The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-11-18
PERSONAL Sa.r.

the most popular man in the English
navy.
String Beans runs laundry in Phe-
nix, A. T. He has every indication of
being Chinaman.
William Turner, the champion chick
en- picker of the world, lives in the vii
1age of Lynbrook, n. Y, and as a test
of his skill plucked the feathers from
large hen in IL 2-5 seconds.
Captain Francis Martin of Detroit
claims to be the only living man who
saw Napoleon IS funeral. Captain Mar
tin is 81 years old and has sailed into
nearly every port ON the globe.
Nine. Hermann, the widow of the
magician, has commissioned w. Parks,
a Chicago sculptor, to execute a statue
of her late husband. His model which
was recently furnished, is pronounced
unusually true to life.
Sir John Mowbray, Bart, NJ. P. for
Oxford university, has just celebrated
his golden wedding. Both his parents
and grandparents lived to celebrate
theirs, the common married life con-
tinuing in one case for 90 and in the
other for 81 years.
Chief Inspector Jarvis, the head of
the English detective department at
Scotland Yard, has resigned from the
force after 26 years service. No British
police officer is better known in the
United States, and he served for time
on the New York force
Professor Max Muller repeats in
Cosmopolis the extraordinary story
of Alexander Won Humboldt's habits of
sleep. GAS get DID, Humboldt said
to him, Il want more sleep-four hours
at least. When I was young, two hours
of sleep were quite enough for me-. -
A number of Russian lady admirers
Of DR.. Nansen are, it is said, preparing
for the arctic explorer somewhat
unique gift, consisting of carpet with
map of the north pole regions en-
broidered in silks. The places visited
by him in his famous voyage will be
worked in silver and gold thread
How to Pack Hate
The fear of committing ones precious
bonnet To the tender mercies of the
trunk man has led woman from time
immemorial to burden herself with the
most ungainly boxes and thereby to
gain for herself the reputation of being
the most uncomfortable of travelling
companions.
With care and judgment, however.
the bandbox may be avoided. If your
trunk is lined with canvas. as most
trunks are nowadays, the hats may be
nicely secured with tapes and pins
The pieces of tape should be pinned te
four sides of the hat in places where
the pin holes will not show and ther
stretch to the sides of the trunk where
they are pinned to the canvas.
If there is no canvas lining, the tapei
will have to be secured to the trunl
with tacks, and a better substitute TO,
the tapes would be coarse white threa(
sewed through the hat and then wound
around the tack heads. To remove thu
hat, cut the threads and pull them on
after lifting it from the tray. One Cal
pack several hats in large bandbox t.
send by express by sewing them to tn
sides of the box.
The thread is sewed through the DO:
and knotted on the outside A littl
soft tissue paper should be used to sup
port the trimmings and to fill tn
crown.
now to Live Long.
Ol0 farT, IL is SAID, Q1oQ TON TIT
effects of an unusual burst of luxury
and many other very old people, aftel
living in the simplest possible way TO
many years, have succumbed at last t.
the effects Of luxury INDUCED in OF
birthdays or other festive occasions
The oldest inhabitant of Yarmouth
who died few days ago, is another IL
lustration of the fact that the wors
thing that can be done for very agei
people is to supply them with luxurie
beyond what their systems have grown
accustomed to- The old man, who wa
well into the nineties, had every prom
Use C looming centenarian, when b.
was Unfortunately discovered in connec
ton with the jubilee, festivities, and, a
the oldest inhabitant, was given tn
place of honor at the local festivities ant
was to be provided with the usua
sscomforts for his declining years" TO
the future, as he was in very needy cir
cumstances. He has responded prompt
" by dying. Westminster Gazette.
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