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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
SENATOR BUTLER COMPLINIENTED,
The Kindly Comment of u Leading, North
crn Newspaper.

Inc hindly Comment. OF u Leading North-
crn Newspaper.
The New York JYOyM recently puh-
llshcd very complimentary notice of
Senator Butler, Of South Carolina.
winch Will be read with pleasure bv
every South Caroliniun. The Wor1d
says:
Senator Al. t.. Butler is certain to
become very prominent in the debates
Oh me next two or three years. lie is
one OF the ablcSt and clcarcst. headcd
men on the Democratic side. lie has
never taken very much part in the
debates, but yet has spoken often
enough to show that he has unusual
powers as dcbatcr, while he has that
aggressive quality and steady coura0c
winch are 50 necessary to make II snc-
ccsslul leader. He is very Quiet and
gentle in his manners. He is ono of
the best bred men i'm the Senate. Hn
would never begin a quarrel. but
"oOld DC the last man in the world to
ruu away from one. lie has had n
hnlnDGr OF very sharp tits with S,ua-
tor Edmnnds in the executive sessions
OF ihc senate. 1t is said of him that
ne has held his own very well against
the savage thrusts Of the kccn-Witted
,Vcrmontcr. The Senator is very near
~ h!ty years old. lie was educated
as lawyer. He lost leg in the war
or the Rebellion, where nc rose TO the
rank OF q major.gencral in the Con
iederate army. lie was one of the
earnest OF the Southern men to accent
inc results Of the war, and has ALWAYS
Dcch a conservative. He was ono ol
inc few white Democrats in South
carolina who opposed the Black Code,
Whlch his State Legislature adopted
soon alter it was readmitted to the
Union. He has always been a peace.
maker between the waTlike factions OF
MS state Through partisan misrepre
schta!lon for time he was made tc
appear in the North as q leader of tho
whites at the Hamburg massacre. Ye
IL was clearly shown afterwards tina
nc went there only after the fightin,
began and in the interests of pcace
through his personal efforts alone.
lGreat many innocent lives were saved
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
Railway Bridges.

MIR. B. Baker, of the British Associa-
ton. said in q recent lecture: Hun
drcds Of existing railway bridges which
carry twenty trains q day with perfect
safety would break down quickly under
twenty trains per hour. This fact was
forced on my attention nearly twenty
years ago by tho fracture of number
OF iron girdcrs of ordinary strength
under Il iiyc-minute train service.
Similarly, when in New York last year,
l noticed in tho case of somc hundreds
of girders on tho elevated railway that
the alternate thrust and pull on the
central diagonals from trains passing
every two or ;hrce minutes had de-
vciopcd weakness which necessitated
the bars being replaced by stronger
ones after very short service. Some
what the same thing had to be done
recently in this country with bridge
over tho Trent, but, tho train service
being small, tho life of the bars was
measured by years instead of months.
II ships were always among great
waves, the number going to the bot
tom would be largely Increased, for,
according TO Mr John, late of Lloyd's,
many large merchant steamers anoat
aHc SO deficient in longitudinal strength
that they arc liable under certain con-
ditions of sea to be strained in tho up
per works to tension of from eight to
nlne tons per square inch, and to a
compression of from six to seven tons
stresses which the experiments already
referred to proved would cause failure
alter adeiinitc number Of repetitions.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
Symbolism OF Flowers.

In all ages and among almost every
people, flowers have been adopted as
symbols, types and cmblems of human
combination, affection and loyalty. The
reader needs scarcely to be reminded
OF the red and white roses which were
the badges OF the Lancastrian and York
rivals to the English throne.
But the symbolism of flowers dates
back to periods far older than the time
of the wars of tho roses. The ancient
nations had their emblcmatic flowers.
The special flower of tho Hindoos, for
instance. has always been tho mara
gold. Tho Chinese display as their
national Hover the gorgeous chrys-
anthemum.
1ho Assyrians for ages proudly wore
the water-lily. Egyptians delight most
OF all in tho hcliotrope; though tho pa
pyrus leaf, used by the ancient Egyp-
tlans in place OF paper, may also be re-
garded In high sense as the symbolic
plant of the land of tho Milo.
The Greeks and Romans were in the
habit OF distributing tho flowers in their
luxurious gardens among their gods
and dcmigods, just as in yet rcmotcr
times the sweet basil and the moon
Hover were sacred to Asiatic deitics.
In the Roman custom, to Juno was
devoted tho lily, TO Menus tho myrtle
and the rose, 10 Minerva the olive and
tho violcti Diana had tho dittuny, Ceres
the poppy, Mars the ash, Bacchus tho
grape-lcaf, Hercules thcpoplar and Ju-
piLor, naturally, the monarch of trees,
tho oak.
SO VIC may infor that among tho Ro-
mans tho lily and the oak were the
emblems OF power; the myrtle and the
rose, OF love- tho olive and tho violet,
OF learning; the ash, OF war, and the
grapc-lcat, Of fcstiyiLy.
Even tho days of the week, rs we uso
them now, arc named from dcitics who
had each his special flower; Tho sun
(Sunday). the suntlowcr; the moon
(Monday), the daisy; Tuesday (tho god
luis day., the violcti Wednesday Che
god Wodon's day), tho blue monks
hoodi Thursday Qho god Thor's day),
the bnrdock; Friday Ohe goddess
Frca's day), the orchis, and Saturday
(Saturn's day,) tho horse tail.
We also find that in our time tho
sacred days in the calendar of the En-
glish church have all their flower or
plant cmblems, tho principal of which
arc tho holly for Christmas, tho palm
for Palm Sunday and the amaranth for
All Saints day.
Monarchs and the nations have often
had their symbolic flowers. Tho thistle
is the emblem of Scotland and tho
shamrock of ireland. The GeM de lis
IS tho badge of tho royal house of
France, and tho amarantn of that of
Sweden. The rose blooms forever
n ~
FLORIST.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
a Practical Joke.

MIR. Mcrriboy stepped into Cheese
cakes grocery the other morning. re"
marks Bob Burdette in the Brooklyn
Eagle, in i great flow of spirits. He
thought he saw Choesccako STOPPING
down behind the counter, so he took
up II Goldfish, reached over, and hit the
STOPPING figure most rosounding blow
across the back, shouting Rise up,
SIR Chousocake," and with a shrek of
fright n nice, good, motherly old lady,
who was back thero tying hor shoe,
rose up. Tho Mortified Merriboy
dropped the Goldfish OH tho floor, when
n hungry sneak of dog started off
with it, and, rushing across the store
after it, the joker knocked over bar
rel of oggs and tho dog got away with
his fish. ''By Jovc," groaned the un-
happy man, ii felt, when turned in
herc, that I'd do something foolish be-
fore got out.' And staggering to
tho window he sat down on square
yard OF fly-paper and buried his face in
his hands.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14

my pavilion to return to tho house. Nj.
RIbut came TO look for me on the We
randa. Come" he said, ''you can
sec her now."
Ho brought me close to her bed. Her
dear blue eyes still had dark circles
about them; but the blood was circu-
lating under the clear skin, for she
blusned ut my approach. "
This is he, my Helene; if 1t hadn't
been for him'-and his voice choked.
Don't fret any more, papa. am
only sorry about my lockot. Do you
think they will ever be able to find
itP"
Tho locket contained her mothers
hair.
1t was barely daylight whom roach
ed tho river. Tho negro who had taken
her out of the water had shown me tho
evening before tho precise spot where
the current had carried her away, and
also the place where he had found her
about iity yards further down. 1t
was II great narrow basin, shut in by
great jamroses, whose tuftod branches
met above and stretched from one
bank to the other. Tho palo light,
tlickcring through tho leaves. made
gleams here and there upon the water
like the reflection of molten lead; be-
yond the darkness was completes; it
looked perfectly black there.
dived and brought up three fat
pebbles! But breakfast would not DO
ready until 10 O'clock; had plenty of
time.
By s o'clock tho bottom of the basin
had no mysteries for me- There was
not single cabot-iish that had not
disturbed beneath his rock-not Il sim
gle camaron that | had not compelled
10 crawl backward iuto his hoe. But
the lockcL WAS not lhcrc-accordingly
it must DC farther down. left tho
basin and followed tho course Of tho
notwithstanding all the roots. ex-
plorlng all tho bouldcrs, questioning
every tuft of grass. l was about to
pass on when | saw u littlo serpent,
like thin silk string caught upon the
root OF wild strawberry plant. wrig-
Cling in tho current. seized lit
WAS the loc ct.
She would not come down to break
fast, but M. r ,but told me sho would
Gel talniY come down TO dinner. She
was still Il little weak, but that wa
ALL
Man is n selfish creature; the me-
dallion remained in my pocket.
While they were laying tho table that
evening ! stole into tho dining-room.
When ncr father had led her to her
seat, and she unfoidcd her napkin, she
found u little box in it.
"What is thi>p Another of your ut
tempts TO spoil inc, papa?"
Bat the astonishcd look of Nj. Rabut
must nave convinced her moro than
his denial.
She opened tho littlc box.
My lockcl! my lockcl!' sho cried,
putting it to her lips and kissing it over
and over again. watched every kiss
i looked ut her cut of the corner of
my eye. Finally her eyes met my own
she understood. But the little mys-
terious beauty didn't even say, THANK
YOU"
And the long and short of it is, dear
Sir. that | never gave Helene, who be-
came my wife, single lesson.
All, yes. parbleau! taught her
how to SWIM.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
PIayfair on Scientific Education.

Or tho direction toward which that
increased and higher education should
be pointed he made n clear and forci-
BILE statement in his address before tho
Educational Section of tho Social
Science Congress at Newcastle in 1870,
whc1, having remarked that, "undcr
our present system of elementary
teaching, no knowledge whatever bear
ing on the lifc-work Of the people
reaches them by our system OF state
education" and that "thc mere tools
of education are put into the hands of
children during their school-timc with
out any effort being made to teach
thcm TO use the tools for any profit
able purpose whatever, SO they get
rusty or arc thrown away altogether"
ho unfoldod his own views of the meth
DDS that should be pursued. "Books,"
he said, ''ought only to be accessories,
not principals. Tho pupil must be
brought Ill face cf tho facts through
experiment and demonstration. Ho
should pull tho plant TO pieces and SEQ
how it is constructed. lie must vcx
the electric cylinder ill it yields him
its sparks. He must apply with his
own hand tho magnet TO the noodle
He must SEQ water broken up into its
constituent parts, and witness the v.o-
lence with which its clements unite.
Unless ho is brought into actual con-
tact with tho facts. and taught TO OBJ
serve and bring them into relation with
science evolved from thcm,it were bet
ter that instruction in sc.cnc1 should
be left alone, Tor one OF the first lussOns
ho must learn from science is not to
trust in authority, buf TO demand proof
for each asscverution.- from "Skclch Ot
or Lyon Haltur," IN Fopu!ar Science
MOnLh.V for AOCen6Cr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
Had Her Teeth Put Back.

A correspondent writes to tho .Scten-
ttFc american describing u sled acci-
dent BY which u lO.ycar old girl had
TWO upper front teeth Knocked out.
She was taken 10 dentist, who re-
placed the teeth and strapped up the
jaw. For TWO days she could scarcely
speak and no solid food was allowed.
but the operation was successful and
tho teeth arc us firmly set us ever. The
teeth arc a little chippcG, but later on
when it IS Safe 10 WORK on them tbcv
can bo patched with gold and be about
rs good as ever they were.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
NEisinlkCN IInntitY.

.#
You might rs well acknowledge it. You
Kissed him on the sly.
heard tho sound, for was mCst unrort,I-
natciy by.
Ihe biushes now commence 10 chacc
Each other your check.
y. never, mind, J undrrs t0nd, you have no
need to speak.
You hold your l'ar ds in nervous clasp,
You're angry. | suprOvc,
That fortuns was so ficllc thCn your secret
'Ssc!oSc.
Meli hcSos your rn~ aud hero, olasl
Your noCt, OF yesterday.
dnrc not rend these words again. 'twould
- driNe my sense away.
How could you bo lora ctiul, dear, and suffer
that csreSs? .....
And in q moment turn tho tide Of all our hap
piDeRS
o, do not wCep. 1t breaks my heart
TO say tne8c words; and yet
Id willingly be blind again if could but for
get
The dow ". shaken from tho flower touc chcd
by as alien band
Ah, love! aho wo that wrings my heart you
-.' cannot understand
Hal hero h0 ComCS-Inrcw C1 my love-
Nay, do n6E hold mo back
Whutl can II be? fOrgivc me- dc4r:
Why, It's your own hr0ih'r JnctI
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14

Here is an exquisite story that Rich
ard Grant used to tell TO illustrate tho
native courtesy of well-brcd Ameri-
cans: when Gen. Washington was
in New England he was entertained ut
dinner by country gentleman, who
lived comfortably but quietly in his
old-fashioncd homo far from town.
When the general rose to so. the littlo
daughter OF tho host, not yet in her
teens, opened tho door for him. AS
he passed out in his stately way he
bowed and said to tho, little maid; Il
wish you q better oIliCo, my dear
Yes, sir, sho quickly replied, with u
bow; ito let you in, sir. )"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14

lhe coyote has changed his habits IL
not his skin, according 10 Western
correspondent, one OF them having
freed y man and hcpt him thoro until
rescued by n party of hunters. Hither-
fcctly harmless. N,' - r'-
a pickle faminc is threatened this
winter Tho present supply MT the
East - set down ut 80, 1000. 0O0.-one-
half only of what Is needed for the
Eastern trade. Tho Western nrons
have suffered, and heavy advances fn
prices arc looked for
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14
He Got His Title from sIiden and ma..,

He Got His Title from slideII and Mason.
RICHMOND, January 6.--The CLERK
OF the Virginia House of Delegates This
morning received letter from WI
Green, OF London, under date OF Dfe
cGmbcr II, in which the writer say
DO me the honor of Informing 81
what steps | ought to take 10 obi
the reissue of the commission of @
orary major granted me TOWARD
close OF the Confederate W.
Messrs. Slidell aud Mason, VT is
Grafton of the invention of eS guap
torpedo, and whether m1a5iSaobS d
the further recognition of
the United States army
ct the House will reply 'lS
! and refer him to the Ss@
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14

Miss Grey Thomas has been ap-
pointed Dean OF the new Female Col
lege ut Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia.
She took her degree, conferred onco in
. decade, sumna cum laude, at the
University of Zurich.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-01-14

An Englishman has demonstrated
that n snail can creep 800 feet between
sunrise aud sunset.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03
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he Storm.

Galveston had scarcely recovered
from tie effects of the fire in Novem-
her. 1885. before she was visited by
The severe storm on Monday last.
She has rot suffered by such q
severe wind since the terrible
cyclone Of 1915. Early on Monday
morning the wind began at a brisk
rate from a northwest direction
soon shifting sonthward and coming
at greater speed until it reached
the rate of over fifty miles an hour
AS the wind increased the waite:
continued to rise until the wafer Of
the gulf and bay met across the
Island. Fences and cottages were
swept away. railroad tracks torn up,
and quite a number of %sloofs and
yachts were sunk or battered to
pieces, and several YER blown up
into the streets and against houses
In our town the wind blew qnite
hard hut about the only damage
done was to the growing crops
corn especially and the blowing
down Of fences. We are inclinde
to belive however that the damage
done 10 the crops is not so gracat AZ
mary suppose.
At Calcasicu Pass the wind was
quite severe. Capt. W. 4. Robinson
returned on the mail boat from
Lcesburg Thursday evening, and
informed us that the water went
over the entire land at the place
coming up under Judge Hcnrys
store. A barge belonging to the
English Syndicate was blown ashore
and seycra! s%chooncrs suffered
scvcrly.
At Sabine Pass it is thought the
wind was worse than at Galveston
1t is reported that telegraph poles
were blown several hundred yards
and the entire place was inundated
TO 4 depth Of seven feet. One life
is reported as lost that of the ferry
man.-Lake Charles Echo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03
The Eighth Official.

a proposition to establish anoth.
or Cabinet Office has come before
Congress, and in meeting general
favor both in Washington and
throughout the country. 1t is
reasonably certain that large MAORI
ty of the members o. the House
will vote to elevate the head of the
Department Of Agriculture to a
sect in the Cabinet. The PROPOSE
ton as it nov comes before the
House is to unite the interest OF
labor and agriculture under the
supervision Of a secretary of ag
ricLlture aud labor who shall lie the
head of ar executive Department.
Buffalo Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03

"Now. Maria" remarked Simp.
kins, as he pulled off his boots last
evening, times is gettin" burned
hard, and we've got to economize
| guess you'd better try and get
along without that new black dress
.yon was talking about, and fix over
yonr last winters hat. | guess you
can worry along hal wav all right
We've got to fit it somehow or 9th
err to cut down expenses, Or | DOM
see how I'm to buy cigars, an as
for whisky, why, | don't get moron
four or five drink a day as it i:
Remember, Maria, economy is
wcalth.-O;l City Blizzard.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03

Congress is plainly to blame for
the pending fisheries dispute and the
SEIZURE of the Adams. President
Cleveland felt the imminence Of this
very danger, and in his message
last December urged Congress to
provide for a mixed commission to
settle the entire question of the
fishery rights of the two govern,
ments and their respective citizens
on those coasts; but our law-maker.
have been too busy to attenod to
this imperative requiremcnt.--Was ash.
ington Post.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03

Patrick Lynch, the fagman at a
railroad crossing in Patterson, N.
j. though he has lost both arms.
recently saved the life of a girl
who was crossing the track, not
noticing the approach Of a locomo-
tive. Lynch seeing her danger,
took a flying leap, knocking the
girl head.long down the enbank.
ment. the pilot grazing his side as
he vas in the air, but he came down
safely beyond reach of the train.
The girl for a second was indignant
at the assault, but was earnest in
thanks when she became aware that
he had saved her life at the risk of
his own.--Ncwark Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03

II yon want TO kiss q prrcty Girl
WY kiss her-if Won a n If a
prrety girls wants to kiss vou why
let hcr-Iike a man.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03
What is Home without a Mother?

And vet how many of us have
unhealthy mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters. If they would only use
Creole Female Tonic all the Ills to
which womankind are heirs would
vanish like mist beneath a MONDAY
sun. This inestimable remedy is an
infallible cure for weakness, ncrv,
business, monthly irregularities, pain
fut menstruation and all female com
plants. For sale Ivy N. c Young.
Druggist, Abbeyil|e, La.
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Official Directors

District Judge.
-, CONRAD DEBArLlos,
District Attorney.
ROBERT c. saEDn
Clerk Of District Court,
'l;~sr1E BRoussAsn
Representative.
ROBERT. P. O'BRY.,
Sheriff & Tax Collector,
JOSEPH S. Nusr
Coroner,
DIR. W. D. Wan,
Police Jury.
Fl. HoFFPAUIR, President.
NJ. L.. ELDREDGE, J.T. BRouss,n
RoBT. GREEN, L. j. MoRn.,
II. II. BARTELs J. A. LEBL.s
Clerk of Police Jury.
LYMAN G. lYosa
Parish Treasurer,
ELIJAH Wgs.
Town Council.
]. j. ABADIE. Mayor.
r. Fl. MILLS, J n. BEAu1p
$. WISE. n. c. Youa
Constable.
GEORGE E. Lyons,
Justices of the Peace, Sd. Wafd
l.. G. LYONS. G. LABArn
Surveyors,
W. W. EDWARDS. L. MoNTAch
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-03
CHEAP CASH STORE
GUS. GODCHAUX,
Abbeyille, Louisiana

UEEps constantly on hand a fine
Il and selected stock Of all kinds
of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, Hats, Caps and Notions.
l keep also a fresh and selected
supply of
, 1886-10-21
Mob Law Resolutions.

Delegate Voorhees, does not gain
much by denouncing the officers of
the law for calling in military force
to save the life of the civil law, pro-
tect the habeas corpus act from ami
hllatlon in a general reign of anarchy,
and save the life of Judge Burke
(who elected the sycamore sapling
two years ago. whom the angty mob
wanted to arrest SO they could get
hold of him to hang him. Voorhees,
quotes a Q. S. case, (esc parte Milli-
GAM which is not parallel case by
any means. Stephen A. Douglas,
the great Illinois commoner, in his
memorable speech defending General
Jackson Tor declaring martial law
said: Il care not whether he (Jack-
sony violated the law or not; the only
question at issue was: had it become
necessary to use military force to pre-
vent lawless acts" OF course such
high democratic authority goes for
nothing when our young elocutionist
(late of Indiana) wants to make a
point on the sacredness OF the habeas
corpus act The Voorhees, family have
a deadly, hereditary aversion to mar
tial law. During the rebellion. when
the elder Voorhees, was organizing
''Knights of the Golden Circle" and
declaring the war a failure, Mr..
Bradshaw's father was making elo-
quent speeches in New York, arous-
ing patriotic sentiment III preserva
ton of the Union. Our two candi-
dates for delegate occupy today rela-
lively similar positions ON the ques-
tons of law and order. Captain
Haines illustrates the tendency of the
Voorhees, family On this subject by a
story. During a discussion as to the
unreliability of sausage as an article
of diet one of the disputants said that
waiter in hotel brought on plate
of sausage, and set another plate
down containing a prairie chicken;
''and do you know" said he, those
sausages turned right around and
pointed at that prairie chickenr So
it is with the Voorhees, family when
ever martial law comes up. 1t is in
the breed, and they can't help point
ing at rebellion.
, 1886-10-21

At Bickleton, Klickitat county, an
enthusiastic Bradshaw meeting was
held, preceded by a tine public din
ner, given by the people.
Seattle Times: The republican
central committee of the Territory
has printed the speech of J. G. Haines
in circular form and will circulate
many thousand copies. II is a mas
terly effort-a complete and perfect
epitome of the reasons why Charles
VI. Bradshaw should be elected TO
congress rather than Charles S. Voor-
hees- The speech is eloquent, logi-
cal and in places brilliant. 1t is an
unanswerable arraignment of MIR.
Voorhees,, 1t shows him to be the
betrayer of the trust repos-
ed in him by the people of Wash
ington Territory 1t shows him to
be demagogue and a hypocrite. and
yet IN its courteous tones it stands d.
glowing monument of dignity. de
cency and hiSh-toned gentility as
compared 10 the hilliDgsgate flung by
CHI aries :. Voorhees, Mr.. Haines
has sounded the key note of the cam
palgn, and his printed speech may
be taken every where as The conatitu-
ton Of Washington Territory repub-
hcans.