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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
FISHING In Eapland.

The water is very clear at Hamcrfcst,
in Lapland; you may SEQ everything
That goes on among the fish. A few feet
down You may see the young cod snap
ping at your hooks, if you have one; n
little lower down the Goldfish, and the
huge plaicc and tho h0libut on the white
sand at the bottom; in other places the
"tarIISh, as large as II plate, and purple
and green shcllhsh of all sizes. The
pialco is taken in the following man
ncr: In calm weather the fisherman
takes strong, fine cord, to which he has
fastened heavy spear head, like whale
harpOon. This he holds ready over the
bow OF tho boat, while another person
paddles it forward slowly. When the
fish is seen at the bottom the boat is
stopped and the harpoon is suddenly
dropped upon him, end thus tho fish is
caught. In two hours tho fishermen
will get n boat-load. The haIibut ave
caught with hooks. They sometimes
woigh five hundred pounds, and if drawn
up carelessly will Overturn the boat In
many Of the mountainous districts the
rivers swarm with trout, tho habit Of
which is to conceal themselves beneath
tho bOwldcr rocks in the bed Of the
stream, venturing ont to feed only at
night. Men, each With heavy hammer,
will enter these waters and strike ono or
two blows on tho stones, when the fish
run from their lurking place partly
stunned and aIo easily caught Sea
lVOrkd.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
Meat for the Poor.

1t will perhaps surprise some people
to hear that there are still agricultural
villages where the laborers do not taste
"a bite of butchers meat" from ono
years end to another. One such village
Is High Roding, in Essex, if one may
Judge from an interesting letter in last
weeks Guardian. 1t is commonly sup
posed that by the time beef.tea has been
made out of n piece of meat all the
goodness" has gone, and the residue is
generally sold by the London hospitals
at r1dIcuiously low price to feed pigs
IN TACT, however, the extraction OF the
beet-tca OnlyremOyes such of the "good-
ness" as is soluable in water, and tho
residue, although ''insipid and not
remarkably digestible, is still "really
nutritious" Most people, by the way,
have probably eaten something of the
kind to their cost in the shape of the
6oNiHI, which is a standing dish at small
French inns. However, this residue of
beef is highly appreciated down in Essex,
and the first of the laborers who tasted
1t exclaimed: "Ah, if I had some OF this
every day it would make a new man of
me. The vicar has now obtained large
conslSnments Of it from some of the
hospitals, and it is eagerly bought by
villages at n price sufficient to repay
the prime charge and the cost of car.
rage. What proportion of our agricul-
tural population, one wonders, would be
equally glad to get this huslx of meat
which has hitherto been feeding the
pigs ?-P0H Mall Gazette.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
4 Sweet Thing In Uirla

! mere IS an idea common AMONG yOrmcr
&liIS which ought to be cOmbnttcd by
every lhtrlll@cnt woman; 1t is that in be-
coming IL AouSckCcpcr, and especially if
cailru upon TO dO the greater part OF tho
work, she might just as wei! be mCdu-
cHtcd; that her requirements ut school
II n"t uniting her for it, aIc Of no value.
III tlI@ were true it would indeed be lam
chtablc, but 1t IS not true; because we
can point to notable instances Of cdu-
C''Gu women who are untidy and disOr-
Ct riy Is no proof OF the proposition. SO
,"f II" my own observation g0es-and [
nave kept my eyes open for several years
nave lound that those women who
nave had the benefit of II thorough cdn-
N0'ioh arc the best hOusckccpcrs. A
"''"'lh VINO has been taught accuracy by
1" ''fSc III chemistry, who has had her
eye" enlightened by the study and nrac.
'l'o Oh painting, who has learned the
..iI'cr"SIiY OF precision by long hours at
we piano, will make her house the richer
%'" &C. me better ordered for this training
- "i'o brings to her work the righ. spirit
PIC IS certain to find n use for ali that sho
ilIs : ever learned, besides having the aid
"n'ch nor ncr habits of order and Drrscvor-
a,icG VIII constantly give her. The com
tu9 notl"ckecper ought to be q very han.
Ry woman; she will have so mich r.
thlnk about when her hands are fuJI of
WORK WORK! which does not demand much di.
reouon. Sho will not be disturbed abont
so many things as her mother was. nonf%o
ana beetles Will mean more to her tI,o,,
to the old-timo housekcepcr, to WHOM ',,r
everything that crawled or flew wos n
"bug," an object of detcstation fo bn
stepped on OF put into the stove "a
quickly as possible Our modern wise
woman knows better; she quietly brings
out her bottle of ben2ino or ether, a
PostcbCnrd box, captures the insect, puts
him to sleep, and soon has collection
which, when mounted and put in q
simple frame, is n handsome ornament
for her home. If it was ever true that
a little learning is dangerous thing for
q woman, that day has passed, G1Hs
ff&OHSekeel0er,
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, Familiar Quotations.

The expression ca dim religious
hight" may he found in Milton's "Pen.
soroso, and the commonly y-repeated SOW
that "absence makes the hear COW
iondor " is to be discovered in Il. Il.
Bayley's song, "Isle of Beaut- &"
Colley Cibber, as almost every ono is
aware, took it into his head that ho
could greatly improve upon Shnkspeure's
tragedy "King Richard Ill; :" and, in
pursuance of this idea, he made various
additions to the play, many of which
have, cmiously enough, entered, as it
were, into tho language. Among these
we may notice, $50 much for Bucking-
ham )" Richards himself again" and
My souls i'll arms and eager for the
fray )" but, in spite Of them, MI Glib.
bcrS tlnkcrimg, though gratefully
adopted by moro than one great actor,
has now fallen into well-mcrited disre,
putc. In criticisiug Lord Beaconsiield's
speeches, hostile papers are fond of
making effective reference to capt alGt-
erNtion's artful aid," but they seldom, if
indeed ever, allow Churchill, the sutirist,
any credit for the phrase. Mr.. O'Con-
nor, too, If we remember rightly, has
written of tho gay Conservative states
man as "the gay Lothario of politics "
How many persons, wo wonder, recol-
lect that the original "gay Lothorio " is
one OF the characters in Rowe's tragedy,
"The Pcnitcnt? Then, again. the
phrase comparisons are odioug" is
almost invariably written without quo
tation marks. 1t occurs in Burtons
Anatomy Of Melancholy" and also
in Hcrbcrts "Jaculo Prudcntum, y
and Shakespeare, in "Much Ado
About Nothing," says comparisons
arc oGorous." A literary journal OF
somc standing recently made itself q
laughing stock by rcmurking that this
last was not classical Englisll-n quite
sufficient proof that even he whom Ben
Jonson called "swcct swan of Avon" is
not as well known rs he ought to be.
The origin of the term "the miinichi
oil" is bard to trace, but it occurs in
Quarlcs, in ShenstOnc and in Gay, and
it WAS probably invented by the first.
"Dcvil take the hindrrmost" opens up
another difficult problem but pprhaIs
Beaumont and Fletcher may claim the
phrase, which WAS used in later days hv
Butlor, Prior, Pope, Burns and inf Il
dozen moro. " Diamond cut diamond" "
is traccablc to Ford's "Lovcrs Mclan-
choly," where it may be found in the
form "diamonds cut diamonds" and
the expression, "neither fish nor flesh
nor good rcd herring" seems TO belong
to Sir II. Shccrs. "Turn over a new
leaf" says Middleton, in "Anythir>~ for
Quiet Llfr," and it was Mrs. Mala-
prop, in Shcridan's "The Rivals" who
first owned "tho soft impeachment. u
Oliver Goldsmith, in "Thc Goo,l.na-
turcd MAJ. . wrote measures, not men,
have always been my mark ;" and
Burke, doubtless al!udimG to tie popu-
larity Of the phrase in his day, spoke OF
"the cant of mot mon, but measures. -
To Milton we owe the saying that
Peace hath her victories
No IcsH renowned than war;
and it was Goldsmith again who, in
"Shc Sleeps to Conquer" introduced
lis to "the very pink Of perfection. -
LOn1On QUcCn.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
HOW Sam Houston Was Admitted TO the
Ear

Bowyer Miller, man of admirable
character and education, when he had
concllided his legal studies decided to
establish himself in Tennessee. 1t WAS
soon after The war of 1S12-14, says cor
respondent of the New Orleans pjc0Uu,,c.
ana, III visiting the Circuit Judges to
OBTAIN their certificate of professional
qualification, he fell in with Sam IToprs,
Ton, fresh from tho campaigns of Ala
Dama and elsewhere in the Gulf States,
IN which he had accompanied Gen. Jack
son, and who had determined to aInpt
the profession Of law Tho YOUNG men
were ut once confidential, and Hous!on
frankly avowcd his own educational de.
tclcnclcs and limited opportunity OF
qualifying himself, occupied rs he had
n'cn Tor the few years preceding in the
eXcltcmcnts OF the war.
MlIIer," said he, CT shall tell thc
Judges that they needn't expect much
learning from me. We shall be cxan,-
med Mt the samo tmc If II question OF
dliIlculty IL asked, don't he hnshlul. an
Swcr 1t. Leave those that aro moro
easy to me. am not at all Jealous"
Hilllcr, who was we'll qualified, was
amused, and promised to do anything in
lnS power to aid him.
Arriving at tho residence of the first
Judge, TINS n2recmont WAS kept up.
Houston invariably introduced the cx-
animation by n narrative Of something
connected with the war, and with iocli,
lar admission of his own difficulties in
pursuing his legal theories. A question
having been asked upon the nbstrusc
common.laW doctrine of cxccutorv de-
crccS and contingent rcmuindcrs, Mr.
MILLER modcstly repeated the exposition
of his authorities, and the Judge ampli-
fled the reply with remarks upon the
channel of Judicial decisions.
we arc not to suppose that tho exam
nations were very technical or strict.
AT succeeding examination, however,
Houston, in a reply to question upon
the same subject, took up the reply and
repeated the information that no had ac-
qulrcd, and, when they called on the last
Judge, Houston observed that tho two
preceding examinations must have been
satisfactory, and Judge White gave his
signature and made the young man stay
all night
Within two years from that time,
Houston had been elected either as State
or District Attorney, while Miller, dis
co'lra8cd at the Prospect of professional
success, returned to Virginia.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
NEARLY all of Treland's I 74O 0o1 ocr,

NEARLY all of Ireland's !, 1,74O, ,291 acres
OF bog and marsh belong to the great
bog of Allen, which spreads over the
central portion of the great limestone
plain OF Ireland, and occupies n large
portion of tho counties of Roscommon,
Galway, Wcstmcath, Kings and Queens
counties, and Kildare This vast bog
formation varies in depth from twenty.
five to forty feet, and Is full of stagnant
WntCr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
Hear whut One " Q mber of the Profession
TeStiHeS re gurdinE the Scientific Prepar'
utIOn OF n brother lIcInher,

Hear whnt One ,re mber of the Profession
TeStiGeS re gurdinS the Scientific Prepar'
alton OF Brother Member.
Mr.. DAwLEY has been in the drug business in tho
city of Providence twenty-Gye CLERK and pro-
Prietor in good standing, and knows whoreot he
lhlrms-ED.
DR.. d. says: "For many years have suffered in-
cnsely at times with what Is generally called rheu;
natisu When first attacked 1wa9 confined to my bed
and could not walk n stop. could not boar ths
weight of the bedcl0thc9, 30 eXcruciating was tho
tgony endured. always noticed that before these
attacks camo on my kidneys were Affected /; before
hcre would be any pain in nv limbs or any swelling
JOINTS or rltmDa tho color of the seCrctios from tho
kidneys would be yory dark aud ho Odor strong Aud
eVcrish The last attack was very seSoro about lr7
years ago. and was confined TO tho house screral
weeks and was unable to attond to business in three
| months. During the timo was confined ut homo
anu the tmo OF my C0nvalcsccnco l employed four
OF the best doctors that could obtain, but mono of
them gave Inc pertinent relief, for thcy did not 80
| 10 work IT the cause of the trouble Having been
| lualhtcd with tho proprietor of Hunts Remedy
| long time was inlucod by him 10 givo it trial,
hoping that 1t might reach the scat OF the disease
and after taking one bottle found ySclf very much
improved, and after takiug tho second was fcclinR
| botter than l had after any previous attacks,
| During many months previous to taking
| the Remedy my hands and fingers would
| DO very much swollen aud stiF every morn"
| ing; my left side. in tho region of stomach
| aud spleen was very lame AMI sensitive at times
would be talon with severe cramps over tho speeny
and bo obliged TO apply mustard cayenne for lem.
porary relief / was very nervous nights and couiI
not sleep was obliged to bo vcry particuar II my
dict and my physical system was sadly dcmoralizci.
Since Ihavo taken Hunts Remedy systematically all
| these things havo chnnEcd ! have no swollen
hands or limbs, no pains or cramHs in the side can
cat all kinds of food, sleep SOunlly snd get thor
| Oughly rested and my HI lncy3 are a:tiVe and per-
form their functions promptly, thus taking out Of
| the system all the poisonous SccretOn5 which con-
tamnatc the whole system where the k'incys do not
| act efficiently. NJ friends, what Hunts Remedy
has done for me it wi do for al OF yon IbGliey9 i
| ueys, Liver and Urinary organs. Respectfully,
| +. X. DAwLEY, 4ji Broad Street"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

"A Philadelphia fish dealer recently
departed for II railroad station few
miles out to spend Sunday with some
friends. After the cars had started he
found on looking at his return ticket
that 'ln consideration of reduce rates."
etc, the ticket was good until the day
following; so on his return on Monday
he had to buy another ticket to come
home on. A day or 80 aftcrward a lead
ing ohicer Of the company bought Il
couple of early shad Of him. They were
delivered, and on opening the bundle
was found card stating that "in consid.
Grafton Of the low price charged the
shad would not be good after two
hours" The fish had to be thrown
away and that officer has been in 3
brown study ever since.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

JOHN B. GoUaH has been a public
speaker Tor thirty-eight years, and has
Heyer met an audience that he did not
teel lee IKE running away from. The older
Ie grows the more timid he becomes.
ai1 ne was so frightened in Spurgeon'a
ITR ouHrch That he was obliged to calm him
sen, sen In the ,YTestry. He has frequently
Ueen compelled to walk up and down a
sIreet IN 'front.' OF a lecture hall in order
20 Gool on, de says that the trouble
WIN platform orator is that his best
stories DO not take With the audience, y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
Tho Testimony OF n phxs,cron.

james BeecbPr, N. D., OF SiEourrey, Iowa, tays:
"For several yesrs have bsFn usuB a Couyh al
sfm called DR.. VIM. usrJ Baisam for tho LucRs,
snd in slmest every case throughout my pIrc ice
have had entire sncceEs. have used aad IRE.
IoTbSd huu1I eds o. bottles ever sEc3 th4 days OF
my Rrmy pIac'Ce Q%6)). when | MAS turycol Cf
Hospital No. 7, Louisville, Ky.'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

AN argument once arose in which Sid
ney Smith observed that many of the
most eminent men of tho world had boon
diminutive in person, and, after naming
several among the ancients, no added !:
Why, look there at jeffrey and there
is my little friend ---, who has not
body enough to cover his mind decent,
ly with; his intellect is improperly OK.
posed" -. S''' 49,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
Denver DOIuEA.

Mr.. J. A. McBcth, Pacific Express
Office, Denver, Colo, was cured by st.
Jacobs Oil of I'M eXcruciating pain in
tie neck, and also tooth-achc. One ap-
plication did the work.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

The first real skin cure ever discoverel was
Al scliy skin disc; soa and makes the skin
m"C'h nnd Eoll!hy. 1t is an ornament t.
any l&dys toilet.
"Dr. BeaSon's Cclcyy and Chamomile PiIl>
'pcd mn rife immcdi0'cIV Of Scrcre neur'dt.
1W.-lI. NJ. C0ctlin. Shcpherdtown, Pa. zoe,
A POLICE COURT il very accommo-
dating place to transact business. r.
you haven't the money to pay cash the
Judge generally gives you time.
PgRB cod:liVer oil, from selected Iiveys
on the sea shore by Ceswell, Hazard g. Co.,
n 7; Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
a VINO h9He pL once taken 1t prefer 1t to all 9th.
other oils. =" oil
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26
Olbers AIIenfiu,,i

Chas. Jones Of Eliz beih Spencer county, Ind,
ssyo: "i h6yJ dealt in IN, ,dicine number OF years
mud Ii Gay that DR.. Ro1,rs Vegetable Won
syrup Is the most valuabla medicine ever 0!d.
MY cuttcmeiS are wCll plea ed with its tn, Cts"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

Overheard in the c!oak-room: "Did
she marry well?n eyes, indeed. He's
worth over million, and drinks so hard
that he never can go into society; so
she's not bothered with him."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

The following lines are sung bv the
cniIdren in Mormon Sunday. school:
a l9Mvin& band of children, wero all to Zion
For smT our d 6Tt6Gr Loves our mothers, every one
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

WHEN rain is coming ravens cav
swallows chatter, cats "wash their
1aces, small birds prune themselves md
make show of working, crows mako n
great noise in the evening, geese cackI'
more than usual The reason is because
these creatures love wet weather and re.
lolee OF its approach, w." ~
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

CHAPpED hands, face, pimples and rough
sbin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap made
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

Character properly embraces three
distinct classes of elements: Principles,
and habits.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-04-26

Ladies' d children's boots d shoes can't run
over If Lyons Pat. Heel stifeners are used
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- '''' "S"ih sa" Ill MS VISION,
Dream Most Glorious. D. NJ. G,-GN
Again he rang the changes; backward
forward, every way. Gold Medal Deserved
al. u. Misery's Great Deliverer.-.tiu
nme would fail to tell them all. PIP, p
stood Tor Perfect Peace Promised to suffer
ers, and sweet release from Prostratiuo pnr.
gatorial Pains. And again f. p. was Free.
dom Promised, and backward, p. =. i be.
can came Pain Fees. Now he could get well,
ana H once well, he would be q missionary. n
m, HiSd missionary Devoted to the work of
telItng others how they might get deliver
"noe' tie went through the list of diseases
among those of his own acquaintance, from
John ho3inson, whose torpid liver gave him
constant headache and severe bilious attacks
on through the list of tho suffering from
ulcers, coughs. weak and diseased lungs n
his friend, General b. who uas os
near the grave as he. And for ali these oo
well as for himself the Grave NAV DieoTr.
pear from present vision, and eoch NAV =.
Given More Decades of life tkan they had
hoped to have years. Against the mildnr
cases he marked PIP P. Against the serio,Is
osses he married. g. NJ D., not tho GriS,I,,
Monster Death, which he so long had drca3.
ed, but s0methinG--oh, something an nncb
better, as we shalt presently see.
1t a short while our hero was we'll. and
went everywhere among his friends and
peighbors telling OF his good fortune and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-03
THE TELEGRApmERs, STRIKE.
The Rapid Company Pays the Opera
tors ut the Old Rates.

New York, July 81. The Telegram says
the American Rapid paid their operators to-
day at the old rates. A member of the BROTH
erhood said he took the money without max
ing complaint, but would lay the matter be-
fore their executive committee.
The Herald printers have opened sub
scrption for the striking telegraphers and ap.
pointed committee to visit other offices and
collect subscriptions.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 31.-Striking
operators were instructed not to 60 TO the
Western Union for their pay to-day. The
president of the local branch of the brother
hood says he will tonight pay all strikers
from the funds of the brotherhood the
amounts due them by the Western Union.
NEW York, July 81 Brcklayers' union,
No. 9, has voted 5000 to the brotherhood of
telcgraphers. They will probably give a
weekly sum during the strike.
WAsuNGroN, ID. e., July 81 The BROTH
erhood captured two operators from the
Western Union aud one from the baltimore
and Ohio to-day.
CHICAGO, July 3l.-A number of Western
Union wires were seriously interfcred with
today circuits being broken by fine copper
wires. Master Workman Morris intimatcs
that the brotherhood will probably be COM
PEELED to order out the members working fol
the railroads very soon.
BLOOMINGTON, H., July 31.-Six operator;
IN the general offices of the Chicago and Al
ton railroad were discharged to-day for re-
fusing u handle commercial business. TheiI
places were filed. The company say they
| will discharge every man who refuses to han
die commercial dispatches.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-03

ingly. TIE best Of them ore ilrst-class hotels
in their charges and third-class in their ac-
commudllnns. BIT perhaps ! am too hard
ON them | could write n lot of puffs
about the Niagara hotels, speak OF the gen.
llcmanly and efficient clerks, the polite land
lords, hr ''sumptuOus" and palatial appoint
mcnts, the excellent attendance, the uuap-
proachable table and tho general comfort of
The place, but it would be II lot of lies. The
solid truth is, there is no comfort there. The
big hotels are barns, with nobody in them,
and there are 1900 or 5000 people in "the
Falls" all vying with each other to sec who
can skin visitors out of the most money in
the shortest time was stranger and they
tool, me in, just as they did last year and the
year before, and Just rs they have every
time Divine Providence has wrcaked His
wrath upon me by making me 60 there.
| There is one pleasant thing ABOUT niagara
and | am glad to find one saving clause.
1t is the shop girls. There are 1000 or 5000
shops where curiosti,s and moccasins are
Offered for sale, and each sh ,p Keeps from
one to five girls. "lhc ladies" are pretty, Q
good many Of them, and nearly all arc
alIable aud laxative aud remarkably
alrcctonatc in their manners. No one like:
IA stiff and backward girl, and when you g
into store and II pretty "saeslady" CALI
you my dear, and changes it to my darling
before you leave, the effect is as pleasing n
it is startling.