The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-02-04
NO.19.
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Nearly 600 newspapers in the United
States bear the name of NesOS, of which
thirty-four are located in Pennsylvania.
There is q demand from China for
l5O Christian missionaries at once. Com
Verts arc multiplying in all parts Of tho
empire. % -. r aE.sT
An English lockmaker has construct.
cd key which he says is capable Of
opening 22,G 600 patent lever locks, all of
which differ in their combinations.
DR.: Albert Thompson, young Irish
Pnlyslclan, has been presented with tho
Albert medal for removing poison in II
case OF diphtheria by sucking it away.
M. dc Lesscps is said to look wonder
1ully well, although for several months
past he has been harassed by puny SYM
olcates gotten up for the purpose Of
0ustlng him from his position as presi-
ucnt OF the lnteroceanic Canal associa.
ton.
Mr.. George w. Childs, of Philadelphia,
mas added an interesting item to Ameri-
can annals by his discovery that Conn
modorc Stewart, grandfather of Charles
stewart Parnoll, is the one who induced
Joseph Bonaparte to buy land and build
his house at Bordentown, N. j.
a boy i'll Cleveland fell from n troe
and dislocated his neck. A SURGEON
was sent for, who replaced the dsioint- :;
ed vertcbrp so skillfully that tho bow re-
covered, and is to-day as we'll as over.
This operation has been frequently at.
tempted but very seldom with success.
Judging from paragraph now going
the rounds of the medical press, the
higher education Of women does not
ccnduco to connubiality aud fccundity.
Of 759 female college graduates only 136
are married. Of these, &C have no chill.
drcn, and 130 have had 263 children. of
which 232 are living.
A wcll-known scientist saws tho feel.
ing OF one while standing on high
mountain or on the edge of a deep abyss
is to fly. Instances are noted where
persons, unable to resist this impulse.
have cast themselves headlong into dark,
yawnlng chasms, in the belief that thew
would reach the bottom in safety.
OF all the eminent jurists who have
sat upon the Supreme Court bench of
the United states from the organization
or the government to the present time,
only one of them has been impcathed-.
Samuel Chase, in 1904. He was accused
OF unjust, tyrannical and arbitrary con-
duct at certain trials, but was acuuit-
ted.
By an automatic tea or coffee pot used
by the French army it is impossible to
obtain drop of coffee unless tho water
Is boiling. The water is underneath
the coffee but when it bols it rises up
through central tube and falls over
the coffee or tea, pcrcolates, goes down
to the lower part of the apparatus is
warmed again and once more travels
upward.
Near Odessa two Greek merchants by
mistake purchased the samo lot in u
ccmr !2ry. The matter was referred, after
n warm dispute, to the District Judge,
who decided "first come, first served"
and that whichever died first should
have the coveted resting-placc, it being
understood that neither would take an
unfair advantage of tho other by COM
mitting suicide.
Mrs. Llvcrmore is an enthusiastic nd.
N0catc or cooperative housekeeping.
one with some fifty other families, has
9APcriihented with cooperative laun.
dry, and has been able to reduce the
cost OF her washing and ironing to II
cents dozen, including dresses and tho
most difficult pieces. She saws the samo
economic results have been obtained in
o'ner departments of housekeeping.
While l am on the subject of heraldry
let me recall u good story credited to
William r. TraVcrs. 1t was told that
when A. L. Stewart conceived the idea
OF setting up coat of arms he won't to
MIR. Iravcrs for advice. Mr.. Travcrs
suggested an employer rampant, chas-
ing lazy salesman with yardstick;
and MIR. Stewart did not speak to him
again for month. This anecdote is
probably about as authentic as tho
other, which states that Mr.. Stewart be-
ing extremely loquacous Mt State ban
quet at Dclmonico's, Mr.. Travers silonc-
ed him by calling the length Of the table,
"Cash!'-N Y Today.
Agriculture is the basis of the prosper
ity of the world. If he who makes two
blades of grass grow where only ono
sprang up before deserves we'll of his
country, then Mr.. Mitchell Henry, M. p.
for Galway County, deserves a statue az
q public bcnefactor. On his estate at
hylemorc, Connemara, he has planted
.the Caucasian variety of tho prickly
Comtrey .(Symphytum aSpeertmu1e),
and from it has already produced this
year, by five cuttings, forty tons to the
acre, and another cutting Is yet to come.
This has been grown upon reclaimed
peat land, Of which millions of acres
could be had in Ireland, and is excellent
for fattening. Cattle eat it ereedily: IL
is excellent for dairy COWS; it fattens
pheasants, ducks, and all sorts of fowls,
and in feeding them saves two-thirds of
the grain that could not otherwise bo
uscd'-EmgliSh paper.
Others besides Miss Anderson have
suffered from the too fervent idolatry of
Dublin worshippors. Titiens relates
that one night there she played Riena in
Weber's "Oberon" for her benefit. But
whole evening of tuneful Weber was
not enough for the Dublinites. In the
middle OF the opera the cantatrice had
TO sing few verses written to the tune
OF .St. Patrick's LAY" by q local poet.
Ihis performance aroused tho enthusi-
asm and flatterej The vanity of the audi
encc, and The Last Rose of Summer"