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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-18
EleCtrOpOlse.

Why suffer with sickness or disease
when You can be 80 easily and quickly
cured without medicine by the use OF
the Elcctropoise. This is what Mrs.
Sallie Chaplin has to say about it:
:, Mrs; ,Sallie +. Chaplin, President of
Union of South Carolina, Charleston
). e., writing under date of January
~, lo9O, says: was truly glad to learn
that an Office had been opened in our
city for the sale of an instrument (tbe
Electropoise) about which / became so
enthusiastic few months ago that T
raShly went into print in an article de.
Scriblng its wonderful curative pro-
perues. did not imagine the trouble
was bringing upon myself, for not a
week has passed since that l have been
calied upon to give further testimony
ana tell more about it. 1 have friends
VINO, after suffering for years the most
eXcruclating pain, which the most
Skllltul physicians North and South
nad FAILED to relieve, have been cured
Dy the use of the Electropoise. 1t a
panacea for nervousness, brain fatigue,
and general debility. 1t only needs a
trial to convince the most skeptical
and when hear the testimo ony of the
lion. Wm. {. Sibley, OF Augusta, the
ley. l.. W Moore, ID. d., Of Florida,
and others, whom l personally know
ana VINO have been benefited, l feel it
d duty l owe suffering humanity to
say, try the Eectropoise
a 10 page book, describing treat
ment aid cot tanning testimonials from
all sections and for the cure of all dis
cases, mailed free on application, Ad-
dress,
ATLANTIC ELECTROPOISE co.,
ID King ST., Charleston. $. G..
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-18
v VEHICLES
AT COST.

Desiring to reduce our large stock we
WI sell number of "a" Buggies and
CarriaScs, full leather .op and open. jobs
riagcs, &c, being made by the Buckeye.
United States. Capital City, and Scioto
Cos, of Columbus, Ohio, and other ap.
proved manufa turers.
Columbus Buggies. Collins, Courtland
add Parry Carts and Il grade Buggies, as
well as Old Hickory Wagons, always in
stock.
Saw Mills Engines and Cotton Machin.
cry as usual.
We have in stock several small Second.
nand Edglnes OF from to 10 horse power,
in good order, which we will sell at yery
low 0gurcS.
w. II. GIBBES. JR., & CO.,
COLUMBIA s. @.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

How many side-splitting anecdotes
are stored away in the memories Of our
old volunteer veterans!
In the early part Of year 1868 some
three or four regiments were sent out
to construct small fort near Brent
wood, on the little Harpeth river, on
the road leading from Nashville to
Franklin, Tenn. When the fort
was completed it was garrsoned
by the Eighty-sixth Illinois. One Of the
companies Of this regiment had dap
per and exceedingly fussy little man
for Captain and very phlegmatic first
Lieutenant. Between this Captain and
Lieutenant a deadly cnmity existed. No
communications would pass between
them except as were strictly official.
The Lieutenant would not mess with
the Captain, but boarded with the
sutlcr. The sutlcr had pitched his camp
just outside the abatis that surrounded
the fort, where the Lieutenant boarded
and lodged. The fort guards we're sta
toned upon their beats just within the
abatis.
One day this Captain was officer Of the
day, and whether with intent TO have
his phlegmatic Lieutenant wakened
upor not ! cannot say but ne instructed
the guard If any officer passed the
guard without saluting, to shoot him
on the spot. That morning the Lieuten-
ant was slowly proceeding, with his
head down, from his lodgings to visit
his company, and passed by the guard
without saluting him.
Halt" said the guard.
The Lieutenant looked up, in seeming
surprise, and seeing the command was
addressed to him said:
well, what do you want?"
The guard answered:
THE officer Of the day has given the
guard orders to shoot any officer who
passes without saluting."
"Who is your officer Of the day?" in
quired the Lieutenant.
Capt. H." replied the guard.
The Lieutenant, deliberately pulling
his coat open and barring his breast,
said:
Now, you have your orders, by,
shoot met
The guard quietly turned upon his
heel and resumed his beat. I, who was
just then approaching, and had seen
and heard 1t all, said:
"Why Lieutenant, that was very
rash act of yours; not very soldier has
as much good sense as that fellow has.
There are many Of them, under the cir.
cumstances, who would have obeyed
yours and the Captains commands, and
you would now be dead man"
well, / wish he had, =" said the Lieu.
tenant: then that -- fool, Capt.
H, would be court-martialed and
punished for the crime, and the service
would be rid of him"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
Easing His Conscience.

Old soldiers are full of foraging
stories, but Mr. Watkins, in his John
ny Reb the Private, relates one of a
peculiar character With several COM
panions he had made raid upon a
farmhouse in which lived an old woman
and sick daughter. The mistress Of
the house treated the soldiers kindly,
but they had come in search of proven
der, and provender they meant to have.
So they drove off her only pig, killed
it, and carried it back to camp.
| had guilty conscience, l assure
you. The hog was cooked but could
not eat a morsel of it. | think it would
have choked me.
Shortly afterward my father sent me
a silver watch and some Confederate
money. | could not rest. took 500,
and went alone To the old lady's house
Madam, said /, some soldiers
We're here a short time ago, and took
your hcg. was one Of the party, and
! wish 70 pay you for it. What was it
WORTH"
why, sir" she answered, money
is Of no value to me; | cannot buy
anything that need; would much
rather have the hog.
but that is impossible, madam;
the hog is dead and eaten, and have
come to pay you for il.
The old lady's eyes filed with tears.
She declared that She was perfectly
willing t. give the soldiers everything
she had. Ii the hog had done us any
good, she could not charge anything
for 1t.
We'll. madam" says /, here Is a
hundred-dollar bill, new issue WIN
this pay You for the hog?''
She drew herself up to her full height
and her checks flushed. Il do not
want your money. | should feel that
it was blood money.
1t was useless for me to urge the mat.
! ter. helped her TO catch a chicken
an old hen, about the last one she had
for dinner, went into the garden and
pulled bunch Of eschalots, brought
two buckets 81 water and cut and
brought wood enough to last for sew
eral days.
/ She invited me to stay for dinner, and
afterward | sat down ~ her side, tooE
her old hand in mine, and told her the
whole story Of the hog: how sorry
was, and how ! could not eat any Of thu
pork. Then I begged her as a specia
kindness, To take the hundred dollars
and so to ease my conscience. laiC
4 the bill on the table and went away.
have never in my life made a raid upor
| anybody else.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
FACTS AND FANclEs.

In Canada four sons II uup family mar.
ricd four daughters 10 another On thr sans
dny
II your unclc's sister II not vorr aunt
what relation Is she 70 yout" She il your
mother
a gnurd with a natural handle fvo foot
long is a curiosity which Samuel Holt uf
TuruiptOwu, Ga, Is proud Of
a smallpox patient who didn't wnnt 10
80 70 tho hospital was chased through tho
streets Of Newark, y. j. aud finally cap.
turcd
Chinese goIdminers in California do not
talk at their work, Rs they consider IL Nm
lucky, and for tho same reason they do
not like To- be addressed rs visitors
New York real estate agents have great
difficulty IN renting buildings snid 10 be
haunted II Is estimated that there are
It least thirty Of thsso houses now vacant
The lntest and most gigantic hunting
story comes from Caithness. Scotland
where It Is said, lad Of fl performed the
extraordinary feat Of killing two stnrs
with one shot
John Miscall, who ~ ono Of tho bend
bakers in Norfolk, Na, was lately nade
the proud pOssessor Of the ninth consartt.
two pnir Of healthy and strong twins, a
boy and girl Mrs Mtscnll has never
given birth TO ono child at time.
a French journal announces a cure for
obesity. This is never 10 eat more thnn
one dish ut each meal, no matter what tho
dish mny be- and person may consume
n sufficient quantity to fully satisfy tho
aipTStite No condiments, soups, or
desserts are to DO allowed.
a ghost has driven the workmen from
the 100 foot.level Of the Anaconda coppoI
mine ut Butte, Mont They declare that
the ghost which IS former foreman OF
the mine, perchos itself on the timbers n
tao slopes and gives orders MS to the tnnn.
ner in which the work should 10 per.
formed
" NJ. Park, of Foxcroft Mo. shot \
buck and doc with one discharge Of nj,
gun recently, while hunting nenr tbat
town He did not 500 the doe when i,
hred, but when he went 70 secure IN,
buck which he had hit no was anrpriseJ /,
ma doe by his side His gun was loade,
y Win heavy charge OF buckshot.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
CATCHING SUCKERS.
Furnishing A,nuts a. ,ut ror some ani
Disgust ior q her.

Furnishing A,nu'en'us roT some ani
Disgust t"r o hsr"
With my own four eyes | saw il rs
plain a, day.
The bOy picked up a stone rs big as
Ills list aud dashed II into the eye Of
Bis companion who stood not three
feet away straight Into ths eye. then
il aropn "A with q sickeutug thud upon
the pavement. The little fellow
screamed with anguish. c!apping his
hand over Ills wounded eye, which |
felt had certainly bgeu put out by that
cowurdlg act.
ssizcd inc little ruttinn By the c1l-
TAR anu shook htm turioa,ly PROMISE
yna fg- thg INST was s1 dnsgardfy thAt
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

the stock association to aid in paying
the inspectors.
So perfect has the system become
that it Is no unusual thing for a man
in Western Nebraska to look over his
brand books aud write TO some one IN
Central Wyoming that one Of his
.,horned critters has wandered east
into the Nebraska range.
The result is 4 bin Of saio 70 the
Eastern man. aud the steer goes to
Chicago with the rest OF his cattle
But without this bill Of sale the ami
NAL would be picked out u the herd
ia Omaha or Chicago and held for IN.
vestigation ut the expense Of the
shipper
You can abuse a Western man In
tho papers. haul him owes the Goals II
he runs for Office go into tho ranch
ana sleep III his bsd ana eat his grub
when he is away from home. and II Is
ali right But II any one Is in search
OF an easy aud quick way To commit
suicide just 80 West young man. aud
monkey with cattle,braud.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
Drumhead Court-ararsiai.

We had crossed the river To hunt for
Lee and give him battle in the wilder
ness. Darkness was just settling down,
and the advance had halted for the
night, when a squad of cavalry brought
in young man from our front. He
wore mixed uniform, as did most OF
the Confederates at that day, or as did
most Of those belonging to the partisan
commands. He had on blue trousers,
butternat jacket and hat that be-
longed to either side. They said he was
spy. They said it carelessly enough,
but there was an awful significance in
the term at that hour. In camp he
would have been searched, interrO-
gated and imprisoned. 1t might have
been weeks before his trial, and he
would have been allowed every chance
for his life.
We were on the march. There had
been fighting. There would be more
tomorrow. That meant a drum-head
trial for the spy.
How speedily everything was ar
ranged. | was at headquarters and
saw and heard it all. Within half an
hour court martial was convened
! grave-faced officers who looked into
the face Of the young man at first with
interest-then with something like adj
miration. ! said young man. was
wrong. He was boy Of II or Is. He
i had big blue eyes, chestnut curls, and
| his cheeks were as smooth as girls.
/ He was handsome lad, and l believe
L &1,,t tr,4 he fa1f 20 nit ~
\ him
| What's your name?'
| James Blank
what regiment?'
No reply.
Are you a citizen or soldier?"
No reply.
Can you make any defense to the
charge Of being a spy?"
No reply.
The officers looked at each other and
nodded. and the President waved his
hand. 1t didn't seem minute before
file OF soldiers came. The face Of the
boy grew white, but he moved like one
in dream. His big blue eyes looked
upon one after another, as if searching
for friend, and my heart yearned to
cry out that he was only boy and
ought to be given more time.
Tramp. Tramp! Tramp
1t was the detail marching him of
into the darkness.
Halt. Tie this handkerchief over his
eyes"
They had brought lantern BY its
light | saw the big blue eyes for the
last time as they looked around in a
dazed way. ! wanted to shout to the
boy and warn him that it was not even
yet too late to prove that he was not
what they believed him to be, but the
grimness of the scene parched my
tongue.
''Place him there! Fall back! Atten.
ton. Ready aim-fre"'
Ten minutes later the officer in
charge Of the firing party touched his
cap and reported:
"Ordcrs have been executed, sir!''
"Any further eyidence?'
"No, sir; except that she was young
woman"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

ernment giving precise details AZ -
the acreage under crop. the quantitv -
seed used, and the amour: N $50
harvested, The replies OF some sSoS
over 40 bushels pcr acre, but thls <
exceptional, There are many over IA
and great number have aveFaee5
3d % wheat, with heavy Yields ~ ~
and barley The truth appears IA i.
and the New York san explained Nv
reason, that the soil ~ Manitoba M
the adjacent provinces Is exeeptionsHy
rich and specially adapted a. mixed
farming bg eAsgn q Is aIap, bllity "a
wheat, and tfom the r.eA graasss ihat
grow 70 lu&uraatly Ehroaphogt
the country. And the authorities y
these provinces have acted wisely a
offering their land free Is those who
choose 10 settle On IL, f1r the sReasufes
they have adopted g9r assisting rev.
corners, and ia making no d.ssineiEaa
between Canadians and other people.
Tbs railways, too, ~ giving purchaser
Of land free ticket westward. have
shown an appreciation ~ the sisaStloh.
The spring WILL see many asallins
themselves ~ the chance offered shss.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02


ers will not know, The color-guard
is small body of picked men, Ser
geant and Corporals chiefly, who are
stationed ON each side of and behind
the Color-Sergeant. The color-guasd
never leaves the flag in action, and
never does any fighting until the last
reserves are called upon. Their bust
ness is to stand by the dag ana prevent
it from falling into the hands of the
enemy.
Aboal ship one of the things that
used to be done in the good old days
of wooden frigates was to nail the
colors to the mast. Hauling down the
colors in naval fight is the sign of
surrender. When they are nailed to
the mast they cannot be hauled down;
the mast must be shot away or the
vessel sunk before the colors can DO
lowered.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

THE daily destruction Of human
life by transportation companies grows
more and more appalling. Their lob
bies at legislative capitals have sue
ceeded in reducing their responsibility
to minimum where death occurs,
and their jury packers manage to
battle justice in. trial courts where
actions for damages are determined
oitener by corrupt than BY honest
arguments. No way has yet been
found to make officers Of transporta-
ton companies criminaIly responsible
for the slaughter for which their
parsimony or Incompetence or both,
are morally responsible. Grand iuries
do not indict Coroner's iuries often
bring IN yerdicts for the express pur-
pose of preventing action by grand
juries.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

The warning thnt has boon soiuieI
against turning tho leaves % books
with wet hugort for fear 81 microbes.
was bascd On Investigations ~ tho
authorities among tho circulating
libraries ai Dresden, % determine
whether they were medium TOT Tho
communication 81 Infectious discusses
Noticd leaves 81 books wgra rubbed
first with dry fingers aud then with
wet ones and tho result microscopic
ally examined No microbes. or few.
were found % the dry finger. but
many On the wet finger
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
GOING IN THE SPRING

The cultiyators OF what IN. \
York sun calls the stunted graln. s Ssw
Of the East will bear with mivaa ,ueias
lngs the reports OF the yield M, ise9'
been gathered from the farms mas
Northwest. Far seeing men " NE
time ago, predicted that which =. song
see happening in the count,.y Z" ,,o low
west OF Lake Superior. The Weld Nv NJ
year mas been good In ms 'nss
places in the western part Of thu,
tinent, but amongst the Ias son'
returns reported are some from M ~
toba and the Saskatchewan ' n
their own signatures number ~ ~.
mers have answered questions mn !.
them by circular from the local nv.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

THE Boston girl on the Smoky
Mountains would find no difficulty in
conversing with the mountaineers
while she might be somewhat at a loss
to know what the young Missourian,
even meant should he say to her, Il
reckon l see you safe. As a matter
OF fact he meant the same as her own
best young man when he asked, May
/ have the pleasure Of seeing you
home?" But an occasional phrase OF
that kind is not patois. and one
might understand them all without
being entitled to the honorable dis
tinction Of having point in common
with Tennyson, Of whom Arnold says,
He is master of the dialects and
patois OF his mother tongue. II
might be an important and it GER
tainly would be an interesting thing
to make complete collection Of our
idioms and patois. Studied in the
light of such provincialisms, the in
tellectual development of America
might come out in unexpected bold
ness of relief.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

PoLlTENEss is the most amiable and
the least costly of the little virtues. 1t
need not be, indeed it ought not be.
a sham form in the Turveydrop fash
ion nor a grave code after Chester
field. A few woros Of simple truth
kindly uttered. cheerful willingness
to recognize in small things as in
great the rights Of others will be all
sufficient. The lesson. however is
one OF difficulty for professional hus-
tiers.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

THERE is not and there can never be
a fixed standard Of orthoepy. A Ian
guage must undergo continual change,
much of it so gradual and so slight as
to be unobserved. But the change is
actual 1t is not progress; it is not
movement subject to direction. 1t IS
spontaneous largely involuntary, and
must be influenced from time TO time
by causes whose origin are as obscure
as their vitality is powerful. Uucon-
scious as a people are of this altera-
ton in their tongue, the alteration is
material II is difficult for the aver
age intelligence of to-day to read
Chaucer in Chaucer's spelling Chau-
Ger was not even self-consistent; the
same word will be found differently
spelled in single poem. Variation
in spelling made variation in pronun-
citation inevItable; and although
greater uniformity now prevails in or
biography than that peculiar to gen
erations that were not ruled by
printers as we are, variation in pro-
nunciation is as general as at any
earlier period.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
Cen. sherman and the Color-Guard.

Gen. Sherman and the Color-G uard.
No doubt most boys and girls have
met with the words serving the flag;
but dare say that few Of them know
how literally the phrase expresses the
sentiments Of Army and Navy officers.
They do not talk much about it usu-
ally; but they have, away down in their
hearts, a deep generation for their
country's colors; and they do what they
can to impress the feeling on the men
who serve under them.
read in newspaper not long ago
an interesting anecdote of that SPLEEN
did old soldier and gentleman, Gen.
Sherman.
An officer at West Point told the
newspaper correspondent that when he
was a cadet Gen. Sherman visited the
post, and, Of course, reviewed the bat
talon. II was in the color-guard, !"
said the officer, land when the Gen
eral, passing down the line, came to
the flag, he uncovered his head, bowed
low, and his face bore an expression Of
deepest reverence. This act Of venera-
tion by the stern old soldier taught us
cadets lesson that we can never for
get"
Boys who have attended military
schools will know what the color-guard
IL; but perhaps some Of my young read
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

The beautiful and stimulating effect
of manly and womanly grace upon
pupils is too often ignored. Teachers
are selected who are acquainted with
the roots Of Greek verbs, the forms OF
Latin nouns and the principles OF
higher mathematics Desirable as
these qualifications are, gentleness OF
manner, unruftled tones and sympa-
thetic bearing are OF no less import
ance. The hold which a teacher has
upon pupils is determined far more by
these so-called non-essentials than
either teacher or pupil is aware.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

If we take people as we find them.
welcoming all their good points and
passing over the others, and being
kind and generous to all we shall
come much nearer to the truth about
them than if we labor to make a criti-
cal analysis Of minds and hearts OF
which We can see only few frag.
meuts.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02
PERCY JONES. Publisher

BE very eircumspect in the choice
OF thy company. In the society Of
thine equals thou shalt enjoy more
pleasure; in the society of thy supe.
rlors thou shalt find more profit To
be the best in the company is the way
to grow worst; the best means to grow
better is to be the worst there.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

{ THERE is good society wherever
honest, well meaning wholesome PEG.
pie meet whether it be East or West
North or South. Where others meet.
no matter in what place, nor in what
name, nor by whose consent there is
shoddy; the fabric will not wear.
And who is deceived thereby is not
wise
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

The bills Rpprop-latiag $3.50 90
each for g0verHmsn, bulldogs al Nor
folk aad Hastings have passed ne
senate.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

LI9tDH tsp T0n4Eeo tab.s positively
caSrl b. MAGIC CHLORIDE uF6ULD.a
All arusEtsis pgtee, e.. Es4s Hssss 4
Co., UIaahA, Seh, Wholesale AgrHsA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

Necessity ku0us 40 az and . rsns;aliy
100 poor 70 hire = gtnyrE
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-04-02

To bs ~ ths ,lfns foe! * 90 issilsg q
. rpar way 70 ssay religious