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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
The Situation in EUROPE.

Atlanta Constitution.
Great Britain's grand old common
er, who can give voice to his opinions
without the embarrassment OF pnliti
cal restraint, sums up the European
situation in the following manner:
FIrstly-A hundred thousand Ar
meDians have been slaughtered, wit h
no security against a repetition, and
with greater profit to the assassins.
Secondly-Turkey is stronger than
at any time since the Crimean war
Thirdly-Greece is weaker than at
any time since she became a king
dom.
Fourthly-All this is due to the
European concert, that ia, the
mutual hatred and distrust of the
powers.
Such is Mr.. Glaistone's comment
upon the status OF affairs in Europe,
and undoubtedly the caustic lang
uage of the old commoner lends its,.ll
readily to The views of every thought.
full student OF European affairs
While the powers have at last rue
ceeded in their dramatic game o.
hpdg iug thu Turkish sultan, they
have really accomplished nothing sc
tar az the settlement of the eastern
| question and the future peace o
| Europe are concerned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
HER OPINION OF MEN.
Aunt Philenda Had Married Four m
Discovered Mans Ideal.


Aunt Phnenda Had Married Four and
Discovered Mans Ideal.
81 may be wrong about it, - modestly
began good old Aunt Philenda Broad
head in the midst of the assemblage of
ladies at Mrs. Judge Tubman's quilting
bee, "but don't believe there is any
fixed rule or set of rules that can be
safely followed in all cases in managing
a husband. I may say-being as have
buried three as good husbands as a wo-
man ever had and fourth who, as he
is also buried, I'll just pass over with
ont comment-that / have had consid-
cradle acquaintance with men, and as
a result of my somewhat extended ex-
perience I am pretty well convinced
that there is no established law which
can be depended ON to operate success
fully in the cases of any two of them.
'What is one mans meat is another
mans poison, you know, and the meth
cd of procedure which will convert one
parcel of masculine material into sat
isfactory husband will prove total fail
ure when applied to the next one. Men,
in their dispositions and possibilities,
resemble nothing else in the world that
I can think of SO much as they do lot
of toads You can never tell in advance
which way they are going to jump when
you poke 'em, nor, for that matter, how
far.
"There is proverb which says that
the way to a man 8 heart is through his
stoma ch, but some men are dyspeptic.
and the riot in their internal economies
cuts off all communication with their
hearts in that direction. You can win
one mans everlasting subservience by
the successful application of a mustard
plaster to the proper portion Of hiGan-
atomy at the ordained time, and the
same action will make a tyrant or 9
misanthrope or both of the next man.
One man can be subjugated by making
him afraid of you and another by max.
ing him think you are afraid Of him.
You must talk to one man and listen te
another.
''All in all, about the only infa1libls
rule regarding men folks that have
gathered from my experience with then
| is that the man who before marriage
loves a woman the most extravagantlJ
after marriage loves her the most eco
| nomically. The average man ideal wifi
| is one who knows how to dress on moth
ing year and always look we'll. -
| Tom p. Morgan in New York Truth.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Too Much Salt.
Baltimore Sun


The New York journal of Hygiene
discusses what it calls 1.-The salt
habit'-the 'essive use of salt in
food Some salt is necessary in
food, perhaps, but many persons
take it on articles with which it il
unnecessary. They want their meat,
fish, potato.s, melons, butter, tur
nips, tomatoes, etc, positively
salty. They hold that sat brings
out the flavor and consider it in the
same class of sugar-as a sweetener.
The result is that the skin aud kid
neys are excessively taxed to get rid
of the salt, and both are injured by
it. Few people have healthy skins,
and it is believed that many cases OF
arrangement of the kidneys are due
TO the salt habit There is re
action against it in progress But
little salt is required by the human
body, and those who know this are
Disposed to discard the voluntary
Use of it altogether
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07

duty not to pass over such matters IN
silence, but to promote her daughters
woman1y health and regularity by every
reasonable means.
These delicate ailments easily over
come in their early stages by judicious self
treatment without any need of the obnox-
ious examinations which doctors uniformly
insist upon. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
ton is positive specific for all diseases of
the feminine organism.
1t restores perfect health and regularity
to the special functions, and vital vigor to
the nerve-centres. 1t is the only medicine
of its kind devised for this one purpose by
an educated, experienced physician
During nearly 80 years chief consult
ing physician of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. ", DIR.
Pierce has acquired an enviable reputation.
His medicines are everywhere recognized
as standard remedies His Golden Med
ical Discovery" alternated with the Fa-
vorite Prescription constitutes thorough
and scientific course of treatment for weak
and impoverished conditions of the blood.
A headache is a symptom of consultation.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa-
don, promptly and permanently. They do
not gripe. Druggists sell them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
1,se CORY sumn.r,s Gone.

For the Sentinel
De days am CROWN shorter while &c nights
is gettin cool.
And de tracted meetin now will soon
begin,
De little pickanir mics dey has started OF ter
school,
While dere mammies tote de cotton TO de-
gin.
Wen soon haul in de fiddler, put corn up
in de crib,
And dat squeelin pig will soon be packed
away,
Wen pick up lots of simmons, (simmons
beer is mighty good),
Ar d de preacher says he's comm heah to
stay.
Watermelon days is gone, and Use kinder
sorry" too,
Fer de chillerns always hates ter see EN-
go,
But de "lasses' is comm, and de cider is les
new.
Aud de little chickens "bless en- how
dey grow
Pse sorry when de summer time, has passed
| and f-ll is heah
But dars one ting dat done had most
De taters will he plenty and de time is
| berr' neah,
When FL hab big fat rossnm in de pot.
| &c. H. ADDISON.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Couldn't Fool Stewart.

The late A. T. Stewart belonged tc
the Century club, although he rarely
visited its rooms. The club once bought
a carpet of his people, and when it had
been down for several months Stewart
happened to come in. He seemed to be
greatly interested in the carpet, study
ing it attentively. Where did you buy
THAR" he demanded of one of the house
committee. "At your place, believe. !"
"Impossiblep' rejoined the millionaire.
We never had the pattern in stock.
We have had pattern exactly similar,
except that those little violet flowers
were white. The committeeman took
the trouble to hunt through his vouch-
ers and produced a receipted bill of A.
T. Stewart 6 Co. Mr.. Stewart shook
his head. There is some mistake" he
said. 1.-THE little flowers on our carpet
were white " It was found on investi-
cation that the little flowers had been
white--so Extensively white and spotty
to the eyes of some of the @sthetic men,
bers Of the club that Louis Lang had
gone over them with a stiff brush dip
ped in violet ink.-New York Letter
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
CURFEw FOR w ASKING TON.
Children Under 15 to be Fiaed for
b ing Out at Night.

WASHINGTON, Sept 80 The lat>
est scheme suggested for ashing-
ton is one proposing the ringing of
the curfew bell and the enactment OF
regulation requiring all children
under Is years If age to keep off the
streets after 9 o'clock in the summer
and s o'clock in the winter. Rev. j.
Fl. Bradford. secretary of the Boys
and Girls National Home and Ems
ployment Association, who lives
here, has presented the matter to the
District commissioners.
MIR Bradford proposes to have an
ordinance or police regulation like
that in operation at Omaha, Kansas
CIV, Lincoln and elsewhere 1t pro,
vIdes that children who are on the
street after the prescribed hour must
be accompanied b, or have teen
sent on some .rrand by parent or
guardian. Any others can be arr
| rested by the police and fined So for
each offence, and any parent per-
hitting his children % run about at
night is also to be fiued So for each
offense.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
The PIANO AND OUR GIRLS.
Rational Course of Study-Wel1 Advised
Order of Time Application.

Rational Course of Study-Weu Advised
Order of Time Application.
More harm than good will ensue from
making a stupid business of practicing
when the mind and heart lack sym
patty with the work. Piano teaching
should not be mere course of dreary
finger gymnastics. More than any other
study it should occupy head, heart and
body to an equal degree. Thus writes
contributor to The Etude, authority
also for the following:
When a girl is taught the correct po-
sition of the hands and fingers. it
should be explained to her what kind
by this position. She should be shown
that wrong position and faulty finger
ing make a tone harsh and rough and a
succession of tones jolly and jerky. Her
ear will thus be trained to recognize a
beautiful tone, and she will become
more and more interested in trying to
produce it. The pupil should also be
taught to observe the notifications of
tone caused by the various touches, such
as legato, staccato, etc, as we'll as to
observe the differences in intervals. She
should heed the differences in construc-
ton of the ma or and minor scales and
be so sure of the relative position of
tones and half tones that she can take
any key on the piano and build on ii
for herself, either major or minor
scales. She may also become at home
| in rhythms during her scale practice by
running the scales up and down in va
| rious movements and rhythms. She
may advantageously pursue the same
| course with chords and broken chords
| and arpeggios. By the time pieces are
attacked pupil rightly disciplined viii
| begin to be familiar with the tone Ian
| guage.
| A child should not be expected to ST
at the piano more than 10 minutes at {
time. In young child this is sufficien
for the day. AS the interest grows ant
| the strength increases the period ma,
| be repeated-first once, later two, thre'
or four times each day. At no time
should young girl be allowed to sit a
the piano longer than an hour at &
time With intelligent training more
musicianly feeling will be aroused thai
by hours of careless practice with tn
mind wandering all over the universe
Moreover, unless young woman pur
| poses to make music her chief occupa
ton, two hours daily is ample to devot
to her piano. She may spend as muc
time in addition to this as she pleases
away from the instrument, studyin
theory, learning to call up mental ton
images from the printed page of notes
memorizing and writing music an
reading works on the history and phi
losophy of music. The more she does c
this the better it is for her musical dc
velopment and general culture.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
THE SALEM HOME.
Board Of Visitors Commend THE
Worthy Instfeuttou


Part OF our plumber visited the
Salem Home, a most worthy charity
ituated on Main street near the
Lublic tqnare in Salem. The main
building contains nine good rooms
besides a commodious cellar and
pantry and there is another good
tour room house on the lot, also an
excellent garden, and an al undance
OF flowers of which the inmates seem
extremely fond.
This charity Was organized in
1887 by fourteen ladies, composing
a ''Oorcas Circle" each OF whom pay
81 per month To maintain a hoIne
ior persons deserving of help who
are without homes ot their own
With the generous help OF other
friends the. have not OILY Sustained
the Home for ten YEARS, in which
time they have cared for sixsv in
mates, but have spent nearly So 900
on the purchase and repairs OF the
property. The inmates have been
| almost entirely women and children,
| thu former being care'. Tor in many
cases for life and the latter till suit
able homes can b. p-ovid. Il The
I being Is present at the time Of our
visit The exp 'nse is about $500
per year, the 'Dorcas Circle" being
assisted by 1.-The Warming Ten
who supply the full, The Willing
Workers" VIII" supply sugar and
coffee, the ''Nrighborhood Circle
assists with the clothing, and tn.
H+lpirg Hand Circle" donates s.
per month The county commis
sioners. recogp zing the fact that the
| Home provides for quite n humber
that would ott g Wis fall to th-il
care. donate 500 y. ar towards it,
support.
While it is undenom national in it,
work the ladies who support anC
control it are Moravians Religion
services are held twice a month b,
memf ers of the Christian Eudpavo
Society of the Moravian church w
found the premises kept neat AM
homelike, and were especially pleased
with the cheerfulness of the inmate
and their kindly feeling not only f.
their benefactors, but toward eacl
other.
Unfailing kindness and unwearyin,
care on the part of the management
make this a model home for the poor
C. j. WATKINS,
E. A. EBERT,
E. j. DAVIS,
Visitors
MRS. H. E. FAIRS
MRS. E l. CKETT,
MRS j A. BITING,
MRS r B. GLENN,
Auxiliary Visit ors.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
WESTINGHOUSE BIG FIRE.
Loss Estimated at Three Quarters of
q Million DolIars

DOilArS.
AsHINeToN. Sept 80 The fre-
lien are still working over the ruins
OF the Capital Traction Company'e
power house which was burned last
night. Nothing remains Of the
massive six-story structure except a
part OF the two side walls The fire
was one OF the largest ever known in
Washington. The exact cause re-
mains unknown It. Is thought the
fire started in Getline's printing flee,
On the second floor.
The amount of loss il ROUGHLY esJi
mated to be about $3.50, 900 or tina,
amount the Traction Co lost over
$500, 900 The Cumpany carried alb vi
$500 900 insurance. 1t will erect an
other building Immediately.
Horse cars were put into servics
again today
A number Of buildings in the i'm
i, mediate vicinity suffered from tn,
fierce blaze, the largest loser bein.
| Chas, Walter, whose carriage factor,
and contents were damaged to the ex
tent Of S25 600; no insurance
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
TALE FIGURES TELL
Revival of Prosperity Indicated in
Dun's Review.

NEw YORK. October Pr. G. Dun q Co 8
weekly review of trade says in its issue TO-
day: The failures during the third quarter
of 1897. obtained yesterday by telegraph,
were 2 9e3. with liabilities of S28, 1853 26 of
which 20 We're in banking for 1881, o69
Commercial failures, 2,874, with liabilities
OF S25,576, 1872. Average only $500 each,
'wer than in any other quarter for twenty
three years The amount of defaulted liza
bilit es is the smallest in any quarter for five
years. and in fifteen years only six quarters
have shown smaller liabilities Manufac-
turing failures 651. with liabilities of 50, 43l :
191, average but s14. 4S7 each, and 'rading
2.l64. with liabilities of si2S25, O65 average
but S5,927 each both smaller in average of
liabilities than any previous year of which
classified records exist.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
COngratul ated Ittelf too Soon.

Charlotte Observer.
The North Carolina organ of the
Disappointed Office Seekers, which il
for fusion or anything, Lord, so il
holds out hope of government job
observes that it doesn't see az much
as it did week ago in the D,mo-
cratic press about a straight fight
whereupon it shakes hands with itsel
and says it killed the movement
The organ deceives it's conceited self
Little is being said about straight
fight because little needs to be said
1t is already settled upon.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Az Unusual Charge.
Asheville Citizen

Major McK'ssick has lately been
North, incidentally stocking up a
fresh supply of jokes He brings
back this one OF Marshall Wilder's:
An inebriate WAS arraigned before
police justice and endeavored TO
articulate, but could utter only this /:
''P pp phiz zzzz."
"What il il ~ asked the Justice.
Sergeant" exclaimed the justice
impatientlv, what is this man
chArg d within"
Soda water, think, your honor. F"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Different Colored Bills.

New York Times.
II W. Marcus, business man OF
Olean, N. Y, IS suggested to Secre
tary of the Treasury Gage that
diffe rent colors should be given to
bills of different dennmina tions, as is
the case with postage stamps, so as
TO make them more easily distin-
guishable Mr.. Marcus would give
to the bills mostly in use the most
distinctive colors. He argues that
his scheme would greatly facilitate
business, prevent mistakes and stop
fraud. Mr.. Gage has written him
that he will consider the plan.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Picked Peaches.

Scald or wipe off the fuzz and leave
the peaches whole. Pour hot strip
ever them three successive mornings,
made AZ follows: Boil quart of vine
gar with pounds of sugar and cloves.
cinnamon, allspice and cassia buds. tied
up in bag. Skim and add the fruit,
cooking it until well scalded, then skim
ont the fruit and put into stone jara
Boil the strip five minutes longer and
pour over the fruit. The next morning
pour of the strip and boil down again.
Repeat for three mornings.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Right In Her Line.

''Just look at that kitten, will you?"
said Mr.. Lushforth- What satisfaction
do you suppose it gets in chasing i'm
aginary mice?'
81 don't see why you should ask
me-, " said his wife ''You know more
about that sort of thing than l do. -
indianapolis Journal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Before submit
ting totheeGC
knife, tryOO0
the only real blood remedy.
Necessarily Large.

''Oh, not at air. protested the Turk.
"Ask any question you like. Yes, my
trousers? Oh, they are rather large, to
be sure, but you should see the harem
that goes through them every night aft
er I'm asleepr'
AS for the travellers, they were much
bewildered by the strange things they
were encountering. Detroit Journal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
DISQUALIFIED For Football.

Dabsley-Well, I suppose your son
will soon begin his last year in college?
ParksANo, he isn't going back this
fall.
Dabsley-Oh, that's too badi He
ought to go through now that he's got
along to the last year. What's the mat
ter?
Parks-Why, didn't you know that
he had had fever and that his hair
had all come out?-Cleveland Leader.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
A Short Time Hence.

Citizen-By the way, have been
told that the Klondike gold is not
worth SO much to the ounce as some
other brands.
Returned Klondiker-I couldn't say
as to that. We never measured by less
than a ton. I amt no idea as to ounce
values. Enquirer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
PlutOcr0cy.

She-Our neighbors in that villa are
evidently very rich people.
He-Why?
She-Only consider. They have five
grown up daughters, all unmarried,
they give no parties, don't go to any of
the hops, don't appear on the board
walk when the band plays and, more
over, wear the plainest clothes imagin-
able.-St. Petersburg Shute.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Out into the Darkness.
What mother would turn her

Turn neI young
d a II G b t er out
a ! o II e Il n pro-
tected into the
stormy n & h t ?
Yet many loving
III o t h e rs allow
their daughters,
who are just COM
ing into the time
of womanhood,
to proceed with
out proper care
and advice all I'M
prote cite d and
alone into TIL e
perils of this crit
ical period.
Young women
at this time often
suffer from irreg-
ularity and weak
ness which may
afterwards d e :
velop into dam
gerous di s e a s e
a n d fill t h e i r
whole lives with
wretchedness.
II iS a mothers
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Undisguiaed Announcement.

At masquerade ball two ladies ar
rive in mere evening dress.
What do you representa- asked the
usher.
We are without costumes.'
Two ladies without costume, !" thun-
dered the usher as he swung open the
door. Ladies' Review.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07

Rice apples. an illustrated descrip-
ton of which has been given in the
Boston Cooking School Magazine, are
prepared as follows:
Wash thoroughly cup of rice. Then
throw it into boiling, sailed water and
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Circumstances Alter Cases.

Teacher-You must always return
good for evil, you know. Now. if a
naughty boy called you bad names or
threw stones at you, what would you
do?
Pupil-How big did you say that boy
vas?-Boston Transcript
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Never Satisfied.

''Well, Tommy, you've got your new
bicycle at last, and l presume you are
satisfed?''
Nome I'd like to have the fxin of
the weather now. They's too blame
much nP'-Cincinnat Commercial
Tribune
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Many Endeavorers Present.

NORFOLK. Va, Sept. 3O.-The State Con-
vention of the Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeayor met here tonight, and
will be in session four days. The first SEES
sion was largely devotional. beginning with
a prayer service led by Mr.. Reg Walker. of
Richmond. Prof. s. NJ. Smith, of Berkeley,
presided
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Democracy Will None of Anarchy.
ST. Louis Republic

There is no anarchy in Democracy
There is nothing in it's traditions or
in it's creed which counsels violence
tor the corr ection of public OF
private wrongs. There is nothing
but equal Justice and good order in
Democracy, and those who interpret
its character in any other way dc
not understand the genius of the
party of Jefferson and jackson
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07

The real treasure OF nome il the
woman with an aptitude for finding ar.
ticles that are lost.
When a doctor calls on sick man.
his wife always has private consulta-
ton with him outside.
This world will not be entirely salts
factory to the women until some man
has given birth to baby.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
An Unexpected Answer.

Mrs. Schussman Cat a summer resort)
-Gottlieb, the paper says that the ma
tives of the Sandwich Islands pay about
So for a wife.
Professor Schussman (absent minded)
Him, hml So much, Jenny?-Eoho.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
Terrific.

.'Does Jawbett. the pugilist, strike a
hard blown
Hard? Well, say, in his Last scrap
he knocked the other fellow clear out Of
ranP. Of the kinetoscope New York
Jos nal
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Not at All.

Colonel, don't you know that the
good book says, Swear not at alp /"
"Sartin / do. Thet's all right. /
swore at 'em individually. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-10-07
The String.

"He may not always be rich. The
estate he inherits has string to it"
"Nop'
Eyes. A string Of race horses. DE
troit Journal
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Little Pitchers.

Daddy, can whisky talk?"
"No, Of course not. /"
s'Then why did Aunt Maria say 4
was telling on you more and more?'-
Pick Me Up.