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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
AiMlLLloN BIcYCLEs.
ExpertE) Believe That Number VIII BIS
Sold In America In 1898.

ExpertE Believe That Number VIII Bs
Sold In America In 1898.
1t istin the air that the cycling season
of 189Siis to sUupass all previous years,
both in the general use of the bicycle
and the manufacture and sale of wheels
as a commercial product.
Experts estimate that at the close of
last season there were 9, 900, 900 bicycles
owned and used by individual ride . in
the United States. If the national pop
ulation is estimated at 10000, 900, this
would show one bicycle in use for every
eight persons in the nation, including
women, octogenarians and babies. AS
the very old and very young do not ride
the bicycle, it follows that the proper
ton Of wheels to population is greater
than the figures given. Probably one i'll
five or six would be nearer the truth.
The same experts say that there will
be over 100000 bicycles sold during
the coming season. Last year there were
between 100000 and 700, 900 wheels
manufactured and sold in this country.
including all grades and makes. 1t is
conservatively estimated that the in
creased output in 1898 over 1897 will
be fully so per cent, and that practical
~ the WnOl0 Oh GulS lluIueuSo dNd1duCAo
of wheels will pass into the hands of in
dividual riders before the end of the
season. This will mean 1000, 900 bi
| cycles added to the number already i'll
use, or, in rough figures. about 10. 00O,
| 900 wheels, after making fair allowance
for exchanges and Implications.
Cycling experts predict certain special
tendencies during the coming season.
| One is the decrease of tandem riding,
which they say has reached the limit
and is now on the wane. Another tend
ency is a very large increase in the
manufacture and use of juvenile wheels
This will be great year for the youn
| ger members of the household, who viii
| share the fun of their elders on special
ly constructed makes
Still another tendency during the
coming season will be heavier makes il
wheels for ordinary pleasure riding
Club riders and scorchers will still in
sist upon the fancy light makes, but thu
average amateur who wants comfort an6
security will take a wheel that does no
jar SO much in crossing railroad track
and other distractions as the feather
weights-Chicago Chronicle.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
MISS FRANCES e. WILLARD.
No Testimonial Too Great-She Was
Faithful Unto Death.

Dcdtn.
Contributed to The Sentinel.
The whole nation stands appalled,
at the euormity OF the great disaster
that has befallen the warsbip, Maine
Along with this news comes the sad
intelligence OF the death of our be-
loved chieftain, Frances E. Willard
How much this means to the White
Ribbon armyl How can we look for
the silver lining to the cloud that
seems SO dark and which oyerwhelms
US with sorrow
Her life was SO full of helpfulness,
her pen SO inspiring, we feel that no
one can fill her place. To her no
testimonial is too great. She was
faithful unto death. We have no
doubt that her life was shortened by
OverwOrk.
LII Christian people, as whole,
would arise in their strength and do
their part in the warfare against the
demon of rum, there would be no
longer need of sacrifice of life and
health by overwork in order that the
cause may be advanced.
While we read with pride of the
nany who stand ready to protect
the honor Of our nation against
what NAV prove TO be dark deed O
treachery in the Names destruction
we lift our hearts in supplication tc
God to hasten the time when meI
, will as eagerly go forward to protect
| the homes of the nation from King
| Alcohol, whose ravages are SO muct
greater every month of the year
| than was the loss of life in the great
warship, Maine, which all SO deepl,
| lament with sadness today. l..
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
The Princess Dress.

The princess dress. SO greatly i'm
proved by its picturesque and pretty
bodice decorations and rather elaborate
bretelles, caps, frillings, berthas and
similar shoulder effects, is certainly
gaining in favor, says New York fash
ion writer. Although on many of the
new models the skirts are very simply
finished, others are slashed at the sides,
trimmed up portion or sometimes the
entire length of each seam, finished
with long peplum ends which fall
from the bodice, trimmed to the knees
with many small f1ounces or rows of
braid or velvet ribbon. We also see it
scalloped at the lower edge and bound
or braided and falling above real or
simulated drop skirt of velvet, corded
silk, etc., or formed of fabric matching
the upper skirt. For "dress'' uses very
handsome, exquisitely fitted princess
dresses of black crepe de chine are made
up over silk and trimmed from shoulder
to hem with very long, tapering spray
of cut jet applique ornaments.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
Sueda Corsets.

The newest corset is made Of suede.
For good many centuries women have
been strapping their bodies up in COM
bination of steel, whalebone and heavy
cotton goods or silk, but it remained for
the woman of today to demand leather
corset. 1t does not stretch or get out of
shape easily, even when worn by very
stout woman. But it is an intensely
hot garment and gives the figure stiff,
set look. No thin woman would dream
of wearing one of the suede corsets,
though they come in beautiful soft
shades of tan, blue, red and green and
are handsomely embellished with lace,
ribbon and embroidery.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
AROUND THE HORIZON.

Germany expends 100000, 900 a
year on spirituous liquors and nearly
$25 200, 600 year on tobacco.
The fastest flowing river in the
world is the Sutley, in British India
Its descent is 10000 feet in $50
miles.
Lake Huron contains 5000
islands. Loeb Erne, in Ireland, has
365. The Lake of the Thousand
Isles is only an expansion of the st.
Lawrence river and has l 700.
Wales ia the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth. England
produces annually about SO to
each acre, Scotland little less than
$40, but the product of Wales
amo UNITS to over $50 per acre.
The great bell of Moscow is not the
largest in the world. The distinction
belongs to the bell hanging in the
temple at kinto, in Japan. 1t il
peculiar in having no clapper, and is
struck outside with sort of wooden
battering ram.
Every ton of Atlantic water when
evaporated yields eighty-one pounds
of salt, ton of Pacific water seven
ty-nine pounds. Arctic aud Ant
arctic water yields eighty fly pounds
to the ton and Dead sea ter 1S7
DOunds
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

prospective mother may insure herself
against the slightest car of danger exces.
sive pain by the uSc of Or. Picrces Favorite
Prescription, during the period of expect
ancy. This - Prescription " makes the
counting of baby absolutely safe and comPal-
atively painless,
Il gives elastic endurance to the organism
specially concerned in motherhood and
healthy vitality to the neiNe-CcntreS. 1t
makes the mother strong al l cheerful. It
gives her recuperativc power. II promotes
abundant nourishuelst and provides con-
stitutional health and energy for the child.
1t is the only positiva specific fol all dis
eases of the feminine Org listn. devised by
educated ard Skid specialist III this
particular field OF pras,Ice Its sale ex-
ceeds the combined 7I.c of ali other med
cii:cS for women.
II am rerv thankful To- what Dr. Pierce's Fa-
Voritc Prescription has done me. writes Mrs.
Eta l.. SrgI'h, OF Crenola. E!k Co, Kansas.
About month before ! CO 6ucd had
such pains l couia stand up onl' Fttle while al
time. ! could not rest at night 1T nil nor At
any other time I Could scarcely eat anything at
all I began taking DE- FicrC"'s tavor,tc Pre-
sGriptiCn and alter Tie se@old doc 'Cit better
From then until was sick. | carried nearly II
the water that was used, mp long bail, and
| worked III the garden t'lv, basidcs my
other K. and lid not feel ~ al nd When the
baby was born til G9CIQT ard the women who
| with me oaid had an easter time than any
ore they say ipr tho first time. The baby
| is ve-v healthy aud growing right along
have been up since she was hve days old"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
Dutchmen of the Seventeenth Century

Dutchmen of the Seventeenth Century.
These Dutchmen, heavy footed, solid,
grim, were in the seventeenth century,
to use the phrase of a French writer,
tthe Ph9nicians of the modern world,
the wagoners of all seas. They were
the commercial heirs of Venice. The
fire of their long struggle for freedom
had given to the national character the
edge and temper of steel. They had
swept the Spanish flag from the seas.
The carrying trade of the world was in
their hands. They fished in all waters,
traded in all ports, gathered the wealth
of the world under all skies, and as far
as marine qualities were concerned
might almost have been web footed.
Holland today is land without ambi-
ton, comfortable, fat, heavy bottomed.
In the middle of the seventeenth CEN
tury Holland proudly claimed to be the
| greatest naval power in the world, and
| by daring seamanship, great fleets, ia
| nous admirals and world encompass
| ing trade it went far to justify that
boast.-Cornhill Magazine.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
Mickey,s Natural Mistake.

An English lady living in Ireland has
her dogcart provided with the biggest
carriage lamps in the country-so big,
in fact, that her friends are won't to
chaff her about their size; but an acct
dent when they were lighted was looked
upon as impossible. On a recent occa-
sion, however, a wretched little donkey
trap crashed into her cart, considerably
to the damage of both. "What do you
mean, Micky?" said the wrathful lady,
recognizing the offender. "Couldn' t
you see my lamps?''
"Bedad I did. me lady," said Micky
meekly, "but thought it was shop
windy l''-ArRonaut.
GLEANINGS.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
? d keeps better In a wooden

Brps d keeps better in a wooden
box than in one of tin.
Boiling he moiae see used in max
ng gingerbread 'mpr o, es it.
Grease may hr removed from silk
by applying megneeia on the wrong
side.
When sewing at night something
white should be thrown over the
table beneath the light, to relieve the
eyes.
Brine for picking should be made
strong enough TO bear up an egg, or
a small potato.
A small toy broom is more con-
vanient than a large one, or the
! usual dust brush. for cleaning up the
ashes and dust about the range or
open CRATE
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
sawsnaper women ON whee1s.

Newspaper boys on cycles are no
longer a novelty. They are only nui
sance. But if one of the Grape bonneted
old ladies who hawk newspapers at the
street corners were to take to the wheel
that would create mild sensation, even
in London. AT Berlin, however, tho
newspaper woman has taken to the
wheel like all the rest and arouses as
little interest as if she had never been
known to move about in any other way
Before day dawn the old ladies wheel
from one newspaper office to the other,
collecting their stock, which, after sort
ing. they then proceed to take to the
houses of their clients, again, of course,
ON the whaa1-PalI Mall IIaanA4-
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Significant Coincidence.

Wheeling Register.
Senator Hanna says the appoint
ment OF Terrence V. Powderly to be
immigration commissioner was not
the result of a bargain made before
the election. Possibly not; it may
simply be a coincidence. Yet it will
be remembered that in the summer
of 1896 MIR. Powderly was the unre-
lenting foe OF both Mckinley and
Hanna, and that all of q sudden
there was a radical change.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
GLEANlNGS.

A traveller can now go around the world
In so days.
A recent landslide in China revealed a
pile of money equaling in value 1000, 900
coppers. The coins were made about the
middle of the eleventh century.
The human race today numbers $780,
600, 900 and increases per cent every ten
years, according to the recent report of the
International Statistical institute.
The mother of a Philadelphia cripple
paid $3.50 for a pair of artificial feet for her
son. The son got hard up for money one
day and pawned them for Sc. He has since
gone ON crutcheG-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
BICYCLE NOVELTIES.
New Things That Interest De voter
of the Wheel

OF the Wheel
A bracket attachment for fasteLi O
an umbrella TO the hanole bar, il -
vented by a woman, by the way.
A damp proof canvas cover for
protecting the wheel from damp and
rust. 1t covers the machine com
pletely, buttoning along the edge
after the familiar manner of summer
furniture covers, and, like them. has
it's edges bound with braid. 1t ia
especially valuable for steamboat
travel or seashore use.
An ingenious luncheon case with
aluminium fittings for a lorg dis
lance trip. 1t contains full set of
table untensiIs, cups, plates and all
the appurtenances for lunch for
two. Flasks for milk and water, a
kettle, to be heated bv alcohol,
vessels fo- eggs. sugar, butter and
bread all find shelter within "A box
scarcely six inches in height and a
foot long.
A whistle bangle is considered
essential to the well being of the up
|, , to-date bicycle girl. 1t comes il
gold or silver and consists Of a mar
row band to which is attached 10,
chain and two rings. The whistle i.
fastened to the chain and when not
in use is thrust through the two
rings which hold it in place at the
side of the bangle.
A bicycle lamp lighter or mattel
gun obvidtes ali the difficulties anC
annoyances of lighting the bicycle
lamp in the face of "a strong breeze
A music box attachment for
handle bar, so that the rider can b.
enlveped with popular airs rs sh
spins along, is a decided novelty.
A combination saddle and tool bn.
is one of this seasons noveltit {
When the saddle pad is raised acces
is had to the tool bag.
Leather bound journals wherein t
preserve the account Of the run, date
destination, distance, time consumed
names OF fellow wheelers and An
other little items of interest, promis
to be very popular this sum mer
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

'Oil is always required for lubricat-
Ing, and the human machine is not an
exception" says Mrs. S. I. Rorer, tell
ing how dyspepsia may be cured, in The
Ladies' Home journal. Fats, however,
must in cases of intestinal indigestion
be used sparingly and carefully. Ten
irops of pure olive oil once a day may
be taken either after the noon or night
meal. 1t may be put on piece of bread
and thoroughly masticated. Well made
butter is an exceedingly good form of
fat, but should be used without salt. A
teaspoonful of cream taken slowly, held
in the mouth and then swallowed, will
also answer the purpose. Bear in mind
that small quantity of any one OF
these frequently administered is much
more easily borne than the whole guam.
tity at single dose"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
THE WRITER'S.

Emile lola was born at Paris ON April
Q, 1910. His father was Italian and his
mother French.
81 think it probable said Herbert
Spencer recently, THAT if you were to ask
90 people out of 100 whether they would
rather take a spoonful of cod liver oil daily
or read a chapter of my book daily they
would prefer the cod liver OIL
Mrs. Humphry Ward, the novelist, is
not partial to correspondence, if we may
Judge by her remark some time ago to a
friend. eating tacks and answering let
tiers are both alike to me-" she said. But
history does not record whether she had
tried the former or not.
Alfred Austin, the British poet laureate
is no advocate of burning the midnight
oil" He is very early riser, o'clock
often finding him tending his flowers or
walking up and down his garden, but as
a rule it is not until after breakfast that
he does any of the solid days work.
Henry James, the novelist, will probably
never return to America to live, as he has
just purchased country house at Rye,
Sussex, England, close to the sea. Hither-
to ne has occupied handsome quarters in
Kensington, London, but he is passionate
ly fond of country life. Mr.. James is now
past 90, but he looks youthful and well.
Artist Ida Burgess.
Miss Ida Burgess is winning success
in Chicago as a house decorator, prin-
cipally as mural painter. Her first inn
portant work was the decoration of the
reception room in the Illinois state
building at the Worlds fair The next
year she was asked to decorate the Lunt
library at Evanston, which is perhaps
her best work. Miss Burgess is Chica-
go woman and pupil of Oliver Mer-
son, the great decorative painter in
Paris. During her second year abroad
one of her pictures was exhibited in the
Paris salon.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
Mrs. Jennie Jamison.

Mrs. Jennie Jamison of Neenah has
been employed by the state of Wisconsin
for the past four years as state lecturer
ON cooking in farmers institutes. She
Is graduate of the Milwaukee Cooking
school and is much encouraged by the
success OF her work, but she complains
that her pupils are chiefly interested in
methods Of preparing sweets and pastry.
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, 1898-04-07
ClinPipg Skirta.

It is not often, even in the "silly sea-
son, that the London representatives Of
the American press cable over fashion
items, but they did SO recently. Evil
IDENTITY they regard the news as one of
deep significance to the feminine half of
creation, and as they may be right and
it is, moreover, rather weird, we repro
duce it here. "The new skirt of the
moment" according to a woman writ
ing in the London Chronicle, "always
fits close to the hips and hangs in such
q sinuous manner that to wear it effect
lively women should have only one leg.
1t is very narrow, seeming to wind it's
way round our knees to the ground. In
crepe de chine or chiffon it is easy to
make, but to make it of cloth, clinging
as if to ones leg, is harder job. -
San Francisco Argonaut.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
spain's Century of War.

Spring fIeIu hepuDHcaH.
The number of wars Spain has been
engaged in during the past century
is extraordinary. While the United
States since 1898 has had in the
aggregate less than ten years OF
foreign and domestic warfare, Spain
has had over sixty years. This fact
is highly interesting in considering
Spain's position at the opening OF
the twentieth century.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
A Discriminating Hostess

"What intensely red hair that young
man has!" exclaimed Maud. "I'm sur
prised that you seem to like him SO
WE'LL
"Oh," replied Mamie, 81 don't like
him very well. never invite him to
anything but pink teas. Washington
Star.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
A wonderful Discoxerx.

The last quarter of a century records
many wonderful discoveries in medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
contain the very elements of good health,
and neither man, woman or child can take
It without deriving the greatest benefit.
Browns Iron BitteTs Is sold by all dealers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
War and Rumors of War

Providence Journal.
1t Is scarcely roo much to say that
never before, within the memory of
men now living, WAS the whole world
at such n tension ny reason of war
like rum"rs. Hardly II corner of the
earth il EXEMPT.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
The Roots
of Life

Cancer strikes at the very roots Of
life. It is beyond all human power
to foresee its coming. In the begin
ming it is just speck or small lump
or pimple. That is the time to stop
it. Don't delay an instant. Every
pimple or mole is possible Cancer.
In year it may be eating your life
away. For
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

The Toronto city council has resolved
that no alien, and particularly no citi-
zen of the United States, shall hereafter
be employed on civic work in that city.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

A number of women want to have the
name of the Woman's temple in Chica-
go changed to Willard temple, in mem
DRY of Miss Willard.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

One of the common sights in Lon
don's smartest shopping districts now
adays is that of woman cyclist attend
ed on her shopping tour by page, also
on a bicycle, wearing the regulation
costume of tall hat cockade and pleni-
tude of buttonA
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07

The Methodists have eight deaconess
homes in India and Malaysia, one, in
China and one In Africa
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Peanut vendors might be accused of
working a shell game
1t is usually the most promising young
man that gets into debt.
1t isn't always the best actress that gets
the handsomest bouquet.
The wise man is always known by the
company he keeps out of.
The poor man who marries nowadays
usually finds himself welded to art.
All men are born free and equal, but
some of them grow up and spoil it by mar
rying.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous
kind-unless it's fellow feeling for our
pocketbonk-
No Wonder They Reared.
A man who recently went to Niagara
Falls on bridal trip says that he was
considerably taken aback by the old
guide whom he had hired. The guide
had several times appeared displeased at
the Louisville mans rather open lavish
ment of affection upon his new found
mate, but he said nothing till he found
chance to make his stroke telling one.
"What roar the falls make!'' said
the bridegroom. "It is wonderful"
The old guide looked disguised.
"Thats nuthin wonderful" he said.
"If you had to stay here like them poor
old falls and listen to all the stuff these
here bridal couples get off you'd roar
too. '-Louisville Dispatch.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-04-07
Cancer

Take Swift's Specific. 1t is the
only known cure for this deadly dis
ease 1t will free the system of the
poisons that cause Cancer and other
morbid growths. Even after Cancer
has a deep foothold, it will cure, but
it takes longer. 1t is a medicine
that goes right down to the very
roots of life in the blood, and forces
out every vestige of impurity. 1t
goes to the seat of the most obstin-
ate cases, which are beyond the
reach of other blood remedies.
No sufferer who cares for life can
afford to lose time with surgical
operations or torturing plasters, as
such treatment cannot reach the
blood. Swift's Specific IS the
only Real Cancer Cure on the face
of the earth
q - - Send for free books
to the SWIFT SPECIFIC
Nk~kN Co., Atlanta, Ga
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Fairs lighted.
A haDr

A hapr,
mother Is Tie
q happiest being
AZ Ill this world
& To hold in her
. arms the dear
q little life - a
:! part Of her very
II own life ncs /
"A ling trusting
and dependent
on her projecting
love, is the sweet.
most sacred re-
, -IbiIity OF a wo-
- cxistance.
II many a wonlan
coaching the time
motherhood feels
;oply its duties and
She is buIdened
,ense of anxiety and
nable fore buding.
ate of mind is uiI-
le both 10 the
and the child.