davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
NEW BREEDS OF SHEEP.

am making two breeds of sheep.
One l call the "Farmers' Sheep" and it
is to be mutton sheep, with thick
fleece, thicker than that on the English
breeds and better adapted to our change
full and rigorous climate. The truth is,
no one ever yet imported any of the
English breeds and kept them UP to the
standard of the imported stock. We
need an American breed adapted to our
climate and the modes Of feeding and
care we give. This will require o sheep
with very compact body and close
fleece; sheep with open wool arc not
suited to our wants. / shall not aim to
get good sized sheep with square body,
broad back and short legs and as meaty
as possible. Such sheep will mature
young and the lambs will do to slaugh-
ter young, and they will make q good
weight Legs and lan1 quarters do not
weigh much. / take pleasure in show
ing farmers my foundation sheep and
the line of breeding. This year pure
pred OX1orddown ram is being used.
Iherc Is III reserve II dash of Merino to
make the fleece more compact 1t takes
two years to fix types i'll breeding and to
establish uniform characteristics. So
the sooner we begin such work the bet
ter. Why should we not have breeds of
our own?
The other breed of sheep is "Mutton
Merlno. The future must necessarily
find Mcrinos more plentiful than uny
other breed, as i'll the past This is on
account of their special adaptation to
mountain lands, dry plains and rough
and stcrilo places where other sheen
would not exist. No others can endure
what MerinOs will, or thrive in such
large Hocls. But cannot Merinos be
made to fill more than one sphere of
usefulness, and thus become proportions
atcly more desirable? Yes, and / wish I
had got this idea twenty-five years ago
and had just SO much time to develop it.
We must have II mutton Merino to givo
largc fleece of fine WOOL and with char
acteristics we'll established, to breed u
lamb which, with good keep, can be
made to dress thirty pounds or moro at
four or five months age, which is ten
pounds ahead Of the present average.
Moreover, slowncsS for maturing must
be bred out. The average Merino, al
though the smallest sheep, is the longest
to get its full growth. ] have my ideal
| mutton Mcrino, and ;m now using Il
| ram which is perfection in some respects
(wool and form), but of course the ma
ture for quick growth is lacking. This
must be coaNcd into tho blood by selec-
ton, crossing, and good feeding. The
offspring must exceed the parents il size
and rapidity Of growth. 4 real mutton
Mcrino would be the most valuable
sheep in America, because udapted to
such wide extent Of country and wants.
II. II. Curtis i'll The New South.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01

The Know-Nothing movement of thir-
ty years ago would be impossible of
repetition now, except by f0rcign-born
citizens and their children. Some of the
States of the northwest contain a large
torclgn-born majority, and many REGIONS
IN the older States contain majority Of
cltizcns only one generation removed
from foreign soil. Even in the New
England States the tough and stubborn
Yankee element which gave that region
all its historical character, religion, liter
atnre and polity, is fast yielding to a
mixture of peoples as diverse as those
whom the King of Assyria planted in
Samaria. The Southern half of the
Union alone has escaped this change
The negroes, in repelling foreign immi-
grafton from that region, have protected
1t from the transformation wrought else
whero, and preserved it to themselves
and the descendants of the original
colonists. The French still possess Lou
1slana; the Huguenot element is still to
be traced in South Carolina, and the
Scotch-Irish settlers in North Carolina:
but the mass of the whites in the South
ern States are of English descent, and
peesent the same aspects they did fifty
years ago. They have several million
negroes with them, it is true, and their
presence offers very difficult social
problem for the future. But there is no
lntermiXturc; the whites live on one side
of race line, and the blacks on the 9th
cr as they did i'll the day of slavery, and
when the people of the South arc spoken
of reference is had to the pure, unmixed
descendants of the original colonists.-
st. Louis Republican.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
Middle Srnts in a Chr,

A very common theme Of conversation
among travellers is the question of whcth-
CT or not Il car rides easier in the middle
| than above the trucks. One of our rail
road contemporaries some time ago pub
llshed an article on the subject, and took
the ground that there could be no differ.
cnce unless the sills and framing of n cal
yielded like the blackboard of wagon.
There is certainly no yield to car sills
and framing; yet every old traveller
avoids the seats, and especially the sleep
ing berthS, above the trucks and old
travellers generally know what they are
doing. If the party who insisted that
there could be no difference in the mo-
ton in the different parts of the same
car had ever crossed the stormy ocean
in moderately long steamer he might
have received some enlightenment, cs-
pccially if sea sickness urged him to find
the point of least motion. 1t is well
known that there is less motion amid
ships than there is at the stem or stern,
and less motion at the bottom of the
vessel than there is on deck. A car acts
i'll Il similar way. Anything defective
about the track jerks the wheels, which
transmit the irregular motion to the
truck, and that in turn to the body of
the coach.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
Secrets Of the AnOthccnrN,A LIcrk.

There is one field in which, 80 it is
said, woman, lovely woman, will never
find employment. She can never be an
npothecary's clerk, because she is not
able to keep a secret A pharmacy is q
regular confessional and into the ears of
the discreet attendant are poured weighty
secrets, which it would never do to in
oossippv female. In the regular course
Of his business, the dispenser of pills
and powders knows all about peoples
bodily "llIiotions and weaknesses, and
becomes acquainted with little sins and
things of that kind which tho Interested
parties would not have the world to
know for anything. Then, too, he learns
who paints, who powders, who eats
opium, who uses bcllodonna to brighten
the eyes, arsenic to whitcn the skin, who
Is obliged to use insect powder at home,
md various things of that kind which
would he too great temptation for n
talkativo woman to give away.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
Honor Among Thieves,

a burglar was going through u house
in Dakota town one night and discov-
cred an exceptionally large roll of money.
Curious to know whether he had broken
into an editors house or that OF some
other variety of capitalist, he turned TO
the owner, who had just awakened, and
said:
''E%cusc me, Colonel, but would like
to inquire how you came by such an un-
usually large wad Of wcalth?"
"Sir," replied the moncyed man, 81
am member o! the Territorial Legisla-
turc."
"a thousand pardons'" exclaimed the
polite burglar, dropping the money.
"Shakc. We never steal from members
OF the profession. Good night. ."-Estcl,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01
THE SWEErEST NAME.
Likewise the COmmonrst Among Feminine
Applications.
ARTHUR ADAMS.


More women have been named Mary
than any other name which has blessed
OF cursed the feminine sex. 1t stands as
the typical name for the holiest and most
abjcct of women-for the virgin and the
wanton. And in every language of Asia
and Europe, as well as that of Egypt,
this name appears almost without valia-
ton. 1t has been an equal favorite with
the aristocl:lts of France and the puritans
of New England, and it equally becomes
literature or kitchen. 1t is stately when
we speak of Lady Mary Worthy Mon
tague; it is simplicity itself when we re-
fer to Mary O'Brien, who brings in our
breakfast rolls. At one time it may bring
up q picture of divine painted face,
gallery, and at another of q rcd checked
dairymaid, with her bare feet in the
daisicd grass Two Of England's five
queens have borne it, and the most
memorable woman that Scotland ever
produced has made it immortal. The
proudest women of France have dignificd
1t, and the worst women of Russia have
dlsgrnced it. There are as many Marys
smiling ut the circling suns that make
the brief summer by the northern sea as
loll through the luxurious days by the
Mediterranean. The name that the
Catholic missionaries gave to the first
converted Indian maiden was Mary, and
perhaps the first daughter Of every fami-
ly for all time will stand in imminent
danger of bearing that namc, for it is the
first to be considered in naming girl
babies and when rejected is always
thought of with lingering tenderness.
How many lovers have loved it, How
they bevc associated it with purity and
gentleness, with womanliness and candor
and trust! What q fateful name it is!
Its bearer seems prcdestined to sorrow,
yet 1t IS gladstone, too. "NIy mothers
name was Mary" What pleasant thing
to say! "My little daughter, Mary :"
Could anything be prcttier? "AIy sister
Mary, who is dead" What wealth of
tender suggestions! "Mary, my wife. "
What picture of home comfort Chicago
News
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01

The movement among few veteran
soldiers i'll this locality to create feeling
in respect to the proposed visit of Robert
f.. Lee Post Of cX-Confcdcrntcs, of Rich
mond, Va, to the New Hampshire re-
union, at the WcirS this year, is mwise
and unpatriotic. Elsewhere throughout
the country this mingling of the gray
and the blue has led to happy results,
and no New Hampshire Union veteran
can furnish any objection beyond n silly
cGotlSm to the proposed visit of r. T.
Ice Post. If there is here and there
one who thinks that his honor is in dan
ger Of being tarnishcd or his loyalty
tampcrcd with, this is u good time for
him to take to the woods. When these
sIncamish gentlemen get through with
this job, they might turn their attention
to fencing out the east wind or putting n
curtain i'll the sky to obscure the sun. If
New Hampshire fits thus poorly in the
Union of to-day that the tread of IL hun
drcd visitors from Virginia is liable to
dispIaco it, it matters very little whether
1t stays in or not. But before the mat
ter goes further we desire to remind
these OVcr-Scnsitivc sticlilcrS that they
are far from constituting the State Of
New Hampshire or representing her
veteran OlCliers.-Manchcstc Union.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01

A. $: Frick,, of Fairbanks, Lexington.
cut 10 pound cabbage from his spring
patch on the goth, ~ q
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-07-01

long ago"
"What do you think of Lulu Hurst?"
"Preciscly what she thinks of me-"
''And that is-?"
"Ask her." ARTHUR ADAMS.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

The proposition to expend at least large portion of the surplus in necessary public improvements would be much less objectionable to the greater part of the think ing people of the country than any of the other expedients suggested. Certainly considerable money might be invested very judicious- ly in the next few years in erect ing defenses on our Atlantic, Pa cific, Gulf and lake coasts, ln i'm proving the Mississippi, Ohio and other great rivers, and ln building navy worthy of nation as in- dustrially and commercially i'm portant as the United States is.- Globe Democrat.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

The new law promulgated on July 7th, relating to the rights of foreigners, in Mexico provides that any foreigner may be naturalized in Mexico after two years resi- dence, upon furnishing proof that he is in the full enjoyment of civil rights in his own country, and that he has a business or an in come sufficient to provide him the necessaries of life. The compul- sory matriculation of forigners is repealed.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. eiovernor-C. Meyer Zulick. Prescott. Secretary-Jas. A. Bayard, Prescott. Treasursr-ThOmas l. Butler Prescott Superintendent of Public Instraction-J. l.. Long, Globe.
 Auditor-E. P. Clark, Prescott. Commissioner of Immigratien-Patr Hamilton, Phoenix.
 Supreme Court-John c. Shields, Chief Justice. Prescott; W. W. Porter Asso- ciate Justice, Phenix; Wm. H. Barnes, Associate Justice. Tucson U. $. District Attorney-Owen T. Rouse, Tucson.
 U. $. Marshal-W. K. Meade, Tucson. Surveyor General - Royal A. Johnson, Tucson-
 U. s. Internal Revenue Collector-W. H. Bristol, Tucson.
 Delegate to COngress-C. c. Bean. Prescott. Judge of First Judicial District-Wm. H. Barnes.
 Judge of Second Judicial District-W. W. Porter, Phenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-John c. Shields, Prescott
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

At Merced, California, a harvest CT driving wheel struck q powder, producing sparks which set fire to the standing grain, and 240 acres of wheat, $50 acres of grass, and 158 acres of stubble were burned.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13
Graham County. pRORATR nrOGr

Graham County.
 PROBATE JUDGE. G II. HYATT. Solomonville CLERK PROBATE COURT. G. H. HYATT (ex-officio) .... .Solomonvil.e
 SHERIFF. B. NJ. CRAWFORD. .-........ .Solomonyille Deputies-James Randall, Clifton.
 RECORDER. U. Il. STEVENS .Solomonville
 TREASURER. THoMAS J. NEEsE. Fort Thomas Deputy-LOuis Voelckel, Solomonville.
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY. P. J. BoLAN- Solomonville PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR. c. 4. FAIR R.--..--.-...--........S .Solomonville
 CORONER. E. J. PRISG. Clifton
 SURVEYOR. J. D. HOLLADAY--..-..--..-. Pima BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Q E- A. IUFTER- .----..- ' liilon BERT DUNLAP.---. ---------.-- ---- U uilItp pYRUM WEIGH. Pima F. D. FUTILE, Clerk ---.------ -Solomonville
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13
Diving for Ten Millions,


 The divers who sailed from this port on the 9th of last month for the Delaware Breakwater in the tug Startle, provided with armor for deep water diving, to make an effort to locate the English sloop
 of-war De Braak, which was sunk off Cape Henlopen June 28, l79S, with vast amount of treasure on board, estimated at $10,000,000, have sent word to this city tkat they have brought to the surface a large brass cannon, which they say is, without doubt, from the sunken craft. This has greatly encouraged them, and they say they will surely, within few days5- locate the vessel, which, It is said, lies one mile and three quarters northeast of the pitch of Cape Henlopen, three-quarters of mile from the Delaware Breakwater.
 The specie which was on board the De Braak was taken from three Spanish galleons captured m the West Indies. When the slool d she carried every one on bo, <t down with her, with the exception of the pilot, including twenty-five prisoners. Ten per cent. of the wealth saved from the wreck will be the property of the government.
 MT. Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, who recently made a trip to the West, during winch he visited Alaska; was asked how the country impressed him. |" I think it was worth all 1t cost to look at," he re- piled, ''and that it may prove to be rich in its production of gold. Its fisheries are very productive, and are being prosecuted in success ful manner. Its resources in tim Der are apparently inexhaustible, but 1t must be many years prob. ably before it will be profitable to manufacture lumber in thatremote district. I did not see the interior of the country-only its shore line and some of its bays and inlets. Little Is really known of the inte- rior. was surprised to learn of the equable climate which prevails along the cost, even as far north ::s:;s ::ss:s E: ssIs ss is: ts: il,;s$s
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

The Elyton Land Company of Alabama Is a profitable concern. In the last nine months it has paid S290,000 in dividends to the stockholders, tifty-fiye in number. This is S90,000 more than the orig inal investment. The par value of the stock is S100, but S1,2OO per share has been refused for it.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13
A Hart County (Georgia) crank

A Hart County (Georgia) crank, who thinks that he is the incarnate spirit of the Prophet Elijah, says that the great failing away" mentioned in the Bible will oc- cur right after next Christmas, and that the world will come to an end in 1890.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

Thousands of grape vines are said to be dying in the neighbor- hood of Anaheim, Cal. The cause Is unknown.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

Money Order hours. ESQ .. rri. to'S p. m. Sundays, office open from II a. m. to F m. Mail departs for Solomonville Tuesdays, Saturdays Mail closes 6:30 a. m.
 Mail for Morenci closes at D. m- No foreign or mutilated money will be received for stamps. box rent or postal orders- Parties calling for mail matter other than that which is addressed to themselves unn9x present an order for delivery.
 C. NJ. CLARK, P. M
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

The Figaro tells of d sportsman who was such a bad shot that when he passed through a town his dog, who had necessarily be- come acquainted with the secret of where his master obtained his quarry, used to point the poul- terers' shops.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

We have never believed in the too rapid payment of the National debt, but the generation which spilled the blood has nearly pald for the War.-San Francisco Alta.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER,
His Name Was Oldest.

"Cur1ous, isn't 1t. that we should all meet in this way, all three gd- ing to different places, and ali three belonging tc different coun' tries?"
 It was curious, tindoubtedlp The three hungry guests who were doing full justice to the good chee= of the Black Lion we're a London4 CT on h1s summer holiday, 8 Scotchman from the mouth of th& Clyde, and an American touris5 from New England taking a hasty run to Europe and back. The4 had encountered one another iB front of the snug little waysids inn, at a point where several roads met, and had agreed to dine to gether, in honor of the coincidence
 The dinner lasted 8 good while. for all three had walked far that morning. But nothing can lasi forever, except lawsuit or serial which is paid for by the sheet, ano at length our heroes showed signs of having had enough.
 "Well," said the American: cast- ing a glance through the open win. dow at the westering sun, q don't know how you feel, gentlemen, but it seems to inc that its just about time to be starting again"
 ''And before we go," suggested the Englishman, "let's toss up for who shall pay for the dinner"
 "Awell," remarked the canny Scot, "I'm thlnkin' the best way wad be for each man to pay his ain share"
 ''No; I'll tell how we'll do it,a interposed the Yankee. "We haven't told each other our names yet, so whichever of us has got the oldest name shall go free, and the other two shall halve the score be- tween lem"
 ''DoneT cried his two compan-
  ons with one voice; and the En- 5lishman, thrusting his hand into lis pocket, produced, with a confi- lent smile, a card inscribed 'Rich. lrd Eve"
 ''My paaa,sss old as humanity tss1 said he.
 fe Eve there was Ad hobsei:ved the gen. lemaf nom Clydesdale, with a !rss1sss!s1 lam es Ms se ais;;;1F7j ssgaFf:= os1 'eA av freend2" added he u New Englander.
 Seehs to me i can," replied the lnmoved Yankee, 'sfor my name is he oldest in the world.d And so it was; for the card that le threw upon the table at which he two others gazed with a stare f blank bewilderment that grad- Lally broadened into hearty laugh bore the name of ''Mr. B. Gin- ing" David Kerr in Halpers.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

Wednesday, Oct 20 Denng Friday Oct D.
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

NOTTHE MALE
  O be een, DAIIY 4 M. la atneea a Ioci SPECIAL EXCURSION will be Arizona Rail- at EEaIfR
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

There are fifteen men under the age of 50 years in Portland, Ore. who are worth over a million dol
The Clifton clarion., 1886-10-13

Quails have become so plenty on one place in Petaixna Valley that the owner had en killing 5hem off Oh account Ringage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-19

The contrast between the circumstances
under which the New York 7th regiment
came to Washington In 1861 and those under
which IL comes again In 1885 is so striking that
no person who has witnessed the events OF the
Intervening period can fail to be deeply i'm
pressed by IL. A quarter century ago the coun-
try was facing the prospect of a civil war,
whose length and whose results no one
could prophesy; to-day the Union is bigger
and stronger than 1t ever was before. and
the once hostile sections are vieing with each
other In offering evidences of their devotion to
the Constitution and the flag and of their mu-
tual good will. quarter century ago Wash
ington was scarcely more than an overgrown
village, with a sparse permanent population,
few public improvements, little wealth except
that which flowed into 1t from without, and
scarcely any Of that thrifty, pushing spirit
which has built up SO many cities In
the North with less natural advantages;
now IL Is the capitol Of the nation In fact, as
well as In name, a center OF wealth and society
and culture, city of rare beauty and measure
less possibilities of adornment and luxury.
came here In 1861 and have not been here
the place only by q few OF Its more
conspicuous monuments; in its general
features 1t will have outgrown their
recollection To them, and to the younger
members whose experience Of this city and its
hospttalities Is not colOred by so striking a
contrast, the new Washington extends its most
cordial greeting; confident that, should a for
eign foe ever menace the safety of the capital,
the gallant Seventh" can be depended on to
make as prompt a movement to her defense as
IL did twenty-five years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-19
1I.p1Es Or TAsrE

LADIES Or TASTE
ever before. as is evidenced by the steadily in
creasing sales in these fabrics.
We are headquarters for the now celebrated
Regatta Brand Black American eros Grain
Silks and show them In qualities ranging In
price from SAC. to 81 per yard.
Outside of the plain silks Black Faille Fran
caise holds the lead, and Justly SO Three quail
ties. Z2-inch, S1.25, 81. so and Sl.I5.
sey' silks, and they are certainly good values
22-nch Black Merveilleux at 81 Is a bargain.
The wear of Guinet's Black silk surahs, like
the silks, Is guaranteed and the grade we sell
at 94c. is really below value.
Black STRIPED Silks are very extensively used
this season for combination suits, and are put
on in angles, vertically AMI horizontically. The
contradiction of lines 50 produced is very ef-
fective and fashionable.
Black Satin. with faille stripe 9Oc.
Black Satin, with gros grain stripe: ST..
Black BrOcade. with fiiille stripe, S1.121b.
Black Satin with G. rduroy stripe, 81 SO.
The newest Partisan "Noveltv' is Gaze n
Lame s TX and Wool figured RED grenadins used
lions. CoiOrs-ciel, cream beige, brown, navy
Another "Novelty" is Armure Glace, an ex-
cellent summer fabric. in combinations of
brown with beige: black and gold marine with
pearl; black with cardinal; bronze with Nile;
drab with pearl, $l.25.
For embroidery purposes and fancy work we
tung Pongee, all running on the popular shades
ofyeIlow. orange and mandarin, soc. and 6Oc.
shantung Pongees natural ecru color in
pieces near 20 yards each, at 1878, $3.50, So
and 50 per piece. These are bargains
Washable Surahs.' from the celebrated
manufacturer, Cheney Bros. in plain, check
and changeable effects, very handsome; 15c. per
yard,
For the "Kirmes''-Colored Satns, in any
shade you ever saw, ever heard of, or ever
dreant Of only 35c, per yard.
Just what you want in silk fabrics expect to
find here, and at the right prices.
Note to Out-Of-TOwn Readers We will mail
you our Illustrated Spring Catalogue free Of
charge upon request
Special attention paid to orders by mail.
WOODWARD Il LOrHROP.
BOSTON DRY GOODS HOUSE" ap1s