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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

still lingereu ~.
toying with his fork in pIv >, Il.
ferent manner. when syl ph-likc maid
en-. wonderously clad in gossamcr
robes, fitted before him and caused
him to remain with the crabs claw
poised between his taper fingers. Such
was the impression produced upon tho
'dudc by this apparition that hc allow
cd the claw to fall real-hcavy-don't-ye
know on the plate. while he himself
turned to the individual behind tho
counter.
"Geuc.d pwetty girl" ho lisped, his
voice sounding like the summer wind
among tho trees; "dayvillish pwetty
girl. Who is she, my manP I'll give
you nickle if you tell me. Pom mo
word, l will, and-thc expense"
The individual addressed, however,
with remarkable disregard for bus-
ness enterprise, declined somewhat in
dignantly to be interviewed, leaving
the dude to depart. That parody on
youth roamed about the lower deck for
fully thirty seconds, when he espied
the object of his search seated with an,
other girl just before him.
"Ha! ha" said he, there's luck"
and drawing stool close to the femi-
ninc couple he bestowed his impercop-
tiblc outside upon it and cast Ian,
gushing glanccs ut the object of his
particular admiration. His glee reach
ed climax when the maiden smiled
seraphically upon him. 1t was no
timid smile, but an open, undeniable
salutation. She was evidently pleased
to see him, and his soul rejoiced with
in him.
fp nj, l., l..
an eye to business.
bewitching laugh. mo one will run
away with me, l hope"
The dude looked rs though he would
have liked to soar far above terres-
tial nuisances, Concy Island elephants
and such vanitics, with the young Girl,
but he restrained his ardor and only
sighed. emitting sound like tho buzz
ing of insects among the marshes.
Il think have seen you somewhere
BEFORE" he said ut length, after his
gaze had rested upon the sylph-like
form for n minute or so.
"You have" was the answer
'Ah, you remember me, do youP O,
bliss" ecstatically reioincd the dude.
'You bet do" was the answer.
''Don't you recollect it is 1 who bring
round your Sunday collar and your
one pair of cuffs every Saturday morn
ing. And, sir, mother says she shan't
allow you to have those articles next
week unless you pay her the eight
cents you've been owing her for fort
night"
There was silence, and the dude fell
back overwhelmed. Tho big elephant
was blurred from his sight, and the
cleaning houses on the island lost
their interest for him, and he sighed
when ut last he saw tho hcartless dam
sci masticating toothsomc Frankfort
sausage between two crusty pieces of
bread and taking her place on mer-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04
Wall Street WcdIocl1.

9. L. Huntington, whose recent mar
llage Is the latest appearance of Wall
street in wodlock, will probably dur
ing tho coming season mako an at
tempt for a first-class social position.
This will not be difficult for the vice.
president Of the Central Pacific Road.
He WAS one of its builders, and made
an immense fortune out of it's con-
tracts, and he has been able to retain
his position as Vicc-presidcnt, while
Sidney Dillon president of tho Union
Paciiic) was obliged to resign. When
Central Pacific was above par Hunting
ton was estimated ut $15, 100000. He
began poor, and now that he is rich ho
likes to talk about the time when $50
q month was big wages. He has Il
splendid house on Park avenue, to
which ho will bring his bride at tho
close of their present tour. Stocks be-
gan to advance the very day this we'd
ding took place. What an omen to
future happiness! These Wall street
marriages arc very successful. Com
modorc Vanderbilt. for instance, left
his widow $500, 600 in beads, which
yield an income of $1,000 week.
August Bclmout settled fortune on
his wife, including Fifth Avenue pal
acc. The old Commodore is now mere
ly memory, and Wall street abounds
in similar associations. Cor. Cinci,,-
natl EuQuirer
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04
VOL. XII
BereCt.

Touch with thy virgin lip these fowers)''
twine
Them in thy hair and lay them on IA
breast.
Among them thou wilt weave this heart of
mine,
And near thine own It lovingly may rest.
Thus, for an hour, my bliss shall be supreme;
And, dreaming in thy smile, may forget
That as these flowers fade 80 ends my dream,
So fades my hope, and thou hast no regret
Yo blossoms purel return her stainless kiss;
Your fragrant breath give to her sweeter
- ~ sighs; ..'
Her naughty soul entrance till radiant bliss !;
Reveals the love-look in her joyful eyes. .
o cruel maid! cold art thou rs one dead
Q With whom my love eternal lieth urned.
Thou vanished starl whose light my spirit,
d led,
\ But not spark of all IT'S warmth returned;
Somo day, perohance, in dreams thou wilt re-!
call
a sweet remembrance of MY love and wo,
And say. II was his queen and he my thraD.
My knightly lover In the long ago." :
These parting lowers-then but FADED
wrenth-
The emblem of my withorcd heart will bef
Their rerfumo and its passion lost in death.
Gone like the visions i have dreamed Of
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04
Tho Pyramids Built Downward.

MIR. Cope Whitchousc, who seems to
be treated rs II crank by the Science
Association in meeting at Philadelphia,
got tho stage of the academy rs tho
scientists were leaving the hall We'd
nesday, and proceeded TO give un Illus
trated lecture on "Thc Libyan Dcs-
crts.' Some Of the audience remain
ed and others out of curiosity turned
back to hear him.
MIR. Whitchousc cnunciatcd some sim
gular scientific theories, based upon
the most careful researches. One of
these was that the Pyramids had been
built practically downward, not up-
ward. He took Hcrodotus and other
ancient writer's for his authorities, and
on the strength of personal cXamma-
ton, which he had made, expressed the
opinion that the chambers, at tho base
of the Pyramids, had been used for
temples and were constructed beneath
tho center of big hills, and that tho
apex of these hills had been cut of,
and, through the holes thus made the
big bouldcrs of rocks had been dropped
one upon another until they had risen
to new apex. The hills, he said,
were then smOothcd of and the sides
OF the PyramldS nodded, leaving them
as they arc seen to-day. The theory
presented by Mr. Whitchouso is not
novel. 1t has been advanced before.
Whatever its merits, says the New
York 1ri6HNc-and if the Judgment Of
the standing committee be taken as IL
nal, it has nonc-it is tho subject of
much comment to-day, that tho COM
mittcc should have shown such animos-
lty in the matter. There arc probably
many more dangerous "cranks" in the
ranks of the association than Mr.
Whitehousc. There arc many scicn-
lists whose opinion is entitled to weight
who think that Mr.. Whitchouso's SER
vices in other branches of science have
been eminent. lie is, for instance,
recognized rs an authority on the Ly-
bian deserts. But his notions regard
ing the Pyramids arc generally ridi-
culod and little attention paid to
them"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04
The American Oyster in England.

American oysters are for sale all over
England. Tho price is high-threo
shiilings q dozen. / saw u wholesale
oysterman at the Billnmsgato fish-mar-
kct in London who told me how they
managed them. He waited few mo-
mcnts, while dozen barefooted wo-
men sworo and wrangled about box
of bloatcrs, and then said:
1--WE ship little oysters from America
and plant them in English water. We
select the mouth of river. After stay
ing there -"
Hero the BillinGsGatc women sworo
so loud that the conversation was inter-
ruptcd.
after staying thcro year, rs 1 was
saying, we take them up and sell them
See" he said, opening one, "they arc
little salter than your oysters, but very
good, and -"
Hero the market woman swore so
loud that my friend had to stop, and,
walking up to the nearest, he said:
'Womcn, l want you to talk louder
and swear harder"
"What for, yo blaggardP' they
asked.
"Why, this man hero is going back
to America to participate in tho politi-
cal campaign and he vans to get IA
miliar with the Billingsgato slang, and
'' o.
80, 60 long wild ye, 20 soro-hcaded
spalpcnc, yet" they all yelled; and
whilc they were firing ut my market
friend cscapcd.-EI PcrkiHS IN the
Chicago Iri6atnc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04
Firing at II Crisis.

Senator EcSsondCn was not destitute
OF humor, as has been asserted On tho
contrary he enjoyed Il good rcpartoe or
good story, and he would sometimes
illustrate an argument with an anec-
dotc. One afternoon in February, 1858.
Jefferson Davis, A. G.. Brown and 9TH
CT Southern Senators had declared that
when the people of the North and
South got divided on any question there
would be 4 crisis and the Union would
be dissolved. Senator FcSscnden was
not disposed to be frightened IIo was
reminded, he said, of an incident which
had occurred in the Mexican war,
when general rodo up 10 Capt. Dun
can, who was in charge of battery,
and with very grave and sober face,
said, "Capt. Duncan, fire; tho crisis
has arrived" Duncan turned TO his
men, who stood at their pieces with
matches lighted and ready, and gave
the order to fire! An old artillcryman
walked up TO him and said, Captain,
l do not sec any of the enemy within
range. What shall we fire atPn "Firo
at tho crisis" was the response; "did
you not hear the general say the crisis
has Gomez Fire at that.n So, said
Senator Fcssondcn, it is with gcntlc-
mon, | think, in reference TO this mat.
ter. They arc always charged and
ready to fire ut tho crisis. bolieyo it
has arrived half dozen times within
my recollection. -Bcn: Pcrlcy P00rc.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

.....>. e.. .. mis- remark able
| uoslre tor being mutilatcd for the sake
OF appearance" said DR.. Pancoast to q
Press reporter, "but can say it has,
like all fashionable crazcs, sprung up
in very short time. 1t must be duo
to the pointed shoe. You see, the cut
ting off the big toe would not material
ly shorten q foot, but it would make
tho end Of it narrower, so that the pa
tlcnt would bo able to wear n shoe as
pointed as u dagger This seems to
be tho modern conception of pedal
beauty. By-and-by, the pointed shoe
will go out and then these people who
are having their big toes sliced of will
be sorry"
Would the slicing off big toe hurt
dudcP" asked the reporter.
Not materially" answered tho ply
sician. 'In fact, people whose toes
have had to be amputated through dis
ease seem to get along all right. 1
have had lots of patients whose toes
have been removed, and they have al
ways been consolcd when told of the
dainty boots they will be able TO wear.
And l really don't think they miss the
toes. 1t is curious fact that most of
tho applicants are men. Popular prciu-
dice would at once conclude that none
but woman could be so vain. One
OF my visitants was farmer, though
what on earth he wanted with small
feet | can't imagine.
''lt is common thing for surgeons
to have patienls who want meeting
eyebrows eradlcatcd." Prof. Pancoast
continued. "in these cases we remove
the hair by the roots AMI then apply
electricity, which gives the person a
sharp, singing pain. After this
treatment the undesirable brows
never return. Ladies who arc so un-
fortunate as TO have mustachcs are
treated in the same way. but it is so
painful that they can only have half Il
mustachc removed 4 day. They 90 away
looking very funny. 1t is getting quite
common to do away with defects in the
ear or nose. All these items are part
of physicians regular routine; that
is, all excepting the big toe treatment,
which l would never perform for any
one. / call it flying in the face of ma
turc. The big toe is not 4 supcrlluity;
in fact. it has Il very decided use, and
the profession should discountcnancc
any attempt to abolish it. ."-Ihiludc.-
phi0 Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

The largest amount of bank noto
i'll circulation in 1927 was Ct, 900. 1t Is
said that two notes for E1O0, 900 each,
and two for ESQ, 900 each, woro onco
engraved and issued. A butcher who
had amasscd IN immense fortune in
tho war times. went one day with ono
of these 95O, 900 notes TO u private
banker, asking for tho loan Of Co., 600
and wishing TO deposit the big note as
security in The bankers hands, saying
he had kept it for years, The 46. 600
was handed over, but the Dankor hinted
ut tho Same timo 10 tho butcher tho
folly of boarding such q sum and losing
the interest. 'Wery true,Hsirg replied
the butcher. "but likes toloolS on ESQ
very we'll that have totlIer ono of tho
samc kind at home.n
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

Fifty years ago Boston man wrote
of the now railroads: "Thc rich and
poor, tho educated and ignorant. the
polite and vulgar, all herd together in
this modern Improvement in travelling
and all this for tho sake of do
ing very uncomfortably in two days
what would be done delightfully."- in
eight or ten days"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

The smallest paper in the United
States is published ut Glcndivc and is
called the star. 1t is Two column
weekly, and its columns are less than
an inch wide.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

Poor Carlotta, ox-Empress of Moxi.
CO, spends only few thousands q wear
IN her madhouso, and the accumulated
interest OF her immense fortune has
become enormous. Her heirs will bo
her brothers,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

The question OF spccdicr means of
executing criminals is being discussed
in Eng land. The Lancet says: ODE
capi;ntion does not cause instant death,
hanging is torturingly slow and
neither prussic acid nor electricity
would be quick enough in fatal effect.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

The total supcriicics Of the seas in
the world is 23l .915, 900 square miles,
while that of nll tho continents and is.
lands is only 34,354, $50 square miles.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-04

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, 1884-09-27

RT is hereby made known, that
- Government has transmitted to
the undersigned Sheriff the lists of
arrears oftaxes to the Colonial Trea-
sury for the year 1883, with order to
levy for said taxes if receipts be not
produced before the 18th October nc.
The Collector of Customs is authoriz-
ed by the Government to receive and
give receipt for taxes on town proper
ties in Frederiksted not belonging to
Estateowners the said taxes will be
received at the Customhouse every
day from IL o'clock an til 2 o'clock
pm, Monday and Saturday excepted.
More than $500 in change will not
be received.
Sherif's Office, Frederiksted, st, Croix,
10th September 1884.
NJ. r. NYSSUM.
est.
, 1884-09-27
Passengers Left.
Christiansted

Christiansted.
SSth Sept-Per schr "Vigilant' for St Thomas ur r
Anus Host and a child. ' ~'s
Frederiksted.
goth SePt"-Per brig "Mersey Belle" for New Haven.-Nr.
1 Th q Aiie en- 22nd-Per sohrs Atlantic & Petrol from st
Inomas-.Blair Barnes, Alexander johnson. Alfred Aaron
AAdelalGe and Jane Elliott, Mr.: A. Joseph wife and child Re- e
Oecca henry, and 2 children, Christian Monday, SamneI Sim.
mons and son. Ann E: Shennerp, Cecilia Rodgers and child
wiiiiam Montetore, Rosaline Buford, Mrs Mcdonald SON
Sna servant, Ann Eliza, Persen Porter. For st kits
s siHlA"i For Howell EO For 3 Ba nias Thomas Haligan and
J.; Russell, Julia Whitehead, Theodore Daniel, Andrew
a hadN Sybn Johnson, Louisa and Frances Flynn, and two
, 1884-09-27
Bekjendtgiorelse
NET bekjendtgjores herved, at

DEra betjend'gjore' herr sln at
undertegnede Foged Fortegnelsen
over ubetaIte Skater til C'oloniaIkas-
sen for 1888 med Ordre til at foretage
Execution for disse Skater, saafremt
Qvittering like er forevist linden den
13de October t0rstkommende. Told
forvalteren err bemyndiget af Gouver-
nementet til at modtage og qvittere
for Skatterne af allie Byeiendomme i
Frederiksted, der like eies af Plan
tageeiere j; og kunne de n@vnte Skat-
ter indbetales paa ToldF hver
Dag fra Kl. II a. M. til KI. 2 p. m.
med U~ndtagelse af Mandag og
L0verdag. Store BeI0b end $500
i S~maapenge kunne like fOrlanges
modtagne.
Frederiksteds Fogedcontoir, st. Croix,
den lode September 1884.
NJ. r. NYSSUM.
est.
, 1884-09-27
Passengers Arrived.
Christiansted

C"hristiansted.
24th sept-Per schrs Jolly Companion & vigilant' from
81 Ihomas1o josephine Thomas g. boy William. 25th-CathYine
hughes, Robert Dan ielsen. Mrs Victoria de Leon.
Frederiksted
18th Sept-Per schrs Atlantic G. Petrol. from St Thomas
I.-Eienora Simmons, Sepherine AaIestrup, Theodore Daniel,
lane cornelius, Sarah Ventor, William M0ntefore. Ferdinand
Williams. Martha Rodgers. Francis James, David Thomas
i Bastian, Eleanor Henry, Mr. G. Q. Medic. A. Heat.
ing, James, Jeppe, John EveIs. Mary J. Richard. Georgia..
Estr1age, Nathan Mercer, Madame Ventor, William Thomp-
s Wir; ann g. Smith, boy Joseph, Person Porter; Ann Z.
, 1884-09-27

Our correspondent "Caution" draws q
sad picture, for the truth of which he
vouches. We must only hope that the
places where such scores as he describes
occur are very few, In regard to gambling
among the labouring classes we have no
doubt that it is on the increase, and have
ourselves several times seen on SUNDAYS
numerous groups of men between town
and the factory engaged under the trees
, 1884-09-27
Supplement % ST. CruH Avis" NO. 70, September 9Th 1888 4.

in gambling. The half guilty, half def
ant looks of these men as one passes by,
show plainly enough that they know they
are doing wrong. The subject is too large
a one to be handled in a few lines, and we
may return to it at another time.
, 1884-09-27

AT a meeting on the 25th inst. ofthe Agri-
cultural Association of st. Croix the pre-
sent position and future prospects of the
Island came under consideration and dis
c%uSsion; it was unanimously resolved that
q most submissive Memorial be forwarded
to HIS MAJESTY, representing our posi-
ton and soliciting alienation and further
action on the part Of HIS MAJEsTY's Go
vERNMENT; and Il Committee of 4 Mem
berS was appointed to frame the Draft of
said Memorial.-CommWnicQted
, 1884-09-27

Besides al export duty of circa 50 pr.
HID, sugar grown in St. Croix, that is,
Danish sugar, grown and manufactured in
q Danish country, pays an import duty
IN Copenhagen of circa $3S pr. hid,
freight, and all other concomitant expenses
OF course beSideS--A HID. sugar
weighing 1900 lbs. nett would be valued
here at this momen at $24, which would
be $33.75.
w II II
, 1884-09-27
TE]E &c AVIS

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-09
BURIED TREASURES.
A Chest of Gold SAID to be Hidden OIL
Crabtree Island

A Chest of Gold SAID to be Hidden on
Crabtree Island.
A few days ago, as some wOrkmen were
making an excavation for windmill on
the farm of Henry Smith, near Unionville,
this county, just over the Sussex county
line in Jew Jersey, says a Goshen, n. Y,
special to the New York Times, they came
upon fiat stone, a foot wide and two feet
long, about four feet below the surface.
Upon removing it, it proved to be the COW
ering to a shallow pit, the four sides of
which were laid up with brick. A Spanish
dollar, which, on being cleansed, showed
the date of 1871, was found in the pit; also
an oblong pile of something resembling
scorched paper, about six inches long and
three inches wide, and which reached
halfway up the top of the pit. Upon be-
ing touched it crumbled to pieces. There
were no legible marks upon it, but from
its shape and appearance it is believed to
have been a pile of bank-nOtes.
At different times since the Revolution
airy war buried treasure Of greater or less
value has been unearthed in the above
neighborhOOd, and in different parts of this
country. Many coins have been found
ante-dating the Revolution long time.
The plow has frequently brought these
treasures to the surface, notably in field
near UniOnYille. where only few years
ago a farmer came upon an earthen jar
which contained nearly 81 900 in old gold
and silver coin. A gentleman named
Corwin discovered a sealed jar, in 1871,
near Cornwall, while excaYating for a
cellar, which was filled with ancient coin,
the whole amounting to ovSr $500.
Gold and silver plate and Jewels have
been found hidden among the rocks IL
the Ramapo Mountains and isolated
recesses in the Hudson Highlands. 1t is
supposed that these boards Of money and
treasure were secreted by persons who
lived in the vicinity to keep them from
falling into the hands of predatory bands
of Tories, cowboys and Indians, which
were continually raiding the early settle
ments, and that the owners, driven from
their homes by these marauders, were
either unable to return and recover their
property or to locate its hiding places.
Many OF the present generation are firm
believers in the legend that there is $780,
600 in gold buried in an iron chest on
Crabtree Island, in wild part of Vernon
township, Sussex county. This, accord
ing to the legend, was placed there by
large band of Tories who secured the plum
der IN the lower portion of the Delaware
valley, and, being pursued and close
pressed by American soldiers, they were
guided by Tory named Dewitt to the
spot named, where they deposited it. De-
Witt lived many years after the revolu-
ton near Port Jervis, and a son of his
died only few years ago nearly 100 years
of age. The family always insisted on the
truth of the buried treasure story, and in
years past much money and time have
been spent in endeavors to find the hidden
riches. The finding of the pit with the
evidences tnat money had been buried in
1t near Unionyille has awakened new
in the Crabtree Island legend,
and there is talk of another search for the
Tory plumber.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-09
The Planets During the Month.

The planets this month will be an in
teresting study for the observer. Venus
- particularly brilliant. She is now
moving rapidly northward toward hef
greatest elongatiOn, or distance from the
sun, and sets little later every evening.
1t is impossible to miss her, as she is the
only very brilliant star in the western sky
early IN the evening. Viewed through a
telescope she looks like the moon when it
IS past the full and Just before il enters
the last quarter. 1t is a popularity Of
Venus that she looks the smallest when
she is full, as she is then at her greatest
distance from the earth. She is now COM
paratiyely quite near US, and is brilliant
enough to cast a shadow.
Jupiter is now about as near the zenith
as he ever gets, and shines unrivaled in
the centre of the starry dome. Mars is
just now at disadvantage, being so far
away that he looks scarcely any bigger
than Saturn, and his brightness will con-
tinue to diminish for another year. When
he is nearest US, he rivals Jupiter in ap-
parent size. He is not far behind Jupiter
and is easily recognizable by his rudy
hue. Both he and his great companion
rise and set earlier every evening through
out the month.
Saturn is in the western sky, and sets
now soon after midnight He is between
Aldebaran and the Pleiades. and may be
easily distinguished from the former by
the steadiness and serenity of his lustre.
Astronomers say that Uranus will be visi-
bic to the naked eye this month. The
night must be m0Onless and clOudless-
and the atmosphere exceptionally clear.
He is to be found in the constellation
Virgo. The most favorable night, if the
conditions we have named are fulfilled
then. Will be the 10th, as he is then in op
position,