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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-23

An oyster may carry as many as two
million eggs.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
! The Teachers, worla,s Fair Party.

A list of the North Carolina teach
ers who will go on special train to
the Worlds Fair, has been published.
The, party is. composed of over 200
teachers, and they left for Chi
clgo Tuesday. The names of the
following parties from the Piedm ent
section are published in the list;
Misses .Addie Andrews, Sallie Rich
ardson, NJ. A. Wyche, Annie Sher-
wood, Messrs. A., Kennedy and NJ. s.
Sherwood, Greensboro; Mrs. Frank
Chalmers, Winston; Misses Laura
Clement, Matte Eaton, MocksviIle:
Misses Fannie Davis, Louise Martin,
Pattiel Poindexter, Germanton; Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Galloway, ]. A. Rack
ley, Elkin; Miss Camille Hunt, S. E.
Williams, Mrs. a. II. Welborn, John,
Willie and Goode lWeIbosn, Lexing-
ton; Miss A nnie T.. Smith, Stoqeyille;
d. M. Vernon, Leaksville.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
For the Hou.ekeeper.

The Journal. of Chemistry gives the
following as an infallible vermin ex-
terminator: dissolve two pounds
of alum in three or four quarts of
boiling water; then apply it with a
brush, while boiling hot, to every
joint or creyiee in the cupboards
where ants and coekroaeheS congre-
gate, to all the pantry shelves and
to the joints and erevices of bed
steads. Brush all the cracks in the
kitchen floor and in the baseboards
with this mixture. A cement of
chloride of lime and alum, used to
stop rat holes, and the walls and
cracks and corners washed With hGt
alum, with borGx added, will drive
away rats and mice as well as in
sects.V = - -.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
A Rain Storm.

This section was visited by a refresh
ing rain Sunday afterdoon. Reports
from Waughton are to tile effect that
quite severe wind and rain storm
passed through that section. The
frame of a large tWo-story house was
blown down. A gentleman from a
section called 'loHse-leyel,'' four miles
southeast of Salem, says that the
storm was also quite severe there.
One house was moved several feet by
the wind, fences were blown down,
and corn badly damaged. The storm
came up while congregation was
worshipping at the church, and the
members fond it necessary to raise
their umbrellas and parasols in the
building, with such force did the rain
beat in unqer the shingles.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
McCIure's M agaz zine for August.

McClure's magazine for Angus
contains mental banquet which
must appeal to the appetite of even
the most chronic intellectual dyspep
tic. The'frst thing encountered in
the magazine is Eugene Field, the
Western Horace, in his study on the
Goth of June, 1898, the day that
Ham1in Garland. the Western move
list, prevailed upon him to sit, stand
and deliver his life to the pages of
McClure's Magazine for August. The
"life" of Mr.. Field follows the picture.
The contents included a story by
Conan Doyle, Adventures with Wild
Animals, Mrs. Gladstone and Her
Good Works, and several short
stories illustrated.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
NEWS NOTES.

The English coal miners went on n
strike and 100000 men are affected.
A locaioption election for Roanoke,
Va, has been ordered on September ).
Details of the recent battles in
Nicaragua have been received. and
show that from 600 TO 1, 900 men
were killed.
Postmaster Dayton has appointed
q. W. Meeks, a Tammany man. as
superintendent of the general post
office delivery
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels
has issued Il statement showing that
1O5 banks have gone into his hands
since he went into office.
1t is believed that one Of the re
suits of the present financial depres-
sion will be To attract more North
ern and Eastern capital to the South.
The crops in many sections of
Virginia are suffering greatly for
want of rain. Some OF the smaller
streams are drying up and the rivers
are getting low.
Col. Nathan Toomer, of Georgia
SCNt tiV didCt SdI 1OIil-
pany 500, 900 for alleged delay of a
sleeplng-car. which, it is claimed,
caused the ath of his wife,
The Legislature of the State OF
chihuahua, Mexico, has just passed
law providing that any one caught
in the act of stealing cattle shall be
shot on the spot, and that the death
penalty will be inflicted upon ali con
victed cattle thieves.
William g. Taylor, colored, was
executed by electricity at Auburn
On. y prison for the murder of
Solomon johnson, a fellow prisoner.
After the first contact the chair
broke and the dynamo gave out.
The condemned man breathed and
his heart grew stronger. An attach
ment was made with the city electric
lighting plant and the execution
completed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
Kangaroo rs. Hippopo.amu.
Karl Hagenbeck IN kfeClure's Magazine t
August s~. rasf5F ..t5s..za

Karl Hagenbeek IN AieClure's Magazine for
August t~ 0ast5E gyt55-l& ~
Talking of fights, WAS once
turned out of bed at one o clock in
the morning by one of my keepers,
who came in with the news that the
big kangaroo had jumped six foot
fence into the next stable, in which
there was large hippopotamus.
When | came down there was the
queerest kind OF duel going on.
The kangaroo stood up to- his belly
in water whilst the hippopotamus,
with wide open jaws, snapped at him
right and lett. However, the kan
CARGO managed to get in a good
right and lefG with his frUnt legs,
and scratched the hippopotamus in
the face tremendously. When the.
amphibian came to close quarters.
the kangaroo jumped up, gave him
a tremendous blow with his hind
legs. and then managed to get on to
dry land. / caught the kangaroo
with big net and after all the fight
ing there wasn't so very much DONE"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
THE STATE OF TRADE.
From Bradstreets'.

Baltimore: There are no new
features in the money market here.
Rates continue at 6 per cent. on
time and call loans, the demand be-
ing somewhat decreased in compari-
son with the preceding weeks, which
is attributed to the general dullness
of trade. Collections are more or
less slow; and while orders are being
received in fair numbers dealers APP
parently are not anxious for an in
crease of business at present. They
are watching credits with more than
usual care and declining or withhold
ing orders from new Gus toners, pre-
ferring to confine dealings to old
patrons for the present.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
FoHthe. Week Ending Monday, July
n a1st. 1893.

Fonthes Week Ending Monday, July
= 31st, 1893.
:. ThereI8Hs of correspondence of the
~ ely Nsather CroHsBnHetin Efer'
IN Heek ending Monda1, ahly SIT,
1893: az nerally unfaDrsHe, esAg'
to the continued drought at many
places. The conditions are so diversi-
fed, and the rainfall has been so irreg-
ularly distributed, that it is difficult
to specify the,regioIfs where sufficient
rain has fallen, or where drought still
prevails seriously, without mention
gfngag HY zPlace s5fam9 Nbicfa Sneprts
have been received. In the Eastern
district, the eeastfesieH south Of Hat
teras and portions of the northwest
s 6pgfs Of az ~ ssat g2Ga
very dry still: in the Central and north
seeasstelns -part Of The district. In the
Central District parts OF Rfchmopd:
Cum bafiandy 7 MSaR 90 HBd RandolplI
counties received good showers on
fst he 265hI oEff-sthe, 2S6ekHef Isodalssrict
parts .1of, e MeeiIanharg Clevelahd,
Polk and Ma&9n eellnties . Were well
coRnts with sG Ssd at rs d bn7gnd
/ c6fh iipafticlfiaf Iy. egTfYe temperature
thus beenIahDHe normal, but after the
stQHrnp Hf the Goth some cool nights
prevailed, the maximum temperature
falling to go degrees. On the 18th Sc
we're thunderstofms with hail damag-
ed crops to some extent in Yadkin
county, Chatham, and east of Wake,
and southern part of Warren.
At the places where rain fell crops
are reported greatly improved. Cot
ton is boiling well; tobacco is in good
| condition; melons very plentiful, but
prices low; grapes are being shipped
in large quantities. Crops which have
been well-worked are standing the
| drought best. Upland corn suffers
seriously, at places has fired up to the
ear, and even lowland corn is begin
| ming to twist. In some sections cot
ton is shedding young bolls.
There is better prospect for rain
| during August, as the normal for each
| week of that month is 1.52 inches.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
Oxford Female Seminary.

This prosperous and progressive
school will open its next session on
August Goth, and the prospects for an
increased patronage are very bright.
Besides doing the most thorough work
in the literary department., and furn-
fishing exceptional facilities in music
and in art, it has an indus trial depart
ment that supplies the needs of the
times In this are taught book-keep-
ing, typewriting, stenography and
dress cutting ami fitting. Much at
tention has always been given to phys
cal culture arfT IS
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

WE heartily join in the suggestion
that our friend, Capt. AsLe. should
write a history of North Carolina.
He is able and we think would be i'm
partial. His great fund of informal
ton and the pride which we believe
he would take in such a work, would
lead to the writing of a history of
permanent value. 7.sE.5s a, t4.4
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

IT was q great joke on the free
silver leader, Senator Stewart, of
Nevada, when the records were pro-
duced showing that he exacted pay
ment of his mortgages Gin goldcoin. :"
When he sold land payment was to
be made sin gold COIN .,--.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
Courts liz This District.

The fall courts in this district rel
as follows
Rockingham. Monday, July 3lSt.
Forsyth, August 7th.
Surfy, August, 21st.
Wilkesboro, September 4th.F
Allegheny, September 18TH
Yadkin, October End. ~
Stokes, October 10th.
Dayie, October 30th. lN
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

PEOPLES lives are insured to the
amount of 10000 million dollars.
Between the years 1880 and 1890
there was $500 million dollars of
new life insurance written in this
country This is evidence that a
great many prudent people live in
these United States. Imprudent
people never insure their lives.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

DAKOTA farmers propose to div er
sify their industries by raising sheep.
So profitable has sheep raising
proved in Montana that the focks
have multiplied ten fold in ten years.
The sheep industry of thatu State
now represents $4,000, Ooo and
brings in revenue of nearly So, 5OO,-
600 from wool alone. We hope t D
see North Carolina farmers pay some
attention to sheep raising. go
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

IT is a singular thing, as the New
York Sun points out, that the social
antiPathy to the Jews has survived
thousands of years. To what is it
due? One of the most famous of
Jews said years ago that it was ow-
ing to the separation of themselves
''from all other nationalfties in such
a way as to bring upon themselves
the hatred of ALL Ha4g
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

A CURIOUS language is spoken on
the West coast of Africa. 1t com,
prises only 800 words and is very
simple. Dem steamer him belly be
full'' means that the steamer is fully
loaded The language is called
Negro English and would be an APP
propriate dialect tor a paper which
will support the mulatto ticket of
Republican, Populists next year. g
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
LAST year the Atlantic and North

LAST year the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad which is owned
mainly by the State declared a divi-
dend OF 2 per cent. This, we under
stand, is the first dividend in thirty
three years. At the recent directors
meeting in Goldsboro1 a like dividend.
was also declared. These two divi )
dends put $500 in the STATE
Treasury and $4,000 surplus in the
treasury of thecompany. The record
of that road is not the best kind of
an argument for State OWNERSHIP of
railroads. The facts show two
things: thatsa1railroad UNDER State
ownership can be made to pay and
that the question of p5-oftaor loss isq
mainly one of infringement. To
President Chadwick is due much
credit. g. - 1f
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
s.An I'm x,ua.ive robacee-Grower.

From the Oakland tCaL) Enquirer io -
ID Culp, of San Benito county.
who has been growing tobacco for
twenty years, says that it has not
been a failure, as most people sup
pose, but success, and that he in
tends, presently, to bring the facts
before the farming public. He says
that tobacco In California will pro-
duee 81 500 to the acre, cit an ex-
pense of only $50, and that it viii
sell ait from 25 to SO cents a pound.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

THERE is a sort of lizard popularity
called the ''horned toad" which elects
blood from the eye when irritated.
The nearest approach to this is be-
lieved to be the case of Editor Cos
ling
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

BLOODY noses and black eyes are
hardly appropriate for members of
the House of Commons. Orator
Chamberlain who has great com
mand of inveetiye and sarcasm
doubtless went too far in his passion
ate talk. On being interrupted by
7. p. O'Connor calling him u udas, -
there was great disorder, and muscle
was in create demand than brain.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
Gone Into Liquidation.

Owing TO the death of Charles. Con-
rad, partner in the banking house of
w. f. Patton. Sons a CO., Danville,
va, the partnership has been diesoIy-
ed and the bank has gone Into VOluh
tarv lfquidation. The assets largely
cover the Liabilities, but owing to- the
stringency the paper could NOT be re-
allied on
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

OUTSIDE of Mexico and possibly
some Latin American countries, this
is the only nation which continues to
purchase and coin silver into legal
tender money. That is one reason
why our credit is in a disturbed con-
dition.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

We. trust, thai .Gl6Qngress will act
quickly and, definitely on the silver
question. Southern farmers must
soon have money to pick and move
their crops, and money will continue
scarce until our financial system is
on q sound basis. 1. -1r
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
4 DIS . ppoinfmsnt

From the 1Kpoxyille sentinel.l =.
The position taktR by Senator
Vance on the silver question is a
great disappointment to the friends.
and admirers of the TAI Heel states
man. Zeb must be in his dotags.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
DanyilIe TOBACCO Market.

!. Sales oil. loose tobacco for July
amounted to I,443, 487 pounds; July
last year, 2, 4ss, 2s4: sales from October
i, 1892, to July 81, 1888, 35, 908, 500
pounds; same time last year, "a. 536, 800
pounds - There were only 300, 900
pounds plug tobacco shipped during
5uIy,rav-51 a 10 s1ot
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

We are glad to note the compile
ton last Saturday Of the railroad
between W fftnington -at1t1-ANenbern.
A railroad developes a section as
nothing else can.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
NOTICE.

Notice is given to the various road
oyerseers Of the county that the Board
of Commissioners of Forsyth county
will reappoint the oyeTse4rS on tho
first Monday in September. 1883. All
who do not recommend some
one in their stead will be reappointed
and held for twelve months longer.
BY order of the Board Of Commits
sioners Of Forsyth county.
II. T.. KEEHLN, Clerk.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

WHEN Congress had Gar Reed for
Speaker, the Mckinley bill was de-
vised and the Sherman law was
enacted. Now the country sees the
results of that vicious legislation.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

Our friends in Patrick and Henry
counties, Virginia, appear to be
solid for O'Ferrall while Roanoke
city's solid delegation of 81 is solid
for him.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
Hikzds3fhss NsaI ! kassa[TiIISSaa.I The

ISY92 Ielfl fals lsi FIJI tislE z noPl Iiie
business man thinks he sees stiffs'
larger profits; the real estate man
atdEH tfs sets rapltn edha1 isemeait Of Of
valuea9. 4 AAapsrsq OBS gIitn7all employs
ments feel the stimulus Of prosperitYn
and, in consequence, there comes ara
|nddueSSee ztens iio3n ofIa1l bra 1asfles OF
saehsiAdasbries=sas asromisen to be
q pr fItsBfe: Mens,Beeome venture
.Ssone s aid att length period OF specu-
latiopo and Inflated values ensues.
Credit is granted willingly because of
the same feeling of prosperity and
hopefulness.
But this cannot continue long.
Over-production leads to a fall in
prices, men who have reached out
beyond their means find themselves
unable to meet their obligations.
They fail, credit becomes more con-
servative; merchants suffer and
assign; bankers become prudent and
refuse to extend credits; failures CON
tinue or increase; people get scared;
those who are fools withdraw their
money from circulation; then the
banks suffer; one of them fails; more
depositOrs get scared; more money
is taken out of the channels of trade
and more banks fail and so it goes
hn oh cd nd q
reaction comes.
In 1887 there was a panic. 1t had
it's cause What was it? 1t was due
to speculation in western lands of
which the sales in twenty-six months
amounted to 81 100000. That
was nearly as much as the sales had
amounted to in the forty years pre-
ceeding. That was not the sole
cause; there were other facts that
aided the depression of 1887.
Now, it becomes us as good Ameri-
can citizens to be calm, prudent,
careful and honest with ourselves
We are living under Republican laws
and some Democrats charge that
this depression is due wholly to Re-
publican legislation. That is not
true. We are living under a Demo
cratic administration and some Re-
publicans seek to place responsibility
upon the Democratic party This is
equally dishonest. People of all
parties should be honest with them
selves. The causes of the depression
of 1898 lay mainly outside of politics
and of parties. The last ten or
twelve years was a period of booms.
There were enormous boOms in
Australia, in the Argentine Republic,
in the West, the Northwest and in
ONE parts of the South. Where the
bubble has been the largest and the
thinnest, there the failures have been
most numerous. Nineteen banks
failed in Southern California, where
they had booms; hardly any failed
in Northera California where they
failed to have booms. Men who
have reached out the most beyond
their. means have come to grief while
conservative business men survive
disaster.
Current events constitute a great
and valuable lesson to the men who
are obseryant and thoughtful. Don't
listen to the demagogue, don't give
ear to the man who says he can
make you happier, taller, wiser,
Weather through legislation. Laws
are not poultices that may be guar
anteed to heal diseases or disorders.
Do your own thinking, being guided
by the best information and the
'brainiest reasoners. Prejudice will
never lead men to the truth, and
truth has its dwelling place in the
home of wisdom. ,.s-.#.7 a
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

A GLARING pension fraud is that
under which Judge Long, of the
Michigan Supreme court, draws a
pension of $72 per month for ''total
helplessness'' while he is earning
$1,000 a year on the bench.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

The silver question is of such eX-
tensive difficulty that the only man
who can solve it is Virgil Wilson, o
PfafftoWn, this county.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

WE believe there are too maSey
newspapers in North Carolina. If
there were less Of them the other
would have a better chance to grow
and improve.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
another ataAsheEnle
az TII-E = - Z : I

SOME 1 pope fth6inh iii ffh9at the p4r
silver is coined tie gL-1 Sif5 sasi On
there sWHt be,o dshis ylb ana HRa9H pc
cause tlse&effpuE is TO dRi ts9@ 6FlH9 Or
circulation and rr6a. restrict RaHtEc Fad RiTt!tas
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

Two men who were formerly Treas
urer of the United States have seen
their banks go to the wall. The de-
preston has carried down politicians
and milliOnaires.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

MERCHANTS here are complaining
of rents, and in some cases, com
plant is made upon good founda-
tions. We know of one case where a
store building is assessed for 81 900
and the landlord exacts 5000 rent.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

WATCHES are needful but they are
not saleable in large quantities dur
ing these hard times. The Elgin
Watch Co. will discharge half its
hands and SO will the Waltham. The
latter company employs 8, O0Ohands,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

If the Federal Government should
take some tobacco which is worth
70 cents and stamp it as a dollar,
what tobacco man would pay 81
for it?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03
The Doom of silver.

The recent action of the Indian
Council in relation to silver is dis
cussed in an interesting way by Mr..
+. 0. Leech, who has only recently
left the office of Director of the Mints,
in an article in the Forum. The
Importance of that action is not
minimized by Mr.. Leech, who declares
it to be |'the most momentous event
in the monetary history of the pres
ent century," a final and disastrous
blow to the use of silver as measure
OF value and as money of full debt
paying power" and "the relegation
of it to the position of subsidiary
or token metal" and 1.-The culmina-
ton of the evolution from silver to
a gold standard which has been pro-
crossing with startling rapidity in
recent years" For the last quarter
of a century, the writer says, civilized
countries have combined to dethrone
silver as a precious metal, and have
declared in unmistak able terms that
by reason of it's cumbersomeness,
the enormous quantities produced,
and the violent Quotations in its
value, silver is not fit to serve as a
measure of the values of all other
things; that hereafter gold alone
shall be the standard OF value, and
that the business of the world is to
be done with gold money and an
enlarged use OF instruments ofcredit,
such as banknotes, checks, drafts,
settlements by transfer, by telegraph
and by clearing house, which nine
tenth century civilization has pro
vided as substitutes for actual
money.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

FIGHT one evil at a time. Let the
extra session repeal the obnoxious
feature of the Sherman law and ad-
iournl Z So lH@ Haf
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-03

The more horseback riding and
cycling, the more health. Therefore,
we desire to see both encouraged.