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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
HUMOROUS HITS.
SAVED ONLY TO BE LOST.
A Story That Ends SO Sadly as to Cause
the Heart to Drop With Dull Thud.
(Nieago Tri6aene.)

(CAicago 7ri5une.)
"Kiss me darling?"
Richard Irwin had toiled slowly
and wearily up the two flights Of stairs
which led to the poor abode and look
ed long and lovingly into the pale but
beautiful face Of the girl who had Civ
Ell up parents, home and everything
that had made life happy to become
his wife. And as she stoood there, her
soft white arms twined lovingly around
his neck and her deep hazel eyes up
raised to his, he saw that she had been
weeping, and around the wan, droop-
ing lips that in the happy bygone days
were so often raised, poutlng merrily
the while, to be kissed by his own,
there were traces of pie. Richard Ir-
win shuddered as he drew the 1.-the,
yielding form still more closely to him,
and he wept bitter, scalding tears of
pain to think that his wife, Clytie
Stiggins, Boston born and bred-a girl
who habitually read Emerson and
whose essay on the theory of horizon
tai cleavage in red sandstone was only
excelled by her paper on the fauna Of
the pliocene period should be reduced
to eating pie in the morning. And
while he was wrapped in these painful
reveries Clytie raised her head from
his bosom. One glance told her all.
"Yo ou are suffering, my darling" she
said. "Can you not tell me, your
wife, Of your sorrow p
"It is nothing" Richard replied,
kissing her tenderly.
Lemon pie, too" he murmured, in
hoarse, agoized tones. as his lips left
hers. "My goodness, this is terrible. =
Just then a noise as of some one
dragging himself slowly and YEARLY
up the stairs was heard. Presently i;
ceased, and a messenger boy kicked
open the door, and walking to where
Richard Irwin and his young wife sal
handed him d telegram. He tore open
the envelope with trembling hands and
read the message, the boy looking oyer
his shoulder to see that every thing wa:
all right.
eve are saved, Clytie," he said, in
low broken tones. "Your father is
dead, and all his mackerel fishery is
| ours"
EYES," murmured the girl, kneeling
beside the chair on which her husband
sat. "We are saved, Richard-saveo
by acanthopterygian fish Of the scom-
beroid family Its body is fusiform
its first dorsal fin continuous, and it:
branchiostegal rays are seven in mum
Der, and'-then looking up suddenly
she saw that the man she loved 81
well, and for whom she would have
sacrificed her life, was lying cold ant
pulseless across the chair.
She had talked him to death.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
WINSTON N. C, THURSDAY AUGUST
WEALTHY, YET DYING IN WANT
The Owner of 100000 Dies Charity Pa
tient at Bellevue.
(Ne,c York -Herald.)

A tall, gaunt-featured man, clad in
rags and dirty beyond desert ption,
limped into Bellevue Hospital Satur-
day afternoon and asked fer assistance.
He had a high forehead, sunken
mouth and prominent chin. In speak
ing he betrayed evidences of educa-
ton. He said he was John Russell,
printer, 80 years old, native of Eng
land and 80 years in New York, and
declared that he had no home or
friends. He was found to besufering
from chronic Bright's disease. The
orderly who undressed him found II
bank books and some money rolled up
in paper, and concealed beneath the
patients shirt. The bank books rep
resented about $4,000, and there was
$50 in bills. The property was taken
in charge by Warden O'Rourke, who
deposited in the safe. RusselIs un-
derclothing was found to be covered
with blood, and his hair was so filthy
that it had to be cut off
Russell died next day, remaining
conscious up to within an hour Of his
death. His body was sent to an un
dertaker's on First avenue, where it
was put OH ice. It will be preserved
for two days and if there is no further
orders will then be buried in Ever
green Cemetery. The bank books and
money were sent to Secretary Bfitton,
Of the Department Of Charities and
Corrections, who surrendered them to
the Public Administrator. IF no
claiments to the property appear with
in a year it will be turned over to the
City Chamberlain to be held in trust
for any heirs who may appear at flu
ture time.
OF the - bank accounts, three are
with the Metropolitan Savings Bank.
two with the Dry Stock Savings Bank
three in the Citizens Savings Bank.
two in the Union Dime Savings Bank,
one in the Seaman's Savings Bank
and one in the Manhattan Savings In
stitution. One account in the Union
Dime Savings Bank was entered "John
Russell, in trust for Sarah Russell, .
and one account in the Dry Stock
Savings Bank was Gin trust for Mary
Russell" A slip Of paper found in
one of the books bore the inscription
"Charles, Martha, Thomas, E 1923
New York city, Sept. 19, 1882.
| A Herald reporter learned that the
dead man used to live in the Carleton
House, No. 2O2 William Street. The
proprietor of the place said that Rus
sell hired room in one of the fourth
floors for years, and left it over 6
month ago. He was a silent, myste
rious man, and was known by all the
attendants as "The Miser." At mea
times he would buy loaf of bread a
neighboring store and eat it in hi
room alone. This was his sole food
He had no friends and cared not t.
make any.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09

THAT HusBAsp OF MINE,--Is three times the
man he was before he began sing Well Health
Renewer.' 81. Druggists
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
DRAMA DATA.
PAREPA'S FIRST HUSBAND.
Washington Gapttaz.)

(Hoshiagton Gapitdz.)
A few years ago, when Z was MAX
ing pleasure trip upsto tlie # iissosarii
River, / stayed month in the tssvf
of Bismarck, then the terminus of the
Northern Pacific Railway. It was a
rough place, filed with rough people,
and the principal objects of interest in
the town were whisky and six-shoot-
ers. Mosquitoes were so thick on sum-
mer nights that smudges were burned
in the houses to drive out the pests
with smoke. One evening dignified
but very agreeable man, who was
known as Judge Carvelle, invited me
to visit his house.
In day or two his invitation was
repeated, and | went around to his of
flee, which was little more preten-
tious than the ordinary frontier shack.
The judge was genuine plainsman,
and wore blue shirt and buckskin
trousers like the rest of the boys. But
[ soon discovered that he was a man
of education and travel Conversation
turned on music, and incidentally the
Judge remarked that his brother was
the first husband of Parepa Rosa. 81
was with them in Lima, South Ameri-
ca said he, throwing law book at a
tarantula.
The story seemed incredible, yet the
Judge related long and interesting sto-
ries about their travels in different
parts Of the world. From what the
Judge said, and his manner, [ was sure
there was some romance or mystery
connected with his life, but, in answers
| to inquiries about his own life, he
! changed the conversation. Soon after
ward | was called away to the Pacific
Coast. The impression made upon me
by the narrative Of the melancholy
Judge did not wear away, and often
thought of Parepa's early life.
Four years later, in 1878, was in
London, and one day was invited by
John P. jackson, Wagner's English
translator, to hear rehearsal Of Wag-
ner's Flying Dutchrnan." We went
down the Strand and dropped into the
Adel phi Theater, where Carl Rosa
was leading the orchestra. At the con
clusion of the rehearsal Rosa came in
to the auditorium and, saluting uE
said: jackson, you are right. Wag-
ner's score makes every good musician
proud to follow it; I am sick of Ital
ian opera "Mr. Rosa" | said, chang
ing the subject, 81 want to ask you q
question. Did you ever hear of man
named Carvelle?' "I can not remem
ber just now,' he replied hesitatingly
Then | related my adventure with the
Judge in Bismarck, Dakota, and re
peated all that he had said about his
brother aud Parepa. Carl Rosa list
ened to the end, and said: cit is 6
true story that Carvelle told you, and
very remarkable one it is; but [ die
not know that he was living. And he
is Western judge-this man who wa'
once a leader of society and fashion
Well, we live in q strange world,
mused Parepa's husband, as she slow
| ly walked back to the stage.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
DEATHS MAIL CARRIER.
North Carolina Skeleton With a Bag of
Ancient Letters
(Ciuciz7anti TE1,,es-Stqy. .JxZu 27th, J

[
In tearing down an old house in the
country, five miles from Warm
Springs, n. c., recently, the skeleton
of man was found, the bones and
even the cartilages in a remarkable
state Of preservation Beside the skel-
bag, of the pattern in use half a centu-
ry ago. In this bag, or SO much of it
as were left, were upwards of thirty
letters, all bearing date early in 1927.
It was evident that the man had
been mail carrier, as the letters were
addressed to various persons, some in
remote sections. Perfectly legible were
the addresses, while the heavy paper,
| breaking like parchment, was neither
worm eaten or torn. In one of the let
ters were found two bills of a State
bank, which has long ago failed, each
bill being of the denomination of 500
There is no reason given for the
/ position of the skeleton in the wall
The wall was thick, and there was q
space which run from the ground te
the second floor. By this the stairs
passed. The space, boarded up wher
the house was torn down, may have
been open when the man got there
and slipping or stepping off the stairs
he may have fallen to the bottom, 81
iniuring himself that he could not cal
for aid, and so perished. There are n
suspicious of foul play, and the oldes
citizens know nothing of any story 0
crime connected with the house ii
question. The place is just on tn
boundary line of Tennessee and Nortl
. Carolina. Hundreds of people ar
going there to see the skeleton, th
old letters and the bank bills, and tn
strange and puzzling discovery ha
caused profound sensation IN al
that section of country, The myster
will probably never be revealed
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
MOCKING A MILLIONAIRE.
How MacKay, the Bonanza Man, Hired
King to Dance at 81 900 an Hour.
Carson Appeal.)

Carson AppedL.)
The round of amusements which
Mr.. MacKay is providing for the
American colony since his return to
Paris from the great fetes at Moscow
are the all-eclipsing topic of the hour.
At the ball given last Saturday, as
our special cable correspondent re-
ports, Mr. MacKay hired the King of
Sweden to dance with the American
ladies, paying him 81 1000 an hour for
the work. About midnight he struck
for higher wages and Mr.. Mackay
stood the raise with true American
sang froid BY 4 o'clock the King
was completely blown with his social
exercises and taken from the room In
fainting condition. Mr.. MacKay
offered to pay all his funeral expenses
If he died, which generous offer made
him many friends among the Swedes.
The Prince of Wales telegraphed for
an invitation to the ball, but the Amer
lean millionaire, remarking that Wales
Consolidated was a good short, declin
ed to issue an invite. When his little
bon mot was translated in the morn
ing journals the city was convulseo
with laughter. Several descendants o.
/ the Bonaparte family who attempted
to climb In the windows of the ball
room were thrown into the basin of the
fountain by Mr.. MacKay, who stand.
over six feet in his socks and is callee
the "strong man of Nevada" Although
Mr.. MacKay danced until daylight
and went off shift at 6 o'clock, he whip
ped two editors of the royalist faction
before break fast for publishing an in
correct description of some of the dress
res worn at the blowout. When tn
bodies of the editors we're borne ava.
in an ambulance to the Hospital de
Invalids the crowds appIauded in tn
streets. On last. Sunday Mr.. Macka
was taken with chill, and feeling tha
his hour. was near, purchased the tom
of Napoleon for q family vault, an
hadsit at once taken to his gardeI
On recovering in the afternoon he sol
it to the Czar at an advanceof fifty pc
cent. The Journl Of Finance applaue
: this masterly stroke of business. fh
only accident which marred the ha
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
ECCENTRIC SUICIDES.

MINNIE MITCHELL, of Shreveport,
La, committed suicide on the day in which
her lover was killed by the Railroad.
AFTER losing suit and being
roundly abused for it by his client, COL J. J.
Pickett, of Gatesville, Texas, took twenty
two grains of morphine.
GRIEF for the first wife caused Sam
mel T. Magruder, of Darnestown, Md, to cut
his throat, although, he had been married
about one year to an estiIlable lady
Mrs. Fl. Y. JONES, a Philadelphia
bride of but two months, took laudanum be-
cause her husband forbade her taking money
from the cash drawer of his store.
"I HAVE already outlived my allot-
ted timeo said Mrs. Mary Bach of Wheel
ing, West Virginia, and then she killed her.
self She was eighty-seven years old. BIS i.
JENNIE ROBERTS, of Meadville, Pa,
could not get permission from her parents
to attend a dance upon which she had set
her heart. She resented their refusal by
drowning herself in q mill pond.
AFTER living seventy-three years.
| Mrs. Eliza Cook, of " est, Mexico, Mo-, Wild
! ow. thought herself too old to be useful in
the world. She drove a large pair of blunt
scissors intos the top of her head with
heavy iron bolt.
AFTER quarrel with his wife about
some money which he had out at interest in
Germany, Christopher ErIel, aged seventy
/ five. went out to his orchard at South Belle
Vile. Mo-, and hung himself, He first
struck his wife on the head with a spade,
/ then ran to his barn andsstabbed himself in
j the breast, and finally want to the orchard
to hang.
/ WHEN Mrs. Witty, a cousin OF Frank
and Jessie james, found that she had mars
ried her husband under false name, she
compelled him at the point of pistol to
marry her again under his real name OF
Singleton, When Singleton was shot by
ssCanada BilI' she was surprised to have
another woman come TO his beside and claim
him as her wife. She drove her out at the
pistols point. Singleton died and the de.
. ! voted wifs took morphine.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
A TARHEEL ROMANCE.
Sad Fate of a Beautiful North Carolina
Girl.
Soattherner.l

In poor lodging house in Halifax,
n. S., died Friday night of last week,
a woman aged twenty-six years who
had been very beautiful, was thor
ough lady in manner, and gave evi-
dence of having received a very fine
education. Her remains were buried
in a pauper's grave to-day by the au-
thorities. Her poor landlady had at
tempted to get her a decent funeral on
Sunday, but could not raise enough
money to buy coffin, and the corpse
remained till it was reported as nui-
sance. From few letters. left in her
scanty wardrobe, from previous con-
versations and other sources, q sketch
Of her sad fate was cleaned. She was
one of family of twelve of we'll to-
do planter at-Littleton, North Carroll
IA, near the Roanoke river. Her
fathers name was F. j. Shearin. On
a visit to her sister, Mrs. Wilson, in
Providence, nearly two years ago, she
met at picnic Benjamin Knott, an
apparent gentleman, with whom she
| became infatuated, and after a short
time went to live with him at Fal
River. She said they were married
but he denied this statement. Although
apparently a gentleman Of means wher
on this holiday, he proved to be mere
ly a earder In a cotton mill, but sh'
was too proud to give him up. 4
year ago they came to Windsor, Ms
i to a. new mill, and there she had ;
child still born After several month
Knott came to the Halifax mill, bu
turned out to be dissolute and scan
dalously neglected, badly treated an
starved his supposed wife and left he
in destitution, June Both, for Philadel
phia, where his father, John Knott
holds a responsible position in col
ton mill. His wife was delivered, uT
der charitable attendance, of anothe
still born child, on Monday, July e
and failed to rally. s
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09

10 *The woman who seeks relief from pain by
the free use of alcoholic stinulants and narcotic
drugs, finds what she seeks tonly SO far as sem
sibility is destroyedsor temporarily suspended
No cure acas eues scros.Dlt5Y such mems and the
the case becomes. Leave chloral, morphia and
beltadonna alone and use Mrs. Pinlkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09
PRICE 5 CENTS.

nony Of the grand ball was when the
eldest daughter of Count de Chambord
fell into one ofthe tanks of champagne
which had carelessly been left in the
corridor, and was drowned. The tank
held 1000 gallons, and the body was
not discovered until the floor managers
had drank the tank nearly dry.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09

DELICIOUS DAINTIES.

A DISH which may tempt failing
appetite or be relished by convalescent IS
this: Take two or three sardines from the
box, drain ali the oil from them, and broil
them; then lay them on slices Of buttered
toast.
A PRETTY way to vary orange jel-
ly is, after making the jelly in the usual way.
to fill the mold half full with the Jelly and
lay slices of orange in and cover with the
the rest of the jelly. Pineapple Jelly is also
very nice with grated pineapple put in III
this way.
BANANAS sliced and served with
ice cream very delicate and dainty. They
should be sliced and have a little powdered
sugar scattered over them for about an hour
before serving. Set them in the refrigera-
tor for that length of time Pineapple pre-
pared in this way is delicious with ice cream,
or without it; CRATE the pineapple after re-
moving every particle Of the peel, or chop
it it must be minced so fine than any one
eating it will be IN doubt as to the method
of its preparation add sufficient sugar to
sweeten it let it stew gently until it is soft
When it is prepared thus it can be eaten by
many who are obliged to refuse it uncooked
on account of its producing indigestion.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-09

FLIES AND BUGs.-Flies, reaches, ants, bed.
bugs, rats, mice, gophers. chipnunks, cleared
out by Trough on Rats 15e.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-05-17
The Curious House Which New York
Man Has Put Un.

The narrowest house in this city may
be seen ut the northwest corner of Lex
ington avenue and Eighty-second street.
When Lexington avenue was cut
through, some years ago, a strip of
land 5 feet wide and 100 feet deep was
all shat was left of Il certain lot belong
ing to a person who did not own the
next lot on the street. The strip,
while of little value by itself, would be
valuable to the person owning the adj
joining lot on Eighty-second street, be-
cause it would not only enable him to
build a house five feet wider, but would
give MIN windows ali along the side of
MS house on Lexington avenue. The
two owners. however. could noC agree
as to the terms, and a houso was erect
ed on the lot adjoining the narrow strip.
TIE owner Of the latter had nothing to
do but abandon his lot or build a house
five feet wide uponit. The latter course
was perhaps adopted because such
house would shut up all the side win
dows of tn neighboring building and
considerably reduce its value.
The new building, which has been
finished for some months, is therefore
five feet wide. one hundred feet deep
and four stories high. 1t is divided into
two houses. each fifty feet long, and the
entrance doors are, of course, on the
avenue, aS there is no room for Il door
at either end of the building. The law
allows 4 building at the corner of
street to have projecting bay windows
along the side, and taking advantage of
this circumstance, the architect has
managed to plan house, which, while
peculiar in inside appearance. and prob
ably very uncomfortable to live in, may
find tenants Without these bay win
dows or square projections running
from the foundation to the roof, 1t
would not have been possible to build
4 house at all, for no room would have
been wider than three feet. Each house
has, therefore, two bay windows, in one
of which are the stairs and in the other
one room about eight feet wide by tif-
teen feet long. upon each floor. The
long passage between the stair-well and
the room is about three feet wide.
Each house contains a kitchen eight by
fifteen feet and four rooms, each Of the
same size, but on different floors. There
are also ingeniously-p placed closets at
each end of the building and under the
stairs. Both houses are occupied One
IS offered for rent at $500 Il year.
If the object of the builder of these
extraordinary houses was simply to
shut out the light from his neighbor's
building, he would probably have ac-
complished the same end at much less
expense by adopting Mr.. George Kemp's
! device of sheet-iron shields. Mr..
Kemp did not wish the occupants of the
building in the rear of his house, at 720
Fifth avenue, to overlook his premises,
and so he built an iron scatfOlding in
the back yard and placed iron shields
against the obnoxious openings, shut
ting out the air and light as completely
as a brick wall would have done. This
arrangement has been for years the
source of no little comment from the
neighbors and passers-by.-Nec0 York
Letter.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-05-17
WOMEN'S DISEASES,
What Physician Said to Gath" About
Those in Large Cities.

Speaking to one of the best known
physicians in this city, especially on
women's diseases, recently, he said:
''This tendency of education in our
large cities, and particularly in New
York, is to destroy the girls for mother
hood. They are very handsome to the
eye as they are growing up, have bloom
ing skins, fine eyes and hair, delicate
and small features; but so little care is
taken about exercise and regular habits
with them, that the moment they mar
ry they develop functional diseases,
which make them miserable rs wives
and companions, and their children are
scrawny, wretched little things, not fit
to live"
SIS not this partly due to climatic
conditions?"
1T is due to many things, climate in.
cluded-to vicious dressing, to wearing
shoes that do not permit exercise, to late
hours and parties and general neglect
of the laws of health. There, | can put
my hand on a representative case. l
know citizen here who lives in a good
house, makes $1,000 or $4,000 year,
and has brought up pretty daughter.
She was taken into society very young,
and by the time she gotto be eighteen she
fell in with young bank clerk, and the
result was a marriage. He was earn
ing perhaps $4,000 or s., 800 a year,
and could not keep house in New York;
so he went to Harlem. Consequently,
he spent part of every day and evening
on these elevated railroads, riding up
and down, and has grown haggard and
discouraged. His wife, meantime, dis
satisfied that she cannot keep house in
New York as when she lived at her
fathers, is complaining and unhappy.
She has been sick ever since the birth
of her only child, which IS 4 little sick
", miserable object, not fit to be
. brought into the world. Large, strong,
numerous children, such as we used to
see. are no longer raised in these cities.
Two-thirds of the women here are tor
tured with female weaknesses and dis
eases If they had been content to live
in the quiet towns, where most of them
were born, they would probably hare
had comfortable married life, health
and peace and length of years. No
wonder the preachers are talking about
the facility and frequency of divorce,
when there is SO little congenial domes-
! tic life in these great cities