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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-03-11
THE GRADED SCHOOL.
VERY GRATIFYING EXHIBIT BY
THE SUPERINTENDENT.

Professor Tomiinson's Report for the
Sixth, Month of the School, Ending
February 2sth.
From the Superintendent report for the
sixth month of the school, ending February
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Rare Relic of the Confederacy.

A gray coat has been hung in a case at
the National museum near the collection
of relics of the Confederacy. This coat
was Confederate officers coat, and
though such garments were worn by
thousands of men less than twenty five
years ago, they are regarded as rare
curiosities.
The cloth, which is gray, is not OF very
fine texture. 1t is frock coat, with
cuffs and military collar faced with blue.
The sleeves are embroidered with gold
braid. There is no shoulder-straps, but
instead three bars on the collar indicate
the rank of the wearer. The buttons
are similar to United States buttons, ex-
cept there is no lettering upon them.
They have embossed upon them the
American spread eagle, with the Union
shield upon its breast, and surrounded
by galaxy Of stars. Mr.. Howard Clark,
who has charge of the historical collec-
ton, expects soon to obtain possession of
a coat of an engineer officer in the Con-
federate service. {
What became of all the old gray and
butternut suits after Appomattox is one
of the mysteries which those only can
explain who have made deep study OF
the average life and the final destiny OF
a suit of clothes. w Washington Star.
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MUSICAL NOTES.

jimmy Lind is 65. -
The rehearsaIs for Venii's @Othello" have
commenced at Milan.
Joachim was at one time the leading violin
in Liszt's Weimar orchestra.
Miss Emma Thursby will shortly leave for
lenthened tour in Australia. ..-
Rubenstein, it Is said, viii not undertake
any tours as pianist this season. ..f
Uncle Toms Cabin has been turned into an
opera. John Gilberts company is to sing it.
Herr Wachtel, the once famous German
tenor, Is suffering from enlargement of the
heart and dropsy. I'll. .ss
William Hamilton, the baritone, has left
James Duffs Opera company and joined the
American Opera in New York.
An amateur once asked Liszt how to play
the piano with SOUL The genial master re-
piled, "You must first of all have the soul"
Miss Louise Parker, the leading singer of
Colonel McCaull's company, is accompanied
by her father and her younger sister in all
her travels. ~.
Nine. Helen Hastretter, who was in the
American Opera company last year, has
joined Mapleson and is singing with his COM
pany in Ireland. ae. .%
Miss Davenport introduces some pretty
music in "Much Ado About Nothing" and
employs quartette Of accomplished singers
to execute it with proper effect. 4t#.
Coravan Dam, aged II years, the wonder
full pupil of Prof Julian. is singing in church
concerts, and astonishes the people Of Chica-
&c. She has range Of three octaves.
M,Audran, the composer of fla Maseotte,"
has written new comic opera, entitled "Indis
ana, which Is soon to be brought out at the
Avenue theatre IN London, under his per-
sonal superintendence. 2I5 aia5#
Col. Higginson, the originator of the Bos-
ton symphony concerts, has never yet sue
ceeded in making them sustain themselves.
The season of 1855, it is stated resulted in
a loss OF more than SIC, 600. II,
Mile. Luisa Simi, who appears in the list
Of sopranos of the new italian Opera COM
pany which is soon to make its appearance in
New York, is the italian for Miss Hattie
Louise Simms, who is well known as con-
cert singer. .,n
There have been two additions to the list
of principal artists of the American Opera
company-Miss Jessie Bartlett Davis, who
was with the company last season, and Mr.
Victor Daugan, q basso cantante, with q rich
voice and fine stage presence. eI
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Webster and the Young Graduate.


A grizzly headed Boston lawyer, who
is graduate of Dartmouth college, tells
a story of Daniel Webster, which has
probably never been in print. Webster
was present when this lawyer and the
others of his college class delivered their
orations on commencement day. Know
ing that Webster would be there, the
young man in question prepared what he
considered graceful compliment to
tickle the ears of the great man. When
the time arrived for him to be heard he
noticed with qualification that Mr.. Web
ster sat in front seat. By the stateman's
side was Mr.. Woodbury., also a graduate
of Dartmouth. The young orator, in
order to drive home his compliment,
looked straight at Webster and bowed
repeatedly to him.
Among the sons OF Dartmouth" said
the graduate, "there is one whose fame
has extended throughout the nation of
the world. He combines Attic culture
with Roman eloquence, and with both
the unanswerable logic of the greatest
English orators" There was more of the
same stuff, but Webster sat calmly
through it all. That night Webster was
the guest of the graduates father. He
met the blushing youth cordially and
said, as he grasped his hand: twas de-
lighted with your Grafton, sir. 1t was
fine-fine. ] particularly admired that
part of it in which you spoke of the Attic
culture and Roman eloquence Of my
friend Mr. Woodbury.. Boston Letter.
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PUGlLiSTIC.

Billy Mclean is proud of his pupil, Jack
Lynch, and says he can whip any 120-pound
man in the country.
Jack Burke is said to be training at Saucil-
ito, and Jack Dempsey is fitting himself on
Grand avenue, San Francisco for their COM
ing fight.
Again it is said that Ryan will fight Sulli-
van. In the same connection it may be men,
toned that the usual prospect of war exists
in Europe.-New York World.
There is said to be some little prospect of q
fight between Sullivan and Cardiff, of Mime
apolis. Il q fight is arranged it will not be
before Sullivan returns from the Pacific coast.
A match has been arranged between the
middleweights John P. Glow, Of Denver,
Colo, and Peter ]. Nolan, Of Cincinnati, to
fight to finish, with hard gloves. for $1,000
side. " @ 57s &f+E
John L. Sullivan and his pugilistic combi-
nation have left ON their starring tour. The
company includes Steve Taylor, Pete Mccoy,
George LaBlanche "The Marines" Dan Muir
ply and Jim McCuen Pat Sheedy, has full
charge The show is billed FIRST at Milwaukee,
Saltwater, st. Paul and Minneapolis. From
there they go to Leadyllle, 0mahai and Salt
Lake City, and viii reach San Francisco about
Nov 49,
Billy Oliver, the hacker of Tom Danforth,
has Just returned to this city. He doesn't
think that Danforth had fair play in his fight
with Warner Before leaving Minneapolis
be deposited $40 fora fight of twenty-one
rounds between Tom nanforth and Tom
Warren at any time that Warren may men
ton Warren and Danforth have agreed to
fight for the featherweight championship and
81, 600 side near this cty.--New York Sun.
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BASEBALL GOSSIP.

New York is still skirnishing for young
players, ~ Ae1
Kilroy win probably 60 to California with
the Louisville club. tsrs. .-r
Cincinnati is to play exhibition games with
Chicago Detroit and Kansas City. ..
Irwin and Andrews have agreed to play
with the Phillies next season.
Ramsey has been secured by Won der Abe
to pitch against the Chicago champions
The Boston club has signed Morgan Muir
ply, catcher OF the Boston New England
league team.
It is said the reason Dalrymple has taken
such fall in his batting is because his eye
sight is failing him.
After paying all the expenses of its big
deals it is said Detroit win have $25 900 in its
treasury at the close OF the season.
The pavilion at the new Philadelphia
grounds is being fast pushed to completion.
It is safe to say it viii be the finest stand Of
the kind in the country. .s-a
Some time ago the New York club proposed
that the league season be extended, so that
postponed games could be played of. About
all the clubs were in favor OF it except
Detroit.
Boston has not reserved Tate or Dealey,
st. Louis Crane, Chicago. Moolic, Philadel-
phia Irwin or Andrews, Detroit White or,
Manning, New York Finley or Esterbrook,
Washington Baker, Henry or Hoark
Boston has cleared $50 900 this season, New
York s100, coo, Detroit about $4,000 and
Chicago 100000 This viii effectually silence
those who heretofore have claimed that play
ing baseball is not legitimate and honor
able profession Rambler.
Chicago's California catcher, Hardie, viii
go back to California this winter and catch
for bali club called the Hayerays. Jerry
Denny and Patsy Cahill, OF the Maroons, and
Tom Brown, the great batter and base run
ner Of the pittsburg, win play ball With Cali
fornia clubs this winter. ~ % es'sAa'+As3
The secret is ont. Won der Abe is an old
bali player He was short stop of the old
Grand avenue nina IN ST Louis, and he is
talking OF getting the nine together again to
play the Browns In Won der Ahe's days no
coaching YVES allowed, but it is said Chris
used TO howl. @Schwint, Challey. Schwint."
Philadelphia Press. oz 81 stiatassa
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ABOUT BABIES.

A woman of Irving, Mimi, wrapped a
shawl so closely around her baby to keep it
warm that she smothered it. @ -
A lady in Waterford, N. Y, discovered
child about weeks old in a sachel floating
in the canal. 1t was not dead, and was soon
resuscitated.I A 4*@
Mrs Henry Hoover, of Polo, paid visit to
neighbor, leaving her 6-months-old infant
alone at home, tied in q rocking chair, near
the stove When she returned she found the
child burned to death and the chair in flames.
Recently babe was born to Mrs. Samuel
Wilson, at Buchanan, Mich. The next night
Mr. Wilson thought the child was thirsty,
and undertook to give it q drink of water.
The babe was strangled through his kind
attentions.
A child years old fell into q twenty foot
WELL at Mount Stirling, Ills, and was drown
ing in four feet OF water. It's mother LET
herself down by the well rope, got good
grip ON her little ones clothing with her
teeth, climbed nut again, aided by the stone
curbing and the rope, restored the child to
consciousness, and then tainted dead away.
y The smallest baby in Connecticut Is New
York state youngster, born tive months ago
at Long Lake, in the Adirondacks. She is
the child of David z. and Emily P, Mix, who
are visiting in New Haven, and weighs two
and half pounds She Is well formed, sound
of lung and appetite, is thirteen inches long
her wrist is seveu-eighths of an inch in cir
cumferenee, her hand is one inch across the
back, her ankles an inch and quarter in
circumference and her foot is an inch and
quarter long. III
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Anew Musical Instrument rnvente


The story of its first conception is one
Of interest. When child Mr.. Hamilton
was chosen by the queen as the compan-
Ion of Prince Arthur, whose studies he
shared, and thus had the finest training
that could be obtained. He grew up a
thoughtful, serious boy, full of vague as
pirations and lofty ideals-the tempera-
ment that is prone to dreams and visions
One day at a service in Westminster ab-
bey he noticed, as he was coming out,
that the voice of a boy chorister pene-
trated a greater distance than the tones
of the organ itself, and he fell to won
dering why this should be; how it was
that the slender human mechanism
should possess greater carrying power
than the massive pipes of the great Or
gan. la
On this hint he set to work to devise
an instrument that should be similar in
construction to to the vox humana, and
of a series of experiments the new in
strument, the vocation, is the result. Its
arrangement follows closely that of the
human throat. And its tones are said to
emulate those of the voice. A trial in
strument was shown in Music hall a few
months ago, and Mr.. Lang and other
musical judges gave tia high approval.
1t is said that vocation of far greater
power than the largest organs can be Sc
cured for one-fourth the cost. The per-
fection of the experiments on wind and
pipe instrument will be awaited with in
terest. The vocation combines the prin-
ciples of the Eolian harp and of the hui
man voice.-Lillian Whiting in Inter
OCEAN
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CHURCH NOTES.

The next Baptist congress will be held ct
Baltimore, Md, Nov. 49,
According to the latest statistics the Bap-
tist church in Germany numbers 1859 congre-
cations, 152 chapels, 1882 preaching stations
and 32, PA members
The last Sabbath in October has been desig.
mated as Children's Thanksgiving day for the
missionaries Of the American Sunday School
union by Secretary Crowell. s.3r m
A curious story comes from China TO the
effect that the massacre Of native Christians
in Chun- Khing was due entirely to popular
indignation aroused by the Catholic bishop,
who persistently used yellow tiles in the con-
struction of his new cathedral. This out
ragged native faith by making common use Of
a color yenerated as sacred.
The Catholic Review gives some interesting
statistics of Catholic missions in CHR a, Japan
and India. 1t says there are in CHM, includ-
ing AMMAN, Thibet Corea and the other bor-
der dependencies, 49,, ,403 Catholics, 2,429
churches and chapels, All European and Chi
nese priests, ,779 schools with %, ,219 and 50
seminaries with 654 ecclesiastical students.
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BRIGHT SAYINGS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

Papa" said little sick Twenty third
ward girl, whose father had brought her
drink; papa, can't you get some fresh water?
This tastes withered. New York Mercury.
Bright little 6-year-old girl in town
near by, who was to give a party, re-
marked to her father on the morning Of the
eventful day that she thought the children
{ must all be coming, for she hadn't received
any "regreterations Cortland Standard
A little 5-year-old boy named Webster,
from Springfield, visited his mother, who is
i'll at the Massachusetts, General hospital, and
after gazing wonderingly around remarked:
''This is the funniest hotel 7 ever saw; some
thing seems to all everybody here. Boston
Globe. s#Faszs nt .tfyzH a4s 25t
In Miss Edith's school, the other day, the
reading lesson contained some reference to "a
ferocious Gaul," and desiring to have the
expression fully understood, she asked its
meaning Thore naarnentls siisnce.
when a bright boy arose and responded:
"Please, ma'am, it means q terrible lot of
cheek. Pittsburg Chronicle. ,..
A little 5-year-old boy rushed in one day
and said to his sister: II saw boy steal
crabapEle from basket down town" She
said: aWhat will be done with hima" He
coolly replied: "Nothing as can see.. No
one knows 1t but me and God. shan't tell
of him, but he will get hard time with God
when he dies. Christian Advocate. ar
Bobby-Ma, you don't want me to play
with wicked boys, do youa Mother-No, in
deed, Bobby. Bobby Well, if one little boy
him to kick him backs Mother-Yes, Bobby,
oil noI,I r
with Tommy White any more. He's too
wicked. kicked him this morning, and he
kicked me baek.-Harper's Bazaar. ~ 5f
= There was baby born In little suburban
neighborhood to the north of the city lately,
and considerable curiosity was manifested in
the new conner by small group of boys,
ranging in years from s to 12, who con-
stituted the entire boy population of the
neighborhood. 'Is it a boyF' one of the s.
year-olds asked. eyes" "Good enough.
When he grows up he can belong to our
baseball club, and by'n by there'll be another
baby around here somewhere, and pretty soon
we'l have ninel"-Boston Record. -@
Nib's real name is Nathaniel. He is an
ardent temperance worker, and is as active
In the good cause as if he were so instead
Of 5. He belongs to q society which ne
calls the "Band O. Dope" and he has taken
an iron-clad pledge against almost every
thing. He was playing about on the floor
one day when his sister said: "Nib, I'm writ
ing to grandma. What shall tell her for youw
That grandma is particularly sanity old
lady, and Nib put down his toy wagon, and,
after pondering for a moment, answered
impressively: "Tell grandma to remember
and be good, and not to use tobacco in any of
its forms. Boston Record. .
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kentucky the place for Horses.

There is something strange about the
success of Kentucky as race breeder. 1t
is, of course, recognized and accounted for
thing that is not exactly explainable
by everybody. but after all there is some
about it. The bluegrass and the lime
stone come in justly for great deal OF
credit in their effect in hardening the
muscles and flesh, but there is something
outside of and beyond that Take Miss
Woodford, for example. She was taken
there and came out wonderfully changed
and improved, being an entirely differ
ent, mare from what she was when sent
there, being in better condition every
way and still weighing $50 to 200 pounds
less. Then Kentucky horses never have
bad feet. That is marked character
istic and one which is not easily ac-
counted for, but nevertheless remains Pc
culiar to the state.-CoL Jack Shinn In
Globe Democrat. na s
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FROM Alt SOURCES.

The Pasteur Institute fund, Paris, has
reached the sum of ]. ~, 600 francs.
:, In northern Asia now they are making
whisky of reindeer milk, which is rich in
alcohol a&
Vienna horse cars have two ompartments,
one for those who smoke and one for those
who do not zE 4s.o ~ / el5ss5
n A Colorado jury found that the death of a
gambler, who had been killed in shooting
ARRAY, resulted from ."lead poisoning" sa
"A celored girl in Laurens county. s. c..
The Savannah News says, is named "Fair
Rosa Beauty Spot Temptation Touch Me
Not 10 's1T OIL -slS&Tis3ss tliIa stsi2 e'-
s A suit of clothes offered for the largest
pumpkin grown In Dane county, Wis, was
won by a farmer who raised q pumpkin
weighing 123 pounds. sses~-,
A citizen Of jamestown, D. T., gave din
ner party to some Of his male friends. When
any of his guests told an old story the polite
host tinkIed cow bell under the table.
The typewriter, now in such common use,
dates back to 1714, when Henry Mill got
patent for it in England, but it was not
really made practicable until 1851. 1t now
seems indispensable. 6s
A parrot was allowed in the witness box of
o London court the other day. Poll was not
sworn, but she settled the case, which was
one of disputed ownership in herself, by turn
ing to one claimant and doing all that he
commanded, while the other was snubbed.
A well digger has been boring for water
for more than year on the farm OF John
Hughes, near Chebanse, Ills He is now at
depth of 400 feet, and the earth is SO dry
that water Is poured into the. hole to make
tho drin work. 9a p So
A pie.eating contest was held at jackson,
Mich, for S3 meerschaum pipe. The eating
began about z o'clock IN the evening, and
time was called at 10:30 The winner had
eaten four and q quarter pies, while the next
best man had eaten but three. ID
Capt Brown, of the British bark Omega,
voyaging between Shanghai and British
Columbia, employs none but Chinese sailors,
and says that they cost him GOO per csnt. less
than an English crew would He pays them
IS month, and feeds them on kelp and deg
fish, at an expense OF si.50 per month to each
HssF fesssF. sffts q 5ts#sFs4
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three wives and his only son are buried.
The first wi e is said to have been his best
beloved sga EzH ass G3
Beyond doubt the state of Ohio, now that
he has been brought home at last, will give
him magnificent memorial stone. 1t can
do no less. ss@ f@1 - @a53 aa t-
Distinguished men attended the funeral at
Cincinnati Governor Foraker, ex- x-Goyernor
Hoadly and Hon. Benjamin Butterworth
were among the Ohio notables. Whitelaw
Reid and Murat Halstead were of the pail
bearers. it fE4i i9sf4s5 fasff as=
The address, in which Congressman But
terworth presented to the state of Ohio the
remains of her great citizen, was eminently
fitting, being chaste and eloquent. The trust
was accepted for the state by Ex-Governor
Hoadly. He had been student in Justice
Chase's office when the secretary was poor
young lawyer in Cincinnati, and spoke low
ingly of that time. 3sH
Next to the coffin itself which held the IL
lustrious dead, the chief center of interest
was Mrs. Kate Sprague. To her may well be
applied the appellation of the, heroine, Of that
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of his own generation and of all generations
to come. .a a.-s
Physically, Justice Chase was one of the
noblest looking men of his time. OF towering
height, his frame was symmetricaaly proper
toned and powerfully knit. He had mas
sive head and splendid blue-gray eye,
steady, strong and clear. There was frank,
kindly look in mis- face and an expression of
dignity and power over his whole person
Yet he did not live to be very old, only 65
In these days of Cheyreuls, Gladstones and
Won Moltkes, that was early for strong and
famous man to die. But the strain on the
vital force of the American leaders from
1860 to 1868 was such that few of them are
alive at this day. Of the few who survive it
must be said that they partly comprise those
who always took care of themselves.
Our most distinguished Americans are
rather apt to be the sons of farmers. Justice
Chase was born ON a farm among the granite
hills of New Hampshire. Like Webster, he
seems to have thought it a good state to be
born in if a man left it early enough. His
uncle was Bishop Philander Chase, of the
Episcopal church, who laid the foundation of
Kenyon college and Gambler Theological
seminary in Ohio. He superintendent the
young mans education. Undoubtedly he did
much to inspire the nephew with noble am
bition.
Salmon P. was graduated at Dartmouth
college when he was only Is. He began life
a Democrat and remained such till the Pierce
administration in 1852. 1t was in 1S49 that
he was elected United States senator by DEM
ocratic votes, aided by few Free Soilers, in
the Ohio legislature. ..
The monument in the illustration is the one
that marked the chief Justices grave in
Washington where his remains have been
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LIBERTY COMPLETE.
RAISING THE LAST PIECE OF THE
a sssas.ssssss7 STATUE INTO PLACE.

It's Finished Exterior Presents o Grand
w ef Appearance Than Any Pictures
MEave Yet Conveyed-Its Tornado Proof
Anchorage and Hoopskirt Interior.
The visitor to the. Statue OF Liberty in
New York harbor will receive two very
startling impressions of the work on
his first visit. On arriving at the Bat
terry, the southernmost point of New
York city,, to take the boat to the
island on which the statue Is erected, he
glaIlces across the deceptive water to Bedioes
island, which appears. but q short distance
away, and Is disappointed in the size of the
statue Bedloes island is in reality over
ns4is asaA . half away There heinE nothing
within mile of the statue by which conl-
parison of height can be made, the statue
does indeed look insignificant. Embarklng
on the little steamer for passage to the island
one cannot but remark the number OF for
eign travellers, evidently, who are making the
pilgrimage to the, statue Our American
tourist reads his paper on the trip across the
bay but the visiting Frenchman is so enthu-
siastic over the "magnifque conception" that
he cannot even sit still, but crowds to the
front of the boat gesticulating to his COM
panions as he points out new marvels in the
work. If our American appreciates the
grandeur of the idea embodied in this colossus
of Bartholdis equally with the foreigner he
certainly does not show it. Either Liberty
is not the boon to him that it appears to for
eigners or he is SO accustomed to big things
that the statue does not startle him. Fl