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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-11-11
SHOES!
BOOTS!

1t is pleasure for us to sell Shoes
We make it both pleasant and profit
able for our patrons to buy shoes Of us
We invite every lady and gentle
man i'll Greenville city, county and
adjacent counties to examine our
shoe stock.
Some special inducements in ladies'
fine boots.
Extra good value in misses and
childrons' school shoes.
A handsome line Of childrens' fine
dress shoes both with heels and
spring heels.
Zieglar Bros hand made shoes for
gentlemen.
Zioglar Bros and Evitt & Bros hand
made shoes for ladies.
j. Fl. Morgan & Bros perfect fit
ting $500 shoe; every pair warranted
Dibert's hand made shoes.
John Mundel's solar tip shoes for
boys and girls.
The Bay State celebrated boots
and shoes.
The most stylish shoes.
The most perfect fitting shoes.
The most durable shoes.
We are now Offering some big bar
gains in mems and boys brogans and
boots. Also women and childrcns
balls. and polkas both i'll peg and stan
dnrd and screw; such rs is suitable
, for cvcry day use.
One lot of Clouks received last week
and another shipment to arrive THIS
week. We are doing the CLOAE
trade thiaprGsor. This is tomrt
ing stool; Of CLOAKS for fact. N,
one c;tn afford to buy WRAP unit
they See this stock.
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-11-11
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GE9g~1his Lecture should lie in the
hands Of every youth ana every man in
he lard.
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-11-11
J. H. MORGAN 6 BRO.

j. H. MORGAN & BRO.
AhVite you to Examine their Immense Stock and see
Tor Yourself that Their Prices arc the Lowest.
fake for Instance Black Eress C&oodsy
We sell beautiful r.oo f.oo
mere 1or 70 cents yard II is a genuine bargain
10 Pieces all wool Black
wool Black French grand nss wtt Of all i
French Casmeres 49, 45 81 rs S. 81 98 cents
and $1.25 u ~ O' 80 0'' ''' ''' '''' w.
observe this assortment to select from will find no such stock
OF Black Cashmeres where else in this civ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
An American Beauty.
Albany Journal.

Probably the most superbly beautiful
woman ever married in this country to a
foreign diplomatic was Mrs. Bass, of Miss.
issippi. After having passed several win
tiers in Washington she married the Chew
alier Bernatti, man of rare accom- plish-
ments, but in no ways good looking. Her
rare beauty was so celebrated when she
was the Widow Bass that the mere mention
of it suffces to recall to many throughout
the country the vision of her superb pres
ence. A daughter of the gods, divinely
tall and most divinity fair" The Chealier
Bernatti, after his marriage, went to Tur-
key, whero he was the minister of Italy
for some years, and the sultan presented
Nine. Bernatti with an exquisite necklace
of pearls. He died, and she returned to re-
cover from the United States government
a considerable sum of money for cotton de
stroyed on her Mississippi plantation.
When last in Washington she was accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss Bass, who
has inherited her mothers fair, sunny face.
wealth of light brown hair, and imperial
person.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
They Had Travelled.
San Francisco Chronicle

II am sorry you two ladies are going al
that distance alone" 1 said to some
friens going east some time ago. IF
see anybody on the train know, I'll put
you in his charge"
Don't; I'd rather not" one of them
answered.
"Why?"
Because, you always get more attention
from strangers. We are all right. If we
have any chaperon we'll be bored to death
and he'll be disagreeable all the way. II
we have none, every man on the train will
be at our service, and he'll only be too
glad to attend to u.s.
''That's queer. 1 never thought of
that
my dear boy, men are always in search
of adventure, and a formal introduction
os an intimate acquaintance makes II
duty, and duty is always disagreeable."
swell, suppose you are right"
Q"Do you see that gentleman there? He's
been quietly looking around to see what
pretty women are on the train. Before
we get to Port Costa he'll be asking my
sister if he can do anything for her. She's
prettier than | am. But what he is will
ing to do for her he'll do for me to keep
me sweet"
II don't think you'll get left YOURSELF
Between you and me and the window
I don't think I will
''And I left them with their arrange
ments all made as TO how they were going
to treat every man in the car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

ence of a robin perched on the street
fence. Presently one of them made
alarming demonstrations at the bird as
if to brighten it away, but the redbreast
gave hop, skip and jump along the
fence, tilted his head sidewise in derision
or defiance, and refused to go. Then the
women gesticulated more energetically
pointing from the bird to the house, and
curious passers by fingered to learn the
meaning of the singular behavior. This
was what troubled them: The robin,
doubtless for some good reason of his
own, which he could not explain if he
would, had been trying to gain admit
lance through a window to the upper
story of the house. The mere fact of a
robin trying to break and enter two
story dwelling was not alarming, but the
fact that woman was lying dangerous
ly i'll in that house gave the incident ap-
palling significance. The woman were
fixed in the conviction that the robins
action was a harbinger of death; hence
the trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Hoping that You Will Laugh.
Yonkers Statesman .

Sweet boy! Sometimes when concious
of mortality, and comes to me the hint
that thou may'st die, I pine for mauso-
leum large enough to emphasize the love
[ bear to thee"
Nay, cherub, do not freight thy soul
with that. A small sarcophagus will do
for me-"
marry, twill not, for in this present
day greatness doth chiefly run to monu-
ments, and tho the world thy grandeur
knoweth not, mausoleum will arouse
them to it,
'Mayhap thy wit doth pierce the pith
Of truth, but mark thee, there be grades
OF greatness, girl. Some brands there
are that blossom not till death, and only
live in marble obelisk; some be there of
the sage, sOcratis sort that rear their CEN
Otaphs of wisdom's words, and some thou
find that are content to carve theirin
memoriams on the hearts of men,"
"Carve, saidst thou, boy?"
"Aye! carve's the very word
Marry, that fits thee to my side in
deed; for often hath he mouthed him of
thy ways, and vowed they cut him to the
very quick"
"I'Il warrant thee, and were his whims
consult concerning question of my monu-
ment, he'd say to rear n column to the
dead, but rear the spinal column of the
quick"
"E'en so; but then great Caesar had his
foes, and nathless lives in costly monu-
ment, and SO, that thy sweet merits may
endure, when thou art dead I'll WOO the
sons of wealth to start mausoleum fnnd
for thee"
"Good friend! Sweet friend! An thou
wouldst please thy boy and make him
conscious of the charity that would up
rear to him costly pile, WOO them whilst
I and my approval live, for pile of shek-
els reared to US in life is worth ten piles
of marble after death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
A Wav Out of the Difficulty.
Troy telegraph,

Old DR.. HewsOn was distinguished for
philanthrophy. On one occasion the doc
tor had a case of malignant typhoid fever.
He prescribed rest and nourishment for
his patient.
"Give Dan plenty of chicken. He must
have more nourishment"
''Shall I kill a chicken?"
eyes, you'd better kill a young rooster;
broil it well and add plenty of butter
Patients with typhoid fever like plenty of
gravy"
Dams wife killed, dressed, and cooked a
fine chicken.
''That's about right" said the doctor,
who was experimenting the job, as he en-
yiously eyed the chicken.
"Dan, how're you feeling?"
"First-rate, doctor"
"Let me feel your pulse"
Dan extended his arm and hand.
"You are more feverish than usual.
just ordered your wife to broil a chicken,
but you can't eat it; you are too fever
ish."
'What shall we do, doctor?" inquired
the wife.
II see no way out of the difficulty but
to eat the chicken ourselves. [ once suf-
fered from typhoid fever myself, ma
dam"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Calling on the Pennsylvania Governor.
PhiIaielDhia PrASS

A great many queer people visit the
Executive Department at Harrisburg to
call on Governor Pattison, and the Jeffer-
sonian simplicity with which affairs are
managed there enables many of them to
gain admission to the gubernatorial pres
ence. The other day gentleman sup
piled with an unmistakable cork leg and a
check suit fashionable in some of the back
woods counties of the western part of the
western part of the state appeared before
Private Messenger Hughes and asked
durtly:
"Guv'ner in?"
mo, sir. He's out of town.
'Um. This is his sanctum sanctorum,
is it?"
''This is his private Office"
"I es, his sanctum sanctorum," with a
look of deep pity at the messengers ignor-
ance' "Wel, there's my pasterboard.
Give it to the GUNNER. live at Sewickley,
the Bryn Mawr of Allegheny County.
When he comes our way tell him to stop.
We kin give him clean table, clean cloth,
clean napkin, an Nom Samples is red hot
on griddle cakes. Nuff sed"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

When she was not eating her meals or
asleep in her bed absolute silence on Mrs.
PreSty'S part was circumstance without
precedent in the experience of her daughter.
Mrs. Presty was absolutely silent now. Mrs.
Linley looked up.
She at once perceived the change in her
mothers face and asked what it meant.
Mamma, you look as if something had
frightened you. Is it anything in that let
ter?' She bent over the table and looked a
little closer at the letter. Mrs. Presty had
turned it so that the address was underneath,
and the closed envelope was visible still in
tact. "Why don't you open it?'' Mrs. Lin
ley asked.
Mrs. PreSty made strange reply. II am
thinking of throwing it into the fire."
MY letter@'
"Yes, your letter"
''Let me look at it first"
'sYou had better not look at it, Catherine. F"
Naturally enough, Mrs. Linley remon-
strated. ''Surely ought to read a letter for
warded by my lawyer. Why are you hiding
the address from me? Is it from some per-
son whose handwriting we both know? She
looked again at her silent mother, reflected,
and guessed the truth. "Give it to me di-
rectly," she said; my husband has written
to me-"
Mrs. Presty's heavy eyebrows gathered in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
MISSING LINKS.

Fowlerville, Mich, has fifty widows and
! three widowers.
st. Petersburg is proved by recent stats
tics to be the most unhealthy city of
Europe.
The explored coal beds of Ireland con
| tain 209,0O0,OOO tons of workable coal
chiefly anthracite.
By the Montreal flood which has now sub
sided, 7 ,422 fanatics, or 10000 people, were
flooded out.
The largest reproducing mine in
the world last year was the Ontario, of
Utah, which yielded $2,313,3S7.
Examination of the bed of the Erie
Canal shows it to be narrowed and greatly
| thickened by accommodations of debris.
The Lick observatory at San Francisco
has ordered set of instruments for
automatically registering earthquake
shocks
An association of young men has been
formed in New York for the promotion
and practice of social purity. All BALLOT
except operate are tabooed.
Birmingham, Ala and Chattanooga
Tenn, owing to an abundance of iron ores
coal and labor, are putting pig iron on
the market cheaper than Pittsburg
can.
A Georgia woman stopped a wedding
because she was interested to the extent
of having paid for the groom,s clothes,
with the idea that she was to be the
bride.
The BritishGovernment intends to organ
ize a Fisheries Commission. There is
now no scientific man employed on this
subject in either Great Britain or Ireland
At Griffin, Ga, this week, man who
had been Mayor of the city and one of its
most prosperous and popular citizens,
died pauper in its poor house. Drink
did it.
The largest coal breaker in the world
is in operation at Edwardsville colliery
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 1t pre-
pares for market 1000 mine cars of coal.
every ten hours.
Hoboken, N. j., has a Mayor who was
first elected upon Democrat ticket, and
mex on an Independent ticket, and now
the Republicans have nominated him for
third term.
1t used to be, ''See that my graves kept
green" The new and popular version is,
"Oh, keep my ashes bottled, love-"
Owners of trout streams in the Catskills
are doing much toward restocking them
for the benefit of summer boarders. Con-
siderable over 100000 young trout were
put into the waters Of Ulster county dur
ing March.
Isaac Jacobs, negro of Philadelphia,
has the honor to be the first of his color
to be appointed to the fire department of
that city. He has been made hoseman
on Engine 20, and is said to be capable
man.
The first American establishment for
the exclusive manufacture of edged tools
was founded by Samuel Collins, of Conn,
about 1926, when the product of a days
labor was the forging and tempering of
eight broadaxes.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS has 80 divisions in the United States
and Canada, and membership of about
10000. The order is growing very rapid
~, and already over 80 per cent. of all
the locomotive engineers of America are
members.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Too Long to Wait.
Detroit Free Press

There was man at the Central veoe-
table market, yesterday, with a small and
sickly-looking century plant in cheap
pot, and he was mad.
"Look -a-herer he said to the owner of
each flower stand in succession; didn't
you sell me this ERE plant five years ago?''
Each one answered In the negative.
Then he made such row that a police
man came up and told him to hush.
"Havn't l got right to talk?" demandA
ed the man in high dudgeon. "When I
have been swindled, cheated, robbed, and
made fool of must l keep silence in this
free land?"
What is the cause of your woe?"
Il bought this plant of somebody here
about five years ago. They told me that
1t was 50 years old, and that it would
bloom this spring. I've fooled enough
time on the thing to build house. I've
sat up nights to nurse it and I've gone
home days to keep it from freezing"
We'll, what's the matter?"
"They lied to me! I've had two bota-
nists examine it, and they tell me the
plant isn't ten years old! Think of my
fooling around for ninety years to see the
internal thing flower out!'
But what can you do?"
"ah' W hhu Vhe hyend VINO put up
the job on me. I'll make him eat the
whole outfit of break his neck!'
Don't get excited. Take your plant
and go home"
"Never!
He lifted the pot high in the air and
dashed the life out of the poor plant, and
then sat stihy down on bench, folded
his arms and said:
Ring for your old patrol wagon if you
want to. I'm going to sit right here till 1
get eyes on the man who who put up a 95
year job on a confding citizen"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
4 Relic of Moon MOrshin.
All the Year Around.


In China, where moon worship largely
prevails during the festival of Yue-Ping
which is held annually during the eighth
month, incense is burned in the temples,
cakes are made like the moon, and at full
moon the people spread out Oblations and
make prostrations to the planet. These
cakes are moon cakes and veritable offer
ings to the Queen of heaven, who repre-
sents the female principle in Chinese the
OlOgy. If we turn now to Jeremiah, vii.
Is, and read there, ''The woman knead
dough to make cakes to the Queen OF heav-
en-, and to pour out drink-offerings unto
other Gods" and remember that according
to Rashi, these cakes of the Hebrews had
the image of the god or goddess stamp
ed upon them, we are in view of fact of
much interest. The interest becomes great
er when we learn that in parts of Lancash-
ire there EXISTS precisely similar custom
of making cakes in honor of the Queen of
heaven, From these facts, the discovery
of two buns, each marked with a cross, in
Herculaneum, and other evidences, we are
driven to the conclusion that the "hot-cross
buns" of Christian England are in reality
but relic of moon worship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Didn't Stop to Think.
Harper's Bazaar.

At Enhein a cattle merchant, on arriv-
ing home late, found he had lost the door
key. The chimney being wide, he de-
cided to enter that way. When he was
nine feet down, the chimney became sud
denly narrow. The unfortunate man re-
NAMED in that position till morning; his
moaning were overheard, mason was
procured to take down the chimney and
extract the dealer, who expired three
hours later. And all that to escape
curtain-lecture!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

The determination of the proportion
of water is accomplished in this way; Out
of the center of the loaf of bread a
piece is cut in vertical direction, and
this is divided into equal parts. A fourth
part of these, from which the crust has
been separated and the crumb Of which
is weighed, is devoted to the water-test.
Fhe crumbs to be dried should weigh at
least so grams, and it is better to take 100
grams. The weighed bits of bread are
placed in the air bath on a floor raised
about five centimeters from the floor of
the bath, with paper underneath, and
the thermometer is so suspended among
the crumbs of bread. If the bulb of
the thermometer were placed higher tn an
the crumbs, the instrument would show
lower temperature than that surround
ing the crumbs. Then the lamp is light
ed and placed under the bath, and the
flame is so regulated that the thermome-
ter rises slowly and after few hours
registers only 100 degrees Celsius. A little
practice will enable the investigator to so
regulate the flame that the temperature
shall remain between 100 and ITO degrees
Celsius, in order to perfectly Vaporize the
water in the bread. When it appears
that the water has been expelled, the
bread should be taken from the box and
weighed after cooling. Then it should be
again placed in the box and subj ected for
half hour to a temperature of 100 to ITO
degrees, and this operation should be re-
peated so long as dimintiYe of weight is
perceptibIe. The loss of weight ans
wers to the water contained in the bread
and may be easily reckoned in per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
The 0minous Robin.
Erie (Pa.) Dispatch.
person.

In front of dwelling on West Fifth
street YESTERDAYS afternoon an elderly
woman stood talking excitedly with a
neighbor and wringing her hands dis
tractedly. Both appeared to be very
much agitated, apparently over the pres
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

A single black in the vicinity of Castle
Garden. which is about 125 by 500 feet,
contains no less than 35 places where Ii
quors can be obtained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

my pa" said one small boy, lis
preacher, and is sure to go to heaven"
"Huh!'' said the other small boy, chat
amt nothin.' My pa is doctor and can
kill yOur old Da''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

A woman in remote Maine village,
crazed by excessive Bible reading and re-
vival excitement, endeavored to gouge
her eye out and afterward cut off an arm
with an ak, in order to obey the injunc-
ton, IF an eye offend thee, pluck it out"
etc. She is recovering, but is still in
sane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

| The Bible used in administering the
| oath to Jefferson Davis as president of
the Confederate States" is still used in
| swearing in the Governors of Alabama at
! MONTGOMERY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

The eyes of the mole are so exceedingly
minute, and so perfectly hid in its hair, that
our ancestors considered it blind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

A woman in Lincoln, Neb., lost black
and-tan terrier that was dear to her. She
had reason to think that man about to
go to Fonda, n. Y, had stolen it. and she
wrote to the Fonda Chief of Police, who
soon found the dog, and has just sent it
back to its mistress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

The word salary comes from the Latin
salarum, literally salt money, from sal,
salt, which was part of the pay OF homan
soldiers. This will probably explain why
certain young ladies regard young men
who receive meager salaries as being en-
tirely ''too fresh"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06
Her Idea of 1t.
Tid-bitS.

Miss Rulifson-Poor Julia! | under
stand they have been having lots of
trouble at her house.
Miss Jacobs-Indeed!
Miss Rulifson-Yes, sickness in the
family and the like.
Miss Jacobs-Ah, yes, Julia's mother
and aunt have been sent to the insane
asylum, and her father fell down stairs
and broke his leg. but beyond that
don't think they've had any trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

Wyoming cattle kings have purchased
$4,000 acres in Hillsboro and Manatee
counties, Florida, for cattle range. The
price paid was $500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

The English sparrow apparently fears
nothing. Two of them have built nest
in the hood of an electric street light in
Portland. Me-, and are busily attending to
| household duties there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

1t always surprises man when ne DIS
covers that a woman is not coward. But
it never surprises woman when she fnds
that man is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-06

TO BE CONTINUED.