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The herald., 1898-12-04

politician, but it will secure clean, eco
nomical and efficient government.
The New Charter will save $4,000 a
year by taking the county assessors
schedules of valuation.
The New Charter prohibits city off,
cials from obligating themselves to
transportation companies by accepting
passes.
The herald., 1898-12-04

that has been highly praised by the critics,
as have the former historic novels by this
author.
MASTER SUNSHINE. By Mrs C. F. Fra
ser. Z. Y Crowell & Co.
| This is brave story of brave S-year-old
boy, who does all sorts of bold things. He
is not faultless, but he is very loveable, and
the things told of him are for good in this
world of young people.
O O O
THE LOST CITY. BY Joseph f. Badger,
jr. Fully illustrated Dana Estes &
Company, Boston.
There have been many books in which
strange devices for navigation have figured,
but nothing more daring has ever been es-
sayed than the plan Of this story. Prof.
Featherwit takes some adventurous youths
with him TO hunt for the lost Aztec city in
habited by the Children Of the Sun, the
whole journey being made in an airship of
very odd design. What they saw and what
they did-even to the finding Of the city--s
chronicled here, ard one gets dizzy over the
many marvels. 1t is one of the liveliest
juveniles of the season.
O O O
AT THE BLUE BELL INN. By j. S.
Fletcher, author Of 'When Charles |
Was King" Rand, McNally & Co.
He who has read Mr.. Fletcher's stories
and sketches will recall their peculiar
charm. "At the Gate OF the Fold'' was as
fine an old English story as we have had
in many day, though not so we'll known to
the reading public as when Charles the
First Was King"
The sketches that make up this volume
arc all about the famous Blue Bell Inn, and
they are dainty ones indeed.
The herald., 1898-12-04

Under the New Charter the Council
is forever restrained from selling or leas-
ing its
The herald., 1898-12-04

Rollins-I begin to doubt whether my
wife still loves me as she used to do
Collins--Why so?
Rollins-Because / came home last night
with my hair cut and she never noticed it
Somerville Journal.
The herald., 1898-12-04

The increased appoinve power Of the Mayor in the New
Charter is than offset by the power taken from
him through the civil service.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
The HORSE SHOW.

Gam Cation writes from Russia that he
has won $50, 600 since Jan. l.
Frank Walker has been engaged to start
at most of the grand circuit meetings
European parties are trying to induce
G. ]. Hamlin to put price ON Daredevil
2:O93l.
San Francisco has a riding club of 40
1nombers, many Of whom use trottins bred
horses.
There is a report that Nightingale,
2:1O1I. who has been bred for several
wears, will be trained again.
George Hayes, lately of the Cloverdell
farm, will take the position of head train
er at the Patchen Wilkes farm.
Haley, 2:17, by Nelson, goo, has been
off the turf for d couple of years, but VIII
be trained in 1898 for faster record.
Frank WaIlingford has returned from a
trim TO England. While on the other side
he sold Chazy Boy, 2:135G, for 200 guinoas
At Forbes fa-an there is colt by Arion,
2:O7JI, dam Houri, 2:17, by Onward, that
is said to be phenomenally fast as year
ling.
There is a young horse in Maine named
KEN Kom, by KremIin, out of Belle of
Nelson, which is said to be grand pros
pect.
Our Dick, 2:1OH, pacing, by Gibraltar,
has been shipped from California to Homo
lulu. where the light harness interests
seem to be mproving.-Turf, Field and
Farm
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
PEN, CHlSEL AND BRUSH.

". A. !. Claus, an artist of Boston, has
been commi ssioned to paint portrait OF
the late Governor Greenhalge of Massa-
chusetts for the executive chamber of the
statehouse.
A French author, NJ. de Mesguil, has
written a book on Madagascar IN which
he claims that that island was colonized
by Greeks and that Homer was no one
else than Ulysses himself, great traveller
Augustus St. Gaudens, the famous
sculptor, has written to a friend in New
York that there is no truth in the rumor
that he will not return to America. he
intends to visit Greece before he comes
back to this country.
Walter Gilman Page, the eminent Bos-
ton artist, has just completed large his
torical painting representing the Boston
massacre. 1t is one of the largest canyases
Mr.. Page has ever attempted and will be
put on exhibition at an early date.
young French painter, NJ. Paul Buff
fet, has made a journey to Abyssinia and
painted portraits Of King Menelek and
Ras Makunnen, which will be exhibited
at the next Paris salon. He tried also to
paint Queen Taita, but after posing for
one day she refused to go on, as she could
not sit still long enough.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
WAR SIDE LIGHTS.

The approach Of hot weather will not
affect in the least Spain's desire for sup
ply of coal.--Detroit Free Press.
What obscure Napoleon, what unknown
Grant, what unsupported Farragut, will
this year bring forth?-New York Jour
nal.
Uncle Sam has $4,000, 600 available
fighters, and we would like to see Span
ish army eat any of our free lunches
Denver Post.
We have definitely decided to stay at
home and do what we can to enthuse the
rest of the boys to enlist.-Brookfleld
(Mo) Gazette.
Don't let the war excite you. If you are
not going to the front, eat, sleep, work
and amuse yourself as usual. The army
and navy will take care of the rest.-New
York Herald.
A full regiment is promised from Wall
street. If it gets to Havana, there will
be some bullfighting of sort which will
give the Spaniards new ideas of the sport
Indianapolis News.
The way to freeze up the man whf
knows it all is TO look him oyer scornfully
and remark: "You're not so many
There's no battleship named after you.
Then, as tho cookbook says. beat thor
ouoh1v.-Denver News
IN iorcing sJrawDerr1es they should not
be allowed to oyerbear or the crop OF
fruit will be small.--St Louis Republic.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
The NicaraSua Canal

New Orleans Picayune.
Even + he most prejudicial opponents
of the Nicaragua canal have come to
acknowledge it's early CONF truction
as necessity.
1t is true that the opposition to it
has never been based on sense and
reason, but on Sc fish schemes and
interests connected with railways
The trans-continental and trans
isthmian railways have fought most
bitterly the piercing for ship canal
of the American isthmus, because
they thought it would draw trade
from the railroads.; but they gave
not the least cOnsidera ton TO the
necessities of the public defense
That has at last come to be a matter
OF the fret Importance after having
been for SO many years wholly neg
| lected.
But it was only realized, after the
country had been most rashly and
| nnpreparediy plut g I'd into war, that
it is an absolute necessity that there
| should be some shorter route of COM
| munica ton TOR ships between the
east and west coasts of the United
States tran around the Horn. A
most striking object lesson was pre-
scented to the world in the voyage oil
the United States warship Oregon.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23

Cultivate thoroughly during the early
part of the season.
Small trees are less liable to damage in
handling and slipping.
No animals but hogs should be allowed
to run loose in the orchard.
In transplanting do not let the roots re-
main exposed to cold or storms.
One of the easiest ways of dwardng
pears is by budding on the ounce.
Plenty of room will give thriftfest and
longest lived trees and better fruit.
A limb or any part of the foliage should
not be removed without good reason.
1T is poor economy TO attempt to grow a
crop of small grain in a young orchard
An orchard of apples on a large scale
should be composed of few winter yari-
cites.
Wood ashes put around straw berry and
raspberry plants will be found very bene-
fetal.
When IL is necessary to cut limb from
a tree, it should be cut close to the body
as possible.
Dwarf pears and grapes are two good
fruits that seem especially adapted to
small places
A dressing Of wood ashes will. in a
measure prevent the ravages of maggots
and outworms.
While shallow cultivation is usually best
I'm the orchard, care should be t------
make il thn-1l
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
The Cause OF Ireland.


Some of our exchanges are calling
attention to the fact that some OF
the Irish leaders are opposing the
suggested Anglo American aliience.
1t is perfectly natural that they
should do SO. English oppression in
Ireland has been for long years a dis
grace to the civilization of the
British government. The wrongs of
Ireland have appealed to every
humane and liberty loving mind in
this country.
And yet, it may be that the talk of
an alliance, and the movement in
favor OF it, will be more effective in
procuring justice for the Irish than
all discussions OF the subject have
ieen. There has been great improve
ment in the government &C .Oried to
ireland; nevert heiess, the American
| people will never consent TO an ALI
| apce with nation which subjects II
part of it's people to the evils Of
political oppression
This may prove an active factor in
| Fastening the Irish reforms that
| Gladstone had at heart.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
Tomatoes a la Carolina.

Select dozen round tomatoes of
Fame size Remove a piece about an
inch in diameter from the blossom
end Of each tomato. and take out ali
the seeds; cook q cup and one-helf of
Carolina rice in quart of we'll
eeesoDed broth, with half a green
pepper cut fine. When the rice is
j,early tender, but not broken, add
lali cup of tutter; mix it in well,
Tut carefully, SO a. not to break the
ice. Fill the tomatoes With he rice:
put back the pieces of tomato cut
out; set them III baking pan, brush
ever the outside with Il little olive
ill or melted butter and bake for
half an hour IN a moderate oven.
Remove them carefully to a pla tier
and pour around them a cup OF
tomato sauce highly seasoned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
PERT PERSONALS.

The title of Minister Woodford's book,
if he writes one, ought to be ''Spain as i
Left t"-Baltimore American.
Don Carlos is already fighting valiant
~ with a sword in one hand and tele-
phone receiver in the other.-Wash
Star.
A man named William Shakespeare has
just purchased newspaper up in Michi-
gan VOL, we hope William viii get along
and mako a name for himself.-Cleveland
Leader.
The queen regent of Spain has sub
scribed 1,0Oo,O 900 pesetas to increase the
Spanish navy. She had better save hel
money and buy farm in some quiet
neighborhood.- Leader.
In Topeka tho other day Mrs Berthe
Smith secured her fifth divorce. This
young woman may never be able to solve
that old familiar mystery, lis marriage {
failure?' but she evidently doesn t propose
to neglect any chance to do so.-ChicagC
Times-H erald.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
SUMMER BEAUTY HINTS.

Before going out into the sun
battle the face lightly with lukewarm
water, dust with rice -four and wear
a very thin veil; or, if not welded to
this cobweb beautifier. wear no veil
at all.
People with "Titian hair" suffer
greatly when sailing. When on the
water a good coating OF cold cream,
we'll rubbed mover which is an
equally liberal quantity of fine
powder-will reduce the liability Of
sunburn to a minimum.
Lemons are excellent summer
medicine, especially for Indigestion.
Tart lemon drinks cleanse and purify
and tone one up wonderfully.
Oily skin is the bette noir OF many
blondes. Get bottle of toilet vine
gar. Apply twice daily; but never
use soap at the same time, as this
vinegar and all soaps are upon
extremely bad terms.
A daily bath in summer seems to
be as necessary as ones dinner. 1t is
of all luxuries the cheapest. An oat-
meal bag, sprinkle of bepzion, and
sufficiency of linen towels are the
only items of expense.
The most enjoyable summer bath
is one in which the bather can sit
down without a desire to rise again
in other words, neither icy nor hot
A "blood warm" temperature is
recommended by physician as
suited to the greatest number.
Fruit three times a day, diluted ice
water--sipped-m milk, eggs, greer
salads and vegetables are natures
best cos metics and blood purifiers in
summer. Asparagus and spinach
rank very high for many ailments
that are routed by simple remedies
The low-cut bodices in vogue dur
ing summer evenings disclose great
difference of hue between the throat
and neck. High collars the cause
lemon juice the remedy.
The city dwellers who cannot get
away to pastures green and seaside
resorts can dazzle their friends il
J September by their increased beauty
Summer is the time to beautify, since
the pores are opened by the heat ant
| the skin becomes susceptible tt
massage and kindred agents.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
JEWELRY JOTTlNGS.

Round and oval miniature brooches
surrounded with pearls represent one of
the prettiest fads.
Olivines are much seen. A pretty brooch
consists of two interlacing hearts, one out
lined in oliyines, the other in diamonds.
That old time favorite, coral, is again
in evidence and promises to be worn in
necklaces. pins, rings, side combs, studs,
etc.
Very unique is fan brooch, the sticks
an incrusted mass of tiny diamonds and
emeralds, and each one terminating in a
fine pearl.
One of the daintiest of brooches is an
enamcled sweet pea blossom and bud of
palest lavender and white. On one half
unfoIded curving petal rests a diamond
dewdrop.
There appears a real furore for a1ne-
thysts. Both the genuine and mock gems
are used, the latter figuring largely in the
fashionable gold belts and girdles.-Jew-
elers' Circular.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
GLEANlNGS.

The American navy has practically all
been built since 1888.
Tien-tsin and other Chinese cities have
no lights at night except such as come
from private houses.
The people of the United States use
400, 600, 900 matches every day, or 49,
$50, 900, 900 every year, and it is computed
that these placed end to end would stretch
away 1880, 7S6 miles
ssHunger stones were seen III the Rhine
last winter. They appear only when the
river is very low and the date of their APP
pearance is then cut into them. They are
believed to forbodc year of bad crops.
An Italian named Gabellini has recent
" made a boat of cement. The frame
work is of small steel bars covered with a
wire netting, the latter being in turn COW
cred with cement The surface is then
polished.
Australia is alleged to take its cricket
very earnestly. The other day funeral
procession passing through the streets OF
sydney stopped and the mourners got out
of the coaches to consult scoring board
to see how match was getting on.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
Little Gold in the Phi!ippines.

Mining experts say that there il no
truth in the reports that the Philip
pines are rich in unmarked gold
mines; that they are Pacific Klon-
dixie or NEW Eidorado +" Il this
had been true, the Spaniards, who
have always been good gold miners,
would have discovered the secret
long before this. There is a small
amount OF gold in the islaGdi, as
there Is in all countries, but there l..
not enough to make large fortunes
from. The mining companies already
i'll existence have not been highly
success III in their exploitation OF the
| mines
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
FAMINE FACES PORTO RICO
Government Establishes Kitchens to
Feed Suffering Ones.

ST. THOMAS. Danish West Indies,
June 13.-Ihirty-o Porto Rican re-
fugees, mostly women, arrived here
yesterday. The newspapers say that
two months Of existing conditions
will bring Porto Rico to the verge OF
starvation. The government of the
island has established a few public
kitchen for the relief of those who
are suffering most. Walter Bett, a
secret8 ~ of MIR. Crawford, the Brit
ish Consul at San Juan de Porto Rico
the later now acting for the United
States, who was accused of commnni
eating information to the United
States authorities concerning the
mines aud Notifications Of San Juan
and ordered to leave Porto Rico, ha.
arrived here Mr. Bett denies havine
supplied the United States authoriti6.
with the information.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
THE RoBBEK WAS DROWNED.
He and His Victim Rolled On a IsrId ge
Into the Missouri

ST. JOSEPH, No., June IL Joseph
Holland, an engineer, was crossing a
bridge over the Missouri River just be-
fore MID night on his way to his home
in Elwood, when he was attacked by
two robbers. One of them hit him
with club and tue other cut his neck
with knife. Holland grappled with
the man with the knife and they
struggled on the edge of the bridge.
Blood from Hollands wound blinded
the robher, and they went over theside
of the bridge together and fell into
the river where the water was forty
feet deep. AS they fell the men loosen
ed their grasp on each other and the
robber was drowned.
Holland caught hold of floating
leg, and, although he wds badly
wounded, held to it until he fioateC
ashore half mile down the stream
The r0bber sank before his eyes, anC
Holland was unable to make any eff
| fort to save him. The other robbie
disa ppeared.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
The Soldier and the Ballot

Washington Post.
what does the Pest think of the
bill granting permission to soldiers
in the firld to vote at Congressional
elections?' il qniras a correspondent.
The Posts opinion on a measure of
this kind should be readily inferred
in the absence of any special aeser-
ton OF it, for this newspaper has
always favored the utmost freedom
of the ballot consistent with honest
elections. It was demonstrated
thirty four years ago that elections
could be held in the camps and Fl lis
ni the volunteers with quite as much
security against fraud as in the
| voting precincts of the States from
which the soldier voters came. The
authority of Congress to pass such a
measure rs the Lacey bill is so clear
that we do not see how it can be
seriously questioned.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
A GREAT NAVY.
Is What the United States VIII Have
in Few Years.

IN Few GeaTH.
New York Sun.
The recent rspid growth OF ape
American feet AID the * rnordinary
increase just authorized hy Congress
make it Que of those which the world
must reckon with hereafter We had,
day or two ago, actually in com
mission, counting all sorts of craft,
seventy-three vessels on the Atlantic
station, under Admiral Sampson;
seven in Commodore Schley's com
mand, eleven in Admiral Dewey's,
six in Admiral Miler's Pacific
squadron, five in Commodore
HoweIl's Northern patrol squadron,
seven on epeciaI service, Iorty two
unassigned, of which some were for
coast defence finally, seven training
and receiving ships. Here is a total
OF 15S vessels in commission, with
eight or ten more preparing for COM
mission. They include many, like
golfers, that are not fighting craft !,
and many torpedo craft and auxil-.
larry cruisers, yet the aggregate of
belIigerent strength is certainly note
|
fourteen armed revenue cutters
cooperating with the navy.
We are building five first-class
and kpnfucky, each three fifths
the Illinois, 46, and the Wisconsin
3S We have six torpedo boats, the
Rowan, the Mackenzie, the Dahlgren
hn wi, L,,
gut, all over four -fiiths completed
the submarine boat Punger, three
. fourths; the Craven, half ready, and
the Stringham, Goldshorough, and
Bailey, less advanced. Authorized
but not yet contracted for are threI
first-class hattleships, four mont
tors, sixteen destroyers, twelve tor
pedo boats, and II lake gunboatI
We must not forget, too, the siste
J ship of the New Orleans, completing
for us in England.
At the close of the present wal
many OF the Golfers, despatch boats
transports and other vessels acquired
tr III the merchant marine will ne
I dOubt be sold; but there will remain
/, a fine force OF fighting ships, with
e large and veteran personnel Befor,
! the close of 1899 our present force o
firstclass battlesbips will be doLbeG
and our torpedo fotilla will also be
doubled in numbers and more thar
: doubled in Effectiveness. Afd Ni
= shall not stand still. The presen
Congress, in its next navy bill, vii
carry on the work of increasing tn
e navy in some form, perhaps in tn
! class of armOred cruisers. We shah
e have outly ing islands to consider il
u our reckoning of naval needs, ant
y the very prestige which our navy
: a quiring Ia these days will be til
>. best guarantee that it will be zeal
ously cared for in the future w
must make it capable OF coping,
need be, with navies far more powe,
tul than that of Spain, a decaden
among nations.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

The greatest force known to science is
that produced by the contraction and ex-
pansion of metals, resulting from the ac-
ton of heat and cold.
1t is said that nearly $4,000 worth of
electricity is used nightly in New York
city for illuminating purposes. BY cal
culation there are 1 1880, 46S electric lights,
both arc and incandescent, in use in the
city, with an estimated total candle power
of so, 900, 900.
Professor Newcomb says in The Mining
and Scientific Press that evidence is &C
cumulating which points to "a probability
that the small stars which our powerful
modern telescopes have brought into view
do not look small because they are farther
away, but by reason of their inferior size.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
Statesville's Smallpox.
Charlotte Observer.


The churches in Statesville were all
closed Sunday on account Of the
smallpox scare. There is no case Of
smallpox in the town, but in a negro
settlemeE t-Belnont-in the suburbs.
DR.. +. Carlton, who came down yes
terday morning o attend is his duties
at court, says the citizens of States
vile feel 90 alarm; that the cases re
ported are all amongst the negroes,
aud with compulsory vaccination and
the Immediate removal OF new cases
to the pest house, he thinks the dis
ease can be kept under control.
or the four cases of smallpox which
developed Saturday aud Sunday, two
were in town and two were several
miles from town Olly four cases
now in all, the others having recover
ed.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
Lack of Effort.


The testimony OF Col. Carr agrees
with that OF Others that the North
carolina troops lett home more
poorly equipped than any other
regiment This has caused them
very many discomtorts, which they
ought not to have been forced to
endure. Before they left Raleigh the
State authorities knew how poorly
clothed they were, and yet no effort
was made to secure for them the
nf cessary equipment for their com
fort. There is money enough IN the
State treasury to send lawyers to
Was hiugtop to eerure the appoint
ment OF negro politicians as officers
but not enough even to send q tele-
gram TO urge that the first voluT-
teeIs be sent to the front creditably
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-06-23
TO REBUKE FRANCE.
Many Exposition Clubs'' i'm South
Cancel Their 1900 Plans

LOUISVILLE, KY, June 12.-The
Paris Exposition will fall fat so far as
patronage from the South is concern.
ed. Not less than 3 900 people had
planned to attend it from various
Southern States and Indiana Twenty
exposition clubs have met, and. after
passing resolutions c0ndemniHg
France for its hostile spirit to this
country 10 the war with Spain, have
disbanded and cancelled all arrange
ments for the trip to Paris.
Yesterday the club at the head of
which was William Locket. the Eng
lisb. Ind banker, held meeting.
The n mbars passed strong resolu-
tioDs denouncing France FOR her
friendly relations with Spain, and de-
cided to abandon the trip.
THESE clubs were organized all over
Indiana ard the Southern States.
Each member contributed 81 each
week TO the fund TO be used in paying
Their expenses to the exposition.