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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
NATURES WORK AT FAULT
Recent Quake That Startled the East
Due to Imperfect Formation
of Rocky Section.

To understand the shock which this
part Of the country received one must
'ealize that 'Logan's fault'-the line
of weakness in the underlying rocks
that extends from Canada well down
coward the Gulf Of Mexico-plays
much the same role as do the care
eully provided solutions of continuity
Thich every observing person who
crosses the Brooklyn bridge has no.
decd. These points Of overlapping
;,ermit the structure to expand on hot
days and to contract on cold ones
without breaking any OF its parts.
Nature. being q clumsy engineer,
aas made for this section of the cool
sRgiearth a, much less nearly perfect
provision for contraction in the crack
#hich Sir William E Logan OF the
Canadian geological survey, was the
first to discover and describe. Tne
earth joint works just as does that IN
the bridge, but it works stidiy and
only st long intervals, when the strain
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
FORCED TO EAT
CRUSHED ICE
And Was Not Even Allowed Priv.
ilege Of Sitting Up, but
Finally Wins Out.

Kaplan, La.-Mrs. Casamear Burk.
hart, of this town, gives out following
for publication: 81 feel that owe my
life to Cardui, the woman's tonic. l
was married last April and was in
fairly good health. Shortly after
marriage my health began to fail, and
for three long months / was threat.
ened with serious sickness. 4
passed most Of my time in bed,
with a nurse at my bedside. At last
! was told an operation was neces-
sary. sI was SO weak could retain
nothing on my stomach but crushed
ice, and was not even allowed to sit up
In bed.
a friend Of mine advised me to use
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and they
got a bottle for me, as last resort.
After taking Cardui for one week, I
was able to be up in my room. After
continual use for two months, was
in perfect health, and could do all Of
my work without tiring.
I take an occasional dose Of Cardui
and Black-Draught now, to keep my
system in good condition.
Several Of my friends are using
Cardui with good results. am never
without it in the house"
There's bottle Of Cardui waiting
for you at your nearest druggists.
Get it and begin taking today. You.
will never regret it--Adv.
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traders schooner will afford ample
opportunity for excitement and ad-
venture.
Outside the principal villages on the
larger islands, the islands themselves
have undergone little or no change.
Civilization has done little in the
South Sea islands outside Of putting
an end to cannibalism, except to put
more clothing on the natives who live
in town and to erect few buildings
to mar the natural scenery.
Semi-civilized, yet retaining almost
all their native simplicity, the natives
are still the South Sea islanders OF a
hundred years ago. They are still
children Of nature, although they are
forced to obey the laws Of the white
nations which now rule them. Their
simple nature has not rebelled against
this invasion and they have gone on
under the new order, living their easy
going lives as before.
One Of the principal groups OF the
Australasian archipelago is the So
ciety islands, and in this cluster IS
found the gem Of them all, the pearl
of the South Seas-Tahiti. Beautiful
as the artists conception Of the Gar
den of Eden. with climate that Is
surprisingly temperate the year round,
producing all the tropical fruits known
to the world, there is probably not an
other spot on the face Of the globe so
favored by nature as Tahiti, the Para
disc Of the Pacific" The shores OF
the island, fringed with cocoanut
palms, are surrounded by coral reefs
which protect them from the heavy
seas. High mountains shield the most
densely populated side Of the island
from the trade winds, and over all
looms Mount Orohena, towering 5000
feet above the sea, and which, so far
as is known, has never been scaled by
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
EFFICIENCY, OF A FREELY
Artificial IlIuminant Very Poor Second
to That of the Natural
Organisms.

It is sometimes said that If we could
arrive at the secret of the dreAy-or
Of the other organisms which produce
physiologic nght-we should have
reached great economic discovery,
because the light has such an extraor-
dinary high efficiency. In other words,
all the energy expended ia producing
1t goes to make light, and not heat.
The efficiency has been estimated at
9S per cent by Ives and Coblentz, and
even higher by Langley and Very.
This is the more remarkable when 1t
is considered that the, best artificial
illuminant has luminous efficiency Of
only per cent, and most Of them
reach only about I per cent, the re-
naming SO per cent Of the energy go
ing to produce heat or other subordi-
nate effects. But even II we should
discover the means by which the fire
fly produces its light We should
scarcely care to use it in our homes
Professor McDermott in a recent study
of the subject observes that while the
insect has indeed reached the highest
possible radiant efficiency it has only
accomplished 1t at sacrifice OF color
that makes the light much worse thsn
the mercury yapor arc. Anything not
within a very limited range Of yellow
and green tones would appear black.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
Riaht to Bear Arms

The words from Article H., amend
.ments to the Constitution Of the Unit
ed States, "a well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a
free people, the right Of the people
to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed," evidently have a commu.
nity meaning; but they also carry
along with them the; right Of the in.
dividual to safeguard himself and
his house by keeping himself armed
with the necessary means Of defense
The 1aw against carrying concealed
weapons, now on the statute books Oh
most of the states, is a matter quite
foreign to the broad principles OF tns
right Of keeping apd' bearing arms
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
REFLECTS LIFE OF SECTION
Homespun Language Well Described
as Having Race-oId Dist'llation
of Wisdom.

The life of every section is reflected
In it's speech Why should 1t not De
taught pride in the very archalsms II
possesses? We have storehouse on
which we can never afford to turn the
KEY. Take lower Mississippi SEN
tence that Clemens might have cop
led: There's been fray on the
river-I don't know how the fractlon
began. but Dan and Bill featnereo
into the Joneses with their Tlnes.
Agincourt bowmen would have unoe''
stood "feathered into"
In the tongue Of the Appalachlans
storm is tempest, gay is gamesome'
strong is sur-vigorous, the air is the
element, agriculture is tilth and nus
bapdry. medicine is physick. the peo-
nle speak in metaphor as readily as
the Tudors. One can hear IN the
Great Smokes. as in Marlowe. OF
towards whose blood is snow-orotn
and heroes bold as brass.
To become ashamed OF speech with
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
HER MoTHER-lN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.

A young woman out in Ia found a
wise, good friend in her mother-in-law,
Jokes Notwithstanding. She writes:
81 was greatly troubled with my
stomach, complexion was blotchy and
yellow. After meals I often suffered
sharp pains and would have to lie
down. My mother often told me it
was the coffee drank at meals. But
when I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe
headache.
while visiting my motherin-law /
remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me 1t was
easy to make good coffee when you
use Postum.
II began to use PesstHsu- az s0oT assr assrI
got home, and low we have the same
good coffee (Postum) every day, and
I have no more trouble. Indigestion
is thing Of the past, and my COM
plexion has cleared up beautifully.
"My grandmother suffered great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave of coffee. She then
took tea but that was just as bad.
"she finally was induced to try Post
um which she has used for over a
year. She travelled during the winter
over the greater part Of Iowa, visiting,
something she had not been able to
do for years. She says she owes her
present good health to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum now comes In twe-forms:
Regular Postun-must be wen
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful d.ssolves quickly
in cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. 3oc and SOC tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds Is
about the same
There's Reason" for Postem.
sold hJ Grocers
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oldtime Criminal Trials.

Criminal trials used to be conducted
with wonderful speed in London, espe-
cially after the court had dined. An
old observer Of the ways OF the CEN
tral criminal court cites a case In
which a prisoner had picked a pocket
of handkerchief Two witnesses
were called, the man robbed and a
constable, who stated the facts in a
few words. Then the judge addressed
the prisoner. Nothing to say, l sup
pose?" The summing up was as fol-
lows: Gentlemen, suppose you have
no doubt? l have none" Jury
Guilty, my lord" Judge to prisoner:
I'VE have met before-we shall not
meet again for some time-seven
years transportation" Time of trial,
two minutes ffty-three seconds. It
was said that these after dinner trials
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Recall Adventures of Daniel De-
Foes Robinson crusoe."
cannibaIs and Pirates Have Gone, But
Islands Are Still Rich in Romance
as Of Yore-civllizatlon Has
Done Little There.

New York.-Almost every one who
can remember his Swiss Family Rob-
inson," Treasure Island" or Robin
son Crusoe" has some knowledge OF
the existence of innumerable little
tropical islands in the South Paclnc
ocean. If he can recall his boyhood
impressions Of these islands and. the
stories Of romance and adventure VIII
which he associated them at that time
he will remember some Of the most
thrilling and delightful moments OF his
life. Growing older, he has drifted
away from the pleasures Of his early
youth and has probably not lived over
in his mind the experience Of Robin
son Crusoe for many years. And II
he has he has put aside the thoughts
as childish fancies, outside the bounds
of reason and not to be considered in
the day dreams OF a mature mind. II
he has learned more of these islands
than was taught by the authors Of in
teresting fiction he has probably be-
leyed that all the romance has gone
out of the South Seas, that the tropi-
cal verdure has been replaced by cul-
tivated lands and that commercialism
has destroyed all that which so vap-
pealed to his imagination in youth. To
those who have visited them within
recent years the South Sea islands are
still as rich in romance, if not In ad-
venture, as in the days Of which SteY-
enson wrote, and more beautiful than
they have ever been painted by brush
or pen. It is true there are no canni'
balls on the islands, nor pirates in the
surrounding seas, but if one is search
ing for adventure it can easily be
found, either in accompanying pearl
diving expedition to one Of the numer-
Gus atolls (coral islands,, climbing
the gigantic peaks or exploring the
mysterious cayerns that extend to un-
known depths beneath the mountains.
Also three months cruise on pearl
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their own surprise. Redmond Wran-
dali occupied a place at the head Of
the library table. At his right sat his
wife. Vivian and Leslie, by direction,
took seats at the side Of the long table,
which had been cleared of its mass OF
books and magazines. Lawyer Car
roll was at the other end Of the table,
perceptibly nervous and anxious Het-
ty sat a little apart from the others, a
rather forlorn, detached member OF the
conclave. Brandon Booth pale-faced
and alert. drew up chair alongside
Carroll. facing Sara who alone re-
NAMED standing, directly opposite the
four Wrandalls.
Not one Of the Wrandalls knew why
they, as family. were there. They
had not the slightest premonition of
what was to come.
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smoetlnEaeed Wisdom.

President Wilson Is the first bare
faced" occupant Of the White House
since President Mckinley. Indeed,
these have been the only smooth
faced presidents since the Civil var.
The faces of the most conspicuous
members Of the cabinet are whisker-
less, as is the mobile countenance Of
the speaker OF the house. The sem
sible fashion Is especially noticeable
in the medical profession, owing to
the fact that formerly its members re-
garded whiskers as an indispensable
part Of their equipment, on par with
the stethoscope and clinical thermom-
eter and odcr Of carbolic acid. The
idea then was, Of course, to look old.
Now they try to appear young. Other
business and professional men. are fol-
lowing the example of the doctors,
much to the gfatmcation OF the bar
bers and razor manufacturers. It is
not likely that We shall soon again see
the day when whiskers cover multi
tude Of ci1ins.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
Bakers Dozen.

The custom on the part of bakers
allowing 13 to the dozen dates back to
medieval times, when bakers were
carefully watched. The trade was sur
rounded by many laws, and the most
severe penalties were imposed for any
shortage in weight. In order to avoid
the possibility Of falling below the
standard measure it became GUS
toma7y for bakers to allow an extra
loaf with every dozen.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18

had become enormous enough to
break down what surgeon might cali
"adhesions." The result is that the
readjustment Of the earth surface to
a smaller circumference, instead Of
being continuous, is by widely spaced
jumps or jerks. Upon their extent
depends the severity Of the conse-
Quent quake" That of few weeks
ago was remarkable for the eastern
seaboard, but it would have passed for
trivial on the other side Of the con-
tinent.
The Charleston earthquake and
those which have several times
wrecked Kingston, Jamaica, were OF
a wholly different sort-the moving
down mountain slope Of an alluvial
plain.-New York Times
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18

You're learning, Leslie" said Booth
taking the hand the other held out tc
him.
While the painter was dining at his
club later on in the evening, he was
called to the telephone Watson was
on the wire. He said that Mrs. Wran'
dali would like to know If ,Mr. Booth
could drop in on her for few min
utes after dinner, to discuss a. very
important matter, If you please, sir
At nine o'clock, Booth was in Sara's
library, trying to grasp new and re
markable phase in the character OF
that amazing woman.
He found Hetty waiting for him
when he arrived.
Il don't know what it all means
Brandon" she said hurriedly, looking
over her shoulder as she spoke. Sara
says that she has come to decision
Of some sort. She wants US to hear
her plan before making it final. II
don't understand her at all tonight"
"It can't be anything serious, dear,
est" he said, but something cold and
name1ess oppressed him just the same.
'She asked me If had finally de
cided to-to be your wife, Brandon. ]
said I had asked you for two or three
days more in which to decide. It
seemed to depress her. She said she
didn't see how she could give me up,
even to you. shs wants to be near
me always. It>is-it is really tragic,
Brandon"
He took her hands in his.
s I'VE eau fix that" said he confident
". Sara can live with US If she feels
that way about It Our home shall be
he's when she likes, and as long as
81 sehooses. 1t viii be open to her all
lie Ytime, to come and go OF to stay,
&ust as she elects. Isn't that the way
to put it?"
81 suggested something Of the sort,
but she wasn't very much impressed.
Indeed, she appeared to, be somewhat
yes, could not have been mistaken
somewhat harsh and terrified when
I spoke Of It Afterwards she was
more reasonable. She thanked me and
there were tears in her eyes at the
time-and said she would think it
over. All she asks Is that I may be
happy and free and untroubled all the
rest Of my life. This was before din
ner. At dinner she appeared to be
brooding over something. When We
left the table she took me to her room
and said that she had come to an i'm
portant decision. Then she instructed
Watson to find you If possible"
"'Gad, it's all very upsetting," he
said, shaking his head.
sI think her conscience is troubling
her. She hates the Wrandalls, but L
1 don't know why should feel as
do about it-but I believe she wants
them to know!"
He stared for e moment, and then
his face frightened. "And so do ], Het-
ty, so do I! They ought to know!"
seI should feel so much easier If the
whole world knew" said she earnestly.
Sara heard the girls words as she
stood In the door. She came forward
with 8 strange even abashed-smile,
after closing the door behind her.
81 don't agree with you, dearest,
when you say that the world should
know, but have come to the conclu-
sion that you should be tried and &C
quilted by a jury made up Of Challls
WrandalIs own flesh and blood. The
Wrandalls must know the truth"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18

The sixth grade Of a certain school,
in a foreign settlement in South Da.
kota was learning the use Of possess.
ives.
The book required the pupils to cor
rect and expand into a complete SEN
tence the following expression: NH.
ton and Shakespeare's works" Joseph
Nikodym handed in this sentence:
Milton and Shakespeare work In q
coal mine."-Youth's Companion.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18

brews, and when jeremiah said:
Though thou wash thee with nitre
and take thee much SOAP" he referred
to "borak," procured from the ashes
Of the saItwort and other washing
herbs" Borak is in use among the
Arabs to this day.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
Ancient Forms of SOAP.

It is probable that some Of the in
gradients, especially the essential oils,
which enter largely into the compost
ton Of modern soaps, we're employed
in early times for the same purpose.
Soap in the form Of vegetable ashes
mixed with grease was in vogue
among the ancient Egyptians. A sim
;,sr preparattos was used by the He
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18
Mueh.Needed Invention.

Mrs. Bacon The old-fashioned
feather duster and the vacuum clean
er have been combined by a Pennsyt
vania inventor for removing dust from
small articles.
Mrs. Egbert-I hope now some one
will get busy and invent something
that will pick up the pieces and glue
'em together.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-06-18

a colloquial favor Is to become
ashamed of the very speech that IS
primitive thews and muscles. The
homespun language has a past; IN IL
beats the heart of democratic feeling,
and its sayings and phrases have a
race-old distillation Of wisdom.-NeW
York Post.
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Artistic Instinct,

Why did that pretty little artist
break her engagement?
Because she did not like the color
combination Of the match"
What do you mean by that?
She did not see how she could
make her rosy future haTmonize with
his purnle nsst,' -
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| husband sat down. Their Jaws SCI
hard.
Thank you, Vivian" said Sara, sur
prised in spite Of herself. You are
nobler than Il"
please don't thank me, Sara" said
Vivian icily. "I was speaking for Miss
Castleton."
Sara flushed. 81 suppose it is use
less to ask you to be fair to sara
Gooch, as you choose to call me-.
do you feel in your heart that we
still owe you anything?"
Enough Of this, Vivian" spoke up
her ,xsher harshly. "If Miss Castle
ton desires to speak we will listen 70
her. I must advise you, Miss Castle
ton. that the extraordinary disclosures
made by my daughter-in-law do not
lessen your culpability. We do not In
sist on this confession from you You
deliver it at your own risk. want
to be fair with you. II Mr.. Carroll
Is your counsel, he may advise you
now to refuse to make a statement
Mr.. Carroll bowed slightly in the
general direction Of the Wrandalls. 1
! have already advised Miss Castleton
to state the case fully and completely
to you, Mr.. Wrandall. 1t was I who
originally suggested this-well, what
you might call a private trial for her.
am firmly convinced that when you
have heard her story, you, as her
judges, will acquit her Of the charge
of murder. Moreover, you will be con-
tent to let your own verdict end the
matter, sparing yourselves the shame
and ignominy Of having her story told
in a criminal court for the delectation
of an eager but somewhat implacable
world"
Your language is extremely un-
pleasant, Mr. Carroll" said Mr.. Wran-
dali coldly.
81 meant to speak kindly, sir"
do you mean, sir, that we will let
the matter rest after hearing the"
THAT is precisely what mean, Mr..
Wrandall. You will not consider her
guilty Of a crime. Please bear il
mind this fact: but for Sara and Miss
Castleton you would not have known
the truth. Miss Castleton could not
be convicted in court of justice. Nor
will she be convicted here this eve
ming, in this little court Of ours
Miss Castleton is not on trial." in
terposed Sara calmly. 81 ana the Of
fender. She has already been tried
and proved innocent"
Leslie, in his impatience, tapped
sharply on the table with his seal ring.
please let her tell the story. Per
nit me to say, Miss Castleton, that
you will not find the Wrandalls as
harsh and vindictive as you may have
been led to believe"
Mrs. Wrandall passed her hand over
her eyes. ITO think that we have
been friendly to this girl all these
Calm yourself, my DEAR" said her
husband, after glance at his son
and daughter, a glance Of unspeak-
able helplessness. He could not un-
derstand them.
AS Hetty arose, Mrs. Wrandall SEN
ior lowered her eyes and not once did
she look up during the recital that
followed. Her hands were lying Imply
in her lap, and she breathed heavily,
almost stertoriously. The younger
Wrandalls leaned forward with their
clear, unwavering gaze fixed on the
earnest face of the young English
woman who had slain their brother.
"You have heard Sara accuse her
SELF" said the girl slowly, dispassion-
ately. THE shock was no greater to
you than it was to me. All that she
has said is true, and yet IL would
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Seeks Court Aid 10 Stop Golf Playing.
Yonkers-Complaining that he had
lost one eye playing golf and she was
afraid he might lose the other, Mrs.
Mary Holwik asked the court to re-
strain her son, Max, from playing the
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so much rather she had left herself
unarraigned. We were agreed THAI l
should throw myself on your mercy.
Mr.. Carroll said that you were, faar
and just people, that you would not
condemn me under the circumstances.
But that Sara should seek to take the
blame is"
Alas, my dear, am to blame" said
Sara, shaking her head. But for me
your story would have been told
months ago, >the courts would have
cleared you, and all the world would
have execrated my husband for the
thing he did-my husband and your
son, Mrs. Wrandall-whom we both
loved. God believe me, think loved
him more than all Of you put to-
gether!"
She sat down abruptly and buried
her face in her arms on the edge OF
the table,,
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ALI foH Peace.

Il just saw a picture of the Peas
Palace at The Hague. l wish my VIII.
and could get thie Job OF caretakers. ;
They wouldn't allow any msa v
live there with bis wife"
why not"
It's : peace pklaoap
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Wrong Guess.

Bill-And so you proposed to her?
JilI-Yes.
"was her answer In two or three
Ietters?"
Three"
Good. Then it was yes
You're wrong; it was nix.
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smoulderino Smoke.

Albany, Ore.-On the twenty-ffth
anniversary of his marriage, ]. N.
Cowan smoked the last cigar of box
given him on his wedding and pro-
nounced it excellent. 1t was saved
for tie occasion.