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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
NEW YEAR TEXT.
And One That is Applicable the
Whole Year.

And One That is Applicable the
Whole Year.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
Paul advances the theory: Bear
ye one anoGher's burdens and SO
fulfill the law of Christ"
Here's u text for the New Year-a
text to make the New Year a really
happy one. How shall you carry it
out? BY splitting up the burdens
into fragments-you take part OF
mine and | take part of yours, and
each one will take part of the others,
and SO will fulfill the law of Christ.
One OF the ways toward this end is
encouragement.
Encourage the merchant. If he
have superior style of goods, tell
him So
Encourage the newspaper men. Be
affable to them when you have no ak
to grind.
Encourage mechanics. If one has
| done a job well, tell him it is splen-
didly done.
Encourage the farmers There il
no class of people in this country
who want your sympathy just now
more than the farmers.
Encourage the doctors. You
praise the doctor when he brings yor
up from an awful crisis of disease
but do you praise the doctor wher
through skillfull treatment of the
incipient stages OF disease he keeps
you from sinking down to the awfn
crisis?
| Encourage the lawyers.
| Encourage the teachers in oul
| public schools.
Encourage all invalids by telling
them how many you have known
with the same ailments to get well
| Encourage all starting in life by
| yourself becoming reminiscent.
Such is happiness, and the road tc
q Happy New Year.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
NA1srs w1rH BoLERo EFFEcrs.

meleon silks with the wide linen collar
and cuffs are to be worn all winter.
Blouse waists, too, hold their own in
fashion, distinguished from those of the
summer by the little bolero jacket,
which is such a predominating feature
of all the new gowns. These little jacket
effects are pointed, square or round, as
they are most becoming to the figure.
and they are made of velvet, silk or
cloth, covered all over with lace, en-
broidery or braiding and trimmed on
the edge with a tiny ruching of chiffon.
silk or ribbon. Giace printed velvets are
used in blouse waists in Paris this sea-
son, and it remains to be seen whether
they will find favor here or not
Black is much worn, and black cloth
with fine stripe of white or gray is said
to be the latest thing for tailor made
gowns. The silk Innings are bright red.
Small gold buttons decorate the coat
bodice. Zibelline is one of the favored
materials, which is sort of cancels
nair cloth with lines forming a plaid.
and ribbed cloths, such as poplins and
reps and silk and wool brooches, are also
very popular.
New laces of all kinds are shown, and
their uses are legion. Maltese, venetian,
mechlin, chantilly and cluny are all
very popular. and almost every gown
has a bit of lace somewhere on the
! bodice Entire waists of lace are very
much worn, and they are made for the
alter wear over color with pretty,
shirred, close sleeves. Lace waists are
also used with skirts and sleeves of cloth
or silk and partially covered with the
fancy embroidered bolero. There are
lovely insertions, to match most of the
laces, and applique embroideries. which
are very thin in effect. The net galloons
are especially pretty, and jeweled trim
mings Of all kinds are used alike ON
cloth, silk. velvet and gauze gowns.
Pretty dress trimmings, too, are the
chiffon and silk plaitings edged with
narrow black satin or velvet ribbon, OF
with narrow lace
Bands of fur are to be popular dress
trimming this winter.
Trimmed skirts seem now to be a GER
tainty in fashion, and many of the new
gowns are trimmed. Now that the skirts
have so little fullness trimming is in
order and will no doubt become general
in time, says a writer in the New York
Sun, authority for the foregoing.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
Rad kigures.

Washington Post.
Those persons who persist in de
claring that the Democratic party
was divided in half by the Chicngo
platform entertain very strange
ideas of arithmetic. II 6.0O0, 900
voters constitute one-haif of the
Democratic party, where is the Their
halt? Surely not the 100, 600
Palmer aud Buckner people.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
FRENCH KNOT IN PROGRESS.

drawing gently with right hand the
needle and cotton back ON to the start
ing point according to the dotted indi-
cations. The twist will then lie in a
heap on the surface and represent a
knot or bead, which secure by jerk to
the right to put the needle and thread
in readiness for the following knot as
shown by the dart.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
As Most A Appropriate.

"What kind of goods, a'am?'' asked
the salesman.
I think. " replied the young woman
who had just bought wheel and was
about to order her first riding suit,
You may show me some of your early
fall styles. "-C Chicago Tribune.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
BITS OF INFORMATION.

1t is estimated that q good rail-
way engine will travel about l ,OOO,-
900 miles before it wears out. How
ever, the life of an engine depends as
to it's length upon the treatment It
receives. With ordinary care it
ought to last twelve years.
Every ton of Atlantic water, when
evaporated. yields 81 pounds of salt !;
q ton of Pacific water, 10 pounds;
Arctic and Antarctic waters yield 50
pounds to the ton, and Dead Sea
water, 1877 pounds.
The heart of the common oak
begins to rot at about the age of
300 years. The holly oak is longer
lived
Fair haired people are becoming
less numerous than formerly. The
ancient Jews were a fair-haired race;
now they are, with few exceptions,
darn. So it Is in lesser degree with
the Irish, among whom $50 years
ago dark-haired person was
almost unknown.
Astronomers say that 200, 900
shooting stars fall into the sun for
every one that comes into our at
mosphere.
Bread as daily article of food is
,, used by only about one third of the
/, 5OO,000,O00 people that consti-
tute the present population of the
earth.
Food is served in one of the Lon
don restaurants on electrically heat
ed plates, SO that the guests can eat
leisurely and still have the viands
continue warm until the close of the
meal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
a ,Aushty Briton.

Rud Kiplin's left our b1oomin land.
= up and went and shook it.
e thought us Yankees 'orrid, and
K thought ed ave to 'oolx it.
We 'oped ed write book or two,
While q was ere, to please us,
In our own dialect, all through.
But Rud, % likes to tease us.
Our 'opes and prayers 'ad no effect.
On purpose for to slam rs.
Instead of in our dialect
E's writin in pyjamas.
-Detroit Free Pres
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
ken Exasperating Diagnosis.

DoctyF (after spraying the lady s throat)
So Madam, it's a pleasure to treat you
You've Sgot such fine control of your
tongue.
The Patients Husband-Here, let's
have your bill. It's evident that you don't
know what, you are talking about-Cleye-
land Leader
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
NOTICE.

l WANT every man and woman in the United
States Interested in tbs Opium and Whisky
habits TO have one of my books on these dis.
eases Address Il. NJ. WOolley, Atlanta, Ca,
Box 3s2, and one Will be sent you free.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
Changed now.

sit before the glowing FIRE
And dream Of you. sweetheart,
And wonder why stern fate decreed
That we should dwell apart.
You loved me dearly once, know.
A year Of welded bliss,
And then another came between
And claimed your heart as his.
And now each night before the IRE
lonely vigil keep
While In the nursery above
Tou sing the Kid 70 sleep.
Town Topics
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
ua11y bends. the bones ache. while de.

ual1y bends, the bones ache, while de-
crepitude and he1plessnesS prema-
turely take possession of the body.
Under this treatment, it is but a short
step from vigor and health to a pair
of crutches. With this wreck of the
system often comes falling of the hair
and eyebrows, loss of finger nails,
and decay of the bones-a condition
most horrible. This is no overdrawn
picture, for the world to-day is full of
these hobblinG mercurial wrecks.
Contagious Blood Poison is the most
horrible of all diseases, and has been
appropriately called the curse of man.
kind. Until the discovery of ). ). 3,
1t was incurab1e. 1t has always baf-
fed the doctors, and it is in this dis
ease that the evils of mercury and
potash are most common, because
these drugs are given in such large
doses in an effort to counteract the
poison. While they succeed in bottling
up the poison in the system, it always
breaks forth again, attacking some
delicate organ, frequently the mouth
and throat, filling them with eating
sores. S. S. S. is the only known cure
for this terrible disease.
1t Is the same in other diseases or
the blood. Scrofu1a, Eczema, Cancer,
rheumatism, all are given the same
treatment by the physicians-mercury
and potash, and the result as above set
forth is always the same.
We offer remedy purely vegetable,
powerful in its effect, yet harmless in
every way. For fifty years S. S. S.
has been curing blood diseases, from
the most violent to the mildest case,
after all other treatment failed. 1t is
guaranteed purely vegetable, and one
thousand dollars reward is offered for
proof TO the contrary. 1t is a real
blood remedy for real blood troubles,
and never fails to cure Contagious
Blood Poison, Scrofula, Eczema, Rheu-
matis1n, Cancer, or any other disease
of the blood. If you have blood dis
ease, take a remedy which will not
injure you. Beware of mercury don't
do violence to your system. Don't get
bottled up!
Our books on blood and skin dis
cases. will be mailed free to any adj.
dress. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
FOR OUTDOOR WEAR.
When Not Made of Fur, Most Carmen
Are Fur Trimmed.

This is fur season, and both dress
makers and cloakmakers use fur of some
variety as an accessory when the gar
ment itself is not of fox. Fur capes and
mantles are much worn; so are seal
Jackets and coats. Velvet, velour and
cloth wraps are trimmed with fur. The
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
CURRENT r ASHlONS.

Blonses and Bolero Effects-New Dress
Observation-Disclosures Skirts.
The shirt waist is not abolished, but
continued with a difference in material.
Shirt waists of French flannel and cha
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
Robert Reed Revised.

ssTobacco despise- 1t is
A very filthy weed.
would not put It In my mouth,
Said little Robert Reed.
And that was why young Robert,
When of solace In pursuit,
Didn' do q thing but smoke
The deadly cfgaroot.
Detroit Tribune
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
The Stitch For French Knot.

Work from left to right, hold the
needle slantwise inside the cotton, which
twist three or four times round the
needle. Keep the twist loosely together
under the thumb of the left hand, while
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-07
A College Yell.

First Thief-Here comes q copper.
Lets run.
Second Thief-Naw; wait, dis'lI fix
sim. Hooly. woody, wally. ham. rip.
rap, rat, sand, so-o-o-r-a-yl
Copper (moving on)-Well, them g
about de toughest students ever seen.
-Truth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

,r,er re,ed means 'bonbons'-for sale, ana
shouting the while at the top Of his lungs. lie
njtcbes parcels of chewing gum boxes OF DOH
lions, magazines and paper-covered books also
into YOUR lap leaves them a moment. ana theh
returns TO collect them again. Apparently there
is M redress for the mpcrtinences OF TINS youth
tn elderly gentlemen chewing gum Is given 10
hold matrons receive copies of sporting journals
ccries NJ lola and Paul de Kock are given 10
noaidens tn nurses with children are. at the dis
cretlon of this Young devil, given apples or nuts
or candy for which the children cry when ne re-
turns TO collect them" We miss no single line
or color in the familiar picture. Our author
winds un with denuncation OF those 'edipies
and chewibles" and the mode Of their vending
in which thousands OF travellers from Maine TO
California will instantly agree Whether there
will be any wide acceptance Of his entire book as
n disouisitlon on our ways and faults Is doubtful
He has seen little of our true strength. or the
integrity on which the United States is founded
He has been about to some extent, visiting smaii
towns in the West as well az the cities ana
fashionable summer resorts In the East But
there is an absence of philosophical penetration
about this extremely dverting writer lie mas
seen the surface of things so clearly has painted
It skilfully, and can make such happy gener-
azatons on the material side OF our civiliza-
ticn that he is sure TO be widely read But we
close his amusing book with the conviction that
the fruitful critic Of American hampers Is very
slow in coming to the front. Since Matthew Ar
mold we have had men like Bourset, who were
merely absurd. and writers like this anonymous
individual, who is intelligent and readable. But
where is the divining man who shall interpret
us to ourselves?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
THE OLD STAIRS or NEHEMIAH
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN PALESTINE
From The London Daily News.

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN PALESTINE
From The London Daily News.
The Palestine Exploration Fund has been 70
some time past carrying on explorations on IN
TO determine the exact line OF the Old vail on ths
para of the town. II often chances that in seekin
found and such is frequenty the case in archae,
logical explorations. This is what has taken pls1l
ing OF the walls OF Jerusalem says: But me ssg
of the fountain repaired Shallun. the son OF Coi
covered H. and set up the doors thereof. the loek
thereof and the bars thereof. and the wall OF -
Pool OF Sloan by the Kings garden. and unto 90
stairs that so down from the City of David W
Bliss who is carving on the explorations. In re
scarcely leaves a doubt but he has found the %
stairs mentioned by the Prophet Nehemiah
In a former report Or Bliss described an ancien
gate he had come upon near the Pool OF Siloan
ana which was supposed 70 date from the time
construction AT. or near TO. the same gate whic!
had been repaired by shallun. The stair whicl
has been come upon consists OF no less than thlrH
four large. broad steps. and they descend down sl
acty TO the pool; they indicate Inc OF coh:hu
ton OF the Temple Hin and is accepted by mos
authorities as the site on which The royal palace
de G N wed be ON the same ridge There may
more steps still to ind as the explorations go ca
may have formed the ascent" Il Kings. x; 81 ma
so astonished the Queen of Sheha when she cSr,
tning to ind thar this great stair should have esel
80 long hidden under ground, ana We nave no hosr
shovel OF the modern arohaeoogist hsve laid BAR
IL is decidedly feather In the cap OF the Palesum
Exploration Fund. and II also rebounds 10 " Y,
credit of Or. Bliss including his coadtutor' "a,
Dickie who have 50 successfully brought out suV'
valuable results by their work -, ali
BUT this is not ALL In the account or the ~
erimage OF Antoninus Martyr published ny, Wv
Palestine Pilgrims Texts Society. Which as m,
rom the sixth century this author describes va va
d, scent by 'many steps 10 the Fountain o. ..
loan and adds that there was church ti, IN
This church has also been found along WIN y"
stair The steps came down at the west end OF -, -,
church. and they seem from their height apo.ss ~,
10 hay,. a door In that direction. so there "a
stairs ON the north leading down. where tnere NJ
arches nv which the church was entered anu ~
also supposed that there were arches on .he sor
side leading out To the pool This church AZ" =, ~
ING IN the report possesses what Is alnosl " ~
WHOLLY A unique feature. That Is that t.s va
coming through the rock.cut conduit 70 ,ne 70
Noses under The alter. This II may De asssumel
Was done 10 carry OUT the idea or "a pui,. ~,
wafer OF life clear as crystal, proceeding OUT I
the throne (Revelation. xxi. ~ u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnston Is In WASH
lngton writing his "reminiscences, when VIII pre-
sumably be published some time this year. IL 10
important news No one In the South to-day has
an many qualifications for setting his personal rec
elections on paper Colonel johnston has known
all sides Of the life which went on In inc oou'h
before, during and after the war his acquaih'-
ance has been wide. and as i writer he mas eAcep-
tional abilities and charm. His volume or volumes
will be awaited with the keenest anticipatohs Vi
pleasure by every one who appreciates narrative
NJ Interesting events chronIcled by winning per-
sonality
This cnricature Of De Musset and Balzac has been
attributed to Theophile Gauticr. II IL worthy OF
his skful and witty pen. The De Musset Is al
mirable with it's dandifed waist, the foppish pose
ana m. marvellous pot hat but the Bazac Is even
better In the comic corpulency there Is just the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
TIE MARQUIS or MONTROSE.
RELICS OF THE AUTHOR OF MY DEAR AND ONLY
LOVE"
From Notes and Queries.

RELICS OF THE AUTHOR OF MY DEAR AND ONLY
LOVE"
From Notes and Queries
At the first meeting for the present winter session
of the Society OF Antiquaries OF Scotland held In
Edinburgh one Of the papers read a notice by
Mr. j. ". Morrill, NJ. A, OF human hand and
forearm pierced with nailholes, and baskct-hilcd
sword formerly preserved In the family of Graham
OF Woodhali. Yorkshire. and considered relies OF
the famous Marquis OF Montrose. The sword bears
on both sides of the blade, Immediately below the
hilt, the quartered coat-C farms OF Monrose and
the date 1870 damascened in gold. The arm Is in II
mummified condition. and has evidently never besn
Inferred \ hole through the centre OF the hand
and a second through the feshy part OF the arm
near the elbow are suggestive OF the limb having
been affixed some gate or post, as II was Gus
tomary TO thus expose the severed limbs of those
executed for high treason. 1T IL known that the
arms OF Montrose were affixed 10 the ports of Dun
dee and Aberdeen, and II IL on record that during
the time OF the Commonwealth. all limbs thus af-
fixed In different places In Scotland were taken
down by the English with their permission. This
is confirmed by the records OF Aberdeen regards
one OF the arms Montrose which was taken
down and Inferred In Lord Hunteys vault till 1861
when IL was disinterred and sent TO Edinburgh to
be reunited TO the other Members for the public
funeral which was accorded "the murdered Mar
auls' after the Restoration. The arm has been sub
mlt,ed Sir William Turner professor OF anato-
my In the University OF Edinburgh who testified
that the hand IL not that OF big man.
customcd to manual labor. and that there IL moth
ing In It's appearance iTrecOncilablc with the Wow
that II may be the arm of the Marquis of Mon,rose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

The Rev Arts Wilmott was an hnshsh a"t.o o !,
row almost forgotten, who conjured UP oeia III VI
scheme for the requirement OF hotoIlet!, ,.
fame. This gentleman, says oa'uiuy ho,h
ornnortator was a very volumlnous author poth
in verse ard prose: but his merits were not apprc
ciated by an ungrateful public so much as '"ty
ought 10 have been. HE resorted, therelo'e' ~
ne following exquisitcly ingenious device: re pun
lshed handsome volume which Is now Deioie i"e'
entitled Gems from English Literature 'r''
ranged: Bacon the Rev Arts Willmott, jeremy
To vIor Rarrow the Rev Arts Willmott. sandwich
ing himself regularly through the prose claSSicS'
and in the same way through the poets-Shaho
speare the Rev. Arts Wlmott. etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

needed indication of the novclIst's rather er'sS
ha bit: the heavily knobbed walkng-stick Is i''''
masterpiece Of satire upon Balzacs eXuaFas'"
of idea If not of practice; ana then' 10 ''D"'
-, ,ho o,,,Io,oss check drawn in outline that
Gems IN bit the very shade and sub-shade oil tle
boylshness which Bazac did-not possess
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

Fifty years ago library shelves and drawing room
tables were groaning beneath the weight of Books
of Beauty" "Keepsakes" and similar miscelanies
which are to-day desplsed But. sphinx-like, they
rise from their ashes to speak. and we have va
ratons on the old idea, ANNALS like The Pag
cant" and quarterlies like The Quarto." of which
the Brentanos have Just imported the second num-
Der II is a curious and artistic periodical, edited
by Mr. Gleeson White and made up of pictures and
text from various more or less distinguished hands
There Is a sympathetic paper on Sidney Lanier by
the Rev w. G.. lIorder and there Is Spanish litho-
graph by Mr.. Pencil. there Is an amusing article
on THE Poor Little Trolci'' in which the editor
writes In a kindly vein Of the form. and there Is "A
fronisplece reproduction of The Salutation or
Beatrice" by Kossctti Ii In mentioned In the pref
ace that this panel Is on its way to America, n
welcome piece OF news. since the work Is one OF the
most characteristic and lovely ever painted by
Ro, sctti. The object OF the The Quarto' would
seem to be to collect just such verses and essays
u printed In journals like THE Century Guild
Hobby Horse" The Yellow Book" and TO put
them together with every circumstance Of typo
graphical and illustrative pomp. Ii Is amiable
Idea. and the outcome is attractive. Certainly II
" great Improvement upon the old Keepsake
vo!umeA In so far as the manufacture of the thing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

MIR G. w. Stevens is that pleasant person. ar In.
telIicont British traveller who has formed high
opinion Of America and the Americans. Business,
ne says. in his newly published book. is the grea,
pame of American men: and though perhaps 1t mag
moi be the most ideal game, still they play 1t for the