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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-06-29

DIR. MILES'NERvINE is the most GER
tain cure for Headache, Neuralgia, Nerv-
GUS Prostitution, Dizziness, Spasms, Sleep
1essness, Dizziness, Blues, and Opium
Habit. Contains no opiates or dangerous drugs.
The Progress., 1893-11-11

BY some persons the popularity o.,
the cat in Egypt has been attributed
to the fact that the animal wa,
valuable in Kidding the palaces Of
rats and mice and also in huntiu,
fowl. There are several painting,
in the British museum. executed nv
ancient Egyptian artists, represeD.
ing Egyptian sportsmen in boats on
the River Nile, accompanied BY cat,
sitting on their launches in ths
stern. Other pictures show the cat,
swimming with birds in their mouth,
after the manner of retriever dogs
These pictures have greatly perpler.
ed modern naturalists because ths
cat of to-day has a strong aversion 70
water. and it is difficult to reconcils
such different traits even after ths
lapse of thousands of years.
The Progress., 1893-11-11
FOR THE LADIES.

Midges dislike the odor of verbena
A little of its extract scattered on the
clothing will lessen their attentions
"What did you think of the play
"Oh, it was just lovely. The heroine
appeared in six different costumes IN
one act"
When a child is learning his letters
it is hard work for him at first but
after he gets as far as A, b, C. U, u
then becomes matter of Els for MN
The three daughters of j. d. Mitch
ell, who lives near Taladega, Ala'
were recently married on the same
day to three young men.
Saleswoman-I can strongly recon-
mend you this style of mantle. oni'
last week an intimate friend OF mine
became engaged in just such anotne'
Waiter, at the village cub-Theres
a lady outside who says that her nus
band promised to be home early w
night. All, rising-Excuse me mV
ment.
Crummer-I always hate to 60 ioA
party at Murdison's. Mrs. Murdison
works so hard to make people iee' S
ease that she makes everybody uD
comfortable.
Mr.. and Mrs John Lenbert, OF h,'.
fore, Me, recently celebrated 'ne'
65th wedding anniversary in the ss@'
house which they have occupied i'
nearly half IA century.
Mrs. Callaghan-I want TO ge''
pair of shoes for the little bye. onop
man-French kid, ma'am? MIS- 20
laghan, Observation-Disclosures not ne ,
me own son, and !. W born and 0'e"
in Ameriky
Middle-Aged s.,pIn ,er as "a
comes into the yard4-What 90 ~
want here, anything to eat? Tramp
What else should / want, madame
Did you think | came to offer q y
posal of marriage?
The prudent housewife VINO. On a
count of hard times" has dee''.s
not to repaper the sitting room'
desirable, will find the old paper 'ss
much improved in appearance oy .l s
ply rubbing it well with a nA'
cloth dipped in oatmeal
"The vicissitudes of this IKE
wonderful exclaimed the ooaru .ss,
house keeper at breakfast the o' IN
morning. True; a man can neses -.
what he's got before him, repliea sss s
sarcastic boarder. with side e's e.:
at the plate of hash in front ="
The Progress., 1893-11-11
HARD TO SUIT.
The Irritable Invalid Found Fault with
the solemn Young Man.


the solemn Young Man.
A San Francisco man had been in
ped for several months with a malady
that made him very nervous and irri-
table. His wife and daughter min
istered to him assiduously. but were
sometimes at their wits end in try
ing to satisfy his capricious desires.
AS the young lady said once, her
father was $50 unreasonable that he
would scold if an angel were waiting
on him" One night, when the
mother and daughter were both thor
oughly tired out, young man, a
friend of the family. was called in to
watch with the sick man for six hours
after midnight. The invalid's wife
instructed him about the medicines,
and especially cautioned him about
disturbing the patient.
HE is very irritable" she said.
Don't speak to him except when he
speaks to you, and if he is asleep
when the time comes for him to take
his medicine, don't disturb him"
And, by the way" she added, as
she was about leaving the room, '.you
may like something to read. Here
is Mark Twain's 'Roughing It. it
will amuse you but you mustn't laugh
while reading it, for Mr.. j will
fancy you are laughing at him and
will be very much annoyed"
The young man performed his duty
TO the best of his ability. but on go
ing away in the morning was thanked
rather curtly by the invalid. As
soon as he was gone Mr.. j broke
out.
''See here, mother" he said.
don't ever send that numbskull to
watch wish me again.
why, father. what do you mean?
Wasn't he attentive' He didn't 90
to sleep, did he?"
mo. no, no; but was awake for
two hours, | watched him reading
Mark Twain's book all that time,
and"
"But. father" interposed Mrs. j,
al gave him that book to occupy his
tune. He"
''Oh, yes, yes, that's all right;
but that fool sat there two hours
reading that book and never smiled
once"
The Progress., 1893-11-11
MAIZE IN NORWAY.

BY al inn OF widest Norway,
A dark fiord below.
Ana the peaks OF NorslIa FIELD above
In q waste OF cleaning SnSo
And. between the sOmber fir trees
The mead where the kline feed free.
And "a mountain torrent leaping down,
TO be lost in the malstrom sea:
There, in narrow garden.
ono breezy August morn,
l saw, beside its hardy flowers
A cluster OF Indian corn.
And said TO blue-eyed Lena
Wthtbraidcd fiaXen hair,
The child of the inn who had brought me forth
To see her small parterrc
o. J our land lies far to the frozen north
And day your summer spans:
WHY do you plant the tropic maize
When frost the harvest bans?
Barley and oats and rye you may reap
Ere yet the SHOWS fall cold,
Rut The stately maize. the grain OF the sun,
VIII never yield its gold
"'rS true" the maiden answered
That frost our harvest bans
But we plant the beautiful waivng maize
To please the Americans
They smile when they see its shining leaves,
And say on their boundless plains
IL grows like a forest. rich and tall
In the warmth and the mellow rains:
And the bins are filled with its blessed gold
Before the bright year wanes."
"on. child" said. "you have planted WE'LL"
And thought that ADJUST morn.
A. looked at peak and stream and tree
The dark ford and the grassy lea,
There was nought so fair on shore or sea
A. that cluster OF waving corn
Y ma NJ
The Progress., 1893-11-11
HOLLOW OF ArLAnr,.
1t is Not strictly Basin H..
Lot of Wtter "Ai

" j. N"' surety Basin. Bu, H.
Lot of Water. hs
IL seems that the hoIow ,
Atlantic Is not strictly basin " Vie
depth Increases regularly TOW Na9'e
center, the latest inyestipa,ios The
ing that 1t Is neither a sanoau SNOW
dislike one, 80 even is the Co., go nor
It's ocu' VI
1t Is found that, proceeding u
ward from the Irish coast the vest west
bed deepen~ very graduallv~jnV Vresa
for the first 30 miles the gradj,".l .aCl
but six feet 10 the mile. Tho, Ma'h M Is
the next twenty miles the tan u
more than 5000 feet. so preciri..a .
being this sudden descent tbo, 'O@
many places. depths Of l. POO 70 "a u
iathOmS are cuCouuterad =, 4'VW
The Progress., 1893-11-11

A gang of men were at work near
a row of New York tenement houses,
breaking up old scrap iron. The
superintendent of the yard stepped
out of his office and started down to
have a look at the load of iron which
had been. just brought in. He ar.
rived just in time to see the men
with their cutters raised, ready to
bring them down oD a dynamite
bomb. 1t weighed some seventy-fve
pounds and was the kind used in
blasting. The superintendent yelled,
the men stopped, aud the destruction
of the neighborhood was thus mar
rowly averted.
The Progress., 1893-11-11
AGAINST SCIENCE.
Unknown Powers That Savant Could
Not Explain.


A hOmclv Illustration is sometimes
more telling than volumes of fine
spun argument. The author of the
spcculatiOns entitled "AlOn9 New
England Roads says that a set oi
village worthless were one day en-
gagged upon the problem of miracles.
The laws of nature are what We all
have to depend on" said the young
doctor, land they never change. It's
certain that if you plant potatoe5
they won't come up pumpkins IOu
know that as well as | do, Stephen.
Stephen was an elderly man, hard
featured and sunburned. with a
shrcwd twinkle in his eye. He spoke
i'm Il mild. inquiring sort of way, in
vivid contrast with the doctors self
opiniOnatcd tone.
Il don't know much about the laws
of n@tur', but | suppose you mean
somcthin' like 5, that when | let
go this jackknife it'll fall to the
iloor," aud he stretched out a long
arm holding an open knife by the
blade between the thumb and finger.
Exactly" said the doctor; that )
the law of gravitation.
And it's sure to fall and | needn't
be afraid of a miracle? Look here,
doctor. where did the law come from
that binds it to fall? What made
that particular law"
Tho learned men who have in
vcstigatcd the laws of nature have
not yet found their origin" said the
doctor. honestly. They will in
time"
"And you can't tell me what made
the law that binds that jackknife to
fall down."
"No, ! can't It's enough to know
that it will fall. "
mo chance of anything supcrnat-
ural? No miraclc?"
Nonsense, Let go the blade"
stephens thumb and foreiinger sepa-
rated and remained apart. The jack
knife was not on the floor 1t was
hanging on the wooden ceiling over
head. its blade buried half an inch
deep in the soft pine. For about ten
seconds no one spoke. Stephen was
looking at the doctor. "Somethin'
supernatural happened, didn't it?"
asked he.
"You jerkcd the knife up your
self"
"Well that want nat'ral was it,"
The doctor hesitated.
"NOw see here, DOCTOR" said tho
old man, "just tell me how old your
law is that the jack-knife's got to
fall down"
millions of years. just as long
as there has been anything TO fall"
"And how old is the law that said
my jack-knife must go up there and
stick Its blade in that white pine
ceiling? just three minutes and
half by the clock. And if that's so
it's always just as like as NOT that
whoever made the thing go down
will make it go up without you or me
or anybody else KNOWN what made it
go Your science is all right, doctor,
Just as long as it talks about what it
knows, but when it doesn't take into
account that somethin' may inter-
fere, why, it amt wuth any more'n
last years almanac to tell a felleS
what the weather's goin' to be,''
The Progress., 1893-11-11
HOward's WaY.

Billy sat beside the well curb with
two streams of tears running down
his plump cheeks.
why. Billy, what is the matter?"
said Howard, looking up from the big
book that he was studying.
I've dropped my knife down the
welll' sobbed Billy. And mamma
says she can't get me another, cause
l lost one in the hay NOV, and two at
school, and one when l was turning
somersaults. and one l traded for a
whistle that wouldn't whistie-oh.
dearr'
But how did you drop your knife
down the well?" asked Howard.
II was just cutting big Il in the
blcket" said Billy, looking a little
ashamed.
Hi what boy!' laughed Howard.
But don't cry. I'll bring your knife
mp for you"
Billy dried his eyes at once and look
ed on with wonder, while Howard
brought a large magnet. a small hand
mirror and long string.
Tie tied the string to the magnet,
and held the mirror over the wall.
The glass reflected the sun, and flashed
"A light down into the well.
Il see the knife.' cried Howard.
Here, Billy. hold the glass while the
magnet goes fishing"
Splash. went the magnet into the
well, snd in q minute up it came
The Progress., 1893-11-11

The rest nowhere" a vigorous
bit of exaggeration in popular use at
the race tracks the world over, was
first uttered by a sporting Ir;shman,
Captain OKelley, at Epson, May J.
1869, when Eclipse distanced the
field. Eclipse first, the rest no
where" was the captains terse de-
scription of the race.
The Progress., 1893-11-11

Now that you have electricity, how
did you first come to enter it?'
II will tell. 1t was by peculiar
incident. was selling papers on a
train running out of Detroit. The
news of the great battle of Shiloh,
go, 00n killed and wounded, came in
one night. / knew the telegraph
operator at Detroit, and went to him
and made trade.
Il promised him Harper's Monthly
and the New York Tribune regularly
if he would send out little dispatches 5
along the line and have them posted
up publicly. Then | went to the Free
Press and took 400 copies. That
emptied my treasury. | wanted 200
more. They sent me up to the editor.
1t was Wilbur Storey, dark looking
man. / managed to get up to his desk
and make a strong plea He listened.
and then yelled out: Give this arab
200 papers | took 600 papers out |
wrs taken off my feet when we
reached the first little station The
depot was crowded with men wanting
papers. The next station it was worse
and | raised the price of the paper to
ten cents. At the third station there
was mob, and | sold out with papers
going at twenty-five cents apiece.
well. do you know, that episode
impressed me that telegraDhy was a
great thing, and 1 went into it. Teleg-
raphy led to electricity
The Progress., 1893-11-11
A Matter of Years.

I'm and you're only L." said
Bessie loftily to her little sister Belle,
and then added in Il still more agra
vating tone, and when / was you
were only ?. and when was you
were nothing but dust" Yes" re-
torted Belle spitefully, ''and Il I'd
been mud puddle I'D splasheds you.
SO i would. Young People.
The Progress., 1893-11-11
Danger of Famous Guests.

Little Dick-Mamma says Hon. Mr..
Bigghead was comm here to dinner.
VINO is he?
Dicks Father. impressively-Ths
Hon. Mr.. Bigghead is great man
a very great man.
Little Dick. rehectively-I hope
folks won't laugh at him for comm
to see rs
The Progress., 1893-11-11

-Sain, with the knife hanging fast.
just by its blade.
How smart you were to think OF
all that" said Billy. admiringly.
"Well, | won't cut any more BIS in the
water bucket, honestly"-NOuth 3,
ComDaniOn
The Progress., 1893-11-11
Realistic Playing.

Little Billy came in one afternoon
from an assembly of the children of
the neighborhood, with his clothes
pierced, above and below. with a
great many little holes. For PHYS
sake" exclaimed his mother, what
has happened to you?" ''Oh," said
Billy, we've only been playing gro
cery-store, and everybody was some
thing in it. was the Swiss cheese!"
The Progress., 1893-11-11

Teddy, who is in bed-Mamma,
mamma, come quick; there's a bat in
my room
Mother, rushing in with shawl on
her head and a broom in her hand
Goodness gracious, childl cover your
head up instantly. Where is the ugly
thing? I'll try and kill it.
Teddy, enjoying sweet satisfaction
In the corner, mamma; it's my base
ball bat
The Progress., 1893-11-11
nCockolorum links"
CoInpanio

| am going to tell you abOut u
spcckled Hamburg rooster that we
once had. He had no brothers nor
sisters, and so we brought him into
the house:.and fed and pettcd him.
When he grew older he became very
handsome, and was the most amusing
bird | ever saw We would dress him
up in dolls clothes, and wheel him
about in a dolls carriage. He would
walk about the house, and was very
fond of picking flies Off the windows
that reached down to the IoOr. One
day | was crying on the stairs, and he
hopped up beside me and began chuck
ling away, as though trying to com
fort me, and asking what | was cry
ing for Another time some ladies
came to see mama, and as she was
MT in the room. "Cocllolorum Jinks'
(for that was his namc) came strut
ting into the room and sat down
on chair, with his feet stretched
out in front Of him (the way he always
sat on cha .. When mama came
into the room, he jumped off the chair,
gave loud crow and Strutted out of
the room as though he had done his
duty. At another time Il gentleman
came to visit us. When he rang the
door bell, Cockolorum links heard
him, and came around the corner of
the house, and evidently did not like
his appearance, and also knew that he
was a stranger. He thought the gen
tleman should not be there. so he be-
gan flying at his feet and biting them,
the gentleman striking at him with
his umbrella, until mama heard the
noise and came to the door, and Cock
olorum Jinks, thinking there was no
more need of fighting, walked off. lie
would always attack strangers in this
way.
He lived a very solitary life, for
none of the other chickens would as
sociate with him; and when he did go
near them, they would fight him. |
suppose they thought he was too civ
ilized-St Nicholas
The Progress., 1893-11-11

a dog that was Snried there. but
then. as the cowboys say. 81 reckon
he'd more sense than some men
The Progress., 1893-11-11
Dinner In a Circus.

Dinner is the great meal in a circus.
Breakfast is like all breakfasts in
large families. Everyone comes at a
different hour. Lunch is light meal
and there is not so much enthusiasm
about it; but at dinner all sit down at
once. The mess tent is an oblong
affair. There are six rows of tables
with broad aisle down the center; it
will seat 500 people. The aristocracy
sits on the right side and the masses
on the left. The aristocracy has
little better service than the others,
but the food is about the same. There
is roast beef, vegetables and desserts
with soup and fish at the cooks ca
price. The cooking is done in a wagon
fitted up with two ranges. The coffee
making and boiling and broiling is
done in the open air. 1t takes seventy
gallons of milk to put in the tea and
coffee of the mess every day and more
when the boys are tired. After din
ner there is a little hour of rest at
twilight. This is the only time in the
entire day that the performers have
wholly to themselves. This is the
social hour. Little family groups
ga ther in the open air, lying on the
grass picnic fashion, about a chariot
or near a tree; the women cluster in
little groups and talk woman wise
and make feint OF doing fancy work,
sewing or reading.
The Progress., 1893-11-11
A Pet OIang-Outang.

DOIutO Is the nome OF the Ordng- Ou-
tang, which, leaving out the genus
man, occupies the third place from
the highest in the animal kingdom
The gorilla has the highest place, the
chimpanzee comes next in order, then
the orang. The males are as fond of
fighting as are human roughs, and,
like them, bite off each others fingers
and lips.
They all show, in a human-lilxe way,
the emotions of pain, rage, satisfac-
tion and affection. Baby orangs
range. as human infants do, from
good to bad Some, when they are
good, are very good, indeed" and
others, when they are bad, 'are hor-
rid" Mr.. Hornaby, the naturalist,
took a baby orang from its dead
mother, shot in the cause of science,
which had the temper of tiger.
An orang's instinct is to seize ana
bring an offending hand TO it's mouth,
that it may bite the member. This
baby orang. though only six months
old, made so many attempts to put the
naturalist's hands up to its mouth
that he was obliged to tic its elbows
together behind its back.
Even then. when he was not watch
ing it. the orang rolled over and seized
the calf of his leg betwhen his teeth.
But for the hunting trousers and
woolcn stockings, the naturalist would
have lost a piece of his leg. At last il
relieved the naturalist by dying. A
baby orang of more gentle disposi-
tion was brought to Mr.. Hornaby
with its hands and feet bound.
When he approached it, instead of
attempting to bite, it whined softly
and rolled up its big brown eyes SO
sppealingly that the naturalist cut its
bands and placed it on a pile of soft
straw. 1t soon became a pet and was
named "Old Man." on account of its
bald head and an air of profound grav-
ity. 1t was fond of being held in the
naturalist's arms, and when he grew
tired it would grasp the folds of his
flannel shirt and hold itself. thus show
ing its physical superiority to helpless
human infants.
II would lie on Mr.. Hornaoy's lap
while he was writing, reading or eat
ing, and amuse itself by catching hold
of his penholder or book or by tug
ging at the table-cloth. Its favorite
food was bananas and sugar, but it
learned to relish rice, cooked meat.
canned fruit and bread, and to drink
tea and coffee, milk and chocolate.
Beer, wine or spirits it would not
touch.
The baby did its best to amuse its
master Drawing his hand To its
mouth and making a pretence of
biting and making wry faces were its
favorite tricks. If the naturalist sat
down to meal and began to eat with
out feeding the baby, it would whine,
scream, throw itself on the floor on
its back and kick like a spoiled child.
Its happiness was complete when its
master permitted the baby to sleep
with him. 1t would lie sprawling
upon Mr.. Hornabys breast, with its
head on his shoulder, its face close to
his neck. and it's arms and legs clasp
ing his body. 1t could not learn to
swim, and, on Mr.. Hornaby putting it
in the water. sank helplessly, as if it
had been an iron bar
The Progress., 1893-11-11

An old friend had come from the
South to pay the family a visit At
dinner he took a polite interest in
Fred
Wouldn't you like your papa to let
you go back to Florida with me and
shoot alligators, Fred?" asked the
gentleman
No, sir" was the prompt answer.
eff saw an alligator, I'd shoot in an
other direction"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-01-04
The Nest Remarkable Newspaper Success in New Ycrk.
The PRESS is National Newspaper.

Cheap news. vulgar sensations and trash
find no place in the columns OF THE PRESS.
THE PRESS has the brightest Editorial
page in New York. IL sparkles with points.
THE PRESS SUNDAY EDITION is splen-
did paper, covering every current topic of
interest.
TIE PRESS WEEKLY EDITION contains
all the good things of tho Daily and Sunday
editions
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-01-04

COUNTY OF HuMBoLDr} So
/, GEO. 5. NIXON,
Cashier of the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the above estatemen is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief
GEO. s. NIXON, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
day of December 1892.
G. CHENowETH, Notary Public.
CoRRECT-Attest
f. ID. SwEETsER,l
WIN. STOCK, 7 Directors
CHAs. kEMLER. }
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-01-04
Not From a Financial Standpoint

81 do not recommend Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy from financial
standpoint, for we have others in
in stock on which we make a large
profit" says AL. Maggini, promi-
nent druggist OF Braddock, Penn, but
because many of our customers have
spoken of it in the highest praise.
We sell more of it than OF any SINH
lar preparation we have in the store. 7"
For sale by Eagle Drug Store.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1893-01-04
Report of the Condition

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
L of Winncmucca, at Winnemucea, in tbs
State of Nevada, at the close of business
December 9th, 1892;
RESOURCES:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-13

The Amateur District Bowling League
continued its ten pin tournament last even
ing on the alleys of the Young Mems Cath
ole Club, the home team playing a game
with each Of the three other teams, and
winning two out of the three. The scores
in the different games were as follows
First game, Y. NJ c. C.-R. Lehman, 1o2;
]. Mcdonald, 40; B. Lehman. 164; j. j..
OConnor, 1i7; ]. r. Lansdale. 1856 Total,
739. Average. 147 As.
w. A. CIV. Kidd. 1874; J. Grimsley, 100;
W. Maginnis. 129; r. Dement,, 141; Samuel
Brinkley, lac. Total, 659. Average. 13l 40.
Second game: Y. NJ. c. C.-R- Lehman,
167; j. Mcdonald, 1856; B. Lehman, AZ; j.
]. OConnor. 1875; ]. r. Lansdale, 126. Total.
7O6. Average. 141 is.
c. A. CT. w. Stone, 1872; w. NJ Dove,
26; Norman Bestor, 131; j. S. Jones, $50;
John Walker. 19o. Total. 1874. Average.
LAG As.
Third game: Y. NJ. c. C-R Lehman,
100: j. Mcdonald, 100: 2. Lehman, 1IO: j.
J. OConnor. 1856 ]. r. Lansdale, 49, Total,
AZ. Average, 149 2-5.
Carroll Institute-A. F. Rice, 125; B. f.
Locraft, 1o3; F. A. Armstrong, 100; q. s.
Livingston, 132: Charles Locraft IT'S Total
735. Average 147.
The umpires of the evening were: w. F.
Sullivan, Y. NJ. c. c.; F. H. Litchfield w
A c.; j. T. Johnston. c. l., and A. ]. Riley,
c. l.; A. j. Richards, w. A. c.; D. j. Dom
ovan, y. Nj. c. c.; F. A. Armstrong, G. l.:
Leroy Livingston. C. l.. and d. ]. Donovan.
Y. n. c. c.