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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-05
Union Teachers Association
NOTICE.

will in the future run at the sale stables
of Macarthur and Zglar a first-class livery,
keeping in stock the latest line of first-class
Buggies, Carriages and Harness. with extra
nice double and single driving horses. 1
shall make a speciality of family broke
horses, and solicit the patronage of the gen.
eral public and my friends.
Respectfully, =. e. ZIGLAR.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-05

By reference to resolutions adopt
ed, and which are published in this
issue of The SENTINEL, it will be
observed that the Forsyth County
Farmers Alliance takes a stand
in favor of "the initiative, the
referendum and the imperative man
date" They go the whole thing at
one swallow, instead of taking it in
broken doses.
SoTHo WILSON now looms up as
the high-cokalorum of the Wake
County Pops. The Grand Gideon
was elected chairman of the County
Convention, led the van in the cleo
ton of delegates at large to the
State Convention and otherwise was
very much in it. He may yet sue
coed in securing vantage ground
from which he can strike a blow OF
revenge at his Friends" Mary Ann
and King Dan.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-05-05

For seed Potatoes true to name
Let Poindexter's B your aim.
For Glover Seed and Best of Grass
Do not let III. ID. Poindexter pass.
Garden Seeds and Onion Sets,
1t is the place to get the best.
Two-Dollar Clocks and Ship Stuff
fine,
And Warner Moore's Anchor Lime
The Coffee green, we call it Tick,
Will help the well and cure the sick.
Cotton Checks that is best of all,
And best of Lanterns, that are so
small.
The Shoes we sell are the cheapest,
And our Calicos the neatest.
Our Guaros are by far the best;
Come see US and send the rest.
Salt and Leather, 'Lasses 2,
Sugar of the brightest hue.
Crockery, Glass and Table Ware,
Quick Step Guano to beat the stare.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
WANTED FLOWERS.
But the Congressman Informed Her
That He Had to Draw the
Line Somewhere.

A certain southern congressman was
heard entertaining company of his
colleagues last week in the democratic
cloak room of the house with an ac-
count of an unusual experience, says
the Washington Post. During the
woman suffrage convention" said he,
several ladies from my district were
present. Early in the convention one
of them came to the capitol, called at
my committee room, and requested an
interview, which was readily granted.
She stated that the woman suffrage
delegates were to have some sort of a
public meeting, in which she was to
participate, and requested that should
provide floral tribute to be presented
to her on that occasion.
II was naturally somewhat taken
aback at the suggestion. supposed in
the course of my IL years in congress
that I had exhausted about every
variety of duties that a member of the
house is called upon to perform. I
have always been ready and willing to
run errands for my constituents, for
which at home my Office boy would
have sufficed. / have catered to the
whims of ofice-seekers. When my con-
Stituents have come to me hungry l
have fed them. and when they have
come shelterless have given them
lodging. ! have taken my political sup
porters to the theaters by hundreds,
but was forced to inform my lady WIS.,
itor that I must draw the lire at bou-
ouets."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
MOTHER DEAD-MADE HUM0R.
Heartrending News for Mimic Ru-
dinoAR, But He Had to Amuse
the Audience.

NJ. Rudinoff, French mimic, and Ger
aid Griffin, comedian, were chatting
together in the dressing room OF the
former at Keith's Union Square, says
the Dramatic Mirror. Rudinoff was in
particularly good spirits, as he had just
been handed batch Of mail from Eu-
rope. "See! See!" he exclaimed. slap
ping Griffin on the back, "lettairs! Let
tairs from my home! How glad it
makes me to get them!"
He kissed one of the envelopes and
tore it open, laughing all the while. He
had only read line or two when he
easped and fell back with his hand upon
his heart, exclaiming. with tears in his
eyes, which had only moment before
Rlistened with laughter: Mon Dieu!
Mon Dieu! MY friend. my mother IL
dead!"
A moment later the callboy an
nounced: "Rudinoff next!" The gush-
ing tears had to be dried. the face had
to wear a masking smile, and in few
seconds the big audience was laughing
merrily at the antics of man whose
heart was burdened with the saddest
news that can come to any man. the
news of the death of good mother.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
ONE EXAMPLE AT LAST.
But Nevertheless BecaAe Prom
inent ln Society.

There was young man from New
York visiting in Cleveland some time
ago, says the Plain Dealer. He was a
great ta!ker on the theme Of social
democracy and had all the writers on
the subject and a good deal of what
they said at his tongues end.
"Bah," he said, "the worst forms Of
sham aristocracy are found in the west.
Out here you give social recognition
only to the money bags man carries.
We are bad enough in New York, but
we don't look down upon humble be-
ginnings as you do here. I'm told that
the only thing to make your society
people pardon mans humble par
entage is a bushel of bonds or other
wealth."
Somebody has told you wrong"
laughed his Cleveland entertainer.
''Can you point me out a single In
stance that will prove me wrong?'
queried the positive New Yorker.
They were at the opera house and the
Cleveland man looked over the audi
ence.
"Yes," he answered. "Notice the
young man in the fourth row, end seat,
left section. Do you see him?"
"Yes, / see him."
"Well, that young man is one of our
prominent citizens, both in business
and society. He isn't rich. and his father
when boy drove horses. on the canal
towpath."
The New Yorker looked aghaSt.
whats his uame?"
Garfield"
Then the subject changed and the
curtain went up.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
LOSERS NAME FIRST.
II 10 Do Placed In Many Cases When
Speaking Of War Between
Nations.

We are commonly known among
third parties by the names OF the two
nations involved, and 1t Is serious fact
that the name of the losing nation usu
ally precedes that of the victor. Consid-
erations of euphony and not sentiment
obtain. In the war between France and
Prussia France was completely crushed
in short time. but the contest. by gen
eral consent, is known as the Franco
Prussian war; The recent war in the
far east. which led to the partition OF
China now actively in progress. was
known as the Chinese-.Japanese. or. in
European phraseology, the Sino-Japan-
ese war. A still more recent example
is the Graeco-Turkish war, in which
Greece was badly whipped.
To the superstitious the name cur
rently given to our conflict with Spain
may. by analogy, seem an augury OF sue
cess for our arms. Europe calls it the
Spani.h-American war. An objection
to the name is that it gives rise to am
biguities, as the term Spanish-Ameri-
can is commonly used to designate the
various countries of South America
Perhaps for this reason there is grow
ing tendency in Europe to call the war
Hispano- Another objection
in the eyes Of Europe TO either of these
names is the jealousy with which il re-
CARDS our assumption OF the name
America. America. tits contended. aP-
plies to the whole of North and South
America. and this country is more often
referred to a. "the States" even by
England.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
DANCED WITH THE INDIANS
Ho~ = valrakle Right Of Way for .
Railroad Was Secured from
the Apaches.

In 1895 the Gla Valley, Globe d North
ern Railway company obtained from
Washington the franchise for road
through the reservation, subject 70 the
approval of the Indians. This proposed
line is to run from Geronimo to Globe,
a distance Of 60 miles, and is to be prac-
tically an extension of the 65 miles OF
road that connect Geronimo with the
Southern Pacific station at Bowie.
A large area Of mineral and coal land
Is to be opened up by the new line.
Since congress granted the conditional
franchise agents have been at work
among the indians, but arbitrary re-
fnsal was given until the general coup.
cil was called at San Carlos. Nilly SOC
Apaches were present. and the enter.
taInment OF them was the first item OF
cost IN the railroad construction ac'
count. A feast and council was pro
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
FEW BOOTS NOW.
They Were Once Very Common, But
Their Place Has Been Almost
Entirely Taken by Shoes.

"When I was boy" said middle
aged man, according to the New York
Sun. pretty much everybody used to
wear boots-I did, know, fine calfskin
boots. Now nobody wears boots ex-
cept horsemen and farmers; that is,
practically nobody; you do meet man
in the city now and then that wears
boots, but such men are so few that they
don't count.
"We turned from boots to congress
CATERS. once almost universally worn.
and there's quite lot Of congress gai-
ters worn still. You look along the
rows of feet of the men sitting in an
elevated car and you are pretty likely
to see one or more pairs of them, but
button shoes and lace shoes finally. in
very large measure, supplanted the
congress CATERS. and they remain the
shoes commonly worn to-day.
"And we shall stick to shoes OF one
sort and another. We shan't go back to
boots for various reasons. In the first
place we don't need them. In cities they
are not necessary for protection. nor are
they essential to comfort. Shoes are
now more suitable to wear at centers
Of population. besides being more con-
venient and cheaper.
$50 in populated regions. for the wear
of the great majority Of men. we have
got through with boots. 1t is another
illustration of how easily long-estab-
lished customs vanish when conditions
change"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
GETTING RID OF FLIES.
London Women Adopt nm Oriental
Plan and Meet with
Success.

Most people who have Travelled In the
far east have seen orientals burning
sandalwood in their houses for the pur-
pose Of driving flies away. 1t is odd
that the plan is not more generally
known in this country. where it meets
with success wherever the experiment
is tried. A recent arrival from London
saws that the women there have discov-
cred this agreeable method OF ridding
their homes Of the pest. In London II
is possible to get the wood prepared for
this purpose, but here It is not SO easy.
as American women have not yet taken
to the practice. Now that the festive
1y and the merry mosquito are about
to make their appearance. housewives
might do as well to give the sandalwood q
trial. Sandalwood can be bought at al
most any Turkish or japanese import
ing house. 1t is prepared for burning
by first being cut into small pieces half
an inch thick and three inches long.
Then it is baked or dried out in slow
oven for "a hours. A piece Of the wood
is nut into a metal urn, lighted and al
lowed to burn until well af1ame. when
the fame is extinguished and the red
hot ember left to smolder until the
wood is consumed and nothing is left
but heap OF fine gray ashes. During
the smoldering process the WOOD senos
out sweet and aromatic smoke.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
MoRRo AS A PORTS NAME.
Et In Used by the spanish When the
Fort Projects from . Height ~
Do q Negroes Lips.

The word MORO. az applied to the
forts in Cuba. has confused many per-
sons who were surprised to learn Of the
existence OF several of them with this
name. The word is one little used by
Cubans. Its use on the island In con-
fined almost exclusively to the Span
iards. In the dictionary "morro' is de-
fined as anything that is round" or "a
prominent overhanging lip" The Span
iards always describe negro mouth as
"morro" from the projecting lips. The
word is also applied to cat. but in this
sense it is taken to refer to the purring
OF the animal, says the New York Sun.
When applied tothe castles or fortresses
in Cuba the word Is to be taken in the
same significance it possesses when ap-
piled to q negro's mouth. These de-
lenses are usually sperceed on heights.
over which they project Just as pro-
truding lips do. The word is always
spelled with two rr's. The word moro
is said TO mean moorish. belonging TO
the Moors.~ In jocularsty!e it sap
piled to wine not mixed with water. u
also means aa a noun a Moor or native
OF Africa. 1t is also used in Cuba to des-
ignate particular kind Of horse collar.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
MUST FEED STATESMEN WELL.
Cooks OF Washington Hold the Fate
OF Presid en- tial Administra.
tion In Their Hands.

my supreme social effort has been
accomplished, and I am nothing but
wrungout rag left to tell the tale"
writes "A Cabinet Members Wife" in
the Ladies' Home Journal in her series
Of letters giving her experiences In
Washington. "I'm tired enough to go
to bed by the time breakfast is over.
Do you suppose l am catching iaziress9
It's in the air. BY the supreme effort [
mean my cabinet dinner. the last one
of this season, and the first state affair
to follow Lent and Easter. There is no
set time nor rule governing these din
ners. This year the cabinet ladies got
together and decided to divide the
honor equally among them. half of our
number entertaining each year, conse-
quently will only give two cabinet
dinners during the administration.
Everything went of smoothly owing
to Lem and a good caterer. The truth
is, Lyde, the servants make or mar an
administration. Tariff and currency
are of importance, but good domestic
service is a necessity. If were lobby
ing for bill would first feed well th-
house and senate" ->ss
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
LETTERS TO SPAIN.
How Communicatlons Must he Sent
These War-Time Days-Can-
not Be Sent Direct.

"Of course all communication with
Spain and Cuba, so far as mail - con-
cerned, has been suspended" explained
a post Office official to Washington
Star reporter, "but that does not mean
mail from other countries is cut of.
For instance, our post Offices return all
letters addressed to Spain or Cuba with
stamp thereon to the writer's, inform
ing them of suspended mail arrange
ments. Aletter, however, can be got to
Spain or any Of it's possessions except
Cuba, which is blockaded against all
comers, by little diplomacy and tact.
If letter is sent to Canada or London,
or indeed any British possession and
mailed there, it will be sent to
any Spanish possession, for there
is no interruption with the mail
arrangements except directly between
this country and Spain. By the same
arrangement any letter can be sent to
this country from any Spanish posses
sion If the precaution is taken to have it
sent to London and remailed there, un-
der British stamp. With Cuba, how
ever, mail communication is cut of as
clean as q whistle, and the world has
been officially informed by the regular
formal proclamation that there is n
blockade in existence there, and that
no vessel will be allowed to land there,
notwithstanding the terms of the In
tenatio.,al Postal union, proviso to
which arranges for just such condi-
tion OF things, war. as now exist. The
Cuban is not. a ready letter writer, and
he can stand any deprivation as re-
CARDS his mail. Indeed. he Is Just about
as happy whether he gets it or not.
There has been but very little mail COM
munication between Cuba and Spain
nntil during the past couple Of years,
during which there has been a very
large force Of Spanish soldiery there.
This has perceptibly increased the
mail"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
MANNERS OUTSIDE THE NAVY.
An Instance Showing That Old See
Dogs Have Lj1tle Respect for
Land Lubbers' Ways.

The ordinary seaman's respect for
rank and station when not connected
with his beloved vessel i decidedly
meager, says writer in an article en-
titled "On q Man-of-War." When the
president of the United States visits one
of our men-of-war he is received at the
gangway by the admiral, comma nding
officer, and all of the officers of the ship
in full uniform, the crew at quarters
for inspection, the marine guard drawn
up with the band on the quarter deck,
the national flag is displayed at the
main, the drummer gives four duties,
the band plays the national air and
salute Of 21 guns is fired. The same
ceremony also takes place on his leav-
ing.
On one occasion the president visited
one Of the ships informally, dispensing
with the salute and ceremony. when
one of the men rather Indignantly
asked another who that lubber was on
the quarterback that didn't "douse his
peak" to the commodore.
'.Choke your luh, will you" was the
reply; "that's the president OF the
United States"
"Well! Amt he got manners enough
to salute the quarterdeck II he is 2
'.Mannersl What does he know about
manners? I don't suppose he was ever
out Of sight Of land In his life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
THIS MAN WAS UNIQUE.
He was 90 Proud He DID Not want to
Accept . Nickel for Car Fare
Although He Was Broke.

"Will you tell me the best way 70 get
to Sixty-frst street and Michigan av-
enue?" said . worn and tired-looking
young woman Of two fortunate-appear-
ing youths at the city hall corner.
''Why, yes" responded one of the lat
ter. "Just go down there and take a
State street cable, or walk around to
Madison and Fifth avenue and take the
Alley L. You won't have to walk
more than . couple Of blocks either
way"
"Oh, yes, I WILL" replied the other.
wearily. "I'u walk all the way"
'What do you meant Why all the
way?"
II am broke and out Of . Job. and
I haven't any money for street car
fare"
"Well. I'll stake you to car fare. said
one Of the fortunates.
"Much obliged" replied the other,
"but I guess won't let you do that.
I'm broke all right, and tired and hum
cry, too, but I'd walk from here to San
Francisco before I'd take a cent Of
charity from anybody. I'm going to
walk out to Sixty-frst street for job.
and if there's job there I'm going
TO get it."
'Well, you can kick me-" said one
Of the fortunate two to the other, '1f
that isn't more nerve than I've seen
in long while. hope that fellow will
get that job"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
CALIFORNIA JACK RABBITS.
Those OF the Southern Part Of the
State Are the Largest In
Existence.

The Jack rabbits OF southern Cali
fornia are the biggest rabbits in exist
ence. They are as fleet as the wind.
and one will sit stiM on its form or by
the roadside until you have almost
grabbed it by its mule-like ears. but be-
fore you can close your fingers on it
there will be no rabbit there. Ii you
look, say 40 yards ahead. you will see
what you think is another rabbit bumped
up in a fluffy bunch. waiting for
YOU in the same way. But it won't
be another rabbit. 1t will be the same
one, 1t having covered al that dis
tance and settled down again befors
you have hardly missed it from where
it sat first.
These big rabbits are as swift and
sudden as the f1eas that swarm on them
as soon as summer comes. The rabbits
are fat then. but these f1eas are so
thick on them. and are SO ravenous that
they actually reduce the long-eared
four-footed jumper to a skeleton by
the time the fall rain sets in. If it
wasn't for those regular fan rains the
fleas would be of great service to US
in destroying the rabbit pest. for the
rabbits could not Withstand the
assaults of their Unsuitable parasites
many days longer. But the rains are
certain, and they are fatal to the fieas.
The water kills the feas, and the rab-
bits pitch in again on our vineyards
aud orchards and grain with sharpened
appetites. Notwithstanding the thou
sands of jack rabbits we slaughter In
the spring. enough escape to keep the
supply big enough to make it necessary
for the slaughter of other thousands
the next spring. 1t Is simply impos-
sible to exterminate them. they are
such sure and persistent breeders. So
we may expect to have the fun OF jack
rabbit round-ups every year as long
as we raise fruit in Fresno county and
parts adjacent.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
JUVENILE SOLDERING.
COunteFsign Before She Could
Approoeh the Barracks.

Since the tocsin Of war has sounded,
even the children in the nursery have
their drills and go through the SEM
blance of war. says the Des Moines
News. In the northern part Of the city
company of boys has been formed. and
there is nothing done at Camp Mckinley,
probably not at Chickamauga, which
they do not attempt. What with their
blue overalls and white jackets they
look quite soldierly at times! The
mothers in the neighborhood realized
that they might expect anything from
their warlike sons, and 30 were not sur
prised few days ago when the an
nouncement was made that the boys
were going into barracks in barn in
the neighborhood. They had been do
ing their own cooking for some time and
now they would be satisfied with moth
ing short Of sleeping in their trousers
and on the hay. On the first night spent
BIZ them in the barn, the mother Of one
OF the boys had occasion to 60 to speak
to her son. Up and down in front OF
the improvised barracks moved the sem
tirel.
"Halt! Who goes therer' rang out
the stern voice Of the guard.
"A friend" meekly answered the lady,
deeply impressed with the solemnity Of
tn. occasion.
advance and give the eountersign.
was the next order.
Happily one of the boys, IN deepest
secrecy, had told his mother the mystic
word. and the latter had impaired it to
her neighbor.
Going close to the sentinel the lady
whispered: "Dewey."
I'VE do,r came the answer.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23


He circles about his "store," crying his
wares to the passers by. There are few
streets in New York where there Is as
much teaming as in West street, and
most of the trade thatcomes to the tele-
graph pole is from teamsters.
"What does he do when II rains~
That is always the question Of those
who notice the odd place of business.
The proprietor shifts his stock across
the street to place which he patron
ICES aud his patronage pays the rent.
But he does not shut up shop on rainy
days. Having stored the bulk OF hfs
stock he goes on q soliciting jaunt
among the shops, carrying few "side
Ines" like commercial agents of the
more pretentious class, and these are
salable anywhere.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-07-23
FASCINATING FIRE ENGINE.
ness About 1t In Whatever
Phase 1t May Re SeeA.


"There is something fascinating al
ways" said Mr.. Goslington to New
York Sun man, "about a steam fire en-
CINE. l could stand and watch one by
the hour, and I find plenty of people
that feel just the same way about it,
and we. that il to say, the people that
love the fire engine, can do that if it isn't
doing blessed thing but just standing
in the street. What mean is this:
II happened the other day to see .
fire that was over in a minute; men put
it out without throwing q stream on it.
But this engine that I speak of hooked
on to hydrant and was ready to throw
water if it was needed. 1t wasn't, and
they took off the suction, put it back in
place on the engine, and drew the fire,
and then stood there just waiting to be
ordered home; driver up and every ything
all ready.
"But the people looking on didn't go.
From the time the engine had halted
at the hydrant they had been stand
ing around on the sidewalk, cres-
.cent-shaped fringe of men and boys;
and they remained immovable now. my
self among them, when it was all over
but the going home. The engine was
fascinating still, with its three pow
erful horses, with its FURNISHED smoke
stack and fittings, and its Kissing steam,
and its suggestion of power everywhere.
and we just stood there and looked at it,
and waited five minutes, guess, maybe
ten, just to hear the bell clang and see
the driver gather up the reins and turn
the great team and start of on the way
back to the house."