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The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
Mr.. Powderly's Correspondence.


Some idea of the work Mr.. Powder
~ has ON hand in the matter of cor
respondence may be inferred from
the fact that when he left his sick bed
the other day more than 1000 letters
awaited his answer. 81 don't think, y
said he, "that I would be able for
John L. Sullivan just now, but I
think I went through that pile quicker
than John L. could" and he pointed
to stack of letters at his feet. 81
have answered all those since II
o'clock this morning. 1 receive a
great many letters containing receipts
tor the cure OF quinsy, but they are
all worthless / have tried every
known remedy" Further, in regard
to his health, Mr.. Powderly said he
considered himself nearly fully recov-
cred, although he is still under his
physicians care.
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AT MOUNT VERNON SPRINGS.
Closing Exercises of Prof. Johnson's
School. n
STAFF Correspondence of the Sentinel.

SCHOOL.
STAFF Correspondence of the Sentinel.
MT. VERNON SPRINGS, May 27.-
We had very pleasant day for the
closing exercises of Mt. Vernon High
School, very large crowd is in attend
ance, probably not less than $500 per-
sons, representing three OF four coun-
ties. Recitations consisting of vocal
and instrumental music and declima-
tions were pronounced good. The oc-
casion of the day was the address of
Rev. G. T. Bailey from the subject
The advance of education in the last
half century," Dr. B. makes a sound
practical talk, giving much good adj
vice to the young pupils. DIR. B. has
a great deal of humor about him, and
knows just how to entertain a crowd.
We have always believed the State
lost great politician, when it made
preacher out of DIR. Bailey.
Prof. johnson, the Principal of this
school, is we'll up with the advanced
ideas of education and with an able
corps of assistants will leave nothing
undone that can be done to make this
one of the best schools in the country
This little village situated one mile
from Ore Hill on the G. F. & Y. V.
R. r, is justly celebrated for the
high moral character of its community
and is also noted for its extreme health
fulness. Mr.. J. M. Foust has recent
| ly made great Improvements on his ho-
tel buildings and is now offering in
ducements to invalids and others seek
ing a nice, quiet health resort.
Mr. Foust has in his possession nu-
merous testimonials from many of the
leading citizens of North Carolina,
who have visited these springs, setting
forth the curative powers of the miner
ais waters. We are surprised that Mr.
Foust has not MADE some effort to adj
vertise this water which does unques-
tionably possess fine medicinal proper
ties.
We understand there is an immense
crowd at the closing exercises of Prof
Robertson's school at Liberty. The
crowd in attendance is said not to be
less than 5000 persons. Mr.. Daniels
of the State Chronicle, we understand
made fine speech there to- day.
| TRAVELLER.
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WINSTON G.. THURSDAY JUNE 1886. s.
blest citizen within her borders,@ white or
colored, are violated or threatened tg

Sacrificing no self-respect, yielding no
principle, bot testifying always our attach
ment to the Constitution of our fathers, and
the flag of the Union, not with the flowers
of words only, but with the ripened fruit of
loyal deeds, let us demonstrate that the
people of North Carolina are worthy to
guard their inheritance of freedom.
For one who has led such a busy
and active life, Mr.. Busbee has indeed
accomplished much. But what he
has accomplished is only an earnest of
the future that lies before him. 1t
goes without saying that he will adorr
the position to which he has been call
ed and that his appointment will prove
one of the best that President Cleve-
land has made among the Democrats
of North Carolina
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Legislature, and in the memorable
contested election of Congressman
Skinner, he argued the latter's case,
which terminated in the seating of
Mr.. Skinner.
In examining copy of an address
delivered by Mr.. Busbee in Raleigh,
on the Fourth of July, 1880, we make
few extracts, which besides being ap-
propriate to the times in which Car
rolton affair could occur, go far to
show that Mr.. Busbee is progress
live thinker, believer in free elect
ions and free thought in North Caro-
lima and can not in any way be placed
am ong Walter Pages "mummies.' We
reproduce the extracts as follows
It would be an easy though proftless
task to dwell upon the errors in regard to
the true functions of government which ex-
ist among, and the danger which threaten
our brethren in other sections of the Union.
1t is right to denounce the tendency tow
ard centralized government which endan-
ger the supremacy of the Constitution and
the sectional animosity which treats the cit.
liens of nearly one-half of the Union as lit
tie removed from alieu enemies. 1t is easy
to remove the beam from our brothers eye
and to congratulate ourselves with all COM
placency upon the excellence Of our own
vision. We are always willing to
"Confound for sins we are inclined to
BY damning those we have mind to-"
1t Is wiser though more ungracious
| task to search for the beam-or if you pre-
| fer the mote-in our own eyes.
Let me urge YOU then frankly as a para
mount duty we owe to ourselves, our State
| and our children to kindle and to keep
| alive upon the altar of our hearts the vital
not think that the people of North Carolina
are disloyal. God forbid.
believe that the day is coming, nay i,
almost here, when the truest, the braves,
/ defenders of the Union and the Constitution
| will be found among those who battled for
the South. | want no loyalty which is
| mere lip-service, ''the old flag, and an ap.
propriation," no purchased enthusiasm
which simply means party success per-
sonal advancement. l want to see, think
can see a new growth of an honest, earnest
loving devotion to our whole country.
Again it is demanded OF each one of us
that we shall take every precaution perfect
ly to protect personal and individual rights
Our attention has been so constantly fixed
upon the endangered rights of States and
section, there is some cause to fear that in
endeavoring to secure these rights and pre-
serve total selfgovernment some parts of
the South have been tempted to infringe up
on or pay slight attention to the rights of
individuals. There can be no perfect peace
in the South while the rights of the hum
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PRICE ) CENTS
COMMENCEMENT SEASON.
A STIMULATING WORD TO COL
LEGE GRADUATES.

Extracts from Letter Written by
John Tyler to his Son, who Shrank
from the Task of Delivering the
Graduating Speech.
Mr.. J. C. Birdsong, the popular
gentleman who presides over the State
Library at Raleigh. and who is, by
the bye, warm friend of THE SENTI-
MEL, sends us the following extracts
which are very appropriate to the
present period Of school and college
closings.
EDITOR SENTINEL As the Com
mencement season will soon be upon
us, a stimulating word to graduates
may not be out of place, and they ap-
ply to girl graduates rs well as to
young men. In reading the Letters
and Times Of the Tylers," the follow
ing letter, from which | make two ex-
tracts, was written by John Tyler to
his son, Robert, who shranl1 from the
task of delivering the gra 1uating
speech on the eve of his graduating
from college. The words have the
right ring, and should stimulate the
youth of our State to excel in every
undertaking.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1885.
My DEAR SoS:-I am sorry to
learn, through your last letter, that
you entertain difficulties about eradu-
ating, in consequence of the necessity
| which it would impose upon you to
make speech publicly. For this to
produce any difficulty is what I had
not anticipated. The very circum-
stance of your being the only gradu-
ate, and yours being the only speech
to be delivered, should be a circun-
stance rather Of gratifycation than
otherwise. The undivided honor is
certainly calculated to render it the
more distinguished. 1t affords you,
| also, an opportunity for a more elab-
crate essay. You may go more deeply
into your subject without the fear Of
fatiguing your audience. The report
to be giving of the occasion for the
newspapers will distinctly present you
to the whole public, and will afford
to yourself and your relatives the great
er satisfaction. hopd, therefore,
| tnaL you Will aCteInpL no compromise
with the professors, but press forward
to the full and complete discharge of
! the whole task.
y X
shall leave here in few days,
and may pass through Williamsburg.
AT all events, the money which you
want you will get in short time |
am glad to find you so much opposed
| to being in debt. Stick TO this through
life, and you will thereby promote
your happiness. Your speculations
about my future success are mere
speculations. Every man should as
pire to attain eminence; but the fail
ure to do so should produce no inquie-
tude. Ambition, like everything else
should be well regulated, or it vii
plagHe more than it will profit Thc
great end of existence should be &c
curb the passions, and never to render
ourselves up to their influence. Thi.
is the true philosophy; and after all
happiness is more frequently the in
mate of the cottage than the palace.
Your Father,
JOHN TYLER.
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nosed members in the House would
have concurred at once. But there
seems to be no hope; it is most too
dry.
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
bill, which is to be continued this
week, affords Holman, and Warner,
and other stern economists, full sway.
It is the bright day for which they
have been looking. Holman, for in
stance, stands two mortal hours open
ing and closing his mouth. Every
body is surprised; nobody knows
what he is trying to say. Again,
Warner rises with his Homerie brush
and draws a picture. Everybody is
pleased it looks just like him. In
the meantime, the Civil Service Com
mission tremblee. Everybody believes
Holman and Warner intend to wipe
il out
THE PANORAMA
on Fitthteenth Street, is crowded with
visitors night and day. Many repeat
their visits. To attempt, in newspa-
per bounds, bare description would
do genius injustice It can not be de-
scribed like mere show it is not a
mere show; it is the product of geni
us. 1t is not a great work of art; it
is a panorama. But it is the most per-
feet specimen of panoramic art ever
exhibited. It is a lesson on design, a
treatise ON composition, lecture on
coloring, and a whole course of in
struction on perspective. What is
more, it is the second battle of Bull
Run being fought again. A visitor
might as well miss seeing the Capital
as the Panorama of the Battle OF
Manassas SHADOW.
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Straining at q Gnat.

Brother Kingsbury is much dis.
turbed because the Methodist Episco
pal church South continues it's present
name. The brother is not disturbed
because the name indicates differ
ence between the two sections Of the
church, but because the name is not
grammatical.
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A Fayetteville Fact.
From. tie DailY NeIos.

The Winston Sentinel, one of the
most rapidly growing news papers of
the State will in its next issue enlarge
to forty-eight columns. The publica-
ton OF a serial story written by q
North Carohnian wilI be one Of its
new features. The .SelstineE is An ax-
ceilent paper, and We are glad. to note
Its success.
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!" Erratic as Ever,
From the Greenvizze STANDARD

From The Greenuslle standard.
The Neags and Observer says Mr..
John d. Grimsley has been elected
mayor Of Greenyille" Mistake. Mr..
Grimsley, we believe, is the newly
elected Mayor of Snow Hill.
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= AEany-Sideu IL

From tie z4@'e'' 1,'@yrul9I
Gen. Butler reads on,y the Bible and
the Eveattng l'oat. Butlet never fails
to look on both sides Of question.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09

The Price Current explains that ''the
above figures of immigration for the past
year covers only the six ports, of Balti-
more, Boston, New Orleans, New York,
Philadelphia and San Francisco, atwhich
the immigration for the preceding year was
$40, $50, or about ninety per cent. of the
final report. Current statistics of immi-
grafton embrace no calculation for immi-
ants arriving from Mexico and British
North American Provinces. 1t is likely
the final returns of the Treasury Depart
ment will show fully 800, 900 for the past
ent population is almost exactly 80, 000,-
000, calculated as mentioned"
In six years, therefore, our population
has increased from so, 1856, 1888 to 30, 000,
coo, or nearly 10, coo, 900; and in the ten
years preceding 1880 it increased H.
500, 600, making gain in sixteen years
of 81, 500, 600. AS our population was
only SO, 500, 900 in 1870. it has gained
over sixty per cent. What influence such
an increase in population has upon con-
sumption of products, is not easily to be
conceived. Take the case of wheat
alone. 1t is estimated that four and
half bushels of -four per annum are con-
sumed by each man. woman and child in
the country. An increase in population
of 10000 900 means that the country
must produce 40, 900, 600 more bushels
of wheat for home consumption than it
dill in 1880. An Increase of 81, 500, 900
in population means an increased wheat
consumption at home of SO, $50, 600
bushels. Just that much more wheat is
re ,uircd to supply the home demand
than was needed in 1870. In this we
take no account of the additional amount
req 'ired for seeding the increased area
put into wheat raising.-Ne,o York Hedi-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09
The Story of a Prince.

'Charles X. of France, when a child,
was one day playing in an apartment of
the palace, while a peasant from Au-
vergne was busily employed In scrub.
bling the floor The latter, encouraged
by the gayety and playfulness of the
young Count, entered Familiarity into
conversation With him, and to amuse
him, told him q number of diverting
stories and anecdotes of his province.
The Prince, with all the righteousness
of childhood, expressed his commisera-
ton for the narrators evident poverty,
and for the labor which he was obliged
to undergo IN order to obtain a scanty
livelihood. 'Ahn said the man, my
poor wife and five children often 90
supperless to bedr We'll, them re-
piled the Prince, with tears in his ewes,
you must let me manage for you. My
governor every month gives me some
pocket money, for which, after all. l
have no occasion. since L want for moth
ing. You shall take this money, and
give it to your wife and children; but
be sure not to mention q word of the
matter to living soul, or you will be
finely scolded.' On leaving the apart
ment, the honest dependent acquainted
the governor of the young Prince with
the conversation that had taken place.
The latter, after praislng the servant
highly for his scrupulous integrity, de-
sired him to accept the money, and to
keep tn affair profound secret, add
ing that he should have no cause to re-
pent of his discretion.
cat the end of the month the Young
Count d'Artois received his allowance
as usual, and, watching the moment
when he was unobserved, hastily slip
ped the whole sum into the hands of his
pr2teQe On the same evening a child's
lottery was proposed for the amusement
of the young Princes by the governor,
who had purposely distributed among
the prizes such objects as were most
likely to tempt a boy OF the Counts age.
Each of his brothers eagerly hazarded his
little store, but che Count d'Artois kept
aloft from his favorite amusement. The
governor, feigning astonishment, at last
demanded the reason of this unusual
prudence; still no answer from the
Count. One of the Princes, his brother,
next testified his surprise, and at length
pressed the young Count so hard that,
in moment of childish impatience, he
exclaimed: This may be very we'll for
you; but what would you do if, like me,
you had wife and five children to sup
mort 90
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09
TORPEDOES FOR UNCLE SAM.
Built by Edison n Cost of Five Thou
sand Dollars Each.

buIlt DY fSHisOn mt n Cost of EIy6 TH1u-
sand Dollars Each.
Although Congress did little toward
preparing the country to defend itself
against an enemy in case of war; the
Navy Department has not been wholly
idle, even outside of the preplrin of
plans for new war ships and completing
the ships already begun when the pres
ent Administration came into power.
Some time ago contract was made with
the Edison Machine Works in Goerck
street to build eight torpedOes which
should be propelled by an electrical APP
paratus and steered through wires from
the shore or the ship from which they
were launched. Three of these torpe
does have been completed and delivered.
The torpedo proper is As feet long
over all. 1t is cylindrical in the centre,
tapeIing to sharp points at each end. 1t
Is thirty inches in diameter.
The explosive is put forward, the coil
of wire through which the electrical
current passes is in the middle, and the
dynamo that turns the propeller and
operates the rudder is aft. 1t is mani
fest that this device would not displace
enough water to float itself, and boat
is therefore provided to float it. This
boat is sharp at both ends and IS decked
over. Its model is like a Yankee whale
boats. 1t is made of copper, as is the
torpedo. Stiff but thin bars of iron
connect and brace it firmly to the tor
pedo. These braces are put at an angle,
so that if any Instructions, such as
booms about ship, are met the whole
apparatus will dive under and continue
on it's course. A long slender guard
projects aft under the propeller to pro-
tect it under like circumstances. The
two balls that rest on top of slender
rods above the float are TO enable the
launching party to keep track of and
steer the craft. They are hinged to sub
stantial springs, so that when diving
under a log or other obstruction they
will bend down into slots prepared for
them and then rise up in place again.
The contract provides that these tor
pedoes shall run not less than ten miles
an hour. They carry 800 pounds of
dynamite or any other high-power ex-
plosive. This quantity exploded against
the side of war ship is believed to be
sufficient to agitate somewhat those on
board of her The range of these tor
pedoes is limited to the length of wire
they can carry. Those built so far carry
enough to enable them to travel one
mile and two-ffths away The most
astonishing curves and spirals can be
made by them under the direction of
the operator sitting at table at the
place of launching. They cost So, 900
each
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09
Persecution In Russia.

It is well-known that what we are in
the habit of calling the Baltic Provinces
of Russia were mainly peopled by Ger
mans, and that they were naturally
welded to the Lutheran Church and to
Lutheran doctrine. 1t has often been
said that Bismark's work is incomplete
so long as these people were not 1nclud-
ed in the limits of Fatherland, and that
in the event of a war with Russia Ger
many might attempt the accomplish
ment of such purpose. Russia seems
resolved to anticipate any such action
by forcing the Germans into the Greek
Church, and thus obliterating German
sentiment in the provinces. All the
children of mixed marriages are claimed
by the authorities for the Greek Church.
One of the most esteemed pastors, Pas
tor Brandt, has been sent to the mines
at Smolensk for asserting the rights of
his people, and as many as sixty pastors
have recently been summoned before
the authorities for similar loyalty to the
people of their own race and religion.
The German Evangelical Alliances con-
sidering what steps shonld be taken in
behalf of their prosecuted brethren.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-09

AN original method of detecting a
thief was employed in Paris the other
day. The proprietor of large perfum-
cry shop noticed repeatedly the disap-
pearanCe of several bottles which were
not accounted for in the books. He at
first suspected his clerks, but they not
only proved their innocence, but devised
the following means of capturing the
thief: A drug of peculia odor was mixed
with the perfumery and several bottles
were placed in convenient positions.
care being taken not to sell any of them.
One day young man appeared to get
some change, when the clerks noticed
the peculiar odor on his person. He
was arrested and sentenced to six
months imprisonment.
A DRIVER of Newark police van was
sent to the jail to bring an Italian prls-
Oner down to the police court to meet
his friends, who offered to bail him.
The driver went to the jail and got his
man, but neglected to deliver him at the
court. Five hours later when the prison
err was wanted by Justice Roder, the
driver was questioned. He suddenly
remembered that he had put the van in
the stable with the man locked up in
side He said he forgot all about him.
When the van was opened the Italian
was found sitting disconsolate in the
corner. He didn't imagine he had been
abused. Re seemed to think it was the
regular New Jersey way of dealing with
prisoners.
AN Austrian newspaper relates that
royal eagle recently swooped down upon
two children, aged respectively 10 and 8
years, who were minding cattle in an
Alpine valley, near Nippach, in the
district of Goritz in Illyri. The eagle,
selling the smaller of the boys with
beak and talons, lifted him from the
ground and tried to carry him off. His
screams brought to his assistance his
companion, who struck the eagle on the
head with a knotted stick he had, part
ly stunning 1t. 1t endeavored to fly off,
but its injuries impeded it, and a few
later 1t was shot by hunts
man. The wings measured nearly
eleven feet across.
THE teredo is so destructive to piles
in Diego, Cal, that as protection, into
those used in building a wharf there
lately. tenpenny nails were driven so
closely together as to almost completely
cover the piles from high tide mark to
the bottom