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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11
SALT IN wINN PARISH
Conditions Ripe Now for the
Building of a Paying In
dustry here.

The fact that salt exists in
Winn parish has been known in
almost every section of the South
since the civil war, but the
knowledge of its existence has
not stimulated any capitalist to
invest In the development of an
industry. Recently the Savage
Brothers, while drilling for oil on
Bayou Saline near Goldonna.
passed through rock salt to the
depth of one thousand feet.
Professor Harris of Cornell
University, while making a
typographical and geological
survey of this section, visited the
we'll and comments on it through
the papers.
As early as 1847 Mr.. Reubin
Drake, a wealthy gentleman,
conceived the idea of developing
the salt industry at the point
where the Savage well is now
located and anticipated trans
porting by water to market by
loading it In barges, floating it
down Bayou Saline to Red River.
He went to considerable expense
in the preparation of his plans.
He put up a large water mill, the
old leyee for which is still stand
ing as well as some of the frame
work of the old wasteway. He
then drilled q we'll to the depth of
g27, when a strong flow of
natural gas vas found. 1t was
found that the water from the
surface wells was superior to
that of the deep we'll. He made
considerable salt, but the mode
of transportation proved to be
too uncertain and expensive and
was finally abandoned.
During the civil war the in-
dustry was revived and carried on
on large scale, as this plant
being so far IN the interior was
never molested by the Federal
troops.
Now that there is easy trans
portation we can see no reason
why q large industry is not car
ried on in that section. There
are q number of other points in
the parish where salt was made
during the civil war, and which
was abandoned afterwards on
account of the cost of trans
portation. It is also known that
i well cannot be drilled at almost
any point IN the parish to a
depth of from 500 to 1000 feet
without the water being too salty
for use. Many of the saw mill
plants IN this section have had
wells drilled with the view Of
getting water and have had to
abandon them on account Of salt
water.
We would like TO see some
capjtaiist come ID this section
nnd sahnine the proposition.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11
Ruston Jollifiers Played it
it on us
CAME ON SPECIAL TRAIN
10 Have Days Outing at Dug
demonia, But Decided to
Come on to Winfield.

1t was a. merry crowd from
Rnston that reached here at Ii
o'clock Monday, bent on having
some fun and days outing.
The Knights of Pythias lodge
of Ruston had planned picnic
at Dugdemonia four miles north
of Winfield, but the heavy rain
Sunday and Sunday night inter-
fered with their plans and many
of them abandoned the trip.
But a special train had been
chartered and dinner fixed, so
the Industrial Institute students
and teachers were informed that
some of them could "get in on
the ground floor" and the party
was soon made up. Owing to the
bad condition of the surroundings
at Dugdemonla the party decided
to cume on to WINFIELD. On
reaching here the crowd scattered
in ever direction to .ssee the
sights,' but at 1:30 they assem-
bled in the grove on the hill east
of the Rock Island railroad
where dinner was spread, the
local lodge of Knights of Pythlas
contributing to the supply OF
provisions.
After dinner a portion of the
party took a trip out on the
logging road of the Sulphur
Timber & Lumber Company,
While a portion of them stirred
mp . game of baseball with the
Innior nine of this place and q
lively game was played on the
High School campus, the visitors
thinning BY 9 score of 20 to l6.
Still another portion of the
llsitors, assisted by s'local
1aIent,' rounded up some mu-
ticians, secured the use of the
Woodmen hall, and had ball,
SnjoyiDg q dance of several hours.
Every part of town was visited,
he plant Of the Sulphur Timber
q Lumber Company was inspect
= and pronounced good and the
xisitors departed at 5 O'Clock,
lhe .sglee club" of the party rem
ering several vocal selections at
" depot before the train pulled
mt.
Among those in the party
hose names could be ascertained
ere:
Mr.. and Mrs. B. f. Thompson.
q. and Mrs. j. W. Walker,
Apt. and Mrs. e. L. Kidd.
lesdames Lula Connella. Mamie
ooles, C. w. Perkins. Chas.
nllatt, q. A. Harper, L. O.
ahagan, F. S. Hardy; Misses
Hiatt, Gahagan, Carson and
ken. Messrs. NJ. O'Neil, B.
Steele, j. M. Colrin.. p. h.
per, A. ". Alauas. 3. f..
Zick. z. +. Warren and Dr..
". Thurman. Profs. r. T.
ph, 3. ]. Smith and Misses
TER and 0verton 81 the
11kriaI Insfitnle lecnlty Ed
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11
NUMBER 4S.

by supplementing the la pr of
our hands with the labor Of our
brains, we are sufficient for our
own salvation.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11
United States Court.

United States Court meets at
Alexandria Monday, May IA.
Several days will be required to
wind up the session.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11

son Hill, near there, this after
noon.
He has been resident of Boyce
the greater part of his life, where
he has a family consisting Of Il
wife, three sons and four
daughters all grown.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-05-11

Mr.. Townsend was reared in
this parish and his many old
friends who will regret to hear of
his death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
PayyninE q Bank Book.

The pawning Of the wedding ring has
become pathetic commonplace to
those who are familiar with police
court and coroners court stories or
with the private petitions for help Of
the deserving and undeserving poor.
But we confess that with the West
minister magistrate we have never
heard before of pawning bank books.
Yet on expert pawnbrokers evidence
elected by police inquiry it is found
that this is not at all an unusual prac-
tice. In the vast majority Of cases it
would seem to be 4 simpler matter to
draw Oh the bank account rather than
borrow on the strength Of it from the
pawnshop. But one Of the unfortunate
possibilities Of the practice is revealed
in the particular case mentioned at
Westminster. 4 picture frame maker,
wishing to withdraw f3 from the bank,
could not find his bank book and then
learned that his wife had been putting
the book in and out Of pawn for eight
years, having borrowed f7 los. on it
the first time. and OF course she had
been paying interest on her various
ansactonS.-London Pail Mall Ga
Zette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Robinson crusoe, Economist.

When the average boy spends the de-
lighted hours Of imaginative youth in
devouring the pages Of Robinson Cru
soc" be has, like most people Of more
mature years. no idea that he is perus-
ing 4 work of profound philosophy
written by one Of the greatest political
thinkers of the English speaking race
Taken with knowledge Of the facts
Of the career Of De Foe, Robinson
Crusoe7 can properly be considered a
story intended to illustrate the heavy
burden Of trouble placed upon any sin
gle individual isolated from his fellows
and compelled to maintain his exist
ence without their aid. The tale shows
In an inimitable way how all civilized
men are interdependent. Regarded
from this point Of view, the author Of
the most widely read work Of fiction
ever written becomes an object Of par
ticular interest to all thinkers upon
politics.-William \. Hill, NJ. D., in
Watson's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
To HPoundv Words.

When the reputability Of punning is
under discussion it is we'll to bear in
mind that the very name Of the jest
confesses to degree Of atrocity. To
'pun,' according to the London Chron-
icle, is to pound words, to beat them
into forced conditions, so the philolo-
gists believe. He would pun thee into
shivers with his fist" says Thersites
in "Troilus and Cressida," meaning
physical pounding" Pun" is not
slipshod development Of pound" bat
its original form, the Anglo-Saxon verb
being '.punian," and pun or ''poun'
having developed final 3D." just as
"soun" became Sound" and as the
illiterate turn gown" into "gownd."
Curiously enough, pun" and pound"
have no connection with punching q
mans head, which is simply punish
ing" contracted, OR with punching"
a ticket, which goes back to the Latin
'pungere," to prick or puncture.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Sir Humphry Davy.

Sir Humphry Davy married widow
as peculiar as himself. His pet afec-
tation was a lack Of time lie was al
ways in a hurry. He pretended that
he had no leisure to dress himself, and
when change Of linen became neces-
sary he simply put one shirt over an
other until be was known to have on
five OF six shirts at time. OF course
he could not wear this amount Of ap-
parel without appreciably increasing
his size, and his friends not in the Sc
cret were sometimes surprised to see
him fall off in apparent weight twenty
pounds in a day. His wife's great anx-
iety was to keep him eft for company y
but as he did not care a fig for COM
pany she had no easy task, and domes-
tic discord was a common thing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Tound n Way,

A widow of an old Lyceum theater
servant applied to Irving for some sort
Of occupation about the theater where
by she might earn a living. Irving ap-
pealed to Loveday, his manager.
There is absolutely no vacancy Of
any kind" said Loveday.
Cant you give her job to look aft
er the theater cats? i think we've too
many mice about, not to mention rats" :"
NO. said Loveday, there are two
women already on that job
Hum, ha, let me see said Irving
refectively, then suddenly Frightening
with an idea. Every well, then, give
her the job of looking after the two wo-
men who are looking after the cats"
The widow was at once engaged on
the permanent staff Of the theater.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Peasant and Pigs.

a clever smuggling trick has been
played on a customs officer on the
Russo German frontier. An innocent
looking peasant reported to the officer
a plot for getting large number Of
pigs across the frontier The method,
he said, would be to drive across at IN
teryals of half an hour, 3, 6, II and 200
pigs, the smugglers arguing that II the
first three lots could be sent over there
would be no trouble with the 200.
The officer was naturally on the alert
In accordance with the peasants state
nent three pigs were driven over, then
six, followed by twelve All were al
lowed to pass, and preparations were
made to receive the 200. But no more
pigs appeared, and the twenty-one anil
mails admitted had in the meantime
been lodged in safety.-Berlin Cor.
London Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Throwing Fire at Soldiers.

Greek fire, which had several other
names-wild fire. liquid fire, wet fire
and fire rain-waS the most destructive
v:ir material used before the introduc-
ton Of gunpowder. Discovered by
Callinicus, a Syrian. il VAS first used
In the siege of ConstautiAople Gl3-G7S,
and at Mecca. 500. According to an
eyewitness, it made 4 noise like thun
der. looked like 4 dragon fyis-S through
the air and made night light as day.
This. allowing for vivid Imagination,
gives its striking characteristics When
poured from caldrons shot from cop
per tubes in balls Of twisted flax or
expelled from catapults in walls dur
ing sieges and naval engagements.
Water made it burn more fiercely, and
wherever it fell it spread torrent of
fire. SO we'll was the secret of its pro-
duction kept that its precise ingredi-
ents and admiNturc were still un-
known. but it is certain that naphtha,
sulphur, gums Of resinous trees, char
coal. saltpcter. pitch and other btu
mems were used.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
German Care of Landscapes.

Most German states have laws to
prevent the Disagreement of land
scapes by advertisements. The district
authorities are authorized to determine
what landscapes, buildings or monu-
ments of historical or artistic value
should be protected. Violations Of the
statute are made punishable by fine,
with or without Imprisonment. The
statute provides against the display Of
pictures. advertisements or other things
calculated to mar or lisigure any es-
pecially attractive landscape or deract
from the artistic or aesthetic effect Of
any building or other structure Of spe-
cial Importance or as highly prejudicial
to any street or part of city. The
alteration Of buildings Of historical or
artistic value may be prohibited by the
local authorities, as may the construc-
ton of other buildings calculated to, in
terfere with such historical monuments.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Hot md Cold CryHtalH.

Whether we watch with the micro
scope q tiny crystal growing from 4
drop Of solution or contemplate With
the Imagination the stages by which
the fiery !avaS Of past geological peri
ods sank to rest and crystallized. said
Professor II. A. AiicrS in IN adj
dress before the geological section of
the British association 1t Cape Town.
we view the same process. It is the
transformation of liquid into crystal
not necessarily into 4 solid. for re-
search shows there is no dividing line
between liquid and solid 4 plastic
solid body may flow; 4 solid glass is
only a super-cooled liquid. The real
primary distinction is between crystal
line and noncrystalline material. There
are two great liquid reservoirs from
which materials have cry&talliZed-the
sea with it. dissolved salts and the sub
terrancaA tbs Of molten glass from
which t, locus rocks have been de-.
rivcd.-Ncw York Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
srhx the Ton.

Ar American city once asAeu Ase
Monies, the sculptor, to enter a oeSlsH
for army and navy groups for SOL
asiers' and sailors monument. he oe-
clined to compete. Then the commls-
sion was rendered to him outright. He
submitted sketches Of his idea for tne
groups. The committee in charge Oh
the monument wrote him, asking,
s.How many tons Of granite do you IN
tend to use in the base" His reply
was: .sIs YOU are in the business OF
buring granite you may use as much
as YOU want, one ton or 100000 tons:
am an artist, and I never yet heard
of art being bought by the pound.
The question was dropped until the
contract for the commission was
drawn. When Mr.. MacMonnles re-
ceived it he discovered in it clause
providing that in case the bronzes were
ever thrown down from their base, Dy
any cause whatever, and any person
or property should be in5ared, ne ana
his heirs forever should be haole 1or
the damage sustained. He returned
the contract without comment, unslsn-
ed When tie committee wrote him,
asking the reason, his brief reply was,
Your lawyers are too sharp. orio $
Work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
The Congregational Library.

In its fine building the library Of
congress should be safe against de-
srucion for centuries. Fire has
cost the world many Of its greatest col
lections. 1t ruined the ancient Alexan-
drian library Of the Ptolemies when
the Christians sacked the temple OF
Scraps in the year 275. 1t cost the
world thousands Of ancient manu-
scripts that were stored in CONSTANT
nople when the Crusaders captured
the city. Twice the library of congress
has suffered by fre-frst at the de-
suuction Of the capitol by the British
in 1914 and again in 1851. In its pres
ent housing it is protected by every
possible safeguard and directed IN its
development by the most expert OF
custodians. And with a sense Of pride
IN which all Americans must share the
nation has given to its foremost Sculp-
tors and artists the opportunity to
enrich it's walls with their works. 1t
is a monument to American thought
and learning, which must grow in
value and significance With each year.
New York World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
GAS 7 ORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature s:sss ss: Of lMzzzzzw
VOnly Mc,r


There may be a world Of pathos and
even Of rebuke In q very few words,
and so the rather tnoughtless wife or
a contributor Of ours discovered recent
II. She has two sweet little children,
both girls, and, almost without know
ing ii, she made pet and favorite
Of the younger and prettier child.
sweet" as she called her, had every
care and attention lavishel upon her,
and good natured neglect was more or
less the portion of the elder.
The mother was sitting in her bed
room quietly reading recently when the
soft patter Of tiny feet sounded on the
stairs.
rs that you, Sweet?" she called.
"No, mamma" was the sad reply;
1T isn't Sweet-it's only me-"
That pathetic little Only me-! haunt
ed the wife Of our contributor for long
er than she would have cared to admir-
but a change has since marked her
treatment Of her eldest born.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Ruainentary Hind Limbs.

Snakes are not the only animals
which exhibit the possession Of rudi-
mentary hind limbs. In the whale
tribe there is no evidence externally OF
hind limbs, The, fore limbs in them
are conTerted into the ''fippers," OF
swimming paddles. Yet when the skel-
eton is examined traces ~oe a haunch
and attached rudimentary thigh bones
are found. There is developed in GER
tain kinds OF whales bony piece rep
resenting the haunch. The thigh bone
is distinct, but there is mere rudi-
ment attached to it, representing the
shin bone or tibia Of other animals.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18

The Railing Passion Strong In Death.
The ruling passion Of Edward I. OF
England was undoubtedly the pursuit
Of his ideal Of uniting all the British
islands under one rule. His great OBJ
stacle was Scotland, and the conquest
Of Scotland, therefore, became pas
sion with him. Stronger than years, 1t
sent him to the head Of the army when
he was ft only for sick bed, and
when he was at last compelled to
yield he sought to make this passion
spur on his son by ordering that the
flesh should be boiled from His bones
and that his skeleton should be car
ried at the head Of. the army and re-
main urburied till Scotland was con-
Quered.
This is the most conspicuous instance
Of the ruling passion strong in death :
on record, though many others would
be worthy Of quotation. William Pitts
patriotism endured to his last gasp and
;espired his last utterance, as did Mel
sons lifelong determination to secure
the command Of the sea, while Napo-
Icons last dream was one Of battle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Danger from the Plague.

There's grave danger from the plague
of Coughs and Colds that are so prev
alent, unless you take DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Colds. Mrs
Geo. Walls of Forest City, Me-, writes:
ssIts Godsend to people living in eli
mates where coughs and colds prevail.
I find it quickly ends them. 1t pre- ,ents
Pneumonia, cures LaGrippe, gives Won
derful relief in Asthma and Hay Fever:
and makes weak lungs strong enough
to ward off Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. SOC and S1.00. Guaranteed by
The Avant Co. Drug Store, successors
to The r. B. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
Ancient Cups.

The cups Of the -Assyrians closely
resembled our saucers. Every noble
man and gentleman had his own cup
and cup bearer, the latter Of whom
always accompanied him to feast,
carrying before him the cup Of gold,
silver, crystal or marble, which his
master only used on state occasions.
Saucers for cups were introduced in
the latter part Of the eighteenth cen
tury and at: first We're greatly cidicul-
ed, the persons who employed them be-
ing said not to be able to drink with
out having two cups.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
THE GIANT INDIANS.
Peculiar Ways OF the onas Of TERRA
del Fuego.

del Fuego.
The Onas, q tribe Of Indians nhab1t-
ing the mainland Of the TERRA del Fu-
ego island, are physical giants. Their
average height is over six feet. a few
are six and one-half feet; a few fall be-
low six feet. The women are more cor
pulent and not so tall. There is no
race in the world with more perfect
physical development than the Ona In
dams. This is partly due to the topog-
raphy Of the country and the distribu-
ton Of the game, which makes long
marches across the country a necessity.
In mentality they fall far below their
physical attainments. In the past their
supply Of game has been plentiful, and
this may account for the lack Of IN
ventive genius among them. This lack
Of progressive skill is portrayed IN their
home life, clothing and homes. Their
children suffer from it, for, contrary to
the practice common among most In
dians Of feeding, dressing and training
the children well, the Onas' little ones
are mostly naked, poorly fed and alto
gether neglected. They have abundant
material for supplying themselves with
clothing and homes, and yet they throw
few branches together, put skins over
the windward side and then shiver un-
der the miserable shelter.
Scientists who have made a study OF
the subject say that the language Of
the Onas is the strangest ever listened
to. Many Of the words are not difficult
to pronounce, nor is the construction
Of the sentences difficult, but very few
words are interrupted by sound
which it is impossible to produce. The
speaker hacks, coughs and grunts, dis
torting his face in the most inhuman
manner, and then passes on to the next
stumbling block. The Onas live princl-
pally upon meat, which in former years
was obtained from the guanaco.-New
York Herald,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-18
CHINESE ART IN STONE.
Its Best Examples and Some Of ItH
Greatest Defects.

Greatest Defects.
The spirit Of purely Chinese art ID
stone is shown in work such as the
great monolith figures Of animals and
warriors which flank the approach 10
the tombs Of the Ming dynasty and IN
the perfectly plain structures designed
for the tombs Of the present dynasty.
These are composed Of enormous
blocks Of stone brought with infinite
labor from distant quarries over roads
and bridges which are hardly capable
of sustaining ordinary cart traffic and
have always to be specially prepared
to prevent the great weights causing
their collapse.
The same admiration for the employ
ment Of huge blocks Of stone is seen
in the case Of the bridges over the riv-
ers along the coast Of South Fukien,
where the stone slabs used in lie con-
struction occasionally measure sixty
feet in length and are estimated to
weigh nearly 120 tons, and the bridges
themselves have length Of 1000 to
|
1000 yards.
In almost all cases where the build
ines are not Of solid construction the
weight Of the blocks employed has
placed strain u. III the supports which
the architects skill was not competent
to provide against, and with the lapse
Of time the melancholy spectacle is
seen Of slabs fallen from their places
andeof noble and costly structures
approaching ruin. In some cases the
interdependence Of the arches leads to
the same result. One notable instance
Of this occurred during Colonel Cor
don's campaign against the Ialplngs,
when to allow Of the passage OF his
small steamers it was necessary TO
make a gap in bridge of over twenty
arches, and arch after arch collapsed
Immediately after the passage OF his
small fotilla. London Saturday Re-
view