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The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23

The two hunters stole toward tn,
noises and their wonder grew as thu
sounds that they had taken for
moose-call shaped themselves into tn,
notes OF a familiar old tune. At tbs
cage Of the clearing they paused in
amazement at the scene before them.
Ia the top Of a tree in the opening
was an indistinct dark object, and on q
limb below il, revealed bv a lighted
torch, q man was blowing frosty horn.
Nine large wolves sat on their launches
IN semi-circle about 20 feet from the
foot Of the tree, each nose pointing up
ward, and every ear erect as they listened
with answering howls to the hearty old
tune of "We Won't Go Home Till
Morning" which Gideon, shiyering and
disconsolate, was rendering in the meas
ure Of dirge.
The two hunters looked at each other
In blank surprise. Never before had
such a sight appeared to them in all
their lifetime amid the woods.
pinch me, Nimrod, and tell me I'm
not dreamin'. said Uncle Zeke. This
thing don't seem nat'ral. Well, / de.
Glaze Il the hull affair amt goin' up in
smoke.
Starting from the foot of the~trec, a
shaft Of flame was shooting up its trunk
with blaze like a chimney atire.
"By gum Them wolves amt no
dream We must hurry up to save
human bein' from being burned alive or
eaten by vaunintsm cried Nirnrod
Haynes. "Whats tcarin loose now2u
Inc continued as bear and wolves rolled
and tumbled in the snow. The crit
tiers seem 20 be haviu' tussle among
themselves
Neither Gideon nor the enraged beasts
below him needed the approaching
hunters, who, 80 yards away. opened
fire with their "Winchesters" into the
mass Of conteuding animals. At the
cratk, crack, crack Of the two repeating
rifles the yelps of pain grew louder, and
more than one wolf leaped into the air,
and fell back in his death struggle,
while the loup .cervier took refuge in q
tree.
The fire crept out on the limbs, com
polling Gideon to creep further toward |
the end of the branch, which he expected /
every instant to break under his weight. /
As he watched the fght with helpless
fascination the rapid discharge of rifles
brought to his notice the deadly volleys
lmong his enemies. The next moment
he limb broke short off near the trunk
md with q crash he dropped into the
leep snow, which nearly buried him
rom sight.
Fifty yards away the bear lay diving,
hot through the body; two or three
wolves lay dead about him and as many
disabled ones were trying to crawl away.
he loup.cervier tumbled from a tree
nth ball through his head. The
rounded animals were quickly dis
atched and the hunters then pulled the
out of the snow.
Gideon helped his rescuers skin the
cad animals and pack the fur on their
ed. This exercise and the walk home
their company warmed and limbered
i'm, and cup of hot pepper tea by a
lazing fire completed his recovery from :
le i'll effects of his nights adventure. !
/ ST. Louis Republic. |
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23

Tho New York Central boasts car
that Is novel specimen of n labor
saving machine, Inside il is some
oicck~Iihe mvehapisn which. as- tho
car goes over the track, rasprda every
defect in tho rails. IL these have
spread the thirty-second part OF an
inch beyond the standard width, or
there is a loose joint or defective con-
nection, tho machine notes It all down,
rs well as the distance from one place
to another. Formerly this work was
done by an army Of track-walkers.
II is proposed, says the Chicago
Herald, TO develop the invention and
combine the detective mechanism of
The car with an ordinary coach so that
mechanical examinations of the tracks
can be made with the regular trains.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
SUICIDES By LITERARY WOMEN.

Froken Minna Telenius, from Finland,
who the other day committed suicide at
a Copenhagen hotel, is the third author
ess who within some two or three
years has taken her own life in the Dan
ish capital. The two Others were Fru
Victoria Benedictsson, the well-known
Swedish lady writer, better known under
her nom dc plume as Arnst AhIgren, and
the young Danish lady, Froken AIDA
Roonkilde. Literature not having
brought them the fame or the success
they expected, they were unable to bear
the disappointment. None had, how
ever, shown more determination than
the young Finnish lady who ended her
life the other day. She had arranged
everything with wonderful GOODNESS and
dressed herself in white before taking
the deadly poison Chicago Post.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23

The interesting fact that asphaltum
Is being made out Of crude Ohio pc
trolcum at tho rate Of 1000 barrels per
day Is Of great Importance to street
contractors and others. Tho reGners
OF Lima and other grades Of petroleum
have discovered that although there ia
bur from twouty-eieht 10 thirty-six
per cent, Of pure white iluminant and
ten per cent. Of naphtha mud benzine in
the oil there IS sixty per cent. Of as
phaltum residuum. The Standard Oil
Company refine about 5000 barrels Of
crude petroleum daily aud the outside
relners about 1000 making $4,000
daily. The output IN asphaltum is
profitable enough to refine for that
product alone.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23

France is suffering o. much az Ger
many from the ovcrcrowding Of the
learned professions. Fifteen thou
sand schoolmlstresses, 1000 primary
sohoolmasters, and 800 high school in-
structors arc looking In vain for en-
ployment. There are $4,000 French
physicians, that is about. G000 or
1000 more than there are In Germany,
with her 10000, 600 more inhabitants.
Parts has 500 apothecaries, Two
thousand lawyers in Paris, who have
passed all preliminary examinations
for full practice, cannot make livings
In their profession. Civil and mining
engineers arc so numerous that hun
dreds of thcm ere seeking eagerly
petty positions in mines and factories.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
The dearth of intellectually anon,

The dearth of intellectually among
German eruy officers, amounting to
an almost ;omplot, suppression of
literary aspirations on their part, has
been made the subject of acrimonious
newspaper discussion. Il seems to be
a fact that German army officers con-
tribute far less to military literature
than their English, French and even
Russian colleagues. As o reason is
given the extreme discipline, which
not alone claims nearly all the time of
officers for physical exercises, but also
subjects all their literary efforts, be-
fore they can be published, to their
superior officers approval. There
was time. muses. the Chicago News,
when the German schoolmaster was
looked upon as the best friend of the
German army, but since the school
masters have become liberals the
powers that be may not look as favor
ably upon intellectual freedom, and.
least of all, in the army.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
4 Comforting Reflection.

Pat wanted position under the
government, and on being told that
he must be prepared to pass a civil
service examination. applied himself
faithfully TO the necessary prepare
ton. Some time later his ambition
for public preferment seemed to have
deserted him.
s'What is the matter, Pat?" asked
his former employer. Couldn't you
pass the examination
Il could that he replied. 81
answered every question on the paper.
But" he added, his native wit coming
10 the rescue, 81 guess they thought I
knew toe much to be wastin' me time
washin' windies. - Harper's Maya
zine.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
FASHION NOTES.

The corslet is becoming to almost any
figure.
Satin has made great advance IN favor
of late.
Black dotted wells are at the height Of
fashion.
A new shade OF violet verging toward
gray is cllled petunia.
Small boys are to be seen in regular
man-o'-war suits this spring.
On some of the spEing goods the spots
are as large as a small orange.
The brim of blaekstraw hat is square
in front and the crown is only lace.
A cloak Of Russian sable Of the best
quality could cost scarcely less than $685.
Causia is the name Of new soft shaggy
cloth, much resembling French cameIis
hair.
Very large plaids and wide stripes bid
fair to be more popular than for many
years.
Undersleeves Of ehifTOns are put in all
six gowns and robes made with hanging
or angel sleeves.
The new perfumes and powders are
put up in rich cut-glass bottles Of unique
shape, having silver tops.
Venetian and Wattezu effects are en-
ployed at weddings, making them more
brilliant pageants than ever.
B1desmaids' dresses FOR children from
ten to fourteen are made IN white cloth,
With an abundance Of stitching.
The sailor hat hobs up serenely among
spring head coverings, and although +
saanos be heard Il i SUR 70 make itseH
50
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
A vEcKIAcE CREATES A SENSATION.

An Empress's necklace has been
creating quite sensation in Madrid for
its beauty and its great value, as we'll as
for its historic associations. The neck
lace belonged to the Empress Eugene
and was a present from Ismael, the
Viceroy Of Egypt, who'sent it to the En-
press in 1869 on the occasion of her visit
to opea the Suez Canal. A few years
ago all the Crown diamonds and Jewels
were put up to auction by the Republic.
Among the buyers was a jeweler from
Madrid, who bought the neckluce be-
cause the Empress Eugene was
Spaniard by birth. The necklace con
sists of great pearls of singular beauty
aud is priced at SIS, O0O.-San francisco
Examiner.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
A KINGS LOVE OF SPORT.
a11cw Kalakaua Undertook 70 riain
Sole Native oarsmen.

ZIG Some Native oarsmen.
! There are dozens of "reminiscences Of
the late King Kalakaua now floating
down the news current, and the san
francisco Post adds couple relating to
the late monarchs love Of sport: The
King was very fond of sport and was
never happier than when consorting with
the athletes who wandered to his island
while returning from the Orient by way
of San Francisco. The fever for boat
racing In Australia caught his attention.
and he conceived the idea Of introducing
that fascinating sport at the islands.
he had only to express wish for it
and the oarsmen among the white popu-
lation challenged q crew Of the natives
to foLr-oared boat race. The articles
of agreement were at once drawn up, the
stakes deposited and date set.
The King made up his mind that the
natives would be beaten if he did not
become their trainer. He was so enthu.
siastic in the matter that he would allow
no one but himself to carry out all the
preparations for the contest.
He selected seven of the most skiTful
scullers among his subjects and placed |
them in training according to his idea of |
the most approved manner. He told |
them they might be as strong as mules,
but If they did not train their wind they
would never win the race. He then
ordered them to be up every morning
at sunrise and await him at the gate of
the palace.
The next morning he was in the saddle
IN time to meet his crew. He carried
q long blaeksnake whip. His orders to
the scullers were: "You must run as
hard as you can until l tell you to stop
and If you don't" He cracked his
whip as a forcible finish to his threat.
He ran them for three miles the first
morning and increased the distance every
day. In the afternoons he
administered to each of them a liberal
lose OF physic. In the evenings he I
trained them in the boat. He overturned /
them, and they lost the race before l
lat the course was covered.
kalakaua was passionatelv fond of
ailing a yacht. he owned one which :
'arried too much sail for any wind
yreater than strong breeze.
One dsy he sailed much further out to /.
ca than he usually did. He was lazily '
Watching the multitude Of hungry sharks
which swarmed around his boat, when a q
torn blew up. He shortened sail as e
uickly as possible, and every time he 4
boxed At the water he saw the sharks Il
'atching HIM. When be was carefully 81
-orking his way back to the island the L
harks continued to watch every move o.
lent CT his arm at the helm. as those Z,
chatting the chances Of his escape from II
ieir jaws. He fooled them. though. ~
ut he afterward lost all desire for YACHT =
g.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
THE SENTINEL.


"a small item 'of news has just
appeared in the papers, which to my
thinking" writes tho Paris (France)
correspondent Of the Boston Tran.
script, ais the most pathetic story that
could be told of human misery, and
tho bittorest sarcasm that could be
cast upon this ago Of highly organ.
lied philanthropy. A poor woman
who sold pins and needles in the
streets Of Toulouse died from cold IN
her fireless room, and when her corpse
was found II was perceived that the
last Gears which her anguish had
drawn from her eyes were frozen on
her checks"
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
WOMAN NOT THE WEAKER VESSEL.

/
Among savages the woman is just as
healthy as the man. Considered as an
animal from physiological standpoint,
a woman is capable Of more hard work,
of enduEng more hardship, deprivation,
and disease than a man. A woman will
endrre where man will succumb and
break down entirely. She is not natu-l
rally the weaker vessel, and certainly in
some respects woman sconstitutionally
the superior Out of an equal number
Of male and female infants there will be
found at the end of the first year Of life
larger number of girls alive than boys,
according to statistics. This discrepancy
continues up to the age of fifteen or six
teen, when the mortality becomes great
est among the girls. At the age of forty,
or fifty the death rate is about equal in
both sexes, and, finally, the oldest in
habitant is always woman, thus show
ing that her constitutional fund of Vi
tally is naturally greatest. 1t is some
times argued that woman is naturally
weaker and inferior because the average
weight Of her brain is from four to six
ounces less than that of the average
man, and that thus her intellectuat
quality is less as we'll as her physical.
kut when the size Of q woman brain is
considered in comparison with the weight
of her body, it is evident that woman
has more brain per pound than a man;
and if that be a proper standard of COM
parison, then woman is the superior.
There is no physical reason why a wo-
man should be more feeble or diseased
than man. Stanley was furnished with
two hundred African women to carry his
stuff into the interior OF Africa, and he
found them the best porters he had EN-.
ployed, although he felt very doubtful
about accepting their services when first
The Mexican Indian woman
IS able to carry her household goods on
ler back with two or three babies on top
when change Of location is desirable.
Meanwhile her husband trudges bravely
llong carrying his gun. On the CONT
lent of Europe most of the heavy work
8 done by women. In Vienna, women
md dogs are frequently hitched to-
Sether, and sometimes woman is yoked
With a COW to draw load of produce ia
he city. Many of these peasant women
Vill carry upon their heads load of
vegetables that few American men could
asily lift. These women have the mus
les of the waist and trunk thoroughly
eveloped. Despite their hardships,
ley do not suffer from the backache OF
Their ailments which the women who
ress fashionably are constantly afflicted
18th. chronological Journal.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
strip the width Of the velvet. -Ladiss'
Home Journal.
cnIcAeo woMEg LAwYrns.

Chicago Is especially kind to women
who practise lew, and some Of them hold
high places in the profession. Judge j.
b. Bradwell presided at the recent din.
ner Of the Illinois Bar Association, aad
his ideas on the subject may be gathered
from the fact that his wife, Mrs. Myra
Bradwell, has been for over twenty wears
the editor Of the Chicago Legal Nelcs.
and his daughter, Mrs. Bessie B. Helmer,
has studied law, aud has assisted her
father in editing twelve volumes Of the
Appellate Reports Of Illinois. The Legal
Necs is prosperous and well-arranged
journal. 1Irs. Helmer, Judge Bradwell's
daughter, was married not long ago to q
young lawyer. She is President Of the
Association Of Collegiate Alumnae. Mrs
Mary A. Ahrens, another female lawyer
of Chicago, answered to the toast ssWo-
man IN the Learned Professions at the
banquet of the State Bar Association.
Governor Fifer and Judge Lyman Trum-
bull had preceded her as speakers, but
she had sufficient self-confdence to make
a graceful though modest speech. Al
few sentences of her speech were "Wo-
man in the learned professions As a
preacher, we know that she is eminently
qualified to stand by the coffin aud speak
to those who sit broken-hearted and
by the side of their beloved
ones; we know that out of her heart she
will speak words of comfort and cheer;
we know from the past that she no longer
'hrinks at the sight of blood; she is able
% bind up the wound, yea, strong enough
% use the knife and cut out that part
which is infectious, and if not removed
$ death. In the profession Of law she
zones last, but she will not be the least:
he comes among her learned brethren
With humility enough to make her a
Wiling pupil. "-Nea0 YORK. Tribune.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
USING rE1rEr rcoNo,rcA11r ArD wr1r.

USING VELVET ECONOMICALLY AND WELL.
The judicious use ST velvet enriches a
gown, is universally becoming, and is
the one material that can be used with
lace, silk, wool, cotton, etc. Ribbon
velvet and grosgrain ribbon having q
satin edge, are the favorite trimming
ribbons, which are put on skirts in cross
snd lengthwise rows, as bride bows,
binding on the edge of the drapery
whether it be slashed, in tabs, or plain;
trim panels, hold bit of drapery here
and there in 8 rosette, edge the basque
ending in rosettes back and front, hold
the Tapped basque fronts with rosettes,
trim collars in one-pointed tab on each
side, form bretelles, trim the wrists, hold
the fullness OF sleeves in tight little bows
on the outside Of the arm. and trim the
front Of the basQuss irregulariy, as three
straps on one side and two or four on the
other. coming disgonally across the
front The cabbage-roseftes spoken Of
are used on ladies' and children's dresses
and hats. They must be loose and fluffy
to be q success. II made Of ribbon take
thirty inches Of No. Il or No. Is ribbon.
gather along one edge and pun It up to
form the loose rosette, catching i light
II here and there in place. II made Of
piece SIX or velvet, cut bias strip two I
inches and half vide when doubled. I
gather the two raw edges as one. draw
the fulness up and form the rosette Is
assss==sssss.z - e lRb2as AID take
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
IARTHA wAsu1Saroa III WARS OLD.

MARTHA WASHINGTON III YEARS OLD.
The ladies of Trinity A. NJ. e. Zion
Church, Long Branch, N. j., recently
gave Martha Washington tea party.
The feature Of the party was the i'm
personation Of Martha Washington by
Aunt Judy Cummins, who is Ill years
old. Mrs. Cummins is spry and enjoys
good health. She surprised the young
folks by the case and grace with which
she led the grand march. -NeU York
Sun.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
HAIR, NAT AND SHOE OF ENGLISH GIRL.

HAIR, HAT AND SHOE OF ENGLISH GIRLS.
One Of the funniest sights in London
at the present is found in the hats worn
by the young women. At various times
the hat of the New York female has
dwindled to humorously small proper
tons, but never has it faded to the
atomic size of this present hint Of head
covering now fixed upon the head of
feminine London. An abundance of
hair is also fashionable at lust this time,
and, with the small, butter plate arrange
ment slapped at sharp angle precisely
on the front of a great bush of frizzled
locks, the young women seen about are
better than anything in the current bur-
lesque. Another peculiar feminine fash
ion of the day is that of the low shoe.
The choicest girls in Mayfair wear
only the low shoe in the sloppiest and
coolest weather. The sensible walking
shoe of.the British maiden is one of the
myths that are so plentiful in the records
of the English, for she makes a sadden-
ing attempt to utilize the high French
heel and pointed toe, which, considering
the national falling, is a very large job
for her to successfully accomplish. The
hair, the hat and the shoe of the West
End beauty are the only conspicuous
distinctions that exist between her and
her American cousin. Her garments are |
similar to, and as attractive, as those |
worn by the bellies Of Murray Hill. |
ago Herald.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
SKETCH.

wife tfretfuiiyl-Something Is going
TO happen, dearest Yes, YES. have q
feel sure Of it.
Husband thoroughly acquainted with
his spousel-No, think not. The
and milliner called while
you were cat, and I-er-ssttled the
bills.
Wife NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ieaa ez9Sh 49,. -
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23
KINDRED WIrH Ar.

We cannot 60 70 far
That home Is out ofsight;
The morn, tho evening star,
viii say, Good-doyl Good night
The heart that loves will never 10 alone;
All earth, oil heaven II reckons ms ne own,
-lHenry Burton.
The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-23

Z. ,. SEARs, Of Boston, has bought
the famous English St. Bernard dog
Sir Bedivere. paying for it $4,000.
Rathe- : costly pricc foz z1oo1To-.ed
Gsusara - - 49,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-22

their banks. Many thousand acres of
land are covered with water and the
roads are impossible.
A large number of buildings weak
ened by the floods have collapsed. The
loss of live stock is very great The
Parrot river has overflowed its banks
Between Bridgewater and Langport
the country is for many miles like a sea.
Hun s of cattle have been drowned
and houses are submerged.
NEN CORK, Oct. 2l.-Three big
ocean steamers which have had terri
BILE experiences with the ocean gale
have arrived in port. They are the
Didam, of the Netherlands American
line; the North German Lloyd steamer
Aller and the Rhaetia, OF the Ham
burg line ThS Didam, one of the
newest of the big ships, had the worst
time. She battled with gales for ten
days continuously, and the first day
out one of her sailors was washed
overheard and lost. Last Wednesday
she encountered a hailstorm. and the
captain says the hailstones were as big
as hickory nuts Many of the ships
servants We're thrown down and hurt,
and one had his finger cut off by the
force of his fall There was much
sickness among the passengers. and
many of them did not eat at all during
the long voyage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-22
Catarrh

6 blood disease. Until the poison is
i expelled from tile system, there can
be 10 cure Tor this loathsome and
dangerous malady. Therefore. the only
effective treatmen, is a thorough course
of Ayers Sarsaparilla- thu best Of all
blood purifiers. The sooner you begin
the better delay is Dangerous.
Il was troubled with catarrh for over
two years. / tlied various remedies,
and was ,reated 10y number Of physi-
clans, but received no benefit until l
began TO take Ayers Sarsaparilla. A
few bottles of ths medicine cured me of
this troublesome complaint and COM
pletely restored my health. Jesse NJ.
BOggs, Holman's Mills, y. C..
"When Ayers Sarsaparilla was rec
commended to me for catarrh, was in
clined to doubt its efficacy. Having
tried so many remedies, with little ben
eft, | had no faith that anything would
cure me. / became emaciated from loss
of appetite and impaired digestion. l
had nearly lost the sense of smell, and
nv system was badly deranged. was
about discouraged, when friend urged
me TO try Ayers Sarsaparilla, and re-
ferred me to persons whom it had cured
of catarrh. After taking half dozen
bottles of this medicine, / am convinced
that the only sure way of treating this
obstinate disease is through the blood. F"
Charles II. Malopey, lis River ST.,
lowell. Mass.