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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
smoking ON . wheel.

"They say it is next to impossible to
smoke on a wheel.
II wish could convince my lamp Of
that. "-Detroit journal.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
The Proper Name.

"Why do you fellows call that noun
tain Catfish hill?" asked the tourist.
Because" said Pieface Bill, .'it
can't be scaled. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Not His Match

''I never like to quarrel with my
husband %
"Of course not. I"
"He can always think Of meaner
things to say than I can Columbus
co. State Journal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Just the Reverse.

"Are You in pain, my little man?"
asked the kind old gentleman.
NO." answered the boy. 1.-THE
pains in me. "-Indianapolis journal.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
1.hose snmmer Outin~..

Hawkins-I see your folks are back
from the seashore. How are they7
Banks-Oh. they, stood 1t first rate.
Ioan't see but that they're nearly q
well a. they were before they started.
Cleveland Leader
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Three Throws For q Nickel.


"No, Stree, said Mr.. Weary Wal
hen, 81 don't believe IN strikes IF some
body don't work, how is the rest of us
coin to eat?',--Indianapolis Journal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07

Here is a case where the pain inflicted
on a six-year-o1d boy was especially
cruel, and after undergoing the tortures
produced by the surgeons knife he rap
idly grew worse. Mr.. J. N. Murdoch,
the father of the boy, residing at 279
Suodgrass street, Dallas, Texas, writes
"When my son, Will, was six years
old, a small sore appeared on his lip,
which did not yield to the usual treat
ment, but before long began to grow. II
gave him great deal of pain, and con-
tinued to spread. He was treated by
several good doctors, who said he had
cancer, and advised that an operation
was necessary.
"After much reluctance, we consented,
and they cut down to the jaw bone,
which they scraped. The operation was
a severe one, but thought it was the
only hope for my boy. Before great
while the cancer returned, and began to
grow rapidly. We gave him many rem
edies without relief, and finally upon the
advice of friend, decided to try SIS.
(Swift's Specifc), and with the second
bottle he began to improve. After twenty
bottles had been taken, the cancer dis
appeared entirely and he was cured.
The cure was permanent one, for he is
now seventeen years old, and has never
had sign of the dreadful disease to re-
turn"
S.S.S. is far ahead of all other blood
remedies, because it is the only one
which cures deep-seated obstinate blood
diseases such as Cancer, Scrofula,
Eczema, Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc.
It is the only blood remedy guaranteed
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Purely Vegetable

containing not particle of mercury,
potash, or other mineral ingredient,
which are SO injurious to the system.
SIS. is sold by all druggists.
Books on Cancer and Blood Diseases
will be mailed free to any address by the
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Almost an Angel.

Alkah Ike-Did you make an angel
. that enemy O. yoursf
Cactus Pete-Well. winged him.
New York journal
The herald., 1897-11-14

and are a very valuable thing to have
on hand" remarked a commission
dealer. Already they are selling as
high as G5 cents per bushel at retail, and
unless more come into the market they
will be much higher. Only a few days
ago l got a letter from Philadelphia
house offering IS cents q bushel on an
order for from one to ten carloads. I
have not been able to fill the order yet.
and do not expect to. There are a num-
ber of reasons for the high price. One
of the principal reasons is that those
who have them on hand are holding them
for higher price, and another is that
they brought such a small amount Of
money last winter that but few were
planted the past season. The crop was
good enough for those who were fortu-
nate enough to plant them. Last year
there were such a number planted in
consequence of the Pingree advocacy Of
potato patches that the price fell so low
that there was no return for the labor
put in on them. For several months they
We're offered as low as cents per bushel
all through New York state, while out
west there was no sale at all for them.
and they were used in Kansas and other
big potato growing states for fuel. There
were very few potatoes planted this
year. Early in the season the supply
seemed to be enough, but all Of a sudden
they became scarce, and have been
growing scarcer all the time."--Wash-
ington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-11-14
A Point for Smokers

"Lots of advice has been given to
smokers, but I'll tell you something
which isn't generally known" said one
of the biggest tobacco dealers in New
York.
"Come into the cigar store" he went
on, "and you will notice that two out
of three men will cough while lighting
cigars"
The first person who set fire to a cigar
coughed quite violently.
Didn't tell you?" exclaimed the lee
turer. "Two out of three will do that. "
'It's caused by the smoke"
"Never. When you are about to smoke,
cut off the mouth end of the cigar, put
the smoke end in the mouth, and then
blow. This expels all the fine particles
of tobacco and dust inside the cigar.
When you have done this reverse the,
TORCH and you won't cough when light
ing it. These little bits of tobacco get
down your throat and are injurious.
More people have been injured by swal-
lowing these little specks than you have
any idea of, yet they think they have
been hurt by inhaling the smoke
The herald., 1897-11-14
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

Caedmon. the first English poet IS to
have statue at Whitby, where he lived
and died.
Lourdes saw its first exclusively Rrit-
ish pilgrimage this year. There werc
sixty persons in 1t, including a bishon
and eight priests.
Abyssinia's social code provides for !,
fair chance to young married couples
forbidding the brides mother to visit
her daughter till a year after the mar
riage.
What is called malaria, after ragine e
for four years in Central Asia. where +
was attended by great mortality has
reached the Caucasus and is spreading
The military hospitals report 400 cases
a day each.
A John O. Groat's to Lands End rec-
ord for motor carriages has been estab.
lished in England, the first to make the
journey having covered the distance in
ninety-three hours. The time can easi,v
be beaten when a record for speed is
sought.
At Iuchow. in Germany, 129 fathers
have been fined I mark apiece for allow
ing their children under 10 years Of age
to dance at the harvest festival of a
village near by. The village pastor OBJ
:ected to the dancing and reported the
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and its eXclusiveness. 1t does not bid
all welcome by any means. 1t is for the
CHOSEN few, and to occupy box you
must be either a stoclSholder or a MEM
Der of the association. This course is
open to criticism, but it has the effect
of keeping the horse show exclusive.
One of the great annual features is the
auction sale of boxes which takes place
two weeks before the opening. Last
Thursday, November 4th, these boxes
were auctioned off, and all those who
had the privilege Of being there will for
ever remember the sight. Crowded
| around the auction chair were all the
members of the four hundred, or their
representatives, both ladies and gentle
men being present. In the middle of the
auction light refreshments were served
and then the auctioneer went on with
| his gilt-edged task.
| Some idea of the prices realized may
be obtained from the fact that there are
150 boxes, and $500 is the average price
paid for ther1 They ran up much
higher.
But the horse show does not depend
upon it's boxes for it's moneyed supply.
1t has thousands of seats, each one OF
which rents for $25 for the week of six
nights. These seats are held for MEM
bers to ask for. Next Tuesday the allot-
ment will be made, and those who have
applied for reserve seats will receive
them if possible. Those who are not so
fortunate must wait until show week
unless they happen to purchase a seat
secondhand or by great good luck
fall in with a speculator who does not
Io1 hi hi fo
the week.
But this is mere aside. The horse
show is something which moves majes-
tically on without, mention of prices.
The lack of comment shows that spec
tators regard the sum they pay. as a
mere incidental.
To person who has never seen Amer
lean society, the horse show boxes are
a series of cages, in each one of which
a different set of social lions is roaring.
One year it is the young Duke of Marl-
borough and his English cousin Ivor
Guest, and their titled friends, who are
there to be stared at. Another year it is
the Almeric Hugh Paget set, with it's
many titled English girls. Again it is a
prince, and this year we are promised
greater lion yet, for the brother Of a
queen apparent is coming.
In one box you see the blue Blood of
Boston chatting as easily as though it's
blood were mere water, and it's eyes the
unspectacled ones of plebeianism In an
other box you see Chicago's wealth with,
western beauty stamped on every fea-
ture, and western skill beaming upon
western awards In another YOU see
San Francisco's magnates, and, across
the box top, their hands are shaking
the delicately gloved fingers of the New
York woman who tries to make herself
believe that the show is all her own
New Workers come home for the
horse show, and remain until Thanks
giving. Then they slip away again, and
The herald., 1897-11-14
HORSE SHOW
Is New York's Thirteenth
Annual Event
SOCIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
MOST MARVELLOUS THING OF
MODERN TIMES
Boxes Sell for S4oO Each and Only
Stockholders Can Buy Them.
Social Lions Will Roar

NEW YORK, Nov 5.-The thirteenth
annual exhibition of the New York
Horse Show association opens in Medi-
son Square garden Monday, November
18th.
In the thirteen years of it's history this
annual horse show has held it's peculiar
supremacy in social circles by dint of the
hard work of its managers and the dip
lomacy of it's directors.
1t is so we'll known in London that
English society counts upon tand every
year sends representatives. 1t is a fea-
ture in Canada, and people journey
south for it. In the United States it is
the great annual social event, and to be
seen at the Madison Square garden
horse show in November is to argue that
you are in society.
The Horse Show association maintains
its position, not by it's courtesy or it's
willingness to please, but by it's price
The herald., 1897-11-14

dear. In the cheapest of shops they
positively bring $12 and SIS (American
dollars.) In the expensive ones two and
three times as much. This is due to the
abundant use of oriental feathers.
Gowns are not as high priced as for
merly, and even the bugaboo price of
a hat may be reduced by home trim
ming.
There is nothing about the costumes
that suggest the sportswoman. No
homespun gowns with stiff linen shirt
fronts and Alpine hats.
NICE GOWNS
Many of the toilettes were exceeding
ly dressy. One for Mrs. Gardner was of
dull reseda foulard over the same shade
of taffeta. The skirt was sun plated
and Independent of the lining,
The bodice was full blouse of reseda
green gauze over a green taffeta lining.
narrow black velvet. From under the
arms came two strips of the green
gauze that were draped to the front of
the corsage, and hung in long loops that
reached the girdle.
The lower edge of these strips was ad-
orned with loops of the black velvet. The
sleeves We're draped from the wrists
to the armhole seams, and between the
elbows and the shoulders there were
bands of black velvet ribbons and bows
that were tied on the top Of the sleeve.
The tail crush collar and the girdle
were OF black velvet. The collar was
The herald., 1897-11-14

| case to the police. 1t was discovered,
| however, that his children had danced,
TOO, and he was fined with the rest.
Verdi, who objects to hand organs,
mas an effective though expensive way
or suppressing them at Moncaleri,
where he spends his summers. He hires
| all the organs in the district for the sea-
son and stores them in his house. a
reporter of lie Figaro counted ninety
nve instruments, and the composer told
him that it cost him $500 season to sup
press them.
While England is fighting on the Af-
ghan frontier Russoa is building mill
tary roads In the Pamir region close to
the boundary of India. One has just
been completed over the Ak Baital pass
at height of over $1,000 feet. It can be
used by carts, and was begun in July
Another has been made near the Karne
Tata boundary, and it was intended to
complete another before the cold weather
set in at the Borodb& boundary in the
ALLAH valley.
An overhead trolley system for the
conveyance of power to motor carriages
on ordinary roads has been in successful
operation for six months past at Green
wich, England. The system is the dou-
ble-wire one, as the circuit must be
completed entirely by the wires. The
motor is placed in the front of the car
riage, and connection is made by nex-
ible wire winding on drum. Carriages
can pass each other by an ingenious ar
rangement of rollers attached at inter-
walls to either side of the conducting wire.
the trolley being guided to the right or
left as may be necessary.
Orthodox Greeks and Anglicans have
fraternized in an unusual manner in Mel
bourne, Australia. Owing to the alb
sence of resident priest, baptisms and
marriages among Russians and Greeks
have been celebrated according to their
rites by clergymen of the Church of Eng
land in the parish churches. On some
occasions they have also administered
the communion. The newly appointed
The herald., 1897-11-14

are busy with their house parties until
the opera season opens. Ward McAllister
and Mrs. Paran Stevens, the horse
show figures of other days, declared
that, were it not for the horse show,
that they would not visit New York at
ALL but would content themselves With
three nights of the opera.
The horse show is one of the most
marvellous things of modern times.
Three years ago the show realized that,
to maintain it's prestige, it must wall up
it's entrance SO that few horses could
pass the test. They raised the stand
ard, and this cut out many racers and
PAGERS who depended upon their speed
for their good points 1t shut out many
of the world famous horses because they
lacked points. and had only smartness
to recommend them.
The exhibits now are each and all
magnificent, and to own horse that
has been in the horse show means that
you possess a thorouhgly high-bred an
imal.
The officers of the association are:
Cornelius Fellowes, presidents Law
renee Kip vice president; George Pea
body Wetmore, vice president; H. H.
Hollister, treasurer; John G. Heckscher,
secretary, and J. 7. Hyde, assistant
secretary.
The directors are: Frederic Bron.
son, A. j. Cassatt, Cornelius Fellowes,
John G. Heckscher, Thomas Hitchcock,
jr.; ii. H. Hollister, Lawrence Kip, E. d.
Morgan, Fl. Newbold Morris, F. A.
Schermerhorn, f. X. Sturgis, George
Peabody Wetmore and William c..
Whitney.
The sum in awards amounts to $33, 900.
During the day the visitors are con-
fined mostly to women, who love to sit
in the seats and watch the judging. But
at night all society turns out in festal
array, and from until IL beauty and the
beast are literally on exhibition.
HYDE G.. UNDERHILL.
The High Price Of Potatoes
Potatoes are potatoes this season,
The herald., 1897-11-14
imported Gowns for New
YOrk's Fete
THE LONG DRIVING COATS
THAT ARE TO BE WORN IN THE
MORNING
In the Evening There Is a Different
and Gorgeous Array-Chrysan-
themum Flowers and Hues

PARIS, Nov. 3.-Paris dressmakers
are IN flutter of excitement this week,
Tor they are boxing and shipping gowns
Tor the New York horse show, which be-
gins November Is. There are more
dresses sent over for this event than for
the Patriarchs ball, and more designs
come out of the workshops of the artistic
head of the great ladies' designing es-
adjustments for this event than for that
OF an international wedding
American society takes it's start fo-
the season of 1S97-SS from the horse
show, and the fashions you see there Will
be the ones that will prevail all winter.
or this we are assured.
The chrysanthemum will be the flower
of the winter the popular one being Il
curly-leaved. cabbage shaped flower
that takes the place of a whole corsago
bouquet. This flower will be largely
worn, If we may judge from the CONVEX
sation of the women who order fine
gowns. Il shall wear a reseda chrysan-
themum," says one. my bouquet will
be corn -colored Japanese flowers" saws
another, which means also that she win
wear chrysanthemums.
DRIVING COATS
Several very elegant driving coats
have been sent over for wear during the
afternoon. Women who so TO the horse
show, you must know, have Il special
toilet for the evening, which is quite
d1lrerent from the afternoon array. 1t
Is understood that these long c,0ats
have been sent over to Mrs. G. Oliver
Iselin, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr
who Is evidently going to take n con-
spicuous part in the seasons entertain
ment; Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and
Mrs. George Gould.
The cloaks are cut nearly all on the
same lines Loose at the waist, slightly
increasing in size from neck to hem,
with very gradual taperinG at the
waist. They are of light broadcloth, al
most white, with collar of deeper shade
They are double breasted ard button
down the front with white pearl buttons.
Shorter cloaks of the same pattern arc
also worn.
The evening styles embrace trimmed |
skirts and overskirts. One of these is
fine goods shirTed upon tiny bands of
black satin ribbon. which is woven in |
the goods. This overskirt is short on |
one side and very long on the other and |
trimmed with taffeta rufiles or reseda.
DAMSON SHADES
Another dress Of damson cloth has a |
passementerie design on each side in |
black jet. Deep flounces of damson silk |
trim the sides and back, thus giving an
overslSrt effect in the back instead of
the front
Horse show hats are picturesque
They are in way picture hats, although
they are not so very large. One of the
most noticeable of these is of black |
chenille and jet openwork, bent like a
poke in front and filled in the back with |
silk chrysanthemums and piled high in
the front with the same. Bird of Para
disc feathers fly from the front of the
hat backward. These cost in American Il
money Sc bunch, and two punches are
needed for hat.
1t Is to be regretted that hats are so
The herald., 1897-11-14

also sovereign of the heavens for two or
three hours after the sun has set
1t is hard to imagine that Mercury
shines with a light nearly as bright as
Sirius, the brightest star in the heav-
ems. The variation of it's apparent size
from the varying distances that it
moves from the sun is very striking. At
the time when we are most favored
with view-that is, when it is at it's
furthest beyond the sun-we see it IL
Illuminated like the full moon.
Uranus is the next to have conjunc-
ton with the sun, and it's turn comes on
the 2lst, after which time we shall have
the planet ranking with the morning
stars. The right ascension and declina-
ton OF Uranus show him to be located
In the constellation of the Scorpion. As
Sir William Herschel was the one who
first discovered the sea-green disk of
Uranus, his initial is the sign frequently
used to distinguish it.
-Four hours after the above conjunc-
tlon Mars also passes through similar
experience. the two planets in the in
term having been in close proximity to
one another. Mars carries on quite an
unusual amount of hobnobbing this
month, for in addition to the meetings
already referred to, on the 9th he and
the waning crescent have their meet
ing, but it is not very close, and, furth-
ermore. the two are so near the sun
that we cannot see them. The sign by
Which Mars is known partakes Of his
warlike character and represents a spear
and shield.
Saturn is the last of the four planets
to be in conjunction with the sun, on the
10Th, the day following his monthly
lunar conjunction. The close proximity
or the planet to the sun prevents our
seeing him at this time, so we shall have
to wait while for him to get we'll estab-
lished among the morning stars before
we can get good look at him, Saturn
IN his role as the god of time, has given
us scythe as the sign by which we are
to know him.
Jupiter is now moving away from the
sun, and is increasing in size and bril-
nancy as ne progresses. He and Venus
are still rivals for the honors during the
early morning hours, and they have
some little time for their quarrel before
the rosy dawn appears. Jupiter is an
preaching the position Of uuadrature.
which he will reach next month. as tho
year is about to close To this king of
the planets has been awarded a sign
which is intended to represent the bird
Of Jove.
Venus is growing somewhat smaller IN
diameter as she draws in toward the
sun, but she is still very conspicuous in
he eastern section of the heavens dur
Ing the two or three hours before the
sun comes above the horizon. The sign
that has very appropriately been be-
slowed upon this representative of the
goddess of beauty is mirror.-New
y ork Times.
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archimandrite has not only ratified the
ceremonies performed in the past, but
has refused to administer holy COM
until he receives permission to
do so from the Anglican bishop of the di-
ocese.-New York Sun.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio cannot become q
member of the Italian parliament, as his
political opponents have shown that his
record includes sentence to six months
Imprisonment for adultery, which makes
him not only ineligible, but deprives him
of the right to vote. In commenting on
this LIE Figaro asserts that such law
in France would be equivalent to sup
pressing universal suffrage.
The herald., 1897-11-14
THE HEAVENS IN NOVEMBER
The Moon Is Full on the 9th and
New Moon on the oath

Lie MOO1 is Eull on Cnc SCu anu
New Moon on the Gath
The moon favors us by appearing in
five different phases this month, two of
them being that of first quarter one of
the first day of the month and the other
just before the month closes, on the 30th.
We have full moon on the 9th, last
Quartering on the 18th, and new moon on
the Gath. The lunar conjunctions for
the month begin on the 12th when Nep-
tune and the moon are at their closest,
followed on the Goth by Jupiter, and on
the 22d by Venus. None of these are at
all noteworthy, nor throughout the
month are there any very close meetings
between planet and moon.
On the 24th Uranus, Mars, Saturn ani
Mercury are encountered in the Sc
quence mentioned, and while they are
not passing very close to Luna, it shows
them all TO be in the same general
neighborhood, and all are morning stars.
Neptune is the only one of the planets
that throughout the month maintains
the dignity of the evening stars, all
others having deserted him for the
morning GALAXY, and while God of the
sea, with a trident for his sign, he is
The herald., 1897-11-14
Sure to Write to Fa ther

First Father--Ah! sons are very un-
grateful! I have sent mine to college. ]
write to him every week, but he never
has time even to send me a postal card
to say how he is getting on.
Second Father-Oh! 1 can always get
a letter from my son.
First Father-How?
Second Father-Well, l write to him,
saying, Dear John, I inclose 910.'
First Father-Well?
Second Father--Well, don't inclose
It. that's all.-TOday.
The herald., 1897-11-14
The Old, Old Delusion

Darling" he whispered, "it costs me
more to keep two bicycles in repair than
one"
Love is eternal; it's delusions, even,
are mutable only in respect to their
terms.-Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1897-11-14
American Horses for wurtembure

New York-The Atlantic transport
liner Manitoba has taken away for Lon
don large number of prizes in horse
flesh. There were thirty-six superb
coach animals for the king of Wurtem-
burg. They are for the kings private
driving and occasions of display. They
were picked up by an agent at different
points in the United States. The stallion
Islington, full brother of Isinglass, was
one of the famous steeds on board. He
is bound for England.-Boston Evening
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