THE PICKENS SENTINEL-JOURNAL; | Knlorcd April 23? 1003 at I'IcUoiim, S. iu Monoiut cIuhh tuitllor, uiMtorcofoiigreNM of illarch :i,lSVJ 39th Year t \ PICKENS. S. C.. JAMJAitY 27, I <>10. Number 36 L nnuiiin nnnn iii minn the planets. . w" ?m" ?~-7" DUURli tlllbO IN LAfflU It's a Risky Business For the Man Who Doesn't Know. LURING ON AN "EASY MARK." Tho 8tory of How a Rich Amtrloan Was Worked by Crafty Ortental 1 Salesman?Under the Myetio Spoil of the Dim, Religious Light. "Writing of "The Passing of the Antique Rug" In the Century, John Kltnberly Mumford tells thin ntnrr: It Is beyond question cheaper to buy In America your rng and th? Ingenious tale that goes with It than to wait until yOu visit Constantinople or Smyrna or Cnlro or Tlflls. They are much inoro skillful aud insinuating over there. They have the advantage of local color and environment, and your common sense Is under the spell of the east to begin with. Here la an incident to Illustrate. A party of rich Americans arrived In Cairo one day several wlntcm ago on a yachting trip and paused a week or more In sightseeing. One of them had just finished a palatini house not far from New York and throughout Kurnni? hnH Immrlit ? ? 'W"" *-"a 1 - iuki uivo nuu UlUUiL'a, woodwork und velvets for It with a lavish hand. The Journey to Cairo was made In order to ae?ur? rugs. Wlmt happened Is best told In the words of a dealer in th? bnwiar, from whom 1 had It. "There was a fellow In our concern," he said, "who was always buying nightmares, and 1 had to work myself black In the faeo to get rid of them. The week before the Americans came this chap had taken In a shockingly bad pair of Klrmans, enormously big. new and. to my mind, utterly unsalable. When the head of the house saw them he held up his hands nnd shouted. 'Get rid of those things for a hundred pounds to the ilrst person who'll buy them.' "So I rolled them up and put them one side. Intending to send them to n 'Commission man In tho bnznar to unload. Next morning In came Moneybags from New York with his whole company. lie said he wanted to sen tho best carpets I had, and he saw them. 1 turned the place Inside out. Nothing pleased tilm. fer the reason that 1 made the common mistake of nuuwiug mm too mucn. He thought I had something hkldcn away, so ho winked mo over loto ono corner and told me who he was. 'Now,' said ho. 'I want ypu to limber tip. I want the best, andK?1' don't mind price If I get what suits me.' "I was In despair, for I had actually shown the man every carpet I had. All of a sudden 1 thought of these two freaks baled away the day before. I almost lnughed in his faec, but finally I pullod my mouth down nnd began salaaming an? asked him why In the world he hadn't told me who he was in the beginning, then I shouldn't havo wasted his time and abused his patience so. "IIP frrlnniul trliimntinn#! ?* w fcv uvuuviitfir in u29 own class of llfo the letter was always conveyed by a servant wot for any reasons of urgency, thrt berstmo tho post was considered a vulgar me dlum of communication for persons residing In the same city and only to be used for the conveyance of letters to the country.-London Chronicle. A hopeless man Is deserted by hlmself, and he who deserts himself Is toon deserted by. Jtia sun. shines of course on half tin? globe representing! tho moon, but tin* observer in tho corner sees only half of tho surface to j ward him illuminated. If now the light' be placed behind the observer and a i little above his head a full moon will bo Been, the "sun," however, shining on the same area of surface as before. merely allowing (his time a view from tho "earth" of tho whole amount of illumlDntlon. All the phases can he demonstrated in this manner by moving the "moon" directly outward from its corner. Ono of the greatest discoveries of science is duo to observation of tho eclipses of Jupiter's moons. It was found that when the earth was in tho part of its orbit nearest to Jupiter these eclipses occurred sixteen minutes earlier than when it was in the far *>" ? 1 * " .uouiwi. i?un, wiifrcas uy an rules or j astronopiy thoy should have occurred at tho same minute each time. It was deduced from this that light was not instantaneous and consequently took Bixtecu minutes to traverse the diameter of the earth's orhit, a distance of about 200,000,000 miles, thus giving to light a velocity of 1SO.OOO miles a second, which was accurately shown later by other experiments.?St. I.ouis Republic. WATCH SPRINGS. Not Surprising ..They Break Considering the Work They Do. The mainspring of n watch (loos not unwind nt a uniform rate, l?i:t intermittently. It is subjected to a sudden Jerk nt every tick?four times per second for my watch. This makes 3-i.V 600 times per day and over 120,000.000 times per year. This operating condition is analogous to others discussed In Kent's "Mechanical L'ockelbook" under the heads of "Relation of the I Elastic Limit of Mnduninen I'lirloi* l?r>. ! pented Stresses" and "Resistance of Metals to Repeated Shocks." Among other things it says: "Another long known rcKUlt of ex- I perience is the fact that rupture may be caused by a succession of shocks or Impacts nono of which alone would be sufficient to cause it. iron axle?, the piston rods of steam liainmcrs and other pleccs of metal subject to continuously repeated shocks invariably break after a ccrtain length of service. They have 'n life* which i.i limited." Wohlcr round in testing iron by re jiuhicu stresses piot impacts) that in one case 400,000 applications ulow was introduced to nio I almost, avoided him on account of the many stories of his irascibility, his erratic disposition, his offhand treatment of the public, his brutality toward musicians and many other crimes of this sort. On closer acquaintance with the great pianist i experienced some astonishment to linci hiui a man of strong mind, yet geuth* nature, enthusiastic, artistic to the linger tips and well bred, though of an exceedingly nervous temperament. Irascible he might have been at times. Din i am sure mat 1110 moments or ungovernable anger were always provoked by people's stupidity or l>y some mipardonable mistakes in musical execution.?From "Modjeska's Memoirs" in Century. Tho Text. Tho minister had preached on the text, "Why halt ye between two opinions?" and upon little Cora's return home from church her grandmother asked whnt the text was. "I don't remember exactly," answered Corn, "but it was something about a hawk between two pigeons."?Chicago News. Fooling the Boy. "Why did tho cow jump aver tlio moon, pa?" "I suppose It was n sort of early experiment in aerial navigation."?NewYork Press. Almond Oil. Ono hundred pounds of almonds . ylold forty-eight pounds of oil. Careworn man has In all ages sown Taulty to reap despair.?Cootlio. . vlt>lt Ul UUinUi Fast Train That Carries tho Raw Material Across the Continent. When a fast mail steamer from Yokohama, Shanghai or Canton, tho great Bilk ports of the orient, docks at Vancouver. Tacoma, Seattle or San Francisco a special train stands readv on the pier awaiting tier arrival. U is not, tlie private conveyance of nonit> trans-1 portatlon king or multimilliouaire or | of any of the passengers who throng the decks, nor does It tarry for (in; sacks of letters from tlie tar oast, lis] coaches do not shine with '.lie retui- ! geuce of varnish and plate glass. Their I paint is dull, and they are wlmlowless, j like express cars. The side doors to- | ward the ship are open. This special is the emperor of trains. It Is reserved , rot* tlie costliest ot nil freight? raw j silk. Wheu It starts eastward its lad- 1 ing will be wortii a fortune?a million and a half, perhaps two millions, ot dollars. A giant locomotive, built for speed, , with driving wheels greater in dhiin- j eter than the height ot a tali man. backs down and is coupled on to tin; cars, now sealed and looked and ready. With clanging bell and hissing steam the train glides out and. with a hurst of spued that seems almost exultant, takes the main line rails tor the long journey. The silk must be landed in Now York in live IN tSM I ! Lfc. They Fight Under Leaders and Roll Stones on Enemies. Aesop'.s ape, it will be remembered, wept on passing through a human graveyard, overcome with sorrow fou its dead ancestors, and that all tnou- i licys arc willing enough to bo more ' like us than tlu-y are they show by i their iniiniery. An okl authority tells that the easiest j way to captnro apes is for the hunter i to pretend ti> shave ItIniseif. then to wasli his face, till the basin with a sort of birdlime and leave !t for the apes to blind themselves. If the Chinese story is to be believed the imitative i craze is even more fatal in another ' way, for if you shoot one monkey of a band with a poisoned arrow lis neighhni* ii'Miiuio tif nniii-ii.li -i?? ov uiiuouiii a uvv.uiiiiiuu, ; will snatch the arrow from it ami stab Itself, only t<> have it torn away by a third, until in rsuccession the whole troop lias committed suicide. In their wild 11IV baboons as well as many varieties of the monkey tribe undoubtedly submit to the authority of recognized leaders. There is co-operation between Ihem to the extent that when fijrhlinir in company one will k<> 1o the help of another which is hard pressed. In rocky p*e::i:d t!i".v roll down stones upon their enemie.;. and when making ;i raid, as on an orchard which they believe lo lie guarded, the attack is conducted on an organised plan, sentries being posted and scouts thrown out. which gradually feel their way forward to make sure that the coast is clear, while the main body remains in concealment behind until told that the road is open. From the fact that the sentries stay posted throughout the raid, getting for themselves no share of tin; plunder, it has been assumed that there must lie some sort of division of the proceeds afterward. Man. again, lias been differentiated from all other creatures as being a tool using animal, but more than one kind of monkey takes a stone in its hand :'.ml with it breaks the nuts which are too hard to ho cracked with tlio teeth.?London (Jlobe. CHANCES CF LIFE. Probability r.t Ycur Acjo of How Long You Will Live. After we are (bad it probably will not eonc< '.'li ns whether we died at twenty ?>r lii'ly or ninety, but just now most nf u.-? aire intensely interested in the nuttier, and, being average persons in .-1,111 il lie.:! 'i. we c:iii lii'iire mil with certainly just what our chances arc of rw.i-hiii.u any particular age. says I larper's Weekly. 1 i' we arc .In -' '.<> years of ago, our chances oi bviir.j to or beyond 30 are nearly l'J t<> I: of living to bo *10, 5% to 1; to be to ]; to be 00. \ -J-:', to 1. Of livi. lo be TO wo have less than 1 < h:i;U'(' i;i to be 80. less ! than I eh n in .Vand to be '.HI, less j than I < han e in In-). If we In\ " it bed MO. our chances , to reach to are nearly II to 1; to be j f>0. nearly ! ; t.< 1; lo be 00. 'J'.s to 1; to be 7 '. !'. cliances in 10; to be SO, 1 ?' bailee in t ? be 'JO, I chance in 100. The a vera man of 10 has S"s chances i > 1 < ! reaching his fiftieth birthday, "J s chances to I of attaining 00, only ' :ian'-cs out of 10 of reachin.,' To. | i ':aucc in of reaching SO. and I di n;, e in It u of hceomin.:; HO. Having I teen Itn !;y in all the drawings up i.' I.My .wars, the averat;o man has JTS ehan i* to I ?d' becoming IX); (n I?t'i ?111:? 7?? l!n' cliain'is art; l'i to 1 in Ills lav. : ; |o l.ecoine si) lie has hut 1 chance in and to hceoiae '?!:) 1 chanci? i:i 1CI>. If already < I he averaju1 citizen has 2 oil nces i.i | of becoming 7(1. 1 chance in I <>i' hecomin-; Si) and 1 ch.ij.ee in t'.'l of reaching 5)0. The i ..;n ol Tii lias ." < hiiuecs in S of 1 if ?f ! ?M ? i . ? * ? -il l t 5?. "-M . r I .... .OKI I III . IXJ Ol UU-CHIIIIU^ DO. If ?>:: l;a ; v rat hercd (lie storm until his ci htieth hirthdav hi' has 1 chance in 17 < : r. : hia^ I.is ninetieth milepost. 1*. will he observed that as we net older ? 11r < hancis ol reaching DO in- i crease greatly. Foliov/; J Instructions. At (Jloli e: :e:- some time ago a man was senieneeil to one month's hard labor for teaiiiif: a hottle of medicine that lie had been asked to deliver by the do.-tor in the village in which lie lived. Some months after In: was hrotr.ht up on a similar charge and wuen in me docK was asked what ho 11:i 1 lo say in his "Well. ,v< or honor." lie replied. "I as as!;ei| I y the dorter to call :ii11 ior iilit>(Im-r 11:11ient's medicine. and the 'initio stood on the doctor's desk labeled, 'To in- taken as before.'" lie was discliaj'u'ed amid roars of laughter. l.ondon Kiiii. Wir.o Old Guard, To a :-.uard at a Kate in the Mrond street station, Philadelphia, there recently rm lied an excited individual with tlii; <|iier.v. "Ilave 1 time to say iroodby to niy wife, who is leaving on this New York trainV" "Thai, sir." responded (ho guard, wi111 a polite Mnilo, ''depends on how long yon have been married."?St. Louis llepnlili A Mean Hint Miss OlJ'drl 1 have heen studying | With I'rofesvor Plnnip, and he gave nie a few wrinkles. Miss I'crt?Do you think you need any more, dear?? Baltimore Ameriean. The Refined Style. Tenderfoot (aghast) ? You're not : lynching tliat man? Arizona Ike? | Well or?we don't refer to it in that : unrollned way. Wo cull it oiiowin' 'lui j the ropes.?Judge. IDEOGRAPHICAL ODDITIES. Some Peculiar Facts About Thoso Great United Str.tcs. The following collection ot geographical peculiarities about the United States and places therein embodies certain unique points well worth remembering. A - id ufinonsuTito tile si-/.e ol' the stato of Texas i.s to spread out a map ol' the union ami streti li a stri: across Texas tin; longest way. The.i. placing one ond of the measure ai ?" cago, one will liiid that tin- <>t!i< r . ?i will extend into oil Iter i li" a:.;. ocean or the gulf of Mexico. The two large: i counties i i *' United States arc (Just r < < t - . Mont., and San llernar i> Cal. Each ?>l these is a t'.'tli ... than 20,000 square mile, in < .te it. . i the states <>i Massachusetts. 1 ih : iKiuuu. uoia\v.i:e and .New .1 ??; : y could l)i? put i:. ide the !m . 1m: i : either ot i lie in. The smallest eounl.v is: ihr i. j ? i i Itristol eouiity. K. I.. \vl>. Ii i. uiilv twenty-five square miles About IiI'ly i. : 1?- I. <> . .. <. Colo., there i.-; :s pi-i.it \vl. . i meet. Here by ; j>i::c a ! !. ; citiier direction on'.* <:? j \ ! i i.> different common v. r :? :.. seconds. Tlu-si* coutui' ! tin; states ol (' lorado a . 'i the territories ?l .v?w .Me minutes to allow the i !> alight and enjoy a \ iov. v. :: :i p rmlts them to look into , Maryland, Virginia and A'e>;l Virgil The highest and l*.w<^ i i .. > ..i tills country are in i'alii. r: a. \ : .i HK) mllCS of oaell oilier. ' r I; i? til ft is Mount Whitney. I-I.i'.i. t ami tlu* lowc : i> I atli \ .if. . liiO foot below Uio 1 -v( t < i Two Oceans | a> . i.i \ : park, in so mmied !,< < :: . v. * there is a shower in I \ . ' certain small ercoU over'.: v. . waters sprea I out over t!u> r ; continental ami !>: - i ii > . . taries ol' rivers which ti >n to . lantlc and u> the l'a; I!n Globe. POISON IZ. They Arc round In Only Tv:o Piv Iit tl?a V.-'ot c!. In only I wo pi... es i.i ! i,i* v. i Queensland (!i<- \ i < ilea, c*u u there |>,> r.iir i |: i i markalde of nature | lCrytlirophlocliii) ; tree). Weferrinj; to i t inpr at a nieeii:r: of tin- y ' ural History society. A. morly protector <>| ern Queensland, siv full foliage it is oi.e ' t'.t i i : tiful trees in the \.< i-: it Inn > timber. 11: is exircr ' tough, uml the hi; '-ks ' f i ' York peninsula use it |\.r : woomcras, with \vlii< h r spear. The tree bears ! tabling beans, which. !i e are fatal to all a: : I , stomach of a dead *r?>: ! i r may show only three < ; f ; ed green leaves. All ai i l ... before they die and i . i ' they recover. '1'lii - live i ! of tbe Chi'' mp m; < Ic'JIcd s< : libh etf aild o! ' . 1' . i ; ; i.: I '. 1 < ' |)e an iiiorluinal Lucrezla ! > of a rival by mi\iir.; beans in a mashed . 1 ennjoboi, nuil tli?* u:; > nuvoniKiiv gaze up'ili I. r i > !: I'vei? i1111:11i11tr the hiu !; .? < i 111^ WWII i.-> Mini i'> 11: t > .1 (. oflcct upon ladies wh >. i:i 1 phrase, arc iinmn:.' I! . their lords;" const ijis? : used for firewood < cases of matrimonial i : i.y don Standard. Literally So. Owing to a ciian.re f. i w flic charaelcr i : .;:> : i family which for ma:!/ v.-.. ! in the same house wa sell it and move el . < her house became a la-:. l I < ored women. < me d i . :; tIn- family happened i i i .:. ! .. were indeed diiVcrcnf v.-it I r. one of those who h::: or ? sin i humor, i lie f< s mer <> -i; i . ? New York Tin. Making the Chci. r Many cons ien.li">: mi. . <> had roil I >le u i! Ii v. :i\ \ ! not all have li:u! l>r wilty address or m: 114111 IH't'll 111*11 Illl > \\ I ' I ' ' and lhey lihct ^i\ i*ii < t: should not sinon t!i 1 This was told to Dr. V well, wo will si'c," he - alii . I i ; day morning nave out his hyiili. After reading It lit' said very < 111( t> it. a!'; "You will bef,'iii with I! seeoi i! ver> "Lot those roTnsu to Who never Ki.<-\.* our <; I " Tho hymn was sum jlnnntio;i. Mrs. \ ah Mrs. Sr iih ty there is lots of r .;;:i on he:' i il!. hutties every morning. Why i iih-vo i: \ er any on your V The Milkman- I'm too honest, lady, f' why. I fill* nay bottles so f . I that there ain't t:evno room loft for . , C . c # 1 .. : Jii3 .u ..v . ..J..'..2 ?}. M ? "r \z: --v '- X r / I .;v/* . : ' * A 1 - . 1 ' f L- J * r- // >* x jr r i .i i k . i luuio . . :r.i ' i : vr. ;; ?u . ' w ! ' () i..' th . i; . : 1 V 11 er:tV>! .T, lin. r : -\v' V \> \ . .1 1 H . ' \i" t-j to nearest :k1 ' ?, . t Fa: .-Jicr.'.' 7." ; 1 f! i ? j ' .. i i : v. . . . .. j oi Q N PTSrai _ <5> ;;; mere 12 ' : ..:' \ (y vtuo /KJ. , i iv^jn $ every bae. TftADG M ;ui anHp-f*jK *U f/:' REGISTE PSoId by reliable ?2e? She S3e m F. S. Roysfer U NORFOU TE3| OTAQES OP-?. . w: j-i j vzu* J i ."'I regain fienh and Rtrengtb. : r - r.-yandallrJIeoaeosreaaltlng :a t.-ixiiiy thosyotcui turocurcd b? ' lino' -1'. T". V, . v'io-o nystemnaropoUoiieilUQd 'o -'..:>inaul:u; ?:) TBj 3d W yalizcr S 4 :?iyses E mix!no no special iR h c value ;s in the which the obtained. cdient \ n F is selected I supplying P sprouting P i I A, puuiL r c! at one rvcd at annty-five XP :c poes with "> >,: &M ARK jL 9 :RED ' ' P ler& throughout L ai'h. Guano Co. ,, ^ ^ ^*SCIK2K2KZ3CH6b3^