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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
FASHION FRILLs.

New YORK sun.
The new shoes for day wear in
London have flaps and large buckles;
those for evening wear are cut very
low, and ornamented with tiny steel
buckles. Colored kid shoes are in
high favor-rose tints, heliotrope in
many shades, greens OF every hue,
and China blue taking the lead.
Unless the colors are well chosen the
effect is strikingly vulgar.
Steel ornaments promise to become
as popular as they were several years
ago. Fortunate is the woman who
has the habit of saving things, for
she can take out her steel ornaments
of any description, don them, and
rest assured that she is doing the
correct thing. Steel combs are much
worn, and look well against either
dark or light hair. Velvet bands for
the neck, thickly sewed with steel,
are also in high favor.
Paris sends word that the ruff is
once more the fashion there. 1t is
made generally in lisse or chiffon,
very wide at the back and decreasing
in Size at the front. Some rufus,
| however, are of the same width all
around. The most gigantic OF these
ruffs extends to the ears and Is
finished with a f1ounce of plated
chiffon reaching to the waist. This
ruff is said to be a comfortable sub
stitute for the fur boa.
A hat which is altogether comfor-
table and suitable for cycling is hare
to find. Not every woman look'
well in the ordinary white sailor
which is the ideal to wear awheel il
spring and summer. Now SINAI
plain toques of very light straw hav
been brought out. They ar
trimmed with twists of canvas an
punches of quilts. The newest Alpin
cycling hat is far prettier in shap
F and more becoming than formerly
The brim flares at the side and tn
. crown is broad and low, being onl
slightly dented. A bunch of quill
relieves the plainness.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
NOVELTIES.

Pie dishes show antique silver mounts
and china Innings.
Reeded glass jugs with silver lip and
cover are used for claret.
Crystal marmalade POTS, resting on
silver trays, please the eye.
A rabbits foot mounted in gold Is
evidently a popular charm with both
sexes.
Hand engraved trays, with pierced
borders, are in demand and come in sew
eral sizes.
Enamel work in the Byzantine style
is used for variety of purposes, such
as frames for photographs, handles te
paper knives. etc.-Jewelers' Circular.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
How to Reseat "A Chair.

can be made at home with little trouble
or expense. Get some brown paper, cut
out the shape of the seat, with firm
paste stick six thicknesses of paper to-
gether, trim the edges smooth, get some
small brass tacks and nail it to the
frame Allow it to get quite dry, then
varnish it, and you have what The Dec
orator and Furnisher calls quite a nice
seat to the chair
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as administrator OF Mary
Hartman, COL. decd, all persons indebted
to said estate are required to make immedi-
and ali persons holding claims against the
said deceased are hereby notified to present
the same for payment duly proven as the
law directs on or before the 25th day OF
March. 1898, or this notice will be plead IN
bar of their recovery. March 18th, 1897.
E. A. GRIFFITH, Admir-
of Mary Hartman, col, decd.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13

size of the back of bracket; ledge, 2
inches high, of round wooden bars. The
wood should be rubbed smooth with
sandpaper and painted first with light
green enamel color, which must be quite
dry before the flower sprig, painted also
with enamel colors, is executed. Two
large narcissus blossoms shaded in pink
are painted ON the back of the bracket,
petals made darker inside, and those
turned back shaded off lightly to give
them 8. raised appearance. Stalks and
leaves, dark green
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Mrs. Rorer,s Icing.

Put cup of sugar and half cup OF
water over the fire to boil. Beat the
whites of eggs to stiff froth. When
the strip will spin a thread from the
tine of fork, lift and pour it gradually
into the whites, beating all the while.
Add to this teaspoonful of cocoa, beat
ing for at least five minutes, and when
cold it is ready to use. This cannot turn
to sugar, says Mrs. Rorer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
A Wood Bracket.

Handsome and substantial is bracket
to be made of wildwood after the fol-
lowing measures: Part next to the wall,
1917 inches long, Ga inches wide abovs
and inches below; curvings at upper
and lower edge three-quarters of an inch
high; stay 81 inches high, made of
wood ne-quarter of an inch thick, fas-
tened in the middle under crossboard
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
The Cigar and Teeth Shot Out.

Saturday two negroes at Port
Tampa City, Fla, got drunk and one
of them imagined he was great
marksman and the other had cOnsid-
cradle doubt about his ability. Get
was finally made that the marksman
could not shoot cigar out OF
the mouth OF the doubling
Thomas The shot was fired, and no
one of the bystanders could doubt the
ability Of the man at the business end
of the pistol, for he not only shot the
cigar out of the mans mouth, bat he
also shot all Of his teeth out. AT any
rate, he won the bet. The wound is
very serious one.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Jeweled Collars.

The jeweled collars, so fashionable,
are about p inches in width and form
a close fitting band about the neck.
Some are set with pearls, some with
diamonds and turquoises and some With
diamonds alone. Equally fashionable
are several strings of pearls graduated
and united at intervals by little dia-
1nOnG set bars
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
CONCERNING SCREENS.
Their Uses and Value From a Decorative
Point of View.

1t was long time ago that a cele-
brated decorator Insisted that screens
should not be placed--they should 'oc-
cur No article of furniture so readily
lends itself to decoration or Is so useful
for filing up an odd or ugly corner and
for cutting off draft. The screen may
be made of anything that is decorative
and that can be tackled upon frame,
from bit of pasted japanese paper to
rare old scrap of Spanish leather. In
some hints on home decoration Ihe
Puritan has the following to say on
screens:
1t should always be borne in mind
that a screen is properly a decoration,
and, except in the case where 1T Is a
door screen, which fits tightly into Its
frame and stays in one place, 1t should
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Logical Conclusion.

Asheville Citizen.
So far we have no report of the
new superintendent of the peniten-
tiary turning out Democratic con-
victs, and as the reformers were de-
termined to replace every Democrat
with Republican, the conclusion is
inevitable that there are no Demo-
cratic convicts.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Parsnip Fritters.

Boil parsnips till tender. cool and re-
move pith and skin. Mash fine. To ev-
cry teacupful add beaten egg. Add
flour to rhicken and salt to taste. Drop
into boiling lard and brown. These may
also be baked like potato cakes,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Visiting Toilet.

Among many charming imported
models is a visiting dress the skirt Of
which is in navy blue matte cloth, lined
with fancy silk, in keeping with the
three frills of the balayeuse. Sleeves to
match are headed with double fiounces
and finished off with band of vison
fur similar to those conspicuous on the
pelerine drapery in orange velvet, ex-
tending in front into two long, dropping
loops, in opposition with the huge but
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Ayers Cathartic Pills.
Office

Having duly qualified as executor of the
last will and testament of Susan Hartman,
deceased, all persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby notified to present
them to me, proven as the law directs, on
or before the 1st of March, 1898, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.
And all persons indebted to the estate of
said deceased are requested to make pay
ment to me at once. This LIST March, 1897.
j. %. WHITE Executor of
Susan Hartman, decd.
Mast & Griffith, Attys,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13

terfy bows at the back and at the throat.
Blouse in blue silk muslin over bright
silk foundation. The amazon hat, in
blue felt, is bound and encircled with
cross bands in orange velvet and orna-
mented with graceful paradise bird
Loops of orange velvet nestle under the
raised brim ON the left side.
Not That Way.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
Extreme Provocation.

ibid You strike this man?'' asked the
court sternly.
81 did, but he made the first assault "
stHow was that?''
4Struck me for SO. "--Detroit Free
Press
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13

a course of Ayers Pills the
system is set in good working
order and man begins to feel
that life is worth living. He
who has become the gradual
prey of constipation, does not
realize the friction under which
he labors, until the burden Is
lifted from him. Then his
mountains sink into mole
hills, his moroseness gives
place to jol1ity, he is happy
man again. If life does not
seem worth living to you, you
may take very different view
of it after taking
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
CONSUMPTION

ToTHE EDITOR have an absolute Cure for
Lung Troubles, and all conditions OF wasting
Away. BY it's timely use thousands OF apparent.
" hopeless cases have been permanently cured
So proof positive am of its power to cure,
will send FREE to anyone afflicted, THREE
BOTTLES of my Newly Discovered Remedies
upon receipt of Express and Postofice address.
Always sincerely yours.
T. A. SLOCUM, NC, I83 Pearl St., New York.
When wrting the Doctor, pie ase mention this paper
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
1t Will Pay You.~

Time tests the merits of all things and
stamps it's approval or disapproval. The
stamp of approval has been given this paper
as valuable advertising medium. Ii you
want the patronage of the people, make
your wants known
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13
By Properly Utilizing
The Advertising Columns

You can do this. Now is the time to begin.
Get an early start for the seasons trade.
Tell what you are doing and why you are
doing it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-05-13

That is the right kind of advertising--the
steady, iudicious sort-when you have
something the people want Tell the story
in plain, direct, bueine So like way, and keep
on t, ling it until GU have interest' d them.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
PuZzling English.

An American in London had some bust
ness to transact recently with German
whom he had never seen. 1t was agreed
by letter that the American should go Il
the town in Germany where his CORE
spondent lived and that the German should
meet him at the railroad station. A tele
gram was to be sent by the American no.
tifying the German as 10 the day and houl
of his coming and the train and telling
the German how to recognize the Ameri.
can.
The telegram was sent and received.
The German got out his English German
dictionary and carefully translated the
telegram, and then he grew wild with de-
spair. He rushed out among his friends,
exclaiming, How am l to recognize a
man who is tall and short and fat, with
money in his haiti"
Tall and short and fat, with money in
his hat!" cried his friends. "No one can
identity such "a person.
80 the German went from one to anoth-
er asking the same question until the train
was due
How shall l know him?" the German
walled as he made his way to the station
Tall and short and he was repeating
to another friend in the station when the
friend interrupted him. LET me see the
telegram" he said. The German produced
it and the puzzling part read
Look for man who is tall, little
stout with a checked cap"
The friend translated it properly, and
the German had no difficulty in picking
out the American among the incoming
passengers. New York sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Lively New York.

He was a New Yorker and proud of his
city, and although his Chicago friend
pointed out sight after sight, boosted Of
the city's fine boulevards and drove the
New Yorker over them he failed to excite
In his guest more than slight Curiosity.
Then he brought up the subject of tall
buildings.
Chicago beats the world" he said.
"Our tall buildings top anything ever
erected"
"Wcll, WE'LL" said the New Yorker.
that's queer. Ever heard of that build
ing In New York that the clouds bump
against Never heard of 1t, ELI? III tell
you something about it. When they put
the last story on it, n workman fell off the
top Some time later l was passing along
the street below when newsboy Yelled:
'Extry Full account of the accident
bought II paper, and it described how the
man toppled off and all that But-what
do you Think While was reading it some
thing dropped with crash What was itp
Why, the workman, of counsel He'd lust
reached the groundr'-IIarper's Round
Table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Historic Documents.

With the usual luck of Chicago and its
institutions, the Historical society of that
city has just fallen heir, under peculiar cir
cumstances, TO large collection of very
valuable old documents relating to early
transfers of land from the Illinois Indians
to white settlers. Years ago these papers
came into the possession of Henry Nj. Sing
er, then resident of Chicago He after.
ward determined to remove to California.
and friend of his, S. II. Kerfoot, told
him that he ought to give the papers to the
Historical society. He did not do SO, but
turned them over to Mr.. Kerfoot, saying:
Keep the documents, and if l die first.
give them to the society. If you die first.
will send for them and may change nv
mind about their disposition. BY a sin
gular chance both men died on the same
day, but the death of Mr. Singer took place
IL hours before that of his friend. The
deeds have now been handed over to the
Chicago society. Had Ir. Singer survived
Mr. kerfoot they would have probably gone
west, and being of little interest there
might easily have been lost.-New York
Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
AN UNUSUAL GATHERING.
Five Generations In tic Direc; line NE;
Together.

Tive Generations In to Direct Line Me;
Together.
Gathered at the hospitable homo OF
Mr.. ID. @. Crutcher, widely known
merchant of Frankfort, Ky, the other
day were five of tie fair sex. who
make up such group and picture as is
seldom seen in any state or any coun-
try. They were daughter, mother,
grandmother, great grandmother and
great great grandmother-tive genera
tions, not of different branches, but the
same branch of one family. In other
words, Mrs. Crutcher had as her guests
her mother and grandmother, hei
daughter and granddaughter. The old
est of the quintet is 81, the youngest 3.
BY name they are Mrs Amilda Val
landingham. Mrs. Asa r. Grover, Mrs.
ID. q. Crutcher, Mrs. jesse Peak and
Miss Amilda Peak, the latter 3 years
old and the namesake of Ter ancestress
five generations removed, but living,
present, we'll and happy III the posses
sion of "these (her) jewels. " Mrs. Val
landingham, who has a host of rela-
tives and descendants throughout Ken
lucky, makes her home with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Asa r. Grover, wife of the
former Ashland district congressman OF
that name, at Georgetown, and they
are here on a visit to their grand
daughter and daughter, Mrs. Crutcher.
AT the same time Mrs. Jesse Peak, also
of Georgetown, with her little daughter
and an older son, came 70 visit hel
mother and be with her grandmother
and great grandmother, who is tho |
groat-great grandmother of the youn
gest guest OF them all. louisville Con.
rier- Journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
THE HUTCHINSON LETTERS.
Franklin Would Never Reveal How lie
Obtained the Documents.

High officials in Massachusetts, had in
private letters 10 tho secretary of George
! Grcnyilo discussed in hitter terms the lib
oral movement in the colony and had rec
| commended coorciyo measures on the part
of the home governments These letters
in some unexplained way, fell into Frank
! Inns hands, and he felt in duty bound to
send them To Boston for Inspection by the
popular leaders AS might have been OK
pected, they caused great Juror both in
Massachusetts, and in England, and in the
latter country dispute between two gem
tlomen rs To how they had boen obtained
led TO u nearly fatal duel Franklin now
interviewed, stated that no had forwarded
the letters, but refused To say how no came
by them and faced the storm of popular
disfavUr as calmly as only philosopher
could He was examined before the privy
council, insulted in II scurriious and shame
full manner by the solicitor general, We'd
derburn, and the councillors themselves,
dismissed from his postmastership and de-
priycd of much of the public respect that
had been previously shown him, Hut not
of the self respect that marked his behay-
iOr throughout the ontiro affair.
His conduct has since been defended
and roprobated and must always, in one
particular no hard to characterized Our
final verdict must plainly dorond on a
knowledge of how no got tie letters, but
this is just what he never would reveal
We are therefore left To infer from Frank
Inns character whether he would have
taken them in an improper way. He him
self certainly beloved that ho had done
nothing wrong, but 10 remains To- be deter
mined whether he was an absolutely fair
judge Of what gentleman should have
done under the circumstances
From purely political point of view he
stands abundantly justified Nine tenths
of the English and American statesmen of
the time would have taken the letters glad
ly and asked no inconvonient questions as
to how they were obtained But would
Burke or Washington have done so? The
answer cannot be doubtful. Neither Burke
nor Washington would have touched the
papers without being first convinced that
the person Offering them came by them
honestly and being provided with proper
safeguards for his own personal honor
Professor W u. Trent in McClure's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
TIE SOJER BOYS.
Some of the Military Organizations at
McKinley's Inauguration.

Mckinley's Inauguration.
There were many different kinds of uni
form, and the men who wore them came
from such great distances that their pres
ence in Washington brought home the fact
of how farreaching is the sway of the re-
public and how broad its territory. There
were the Hemming guards Texas volun-
teers from Gainesville, Tex, who won
their uniforms by scoring OF at the state
encampment, and who appeared in them
at the Inauguration. And near these new
soldiers from the largest state was what is
perhaps the oldest organization, from the
smallest state, the Newport artillery,
which antedates the Union and exists I'M
der charter from King George III in 1889,
when England declared war on Spain-a
charter which was ratified in 1882 by the
Rhode Island general assembly. There
was also the Fifth regiment of Maryland,
which has reputation almost as great as
that of the New York Seventh, and there
was the Seventy first of that city, body
which has its nucleus in the American
rifles. There was the order of the Old
Guard from the modern city of Chicago
but which is composed of descendants Of
men who fought in the Indian wars and
French wars and in the wars of tho Revo-
luton and of 1912, and u few members Of
the Medal of Honor Legion, to each of
whom congress had voted medal for
bravery on the field of battle There were,
too, the Shenandoah Valley Patriotic
League from Virginia, formed of Exon.
federate soldiers and their sons, with the
motto, here should be no north, no
south, no east, no west, hut common
country, and n delegation from the Har-
mony Pre-Legion of Philadelphia, a relic
of the old Harmony Fire company, in
helmets and red shirts.
These are but few of the organizations
that passed up Pennsylvania avenue in the
brilliant afternoon sunshine between cur
tains of flags, with brass bands, every one
of them playing "El Captain or the
Washington Post March" These are but
a few, but they illustrate the varied ma
ture of the procession. They represented,
as it were, the whole people Richard
Harding Davis in Harper's Magazine Fol
August.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
League of American Penwomen.

A new press club has been formed in
Washington. 1t was the outgrowth of a
cOterie of journalists who met informal
ly from time to time during the last
season in the Wiinodaughsis parlors
Believing that mutual benefit might
come from union, body of active press
women and authors became incorporated
under the name of the League of Amer
lean Penwomen. Seventeen charter
members, two new members and eight
honorary members make up the list
The last mentioned are Mrs. Jane Gun
bingham Croly, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst,
Miss Ellen 7. Longfellow, Mrs. May
Dudley Vought, Mrs. Dora Harvey
Munyon, Mrs. Emily Edison Briggs
(Olivia), Mrs Marion A. McBride
and Mrs. Caroline F. Frye. Only such
persons as are actively engaged in jour
nalism or press work or who are au-
thors are eligible to membership i'll the
league. Honorary members must have
rendered aid or encouragement to the
cause of pengomen. Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-20
Girl Caught Bicycle Thief.

Elizabeth Horter, years old, who is
spending the summer in cottage on
West avenue, Pitman, N. j., with her
parents, ran down tramp bicycle thief
the other day and recovered her wheel
which he had stolen She left the wheel
standing at the gate while at dinner,
and later the child of neighbor told
her that some man had taken her
wheel.
Elizabeth mounted her brothers BIZ
cycle and overtaking the tramp at the
tollgate, nearly mile from her home
she grabbed her wheel as the thief was
having an argument with the tollgate
keeper. He had no money with which
TO pay toll. The tramp was so surprised
that he was only too glad to escape
The little girl is the best child rider
III the place, having won two medali
IN the West avenue races on July 3.