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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
HOW to Mako an Eolian Harp.


Take some wood quarter inch thick
and make box the length OF window
frame, 5 inches deep and z inches wide.
Now bore some holes in a circle near
what will be the upper side of the back
of the box. Put the box into the window
and secure two bridges-just like fiddle
bridges-one to each end, stretching
across strings of fine catgut, with the
help of strong screwing pins. Tune to
one note. Then pull up the sash when
the wind is making itself known, and
the air passing over the string and
through the holes will produce very
charming and unexpected sounds of mu-
sic
Here is another and even more sim
pie method. Take pieces of buttonhole
twist and thoroughly wax them. Tie
each end firmly to a peg and thrust the
pegs down the crevices between the two
sashes of your southern or western win
dows, stretching the silk as tightly as
possible. This second and very uncom-
plicated device is the means of bringing
you equally sweet sounds of music as
the first.
The early Greeks were the inventors
of the Aolian harp, and there were few
Athenian gardens without tree among
whose branches there was not slung
harp fashioned in these ways.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Care For a Saint Bernard.

A st. Bernard puppy should never be
taken away from his mother until he Is
6 weeks old and only then if healthy
A few days before the puppy is taken
from his mother he should be given
daily little hominy made thin or some
of the patent pepsinated puppy food.
given according to the directions which
accompany the biscuits This food pre-
pares the puppy's delicate little digest
i've organs for the most trying ordeal of
his life, the severance from natural to
artificial diet A puppy should lap the
hominy or puppy food, whicheve- is Sc
leoted, of his own free viii and never
be fed with spoon. When the puppy
can feed himself, he should then have
placed before him bowl OF milk, which
should be boiled and allowed to cool to
the temperature of blood. Great and
sudden changes in diet must be avoid
ed. Milk is the most valuable food for
newly weaned puppies that can be given,
and as it is advisable to give them, If
possible, the same cows milk, which is
not obtainable always, have found that
condensed milk, keeping to the same
brand, is tho most desirable. AS puppies
grow older scalded bread, thoroughly
boiled oatmeal and puppy dog cakes
made to a pulp should make two of
the six necessary meals day that they
crave. From to 10 weeks their meals
may consist of the same solid materials,
substituting broth in the place Of milk.
The more variety puppy can have the
better.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
NEWSPAPER NOTICES.

Many newspapers in this country still
follow the old custom of printing a motto
or declaration of principles in each issue
Louisville Post: IF New and True, Not
Otherwise. +"
Bound Brook IN. j. } Democrat ''It Is
Better to Be Right Than to Be Left
Montgomery IN. Y.) Reporter: "a Pa
per Devoted to the Interest of Our Home. -
Oneida madison county, n. W Union:
t'The Union, the Whole Union and Moth
ing but the Union.''
gainesville co. Telegraph: when the
Press Compromises Truth, 1t Ceases to Be
the Guardian of Liberty"
Hudson IN. " Register: Devoted to
the Business, Social, Religious and Polit-
ical Interests of the City and County"
Ithaca IN. V Democrat, established
1920: Devoted to Politics, Local Intelli-
gence, Literature and the Public We'll
fare"
Cape Vincent IN. W Eagle: "The
Democratic Party; When Right, We Will
Stand by 1t; When Wrong, We Will Help
to Right It,
Raleigh IN. c. Progressive Farmer:
''The Industrial and Educational Interests
of Our People Paramount to All Other
Considerations of State Policy"
Burlington tIa.) Saturday Evening
Post: "Organ of the Great Middle Glass
of This Section of the Valley. Not Taken
by the Very Rich or the Very Poor"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
The Local Paper.

From the Patchouge On. " Argus.
No man is too poor to take bis
oca1 newspaper, and it is false
economy to get along without it,
Hardly a week pass. that some
thing does not appear in its columns
that will be financial benefit to the
subscriber, and by the end of the
year he has made or saved from one
to twenty times its subscription
price.
The city papers do not take the
place OF your home paper, although
rome people seem to think they do.
The city papers are all right in their
way, but they don't give you what
you are most interested in-your
local and county news. You cannot
learn from them when and where
public meetings are to be held, who
are dying or who are marrying, who
are moving in and who are moving
out, court proceedings, who wants
to sell land-in fact. hundreds of
items which might be of particular
Importance for you to know. Such
matter city papers cannot furnish
but your local paper can and does
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
THE LISTENER.

Ex- President Harrison is combining him
self closely to his law practice.
Senator Squire appeared in the senate
the other day attired in Prince Albert
suit and a vest of striking yellow.
Mr.. Donovan, the only Democratic
member of Michigan S legislature, has had
a county named after him by his Repub-
lican confreres.
Senator Baker of Kansas says that, while
he is not a church member, yet he has
since childhood repeated every evening a
little prayer that his mother taught him.
Beathold Neumoegen, stockbroker of
New York, who died recently, ma6he the
collection of butterflies his hobby. He had
over 100, 600 rare and beautiful specimens
Senator Elect Knute Nelson is only a
trife over feet, shoEtser by an inch or so
than Napoleon Ide will be the smallest
man physicalI7~fn the United States SEN
ate.
Tom Burton Of Hart county, Ga,
dreamed the night before election that he
you'd be reelected treasurer by $50 ma
: 9ority. When the vote was counted, $50
votes was his exact majority.
Colonel Seward Cary. the Buffalo mil
lionaire and amateur whip who bought
the coach Vivid, exhibited at the Worlds
fair, has arranged to run it between Buff
falo and Niagara falls next summer as
public coach.
Ed Partridge, the Chicago board of
trade pIunger, is guarded by detective
wherever he goes. He is frightened half
to death at a notice he received that if he
does not make wheat rise 10 cents a bushel
he will be killed.
Deacon White of Wall street fame is OF
the old North Carolina Quaker stock and
has been III New York making and losing
millions since 1865 His great point is his
tenacity Of purpose and of not caring
whether he is the under dog or not.
]. Sterling Morton. secretary of agricul-
ture, is as hard TO make an impression
upon as if he were made of stone. No
matter how pathetic a member of congress
may become in the interest of some for
1orn female, the secretary of agriculture
remains unmoved.
Lorenzo Chanter, now a resident of
Jackson, Mich, claims to have brought
the first tobacco seed to America from the
island Of Malta in 1928. He says he plant
ed the seeds in a garden in Boston, from
which big crop resulted. Mr.. Chanter is
now 50 years of age.
Lord Burton of pale ale fame has given
a $500, 600 town hall for Burton-upon-
Trent, England, the town in which his
immense brewery is located. His father,
Sir Michael Bass, who first brewed the
beverage which bears his name, spent
$3.50, 600 in identifying the town.
Rev. Edward Davis of Oakland, Cal,
recently Illustrated sermon on Eternal
Judgment" by assuming the character of
Richard III and quoting in dramatic
manner the famous soIiloquy in the first
scene and also in the fifth act of the play.
The preachers acting was realistic. There
was big audience.
Captain w. G. Kidd is conductor Of the
accommodation train running between
Nashville and Pulaski and has held the
position since 1857. In all that time he
has never missed a trip, has never been
reprimanded and has never been reported
so the company. Captain Kidd is 72 years
of age, but in activity Is fully 80 years
younger
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Remedy Damp walls,

The process consists in using tive
washes for covering the walls The pro-
portions are three-quarters of pound
of CASTLE soap TO gallon of water and
half a pound of alum to 4 gallons of
water. The temperature of the air should
be not above % degrees f. when the
compositions are applied.
The soap wash should be laid on boil
ing hot with fiat brush, taking care to
form froth on the brickwork. This
wash should remain "a hours. The alum
wash is applied in the same manner.
The temperature of this wash when APP
piled may be 60 or 20 degre es, and this
also should remain "a hours before
second coat of soap wash is put Oh
These coats are to be put on alternately
until the walls are made impervious to
water.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
Leaving The Doug,assites.

FIR m the Oxford Public Ledger
Mr. EDIToR: We went in the
Far ners' Alliance in good faith and
III the Third party the same way
Amer seeing the workings of this
L. gislatnre and the adjournment OF
the So nae IN honor of the Geath OF
Fred Douglass we have b. come COM
pletely ois2 listed and will have moth
ing more to 10 with such men. They
are leading the people on to Republi-
caDiSn a. last a time rolls and will
destroy our government. When we
vote Tor men to go to the Legisla-
ture we 80 not propose tor them to
go to Raleigh and honor such a
thing as Fred Douglass, nor pay our
taxes TO keep up such a. that. We
have decided ia our opinion that all
the leaders are rotten and it is a
clean steal fer the Republicans for
there il not. Ole word of defense for
them to offer IL regard to the ad
journmeut of the Legislature in
honor of Fred Douglass, only they
thought they would get all of the
negro votes hereafter
You can publish this card if you
see d and use cIr names.
Yours truly,
II. S GREEN,
j + Green,
w. T. GREEN.
J A. GREEN. .
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
"Sonnu Money,
From the Atlanta Constitution. /

from the Atlanta COnStluuI1On.
Ne are of the opinion that by the
time the people have prepared them
selves III : o tn the ballot box at the
next get.ei al election, they will have
had such II dose ot sound money"
and its results that they will want
to get away from the direful calami-
ty of ''sound money" We have no
doubt that some people will be fooled
by the catch penny phrase OF sound
money As Mr. Lincoln remarked,
you can fool some OF the people all
the time, and we have no donbt that
there are II Humb-r of honest men
who stand ready to be taken in by
the cry about sound money" On
tn other hand, we ieel sure that the
object lesson which the people have
received from their experience With
Sound money" during the past few
years wsli be effective in convincing
chem that what the money sharks
and their organs call 'sound money"
is the money that robs the business
man, the producer and the laborer.
The Constitution Is OF the opinion
that the logic, as we'll as the facts of
he situation, ia sufficient TO convince
The people that what. the money
sbhrks call sound money" is gold
uione-the metal that is so scarce
iiar ii f-w men AMI firms like the
K y hschiiis can control and corner
IT ut their viii and pleasure. This is
b. 'ney thar tie gold gamblers
s'fa'l their Organs are leased TO term
~'Tnr'd MONEY! AMI they call it
sound" nectiuse- it is Increasing in
value every day aud giving them
larger aud larger profits
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14

This picture represents the quick
way in which our hosiery is being
sold. We have bought recently a
big line of hosiery direct from the
mills, in all grades and sizes. Buy
ing in large quantities enables us to
sell much lower than the regular
market prices. We make a speciality
Of boys black ribbed hose, up to 81
inch at 10 cents per pair.
It is q little early, but our Gus
toners will be pleased to learn that
we have received our Spring and
Summer stock of Infants and Child
rens caps and hats. Our stock was
never larger, and some of the new
makes are quite taking and stylish.
Mrs. Fletcher will return from
New York in a day or two, and as
she has attended all the principle
openings both in imported and do
mestic millinery, we can give our
customers the benefit of her expert
encs. Our Spring opening will be
above what we have had heretofore,
and our many customers will find
all the latest creations.
In a few days we will display the
largest line of lace goods ever
brought to the Twin City. Novel
ties in lace collarettes in all grades.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
Testimony by Telephone.
From the Chicago Mail.


Great is the march of invention
ami innumerahle are the devices OF
men TO save time, promote laziness
and otherwise increase the value of
living. These +, flectiOns are natural
ly prompted hv the news that testi-
plony has been taken by telephone
in n court OF record at WAYNE, Mich.
Chicago attorneys seem to be divided
III their opinion oi his plan. Some
of hem think it is a goud thing to
allow witnesses to be examined by
telephone and that the practice will
grow. Ofber lawyers, conservative
old togies doubtless, declare that the
courts should meyer sanction such an
unfair practice. But undoubtedly
telpphonic testimony has come to
stay. aud if we are going to have
court telephones, why not court
monographs, photographs, kine.o-
Scopes. etc ? The beauty of the new
idea is in the notifications to which
it susceptible. Cases could be tried
without the presence of either Judge
or jury. All the evidence could be
taken by monographs and repro
duced for the benefit of court and
Jurors.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
SEX AGAINST SEX.

A pretty girl is sometimes ugly.-Dallas
News
A woman very often forgiyes In self de-
fense.-Albany Argus.
To be just right the new woman should
be just about 16 years new.-Atchison
Globe.
Miss Mabel Dodge, cashier in Massa-
chusetts grocery store, is short 50, 900 in
her accounts. The new woman is learn
ing.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Let the new woman come if she wants
TO. She Will certainly come If she deter
mines to do it. But let her not be over
vain or proud. Time and love are not the
only Jewelers. of rank and sex. The appall-
ing mouse will still get in his work
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Tennessee lady wants the men to bear
distinguishing titles like the ladies do, as
Mrs. and Miss so that the single may
likewise be known from the married men.
That is a good idea. Perhaps this lady
has unwittingly fallen in love with mar
Eied man.-Austin Statesman.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Treat a Rruise.

There is nothing TO compare with a
tincture or strong infusion of capsicsam
annuum mixed with an equal bulk of
mucilage or gum arabic and with the
addition of few drops cf glycerin.
This should be painted all over the
bruised surface With u cancels hair pen
Gil and allowed to dry on, second and
third coating being applied as soon as
the first is, dry. If done as soon as the
injury Is inflicted, the treatment will
invariably prevent the blackening of the
e,oused tissue. The same remedy has no
equal in rheumatic, sore or stiff neck.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Make Apple rurnover.,

Make a very rich "short" pastry,
roll it out and cut into squares about
five inches wide. Set in the middle of
each large pared and cored apple,
drop into each apple a piece of butter
about as big as the end of ones thumb,
fill up the hole with sugar and put more
around the outside of the fruit Into the
sugar stick two inches of cinnamon and
press cloves into the flesh of the apple.
Lay slice of lemon ON top Of all this;
then take up the four corners Of the
pastry, pinch them into knot over the
apple and let them bake in a good,
quick oven SO that the pastry may be
well Drowned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
Great Little Truths.

He hath a poor spirit Who is not
planted above petty wrongs.-Felr
ham.
Thought is the property only OF
those who can entertain it.-Emer-
son.
There is an idiom in truth which
falsehood never can initiate. Napier.
The generous heart should scorn a
pleasure which gives others pain
Thomson.
Some temptations come to the in
dustrious, but ali temptations at
tack the idle -Spurgeon
Iriusing water neither ma kos q
man sick ror in debt no. his wife a
widow u ohm Neal.
Lovely concord and most sacred
peace doth nourish virtue, and fast
friendship breed Spencer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How Factory Girls of France Are Paid.

IF the French were not able to make
fine soup out of pair of chicken IS
feet, they never could live on their earn
ings. In the shops and factories just out
of Paris and Lyons girls get - cents 4.
day They will make mans shirt for
80 cents, a skirt for 90 cents, a petticoat
for 10 cents, a night robe for cents
and cloak for 10 cents. A girl without
a trade cannot live on what she honest
ly earns at Job work. The little girls
who go from school to the dressmaking
shops run errands, clean, sweep. dust
and pack, pull hastings, seam skirt lin
ings, stitch, pink and gather ballayeuses,
haste in belts. bustles and sachets and
receive from 90 cents to 81 week. Hap
PLY this salary is raised at the rate OF
30 cents every month for three years,
when the apprenticeship expires
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14

Clean the teeth with brush, pass
fat silk thread between them and rinse
the mouth two or three times with
warm or cool, but never cold water. A
few drops of tincture Of myrrh or lister
inc in the water will be found excellent
both as disinfectant and to remove the
taste of foods. A swallow of this will
do no harm. Cold waters are not good,
rs they shock the teeth. the processes of
mastication leaving them sensitive to
cold. Gentle laxatives should be used
whenever necessary.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
Discouraging.

docs your papa object to my calling
upon You, Miss Dolyersi''
Not In the least, Mr.. Spudds"
docs your mammal,
stNo."
do your brothersPs
81 think not"
"Then guess I'm pretty solid "
But there Is one member Of the family
you neglected to ask about and who does
object most heartily"
Il thought I had named them all, but
now think OF 1t did omit to ask about
your pug -
.'Oh, Fido doesn't mind youi'
Then who fs IL that objects to my COM
ing to see your
{ = = only ], NJ. spudds. LILA
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Cure FeIons.

Put some hard wood ashes in an old
tin cup, pour over them warm water,
immerse the end Of the sore finger in
the ashes, set the dish on some live Goals
or on the top of the stove, keeping the
finger in as long as You can. and soak it
several times day. If taken in time,
it generally cures felon from coming,
if the finger is wet with it often.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
LIGHT AND AIRY.


with the usual apologies.1
threw . brick out into the air.
1t fell to earth know not where,
For the eye could not follow It in flight
So swiftly 1t fell in the silent night.
Often I've thought in days gone by
OF that brick, and even wondered il ],
Like the man in the poem, would ever know
The fate of the brick as ID fell below.
And then I've thought Of the German band
Which that night meath my window had
taken its stand.
And wondered IL they could tell Of the flight
OF the brick as it fell to the earth that night.
Yale Record.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to crxsta11izs Grasses.

Place a saucepan partly filed with
water on the stove, and in it dissolve
enough alum to make it of sufficient den
sity to bear an egg. Let this boil Take
off the saucepan and lay your grasses
(dried and tied in punches to suit the
fancy in the water. When the water is
perfectly cold, lift out the bouquets,
and You will find them a mass Of beau.
tiful CRYSTAL
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
More Truth Than Poetry.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A Florida farmer who evidently
knows his business better than he
knows how to write verse has shipped
these lines TO this office:
/ want to say in your paper
If the weather don't get torrider
Us fellers has got TO quit
Raising oranges in Florider.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
HOW TO CARE FOR FURNITURE.
Old and Defaced Pieces May BE Restored
by Little Patience.

Old and Defaced Pieces May BE Restored
by Little Patience.
Old furniture may be made handsomer
than new if much care is used Scrape
away every particle of the old varnish
with an old case knife or bit of glass,
then use coarse sandpaper. Dust off well
with brush before applying new var
nish. After this wipe with a soft rag.
Now remove the article to another room
where there is no disturbed dust. Never
stain the wood If you do not wish the
polished surface, rub it down with rot
ten stone and oil to a dead satin or egg
she'll finish. Here is an excellent mix
ture for cleaning of old or new furni-
ture: Pure raw linseed oil, quart;
spirits of wine and vinegar, half pint
Of each; butter of antimony, ounces;
spirits of turpentine, half pint. Shake
we'll before asing Use rubbing pad
made by rolling up inch strip of
wooden cloth.
Several applications will be needed
for new furniture. Where the varnish
has become old and furnished dissolve
ounces best gum shellac in 2 pints of 95
per cent alcohol. Add to this piLts
raw linseed oil and pint spirits of tur-
pentine. When well mixed, add 4 ounces
of sulphuric ether and ounces of am
monia water. Mix thoroughly. Shake
well before using and apply lightly with
a sponge.
For mahogany that has first been
scraped off and sandpapered smooth, APP
ply a coat of furniture oil and let stand
over night. In the morning hammer
some fine red brick into powder, which
put in cotton stocking and sift over
the work. Then wrap q square block of
iron or wood in piece of carpet and
rub the brick dust powder with it, rub
bling the way of the grain of the wood.
backward and forward. till good gloss
appears If not sufficient, or if the grain
remains at all rough. repeat the pow
dering, being careful not to sift on too
much dust, as this and the oil should
form paste When the surface is per
feet, clean it off with wad of carpet
and, if you can get it. some fine mahog
any dust. The surface made by this proc
ess improves with wear.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
Sad.

'sIs 1t not terrible to thing that liquor
costs the British nation more than e100,-
GOO. 600 per annum?''
Humorous Irishman-Indade it is, sort.
Och, can nothing be done to reduce the
price av the drinki-Household Words.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
No Results.

From the New York Herald.
Clara-I wonder if it il true that
one is likely to catch something from
being kissed?
!. Maude-Of course, not. You've
been kissed enough, but you haven't
Icaught any thing yet, have you
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
independent.
From the Atlanta Journal.

..The negroes down in south
Georgia., writes farmer, won't
pick cotton for fifty cents day, and
willscratch themselves up with briars
from sunrise to sunset Tor a quart of
black berries that is not worth more
than a nickle."
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-03-14
How to Take a sponge Bath.

A little tepid water should be draw
into the tub, and in that the batier
should stand. With soap or salt. tepid
water, a sponge or loofah. she should
scrub herself. The rinsing water should
be quite cold. and then brisk rubbing
down with rough towel should follow