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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Poe. stoddard and the Can.

At the recent dinner in honor of Rich
ard Henry Stoddard ex-Judge Henry E.
Rowland told story of how Mr. Stod-
dard opened a tomato can, to illustrate
the intense ardor with which he opens
subject. Mr.. Stoddard, he said, went
into the closet to open the can, and soon
his wife heard him talking vigorously.
What are You doing there, Mr.. Stod-
dardf' she asked. Opening a tomato
can, he said. What with?' asked his
wife. with knife replied Mr..
Stoddard. ibid you think was OPEN
ing it with my teeth?" No. . she said,
"but from your language I thought
that you were oDaninR it with PRAYER .
Japan has not only ceased importing
beer, but is now exporting it to China,
but the amount of beer brewed is as yet
only one-eiehtieth of the national sake,
or rice wine, which the japanese drink
hot.
Even Chicago begins to have it's old
landmarks. The Green Tree inn is now
So years old. and the local historical
society has been advised to buy it and
preserve it ~ an interesting relic of an
tiauity.
Clothespins boiled few minutes once
or twice month and quickly dried be-
come more lurable
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

A sick person trying to keep up on mere
stimulating tonics is like any one pretend
ing to swim while supported by belt. The
instant the support is Withdrawn down
you go.
Nearly all diseases result from a deep
seated impairment of the nutritive powers
which cannot be reached by any temporary
exhilaration. The only good that any med
icine can do is to increase your own natural
powers of recovery and make you able to
swim for yourself.
The facilitating weakness, nervousness
and digestive disorder which indicates this
state of mal-nutrition can only be overcome
by a scientific remedy like DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery which acts di-
rectly upon the digestive and blood making
organs, and effects the nutritive transforma-
ton of food into rich, healthy blood, which
carries genuine permanent vitality to every
corner of the system.
II is vastly more nutritious than malt
extracts: 1t does not paralyze the nerves,
but feeds them with health. 1t is better
than cod liver oil emulsions. 1t is assini-
lated by the weakest stomachs. 1t does
not make habby useless fat, but muscular
strength and healthy nerve-force. 1t is the
only perfect invigorant for corpu1ent people.
Mrs Ella Howell. of Derby. Perry Co., Ind,
writes: I'm the year of 1894 was taken with
stomach trouble-nervous dyspepsia. There was
a GOODNESS in my stomach, and weight which
seemed like rock. Everything that ate gave
me great pain; had bearing down sensation;
around my right Side, ana in short time was
bloated. was treated by three of our best ply
sicians but got no relief. Then DR.. Pieree's
Golden Medical Discovery was recommended to
me and got 1t, and commenced the use of it. I
began to see. change for the better. was so
assistance I took DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and one bottle of the Pleasant Pei
Of few Bottles. Ths physicians ms, who attended
me said had 'dropsy' aud that my disease was
Quite n cough ns9 end the home gave nae
up toaie- thank God that mycure is permanent"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
A Solar EclinSe

Oh the 18th of the month one of
those phenomena will take place
that from time immemorable have
never failed to engage the attention
OF mankind-a solar eclipse. Even
those that are quite familiar with
the causes that produce it, and may
even be capable of understanding
the intrinsic calculations necessary
for its prediction, cannot suppress "a
feeling of awe on heholding this
most interesting of all the phenome>
ma of nature. The eclipse will be an
annular one, visible on this conti>
nent as partial one. In our lati>
tude 1T will begin at half,past s
O'Clock in the morning and end
twelve minutes past IL o'clock.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
A Georgia Mules Queer Appetite.

An old southwest Georgia negro call
ed to one of the laborers in his vineyard:
"You, John! Hits time ter feed dat
mule Give him couple er fence rails,
quick"
'He doesn't eat fence rails, does hep"
inquired bystander.
'Lawd bless you, yes, sub, replied
the old man. "Dat des whets his appe-
tite. He use ter b'long ter one er desc
officeseekers, en- he got so hongry stand
in hitched in de sun dat he started on
fence rails fer ivin, en- now he won't
tackle grass tell he's done eat up a
string er fence, den he eats oats, or
grass, fer dessert. Wy, suh," contin-
ued the old man, she got loose de yuth-
er day ell took en- eat up one whole ga
BILE end er Ebeneezer chapel, en- wen
we run up on him he wuz maxim a
break fer de pews en- de pulpit. Dey
wouldn't been much en- dat meetin
house left eff ever he'd got ter de inside
er it. Give him dem fence rails, John.
He got ter do some hard plowin dis
mawnin. ATLANTA Constitution.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Some Things Worth Knowing.

Pumace stone is unsurpassed for
removing fruit stains from the hands
Apples, pears and plums, when
taken without sugar, diminish rather
than increase the acidity of the
stomach.
A good moth exterminator can be
made by mixing together equal parts
of powdered saltpetre, borax and
camphor. Wash the floor with a
strong solution and sprinkle literally
under the edges of the carpet.
Rosewood is named, not from the
color of the wood, but from it's per
fume, which is similar to that of a
rose.
Everyone should eat something
light before going to bed. especially
at this season, when heavy dinners
are an impossibility.
Crude petroleum is an excellent
remedy for rheumatism.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
FASHIONABLE. FADs.

Openwork bonbon baskets in silver
and mounted on tiny feet are popular.
Small medallions of delft china have
appeared on some Of the newer gold
lorgnettes.
Numbered with new things in silver
are cracker spoon, honey knife and
individual asparagus tongs
There is fad of the moment for tiny
bits of delft ware, which are employed
in the decoration of silver matchboxes,
cigarette cases. belt buckles, etc.
Very chic are the new beaded hand
kerchief pockets to wear with house
dresses. These come in colors to suit the
gown and are fastened on the side with
q peculiarly shaped ohatelains. Jewell
ers' Circular.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
WILL RIDE TO THE POLE.
An Enthusiastic hsufalo Man Who Expects
to Do Wonders a Wheel.

An Enthusiastic suffaIo Man Who Expects
to Do Wonders Wheel.
Stilson K. Stevens of Buffalo is pre-
pairing to make an expedition to the
north pole on his bicycle.
Stevens is veteran rider and has
made ice riding speciality. He has had
an arctic trip in mind for some time
and has practiced on the ice of Lake
Erie for three winters. He stays in
training all the year and declares that
he can make 100 miles day over the
toughest part of the earth s surface.
He will leave Buffalo in June and
take steamer for Spitzbergen, where
he will engage some sort of craft to
take him north to the edge of the frozen
polar sea. He reflects that Nansen was
at one time within about 200 miles of
the pole, and he is sure that he will be
able to get within at least 900 miles of
it without any extra energy or assist
ance. Then he will provide himself
with suit and food suitable for the
rest of the trip and make a dash for the
pole. He has no doubt that he will be
able to reach it and return to the start
ing point Of his bicycle run in fort
night.
There will be no special publicity
made of the undertaking. Stevens will
set out and remain alone. He will have
bicycle that differs from an ordinary
one merely in wider tires and device
for carrying supplies. AS the snow OF
the polar regions is as hard as a rock,
he has not the slightest doubt that lie
can skim over it as fast as over the best
asphalt pavement. Should he be able to
penetrate as far north as Nansen did
he can cross the region of no latitude
| and come back the other way, thus
proving beyond a doubt that he has &C.
complished the feat-New York Press.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

General Horace Porter, in The Gem
fury, tells an amusing story of the ex-
plosion of the Petersburg mine. 1t
seems that prisoner who had been dug
out of the crater was carried to one of
the field hospitals. Although his eyes
were bunged and his face covered with
bruises, he was in a very amiable frame
of mind. 'After this he said, ST will
be the most unpopular man in my regi
ment. You see, appeared to get started
a little earlier than the other boys that
had taken passage with me aboard that
volcano, and as I was comm down
met the rest of 'em a-goin up, and they
looked as if they had kind O. soured on
me and yelled after me, 'StragglerP -
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
HE MET FLOCK OF SHEEP.
There Seemed No Way Through, but the
Cyclist Found One.

There Seemed No Way Through, but the
Cyclist Found One.
A rider was coming down hill at a
pretty good rate, when a sudden turn
in the road brought him directly in
front of flock Of sheep being driven i'll
his direction by several colored men.
The rider was in a predicament. He
could not dismount in time, nor could
he turn to one side, as the sheep took
up every inch Of the highway, clear to
the barbed wire fence that lined both
sides of the road. There were prob
ably several hundred sheep in the flock,
and the two drivers were grinning, ex-
pecting to see some amusing turn at the
expense of the cyclist. In this they
were disappointed.
AS a last resort the rider bent over
his handle bars, gave one Indian war
whoop, and then vigorously rang a large
gong that he had attached to his wheel.
The effect was instantaneous. The
sheep stampeded, to the surprise of the
drivers, whose looks of fun now turned
into looks of dismay. The rider accom-
plished his object, and the sheep, fleeing
on either side of the highway, gave him
an abundance of room in the center
through which to pass. He did not
come within two feet of a sheep. AS he
sped by he passed 'Ta-tai" to the driv-
ers. who were obliged to hustle to collect
the flock again. Washington Star.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
A MooNsHlNE PARTY.
In Which the Moon Has Very PrOrnt
nent Part.


In Which the Moon Has Very ProraA
nent Part.
A clever hostess contributes to The
Ladies' Home Journal an idea for
pleasant evening at home. She calls her
idea a moonshine party and tells all
about it.
Consult the almanac for a moonlight
evening Decorate your rooms with the
noonflower, or if you live in the coun-
try perhaps you can get some of the
herbs called moonwort, sometimes
known as honesty.
Provide each one of your guests with
blank card and pencil and give him
10 minutes in which to record list as
long as he can make it of the poems,
songs, stories and other literature in
which the moon is given a prominent
part. The authors names should also be
given.
At the end of the allotted time let
several or all of the company be called
upon to read from their cards. To the
one who has the best list give an al
manac or calendar in the form of
dainty booklet, with the moons phases
illustrated in gilt. Give a toy lantern
for the BOBBY prize. Some one can look
over the lists and award the prizes dur
ing the rendering of the music, which
should be appropriate to the occasion.
The hostess might call upon one or two
of her guests to relate the story or legend
which is noted on their cards, and which
promises, from the subject, to be short
and entertaining
This idea might be utilized for a ses-
sion of literary society, by celebrating
the programme with more music and
other exercises. The members should
respond to roll call with a quotation
about the moon. One member might
have biographical paper about DIR.
Moon Of Brighton, who gave light to
the blind by the present convenient sys-
tenn of raised print. There should be a
short scientific talk explaining a lunar
eclipse, the tides or the phenomenon Of
the harvest moon. Assign this to some
one who will be careful not to be too
prosy and who will illustrate it with
large, plain diagrams. The last literary
number should be something humorous,
in which the moon shall have promi-
aent part.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Our Opportunity and Duty i'm the
August Election.

Christian Advocate.
1t is very evident that the school
election next month will be the most
significant held for many years in
North Carolina 1t is now in the
power of our people to plant in every
township in our State well equipped
school. This means the removal OF
the educational stigma resting upon
our State, and the giving to the IN
educated thousands golden oppor-
tunities for the possession OF enlight-
eminent and sound citizenship.
Every voter should appreciate the
value and significance of the issue,
and the grave responsibility resting
upon him as an individual and as a
citizen. The failure of the people to
vote for the increased tax would be a
sad calamity. At least, this is our
opinion based upon a careful study
of the question We sincerely trust
that there will be no failure, but if
our hopes are disappointed it will be
due to several causes FIRST, the in
difference OF the great mass of voters,
resulting from ignorance of the
nature, aims, and purposes of the
question to be voted upon. We are
, glad to know that the newspapers OF
the State and public speakers are
hard at work educating the people
on the question. Every advocate OF
the common school should let his
voice be hear in the land, txhnrtiI q
| men to vote for the school house and
| education. Secondly, indifference,
pure and simple, on the part of the
people. 1t is said that the great
mass of people do not care tor better
/ common schools, and that if they
had them they would not patronize
them. We believe that the state
ment lacks truth. Let us test it any
way. Thirdly, unwillingness to be
taxed either for sell or for others
| Many perhaps would be willing to
vote tax if it should help his own
children, and yet be unwilling to vote
a tax to educate other mems
children. Now is a fine opportunity
to teach the truth which we are glad
to say is becoming widely recognized
that every dollar we spend in educat
ing the poorest waif that walks the
street, or the ragged negro child,
comes back to us, not only in a
moral but material way. The carry
ing of the August election would be
not only great ethical but material
victory, full of promise to the State
| and to the age. Let every citizen do
his duty, and we will be willing to
abide 10y the result.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

well caught back and the center lam
brequins short. The daintiest covering
is of muslin or lace, the latter being
now most fashionable.
Pale green and lilac are successful
combinations of color in boudoir decora.
ton, in which case the toilet table can
be of light green sateen beneath its lace
coverings. Brushes, mirror, tray, pow
der boxes, the furnishings of the wash
handstand, basin, water jug and their
companions, as well as mirror frame of
the mantelshelf, may be made to echo
the same dainty decoration. However
simple or complex the surroundings.
these two results must be arrived at
somfort and beauty.
The BOY with the Hat.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
John Chinaman AwheeI.

Sam Lee, the Chinese laundryman OF
Albion, Mich, has taken to the bicycle
and thus describes his experiences:
"Lookee out! Me alice shame leal ting,
savvy. justice now / Tide 'em wheel
alice shame like scorcher. Me heap IN
delstand Mclean style. Mclean heap
swift, heap smooth. Poorly soon me alice
shame college dude, savvy. By and by
/ go back China. 1 lidee wheel SO fast
I tink knock Ii Hung Chang silly. ]
tink he shay: Holy smoked Whattee
matter, my countryleman?' He justice
shame likee Mclean. McKee, week go
Charlotte. l ride i'll bike contest hkee
house afire, savvy Detroit News.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
The Theory of 1t.

Richmond Dispatch.
The theory of the Dingley Hanna
tariff bill is that the chief products of
a constituency represented by a Re-
publican senator are entitled to pro-
lection, while those of constituency
represented by Democrat are en-
titled to none. 1t is a grab game,
''pure and simple
Hanna and his crowd have taken
extremely good care of themselves
and the trusts and monopolies, and
for so doing they think the people
ought to be thankful
Such rascally work can't stand. In
due time it will be knocked into
smithereeps by the votes of the in
dignant aud outraged people.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
BRIEF BICYCLE NOTES.

The veteran actor, Joseph Jefferson,
is now an enthusiastic cyclist.
Secretary Olney is learning to
ride a bike. He has taken several les
SONS from a Boston instructor and is
making good progress.
Evening bicycle runs are an impor-
tant feature Of Philadelphia S social life,
the younger set almost monopolizing
that form of entertainment.
When resting in hot summer wealth
er, cyclists should always place the
wheels under cover, or if not the tires
should be at least slightly Debated.
Bicyclists of South Knoxville, Tenn,
are to be invited to face daily reminder
of the nearness of the ending of all things
mundane, the Woodlawn Cemetery COM
pany having decided to build bicycle
track near the graveyard.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
The Boy Who Mows Our Lawn

The Boy Who Mows Our Lawn.
The boy who comes to NOV our lawn
Is most the smartest boy know,
An when you see him, too, dOggone
If you won't say that it is so.
He takes that whirly thing apart
An cleans 1t out an pours oil on
The insides. My, but he Is smart
The boy who comes to NOW our lnwni
He rubs milestone once or twice
Or more across it-whack! whacki whackl
1t makes you feel like Jumps of ice
Was slidin up an down your back.
he says that that's to make new
Edge on 1t for the one that's gone.
He always knows just what to do
The boy who comes to NOW our lawn.
An sometimes he asks ne to bring
A screwdriver, an then he lets
Me watch him while he twists the thing
Away inside that he says .'sets
The blade" But never, never he
Don't let me lay q finger on
The whirly wheels. Look outi" sezzee-
The boy who comes to NOW our lawn.
An after he's edged off the hicks,
Ans got the thing as slick as grease,
An it's all in the incest fix,
He just steps back little piece
An rushes for the greenest ground,
An whoops right through it, an doggone
But don't the ole grass fly around
The boy who comes to NOW our lawnl
Chicago Record.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
HOWES HOMELESS.
addition to being liars. all men are

In addition to being liars, all men are
gossips.
The final compliment to pay a man is &c
say of him that he died of overwork
The season is rapidly approaching when
people lie about doing better next year
A fool finally hangs himself, if given
enough rope, but he makes a lot of trouble
for others before he does il.
We don t see anything SO sad in falling
leaves. Leaves never fall until they are
dead, but some people fall while they are
still alive
One of the funniest things In the world
ia to see a woman cry not because she
wants to, but because she thinks Ghe
ought so.--Atchison Globe
/, Course of n Gseniua.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Taking or a Tight Ring,

When finger grows so thick that
ring cannot be taken off, an easy
way to reduce the sweliiI g is as fol
lows: A narrow rubber band is
taken and placed several times
around the finger near the nail ami
while the hand is held up the band is
slowly rubbed down until it reaches
the ring. This is repeated several
times, and after few minutes it will
be found that the finger is thin
enough to slip off the ring without
the slightest difficulty.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Faith by Experience.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer
The Concord Standard, epe aking
OF certain Populist paper of this
State, says t1at,it does NOT believe
the new law makes tax payer liable
20 line and imprisonment for failure
TO pay taxes; does not believe. the
law is anything more than the D-m-
ocrats hal; does not believe Attorney
General Walser admitted the fact. or
tnat he knew what he was talking
about II he did. = The ledger of the
recording angel no doubt contains
The record of the cases of good
many gentlemen who did not believe
IN the truth of the Christian religion
tIil they woke up in hell When the
Jril door closes behind this Popnlist
editor he will believe "a good JeaI
more than he does now.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15

The bicycle has again demonstrated
its usefulness by affording means for
carrying mail through a flooded country
where all other means of conveyanc
were unavailable. Up in Polk county
two ingenious young men rugged up an
attachment by which they were enabled
to hitch two wheels together and use
the railroad tracks from town to town.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Itching,
Burning,
Eczema

Is the external indication of a con-
dition of the blood which produces a
fiery irritation almost unbearable. It is
a mistake to think that this local irrita-
ton is the disease itself-it is simply an
evidence of disordered condition of the
blood. The seat of the disease is in the
blood, and this is why the various salves
and ointments usually applied have no
effect whatever. They cannot possibly
reach the origin of the trouble; only a
blood remedy can do that. S. S. S. is
without an equal for blood diseases, and
promptly and permanently cures Eczema
and removes all faint.
Much torture could be avoided if the
first itching symptoms were needed and
a course of SIS. taken promptly, as APP
parent1y insignificant skin irritations
usually develop into the worst form
of Eczema unless properly treated.
1t matters not what other treatment
has been tried in vain, S. S. S. always
gets at the seat of the disease, and
forces it out.
Mr.. William Armstrong, an old resi-
dent and highly respected citizen of
De Pere. Wis, writes on April Ist, 1896.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
Had We Not Met.

"Had we not met''-this the refrain
Recalls moment I'd forget.
Peace has long vanished, naught remain
But ceaseless sorrow and regret,
A short delirium. bitter pain.
The same old story-gay soubrette,
A youth whose confidence was vain.
There were no cause my soul to fret,
To make existence all bane,
Had we not met.
A broken heart? Nay. Guess again.
That organs whole, the heavy debt
Was paid with aching head and brain,
A fractured arm the doctor set.
Her bike struck like railroad traini
/ should have been sound man yet
Had we not met.
-NeW York ,LournaI
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-07-15
oHURoHMEN PLUCK aNEYE OUT
o" Aneir Pastor in a Questionable
Bible Translation

O'NEILL, Neb July S.-Rev. Reu,
ben Beackim, pastor of neo,o
church near O'Neil, is urging the
members of his flock to put out one
OF their eyes, and many are comply,
ing with his wishes. Beackim him.
self practiced what he breaches
some time ago.
Inflammation has also effected the
remaining one seriously, and he is
nearl y blind and will probably be so
1t is his claim that the Lord approves
OF one eyed men in the twenty second
and twentyethird verses in the sixth
chapter of Matthew, in which it is
stated that "if thine eye be single
then thy whole body be filed with
nght.'
The pastor has placed the wrong
Interpretation on the passage. but
the over whelming ma iority follow
him blindly-literally