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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Fifty Cars of Leaf.

Fifty cars, loaded with leaf to-
bacco for Duke, Sons s. Co., at Dur
ham, passed through Greensboro from
Danville on Saturday. It required
two engines to pull the shipment.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
NocuRE-No pay.

That is the way all druggists sell GROVES
TASTELESS CHILL TONIC for ChillS and
Fever and all forms of Malaria. It is simply
Iron and Quinine In q tasteless fern. Children
love 1t. Adults prefer 1t to bitter, nauseating
TONES. Price, SOC.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17

Nervous people find relief by enriching
their blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla which
is the one true blood purifier and nerve
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Death of Mrs. Brower's Mother.

A telegram received, here Tuesday
from Concord announced the death OF
Mrs. Bost, mother of Mrs. j. f.
Brewer, of Salem. She passed away
that morning at her home near Con-
cord.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
DEAD LETT ERS.

If Your Name is on the List, Call on
the Postmaster.
The following is list of dead let
tiers remaining in the post office at
Winston, N. c., Feb. 18th, 1898:
Dennis Allison, B Boyd, w T
Brinkley, Miss Mary Brown, d A
Cain ~, Mrs S L Davis, Gist 81 Smith,
James A Glenn, Miss Sallie Gum.
Graves 81 Miller, Mrs Caroline Hayes,
James HaristOn, r L Hariston, Luther
Hill, Willie Hopper, z p Hunter, Mrs
Ida james, Angeline Johnson, JIG
Johnson, Fl d Jones, Miss Maryetta
Jones, Miss Annie Kane, Wesley Lee,
5 Marsh (2), Miss Martha Mabry,
Horn Cakes, Mrs Fannie L Motley, M T
Murray, Butler w Nance, Elec Pan
mel, Orvin Penn, Vann Pitts, Tom
Pratt, w S Primrose, Belle Wright,
Anna Scales, r G Sacher 81 Co, Miss
Annie Sheats, Mrs r O Simmons, A
w Sparks, @ Steele & Son, Miss
Rosa Terry, Stern s. Co, Jessie Wade,
James Walker.
When calling for the above letters
please say they were advertised.
p. FL. LYBRooK, p. M.
SALEM
List of letters remaining unclaimed
In poStotfice at Salem, N. c., at close
Of business Saturday, Feb 18th. 1898:
Mrs James Bailey, Miss Bertha
Cook, Henry CrOtts, DR. Guy G NJ God
fry, Miss Rance Hall, M A Harvey,
Miss Cora Johnson, Mrs w l. Katy
berger. j w Long worth, Wiley Miller,
Mrs Jane Mills, Mrs Della Mundy,
Mrs Birty Mock, J w Motsinger,
George Nusom, Mrs Dora Pierce, Miss
TIME Shore, John Sheets, Miss Sallie
b Steelman (3) Erastus l. Swain, w ID
Thomas, Jasper Weavil, Miss Matte
Wilson. Mrs Annie Williams, Charley
Wing, Jim Wier
Parties calling for these letters will
please say they were advertised.
w. =. ORMSBY, z. NJ.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17

The temperance cause will go on
crutches until the church closets are
cleared of jugs.
Duty and responsibility were
married in the Garden of Eden.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
The Pen Mightier Than the Swc I'd.

The life of such man as Peter Force
was worth more to American letters
and to human history than the lives
Of score of the military generals and
other notables whose names are so
generally blazoned about. He lived for
more than half a. century in Washing
ton. He filed many public and re-
sponsible positions, and he was for
nine years editor and proprietor of a
daily journal which enjoyed the conf
dence of Henry Clay and John Quincy
Adams; but it is not as mayor of
Washington nor as an editor that he
will be best remembered His charac-
teristic merit, which differeniates him
from the Ritcflies, the Duff Greens
and the +. P. Blairs, who also bore an
active part in political Journalism at
the national capital, is that he was
more than journalist, he was a his
torian.-Ainsworth r. Spofford in the
Atlantic.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
THE POOR MANS MANURE.

There was two or three inches of
snow in April on the night of the 9Th
inst. Possibly more fell farther inland.
But at this season such SHOWS, though
yextati0us to The farmer, who is anx-
ious to get to work ploWing and plant
ing, are not so bad as heavy rainfalls.
Such SHOWS are often called ''the poor
mans manure" and after them grass
and winter grain grow with a brighter
green verdure. The reason Is that
the coarse flakes Of snow fall through
air that has absorbed a considerable
amount of ammonia. Whoever draws
away a compost heap Of liberates some
of this ammonia. If caught soon bv
snow. it is carried to the soil. Rain
also will absorb some, but not so much
as snow, as the drops of rain are small
er and do not touch SO much air in
falling to the earth. And yet this poor
mans manure Is far too little to be re-
lied upon to secure fertility for crops.
1t contains nothing Of value except a
little nitrogen, and the poorest soil
in the world gets as much of this from
the spring snow storms as does the
best. In fact, If a farmer depends
wholly on late spring snow storms to
fertilize his fields, he will be apt to
remain poor farmer all his life. 1t
is possibly q sly reference to this fact
that gives to late spring SHOWS the
name so often quoted.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Nelson's Wonderful Feat.

Writers of historical "reminiscences
nave to be masters of a certain amount
Of accurate information about their
heroes if they wish to avoid mistakes
II they are not, they are sure to "get
things mixed
Not long since reviewer In the Lon.
don Times, writing of book named
Rowing Commissions" related on his
own account the following episode of
Nelson, the great admiral:
"While In chase of Villeneuve's
French feet he was informed of the
enemy heaving in sight, at which in
formation Nelson evinced the highest
satisfaction, and gleefully rubbed his
hands"
AS a correspondent of the Times
points out, this incident occurred in
1905. Nelson lost his right arm in the
attack on Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, In
l797-eigbt years prior to his pursuit Of
Villeneuyes feet. 1t would have been,
therefore, a difficult matter for him to
Hrub his hands" in 1905.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
FARM And GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS.
Individuality ID Farm StOck'''Ccws Sold
on Their Merlts.'.PeaS As an Orchard
Crop.'.Etc., Etc.
INDIVIDUALITY IN FARM
STOCK

No positive rules can be given for
feeding farm stock. Besides the diff
ference in some, which may be tested
by pair of scales, there is a great
difference in the appetite and feeding
capacity of animals. This last can be
determined by the experiment. This
makes the work of caring for farm
stock one which requires care and
thought, instead of being merely me-
chanical. When domestic animals are
pregnant their appetites and ability to
digest large amount Of food is greatly
increased. In most cases this increased
ability to eat and digest food remains
after the necessity for it has passed.
Hence, animals that have bred several
times fatten much more rapidly than
will those Of like age that have never
been bred.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Railroad Signal Instruction.

A block signal instruction equip
ment is in use OH the Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway to
instruct the employees in the handling
of signals. The equipment includes a
model of length of track with two
passing sidings fitted with signals and
two cars representaing trains. This Is
fitted up in the air-brake instruction
car, the equipment of which also in
cludes working model of the electric
car lighting system, an electric head
light as used oil some Of the locomo-
tives, and the sand Jet appliance used
for sanding the rails.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
PREVENTING OAT SMUT.

The question of preventing oat smut
is one which deserves consideration
by the owners Of this cereal in New
York State. The annoyance from the
dusty, disagreeable smut masses is one
well known to every grain handler and
thresher; but the disease is damage
as we'll as an annoyance. Competent
authorities estimate the annual injury
to the oat crop by smut at from )
to 10 per cent, taking the United
States as a whole; and New York
crops are probably as badly affected.
Yet the disease is one so easily and
so cheaply prevented that it seems
strange that preventive measures are
not more widely used.
In experiments carried on by the
New York Agricultural Experiment
Station (Geneva). during 1897, was
found that the Jensen, or hot water,
treatment gave perfect immunity from
smut. This treatment requires no
chemicals or expensive apparatus; all
that is needed is large kettle for
heating water, a thermometer, a barrel
and gunny sack. The seed oats are
to be kept for ten minutes in water at
a temperature of 1913 degrees Fahren-
heit, a matter requiring only little
care in adding to the water in the
barrel when the temperature falls or
cold water from a pail when the mer-
curry stands avobe the required height
in the thermometer.
Other treatments, involving sprink-
ling the seed with solutions of different
fungicides or coaking the oats in diff
ferent solutions of different fungicides
or soaking the oats in such solutions,
were tested side by side and several of
them gave excellent results with only
slight expense, Complete prevention
of smut was obtained by sprinkling
the oats with d | per cent. solution of
lysol of formalin, costing FIVE cents
and four cents respectively, per BUSH
el; of by soaking the seed for one
hour in 0.3 per cent. solution of lysol,
costing 81 cents per bushel, or in 0.2
per cent solution of formalin, costing
IA cents. Similar treatments with
potassium sulphide and Ceres powder
gave good results, but either cost lit
tie more or were not quite as efficient
as those given.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
WARMTH FROM TERMINATING
SEEDS.

One Of the aids to the preservation Of
seeds sown in early spring is that the
swelling and bursting Of the seed ne
cessary to put out the germ is always
accompanied with considerable
warmth. 1t is accompanied by the
creation Of little carbolic acid gas,
which Is never separated from organic
matter without at least partial decom-
position. SO soon as roots put forth
from the young plant they carry this
carbonic acid gas to their tips, and
this also partially deComposes the soil
that they have come in contact with.
When the blade first appears above the
surface 1t calls on the root for mois-
ture, and as the root takes the mois-
ture from the soil the latter is thereby
made dryer. 1t is also warmed as well,
for in early spring the outside air is
nearly always warmer than the soil,
and to dry 1t is also to warm II.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Curious Florida Crabs.

Haunting the rookeries of the birds
In the southern part of the peninsula
Is a large blue crab. He makes hole
In the ground, usually under log, and
when he hears a noise elevates his head
end protrudes his eyes with startling
effect. He Is able to take care of HIM
self, for his pincers are powerful and
his shell Is hard. He Is often as large
as q saucer.
There Is perpetual war between
him and the birds. He wanders among
the nests at night and appropriates the
bits Of fish left by the nestlings and the
young themselves, If he can find q
mother off her guard. But he has to
he sly or he Is killed by the stroke Of
bayonet bill and eaten in his turn.
When the plume hunters have driven
off or destroyed the parents Of q rook-
cry, these crabs swarm out and devour
the orphan young In short order. But
while the mothers are allowed to do
their duty the crabs are ideal scaven-
gers and devour the refuse as well as
the Insects that infest the bird cities.
Their bright colors, like those of the
tiger, make them less dangerous than
their appetites would otherwise be.
There is little purple crab along the
coast Of Southern Florida which seems
to feed almost entirely upon the fruit
Of the catcus. This it so much resem-
bles that you are suddenly surprised to
see one Of the sueculent little balls
move away from your fingers before
you are aware that 1t Is alive. Step
back and the crab will resume its place
and seem to be as curious about you
as you are about him,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

THAT was six months ago and there has
been no return OF the disease. The cure was
effeetual and permanent, and l feel satisfied
that no other medicine could have pro-
duced 30 marvellous result. We feel re-
ioiced over the restoration of our son, and
cannot help but feel that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are the most re-
marksble medicine on the market"
No discovery OF modern times has proved
such blessing to mankind as DR.. WILL
iams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting
directly on the blood and nerves, invigor-
ating the body, regulating the functions,
they restore the strength and health In the
exhausted patient when every effort Of the
physician proves unavailing.
These pills are sold In boxes at 30 cents a
box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had
of all druggists, or direct by mail from Dr..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
where the yearly flooding is liable to

where the yearly flooding Is liable To
carry away anything that will float.
For upland fence use plain wire, No,
IL galvanized wire. This makes q
very satisfactory fence for sheep, cattle
and horses, but Is not very suitable for
hogs.
| find that wire and picket woven
four and one-half feet high, with four
No. II wires, then cut in two. max
ing the pickets two feet three inches
high, and we'll stretched on solid posts
with three or four barbed wires above.
makes a good general-purpose fence. |
prefer putting; smaller posts every eight
feet, rather than large ones every six
teen feet with no stakes between. The
small ones can be renewed as they rot
besides | use Usage orange limbs
that are not over two and one-half to
three inches in diameter. These will
last a lifetime apparently, as l have
some that have been set for 90 years
and seem to be able to resist the ele-
ments for as many years more.
When l came into possession of my
present farm there were about so rods
of Usage hedge which had grown to
upward of 20 feet high and this was
along the public highway. We have
a law in Ohio which governs the height
of such fences, so | resolved to bring
that hedge within the prescribed limits.
But what job it was, thorny, scrag-
gy with interlaced branches. 1t SEEM
ed for time as if it would all have
to come down at one time, but by per-
severance the job was completed and
have never been sorry that the form
er owners allowed it to grow, as have
depended largely on this stock for my
farm posts. If any of the readers of
this journal have overgrown Usage
hedges, do not be discouraged, but per-
severe and you will find that you can
utilize even the small limbs for fence
stakes. | use sage for mallets and
chisel handles. and various other
thing.-W. B. Hall of Ohio.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
PEAS AS AN ORCHARD CROP.

D@AO @AAJ EAAN SIASIAAIeD SIAOI.
One of the advantages of the pea
crop in the orchards that the shade
OF the broad pea leaves protects the
soil from drying out, or from being too
much compacted by rains. If left until
the crop ripens, the pea grain takes
from the soil phosphate and lime, but
this is offset by the bereflt to the soil
from the available nitrogen which the
pea roots are able to store in it by
decomposing air they come in contact
with. The pea crop comes off early
enough to let the orchard be pasture,i
by hogs so as to destroy fallen fruit.
II only the common field pea is sown,
1t Is as good plan as any to let the
poorer parts of the field beh arvested
by hogs. When the peas are best pod
ded and best filled cut them and thresn
for seed. But all the poorer places
let the hogs gather the whole crop.
On peas and fallen apples an especially
sweet and delicious pork is made. 1t is
much better than the corn-fed pork
made later in the season, when an ex-
exclusive diet of corn is given.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Beauty Ia Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
baniah pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
CasCarets,--beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, Soc.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
COWS SOLD ON THEIR MERITS.

W WV SOL1D OAN
A new method of buying and SELL
ing cows is proposed by the North
Carolina Experiment Station. 1t is
based on the yield Of milk and quality
of same, as determined by tests. 1t is
proposed to pay for the COWS at the
rate of $12 per gallon of milk given per
day that is rich enough to show 31a per
cent. of butter fat. To this price add
or subtract 81 for every one-Quarter of
1 per cent. of fat above or below the
"12 per cent. By this rule the COW is
bought entirely on her mirits. 1t is
believed to be a conservative plan, and
if adopted will certainly raise the
standard of cows, and increase their
milk and butter production, for if they
can not be sold easily for milch cows
they will soon be turned over to .he
cher,-Country Gentleman.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
IN these days when new country ia

IN these days when new country is
opened up 1t acquires all the necessaries
of civilization In an incredibly short
time. When California was the OBJ
eectlYe point Of gold seekers fifty years
ago, the woman movement was very
slow and hesitant. To-day, when the
golden glorles of the Yukon basin were
bruired abroad, women combined as
hastily IS the men and arranged for an
advance upon Klondike.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Experienced Mothers and Nurses Of our
GaTge cities do not now dread the teething
period OF children since they can give r.
MOFFETT'S TEETHINA (TEETHING POW
DERS). TEETHINA aids Digestion, Regulates
the Bowels and makes teethinI easy and not
period Of suffering and dread.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
FENCES AND FENCE POSTS

The fence problem is becoming seri-
GUS, as timber Is scarce, The wire and
piekets catch the wind and are soon
racked over. The barbed wire is cruel.
md ! use 1t only along tha river bank.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

why knows how soon we may find
1omebody working a paying mine right
IN our midst?" edltorially asks the
Danielsville (Ga.) Argus. If any man
attempts to do that shoot him on the
gpot,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

ST.vITUS' DANCE, SPASMS and all nerv-
GUS diseases permanently cured by the use OF
DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for
FREE Sl.OO trial bottle and treatise to DR..
II. d. Kline, Ltd. 93i Arch Street Phila.. Pa.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Japanese women wear neither cor
Gets nor stays of any description. Their
costumes are doubtless worn with real
Japan-ease.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

In fasting feats the sect of Jains in India is
Sar ahead Of all rivals. Fasts of from thirty
yeaP eT aTG d 70 obap from fo6S
seventy-hve days.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

With only few of the Methodist confer.
enoes to be heard FROM the vote on the cues
sion OF equal representation of laymen with
clergymen IN the general conference is 3,I34
for and 929 against.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

The Rev. James Eells, recently of Engle-
wood, n: j., has been called to the pastorate
OF the First church (Unitarian), of Boston,
which the Rev. Stopford Brooke resigned.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

The one thousandth anniversary of the sau-
sage has just been celebrated in Germa n.y.
1t is claimed that this article of food dates
back to 897 A. d.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Fits permanently cured. Motifs or nervous
pess after first days use Of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve RestOrer. S2trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. III. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., PhiIa., Pa.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Philadelphians are calling on the police to
enforce q long forgotten ordinance of the
city, which forbids vehicle following an
other at less distance than ten feet.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

II the armies of Europe should march at an
elght-mile gait, five abreast fifteen inches
apart, it would require nine and half days
for them to pass given point.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

TO Cure Constipation Forever.
:, A9ke Casoarets Candy Cathartic loc or 80.
~ ~ u u lali to cure, druggists refund money.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

]. Q. Simpson. Marquess. w. Va, says
Halls Catarrh Cure cured me of very bad
case OF catarrh.n Druggists sell it, 15c.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Sent free, Klondike Map
From Gold Commissions Official survey Ad.
dress Gardner a. Co., Colorado Springs, Colo,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

DR.. Johannis Biennemann, German ''spe-
ciallst for medical gymnastics" died re-
Gently In England from syncope, brought
pm by long continued, excessive exercise"
He was 09 years old.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Lyon & Cos "Plck Leafr Smoking Tobacco
does not make every mouth as sweet as a rose.
but comes mighty nigb"-does give every
one most delighttuL snnke. Try it
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

. 6oa parls ,1 mas 600 policemen; New York has
$500. The ordinary arrests ia New york
are are $500, in Paris l0o,OOC, and in London Ma-
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Educate Your Bowels with Cascaxesa.
candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
AVcs ~oc. III e. G. G. fail, druggists refund money,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Che citizens lettering on the street corners.
What is better still, the officials enforce the
law
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
d0n, ailays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

The name of the Carnegie Fine Arts and
Museum Collection Fund, of Pittsbure. Pa
mas been officially changed to the Carnegie In,
stitute. ~ ~
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medicine.
Mrs. w. PIoKERT. Van Stolen and Blake
Aves., Brooklyn. N. Y, Oct. 2S, 1894.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Don't Tobacco sU,t and Smoke Your Ilss AWAY.

TO quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
nstlc, full Of life, nerve and vgor, take Note.
Bsc. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 51c or 81. Cure gusrans
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago OF New York.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

When q mans sins find him out
they're apt to hang around until he
Nomes In again,
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

The poorer the lawyer the fewer
trials ha Aaa
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
Comfort Costs so Cents.

Irritating, aggravating, agonizing letter,
Eczema, Ringworm and all other itching skin
diseases are quickly cured by the use of Tet-
terine 1t is soothing, cooling, healing. Costs
81 cents box, post paid-bFings comfort at
once. Address j. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

No-To-B Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weak
@ea ssrong, oiood pure soc, 81, all druggists.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

Rev, John Patton, who is stationed in the
New Hebrides Islands, claims that in 1897 he
lnduced ], ,1M native cannibals to forsake their
fRvorite articles of food.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01

In the River Llano, in Texas, islands
of floating sand are sometimes seen.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-07-01
To Cure O. Cold in One Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al,
Druggists refund money if fitfails to cure. 2So