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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Tex Doaxing Corporations.

Columbia State.
When the average citizen is fighting
the battles of his country abroad or
paying the expenses OF war at home,
the telegraph companies, brewers
and expressmen are lodging their
just dues to the government. This
TACT will not help these concerns
when legislation is enacted in regard
to them. Defying law is rarely ever
profitable. The concerns who do it
will suffer In the end and will find
that in their nad zeal to save the
cents, they have lost the dollars.
Such actions breed socialism and
nerve the arm OF paternalism. The
people will be aroused before long
and every one of these tax-dodging
institutions will be made to feel that
the way of the transgressor is hard.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN WHO
HAS BEEN VERY UNFORTUNATE.

HAS BEEN VERY UNFOR UNA IL.
A Discouraged Reformer-A Newspaper
Run by Women-A Talented Woman
Artfst-Warning For Frivolous Girls.
The Fetching Sunbonnet.
The charming Princess Marie Of
Greece, now the only surviving daugh-
ter Of King George and Queen Olga and
niece of the Princess of Wales, should
just now be the object of much sympa-
thy and pity. Two years ago no girl
future could have looked brighter than
hers, engaged as she was to the man OF
Aer choice-a true love match-the
Handsome Grand Duke George Of Rus
STA, and her marriage had already been
fixed. Then came the disastrous Turk
ish war, when the poor princess mar
riage had of course to be indefinitely
postponed, while in spite of all her
charitable efforts this kind hearted girl
was publicly insulted in the streets OF
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21

The English version (of the Biblp)
has been the most powerful of all in
tellectual and imaginative forces in
mOlding the thought and the liter, -
ture of English speaking peoples
Arlo Bates
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Il Shopping Expedition.
Harper'S Bazaar.

IIdI Per 5 DdZddr.
Harry" said Mrs. Treadway to
her husband at the breakfast table,
81 am quite out of money, and
want to spend the day shopping.
Let me have 60 cents.
what do you want 60 cents for ?"
Ten cents for carfare and so cents
for luncheon"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Satisfaction over Fail ofsantago.

LONDON, July Is The weekly pa
pers express great satisfaction over
the fall OF Santiago de Cuba. The
Speaker thinks the event pressages
the end % the war, but describes it
as "A stroke OF good fortune which
the mer: cans had no right To expect.
The terms OF surrender are not dis
honorable. They reflect credit upon
both sides"
The Saturday Review explains its
attitude in favor OF America and de.
clares all its original ant sgonIsm was
prompted by Americas aggressive
humOrn while its present attitude is
somewhat tardy but ungrudging
admission of American courage and
humanity :"
The paper proceeds in terms OF high
praise Of the United States along the
lines OF its article week ago.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Pats Little Joke.

Mike-Phwat wages do you be gettin
now, Patti
Pat-One hoondred dollars.
Mike-Phwat? One hoondred a month";
Pat-One hoondred dollars fur one
hoondred daysi-New York Weekly.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Precious Patriot

Mrs. Youngwife- Oh, Gorge, the
baby ia learning to talk
Happy Father-What did he say?
Mrs. Youngwife-Darling. he can
say quite plainly "Extra!' and RE
member the MaineI" Isn't it lovely,
George?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Not to BE Deceived,

"What kind Nv cannon dew yew
call this one. Reuby''
That's a IL FOUNDER, father. -
ssDon't try to poke fun at yer father,
boy. That thar cannon weighs ton or
I'm LIAR New York Truth.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Suburban Prestige.

81 haven't heard you growing about
Dabney's rooster lately
'.No. He told me all about that
rooster the other day; it cost SO. 80
Chicago Record.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21

Lady Cyclist-Tom says ride more
gracefully than any other girl Of his
acquaintance. What do you think of
that2
Minnie-I think be should extend biz
acquaintance. Tit Bits.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
A Rather Light Meal

Philadelphia Bulletin.
Il went and asked that tramp
what he Was walking up and down in
front of that street lamp for"
"What did he say ?"
Said he was enjoying light re
past"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
Realized.

New Orleans Time s-Democrat.
The most inveterate and culpahle
punster in the city said yesterday the
capture OF the Santiago wds proving
to be a Cervera undertaking than had
been supposed a Weyler go.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
WOMEN'S WAYS.

Platter woman and she will love You.
Chicago Record.
The woman who fails to say because
has some other excuse.-Chicago News.
A woman's patriotism is secret feeling
that the country needs all other men to
fight for it except the one she loves best
Chicago Record.
A far west town has elected single
woman as mayor. There was a time when
the highest ambition of the sex was to be
a bride elect. Times.
Some women believe SO thoroughly that
the way to a mans heart is through his
stomach that they give the man a bad case
Of indigestion trying to find it.-What to
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
The Benighted Isarbarian.

The Mandarin-And you found the
foreigners plunged in ignorance?
Returned Traveler-Dense ignorance.
Millions of them don't know how to
play Acknowledgements.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21

The most pions church members
generally have the least to say about
their piety.-Argus.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
1t Will Pay You

Time tests the merits of all things and
stamps it's approval or disapproval. The
stamp of approval has beeng this paper
valuable advertising medium. If you
want the patronage of the people, make
your wants known
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21

That is the right kind of interchangeable
steady, jnd'cjous sort-when YOU have
something he people want. Tell the story
in a plain, direct, business-lke way, and keep
on telling it until you have interested them.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-07-21
By properly Utilizing
The Advertising Columns

You can do this. Now ia the time to begin.
Get All curly start for the seasons trnde.
Tell what You doing and why you are
doing it.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
InOppOrtune Deaths.
From Persons Weekly


Julius Caesar was aSsassinated when he
had almost completed the task Of consoli-
dating the administration and dominion of
the Roman empire, and his death opened
the way to that despotism and corruption
which ultimately undid his work Henry
of Navarro was killed when he had almost
healed the differences between Catholic and
Protestant which subsequently rent not
only France, but Europe. and William the
Silent also fell when he was on the point
of uniting the Netherland provinces into
compact barrier against the encroachments
of Spain.
In English history Lord Give died at the
moment when he was the one man who
could have saved the American colonies and
kept the Anglo-Saxon race united but there
is the case of Mirabeau. He was literally
the one man in France who could have
averted the horrors of the revolution saved
and reformed the monarchy, and so spared
Europe the murderous career of Napoleon
and all the devastation ii brought. If he
had lived ten, or even five years longer
the history, not only of France, but of
Europe and the world. would have been
different. 1t is, in fact, sufficient to saw
that he would have made both Robespierre
and Napoleon impossible.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
A Diamond HighrOad.

From London Tt-Bits.
A highroad which in some parts repre-
sented a value of f1000 a yard has some
claim to be considered the most remark
able road in the world.
During the early years of the South AT
rican diamond mines there was such a
scarcity of water that many miners were
compelled to dispense with it and to search
for their diamonds best they could in
the dry earth.
In the process of years the debris from
which the diamonds had been extracted
reached such mountainous proportions that
every miner was glad when the municipal
council of Kimberley undertook to remove
these mounds to use in macadamt2ing the
new roads OF the rapidly growing city.
Fifteen years later the depreciation in
the price of diamonds caused the owners of
mines to restrict the output, and hundreds
of miners were thrown out of work. 1t
occurred to some of them that with q
plentiful supply of water it might be pos
sible to rescue some overlooked stones from
the debris of which the roads had been
made, and on petition they were permitted
by the municipal council to make the at
tempt. Each year portion of a road was
assigned to them, and to the miners de-
light diamonds of the value Of f4O 900 were
recovered yearly. One particular patch Of
road, as small as the floor of @ suburban
sitting room, produced no less than f2O 600
worth of diamonds, or at the rate of fIs6
square yard.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Weight of Deep Sea Water.

From the North American Review.
When marine life began to command no.
tice. tho question of the depth to which life
could extend divided scientific thought into
warning camps. About 1910 1t was gener-
ally believed that the bathymetrical limit
was about 300 fathoms, and some strange
ideas were current as to the physical condi-
ton Of water when under pressure such
as depth of two miles would produce 1t
was thought that skeletons of drowned men
or even heavy cannon and the wedges of
gold that popular imagination places in
the sea, hoated at certain levels, beneath
which is water so compressed as to be i'm
penetrable. In fact, water is almost in
compressible, and the weight of a cubic
inch of it at the depth of mile is very lit
tie more than at the surface, but ii was as
sumed that no living being could survive d
pressure which at 1000 fathoms is about a
ton to the square inch
We ourselves live under a pressure of
about fifteen pounds per inch, and are una
ware of ii. Indeed, we sometimes waken on
a morning when the barometer has risen
say, half an inch during the night, and con-
Sequently find ourselves sustaining an in
creased pressure of several tons not only
without suffering, but with positive feel
ing of buoyancy and good spirits. On the
other hand. if the tremendous pressure un-
der which We live be relieved as by sur
gical cup" severe injury may follow. Aer-
onauts suffer from this cause and marine
animals dredged from great depth often
reach the surface in most lamentable
condition, with eyes protruding and viscera
diStended.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
RAN NDOM. VERSE.
Telling Them of Tampa.

George Hobart in the Baltimore American
Weary months I've spent in Tampa. where the
'Tis a wendrous fruit, dear sister, which fact
And T.gng i growsmp1ease pass the buttersrows in
Sister! Just a. few potatoes. Mother won't you
pass the bread!
There's another curious produettof that most pecu-
liar land
this roast beef is grand. u
And this pig tree,sister;: pass the stewed toma-
Well, this pig tree Mother! say, this homemade
pickles all o. X!
Tell ,nas yHu all about our camp lifef Certainly
Well, we got up in the morning and at night we
went to bed.
Then, sometimes, wa-Sister. help me to another
piece Of steaki
Yes, and then, again, we-Motter! what fine gravy
you can make.
I'D we have good meals at Tampa? Yes, indeedy
in horn!
Best the land asorded-Sister, give me one more
Mesls down there were SO delightful that L
So delightful that-say, Sister! is that succotash
see?
Well as Inv was saying camp life issay, sister'
Comp life is-say, Mother! just bit more beef
er-medum raw!
To go back to camp life-Will 1 have some chic Ken
salad, say!
VIII II Well, you try me! Sister! won't you
pass the bread this way!
Down at Tampa-what's that Mother? Did I
hear You mention pieI
Gus bye and bye.
Down at Tampa-easy, Mother! just two humps is
all / takeI
Down at-Oh. confound old Tampa! Sister. won't
you pass the cake!
Evening star., 1898-09-17
The Cannon Still. King.

From the Chicago Journal.
The tool that has done the most brilliant
and splendid offensive work in the naval
part of the war mas been the old cannon.
The ram hasn't been used.
Torpedoes haven't blown up anything
although two of them discharged by the
Spaniards have been found stranded on
Cuban beach.
The torpedo boat has accomplished all
Irost nothing beyond carrying dispatches,
five Spanish boats and one American hav-
ing been completely disabled to date.
The submarine mine has hurt nc one
since the Maine was destroyed. the two
that exploded in Manila bay me ely STIR
ring Up the mud.
The pneumatic guns of the Vesuvius
have made a great noise and frightened
the enemy, but whether the proiec Ties
have done much material damage or not
or can be made to in the future, is still
rroblematical.
But when it comes to the or 10 or 12-
irch rttled gun, with uervy, sober me-
chanical Yankee squirting through the
sights, that means business. Bricks and
mortar are going to crumble and warshlps'
boilers are gorg to be searched out and
blown up.
The old cannon, reinforced in the hrecch,
with twisting ribs cut through the bore,
loaded with chunks of brown stuff and
holding Il large, pointed steel prescription
for Spanish big head In its throat-that old
cannon Is still king.
Evening star., 1898-09-17

proved on the return trip of the Marion
from Yokohama to San Francisco. Her
coal supply was low, and the voyage was
performed by getting UP steam for awhile
and then running by aid of the sails until
compelled to use steam again; yet the YES
sci arrived on the date set by her orders.
1t was during this trip, which required so
much skill and management that Dyer,
one day, on going below. said to the Of
fcer who took his place on the bridge,
Now, report to me everything that oc-
Ours" The young lieutenant was new to
seafaring life and not discriminating in his
ideas of the Importance of events. Soon
after taking his stand on guard a BOBBY"
which is called by sailors the LATEST bird
on the wing because ii will aliSht on the
ship at any point, perched upon the fore
yardarm- The lieutenant contemplated the
BOBBY earnestly, as if 1t had been an omen
of fate, then called the captains orderly,
and said: Go tell the captain that there
is a BOBBY the fore yardarm."
Tell the captain what?' blurted out the
old marine.
Tell Captain Dyer that there is a BOBBY
on the fore yard" reiterated the punctilious
officer
Captain Dyer was seated reading when
his orderly presented himself at the cabin
door
'well?" he asked. with a nasal jerk,
looking up over his spectacles.
Mr.. - reports that there is BOBBY on
the fore yard
The captains face at this extraordinary
piece of information was study, but as
he never scrupled to bestow what he con-
Sldefed an appropriate epithet upon any
person. he calculated in a tone little more
nasal than usual, to express his sarcasm:
A BOBBY on the yardarm, Is there? Go back
and tel! Mr.. = that l say there is another
one on the bridge
The grinning marine retired to deliver
this message, with the addition of a few
adJectives of his own manufacture.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
Generosity Among Soldiers.

From the Boston Transcript
The sight of war cured the writer of
one notion-that the military profession
may tend to make those follow it brutal
ard cruel. on the contrary, it seems to
make them more generous and kind 1t
II not TO be supposed that it is war that
makes them 50; 1t is probable that the
removal Of the professional soldier from
the field of competition for existence among
Independent workers and business men"
leaves him little chance to fall into that
hLngry and fOx-Hke instructive hostility to
one fellows that is developed by the So
clal struggle for existence. All soldiers
"hetFer officers or privates, seem to be
engaged, on the other hand In q kind of
competition OF generosity. 1t is a great
POINT with theIn-a kind of invariable rule
Oh cohduct-to be ready to share what they
nave with others. This rule of generosity
does not of course. save them from doing
cruel thIngS occasionally. They have NOT
UFGIafllE d very delicate SenSibiltty To one
aEother pain. They do not seem to waste
HGch pity on one anothcrs physical suf-
lerlngs. They bear their own without eoro-
I4a!hI' ana seldom ask favors when they
are suffering. But when 1t comes TO
grub or shelter they Will give a comrade
or even stranger, better than they have
themselves, if they possibly can. And the
work or an officer. even III the most active
ana terrible campaigning, seems to be
easily consistent with the finest manIl-
ness and most delicate sympathy And Vet
We should not encourage war in the expect-
alton of cuitivating fine sentiments any
more fEan We should invite yellow fever
epdemics simply because a yellow fever
epidemic develops fine cases of heroic self
sacrifice.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
TAKING LIFE Masks.
1t is a Tedious Operation, Especially
for the Subject.

From the Strand Magazine.
One often observes when reading of the
demise of a celebrity that mask was tax
en- by Mr.. So-an-So, the celebrated sculptor,
soon after the death, but really very few
people know how this is carried out. They
might have some idea that plaster of paris
is put over the dead mans face, but there
the idea ends.
a mask from life is taken almost precise
iy in the same way as after death, save
that much greater care has to be used, as
the subjects life hangs on very thin
thread, or, to be more precise two small
quilts. 1t requires a great deal Of nerve and
patience TO undergo. the sensation being
most disagreeable. When mask from life
Is about to be secured. the subject recliues
on long table, and towels are placed
around MS meek and forehead to prevent
tne plaster gong where not intended. The
lace Is slightly creased but not enough TO
I'LL the pores of the skin. Care has to be
especially taken with the eyeIas snes. as 9TH
erwise, in the subsequent operations these
are hkely to be pulled off, which would not
be exactly pleasant. \ small quill is now
Inserted in either nostriI to allow the sub
Ject to breathe through, and cotton wool
lightly pressed around the base to keep the
liquid plaster from intruding. pair of
scissors is always kept handy, SO as to be
able to cut off the tops of the quills, should
by any CHARGE the plaster splash up and
~D'oA 'iICi4l' <1Il DcIl'S ICdtiy q lew CnSelllE
words are spoken to the unhappy victim
ana the plaster IS mixed. This IS carefully
poured or sprinkicd over the features The
plaster, through being mixed with warm
water, quickly aardens, and in the course
or about five minutes the mold is strong
enough to be taken off. 1t has to be care
luIIy done, as the subject is generally so
very eager to get a mOuthful of fresh air
once again slight tap with the hand is
given to the two side pieces which relieves
the joints made by the thread. The top or
central piece IS then lifted up and pulled
slightly downward, SO as to withdraw the
quiI!s from the nose as they come out with
the mold. The sides are then taken off
fFoDabIy some Of the hair may hold the
mold, but with a little coaxing, or by the
insertion OF the scissors, it can soon be re-
moved. care must be used to get the ears
but without breaking either the subject or
the mold The ears are only taken on the
front sides, cotton wool being placed at the
PACK TO prevent the plaster going around.
hen removed the three pieces are put to-
gether and plaster placed on the exterior
to hold and strengthen them
Evening star., 1898-09-17
4 Locust Plague in Africa,

From LOngmen s Magazine.
The largest locust swarm 1 ever Witness
ed l find recorded in my diary under date
September 10 OF the same year Being on
that date at the Limb plantation, about
six miles from Biantyre, 1 saw them pass
ing, like a dense cloud, some distance to
the westward. Returning 10 the mission on
the following morning ] saw, as find
noted, the trees beyond the Nasolo brown
with locusts; the stream full Of Them and
not Mt to drink in fact, It was black and
loathly-the word may pass unchallenged
this time. | remember being struck some
distance on, by the strange appearance of
tne trees; they looked all brown and dead :
whereas, though this was winter, they
should. in those parts, have shown q fair
proportion of green. I asked my hammock
Boys what they made OF this unusual phe-
nomenon-were the trees burnt or what p
and they replied, 'Dzombe." AS we drew
nearer we saw THEM roosting in the
branches in clinging masses, almost like
swarms of bees. 1t was damp chilly
morning, with driving Scotch mist, end,
doubtless, they felt no inclination to turn
out. Later in the day lind the following
entry: Went to Mon bas, saw She
Ndombo. who says the locusts have eaten
the mbelemende." They We're getting sharp
set this time.
Evening star., 1898-09-17
CURIOUS DRINKS,
What Some of the Ancient LIQUORS
Were Like.

FROM the London Mail.
When the question of the moment is how
to allay our thirst, the beverages of history
are of more than ordinary interest The
Egyptians, who have been ungallant enough
to leave behind them delineations of the
fair sex in state of intoXication had sew
eral kinds of wine more than 6OoO years
ago, in addition to beer called Hega. made
from barley. The ancient Assyrians, too.
loved their wine. The earliest mention of
wine in the Bible is a reference to Noah
planting a vineyard and getting drunk with
the wine. The drinks of antiquity were
sometimes, to say the least, peculiar The
Greeks and Romans whose customary
drink was wine, often mixed it with sea
water Other ancient beverages were honey
and rain water; honey, salt water and vine
gar; and mixture Of honey and myrtle
seed.
times as much water could be added q. e
roman lover, when drinking to his lady
often drank as many cups of wine as there
We're letters in her name. Warm water was
sometimes regarded by the Romans as an
agreeable drink at the conclusion Of the
chief meal. 1t is safe to assume that this
was not in summer time.
Famous among drinkers We're the Vik-
ings, whose liquors were ale, beer wine and
mead Quaffing ale from the skulls of their
enemies formed one of the chief attraction
of the promised Valhalla.
All through our history we find a love
for drinking prevalent among the people
A drink much in demand in the time of
Chaucer was bracket, made of the wort of
ale, honey and spices BY the time of Ed
ward " drinking had become so productive
of crime that few places We're allowed more
than two taverns. London had to be con-
tent with forty. Under the Stuarts drunk
enness was at its height. Thirst provokers
We're largely taken, and mans claim to
distinction was largely due to his bottle
capacity, while ladies Of the court thought
1t no shame to become inebriated. The
three or flve-bottle man was an object OF
envy to his fellows. Indeed the scenes of
Hogarth are but sideHght on the times
Signs were hung outside taverns informing
the thirsty wayfarer that he could get
drunk for penny" and dead drunk for
twopence." Such notices often ended with
the significant words, Clean straw for
nothing" With the reign of George " dis
appeared fashionable intemperance, and
drunk as lord was no longer a correct
simile. The aerated waters now SO largely
used We're first made on a large scale by
Schweppe of Geneva in 1857, and ten years
later factory was established in Eng
land There is still a fortune awaiting the
man who can invent a summer drink de-
void OF the shortcomings possessed by
those at present in the market