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Gems of Thought.

1t is the energy Of the will that is the
soul of the intellect; wherever it is there
is life; where it is not all is dullness,
dependency. and d%esolation.
True courage is cool and calm. The
bravest of men have the least of a bru-
tai bullying incidence; and in the very
time Of danger are found the most Sc
e n and free.
Beware of evil thoughts. Oh, the
mischief they have done in the world.
Bad thoughts come first, bad words
bring up the e Pray against them.
They prepare the enemy.
The flower which blooms to-day, and
is withered to-morrow-is it at all more
actual than the colors Of the rainbow?
Or rather. are those less actual? Beauty
is the most feeting thing upon earth,
yet immortal as the spirit from which it
blossoms.
When once a concealment or deceit
has been practiced in matters where all
should be fair and open as the day, con-
tidence can never be restored, any
more than you can restore the white
bloom to the grape or plum that you
have once held.in your hane.
The mixture of ZONE error with much
truth adnlterates the whole; as the
chalice of pure liquid is rendered dan
gerous by the infusion of drop Of poi
son. We should therefore avoid all
error, however slight and inconsiderate
it may appear. One error may soon
lead toa hundred-Ay, to a thousand.
The modest Department Of those who
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Secret of Raising Turkeys,

One of the most successful breeders
remarks on this point: One great secret
of raislns turkeys is to take care, and
take care all summer; and even then
you cannot raise them, for sometimes
they will not lay or they will not hatch.
or something Will beinii them. Some
times We raise turkeys. without much
care, when the season is specially favor
able, but generally the measure of care
is the measure of success. A boy ten or
twelve years old, with = little direction
from his father, can easily take care of
two hundred turkeys, and he cannot
earn so much money on the farm in INV
other way. 1t is an old maxim that if 4
thing is worth doing it is worth dong
we'll Some may think this constant
care is too much trouble 10 raise t1r-
keys. This is a free country, and you
can omit any part, or the whole,
know better course. by
all means pursue it. This painstakine
has made turkey raising about as sure as
any, other branch of farm industry. I
have usually kept from eight to ten tur-
keys as breeders, and have raised from
p~lnety-nlne to one hundred in u sum
mer. In 1860 I sold my turkeys for
twenty-seven conts a pound, amounting
10 S2So40. In 1883 | sold for TWENTY-FIVE
to twenty-seven cents q pound; gross
amount of sales, $3S6.li. That year |
kept an account of expenses. and calcu-
lated the net profit 1t S2l3.5S. In 1901
sold for twenty-five cents a pound:
amount of sales, $31132. In 1871 l sold
for eighteen cents II pound; gross amount
OF sales, S2S6.2i. [ would rather raise
turkeys and sell at fifteen cents than to
raise pork and sell at ten cents Il pound.
Perhaps in f'ttening pork you can save
the mannre better, but the turkey drop-
pings, if gathered and saved every week
and kept dry are worth halt as much as
guano, and are certainly worth a cent q
pound.
The turkey crop is steadily increasing
IN value, not more by the increased
number of farmers who maize this a
speciality in their ponltry raising than
by the increased attention and skill of
those wh> have long been in the bust
ness. Care in selecting stock for breed
ing. brings ample rewards. The prospect
was never better than now for the ex-
tension of the business among the farm
ers who have a good range and good
markets. The average size Of %turkeysin
the districts where TIE business is made
a specially is steadily increasing and we
look for still further improvements.
Lancaster Farmer.
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Tomato Plants From Cuttings.

Have any of eur friends ever tried to
raise tomato plants from cuttings; and
if so, with what results? Last fall we
rooted a slip from a tomato vine which
had escaped the first frost ofthe season,
II at the same time we planted some
seeds. The cutting is now quite a large
plant, branched out and in full blossom.
promising fruit, whilst the seedlings are
still small without signs of either branch
or blossom. From this experiment we
conclude that, while ali the numberless
attempts during the last decade to pro-
duce earlier bearing varieties of as good
qualities us some Of our best popular
sorts possess, have proved to be failures,
or nearly 50, we may still look in anoth-
- direction for attaining the end so
eagerly sought. Every florist knows
that even small cuttings OF house plants
colne to bloom just lis if they we're not
severed from the parent plant and put
on their W resources. Every branch
or sucker of the tomato vine produces
blossoms with the tendency to bear fruit.
Is 1t not reasonable to expect that when
turning such branch into an individual
plant this natural tendency is preserved
the same as it is IN the case of the GER
anium slip? The problem of pushing
ne fruiting season of this wholesome
vegetable a week or two ahead, can, we
have no doubt, be solved by the use of
cuttings instead Of seedlings.-Midiand
Farmer. ..
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How the Brooklyn Bridge Gables
We're Made,

After the towers had been built and
the anchorage made ready then came
the s%trangest work of all. To make the
cables and put them owe the towers
would be a difficult matter; very likely
it could not be done at all. So the ca
bles were made just where they hang,
II small wire at a time. The cables
are not chains with links, nor are they
twisted like ropes. They are bundles OF
straight wires laid side by side, and
tightly around the outside. At the
Brooklyn anchorage was placed a pow
erful steam-eagine, and on the top of the
anchorage We're placed two largewheels
and with the aid of proper machinery
the engine caused these wheels to turn
backward or forward. From each
wheel was stretched Il steal rope to the
top Of the Brooklyn tower, aver the
river, over the other tower, and down
to the New York anchorage. Here ii
passed over another wheel, and then
stretched all the way back again. The
ends were fastened together, making an
endless rope, and when the engine
moved the rope travelled to and fro over
the river. For this reason they were
called the travellers" There were,
besides these travellers, two mor ropes
placed side by side. On these were laid
short pieces Of oak, thus making a foot
bridge on which the workmen could
cross the river. There were also other
ropes for supporting platforms. on which
the workmen stood as the weaving went
on. On each traveller was hung an iron
wheel, and as the traveller moved, the
wheel went with it. 1t took only ten
mlnntss to send two wires over the river
IN this way. The men on the foot-hridge
and on the platforms suspended from
the other ropes guided the two wires
into place, and thus the cables were
woven, lit lie by little, two slender steel
wires each time, and carefully laid in
place, till 5,434 wires were bound to-
gether in a huge cable, fifteen and three
quarter inches in diameter. The
work was fairly started by the 18th Of
June, 1877, and the last wire was laid
Oct. 5, 1873. There are fot~ cables.
each 5, SIS l-2 feet long; and, call the
wires in the four cables we're placed in
line, they would reach over fourteen
thousand miles. The work was long and
dangerous. Sometimes the wire would
break and fall into the water, and an
hour or more would be spent inhaul-
Ing it up and starting once more. The
men on the foot.bridge or on the rrs-
dies, high in the air, watched every
wire as it was laid into place To start
and stop the engine, men stood on the
top of the towers and waved signal flags
to the engineer. Such a mass of wires
would not very easily keep in place, and
as the work went on, a number of wires
we're bound together into little bundles,
or ropes, and at the end of all were
bound together int, one smooth, round
bundle. or cable.
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of a paste made of crude potash and
whiting. Brush it all over the surface
70 Ia ciaanad and nnliah Of.

| of a paste made of crude potash and
| whiting. Brush it all over the surface
to be cleaned and polish Oft.
A Coon PUDDING SAUCE is made in
the following manner: Take the yolks
of three eggs, a cup of sugar and q lump
of butter the size of a small egg. Beat
these ingredients together we'll. adding
a half pint ofboiling water and tlavoring
to suit your tlste.
ALMOND SPONGE CAKE.-Pound in 4
white mortar, until very fine, one ounce
OF bitter almonds; take out and put into
; a bowl, pour over them four tablespoons
fuls of boiling water, and let them sim.
mer three Ut four minutes. To the
yolks of twelve eggs, well beaten, add
| slowly one pound of sieved sugar, and
beat light; then, after wiping the all
monds dry, add them. Beat until very
| stiff tho whites of the eggs, and add to
| the volks and sugar, alternating with
the flour. Stir we'll but very lightly to-
gether, ms beating destroys the light.
ness of sponge cake. Bake in tins with
upright sides, and in a moderate
oven.
SrEwED ONloNs-Cut the onions
through, boil till quite tender, put them
in a co!andel to drain, press with a
spoon to get all the water out. While
the onions are draining, make a dress
ing for them in the following manner:
Put q lump of butter in q skillet the size
of an egg, and when melted stir in a ta-
btespooniul of flour and when slightly
Drowned add three-fourths cup. rich
sweet milk, stir constantly till it boils;
let it boil II minute, then add salt and
pepper to suit the taste, then stir in the
onions. This makes a delicious sauce to
eat with roast fowls.
A delicious pie is made by stoning and
chopping II heaping cup of ~raisins,
mixing with them the juice and rind Of
lemon, the yelks of two eggs. Bake
with bottom crust only, and make q
meringue of the whites Of the eggs. You
may put one whole egg in the pie, and
make it with an upper crust.
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Don't speak Of it, Count hastily in.
terrupted Lena, affecting a CAVITY she
was far from feeling. at was charm
ing-so new; l never tasted q more de.
licious chicken"
II am happy to find that l have
pleased you" said friedrich; "but al.
low me, in all Difference to your taste, te
correct one mistake-the bird YOU have
partaken of vas not chicken. but my
falcon"
your pet falcon?" said Lena, in at.
fecte0 establishment.
THE same, madame" he replied.
Frederick" she exclaimed, and the
tone in which his name was uttered
caused Frederick to start. He was
dumb with surprise when lie saw the
naughty Lena burst into tears, and be.
fore he could recover his self Possession
Lena stood before him erect and pale.
Frederick, to-day we part forever
said she, "apd before we do so I must
obtain your forgiveness. You have al
ways treated me with respect and love,
and IL have repaid your devotion with
GOODNESS and scorn. Will you forgive
me?'
Most certainly" coldly answered
Frederick, making a great effort to sub.
Guy VIC Paoston per uuwoHteu SeIltie-
liaa reused. - loved you, and prob.
IDLY ny my urceasing devotion wesried
you. ! needed a lesson, and have
learned it. l could not expect one who
did not love me to-
stop there aud listen to me-" said
Lena, and If my confession made in
This hour, seems, unmaidenly letmy ex.
cuse be that it is the only PREPARATION in
my power. am wealthy-ltle wealthi-
est woman ~ at rma as 1t Is said.
r!ohi my chlldhood l nave ietred 10 DE
lovea LOT my wealth, ana with my earn.
es. nature | khow 5hat mafriase with
Gu. iose wouiu OK aea!h. feople "hom
NC that NY VAL hnl sinee'e ir'ehus told
n ns I4 for ~ ,tm ie MGie an Una you
nara,;ueiv l;,tia , raai nslsneu your cohi,
more surely 10 cain nnssass;nn o,ny .n 10y,
~ 49, w s,an. possSoo,oh oi my
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WatermeIons.

Concerning the selection of water
melons for eating, the Baltimore Ameri-
can offers the following information.
Some Of the ". rites mentioned may not
be 'eund in our western markets:
"Wtlat is called the i Grind melon is
said to be the best. 1t is a round, light
geeen melon, pithavery thin rind, and
Il buyers less apt to be fooled upon
this VARIETY than on any other, as it is
nearly always red to the rind. The
GYPSY, mepn is the long, yellow, green
striped article, generally has a thick
rlnd, and can not always be depended
upon. The Georgia melon is something
s,mlIar1n ftyle, bat a much better fruit;
melons anda great favorite with the
western trade. The Cuban green is an
other choice variety, being a luscious
round, striped melon,
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Al itneran' preacher, who was hold
ing forth to acongregatiopaes the east
ern shore ofMaryland, composed most
OF oyster drelgers, used the expression.
II your rigf arm offend thee. muck II
out; if,your eye offend thee, cut Il Off
An old oysteman who occupied q front
seat on hearing the above expression.
remarked ina stage whisper that was
heard all oysr the church: "Do Won
think we'vezot eyes like a crab?n ~
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are truly wise, when contrasted with
the assuming air of the young and igno-
rant. may be compared to the different
appearance Of wheat, which, while its
ear is empty, holds up its head proudly,
but as soon as it is filled with grain,
bends modestly down and withdraws
from observation.
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.Now. John, said the lathe, Of the

Now, john said the father of the
city family to the father OF the country
family, I'VE have been spending
all summer with you, and as sorne sort
VI recompense We are gong to have
some atI:ateur theatricals and give you a
fare benefit" mo, thanks to you
Charles" was the rep.y; don't wait to.
do that. The farewell will be benefit
enough for me-"
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Every man talks the lingo of bis trade.
When a plumber wants to stop his ad.
vertisement he says, "Shut it off," and
tho reporter who goes to write up a
funeral. asks, "Has the last form gone
down?"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-01
The Recent Legislature,

The SeHeca journal in commenting upon
the statement made by us in the SENTINEL,
that the recent Legislature appropriated
'about eighty thousand dollars more than
the preceding Legislature, &c., calls upon
MS for Figures and facts" We are sorry
that we can not comply with The request at
this time, rs the Acts of the last Legisln--
turc have not yet been published and We
have not seen tho appropriation bill. When
the appropriation hill passed. it was nn-
nounced, aud has not been contradicted,
that the appropriation exceeded, by eighty
thousand dollars the:.nrpropriaiion made
by The preceding Legislature. If we had
u copy OF the bill we would compare it with
the preceding appropriation bill and point
out, with pleasure, the particular items Of
increase. There is one item of increase.
however, that does not appear in the ap-
preparation bill Wlicf> wostake pleasure in
calling TO the attention of our clever cons
temporary, and leave it to him to judge
whether the increase was necessary or not.
The Columbia Canal Act requires a mini
mum tOroC OF TWO nunurcu COnvlCtS 10 WORK
on the canal the present year. Under the
former Act, the Bonrd Of Directors had
fixod the minimum at owe hundred The
adduional one hundred convicts required
under the last Act could have been hired
Gu. at SD so per month, which would have
brought in revenue TO tho State of fftcer
thousand dollars. This amount should be
included in the appropriations, which woult
run the total increase up to ninety .fr
tdoa,dnd dollars. We ARE ;nol discussing
!he merits or dcmcrits Of the cnnal-onl,
giving fact. But the Journal seems to b,
\ little inconsistent. In the first place i
says: "Tho former Legislature did too
,nnch and the recent .one too little" an,
sgain. "As to their not repeating tho law.
so loudly complained Of in certain quar-
ters, it acted wisely"
The statement that "thc former Lcgisla
tnre did to9 much aud tho reccr. ono
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-01
Presentment of the Grand Jury.

Presentment of the Grand Jury.
Tho Grand Jury beg leave to re-
port as follows:
For various rcaao"s wu have not
examined tho public Offices at this
term. There arc no complaints
against any OF them.
We recommend that tho County
Commissioners buy a suitable fire
and burglar proof safe for tho use OF
County Treasurer and Auditor.
We recommend farther Lhat the
County Commissioners get legal ad-
vice IN how proceed in recovering
from w. e. Earle, Esq, $1,000, ana
interest paid him AZ attorney tor
Richmond and Danvillo Railroad ct
AL, and which was never ro.htcd
and which tho Comfy has been
compelled to pay again. and after
consulting good authority to pro-
ceod rs in their judgment may seem
best.
We also call the attention Of the
County Comm ssioncrA to tho fact
that somc repairs arc needed on the
jail, and recommend that thoy have
necessary work done, and that they
put in pipes to carry off filth from
the cells.
1t has bocn called TO our attcn-
tlon that there arc gates across the
public road Icahing from Old Pick
ons To PcndIcton, and from same
place TO Grccnvilc, and we recon.
mend that tho Commissioners hayo
| thom removed.
We dosirc to tender your Honor
IA we'll as tho Solicitor, our thanks
for The courtesy shown ns.
Very respectfully submitted,
Il. r. ll0RToN, Foreman.
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I.,.tC
nn}i the recent one should have repealed
thCm. We agree fully with our contempo.
Yory that the State now has good officers
from the Governor down, and that the Leg
Esiature acted wisely in not repeating any
d The laws so loudly compla ined Of In,
IBIS we think the Legislature showed much
wiadom, and for which il should receive
The "well done" of the people. But We
respectfully decline to endorse every other
act Of the "recent" Leg islature. The point
hat We are driving at, which our contcm>
porary seems not to have clearly caught, is
ibis: We want TO know what our esteemed
contemporaries, who so numerically be-
rated the former Legislature and rejoiccd
80 much at the election Of nm almost ell.
tirely "new" body, arc going to do with the
present Legislature? Win they put them
on the gridiron, or will they call off their
dogs and quit the drive? In this conncc-
-ton We desire to State that our criticisms
apply only TO the Legislature as o body and
not to my individual member, rs some {
them seem to think. We believe large
majority Of the members are honest, pnlri.
oIic citizens, who did what they thought
was for the best interest of the State. Many
Of them are Four pers onal fl lends, whom we
esteem very ILch, but we may differ with
Them upon certain measures, and rs q journ.
alist feel il our duty to say 80. We also
1e9l il our duty to call public attention TO
What We conceive TO bo had or ill.Ndvised
egislaiicn. then the public can form its
uwn opinion, and rs this is a free country,
zach individual member can go before his
constituents and defend his course, what
ever il may have been
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Quttu " iILLlo Gaicuntcd to reflect
credit upon tho Committee an the
friend, adviser and co~partncr Of
Brady.
The women's rights pccrIo are
preparing for tho annual convention
Of the woman snffraglsts, which il
always held in Washington during
the session Of Congrcss, 1t is by
somo considered the most amusing
event of tho season, and however
disn nprointod the disciples of pro-
Rress may feel, they certainly enjoy
their scances with the congressional
committee which is dcpulcd to tack
10 them and luXuriate in the boum =. re-.
loss liberty OF talking back. 1t il ,,
awtully funny! 1t Ii worth most
anybody's while to come over horc
and enjoy the sparring matches be-
tween tho ladies and tho Congress-
of tho United States. Senator
Vance and Senator Vest nre lnvarin
bly, snucy TO thcm-lhat liz, IN suucy
us they dare to be--and gcL safe
down upon with great regularity
and vigor 1t does not bore Soma
tors and Representatives, in the
least to listen TO their stirring up-
pcals, and indeed If those stirring
appeals wcro lott ont good many
legislators would be grievousIy dis
appointed.
EX~Sccrctary Robcson's tender
testimonial 70 tho character Of his
bosom friend Mr.. Roach on the floor
OF Congress tho other day must
have drawn tears humorous or 0t-
hcrwiso, from the eyes OF those who
heard il. II Mr.. RobcsOn bad mcr.
ely said that Mr.. Roach know how
to bald ships and got good price
for tcem he would Eavo given his
friend good advertisement; but he
went so much further that it is i'm
possible not to bolieve that Mr.. Rob.
eson hopes to bee me Secretary OF
tho Navy again ono of these days.
ard that Mr.. Roach will take aa
good care of him az he ever did in
othcr days. "l'II tickle you now if
you'll tcklo mo aflor n whlo" is II
very old poIitico business principle,
and people who know Mr.. Roach
will not be in difficulty about apply
ing it.
Tho hard time that Senator Uoar
has recently been having to get him
self re elected TO tho Senate reminds
mo that ono Of the biggest Jobs that
has bocn introduced ~ Congress
this winter is his proposition to pur,
chase with Government money at
$50 each, about half million vo
ting machines invented by Boston
man, and supply them TO every cleo
tion district in, tho Unitod States.
Just what the merits OF tho machine
are have not yot been ablo TO find
out, but ills como sort OF glass
contrivanee with tho ballots pasted
on m endless belt for the supposed
purpose 81 preventing fraud upon
the franchise. But as the election
liudges would handle, and possibly
tMmper with every ballot. The SO,
CURLY OF tho thing is not SO appar.
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The Road Law.

We have frequently been reoucs-
ted to publish the Road law of South
Carolina for tho benefit Of our sub
scribors. 1t would require too much
space to comply with the request in
full. but wo append ~ synopsis OF
the moro important points of prac~
tical interest at tho people.
All able~hodied males botwc on
the ages of sixteen and fifty are La
bile annually TO work The roads not
less than three nor more than twcI-
vo days, under tho direction Of the
road overseer's or pay ono dollar be,
day in lieu Of suGh labor.
Tho persona warned are entitled
to twelve hours notice OF tho p'occ
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-01
1850.

Mr., J. G. Thompson of this Office, has in
hIe possession copy of tho Keowee Courier,
pnblshed January &c, 1850. 1t is volume
No 36, and is n twenty column paper
fS Q notice that John Bowcn, The father OF
3i,a present Treasurer of this County, wns
3'ax Collector of Old Piokens District al
bat time, and gives notice that he will at
tend certain places ia March for the pur-
nose of receiving taxes. Amongst the
9aces designated are The following, which
@rs now in this County: John Bowen's,
Trap, (Dacusyille) Hesier's, Wolf Creek,
dcs. BarIon's, Hurricane, McKinney's, r.
&eines, tCentrsD salubrity, (Liberiy)
piokcnsville: at PickensC. H., on Monday
spd Tuesday of Spring Court. .....
Ny books" says Mr.. Bowen, "will then
giese.n "All returns not made by that
'Rs win be double taxed. ....
State tax,
Road tax, 20 per cent.
Poor tex, l2i per cent.
Y S.& T. r. willi.yas. OF sa,nbritv
eY9 an advertisement Of the sore in ne
le q 1ilcs in nn article ON odnco,;o
The free school fund viii he inorsasod
s. sarly one balf for the present veor,
iti5 recommends teachers TO d1soard ,sgah
af or the Elemenlry Spelling Book. and
3 F0wDes' spelling Book in lis pleee,D
is ffimniier was the publisher. and
~ Norris, IL, and r. NJ Keith were iii,