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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
THE COTTON CROP.
Estimated to be Six and n Half billion
Bales,


The special cotton returns of the
department Of Agriculture estimate
cotton remaining on plantations ON
the 1et February, the proportion Of
lint to seed quality average date of
close of picking and price of cotton
seed. Date of closing varies from
November rs 10 December II, but
averages for the cotton bet about nine
days later than last year:
Florida, November 20: Alabama,
vembcr %; South Carolina, No
vcmber 80; North Carolina, December
2; Georgia and Texas, December ):
Arkaneas, December 4; Mississippi,
December 8; Louisiana and Tennessee,
December 10. The quality is poorer
than last year on the Atlantic coast,
with much disculorcd and trashy fibre.
The staple is shorter than usual, ex-
! cept in favored locations west of the
| Mississippi and the yield of lint, which
should average at least 32 per cent, is
only about 81 per cent. from Virgiii,,
10 Alabama and Tennessee, il j. 30 il,
Mississippi and about 80 to 324 in
States west of Mississippi. The GUAM
thy on plantations February il an.
rarently about onr-siXth of The crop
hve-sixths having gone forward, ap.
nearing at the ports about February 5
The percentage of the crop marketed
is as follows: Virginia, 50; Nnrtl
,arolina, 80; South Carolina, 81;
Gcorgia, So; Florida, 81; Alabama
81: Mississippi, $50; Louisiana, S34
Texas, 83; Arkansas, 83; Tennessee,
81. The general average is nearly 83.
Indications thus point TO the crop,
approximuting the Novcmbvrestima,eS e.
of the yield per acre which looked to
The product Of about six and Il halt
| million bales.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
I'm the United Stotos Co,,;.,

In the United States Court ot
Fort Dodge, Iowa, rece ltly was br;ng
tried a case in which all the testimnmSS
on either side was given by attormcls
The jury were out all night, and not
agreeing IN the moring thev vera
asked what the matter was. Thnv
replied they "could not make ND their
minds, because the evidence was go
poor"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25

NJ. y. Gocr, living near Ailautr,
dropped niS wallet, containing $3.50,
while feeding his hogs. lie missed
the money soon aftGrward-, aid au>-
pecting what had become Of it, buich-
cred the animals and recovered M ,ss
Of grCenback pulp, which he viii send
to the Treasury Department for cx-
change.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
Not only shortens

Not only shortens
s'" tHnc Of labor and
r>,"nN the intensity
1t l';liM, but, it
-t,d'.! diminishcs tia
'"tn""r t" lite of both
."' in"r aud child, and
"Ny - the nutIIrr in a
"."nGlti"n hi"hIy IA
.N".Hh'" t" speedy re-
,r'N. aGd far less
r'v I" tluu'ling, cm.
.,I|o .n'.H, and either
. 'l"rmln% Sy mptom s
'i."!,,'rt to slow or
a'H'Ul labor. Ita
'.H ! wonderful cfica-
- ni t!l.S respect en-
~ g, i to br called
NJ 9 I II T. inS
J. iNND and to be
81. Irh Il, ore of the
!''-SNI!ng rcuardies
,pi tue nineteenth cen
,G!N.
From thr nature of
..' case it will OF
'@Urs' ln~ understood
!a.i We cannot pub
,I:,# certificates con-
&" ",tt& tHI> REMEDY
W'iiuUl W-Ilmding the
.t'I""Cy of the writer's.
tvt we have hundreds
", III. testimonials on
ILL.,. "iid m0 mother
N.n l'Is. once used il
" ever a"aim be
q" ''rni il in her time
IT ;r"il'lC.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25

There is much excitement in Bcr-
I'm over apparently well authenticated
reports that bismarck is preparing ia
Slrid entirely to the Vatican in the
rehgiOus dispute waged bv Prussia
against the PapacV for thc past fifteen
Years. n b IL has been deposited b,
the Government wit" the upper house
Oh the LandIa2, rcvoking most Of the
Nav laws which have been 80 odious
TO the Catholics of Germany.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
-One u the Inrgekt singlc sllinmrnt,

= 'ne "l thc largest single shipments
OF dress goods ever made from New
England to single firm was from
Lewiston, Maine, Recently to a Chicago
dry goods house. The movement of
cotton goods is increasing, aud The
prospect for the coming y car is better
than a ycnr ago.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
ADVICE TO M0ruRRa

vy9vs be MiNSL4W'S wINS SoOTnINa SYauF should al
tn,: cHIIH sUs ChliiTeh cGth,ug. IL soothCs
Currs ,yiSn ctSTn" Cii" gums, all lys all pain
gi"rrhom",l m,l'i rCnic and & Ihc heSt r. tmedy FOR
"',JIIIYIi JmIv ~, twenty .fvc cents bottle '''
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25

sam Jones preached to an audience
OF 5000 people in Music Hail, Cincin-
natl, on the night of the 18Th the
building being crammed, amd it i c.
'inaied that nearly 10000 persons
could not gain admission. IL was
Sans last night, as he goes home for a
fortnights rest, before he laps Chicago.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
"A Kentucky Lnlnn hna imnrn,

"A Kentucky Judge has improved
on Solomon, or at least male Il varia-
ton on that Wiseacre's famous decision.
Two mothers recently came before him
10 ciaim baby, and he settled the
dispute by declaring that ueithur OF
the women was tit to take the child,
and then sent it to an orphan asylmn'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25

What throat Is the best for q singer to
teach high notes with? A SOAR thrOat
If 1t becomes too sore, use TayOrs Cher.
Okre Remedy If Sweet Cum and Mullen,
which cures hoarSeness and husky voice. 1
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
Statesmen WANTED

| N every neighborhood, either to travel
4 or sell at home, Dickry's Indian and
Flood and Livcl Pills. Apply now, giving
reference. JNO. X. DlCKEY,
Feb15IAt Bristol, Tenn.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
ExTORT1oNATE BATEs.

This throws into boiler relief than
over the exturtionage rates charged
aubScribers by tho, adb.cnmpauies On
the parent cOmpany and under rental
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
The Driver Robbed the stage.

Thomas II. Casey, q stage driver
from Chadron to Fort Robinson, Ncb.,
has been arrested on charge Of com
mitiimg the robbery of the express
treasury box about two months ago.
He was the only person on the stage
and claimed chat n masked robbcr
with double bnrrclcd gun compelled
him TO give up the treasure box, con-
taini"g over $1,000. Casey had been
held under close espionage by tho
express company since the robbery.
Why Is winter storm like child with
bad coid3 1t blows. it nows Git blows
1ts mosSG?. Cure It with / y ors Cherokee
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
THE TELEPHONE TYRANNY.
ATAx OF TEN MILLIONS A YEAR LEy.
IED ON THE PEOPLE.

Figuras Showing tho Extortlonate Profits
OF the Bell DIonopoly --Importance OF
~ the suit to be Prosecuted by tho Governs
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25
Safety and E.ua;

GI7 r.s.:,-,. rGro.- -.,
- - N.tSA - N! S.-...r.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-25

W. II. CHESHIRE,
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
manhood. t was crowded with men

manhood. It was crowded with men
! tai pictures also. A line of steamers
owned by Allaire, piled between the
Shrewsbury river and New York.
Long wagon trains loaded with stoves,
kettles, hard ware and farming impIe-
ments, toiled across the canvass, as
.Allaire painted it, along the dusty
Jersey roads to the point Of shipment
at Red, Bank. Entering the shadoWy
storehouse, on our way toward the
railroad station, we beheld one of the
old air cylinders used for driving the
blast furnace, converted into a recep-
tacle for picked pork To what ig-
noble uses had it comel Much might
be written about the little chapel
whose very mustiness suggests she
idea of holy incense and the almost
effaced pathway that leads TO its door.
The death of james P. Allaire occur
ed here in May, 1858, and his body
rests in the family plot at New Ro-
chelle. Here in seclusion has dwelt
his widow nearly ever since, and she
is now the sole companion Of her son !.
Julius Chambers in New York
Herald ~ 81
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
AN ALTERED WILL.
BY MRS. E. H. ROUGH.


"Help yourselves, gentlemen" said
Frank Olden, addressing the cheerful
young friends whom he had brought
in to join him in midnight repast.
Here are plates and glasses, with the
best Of the good things 1 have been
able to lay my hands ON down in the
lower regions"
1t looks as if your raid had been
very successful" was the unanimous
response.
4 could scarcely fail to find WE'LL
filed larder in kitchen over which
old Aunt Hannah presides," said the
young host. "That housekeeper is q
blessing to Uncle Hubert and me
But she is away to-night-gone to
visit her daughter. AS for Uncle
Hube, he is off for a week-would
leave, as he told me at luncheon, by
the 6 p. m. train. Cook and cham.
bermaid have also snatehed the
chance to be out over night. Uncle
Hube is master of ceremonies when
he is here-but no longer! When
he leaves, I lam monarch Of all SUR
vey."
With three obedient subjects
for the present OCCASION" his
friends rejoined, surveying the bounti
full layout he was spreading before
them.
| "The wine I will bring up wher
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
How He Rides Free.

. -
The. Washington correspondent Of
the Cleveland Leader writes his paper
that some of the funniest scenes about
the National Capital are found in the
street cars, and there is no better place
in which to study human nature. All
classes ride in them, from the Cabinet
Minister to the messenger in the de-
partment, and / have had as my com,
Ipanions atone time a General of the
Army, the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, a letter.earrier, a dress
maker, and Sam Randall ride
down town every morning, and Of
ten have the chief Of a great Govern
ment Bureau as my seatmate. He is
man well known throughout thecoun-
tryand receives a salary of $5000ay year.
1 have. noticed that he. always takes
his seat nearest the fare-box, and that
he buys a package ofisix tickets for a
quarter when he sits down. He takes
pains to offer to pass up all the fares
and put them in the box for his fel-
low passengers. Whenever a nickel
is given, him he changes it into bis
pocket and, puts into the box one Of
his tickets, so that. when he has re-
ceived five nickles he is one ticket
ahead. He thus gets his ride free.
It makes no difference to any one,
suppose, but it looks small for FIVE
thousand.dollar mar"
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
ro BE. TO DO AND TO SUFFER,

The Squan furnace was aglow dur
the second war with great Britain.
Mahy q chain shot and tons Of cam
mister were made there. Isaac Pal
mer built sawmill on the Manasquan
Greek soon after the Revolution.
The smelling furnace followed early
in this century. These Jersey iron
works were among the first indus
tries of the young nation. In 1914
the property stoodsin the names of
Abraham Shippen and William Nc
Muftrie, and musty deed in Mr..
Allaire'a safe, dated 1917. reconveyed
all the lands under the name of :the
Monmouth furnace property" to
William Griffith of Burlington. In
1881 we find William Newbold In
possession, and R. G. Howell, of
Philadelphia, having leased the prop
ertyI from him, it became known as
"the Howell furnace" There were
then, in addition to the mill and sim
gle furnace, fifteen houses in the
place. James P. Allaire, prosper
GUS foundryman and machinist, of
New York, organized a stock COM
pany, in which he owned controlling
interest and purchased the then small
plant in 1922. He converted the
quiet settlement into bustling town..
In ten years he expended over $780,
600 in improving and enlarging the
works. This was large sum in those
days, relatively more than six mil
lions would be to-day. He brought
water to drive the machinery more
than three miles through pipes. He
introduced q system of subterrenean
aquedncts and covered cisterns, and
to this day the water flows into and
through them. Standing in the broad
green plaza, with the gurgle of under
ground streams ringing in ones ears.
recalls nothing so vividly as the Al.
hambra. at Granada, where the
Moors--savage in war gentle in art
dug tunnels through which the water
will Aow forever A detailed nara
tive Of the rise and fall Of Allaire
would be curious bit of history, but
| doubt the possibility of making il
interesting. l forbear, though as !
sat yesterday and listened to the long
and withal pathetic story from the
lips Of a son of the directing h, ad of
this early enterprise, it possessed all
the melo-dramatic favor of a weird
romance. It was tale of earnest
endeayor. There was a favor of
courage in it. a bright CLEAN of sturdy
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19


AN END TO BONE ScRAPING.-
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says: Having received SO much
benefit from Electric Bitters, | feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had q running sore
on my leg for eight years; my doctors
told me I would have to have the
bone scraped or the leg amputated.
/ used, instead, three bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters aud seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve, and my leg is now
sound and we'll" Electric Bitters are
sold at so cents a bottle, and Buck
lens Arnica Salve at 25 cents per box
by DIR. j. Gibson Carroll.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19

I all my life, and have esteemed him a
one Of my best friends. He is one o
the kindest and truest gentlemen
have ever known, and one Of the mel
mot SO many of them as there should
be- / am sorry to say l-who never
lays his hand upon a woman save in
/ kindness " s..
T. "Of course my answer will be yes,
mother-for your sake as well as
mine r. was Edith's murmured
reply. mia 3Bo ies 80 .a .gl
I" What shall LIDO, Hannah ~ said
Frank, when he learned that very
day, that his uncle had been at home
and in his room on the proceeding
night.
Keep out of his sight a few days" !"
was the old housekeeper's advice.
!" Let me know where you are, and l
will send you word as soon as it is
best for you to see him. He is very
angry with you, but he is a kind.
hearted man, and will forgive you, 1
hope" sHe ea tr
Two weeks passed, during which
Mr. Olden had made no inquiry in re-
gard to his nephew, nor had he even
mentioned his name to anyone. He
knew very we'll, however, that the
yohng man was somewhere about, and
not far away. Meantime, prepara-
tions for his marriage with Miss Ed
ridge were in progress. That unlock
editor event would soon be among the
things that no one ever expected would
happen, but about which the public
would soon cease to give itself any
special concern. -
!. At length, however, Frank was
summoned to the gentleman's pre-.
sence, fi d
Well, uncle" said Frank, advanc-
ing and extending his hand with an
apologetic and minimized air. 81
hear you would like to see me-" s.
oijH I did think it might be. we'll
enough, Mr.. Olden, for me to speak
with you few minutes" was the
ceremonious reply that sent Franks
heartddwn to zero. "For the sake Of
your father-my own dear brother
I shall never disown you SO far that
/ shall cease to feel an interest in your
welfare. have instructed my attor-
ney to let you have one hundred dol
lars a month until further orders.
That is all i have to say to you at
present, except that ] shall be mar
ried within a month, to a lady to
whom your presence will not be de-
sirable, and | must request you to con-
slider yourself no longer at home in
my house." ies,as -
A happier and better.pleased
mother-in-law than Mrs. Eldridge has,
perhaps, never been known She
never knew exactly how to address
Mr.. 0lden, but always found some
way to let him know whom she meant,
and never ceased to think of him as
hervery best friend. - h..
It is proper to mention that the
more endearing relation of grand
mother came to her rescue at the end
of the year and a month, and left
nothing more needed to make her feel
| that her life had its full share Of the
happy endearments Of home.
8. The best will an old bachelor can
have or make" said Mr.. Olden to q
friend, at the christening party of his
third child, is the will to love good
woman and make her his wife. It'd.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
STORY OF A RUINED TOWN.

4 3fisa = = =
+ Alone on 6ve-thousand acre tract
| of land, surrounded by ruins, memo-
ries and mosquitoes, dwells the repre-
sentative of the Huguenot Allaires,
who came to New Rochelle from
France in 1880. About him on every
side is the wreckage Of a past genera
tion., Great mills of brick and stone
lean one against the other for support,
their ragged, roofess walls, courtingl
and yet defying the thunderbolt.
~ The streets Of a once busy village
are grass-grown, and where was the
gravelly public square is now a green
lawn. Long rows ofworkmen's huts
are in the last stages of decay and
have no tenants save feld-mice and
bats. At the brow of hill rises the
eupola of a tall blast furnace, with
the eternal chill upon it, and weeds
mark the spot where was the village
smithy.
Such are the melancholy objects
that greet the eye at Allaire, de-
serted village, four miles inland from
Spring Lake, N. j..
What destroyed this bustling fur
mace town, with its six hundred
workinen, its splendid smelling and
boundary plants. costing half a mil
lion dollars; its corporation store and
its driving energetic manager?
As simple thing as the discovery
of coal among the mountains of PEN
sylgania.
PRINCE HAL OF ALLAIRE.
He who leads this hermit life Is not
a grizzly anchorite, but a young man
who has fed from the hurly-burly Of
this "gin-fzz-age" to find time and
place for rest and meditation. Not
that he sewers himself wholly from
theIworld, for, on the contrary, he is
a railroad director and a speculator,
but his seat of operations is amid the
scenes which are sacred to his fathers
trials and dissapointments. Nobody
could mistake the resemblance to the
late Emperor Napoleon III. Mr..
Hal Allaire, properly called Squire
by right of his ownership Of almost
an entire township, has clean cut,
French face; small, dark, twinkling,
eyes, and wears the imperial mus
taches and goatee, and with bis hair
more closely cut than the mosquitoes
deserved. But he is a Columbia
College man of SO, he tells me. Un-
til Che hour of his graduation he lived
abreast of his age. He was some
thing of an oarsman on the Harlem, if
my memory serves me-at least one
of the organizers Of the college row.
ingIorganization that, under Goodwin,
Cornell and Rees, afterward added SO
much real lustre to the name of old
Kings College. Since that time he
has lived in the past. Here we find
him.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19

The MINISTER IN CLovER.-The
question of q parsonage for the
minister is being discussed by the
trustees.
/ don't see what Mr. Milton wants
of parsonage-he isn't married, !"
said Deacon Presbury.
That's very true, " replied another,
".but I have it on very good authority
that four young women of the church
are holding off their consent until this
question is settled" d."-Tidbits.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
DIMENSIONS OF HEAVEN.

The following curious calculation,
founded upon The Reuelation Of st.
John, is copied from an old newspaper
scrap, the date Of which is lost. 1t
will be read with interest by Bible
students:
9 And he measured the city with
the reed, twelve thousand furlongs;
the length and the breadth, and the
height of it are equal" Rev. xxi: 16.
Twelve thousand furlongs, 1920
600 feet, which being cubed, is 496,-
1884, ,0SS, 900, 600, 100000. cubic feet.
Half Of this we will reserve for the
Throne of God and the Court Of
Heaven, and half of the balance for
streets, leaving remainder of
124, 1893, ,272, 100000, ,OOo, ,OOO cubic
feet. Divide this by 4,o96, the cubi-
cal feet in a room 16 feetsquare, and
did and always is feet high, there
will be 80, ,s21 ,S43, $50 .0OO, 900 rooms.
We will now suppose the world
always win contain 9OO,0O0,0O0 in
habitants. and that a generation lasts
33 and three-quarter years, making
2. .7O0,0OO,0o0 every century, and
that the world will stand 100000
years, making in all 27o.O0o. .OOO, ,O0O,-
600 inhabitants Then suppose there
were 100 such worlds, equal to this,
| in number of inhabitants and duration
Of years, lnakingla total of 27,0e0,--
600, O,ooO, 200, 900 persons. Then there
would be a room Is feet long, 16 feet
wide, and 16 feet high. for each per
son, and yet there would be room.
This calculation. with regard to the
number of inhabitants that may exist
on eur earth, from the beginning to
the end, may be considered as some-
thing near the amount, considering
the time allowed. But the writer has
failed in giving anything like an ade-l
quate description of the extent of
heaven, and of the number of worlds
and their inhabitants. When we con-
slider that our system is twelve million
| years in moving round its centre, and
that it is comparatively near the CEN
tire ofour sideriai group what conclu-
sion must we come to with regard to
the number of worlds? Still the
| space penetrating power passes be-
yond. No human fancy in its ideal,
fight can roam over the vast ex-
panse; yet it is all peopled with
worlds, and these worlds teeming with
animated intelligence. The writer
has considered that there are only 100
worlds that are peopled, and that the
total number Of inhabitants created
by tbe Great Ruler is 81, 100000
0oo, ,Og0, 900. Mr.. Dick, on this same
subject assumes as a data the existence
Of 2.O1s. 100, 900. 900; or two billions
of worlds within the bounds of the
visible universe. Then he calculates
that the number of inhabitants in
| these worlds would be 60,573, ,000,-
600, 100000, 900, 100000, that is sixty
quartillions, FIVE hundred and seventy
three thousand trillions. Then, if we
circumscribe ourselves to the literal
building the Revelator had in view.
| it would fail to furnish room for all.
Hence, heaven is everywhere, and the
number of inhabitants beyond an an
| gels computation.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19
wnr s RI That the sale Of Hoods

WHr Is ri That the sale Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla continues at such ra-
pidly increasing ratef It is,-1st :
Because Of the positive curative value
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla itself. I'd !:
Because Of the conclusive evidence of
remarkable cures effected by it, un-
surpassed and seldom equalled by any
other medicine. Send to G. | Hood
& Co., Lowell. Mass, for book con-
tanning many statements of cures.
Middletown transcript., 1886-08-19

NERvoUs LADIES should try DR..
Henley's Celery, Beef aud Iron.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-10-14

yelled for . long time before he was
heard, and seemed very glad to go
from the chimney to the lookup.
There is in the possession of the rail-
road company at Chambersburg, Pa.
one of the original stones used to mark
the Mason and Dixon line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland. The stone
had been taken from its position and
for awhile used as n doorstep. The
present owners will place ii on the his
torical line at the station OF the road at
State Line.
The Boston 1rareiier says that at a
recent wedding near Boston the bride
entered Mt her unclc's arm, and was
met ut tie church by the groom. The
uncle then retired in good order, took
his seat III the body of the church, and
when the clergyman asked, "Who
giveth this woman" etc. arose in his
place, and loudly and cmphatically
said Me"
The occupation of Jaehne. the con-
yictcd cX-alderman of New York, is
described thus: "He stands in front OF
table on which rests u vessel contain
ing starch water and from basketful
of shirts which havo been washed and
wrung out, he picks out one and dips
its bosom and wristbands in the starch.
Then he lays his shirt aside and repeats
the sreration until there are no shirts
left. He leaves of work at 6 p. NJ"
Warden McConn, of the California
State prison at Fulsom, has been plan
ing extensive improvements in the
prison grounds, and has had the hearty
cooperation of Harry, the convict gar
dener At the height of the work
Harry's term expired, and though he
begged ahard to stay, he was sent to
San Francisco Il free man. Within ten
lays deputy sheriff brought Harry
back. 1--WE come to stay this time,
general" he shouted glcefully. "thcy
amt smart enough TO keep me away
from the garden He had pleaded
guilty 10 thcfts enough to get very
long sentence within his beloved prison
walls