, suggested that the comet OF
1872 and that of 1916 probably be-
longed to one of these systems before
entering the solar system, and that
they were both made prisoners TO the
sun by the frontier picket planet Nep-
tune. The extraordinary conduct Of
the approaching comet, which has
suddenly increased to fifteen times its
former brightness, besides undergoing
remarkable changes of form, greatly
puzzles the astronomers. Professor
Young has recently shown how as
Economical collisions may occur, and
If other hypothesis fail to account for
the phenomena of the comet, it may
be suggested that possibly it has run
into some other wanderer in space.
The sudden increase in brightness fol-
lowed by an equally remarkable en-
panson of bulk which the comet has
exhibited, are just the appearances
which would be expected TO follow a
violent collision of cosmical bodies.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01
UVER WASHINGTON TERRITORY THURSDAY NOVEMBER l. 1888

The November number, concluding
the siXty-seventh volume of Hdrper's
Mdgdzine, is very rich in illustra-
tions, and it's articles are timely and
entertaining. The frontispiece, illus
trating Austin Dobson's poem "At
Last" is from drawing by +. A. Abb
bey. Herbert Tuttle contributes an
article entitled IA Vacation in Ver-
mont" beautifully illustrated with
views of Green Mountain scenery.
''Some Glipses of Artistic London
are given in an article by Joseph Hat
ton, illustrated by fine portraits OF
Leighton, Fildes, Millais, Boughton,
Alma Tadema, Petite, and Herkomer,
with views of their studios. Mont
gomery Schuyler contributes a timely
and capital paper on the new Metro
politan Opera House, profusely illus
trated. Henry L. Johnston contributes
an article apropos of the Centennial
Anniversary of the Evacuation of
New York by the British, with illus
trations by Howard Pyle. An inter
esting biographical sketch of Sir Moses
Monteliore, the Jewish philanthropist,
now entering upon his one hundredth
year, is contributed by Mrs. Il. b.
Gustafson, with portrait and other
illustrations. "a Castle in SPAIN is
concluded. "Dunluce Castle,D apoem
by Sarah Orne Jewett, is accompanied
10y Il beautiful illustration. Mr.. Will
liam Blaiklie's article, entitled "Our
Children's Bodies,' strikes vigorously
at some defects of our home and school
training, and bis suggestions will
command general attention. Francis
+. Prendergast contributes timely
and comprehensive aLticle on Trans
continental Railways, with map.
DR.. II. II. Kane describes "Hashish
House in New York; and "the Curl
Gus adventures of an individual who
INDUCED in few pipefuls of the mar
cotic hemp Julian Hawthorne con-
tributes a thrilling All Halloween
story, entitled "keu's Mystery;n and
Mrs. Lima Redwood Fairfax an inter-
esting character sketch entitled Caesar
and his Fortunes" Poems are con-
tributed 10y Mrs. T.. w. Latimer, Aus
tin Dobson, Mrs. =. G. Bradley, Her
bert +. Clarke and Edgar Fawcett.
| The editorial departments are full of
entertaining and useful matter; and
the publishers special announcement
Of the forthcoming Christmas mum
| berthe regular issue for December
and of the leading attractions for 1854
indicate their purpose not only TO
maintain the high position already
! gained for this periodical, but also to
| still heradvance its standard ofIlit-
erary, artistic and mechanical excel
| lence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-01
AUCTION HOUSE.
Francis & ThomIinson, Propr's
Sales every first and third Saturdays Of each
month.

New aud second hand furniture, household
goods Of every description, farming tools,
dry goods, clothing, crockery. groceries, boots
aud shoes, and goods OF all kinds bought and
sold for cash.
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