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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24

A brilliant suggestion occurs as these
lines are written. The words ''pro" and
icon" are widely used in connection
with each other. The expression ttpro"
has also become the accepted abbrevia-
ton for the professional racing man.
Call man a "pro, and all know what
is meant. Now as to econ" This is
slang expression, the application Of
which is also widely Known. Briefly,
"con' is confidence man, or one who
sails under false colors with an end in
view. What is the ordinary amateur
but comp Why not designate pro-
fessionals and amateurs as pros and
"cons?' This is better than calling
them ''pros'' and "shamateurs. .
The amateur who never disposes of
the negotiable prizes which reward him
when he finishes one, two or three in a
race is variety, although he may ex-
ist. In an up town clubhouse last night
was told the story of two local amateurs
who took jaunt down the Jersey shore
to town the name of which suggests
New Jersey soil and captured every
prize. in sight at the local races. Accord
ing to the story, not prize left the
town, for every one was sold for coin of
the realm before the CONS boarded
the train for home--New York Tele-
gram
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Styles In Lamps.

For the drawing room the standard
lamp is most in favor and diffuses a
very becoming light when prettily
shaded. The design should be light and
graceful, in copper or brass in preference
to wrought iron. The lamp for the din
ing room is very different in character,
and the light being required over the
table center pendant is by far the most
appropriate, with one or two brackets
over the side table.
If the hall is of dimensions to require
two lamps, one may be pendant and
the other a bracket, and in wrought
iron there are many suitable designs,
the lantern shape, fitted with squares of
cathedral glass, being perhaps among
the hest
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Boston CIubwomen.

The Woman's Clubhouse corporation
of Boston is busily engaged in creating
a new public interest in its proposed
work of establishing clubhouse. The
fundamental purpose is to have suita-
BILE building as central rallying place
for the club interests of the state. Bos-
ton, like other large cities, feels the
need of a creditable building as meet
ing place for women and men who are
interested in intellectual, artistic, phil
anthropic, business and social pursuits.
The enterprise is large one and re-
quires liberal amount Of capital 1t is
estimated that the land and building
will require an outlay of $500, 900.
The organization is on business
basis and is expected to return a fair in
terest to investors. A nucleus for the
fund has been deposited with the Mas
sachusetts Loan and Trust company, and
she shares of stock are $40 each and
uonassessable. Boston Letter
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
How Many Toes Has q Cat?

CHOW many feet has catt'' asks the
little schoolma am. "Four." 'Quite
right. And how many claws has cat?"
why, four times five of course" says
the lightning calculator boy of the red
sch dollhouse. elias she?" exclaimed the
deacon in surprise.
WHO HAS COUNTED THEMP
Chow many claws has our old cat f.
Asked Eddie. "Who can tell me thatf"
ooh, that said Harry, "every one knowsl
As many as you have fingers and toes
"Yeth," lisped Ethel. "shee'th iusht got
twenty
Five on each foot-and think 18th plenty
YES said BERTHE, "iust five times four.
That makes twenty, no less nor more"
wrong said Eddie; CHATS easy seen.
Catch her and count 'em-she has eighteeni
Goats each of their two hind paws
Have only four, and not five, claws
Toronto Globe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Miss Mary A. Mason.

Miss Mary A. Mason, who has been
appointed state factory inspector Of
Massachusetts, in place of Mrs Ames,
has had wide experience in labor cir
cles and comes highly recommended.
She was born in South Paris, Me-, but
lived for many years in Haverhill, Mass.
She has been identified with organized
labor since 1878. She has at different
times been president and secretary of
the Women Stitchers' union of Haver-
hill, treasurer and recording secretary
of the Haverhill Central Labor union,
general financial secretary of the Stitch
ers' and Shoemakers' union of Haver-
hill, and for two years was a member of
the general executive board, Boot and
Shoe Workers union. She is described
as "a conservative and clear headed
woman. '-Exchange.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
PETT1coATs OF RECENT DESIGNS.

set on overlapping one another Under
these pointed ruftles, sewed to the body
of the skirt, are more ruff1es, set ON in
clusters, also overlapping.
The extreme mode calls for petticoats
which match in color the lining of the
garment. When this expensive plan is
out of the question, a handsome black
silk petticoat is advised for street wear
and white silk one for house wear.
For the woman who wants profuse-
~ trimmed petticoat there is variety
galore. Some are fashioned in long van
dykes the fullness accordion plated.
with three or five rows of lace insertion
and yards and yards of lace edging
around the bottom This style is usually
made up in some delicate evening shade
for ball costumes, explains the New
York Herald, which illustrates two pet
ticoats of latest designs
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24

If the sufferer will take Swift's
Specific (S.S.S.), instead of mineral
poisons, he Will get we'll again, and
stay well. He will find that this
great vegetable Blood Remedy
drives all poison from the system.
1t gets into the nlinutest veins, and
eradicates every vestige of faint in
the blood. 1t is the only Real Blood
Remedy ever discovered. 1t not
only cures Contagious Blood Poison,
but is the only remedy that can reach
Scrofula, Catarrh, Rheumatism,
Cancer, Eczema and all other deep
seated Diseases of the Blood.
Free books on the cure of all Blood Dis
orders will be sent on application to
the SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Atlanta. Ga
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
THE NEW SILK PETTlcoATs.


They Are Remarkable Creations of Ref.
fes, FIounces, Plaitings and Lace.
The petticoat must be of silk, and of
the kind that rustles with every step
the fair lady takes The petticoat which
promises to be the thing for ali gowns
fashioned with the revised Spanish
dounce is made almost sheathlike
around the hips and in front, with very
little fullness at the back. 1t is finished
with f1ounce narrow in the front, be-
ginning never above the knees, some
times below, and gradually growing
til when it reaches the middle of the
back of the petticoat it is as high as to
where the ordinary placket comes. This
graduated fiounce is very, very full. 1t
must measure fully five yards and is
trimmed with lace three or four inches
wide. Under this wide ruff1e is set an
other ruffie, which is also very full and
also trimmed with lace.
Another entirely new model is made
as tight as possible over the hips and as
frou frou as possible around the bottom.
The upper part is made very narrow,
and all the fullness at the bottom is
gained by the fashion in which the skirt
is cut. 1t is cut so as to form points,
which are outlined by heavy cordings,
and from these points, following their
contour, hangs very full rutf1e, which
in its turn is trimmed with a cluster
of narrow rufdes, which are full and
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
THE w. G. +. q.
Enconfs ged. Over..Four Recent Nota.
ble Vfcts ries

% a
ble Wet. rfes.
The temperance cause has won
four notable victories within I he pns'
three mo tbs The four Wet RI 8
ar:
lat. The downfall of the BARRON
Of the Princeton Inn.
ID. The denunciation ~ wine a.
the Wesleyan Alumni barq let by the
Christian Advocate, and The semi
official declaration that such thing
should never happen again.
81. The hasty abandonment OF
the "blind pig" in the rev national
library at Washington
4fh The jury in the Nack-ThorI
murder case ran whiskey till OF
1882 60 during the trial which was
c',e geo to the county. The publ
cation of the facts by prohibition
papers led the Q leeu's coHntv super
vis0rs to refuse TO pay he bill.
The Voice says: "a report of the
victory SO tar won in the battle
against drink at the Colleges il not
complete without recognition of tie
| services rendered by the Woman's
Christian Temperance Uuion Very
| much of the wide spread interest thai
has been aroused all over the lane
has been due to the promptness Will
which these good women Responded
to the alarm, and nothing hal
touched the authorities of the col
leges more forcibly than the fact tina
the mothers of the nation were de
handing clean schools for thei
| sons" E G. LAUGENoUR
Slpt OF Press w. C. T. U of Wins
| toH-Salem
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Paoemakine as a business.

Some well known professional riders,
appreciating the demand last season for
fast and expert racing crews, ase pick
ing out partners to devote their atten-
ton to pacemaking exclusively this
year. Overtures have been made to lead
ing riders to enter the pacing business,
and it is likely that some of the really
fast sprinters who have met with indif-
ferent success on the circuit will join
the new line. The pacing crews will be
paid weekly salaries and will be at the
disposal of race meet promoters and
managers A fixed schedule of rates
will be adopted to regulate the rental of
pacing crews for the races at various
distances. York Sun.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
sMARTEsT PARROT ALIVE.

He Is Poet, q Singer, an EIocutionist and
Can Even Say His Little Prayers.
I'm the great orator Cicero,
The great speaker,
The great John Gabi
can beat Demosthenesl
bring in the money
When talki
Cicero is parrot, and the above is
his speech of introduction to curious
strangers who visit him at his home.
He is Mexican double yellow head
parrot. The body is light green, shad-
ing off to yellow on the head. He is
about 3 years of age.
He has proved a wonderfully teach
able bird and has received daily lessons
from fancier who makes business of
training birds. His teacher facetiously
calls him the valedictorian of the class
of '98.
He will, for instance, sagely inform
you that he is
The little boy who stood on the burning deck
Eating peanuts by the peck
And then, lest you should misunder-
stand him, he adds:
''I'm the great Chauncey de Peach
Depew, nit -
He sings for your delectation "Way
Down Upon the Suwanee River, slit
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24


us that when anyone goes -----------
insane, frequently their whole nature is re-
versed. They do and say exactly the op-
posite things 10 what they would do in
their sane minds. A mother whose mind
breaks down under extreme nervous ten
sion may turn upon the one object in all
the world most precious to her-her baby.
The terrible nervous tension under which
MANY women live and suffer because of
some weakness or disease of their sex
keeps them on the very verge of insanity
The constant drag and drain upon the COM
plicatcd and delicat" organism affects the
whole nervous system and works upon the
brain with almost irresistible madness
Thousands of suffering women have been
literally saved from the insane asylum by
the timely utlue nee of DR.. Picrce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t Is the one pet feet and pos
tive specific for every arrangement of
man s special organism. 1t Is a scientific
and permanent cure for those severe
chronic, com plicated cases which doctors
usually consider hopeless. II is the only
medicine of its kind devised by an educated
and skilled physician.
Mrs. Sarah T.. Rams. of DAYTON Cass Co, Mo,
in letter to DR.. Pierce. writes; 1t in the
winter of 1890 that NV sufferings commenced. 1t
was close to my time OF confinement took the
grip, and that with the labor pains all we NJ to
INV head. suffered drcaduily and when gave
birth to my little boy kept getting worse.
doctored but nothing did me any good. | had
nervous spaSurs and was delIrIous-Oh. 10 tongue
can express 5uffcriucs. / advised by a
lady to try your medicine and / did j got one
bottle of the Favorite Prescription and one of
The Golden Medical Discovery had taken
twothirds of the me.icirc when ii commenced
its work | began to feel better and still con
tinued getting better In short time ] felt like
am now fortv-one years OF age This Is true, and
your medicine that saved my life
DR. Piercc's IOOo-page illustrated book.
''The Peoples Medical Adviser sent. paper
bound free for the cost of mailing oNip, 81
one-cent STAMPS; or. CLOTH bound 81 stamps.
Address DIR. K V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. y.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
There he But One.
Milton Herald.

Milton Herald.
Those who have been permitted to
read any OF the States newspapers
already know of the corrupt element
now in control of the States affairs
One by one the present crew have
clearly shown their inability to
manage the affairs of this old Com
monwealth, and one by one they
have shown their morals and their
characters TO he vile and corrupted.
There il but one political party
which can properly govern Il e affairs
of the South. There are, to be sure,
some good men in the Republican
party, but they are too few IN num-
bers. The Democrats rescued the
States affairs from the hands of
scandsl-moneers and incompetent
office-holders, and tor 20 years gave
our people a pure and clean aud
enviable State government.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Pie Of sweetbreaas and oxster.

"a delicious old Virginia dish,' a
Good Housekeeping correspondent char
acterizes this, and truly it hath tempt
ing sound:
Boil the sweetbreads tender, stew the
oysters and season them with pepper
and salt and thickeu with cream, but
ter, the yolks of eggs we'll beaten and
flour. Put puff paste at the bottom
and around the sides of a deep dish.
Take the oysters up carefully with a
spoon, lay them in the bottom and cover
them with the sweettreads. Fill the
dish with the oyster gravy, put paste
on the top and bake it. This is a most
delicious pie.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Fashion Echoes.

Some sort of headdress is necessity
for up to date evening dress.
Ornamental buttons are as much in
request as they have ever been.
The one thing to accomplish in hair
dressing is the broad effect at the side.
Hatpins set with mock jewels are
worn in great numbers as many as five
and six pins being employed on one hat
Among incoming fashions is the
wearing of short chain over the high
dress collar, with a locket depending
therefrom.
Cloth has undergone new treatment
by means of underpadding. Bold floral
patterns in relief appear ON the surface
and recall the old fashioned quilting
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
mOnta AntitoXip.
Richmond Dispatch.

Richmond Dispatch.
The medical profession is at pres
eHt very much interested in the re
ported discovery by Drs. Lundbeck
and Elistorm OF pneumonia anti
toxin, and that there is something
in the mai ter receives coloring from
the fact that the Sc physicians are
u.Hking no mystery over it, and do
not propose to profit commercially
in the premises DR.. Luucbeck is
quoted rs saying that there is no
secret about the method. 1t is sim
ply as to the preparation OF the
serum that be and his co worker
have had mainly to experiment. The
serum acts in making the hacilli
harmless, and that is what effects the
cure. AS soon as they have perfected
all of the methods they will inform
the members of the profession. There
is no desire to keep anything secret.
The discovery will be for the good of
humanity. DIR. Lundbpck states
further that there is not the slightest
danger attaching to the treatment;
that it is painless, and that no drugs
are used.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
THE NORTH CAROLINA OAR.
What a Winston School Girl Saw
while Passing Through.

winston scnooi Girl saw
while Passing Through.
Written by, Miss Ada Clarke, while in
school and entirely without help.
About eleven O'Clock Thursday
morning, in the company of the
school and my teachers, ] visited the
City of Charlotte" or North Caro-
lima on Wheels"
On entering the car, the first thing
that attracted my attention was
Wild cat lying ON the music-box.
over it was IA very large eagle with
out st"etc' ed wings. On each side of
the u Us c-tox was an owl, ard near
by were other birds aud one OF the
large birds was bittern.
On each side, alter passing the
birds, wtre bowls with gold i.h in
them.
Passing on, we came to the jawelrv.
Among the stones were rubies, opals,
amethysts and Hiddenites. Going
on farther we came To the minerals:
marble, granite, ores aud displays OF
different kinds of birds eggs and
nests; among them were the buzz ard.
fy-catcher, humming bird and peli-
can eggs.
In glass cases were displays of
fruits such AS apples, pears, grapes,
preserving melohs and piums. Also
vegeta hles, such as sweet potatoes,
Irish potatoes, celery, tomatoes,
onions, cucumbers, carrots, peppers,
asparagus, cranberlies and a large
ear of corn.
Overhead in glass cases, were dis
plays OF grain and seed produced in
( "a nj
rye, oats, peas, beans and other
seeds. L beard that there we.e fifty
different kinds of beans
There was also cotton, dried fruit,
dried figs, prunes, aprirots, sdgar.-d
cherries, apples, chrstnuts, ptrana,
hickory nuts, grass nuts, walnuts
| and ground peas.
The side where the grains were was
| decorated with grains, cotton hollis,
etc.
Passing on to the other side,
! saw a very large turtle and numer-
| Gus kinds of gold ore, silver ore,
copper ore and pure gold nuggets
| Near the front was an otter.
| There was, on the OF her side above
our heads, many kinds of wood;
among them were the wahoO, birds
eye maple, curly pine, walnut, weep
ing willow, dog wood, holly and oak
| This side was decorated with pine
burrs and acorns.
There was Il very large watermelon
that weighed eighty pounds; there
was a gOurd; and a piece of tobacco
manufactured by D. R Leak in 1869
There vas chicken hawk percheC
I'D on TIE limb of "a tree There WA
an Instrument called the Duicimer
] the first one ever made in America
There was a sword fish, saw fish
and the jaw of a man-eatiug shark
and fiat fish. There was baske,
made of one hundred and fifty-sever
pieces of wood of d fferent kinds
There were some hornets nests
There was powder-horn and some
chinaware. The china clay va,
gotten from Jackson county.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
A LOW VOICE.
Why 1t Is an Excellent Thing In Women
Speech and Accent.

Speech and Accent.
American worlen have rather resent
ed the charge so frequently made against
them that they are unpleasantly loud
voiced in comparison with their Euro
pean sisters But unfortunately there is
considerable truth in the charge. Says
a writer in southern exchange:
If women needed half the good advice
they read, there would by this time
have been a marked improvement in
their voices, but, like the Mercedes, who
forever dipped up water in their sieves,
the average woman takes in at one ear
and lets out at the other all those little
admonitions which she does not wish to
harken unto, and it is not pleasant to be
SO often told that we haven't charming
voices, like our English cousins.
The truth is not always palatable,
but when it is the truth about some
thing quite in our power to remedy we
ought surely to be willing to mend our
ways. A woman who is conscious that
she speaks in high pitched, unnatural
key in common conversation must also
be conscious that she could do otherwise
if she chose. By lowering the pitch a
tone or two, persistently checking the
Impulse TO DFodk DOuuQS inUO SQrlll
staccato register that ends in a verita-
BILE screech, you may go on improving
from day to day till your friends begin
to compliment you on your mellow
tones, and men especially will be quick
to appreciate the charm of that Glow.
sweet voice, an excellent thing in
woman.
Along with grammatical correctness
of speech why not instill the importance
of equally cultivating the medium
through which verbal euphony is trans
mitted?
If this is neglected in the schools, it
should surely not be SO in the home, and
the child, after all, is certain to catch
its mothers way of talking, be that
strident and crude or delightfully."- Gull
tivated in tone and modified in those
bristling RS that multiply themselves
in the mouths of westerners like burs
about the chestnut
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
Striking a Light.

game often played by French
schoolboys, but very little known in
this country, is the following:
Select two persons from the party
present and make them kneel ON the
floor facing each other at such dis
lance that they can just touch finger
tips by stretching out their arms.
To one of them is now handed n
matchbox and to the other match.
Each player is now to take hold of his
right foot with his right hand, and the
game is to strike the match 1t can be
done, but it is not easy.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
BOZ e ...., !. uom o,nat.on Picture.

Have you ever made combination
picture? It's splendid way to put in
these long winter evenings. "A Cluster
of Babies" makes a good subject for
the girls, and Football Favorites" will
do for the boys. The pictures can be
clipped from the newspapers and the
magazines After the girls have large
collection of baby faces the pictures
must be neatly trimmed and pasted on
big sheet of paper SO that the effect
will be that of hundred or more babies
looking ont of a window frame. Some
are crying, some are smiling and some
look pert and saucy. If you are fond of
birds, make combination picture of
them, or you can have flower garden
if you wish. Gathering pictures of pub
lie men is good plan, too, for it IA
miliarizes one with celebrated faces.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
ORDAINED to the Ministry.

Miss Marcia Martin Selman was or
dained to the Universalist ministry in
the Universalist church at Mechanic
Falls, Me-, on Jan. 2. Miss Selman has
been occupying the pulpit in this church
for six months. Her home is in Marble
she was a successful teacher. She at
tended Tufts college and graduated with
honor. She preached short time in the
west. but came to Mechanic Falls. to
her first charge, and has proved great
help to the church and community.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
LIBRARY FiTMENTS.
In the New Esthetic styIe-The Deco,
ton Cheerful lint Di@nifiad

In the New Esthetic Sty1e-The Decora.
ton Cheerful, but Dignified.
Until few years ago the orthodox
library ran the diniug room close as the
most dismal apartment of the home.
Happily now the fitted bookcases with
their massive mahogany holdings, the
formal mantelpiece and the som Der dec
orations are becoming things of the
past, while the advantages of suitable
environment, whether in study, stu
dio or library, from hygienic point of
view, as well as from a healthy desire
for the beautiful, are becoming more
appreciated. Apart from a mere room
set aside for the storage of books, the
library has become a sort of reception
room in many houses, and not unusual
ly it is the most interesting room in the
house.
Decorator and Furnisher gives al IL
1ustrated description of library fitments
showing departure from the orthodox
furnishing of the past.
To begin with, the fireplace receives
attention. Here it is not requisite to
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-24
believes In women poctor..

Lord Sandhurst, governor of Bombay,
is a strong believer in women doctors,
and at the recent opening of a hospital,
which is in charge of a woman, he said
that those who made fun of the new
woman's desire to follow the medical
profession could have no idea what a
blessing such women were to the unfor-
tunate of their sex.