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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

On the other hand, if times improve
during the next four years, there is
no section OF the country that will
respond more readily to the vitaliz-
ing touch of changed conditions than
the South. In either event the pee
pie OF this section can rest serene in
the confidence that the South is
bound to prosper. And if our breth-
rem of the north and west desire to
partake OF the advantages which are
here off cred, we pledge them in adj
vance a bountiful measure OF content
and happiness.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an Improvement was no
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed, not a sign of
the disease has ever returned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
Weekly Market Report.

WINSTON n. c. Feb. 10th. 1897.
Brakes are very full. Prices cons
tinue good for ripe desirable sorts,
while the prices are lower on the
poor nondescrpt sorts.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

A CONTRACTED currency makes
contracted business.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

T.. writes 1 had been
suffering from liberation
and falling of the womb.
for several years. or since
the birth of my youngest
child. Iconsulted all the
physicians around here
and they gave me up and
said there was NO help
for me-.
At last. almost discour-
aged. I began taking DIR.
Picrce's Favorite Pre-
scription and took five
bottles. IT is three years
since and I nave not had
any return ofthe trouble,
! feel very grateful, and
In fact, owe YOU my life,
for I do not think / sfiou
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

AFTER the lease, the State Printer
squabbfe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER DEAD
The Noted Virginian Passed Away
Saturday Night.

Hon. John Randolph Tucker died
at his home in Lexine ton, Va,
at sos o'clock Saturday night. He
was conscious up to few hours Of his
death, and died very quietly.
Mr. Tucker was bonn in Winchester,
Va, December oath, 1923, and was
educated at the University Of Vir-
ginia. He was admitted to the bar in
1915 and was presidential electOr in
1852 and 1856 He served as Attorney
General of Virginia from 1857 to 1868
By the issue of the civil war he was
de posed from his Office Mr.. Tucker
was elected professor of equity and
law in Washington and Lee Univer-
sity 1870 He represented Virginia in
the Furty-fourth, Forty fifth, Forty
sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty eighth
aud Forty-ninth Congress.
The remains of Mr.. Tucker will be
buried at o'clock tomorrow by the
side of his father and mother in the
Winchester, Va, cemetery.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
Actual Potash.

kainit is a complete specific
against crust"
All about Potash-the results Of its by actual ex-
pertinent the best farms in the United States-is
old in little book which publish and will gladly
nail free any farmer in America who will write it.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
90 Nassau ST., New York
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
NOTICE

A Blue Mark here is to call attention
the date to which your subscription is paid.
Remittances are desi red from those in ar
ears.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
Ey-Sheriff McArthur's
Last Call for 1896 Taxes !.

Last Call for 1896 Taxes.
will be at the p aces and on the dates named
below for the purpose of collecting the Taxes
for the year 1896. AS delay is dangerous in
most everything 50 il is in Tax matters, there
fore be ready to meet me and pay your Taxes
like mem
Broadbay. + l. Nogier'S Store Monday, Mar
Abbott'S Creek. HccSon'S 80 Tuesday - >
kernersvile, Sapp'S store, Wednesday -
Bellows Creek, f. G Marshall ; Thursday -
Middle Fork, Stewards :. Friday
Salem hapel,John Waddell'S Saturday ="
Rural Han, Miller Store MONDAY .
lethania. Eehman'S Store Tuesday 9
Old Richmond. Reeds Wednesday - 10
Vienna. Micklc'S store Thursday IL
Lewisville, Wright 5 store Friday II
ClemmonSville, Strupc'S store aturdav 10
South Fork, Hampton : Monday Is
Old Town, FauSCr'S shop Tuesday Is
salem, ommiSS oner's Hall " ednesday IL
GOOD PEOPLE, REMEMBERS
This is my last round and / must have the
taxes. All must pay and be treated alike, be
they friend or foe.
\ l finish this round | shall put the
taxes remaining unpaid into the hands of my
collectors with positive Instructions to get the
money as | am going out of office and must
close up my business
Don't come asking for indulgence for you
won't get II and can't give it,
If you see your propt rLy advertised don I get
angry about II, but get up the money and come
and pay your taxes
shall advertise real estate April LIST to be
sold May LIST, 1897
Very Respectfully.
X. NJ. MACARTHUR, ex-Sherin.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
THE MARRIED WOMAN

be delicate, Tun-down, or overwOrked, It
worries her husband as we'll as herself.
This is the proper time to build up her
strength and cure those weaknesses, or
ailments, which are the cause of her
trouble. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton dispels aches and pains, melancholy
and nervousness, brings refreshing sleep
and makes new woman of her.
Nrrs WON IF yorxofmS Tef<xson ia ~
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18
~ or HERS

4 recovering from
the illness at
tending child.
birth, or who suf-
! fer from the eff.
iects of disorders,
derang enlen is
and d s pl a ce-
1Ilents of tile wo
manly organs
will find relief
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-02-18

Favorite Prescription. Taken during
pregnancy, the " Prescription
TAKES CHILDBIRTH EASY
by preparing the system for parturition,
thus assisting Nature and shortening
"labor." The painful ordeal of child
birth is robbed of its terrors, and the
dangers thereof greatly 1essened, to both
mother and child. The period of conhne
ulent is also greatly shortened, the
mother strengthened and built up, and an
the child promoted. IF
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
A GRAVITY CLOCK.
People Who Think the Problem of
Perpetual Motion Solved.
From the Utica Press.

l. rom inc ltlCd II"SS'
In appearance the clock suggests a
finely finished model Of a machine or
hoisting apparatus rather than a, time
piece. The dial is secured by an up
right brass "A" structure. This latter
is surmounted by round anerold bar
ometer, which suggests the familiar
steam gauge. Around the dial is a
large fly wheel with sprockets, and to
the left of the fly wheel is an endless
bucket chain lift, constructed upon the
principle of a grain elevator, with n
thermometer on the post Of the lift,
suggesting a steam valve. Forty-one
little weighted balls, each about the
size of large pea, are employed to
oprate the clock; they are drawn up on
the bucket chain and dropped at inter-
walls of a minute into a conduit over
the fly wheel, from which they roll into
the sockets of the wheel The wheel
carries twenty-one of the balls at one
time, and their weight revolves the
wheel. The power thus produced
swings the pendulum and governs the
hands on the dial. The wheel carries
the ball about a third of the way
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

Fred Hefner, sheriff; Scranton, Eighth
ward First district.
Ed Mellon, county treasurer; Scranton,
Eighth ward, First district.
Larry Ketriek, county treasurer; Seran-
ton, Seventeenth ward, First district,
Jerry Kistler, prCthonotaryi Scranton
Seventeenth ward, First district.
Phil Rineland, clerk of the courts;
Scranton, Seventeenth ward, First DIS
troct
Hal ]. Jones, register; Scranton. Seven
teenth ward, First district.
John G. Jennings, sheriff; scranton,
Twenty-frst ward, First district.
Con Smith, district attorney; Scranton,
Twenty-hrst ward, First district
Nicholas Holstein, prothonotary; Iay-
lor, Third ward.
Isaac Bucker, register; Taylor, Third
ward.
The Socialist Labor, Independent
and Liberty candidates were not en-
tirely forgotten. For state treasurer
William II. Thomas, Socialist Labor
received 1870 votes; Amos Steelsmith
Liberty, IA votes; w. r.. Thompson, In
dependent, 50 votes For auditor gen
eral ]. c. Hogan. Liberty, received ~
votes, and j. Mahlon Barnes, Social
ist-Labor, 126 votes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

around, and then they drop into an
other conduit. a triple incline, which
finally lands them at the foot Of the
elevator again, where the endless chain
gathers them up for another Swing
around the circle" Some fine mathe-
matical work has been requisite for
this clock, as everything about II de-
pends upon the most exacting calcula-
tion. The balls must be all of exactly
the same weight and the momentum
of each must he the same; for If any
one Of them were to lose a fraction of
a second in descending the triple in
cline 1t would miss its proper sprocket
on the lift and stop the clock. Each of
the little spheres travels two hundred
and nine feet and five inches every
day, and in the course of a year makes
a journey of over fourteen miles. II
they were to travel in relays they
would make record close to six hun
dred miles within a year.
OF course, TIE problem of perpetual
motion has not been solved, so there
must be a hidden mechanism. The
clock is mounted upon a beautiful Bra
lillian onyx base, inside of which is a
regular clock movement, which does
not run the clock proper, but merely
operates the elevator. 4 clock move
ment Is employed for this part, because
of the necessity for accuracy: il sup
plies the power and also controls it, so
that the chain escapes with precision
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

parrots to pray and then claiming the
credit of the prayers thus said by
proxy. This answered the purpose
very we'll at first; but teaching parrots
was troublesome, and besides that, the
parrots, in spite of all precautions,
would occasionally pick up scraps of
profane learning, which they intermin-
gled with their devotions in n manner
not at all edifying. So the Buddhists
finally abandoned the instruction Of
parrots and calling in the aid of appli-
ed science invented the prayer wheel.
Nobody, it seems to me, bug the LATEST
of Asiatics would ever have thought of
introducing labor-saYing machinery in
to the realm Of the spiritual: but the
Buddhsts not only thought of it, but
put the idea promptly into execution.
The prayer wheel used by the Kali
muck Tartars on the lower VOlga is a
small wooden cylinder six or eight
inches in length and about two inches
In diameter turning upon a vertical
axis, the lower end of which Is extend
ed and thickened to form a handle.
This cylinder is stuffed full of short
written PRAYERS, and every time il is
turned upon It's axis all the PRAYERS
that IL contains are regarded as duly
said. Could anything be more simple
or satisfactory? There is no shutting
Of the eyes, no getting down on the
knees in uncomfortable positions, no
facing in any particular direction. All
that the prayer has to do is to give
his wheel a twirl and it grinds out
prayers with a rapidity and fiuency
which leaves nothing TO be desired.
But from an Occidental point of view
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
HOW TO WOO SLEEP,
Various Devices TO Ward on the Ter
rors of Insomnia.
From the Spectator

From the Spectator,
AS town life extends and intellect Is
aroused, the problem will be more
and more that of too little, not of too
much, sleep. Perfect, or nearly perfect,
health Is. of course the first condition
of sound sleep. But scarcely any one
is quite healthy, and SO we must aid
the sleepless to acquire thai which is
LACKING. The one great thing to do
is to fatigue the attention; not only
to tire out the body, but to fatigue the
active mind to quiet the Vaso-motCr
center and so drive the cOngested
blood from the brain. Quiet and regular
habits, a certain monotony of light
evening occupation, will tend in this
iirectioA, while great variety Of ev-
ening engagements is generally fatal
to the victim of insomnia. 1t is unwise
to go to he'd on either an empty or a
very full stomach slight meal before
rest is the wise course. A hot bath
the last thing, taken under the follow
ing conditions, is perhaps the very best
aid to sleep: "As recommended by
Eccles and others, the bath should be
taken in a room with a temperature
of 65 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The
ldlltIl SuOulu Sldnu WITH MS neaQ over
the edge Of the tub, douching head and
face with water at 100 degrees. The
cooling of the body by the air and the
hot sponglng of the head first send
blood to the brain, dilating it's vessels.
Then the entire body, except the head,
is immersed i'm a bath at SO degrees,
rapidly raised to 105 or 10 degrees; in
a few minutes the bath is left, and the
body wrapped in blankets which alb
sorb the moisture, and with the least
possible eXertlon the patient gets into
his night clothes and to bed with a
warm bottle to his feet and perhaps a
little warm liquid food" There Is no
better means than this for meeting the
untold ills Of insomnia, but the writer
has also found the good old proYerb
Of walking a mile after the last meal
useful. 1t goes without saying that
a late London dinner party meets with
absolute condemnation. On the other
hand, we are glad to find the author
very reasonable about sending children
to bed very early and about early ris-
Ing, Not little harm has been done to
mankind by forcing children to bed In
broad daylight, and in routing people
out Of their warm beds TO face the damp
chill Of an early winter morning. There
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
SUBSTITUTES For RPRAYING,
Parrots and Prayer Wheels Among
the KaImuck TaTtars.
E Kennan in the Independent

George Kennan IN the Independent.
Finally, If you spend most of your
time, as / did, among the natives of
the hurricane deck, your attention will
he attracted. by a third class of wor-
shippers, namely the Kalmuck Tartars,
who live in felt tents or kibitkas (kee-
beet -kasl along the lower Volga, and
who wander, with great herds of cat
tie and camels, over the steppes of
eastern Europe and western Asia,
These nat-faced, ill-loOkiug nomads
are all Buddhists; and not only do
they pray but they may fairly claim
the credit of having reduced devotion
to a science. Praying five times a day
as the Mohammedans do, or even twice
a day, after the custom Of the fire wor-
shippers, seems to have been too severe
a tax upon the energies of the original
Buddhists, and they set their ingenu-
ity at work Ia devise some means of
lessening the labor The first expedi-
ent that occurred to them was teaching
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

Ior the British navy, SO vessels; for the
French 80; for the Russian, 39 for the
German, 10, and for the Italian, 10. or
these vessels which are being built by
Great Britain 4S are torpedo boats, while
OF the other powers, Italy is the only
on that is building any, and she only one
or battleships, England is building u;
France, 6; Russia, s; Germany 3, and
Italy 2. 1t might be thought that Eng
land would be satisfied with this, and
yet she is not. A London newspaper
points out that the German estimates
for construction are $ls,OO0OOO more than
they were eight years ago; that France is
building rapidly and largely, and that
Russia proposes to build one newship for
each ono that Great Britain builds. The
time was when it was the ambition of
Englang to have fleet as strong as al
the fleets OF the world combined, but that
standard has been gradually lowered, un-
til now her fleet is no larger than that
of Russia and France combined. To in
crease II she must build as many battle
ships as both of these powers together,
and her people find that She is not doing
1t. How will the rivalry end?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

is a mean between these applications
of old saws" and the case of cele-
brated French mathematician who, in
the latter years of his life, spent twen-
ty hours in bed. The object of sleep Is
to restore nervous tissue; as much
sleep as is needful for that purpose
is both good and necessary but more
Is purely mischievous. The problem,
the difficult problem, of modern life is
10 secure enough.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

the whole performance is, of course,
an absurditv. / could feel some re-
sTect for the prayers Of the Moham-
medans and Of the fire worshipers, but
the wooden wheels of the Kalmuck
Tartars excited only contemptuous
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
COPELAND SAFELY
OUT OF THE WOODS
Official Returns Do Not change the
Announced Results.
HORN, scnADT, NORTON TO CONTEST

Copeland was Behind in the Count
Until 9:l5 Last Night, When n Mis-
take was Discovered in Norton's
Vote in South Arlington, Which Cut
Him Down Forty and Defeated Him
by Twenty-- Want Two
Whole Districts Thrown Out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06

Justus, Pa, Oct. %, 1S97-A small
blister appeared on one of my fingers
and developed into a running sore. l
decided to take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The first bottle did me good and l kept
on until the trouble was completely
cured, Mrs. Prosper Antoine, Box 23.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 25c.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-06
THE ENGLISH NAVY.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
There are now in process OF building
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10

Guard has passed through many changes,
and is now known as Company a, Fifth
Regiment
He is now the armorer of the mpany,
and has been in the service OF the State
for thirty-six consecutive years and wears
more long service medals tnan any other
man in California.
When fully decorated, the texture of the
cloth of his coat is severely tried with the
weight of his orname nts. From 1887 to
1895. as told by one medal with many bars,
he took honors at the annual State militia
shoot. Another medal was given him by
the State for twenty years consecutive
service, and another bears the inscription,
Awarded to Charles Ellis by the State OF
California, for long and faithful service in
the National Guard" He also wears the
badge OF q vetaran OF the N. G. c., and in
addition several gold decorations that have
been presented to him by the Guard at
various Stages of his long career.
Ellis was persuaded to enter the Guard
by the late General kirkham in 1861,
when the young men used to practice in
the woods where the Courthouse now
stands. At that time San Leandro was
the county seat and the Guard frequently
marched the nine miles between Oakland
and San Leandro and back for a drill.
81 have carefully kept the records of our
company," said Captain Ellis to-day,
land in them is included much of the his
tory of Oakland. During the whole thirty
six years not banquet, shoot, rece p
ton or rollcall has taken place that 1
have not the record Of. | have sim ply
lived life of National Guardsman and
should feel very uncomfortable out of
uniform. l expect to wear it until l
finally round MY arms"
At his room il the armory Captain Ellis
has quite a museum of trophies which
figure prominently in the history of the
pany. Faded photograp pas of COM
rades long since dead hang around the
walls and in small chest he has posters
menu cards, ball progra mines, old white
gloves that have been used at comrades
funerals, obituary cards and several other
trIf1es, each of which is the leading figure
in some scene that transpired in connec-
ton with the company during the last
thirty-sx years.
One of the most priced pictures in Ellis
room is that of departed comrade, Cor
poral Billy Monroe. BilIy-no one ever
thought of calling hun anything else
was one of the best-known young men in
Oakland and newspaper man of marked
ability. His stories of the company al
ways pleased the old armorer more than
anything else, and he has them all care
fully pasted in scrapbook, and where
they terminate is an obituary notice and
a pair of white gloves fastened to the
page. for Billy died somewhat suddenly
about four years ago OF paralysis of the
brain, leaving young wife ana baby.
Ali these treasures are highly priced by
Ellis, and as Ills memory is as good as his
printed records he is a most Interesting
militiaman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-10
MARY HAD A BIG DIRK.
She Was Prepared to Execute Judgment
on Her Alleged Betrayer.


on Her Alleged Betrayer.
OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 9.-There was an
exciting time in Justice Gifts court this
afternoon. Manuel Fonte and Attorney
Joseph rushed to place of safety and the
Judge ordeted that the complaining wit
ness be searched. This was done and a
large dirk was found concealed in her
clothing.
The case was one of betrayal and a girl
named Mary Anges was the plaintiff.
She had preferred q criminal charge
against Fonte.
The trial was progressing when Attor-
ney Joseph declined to continue till Miss
Anges was searched. At the same time
the defendant, Fonte, left his chair in
fear. The Judge wanted to know the
ground for defendants fear, but Attorney
Josephs, himself considerably pertur bed,
repeated his decision not TO proceed till
the plaintiff was searched.
The Judge granted the request, and
large dirk was taken from the iris cloth
ing. To everybody's surprise the girl
stated in Portuguese, that she had brought
the dirk with her to execute justice upon
Fonte if the court did not mete out the
kind of justice she desired.
The dirk was kept bv the constable and
the trial proceeded Miss Anges was not
cited for contempt.