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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
You see, Aunt Rebecca knew nothing


of the young girls infatuation
Sylvia tried very hard to keep her
thoughts off the forbidden subject, but
this was not easy, with the top of grand
fathers derrick in full view from her
window. Evidently her father had for
gotten that this old reminder of their
broken fortunes had never been taken
down, or he would have sent Sylvia
somewhere else for change of scene.
81 must examine it, the girl said
to herself one afternoon, and she went
out by herself into the woods and looked
at the derrick. 1t was just as her grand
father had left it years ago There was
an open box supported by four chains
attached to a lever, which was intended
to be lifted by spring, but the lifting
had never been accomplished because
grandfather's pulley would not work. -
Sylvia fingered at the spot, thinking
and comparing what she saw with what
she had read. Why did not the spring
work? She went out to look at it the
next day and the next.
"Sylvia is queer girl, said Aunt
Rebecca to Uncle Jerold. ''She cares
more for that crazy old derrick of your
fathers than she does for making silk
patchwork. -
eff she were a boy, I'd say she had
the Ringgold mania, " said Uncle Jerold.
One afternoon Sylvia was engaged at
her fascinating occupation out in the
| woods. She had made clearing around
the derrick. adjusted the machinery and
supplied some pieces that were missing.
| She had stepped into the lifting box,
, and, happening to pull hanging wire
cord above her head, she found herself
| suddenly hoisted.
"Oh,' she cried, GIVE found it'll I've
/ found iti''
| Up and up the box went, the old rope
creaking and scales of rust from the
chains falling thick on Sylvia's head.
| She was SO happy that she had no
! thought of fear. Up and up she was
carried, till she stepped out of the little
car on to the top floor of the derrick,
and here, up in the air, Sylvia stood for
j five or ten glorious minutes, saying to
herself:
81 have completed grandfather in
! vention!''
| Yes, the Ringgold pulley was now a
reality. Sylvia knew the secret that her
grandfather had searched for in vain.
| The reward had come sooner than she
expected, and her happiness was almost
overwhelming.
"Father will be proud of me now, !"
she thought, land mother will laugh,
and Aunt Hester won't scold.'' And
Sylvia herself laughed little bit tri-
umphantly as she stood on the high
structure, with the tops of the trees
nodding at her.
Presently she heard Aunt Rebecca g
voice calling from the world below.
"Sylvia, where are you? Supper S
ready!''
ttI'm here, said Sylvia.
When Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Jerold
saw her up on the top of the derrick
waving her handkerchief, the sight fill
ed them with CONSERVATION and almost
took away their breath, and when she
said, speaking down from her elevation,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
A Kind Voice.

You sometimes hear boys and girls
say words at play with a quick, sharp
tone, as if it were the snap of whip.
If any of them gets vexed, you will hear
voice which sounds as if it were made
up of snarl, whine and bark. Su h
voice often speaks worse than the
heart feels 1t shows more i'll will in
tone than in words Such as these get a
sharp voice for home use and keep their
best voice for those they meet elsewhere.
We would say to all girls and boys,
"Use your best voice at home. /" Watch
1t by day as pearl of great price, for
it will be worth more to you in the
days to come than the best pearl hid in
the sea. A kind voice is a lark's song to
heart and home. Christian Work.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
ITEMS OF INFORMATION.

The New York Elevated railway
has LILY passenger cars, 335
engines, $500 employers and runs
trains only fifty seconds apart.
Pisek, Bohemia, is probably the
only ''dogless" to n in the world
In consequence of death from
hydrophobia the authorities ordered
every dog in the place killed
1t is estimated that over eighty
tons of diamonds have been un-
earthed in the south African fields
during the last eighteen years
These represent a total value oil
$3.50, 100000.
In Germany man who has lost
both hands in an accident can claim
the whole OF his life insurance money
il he be insured, on the ground that
he has lost the means of maintaining
himself
The best educated queen in the
| world is her majesty OF Italy. she
| speaks, besides her own tongue
| French, German, English and span-
| ish, and studies such subjects as
theology, biology, geology and
| botany.
A curious fact has been developed
by the French police. Their stats
tics show that in twenty one murders
the money taken by the assassins
averaged only SIG, and in each CASE
the criminal WAS guillotined. Evil
IDENTIFY murder in France does not
pay from a financial point of view.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
HEALTH HINTS.
The Bio. d Observation-Disclosures, Food and
Drink.

The Bio. Observation-Disclosures Food and
Drink.
as respects the causes of poor clrcula-
ton, says writer in The Housewife, 1t
is convenient to put to one side those
due to defects of the heart, since they
need attention by competent physl-
cian We will merely call attention to
the emphasis which any physician deal
ing with cardiac troubles lays on the
general conduct, diet, exercise and hab-
it's of his patient, since the heart and
the capillaries must always work TO-
gether in effecting circulation, and 1t Is
good diet, air and exercise that best
keep the capillaries in good order.
When the blood is imperfectly aerated
at its two breathing places (skin and
lungs, it is found to produce that spas
modic closure of many capillaries which
causes deficient circulation. If the blood
is poor in quality or is loaded with mat
tiers retained through neglect of regu-
lar employing of the bowels, very marked
impairment of circulation is observable.
This is a common condition in girls in
their teens Here preparations of iron
injure digestion and add to constipation.
Plenty of boiled spinach (itself very rich
to be preferred, as it tends to open the
bowels. But all agencies for the relief
of anRmia are in order, especially estab-
lished outdoor life and good diet.
But of all the causes that commonly
lead to closed capillaries and "that
clogged feeling" in head, nose, muscles
and generally the chiefest one is over
eating. 1t is not necessary that any IN
digestion should be manifest. The writer
himself once suffered thus for several
months at a good hotel in the Catsk1lls,
in perfect fall weather, on abundant ex-
ercise, careful bathing, leisure and too
many table privileges although no sup
per was taken. Whatever becomes of
the surplus food in these cases, whether
fat is formed or not, there is no hope
of the entire capillary circulation, which
alone can give the complete energy and
sense of well being. Spiced articles,
short pastry and whatever foods produce
indigestion (and cornbread and graham
in more than minute amounts do that
for some) have a peculiarly injurious
effect on the capillary circulation. So
do excessive amounts of meats for most.
Sugar when not digested floats in the
blood as an ;rritant till the kidneys can
throw it out and meanwhile offends the
capillaries All the alcoholics paralyZe
the capillaries and at first cause undue
flushing, but at severe expense in the
end. Tea and coffee disorder circulation
by disturbing the spinal center. In city
life with its too constant eXcitements
and stimulations of all sorts, nervous
and otherwise, fatty degeneration OF
"a smaller blood vessels often takes
place along in the forties and at once
relegates the sufferer permanently to
enfeeblement and a species of agedness.
This is commonly the real explanation
of a state which they themselves can
only describe rs one of "being no longer
young
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Invited to North Carolina.

The Raleigh News and Observer of
the Sth says: The State Superihtend-
ent of Public Instr uction ia making
an effort to have the next annual
meeting of the department of Super
iutendents of the National Educa-
tional Association in North Carolina.
To this end he yesterday wrote the
presidents of the different colleges
and institutions asking them to join
him in extending p special invitation
to this association to meet within
the Old North State next February.
1t is proposed to hold the meeting in
Ashevilfe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Era Of Industrial SlaY'ry.
Senator Teller.

Senator Teller.
do not know, perhaps, but l have
tried to learn; have given this ques-
ton hours of study that few men
have, and ! believe that this is the
great question; that the money ques-
ton thrt atens not only this people,
but the enslavemPnt of mankind
throughout the world. | said in
1898, to my countrymen: You are
entering upon an era of industrial
slavery such as the world has never
seen" Mr.. President, it is here now.
With all your boosted prosperity
you are closing the mill of New
England, and deducting from the
wages of the laboring man 10, l.
and 20 per cent, and making it i'm
possible for him to perform the
duties of citizenship, and then you
tell Dis that all these things are done
in the interest of honor, and labor
must stand it. But the bond holder
gets the bounty.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Grandpa's Boy.

I'm going back down to grandpa's.
won t come back no more
To hear the remarks about my feet
Amuddyin up the floor.
They's too much said about my clothes,
The scoldin'S never done
I'm goin back down to grandpa's.
Where boy kin hev some fun
dug up half his garden
A-gittin worms fer bait.
He said he used to like it
When laid abed SO late.
He said that pie was good fer boys
And candy made 'em grow
Eff l can't go to grandpa's.
I'll turn pirate first you know.
He let me take his shotgun
An loaded it for me.
The cats they hid out in the barn,
The hens flew up tree.
had a circus in the yard
With twenty other boys
I'm going back to grandpa's,
Where they amt afraid of noise.
He didn't make me comb my hair
But once or twice a week.
He wasn't watchin out fer words
l didn't orter speak
He told me stories bout the war
And Injuns shot out west
Oh, I'm goin down to grandpa's.
Fer he knows wot boys like best
He even run race with me.
But had to stop an cough.
He rode my bicycle an laughed
Bec'us he tumbled off.
He knew the early apple trees
Around within mile.
Oh, grandpa was a dandy,
An was Sin it" all the while.
I bet you grandpa's lonesome.
don't care what you say.
seen him kinder cryin
When you took me away.
When you talk to me of heaven
Where ell the good folks go,
I guess + il go to grandpa's,
An well have good times, know.
"A T. Worden.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
CHENILLE FANCY WORK.
Dainty and Decorative Needlework of the
Latest Patterns.

Dainty and Decorative Need1ewOrk of the
Latest Patterns.
Chenille, scarcely wider than skein
of silk and of featherlike delicacy, is in
high favor just now for decorative
needlework. The latest importations
from Parisy show cushions, big and lit
tie, panels, cases, bags and holders en-
broidered in fine chenille work. In the
heart of each pansy. forgetmenot or
clover leaf is glistening dewdrop.
"Not real brilliant, of course, +" ex.
plains the shopwoman to representa-
tive of the New York Sun, "but very
fine cut bead, and SO small that it takes
a very fine needle and nice patience to
set it in place. y The journal referred
to says: whether of cloth, of satin or
silk, you m ust have your mochoir cases
and your cushions embroidered in che
mile if You would be in the fashion.
About the edges there must be rich,
thick silk gimp, and at the corners and
points dropping chenille pendants. .
Chenille has not been so much in
vogue for years. 1t is wired and perked
up for bows and laid layer upon layer
in rosettes and spirals. The work in
which it shows so effectively is all done
in close, small patterns signifying no
end of painstaking and industry. 1t is a
distinct contrast to the big figured,
heavy lined work that is also popular.
Two sofa cushions. for instance, the
one outlined with big stitched heavy
crewels and the other decorated in the
fine little leaves and tendrils of this lat
est Partisan caprice, bewilder the shop
per as to which to choose. Each is
pretty in its own way
Lavender on pale leaf green. violet
on rose color, iridescent work on an
ivory or cream tinted ground, are some
of the combinations of color in this che
mile work.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17


and dying. The horrors of war are no
greater than the horrors of disease. If all
the nations of the earth were AT war against
each other there would be no such carnage
wrought within the year that which Is
accomplished annually by one dread disease
consumption.
And yet this most fatal Of all diseases is
not without its remedy II is no longer the
irresistible DESTROYER that il was considered
Thirty years ago. An entirely new aspect is
put upon the possibilities of this dreadful
malady bv the astounding remedial action
of DR. Pierce's Colder Medical Discovery.
which cures consumption by nourishing the
lungs with an abundant supply of pure,
highly vitalized blood.
This stops tine formation of tuberCulous
m0tteT, and builds up fresh tissue, muscular
flesh and vital energy. II gives digestive
power to the stomach which Is too weak to
assimilate oily cmulSions
Miss Lucy kIotftler. Of Armada. Mich. writes /:
&" when was about eight wears Of age had in
Illumination Of the lungs and from that time up
sick nearly all the tim" and had n doctor
nearly all the time. would TAX cold So easily il
would go right 10 lungs. AT the age Of nine
teen was very bad. there was pain in my lungs,
tickling i'll NV throat and nv throat was studded
with ulcers there was hoarsereSs ari partial sup
PRECISION 81 voice and diiftrliTtV 81 BREATHING. 7
do~t0red with one of Our best physicians and he
said he could moi help and ',Ist prescribed cod
liver oil aud told my mother could not lie longer
than three months. ! kept getting weaker every
day. when nj las friend asked me whvi did not
try Dr. PicrCe's Golden Medical Discovery. ]
thought there ~ more help for me rs
also NV sister died with -, bat after taking the
first bottle seemed Va feel better. NV apiCtii
bottle of the ciets Once III while until f. Il
real we'll. Beiore taking it. weighed one hun
dred and ten pounds after taking Il one hundred
and thirty have not had a cough this winter"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17

1--WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS THE NATTER"
rive found out what was the matter
with grandfather pulley they
thought she had lost her mind. But they
soon learned the truth.
Her descent was not accomplished
quite so easily, for some of the machin-
cry was defective from long exposure to
the weather But with Uncle Jerold S
help she managed to get down in safety.
The feelings of the other Ringgolds,
when they learned of Sylvia's discovery,
were so exuberant that it would seem
like exaggeration to try to describe
them To think that the lost fortune
was to be won back by quiet little Syl-
vial
In due course of time the Ringgold
pulley was patented, but only a few
that saw it i'll operation several years
ago, at great worlds fair, knew that
girl CT IA had perfected the invention.
Jane Ellis Joy III Philadelphia Times.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
CAPT KITCHENS VIEWS.
He Says the Popuiist leaders Al
Af'sr l'iuu(ier

Af''r Ptunder.
Extract from Letter
Vi course no sensible nan has ary
confidence in the leaders oi the Popu-
list party. They are n'ter plumber,
aud to gather that lu der. they will
go to the right, to the LETT, or switch
off on any track, or go III any direc-
ton that leads to that plumber, or
do any thing that will capture the
plums at the pie counter.
But still believe the majority of
the rank and file OF hat party are
honest COOL people, and will not
follow their leaders and office seekers
and off 20 holders any farther in the
direction o. the Republican party. or
into the Republican camp. or into n
light where it is impossible tor thei r
party 10 win. or one single one al
| their tinancial principlrs to prevail
or single one on their side to be
| benefited. Except the fw who succeed
in getting I'll - in the Kilkenny eat
dog scramble for spnilS and pluaier.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
The Origin of Valentines Day.

Leisure Hours.
/. In England and Scotland, on
this day, each young bachelor and
maid received by lot one of the
opposite st X as valentine" for the
year.
2. 1t was kind OF mock betrothal
and was marked by the giving OF
presents.
3 The usuage no doubt grew out
of the old notion, alluded to by
Cbaucer and Shakespeare, that on
this day birds choose their mates.
4. Several saints of this name OF
Valentine tone OF them martyr at
Rome under Claudius) were venerat-
ed on February IA -Chambers.
5. Some hold Valentines day is
observed in cOmmemOration of st.
Valentine, a Christian martyr, who
was decapitated in 270 A. d during
the Clandian persecution at Rome.
1t liz not improba BILE that Valen-
tines day owes it's origin to a com
memoration of the lovable and
charitable disposition OF St. Valen-
tine.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
A BLOODY RECORD.
More Periious Than the Prize Ring
or Bull Pen,

or buIi Zen,
From the Atlanta Journal
The st cretary of a prominent acct.
dent insurance company has COM
piled statistics OF football casualties
IN This country last season.
He finds that in this delightful
game sight players lost their lives,
seventeen were injured for life, and
two hundred and eighty-six MANNED
in various ways These are consid-
erably the most favorable statistics
we have seen, but, accepting them as
correct, they make an impressive
exhibit of the perils of football.
This lowest published estimate OF
football fatalities and casualties for
a single season--is. far greater than
that tor the prizA ring in the whole
history of tie country. 1t wpnl;i
take many years for the sport OF hull
fighting to pile up such record a.
deaths, life time injuries and more OF
less serious wounds for it's human
participants
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17

ing first lined with plain or marble pa
per, fixed with paste or thin glue. Great
neatness is required in covering, and
the edges are best secured by fish glue.
The principal beauty of the Golfer is Sc
cured by the close edging of very short
brass nails with broad heads, and they
may only follow the lines of the box or
be arranged in fanciful designs.
One lovely casket was thus made in
old fashioned coarse white linen, work
ed on the top, sides, back and front in a
quaint old English design, finished, as
described, with nails
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
An Admirably ManneI Institution.
Wilmington Messenger

Wilmington Messenger.
We are glad in the prosperity of
this important school of the B4p
lists, now so admirably manned. 1t
has now it's largest roll of students,
We think, above go If the veneer
able Rev DR.. Waite could return and
look upon the scene and view lis
buildings and apparatus and crowd
Ell halls and eager students and
scholarly faculty, he would rejoice,
We may not doubt, and go back iii
memory to the day of small things
1910 45 Continued success TO
Wake Forest College. May il fill our
State and land with such men as it
has sent out to bless humanity and
to teach by precept and example,
men like the late Rev. nr. Thomas ii
Pritchard and Dr.. Huffman and
scores OF others, men to esteem and
honor and trust and love.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
A CALIFORNIA ARTIST.
A Young American Woman Praised by
Partisan Art Critics.

A Young American Woman Praised by
Partisan Art Critics.
The friends of Miss Jessie Allen of
this city will be pleased to learn of her
Partisan success. Miss Allen spent some
time here as student in the Mark Hop
kins Art institute and the Art Students
league. She left here little more than
two years ago to complete her art studies
abroad. She studied in the Julian acad-
emile in Paris, and afterward under M.
Collins. She spent the summer of 1896
in Holland with a party of artists,
many of whom were Americans, sketch
ing the gray hues of that northern lati-
tude.
After brief visit to the museums
and art treasures of London in April,
1897, Miss Allen visited. Rome and
Venice.
In an exhibition of the works of 200
American artists from all sections of
the United States held in Paris during
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
NEW FADs, NEW FANcIEs.
Quick Sellers-Lace and Ribbons q
Summer GOwnsa

Summer Gownss
Philadelphia Record.
The quick sellers now on the count
ars include some beautiful sashes in
liberty and India silk and in MORE
taffeta. There are charming plain,
plaid and striped designs. Lace ap-
plications in various arrangements
are seen on some OF the more Ella bo-
rate sashes.
Great prodigality in the way of
ribbon and lace is sure TO be exhibited
in summer gowns. n arrow valeu-
ciennes and Chantilly laces are being
sold in large quantities.
Spring gowns of wide vale coverts
are popular and practical. These
materials are associated with braid
and velvet garnitures.
Narrow satin ribbons, ruff d on
one edge or shirred through the
centre, are very fashionable for
embellishing skirts and wais-s.
The broad ascot tie, confined at
the centre with a pearl pin, ia a
faYorite bit OF neckwear.
Some of the new princess and red
ingote costumes are very stylish, but
the most are decidedly grotesque
[ In the evolution of odd waists
stripped t, fl Ia in shaded effects are
! employed TO Il great extent There
liz an immense demand for all sorts
! of plaided taf1etas
There is a decided taste growing
for red in the millinery world-bright
reds, as well as the darker claret and
corinth shades. The most conspicu-
Gus are famboisa, pompgranite
cerise,- geranium, aurora and "rost
| bengale."
Blue is also in demand, the favor
ties being flag blue, blue i, Yale
turquoise and ciel.
The prominent browns are castor
carnelite, beige, fawn, nut brown aDt
franciscain
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
Molasses LAYER Cake.

Cream three-fourths cupful of butter
with three ourths cupful of sugar. Add
-fourths cupful of molasses, an egg
tablespoonful of mixed spices, cup
full of sweet milk, a teaspoonfu1 of soda,
dissolved, az cupfuls of flour mixed
with teaspoonfuls of cream tartar.
Stir well together and bake in jelly
cake tins and when cold put together
with anv kind of jelly or white icing.
The Lacy and the Tiger
a benevolent and fat old lady observ-
ing a tiger in cage was moved by COM
passion to say:
ssPoor, dear creaturel I am SO sorry
that you cannot get out.
81 don't want to get out, said the
tiger, his cavernous mouth drenched
and dripping with the waters of desire.
"What plunges me into gulf OF dark
despair is that you cannot get in. ''--~
San Francisco Examiner
Long Skirts In Paris.
In Paris once more there is rebellion
against short walking skirts. Grandes
DANES walking in the Bots while their
carriages await them trail their gowns
up and down the shady walks, and the
initiative bou-geoise, in consequence,
trot along the pavements with skirts
slight1y trained and covered with dust
Is is the mode. and that sufiees
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-02-17
The Value Of Good Roads,

Atlanta Journal.
There is all over the country a
deep and growing interest in the
subject of good roads. The people
generally have learned that good
roads pay and that bad roads are
terribly expensive. There is not a
state in the Union which has not
done more good road work in the
past five years than it ever did before
in an equal period of time. Some of
them have done ten times as much.