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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
North Cardinals Oyster Industry.

Theophilus White, shell fish com
missioner, has furnished Labor Com
missioner Hamrick with information
concerning the oyster industry in
Eastern North Carolina for his
annual report. Mr. White reports
that three thousand persons are
engaged in the oyster industry in the
State. The oysters are caught
almost entirely with tongs The
capital Invested is comparatively
small, because most OF the people
engaged in the business do their own
work. Mr.. White estimates that
from March II, 1895, to May 1,
1886, there was sold from the waters
of Pamlico sound and tributaries
between 100000 and 100000
bushels of oysters. They brought
all the way from Is to 40 cents per
bushel. These are from the natural
beds. From the oyster gardens they
are much finer ana are often sold for
60 and 80 cents per bushel. "The
labor employed" Mr.. White says.
"always command good wages. The
supply of oysters In these sounds
and rivers are almost inexhaustible,
and all the industry needs to make a
grand success ia a market sufficient
to induce buyers to come to the State
and to do the dredging"
The catch of herring in Albe-marle
sound by Edenton fishermen, as
given in the forthcoming report, is
221 O42 .O2O pounds; shad, $40, 500;
perch, 126, 800; striped bass, Al, 900
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
How to Make Ounce Cordial.

Select ripe but sound ounces. Rub
off the fur and cut them into little
pieces. Pour just enough water over
them to cook them. Let them cook one
hour. Strain off all the juice that will
pass through a coarse muslin cloth.
Strain the pulp left through puree
sieve and use it for marmalade, cooking
it with half a pound of sugar to pint
of itself. Take the strained juice, meas
ure it, and add cup of sugar to every
pint of juice. After it has cooked 10
minutes add two-thirds of q pint Of
French brandy to every pint Of the
liquid. 1t is not necessary to use the
best brandy, as a good cooking brandy
will do. Let the cordial stand in a stone
jar for week and then bottle it. It is
fit for use sooner, but it improves by
keeping it a year
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
Chestnut stuffiing for the Turkey.

Turkeys are best roasted I'M
stuffed writes Mrs. s. T. Rorer in
the Christmas Ladies' Home j ournal.
"But people have, however, become
so accustomed to the flavor of the
stutfing in the meat of the fowls that
it seems almost impossible to get
along without it. Bread stuffing is
no doubt the mcst Objectionable of
all. Acting as sponge, it draws
the juices from the meat, leaving it
dry and tasteless. Chestnuts are
much to be preferred, and where
these cannot be procured sweet or
white potatoes or even rice may be
substituted. All must be boiled
before using. For 10 pound turkey
l quart OF Spanish or quarts of
common chestnuts will be required.
Shell, blanch, and boil them until
tender. Drain, mash or chop fine;
add a tablespoonful of butter, d tea
spoonful of salt, and tablespoonful
of pepper. Mix, and stuff into the
turkey"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
CARVING.
How to Gut Up Veal, Mutton, Fish, Beef
and Ham.

How to Gut Up Veal, Mutton, Fish, Beef
and Ham.
To carve loin of veal or mutton be-
gin at the small end and cut the ribs
apart. A fllet of veal should be cut first
from the top, and in breast of veal the
breast and brisket should first be cut
apart and then cut i'll pieces.
A leg of mutton should be carved
across the middle of the bone first and
then from the thickest part till the girls
tie is reached. A few nice slices can be
cut from the smaller end, but it is usu-
ally hard and stringy.
In carving fish practice is required In
order to prevent the flakes from break
ing. The choicest morsels of all large
fish are near the head; the thin parts
come next; the favor nearest the bone
Is never equal to that on the upper part
A fish knife should be used in carving.
A sirloin of beef should be placed on
the platter with the undercut under
meath. Thin cut slices should be taken
from the side next the carver then turn
over the roast and carve from under
meath. A portion of both should be
helped.
A tongue should be carved in very
thin slices, it's delicacy depending on
this. The slices from the center are con-
sidered the most tempting and should
be cut across and the slices taken from
both sides, with a portion of the fat at
the root.
A ham can be served in several ways
by cutting long, delicate slices
through the thick fat down to the bone,
by running the point of the knife IN a
circle in the middle and cutting thin.
circular slices, thus keeping the ham
moist, or by beginning at the knuckle
and slicing upward. The last mode i
the most ecc..o----.--.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
TRIED TO FORGE A se1 CHECK.
p s. Southern, Farmer, Who claim
ed to be from Stokes County

p s. Southern, a Farmer, Who Claim
ed to be from Stokes County.
A farmer, who gave his name as P.
s. Southern and who claimed Stokes
county as his home, tried to forge d
check for S9l on E Citrenb baum, last
Thursday night. The latter sus-
pected something wrong and sent the
check to j. Jacobs to see if he would
cash it.
The check was purported to have
been given by the Star warehouse for
some tobacco. Mr.. Jacobs telephoned
to the warehouse and was informed
that no check had been given Mr..
Southern.
The farmer, after seeing that his
plan would not work, went back to
the warehouse. He at first tried to
deny that he had q check, but later
admitted that he had done wrong He
added, however, that he was persuad-
ed by other parties TO do it.
He was told that be would be given
trouble il the officers got hold of him.
10 few minutes he left the ware
house and has not been seen since.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
Three OF q Kind.
leigh News and Observer.

6dleiSn news anu ODSeTVeT.
John T. Smith, Daniel L Russell
and Com missioner Mewborne are men
of the same kind. Not one of them
has an idea of public service above
what there Is in it for them or their
henchmen. John R. Smith did more
to make Russell Governor than any
other man. They we're as thick then
as two in bed. There Is no gulf
between them now except that
Smiths scandalous administration
has been exposed to the public eye,
and the people rise up as one man
to condemn it. Smith is to be made
the scapegoat for the sins of the
whole gang, including his son. Unfit
as he is for public office, he is just as
good as Russell or Mewborne, and is
worse only In that his bad manage
ment has been more glaring- The
Governor knew Smith before he ap-
pointed him; Smith knew the Gov
ernor before he nominated him.
They were working together then to
get the "coon." They have fallen
out because Smith proceeded "to
skin him" in a way not approved by
the governor.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
THE COMPLEXION,
How to Have a Clear Skin and Handsome
Lips.


Lips.
Very often little pimples and tiny
boi1s Will come on the lips and turn to
rather unpleasant looking sores. These
spots arise from feverishness, which is
caused by the state of the digestive sys-
tenn If this is out of order, spots are
certain to break out somewhere, and the
lips are very often chosen for them to
appear on You should at once put
yourself ON very strict diet. Avoid
meat, rich dishes, pastry, new bread,
cake, wine, spirits and sugar. Live on
plain, dull, unsweetened food and eat
fruit and vegetables in preference to al
most anything else, and you will soon
be we'll. The lips themselves can be
touched with little powdered alutn,
and they will soon be well.
When your lips are very heavy and
thick, you can sometimes reduce TIE
size little by rubbing them with tan
min, but if you feel any pain or disco21l-
fort from this leave it off at once Il is
far better to have large lips than to
have them look unsightly.
When your lips are very much chap
ned in winter time, or in high east
winds, you should rub them well with
boroglycerin. In cold weather be very
careful that your veil is not damp over
your mouth, and constantly dry it with
your handkerchief. An excellent salve
to use when the lips are chapped is to
put into a clean pot on the fire a
dram of white wax, dram of balsam
of Peru, 2 drains of spermaceti, dram
of oil of cacao and 10 drains of rose
water and the same amount of sweet
almond oil. Stir over the fire till we'll
mixed, then strain through hair sieve
or muslin cloth and put into little pots
These pots must be very carefully corked
and tied down till they are needed for use.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
The Dialect Nore1ist.

He wachelt and bachelt,
He schughelt and sauchelt,
With many hech and q hotch,
He scartit and rakit
His memory and scrapit
A story he said was ssbraid Scotch. %
He rowied and he sow1ed
In style ould and bould,
With lots of begorrah and wall,
He be5abbered and gathered
And paper he glabbered
When he wrote his miscalled Irish tale.
He humid and he begum'd,
He SHOWED, swaned and vum'd
And begashed about keows .snd tho
barn,
BE ohawed and he hawed
As his poor pen he paved
While writing . fake Yankee yarn.
He ,am'd and he begged
As be hammered and dregged
his his and is I'm the strife,
Between aH and ,R1f coster
And Unabridged Webster
In . novel Of EngIish life.
Waterbury Globa
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
ROAST GOOSE.
How 60 Select the Bird and How %
Cook 1t,

Cook 1t.
Geese are generally in prime condi-
ton at this season of the year, and II
young and fat and properly stuffed with
sage and potato dressing make most ao-
ceptable roasts A goose over a year old
is strong, greasy bird and is not now
considered fit for food. Select one for
roasting that weighs about four or five
pounds. A larger bird is too tough. An
old one has tough wings, and the lower
part Of the beak has hardened. II the
beak does not break easily, and if the
tip of the breastbone is not flexible, the
bird is too old 1t is said that unscru-
pulous poultry dealers try to break the
breastbones of old geese so that they
will be flexible, but 1t is doubtful
whether this could be done without the
fraud being detected. The fat of an old
goose is dark, that of q young one light
and translucent.
After picking and drawing the bird
carefully remove all the fat that can
be reached under the skin and from the
inside. This should be saved and fried
out later for goose grease, but 1t Is or
no value In cooking, and if left in the
bird gives 1t a coarse, rank flavor.
Wash the bird inside and outside and
wipe it dry.
If you desire, use the time honored
stuffng of potatoes and sage.
Season the goose on the inside with
salt and pepper, stuff 1t with the dress
ing and truss it into shape like tur-
key. It can b stuffed with the same
dressing as turkey, but an extra flavor
ing of chopped onion should be added to
it. Put the goose on its back on rack
in dripping pan, dredging salt, pepper
and a liberal amount of flour over it,
and set it in an extra hot oven to roast.
When it begins to boil, put pint Of
boiling water under it and turn it over
ON its side In few minutes begin to
haste it, dredging it with salt, pepper
and -four after each basting. Let it cook
full hour and a half, basting and dredg-
ing it every 1 8 minutes. Let it roast for
the last quarter of an hour or longer on
its back. When it is well Drowned and
thoroughly done, put it on a platter.
Skim off all the fat in the dripping
pan, add cup of water or of stock, if
convenient, and thicken with flour.
When the mixture boils up thoroughly,
season. Strain and serve it as gravy
with the goose.
Always serve dish of tart apple sauce
with roast goose.
A goose from 8 to months of age Is
called "green." 1t is then esteemed
special delicacy. 1t Is never stuffed, but
is treated like game bird.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
WILL Be RESISTED.
A TAX PROPOSED ON TOBACCO
WAREHOUSES.
A Ruling of State Treasurer Worth
Imposes a Tax of One Per Cent. on
the Amount of Commissions
Received for Tobacco Sales.

Received for Tobacco Sales.
Friday evening State Treasurer
Worth made ruling which subjects
all tobacco warehousemen to a tax of
per cent. on their commissions. He
classes them as commission merchants
and applies chapter 294, section 90
laws of 1893
Members OF the firms conducting
each of Winston's four warehouses
were seen by SENTINEL representa-
tive that'smorning and shown the
Treasurer's ruling. All of these gen.
tlemen manifested very much sur
prise that an attempt should be made
TO apply the law 10 question to them
In fact 1T is positively known that the
legislative committee having the bill
in charge during its enactment into
law ty the 1893 Ii gislature, had no
idea OF It's being applied to the ware
house business.
Every warehousemau approached by
the SENTINEL man emphatically de-
clared that their firms would fight to
the bitter end any attempt to enforce
the collection of such tax However,
ION the spur of the moment" no def
mite plan OF resistance could be out
lined by either OF them.
The sources OF revenue for ware
houses in this city are a weighing
fee Of 10 cents on every hundred
hundred pounds, an auctioneer's fee
of 10 cents on all piles less than 100
pounds and % cents on those of more
than that weight and commission Of
p per cent. on the gross amount for
which the tobacco is sold 1t is the
latter that the Treasurer wants to
tax.
The revenue derived from commits
sions by Winston's four warehouses is
about S23. ZOO and the l per cent tax
would give the State 1927 of this
amount.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
How to Clean Plaster of Paris.

A clean piece of whiting should be
dissolved in a little water, and when
thoroughly incorporated with the fluid
the latter should be painted smoothly
over the discolored plaster of paris ar
ticle. The whiting will not rub off if a
small quantity Of ordinary isinglass is
melted first in warm water and when
cool is mixed with the whiting and wa
ter. Surely this is an inexpensive enough
means of cleaning our pretty ornaments
SO that they may no longer be eyesores
unto u.s.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
1t takes three to make a pair
counting in the clergyman.
At forty a man wishes he knew
what he thought he knew at twenty
Spinsterhood is often the fiirt's
punishment for contempt of court.
The hunter who tells bear story
doesn't always stick to the naked
truth.
The best thing about Adam was
his rib and that was removed to
make woman.
A man is not necessarily angry
when he gets his back up. Perhaps
he's only scorcher.
mileage book is so interesting
that the traveller is always sorry
when he reaches the last page.
When we say that wisdom is better
than riches we always mean our
wisdom and other peoples riches.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
How to Dress Smooth Furs.

For this purpose dissolve 8 ounces
of salt in pint of soft water, sponge
the inside of the skin with this salt wa
ter until it is quite saturated, then lay
the fur face downward upon a straight
board or the top of a table and stretch
it out as much as possible, fastening
down with a few small tacks. 1t will
not hurt the fur to place it to dry with
in a short distance of the fire, but 1t
must be noted that the fur has to be
quite dry before being removed from
the board, otherwise the process will be
a failure
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
THE PASSING OF SMITH.
Does Russell Want to Kill tho Agri-
cultural Depart ment

cultural Department
Raleigh P, ST. Dec. 10.
'sSmith is incapacitated for the
management OF the pppitentiary. He
will make Commissioner OF Agri-
culture as no brains are required to
run that department."
Thus Gov Russell is reported as
speaking to the Board of Agriculture
yesterday Wbereupon MI. New
borne rendered his resignation as
Commissioner, which was accepted
and the Board, as in full agreement
with the Governor, proceeded to
elect Mr. John R. Smith Commission
err. This looks a little paradoxical,
using one aching void to fill another.
The penitentiary has been most
she me'ully managed. According to
this action and declaration on the
part of The Governor, Superintend-
ent Smith is responsible therefor, on
account of his ''incapacity." The
Agricultural Department, one of the
most important in the State, or
ought to be, established ny the
farmers, or at their request, to foster
the grea test of all interests of the
people, is contemptuously made the
dumping ground for bis friend whose
dise raceful failure and lncapacity
he admits. What the farmers will
think of this declaration and action
remains to b. seen. We trust Mr.
Mewborne may be able to keep the
peniteDtiary from going entirely to
the 'demni ton boW-woWs," but why
the Governor should want to send
the Agricultural Department there
by putting MIR. Smith in control, We
are unable to divine That he
should send him there with such a
letter patent looks as if he has special
| animosity at that depart ment.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
WOMEN AS BUFFERS.
They Have Been Tired In " ashingto
With Good Results.

Washington Special to Baltimore Sun.
1t seems certain that another de-
partment of mans work, already
trenched upon by woman, will soon
be practically monopolized by the
weaker sex 1t means the doom of
the butler OF the household. Several
years since a private gentlem an of
this city, worn out by the exactions,
the assumptions and the delin
quenc!es of the successive men en-
ployed in his dining room, concluded
to try the experiment of a waitress
1t worked like charm. The woman
was tidy, skilliul, quick and noiseless
Unless he had more than eight to
dinner, she could serve an elaborate
meal, in courses, with more satisfac-
ton to him than any man who had
ever served him. If his company
consisted of more than eight it was
easy to call In an assistant OF the
same sex.
There was no longer the mysteri-
GUS disappearance of liquors from
his wine cellar, the tremendous
breakage of costly china and glass,
the incessant demand for higher
wages and the friction In the kitchen.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
The Report Not True.

A report was received here last
week tnat Mr.. Caleb II Haynes, Of
Mt. Airy, ex-Register OF Deeds of
Surry county, was killed Wednesday
evening. The rumor had it that he
was out driving when his horse took
fright, ran away and threw him out,
killing him instantly. Mr.. George
w Sparger, of Mt. Airy. spent Thursday
night in the city. He left home that
day and says be heard the report
on the train, but he denied it, as he
saw MI HAYNES before he left that
morning He has no idea how the
report originated
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
FOUR GENERATIoNs IN JAIL.
The Youngest OF the Family Is a Week
Old, the Oldest Al bout 60

New BEDFORD, Mass, Dec. 10
The House of Correction here fur,
nishes remarkable study in crim>
inolugy. There are now in the
place four generations in one family,
the youngest just a week old and the
eldest, the infants great-grand.
mother. scarcely over threescore.
All but the infant were committed
to the Institution on September for
shoplifting. Alenus ellis was ar
rested after the police discovered the
hiding place of some plumber, and
subsequently his wife, Jennie ellis;
her mother, Bessie Tattersail, and
her grandmother, Margaret Layland.
followed Al@nus, all charged with
either larceny or the receiving of
stolen goods.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
Public Office q Public Trust.

CharIOtte UbServer.
The news comes from Raleigh that
J. NJ. Mewboorne has resigned as
commissioner of agriculture, and is
to be elected superintendent OF the
penitentiary, Superintendent Smith,
of the penitentiary, succeeding New
boorne as commissioner of agricul
ture. This is public acknowledgment
of what the public has all the while
known, viz: Smiths incompetency
for the position he has been trying
to fill. There will probably
be a reckoning some day for an ad
ministration which takes the peoples
Offices and trades and marts them to
undeservers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
Hints for the Fleshy.

New York Sun.
A novelty In problems for the
woman with too much flesh comes in
a report from Paris that in gowns of
certain colors flesh seems to shrink,
in Others to expand. A subdued
shade of peacock blue, plum color.
and olive green, with black, of course,
are announced as the colors under
which flesh seems least ostentatioJs,
while Wedgewood blue, pale gray,
and almost any shade of red are to
be avoided sedulously. In the way
of trimmings and light tints, orange.
yellow, light blue, and cerise should
not be used Mauve and the higher
tints of green are the two coiors that
in decoration about the throat and
shoulders are especially helpful in
diminishing the effect OF flesh.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
HAD CHOLERA.
Mr.. A. b. Mock Loses Some Fine
Hogs-Killed One.

Mr.. A. B. Mock Loses Some Fine
Hogs-Killed One.
Mr.. A. B Mock, one of Forsyths
prosperous farmers, who lives five
miles west of Winston, had four hogs
in the pen which would weigh not less
than LOO pounds. He had arranged
to kill them last week Wednesday-in
fact one was killed, but in cleaning it
the men foud the meat red spotted.
One Of the neighbors was sent for
and upon investigation stated that
the animal had cholera Going to
the pen 1t was discovered that one
was dead from the same disease
The third one in this pen was found
to be we'll and 1t was killed, dressed
and prepared for eating. The fourth
one gave indications OF being sick,
therefore it was not killed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
The Alliance Shoe Factory.

At last the shoe factory at Hills
boro, has started up 1t began opera
tion on December IS, with a capaci-
ty of fifty pairs Of shoes day. Most
of the workmen now employed are
Skilled men, but others will be en-
ployed from time to time and taught.
With full force of skilled hands the
factory can turn out 300 pairs OF shoes
a day The factory is owned and
operated by the State Farmers AL
lance. Already there have been
enough orders for shoes received to
keep the factory running for some
time.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-12-23
CAPE FEAR & YA3KIN VALLEY RY.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY Both, 1887.

TRAINS LEAVE GREENSBORO.
12.15 p. NJ. DAILY-Arrive a. Ore Hill l 46
pm; Sanford, &c. Fayetteville.
100 p m; Red Springs, A m;
Maxton, gil p m; Bennettsville.
7l5 p m; Wilmington, 80 m;
Ocean View, 6 D M; CaIolina
Beach, 80 p m; Southern Pines,
55 m; Athens, 8 As m: Allan
ia, 20 m; Chattanooga, / 80 d
m; Nashville, 55 p m; Florence,
20 M; Sumpter Is p m; Col
umbia, 10 IS m; Charleston.
10 so p m; Savannah. 2 40 m.
9.35 IA DAILY Except Sunday)-arrives
at SLokesdale, 10 Al p m; Madison,
IL 30 m.
3.15 p m DAILY Except day)-Arrives
at Climax, IS p m; Ramseur;
4.30 p m DAILY-Arrives at Walnut Cove,
SAT p m; Pilot Mountain, So p
m; Mt Airy, As pm.
TRAINS ARRIVE GREENSBORO.
11.55 a ID DAILY-From Mt Airy, Pilot
Mountain and Walnut Cove.
9.17 m DAILY Except Sunday From
Rhmseur and Climax.
2.45 p m DAILY Except Sunday From
Madison and Stokesdale.
40 p m DAILY-From Ocean View, Caro-
lima Beach, Wilmington, Fayette-
vile, Red Spring, Ma1ton, Ben
nettsvi,le, Savannah, Charleston,
ford Nashville, Chattanooga, At
lanta, Athens, Southern Pines,
Sanford and Ore Hill.
W. f. KYLE,
J. w. Fry, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Gen'l Manager.