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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
A BAD BOY,

uo~ He Fooled = Good-Natured Califor,
mia Merchant.
A youthful ventriloquist had good deal
n fun with a well-known wholesale mer-
chant ousslfguost sssest recently.s TheJa
was passing BY and saw number Of big
dry-goods boxes standing on the sidewalk.
He stopped in front of one of them. The
merchant happened to be standing near by
in the doorway of his establishment. The
lad looked up, and with a sober face said
to the merchant:
aD'ye hear that?"
aWhat?"
"There's somebody in this here box"
The merchant stepped up to where the boy
was standing. Sure enough he heard q
voice, apparently coming from inside the
case CRYING out: "For Heavens sake let
me out Of this! TIM smothering to death!'
With alacrity the merchant ordered an en-
ploye to open the box. A mallet and iron
wedge were brought out at once and the
cover OF the box quickly removed. It was
filed with calico goods. But still the cries
for help continued to be heard. The mer-
chant lifted package after package from
the box and piled them in the boys arms,
who stood by, until he filed them with all
the youth could carry; then he threw them
on the sidewalk. The plaintive appeals
still arose from the depths Of the box. The
merchant was in a terrible state OF excite
ment. He threw off his coat and worked
in his shirt-sleeves. The perspiration
rolled down his cheeks in rills. Finally,
when the last layer of calico was reached, it
began to dawn upon his Opaque vision
that he had been made the victim of ven-
triloquist. He looked at the boy, and the
boy looked at him. Then, suddenly, from
the box came quiet good morning, and
the lad lit out, leaving the merchant sur
rounded by a coterie OF curious people, who
eyed him with smile as he grabbed his
coat protested against such 'sblamed nom
sense, " and skipped to hide himself in the
confines OF his private otfice.-San Fran.
ciec0 1ItA
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
Miss Bayard.s Clever Rstort.

Oscar Wilde knew the late Miss Bayard
very well. he was q great admirer OF her
wit and power OF repartee, and lost no OPP
portunity to meet her during his stay in
Washington. One fine day the capitals
society people found themselves interested
in two events which were to take place in
the evening. One was q lecture by the
champion of the sunfiower and the other
Vas . brilliant reception. Oscar Wilde met
Miss Bayard during the afternoon Of that
sventiul day, and she asked him:
Mr.. Wilde, viii you go to the reception
to-night?"
WELL" he replied, ssif am not too
much fatigued after my lecture"
short pause followed, and then he said:
Miss Bayard, OF course you win be at
the reception?"
"Wen," came the answer, III I am not
TOO much fatigued after your lecture!"-
Phisdelphia Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
cADY Ely EXPRESS.
Surprising m Indiana BagEsEs-Man By o
Novel Piece of Freight.

Novel Piece of Freight.
[vincennes und.) letter.
The Ohio & Mississippi railway trair
had a novel express package last night, in
the person Of an eighteen old
babe, which was shipped from Cincinnati
to Vincennes without any other attendant
than the kind officers of the train and will
ing passengers. The child was George
Solomon, and the boy was shipped to its
grandmother here for safe keeping, it,
parents having separated. The infant sat
up all the way, two hundred miles, never
cried, and when it reached vincennes De-
pot Master Mechling bundled it up, and,
taking it in his arms, volunteered to carry
it to its street and number, as labeled. Its
grandmother was overjoyed to receive it,
and paid its fare willingly, which was Ave
dollars and thirty cents. Conductor Nc.
Colium says that the babe was the young
est passenger on record travelling alone.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
Maids with Dangerous Muscles.

Shave you any records of what your
young lady pupils have done during their
exercising:" 81 do not keep any, for the
pupils do not like the idea of having IL
talked about. But can give you several.
One young lady who was exercising here
became so strong that she lifted on the
health-lift seven hundred pounds. AM
other who took to vaulting, who was only
nineteen years old, vaulted Ave feet. This
was a splendid leap for a woman"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
Natural Bridge In Kansas.
fLeavenworth Times.l

A farmer residing some Eve miles north
OF Etna, Kas., tells Of a great natural
curiosity. He says there is on his farm a
perfect natural bridge. The width Of the
archway through which the water threads
its way is from eight to twelve feet, and
the height is from six to ten feet. The
cavernous archway Is some three hundred
feet long. About fifty feet from the lower
end of the bridge there gushss forth clear
spring Of cool, soft water.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
Only Awaiting : Chance.

1nevolent Old Gent Ito wretched tramp)
-deEes quarter for you. Now 60 to
rork. my good man, and some day youn
sazike fortune.
Wrstched Tramp (conadentially) -0h,
- ct there, some day. There's lot Of
- Old gentlemen ID Philadelphia, You
"Yes.n
And there's plenty Il dark nights.
vel. afr, when meet the rich old gen.
s sanan and the dark night ct the same
you bet I'll strike fortune in short
-. Pkiladelphia Cali
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

= Texas the colored servant changes
. enployer about once every two weeks.
An dat your said Matilda SNOWFALL,
nssting Belinda Jackson.
" course hits me?n
WAo IN ron Twin wid nowf"
alat hvin' Wild nobody. Re mar
zsxas Siftines.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

IT makes q man feel as mad as b cross
eyed dromedary to come across his last
summers straw hat and linen dustef as %
is rummaging for his skates in tho attic
Fol RisT Hrold.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

THE sFavorite Prescription" Of DIR. Piercs
cures female weakness" and kindred al
fections. By druggists.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

ssOH. give me affection, I'll sigh for
naught more sings poetess, addressing
her love. That girl doesn't seem to know
that this is the time Of the year when the
festive buckwheat cake is on deck--RocA-
sster Post Express.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

NEVER despise friend because he hap
pens to havegrown rich. Go to him, take
him aside, tell him gently of his faults and
ask him to lend you i've dollars--N r Her
aid.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

THE farmers favorits vsst-HarvssA-
-Ageaf's Herald.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

i If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. PC.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

PREFERRED creditors-Those who win not
dun.-The Rambler.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption Sold everywhere. 25c.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
Any Small Boy with : STICK.

Any Small Boy with . Stick.
can kill a tiger-if the tiger happens to be
found when only a little cub. So consump-
ton, that deadliest and most feared of dis
eases, in this country, can assuredly be con-
quered and destroyed il DR.. Pierce's " Gold
en- Medical Discovery be employed early.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

WHAT Is buttona-A small event that q
always coming Of.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

WHEN the follicles are not destroyed,
Halls Hair Remover restores hair to bald
heads.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

- Knaw Them ~ sight.
Do You know thsten command
- NJ dsar7
Bsss-Yes, mamma.
IN rspeAt them"
ee.1 MAmmA- don't know them
r. q. I oily know them when -
AihdebAis ChR
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

IF bank officials seem to be going it pretty
fast, depositors have it in their power
draw . check on them.-N Y. Ledger.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

PENNSYLVANIA allows man to marry his
mother-inlaw, but he doesn't.-LoairiI'
Courier-your7sdl
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

ssBUTToS parties' are becoming popular
in the West. We don't know whence they
derive the name, unless it is because they
are always sure to come oR.-IhaadelpAid
Call
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

FIREMES. as wen as other people, like to
talk of their old flames.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

FoR all ailments originating in disorders
of the stomach and liver, take Ayers Pills.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

TIE evil consequences Of smoking are II,
Illustrated by Mt. Vesuvius, which constant
" suffers from eruptions.-N I. E1dnainer.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

JUMBo's widow, Alice, is coming to thu
country Her trunk will be admitted frel
Of duty.-Phaadeiphid Call.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

THE grocer puts sand In his sugar, thinl
ing he may thereby put rocks in his pocket
~. Y. Ledger.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

TALK about women being Eighty! Look
at bank cashiers.-Barlingtoa Free Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

PIXIES ToorHAcH- doors curein minute, 1bc
Glenn's Sulph,r Soap heals and beauties. so
GERMAN CORN RENO TER kills Corne Bunion9
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

HE that is down need fear no fall, -
because feathers fall SO lightly.-N Y Her.
aid
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

WHEN girl is being courted she sets Z
great deal by q young man.-Chicago Trie.
Eat.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

An ode-ous thing-A post.-caiyorms
Maverick
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

II is the Anglomaniac who thinks that
American perfumes are not worth cent
Losceu Citizen.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

I'LL make q good point Of this" n the
editor said when he sharpened his pencil
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

IRIS noticeable fact that the gas compa-
mics never complain OF light business.-Oa
City Blizzard.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16

THE world moves. IL probably finds II
cheaper to move than pay rent.-Bostoa
Transcript.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-16
THE SEVEN STAGES OF MAN
ALL REQUIRE At SOME ACE
TkYl0R'S CHEROKEE REMEDY Of Sweet Gun md Mullen

9TH 8TAGE-ASTHAA.
Almost sufiocating trouble in which the air cells Of
the Bronchial tubes INSTRUCTED. The Sweet Gum
stimulates you throw this OF, and the mucfaztnous
principle In the Mullen heads the substance Take
fayiors Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen.
The Sweet Gum frum tree OF the same name grow
ing I'm the south, combined with tea made from the
Mullen plant Of the old fields. For by all drug,
Rists nj 25 cents and u 90 per bottle.
WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta 0a-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
A Mining Anecdote.

1t is safe to say that three-fourths OF
those who deal in mining stocks through
the medium OF, the boards never saw a
mine, and that less than one-half have
any knowledge of how mine is work.
ed. That people should make serious
mistakes in their speculations through
ignorance of these matters is not to be
wondered at.
Perhaps the greatest blunder on re-
cord was made by gentleman of de-
cided Teutonic origin, who visited my
office one day and asked, point blank:
''Haf dey schtruck dot vinzeP" "Whai
Wine do you refer top said /. dot
vinze in der Oonion Consolidated
mine. " was the ready response. There's
no WINE in the Union Consolidated
mine that they are likely to strike at
present." answered, and then, think
ing the man might be little confused
in his mining knowledge, | asked
"What do you mean by winse? What
do you suppose Wine is?" "A
vinze?" he shouted, with knowing
smile, "oh, vinze is body of ore. "
mo, it isn't" said l. and. taking pen.
Gil, drew him little sketch of Wine,
anu eApidllltu 10 Nun thdl IL was
small shaft sunk from one level to an
other, generally for the purpose of ven
tilation.
SIS dot vince" he fairly yelled. in
the most astonished manner: den, by
gracious, lose me tousands und tou-
sands of dollars on dose vines. Every
time / see dey have started vinze, or
schtruck vinze, | buy der sehtocks and
every time dey go down right away. 1t
always vas a wonder to me why de
Comstocks didn't pay more dividends
and levy fewer assessments ven dere
vas so many hundred vines in del
mines" He walked out, leaving the
door open, and could hear him repeat
at every third step, as he went down
the stairs: "Oh, dose vinzes Oh. dose
vinzesp' Francisco Argondnt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Conditions Requisite to the Preser-
walton of Timber.

The cheapest operation to protect our
woods, and quite sufficient for many
purposes, it to season or thoroughly
dry the timber, reducing the contained
moisture from eight to twelve per cent
of the weight of the wood; and when in
this condition, with circulation of air
around it. to prevent the collection and
absorption of moisture, the wood will
last indefinitely, as the fungi can not
grow in such surroundings. Every one
is more or less familiar with the sound
ness of timber IN the upper parts of
buildings, while in lower parts near the
foundations it is often decayed on ac-
count of moisture.
In many situations, however, where
timber must be used, the conditions of
growth of the fungi are present, and it
will decay; some species can be used
which resist the attacks of the fungi for
long period, but the final result is de-
cay unless the wood is treated by some
process preventing the growth of the
fungi, which must be capable of doing
either one of two things: l. 1t must
keep the tibers dry, preventing the alb
sorption of moisture. 2. If the wood
must be in q damp place and kept
moist, some antiseptic must be present,
sufficient to prevent the growth of any
of the various kinds of destructive fun
gi. Timber entirely submerged does
not come under these considerations.
To use the first process successfully
means more than thin coat of paint or
tar on seasoned wood when exposed to
continued moisture. 1t must be some
substance which penetrates the tissues
of the wood sufficiently far, in case the
exterior surface is broken, to prevent
any absorption of moisture. Woods
impregnated with the heavy tar or
lighter oils are protected more from the
fact of prevention of access of dampness
to the fibers than by the contained anti
septics, unless in the exception of a
great percentage of creosote. In the
second method the moisture is permit
ted to come In contact with the fibers of
the wood, and reliance depends upon
the antiseptic. In this case, the entire
wood should be saturated to give the
greatest measure of success, not merely
an exterior protection of half-inch or
so in depth, the latter fact, as before ex-
planned, being the cause of many of the
failures which have taken place. The
antiseptic treatment, to succeed, must
destroy all germs which have found
Judgment in the timber, and also those
which may come from the exterior
p. II. Dudley, c. E., tn Popular Science
MonthtU.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Household Hints.

Rusty black lace can be freshened by
washing it in borax water. After it is
partially dry dip it in water in which an
old kid glove has been boiled and some
indigo blue added. Then stretch the
lace out well and either iron it on the
wrong side or press till dry with heavy
weight.
Pour boiling water over the raisins
let them stand few minutes to soften,
then drain the water off and you are
ready to proceed. No more trouble
with sticky fingers. Just pinch the
seeds out at the stem; knife will ex.
pedite matters little, though not es.
sential.
Iron rust is readily removed by equal
parts OF common salt and cream of tar.
ter, moistened with water and applied
to the stained spots and placed in the
sunshine. Moisten as it becomes dry,
for two or three hours.
In buying table linen, the finer, small.
er the pattern the longer ii viii last.
When table-cloths are half-worn, or past
use as such, the best parts may be cut
into table napkins, and if neatly hem.
med few will notice that they are not OF
regular pattern; or these pieces may
be used to lay under boiled fish fol
serving, or they will be found very con
venient for wrapping cake before put
ting away in tin box, for covering
bread, and score of other uses in the
kitchen; for it is never well to leave
food, after it is cold, uncovered and ex
posed to air, dust, and flies.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Jewel Frauds.

There is CONSERVATION Just now in
the Palais Royal, and the jewelers. of
Paris have found themselves the dupes
of what has not yet been pronounced to
be a fraud. Last year they were the
victims of diamond fraud. The gems
found at the Cape were more plentiful
and of inferior quality to the genuine
diamond of fifty years ago. The fire
was less brilliant and the stones had a
yellow tinge. An ingenious manipula-
tor stepped them in q violet dye, and by
some chemical process they came forth
from the ordeal pure and brilliant
white. This industrious investigator
received as reward of his research a
recompense of six months Imprisonment
and the Palais Royal jewellers were for
the moment comforted. There are
some splendid rubies in the market
whose genesis it is very difficult to ac-
count for. Tested chemically they an
swer the true definition of the oriental
ruby; analysis shows them to consist Of
all its constituents-and nothing else
The chemist is satisfied, but the expert
has his doubts. The fire is not so bril-
liant, and there are certain yellow tones
which the true gem has escaped. 1t is
suspected that difficult problem has
been solved, especially since it is found
that these gems when broken up do no
follow regular line of cleavage, as {
crystal should, but split in all direc
tons. 1t is suspected that Swiss artifi
GERS have learned how to melt mum
Der of small rubies and consolidate
them into one. Ten carats' weight o
ruby sparks would be worth about tel
shillings. One ruby of ten carats woult
be worth some hundreds of pounds
The subject is serious one, and there
are both chemical and legal difficulties
in its treatment. Experts are now EN-
ployed to ascertain how the thing i
done, and then the judges will decid
whether the process or sale amounts Il
fraud.-PdH Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Is Hospitality a Duty?

use hospitality without grudging,"
wrote the fisherman Apostle, mindful,
it may be. of certain unrecorded pas
sages in his itinerant ministry. The
revisers have weakened the Injunction
in rendering the last word s'unmurmur-
ing" The heart-giving. frank and
free, makes the ungracious dole of hand
and lip impossible. The fact has ugly
significance that with the increase of
beauty and luxury in our homes, the
practice of the generous virtue has de-
clined into Crusoeish disposition to
draw in our doorsteps after us when we
enter our abodes. The latchstring that
always hung on the outside has been
superseded by spring-bolt and patent
key.
This is not pessimistic platitude. The
era of machinery throws adjustable
bands about hearts, reels off, marks and
delivers sympathies and courtesies to
order, each package bearing the stamp,
"R. S. V. F." Should payment be with
held, it is understood that no more
goods will be delivered to that address.
We receive" and entertain on a
debit and credit system; invite our
friends to accept our hospitality because
it is expected of us, less than because
we want to see them or they would like
to meet us.
Sometimes this is sheer selfishness;
oftener INDECENT indifference; oftenest,
because our lives are so full and fast
that the cozy hooks once sacred 70 So
cial intercourse are done away with
This is as it should be if the chief end
of man be to make himself comfortable.
The nobler living, rounded into per-
lection, grows to be thus by spending
and being spent for others. From this
platform, hospitality becomes both duty
and privilege. / cannot afford, in
justice to myself, not to ask my friends
to my house. and make them happy
while there. The general principle
cannot be controyerted. How and
when to do these things is question to
be answered differently in various lati-
tudes, but few rules hold good every
where. To begin with, dismiss as a
silly fallacy, however embrowned it
may be with age, the idea of treating a
visitor ''quite as one of the family. "
As the countryman said when offered
bread-and-butter at Delmonico lunch,
they ''can get that at home" Abroad,
they look for change of diet. Marion
HarIGnd, IN Good Housekeeping.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Unemployed Women.

To the thoughtful woman the question
recurs again and again, What can be
done with purposeless, unframed wo-
men, willing to work for wages but I'M
able to spend time and money in a
doubtful attempt to fit themselves for a
particular occupation? A women's ex-
change Is chiefly storehouse for un-
desirable articles, few of which are
bought in pity. 1t is device of those
who are earnestly seeking to help their
fellow-women and not natural out
growth of the law of supply and de-
mand. The training-school begins at
the foundation; it fits girl to hold her
own, asking no favors.
A woman's duty begins with the wo-
man nearest to her by ties of blood and
affection, and stretches out to those ac-
counted less fortunate than herself; but
it does not end there. There are wo-
men far above her in the scale of
wealth, perhaps, who need wide out
look and broader sympathies; who
need to be drawn out of themselves and
their exclusiveness; who need to be in
terested in the great, busy. struggling
world outside of their circle, and to feel
that upon them rests, in part, the re-
sponsibility of making it better and
purer. In some ways they are more re-
stricted than the woman who sews for
them. The wife of teamster, if she
have the time, can take up any remun-
erative employment, and her friends
neither question nor repudiate her. The
wife of millionaire, possessed of I'M
limited leisure, must be idle. For che
| also is idle who might be better en-
| ployed." If she can endure the epithet
| of peculiar she may give her life to
the investigation and Improvement of
tenement-houses or devote herself to a
particular line of study; otherwise her
work for her fellow men and women
| will be confined to charity-balls and
fashionable bazaars. To do aught
which would bring her return in
money is not to be thought of for an in
slant.
And from the wife and daughter of
the millionaire to the girl who serves be-
hind the counter rather than 90 into a
comfortable kitchen the same power is
at work. Alasl how weak we are. Wo-
| men may say that all honest work is
ennobling, and all voluntary idleness
| belittling, and that, in comparison with
the woman who never lifts finger to
serve another nor has thought above
her own adornment and her social con-
| quests, the woman who does the work
of her kitchen, if she do it well, is
worthy of all the honor; but the con-
vlction has not yet become part Of
them.-EttG G. Ldphana, IN the Forum.