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Telegram-herald., 1888-07-22
The Sprague
Electric Motor,
-sUrrIIED BY Tng
Edison LlghtCo.
OF THIS CITY,
OF THIS CITY.

Is the most desirable iofn of
power which has ever been
offered 10 the pablo. and the
electric current supplied hy the
r olson ComTany 70 operate Il IS
the only current guaranteeing
absolute safety 20 tie life Of the
user. All persons Ia need OF
power for the running OF elevst-
ors, ventilators, or for any pur-
pose whatever. csn be sOpp 20 ~
smounis from . fractional psH cf
horse power 10 so o. even ! % horse
power. IL desired. infcrmssion eisen
and estimates fsrn!sheo on apple
ton 90 the toisoa Company Central
Station, corner Calder and fViien~sts.
Telegram-herald., 1888-07-22
a SAD ACCIDENT.
A LADY, Her Daughter and Two Grand
Cbfisrea Drowned-

tbfttFen WTDWned-
BsooKgiELp. Mass. July 2i Mrs. W.
Jones' Of Ibis place. aged 50, her daughter,
aged % sad two grand children : and 10
wears Of age. while rowing on Podunk pond
this evening we're drowned BY their boat
capsiring M Jones. who accompanied
the party. made desperate attempts TO save
the uaiort unstss bur bis Efforts we're futile
snd there vas nc 0ae At hand 10 reader
sssistance
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03
--s----<1HE-.--->---
THE SNAKE SEASON OPENED.
First Gun from the Annanias of Snake
dom--The Worm Scarum Discussed.

firaI ~up from the Annantas of Snake
dom--The Worm scarum Discussed.
A correspondent from Hot Springs,
Mo-, writes: The hot, muggy weather of
last week drew the snakes and tarantulas
out of their holes in the Ozark Moun
tains, and to-day Flint and his COM
panlon saw many poisonous reptiles
summing themselves on the big lodges of
stone sklrtlng the ''vale of vapors." The
"Varmints" were sluggish, but became
very irritable when aroused from their
stupor. Rattlesnakes and bullsnakes
were III the majority, but other species
were represented as well. The spectacle
started Flint to talking. "You never
saw the parlor match snake, did you?'
he asked, with the seriousness Of O.
Judge, Ills companion groaned and
started down the mountain. Come
back, boy, exclaimed the catcher. 81
want to tell You something you don't
know: l was cut hunting along bayou
near New Orleans late one afternoon last
winter, when l saw flash of light as
irregular as one Of Larry Corcoran's
curves and as big around as q mans arm.
The ray of light, which was on the
ground, was preceded by n cracking
sound like the explosion Of parlor
match. In an instant the light disap-
pearcd, only to appear the next instant
with the same cracking sound. [ be-
came interested. When the light flashed
the third time fred both barrels of nv
shotgun at the brilliant object. The
light faded in an instant. l crept to the
spot and saw a snake lying dead upon
the ground. Its head had been nearly
shoc away. Curious to learn whether
the snake had been the source of the
mysterious flame, L tied string around
its body and took it to New Orleans
where Lionel Adams pronounced it a
parlor match snake. When aroused,
this species of the worm scarum pulls it's
skin over its body by hitching a lower
tooth in sort of loop hanging between
the eyes. AS the skin leaves the tail it
scrapes small button on either side of
the snakes body with a cracking sound,
and the film of oil on the cuticulo is in
!stantly set in flame. The oil burns with
a phosphorescent light, and probably
docs not hurt the snake. After having
struck fire the snake crawls the length
of its body, thus causing the scaly hide
to return to it's proper place." The
great catcher arose and stretched his
arms aloft, and asked his companion if
it looked like rain.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

wherein we are wrong if they disagree
with us, or give us the advantage Of
their approval, if they approve. See to
it then, fellow citizens, those of you who
sympathize with our objects and aims,
that no tricks be played upon us in the
May convention. Farmers are too busy
to give much thought to their public
duties. But they can and should at least
demand, and thus will obtain, the right
to select their officials knowingly, and
make no moro leaps in the dark.
THE LEGISLATURE MUST ACT.
But, in the end the whole matter, both
of establishing the agricultural college
and of making the much needed reforms
and economics in the State government,
rests with the coming Legislature. Our
experience with the one just adjourned
teaches us to beware of demagogues and
fence straddlers and weak-kDeed indi-
vlduals without firmness of character or
any convictions of their own. We would
therefore advise and urge the abso'uie
Importance of selecting candidates of
tirmness and capacity, and Of requiring
them to define and explain their posi-
tions. If candidate is too good or too
untixed to pledge himself to any line of
policy demanded by the people, ho can
and should be left at home; and when
candidate, after having pledged himself
and been elected, breaks that pledge, as
did goodly number in the last Legisla-
ture, he is no longer worthy the con-
tidence and respect of any intelligent
voter.
Appealing, thon, to the good sense and
patriotism not of farmers alone, but of
all classes of our people, to aid us in our
efforts to secure equal justice and equal
advantages to all, and to purify and
elevate our politics, and to bring about
moro economical and efficient govern
ment in State and county.
We are, respectfully,
(Slgned) ID. X. NORRIS,
b. r. TI1nMAN,
IL. II. THOMAS,
w. Q. nj. BERLEY,
e. p. MOORE,
JOHN MoRRoH,
j. B. MORRISON,
Executive Committee Farmers Asso-
citation.
Columbia, April 81, 1883.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03
Another Statement.

PENDLETON, S. O., April 2G.
TO the Greenville News:-The ap-
praisers of Mr.. Clemson's property com
pleted their work this evening.
The face value of the appraise bill
amounts to one hundred and three thou
sand three hundred and twenty-one dol
lars. With interest and premiums added,
they make total of one hundred and
thirteen thousand three hundred and
twenty-one dollars.
Mr.. Lee will contest the will, but Col.
Simpson, the executor, assures me that
he has no fears whatever rs to the valid
ity of the will.
The State will receive over ninety-two
thousand dollars. l., G.. EVANS,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03
Killed. n wild Cat with "a Club.

The other day Tony Kern, who works
on MIR. Grif1in's farm near Scranton,
Pa. was driving the cattle to water and
while passing through piece of woods
his attention was attracted by the below
ing of one Of the COWS. Tony espied q
dark object up o tree ready to spring
upon calf. The man clenched tight a
large club he carried and meeting the
wild animal half way dealt it o furious
blow on the head. This only angered
the brute, and with fierce bound it
Ieaped upon Tony and bore him to the
ground. The man made O desperate
effort to throw tho animal off. The
brute had scratched his face badly and
tore his clothes into shreds. With
superhuman power Tony threw the beast
OIL, and spring to his feet again he seized
his club. Once more the animal made
for him, but a well-aimed blow from the
Dutchman sent him to the ground ap-
parently lifeless. Tony hurried to the
house, procured gua, and shot the
animal dead. Almost broathless with
excitement ne ran to che mouse with the
astounding intelligence that he had shot
fox in tree. Farmer Griffin con-
cluded the man was wrong as to the kind
of animal killed, and going out to the
spot found it to be wild cat weighing
about fifty pounds.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

stated in one of the South Carolina
papers, then, and in that case, @ law
might be suddenly pressed through to
add another hundred thousand or two to
MIR. Clemson's munifcent, Gas it is
designated in some of the papers,
though L hardly think the income of the
latter sum would "after all the college
buildings were provided" allow a suffi-
cient sum to provide the college officials
with decent subsistence
Yours truly, GIDEON LEE.
Seneca, April "a,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

Religious pessimism is carried to an
extreme in Russia. In that country
thoro are scots that teach suicide. Re.
Gently eighty-four persons met in a
cavern filled with straw. They fired the
straw and those who were not burned to
death killed each other with hatchets.
One faint-hearte9 fellow escaped.
Congressman Kelley's daughter re-
Gently delivered lecture in Now York,
IN which she charged the capitalists with
forcing the children of this country tc
go to work at an early age, thus reduc
ing the wages Of full-grown laborers
She advocated socialism rs the only
remedy.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

One Of the most successful features
of recent "litorary entertainment" in q
town the other evening was "a chung
whiting contest by ladies'" Each of
the contestants received a square bit of
wood from which to wnittle bung to fit
a large stone jug. They could all see the
hole to be filed, but none could measure
it, Prizes were given for the best and
FOR the poorest bung, and then they were
all sold at auction. One of them nearly
fitted the bUnghole.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03
~ GAVE UP 10 DIE"

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 2, 1887.
L have had catarrh of the head for six
years. l went to q noted doctor and he
treated me for it, but could not cure me,
he said. was over fifty years old and /
gave up to die. / had distressing
cough; my eyes were swollen and / am
confident could not have lived without
change. I sent and got ono bottle of
your b. b. b., used it, and felt better.
Then got four more, and thank Godl
it cured me. Use this any way you may
wish for the good of sufferers
Mrs. MATILDA NICHOLS.
27 Florida Street.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

The leading Republicans are trying to
smile, but there is very bitter fight
going on among them for the Republican
nomination, - "a, ,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03
A WONDERFUL INVENTION,

"A Process for Preserving MILK, Wines
Fruit Juices, ETC., for an Indefnito
Period.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

Song fort {armer-The spring time is
here, o hoe, o hoe!
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-03

from was doing well. She haSg9A1o'0oo
pathy of her many friends here S46, 900
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

shes the sweetest girl iu schooli' cnthuef.
astically exclaimed one young miss 90 another.
as lhcy PASSED down the street together Edith
~, 30 klhu, anu gentle, and uuscliish every one
Hkes her And she has lovely golden hair and
pretty eyes. Isn't 10 pity her complexion r.
such dreadful headaoh hest The girls skinned
alon,, but ~ happened Edths mother had
"a ora what they said. IL set her blinking
Mhat could be d1no FOR IA Sc headaches and
me rough, muddy complexion, that was such ~
lrial 10 her gentle dnughte She recalled
what she had cad % DIR. picice's Gold en Med
zeal Discovery, and on the spur of the moment
she slipped into dru store and bought "a sum
Ply. Edith took % faithfully, with the result
that ~ cleared her disOrdcrcd blood, relieved
the headaches, made her skin soft fair and
rosy, ana now she Is not only the "sweetest
glrI IN school," but tEe most beauti nj.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

You can get beautiful picture CA Message
OF LOve'O, cannot Ice distinguished from fine
water color worth s25 4 fnl Size paper pat
tern, worth y cents. design and size OF your
own selection, besi les the finest magazine pub
lished. Send for the February number hat
contains this wonderful picture and pattern
order. Price, 20 cents or ask Your newEdealer
10 get II for your inspection. Tell him If he
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hundreds of them. Published by w Jennings
Demorest, East 18th 81. New York. Now
the time 70 subscribe and get ten times the
value of the 81 per year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
ing India ink
m obseuTc the road nat leads to health,

OFT obscure the road that leads TO health
Unmarked by board OF sign;
Wisdom uvails not. ppwerlpss is wealth
10 sooth those aches OF thine.
But do not despair, with life there's hopo
The cloud conccals the sun:
With Pierccs tavOrlte Prescription al hand
Your LIES full course may rum
More truth than poetry in these lines as
thousands OF ladies all over the land now
blooming with health, testify 10 the great Gun .
awe powers uf Dr. Picice's fHyoriie I'rcscriu-
ton, adapted by much research ard careful
study 10 the happy relief of an those weak
druggists
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

While an excavation was being made
in Vicksburg. Miss. street, the body OF
soldier dressed in a Federal uniform
was disinterred The uniform was that
OF en- officer, but there was nothing 10
give clue 20 the soldiers identity.
The remains were remarkably well pre-.
served
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

Don't suecze, sneelc hawk, hawk spit. blow
nnd disgust every body with YOUR offcnsiv,
breath. lfyou lHlve acrid watery DISCHARGE
from the nose and eyes, throat disease. cans.
ing chQklng sensations, cough. ringing noises
IN mead, splitting headache and other sylnp-
toms OF nasal catarrh, remember that tie
manufacturers OF Dr. sage's Catarrh Remedy
Of catarrh which thcy cannot cure. iTLe
Nemedy is sold by druggists AZ only 20 ccnts.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

A QUEER sight was witnessed at Fort
Smith Ark, recently There is not a foot of
paved street in tie city, and when it rains 81
Is almost lmpoSs ~ to get around Some
ingenious resident n 't,hel a pair of mules 70
skiif, one drove the mules. another used
The oars AMI third managed the rudder
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
ConsumpIion surely cured.

that ] have n positive remedy FOR the above
named disease. BY IFS timely use thousands Of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. 1
shall be glad To send two bottles OF my remedy
FREE TO any Of your readers WHO have con-
sumption " thcy VII oCud me their Express
ana T. .. address Respectfully
Il. A. SLOCUM. MO. Isl Pearl St, ~ y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

Colonel Cecil Butler, brother Of the
Sir William Butler who figured in the
Colin Campbell case. and brother.in.law
OF the lady who painted The Roll Call
has taken up his permanent residence
in Philadelphia. He lately commanded
an English foot regiment and was Brit
ish military attache at Vienna under
Lcrd LOTUS.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

Jay Gould dresses poorly now. but
used TO buy very expensive clothes, and
once paid $75 for pair OF gold bucket
suspenders.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

"Iayior's Hospital Cure for Catarrh" can
row be had on fen days trial without charge
u nm the City Hall Pharmacy, 2N Broadway.
Now York. All who suTcg from this disease
should write there 40 once. Free uamUhlet.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
Itching piles.

nptOmS-Molsturs ltause itching and
singing; worse by scratching. II allowed 90
continue tumOrs form. which often bleed and
ulccrate, bccOm NJ very sore. SwAYNE'S O. Mt
NEST stops the itching and bleediag, heals ul-
ceraton, and I'm many cases removes the tn
mOrs. Equally eficaciO in cur ny all skin
Diseases. ID 3. NAYNEV son, Philadelphia.
Sent 10y mail for o cts. a $50 sold by druggists.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
Fnr ONLY 20 Ccnta

Florida markets are supplied with new to
matoes of native growth
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

The seventeen-montLs-old King Of Spain
gets 81 geo, % o a year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

ROYAL GLUE mcnds anythingl Broken Chi.
ma Glass Wood. Free Walls at Drugs. and Gro.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19
TEEE OUTGROWTM or
Or. Plcrce's Favor
q BOOK
To Women.

from patients and from physicians who
have tested DO Goo the moro aggravated and
obstinate cages which had hd1led their skin,
prove M 90 Doc the most wonderful remedy
ever devised for tte relief and cure of sul-
fcrinR women. TO i8 not recommended ms
n Curg-nll." bat as most perfect Specific
for wOmaus peculiar diseases.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19

49, a powerful, Inc
vigCrntiug tonic Dc
imulrts STR ugtu tD tuo
whole system, aud 90 tine
uterus. or womb and it's
appendices. iu pBrticu-
Mr. For rEnrWlr.nIi.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-01-19


h}stcril. sUu-ug aud other distressing.
upon functional and organic disease of
tho womb. DO induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety aud de
BpOndruCy.
Dr. picrcc's Favorito prescrip-
tiOu is q Legitimate medicine,
carefully Compounded by pu experienced
aud eN'liW physician. ANA adapted Co
woman delicate organization DO is
purely vegetable in its composition nud
perfectly harmless in its effects Con- any
condition of tho er-tnm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28

A proud father had, just before din
her, been telling the visitor how clever
his little daughter was. He said it was
not precocity; it was intelligence,
When she learned thing she knew it.
value, and was never known, like Other
children, to ask foolish questions.
you'll see now. Ii the child asks Il
question about anything it will surprise
You with its sense"
At dinner the conversation among the
elders turned on Austria. The intel
lectual child was taking it all in. In q
pause in the talk she piped out
Papa"
What is it, my dear?" said tn,
proud parent, with a pleasant smile, Us
he looked at the visitor, as much as
to say, "Now's your chance; you listen.
Papa, are they all ostriches in Aus
tria ?"-Sa1 Francisco chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28

"There is huge difference between
billiards of to-day and billiards of fifty
years ago" said the proprietor of bill
liard-rooms ON Chestnut street. "The
tables are changed, the rules are
changed, the cues are altered and as
for public opinion why, do you know
that if n business man entered bill
liard-room then his reputation was
gone forever? The game was regarded
as one of chance, and whoever played
it was set down rs Il gambler. 1t was
against the law for boys to play, and
over the door of every room was dis
played the sign, No Minors Admitted,
as though the very sight of Il game
would ruin their morals. Those who
played We're mostly takers, gamblers
and men about town; men who hadn't
any character to lose, or, if they had,
didn't care how quickly it went to the
dickens. -PhUddrIpHid NeIrS,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28

We have witnessed several marriage
professions, but none so perfect i'll de-
tails as one ut Almcdabad. 1t was in
narrow street. First came band of
music, three little boys and girls on
richly caparisoned horses. One of the
little ones was not years old, being
held by his father. BY the side of
each little rider, all of whom were gor-
geously logged out were several of
their nearest of kinsmcn. Before each
horse was q separate band. Then came
the groom, about 10 years old, all in
gold and fine silk, and mounted on Il
superbly gottcn-up animal. Then an
other band was followed by troop of
twenty or thirty women, richly clad,
and all singing. The burden of their
song was Il hope that the bride should
be kind and obedient, and that her
mother should not dominecr over the
bridegroom. There were Il dozen or
more bands. The drum was the pre-
dominating instrument and of all sizes.
Such a din and clatter ! never listened
to. There was apparently no attempt
at any air. The main thing was noise,
and it was made The procession was
going to the brides home, where all
were to he entertained and receive pres
ents. Then the bride was to be taken
to the groom's home, her friends ac-
companying her and singing.
Their song was wish that the groom
would be kind and would listen to the
advice of the mothcrin-law. At his
house presents were again to be given
-this time to the brides friends. The
little couple then saw each other and
were to be at1ectionate. One night she
stays at his home and then returns to
her own. They will then not see each
other again for six or more years, when
they will he old enough to be really
husband and wife This was simply
the betrothal marriage. If he die be-
fore they meet again she will be Il widow
and will be doomed to all the harlShips
and self-denials which make Hindoo
widowhoOd worse than death She can
never marry again. He, however, may
after their real marriage take several
more wives if he wishes. One of the
songs of her lady friends bear an invo-
cation that he would love her and not
take another wife to steal away his love
from this his first and real bride. Cur
ter HdITiSoH'S letters from Htdid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28
How to Tell an Engaged Man.

A solitaire is the correct thing to an
nounce an engagement with. The
stone, of course. can be any that the
purchaser, chooses, but the usual
choice is diamond.
"We can always tell when the ring
is for an engagement, said . jeweler
recently. "The purchaser looks we'll
at all we show him. He thinks care
fully just how much he' can afford to
spend and picks out one that to his
mind is perfect in every way. Soil
taires are mostly bought. Sometimes
we sell cluster rings having diamonds,
pearls, emeralds, rubies, but they
don't look half so attractive as the SOL
itaire. An opal ring surrounded by
small diamonds is very pretty, but
lovers have an aversion to this stone.
A ring containing first-class diamond
weighing one quarter of karat will
cost about 800, one weighing half a
karat will cost $50, and one weighing q
karat will cost 1925, and so on up to
81, 200. They are cut with broad
crown on the upper part and taper to
point below. The horizontal diane
ter of stone of a quarter karat
weight is about one-eighth of an inch.
The favorite settings now are very
plain and the ring is nothing but d
slender hoop of gold. "-Neao York
Mail and Express.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28
What Greed Does.

This country is the land of old-youna
men. Dyspepsia, paralysis and Bright,
disease stalk behind our Youngsters
our boys who are gray-haired at thirty
and ready to die or lose their grip al
fifty. Now, our European cousins have
a way of making haste slowly. They dc
not exhaust all their mental and physi.
cal capital in succession of mad leaps.
They believe in plodding, but they like
to take "a day off" occasionally, and
they are all the fresher and stronger foI
it, They don't know as much as we dc
about the laws of health, but they man.
age to enjoy life. 1t will not do to
sneer at the men and the ways of the
Old World. 1t would be wiser to imi.
tate them in some ways.-Atldnta Con-,
SHtUtioH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-28
Experiments undertaken by DR.

Experiments undertaken by DR.. g. f.
Fell, of Buffalo, to determine the feast
bility of inflicting the death penalty by
electricity establish the following points
l. That death produced by a sufficiently
powerful electric current Is the most
rapid and humane of that produced by
any agent at our command. 9. Tha,
resusciation after the passage of such a
current through the body and functional
centers of the brain is impossible. 8.
That the apparatus to be used should b,
arranged to permit the current to pas.
through the centers of function and in,
telligence in the brain,