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The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
ABSURD PARALLEL.
strong Contrast Between This War
and That OF 1S61-65.

and That OF 1S61-65.
New York World
Various timid and ill-informed
newspapers cite the civil war as O.
warning that our contest with Spain
may be long and dreadful.
There is no possible parallel be-
tween the two cases. 1t is simply
preposterous.
/. First of all, the Gonfederates
were Americans, not Spaniards-an
important difference.
z. Their armies were commanded
by some of the ablest West Pointers
then living. including Lee, jackson.
the two Johnstons, Beauregard,
Longstreet, Stuart and Others.
soldiers equal to any that war has
ever produced.
3. These Americans stood face TO
| face with the Union armies from the
outset. They were not transported
1000 miles. They fought on their
own ground.
4 They numbered half million
lighting men, whereas Spain has not
, more tn IN so 900 effective soldiers
| in Cuba and cannot land any more
3. They had their homes, their
cornfields, their cattle pastures, their
pigpens and their smokehouses at
their backs. They had 100000
negro farm hands to raise food
supplies while the white men fought.
| They had resources such as poor,
bankrupt and revolution -racked
Spain he's not had in a century.
| 6. The civil war divided the coun-
try. This war unites it. The north
and south are standing together as
one man, and our war making power
repi esents now the combined force OF
both Uticn and Confederate fighting
plus a great increase in wealth, pop
ulation, transit facilities, food pro-
ductiun, international credit and oil
other resources. Plus also all the
teaching of that costly war lesson
plus experienced officers and soldiers
still ready for duty, and plus q
powerful navy.
| The country that facts Spain is
quite five TINES as potent as was the
divided country that tried con-
clusions with itself in 1861. Com
parison in such a case is simply
absurd.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
A DISH OF FISH.
Goldfish or Haddock Stuffed and Baked
and Handsomely Garnished.


and Handsomely Garnished.
''Fish for fasting days and, moreover,
f1apjacks and puddings, quotes the
Boston Cooking School Magazine, in IL
Illustrating and telling how to prepare a
handsome dish of baked cod or haddock,
with garnish of puree of peas, parsley
and lemon, as follows:
Remove the eyes from the head and
the fins from the body of a dressed had
dock weighing about four pounds. Soak
in cold water about five ounces Zone
fourth loaf of bread, from which the
crust has been removed, for 15 minutes.
Put the bread in piece Of cheesecloth
and wiring out all the moisture, add a
tablespoonful of parsley, chopped, ia
blespoonfuls of onion, chopped Cor tea
spoonful of onion juice), one-fourt Z
teaspoonful each of salt and pepper, cnc-
fourth cup of melted butter, and, !.
desired quite dry, the beaten yolks q
two eggs.
Fill the body of the fish with the
stuffng and sew up the opening. Pass
the tail through the sockets from which
the eyes have been removed and pass a
skewer through, close to the head, tC
hold it in place. Arrange on fish
sheet in a baking pan, together with
bits Of onion, carrot and parsley. Lay
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
The State Convention.

Asheville Citizen.
The Raleigh News and Observer
calls for large Democratic conven-
tion May &c. The call is a timely
one aid should be echoed all over
the State by the press As the News
and Observer says there twas never
more reason for a great convention
than now" Great care ought to be
taken, to elect delegates who will
represent the sentiment of the sec
tion from whence they are sent. Let
there be one of the best conventions
the party ever had in the State.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
General Orders No. 972.

Chicago Journal.
We have nothing to fear from the
armies that could conquer Maceo
only by the assassin's bullet and
Gomez not at all. We have nothing
to fear from the cowardly murderers
who chose the darkness of the night
to kill our slumbering sailors. Get
arms to the followers of Gomez and
Garcia, land few thousand regulars,
and drive the Spaniards out of Cuba
Eat once" Those are the words of
Congress. That is the will of the
people.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
RETROACTIVE CLAUSE.

Manufacturers and Dealers Have En-
couragement That 1t Will be
Eliminated from the Law.
From the following telegram receiv.
ed May 1t will be seen that tobacco
manufacturers and dealers have strong
ground to hope that the new revenue
law will not contain the Objectionable
retroactive clause, whereby all goods
In hands of either manufacturers or
dealers would be subject to the in
creased tax. The telegram reads as
follows:
WASHINGTON. d. c., May 5, '9S.
T. ii. HANEs s. Co., Winston, N. c.:
All confident that retroactive clause
will be eliminated. Tax will be twelve
cents. CLAUDE A, SWANSON
Mr. Swanson is the representative
from the Danville district and has
been very active in his efforts to pro.
tect his constituents, setting a good
example to representatives from other
tobacco districts, some of whom, how
ever. have not. apparently, reached to
the full measure of the opportunity.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
r.. Pluribus Unum,

New York Herald
In naming one of the new navy
vessels the Dixie" the Secretary of
the Navy has given further official
evidence of the drawing together of
North AID the South, which cannot
fail to please citizens of all sections
OF the country. No one doubts that
if necessity shall arise the "Dixie"
will give a good account OF herself.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
THE ROYAL BOX.

The German Kaiser is said to have fine
baritone voice.
The richest princess in the world is the
Crown Princess Louise Josephine of Swe-
den and Norway, married to the crown
prince of Denmark.
Queen Victoria's bodyguard for Scot
land, the Royal Company of Archers, con-
tains the pink of Scottish nobility, whose
estates are in the Lothians or on the Dor.
derS.
Prussia's youngest lieutenant will soon
be Prince Oscar, the kaiser's fifth son, 10
years of age, and the first Prussian prince
born the son of an emperor. His elder
brothers were all born before William II g
accession.
The Newest Fabrics.
One of the prettiest and much courted
fabrics is the old time silk warp barege,
which in mothers young lady days was
the proper thing for party gowns. They
are shown in both light and dark plain
colors. and they come in all shades,
covered with rich colors in flower pat
terms. The new challies are extremely
pretty in both design and coloring. The
dark blue, green and red grounds. with
satin stripes of the same color scattered
over with white or black polka dots,
are stylish and will figure conspicuous
ly among the gowns built for cool
spring and summer days. Though black
taffeta has had run of several seasons
as handsome gown, spring will see it
as popular as ever, and the trimmings
of lace and velvet ribbons represent a
| small fortune in themselves. Cashmere,
very thin and light, poplin fabrics and
soft, light serges are to be much worn,
while canvas cloth in fancy weayeS
| fourishes under the new name of mou-
| line matte.
Transparent fabrics are daZzlingly
| beautiful, some being so woven as to
have the appearance of being tucked
| crosswise, which in grenadines, mousse
| line de sole and chiffon is charming.
| Organdies are ever new and ever old,
and as each spring season rolls around
they are placed in the foremost ranks OF
| thin fabrics. Black crepe de chine
| gowns are very much in evidence and
are trimmed with narrow ruffies of the
| same, edged with tiny edge of black
| lace or a narrow ruche of black footing.
| The waists lose their somber effect bS
using bands of open wrought insertion
which show a bright colored lining.
| White lace at the neck and wrists, too,
| adds to the brightness of these bodices
| Watered silk, with large satin polka
dots, waved or pointed cross stripes ano
disks, are shown among the newes
| black goods.
Lace and net dresses are mnch worn
again, some showing a black lining
while others are made over coJored silks
Woman s Home Companion.
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New window Draperies.

The assurance is given that the cor
nice and valance are surely coming into
favor. The New York Tribune illus
trates the design Of draped window in
modification of the Louis XVI period,
when carved wood cornices and en-
broidered silk draperies were in vogue.
While the tendency of the present day
is to simplicity Of design and the
utilizing of the curtain material simply
as method of grouping combinations
of tone or colors for effect in connection
with the side wall decoration, the sim
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
An Odd Error.

By an amusing mistake Roman pa
per recently printed the advertisement
of new medicine under the heading
Statistics of Suicides, = commencing,
1--WE are sure large number of our
readers will profit by the fine weather
to make long bicycling excursions, !"
and particularly advising bicyclists of
both sexes to take this particular medi-
zine regularly. New York Tribune.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
When He Was In the Poorhouse.

Wayworn Watson-They was time,
friend, when had more'n a thousand men
workin fer me-
Perry Patettic-You look like a man
that ever had control of thousand labor
ersl"
81 didn't say they was laborers. They
was taxpayers. %
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
The Return of Desserts.

Sunday School Teacher-Now, Tom
my, why do we celebrate Easter?
Tommy-'Cause we don t have to fast
M anore after it.-New York World
"a SMPr1sUnnens 10 azs4rsy4 uuun asss
INTENSE giorifoation. ZoIa will be the
popular hero, and when he writes bis nexs
book he will dip his pen in vitriol--
RJoominRton Bulletin
~ IL undoubtedly easier to oyerin
dulge In cycling than in any other exar-
else, but there is absolutely no need
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
An Odd Order.

The woes of the commercial travellers
to the 500 are many, and they some
times relate their woeful experiences as
well as their humorous ones. One shoe
salesman, who makes the 500 about
twice year, tells one ON himself: Last
year he called on one of our largest
merchants with line of his shoes,
with the intention of adding the mer-
chant to his list of customers He
spread out his samples On a long coun-
ter and for an hour he put up an argu-
ment as to the merits of his wares,
which he could see was gradually hav-
ing an effect Oh his prospective custom
er. At last, with the air of man con-
vinced of a coed thing, the merchant
picked up a neat sample Of footwear and
said, "Send me two pairs of these in
assorted sizes. " The drummer saw that
this was his congo, and lie gravely wrote
the order i'll his book The goods were
delivered to the joke loving merchant
in short time in assorted sizes-a 8
and 8, a and G--anJ, as far as the
drummer knows, the merchant has those
four shoes III stock yet. The drummer
never called to see. 500 Mich. Demo
crat.
A good deal of the talk incident t.
the forthcoming Paris exhibition of 1901
relates to the part the bicycle will play
therein. American Cyclist.
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Energy.
Brooklyn Life.

Brooklyn Life.
Jobson-Just see how hard Dobson
is working at beating that carpet.
Mrs. Jobson-Yes. Mrs. Dobson
sets him at work at something of the
kind just after he reads the war news
in the paper.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
Nearer IL.

Van Noodle-D'yer know, Miss Tung.
bit, that old dutfer, Chapwith, called
me muff the other night.
Miss Tungbit-Indeed Why, think
you more closely resemble boa.-Har-
lem Life.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
Victims of Illusion.

ibid you read about the woman who
married one man thinking he was anoth-
er?''
"Don't get worked up over that. Lotf
of women do the same thing every day in
the week.,,-Chicago Record.
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Apprehensive.
From the Art in Dress.

From the Art in. Dress.
He-They can photograph the
voice now.
She-Goodness, l hope I'll never
live to see a picture of the things you
say when your collar-bHtton drops
down yOur back.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
How They Get Their Name.

Alfred Papa, do they use swapping tur-
ties for soup?
Papa-No, my son.
Alfred-Why do they call them snap
ping turtles?
Papa-Because they have snap in
not being csed for soup.-Harper's Bazaar.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12

pie straight curtain need not always be
adhered to. In the design shown the
oornice and valance are both covered
with the same plain material as the side
curtains. The embroidery or applique
on valance can be omitted to meet the
intended expenditure without detriment
to the general effect. The addition of
cornice and valance is certain to come
into favor, for it serves the twofold pur-
pose Ut connecting at the top two dis
3ointed strips of material and permits
the curtain to hang in straight, digni-
fed folds in preference to the oblique
and light excluding lines of the ordinary
AaS-
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
A Variation.

Tambo-He just paid 81, 600 for sill
ver and gold cornet.
Bones-Don't you think that is a
good deal of money to blow ins-New
York journal.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
Kahnis and Park.

Professor Park of Andover figures
rather amusingly in the "reminiscences Of
the late Professor Schaff, just published.
In 1842 Schaff (being a privat decent
at Berlin) introduced Park to his Ger
man friends, and among the rest to
Kahnis. He relates that, under the con-
einuous pelting of Parks questions,
Kahnis finally exclaimed in despair,
sGod forgive christopher Columbus for
discovering America p'-Argonaut.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
The Swan and the Pike.

the following accident was described
to me by a friend who heard it from the
lips of the man who saw it: : My friend S
informant, laboring man, passed Oh
his way to work every morning a pond
On which were SWANS. One morning he
saw swan with its head under water
mo unusual thing, SO he thought moth
ing of it. The next morning it was in
exactly the same place and position.
Still, that was not remarkable, and he
passed on. On the third morning, seeing
the swan in precisely the same position,
ne called the attention of the keeper to
1t. The keeper proceeded to examine
and found that the swans head had
been swallowed by large pike. Both,
Of coucse, were dead.-Letter in Lon.
Ion SPECTATOR
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
FRUIT NOTES.

Set trees out at the first opportunity
Raspberries and blackberries should be
set out early.
The ounce makes the best stock on
which to dwarf the pear.
New land is best for berries Thorough
cultivation is also an item.
The lateral branches growing along the
trunk OF a tree serve to strengthen it.
If the rabbits have gnawed any of the
trees, tie cow manure over the wound.
In order to be able to plant your garden
early, provide good drainage in good sea-
son.
If properly cared for, currant bushes
will bear fruit for many years without re-
planting
In sowing seed in the hotbed be careful
not to sow too thickly, IL stocky, vigorous
plants are wanted.
Plant hardy varieties of shade trees. 1t
Is no advantage to grow shade tree only
to have it die when most useful.
Now is good time to go over the trees
and pick off any clusters of eggs of the
tent caterpillar that can be found.
OF the different fruits the quickest re-
turns can be secured from the straw berry.
a rich soil is best.-St. Louis Republic.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
She Wants q Seat In Congress.

Mrs. Ma1illa NJ Kicker of Dover, N
H., who is we'll known in Washington,
where she studied law and was admit
ted to practice in the supreme court of
the District in 1882, announces her in
tention to run for congress in the First
lDover) district of New Hampshire. She
claims the honor of being the first wo-
man who ever tried to vote in the Unit
ed States. That was % years ago. She
is woman suffragist as well as a prac
ticing lawyer and an unwavering Re-
publican She is a handsome woman
and dn eloquent speaker. She took the
stump for Harrison and was active in
the campaign OF 1896. She is mem Der
of the Wimodaughsis club of Washing
ton, the Portia club and Pentagon club
of Boston and the Daughters of the
Revolution.
81 have always intended to run for
congress, :" she says, "and soon the fight
will be on for the principle of woman
representation. There is no constitu- :
tional or statute law prohibiting wo-
man from being elected to congress.
assisted in rescuing the country from
the Democrats and PopUlists by poIit-
ical work, and now | want to be ap-
pointed to that wider sphere of useful
ness mentioned by the Republican plat
form. I am a taxpaying, law abiding
woman. Women are hanged under the
laws. Why shouldn't they have voice
in making them?''
She says she is in favor of a protect
i've tariff and when asked for her scnti-
ments as to civil service reform she re-
ferred to | Timothy V, s, "But if
any provide not for his own he hath de-
MED the faith and is worse than an in
fidel.'
At present Mrs. Kicker is employed
to prosecute the directors of a Dover
bank. Last November the courts turned
over to her the books of the bank, and
she has put an expert to work on them.
If she finds evidence enough, she will
bring suit. Washington Post.
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vices are among tne oIuesr rn,

vices are among the Oldest Things on
record, and yet history doesn't chronicle
the loss of single one
Marrying for love without a side issue
of bread and butter is like slipping the
froth from glass of soda water.
The original Americans accomplished
more with an Indian file than their pale
faced brothers can with kit of tools -
Cbica1o Naws
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
Sta?CB!aad & Anchor q Brand
(SPECIALS)
Tobacco Fertilizer.

brands have before the public for thirty years
yields of Tobacco
1cn Flavor Fine Texture desired these
brands are Don't experiment
you can get the old and tried about
your plans to these brands crop f ~
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12

A Peaceful Contract.
Hope thar won't be any row.
Bullets come a-swishin.
Got a big contract Jest now
Spend the summer fishini
Hope the thunder'n never roll.
Still fer peace I'm wishin.
Tux a job ter spend the whole
Sizzin summer fishini
Let 'em fight that wants ter fight,
Win name in story.
Eff the fish'll only bite,
don't keer fer gloryi
Atlanta Constitution.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12
Legal Discrimination Against WON

: Legal Discrimination Against Women.
The law which makes the nationality
of a wife depend ON that of her husband
has worked much hardship i'll this coun-
try as we'll as abroad. But one of the
most fragrant cases of injustice arising
from this humiliating status is cited by
Agnes E. Cook in The Woman S Signal
as occurring at Gibraltar, the British
military station ON the Mediterranean.
No alien can live in Gibraltar without
special permit, SO if a British girl
marries Spanish subject she passes out
with him to live in Spain, and neither
she nor her chiliren, even though she
be widow, can return. Her male rela-
tives can marry Spanish wives and take
them into Gibraltar, but she is an alien
forever.
The case referred to- is that of Brit
ish girl who married a Spaniard named
Garzon. He was sufficiently useful to
the British to be allowed to live there
by special permit. Last year he died,
and it would have seemed very proper
for his widow to have remained with
her parents in Gibraltar, who were very
anxious to make home for her and to
have her with them. Her baby was born
five days after her husband s death, and
the authorities generously allowed her
to remain with her mother until she
had somewhat recovered from her ill
ness Har mother hy her anrraarrAa
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12

That is the right kin of ertising-the
steady, udfcjous sort-when you have
something the people want. Tell the story
in plain, direct, business-like way, and keep
on telling it until you have interested them
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12

Q Girls who
have to stand
on their feet
m st of the
time work as
h ard a S any
ay-laborer yet
they do not get
what is rightly
calledexercise.
Close, conhn-
ing, indoor oc-
cupation gives
no exhi1iration
to the nervous
s y S t e m n or
active circuIa-
H.
The western sentinel., 1898-05-12

ton to the blood. It
wears, tears and drags a
woman's life away. The
whole physical system
grows sluggish and torpid
f1rdar II
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

London-Lloyds' agent at Manila cables
from Hong Kong that the blockade is
strictly maintained and that the cable is
on board an American vessel. Several
local vessels are reported to have been
captured, but Lloyds' agent says there is
no confirmation of the reports.
London. Hay will prob
ably be instructed to request the English
Government to order Senior Polo TO leave
Canada, as the United States has evidence
that he is conducting the operations of
spies in this country.
London is rumored here that the
Hawaiian Legislature will pass a bill Civ
ing the United States permission to raise
the flag over the island and occupy it,.
This measure is said to be favored by
President Mckinley.
London. Spanish wrath against Eng
land is as intense since an Anglo-Saxon al
lance has been suggested as it was before
against America.
London. Professor James Seth, of Cor
nell University, has been elected pro
fessor of philosophy of the University Of
Edinburgh.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-20
Spirit Of the Dress.
AMERICAN GuNNERY.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The accuracy attained by American
runners of late has been clearly demon
strated in the naval battle at Manila, and
hgain in the bOmbardment of San Juan
The reports of the latter engagement
mention the fact that after the big bat
tleships had opened fire on the city they
were almost Immediately surrounded by
smoke, which soon became so dense that
: the exact position of any vessel could
not be determined. This may explain,
in part at least, the slight damage sus-
tanned by the American fleet in COM
parisOn with the dreadful execution by
'Sampsons men. The latter were aided
materially in their work by the range
finders with which battleships are
Equipped. These instruments enabled
. the gunners to get the exact location of
every point of Importance in the forti-
/ fications before shot was fired, and
then the work of reducing the city
became largely mechanical.
The terrible precision with which the
first shell directed from the Iowa against
the Spanish fort found its mark cannot
be attributed to luck. 1t was the result
of the application of scientific principles
to modern warfare, and Afforded strik-
! ing contrast to the old method of de
termining the range purely by guess
work. Formerly the gunner assumed a
distance, elevated his gun and marked
the course of the shot ana the point
where it fell, so that he could be guided
by the result. If the shot carried be-
yond the point aimed at, the gun was
lowered; if it fell short, the elevation
was increased, and this experimental
work was continued until after repeated
trials the range was determined
When the present equipment Of bat
tleships was contemplated serious OBJ
staclc was encountered in the fact that
no reliable method of determining the
range at sea had been perfected. 1t was
recognized that in order to have the big
guns work effectively they must be aimed
accurately. The development of the
range-fnder, which solved the problem
was the result of experiments conducted
by naval experts, especially Lieut. FiskC
of the United States navy, who did more
than any other individual in bringing
this valuable instrument to its present
state of perfection. He applied modi
fication of the principles of land survey
ing with the transit and engineers chain
and introduced the electrical devices