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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
Sixty Years without EatIno.
lGroencast,o 1nd ! snno,n, ;

lNAoohcaetlo tlnu.) Special
John II. Jones, or Uncle Jac. w ae
DO was more familiarly called, died in this
city yesterday, In the eighty.fifth wear Of
his age. He was widely known to tho
travelling public Of this and adioining
States, having kept n hotel here and also
at Columbus, Ind, during the creator ,,art
OF his life. Whom boy, he drank through
mistake a decoction Of lye, which caused
contraction Of the gullot, and prevented
his taking food in any other than q liquid
form. Even that was attended with tif.
Acnlty, and he succeeded in forcing it
down his throat by external means. For
oVer sixty years, though Boniface him.
self for greater part Of the time, he had
not oateu mouthful of food, abatement
which his guests were not disposed to
credit without an explanation. Despite his
afhiction, WHICH was supplemented by q
most acute attack of hernia, he had ON In.
exhaustible vein OF humor In his compost,
tton, which found vent in numerous
"iokeS and jibes that were wont to set the
table In roar" His remains were taken
70 Columbus, Ind, fer interment.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
SHAVING A MADMAN.
A Philadelplria Lawyer Mas an Exciting
Experience with Il LunatIc.
PHILADELPHIA Special1

"Shave my Lands for NO." said a rather
stout, miduc-agod, poorly-dressed man to
henry Somcrs, n journcyman barber who
SLAVES bankers and brokers at No. 40 South
Third street, this afternoon. The proprie.
tor of the shop, as we'll rs the colored boot.
black wero out at the timo, and Somers
was alone with what was evidently luna
tic. "Villard has explodod," tho man went
on, jay Gould has committed suicide,
Bill Vanderbilt is frozen to death, and the
stock market Is going to tho demnition
bow-wows." Tho follow had commenced
to wash his hands, had covered them with
la!her and presented them for shaving. In
attempting to humor him the barber cut
him rather severely across the knuckles,
whcreupon he grew profane and threatened
to thrash him if it was repeated. On
second thought he seemed inclined
not to PENN: an opportunity for
repetition. Ho threw himself hack
in the chair and demanded that his beard
be removed Somers took the scissors and
began cutting it,when the man went ir to n
rage and declared he never permitted scis-
sOrs to touch his board. "Use lather and
razor" he said. "There, that is my cup.
My name is Drexel; Tony Drexel. DON'T
you know me?"
The barber declined to use the cup indi-
Gated and the fellows excitement in
creased. SprinGing from the chair ho
seized razor and savagoly attacked the
barber, who made an effort to ESCAPE. Tho
madman headed him or and lively chase
around the shop began. Over went tables
and chairs, and several times tho barber
narrowly escaped the force dashos made at
him by his pursuer. Finally he found him
self hemmed in IL corner aad then turned
Hnd grappled with his assnilant. By a dex-
terous movement no twisted the razor from
his hands and sent it flying across tho
room. At this juncture toe lunatic, who
was out Of breath from his cxertions but
who was terribly excited, turned suddenly,
shouting: "Look! it Is the devil!" mado
dash for the door and tho noxt moment
he was running up Third street.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
How n Drummer Won Ills Bride.
[Omaha Republican,

Among tho travellers who arrived on tho
lato train last night were young man and
woman, who were on Sunday night made
man and wife. The groom is a travelling
man, Frank Graham, who represents a
Chicago house. His bride Is young lady
Of nineteen, whose homo was at West Leb-
anon, Ind. Tho Chicago man was visiting
tho Hoosier town in a professional capac.
ity when he met his wifo undor curious
circumstances. He was on his way TO
meet a customer Of his house whom bo
heard an explosion In q dwelling along the
road. Ho rushed in, and was just in time
to soizo some bed-clothing and smother the
flames, which were consuming the cloth
ing Of young lady, the sole occupant Of
tho room. After putting out the fire, and
saving the house from destruction. he
called physician, who did what he could
to relieVc tho suffcrings Of tho young lady.
Graham was "struck," and instead of leav.
ing town tho noxt day, as he had intend.
ed, he remained until the lady he had so
gallantly rescued was nearly recovered,
when, as stated above, he married her, and
tho two started West on n wedding tour.
1t was curious fact that on tho way to
Tho city telegram overlook them an.
nouncing that tho BRIDES uncle had left her
torty thousand dollars.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
ABOUT BAC.NlNH,
Tho Chinese Town Which tho French Arc
Investing and Hope to Capture.
[Brooklyn Eavlc1

lBrooklyn Eaglc.1
Since 1870, or earlier, Bac- Mini has been
garrlsoncd by Chinese Impcrialist troops,
or, to be more accurate, by the Kwang.
tuag militia. These troops were sont bv
tho Niceroy of Canton at the earnest en-
treaty If the King of AMMAN. The whole
OF Tonquin was then in danger of falling
into the hands of tho Black and Yellow
FlagS, and 1t was only tho intervention of
the Suzcrain power which prevented such
n catastrophe. Ten years ago there was a
garrison of two hundred Cinnamon in the
citadel and thore has never been ANYTHING
to show that they have returned to their
| own country. General Tehcn, a Chinese
warrior who has made some name for
himself, was then the commander. A fow
weeks ago it was announced that this Same
General had gono to tho Kwangtung Ton
quin frontier. Probably he has since "de-
serted" across the border limo. However
that may be, it is as certain as anything
can be in Tonquin that Bac- Mini is held
by tho Hwang-ti's troops.
AS position Bac- Mini is not n place
| which gives the Chinaman much chance.
The fortress is quadrilatcral, furnished
with bastions, and, like all the othors in
Tonquin, is Of the Vauban type. When
last European was tnoro tho fow guns
mounted wcrc honey y-combed with age.
Possibly there is something more formida.
BILE there now; but in any case it docs not
much matter, for the place Is commanded
by some low hills from quarter to half n
mile distant. These eminences are Dor
fcctly devoid of vegetation and offer, there.
torc, no difficulties in getting the guns into
position.
1t is in making thoir way to these hills
Chat tho French will find tho trouble. I'm
ilko the majority Of Eastern towns, Bac-
Mini does not stand on river. 1t is about
TWO miles from the Tai-Binh arm of the
Song-koi delta and four from Do.ho. n
small village on the Song Chi Canal. From
This latter place is an imperial road
TO Bac-Ninh. This road Is, how.
ever, mere dclusion. 1t is an ON.
Dankment al ut yard wide, worn
away by t.c floods in many places and
probably nowhere able to support tho
weight of field artillery. Apart from tho
F"ct that it is in the occupation of the Chi
aose, the town Is of no Importance There
iro not moro than five or six hundred
matched houses, arranged in semicircle
| outside tho fosso of tho citadel. These
houses are, however, surrounded with high
bamboo and cactus fences and are scattered
about regardless Of ordor in a tanglo Of
bamboo clumps and palm trees. If retreat
Is cut off there may therefore be somo dos.
perate fighting before the place is taken.
Bac.Ninh Is now very strongly fortified
and will prove n hard nut for the French to
crack 1t is very probable that tho Chinese
garrison have been strongly reinforced
from over the border and that during tho
past six months the work Of strengthening
the bastions and forts has gone on steadi-
! ly. 1t is just possible that Bac-Ninh will
prove the Plevpa Of TonquiI, and the at
tempt to carry II is, there fore, watched
with keen interest botl IN the Far East and
In Europe
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
a Bo ggar on Horseback.
tRappahannock Call

Christopher Jenkins, familiarly known
as Ki5, one Of tho best known and mosA
original characters in this section, died
at his homo. near Sperryvnle, about TIVE
weeks ago. During the war he had seyereS
sons killed In the army, and ever stnos he
has lived by private charity. at ono time
no owned very good horse, and would
make periodical trips Of thirty or forSy
miles into adjoining counties 70 solicit aid
and always came home loaded down WITH
provisions. On one occasion It 10 related
that no left his horse at livery-stable a
Culpepper and took the train for nichnaond
where he was very successful, and came
homo with a considerable arnount
money. ...
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
How Negro Woman Slid Down tho Pole
ut m EnEinc-Housc.
I

Louisville Post.l
cOlOrcd woman Eamcd Anna Beard
mot with worry serious accident at the
NO. eng1nc-hOuSc yesterday afternoon.
Tho manncr III " l!ch tho accident occurred
Is fatncr II novel one, without precedent,
ana was the result Of an idle curiosity
lhe woman above named is n largo, portly
he3f"sS, weighing upward of two hundred
pounds. For some considerable time she
has been doing small jobs at washing for
some of tho mcmlers Of the house, and fro
qucntly when she would call for tho
clothes she wOul see some Of tho bows
slide down on tn pole. 1t looked like a
slmplc ana ha;lnl. .sS operation, requiring
simply little nerve and ono leg half
twisted around the iron bar. 1t was great
labor Tor tho womnn to descend the stops
with all her supe: iluouS flesh, and the slid
| ing operation was douo with such euse and
grace by the nrcTl that Slle thought she
would try it also, though with perhaps
less grace. Al any rae sho resolved upon
the experiment, and yesterday afternoon
when she called to collect the washing
sho made the trial. The trap.door which
opens into the sleeping department was
open, and tho fircmen wore all sented
round tho stove, some reading and others
chatting Of LouiSvillc'J carly history.
Suddenly the peace and quiet wore broken
by distressing yell THAI proceeded from
the mouth of Lhe trup-door, and looking up
the boys discovered the body Of tho old
washerwoman hing ing manfully to the
pole with her garments and ono leg caught
i'll the trap and the others oscillatinp in
! wild cndcavors to find some substantial
support. In spite OF her dangerous predic.
| ament the scone was SO ridiculous that it
was impossible to repreSs an outburst Of
| laughter. Tho woman was so fat that she
could barely squeeze through tho opening.
| Some Of tho men rushed to tho second floor
to assist hcr, but ore they ar. .lved she had
disongaged herself and slid down tho pole,
striking tho floor beneath with such force
that hor right log was badly sprained at
tho ankle and dislocnted at tho hip.joint.
Sho was SO badly injured that she had to
bo carried to her home across tho street,
whore sho has beeq suffering groatly.
! Sho has concluded that she was neyer
! made fora fireman. and hcr work In tho
| future will be confined to sliding on tho
| wash board.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
A VENTRILoQUIsT's TRICK,
How u Crowd OF Citizens and n Police.
man Wero Fooled ut n Patrol Box.

funny incident occurred Saturday
evening at Fifth and Race streets, where
one Of tho now patrol boxes Is located. A
man possessed Of tho powers of q vontrilo-
quist threw his voice into the box, and
mado 1t appear that some ono was calling
for tho patrol wagon to come at once, q 6
murder had been committed noar by. A
crowd soon gathered about, and tho voice
in tho box was hoard ovory few moments
urging tho operator at headquarters tc
hurry up the wagon. Tho crowd strained
their eyes trying to catch tho first glimpse
Of the wagon as it came dashing down the
street. Finally O0icor Mike Kennedy ap
peared on tho scene. Being told somo one
had been killed and that there was a man
In the box calling for the wagon, he pro.
duced his key and opened tho box. Bu'
the box was empty. The cause OF She ex.
citement soon leaked out, and. tho crowd
separated with good laugh.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28
Buried Another.
[hrkansaw Travollcr.1

~ see." said Mr.. Tomlinson, turning
from his newspaper and addressing his
0ettor two.thirds, "that old man Grettle
has buried another Wife"
"What, you don't say SO? Why his first
wife only died two weeks ago. Whom did
ho marry againr
"Ho hasn't married again."
"Tomlinson, are you a foolW
presumably, my dear, but why this
sutburst2 Grettle has buried another
mans wife. He Is an undertaken, you
hnow,"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28

over, DuU
againW
Mrs. Wulcs arU.
altar, and astoundeu
saying, firmly and earn,
" do not believe that a.
truly religious can delibera,>
MS vito for ten years, and l
special prayers for my husbands con,
sion"
Sho then turned toward her husband, who
seemed paralyEcd with astonishment, and
said:
"Uriah, got down on your knees, be
awakened to the orror of your ways and
ask forgiveness for your sins. 1 will lead
you to tho Lord myself"
AS she walked toward him no turned and
went hurriedly out of the church, and was
not seon nor heard Of aftcrward until last
Sunday night.
frayer-mceting was in progress at the
church, and the congregation was singing
hymn, when man entered, and as ho
walked quickly down the aisle and stopped
at pow whcro Mrs. Wales was sitting, all
recognized Uriah Wales. Tho singing
stopped. Before his wife could recover
from her aSt onishment ho embraced her,
at the same timo cxclaming:
"Ihe Lord has forgiven oil, and am
now n true Christian"
Tho pastor and congregation hocked to
tho pew, and brsicgod the long missing
brother, whom they had looked upon as
dead, with inquiries ~ to where he had
been; but he returned no reply to them OK
cept: 81 havo boen communing alone with
the LDrl.D
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-28

MY DEAR
was received
fully send you.
you say is ncccss
salc. 1t Is singular
gotten judgCmcn.
moro singular that
let you forget 1t SO
suppose, you have
enough to satisfy Il juds
Bct0rc you pny IT, It woL
you have not pnid 1t, or Mt
not prove that you have
love to mother and all tn
Ancctionatcly your son.
TO HIS BROTHER.
DEAR JOHNSTON: Your request
dollars I do not think it best to co.
just now. At tho various times whc,.
helped you little you have said to me,
can get along very we'll now," but in Il
time ] find you in tho same difficulty ug.
Now this can only happen by some defect II
your CONDUCT. What tho defect is think L
know. You are not lazy, and still you arc an
idlcr. doubt whether, since saw you, you
have done:n good wholc:day''s work In any ono
and still you do not work much, morcly be-
cause eau 1t does not seem S,o to you that you could
ing time is the whole difficulty, and it is vastly
important to you, and still moro to your chill
dren, that you should break this habit. 1t is
more important to them because thcy have
longer to live and can keep out of an idle
habit before they are in it oasicr than they can
get out after they are In.
You are now in need of some ready money,
and what lproPosc is thatyou shall go to work,
tooth and nail" for somebody who will give
you money for II. Lot father and your bows
have charge of things at homo-prcpare for a
crop and make the crop-and you go to work
any debt you owe, that you can get. And to
secure you fair reward for your labor now
tween now and the lst of Nav, got for Yom,.
labor, either in money or on your own indcbt.
G,dneSs, will give you ono other dollar. by
thiS, IL you hire yourself Mt ten dollars Il
! month, from mo you will get ten dollars moro.
making twenty dollars month from your
work. IN this do not moan that you shall 20
Or hp
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-05-31
Red Pepper for Stock.

1t does not appear to be generally known
among farmers what an excellent tonic and
appetizer red pepper is. 1t is good for man,
beast, or bird. Its good effects when given
to poultry at this season is known to many
housewives, and come farmers know of its
value when mixed with the Stops and fed
to hogs. But how many farmers ever
gave red pepper to cattle, horses, and sheep?
And yet it is about as useful to them as
to any other animal. 1t possesses highly
stimulating and invigorating property gives
the sytem tone and strength, renews the
appetite, and enables weakly animals to
move and feed with avidity. For sickly
stock there is, perhaps, no better medicine.
1t may be given in bran, corn meal, or slops,
at the rate of teaspoonful day of the
ground article to single sheep or cow or
one fourth as much to fowl But it is
sufficient in most cases to make of the
whole pods strong tea, and mix it in the
feed, or boil it in the Stops for the hogs.
Every family should use it largely, for it
is as good for mankind as for animals.
Instead of the black pepper, the home
grown red pepper should take its place, and
some of it ought to be on the table at every
noon-day meal. Every family should raise
it for domestic use. Its value as pre-
ventive of disease is beyond estimation.
For song-birds that are dull and dropping,
little Of it win be found highly beneficial.
Let every farmer grow red pepper, and
make liberal use of it among his stock
Petersburg hsder-Appeal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-05-31

SUNDAY TRAINS
Going East will leave Union Bridge for Baltimore
and intermediate Stations at 60 $50 p. and
Westminster at 7.O5 a.. m and sos p m. Going West,
mediate Stations at S45 q. m, and 200 p. m. and
Westminster at 1899 a. m. and $50 p m.
EMMITTSBURG RAILROAD.
and 800 and SIS p. m, arriving at Rocky Ridge at
S.45 a. H. and $50 and 6.25 p. Trains North Will
leave Rocky Ridge at 10 40 u. m and 400 and go
p m. arriving at Emmittsburg II 10 a. m, and 4.3o
and 40 p. IN.
BALTIMORE AND CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. R.
Trains leave East daily except Sunday. Shippens-
burg 6I0 a. M, and 120 and s.25 p. M, Chambers
burg Gas a. m, 155 and 400 p NJ, Wayneshnro 10
a m, 2S7 and 40 p. m, arriving at Edgemont 80
II, AMI 2.5S and $40 y M. Sundays leave ship
500 a. N. and 3.0S p. m, Waynesboro $50 a. m. and
$50 D. IN, arriving Edgemont g12 u. IN. and Alp p
IN. Trains West daily except Sunday. Edgemont
722 and IL 40 a. m and $40 p. m, Maynesboro $50
a. M, and 1902 and 500 p NJ ChambersbSrg s:sO a.
M. and 12.45 and 40 p. m: arriving NJ ShlpPens-
burg 800 a. m, and 120 and go p. m. Sundays,
leave Edgemont S50a. NJ and $50 p. m, WaynesboTo
9.15 &. and All p. IN, Chambersburg 9.51 Q. ~
and 500 p. m, arriving Shippensburg lO.SO g. m and
$50 p. M.
FREDERICK DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Trains for Frederick leave junction at 1880 u.
and 6.27 p m. Trains TOR Taneytown, Littlestown
and York leave junction at yl3 q. m. and 6.G p. m
Through car for Frederick leaves Baltimore II 400
IN. Through cars for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points OIL the H. J. II. & q. K. X. leave Baltimore
at 9.55 a. m. and 400 p m. These trains daily ex-
cept Sunday.
orders for Baggage calls can be LEFT at Ticket
Office. 133 w Baltimore street Eastern standard or
10Th Meridian time is given at all stations
J. NJ. HOOD Genl. Manager.
may3l B. H. GRIswoLD. Genl Passenger Agent.
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How to Secure a Good Sod.
Germantown Telegraph.

Germantown Telegraph.
1t is matter of surprise to notice the
waste of time and money by many people
in their efforts to acquire sod for lawn,
or filling up defective parts of it, or even
for yard. They look frequently about
the roadsides, unused lanes or commons"
for spots of old sod, filled with many nox-
ious weeds hard to get rid of, and employ
men and carts to haul it, some time from
considerable distance, though only small
space is desired to be supplied, when far
better sod can be obtained by sowing the
proper grass-seed on the ground where the
sod is intended to be, it being prepared in
the same way as if intended for garden
crop. Some time ago we had occasion to
sod space left in the lawn by the removal
of several large Norway spruce trees. The
ground was very hard and could be dug only
a few inches in depth in preparing it for the
seed, and was really in poor condition for
the purpose; besides no manure was applied
About one pound of "mixed lawn grass
seed was sown and a garden-roller passed
over it. This was the last week in April.
In ten days the grass made its appearance
by the 18th of May the ground was covered
and by the 9th of June it was clipped and
by the 18th clipped second time. Thus,
in about six weeks there was new sward
fresh and beautiful, free from weeds, and
greatly superior to the old adjacent sward.
But it would have been more beautiful
still, if possible, could the ground have
been prepared as it should have been.
The expense of sodding these bare places,
in buying, cutting, hauling aud putting
down and watering, after the old style,
would not have been less than fifteen dol
lars; while the cost of seeding and rolling,
as nothing else was done to it, was about
one dollar and twenty-five cents, all told
Sod, acquired in this way, which is new,
perfect and positively lovely, free from all
weeds, will remain SO for generations
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Bilious At
tacks, Headache, Costiveness, Chills and
Fevers, and all diseases of the Liver and
Stomach, j. M. LAROQUE'S ANTI-BIL-
IOUS BITTERS are decidedly the most po
tent remedy that can be used. 1t is a purely
vegetable, faultless family medicine, and has
been manufactured at LAROQUE'S PHAR-
MACY, one of the most prominent Drug
Stores of Baltimore, for more than half a
century. Its efficiency in all forms of LIVER
DISEASE has been tested and approved by
thousands of the most prominent citizens of
Baltimore, who have used it successfully in
combating the above complaints, all of which
arise from arrangement of the liver and
disordered stomach. We therefore say to you
confidently, if you have Dyspepsia, suffer from
Sick or Nervous Headache, have Chills, Bow
els are Constipated, or you feel generally
played out and don't care continental wheth-
err you live or die, TRY ]. NJ LAROQUE'S
ANTI-BILIOUS BTTTERS, and our word
for it, single dose, taken either at night on
retiring or in the morning before breakfast,
will make you feel like a new man. If you
live in a malarious section, where Chills and
Fever abound, it will be found most effectual
remedy in guarding the system from all attack.
The price, too, is reasonable and within the
reach of all-25 cents for the Herbs in pack
age, or 800 for the bottle ready prepared.
Sold by all druggists.
W. E. THORNTON, Sole Proprietor,
Cor. Baltimore and Harrison SITS.
ape Baltimore, Md.