davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02

Very pretty are the small enameied
writing tables with spindle legs
Brier and meerschaum pipes with
amber mouthpieces and gold rims are
popular as gifts FOR men.
Rich colors and Spanish decorations
distinguish the mantel ornaments,
plaques and jugs in the Hispano-M no
rescue ware.
Floral spoons enameled in natural
colors are dainty and attractive AS q
rule the flower is represented in the
bowl Of the spoon and the stems and
leaves ON the handle.
A little mirror which folds into q
handle after the manner of a iorgnette
and known as the empire hand mirror
is conveniently carried in ones pocket,
or when made in gold or silver and en-
riched with jewels it may be worn ON q
chatelaine. Jewellers Circular.
The late Senator Doo1ittle began his
speech before the Springfield ellis. con-
vention which nominated Lincoln as
follows: II believe in the God AImigh-
ty, and under him believe in Abraham
Lincoln, his integrity and patriotism.
The cheers which greeted this were 80
tumultuous that he was forced to sit
down.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
For Stamp Collectors.

Afghanistan stamps are Cancelled
by having a piece torn out of each
stamp. Incidentally a piece of the en-
velope CT letter is torn out at the same
time. From collectors point of view
this is a barbarous proceeding, and we
hope that the new idea of canceling
stamps by branding them with red
hot platinum wire will not be adopted.
Yet this has been suggested in some of
the German papers. If it is ever adopt
ed, we shall have to collect unused
stamps only.
A German phi1atelist Classics col
lectors as follows: l. Beginners. 2. Av-
erage collectors. 8. Serious collectors
(whose albums represent a value of
SO, OOO). 4. Important collectors (col-
lections worth $25, 10000. 5. Prominent
collectors $500 6. Great collectors
(who have spent over 500, 900 on their
collections).
The report that the government pur
posed to change the color of the cent
stamp from red to green as measure
of economy brought out flood of pro-
tests. Any intention to use green in
stead of red could be carried out for a
few months only, as all the governments
represented at the postal congress will
aim to bring about uniformity in color
in stamps of different countries of prac
tically the same denomination. Red Is
the color adopted for stamps of cents
10 confines, etc. ).-Harper' Round
Tahla
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
CONCERNS OUR DAILY FOOD.
Prof. Mallet Believes there is Serious
Danger in the Alum Baking Powder. 4

Prof. Mallet Believes there is Serious
Danger in the Alum Baking Powder.i
The increased cost of cream of tar
ter, the chief Ingredient of a pure
baking powder, has induced some
manufacturers to substitute burnt
alum (which costs but three cents
pound) largely or wholly in lieu there
of, making very low cost but un-
wholesome baking powder; and efforts
are made to sell these inferior powders
by the inducement Of lower price,
and 10y false representations as to
their ingredients and comparative
value.
Our most eminent physicians are
continuously warning the public
against the use of alum baking pow
ders. because of the unwholesome
food. DR.. ]. w. MalIet, Prof. Of
Chemistry at the University of Vir-
GINA, scientist of the very highest
reputation both in this country aud
abroad, who has made an elaborate
and exhaustive investigation of the
subject, says: II am decidedly of
opinion that both the substance
(alum) itself and the products to which
it gives rise in course of making bread,
arc III ui iOuo w uCdiUu3 duu Ou Uudu
account fall into the list of such food
accessories as should on sanitary
grounds be prohibited by law"
When an authority so we'll known
and highly respected as DR.. Mallet
makes this statement, it behooves
every housewife to take every means
in her power tic insure her family
against the use of these dangerous
goods.
1t would be quite impossible to give
the names of the alum baking pow
ders in the market, but the danger
| from alum would seem to be serious
and alarming, because Of their promi.
| nence in almost every grocer's stock
Generally speaking, they are sold at a
lower fprice. Sometimes, because OF
their tendency to cake and spoil, they
are put up in bottles. Under the
| circumstances and as matter of
| safety. Prof. Mallet favors the use OF
| the wellknown brand of baking pow.
| der, Royal. which his tests have
| shown, he says, to be made from the
| most healthful materials, entirely
free from alum and every adultera
tiOQ.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02

there. Mrs. Bailey while out tramping
in the mountains found an iron cap and
explored the country around to see if it
was in located ground.
She found no stakes in the vicinity
and then decided to locate the claim.
Mr.. Bailey furnished the posts, but
Mrs. Bailey wrote the notices and trav-
eled through a rough country to paste
them to the posts. The claim was called
the Alpine because Mrs. Bailey consid-
cred this was suggestive of the rough
country in which it is located.
Not having a miners license, Mrs.
Bailey located the claim in the name Of
her brother, Mr.. Mclean, broker of
Spokane. No sooner were the posts on
the Alpine placed in position than en-
terprising prospectors had an extension
staked out. But all the chivalry and all
the sentiment that ought to be associat-
ed with the fact that a woman had
braved the hardships Of a mountainous
trip in order to locate mineral claim
were disregarded, and Mrs. Bailey woke
up one fine morning to find that her
claim had been jumped.
AS there Is rock in place, as the posts
are the regulation size and as all records
are perfectly legal, Mrs. Bailey is not
very much concerned about the jump
ing of her claim and only considers it
an incident that adds more interest to
her camping in Boundary creek.
Mrs Bailey is the daughter of John
Allen Mclean, who lives at 80 Berwick
park, Decentralization Globe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
The
WOm0P a0d
the Sphinx
- II

source of their highest joys is at the same
time the cause of their greatest wretched-
ness The very attributes which make It
possible for women to be happy wives and
mothers also render them liable to the ut
most physical misery and pain,
The sufferings of body and mind caused
by some weakness of the distinctly feminine
men that the question might we'll be asked;
"Is this Natures punishment for the crime
of being a woman -
The true answer is No These SufferingS
are neither natural nor necessary. III :
would not exist if the organism was healthy
No woman ought to endure such troubles
There Is no need of IT, DIR. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription is a perfect and positive
cure for feminine weakness and disease.
1t gives health and strength to the spe-
cial organs and nerve-ceutres; heals infam-
nation stops weakening drains; promotes
functional regularity. and restores the nor
NAL, vigorous and painless condition which
Nature intended.
1t is the only medicine of its kind in
vented by an educated and experienced
physician 1t is the only medicine which
makes baby's coming safe and compare
lively painless.
ANY woman who would like to know
more about this medicine and about her
own PHYSICAL make up should send 81 one
cent stamps to DR.. R V. Pierce Buffalo
N. ", to pay the cost of mailing only on an
absolutely free copy of his thousand page
illustrated book, THE Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" or, 81 stamps for
cloth covered.
A sure and permanent cure for constipa
ton is DR.. Pierce's Pellets. One " Pellet +"
Is gentle laxative, two mild cathartic.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
HOW TO TELL YOUR GEAR.
Formula gor the Chain1ess Wheel Is an
Interesting One.

Formula Sor the Chainless Wheel Is an
Interesting One.
The up to date wheelman or wheel
woman takes great pride in being able
to tell you the gear of the bicycle to
the fraction of an inch. It was easy to
determine the gear ON the chain wheel,
the process being simply to multiply
the diameter of the rear wheel by the
number of teeth in the front sprocket
and divide the result by the number of
teeth in the rear sprocket.
But the chainless wheel has been
puzzling those who have bought them
or intend to buy them. To determine
the gear of chainless wheel, unless the
formula is known, is an extended and
difficult problem The new chainless,
as now made, has but two gears, the
highest being r. Later on there will
be others to choose from, but as it ne
cessitates cutting teeth of a different
pitch in the rear cogs it will be imprac-
ticable to have the variety of gear OBJ
tainable in the chain wheel
The 70 inch geared chainless has 40
and Is teeth, respectively, in its front
cogs. On it's rear cogs it has % and "a
The formula for determining the gear
is as follows:
Multiply the outside or propellina
gear front by the outside or propelline
gear rear. This gives 4Ox23=920. Then
multiply the inside or propelled gear,
front, by the inside or propelled gear
rear. This gives 15x24=36O. Then di
vide the 'propelling" product 92O, by
| the propelled" product, $50, and mul
tip1y the quotient by 80, the diameter
of the wheel The result will be the
gear of your bicycle, which in this cas-
| IL u 66l
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
APHORISMS,

Mind unemployed is mind unen-
joyed.-Bovse.
Recollection is the only paradise
from which We cannot be turned out.
Richter.
The less we parade our mis'ortunes
the more sympathy we command
o. Dewey.
1t is more difficult and calls for
higher energies of soul to live a
martyr than to die one.-Horace
Mann.
Good manners are part of good
morals, and it is as much our duty
as our interest to practice BOTH
Hunter.
He that does good for Gods sake
seeks neither praise nor reward, but
he is sure of both in the end.-Penn.
Nothing in the world is more
naughty than a man of moderate
capacity when once raised to power.
.-Wessenburg.
1t is difficult to say who do you the
10 ost mischief, enemies with the
worst intentions or friends with the
best -Bulwer.
Our incomes are like our shoes; If
too small they gall and pinch US; but
if too large, they cause US to stumble
and trip.-Cotton.
Real merit of any kind cannot
long be concealed; 1T will be discov-
cred and nothing can depreciate it
but a man exhibiting it himself. 1t
may not always be rewarded as it
ought, but it will always be known
Chesterfield.
When you make mistake don't
loCk back at it long. Take the
reason of the thing into your mind
and then look forward. Mistakes
are lessons of wisdom. The past
cannot be changed The future is
yet in your power.-Hugh White.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A BOSTON WoMAN'S CLAIM IN THE
BOUNDARY CREEK DISTRICT.

The New Woman and the OId-woman's
Opportunity Abroad--Wo Her Way In
Masculine Attire-She Deals In Dia-
monds-Up to Date Cushions.
To Mrs. E. @. Bailey, now living in
Spokane, Wash, must be given the
credit for being the first woman to dis
cover crock in place. and locate min
eral claim in Boundary creek district.
Mr.. Bailey, who is one of Spokane's
leading business men, arrived in Green
wood in May last and did some assess
ment work ON one of his properties.
About June 1 he was joined by Mrs.
Bailey, who camped with him in the
mountains. Mrs. Bailey, who is Bos-
tonian, had no intention of donning the
garb and following the occupation of a
prospector.
She merely wanted a change from city
life and considered that life in camp
with her husband among the mountains
/ of Boundary creek would be just as
pleasant as camping out few miles
from the city of Spokane.
Mr.. Bailey bought the Excelsior claim
in Providence camp from the Kane
brothers, and he moved his camp up
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
Drying wat.r-soaked Shoes.

When shoes have become thorough
ly water soaked they will be ruined
unless they receive careful treatment.
When without overshoes you are
caught in the rain, carefully remove
all surface water and mud from the
shoes as soon as they are taken off.
Then, while still wet, rub them with
kerosene oil on the furry side of can
ton flannel.
Set them aside until partially dry,
and again apply the kerosene. They
may then be placed in a moderately
warm room and left to dry gradually
and thoroughly.
Before applying French kid dress
ing or any polish give them a final
rubbing with the flannel. still slightly
dampened with the kerosene, and the
shoes will be as soft and flexible as
when new, and will be very little
affected by their bath in the rain,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
About Hats.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Hats well, there are no words in
fashions simple vocabulary which
can do them justice as regards any
detailed description of their almost
grotesque features. Both large and
medium sized hats with feathers
galore were worn in the evening, and
the broad effect prevailed, being
especially noticeable in the smaller
shapes, where bows of velvet, curving
leaves OF jet and steel, and ostrich
tips completed the regulation width.
An occasional poke shape, almost
disguised with it's wealth of feathers,
graced this assembly of head gear,
and flower bonnets with a heavy
twist of bright velvet for a founda =
ton made brilliant spots of color
here and there. Birds and spreading
wings were the chief feature of hats
worn in the morning, and there seems
to be no limit to the size of the bird
which can be perched on one of these
new millinery CONNECTIONS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
ODD WHEEL NOTES.

The three Chicago cycling papers,
Bearings, The Cycling Life and Referee,
have been consolidated
Robert w Jameson of Rochester has
received from a western firm $40, 600
for patent chainless bicycle invented
by him.
Mrs. Frederickson of New York, who
recently completed her twelfth century,
is ambitious to close the season with Is
centuries to her credit.
Streator, Ills, has found a new use
for the bicycle. A recent funeral pro-
cession there afforded the novel specta-
Gle of a lady on wheel
1t is reported that there is a great
overproduction of bicycles in England,
but we can't see why that should give
the riders any hope They'll all be old
style wheels in few months now, says
the Cleveland Leader.
Two wheelmen of Kansas have ac-
complished the feat of riding from In
dependence, Mo-, to Kansas City sit
ting on their handle bars, facing the
rear of their wheels, and pedaling back
ward The task was the more remarka-
BILE as the distance was over ten miles
Eugene La Mamma, a civil engineer of
Brooklyn, has planned a cycle path
for the Brooklyn bridge, at the request
of President Berri. The plan provides
for the building of path over the
tracks of the cable cars, 10 feet in
width, with as few turns as possible,
and these SO that the cyclist can see
ahead of him.
Della Baker of South Warsaw, O.,
ran into her home one night re-
Gently and Historically claimed that a
man had followed her and had fired a
shot at her. The neighborhood was
aroused and the country was secured all
night with bloodhounds. 1t was discov-
cred that her fright was caused by the
exploding tire of an innocent bicycle
rider
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
EXPRESSES GRATITUDE.
A Sad Miesion-The Banner City of
the Tar Heel State

Correspondence of the Sentinel.
l cannot refrain from acknowledg
ing nv gratitude Of the great kind
ness shown to me on my recent visit
home, after an absence of five years.
Very frequently had mapped visit
of pleasure to the scene where nv
happy childhood was spent and l
thought of the school days as my
play mates and myself gathered wild
flowers and daisies to give to one we
loved. Ere the picture was conclud-
ed in roseate colors 1 was startled.
A telegram was handed me. Death
had unlinked another tie and I was
called to attend my brothers funeral
at High Point. Called from life 8
flower garden just as he reached his
twenty-first year. So mysterious
are the ways of Providence, we
wonder at this sadness, but his
earthly task was finished end tired,
he rested Just over the line" Ny
mission was sad. With a heart
bowed with sorrow l winded on my
journey. Young and old greeted me
in my familiar home with welcome
and sympathy. Though burdened
with grief | was not forgotten.
So oft strangers have told me OF
the beauties of the Twin-City, but
ound the improvements greater
than / had dreamed No longer
must we travel north to find business
on a boom. Right here from early
morning to late at night everything
is go ahead, lulling like now and then
a breeze Then the Iaudable work
done by the noble Y NJ C.. A. il
worthy of imitation that other siste,
towns should pattern. The hand
soonest buildings of modern architect
adds additional beauty. Time for
bids mentioning the vast beauty anl
improvements, but cannot forbeal
noticing the grand old Moraviar
church, which age but beauties ano
there out in the quiet church yard
Gods Acre." sleeps oul dead under
meath the trees, while birds like /,
heavenly chorus chime Vesper hymns
Well merits Winston-Salem the ban
ner city OF the historic old Tar Hee
State. c. l.. S.
Sumter, S. C..
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
THE BICYCLE BACHELOR.
What He Has Learned About the Women
Who Ride.

=" no RIDE.
A woman is always ready to start
riding half an hour to an hour after the
appointed time
Then she remembers that her tire
needs pumping and chases you after the
foot pump
Next it occurs to her that her lamp
has not been filled since her last ride to
Coney
Her saddle is not just right. don't
you know and that comes in for a share
of your attention
She never realizes that her bicycle
exists until she is ready to start out on it.
Of course she can't ride up the hills
because she hasn't the strength, and
she can t ride down them because she's
afraid the wheel will run away with
her.
And still the dear girls wonder why
the boys prefer to ride without them
Whenever woman gets mixed up in
a bicycle collision, her tongue is at the
bottom of it. She talks too much. She's
SO busy at her favorite game she forgets
to watch the road.-New York Press
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
COST OF soLoMoN's TEMPLE.
The Seven Years Work Figured Out
in Dollars and Gents.
Philadelphia Record.


Philadelphia Record.
A noted statistician and investiga
tor who has lots of time for such
WORK has been doing some figuring
on the cost of the Temple of Solo
mon, and says few people even in
these days of palmy extravaganza
and millionaire display, have an
adequate impression of the enormous
cost of the great temple. According
to Villilpandus, the "talents" of gold,
silver and brass were equal to the
enormous sum of 5.S79, 1922 900
pounds sterling. The worth of the
jewels is placed at figure equally as
high.
The vessels of gold, according 10
.Josephus, were valued at 100000
talents, which reduced to English
money, was equal to SIS, 296 203
pounds. The vessels of silver, ac-
cording to the same authority, were
still more valuable. being set down
as worth 646, 344 900 pounds.
Priests vestments and the robes of
singers, 2,010, 900, and the trumpets,
100000 pounds. To this add the
expense of the building material,
labor, etc., and some wonderful
figures result. Ten thousand men,
hewing cedars, 10000 bearers OF
burdens, $4,000 hewers of stone,
3 800 oyerseers, all OF whom are
employed for seven years, and upon
whom, besides their wages, Solomon
bestowed 6 733 go pounds.
II their daily food was worth sc
cents, the sum total for all was
63. S77 ,OSS pounds during the time
of building. The materials in the
rough are estimated as having beer
worth 544 1897 900 pounds. This
gives total, just for this much o
the expenses the whole cost o
| 1O.719,76O. 261 pounds, or abou
$50, I'LL, O34 ,S67 46.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
Holidays Drawing Near.
Henderson Gold Leaf.

dtNU6TSON UOIU ItHI.
If you have Christmas goods tell
the people through the press. If
you want trade invite it. If you
want to carry over your stock don't
invite it. Don't sit down behind a
store box and expect people to come
around hunting you up to find out
whether you have such, and such an
article. They will not do this, but
will go directly to the place that
advertises it's goods and call for
what they want, knowing that their
wants will be supplied.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
House Torn Down and Burned.

A report comes from Wilkes county
that crowd of men, few nights
ago, went to house In Beaver Creek
township, which was occupied by five
women, carried out all of the property,
tore down the house, piled all of the
household effects together and set fire
to 1T. Several pistol shots were fired
and one ball cut furrow across the
forehead of one of the women's heads
A colored man. who was at the house,
also received slight wound.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
The Twig May Turn.

At this season of the year, when the
leaves and dead branches are dropping
from the trees and are lying in the road
way, the cyclist should exercise care in
running over twigs and sticks The
most innocent stick in the world, lying
apparently at right angles to the front
wheel, may turn. rise up and catch in
the bicycle. The result is apt to be the
loss of spokes when it flies into the
wheels or broken chain when the
twigs or sticks lodge there. Then the
cyclist may have the pleasure of a walk
in the autumn air or tramp to the
nearest railroad station York
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
A Grave Joke.

New Orleans is becoming gay and
hilarious since the frost. The follow
ing death notice is grave joke:
"Died-On Monday, November Is,
1897, at O'Clock p, w., after a desper-
ate struggle, Bronze Jack, a native of
the tropical regions and An unwel
come visitor to this city for the past
two months. His death certificate
has been signed by DR.. Formaldehyde
and his funeral will be conducted
under sanitary regulations OF the
board of health. Mike Robe, chief
mourner: Jack Frost, grave-digGer.n
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
Kicked by an "Old PIug.o

Elk Sheriff Macarthur, who was
kicked by horse, near Farmers
Warehouse, Friday. was able to'get
down town in his buggy next after
noon. He says he would not have
minded the injury so much had good
horse kicked him 1t was an "old bay
plug" that sent its heels against the
right leg of the eX-Sheriff Bob says he
would have shot the old boy Ii he had
had d pistol. He thinks II the animal
had been shod his leg would have been
broken The same horse kicked two
other men Friday, but they were not
hurt,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
Not a Runaway Couple.

Mr.. Q. S. Corell, of Roanoke, engln-
eer on one of the divisions OF the N.
&W. arrived at 9:l5 ast.Tbursday
night with his bride elect, Miss Rosa
LaPrad, of the same city. The couple
were driven to the home OF Mrs Agee,
622 Main street, where, at 10 O'Clock
Rev DR.. Greasy performed the cere-
mony that made them husband and
wife. THE SENTINEL Is told 1t was not
a runaway match The brides age was
given at 20 After spending few
days here with friends they will return
to Roanoke, their future home
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-02
Stamp sales-Tobacco Shipments.
A Serious Accident.

Mr.. G. r. Dodson, of Pilot Noun
tain, met With a serious accident a
few days ago. He was at the roller
mills of Dodson, Pepper s. Co. adjust
ing some part OF the machinery when
his foot was suddenly caught in cog
wheel and entirely torn off before the
machinery could be stopped.