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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12
FORCE OF CONSCIENCE.
Startling Confcssion Nude In n French
Court,

leweler, n man of good character
and of considerable wealth, in France,
having occasion in the way Of business
to travel to SOlnc distance from the place
of his abode, took a,ong with him ser
want, III order to take care of his port
mantcau. He had along with him some
of his best jewels and large sum of
money 10 which his servant was like
wise privy. The master having occasion
to dianount on the road, the servant,
watching his opportunity, took q pistol
from his masters saddle and shot him
dead on the spot; then, ritling him of
his jewels and money, and hanging Il
large stone to his neck, he threw him
into the nearest canal.
With this booty he made of to Il dis
tnnt part of the country, where he had
reason to believe that neither hc nor his
master were known. ThGrc be began to
trade III Il very low way ut first, thHt his
obScurity might screen him from obScr-
vatloI, and in the course OF good many
Years seemed to rise, by the natural
progress of business, into wealth and
consideration, SO that his good fortune
appeared at once the effect and reward
of his industry and virtue OF these he
countcrfcitrd the appearance SO we'll
that he grew into great credit and mar
ried into good tamily, and by laying
out his hidden stores diSclrctly as he
saw occasion, and joining To all Il univcr-
sal altalility, he WIS adnitted to n share
"i inc S"''EnM"lt' OF 'liG 'o"i' an" fo%"
from one post 10 "l"'i'rr 'IIl "' 'cn3'h
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III inns ONCE ne m2ih'aInGd 1aif
'll'I"c'cr' nid continue" |" HI II WIN
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thr obs, ryatjom Of monI,inJ NV 'I" thn
N,ccious mask he had worn.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12

The societies for the prevention OF
slavery arc growing constantly in power,
but their work is very arduous. The
members kccnly feel the blot on the
country's page, and are greatly annoyed
that in their country slavery should cx-
ist, while the countries and the island
to the northeast ar> free from the curse.
1t is probable that more active measures
will be introduced soon TO drive out this
owl.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12

BRIGHAM lorNn JR., is Of opinion
that Mormon missionaries will send DO
coo converts to the West this year The
Apostles are ncw buying land in Colo
RADIO for colonization purposes.
TIE people Of France, by popular
subscription, have raised the money re-
Quircd for the Bartholdi statue of "I,jb-
crty Enh3htcning the World,' and il has
been given TO the people of America to
be placed ut the entrance of the New
York harhdr. 1t is now proposed 20 raise
by popular subscription throughout the
United States fund to erect the pcdcs-
tai. New York has subscribed about
$llO,0OO, and committees al over the
country are preparing to obtain the re-
maindcr
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12

WHEN FIRES OCCUR. According to the
report of the Fire Department, of New
York city, the greatest number of fires
last year occurred between the hours OF
7 o'clock and o'clock in the evening;
the least between the hours of o'clock
and 5 o'clock, being %. Between 6
o'clock and midnight there were TAO
fires.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-12
THE CENSUS RETURNS.
bono Interesting Figures From tho First


The first volume of the compendium
OF the ccnS'l9 of 1880 il out. The popu.
latlon of the United States is thus clas-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
To Flood Sahara.
New York Mail and Express.

Count de Lesseps has explored the
route for himself, and declares that the
construction of a canal to flood the
great African Desert with the waters of
the Mediterranean is feasible. There
has been doubt as to whether the sur
face of Sahara is higher OF lower than
the surface of the sea, but his triumph
ant dispatch from Tunis indicates that
he has obtained information that to
perform his feat it will not be necessary
to run water up hill. 1t is proposed to
cut channel through the narrow neck
of land which separates the salt marshes
south of Tunis from the gulf of Gabes,
and thus pour an ocean into the vast
basin whose farther rim is the border
of the Soudan-a land of the riches of
India and the population Of the United
States. France has been eager to bring
the heart of Africa to the light of civil
ization. and the wealth of the same to
the pockets of Frenchmen, and Colonel
Flatters expended three years toll and
100000 in treasure to fulfill his ambi-
tious prediction: II will cross Africa
with railway" Since his slaughter
by Arabs the scheme to penetrate the
heart of the Ozark Continent" with
railroad has dropped from public atten-
ton, and Count de Lesseps, the great
uniter of waters, has laid his stipend
GUS project before his admiring coun-
trvmen, with sublime confidence in
his ability to aecure $45, 100000 for the
work by merely asking. The Count is
now nearly so years of age, and in his
long and romantic career has accom-
plished prodigious achievements, but If
he restores to the burning sands of Sa-
hara the waves that in a remote age
rolled over them, the creation of an
ocean and the civilization of CONT
nent will be the climax of his career
and the chief marvel of his fame.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
The Pest OF the Planter.

The crayfsh is receiving scientific
and editorial attention in the south.
When he burrows in back yards and
cutters he affords much diversion to
the small southern boy, who labor
lously fishes for him by dangling a
string baited with gristle down the
hole and jerking him out when he
elinches the morsel. He is also en-
ployedin bisque soup, to the delight
Of Commands, and he is really a val
liable crustacean when thus served.
In return for these courteaes, the
erayhsh makes the spring-time warm
ior planters by homecoming their
levees as fast as they build them.
One crsyfsh burrow may be the start
ing point of a leak which will In an
hour widen to a crevasse, and let a
hood pour over miles of cultivated
land. There seems to be no means
o. Euppressing either him or his sub
Nranean industry, and he has now
grown to be a terror. Hot water,
Fans green, and other death-deahng
agents have been employed ID vain,
and nov the afflicted landowners,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
alternating Squirrels.
Santa Rosa Democrat.

S. A. Rendell brought into our office
recently, a couple of the cutest, dainti-
est little pets we ever saw, two Rocky
Mountain alternating squirrels. They
are remarkably pretty animal, not
larger than field rat, and of soft
gray color marked lengthwise with
heavy black stripes. Mr.. Rendell has
had the pair in his possession for two
years having procured them at Lake
Tahoe. They are at present sound
asleep, having been so since last No
vember, and will not awaken until
some time in April They curl them
selves up tightly, head downward, and
look like nothing as much as ball of
fur. When the proper time comes for
them to awaken, however, they do so
call at once" and are the liveliest pets
imaginable.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
Learning a Trade.

Referring to the recent Inaugural.
ton of a class in the science of
plumbing, under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art of New
York, a correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Record, says:
IF this will diminish the number
of young men whose highest ambi-
ton is to stand behind the counter
and. wear good clothes, it will be a
public benefaction. There is a great
deal Of money in trades and very
little in counter-jumping, and yet
only one young man in a hundred is
willing to blacken his hands with
tools. 1t is not always the boys
fault, however. A gentleman of my
acquaintance, who is broker in Elk.
change Place, said to me recently:
4 ought to have been machinist;
would have been rich by this time
When 1 was a boy I wanted to &C
into the Allaire Works, but my father
was afraid it would soil my hands
He wanted me to be a gentleman
The result is that 1 have never Liked
my business and never made more
than living at it. Had he let me g
in as an apprentice in the machinis
trade, I would have been building
engines and coming money by THU
time, and my whole heart woult
have been in it, The fathers of to
day in New York are the same. The,
would almost as soon bury their son
as to make them apprentices. TIL
result is q race of mediocre clerks an,
book-keepers, who part their hair il
the middle, smoke cigarettes of paper
and find their intellectual Level in TIL
fashy newspapers of the day."
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
He Was In the Army.
Brooklyn Eagle.

A distinguished company { lawyers
sat in the Supreme Courtroom, talk
ing of old times. Among them was
Col Charles s. Spencer: He was in
his usual happy vein and told new
story.
81 was retained" said he, " by an ex-
soldier of the war to sue for the recov-
cry of some 81 800 which he had loaned
to friend. The late Edwin James
was counsel for the defendant 1 went
to work zealously for my client. James
cross-examined the plaintiff in his
usual forcible way.
"You loaned him sl,sOO?" Mr.. james
asked.
II did sir" was the reply.
1T was your own money!" contin-
ued Mr.. James.
at was, sir" my client responded.
"When did you lend him the money!"
was the next question
"In July, 1885," was the answer.
"Where did you get that money!"
Mr.. james demanded sternly.
CdIucu ~ lhC WOlob WSiC
said in meek tone.
"You earned it Ell? When did you
earn il? ?"
During the war, sir" was the reply
still in very humble tone.
'"You earned it during the war. Boy,
what was your occupation during the
war ?" Mr. James inquired.
Fighting, sir" the man replied,
modestly.
ooh, fighting" Mr.. James said,
somewhat taken down and instantly
changing his manner.
II smiled triumphantly and even
snickered q little. James was half
mad. Well, we went to the jury, and
of course, had the last say. Isailed up
to glory. I spoke of the war; of the
lives and treasures it cost us; of the
awful battles which decided the fate
Of the Union; of the self denial and the
bravery of our men who left home
and wife and children and father and
mother and everything that was deal
to them, and went forth to fight fol
firesides, freedom, and the salvation o.
the nation. 1 pointed to the plaintiff
as he sat there, still in the same air o.
humility and even sadness, and sale
that was the sort of men who hat
fought our battles, and saved our flag
and shed his blood that we ant
our children might enjoy uncurtailet
the blessings of freedom wrenche(
from t',c hands of despots by our sires
1 worked up that jury, I can tell you
and the plaintiff himself drew forth al
unpretentious handkerchief and wipe(
away tear. L got verdict for the
full amount, of course.
GAS we were quitting the courtroom
James said, Spencer, your war speed
gained you the verdict. Ifyou had no
discovered through my cross-examina
ton that the man had fought in thu
war, you would have been beaten"
"My friend, L replied, "if you hat
only asked the man Oh which side he
fought, you might be going home will
a verdict. My client was rebel"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19

whose levees and revetments are the
sole barriers between them and de.
structon, are appealing to science
for a bane which will effectually pre-.
vent crayfish engineering. In Cali
fornia, the gopher, species of mar
mot, has long been the plague of
farmers and gardeners. In portions
OF Texas the buffalo gnat and redbug
have destroyed herds, or compelled
their removal from tracks otherwise
favorable. Against these there is
neither remedy nor satisfaction. The
southern planter, whom the crayfsh
has drowned out, has at least one re.
course. He can eat him.-New YoN
San.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
VALLEY NURSERIES
Twelve Miles from Victoria. Tex.

These Nurseries have claims upon the people
western and southern Texas that cannot be urged
by any other establishment.
To give to western and southern Texas Q List Of
fruits adapted TO the climatic requirements Is the
object to Which the proprietor has devoted his Life
He has been able to bring to his aid the advantages
Of early horticultural training, and by the expend-
ture OF over twenty thousand dollars In experiments
upon our own ground--by close observation and
study through the quarter of q century during
which horticultural study. experiment and labor
has been his leading pursuit-he has been able to
become acquainted with the peculiar wants Of our
very peculiar climate.
Taking advantage OF the principle well established
by physical geographists, viz that all fruit trees
are improved by being carried toward their polar
Unit and that they deteriorated By being car
ried toward their equatorial limit-he has made his
experiments and established his nurseries farther
south than any other general nurseries in the Uned
States. He sells no cheap northern trash 70 his
customers His trees and plants are therefore bet
ter suited 10 Texas culture tnan those Of any other
establishment in the world
Our nurseries a1d grounds. embracing about 65
In horticulture, will be freely shown 10 yit-
ors every day but Sunday.
Orders for trees and plants received by mail OF
through any Of our authorized agents.
Catalogues Ient free 10 every applicant For fun
Their Information spplyf 20
GILBERT ONDERDONR.
sept2s Mission Valley, Victoria o.. Texas.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
Saving.

The way to keep money is to earn
it fairly and honestly. Money so OBJ
tanned is pretty certain to remain with
its possessor. But money that is in
herited, or that in any way comes In
without a just and fair equivalent, is
almost certain to go as it came. The
young man who begins by saving a
few shillings a month and thrifty in
creases his store-every coin being a
representative of solid work honestly
done-stands a better chance to spend
the rest of his life in affiuence than
he who, in haste to become nch, OBJ
tains money by dashing sPeculatiOnsS
or the devious means which abound
in the foggy regions which lie be-
tween fair dealing and fraud.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
Hay is King.

The statistics of the United States
prove that it is among the foremost
crops raised in the country, if not the
very first. At the present time there
are estimated to be, in the United
States, 100000 sheep, 10000, 900
cattle and 10000, 900 horses. In two
thirds of the country they require
to be fed from three to five months,
and they will consume an aggregate
of 10000, 900 tons, which, at five dol
lars ton, represents the enormous
sum of $45O,000,000.' Is not hay,
therefore, king?-WeeIey Redhead.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
About Advertising.

Half the business men visited by
newspaper agents and asked for ad-
vertisements consider the newspaper
man as kind of influence of Provi-
dence, which, like the itch, must take
certain course before being cured.
We wish to convince all such errone-
GUS thinkers that they are wrong.
The newspaper, instead of being a
sort of visitation from the lower world,
lisa public necessity, and for the public
good. They, instead of dead beating
their way into the world, live from
money hard earned, in one way or
another, two hundred cents for dol
lar. Business men have made for
tunes, have risen from poverty to
opulence, simply from the benefits of
the newspaper across the way. The
money the newspapers make is han
died by men who patronize with their
business advertisements. We have
frequently had men to tell us, "We
never advertise. 1t is too much like
throwing money away" On observ-
ing their business we invariably see
their molasses barrel leaking, their
sugar filled with flies, their scales
rusty, their finger nails unclean, their
pants patched, their customers few,
and their success failure. They
hobble along in the world slowly, and
are not the men raised from poverty
to riches and eminence. Show us a
man who advertises extensively and
we will show you a man who has the
qualities essential to business. The
advertisements placed in papers are
like the nd-heartedness of youth,
bearing fruit at first and reaching in
to the ear when age comes on apace.
They tell us that advertising does not
pay. Drones and ignoramuses only
advocate such views.-Ex.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
-. story Of Enoch Arden Reproduced.
Dallas Times.

+, Enoch Arden affair has just
me 10 lightin this city. In June last
co NJ Searle, a railroader, left his wife
Dallas and went forth to labor on
isa railroad. A little while after his
is nr items got scarce in Dallas
uoS the reporters wrote up a hair
a' A".t;np item about a fight on the
sunset sunset route in which several of the
Dssrticipants were killed, and the name
Saarle was suggested to the brilliant
rusunortorial Imagination as a fitting
"ame for one of the killed. The pa
n us containing this item fell into the
lands of Mrs. Searle, who was al
most most beside herself with grief. She
n,r,or,rned the appropriate length Of
Time, at the expiration of which she
had found favor in the sight of Chas.
Rovle, a foreman on the Santa Fe
road. and they were duly married and
Ven, went out on that road and took up
their habitation between here and
Gleburne, where they lived happily
tocether. There would be nothing
strange about the affair if this was all.
But on Saturday last the long lost
Searle returned to the city in the
aesh, and locking as hearty as he
ever did in his life. He went to the
bouse he left his wife in, but it was
occupied by strangers. He then went
to his acquaintance and made in.
ouiry conc erning his wife, who told
him the truth concerning the report
Of his death, his widows grief and
mourning, and the final union with
Bowie. This was food for reflection
on the part Of Searle. He said thai
he had written his wife several times
from San Antonio and sent her mon
ey, but that the letters were invaria
bly returned to him. He did mo-
blame his wife for what she had done
He determined to visit her and give
her her choice between himself ant
her presenthusband. It is unneces
sarv to state in this connection tina
the Times had no hand in killing Mr.
Searle. When a woman reads an &C
count of the death of her husband il
the Times she can consider it reliable
and 90 forth and seek another hus
band without any fears of her frs
husband ever turning up a la Enocl
Arden.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19

-Teras Lire Stock Journal: The
largest transaction in live stock that
has come to the knowledge of this
paper was briefly noticed last week,
and is the one just concluded between
the Franklin Land and Cattle COM
pany and the Harold Bros. and lizard
Bros, by which the former become
the purchasers and owners of the
extensive herds of the latter gentle
men. Thepurchase willaggregate the
sum of S1,7O0,OO0 and the cattle
that change owners number from 65,-
600 to 5000 head.
Az Illinois man boxed his wife's ears
for investing 81 in lottery ticket. She
went home to her ma and her ticket
drew 5000, and the husband will give
ANYBODY a horse and two cows to con-
vince her that he was only In fun when
he made her ears ring.
There are s2,2OO,OOO in the
State treasury.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19

A1Aaveek made a. home By TIE indasfri
Houa. Beft businsaa noe BEFORE fhe
- Zpubllc- Capital not needed. We viii
~ - tar you. Men. sonsn. boys and riris
warfcd every here % worE Tor ~. Now - fhe
uns- Yes can york IN pare tine. o. rlve vour
Shole u@e - the oatincss. No otker buslners
VII pay yor nearly - weI. No Cne cnn I'll -
mnfe eDcrmous pay, ~ enrnrinr a. once. CoIl
ortft a1d tfrDs nee. MoDey mnte farf. ensIIr
20 ho1orahiJ- Aeersa TfUr 90, Isr1Eis
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19

THIS is an age of universal deceit,
even the honest old farmer is often
guilty of watering his stock.
HESs, they say, can only lay eggs IN
DAYTIME because at night they are
roosters.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19

Cheapest Bibles Ts .. s..s1 =. ..... 80 =.
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-07-03

auf 10 Sabre, Der WitunsetIuste YOuset
3u a9tidbriser @efdusnibitrOfe un6 Stel.
lung unter YOIi,eiuufii4t auf 10 Sabre,
un6 ber Mitansetlaste MOret 3u einidbris
ger gefdnsuiBftrufe usrurtbeiIt ruOrbeu.
Die 6ouptunsetIuste QOuiie .Mi9el bat
fit fi9 ieIbit cine gertbeibisunssreOe ses
b0Iteu. Sie sriff bic frunsOii5e &esies
runs an ,ln6 ertIdrte bic 8ertbeilunS uon
Jlusi3riften an bic SOIOuten, ruOrin bieie
3ur gerbrennuns Oer Roierneu un6 CUR
GrmOrbuns ibrer Ofii3iere oufsefOrbert
werbeu, fir sere9tfertist. Die SOI6oteu
ruir6en bei Se6un uObI 6uran Setban bus
Ben, ibre Ofii,ie,e nieOeraui9ieBen; iie
uirbsn Oa6ur4 bie Gbre 5rautrei@s ses
.rettet buben. Das iebr ftreuSe llrtbeiI ers
rest bebeuteuSes aufieben. Ni9t olIein
bic rabitaIen Bldtter protsitiren sssen bic
60be ber Strufe, iOnbern iOsor semdBiss
tere 3eit,rnsen Iesen gerwabrlns Elm. Sc
ruttrben Broteifueriammlunsen ubsebaIten
,tt6 uOn uerf9ie6enen Seiten iin6 OrObuu>
sen sesen ben @eri6tsbOf un6 Die @ez
i&wOrenen ousSeifoben wor6en. &4al
Sn GO1AnO fanben du l4ten Surti
griotwoblen fit Die 3ummer fat. gS
wur6en II Qiberale unb 20 9lutiliberale
er,udblt. Die QiberoIen baben owei site
3u Nrnbcinl un6 81 GbieI uerIOreu, weIde
bic aItSldubisen HrOtefauten au Delft ses
tDOnnen baben. 3Dii@eu benz 30tbOIiten
BsrteI unb einenr fraberen Iiberaleu Nais
niiter iin6et BaHotose ttott.