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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
N. c., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1870.

mems OF humanity will, we know,
MAINTAIN their manhood and moral
Integrity under the most adverse
circumstances. but it we get down
low enough in the human scale,
shall we not find the fungi Of the
race, the weakest of our brothers,
who have not moral stamina en-
ough to hold their own elected way,
but ever show themselves the crea-
lures OF circumstances, and are de-
veloped into just such moral or i'm
moral characters as their environ
ments suggest. These are the peo-
pie whose course is always ''in the
objection of the least resistance"
who, if they are placed under good
influence, will lead at least quiet
and orderly lives, but who are
equally plastic to evil. and who will
inevitably bloom into criminality il
surrounded by lawless associations.
The initiative faculty has been
found, even IN those cases where
vicious blood was a recognized in
herltance, to be as active in the
imitation of good as OF evil ways
of living.
That the hereditary taint may be
overcome by subsequent training,
and heightened discipline of a
judicicus kind, is proved by the
tact the convicts sent ont to Bota-
ny Bay by the British Government
in general reformed, through the
new hopes inspired by new circum-
stances in new land away from
their old haunts and habifudes,
and their children have reverted to
honest and respectable lives. Med
ical science also shows, that the in
stlnctive or ante-natal qualities
may be out-weighed by the cu!ti-
vation OF the post-natal or reason
ing faculties.
Crime usually coexists with ig-
norauce and an i'll balanced brain,
as Is shown by the sact that in the
large maiprity of criminals the fac
ulty of alithmetical calculation is
almost wholly lacking.
The labors of many philanthro-
pists for the last quarter of q CEN
tury have shown couc!usiyely, that
if the young are seasonably re-
moved from unfavo. able environ
ment, but very small per centage
deliberately return to vicious
courses but that they willingly
g .rn to initiate the industrious aud
honest habits of their guardians
and neighbors, exemplifring the
logic of reason, that IAN ounce o
prevention Is better than a pouno
! of cure
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18

in high seat and orders tea apd
cake. She will ask you if yop are
married, how many children you
have, etc. The AmerHan ladies
are jnst as inqnisitiye. BY her side
sits her daughter and son on the
floor, without cushions. The yonD&
lady is dressed very much like her
mother, and if yoa ask her to play.
she will get an instrument some
thing like a guitar. and play and
sing. Her brother never gives hia
parents any trouble. and never aska
amy questions.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
Visit to a Japanese House.

When vou go to a Japanese
house, there is no bell to ling, no
knocker on the door, and no per
son TO receive yon; you sing aloud,
II ask To be heard" wncn a ser
want opens the door and bows down
to the floor, AMI then listens yon.
You tell the servant what you want
and she leads you into the house.
There Are no chairs to sit on, nor
arc there any stools or sofas, you sit
OH the floor with Your limbs donb-
led up under you as the tailors sit.
| forgot to tell you that you have tc
take off your boots or shoes before
entering. After you sit down, the
servant brings you a pipe and some
tobacco to smoke, also tea and cake
and tells you that the master is busy
and cannot sec yon Immediately
After awhile the master comes II
and you make Il profound bow te
each other. lie then asks you te
his study, which is well furnished
On one side is door which SWING
on hinges, or can be pushed back t.
right or left. The walls are moi
white, but either gray or brown, the
same as the ceiling, which is low
and made Of wood. In the onrnel
Of the room is rack, covered will
silk spread. Pictures hang oil
the wall, bu. they are not framed
but trimed with silk and fancy pa
per, which can be rolled mp and pm
away. The study tronta on the gar
den, and yon can inhale the fra
GRANGE of flowers. There is M
partition between the study and TIN
garden, except sashes filled witl
transparent paper, which appear
most beautiful at night but in cas-
Of storm they have canva
which they draw overthis and max
it secure. Then the master intro
duces you to his wife. He doe
not call her Mrs., but simply say
she is my wif.
She is dressed splendidly. lie
hair is arranged in something til
same way as tho American lad
dresses bers. She asks you to 81
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
lnheriting Likeness, Habits, &c

1t is we'll understood by natural
scientists, that In the noblest forms
of animal life such, tor instance,
as ihe thoroughbred horses-t the
likeness of parent and off. spring is
much more strongly marked than
IN lower forms Of life 1t we carry
our Investigations low enough. we
discover q curious Ldao of unlike
ness or alteration of ferns, IN
which the immediate offspring are
totally unlike their progenitors. but
possess resemblance of their an
cestors one degree further remov
ed, AID this alter alton goes on with
an invariable tendency, in the third
generation, TO revert to the form OF
the first. instead OF assuming that
of the second. It thus
appears TO be a law of nature thai
the nobler The production the more
type-giving power it possesses
while the weaker and simpler are
dominated by circumstances, ano
it weak and low enough, do no
necessarily impress their own i'm,
age on their successors. May no
this law apply to some extent t.
the human race ? The nobler speci
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
Marriage and Health.

The French savant, DR.. Bertil-
lioE, has given the results of his
study of the morality statistics Of
every country in Enrope. He
comes to the conclusion that mar
riage is conducive to health, long
life and morality; and is, SO to
speak, limited insurance against
disease, crime and suicide. He
says that a batcbelor of twenty-five
has not better prospect of life
than a married man of forty-f1ve !;
that among widowers of from TWEEN
ty-five to thirty the rate of NOR
tality is as great as among married
men of from tifty-five to sixty.
Taking the French bills of mortal
ity, he shows that while the annual
death rate among married men be
tween twenty and twenty five years
of age is rather under 10 per 1000,
bachelors of tnat age die at the
rate of 16, and widowers at the rate
of 19 per 1000. These figures ap-
ply to the whole of France, while
taking Paris it tappears that the rate
for men of between twenty and
twenty-five years of age is 1871
per 1000 for married men 27 per
1000 for batchelors, and 80 per
600 for widowers. With advance
ed life the difference goes on in
creasing. With regard to crime,
DIR. Bertillion asserts that offences
against the person are so per cent
less, and against property As per
cent less among married men than
among unmarried. The difference
is still more remarkable among wo>
men, amounting to ESQ per cent
The number of suicides is at the
rate Of 62S per million for widow
ers, 273 per million for bachelors
and 24O per million for married
men.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
The Royal Family of Burmah.

Information has reached rs In from
Burmah in greater detail than We
have previously received Of the nuz
nerous family of the late king. The
gay old monarch had during his life
time So recognized wives, by whom
he had Is sons and G2 daughters. or
a nice little family of 1l0 children,
of whom 50 survive him. OF the So
wives IL died before the king, and OF
the remainder two were Imprisoned
by him on account Of their supposed
completely in plots by their children,
the Meng Gwan an Katha princes |
and two were expelled for adultery.
Deducting those who died and those
3, the king had, at the time of his
death, 81 recognized wives. or these
81 ladies one only was massacred by
King Thebaw. She appears 10 have
been peculiarly obnoxious to him on
account of her being the mother OF
Mekhara prince. powerful rival OF
Thebaw, No fewer than IA OF this
lady-s children and grandchildren
we're massacrcd with her; one of her
grand sons haa fed to RangoOn.
Thirteen of the late kings wives
omitted the palace either during his
illness or soon after his death. The
remaining 13 wives are still in the
palace, and of that number only are
free or believed to he SO. The other
10 are in confinement more or less
strict. Seven are know to be in what
may be called the rigorous imprison-
ment; some of them are in double
iron, half starved and not permitted
to have attendants. Out of the 48 sons
born TO the king. "a died before, leav-
ing ~ alive at the time of his death.
OF these "a, Il are known 10 have
been massacred by Thebaw. Four are
now alive in India, leaving only 6, In
cludine the present king. alive in
Mandelay. OF these 6, only one be-
sides the king is grown up. This one
is .he kya-heing prince, who is lu-
natic. And it is not certain that even
he has been left alive. The other four
are boys from ten to two years of age.
Out of G2 daughters "f The late king,
:33 survived him. Four Of tLesc, all
married to princes, were with their
families kille,. hy Thcbaw, in Febru-
AIRY and March last of the remainder,
Il are now in confinement in the
palace, 9 of them being IN close i'm.
prisonment.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
The Wonderful Audiphone.

An illustration of the gr, at use
of this late invention was given be-
fore a large party of p eminent
asplum in New York city, with
most satisfactory Richard
G. Rhodes, of Chicago, the inven-
tor, said that he had been deaf for
Dumber of years and that be dis
covered the principle of tho audi
phone by accident. One night, af
ter making many fruitles expert
ments, with the view of finding
some way of hearing lis watch
tick, he listlessly touched the case
of the timepeice to his teeth, and
he was surprised to find that its
ticking was distinctly audible to
him. This discovery lead to the
invention OF the audiphone.
The Instrument has the shape
and size of an ordinary stiff fan,
and it may be used as such. It is
made of composition said to
posses the property of gathering
sound and conveying the sensation
to the auditory nerve through the
medium of the teeth, the external
ear having nothing to do with hear.
ing in this matter. The material
resembles gutta percha. Small
cords running from the thin edges
and conyergiug at the handle serve
to bend the blade Of the instru-
ment to the proper curve for hear.
ing to the best advantage under
different conditions. When in use
the edge of tie thin curved blade
is touched to one of the uIpel
teeth.
The mutes tested the audiphone
A young man who had been deat
from infancy heard words spoken
in the tone Of ordinary consersa'
ton. A little girl who was born
'eaf Indicated by signs and ,okS
of surprise that she heard the
sound CT voices, but, having never
before heard any sound, she die
not know the meaning of the word.
Instruments were placed in the
hands of the entire class, aud {
lady sang, accompanied by an or
gan. At tho Sonnd Of the frs
notes the face of the mutes express
ed great surprise, and when the
voic. Of tie singer rose and tell
and the ha' mony # the accompan
ment Blended with the voice, til,
pleasure of the mute listeners wa
mabif.s sted. Their faces lighte! ul
and their hands we've moved up ant
down as the pitch of the air ros'
ami tell. Some of the mutes wav
ed their hands with pecullarl
graceful movement TO show tha
they could distinguish between th
volume of the crescenlo passage
aud that of the less loud portions
The inventor claims that total
deaf persons may be made TO he"
or dinary conversation by the use c
The audiphone, and that they ma
5 be taught to speak.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
Queen Bees and how Their Va
cancies are Supplied.

In paper real to the Qnckett Mi
rroscopical Club, Mr.. Hunter states
that fertile queen bee will in four
years lay o million eggs. Twenty
one DAYS arc required for the produc-
lion Ct q worker bee: ''but the same
egg that produced the worker in
twenty one days could, had the bees
been SO minded, have been bred up
10 queen in sixteen days" "The
bees" continues Mr.. Hunter, "enly
rears queens when necessity calls for
them, either from loss of their old
monarch or apprehendtd swarming,
If remove queen from hive, the
first OF these contingencies occur, and
| after O few hours oommotion, the
bees select certain of the worker eggs,
or even young larvae two or three
days old. The cell Is enlarged to
Eve or six times its ordinary capacity,
superahundanoe of totally different
food is supplied, and the result is that
in five days less than would have
| been required for n worker, queen Is
hatched. The marvel is inexplicable.
How mere change and greater abun-
dance cf food and more raomy
| lodging should so transform the in
ternal and external organs of any
living creature The case is without
parallel in all the animal creation.
Il is not a mere superficial change
that has been effected. but one that
penclratrs far below form and struc-
tnre, TO the very fountain of life it
self. 1t is a transformation alike OF
function. OF structure, and Of in
slinct."
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
LADIES CLoAKs

will soon be in Store, with the band
soonest store room in Winston in
which to exhibit our stock, choice
line of goods at pleasing prices, po-
lite and accommodating statesmen and
an earnest desire to serve our old Gus
TONERS, and make new ones. We an
ticipate a pleasant and profitable re :
suit to all who favor US with a call.
Jno. D. Paylor and Stephen Neal,
will always be found ready to well
come their friends. Oct. 8.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18
NEW FALL GOODS
AT
S. D. FRANKLIN & cos.
OUR NEW STOCK OF
R { A D YIN A D l CL0T HI BG

AND
GENTS FURNISHING GooDs,
Now arriving, is the largest, cheapest
and every way most desirable line we
have ever offered in this market. They
were selected in the Northern Cities
with great care, by our Mr. franklin
whose long experience in this line
gives assurance that buyers will lose
money by purchasing before examin
ing this stock.
Our stock of Dry Goods and Nc
tions is very much enlarged ard wor-
thy of the early attention of the La
| dies.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18

Whenever doctor makes his ar
pearaLoe in a new settlement III
lhe far West, the Inhabitants know
that it is about time TO pick ont q
location .os cemetery.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18

hummer ia educated man on
train: "What house do you trav-
el for sir Z" "My own" "What
line OF goods co you deal in ~
"Commnn sense" "Wcll, my
friend, ! must say you carry very
small sample~case."
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18

There is Spanish prove b which
says: "When ycu choose a wife.
shut your eyes and commend your
soul to God" In other words, go
it blind.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-12-18

$500 !: ::
else. The work is light and pleasant,
and such as anyone can go right at. Those who
are wise who this notice nil send US their aa-
dresses at and for themselves Costly
OUTFIT and terms free. Now is the time Those
already at work are laying up large of money
Address TRUE CO., Augusta, Maine.
Aug. 28-1y.
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Fruits, Candies and CONNECTIONS
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FIRE I'm SURANCE,
WINSTON NJ O.


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Every man should have Life Policy
and this Company is deserving of the pa
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promptly and is liberal in its rates ant
privileges. ff.sfs
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-01-11

The account Of the accident,
which IVES published In the News
and Courier the day after IT. 90
currcnce became known was full
and exact in every particular save
Que. and that omission l nov DE-.
sire to supply. - it answers tho
question which + have frequently
heard asksd. "Why Governor
Ilampass, ef al men. shosld ever
have consented to ride . mule In .
deer huntl A sumeient reply
might bQ>nsds to the eject that
the Gsvsrner. ~ rid e.anytAing,
any other man can, ard, therefore
felt no hesitation In mounting
evea . yoaas. unbrsken mule; bet
| The true ard better reason 10 that
he chose to nee the animal In qucs-
tiou rather than continue the hunt
upon the horss which he had taken
with him. which had already done
him good service tho day before,
and which be wished to spare for
the reason Il was not his own, but
had been placed at his disposal BY
a friend. Tho Governor 10 . hard
rider where his own stock u con.
ccrncd, but he 10 not one Of thai
very large class Of mankind who,
according 10 the proverb, are will
Ing to t" ride a:bsraowed horse q
DEATH" lilo left the horse behind
therefore, upon principle, and tool
! upon himself the I" risk Of riding
instead brute which fow othe
men would cage 70 bestridc. Il
} this general connection ] may .
woll mention another fact In po'n
; which win be appreciated BY en-
, man who knows the Governor Q
who has over followed the hound
1 to Wit, that the only real concer
/ tho Governor eviuced at the tim
Of the accident, though sunerin
kcenly the while, Was IN view I
tho posaibility that some blundcI
Ing reporter or editor might pu'
o lish to the world that he had bee
o thrown from his saddle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-01-11

The proportion Of land covered
with forcft thronghout Europe Is
70 per ccut, Of which Russia aud
Sweden furnish the greatest part.
III Russia 40 per ccnl, Of terri.
tory is covered with woods, and Of
his so,no aoo,o ,oOO'op aeresarc coy
cred whh pines N''d other core.
bearing trees. Sweden and Nor
way hsvs "a per cant, chiefly tlrcl'
| |snapls, pine, ,atAnd willows sAss-
tria has 70 per cent, Germany has
IS per cent and Ffarse,, n, Fe'
below these comes Spnin, with IL
cork woods and evugrecn oak for
csts, covering ~ per cent of ths
land, and Holland and Belgium
with the same. Portugal cotnc'
] rext with RxeIner cont, and Grca
l'bfitss6 f6llow5 @MA four pcr cont
;4TNpsresu@ass aeMusll1 .dScree.p
III III countries rapidly. AZ fs
,Abck asdsJa Il wss sstiaaatS1 the
timber vas cut down yearly 4
\ 3 -; 1.'ss ~ . : - ysTs
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-01-11
PIAN o + q n I n q
AND RRPAIklN0.

The undersigned respectfully
announces that he has located iu
Greenvillc, and offers his services
to the public IN the above stated
nursufts. Prices reasonable aud
satisfAction assured.
Orders may be left at Finlay !
Cos Drug Store.
AUGUSTUS DAVIS.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-01-11

London, Dec 80. 1878.
The saandarl's correspondent
With the Kuram column telesraphs
that General Roberts eonvoksd the
principal inhabitants Of the Ks.
ram Valley st Peiwar and All
Khsy, and informed them that The
Ameer's rule had passedhwsy for
ever and that henceiorth they must
look to the Empress Of India. A
despatch from Calcutta to The
Times:says .tl,s ssvs of'ths arrival
Of Yakoob Khan at Jell3bad came
| fromja hitherto Trustworthy o@cial
source, which even cent = 'esn'
irnatisn OF the report, ,but subse-
qudat kilograms :from omsers q
JellAbad, who were bousd to tele-
graph this arrival II they knew Il
to be true, are Mt.there0n. In
tclligcncc was:received prior to the
| slst inst. that Yakoob .khan VA
resolved to remain at Cabul 'uns'l
forced to retire. lie had not then
however,: received the friendly
oycrtures which Major Csvagnar!
was believed 70 be on the point O
making. The Times Jcllaba'
despatch Gays communication ~
opened with Yakoob Khan prior 4
| tho 2sd inst. There l. considera
bio contradiction ssin the report
about the whereabouts Of Sher Al
The Tines Lahore despatch point
out that tho flight Of the Amoe
may 10 merely . retreat, to pre-
|long resistance In the noighbot
hood Of Ilerat. The Pesther Lloyd
, lSt. Petersburg correspondence
> fAvors tho same ides. The Time'
= Calcutta correspondence says II
, rumored that no carried AVA
with him thirty lacs Of rupees, On
k is going 10 st. Petersburg TO appe
r TO Europe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-01-11


Two worlds arc. Whispering over
me,
And thcrc blows a wind OF roses,
From the backward shore TO the
shorc.beforc,
From the shore before 10 the back
ward shore,
And like two clouds. that meet and
pour,
Each through each, til core In core
A single self reposcs.
The nevcrInorc with the >cvcrmors
Above mo mingles and closes.