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feet silence. Mr.. Matthews found it
easy to tell her the thoughts hat for
days had filled his mind.
Il don't suppose you were aware of
my existence" he said, simply.
Yes. | was. / have seen you on the
street, and heard of you from Mrs.
Allen"
But you lever really thought about
me-"
''Oh, no, indeed. / had no time. I
am a general utility woman" She
blushed and spoke very seriously. Il
fear that my fancy will suffer. can
not indulge in day Dreams"
Never mind dreams; they don't
count. VIII you take time to consider
a proposal? That's real. l know all
about you, and l love you. can't add
to that statement. l tell you what;
these people are very considerable, and
I've seized opportunity. just bear in
mind all l have said, and I'll call on you,
say tomorrow evening, and Say more"
Il am wondering if am awake or
dreaming now"
Then, l may Gomez"
SVac3
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THE CHILDREN'S PARADISE.
Japanese Vendors Who SELL Only to the
Young People.

Young People.
Japan has been frequently referred
to Is the "Children's Paradise" and
with considerable justice, for in no
other country is childhood made so
much of, and are children surrounded
by SO many devices for their amuse-
ment. In every town there are num-
bers OF street vendors and hawkers
whose sole customers are children. One
class OF these vendors carry two char
coal stoves, or furnaces, swung in the
conventional manner of the country
from the ends of a pole which rests
across the shoulder. Arriving at a con-
venient corner, the load is put down,
and a group of eager children
quickly gather. For the moderate
sum Of n or two rim the
children are each supplied with a tiny
cup OF sweetened batter and a spoon.
Thus equipped, they proceed to bake
their own cookies on the smooth iron
top Of the stoves, f~ashioning the dam
ties into whatever shape they please,
and when they are crisp and brown,
devouring them. The same vender also
devotes his skill to children. His
''stock in trade" consists of dried reeds
and a quantity of midzu anne. a sort of
malt paste. Some of the anne is put on
the end of a reed, and is nodded or
blown into some fantastic shape by
the vender. The young customers die
tate as to the figures, and butterflies,
flowers, gourds, or what not are shaped
from the sweet paste. The chill
dren. after having satisfied their
tastes for artistic design. eat the fin
ished work, the reed handles prevent
ing their fingers from becoming sticky.
There is another of the child amusers
that can be seen in the streets of Toxic
or any other japanese city. This ar
tisan molds fruits, flowers and vege-
tables from colored rice-four dough.
and does his work so deity that it is
really difficult to distinguish the arti-
fetal from the real fruit.
This universal love and regard for
children is also displayed at every
temple festival, where numerous
booths, gay with toys, flags and games,
form always a prominent feature. -
DIR. w. d. Eastlake, in Popular Science
Monthly.
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AN OLD-TIME iDlOM,
The Phrase Had Rather" Shown to Be
in Accordance with Best Usage.

The Phrase Had Rather Shown to Be
in Accordance with Best Usage.
A teacher in one of our eastern
schools has prepared a list of words
and phrases to be Stunned by the
youth of the land who wish to grow up
in the fear of the laws of language. He
has got together a lot of popular vulgar
errors and slovenlinesses and done good
service in printing them. but one of the
idioms he slips up on as better men
have done before him. Namely, the
student is cautioned against using
had rather" for would rather" and
''had better for would better" This
is all wrong. The idiom 81 had liefer''
is Is old as Chaucer, and in the six
teenth century or whereabouts Il had
rather" vas formed by analogy and
has held it's place in the best usage,
written and spoken, ever since. 1t is a
piece Of silly modern ~pedantry and
purism to object to it.. Of course, the
argument used against it is that in the
sentence II had rather go" you are re-
ally saying II had go rather" than do
something else, and this is nonsense.
1t is true that it seems to lack analytic
meaning to the modern language user
or nearer, but the answer is, that in
the older days the meaning was there
because the verb have" which is now
used mostly as a pale auxiliary with no
more of independent life than the verb
be. had then a strong independent life
and a far more vigorous Specification.
Hence the idiom, once obviously right,
has become securely lodged among the
unconscious speech processes of WELD
ers of English and is still right though
harder to prove analytically. We are
glad to see, on turning to the Century
dictionary, that the correct view of tho
case is set forth and would rather
not countenanced at all. Essay writ
ers who knew something about modern
prose tend to adopt this newer idiom
and it has received much reinforcement
from the word of Browning. who, in a
letter which has been printed, pro-
nounces in its favor and frowns upon
had rather The joke Of it is that in
his prose writings had rather can be
found, which simply means that when
spontaneous he vas true to a good old
use.
But neither Browning nor any other
one modern man of letters can alter
| the fact that the older idiom is in ac-
cord with the genius of our tongue, and
will persist and be used by those who
use English automatically, and not
| pedantically, and who know English in
its historic growth.
The teacher who made up the list in
question should pause and reflect that
no professor of English in the country,
who is up to date in knowledge of the
historical development of the tongue,
will hesitate a moment in ~pronouncing
had rather" an excellent and perfect.
ly proper phrase artford Courant.
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She Caught the Wrong Man.

Passing down one of the side streets
toward the main thoroughfare she
thought she saw her husband, in all
the glory of his new spring suit, stand
ing on the corner. The clothes had
come home the night before, and had
been pronounced a fit and quite unique.
Not another like it in Boston," said
its wearer.
Now this same husband is always
railing at women for standing on the
streets, talking and impeding the
progress Of busy traffic. Deciding that
she had caught him this time the lady
gave the gay lounger a gentle poke with
her parasol and said:
Really standing still on a corner.
sweetheart?"
He turned around.
1t was another man.--Soston Herald.
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Thibodaux Seutiuel.
SUM Err NIGHT.

Oh, silent night
Oh, Smothering stiffness
That settles down on dropping bough,
Thou hold'st the earth in breathless slumber.
Awake, but now.
Gray mists arise
From dew-wet flowers,
That lend their fragrance to the night;
And languid float on breath OF summer
An incense light
A pale moon shines
On weary grasses.
That bend their heads with mournful grace:
Then sinks behind the white clouds floating,
And wells her face.
Heat quivers oft
In lightning flashes
Along the soft gray northern sky,
And Eliminates the grand old forest
In shade near by.
A bird sings out
In broken stanZas
From yon tall bush with blossoms fair,
Dream songs that, sung in drowsy snatches,
Arouse the air,
And echoes find
In hidden music,
That soft descend from regions high,
And wake the sleeping, sultry breezes
To softly sigh.
F. S. Ward, in N. Y. Independent
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Il thought you We're going out to-
night He sighed and glanced at his
foot.
80 we are"
1--WE won't be home till morning"
sang Belle.
I'VE are very selfish said Fanny,
but this is such a lovely invitation"
"Oh, you can t decline on nv ac-
count. l only wish l could hop along
with you. Don't forget tt come in and
let me look at you before you put on
your wraps"
NO, indeed."'.
The door shut after the girls, and
Tony returned to his books. When he
heard his sisters going out, he gazed
after their slight figures in their we'll
made walking-dresscs, and while so
doing became conscious of Miss Bar
ton, slowly approaching them. He OBJ
served their distant nod of recognition
and her almost imperceptible move
ment of the head in return. She reached
her own stoop and disappeared in the
vestibule.
"By Jove." he exclaimed, "Td like to
shake them"
"Shake what? whom?" asked his
aunt.
"Why, those sisters of mine. They
don't behave themselves. Why should
they snub a girl because of her pow
erty?"
"Why, indeed? I doubt if they could
do as well, if left penniless. All. Tony,
fhiS &c n ,orvy incsnnarn x-orlIfD
"I1l bet you!"
ITO be sure, they and Miss Barton
can have few ideas in l sup
pose she is resting after hours of tedi-
GUS sewing, and they are rushing off to
display their new gowns and exchange
bits of gossip with their well-dressed,
talkative friends. So far as happiness
IS concerned her heart may be lighter
than theirs"
Il hope you are right, Aunt Lizzie"
and Tony turned to his copy of Life.
Miss Barton had assembled two flights
of stairs, entered a hall bedroom and
taken off her hat and jacket. She sat
down in a creaky old rocking chair and
INDUCED in a few tears. Exactly why
she cried was a problem to herself. She
was accustomed to loneliness; reading
was it's antidote. She understood the
treatment accorded her by her neigh
bors. 1t was very weak and silly to
fret; for her time was all to be occupied
for weeks to come, and what more
could she desire? Suppose she had no
work-no means Of paying her board
then, indeed, she might be excused for
sobbing like a baby. But She was
fully aware that when she was without
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engagements she never dreamed of cry
ing; h went out and looked for some
thing to do. Perhaps she was hungry.
She had several hours to wait before
dinner would be ready in the close,
heated dining-room, filled with table
boarders, where she gladly presented
herself at six o'clock every evening.
Having decided hat it was hunger,
and not wounded pride hat had as
sailed her, and being healthy of mind
and body, she opened a drawer, helped
herself to crackers and chocolate, and
while slowly enjoying them noticed a
letter on her dressing-table. 1t was
from an old friend of her mothers.
NJ DEAR TEssIE-I am going to have a
charming little gathering next Wednesday
evening. and you must be here for dinner at
seven. Don't fail me; cancel any tiresome en-
gagements. Yours, with affection.
MARTHA TOwNsEND.'
Miss Barton felt her cheeks warming
with delightful anticipations. Forum
ately, if the world is afflicted with
purse-proud people, it is blessed with
warm-hearted, thoughtful, human men
and women, who keep the balance on
the right side.
On the Wednesday evening following,
Miss Barton found her hostess con-
versing with a tall, slight, attractive
man, whose age was rather battling
owing to his fairness and bright ex-
preston. She presented him to Miss
Barton. and observed that the girl
blushed prettily and seemed rather
more shy than usual.
81 am going to lecture Mr.. Townsend,
Tessie. He's always late; and if it
pleases you Mr.. Matthews will take
you in to dinner. couldn't give you a
nicer neighbor."
Mrs. Townsend turned away. and
Miss Barton raised her eyes to meet
those of her new acquaintance brim-
miag with laughter.
"Mrs. Townsend is,perfectly innocent
of a joke, Miss Barton; but hope she
has told you the truth"
"She always does"
"She is just the sweetest woman
know. | almost declined this invita-
ton, but my affection for her settled
the question. l am doubly repaid for
the effort. l have been wishing to
meet you in this way for weeks"
Miss Barton's difidence became ger
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ImitatOrs Of Thackeray.

The world is still full of men and
women whose only possible resem-
blance to Thackeray is their imitation
of his public sheer at society reporting
and their share at his private anxiety
to get reported in the society column.
They send perfumed notes to the So
ciety reporter, they furnish lists of
guests and dates of dinners and teas;
they make now and then a personal
plea for notice and recognition as
Thackeray did, and meanwhile, in sea-
son and out of season, they are deplor-
ing the publication of society gossip,
and those who deplore most loudly are
apt to be those who are most anxious
to be included in it.-Philadelphia
Press.
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-Ex-President Mcmahon has cele:
brated his eighty-sixth birthday, re-
ceiving kilograms of congratulation on
the occasion from the king of Italy,
the Archduke Joseph and many CONT
mental generals and statesmen. He is
a lively old man, and until his recent
attack of the influenza, he had never
known what illness was. At La Foret
he leads the life of a country gentle
man, and rises at an early hour every
morning to look after his horses. His
physical activity is further indicated
by the fact that he frequently goes
afeld with his gun for a long dav'
sport accompanied only by two
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49, VI his ASdICSC
and dearest. He was laid up with a
sprained ankle, and spent his time in a
great window surrounded by papers,
books and periodicals.
All his sisters answered at once.
Does. she live next door?" asked
Jesnie.
"Is she small and pretty?" gueried
Belle.
Does she wear a dark brown dress?"
inquired Fanny.
Eyes, yes. yes!" said Tony, laughing.
"Oh! we know all about her." came
In chorus.
SEQ on" cried Tony. "Let me know
what you do"
Il thought you were absorbed in lit
erature." remarked Tony's aunt, from
a far corner.
80 / am, aunt; but human beings
interest me, too. Why not? l notice
that this girl goes out, rain or shine,
always alone. Sometimes she walks
quickly, and her expression is bright
and restful. Then again, her step is
slow. and her face very sad"
II can accoun for that" said Jennie.
tShe was nursing Mrs. Robins, and had
a very hard siege of lt-up all night and
on duty during the day"
SIS she a professional nurser"
NO; that is the trouble" explained
Fanny. IF she were a professional
anything she would be at least sure of
a living. She is an orphan, left to her
own resources, and has no special train
ing
And is she a lady?' asked the aunt.
Eyes. She has good friends. Mrs.
Allen, next door, rents her a room. She
goes to her meals at the house of
another friend. She works at anything
she can get to do, and l suppose she
pays her modest expenses. She al
trim bonnets, make dresses, mend, and
even cook, if necessary. We met her
socially before we learned these facts"
And since then?" asked Tony. in a
clear voice, regarding his sisters quiet
ly and steadily.
1--WE occasionally see her at the
houses of her mothers friends" said
Jennie. 'She is very retiring, dresses
very prettily and looks as if she be-
longed to a past generation"
II do not quite understand you, Jen-
ME, said Aunt Lizzie. what do you
mean by "a past generations"
'Oh! well. auntie. if you don't know
just what / mean | am afraid / can't
make you. Miss Barton is shy and dig
niied. If she feels like the other girls
about her she certainly Ices not act or
express herself as we do. OF course she
cannot enjoy what we do. She has
nothing to say when public amuse-
ments are the topic, because she has
neither the time o. the money to"
Take them in" suggested Tony.
Exactly" went on Jennie. Il was
trying to avoid the slang, because l
wanted to convey a proper impression
of Miss Barton. She listens eagerly,
but takes little share in general CONVEX
sation. She dances gracefully; she was
playing the piano, or one occasion, for
some n to sing"
The fact is" interposed Belle, that
she has no more to do with our ways
and ideas than the man in the moon"
"She isn't in it!' said Tony.
Now you have it," said his aunt,
smiling.
Where are you all off to now?" cried
Tony, seeing his sisters putting aside
their bits of embroidery.
"Oh, we have hours of formal calling
before US, and three receptions"
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Some men are SO i2dolent that they
wouldn't even take their Ease if they
had to 90 out Of their way to get it.
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HO is the girl
that pas s es
here half a
dozen times a
day?" a 8 X e d
Tony M a t
thews, address
ing a room full
of his nearest
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A GREAT STATE.
Texas q Better Place than Phil SherI-
dan Thought.

dan Thought.
From the New Orleans states.l
The South should be proud of Tex
as, because it is not only the largest
state in the Union but it is destined
to be the greatest in wealth and
population. Not more than fifteen
years ago Gen. Phil Sheridan made
the remark that if he owned hell and
Texas he would rent out Texas and
live in hell. The South haters of
course regarded it as a splendid ex-
hibition of wit on the part of the
General and enjoyed it immensely,
but the people of the Lone Star State
replied that ii the climate and COM
Eany Of hell were more congenial to
Gen. Sheridan than Texas they could
not see their way clear to offer any
serious objections to him living there
Gen. Sheridan may have been very
good leader of men against a force
inferior to his own, but it is evident
that he did not possess brains
enough to be a judge of the value of
territory. According to the showing
of Commissioner Hollingsworth, Of
Texas, that great State last year
had under cultivation 9,OS6,S37
acres of land while the product of
those acres amounted to $127,15O,
213. When to this sum is added
the value of wool clip and the thou
S tnds of head of cattle and horses
which are sold every year, it can be
easily understood that Texas is an
empire in herself and one that will
grow richer and more powerful with
the advancing years.
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VEGETABLES
Which Can Be Used Instead of Medi-
cines.

Which Can Be Used Instead of Medf-
What's the use OF taking medicine
in the shape of pills and pellets and
nauseatipg liquids when the dinner
table contains all the specifics in
the pharmac@pia? Now just listen
to this information:
Spinach has q direct effect upon
the kidneys. Thecommon danjelion
used as greens, is excellent for the
same trouble. Asparagus purges
the blood. Celery acts admirably
upon the nervous system, and is a
cure for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Tomatoes act upon. the liver. Beet
and turnips are.excellent appetizers.
Lettuce and cucunbers are cooling
in their effects upon the system.
Onions, garlic, leeks, olives and
shallots, all of which are similar, pos
sess medicinal virtue of a marked
character, stimulating the circula-
tory system, and the consequent in
crease in the saliva and the gastric
juice promoting digestion. Red
onions are an excellent diHpetic, and
the white ones are recommended to be
eaten raw as a remedy for insomnia.
A soup u1ade from onions is regard
ed by the French as an excellent
restorative in weakness Of the diges-
tive organs.
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REMINISCENSES

By a further look into the pages oj
the old Cleaner published at Salem
we learn that in 1929 there were cot
ton factories then established at
Lincolnton, Fayetteville and Tar
boro.
Market reports we're published
from Fayetteville, Petersburg and
Charleston. The latter was then a
city of some II, 7,ooOpeople; there had
been a decrease of some 700 since
1919.
A writer in the National Intelli-
gencer on the subject of banking ex-
pressed his apprehension that gold
would be made SO plentiful by the
mines of North Carolina. that that
precious metal will no longer answer
for currency. Would that we had
such a prophet to settle our present
financial probleml
In 1929 Mr.. G. zShober was post
master at Salem and Mr.. Josiah
Cowles at Hamptonville. The Clean
er used to published the list of un-
claimed letters in these postoffices.
Among the deaths that year were
Mr.. Christian H. Reede, aged 81 at
Bethabara; Mr.. John Jacob Blum,
Jr., aged 40, near Salem; Cathar;ne,
wife of the Rev. Abr. Steiner, aged
II; in Bethania, Mrs. Nancy Lash,
wife of Nm. A. Lash, Esq /; in Hamp-
tonville DIR. Alfred Cook; in Guilford
county Mr., M. r. Green; in Davidson
George Fry, Esq.
Educational interests in this part
of the State are shown by advertise
ments of the Wilkesboro Academy,
Mr.. A. w. Gay, principal, and The
classical school of Mr.. William White
at Madison.
Mr.. j. Vogler was secretary of the
Salem Temperance Society; John j.
.Chitty was manager of the Salem
mills; John f. Holland had the Pot
terry in Salem; j and B. Reich were
copper smiths and supplied stills and
worEs.
In 1920 was established the "new
postoffice at Reidsville in Rocking
ham county eight miles southeast OF
Wentworth; of which David J. Reid,
ESQ.,, is the postmaster.
The following marriages were re-
ported: In Salem Mr.. Johns. Mickey
to Miss Gertraut E, spoch; Mr.. John
Huff to Miss Martha Hicks; at
Bethania Doct. George +. Wilson to
Miss Henrietta Sophia, daughter Of
The late John H. Hauser, Esq, of
Bethania; in Salem Mr.. ii. G. Clauder
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to Miss Ellis G. Reede; in Clemmons-
vile Nv. Stephen Douthet to Miss
Jincy M. Eakels; also Mr.. John
Miller to Miss Sally Bergman; Mr..
Gabriel T. Moore to Miss Mary G.
Franklin
Stokes county elected Gabriel T..
Moore to the Senate; John Banner
and John Butner to the commons.
Ashe county was represented by
Anderson Mitchell, JAS. Galloway
and Zachariah Baker; Davidson by
r. Harris, W. W. Wiseman and Lewis
Snyder; Guilford by John M. Dick,
q. c. Mendenhall and F. L. Simpson;
Surrv by Meshdck Franklin, A. C.
Moore and Ephraim Hough; Wilkes
by James Welborn, Montfort Stokes
and VIM. Horton.
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CAN THE colored laborers be taught
to be prudent and saving? Will the
local manufacturers have to allie
viate their distress next winter again?
We submit these questions to the
thoughtful.
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CREMATION has advocates and
Jealous ones. In Prussia recently
they tried to have a law passed to
legalizs cremation and to make it
obligatory in times of epidemics. In
this they failed, but they feel en-
couraged enough to predict that
though the present generation may
oppose cremation, the next one will
demand it.
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OUR Senator Vance won his consti-
tutional point in the case of the
proposed admission of Lee Mantle as
Senator from Montana. The Sem
ate decided against Mr.. Mantle, who
was appointed by the Governor of
Montana after the legislature ad-
journed. The legislature should have
elected, but did not owing to a dead
lock.
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THE State Farmers Alliance form
ally rendered it's thanks to Senator
Vance. Now Senator Vance says he
stands on the Democratic platform.
Logically, will the Farmers Alliance
thank the Democratic party?
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To THOSE who write The SENTINEL
on any subject for publication we
wish to say that breyity is necessa
ry. This paper desires to publish as
much news as possible in given
space, and cannot give an undue
amount of space to any except i'm
portant articles of general interest.
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IT WILL seem to some paradox
of our free silver friends that the per
capita circulation today is greater
than it ever was, with the single ex-
ception of last year.