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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
An Old ScYthe.

Mr. J. IT. Fare, of Bellows Creek,
has scyths that his fathea bought
ia May 1888 andit has been used to
reap a harvest every year for &C. years.
Mr.. Fare says that if he lives 5 years
longer he will have it made into ra-
zors. The scythe was bought of Jere
Gibson, of Germanton.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
That Infringement Suit,

The Winston manufacturers who
have been sued by the Carter Machine
Co., of DanvIlle, Va, have employed
able counsel and will fight the case to
the bitter end. The defendants say
they entertain no uneasiness over the
result of the suit, which will come up
in the Federal Court at Greensboro
CeXt month.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
Notes ofconrrees.

Mr.. Winkler, of Wilkesbof6, is Con
gresham Bowers private secretary.
Senator Vance was not present at
tie opening of Congress.
J III Baker, of Asheville, is assistant
librarian in the y. 6. Senate.
Congfessmen Bum and Bower sit
side by side.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

With this issue we send out state
1nenSs of account with subscribers
Ia case of error please notify US, OF
send last receipt. Al persons in
debted to the paper are requested to
remit part Or all of the amount duo.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

Col. HARRY SKINNER is eloquent
but peculiar. He is speaking for the
Populists but says he will be with
the Democratic party fit redeems
it's promises.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

SENATOR PERKINS, of California,
fayors the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people
which indicates that he is a pro-
prpssiye man.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

Mr.. CRISP, of Georgia, didnot have
an easy time in getting elected
Speaker of the House two years ago.
This time he gets in with no opposi-
ton.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

THE Progressive South, successor
to the Trade Journal, comes to US
from Richmond in a very superior
form. 1t is now a publication
worthy to be highly commended.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

THERE has not been one law passed
since the Democratic party came
into power last March. In these evil
DAYS it may be well to remember
that we are living under Republican
lpoiSlatiOn
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

AN immense sum of money has
been spent upon the education OF
colo1ed children in the South. Alas
if the schools had only produced
few good cooks
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

FRENCH people are great readers.
Paris has twelve more dailies than
London, New York, Philadelphia
and Boston combined, and one of
them circulates a million copies
Hai1v
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

The tariff is an important issue,
but the condition of the country
makes the financial question far
more important.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

In Washington, D. c., the colored
people form one-third of the popula-
ton, but their death rate in summer
exceeds that of the whites. The
colored man in cities is frequently
victim of poverty and consequent
bad living.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

A PAN-AMERICAN medical confer
ence will be held in Washington next
month and 3 5000 are expected to at
tend. If these physicias should start
in to doctor one another how many
would there be in two weeks?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

FROM Dun's review of trade we
learn that heavy imports of gold
inspire hope that the monetary
troubles may abate, and from Brad
streets we get information that
good crop prospects in the South
tend to produce a more hopeful feel
inp
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

WHEN person wants furniture he
goes to a dealer in such goods, If he
desires groceries he goes to grocer
but there are some who, when they
want instruction in politics or finance
go to some political crank or aglta-
tor. This is as unfortunate as 1t IS
unreasonable.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

HERE is a test for housekeepers
and citizens generally: Put three
grains of pulverized alum in gallon
of water, allow few hours for the
sediment to fall to the bottom and
YOU will have water that is soft and
tasteless, clear, colorless and free
from germs.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

A CURIOUS thing in nature is that
all foam is white, even the froth on
bottle of the blacklist ink.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

AFTER the lapse of several days
there is another bank failure in the
South. The First National Bank OF
Birmingham, Ala, has suspended.
It's assets are 81, 100000; it's liabili-
ties $65O,OO0. 1t therefore has two
dollars for every one it owes.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

The capital stock of the Atlantic
National Bank of Wilmington has
been increased from S125,000 to $780,
600
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

CONGRESSMAN MCCREARY, of Ken
lucky, who has been in politics for
twenty years, desires Democratic
harmony and says that all good
Democrats should stand by Presi-
dent Cleveland.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

FROM the beginning of these hard
times we have urged upon people
who have money to keep it in circu-
lation. Sometimes 500 passing
from hand to hand will pay 81, 600
of Indebtedness in a week. Don't
tie up money! Don't bury i'll It's
proper and legitimate place is in the
channels of trade.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

IT does seem inconsistent that the
Tombstone Epitaph will not print
the advertisements of undertakers,
especially when it's editor is Coffin
and it's publisher a Sexton. Besides,
an Arizona newspaper is published in
a field where more men are taken OF
before their time than in other parts
of the United States.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
DAIIY EDITION

THE TWIN CITY DAILY SENTINEL is
published every afternoon. Sub
scription soc. per month, or IS per
Bnnum, by mail, payable in advance.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

Why suffer from Indigestion and
dyspepsia? Simmons Liver Regula-
tor is pleasant and cures.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

If you feel all broke up and out of
sorts agitate your liver with Simmons
Liver Regulator.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

The stockholders annual neeting
of the Roanoke 81 Southern Railroad
Co. will be held Sept. II at Roanoke.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

No one ever tried Simmons Liver
Regulator without being satisfied
with its effect
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
TOBACCO MARKET REPORT
CORRECTED AUG. 10th.
By BROWNS WAREHOUSE.

Receipts the past wect larger than
for some weeks past. Market coutin-
ues dull. with bnt little demand Tor
any grade except Wrappers.
The range of prices for the week has been
about as follows:
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

AN inventive genius who has more
regard for sheep than the average
North Carolina legislator, proposes
to furnish a barbed-wire collar for
them. The wolf or dog which gen.
orally attacks sheep in the neck is
therefore likely to get his mouth in a
iisordered condition and before MS
doctor comes the sheep has escaped.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

SPEAKER CRISP in his little speech
in the Democratic caucus Saturday
night said the right things: Let us
lay aside every other consideration
than the public good, and endeavor
to SO discharge the duties assigned
to us as to restore confidence, pro-
mote prosperity, and advance the
General welfare of all classes Of our
people"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

Elk SENATOR BAYARD, of Delaware,
is one of our greatest Southern
statesmen. In a letter he uses this
language: Whatever future steps
may be taken a present step ending
the purchase of silver bullion under
the Sherman act is of the plainest
duty and necessity. Green specta-
cles put upon a donkey are reported
to have induced him to eat shavings
instead of grass, but it was not a
sustaining diet"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

A SINGLE EYE
can see the attraction and advantages
in our store. If your two eyes will
examine our Jegelry they viii twinkle
with delight. A fascinating line Of
personal decorations. Our standard
of excellence is uDassailable. We
represent goods as they are. The neo-
pie know ii, hence oar popularity.
Pure gold and silver fashioned in
beauteous forms. Rich ana rare gems,
Watches and Clocks that keep time
with ceaseiess regularity. Glasses for
one eye OF two as desired.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10

DID you ever consider what the
value of human life is to the com
munity inwhich theperson may live?
1t is reputed by some to be worth
81 ,0O0-that is, every human life.
This value arises from the fact that
the individual is usually engaged in
some kind of labor or industry which
tends to increase the commercial
development of the community.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-08-10
wINsToN,sALENi MARKETS

Corrected daily by P. C. Edward & Go
These prices are being paid by the mercbent
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
Height of Different Nations.

Ali article in the Bulletin do I'm
stitut international dc Statistique
gives, as the result of careful inquiry,
the average height Of different Ma
tons. The following are some of the
conclusions arrived at: The English
professional classes, who head the list
Us the tsllcst of adult males, attain the
high average of five feet nine and a
quarter inches. Next on the list come
the males of classes of the United
States, and n minute fraction behind
them come the English of all classes.
Hence VIC may conclude that, taken
right through, the English and Amcri.
con races are approximately of the
same height. Most European Nations
average for the adult male five feet six
inches; but the Austrisns, Spsniards
and Portuguese just foil short of this
standard.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
FIX UP TIE COW Sr>HrP

About this time. TX tn. almanac
says, fix up the CO. stable. Fix it up
so that 1t will be warm there for the
COWS next winter. Don't forget that
1t should also he ventilated. Provide
for this important feature in special
sense. Proper ventilation is as neces-
sary to maintain perfect health IA
suitable food. Keep that thought be.
fore You when the ''fixing up" is going
Oh. Don't neglect the horses stable
either. Above all don't neglect your-
self in tho fixing up. In consulting
the welfare of your cattle and stock do
it IN manner that Will Tighten your
labors ut stable and barn Try warri-
ing the water your COWS drink this
winter. Of course to do 30 is Some
bother, but the result will pay hand
somely. Look around to see how the
advantages that suggested themselves
on cold days last winter can be made.
Plan out now, gather tho tools AMI
material at the point where they ore to
be used and commence operations M
good time. Don't let winter catch YOU
unprepared in this important mattcr.
1t may be an open one or it may be a
"hard' one, but in either event it IL
your duty to provide comfortable
home for your cattle and stock. We
write these lines to stir the careless
dairyman into action. We heard sc
much about the suffering of cattle Inst
winter that was caused by the thought.
lessness of their owners that we believe
there Is large field to be worked in
this direction. Fix up rs a matter of
duty. If that does not move you do it
as means of conserving your salfish
interest Anyway, fix up stable, barn,
shed and pen for tho period when the
winds blow cold, and the days are
short and frosty.-American Dairy
man.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
VALUE or RELIGIOUS EXAMPLE.
BY n. ]. Middleton.

Many years ago there was living in Belfast.
ireland, a large family OF young people, who
were rich but very trining and careless.
NINE sisters all lived in mere gayety and folly,
never thinking OF their souls or the Word OF
God. N ~
About that time, however, God sent a Door
but Plons girl to live with them as dressing
maid. AS she was much in their presence, the
young ladies rtdfculedher religion very often
still she did not resent their ridicule. hit msds
II her constant study to be useful and helm
ui TO them and attentive to oil their wants.
Alter they were in bed at night she would
oner to read the bible to them. At first they
soon fell asleep; still she perseyered. and was
not discouraged. Before very long, though,
she was taken sick and died. But the Young
ladies we're not allowed to see her after she
was taken sick, although they desired yery
much to 40 30, as they had become very fond
OF her. Soon after her death, the eldest two
OF the nine young ladies began to feel an in
terest in Christianity, and soon became
followers Of Christ and his religion.
In short time afterwards God so blessed
tneir influence that their sisters were all con-
verted to the Saviour.
inc eldest OF all ascribcd her conversion,
by the blessing Of God, entirely to tho influ,
ence OF tho life and death OF this humble.
pious maid.
And the blessed effects of her example did
not cease there. Another family in the neigh
borhood heard that these young ladies were
all insane about religion but when thew came
TO see them about it, expressly to inquire the
truth OF It, the influence OF tho converted
young ladies was so great that their example
became also BILE, siLg to their friends; and
ere long both families united together to en-
courage each other in the service OF the Lord.
and to promote tho interests Of his kingdom
Thus untold blessing and power came out
OF single good example, and from a girl
poor IN this worlds goods, but happy in the
treasures OF heaven, where neither moth nor
rust can corrupt.
Who, then, should say, Of what consequence
is my conduct and example? We all exert a
good. "a 1''
Even little child often leads whole families
70 seek tho salvation of their souls and love
wa ahcye all else Sometimes even the
death OF these little ones seems necessary to
make tho impression Of Gods love upon his
creatures. forming n golden link between
the friends on earth and these little lambs
safe in the arms Of Jesus where, though dead
to us here, they yet sPcak.-[Christian Cyno-
sure.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
A New Disease.

1t seems that the street car has added
new disease to the troubles that flesh
is heir to. 1t is called the BELL Arm
by the vulgar, and cellular opestacitis
by the wise. 1t seems to be yet rare
trouble. In Philadelphia man was
taken to hospital recently to be
treated for it. He is conductor on
cable car, and the constant habit of lis
tcning for the sharp tang of the bell,
followed by the raising of his arm
toward the bell strap, has developed
the strange ailment. This muscular
movement has become n second nature
to him, and his arm actually acts more
quickly than his brain. To such an
extent has this involuntary action gone
that whenever he hears bell of any
kind his arm at once shoots upward
toward an imaginary bell cord. The
physicians at the hospital we're greatly
puzzled to account for this at first. but
the case has finally been diagnosed as
one Of cellular opestscitis. New Or.
leans Hcayune.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
RELIGIOUS READING,
N SAFETY.

BY Franz Waico;t HUT, Boston. Mass.
Tbares u lamp to SMide mo onward till the
coming 81 tn" day.
TAere are words of cheer to sooth my vain
alatmS.
There are As;;cls charged to keep me, lest
my footsteps .mrn s.stray.
And underneath are Everlasting Grns.
What foemnn dsro assnil tho strength thu.
doth my soul upiear?
What sitcn OWL conquer with her charm?
What sudden dread unto mine Ill in combat
shall prepare
While underneath are Everlasting Arnsa
No pestilenee on land or sen can brinn ~ me
dismsy,
The lion in tho path no longer hums:
The deep, dark river hath NO terror in its cold
array
For underneath arc Everlasting Arms.
Episcopal Recorder
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
Insects That Devour Each Other.

In an assemblage of many crickets
kept for certain observations in a rear
ing drawer or box the numbers
diminished from day to day; at last
only one-not little fattened-re-
NAMED by the side of the remains of
his former companions.
hitherto cannibalism among the
crickets hos been noticed only among
captives, but I am now enabled to
state that under certain conditions
cannibalism is present among some
orthopters in the free state, ut all
events, among the locusts, says Carl
Berg in National Science.
In the summer of 1883, in wkioh
the excessive heat and drought had
brought about the nearly entire dis
appearance of the vegetation in good
part OF the country, and more particu-
lariy in the broken country of Banda
Oriental, I had occasion to make a
journey from San Jose to Mercedes
At one place, Las Piedras, at which
the diligence stopped, I noticed great
numbers of 'locusts of the species
Pczotettix vittiger, Pezoteix maculi-
pennis and Pezotetti1 arrogsns, which
covered the ground and rocks.
My attention was attracted by the
fact of seeing around one locust
number of other individuals of the
same species, which were eating its
soft parts even while it WAS yet alive
and protesting vigorously. l saw
different attacks, in which the con-
querors, two or three at time, got
hold of the weaker members of their
own kind, throwing them over and
opening the abdomen in order to de-
vour the entrails, these being the
softer and more savory portions, since
they still contained some OF the
vegetable food. Cannibalism here ap-
peared in its lowest development, and
the numerous remains of those which
had been eaten bore witness to the ex-
tent to which the process had been
carried.
In the face Of facts of this character,
it seems certain that nothing is sacred
in nature, when the prolongation of
life, for the sake of the preservation
Of the species, is concerned.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
THE CHILDh N's qoxrxr

Louise Chandler Moulton, in nm articlS IN
"Chfldhood,' says: n think NV first real
Lesson in the trlie spirit Of human brother
mood cane from lady who vent long asa to
her reward. There wRFe no factories in the
place where lived. no crowded teneme.ts
no starving poor, but there Vas a certain
amount OF poverty and Of ignorance. and
there was In this plass O lady-the richest
sny-and watched hsr comings and roipps
with sort OF romantic eagerness She ned
TO ride about, all over the big, sparsely-set-
tied township inn little open wagon, and
IN M mat at wagon s I've wore books for children
sick people. toys for fretfuI babies.
whose mothers hn,n their own honse,
work to dnl. And this rich laak-
W. seemed to my childish eyes sort Of god
dess Of good fortuno-never inIulped herself
In any luxury Fashion t,r her was as. IL IL
dd not exist She wore = simple catton
gown in Summer, an equally simple wnolen
ono IN Winter and she went on her erIaads
OF mercy with a sunboanet shading her sveet
hood protecting her ears from the blast Of
january. Ldont know that ever said to
myself, 'Of snah is the kingdom OF hesgen."
but surely hst 1t.
commission for my mother. She WAS ont "a
usuhi, put aer hossekeeper. discerning. I
suppose In nay face something OF the reverence
with wnicn regar1ed Nor mistress, askec
praSs% ena JSs want TO see where she
room almost as austerely simple as u MONKS.
an. anu pointed to n couch where L could see
the impression Of a head bowed IN
prayer. There" she said. is where
she kneels. The housokeeper- ~as called
away. and sbyly, and almost a., II il we're
sncrliegc was committing knealed in the
spot where the Lady Of Heaven. as 1 called
her III nv thoughts. WIS wont To- pray, aud
said hurried prayer tina. aighi, with
Coos help, walk ill the holy way She trod.
l had Eeen taken to church ali NV life. I
had heard prayers enough and Sermons
enough, but 1 do not REMAINDER that any
ono OF them had ever moved me to a
single thrill OF spiritual longing and aspira-
ton such MS l experienced In that hushed
room, where she was wonk to kneel, whose
daily life seemed to me moro than PRAYER on
sermon There IS no truth In the
world more solemn than that our lives are the
gospel OF our children. a gospel that OUT
welESs thousand-fold uny teaching With
which our lips contradict it. Put on what
deft DISCUSSES we may, the thing we aIe is
apparent to the young eyes that watch "a 20
increasingly. - tllessage and Deacoless
World
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-28
How q Trade Name Originated.

The origin of the terms "six penny"
"ten-penny," etc., as applied to nails,
though not commonly known, is in
volved in no mystery Whatever. Nails
have been made a certain number Of
pounds to the thousand for many years.
and are still reckoned in that way in
England, ten-penny being 1000 nails
to ten pounds, a six-penny 1000 to six
pounde, twenty-penny weighing
twenty pounds to the thousand; and,
in ordering, buyers call for the three
pound, six pound or ten pound variety.
ETC., until, by the Englishmen's abbre-
Walton of "pun" for pound" the
sbbreviation has been made to stand
fox penny, instead Of pound, as orig
iDally intended. Hardware.