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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
The Transit Of Venus.

Well, tho great astronomical event
has como and gone, and cicntists all
over the world have Eccn able TO make
observations upon Venus a. it passed
across the face o! the sun. The iull re-
suit o: their studies, diagrams, and pho
Biography will not be known for sevc al
years. Several curious facts have, how
over. been given to the public The
spectrOscope has revealed the lac be-
yond all dispute, that there is water on
that planet. it was known before that
there was a grea deal of moisture in
its atmosphere, but the presence of
water in the form of oceans and lakes
makes it reasonable to suppose that
there is lie on the surface of Venus.
Heat and moisture are Indispensable
factors in the development of vegetable
and animal forms, ard Venus cCr ainly
appears to have both. Prof. Langley,
OF Pittsburgh made II very important
discovery. He found briuht spot on
the edge of the planet which must have
cover, nearly two thousand miles of
the surface. This spot might have becn
huge mountain, or monster volcano,
Tor 1t seemed TO be an i'll minated pro.
tubcrance upon the face of the planet.
Within short iime the astronomers will
be able to give us the almost exact dis
tanco between the earth and the sun.
This was the primary object of all the
obSerN alions taken on the Gth Of Docem-
ber When once it is known how far
the sun is from the earth, it will be an
easy matter to ind out the precise dis
tanccs of all the members of the solar
system from each other. Indeed, the
full results OF the labor, of our astrono.
mcrs may not be corlprehended for
century. 1t is said of the Greeks that
Their discoveries in geometry seemed
OBJ ,ecllcss as they were of no Immediate
util ty, bus they proved TO be of onor-
nous benefit to the human race two
thousan years lat CT in making naviga-
ton science. AT the time tho solving
Of gcometrical pr blcms seemed OF no
more value TO the ~ erage Greek than
is he solving OF chess problem TO- day,
and yet what n world of gratitude does
the ace owe to th1 Gr1cian rcometri-
clans. in passing, it NAV be remarked,
that in the spcctroscope Wero many lines
| never seen before. 1t should be under
| stood tina every line shows certain
| pcculi"ritjeS which indicate the presence
OF Il specific metal or o her material
! The SpectrOScopc reveals the fact that
the atmosphere OF the sun conta ms
hydrogen iron, sodium, and many other
substances common to tEiS earth. These
have also been found in : Gus. but with
them other Ines, for which there il
nothing analogous, 30 far rs il; known,
in the composition Of the earth Deup0-
rest 8 MOHth'H.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
Rejected Manuscripts.

Rejected contributors are sometimes
avenged. A scotch newspaper, the Grccn-
! Ock LldrCrti&cJ, has ceased to exist, after
q life of fsrvCnty-cight years. This paper
will be remembered for one thing Onl,
it rejected Campbclls spocm of HohcRlin-
den, on the ground that it was mot up
to the mark" Campbell himself thought
lightly of the poem, it is said, until he
was assured by Sir Walter Scott that it
was one of the finest things of tho kind
that he over read Since that time, the
poem has been worn out by the myriads
of school-boys who have spoken it in
public on the stage Charlotte BrOnte's
great novel met with q similar reception.
"Janc Eyre" was written iii the grey old
parsonage under the Yorkshire hills; tho
rough notes, skctchcd hasty in pencil,
were transcribed in nCat hand rs lcgible
as print, and the manuscript, in its brown
paper wrapper, was sent off from the sta
tion-housc Mt KleiGhlcy to publisher after
publisher, only to find its way back again,
'roturned with Thanks" till the packet,
scored all over with publishers names,
and wcll-ni8h worn out by its travels,
found its way into the hands of Mcssrs.
Smith & Elder with stamped envelope
inside for reply. This story of " Jane
Eyre" IS, with authors who cannot find n
publisher, one of the standing sources Of
consolation, and it is very striking in
stance of the loose way in which publish
ers' readers now and then look through
manuscripts that find their way into 9TH
er hands
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
The Slave Trade in EgyDt.

Notwithstanding the laws, treaties and
dccrces for the suppression of the slave
trade III Egypt, and even the activity
displayed by the Egyptian Government
for its extinction, dispatches recently re-
cCivcd nj the Department of State from
oT Consul General ut Cairo would seem
to prove that the inhunan traffic, al
though not carried On as openly, is piled
as encrgctically as formerly. The slave
trade is carried OH by the Arab caravans
which, while nominally trading in lrgiti-
mate merchandise between Egypt and
Dalfour, in Central Africa, run the slaves!
into upper Egypt to tho city of Assiont
generally, on the Nile, about go miles
above Cairo, where the Lybian range of
mountains run nearly down to the river.
The slaVCrs sccrctc the slaves in the an
ciCnt GrOttOC8 and tOmbs in these mount
AIMS until they are disposed of and
distributed throughout tho country.
The activity of II young Swiss attached
to the American Mission at AsSiOut re-
GENTLY resulted in the seizure and manu-
mission Of G8 slaves and the incarceration
OF 30 Arabs, charged with being slave
dealers. Through the representation of
the British Consul General 0t Cairo
there being treaty for the suppression
OF the slave trade between Egypt and
nglmd--thrcc hundred soldiers were
dispatch to Assiout, the caravan SUI
rounded and the seizure above noted G..
tCctcd. Although it was we'll undcrstuUn -
that this caravan had brought more than
1000 slaves into the country, the most
rigid search failed to discover more than
CS, the remainder having been disposed
OF and safely distributed before the ar
rival of the soldiers. OF the G8 persons
maIunittcd some were seized in their
native country while sleeping in their
tents, others were borne Off while tend,
ing their sheep and cattle in tho fields;
some of the girls were forced away from
their husbands and still others were
! originally slaves and sold to the caravan.
--EhiL0dcIphi0 Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

A MAN who hnd imbibed rather freely
in the morning was driving his COW to
pasture, when n follow camo along and
extolled the COW. eyes, sir, said tho
owner, everybody is praising that
cow"
81 wish I owned her." said No. Q.
Just then couple of toads jumped in
front of the COW.
"Look here" exclaimed the owner,
elf you'll eat those two toads I'll give
you the COW"
"Will you?" said the man. He seized
a toad and soon ate him up. 1t was too
much for his stomach and he stopped to
consider, while the owner of the COW be-
gan to fear that he had lost her. There
was pause, when q happy thought hit
the toad-eater. "I'll tell you what ri
do" said the toad eater, elf you will eat
the other toad I'll let you up on your
offer"
."Dono," said the owner, and be
gobbled the second toad in iiffy. They
were both somewhat the worse for their
meal, and it is still disputed point
which camo out ahead. If any one can
see any application to certain perform
ences of recent date, says the Boston
Journal, we shall mako no objection.
The COW was feeding all the time.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
THE MORMONS.
What brigham YouuS's Daughter TSSnha
OF tho Church of tho Latte, Day SnIpts.

OF the Church of tho Latte, Day SnIpts.
Several weeks ago five of the daughters
of Brigham Young, late head of the
Mormon Church, were expelled from the
church for the crime of having gone to
law with certain of the brethren who at
tempted to rob them. Aftcrward tho
elders, wishing to make peace with tho
expelled hugants, sent couple of
"teachcrs' to interview them. They re-
paired to the residence of Miss Dora
Young. What occurred there is told by
the Salt Lake Tribune, as follows:
1--WE want tNGee, Sister Dora, if you
will not come back to u.s."
II have received n note calling on me
to appear to answer n charge; what would
you dO?"
"Oh," replied Brother Morris, 81
should go by all means-by all means. !"
''But / won't do that" replied the
heircss, "not for the world"
"Oh, come now, Sister Dora, don't
say that. If you have dono an ything
wrong it will be forgiven"
eyes, but 1 havn't dono anything
wrong. What have l donc?"
"Nou had a suit with your brethren
didn't you?"
"Ycs, and wish 10 gracious had an
other one"
"What, with the brethren?"
eyes, with the brcthren?"
"Don't say that, Sister Dora; we don't
want to hurt your feelings. but"
"And | don't want you to hurt my
feelings. Ii you DO you'll go out # my
house good deal livelicr than you can o
III. L have stood Just as much from t. g
Mormons as L intent to bear, and if you
two offend me any way you will go out
OF that door which carpenter put there
for just such people"
ooh, we don't want to hurt"
"Wcll, then, don't ask me to return to
INC church; YOU can't insult me worse
than by requesting that
''Sister Dora, think o. your father and
mother, and"
''DOn't speak to mo OF my father, Mr..
Morris" she interrupted; you and the
Whole church know that my father,
prophet though you called him, broke
many wOman's heart If it is required
OF me to break us many hearts and ruin
rs many women as my father did, L
should go to pcrdition before I would 20
back into the church again and"
ooh, Sister Dora!' exclaimed the
teacher.
Its fact, and you know it is n fact.
You know that many of his wives died
of broken hearts, and how did he leave
the rest? Look at my mother and look
ut all the rest of them! A religion which
breaks womcns hearts and ruins them is
of the devil That's what Mormorism
does. Don't talk to me of my father;
but L ii tell you one thing, if my father
wclc living at present you wouldn't dare
to do whn' you are doing now. You
wouldn't have stolen onr money from us
either. You Piofcss to regard my father
MS Il prophet. and yet you have John
Taylor standing i'll my fathers shoes,
when you know lie is the worse enemy
my father has on earth. And around
HIM are gathered those brave apostles,
all swearing against father while in his
lifetime 'hcv couldn't be servilo enough.
They are brave now "
The teachers were dumhfounded at the
honest girl s estimate of her father, Brig
ham Young, and said nothing
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
JudIcIOus Advertising,

"A man denolmcing newspaper advertis-
ing to crowd of listeners: "Last week."
said ho, II had IN umbrella stolen from
the YES tibule of the - church. It was
gift, and, valuing it very highly, spent
double its worth in advertising, but have
not recovered it." "How did you word
your advertisements" asked q merchant.
"'Hcre it is, said the man, producing
n slip cut from n newspaper. The NOR
chant took it, and read: ''Lost from the
vestibule of - church, last Sabbath
evening, black silk umbrella. The gen
tlcman who took it will be handsomely
rewarded by leaving it at No, San
Fernando street." "Now," said the NOR
chant, 81 am liberal advertiser, and al
ways found that it paid me well. A great
deal depends upon the manner in which
an advertisement is put Let us try for
your umbrella again, and if you do not
acknowledge then that advertising pays,
L Will purchase you q new one." The
merchant then took slip of paper from
his pocket aud wrote: eff the man who
was seen to take an umbrella from tho
vestibulo of -- church, last Sabbath
evening does not wish to get into trouble
and have n stain cast upon the Christian
character which he values so highly, ho
will return it to No., San Fernando
street He is we'll known" This duly
appeared i'll the pape-, and on the follow
Tag morning the man was astonshcd
when he opened the front door OF his res
idrncc. On the porch lay ut least a dozen
umbrclins of all shades and sizes that had
been thrown i'll from the sidewalk, while
the front yard was literally paved with
umbrellas. Many Of them had notes at
tachcd to them saying that they had been
taken by mistake, and begging the loser
to keep the little affair quit.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

A SUIT against Il New Jersey hotel
keeper for extortion brought out the fact
that his receipts were 81, 900 per week,
OF which $4,000 was clear profit. That
Is, person paying 81 a day for boarl
gives the landlord $3.50 for his own
pocket.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

THERE are almost score of incnbators
in operation at Hammonton, New Jersey
and there will be more chickens hatcht d
'here this season than ever before. tho
climate and soil, as well as location, being
specially adapted to the raising OF poul-
:ry
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

YANKEE ingenuity leads in the Patent
Office records for 1882. Ono person out
OF every 1882 in Connecticut secured q
patent. Rhode Iseland is next in the
ratio, and Massachusetts next. The in-
ventive mind in Alabama is only ono 70
37445. All other Southom States are
low in the ratio,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

A VERDICT, with $4,000 damages,
W0a obtained at the Northumberland
Assizes by Miss Pottisman, a young lady
aged twenty-five, of Twcedmouth, against
William Richardson, aged thirty, for
breach OF contract OF marriage. One &C
the objections Of the defendant was that
the lady was left-handed,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

SEEDS OF the bearing trocs Of
California were formerly i'll demand
abroad at from 800 to 1926 pound, and
tll,,c are millions of trees now growing
in England and on the Continent of Eu.
rope from seeds sent from California dur
ing the last twenty-five years. Many of
the trees are now bearing seed, and hence
the demand for seeds fropa California has
greatly decreased.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

LIE number Of insane, it!iotic and
ollnd persons in this country in 1859 was
9o,995, and in 1880 it was PSI ,GnS. Tha
Increase Is surprising, and it is painful to
contemplate. 1t far exceeds tho u,r
ecntum of increase in ropuIetioY
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
GOVERNOR BENJAMIN f. BUTLER, O

GOVERNOR BENJAMIN +. BUTLER, O
Massachusetts,, in declining rc&retfully
Eho invitation to the Sherman dinner in
Washington, wrote: GA sincere frierd.
ship has existed for many years between
myself and General Sherman, whose
sixtythird birthday you and his friends
commemorate. Alas! that they are so
many, and that we have him not now at
the same age as when he earned his
triumph in the war in 'G3."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

Henry Irving says that the London
public is led by few persons. Whom
an actor, artist or author once becomes
n iavorite he always maintains some
thing o! that position, 30 matter how
much tho quality of his work falls OF.
But Irving viii come to the United
States with different view of our pco-
PIE. 30 far as ! know them" he
says 1" hey are remarkable for individ-
uaiit Ns Each one of my audience tncro
VIII make up his mind himself, and, as
! nave certain mannerisms which | can
not escape from, there will be many TO
dsapproye o me- Here in FnoIand
M friends have become csustomed 10
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

HAErroRp, Conn.,, is enjoying n sccial
sensation. A wealthy citizen of that
place becoming dispeascd with the con-
duct Of his wife, ordered her to leave
the house. This sho declined to do,
whercupon he dismissed the servants,
had tho water and gas turned off, and
himself found other quarters. The wife,
who IS described rs being a woman Of
uncommon intellectual endowmonts, has
proved her ability by remaining and hir-
ing other servants, and also by punch
ing holes with poker III oil the valuable
pictures i'll the house. She still holds
th0 fort.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

CnAs' M. HARRIS, travelling for n Chi
cago house, won the affections Of Mrs.
~ Z. Smith, the mother of four children.
and wife Of a wealthy livery stable keeper
OF San Antonia, Texas, and their linison
has caused great sensation at ST Louis,
where the lady recently came to visit re-
latiVea
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

LIEUTENANT BURDANK, the officer in
charge of the guard Mt the tomb of Presi-
dent Garfield, denies the reports that the
remains arc exposed to the view of
strangers. The Lieutenant states that he
has an order from the Secretary of War
which says: "Until otherwise ordered
by competent authority, no one snvo
Mro. Garfield will be permitted to view
ihc remains" This order is rigidly en-
ferccd, and no ono but Mrs. Garfield is
permitted to 60 inside the vault.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

MAJOR PHrrPs, the notorious Philn.
dolphia Aims House plunderer, is still
in prison in Canada, but is "as we'll as
might be expected under the circun-
stances" He is treated with all the
consideration due to man who wears
the unique distinction of having stolen
the roof of the building intrusted to his
care
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

A WESTERN paper recommends that
those who are compelled to do lnuch
walking during tho icy season should
tack piece Of Brussels or other heavy
carpet, an inch square, 30 the bottom Of
their boots.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

fEV. RUSSELL JENNINGS, of Conno"ti-
CUT who amassed a large fortune fifty
years ago by manufacturing augers, was
married a few days since at the oge OF
eighty years to bride OF twenty-five.
he celebrated the event by prcsenting
30, ,OO0 to each of seven churches,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

TIE. richest gold mine known in the
United States, before the acquisition of
California, was in Rowin county, North
Carolina, which in 1910 yielded $500 TO
the bushel of earth, or 8, 900, 600 in all, :,
when the mine became flooded. In
1899 nugget found in Cabaa;ds county
weighed seventy-eight pounds. For
years number of gold veins md
placers or gravel deposits were cxten-
Biyely worked over a large territory on
beth sides OF the Blue Ridge,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

THE City of Mexico is almost destitute
of fish supplies. With a population of
72,0O0it is said that its daily receipts of
fresh fish do not average more than
twenty pounds.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

THE Mayor of Chicago is credited with
asserting that from $50, 900 to $4,000 .
year can be raised by letting out the po.
lice patrol boxes for advertising purposes
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

In regard to milk much complaint is
again heard in New York that many
milkmen with fanciful, misleading names
on their chariots do not supply puro
article
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

HANNIBAL HAN1h1N stated in q lecture
1t bangor, Me-, few nights ago, that he
did not see IN intoxicated person while
he was in Spain as United States Min
:ster, and he thought that tho reason
was the national use Of light winns
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

Nothing more sensible has been said
during the prevailing epidemic of dis
cussion about fire escapes than by n
Hartford architect, Mr.. S. ". Lincoln,
who says "the best fro escape is cool
boo1 -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

BARrHohDts statue of Liberty is
nearly completed. 1t is to be FREQ gift
from France to tho United States, and
rs yet the subscription to the pedestal
is not sufficient to pay for corner
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

RUSSIA had last year 776 periodical
publications, including newspapers.
The largest circulation was II, 600.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

SOME adventurous mountain climbers
made the attempt of ascending the Alps
this winter, but such was the accumula-
tiOp of snow that they could not succeed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

REV. ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER, writing
from London, says that it is mortifying
to ones patriotism to know that no other
people on earth can be so easily i'm
posed upon, socially, as the American.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
resorted to tho use of sleighs. The CON-
test was q good-Iatured one.

PROMINENT wheat operators at Mil
waukee express the belief that tho crop
OF 1882 has beon largely overestimated;
that when it was harvested it won't into
granaries completely bare OF grain; that
tho floods III America and Europe, &C
companied by rigorous weather, have
materially injured tho growing crop,
and that higher figures for wheat may
be justly anticipated.
GOVERNOR PArrIsoN, of Pennsylvania,
has cent to the Legislature q message
asking for the abolition Of many State
and city Offices; the making Of laws for
the government Of empJovers and wage
workers; the annuIment Of charters which
have been taken out especially for pur-
poses Of barter and sale: the prohibition
Of railway or canal discrimination, aud
The enforcement of the constitution with
the view of giving equal rights to ALL
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

A COUPLE Of reporters spent the night
i'll n cell with q man who was doomed to
be hanged in Connecticut recently, and
in the morning the prisoner was perfectly
willing to die,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

HE Czar is the only crowned widowe,
and Victoria, the only crowned widow
among the European potentates. AL.
fonso and Christine, of Spain are TIE
youngest welded couple; William and
Augusta, Of Germany, the eldest,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
A big Chicago firm is going into I'll

business of preparing beef for the East
e'n market on huge scnle. They have
a capacity of slaughtering one thousand
cattle n day and for "ohillinp" three
thousand, and say that they can chill
meat for exactly what it costs to handle
the ice. The chilled meat will be sent
East in immense quantities in rofriger-
ator cars.-W Y HlruH
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

IT has been noticed in cities where
ladies are employed as ushors in the
churches that the worshippers with new
bonnets are all compelled to take back
seats,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

EUROPEAN critics Of America disccyc.
that whilo the American public, heinc
distrustful of railway management, has
refused to invest in railway securities.
leaving them to the sport Of the stock
exchange gamblers, the sinking Of money
i'll various ways, and especially in cx.
tensive house building in all oar towns,
may produce such qn insuliiciency o:
available capital that atsaddenly there may
he q financial crisis This idea has i;g
effect upon trade.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

HE faith cure evidently has reached
its climax in Beaver County, Pa. A
minister in West Middlesex owns Il doc
that has been paralyzod in its hind legs
Tor three years. a few days ago some
strange dogs chased rabbit across the
minister's lawn, and tho paralyzed dog.
thrown into fever of excitement, lcai,.
cd through a window to join in tn.
chase, and caught the rabbit. The faith
cure that can equal this is yet to como.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01

The Virginia woman who tried
collect toll for sheridan's whole army
still lives near Wipehestss, '' ,