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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
MAKING A REPUTATION,
ASccne In IA Western Town and What Cnms
of 1t.

A Western paper tells of scene that
took place i'll Texas frontier town. as
follows As Dusenbery walked into Cal.
lahan's Retreat, the lbitues saw at a
glance that something was about to hap
pen, and something did happen for in
about half a minute there entered four OF
the most ferocious-looking ruflians who
mad ever been seen in Fort Worth. They
came with clanking spurs and fierce
Deards, two rcvOlvols to each man and a
large bowie knife for lagniappo, and they
sat down to table and called for whisky
ali around. A tremor ran through tho
assembly. Fort Worth's best citizens
were tor n moment staggered. But
Duscnbcry never quailed. On the con-
trary he almost snortcd with Joy as ho
saw his opportunity to make q reputation
ior courage. These men were strangers,
ne ne was backed by large number of Fort
worms sharpshooters yea, he would
pick a fuss with them, and hencoforth be
known as terror. He had not long to
wait. The strangers cmpticd their glasses.
called tor moro, and then, glancing ma
llgnantly around, they launched forth in
furious abuse of Texas and Texans. their
language being garnished with that pro-
peculiar to the guileless cattlc-drover.
AS they ceased, Dusenbcry, having taken
III the situation Mt glance, arose and
advanced toward the strangers. The
Fort Worth men put up their pistols and
sank back i'll brcathlcss amazcmcnt MS
Dusenbcry marched up to the table at
which the strangers sat. His flashing
eyes, his hcaving breast, his five feet of
towering form reduced the spectators to
speechlcssness. Even the strangers
paused and seemed impressed.
"Gentlcmen," said Duscnbery, diving
into his trousers and bringing up an
ancient silver watch, "you have wounded
the finest feelings of my nature in your
remarks about Texas, and you must re-
tract them, or-but never mind give
you five minutes to retract it, Five min
utes to secure your safe return to home
and friends. Five minutes to avoid n
grave upon the lonesome plains. Five
minutes -
An awful silence fell upon the crowd
The blood curdcd i'll the vein of every
Fort Worthian present. What had they
been treating this fire-eating Terror with
scarcely vcilcd contempt? Had they
been absolutely courting death for years ?
But Just then one Of the strangers re-
| covered his power of speech and Said
"Why, stranger, if you feel that way
about it. of course wo'il cut il short W.
didn't mean it for YOU or any of vonr
| friends, but was inst tolkinG on iooso
like" O'0
And with that thcv all four pot nm and
skunk out. their six-shootcrS dorn;n"
Cccbly AGAINST their hips, and ihcir sinTs
looking dropped and wecdy as tLcv Won't
With the closing of the door. DuscHbrry's
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
Lost Babies.

A reporter in q New York paper thug
sketches one Of his encounters with the
little burden-hearing children who 90
wandering III the streets of the great
cities. Tho incident occurred last Sep
tember, but if September incidents of
the sorrows Of poverty out Of doors arc
sad enough, winter time adds anguish to
the tragedy:
AT the foot of tho lamp-post ut tho
junction of Park Row and Broadway sat
wan, Respondent group. a pale little
8iri, not moro than seven, held in her
ragged lap baby on whose pallid brow
the seal of death seemed set. Just rs the
reporter reached them policeman came
along, and looking sharply at the group,
exclaimed:
Cit out O that!"
Hold on, little ono. Officer, Won can
git yourself. Who arc you, little girl ?"
ME names Mary Koppingcr, and I
live III JAY street, sir."
"BrookI Iyn ?"
eyes, sir. Nc muddcr's sick. and T
como over with the baby and L We lost
Inc way"
Glow did you cross the fcrry?"
81 dod%cl 'cm, Sir."
Here the baby, ragged, dirty, began
|" cry. The little girl cuddled it to her
hrcnSt and chirpcd awhile.
'Baly seems sick.
eyes, sir.
"'Con you lind the way hono!"
ono, sir
Now, no staGc-drivcr would stop for
the "Iik"s Of thrm," and it was rather
| embarrassing 10 call coupe was ab
snrd; so, taking the little child by the
Shonidrr-both her arms were full OF
lmDy-tho reporter took her to the cor
ncr OF Bc"kmm street and put her in
bObtail car.
With two peaches i'll her pocket and o
quarter lii her grip the littlo matron
almost smiled rs she said "good-by,"
but her sick and fccblo charge cuddicd
closer us sho slept. and off they went
toward the City of Churches.
or the million left, many, very many.
arc Mary Koppingcrs. Sick and in troll
bic, p"nnil"sH and lost, they roam tho
81: ,.'', hungry and tired, until well,
UI S-'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

Soon after tho GAlne7o Iegl,loa was
established IN its present quarters at
Washington bogg1r called on profcs.
sional business. To his amazemcut he
was ushored with elaborate bows and
gestures into a luxurious room, where
on attache kindly asked how he might
serve him. A collection was then taken
up for his benefit among the members
OF the embassy, and ho was invited to
refreah himself with lunch of delicate
coDfeohoas. AS matter OF course his
singular experience was known to oyery
beSgar in town within twenty fvdr hours,
and the legation has been besieged ever
since by unpropossossing visitors.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
4 Troubled Family

At a meeting of the Philadelphia
County Medical Society man was ex-
hibitcd who has not and never has had
teeth, hair, taste or smell. Moreover,
tho microscope declares that his skin is
absolutely without pores, an omission ON
tho part Of Nature which has hitherto
been considered fatal. But Mr. Peter
WcndIinG h2s lived to be forty-oighs
years old, has enjoyed uniform health,
and suffers from the lack of pores only
III hot weather, when he finds it neces,
sary to keep his clothing soaking wet to
reduce tho temperature of his body.
flo lives in the little village of Bismarck,
near Lebanon, and is the father of eight
children, all Of whom arc free from his
physical pcculiOritios, barring the fact
t th@s there isn't full set Of teeth ip tue
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

AMONG some oil the disadvantages of
royalty is the lack of privacy accorded to
1t, and the royal psrsopages are frequent
~ III the habit of securing this privacy,
when on Journey, by travelling incog-
nlto. The King and Queen of the Meth
erands are now passing through England
Il this way, and are said to be enjoying
themselves like two children lot out OF
school. Though it is perfectly well
known who they ere, by q convenient
fiction this knowledge is net utilized
ard even Qucon Victoria has given nc
official roco8nision of their visit to her
dumiuions.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

a CORRESPONDENT of The Boston Post,
writing about The remnants of Indian
tribes surviving in Massachusetts, says :
'lt is believed by those who have an OPP
lportunity to know, that no Indian Of
pure aboriginal blood, is now resident
in tho commonwealth, they having from
time TO time intcrmarrie1 with the
whites and those OF African descent.
Counting all those who have Indian
blood in their veins in the State, in the
vcstigcs Of tribes remaining, there are
to-day not far from 1000 persons, en-
hraccd in 225 families, and it must ho
borne i'll mind that the numbers con-
tanned i'll those tribes have been i'll
creased for over 900 years. It is n very
significant fact that no tribe now exist
ing Is increasing numerically in the COM
mOnWrtlth."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
Buried Alive in q Tunnel.

Tho Atlanta Constitution says:-An
Old man named Stephen Shell, living IN
Campbell County, became impressed With
the idea that rich deposit of goIu OK
listed ON his place. SO strongly nd this
impression seize him that he 1ccamo a
monomaniac on the subject. Lately.
as he was digging in search of tho
precious stuff, and had delved somo
fiftcon or twenty yards under hill, when
n large rock fell and cffcctually closed his
passage. After vNinly attempting to dig
himself ont of his prccarious position,
his family, who had become anxious on
account of his prolonged absence, went
in search of him, and discovering his
condition, by great eXertion oxtricated
him, The accident has had the effect Of
curing his hallucinatiop.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
Silver-Gray Foxes.

A communication in the Rutland (Vt)
Ucr0M says: "Gn q recent issue notice
mn item referring to silvcr-Grny fox
that has lately been killed in this vicin-
ity. 1t is n general bolicf that this fox
IS distinct species from the red fox, but
this belief is wrong. The silver gray or
black fox belongs to the ordinary red fox
family, and its color is simply freak of
nature, which, however, occurs moro
frequently i'll wooded districts than in
the settled portions Of the country. I
have often been informed by Northern
trappcrs that where the dam or shr-fox
was silycr-gray or black her offspring
was invariably rcd in color, and [ hnvo
known but one instance where more
than one silver gray fox has been found
among litter Of young foxes. One OF
them was presented to me by the trap
per who found it. sent this fox to q
relative OF mino in Sheldon, where he
remained until two years of age and was
ono OF tho most beautiful animals ever
saw. lie was aftcrward purchased by an
m agent of Lord EglingtOn and if alive is
now in that noblcman's park in Scotland.
Where the ends Cf the majority of tho
long hairs Of this fox are tipped with
white it is called silvcr-gray, but if the
hairs arc tipped with black it is then
known as n black fox. [ once saw lot
of several dozon of thcso skins that wcre
of all shades from nearly white to jet
black. Mr.. E. W. Gccr, of Sheldon,
somo years ago killed a v"ry fno colorcd
black fox, which was purchased by a
Hudson Bay agent. The more inferior
grades Of these colorcd foxes arc known
a5 bastard, and tho next grade above,
cross foxes"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

AhExANDER +. VILhERs, who died at
fhlladelphia a fow days ago, left this
odd will, which was drawn m in Inv
last: my last will and testament: I
leave my body to the University of
Pennsylvania for dissectiug purposes,
and wish to DO crcmatcd at the same in .
sttutlon. In case l should have any
money or property at the time of NV
death, leave tho whole to the doctor at-
tending mo. In case am crematod. T
wish my ashes to b. thrown away and
not gwen to or viewed by anybody that
bud been acquainted with mo-"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
How Some Women Sleep.

GLOW do you slecp?" asked the doc
tor of my friend.
"Splendidly," she replied; "mino OF
ten hours without dream; but when
awake | have q dreadful headache"
''What is your bedroom likG?"
had seen this prcttiCst Of imaginable
nests, and clipped in with n dcscrip-
ton of it. Nothing could DO wrong
about tho ventilation, / declared, for the
windows were high and bread, and were
left open over night. The bCdStcad was
carved ali over in solid rosewood; the
mattress was filled with frcShIy-curlcd
hair and rested on springs; the linen
was Of the whitcat and finest; the blank
cts were q gift from CalitJrmia, where
the softcst and warmcbt arc made. The
recollection of the down pillows threw
me into rapturOu3 praise Of tho undrcsscd
silk of which their coverings were made,
and their elaborate embroidery.
"Hold on p interrupted the doctor:
"you are not writing fashionable letter
just now. Have you ever seen Laura
asleep i'll this wonderfully beautiful
bed ?"
eyes, only yesterday morning."
"Wherc was her nosc?"
"Let me sec. Oh, yes; it was under
tho blankets"
81 always sleep that way" said Laura.
IT cover my head whon get into bed,
and it stays so all night"
"Probably that causes all your
trouble" said tho DOCTOR ''You mnHnQc
to vontilato your room properly, md
then manage to breathe yitiatcd air for
eight or ten hours every night. Stop it.
Sleep with your head uncovered for q
week, and then let me know how you
feel"
She followed his advice, and at tho end
Of the week felt frst-rato.
IT's rather embarrassing for shop
keeper to be obliged to bluff tax asses.
sor on the valuation of his stock, and on
being burned out thut night have to face
this same man as chairman Of an under.
writers committee on valuation,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
He GraccrnIlr Acccnlcd.

81 assure You, gentlemen" said the
convict upon entering the prison, THAT
the place has sought me, and not [ tho
place. My own affairs really demand all
my time and attention, and / may truly
say that my selection to fill this position
was an entire surprise. Had / consulted
my own interests, [ should have per
omptorily declined to serve, but, as I
am in the hands of my friends, SEQ no
other course than to submit" And ho
eubmitted. 49,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

a MOVEMENT is on foot in New Yolk
ana elsewhere to raisa fund for the
erection OF a monument over tho grave
OF CharloStH Cushman, tho actress, at
Mount Auburn, Boston. Tho grave is
IN IN lot selected and paid for by Nj IS
CuShman only few months before her
death.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

JAMES LICK left $3.50, 000 to establish
and maintain free baths in san Francis.
co. One Of the trustees, DR.. StillmaD
now proposes to increase tho fund Nv
popular subscription to $3.50, 900, and to
erect salt water baths large enough for
the accommodation of the whole citv
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

a WASHINGTON, d. c., man named
hlng, has invented a suicide pellet.
Ihoy arc the size Of q capsule, and are
h"vored to suit any taste When syal.
lowed by tho victim the moisture of the
stom' causes them to explode, and
the Nan is blown to atoms.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

A STORY comes from Canton, China, of
woman who, to punish a female slave
who had stolen some food, cut silica
from the girls thigh and made her cook
and eat it.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

STATISTICS Of crime in scvcn of the
largest cities of tho United States, and
based upon population, show that San
francisco leads in the number of hcmi.
cldes, followed in the order of mention
ny Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York,
Phlladclphia, Chicago and Boston.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
The Old Chart,

A good story is told of Capt. Withnm
Poor, who took ont the Midas. 0roDcllrr
to China early in the eighteen hundred
and forties. All who know Poor were.
sure of his good seamanship, his plucl5
and his good intentions. After dis,
posing of the Midas he Was appointed to
the command of the ship Great Britain,
belonging to myself and others. That
ship was chartered to Admiral Rigault
10 Grenouily to take home the crows of
the Magicionnc and the Cupricousc,
frigatcs, which had been lost on some
Shoal near the coast Of China. Going
down the China Sea, the anxious Admiral
asked Capt. Poor by what chart he was
navigating. Poor opened his chart
locker and pulled out n chart of Arrow
smiths dated 1898. The Admiral WAS
Gstoni5 5hed and exclaimed, "Mcin Got,
Captain, we shall all again be wrecked;
| have one late chart showing all the
dangers, and I give it to you to sail bv. ."
toor answered, "That is just tho worst
chart L could sail by; I should never get
any rest if sailed through all these new
shoals; whereas by my old chart there is
nothing to prevent my getting my natural
rest, for it is all plain sailing"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

IKE greatest quantity OF stamps ever
sent from Washington at ono time were
shipped on the Odd of April by tho Inter.
nal revenue Bureau. They were the
rebate tobacco stamps for use after MAY
l. They weighed fifteon tons, and rcD
represented great many hundred
thousands of dollars in yaluo,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

2tAr Reading, Pa, n disease similar to
the pink-eyc among horses has broken
out among the people. 1t temporarily
destroys the eyc-sight, and tho trouble
lasts about ton days. No permanent in
Jury follows tho attack.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

AN undertaken in Philadelphia ro
Gently advertised for full bearded man
OF middle age and Of good address. and
explained that ha wanted him to visit
families which death had cntcred to
take Instructions regarding the funeral
etc. and that there is something abont a
bearded man that inspires respect and
confidence.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
GENERAL NEWS.

Charlotte, N. c., pays four dollars
per thousand feet for it's gas,
A Baltimore capitalist intends estab-.
fishing vegetable canning factory in
Vicksburg.
One mile from Monroe, Ga, stands a
log cabin that was once the home of
Gov. Lumpkin.
A goose farm with 500 birds has been
established in Talladega, county, Ala.
: Three hundred dollars an acre was
paid for fifteen acres Of land in Volusia
county, Fla, the other day. ]
A $4,000 stock Of goods is the prize
of a shooting match at Meridiar, Miss,
the chances being held at 800 shot.
The Board of Health Of Cedar Keys,
Fla, has prohibited the sale of oysters
from now until the close of the warm
season.
There are said to be 1900 convicts in
the Texas penitentiary. Or this num-
ber three-ffths are negroes and Mex
leans.
Since the railroad has been completed
to Admission, efforts are being made to
develop the gold and copper mines of
Uleburne county, Ala.
An arrangement is on foot in Angus.
ta, Ga, to have cooking taught in the
public schools. Much trouble is expert,
enced with the domestic servants.
A new enterprise, the "South Geor-
gia Real Estate Guide" is now pub
lished at Americus, Ga. 1t is published
by w. J. Dibble, who is trying to i'll
duce immigration.
Many of the Northern tourists On
their way home from Florida carry with
them ret alligators. At the Charleston
Hotel a waiter is detailed especially to
feed and water the algators.
An English company have purchased
$4,000 acres iron lands in East Tennes-
see. They supply capital of 81, 0OO,~
600, and will erect furnaces at once,
giving employment to 800 men,
The past season in Jacksonville, Fla,
though rather short, has been the most
prosperous in the city's history. A
careful investigation shows that ID, 1877
tourists have visited the city during the
past winter.
Gen. Levi Lawlor, Of Mobile, and
others are forming a company with
5000, 900 capital, to establish at an early
day pig iron furnace Of 60 tons daily
capacity, at Alpine, on the Selma, Rome
& Dalton railroad.
Truck farmers of South Georgia are
said to be shipping cabbage and real,
jzing from five to seven cents a pound.
they make from $75 to 500 per acre on
them. The seed were sown last sum-
mer and the plants set out in the fall.
The killing of sheep by dogs is distress
singly on the increase throughout Ten
nessee, where dogs arc protected by law
and the bloodthirsty sheep are permitted
to roam at pleasure. Tennessee will
precently be contesting with Georgia
for the prize mad-dog.
Albany, (Ga.) special: Several Tex
ans have been buying up cattle in the
wire-gra region around here for several
weeks for shipment to Fort Worth, Tex.
It is said they have thus far procured
about 1000 head at an average of $3.50
FER head. The rates of shipping will be
$50 per car load.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

A MISSISSIPPI man has discovered
that an excellent quality of sugar can
be made from sweet potatoes. If this
proves true new use has been found
for one of the best and most prolific of
American products.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

IN every tobacco factory at Key West
thcro IS ''readcr." Cubans can not
talk without gesticulation, and in or
der to keep them from talking q per
son is employed to read aloud to tho
'hands" during working hours.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

A PIrrsBURGH clergyman thinks that
shakespeare was great man bnt oyer
rated. He contends that tho principal
characters of "Macboth" arc to ba found
IN tho Book of Kings in the Bible, and
remarks that DIR. HalseY. in his lecture
on shakespeare" ut Princeton College,
stated that Shakspearo's regular prac
tico was to study the Bible seven hours
O day.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

UNDER law making vaccination com.
pulsory, there has been very little small
pox in Massachusetts. For this and
other reasons the Legislature does not
find it eXpedient to repeal the law.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

ny wire with central ol1lco, from which
every pendulum in the grand system of
CLOCKS Will be made to swing with one
common impulse.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

AT recent stenographic exhibition in
Paris postal card was exhibited which
bore Al, 900 words.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

a MURDERER, who was hanged by
mob at jacksonville, ILL.,, some timo
ago, turns out to have been a son of
Quantrell, tho Missouri guerrilla.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

IHE green three cent stamp will havo
been in use thirteen years, when thcnew
rate goes into effect noxt October.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

A COMPANY Is forming III the State Of
Ohio, known rs the "Timc Telegraph
Company" " the object OF which is to put
IN business and dwelling houses clocks
run and regulated by electricity. 1t is Il
branch of company in New York. The
!oea Is that subscriber may have place d
In nis house, for the sum of $3 per year,
clock that will need no winding or
oVner attention, but will be connected
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

RIoH.-For quarter Of century Mrs
Lydia Maria Child and her husband lived
without q servant, in their humble and
pleasant home in Wayland, Mass Once,
relates MiOn'S HcraLd, when he said to
her, ''I wish for your sake, dear, I was
as rich as Or@sus," she responded, "You
Rre CroesUs, for you are king Of LYDIA"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

Cor" ROCKWELL is engaged in the task
of editing and compiling the speeches
delivered by Gen. Garfield during The
last year or 30 Of his life, including his
uttcr"nces at the Chicago Convention,
his responses to tho numerous deIcga
lions that visited him at Monitor, and
others delivered at the Williams College
Alumni meeting at Cincinnati, ana ON
other occasions after his inauguration.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10

MRS. JULIA WIcgHAM Lu1GI3 who died
IN Now York City few days ago, was
once a notable woman. Sho was the
widow of Benjamin Watkins Leigh, who
was United States Senator from Viz
6inia from 1885 to 18u, and who died
in 1910. She was also the daughter Of
John Wickham, one of the counsel for
iho defense in tho trial of Aaron Burr
for high treason in 1901, and who for
many years stood at the head of the Vir-
ginia bar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-08
Land for Sale!

THE undersigned will sell so acres of land situ-
ated in the west half of the northwest quarter Of
section IL, town 4, range s, acres clear the bal
ance timber land. Title clear. For further infor-
nation inquire ofW. H. Burns the adjoining
farm, or Of ANDREW SwARTS,
Jamestown Pa.
apll2-s3tf Mercer Co.