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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
VENETIAN LIFE.
Tho Poetlcal City Described as tho Mos
RehutIful OF TomhA

Tho Poetical City Described as tho Most
Beautiful OF Tombs.
Venetian life, in the large old sense,
has long since come to an end. and the
essential present character of the most
melancholy of cities resides simply in
It's being the most beautiful of tombs.
writes Henry James in Scribner. No.
where else has the past been laid to
rest with such tenderness, such a sad.
ness OF resignation and remembrance.
Nowhere else is the present so alien,
so discontinuous, SO like crowd in q
cemetery without garlands for the
graves. 1t has no flowers in it's hands,
bnt as compensation, perhaps-and
the thing is doubtless more to the point
it has money and little red books.
The everlasting shuttle in the piazza of
these irresponsible visitors is contempo-
rary Venetian life. Everything else is
only reverberation Of that.
The vast mausoleum has a turnstile
at the door, and functionary in a
shabby uniform lets you in, as per tar
iff, to see how dead it is. From this
cold curiosity proceed all the industry,
the prosperity, the vitality of the place.
The shopkeepers and gondoliers, the
beggars and the models, depend upon it
for living; they are the custodians
and the nshers Of the great museum
they are even themselves to a certain
extent the objects Of exhibition.
1t is In the wide vestibule OF the
square that the polyglot pilgrims gather
most densely; Piazza San Marco is like
the lobby Of the opera in the intervals
of the performances
The present fortune Of Venice. the
lamentable difference, is most easily
measured there, and that is why, in the
effort to resist our pessimism, we must
turn away both from the purchasers
and from the venders of ricordi,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Placing of Our Bonds.

CHARLESTON, S. &. Jan. .lO.-A syn.
dlcate formed in New York by Messrs.
II. A. Lancaster 81 Co., under contract
with the Governor and State Treasurer,
has placed large bl ock of new a per
cent. refunding bonds of the State OF
South Carolina, issued for the redemp.
ton of Brown consols, which fall due
July Let, 1893, and will. In short tim o,
offer for sale the balance Of the author.
lied issue. These are the bonds the is-
sue of which was provided for by the
Legislature which has just adjom ned.
1t is understood that Calden Rhindiff of
Augusta, was effective In etfecLing this
negotiation.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Yankee Notions In Spain,

An American traveller in Spain says
that Yankee notions and the ingenious
little inventions sold by our street ped
dlers are appreciated there. While
walking in Malaga he saw women shy
ing across the street to get away from
something. Making haste to ascertain
the cause, he saw a man with a string
tied to tiny mouse, which sought in
vain to get away from it's tormentor as
it glided over the walk. He repeatedly
jcrked it back, however, and the tour
ist was shocked until he heard the man
calling out: "Raton mecanico Amer
icano" (American mechanical mouse. J
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Old-Time Postage Itatea.

An old almanac for 1918 gives the fol-
lowing as the rates of postage prevail
ing Mt that time: For every single let
ter by land, for 40 miles, 8 cents; 90
miles, 10 cents; $50 miles, 12k cents; 800
miles, II cents; 500 miles, 25 cents. No
allowance to be made for intermediate
miles. Every double letter is to nav
double the said rates; every triple let
ter, triple; every packet weighing one
ounce at the rate Of four single letters
each ounce. Every ship letter orig
inally received at an Office for deliverv
cents Magazines and pamphlets, not
over so miles, cent per sheet; over so
miles and not exceeding 100 do, ~
eants per sheet; over 100 miles, . cents
nor sheetn
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Pianos and Organs,

Where to buy Pianos and Organs
representing the worlds greatest ma
kers. Stenway 81 Sons Planes, Ma
thushek Pianos, Mason & Hamlin ri
amos, Sterlin Pianos, Mason and Ham
lin Organs, Sterling Organs. Lowest
prices always. Easiest terms possible.
All freight paid. Complete outfit free.
1--WE years guarantee. One price to
all. S4uare dealing, Money saved.
We do not ask big prices as many
dealers do. and then come down. Our
motto One price to all and that the
lowest. We ship on fifteen days trial
to any depot and pay freight both
ways If not satisfactory. Write for
illustrated catalogue. N. w. Trump,
Columbia. s. G..
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
COLLEGES.
CARRYING OUT THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.

Eorm"lity Of sting tho Electoral Votes
for Presidential CANDIDATES Gone ThruKh
With In All tho States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Presidentlal
electors met today 10 all the States and
discharged their duty as required by law
without special incident, so far as heard
from. Washington cast votes for
Harrison; Arkansas, 8 for Cleveland;
Iowa, l3 for Harrison; Wisconsin, l2
for Cleveland; North Dakota, l each for
Harrison, Cleveland and Weaver; Idaho.
for Weaver; Missouri, solid for Cleve
land; Colorado, solid for Weaver; Texas,
l3 tor Cleveland; South Dakota, 4 for
Harrison; Woyming, 3 for Harrison;
Nevada, solid for Weaver. [The bal
lots were solid silver cards, 2x3 inche g
on which were engraved the names OF
weaver and Field. Cali ornia, 8 for
Cleveland and for Harrison; Penhsyl-
yanla, sol'd TOR Harrison; Delaware, 3
Tor Cleveland; Maryland, for Cleve-
Sand; Come :ticut, 6 for Cleyeiand;
etana, for Harrison; Oregon, 3 for
4rrison and l for Weaver; Nebraska.
Old tor HARRISON; Michigan, Harrison
P9, Cleveland S. This ls the first time
that Democratic Presidential candi-
date he's received an electoral votesfrom
Michigan.] Tennessee e, solid Tor Cleve-
land; New Hampshire, solid for Harri-
sou; Illinois, solid for Cleveland-the
first vote for a Democratic President in
nearly forty years. Vermont, Name,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, solid
tor Harrison; Indiana, solid for Cleve-
land; Minnesota. 9 for Harrison; West
Virginia. for Clevelad; New Jersey,
10 Tor Cleveland. The totol vote is as
follows Celevand 81, Harrison las and
Weaver %.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Give Us Good Roads.

COLUMBIA, Jan. 11.-Governor Till.
man has decided to take hand in the
National Road Convention, and has re-
quested Secretary Reid, of the State AL.
llance, to suggest ,Onc good active AL
lance men to take part In the move
ment. For the present at least he is not
going to DO any thing specially in the
State. He will doubtless wait ana see
the result OF the rational movement
and IT that results in naught he will
then see what can be done in this State.
AS a matter Of fact Governor Tillman
has been so very busy that he has not
had the time to think about the matt er,
and he does not want to do anything
until he has thoroughly matured plans.
lhe present and his request for names
TO appoint aS delegates were precipita
ted by the following correspondence:
REIDNILLE, January 9, 1893
His EXcellency, Governor Tlllman-
Dear Sir: | have been in corrtspnp.
dence with Gen. Roy Stone, OF New
1 ork, to whom | was referred by Gov
ernor Levi X. Fuller, Of Vermont.
send you letter recently received
from Gen. Stone. My plan to which he
refers, Is to send circulars to every Al.
lance in the State and to all the State
and County Alliance officers to enable
them to gain information Oh the sub,
1ect and to begin the organization at
once.
MY directory contains about a thous.
and names of prominent farmers in all
parts Of the State. Consequently by
sending out circulars it would scatter
them we'll. He has sent the circ.n.iars |
wrote for. l will .G1G to Washington if
( am able to, get out ard make the trip
yours respectfully,
j. w. Reid. Sec. +. =. a. of :. &.
Following Is the accompanying let.
ter:
NEW YORK, Decemper 90, 1892
J. w. Reid, Secretary Farmers ALI
ance-Dear Sir: | have sent you the
literature requested and should be
pleased to hear from you when the same
Is received. The executive committee
think your plan of action admirable.
BE good enough to let us know If we
can support you further.
Governor Tillman has accepted the
position of vice president for the State,
but has not vet named the State direc-
tors, under Article of the constitution
page Az, of the pamphlet sent you. Win
you kindly communicate with him, and
please indicate that 1t wOul0 be very
agreeable to have you named as one or
the directors of the State?
Would you be able to come to Wash
ing to attend the general board meeting
on January II? Very truly yours,
Roy Stone, General Vice President.
The reply OF Governor Tillman reads:
Replying to your letter of yesterday
Governor Gilman directs me to say
that he will be glad to receive sugges,
tions of live and active men all over
the State to be appointed vice presi-
dents Of the National League for Good
OF Roads and would be glad to appoint
you one of the directors Of this State.
Very respectfully, ID. II. Tompkins.
Private Secretary.
The work of the Alliance road direc-
tors will be watched with genuine inter
est, and they can do much good in this
State. The directors might, besides
representing the State, take charge of
the orgar iZation Tor South Carolina.
News and Courier
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Duel to tho Death.

DENIsoN, Texas. Jan. 5.--James and
Will Nevins and Jack Langdon, all cow
boys had a fight with Winchesters and
six-shooters at "Three Heart Ranch,
In the Choctaw Nation, yesterday. viii
Nevins and Langdon were killed and
James Nevins fatally wounded. The
Nevins boys and Langdon worked on
different ranches. The former were
charged with stealing u maverick, and
fight on horseback began. The first
shot killed Will Nevins. and a sharp
duel between James Nevins and Lang.
don followed. The latter was killed at
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19
Ton Dave without Food.

ST. PETERsBURG, Jan. TEN DAYS
ago mine on the line of the Lonete7
Railway was flooded. The miners fled
and all reached the surface In safety ex.
cept eight men, who it was supposed
had been dI dIowned in the workings. The
pumps we're keep going night and day
and to-day party of 10 iners went down
to recover the bodies Of their comrades
The imprisoned men we're still alive
but bed their rescue been delayed only
few hours they would certainly have
died from starvation. For the entire
ten days they had been without NOR.
sci of food and they we're 80 weak that
they could hardly speak. The phyis.
clans state that with extreme care the
eight men viii probably recover.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 5.-At At
talla. shortly after midnight last night
the Queen and Crescent southbound linz
tied express wss wrecked, every car
exccSiric ciie rear sleeper leaving the
track. The passengers were badly
shaken up, but no one seriously hurt,
as the train was slowing up for the sta.
tlon when the mishap occurred. Some
malicious person had wrapped a 100
chain about the track for the prrpose
of wreckiDg the train, and the won
der is that nobody was killed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-19

The attempt Of the Republicans to
eteal the State Of Wyoming failed at
every point. The official majority for
Osborne, Demu cratic candidate for Gov
ernor, ls 1871, and the Legislature will
be Democratic by three majority, which
insures the Senator.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
But Little to CaDture,

There is fear expressed in some quarters
that the republicans "haye captured the
Ledger.-Ledger.
Nay, verily-there was not the
slightest semblance of fear on tina.
score, either expressed or implied. In
proof whereof the JOURNAL will quote {:
If the republicans have captured the Ledger,
their inroads upon the democratic party for
editors are increasing at rate of protection
that is high.-JoURNAL.
The genius who can find spark of
fear IN that contingency ought to be
commissioned to discover "the man
who struck William Patterson"
The Ledger says again
1t is evident that if the Wilson bill is pass
ed and coal is on the free list the republicans
will capture almost everything around these
parts. And it will not be hard job, either.
Really, they haven't much to get.
The magistrates, election judgeships
and registration officers are all that
are out Of reach They have the
whole county outfit anyhow, and if
they owned the public school system,
root and branch, it could not more
surely play into their hands.
Free coal or not, they have cinch
on the county plums.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
How it Works,

The Cumberland Ne,os enters a vail
in behalf of the tin-plate manufac.
turer. 1t says:
The difference in favor of the foreign man.
ufacturer will be nearly ST. per ton instead
of Sl.50. This is considerable difference
and it will compel reduction of the wages
of tin workers at least so per cent, compared
with present rates.
Hon. Thomas L. Bunting, president
of the Tin-Plate Consumers associa-
ton, said in Congress last year that
five million boxes is the average
amount of tin consumed in this
country.
To tin, wash, grease, rub and dust
this amount requires, a: most, the labor
of 800 men.
Yet. to protect these 1000 men
and their $400 a year, tax of twelge
millions Of dollars is levied on the people
of the country.
1t is such monstrosities as this that
hurt coal. Multitudes of people at a
distance cannot disassociate one du-
table article from another, and when
the tin fraud appeals with cyclopean
emphasis to their sense of justice they
become ready to sink the whole boat
coal and ALL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
CORRESPONDENTS.
They Want to Know


FRosrBURG, MD., Dec. ~, 1893.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
A few friends, republicans and dem
ocrats, join in a request for informa-
ton as to who is meant in the follow
ing paragraph from the Ledger:
One thing is evident-that in many re-
spects the people made no mistake in electng
a board Of county commissioners. What a
de!iverance that at least one man was kept
out of position that he could not fill-much
less adorn.
Republicans think it refers to our
respected fellow citizen, Mr.. Conrad
Lapp, but democrats believe that our
successful business man, Mr.. Joseph
Bear, is meant.
Please inform us which is right, as a
slight wager is made upon your
answer.
Before concluding this letter we
want to say that if Mr.. Lapp is meant,
we want to remind the Ledger that the
ticket which supported Mr.. Lapp at
the primary was overwhelmingly elect
ed; if Mr.. Bear was meant, it is I'M
fair to assume that his faithful atten-
ton to the private business Of absent
parties is an evidence of his untitness
to transact public business for the
people. INQUIRERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
No Sinking Here

Is the JOURNAL with the miners the coal
operators and the people in their opposi ton
to repeal, or even reduction, of the tariff
on coal? Come, old soldier, wheel into line.
You fought losing battle bravely enough on
one other occasion long ago, and you can af-
ford to fight anOther.-Cumberlan NewS.
Down deep in its ace of hearts the
Ne,cs knows the JOURNAL is intensely
in favor of all the protection coal can
get.
More than any other paper in this
county 1t has shown why miners
deserce more protection than any other
workingmen.
More than any paper in this county
it has shown that the employing in
terests of this region have peculiarly
stlong claims to legislative favor in
that they have abused no trust con-
fided to them by the tariff, but have
continuously, uniformly and honestly
transmitted to the miners all the pro-
lection the law provides.
Hence, because the JOURNAL differs
with the Neaos as to the manner of our
going into court, is it not little late
to impeach its sincerity, its earnest
ness, its courage?
No one who reads the great paper dis
cernedly can fail to observe that its heart is
not in the contention that it endeavors to
maintain. Throw the whole contemplate
load from your shoulders and take up the
fight of the people with your old time vigor,
fearlessness and ability. Don't attempt to
excuse that which you cannot defend. There
is hot work ahead for the JOURNAL and the
Ne~S, and in this fight the opposition is well
come to the remainder of the county press
The JOURNAL still contends that if
we go to Washington with blood in
our eyes and politics in our sleeves,
New England's different methods will
lay us out stiff, stark and cold as a
frozen streak of last years series of
aurora borealis.
Hence, on a business platform of pro-
cedure the JOURNAL is with the News,
meanwhile thanking it for its COM
pliments.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
The Change of Base.

That the JOURNALS plan of discuss
ing coal protection must be pretty
nearly the correct one is indicated by
the fact that both the very able and
highly esteemed organs Of Cumber-
land differ with it.
Readers of the JOURNAL know where
the Neaos stands, but the Times, appa-
rently not foreseeing that the subject
was one of vital Importance, has just
awakened to the fact that coal is really
involved in a snap. Then, as though
the JOURNAL had not been discussing
the matter at all, it takes the lead and
invites the JOURNAL to "help" it.
Passing by its crawfish out of its
West Virginian railroad "transporta-
ton" scheme of several years ago, it
now proposes to cure the consequences
of free coal by some vague re-adjust-
ment of transportation" and goes to
the length of saying:
that the man who says this coal question
won't be, after while, one of transportation
is jibbering idiot who should be interviewed
by DR.. Garner, Of gorilla talk fame.
The long and short of that ultimatum
is-a transfer of our contentious with
New England to a fight among our
selves.
We will have to admit at last that
New England is entirely right in going
from home for fuel if our miners will
not dig and our railroads carry it
cheaper.
We will be compelled at last to
abandon our lncontestable and in
estimable claims that coal is not raw
material and that it thus has an insepa-
rable right to incidental protection.
Worse than all, we will haye to con-
fess that, after all, we are standing
by" New England in the most practical,
substantial way, especially when that
section coolly informs us to "stand
and deliver, or we will go to Nova
Scotia for our fuel !"
AS long as our fight was with New
England, Notwithstanding our un-
fortunate pledge to ''stand by that
section, there was room for hope that
the miner will lose nothing.
But if it has come to battle with
home Transportation" the railroads,
like the miners, will not want to lose
all that it costs to "stand by" New
England.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
A Terrific DelusiOn.

In an account of a banquet in Cum
berland the Neos says:
Free coal, free wool and other free tariff
issues were denounced by the majority of
those present.
That ma orlty' evidently did not
know that they had paid the New Eng
land manufacturer "a cents profit on
every 80 cents worth of wool they had
on their backs.
Nor did they know that the raw
materials in every 50 cents worth of
wool on their backs cost only 7 cents.
Nor that while the wool grower got
Z cents the weaver got only 4.
And that out of these paltry figures
the grower had to pay his sales COM
missions and the weaver the freight.
Every one of the minority present
ought to have prayed for the tariff
shouters as the martyred Stephen for
the stone throwers-
Father, forgive them-they know not what
they do.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
COUNTY NEWS.
The County's Business.

The County's Business.
The commissioners have gone to
work in earnest.
Monday the following orders were
passed
Ordered, This 18th day of December, 1898,
by the board of Allegany county comlnis-
soners, that the attorney of the board be in
structed to Immediately bring suit against all
delinquent tax collectors and their bondsmen
for taxes levied prior to the levy of June,
1892
Ordered, That the attorney be instructed to
bring suit at the April term of court against
the tax collectors for all taxes LEVIED in 1892
Ordered, That no insolvencies be allowed
on taxes levied in 1893 after June |, 1894, un'
ess collector can show that suit has been
brought to collect prior to that date.
DR.. J. NJ. Spear, of Cumberland, was
elected physician of almshouse and
asylum.
Hours of meeting hereafter will be
from 9 a. m. to - m. and l:15 to $3.50
p. NJ.
Tuesday the following orders were
adopted:
Ordered, That the salary of the county
treasurer be fixed at $3.50 per year.
ordered, That the salary of the county
physician be fixed at $500 and without any
extra compensation.
The bond of A. \. Doub. treasurer,
in the sum of 800, 900 was approved.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
LATEST NEWS.
Tariff on Coal.

The JOURNAL last week named 16s pc,
cent. od calorem as a reduced figure this
region could stand.
1t is thought in better informed
circles that we should ask for 20 pei,
cent.
The JOURNAL gladly accepts the
amendment.
Fellow-citizens, if we go in to win
party capital as well as the retention
Of any duty, we will fail altogether.
We must make a business compaign
for a business object
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16

a Kansas community of farmers
were about to begin a series of "mon-
ster mass meetings" against the reduc-
ton of the tariff on hay.
They said that "a reduction from
the Mckinley figure to the ante-Mc-
kinley figure would cause pestilence
and ruin
But somebody came along and
showed them two things
], That the importation of hay was
almost exactly the same under the
Mckinley Act as before, and
., That the tonnage imported was
only about one-450th part of the whole
consumption.
The farmers are now about to tender
IA vote of thanks to the man who
saved them from becoming a laugh,
ing stock"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
PUBLICATIONS.
SDeciaI Notice,

Our enterprising contemporary, the Balti-
more Ne~s, has fixed up a scheme which
should help many a shallow pocket out on
Christmas gifts. 1t publishes list of $50
standard cloth-bound novels which it has on
hand to give to its patrons under certain con.
ditions. In these conditions country sub
scribers have been taken under special notice.
The holder of five coupons cut from the daily
edition of the Ne'rS, or one coupon from the
Sunday Nems is, on payment Of 20 cents, en-
titled to choice of these volumes. The one
coupon from the Sunday NemS edition is in
tended especially for the convenience of
patrons in the counties, many of whom are
probably unable to secure the daily edition
of the NewS. Should the books be ordered by
mail, 10 cents extra for postage, etc, is re-
guired, making 80 cents in all for what is
really handsome book.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-16
is must be Il misprint.
Good News for New EnoIand

The output of coal from this region is
3,03s,3 76 tons to date. This is an increase of
3l5,023 tons. The shipments to the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad for this period show a
decrease of 1854 tons; to the Pennsylvania
railroad they show an increase of 32l 1854 tons.
This is an instructive exhibit. We commend
it to the attention of the Frostburg JOURNAL.
Cumberland Times
The Times should commend it to the
high-protection free-coal papers of
New England.
1t is grlst that is welcome at their
mills.