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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

Mohammedans Quell Row Between
Catholics and Greeks.

MOnammedanS QueIl kOW between
Catholics and Greeks.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. Is Official
advices received here from Jerusalem
show that there has been further
trouble among the worshippers at the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
1t appears that the Roman Catho
lies were opposed to the members of
the Orthodox Greek Church entering
the church by certain door on the
evening OF Jan 6. the day observed by
the Orthodox Church as Christmas.
The latter insisted upon their right
to enter, and the result was that the
two factions became involved in a
serious fight, which did not end until
the Turkish authorities interviewed to
restore order. Some OF the combat
ants were badly injured. but it is not
known whether anybody was killed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14
Girls " avs.

Kansas City Star.
1t is late custom for a girl to in
vite as many friends to her birthday
party as she is years old, and an
Atchison girl, who will be 81 next
Tuesday, will observe it by inviting
seventeen girls to tea..e
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

THE explanation of SINNERS en-
thusiastic support of Pritchard is
that Skinner wants to step into
Buffers shoes four years hence and
that by supporting a Republican
now he will have Republican support
then-in his hour of need. Pie and
the hope of pie is cutting a great big
figure in the politics of today.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14
A Close Finish.

Town Topics
Daughter-Georgia says he fears
he can't support me In the style I'm
accustomed to.
The Father-Marry him, anyhow.
1 can't keep it up much longer my
self.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

NORTH CAROLINA should be credita-
bly, represented at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition this year. We
notice that the Commissioners for
this State have organized and that
a committee has been appointed to
memorabilia the Legislature and ask
from it suitable appropriation.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

To prevent pale and delicate children
from fapsing into chronic invaIids later in
life, they should take Ayers Sarsaparilla
together with plenty of wholesome food and
out-of>door exercise. What they need to
build up the system is good red blood.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

To an outsider, it appears that
Skinner INDUCES in an exuberance of
chin music for a would-be party
leader.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

HoLToN appears to have stolen a
march on Marsh Mott and the other
fellows in securing the endorsement
of the Republican legislative caucus
of his candidacy for United States
District Attorney. They say Motifs
ire is greatly aroused thereat and
that he is charging Holton with snap
action. Look out for much fur flying
in the great pie counter squabble.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14
A NEEDED REFORM.


To the Educational Review, Mr.. E.
L. Godkin contributes an article on
"The Illiteracy of American Boys"
the trend of which is that our public
schools send boys to college with
small knowledge of good English,
and that private schools do little
better. We quote the following ex-
tract from Mr.. Godkin's article:
81 meet every day with men whom
we call educated who do not seem to
care how they speak or how they
write. Their speech Is full of sole
cisms, their letters and notes are IN
punctuated scrawls and in their pro-
nunciation the vowel sounds are
summary got rid of. l have heard
a man who boasts of his colonial
descent and his old family place, and
who had a large inherited fortune,
tell Of it In English which, in accent
and structure, would discredit a
newsboy."
Mr.. Godkin directs attention to a
very important matter and to a
defect in our educational system
which should be remedied, and that
speedily.
The languages and higher mathe-
matics are all right in their places,
but it occurs to us that the study of
these things should not supplant in
struction in English and lower
mathematics. Indeed, we do not Sc e
how intelligent pursuit of the former
can prevail without the solid founda-
tions of the latter. Yet, our obser-
walton impresses us with the idea
that it is too frequently the case that
the study of English Grammar and
of Arithmetic is dropped at entirely
too early a period in the school life
of the children and they are pushed
along, or dragged along, in Latin
and Algebra and Geometry, without
the proper preparation for these
advanced studies. Consequently,
what is acquired, instead of being a
natural, gradual and intelligent
growth in knowledge, is often a mere
mechanical process, yielding superb
cial results.
1t is time to call halt and insti-
tute reforms in this very import ant
matter
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

IT is said that definite selections
have been made for two of the Cabi-
net portfolios-Cornelius n. Bliss, of
New York, for Secretary of the Navy,
and Senator John Sherman, of Ohio,
for Secretary of State. What about
the Grand Mogul, Marcus Aurelius?
Why, they say he is to succeed Sher-
man in the Senate, but if this plan
should fail, he will become Postmas-
ter General. Don't be uneasy about
Uncle Mark. He will look out for
No. 1.
1T is said that the negro who was
elected a member of the Governors
council in Massachusetts has been
offered twenty thousand dollars to
resign, so obnoxious is the idea of
member of his race occupying such a
position. The darkey Indignantly
refused the offer and declares he will
fill the place to which he has been
elected. And all this in Republican
Massachusetts, from whence SO much
sympathy for 1.-THE poor colored
man" has emanated.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

If You do not want gray hair, use Hall's
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-14

than the competing products of
countries where the lower wages are
paid" This rule, which is without
an exception, is stated as above
quoted in the greatest American
work on Political Economy, Gen.
Francis A. Walkers book at page
511.
Russia, he says. strives to protect
her labor against the better paid
labor of Germany; Germany strives
to protect her labor against the
better paid labor of England. The
truth is that well paid, intelligent
labor is more efficient" than cheap
labor.
In Europe the highest wages are
paid in the non-protected countries.
In the United States, we are supposed
to twist this rule in economics and
make it delude the poor workingman.
Can the former say that the gov
eminent is or is to be in the hands
of his friends? Can the working man
say it? Has either been benefited
by legislation? On the contrary,
have they not both been injured?
The men of Wall Street can tell you
who have been benefited; they know.
But the question of the day and of
the future is the money question
while the tariff is used mainly to
draw mems minds away from the
real issue. Don't be longer deceived.
Prices depend on money by which
they are measured. Tariffs cannot
raise wages nor increase prosperity.
The times., 1897-06-13
Americans we Are Interested In.

Mr.. James Gordon Bennett has been TO
New York, ,hasyiewedthe city. .andespecially
the new home of his newspaper in it, aud
has gone away again. What he thought
about it he seems not TO have divulged; at
least no newspaper has printed any au-
thoritative expression of his sentiments.
Mr.. Benaett is one of two A American citizens
whose preference for living abroad excites
q good deal Of interest in the minds OF their
countrynen The other one is Mr.. William
Waldorf Astor. There are thousands of
Americans. who live abroad without the
least disturbance OF the equanimity OF
their fellow-citizens at home, but with Mr..
Bennett and Mr.. Astor il is different
There seems TO be so much to interest and
retain them in this country that the average
American is surprised at the continuousneSs
OF their preference to live elsewhere No
doubt the whole secret OF it is that they
like to live where they can have the most
fun. but one may con lecture that blended
with that comprehensive sentiment there
may he conviction that since the locker
on sees most of she game, there are certain
auvantage ia keeping at such a distance
from the work which one directs as 70 he
free FROM ver-distractiOn by details, aud
able TO concentrate attention on vital
! concerns.
To ali appearances Mr. Benefits news
paper and Mr.. Astor's real estate busi-
| ness prosper in their absence, yet each
of these nonresident proprietors is cred
| tied with activity and Shire wdness in the
| management Of his property and with
| careful supervision OF all that his agents
| 90. Mr. AstOr is as much credited with
building the Waldorf Hotel as though he
| tad personally stood over its construc-
| ton, and Mt. Bennett is AZ much cred
| tied with building the New York Herald
building ana removing his newspapers up
town, and with all the recent innOva-
tionS III the management Of his prop
| critics, including the owls that wink and
| the bronze automatOns that strike the
| hour, as if he had never been farther
| from New York than Newport. No doubt
| there are Americans who conduct them
| selves quite as much like persons in the
| Arabian Nights or Monte CristO'' as
| Mr. Bennett and Mr.. AstoT, but they are
! not 70 inserarately connected with large
| quasi public Interests as those gentle
| men, and therefore are not so constantly
| present in the public mind. Mr.. Bennett
| and Mr.. Astor are interesting men, and no
| wonder The man who does just as he
| darn pleases, and has abundant means to
/ do it with, ought to be interesting TO OBJ
| servers, even though he may often grow
| tiresone to himself .-Harper's Weekly.
The times., 1897-06-13
safe From Perdition.

1t was evidently his first experience Oil
a railroad train, and he was as full OF eXJ-
berance and excitement as a small boy on
circus day He started to walk down the
aisle just as the express struck pretty
sharp curve. and the sudden swerVe car
ried him off his feet and tumbled him into
d seat on top of clergyman, who had
been trying to enjoy cat-nap between
stations.
The rural traveller extricated himself as
soon as possible, and without making any
apology to the minister, began swearing
with volubility which proved him an eX-
pert in profanity. The clergyman bore this
for while in silence, aud then, touching
the farmers elbow. quietly said ''stopi
My friend, do you know where you are
going? If you don tsme tell you. You
and your immortal sv~- are bound straight
for perditiou.
.well,'' said the farmer, confidentialy
..do you know. l rather mistrusted this
blamed thing right from the start, so
boug hit a round trip ticket. .'-Chicag
Post.
The times., 1897-06-13
The American Decision.

''Ah, Godt how Iong?" hear stricken Cuba
cry,
Wasted my fields, my homes in ruin lie;
Ny sons are slain because they stand by
Inc,
NV daughters sold to brutal soldiery
Each day, each hour doth witness some
great wrong
All, God, who justice loves. how long,
how long?"
What cry was that?" asks a lingo, half
awake,
"Who these complaints in woful accents
make?
All, Cuba, thou? thy plight is sad to see
Tell me again, my friend, what aileth
thee?'
Nay. nay" with depreeaung voice, cried
Trade;
Mere bandits these who all this noise
have made,
Who prate of freedom while they bum
and slay,
Nor care that 1 must for their folly pay"
"Oh, ye who have your freedom gained,
hear me-
Poor Cuba cried, that lieth at your door
Painting for life. l did aspire TO be
But free; for this great crime I'm
stricken sore.
I did but seek the rights your Washington
And his compatiiots for the world have
won"
Believe her not," quick in terrupted
Trade;
believe not aught she says-the lying
jade.
Her rights, indeed,-the right to rob and
slay
Is all she stands for, and to thwart my
way.
Be counseled, sir, and keep from this vile
fray"
| eSileuce, o Tradei" the lingo cried aloud,
SO loud that he was heard from sea TO sea,
SO loud that all the mountains answered
back;
And then 1 saw about his form was
wrapped
The STAYS and Stripes, and in his hand
he held
| sloft the same glad emblem, and light
Was on his face, as 'twere the face OF
God.
80 Trade he cried, II know you from
of old.
4 Know how those principles men hold
| most dear,
| And friends, and country, you have al
ways sold.
| Rack 70 your native dust, and hide you
there,
| For ! am stirred. This cry OF the opprest,
| And 'gainst it the oppressor's vengeful
shout,
Doth move me as in seventy-six- No rest
| Can come to me until I've driven out
| The Spanard from this isle; until wipe
Tie Spanish name from out our West
| ern sea,
In words of one who was my prototype
By the Eternali Cuba shall be Tree!
FRANK LORRAINE.
The times., 1897-06-13

able result IL Miss Ellen Glasgow, oi
Richmond, Va. The value OF her book as
piece Of creative work is heightened by
the fact that she has led rather re
cluded life. A delicate child, she hs,u
little school training, although she was
ALWAYS an omuivurous reader, and had lie
real child's g appetite for fairy tales--a pas
sion w hich she admits she has never 'Iuite
outgrown. She says herself that she re-
members learning 10 tad In order to enjoy
unassisted the pages of Grimfn's Tales
and of Sir Walter Scott. BY the time she
was thirteen she had learned TO love Aob-
ert Browning, and he has neyer lost ihe
first place among poets In her htart, al
though Swipburne holds close second
This imaginative Development was per
haps no more than one often sees III
bright child. But in Miss Glasgow 5 case
there was much more.
At the age of eighteen she began a sys-
tematic study of political economy and So
cialisn She read the works OF Draper
Buckle, Lecky, Gibbon, Romanes, Weissman
and many others, and was strongly in1lu-
enced by John Stuart Mill-an influence
that declares Itself eiearlyin THE Descend
| anti 1t was almost a matter OF course
| that she should be an ardent disciple of
| Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer and
| an advocate of Huxley and Haeckel. She
! brought her mind TO point where her I'M
| agination was heldin check, although not
The times., 1897-06-13
rhe shah in scotland.

s'When ! was at the Paris exposition
said Malcolm Duncan, of Glasgow, yester-
day, 1.-The Shah Of Persia was one OF Che
honored guests. He was a good SOUL
Western civilization had made an impress
sion on him, and no ruler in the Orient b ad
a profounder respect for the wonders that
British and American genius have ac-
corlplished Western trade and commerce
rad no more liberal or intelligent patron
than this same Shah. Persia lost nd
eral ruler when the assassin's bullet iaid
him low; but this has naught to do with
my story.
Zone night the Shah visited one o! the
French theaters of the lower grade. When
he arrived the house was full. The Orr
entail monarch received the best the house
afforded but that was not even one excia
srve box The Shah and his friends Were
ushered into one OF the front boxes. In II
sat a typical scotchman, staid and sol
emu as his race. IN the course Of the even.
The times., 1897-06-13

ing a pretty aud nthe-limbed danseuse ca
pered ninibly upon the stage. instantly
the Shah was all attention. He feasted ms
ewes or, the gyrating form, and even forgot
his kingly dignity in his admiration for
the actress. Persia's proud ruler sat In
front of the Scot, who was the only occu-
pant OF the box when his party arrived.
When his enthusiasm carried him to his
feet the Scots vision was obscured
Shah or no Shah the Scot had paid TO see
the show, and see the show he proposed
to do.
Laying a heavy hand on the shoulder
OF the Oriental despot, the Scot said: If
you ever come to Scotland ask for Mac
Kenzie, the laird of Kintoul He'll show
you better things than Paris ever saw.
'.The earnestness of the Scot impressed
the Shah even more than his heavy hand.
Mackenzie, the laird of Kintoui, was
name that lodged in his memory, the more
because with it was associated the PROMISE
OF sights TO the Persian yet unknown.
few months thereafter it befell that the
Shah, in the course of his trip through the
British Isles, visited Scotland. The lard
OF Kintoul's invitation still rung in his
ears Inquiry revealed that Mackenzie
was the head of numerous and powerful
clan, and the Shah went out OF his course
to meet him and remind him OF his
promise.
''The highland chief is TIE soul of honor
He felt cUmplimented by the visit, and n
duty bound to make good his promise The
fair lassies for all the country round were
assembled in the lairds ancestral castle.
Five hundred young women tossed their
slippers skyward at the fist note OF the
Scotch bagpipe. The 500 plaid-clad forms
gyrated through the movements OF an OLD
fashioned highland fling. Those thousand
feet that stole boldly out and then mod
estly retired beneath the shelter OF SEQ
| tia's national colors, n ade SIGHT whieh
| the harems Of the Sultan and the feasts
| OF the East could not equal. The Shah was
| captivated. He glided into the midst oi
| the feminine throng and pretty lassie
| who is now married to Glasgow ship
| builder has the honor Of being the only
| woman With whom Persia S ruler danced
| during mis- visit in Queen Victora's do
| mains. In my part of Scotland the Shat
| and his visit to the laird OF Kintoul is ST
| one of the subjects of neighborly gossip" =
| st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The times., 1897-06-13
rbe Latest in Postage stamps.

Have you any postage stanps?" she
said 70 the drug clerk.
''Ye, m. Two-cent stamps?"
"Yes.''
How many, please?"
Five"
what flavor?"
Flavor? What do you mean y
well, we have them with the muCiiage
In different lavors-peppermint, winter
green, vanilla, strawberry, lemon Some
people Ike one kind and some another, but
nearly everybody objects to the flavor of
the Government mucilage, so We flavor our
stamps to suit our customers. OF couise
we make charge for our work, but we find
a growing demand for favored stamps
'.How do you sell them?"
"Two-cent stamps, cents each"
She expressed her great satisfaction with
the improvement. and said she'd take
five stamps, stra wberry flavored.-Har-
per's BaZar.
The times., 1897-06-13
D,dn.t Know an Old Friend.

.Its butterfly said one of the youn g
sters, decisively. . 'Taint,' answered one
Of his companions, just as decisively; lit s
a bedbug" "No, it's nc bedbug,'' shouted
q third; '.it's spider!' The three boys
were looking through a microscope which
had been conveniently placed just inside
the show window of well-known Smith
fie.c street opticians store. 1t was little
wonder the youngsters were interested;
a side lightmade the view most wonderful.
The time being 8 in the evening it was
q little difficult to decipher the inscription
placed inst below the film But little
screening OF the eyes enabl ed one to make
ont that it was the head of fullgrown
Jersey mosquito the microscope was being
used to exploit : Pittsburg Dispatch.
The times., 1897-06-13

In Corporation Finance" Mr.. Thomas L.
Company of New York city has prepared
little study OF the principles and methods OF
the anagement Of finances of corpora
tions in this country, with special reference
to the valuation of corporation securities
1t is An Interested enlighteneT to the unin-
ftiated in the maze of up-to- date financier-
ing, and should prove of great value to in
vestors who wish 10 determine the value o {
the stocks anI bonds of corporations in
which they may be interested. Says the au-
thor in the preface Before there can be
any Intelligent discussion of the problems
which arise in the anagemeut of corpora
tions ii is necessary that there shall be a
wider knowledge of the objects sought IN
corporation financiering, and of the prac-
tical reasons which have led to the policy
pursued in the United States, together with
it's results He offers suggestions which
will prove of service to the large class of
business men and lawyers VINO are not
infrequently called upon to deal with the
incorporation or the administra ration of an
industrial unde rtaklng. The chapter head
ings disclose the treatment of the folio win e
topics Bonds andstocks, forms of corporate
enterprise railway bonds, subsidiary COM
panies and their securities, corporation ac-
counts, the examination of railway reports,
public policy toward corporation profits and
corporation reorganizations and receiver
ships. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Washington: Brentano.)
The times., 1897-06-13

tanooga," "Cbickamauga,'' and "sweet
Revenge" The last Is q recently pub
lished novel, written around Union offi-
Ger, MaJor Branderstane, who was wounded
by guerrilla while scouting In Alabama
Taken to the house of Mr.. Stanforth, he
met his hosts daughter, Mary. He was
kidnapped by the guerrillas. and Mary and
her cousin, Jacquiline Rutland, followed
him. Helped by them, he escaped from
the guerrillas, who tried to retake him and
the girls Finally all were rescued by
Confederate, from whom Branderstane es-
,aped again and joined the Union forces
In turn. lie was able 10 help the Stanfortis,
and after the war he married Mary, tNew
York: Harpers. Washington: Woodward
& Lothrop.)
The times., 1897-06-13
The Delights of the Effete East.

A Grafton man had letter the other day
from an Eastern uncle, who said he was
making up his mind to come to North
Dakota to live. He thought he would be
well adapted to the climate having lived
next door TO an icehouse for seventeen years
and had slept III the same house with 8
man who was practicing ON a trombone.
AS 90 his ability 10 rustic, he had for nine
years had theentire charge of twenty seven
hens, one OF them being lame--Grafto N.
D. Record.
The times., 1897-06-13

The Pope has completed Latin poern
of eighty stanzas, pointing out the duties
OF frugality and the evils OF gluttony
1t is said to be full of charm and quiet
huInor His holiness says: Pay atten-
tion before all to cleanliness, that
the table appointments he spotless, the
glass bright, and napery immaculate, aud
that from the cellar comes the puresJ
wine of the Albanian hills, which exfili-
rates the spirits and keeps away trouble,
but don't trust Bacchus, SO don't be frugal
in diiuting wine with water" He CON
tinues: .'Obtain from healthy grain Well
cooked bread Eat sparingly of chicken,
The times., 1897-06-13

The author Of The World and a Man"
and "A Drama in Dutch" neither OF which
has been SO popular in America as In
their native England, appeals again TO
the reading public with little piece Of
fiction Just big enough to slip comfortably
into the side pocket and ligkt enough net
to make itself felt in an impressiyely cum
bersome manner The afoEesaid author
doesn't disclose his or her name, nor i'is
or her sex, which is always.a distressing
nuisance in trying to speak correctly of
him or her. He or she simply calls himself
OF herself ~ T." The book IS called The
Beautiful Miss Brooke" IL is pretty,
correctly written trifle in light fiction,
clean aud honest, naTrating the story
Of an American girl who trapped a
good sort of an English cl:ap into fall
ing In love with her, and tAlen told him
deliberately, or as she says, honestly" )"
that she doesn 'tlove him and can't, and will
not marry him. This happened in Paris
The fitted 'un takes long walk, and goes
home to England to marry girI who has
waited for him, conveniently. If that's
the sort of a story you like, you'll like
this one. New York: Appleton's Wash
ington: Brentano.D
The times., 1897-06-13

Mr. W. W. Appleton has just returned
from his annual trip abroad, with the
Ms. of Mr.. Hall Gaines new story, The
Christian" under his arm. MI. Appleton
is described by a London paper as tall,
MISUNDERSTANDING man, whose personal
annearance and style remind one of Mr.. S
r. Bancroft. He is an entertaining talkeI,
and has keen perception of what is gen
timely good and promising IN the ht
erature of today. Heis one OF the most en-
terprising of transatlantic publishers, ana
has an able permanent representative III
London in the person OF Dr. u W.
Sheldon