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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Wild Dogs.

About eight miles from Poughlzoep-
sic is the most remarkable breed of
Wild dogs, or rather half dog and half
wild beast. According to the stories
OF the farmers in that vicinity, q fcr1alo
Newfoundland dog, q Jew years ago,
gave birth to q litter in tho woods. The
dogs grew up Wild and it seems took
to running with foxes and animals of
like kind, which resulted in another
breed OF animals, part dog and part
fox, which arc the terror of that part
of the country. There arc about fifty
in all, as near as they can judge, and
they run from the size of NeWfound-
and dog down to q small fox doc.
They run in companies, and it is
extremely dangerous for man to como
across them, for they are ferocious.
Besides they have tho cunning of the
fox added to the hig..or intelligence of
the domestic doa, which is such an
assistance to chem that it seems almost
impossible to kill one of them, unless
man goes alone, and then, although
he may shoot one, tho rest of the pack
will make short work of him. Hun
tors would much rather run across n
pack of wolves than these dogs, for in
TINS wooded district they como upon
them unawaros, kill their hunting
dogs, and if the hunters do not beat
an immediate retreat will attack them.
In several cases hunters have been in
this plight, and forced to climb trees
in order to save their lives. Manv
stories arc told of the remarkable cun.
ming of these animals. Instead of cum
ming, perhaps, better word would be
Intelligence. When party of hun
ters undertake to hunt these wild dogs,
they are never able to find thom, for
seemingly they know very we'll their
own strength, and though they may bo
match for ono or two mon, they can
not cope with ACKNOWLEDGMENT (M.
~ Freeman.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
When Abe Buford Scalpcd u Man.

In the spring of 1854 or 1855 l ran
up to Lexington to attend the races ut
tho center Of Edcn's garden, and, OF
course, General AJc and Colonel Tom
Buford were there with their invincible
thoroughbrcds. Colonel Tom, from q
sudden quarrel that grew cut of tho
excitement of the race course ono of
ternoCn, played Il duct on pistols with
an adversary whose namo l cannot now
recall.
General Abe, his brother, and | were
standing about forty or fifty feet off
when tho fusilladc began, and remain
cd apparently unconccrncd, for, though
his brother was hotly engaged. the old
horo WAS willing, according to tho
rules of Kentucky chivalry, to see o
fair fight and let the best man win.
Colonel Tom struck his adversary onco
or twice in several shots, not seriously
wounding him. When all the chambers
of his enemy's pistol were cmptiod q
friond who stood near, and not having
the fear Of brother Abe before his eyes,
ran up and thrust fresh weapon into
the hands of Tom Buford's assailant.
General Abe, believing too firmly in
''fair play" to thus permit two men to
combine against one, and that one
brother Tom," at once jerked out Il
knife of glittering blade and made a
rush for the too busy intcrloper Moro
quickly than it takes to tell it, General
Abe, with one hand had seized the poor
fellow by the hair, and, like flash of
lightning and with tho dexterity of an
Indian, made circular incision on the
crown of his head and, giving the hair
q sudden twist, lifted off rs neat scalp
as one would go days ride to see.
''Now d-n you," said General Abe,
as he coolly tossed his Indian trophy
! to one side and released his victim
''now 60, d-nyou! l guess hair res
torativo won't bring out tho wool on
your head again SOON" The frighton-
cd fellow, never having experienced
that kind of warfare, gathered his
head in both hands and ran off yelling
as if Captain Jack and all the Modocs
were close upon his heels.
| was horrified-it being the first
scalp | had ever seen takon-and riding
home that evening l asked General
Buford how he could do such bar
barous thing.
"He ought to have attended to his
own business" he replied; 81 was
willing, though my brother was engag-
ed, to keep hands off and let 'em fight
it out and when he ran up and handed
his friend pistol to kill Tom with
would havo been justified in killing
him. .'--RdSbUiUe World.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Hot Weather Precautions.

Now that the hot weather has set in,
and 1t is time for the reappearance of
that large class of amiable people who
can mover meet without telling YOU
frankly "what ono ought to do" it may
not bo of outplace to quote tho 'regula-
tions" which were published by tho
MOntteur de u Arneee as official advice
to French troops going to Canton in
1859. The Times gives the following
translation of them, which have como
upon accidentally; the rules are cer-
tainly amusing, and seem just as ap-
pllcable to America as Asia.
l. Have warm clothing III wintor.
z. Never remain in damp or wet
clothes, unless you are at work.
3. In summer wear light clothing of
soft wool. Be careful to wash this
clothing when it is soaked with pers-
piration.
4. Wear flannel both as q waistcoat
and round the abdomen. Never leave
it off.
5. Never sleep on tho bare ground.
Put plank under your feet when you
stand still
6. In summon put little straw upon
your plank.
z. Never drink water, always tea.
8. Clarity your water when muddy
with rock alum.
8. Drink in moderation tho spirits of
the country, taking care to warm them
first.
10. Eat moderately.
II. Never eat ducks.
II. Eat but sparingly of sweets and
fruits, The sugar-cane is almost tho
only wholesome sweet thing. All
others arc either too heating or set cold
on tho stomach.
13. AS soon as you arrive in tho
country, acquire tho habit of eating
rice as the natives cook it.
II. When you smoke, spit as littlo
as possible.
Is. At night take care to cover your
head we'll, and more particularly your
eyes.
16. In hot weather avoid cold places;
draughts are always dangerous.
II. In spring and autumn take caro-
never to get wet-footod in the morning.
l9. Never take a nap in the day
time.
Not bad advice on tho whole, and
worth following at tho present time,
when we arc on the eve of the Coney
Island season, the fall campaign, and
other risky experiments. Cor. N. Y.
Post.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Life at Cannes.

All the world drives about in the
atternoon-tho carriage either follow
ing the winding coast roads to east or
west or climbing the surrounding hills
by succession of sweeps and ri gzags,
each OF them opening up fresh glimpses
OF the scenory-pulling up in some
rugged gorge or some quiet sylvan val
ley. Thence you may scramble up
tho steep banks by narrow foot-tracks,
winding through tho thickets of fra
grant scrub that grows breast high, or
through tho thick fir woods that clothe
tho sides of the rocky dells, with tho
streamlets murmuring somewhere out
OF sight in the bottom, and here and
there coming out into light and evi-
dence, where they fall in tiny sheets of
silver over the faces of the lichen-c -cov-
cred cliffs. Then, emerging from the
thlckets of fir, where the dwarfed trees
have begun to struggle and die down,
you come on some brownhill-s shoulder
which shows you broad panorama of
tho rolling ranges of hill and dale that
SINK into shadowy plains in the middle
distance before they rise into the blue
black mountains skirting tho northern
horizon. But of all the objects that fill
the fairgrounds of the views, Cannes
itself is the most striking and original.
You SEQ fine scenery elsewhere-you
may soc loose agglomcrations of hand
some houses in their gardens-but
nowhere on this side of tho Atlantic,
nor, indeed, rs we believe, on tho
other, do you SEQ such n collection of
enormous hotels monopolizing the most
commanding situations. They certain
~ do not run to tho proportions of tho
monster establishments in Newport or
Saratoga, yet the biggest are big
enough in all conscience, and thore are
many moro of them. There are over
sixty of thom now--thero wore only
two small posting-houscs whom Lord
discovered Cannes - of
Whlch third or so arc said to be
nrst 1 ratei all have sprung up in tho
last fivo-and-twenty years, and all gro
said to bo fairly prosperous. .-BIack-
'Oood'S Margarine.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Protecting Dogs and Cats.

Tho great vivisectionist, DR.. Claude
Bernard was married to q YOUNG wo-
man who was extremely fond of DOGS
and cats. AS may easily be imapined
the doctor and his wife did not agree
Drivon to the wall, tho poor doctor was
obliged to choose between tho wife and
science. He chose tho latter, and o
separation from his wife followed.
Thencoforward Mmo. Bernard gather
ed together all the homeless and friend
less dogs and cats that sho could find,
A singular idea moved the wife of the
illustrious apostle of vivisection in this
popularity. She wished to protect as
many dogs and cats as her husband
killed, so that when she would meet
him in the other world she could dis
play the superiority of her work. At
ter tho death of her husband Nine
Bernard continued her labor of love
She retired to Bois-C Colombes, and shell
tered in her house all the vagrant dogs
and cats of the neighborhood. The
noighbors were highly amused ut first
but finally they began to think tho
thing was nuisance. They complain
ed to the Mayor, who ordered tho lady
to close her establishment. This sho
refused 20 do. Then she was brought
into police court and fined five francs
for n violation. of n town ordinance.
She. appealed to n higher court, but the
Judgment Of tho court below was con-
drmed, and all her dogs and cats were
turned out upon the cold and cruel
world.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

The Argonaat, of San Francisco. hits
off one phrase of modern journalism
in this way: eff q barn should blow
down." it says, there will be diagram
of the promises; view of tho barn be-
foro being blown down; view of the
barn while being blown down; view of
the ruins; interview with the hired
man, who said he always knowed it
was going to blow down; interview
with the owner, with his and other
theories on barns blowing down; inter-
view with Professor Mugwump, the
distinguished Chicago saVant, with his
views as to tho reason why barns blow
down rather than up; comparative ta-
bic of barn mortality in this and other
states for tho last forty years, showing
percentage of barns blowing down
compared with the illitcrato vote; his
tory of loss from the earliest times to
the present; statement of loss-$5OO."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
The Honeymoon.

Delighted Young What
a treasure you are, my love. thought
you were so bound up in music and
painting and embroidery and such
things that you would not think of civ
ing attention to such unpoetic things
as meals, but hero you have ono of the
most delicious plum puddings / have
ever eaten"
Blushing Bride-"Oh, / do not forget
that you always liked nico things to
eat.T
But getting, me such q delicacy
must have taken you considerable
time"
''Well, it did; but that was because
neither Bridget nor l knew how to got
it OPEN"
'Get what open, loYeP"
why, tho can tho pudding came in. :"
-~FHtIadelphia CalL
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Uncle Abe Receivers His Pul1et.

"Wall," began The old man, .I had
my 'spicions bout dis hero chicken,
but amt say much. 1 jis' lie low and
watch do case. links l, Brudder Dick
bin o powerful ham on do stealing
question, and l don't SEQ as how his
hgion dun prove him any. so L jis'
keep my eyo on his motions. Jis' now,
as was passin' his house I hear q
mighty singing and patting oh dc feet,
ike Brudder Dick feel monstrous hap
Py. Den l peeps fro dc crack, and
oar, Dress God, l seed dc old sinner lis
tarlng dc fedders outen dat puliet.
Den walked back few stops and sot
up signal, too; and when I gets to
his house hollers out: .Brudder Dick,
is you darP'
'Den he answers up, skeert like:
Iso here, Brudder Abe. What's yer
pledgerp'
'I'so cumin' In to sit awhile saws 7,
and shutlles about like thero Is a
powerful site O. mud on my feet, kaso l
was boun' fur to hab q leetle fun, and
| wanted to glib dc ole man time to
hide do pullet.
"When l goes in Brudder Dick was
jis' shown q basket oh fedders under
dc bed. .Hab a cheer, brudder,' saws
he, powerful perlite; Use sure GLAD fer
ter sec yer. Bring dat cheer Mi CHER to
''Den we talks and talks, and whilo
was lookin' roun' sees piece OBJ
dat pullet stickin' outen his pocket.
'Brudder Dick, says /, 'dus you
carry rabbit foot for good luckP' And
gin grab fur dc chicken, but no,
bress dc Lord, the ole man was too
peart for me, and he clap he ham on
his pocket and he hollor out: Don't
touch my rabbit foot, kaso you'll spile
oil my luck.
".Dats the truff,' says L; den 1 sot
to thinking how [ was gwino to got dat
pullet outen dat pocket.
"Arter awhile says I: 'Brudder
Dick Use dun los dat fine Plymouth
Rock pullct what sot SO much store
by.
"'You amt tell mo so,' he piles,
innercent like as dove; .how dot dun
happen, brudderP'
":I can't in no wiso tell,' says I,
but bress dc niggah what eats dat
chicken, kasc is dun put do ebil spell
on 1t, and it is conjured clar to de back
bone. is shure seen dat pullet afore
now stan on its head and walk on its
tail
"'You amt say so,' he 'sclaims, and
his eyes look like dey wus gwino to
pop outcn his head, and l see him
hitch back his coat like ho was skeert
fur dc pocket to touch him. links I,
ole man, you'se all right now, and /
tells him good mite and leabs.
Den hides behind troe fur to SEQ
what he, pWinC fur to do nox' and
bimeby ho comes to tho door and Peep
out; he amt seen nobody and he gin a
run and flung the chicken inter my
yard. Den ! hear he say to hisself, If
dat dere chicken is conjurod is dun
hXed up ole man Abo's dog, kaso Cash
is boun' fur to cat it afore mornin'.'
Den he slips in dc house and l gets to
dat pullet in q hurry and here it is,
now ready for do cooking. ole 'oman.
Ha! ha! hal" laughed the negro. II is
cunnin' as coon; it is hard to kotch
up wild dis niggah. ."-Phtladellohia
Times
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

ne had had. ~.
"She would have scrubbed and
cleaned the whole establishment into
tho workhouse in q year." said he.
'1'm well out of the business. One car
discharge housekeoper if she don't
suit, but not wife"
So Mr.. Meredith adhered to the stand
ard of old bachelordom, and pretty
Hetty married Mr.. Waite after all.
But strange to say, MIR. Waite never
complained of his wifo's addiction to
houso-cloaning rites. And he never
could understand why it was that Mr..
Meredith always cast such pitying
glances upon him when thoy met.
For Hetty and her faithful confeder-
ate, Nancy, had kept their secret woll.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

The present average of speaking in
the United States Senate is about 15O
words per minute, though there are
several speakers who utter more than
200. Among the fastest speakers at
present are Senators Beck, Hawlev
Plumb. and Morgan. Beck leads the
list. Senator George, of Mississippi,
is perhaps the slowost. Dan{ei
Webster was worry slow talker, and bo
would not average over 100 words n
minute. Henry Clay spoke much
faster, rolling out about i5O words n
minute. Calhoun was also slow until
he became rousod up with enthusiasm
of his subject, when his words wonld
now now moro rapidly.-.M o. Times Demo
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

A now out door game for ladies and
gentlemen called enchantment, is be-
coming fashionable in England. 1t is
played with small, light hoops, thrown
with wands, something after the man
ner of grace hoops, though tho wand
Is of novel construction, involving q
peculiar method of casting the hoop.
A moderately large piece of ground is
suitable.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

Every ono has heard of condensed
milk, but condensed, or rather solidi-
hod, drinks of q more potont nature
are a novelty. An ingenious French
chemist has discovered a method by
which any wine, spirit or malt liquor
can be solidifed into cake, like choc-
olate, and so conveniently carried In
tho pocket of the thirsty.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

A doctor, writing to New York pa
per, deprecates tho publishing by the
press of cases of hydrophobia, as, ho
said, in nine cases out Of ten the fear
of the disease brought 1t on.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18

The city of Hamburg is about to erect
q museum Of natuaal history at an es-
timated cost of 100000 marks. Plans
in competition have been solicited
from architects, and upward of 100 arc
likely to be received.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-09-18
Made to be . Painted, Not to be Kissed.


"Mado to bo painted"-a Millias might give
A fortune to steady that exquisite face--
The face Is Il fOrtuno-a Lawrence might live
X, Anew in each line of that fgures still
r grace, .,
Tho pose is perfection, a model each limb,
From the delicate foot to the classical
head;
But the almondbluo oyos, with their smiling,
look dim,
And lips to be loved want triflo moro rcd.
Statuesquo2 No. n Psyche, lots say, in re-
pose
A Psyche whose Cupid bescoches in Vain-
We sigh as the nightingale signs to the rose
That declines OTIS averred) 10 give signs
back again,
If tho wind shook tho rose? Then shower
would fall
or sweet-sccnted potals to gathcr who list;
If q sigh shook my Psyche? Shed yawn that
Is all, 49,
She's mado to be painted, and not to be
kissed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

HEAD -
One-fOurth interest In the Spectator lode,
(patented) now under bond to Col. Grayson for
$4,000, a valuable property.
Une-hal of lh0 acres ofplacer mining ground
adjoining the Jas: Ta.oot spround. located near
the Silver Bow Mill.
One-eighth interest in Is AIRES of patented
placer mining ground, located near the KEN
per Bros. ranch, adjoining Butte.
Ont half interest in the Sioux Chief lode,
adjoining the M,untain Chief mine on the west.
: ne-eighth int. in the Napa (patented) lode
adjoining the Wake Up Jim mine on tn west.
Joining the Orphan Boy mine.
\ sixth in, crest in IA acres in the Railroad
addition of Butte, and one sixth Interest in 81
lots III NOyes & Upton addition to Butte.
A One-sixth interest in the NOyes & Upton wa
ter d tch supplying water ~ numerous placer
mining claims.
One-sixth interest j. %..I :: II the No 'es e.
Upton patented pl8a:Sr Msnirs &>Sund consist
ing IF about goo a. .es aCge.keI With all app r.
tena..ces tberero .y.': 80 hla kamith tools MN
ing tools. &c
One-thi,d iase.es IN the Ophir (patented)
lode. II W Under bond till July 18th for $50. 900.
One half interest in the Comanche lode, ad.
Joining the Mountain View mile.
One third interest in the Never Despair lode.
east of the st. Lawrence.
Also one house and lot located on lower Main
street The h0u>e is well built of seasoned
lumber, and hard finished. Good well. stable
and OutHouses connected with the premises.
For further information call Oh or address
DAVID N. UPTON,
Butte City, MT.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19
DAY DISPATCHES

New York, Jan. 15.-The cer:iA-
Gates OF incorporation of the Stand
ard Mutliplex Telegraph company
was filed to-day. The lines of the
company will run to Boston. Port
land. San Francisco, Florida, Buffalo,
Chicago and the Pacific coast. The
capital stock is S2,50O.OOO.
BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 15.-The re-
mains of Miss Moran. one of the vic
tins OF yesterdays disaster on the
Bradford and Kinza railroad, were
taken to Oil City this morning for in
terment. The fuLeral If Miss Sadie
B. Fair takes place at Bradford this
afternoon. The injuret number &c
and most of them are doing well ex-
cept Prof. Taught. w. H. BelKnap
and Geo. Mccartney, the newsboy.
who are not expected to live. The
coroner's jury visited the wreck, ex-
amined the site of the tank and
marked where the oil ran along the
road. The capsized engine was found
with the throttle open. The track
was not injured in any manner. AZ
ter obtaining an insight into the
causes of the disaster the jury re-
turned to Bradford and met this
morning to examine witnesses. De-
velopments tend to show that the
road will be ex0nerated from what
IS considered an unavoidable acct
dent: The flesh of engineer Sections
hands was fairly roasted, the skin
dropping off in q lump. He will re-
cover.
Dies MONIES, Jan. Ex-senator AL.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19
He Told Her to Make Her Owr
Choice.

John L. Thomas. ex-Cnngressman
and now Collector Of the Port of Bal
timore, tells this story about the great
commoner of Pennsylvania: when
I was in Congress 1 used to be a fire.
quenter Of the room of old 1had
Stevens. One day. while talking to-
gether, q visitor entered unexpected.
". Sne was a tall, raw boned wo-
man. with OK bow spectacles on the
bridge OF her nose, and bulky green
gingham umbrella. She anded Mr..
Stevens a card with the words, abb
gail Meecham, Kennebunkport, Me-
and said:
"Do l have the honor of heholding
the Hon. Thad Stevens of Pennsyl-
vania?"
Somewhat embarrassed, Mr.. Stew
ems acknowledged his identity and
asked his visitor to he seated.
"Thank you, no." vas the reply;
but l wisl to sav, sir. that in nv
quiet home down East I have heard
of your glorious efforts in behalf of
the emancipated slave. Of your heroic
treatment of the SOnther.l question.
and Of your un wing hostility to the
enemies OF my country, and ] have
travelled hither, sir, to ask the privi-
eye of shaking your hand"
She shook it.
Nov. air. I have n more favor
to ask. It is a souv mir of this inter-
view-l " sh to take home with me
if l may be so bold as to ask it. a lock
of the great cOmmoner's hair"
Old Thad was for a moment more
embarrassed than l ever saw him
before; then he smiled family; he put
his hand on his s"aln-lock, and, lift
ing his brown wig bodily. laid it on
the table. leaving his pate as bald az
a billiard ball. There IS every hair
of my head madam, make your own
choice of a lock-
NEED it be added that the Maine
woman did it?"- Washing on Re-
publican.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

The n. Y. Times accuses the Til
bune of waiting upon New England
manufacturers, and after expatiating
upon the beauties Of protection, ask
ing them to subscribe for q numoer
of copies of the Tribune for free dis
tribution among their employees.
This is dirty business, If true. An
other journal is charged with send.
ing q confidential agent among
manufacturers aud inducing them to
subscribe SIS, OOO 10 subsidize the
paper In their interest. This is still
dirtier business, If true. If the prin-
cipal Republican journals In New
York resort 10 such means to build
themselves up, what may not be ex-
pected Of the little "Jim Crow" con.
Germs Of the party out here in Mon
tanA1