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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
Deplorable Conditions In the North.
west.

The reports of the damage done to
the crops in the Northwest by severe
storms of rain and snow to which
that region has been subjected are
most discouraging in tenor. It
seems probable that several million
bushels of wheat haye been practical
ly ruined, and that the harvest of
North Dakota and Minnesota, which
9 few days ago, promised such abund-
ant returns, is q comparative failure.
How far this is to be attributed to q
want of diligence in stacking and
thrsshing it is difficult to say, but
there has probably been no avoidable
want of dispatch. The catastrophe
is greatly to be regretted for every
reason. For one thing, it may mean
that the Northwestern farmers will
still have to be reckoned as discon-
tented class-a consideration which
will to the full involve all the sympa-
thy that will be felt with them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
A North Carolinian Abroad.

The following is an item of general
interest. It is dated Marion, Ind.
s'Dr. Richard J. Gatling, the inventor
of the Gatling gun, which is known
and is in nse througho ut Cristendom,
has invented q process for the manu-
facture Of heavy guns, which he be-
lieves will be-as great q success as his
wonderful machine gun. To-day he
decided to proceed at once with his
manufacture, q stock company hav-
ing been organized here for that par
pose. The capital stock is to be
81, ,OOO, 900, all of which has been
subscribed except 500, COO, which
has been guaranteed. !"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
Pungent Hits by Sam Jones.

Rev. Sam Jones is doing business
in Wilmington now, and The Star
catches up these:
"The difference between q dead
man and a dead church member is,
you can bury a dead man and plant
flowers on his grave and he'll lie still;
but dead church member can kick
like q steerl
"There is not a difficulty in this
town that has lived twenty-four
hours that has not been kept alive
by somebody's talking.
"How can q church member keep
straight when he is w..sding in and
out in the church, keeping feuds
alive?
"Ofall the things church was ever
cursed with, one of the worstis inter
nal feuds and dissensions, and the
preachers mouths are locked. If he
says anything, somebody will say he
stuck Sides"
"My experience in the matter of bap-
tism is, it's not how much water you
put on a fellow, but the kind of a fel-
low you put it on! I've sprinkled
some that turned out heap better
than some 1 dipped clear under.
"Ifmy watch don't keep time it isn't
worth any more than an oyster
shell in my pocket, and if a man
don't keep time religiously he is
worth no more than an oyster shell
In the church.
eff all the preachers in town we're in
the pulpit we'd get Glong better.
There amt a fellow down town but
what is preaching. I'll tell you what
l think about it. A blacksmith work
ing on O watch.
81 believe in preachers. No such
class of men live on the face Of the
earth, and yet of thousands OF
preachers that have met and shak-
en- hands with, cannot name you
twenty consecrated preachers that
1 have met in this country. Now
don't understand me to say that ]
haye met thousands that were not
partially consecrated. 1 want to be
perfectly understood, because l would
rather lay my head on that steel rail
out yonder and let the old mogul
engine run over it than tell q lie on
a preacher. (Laughter.) But, breth.
rem, before God, If l have met and
know personally twenty thoroughly
consecrated preachers, so help me
God I don't know what am talking
| aboutE"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
Take 1t Home To Yourself.

You think that your children are
stubborn, thoughtless. and perhaps
ungratefal. When this thought
comes to you, it will be well for you
to ref1ec. on your own youth.
Were you model son OK daughteri
Did you always obey without
hesitationi Did your conduct never
bring the hot tears to the eyes of
your parentsf Are ~ou entitled to
receive more attention and respect
from your offspring than you gave to
your father and mother7
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
That Chinese Report Denied.

1t is said at the State Department
that the report from Shanghai that
the foreign ministers have closed ne
gotiations with the Chinese govern
ment cannot be true, 30 far as the
representative of this government is
concerned, for the reason that no in
structions of that character have
been issued by the President and the
acting minister would hardly pre-
sumo to take such an important step
in the absence of positive instruc-
tiOnS
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
A North Carolin. Negro in the Chair.

The fifth day of the Ecumenical
Methodist Council, at Washington,
opened with Bishop j. w. Hood, of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church, Fayetteville, N. c., in
the chair. Bishop Gaines, of the At
rican Methodist Episcopal Church,
delivered the prayer, and Rev. DR.. C.
81. Phillips, of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church of Washington,
read the Scriptures. 80 that the open
ing services of the great council wers
conducted by three colored men.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
He Was Out of Money.

Judge T. Fl. Barrett, member of
the Georgia Legislature, left Atlanta
for his home last week and went to
hauling cotton to the gin, saying
that he was out of money and had
to do it. Corporations must have
less use for Georgia legislators than
in most States; otherwise there
would be no occasion for such confes-
sion of legislative poverty.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
A Problem for the Primary Glass

Here is simple question in
arithmetic. II under the protective
policy of the Republican party, the
money power of the country has COB
bled ap one-fourth of the homes
owned by the people in the country
how long under the same policy
would it take it to gobble up the re-
maining three-fourths - Wilmington
Star.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
At the Southern Exposition.

Among the curiosities on exhibi-
ton at the Southern Exposition are
the first fire engine ever used in the
United States and the old printing
press on which was printed Gn 1775)
the Mecklenburg (May 20, 1775
Declaration of Independence. The
former comes from the old town of
Salem and the latter from Charlotte.
Richmond Times.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22
SCHOULER'S
Nil|ilI'y Establishment.

THIRD ST.. SOUTH OF COURT HOUSE
We've arranged a regular "beauty
show" of Fall Millinery for this
week. Fashionable conceits in Tur-
bans, Toques, Hats and Bonnets.
Paris made and our own.
These busy days make US delight
in our beautiful styles. We've got
the right fashions pinned down to
the very lowest price. That pushes
sales and makes us busy as bees.
We have scores of novelties in
Millinery, and are constantly adding
the newest and prettiest things as
they appear,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-22

Sudden deaths seem to be the
order in the Parnell family. In speak
ing of his brothers death, Mr. John
Parnell, who lives near West Point,
Ga, where he has large fruit orch
ard, says there were twelve children
in the family, of whom six are dead,
every one of whom died suddenly.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19

cobra's scales and another cobra wrig-
Cling. Loading my pistol again I re-
peated the firing, hoping that he would
strike his head out, so that l could
catch his head also. Squirm and strike
as he did his head did not como out of
the hole until had fired many times
but it finally came and / secured him
also. On drawing him out and exam
ming him closely we found fourteen
pistol-ball holes through his body, and
still there was fight in him. Any three
of the wounds would have proved fatal
in time; but he died making a splendid
fight. We laid the cobras out on the
veranda and measured them. One of
them measured five feet eleven inches
and the other six feet and two inches,
than which one rarely finds 4 cobra
larger. Their hide showed that they
had evidently been living there right
among the flower pots that were tended
daily and within six feet of our vcranda,
and within twelve feet of my study door
for weeks or months. Though the CO.
bra is the deadliest serpent known, and
thousands of persons die of their bite
yearly in India, no one in our mission
has ever been harmed by one.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19

ward and nbalanced-muscled young or
old woman. But much more valuable
is the gymnasium in its education of the
feet, and OF the poise and carriage of
the body.
To this end fancy step movements are
given, and grace and ease of self re-
suits. Then, too, dexterity is a quality
the phlcgmatic, s1ow-by-nature girl
and woman needs to get on in this busy,
work-a-day world, where she who
moves the quickest and thinks the fast
est, keeping her mind clear and steady
on what she has in hand, puts to rcut
the moral CT that ancient fable of the
hare and tortoise, in reaching the goal
long before her slower and more DELHI
crate neighbor.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19
PHOTOGRAPHY IN coLoRs.
A Frenchman Suggests Simple Process
Tho Latest Wonder.

A Frenchman Suggests a Simple Process
Tho Latest Wonder.
The fixing in the camera OF the nat
uralrcolors of picture has always been
the philosophers stone of the photog-
rapher and ever and anon the state
ment is given out that this much-de-
quickly followed by a description which
goes to show how far from its promise
the actual result of the supposed discov-
cry really is. NJ. Lippmann has, how
ever, now put before the French Acad-
cmy of Sciences a plan which, if the
statements made concerning it are sub
stantiated, will constitute distinct
step toward the solution of the problem
of photographing objects in their nat
ural colors.
The suggested process is very simple,
and involves the use of the ordinary re-
agents. The sensitive film, during ex-
posure, is 1oated on the surface of mer-
curry. Suppose, for instance, ray of
blue light strikes the sensitive film, it
will pass through and, being reflected
from the surface of the mercury behind,
will pass out through the film aga.l in
terfcring on its way with the incident
ray. When the two rays are in the
same phase their effects will be addi-
tive, and the sensitive matter in the
film will be strongly acted on. At
small distance farther on the two rays
will neutralize each other SO that the
film is there totally Enacted on. In this
way the thickness of the film is divided
up into layers, on which the light has
acted, half 4 wavc-length apart, and
hence when fixed and dried it may be
considered as consisting Of number of
thin plates of half the wave-length of
blue light in thickness, and will, there
fore, give rise to a blue color when seen
by reflected light, just as the thickness
of q soap bubble gives rise to the colors
seen in it.
Owing to the fact that the thickness
of an ordinary film is many times the
of ray of light the colors
obtained are said to be remarkably bril-
liant. They are, moreover, perfectly
fixed, and the prints have been exposed
both to powerful electric arc light
and to bright daylight without any
signs of fading. 1t is also found that if
the prints are viewed by transmitted in
place of reflected light each color is re-
placed by its complementary one.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19
FREAK ROOMS.
No Satisfaction in Decorating Rooms to
Suit Passing Fancy.

| No Satisfaction in Decorating Rooms to
Suit Passing Fancy.
eyes, 4" said decorator to reporter
of the Philadelphia Upholsterer. 81
have q holy horror of freak rooms.
There is no satisfaction in decorating
room to suit a passing fancy, for nine
times out of ten it is soon wearied of
and everything has to come down and
out again. The reason why the Queen
Anne, the Adam or Renaissance, or
any other recognized period of design is
still in vogue, is because those schools are
perpetuated by sound principles of beau
ty and good taste. You never get tired
of a drawing-room in the early French
schools of two hundred or more years
ago. But here's man comes in to me
and wants a sporting-room.' He has
his own IDEAS, and / simply fill them
out for him, and ten TO one he's tired
of it in a month. He has baby alliga-
tor suspended by tail and jaw from the
mantle, and a japanese doll astraddle
its back, holding pair of ribbon reins,
which tie round the reptiles nose.
The ceiling is draped with a huge fish
net, oars are used in place of curtain
poles, and an Indian canoe is suspend
ed from two corners and fitted up for
bunk. The wood work is picked out
in Indian red, and fossils are scattered
around on everything, like cotton snow
on Christmas tree. That man will
weary of it all as soon as the silk rib
bons are dirty and the crocodiles get
dust covered.
81 have discovered one thing" con-
tinued the decorator, ''and that is that
there is more and more Independence
felt. People that want their house fur
nished nowadays know what they
want, and don't require as much as
sistance as they did. This reason is
largely due to the fact that people |
who can afford handsome interiors take |
the art journals, and their taste is |
cultivated up to a high standard, while !
the men who sell the goods don't, as a
rule, do q great deal of reading, and
they don't know as much as their Gus
toner's"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19
Tho sides.addle.

The Mortified opposcrs of the move
ment for wonen's riding en- cavalier
may be Interested in learning that had
it not been for an accident of fashion
the gcntler sex would be striding their
horses still, and that the sidesaddlc is
not an invention due to the advanced
modcsty of civilization. 1t appears that
one Anna of Bohemia, eldest daughter
of a German emperor and wife of an
English king, introduced the custom,
not from delicate repulsion to the old
method, but simply because she was af-
1licted with some sort of deformity that
rendered it impossible for her to ride
upon the saddles in common use. In
those days it was imperative that a
woman should ride, accordingly the
first sidesaddle was invented. Royalty
had then, as now, snobbish followers
ever on the alert to adopt fashions hon
ored by its patronage, and in a few
months every woman of place in Eng
land possessed a sidesaddle and the
custom was established.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19

waters of the Mexican country, says the
New York Continent 1t is built OF
quarter-inch steel plates is fifty feet in
length over all and is three feet IL
| depth.
At the trial held recently she was
propelled by two six-inch high pressure
| horizontal engines, which are placed on
brackets attached to the frame of the
vessel at the extreme corner, SO to
speak, of the stern. The engine worked
satisfactorily and gave the boat speed
of twelve miles an hour, which was
more than was expected, as she was not
built for fast travelling.
She is fitted with an Althouse boiler
of the most improved fashion. Her bow
is semi-circular, while her bottom is
flat. The pilot house on the forward
part of the deck is feet wide, 10 feet
long and7 feet 4 inches high. The rest
of the deck is perfectly clear, with the
exception of the small boiler, which
occupies a space of only about by 8
feet, which will remain uncovered.
The vessel will easiii5Jl1oat in o foot of
water, as she draws only eight inches.
The craft, instead of having keel, is
furnished with a centcrpiece which is
made of steel and runs the entire
length of the vessel.
The rudders two in number) are
placed in front of the wheel and are
eight feet apart
At present a gang of workmen are
employed in taking her engine and
boiler apart, and when this is done she
will be towed down the East river to
the ward steamship Orizaba, when she
will be placed on the steamships deck,
complete, and conveyed to Vera Cruz,
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19

There was lively scrapping match
between two Indiana light-weights the
other night, says the Detroit Free Press,
and when the victor returned to his
home in Seymour, putting over his vic
tory and hundred dollars in his
pocket, his mother realized that his
egotism might prove his downfall if not
nipped in the bud. She therefore
squared off and broke his jaw and
knocked him out in the second round.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19
A NOVEL FREIGHT STEAMER.

She VIII Float Easily in a Foot of Water
When Loaded Down.
A freight boat drawing but eight
inches of water!
The craft was blilt FOR the lIc-.ica1
trade and WI - uael IL TIC ..,1alloi,-
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19


A brougham built by an English firm
is model of conveniences. 1t is fitted
with electric light sufficient for reading
or writing. Opposite the seat is an
ivory plate on which arc several but
tons properly lettered: 'sLeft," Right, -
stop, $50 On" Home" and SO on.
On the dashboard in the coachman's
view is case lcttered to correspond,
SO that when a knob is pressed he I'M
derstands at once what is expected of
him. One button brings out the word
Speak" in which case he will put the
speaking tube in position and receive
orders.
Dickens Eird Grip"
A letter from Charles Dickens TO
Angus Fletcher, lately made public,
thus describes the passing of u bird i'm
mortalizcd by the novelist: Grip is no
more. He was only i'll day. sent
for the medical gentleman Ia bird
fancicr in the new road on the first
of his indisposition. He
promptly attended and administered
castor oil and warm cruel. Next day
the patient walked in a thoughtful
up and down the stable till the
clock struck twelve at noon, then stag
gered twice, exclaimed: 'Hal-loa, old
as remonstrance with his
weakness or an apostrophe to death, 1
am not sure which-and EXPIRED
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19

VIII soon have fine Billiard Room i'm
Connection.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-30
THE ARIELS WIN EASILY.
a Very One-Sided Boat-Race Over (
Long Bridge Course,

a Very one-Sided Boat-Race Over the
Long Bridge Course.
The second barge-race between crews
from the Ariel, Pioneer and Alameda clubs
for the championship was rowed over the
Long Bridge course yesterday, and proved
a one-sded affair, the Ariels winning with
out any apparent effort. Through some IN
explained reason the Alameda crew. of
which SO much was expected, failed to put
in an appearance, and a scratch four from
among the different clubs was selected to
take the rlace of the absent crew.
Although the race was advertised to start
at noon, 1t was fully All hour after that time
when Referee Sullivan called the boats out
for the start The ArielS were the first TO
show up. They roWed we'll, and looked
strong and sturdy lot. The Pioneers came
on few minutes later, and were cheered
by their admirers. The scratch four looked
out OF place alongside their better-prac-
tced opponents. Some bets were offered
that they would not be within hailing dis
lance at the finish. The ArelS and Pioneers
held consultation, and decided 10 give the
picked four time allowance Of fifteen sec
Onds. They might just as we'll have made it
fifteen minutes; 1t would not have altered
the result, as the picked crew failed to 60
over the course.
The referee sent the boats off to a good
start The Ariels catching the water first
soon sent their craft to the lead. Al about
-.s fuli
crew away in the rear. Getting eaSS,, "t W.
latter turned their boat home ward. At the
turning point, which was reached in eight
minutes, the Ariels were leading by over
two lengths, which advantage they main
tanned to the finish. rowing easily over the
line in fourteen minutes and Twenty-Five
seconds. The scratch four were sighted
over near the Alameda mud flats late in the
afternoon.
The following are the names of the
crews:
Aries-Henry Tank. G. W. Phelan and
Henry Whitcopp. Pioneers-J. Ellis, Rob-
ert E5py, Edward Heenan and W. j. Espy.
Scratch crew-Max Mannheim, d. Plcss, J.
Terrill and l.. Schumacher. Judge s-M.
Stokes, j. Hyland ana ID. NJ Dennis.
George Van Guelpen Of the DOlphiEs, who
was challenged by NJ. Stokes Of the Pho
neers, met the latter at the Pioneer boat
house yesterday afternoon and informed
Mr. Stokes that he had sent East for d new
shell, and on the arrival of the boat he
would give Mr. Stokes race.
Dan Leahy, ex-champiOn. and Henry Pc
terson, the pres mt Coast champion, wit
messed the boat-race yesterday.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-30
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.


Annual Meeting, Reports of Officers and
Election.
The annual meeting of the Astronomical
Society Of the Pacific was held in the hail
of the Academy Of Sciences, on Market
street, Saturday evening. Professor L. S.
Holden presided.
L. j. Molera, Treasurer, read his annual
report. which showed receipts amounting
to $3.50. Cash on hand in 1890, SlO21 70 :;
expenditures, S23s7 70; balance on hand,
S744 90; cash in Montgomery Library Fund,
Ps lSG % 1 asEGRs d Nfs9 E l Gtaa
TO $1,000 when all accounts are collected.
The Library Committee reported 49I vol
umes in the library. Four hundred aud
thirty-one were purchased by the Alexander
Montgomery Fund at cost of S1017 Cash
on hand $3.50.
The Comet Medal Committee reported
that 1t had given five medals for the dIScov-
cry OF comets during last year, one In the
United States and four TO European astrOn-
Omers.
A committee of seven was appointed to
take charge of astronomical affairs at the
Columbian Exposition in Chicago, as fol
lows: Professor g. w. H0ugh, G. e. Hale.
q. A. Douglass aud Il. W. Pike of Chicago
william Nj. Plerson and c. b. Hill of San
francisco, and Professor A. j. Burnham of
the Lick Observatory.
Lord Rose, Chancellor of the Dnblin OBJ
seryatory, was introduced and said that he
had worked with reectors and was natur
ally special pleader in their favor. He
mad Just seen the great refractor az Mount
Hamilton and was much pleased with IL
He was astonished TO see the number of
people visiting the observatory at Mount
Hamilton. In England no such interest is
manifested. lie hoped that Mount Hamilton
would become one OF the greatest Observable
rieS of the world.
The Presidents renort was read showing