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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
WINSTON-SALEM. \: c. THURSDAY. APRIL "a, $780,
rock, "you is de las folks in de- worP
to take,de vantage 20. er. man, .ss' I
now prays dat you will yere .wt'ut /

rock, "you is de las folks in de worP
to take.'de vantage ,o.e er. man, $50 I
now prays dat you will yere -whut /
has ter say: 1t has been' n6rated er:
bout de ,fnunitv datI wants to.preack
+ does, brudders, hut fur why? Gaze 7
think dat you needs er homes man ter
talk to- you At one time MI. Pitts
wuz fuss rate puss6n, er visitih' de
sick an hepin' ter bury de dead; but
like de pen ted hog, he is got fat an
lazy. an lemne tell you dat when er
man gifts lazy it is mighty hard fur
him ter be honest So, now l is gwine
ter take his place. Hol' on, folks"
The people had begun to cry out
against him.
"Jes hol' on er mint. fur it is wild
yo' leave dat l am gwine ter do dis.
Las night suthin' came to me in er
dream an tole me dat dis man wuz
corrupt. Dat suthin' said dat we would
all find it out dis day. axed how,
an den de sperit said dat as proof de
very water whar he preached would
be 'taminated said sholy not, fur
dar want no purer water in de worl'
dan de Spout Spring. but de sperit
ter be er fack. wy I'll hab no mo- ter
say. an dis pusson dat has got fat often
us kin 90 ahead Brudder Fin," old
Sandy a,l,ied. addressing we'll known
deacon. Twill you please step down
thar an taste o dat water. sah?'
"Oh, stop yo' foolin' an let dis yere
revival 60 on" Brother Fin answered.
in de world"
"Dat's Jest whut l blebes myself
said old Sandy" "but l wants ter see
an know eff dat wuz er sho' nufl
sperit."
"Oh, I'll taste de water," Brothe.
Fin replied. "an' den l hopes you will
go away frum yere an let us worship
in peace"
He dipped up agourdful of the wa
ter, drank swallow, threw the gourd
down anil heaved distressingly. A
com motion followed. Other brothers
drank and gagged. The preacher seiz
ed cupful, drank, and had to lie
down. 1t would be impossible to de-
scribe the scene that followed. Wo
men threw up their hands in terror
aud old men stood and trembled. One
fellow bolder than the rest, seized the
bough of a thorn tree and let in ON
the preacher. The false prophet ran
away, glad to escape with his life.
Old Sandy was installed as pastor
he lived high for few weeks. Then
an ugly secret leaked out. The old
rascal had discovered the source of the
Spout Spring, and at a timely moment
had emptied a barrel of soap grease
into it He was numerically whip
ped with the thorn bough that had
been used on the Rev Sim Pitts, and
shortly afterwards, upon conviction Of
having stolen a hog. was sentenced t.
the penitentiary for three years.
The Rev. Sim Pitts will preach al
the Spout Spring next Sunday.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Oharlotte's June Musical Festival.
From the Charlotte MronicIs.l

From the Charlotte Uron;c,e.1
The Chronicle would invite the at
'.ntion of all music loving people, and
particularly those of North Carolina,
to the Musical Festival to be held here
June 18th and 14th.
Among the singers are Mrs. Cor
inne- Moore Lawson, who is regarded
by many as one of the most finished of
American singers. She has won lau-
rels at the great Festivals at Cincin-
natti, Worcester, and Taunt N, Mass,
and although still quite young, is in
constant demand throughout the large
cities of the North, East, and West.
Miss Emma Leinbach is native of
Salem, in this State, but for several
years has pursued her studies under
eminent teachers in New York, and
for year has been the leading sopra-
no at the Madison Square Presbyte-
rian church, and has filled many con-
cert engagements. She is one of whom
the State is proud, and will delight to
honor.
The tenor will be William Court
ney, of New York, for several years
the favorite at the Peters -g, Va,
festivals, and one of New York's most
eminent teachers and singers.
Miss Emily Winant, the contralto,
has sung from Maine to California,
and through Europe. Sheis the great
attraction in the famous Thomas
church choir, New York. She and
Mrs. Lawson are both engaged for
this years festival in Cincinnati.
Gustav Berneike, of Cleveland,
Ohio, who has been for several years
a prominent soloist in concert and
oraforio in the West, will be the bass
soloist. A prominent musical conduc
tor writes that no one but Myron
Whitney could create more enthusi-
asm. His voice is broad and sympa.
thetic, with splendid articulation.
The programmes will embrace ma
ny styles Of music, the majestic orato
rin, lyric cantata. brilliant operate
airs, and simple English ballads; sc
that every taste will be fully met.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Look After The Little Ones.

S. S. S. is the remedy for children
because it is simple vegetable COM
pound, prepared from the roots gath
cred from the forests, and contains no
mineral at all nor any poison of any
kind. It cures by eliminating the
impurities of the blood, thus assisting
nature.
If there is or has been any consump.
ton in your family, you should give
your children S S s. 1t will gently
stimulate the action of the lungs. and
enable nature to properly develop the
child. IF there is scrofula, you should
not fail to give S. S. S. 1t is the on
ly remedy which has ever cured this
disease. For boils pimples, blotches,
etc., ON children S. s. S. is superior to
all other medicines. It acts gently, il
forces out the impurities and builds uu
the child from the first dose.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Dunning Postal Cards.

Less than two years ago Congress
passed All act making it criminal
offence to mail postal containing
written or printed matter of libel
lous, scurrilous, defamatory or threat
ening character or calculated and oh
viously intended to reflect injurinusly
upon the character or conduct of au-
other. The penalty for violation of
the law is II fine not exceeding five
thousand d liars, imprisonment for not
more than five years or both fine and
imprisonment.
Under this statute st. Louis bust
ness man was Indicted for mailing
these two postals t. customer:
please call and settle account,
which is long past due, and for which
our collector has been several times" "
To this the Gust mer e-idently paid
no attention. as the following was sent
to him six days later;
"You owe us VI 80. We have call
ell several times for the same. II not
paid at once we shall place the same
with our law agency for coIlection.''
The United States Dist let Court
holds that the sending of the first was
not, but the mailing of the second was
a criminal offence The reason given
for the distinction is that the second
contained threat to sue, which "both
calculated and intended to humiliate
and injure the person addressed in
public estimation," while the other
was not open to this objection. Oh
the first Judge lhayer says:
The language employed is not of q
threatening character, and, in my
opinion. no injury would be warranted
iu finding, in view Of its contents, tha,
It was obviously intended nv the
writer to reflect injuriously on the
character or con 3uct of the person
addressed, or to injure or degrade him
in the eyes of the public.
cit is true that it contains a de-
mand for the payment Of a debt and
says it is long past due and that 8
collector has called several times, Du,
il is couched in respectful terms and
no intent is apparent to put it iu such
Q form as t. attract notice or to make
it offensive tn the person addressed"
In view Of this decision, which We
think is carrying the law to an ex.
treMe hardly warranted, business mel
will find it prudent either to enclus,
demands for money in closed Gu
veloPes or ia be careful what the,
| write on postal cards.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Application for Admittance by Suffering
Scldiers-No Home for Them.
From the State Caro,ricIe.


A few days ago Mr.. W. S. stron-
ach, secretary of the Confederate Vet
Grams, Association of North Carolina,
received the following letter from Mp.
d. G. Maxwell, of Charlotte secretary
of the Mecklenburg camp:
"Mr. j. M. Sheffield, of this county,
and late a member of Company B, 18th
Regiment, N. c. Troops, is in very
destitute circumstance, and by reason
of wounds received during the war is
unable to support himself and requests
that | write you and ask if he can get
into the Soldiers Home; and if so, what
form of application must he make?
A Chronicle reporter was inciden-
tally talking with Mr.. Stronach yes
terday about the Home, when that gen
tleman remarked that he had made an
official reply to Mr.. MaxwelPs letter,
and the reporter was permitted to read
a copy Of Mr.. Stronach's reply in
which he said:
Il am very sorry to say, that for
lack of funds to maintain it, we have
not opened the home SO kindly given
to us by Col. Heck. The whole SUBJ
scription to date amounts to about So,
600. If our people ever had any in
terest in or sympathy for the worn out
soldiers of the Confederacy, they must
have outgrown it; and it seems that q
home in the poor house is considered
good enough for the disabled veterans
of the "Lost Cause"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Shooting at Revenuers.
[From tie Viikesboro Chroniole


Some time ago the revenue officers
of this county, Iredell and perhaps
others, got word to come to Wafren's
Bridge, in Iredell, right close to the
line of Wilkes, on last Thursday night,
and they would there be met by a
pilot who would conduct them to
some illicit distilleries. Deputies Mas
tin of Wilkes, and Harwell of Iredell,
and General Revenue Agent Ballin
met per agreement at the above nam
ed time aud place, but the unknown
would-be pilot never made his appear
ance. After eagerly waiting for some
time the officers separated, Mastin
coming home, Harwell and Rallin
starting to Statesville soon afterwards.
The two latter had not gone very far
from the Warren brilge on their way
to States7ille when they we're fired
upon. One of the horses was hit on
the jaw. A ball struck the heel of
one of the officers and glazed the alb
domen of the horse. That was the
amount Of the damage done. It is
unknown who did the shooting.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Lays Six Eggs a day.
T Frana the ASheyt(le Citizen.

j. NJ Fuller is the name of chick
en- fancier living in Aheville, and at
present he has struck a bonanza. It
is in the shape Of a hen that lays six
eggs day.
Mr.. Fuller FIRST noticed this enter
prising spirit in his fowl about three
weeks ago, and at first he would
scarcely believe it. He watched her
for some time and finally he became
certain that he had run across a gold
mine in disguise. To make more sure
of it he put the hen in q separate coop
where he felt that she could receive
no outside assistance, and when he re-
turned at night the customary six
eggs were waiting for him. This state
Of affairs continued for a week and on
the Sunday before Easter Mr.. Fuller
avera that his hen went her record
two better and dropped eight eggs in
her nest.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
WILM1NGTeN,s JUBILEE
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Over the Complexion of the O. F. 4 Y. "
-. IL 81 ) Railroad ..-:e
s[Rom.th. Ch4lohe Gar6nicle.


'.'[*oms4 IL. cnaflode car6nicle.1
W1LM1sGeros, N. G., April IL
The opening of the Cape Fear & Yad-
Kin Valley r. r. which connects
Greensboro, Y. G., with Wilmington,
via Fayetteville, was the occasion of a
tremendous civil demonstration in
Wilmington today.
The road opens up the rich terrific
ry of the upper Yadkin Valley, by
CONNECTION with Fayetteville, at the
head of navigation on the Cape Fear
river.
Three train loads of invited guests
were taken to the Hammocks, a pop
ular excursion resort, through the
courtesy of the Sea Coast railroad,
The visitors were given an oyster
roast and trip over the .Switchback
railway.
At 5 p. IN. parade of the civic or
CARNATIONS took place, closing with an
exhibition by the fire department in
front of the Orton house.
The principal streets of the city
we're profusely decorated; and leading
ouSiuCSS tlOu VA GuC tCtdLC WCIC pI ICSCuL
to participate in the celebration. AR
rangemen:s for the entertainment of
the guests had been made by all the
railroads entering Wilmington. The
weather was some what inclement, but
not sufficient to interfere with the pro-
gram of the day.
A banquet was arranged for the Wis
itors this evening at the City Hall, but
the Ceremonies" were held at the
Cotton Compress instead, mammoth
building near the river:
The principal speakers were Ex-
Lieu Gov. G. M. Stesdman and Con-
gresham Alfred Rowland, Governor
Fowle was expected to be present. but
executive business at Raleigh pre-
vented his attendance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
Shot from Ambush.
[ Wilmin, ton Messenger Special.]

"H"H5toH 4hesScHyeT opectdt.J
A horrible assassination took place
within the corporate limits of Clinton
a few minu.es past one o'clock p. m.
Saturday, the 18th inst Mr.. Edward
N. Butler, who lived in the Southwes-
ter part of town, on the Elizabeth road,
was going dow town from his dinner.
When he reached point near where
the road crosses Dollar branch, one of
the small streams which intersect the
town. he was shot down from ambush
on the opposite side of the road, The
ball entered the right hip. fracturing
the bone and perforating the bowels.
Mr.. Butler lived un.il 1915 p. M. to-
day. He made a dying declaration
duplicating young man of desperate
character.
Diligent search has been made for
the later about his usual haunts; but
without avail up to this writing. Mr.,
Butler was As years of age and leaves
q wife and nine children.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24
It is said that Sneaker Reed We

1t is said that Speaker Reed was
educated for the ministry, but the
devil got ON such intimate terms with
him before he was equipped for work
10 the moral vineyard that he became
a Republican politician, and see what
. shocking fellow he has turned out
to be, boss Of q gang of treasury raid
ers and seat thieves. = Wiimin9ton
Star.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-04-24

Must he carefully considered by the great una
j'ritY Of people. in buying even necessities Of
life, Hoods Sarsaparilla co-"mends itself with
special force 10 the great middle casses, because
cal power. 1t is the only medicine Of which
can truly be aaid 400 dnses one dollar" and q
bottle taken according to directions will aver
age to las. month.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27
1T SEEMS STRANGE.

However much it may seem to
in the eyes OF the Independent, the
Silrer State does not think because
our laws sanction one form of in
EQUITY all restraint should be
thrown off and every swindling
device legalized, but it does be-
lieve that if the Independent and
other papers which have so much
to say against a lottery, which we
cannot have in this State without
changing the Constitution, were
actuated by moral motives, they
would have little to say in favor
OF the repeal Of the Gaming Act.
-Silrer State.
1t does seem a little queer that
these highly moral organs do not
open a crusade against faro and
stud poker. Here is fine field
for a real moral anti-gambling pa
per to make a record.
We feel as the SilUer State does;
that when the papers begin TO call
for a repeal Of the Gaming Act
they really mean business.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27

There is conductor in one OF
the Market street cable lines, San
Francisco, who disposes OF the
money taken for fares in an en-
tirely original way. A reporter re-
Gently saw him receive a nickel,
put it in his mouth, collect an
other and deposit in the same
place and so on until he Lad a
mouthful of small coin. He made
change from quantity of nickels
carried in his pocket. and when
his supply had apparently given
out he emptied his mouthful of
change into his hand, counting
S1.80 in nickels, dimes and quar-
ters.-Erdminer.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27
MORNING APPEAL.
THE WHITE WINGS OF PEACE.

Since the meeting OF the Cali
fornia editors at Santa Barbara
the white wings of peace have
been stretched from Ukiah to San
Diego, and the editorial hatchet
has been wrenched from its handle
and buried with the edge down.
Louis Munson of Banning, no
longer alludes to III. A. Peabody
of Santa Ana as a baldheaded de-
ciple Of Doodle, and Gardner &
Hart of the Pacific Monthly speak
now of "Brother" Aver and "Bro-
Their" Buckingham, and Brother"
Craig, when it wasnot so before.
A few days and nights under
the same roof did the business.
About a hundred people who had
been giving each other particular
fits for several years became a
sort Of big family together for
about a week, and they reached
the conclusion that nearness in
stead OF distance lent enchant-
ment.
After one has been for several
years heaping epithets on a man
he has never seen, and then sits
under a vine clad veranda at
Santa Barbara with a bright, love-
ly woman and eats ice cream and
strawberries for half an hour with
her, to discover that she is the
wife Of the particular fiend OF
darkness you have been exchang-
ing editorial cannonades with, and
the man himself comes along and
proves to be round faced, jolly
good fellow (who later in the even
ing pledges eternal friendship over
the tenth Bozanta cocktaiD; after
all these things happening, it
changes the editorial gait some
what, and after you have drank,
too much, maybe) with him and
danced with his wife and daugh-
ter, then the journalistic hori-
zon changes from a sombre to
a rosy hue, and you go back home
feeling that your contemporaries
are really Of the esteemed" sort,
and not all corruptionists, corpor-
alton hirelings and petty larceny
thieves.
The California papers, with the
exception perhaps OF those pub
hshed in Oakland Whose editors
did not attend the Convention)
and few in San Francisco (who
ignored it, are now all on peace
full footing and instead Of fight
ing among themselves are direct
ing their attention to the general
public enemy Of all, the bloated
and thieving advertising agent.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27

The quality OF beef and other
meats procurable at the butcher
shop of NJ. G. Gardner, Jr., can
not be surpassed anywhere. All
beef in the shop comes from
steers, as good beef cannot be Sc
cured from cows. j24tf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27

George G. Wells, the nineteen
year old boot-black at Santa Rosa
who was arrested for robbing the
lock-boxes in the postof1ice, has
confessed to having been engaged
In robbing boxes for quite o per-
iod of time,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27

ENERGETIC GENTLEMEN AND
Gw ladies' are making from $50, to
800 per month securing members for
our association. Thework Is light and
pleasant; one agent wanted In each
county. If you can only devote two
hours per day to our business, it will
pay you we'll. dGress j. r. Slater.
Western Manager, Chicago Co-Opera-
tive Purchasing Association Salt Lake
City, Utah
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27
THE DIRIGO HOTEL
Clenbrook, Lake Tahoe, New.
F. s. JEFFERSON. Proprietor.

This new and beautiful hotel, at
the Mill Town, cannot be surpassed
in point of comfort anywhere on
the Lake shore. Rooms comfort
able, the view splendid, and board
all that can be wished.
Visitors to Glenbrook are re-
quested to call and inspect. j27
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-07-27
Club Rates, 6 Tickets $50,
Special Rates Arranged with Agents
AGENTS WANTED In ever.

w
America. o1iaA
The payment Of prizes IL guarantead
ny q special deposit OF I'VE hundred
thousand dollars (S50O, oOOl, with th@
state Government, and approved ~
Jesus Aretea<a, Governor
drawings uuder The personal supssr
vision of Lie. Herminic Arteaga. wlSo
apI o1nted by the Government a.
Intervention. -
CERTIFY that witt the State Tree
surer All necessary guarantees are de-
p sited, assuring full payment OF an
prizes of this drawing.
HERMTNIo ARTRAGA
Intervention
IMPORTANT.
Rem ifta-ces must be either nv Seu
YORK DRAFT, Exp ess or Registered Let
ter, American money. Collections car
be MAJ by Express Companies or
Banks Tickets sent direct TO manage
ment will be paid by drafts on New
York. Montreal. s. Paul Chicago. S,.n
Francisco or City of Mexico, For ftrp.
Their information address
JUAN PgEsDA Manager.
may9 Xacatecas. plexTc~
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-02-19
SILVER FoR BABIES.
ExtravagRnt Luxuries of An Kinds De-
slgned for the Nursery.

signed for the Nursery.
You can't have a fashionable christening
at home without baptlsmal bowl, says the
New York World. II you don't mind play
ing jackdaw the family rector will take
great pleasure in loanng one of the altar
basins, or IL not too ultra to strain q point
the caterer can be levied on for a large
wine-cup, a small punch-boN or an ice-tub
Of quaint design in which to christianize the
new heir. But economy Of no object and
Mammon subjective the bowl is consid >red
part OF the tronsseau and so provided for.
Not unlike punch-bowl in design and re-
quiring an equal amount Of workmanship
to perfect its beauty, almost any sum be-
tween $40 and 81, 200 may be invested. For
the former price you can get Derby plate
Of glooular or bell s.-pe, with f1uted edge
and rose pattern worked about the CIR
cumference. Quadruple plate, in satin or
ground finish, artlstically stamped, sells
for SIS and $50, and are warranted to en-
dure in beauty and service through two
generations. The sterling silver are SIS,
sans decoration, and every inch Of repousse
work adds $50 to the cost. A bowl, gold
lined, with winged cherubs and dimpled,
dumpling-faced angels floating about in
swirls of mist and cloud, was used at Mad
ison avenue chris 'enlng last Monday and
has since been sent to q bank vault for
safety, labeled heirloom.
During the ceremony in question the bowl
was fiIled with water, which reflected the
pink TINT of the loose rose petaIs sprinkled
IN the bottom Of the lovely vessel One of
the favors sent to Mr.. Baby was a{75 cradle,
festooned with garlands of field flowers and
flied in with bed of pink roses and a pill
low of white buds. The record of the event
was entered In a silver bound book of rice
paper, all the guests appending their names
as witnesses Of the ceremony. High tea
followed, served with the music of mando-
Inns, harp and guitar, and after the cloth
was removed, slumber 8 ngs and nursery
ditties were rendered by professional tai
ent. The assortment of baby sets, bread
and.milk services, toilet articles and odd
mug, travs, spoons, rattIes, button-hOoks
ano beautifully pound brushes would equip
an asylum of baDles. One gift consisted of
a silver case containing q dozen tiny hand
kerchiefs of sheer canoric, and another IA
mounted on ivory.
At the swell confectionery shops baby bon
bons are offered for sale. You surrender
81 25 in exchange for an oblique-angled box
covered with tinted satin paper, containing
one layer of frult-favored creams sprinkled
over with crys'a.lized rose leaves. The
cover is bound about with yard or so of
satin ribbon, and the wrapping paper is tied
with gold cord. If you don't care to attend
the regeneration of this favor n visiting
card and district messenger will suffice to
excuse YOU.