Newspapers / The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, … / July 9, 1891, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SOUTHERN WEALTH. EDWARD ' ATKINSON OX THE SOUTHS CSKKAT 1UC11KS. PossiibilUiM in AJioiiHiircnrt Miiu lug That KclipSo Anything . Thus Far KcaU.fl in America or Euroi?. rr- Edward Atkinson, the.Boston political economist, contributes to the Manufac turer." fceWa review of the South and its future, Imscd on his receut trip throui;li that scctiou. Mr. .. Atkinsou says that it may seem officious for him to deal with the 'resources fit the South, but that his justifi.ca.tion is found iu the strange fact that inthe'very heart of the eastern part of; the United' States is-, an area nearly as large as France, endowed with more varied resources, and with a better climate thau almost any other similar area within the limits our common country, which is sparsely' set tled, and until a few years, ago scarcely known to New England people. "The time has now. come," he says, "for men to comprehend that there lies at our door a very large area of almost unoc cupied territory capable of being made the homes of millions of intelligent and industrious families. , It is a territory 1 1 - -t 1 .im. mA,td fmiif o rwl vegetables in almost measureless abund ance, where yet a. large part of the prain and meat are imported from the West." Mr. Atkinson coiifines his review main ly to the great Apalach'ian region of the booth, from the Potomac to North Ala bama and from the Piedmont region to the Blue Grass district of Kentucky. Of this section he says: "The half has not yet been told of hfs imperial series of deposits of coat a!id probably of iron, to say nothing of the other resources of this part of the Southland. The whole area is so much elevated above the level of the. sea as to be in a true sense a white man's country. , This mountain and plateau section possesses a climate in which auy kind of work may be per formed by white or black alike. In some portions of the area described are prob ably to be found' the best conditions of climate, of soil, of humidity and rain fall, and of all the other elements which go to make stalwart men and women,"' Referring to the coal and iron area of the South, which covers about 250,000 square miles, Mr. Atkinson says that itis about eoual to the combined area of England, Wales, Scotland, and Belgium, a half of France and a half of Germany, which are the main sources ot the iron "production of Europe. He adds: .MAre not the mountains of iron ore and . the mine's of coal the true loadstones to which I all forms of industrial energy are ' attracted? At a few- points the crystallization pas begun, but as yet it is only a beginning. . Moreover, iu European iron trtuntries large quantities of ore have toiLp drawn from Siveden and Snain. European railroads have largely been built, to serve war purposes, southern railroad's wholly in the interest of peace, and for the distribution of the abundance which makes tor hyman wel . fare. In Europe, passing from Great Britain into France, from Frande through Belgium and Luxembourg to Germany, and taking into- view the conditions of Spain, would not one find every possible obstruction that could be placed in the 1 1 iV "I way ny umerencc oi race creeu, or con dition, by national animosity, accompa-1 niod by a burden of , debt live times as great as that which now rests upon us? linn it. tint. rcniiir t.hp nrntlnrf. nf t-lio work of one man occupied in the pursuits . of peace to support every idle soldier in camp or barracks, -waiting for the spark by which war and revolution may be en gendered at auy moment? Is hot the border of each country an armed camp? Are not all the railways laid out more for the contingencies pf war than for the service of peace? 'Again, one may put me question : luusc noi x-urope disarm or Btarvc in the face of the.commg compe tition of this country in supplying the great commerce of the world when we re move the. obstructions wnicn wc our selves have set up? Vtfh. rpcnprt: t-n tho rmrt:irrna " nf tl-io 1 h South, it needs only a trip of two weeks, or even less, to prove the existence of almost unlimited supplies of fire clay, kaolin, and glass sand, iron ore, coal, manganese, and salt, to say nothing of some of the metals of less importance. Coal ores and timber exist in such abundance as to make the question one of the Droximitv and of thn rplati vp nnil. Titj of the supplies ' rather than of their abundance, and of their existence. The surfaceonly has been scratched.. The supply ofvhacdwocd . timber is endless, and in the limestone country as soon as tuc trees are cut away tne blue erass comes in. , In Virginia we saw the larg est herd of registered short-horned cattle , that there is in th.r world, whose progeny are being scattered throughout the blue ass country. It may be deemed ex travagant to suggest,, but cne cannot help believing that when a sufficient population, endowed with thrift and in telligence, shall occupy the valleys and plateaux of this section, the poteutial in wheat production of this section may be equal to the supply of all the wheat that the people of this country now consume. One needs only to view the valleys of the Shenandoah, the Roanoke Valley, the 10,000 square miles of the so-called 'blue grass' in Kqutucky, the Ppwell River Valley, and the many limestone valleys and plateaux which are traversed in other parts of this section, to accept even this forecast as only perhaps a little too sanguine or roseate in its termsi" An Old Virginia Estate. "Westove House, with its broad f acad of red brick,1 its steep slated roof, and its glorious row of overshadowing trees, stands amid close-shaven lawns and wide encom pasjing fields of wheat and clover, close to he river's edge. These fields are to-diy the pride not only of their owner bifrj of the State. One does not rendily forget a drive over grassy roads behind fleet Virginia horses, skirting on one side the fence enclosing a hundred and forty acres of growing wheat, a vast sea of living green, rippled by winds of May, tut showing neither dimple nor ridge in the soil below, and on the other, clover as rich, vhcrein staiid Jersey cat tle knee-deep, in purple blossoms amid the liooming of inebriated bees. The ! mansion and estate, more fortunate than many others in being admirably Kept up, convey to modern guests some of the same impressions carried away by Cuivs- tellux.-' the airy marquis, wno, as nc journeyed through Virginia at the close of the Revolutionary war, inrew kissus from his linger tirfs to his kindly enter tainers. At Westover tne reuenman broke into pajaus over tins great extent of rich acres, the happy slaves, the ele gance indoors, the sport, the sturgeons. ami me wan oi iiuutjjn"-1116 with humming-birds. Seen through the hall, always open in summer weather upon outer flights of quaint three-sided steps of stone, tne "great gates, sur rounded by the martlet crest, display their iron tracery against a background of wheat fields girdled in by woods. To the right and the left of the door, upon the river ' front, the avenues from the boat-lauding are cut oil for vehicles by smaller gates of delicate design, ught in England two huudreu yeais i , - . . l : ill t . I. asro. tneir ninges moving suiuv m iuv embrace of the roses and the wistaria of yesterday.' The line of trees whose tops caress the dormer windows of the roof has grown up since the founding of the house. Some of them have survived fire and lighining-stroke. Looking out through their branches by moonlight from the bed-room windows at the wide reach of shining river beyond a lawn washed in silver brightness, one may, if he listens keenly, hoar them whispor the secrets they have been hoarding this ceii- tury or so. Century Magazine. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTER KSTREL ATI VJfi TO FARM AND UAKHtiZi. POPULAR SCIENCE. . " t - r- 5ASY AVAY TO KID GROUND OP WEEDS. ir von want a earden patch that is ribh aud also free from the myriad weeds that infest ybur old garden? Change ,tlie hen yard to a new site and use tne gfound where it stood, nepeatca plow ing and spading', as well as, poultry scratching, has given the 'seed all sous contain a good chance to sprout, and each t urn has been Jul lea by tne in dustrious birds. JVlso a weed-cursed gkrden should be - penned in for biddy. -4-Americaii Agricitlturint. ago, A Iltfrsc Willi Spectacles. A correspondent of the Manchester (Enirlandl Snortmn Chronicle tells the readers of that paper some interesting circumstances in connection witn a good gray steed in his own possession He came to the conclusion that this equiuc friend of his was short-sighted, so he-took the quadruped to an oculist That person soon ascertained that the horse had a Jo. eye, and required a concive glass. The glasses thus indi cated were provided for the hoise and buckled on the head stall. "The hors seemed a , little surprised, he savs when I first put them oa him, but his amazement rapidly gave way to demon strations of the keenest pleasure. He now stonds all morning looking over the half -door of his stable with his spectacles on, gazing about with an air of sedate enjoyment. When I take hiin out for a drive, continues this voracious narrator, "He capers about as frisky as a kitten; his manner altogether changed from one of extreme timidity." A week or two ago, however, he turned the auitnal out- to pasture without the spectacles on. All day he hung about the ga'.e lead-; ing1 into the pasture, whinnying: in a plaintive manner, until his master seeing' what was the tiouble, sent up to the stable for tho spectacle head-stall. As soon as this curious contrivance was adjusted and the glasses placed over his eyes, the . horse was so glad that he tried to show, his pleasure in a hundred different ways, kicking up his heels and fairly dancing in his paroxysms of delight. Taxidermy a Decayiu j Art. "There isn't the money in taxidermy that there used to be," said a well known taxidermist. .- "I don't think there are more than two taxidermists in New York to-day who make a living without having, some other iron in the fire. Fifteen years ago there was money in the business. Wc used to get $10 apiece for stuffing pet cats and dogs and we could run off two and three a day. There isn't any call to- , day for that sort of thing. Our principal sales now are stuffed doves for funeral purposes. We sell about 7000 a year. In the lower- part of the city they, bring $1.25' or $1.50 apiece, and uptown $3 apiece. A dove, you know, is really no larger than a robin, and these so-called doves are, in fact, pigeons. Genuine doves would be worth 10 a pair," ; Most of these pigeons are bred by fanciers on' the. outskirts of Baltimore and marketed in New York. We were the first to in troduce pigeons id New York to be used for funeral purposes. That, was in 1875, and at the start we got $3.50 for each one.. We used to turn out $500 a week. There are so many now in the business, however, that the price has been cut down one-half. "Nearly every taxidermist dqea his own shooting. He usually takes a run out to Long Island in the season and shoots snipe and any other game he comes across. Sometimes he can sell- a case of stuffed birds to a private family at a good figure, but unless he has some big business house to work for he will have a hard time in making both ends meet." New York Telegram. cultivating; the blackbeury. In its natural state the, blackberry is found in neglected fields and along weedy fence rows. No fruit plant is ujore persistent in its growth or more sturdily resists extermination. While the fruit of its wljd estate has always been highly prized, under cultivation it has developed greatly improved varieties. Without particularizing any one as the best the following may be mentioned as among the. more desirable varieties: Agawam, Ancient Briton, Early Harvest, "Taylor, Snyder, Erie, Minnewashi, Law- ton, Kittatinnyj and others. It is, how ever, to be observed, mat not an oi tne varieties are sumciently hardy to succeed equally well .iu all sections, so that in selecting choice; varieties for any locality, it is well to have the advice of an expe-. riienced nurseryman. Along with the strawberry and: raspberry the blackberry fdnns a trio of jdehcious fruit, of which every person who has jfhe land to spare for the purpose, should at least raise enough for family use. The blackberry will grow on poor soils, but flourishes pest on such as are well adapted to other crops; Indeed, it flour ishes too much' unless kept in subjection by severe pruning. There is no time in the year except during the winter, when lfe will net be benefited by care and atten tion. At the! present time there are growing up by! the side of the bearing c'ancs, thrifty,) green sprouts from the roots. These are to be the bearing vines of the next : yeac, and after they have fruited those bearing this season should be cut off and carefully taken out. Care fully, because the green canes are ex ceedingly brittle and easily broken. I Of the new i canes from i one to three may be preserved, according to the dis tance apart of the stools..! For a few vines in a garden it ; is quite a good plan to set them about' three feet ppart, train ing one thriftjt cane to each stake, and clipping ;to mke a bushy head and pre vjent too extended a growth of the later als .Where'several canes are allowed to grow from each1 stool they must have more room, but shopteniug and pruning ae necessary in all cases; and tying to stakes is advised. New York World. PLANT. COLOR AS A SOIL TEST. Georges Ville, the French agricultural investigator, jcontcnds that there is a constant relationship letween the color cf the growing plant and the composi-. tion of the soil. That is to say, a plant in a soil containing phosphoric acid, pot ash and nitrogen in sufficient quantities and in valuable form will show a certain grceu color. The same plant, if either one of theic three elements is in insuf ficient quantity, Or in a form not avail able to Jthe plant in the soil, will show quite a different green. The kiud of green indicates whether it is potash or phosphoric acidr or nitrogen that is mainly wanting to the soil. He main- Nains. on the strength of experiments ex tending over period of five years, that the absence of nitrogen manifests iriff by a yellowish green, the absence of pot ash by a pale 'green, and the absence cf phosphoric acid by a green mnch lightci in shade than the color of a healthy aud well-nourished plant. If this holds true, then the farmer is in a position to know what composition of. three elements ol iplant food will be required for4 any par ticular crop and soil, and tho agricultur al scientist will be placed in a position to give with much more certainty sound reliable advice as regards fertilizers, i Itis admittedly very difficult even ivith the aid of soil analyses to tell ex actly what a soil reqnires for a particular crop. Now, if the plants by their color furnish, so to speak, a natural fertilizet barometer, a decided step forward would be made. Mr. Ville's conclusions wi'l 'be viewed askance, as were his nitrogen experiments, but a6ct of very simple ex periments would settle this important question, A few vegetation vessels filled with a soil of known composition and given respectively additiomal quantities i of phosphoric acid, potai h, and nitrogeu would establish the variety of color re curring on one and the same plant by the absence of the one or the other ele ment. An experienced eye would soon be able to tell from the color of a field of wheat, coin, barley and pats, present to the eye what the soil needs principally Every fanner knows that the same wheat on two different fields may look alto gether aiiierent, and ot course there 1 is some good reason for it, t which Mr. Ville's study of the relationship between plant color and soil composition may help o solve. Amer ican Agriculturist. The World's Fair will have an electrio bouse. " There are five species of light-giving microbes. i Dr. Dowd, of New York, has found that each cubic inch of soil contains from 60,000 to 2,250,000 minute organ isms. - : - i.. Thomas A.. Edison is perfecting a now; invention which will combine the phof nograph and the camera in one instru ment. j; A distinguished Egyptologist has re-t cently unearthed with a lot of mummies a will probably made 4400 years but, curiously, quite modern in form. The roe deer is the smallest and mcst nearly domesticated of the three species which inhabit Germany. It is likewise theinost beautiful, and its flesh is the daintiest venison known to the epicure.' The Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Engl land, believes that he has discovered a method of so treating sen water that it will not deposit any " scale on marine boilers. , j The cooling of milk immediately after it is drawn from the cow is said to be of the greatest assistance in delaying fer mentation, and it is thought to be the most practical method which can now be recommended. Divers in the clear watcr3 of tho trop ical seas find that fish of different colors when frightened do not all dart in the same direction, bat that each different kind takes shelter in that portion of the submarine growth nearest in color to that of the fish. Professor C. V. Riley, United States Entomologist, has recently introduced living specimens of a small chalcid fly, a Russian parasite of the Hessian fly. in order to acclimatize it. " He hopes by its aid to practically exterminate the Hes sian fly, as our native species of chalcid fly, only partially checks the develop ment of this destructive pest. A new till has been put on the market which gives an alarm when an attempt is made to open it by any unauthorized person. The till has five stops on the center of its left-hand edge, any one of which can be set as an opening key. Failing a knowledge of the correct set ting, any cne attempting to draw out the till will cause a bell to be rung, and tampering is thus provided against. A peculiar case of increase in coal con sumption is reported from France. . An official engineer, having been called :to investigate the cause of a considerable augmentation in the consumption of fuel by a largo battery of boilers, discovered that the phenomenon was due to the presence of water in the smoke shafts. The measures which were taken to ex clude the water have resulted in a saving of sixteen per cent in the annual coal bill. w An instance of the rapid effect of im proved mechanical appliances on the de-. velopment of industries is afforded in the increased demand for the now well-known agatized and jusperized woods of Ari zona,' siuce the problem of cutting and polishing the large sections used for table tops and other ornamental purposes was solved. This wood, which pro mises to become one of our richest orna mental materials, formed a very promi nent feature of the American exhibit! at the Paris exposition. Though its devel opment has been so recent, fully $50,- 000 worth of the routrh material has been gathered, and over $100,000 wprth of it has been cut aud polished. WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR ) PF.MIVIVM llPJiil,Mfu - - .&. 1L. & , l ACCESSORIES OF THE CHATELAINE. The accessories of tho chatelaines have become very comprehensive. A -silver walnut or an acorn contains a ? powdci and a powder puff ; a white mouse with jeweled eyes contains sweet odor; a guinea pig is filled with salve for, the lips and in addition to these is a netted purse, a silver tablet, a watch, a pencil j a glove buttoner and a pincushion. Many of them are also furnished with a chime of little silver bells; thus the wearer, like the lady of the nursery rhymes who had rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, is furnished with music wherever she goes, providing she wears her chatelaine.' Chicago Post. . OCCUPATIONS OF WOME9, It is remarkable that nearly thirty pel cent, oi tne total, ieraaie population is employed in remunerative occupations in tne last aecaae the percentage was only 21.33 per cent, of the whole. Out of , the eleven classes of occupations, women have increased comparatively in nine, vis. : Government service, pro fessional and domestic service, trade, agriculture, fisheries, manufactures and a3 apprentices ; while they have decreased comparatively as laborers and in personal service. In IS 5 there were nineteen branches of industry in which , women were not employed; in 18S5 the number was reduced to seven. New York Ledger. I , Wooden Clothes: Wooden clothes! Dresses 'made of possible, that silk, for ex- wood! Is such a wood can be turned thing into FARM AND GARDBN NOTES. ( A Fashion Nipped in the Bad". ' A curious instance of a fashion nipped in the bud took place in New York dur ing the early part of this century! A party of young men one day rigged up a coach-and-six, and drove around town in style. I his incited another clique of young men, who, not to be outdone at. this sort of thing, immediately fitted out a coach-ami-eight, and appeared upon the principal streets in greit splendor. So amusing was this to the workmen of the town, that a party of sixteen carmen determined to burlesque the whole affair. They dressed themselves in clean, white frocks, and appeared in the most fashionable parts of the town in a new coach, which was driven by no less than sixceeu horses tandem. Each man had his hair powdered-. Thirteen of . them acted as postilions, and their extraordin ary appearence sent a laugh from one end of the town to the other. So ridi culous did the carmen make the new custom appear, that no further attempt was maue to introduce it on the part of "c young swells, who, however took the affair in such good part that one of them wrote an ode which, by . a happy Latin puu, he entitled "Carmen Triumphe." Argonant. Bencousfleld's Joke. Henry Lake,, among the anecdotes he tells in his just published "Reminiscences of Lord Beaconsfield," has one of the la borer at llushcnden. who. addrssinr HU Lordship'scoachman, and not know ing mat His Lordship was. in the car riage, inquired', "How's the old man to day?" "I'm quite well,- thank you." re plied the Earl, looking suddenly out of mo carriage window, and thoroughly en joying the joke.-vfaw York Journal, Training the Memory. Sidney Woollett, the New Y6rk ' elo cutionist, says that the way memory can e trained is by constant exercise. "I knew thirteen of Shakespeare's plays and Tennyson's 'Idyls' by heart, besides -a -volume of miscellaneous poetry. My process was simple. I went hard to work and learned them by rote. Sometimes I would read ten lines over carefully several times and then attempt to repeat them. If I failed I would keep at them till I knew the lines perfectly; then I would try ten lines more. By memoriz ing ten lines at a time thoroughly I had little trouble td repeat an entire poem of a thousand lines or mofe. My favorite way of memorizing is while I am walk- lug. wicen i nave waiKea mteen or twenty miles repeating long poems like 'Miles Standish,' 'Enoch Arden,' aud 'Elaine.' It somehow comes natural to me to memorize what I have conned. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to memorize, because "the author has so many striking lines and so many oiiginal characters. Naturally it is more difficult to recite dramas than poems. If I happen to make the slightest mistake in readins my lines I hear from it, so I, am careful to know what I recite perfectly." Chi cago Post. A Burning Waterfall. A curiosity in the shape of a burning waterfall has attracted a great deal of at tention for some time past in the Nine veh (Penn.) oil field?. . Two years ago tools became stuck in th Hiram Axtell well, and the casing waa drawn and the hole abandoned. A vein of gas had been struck, howev-. and when ; tho well filled up vith water the pressure of the gas forced the water to bubble moat extraordinarily. Od? year ago some one, set fire to the gas, and evei since then it has been burning, pre anting every ap pearance not only of a brrning spring, but also of a burning - wateriall,-(jto Franciw Qhroniclr Feed- no inusty hay to your horse, j : Feed all young animals warm food. vlf you want good butter, churn often. A Remarkable 'Hirer. The Saguenay, a large rivarin Canada, falling into the estuary of "the St. Law rence, on the north side, about 115 miles below Quebec, is rightly reckoned as being the deepest and most remarkable stream in the world. Exceptinsr in a'verv few places, where great ranges of hitls seem to cross its bed, the average depth is 900 feet, the bottom at the spot where it joins the St. Lawrence being over C00 feet below the bottom of the last-named stream. Thus a low polut of rocks at the shore, or an island, is really the top of a moderate-sized mountain sprinirinsr up from the mysterious depths of this deepest of all rivers. As the spring tides rise about eighteen feet, the current of the river aie violeut and eccentric: in some places the ebb stream runs four to six miles per hour; the eddies along the shore are like those of a rapid, the under current sometimes laving hold of a vessel to turn her about or to hold her in spite of all efforts to escape. . Before tho use of towboats on the Sag uenay, a vessel left helpless by a calm sometimes drifted against some i sub merged mountain peak, and, when the tide fell, capsized in deep water.! An anchorage being very rarely found, large iron rings have been set in the rocks which show themselves above the water, and vessels often tie up to these "hitch-ing-posts" and await a fair wind. I The tide of the Saguenay, for some explained reason, advances with extraordinary rapidity, thus, notwithstanding the fact that the ebb current very rarely ceases to flow but of the river, high tide arrives at Unicontimt only forty-five minutes later than at Tadousac, seventy miles awav. On the St. Lawrence, the tide advauces in the same time only from. Tadousac to Murray Bay, thirty-five miles distant. ot. Louis ltetublic. . TRAVELING- GOWKS. The rough, yet light weight home snuns and cheviots in straight or diago nal stripes, checks or soft plaids are neat for traveling, and many are prepared with a long cape wrap of cloth to corre spond, though there are very stylish soats for driving and traveling that may be worn with as much comfort and wil effectually shield the dress from all dust, which the capes cannot do. ' . An English gown of this description is of diagonally striped light and d3rk gray, with a row of gray and silver gimp bead ing the deep hem, which is a piece of the fabric put on the skirt like an , outside hem. The deep coat basque has an edg- ing of the gimp and silver buttons. A j V-shaped plastron of gray and white drilling showed at the neck. ' ' A bride has her suit of checked tan ind golden brown cheviot divided ' by rough lines of white, which has; a plain skirt bordered with an outside hem piped with green silk, which also auswers for the tiny V-vest showing on the long coat basque, which has a collar, flared gaunt let cuffs, revers aud . false pockets of green velvet. The large buttons are of pearl, tinted green. More tailor like suits have the plain coat basque or one having the basques in two oi three graduated layers or in plaits, with a stitching, silk or braid piping on all edges. There, is often a vest of ladies' cloth of the prominent shade in. figured goods. Revers are worn again on tailor gowns, and traveling dresses are as near these as any. Plain front, fan back and stitched edges form the skirt part of the above suit. Vests and revers J of silk braided in tinsel arc seen in dressy gowns ol, camel's hair or cheviot lutended for short journeys. t A rough cloth, showing gray, bine and fawn has the tkirt and coat basque cut in tabs over a plaiting of fawn cloth. which is used as a piping for the tabs. The vest is of the cloth, with j fawnish pearl buttons. Figured homespuns, etc., are frequently piped with silk or plain "faced" cloth, and usually have a vest to correspond, which is box plaited if of silk. Courier-Journal. ! ample? It's a simple process, and not near as remarkale as it seems. Wood is chiefly composed of celluloid mixed with fiber. The wood is ground between twe largo stones, the lower hall of which passes through water that washes away and absorbs the fibril matter. The later is dissolved through chemical sub stances and the pure celluloid obtained. This product has justly been called 'o maid of all work." It plays a conspicu ous part in the manufacture of paper; it has a hand in the making of jewelry; it is an ideal collar and cull material, be sides being erood for numerous othci purposes. Chardonnet, the famous French chem ist, hits succeeded in makiug from this same material artificial silk, und the new invention aroused widespread interest during the last international exposition. The silk was turned out by means of a patent apparratus which looked like a sausage mill. In the place where the latter sends forth the chopped meat Char donnet has applied a mouthpiece with extremely fine apertures. Out of these tiny holes pours the lk in fine, flossy threads. The winding, weaving and dyeing was cone as heretofore. ' The artificial silk dyes much more easily than the natural, and the most wonderful color effects were achieved. Despite these great advantages Char bonnet's Invention met with no success, for the reason that this artificial silk was highly combustible; but at the present day this evil has beeu overcome by saturating the celluloid in a fire-proof solution so that perfect protection against igniting is guaranteed We shall dress, therefore, in future in wood and wooden material. ! Every thing will bo celluloid, from the hand some silk gown in which my lady promenades Broadway to the dainty molar with which she nibbles her bon bons.; St. Louis rost-DiajHitch. TBI IOVZLI. DIAMOND SAFXTT BICTCI.K FAC- TOUT KEPT HUN NINO TWENTY-rOG(l HOURS A DAT TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND. Paeaeneers on the khost train which whizzed through Worcester la the small hours of the monung have noticed of late a factory which never Fecms to clone, ana irom wiiomq winuows the bright light streams all night long. It is the factory of the John P. Lovell Arms Com pany of Boston, and it is running iiu-rally twenty-four hours a day, with two completo relays of men, from the foreman down. This activity is due fo the extraordinary popularity of the new eighty-flve-dollar Lovell diamond safety bicycle, a machine which is giving the very best of satisfaction. thmtnn Herald. The largest county in the United States is Custer County, Montana. SlOO Reward. 8100. The renders of this turner will be nleased to learn that there Is at leapt one dreaded diaeaae that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh (.Tire is the only positive cure now known to the iiHMiical fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, acting directly upon the blood , and mucous surfaces of the syt em, thereby de stroying the foundation of the dineaae. and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun- area lKinnrs ir any case mat it rails to cure, bend for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Chenet & Co., Toledo, O. 137" Sold hv Druggists. 75e. In Lanland dross fashions have not changed I in a thousand years. , Free Vacation Trip ! arpe. I A handsomely illustrated pamphlet describ ing this most liberal premium otter, sent Irtt to those willing to get up cluba for the best of la dies' magazines. Address di(or K. T. Coraix t it ion, .Mihkok or r ASHio.vs, KiK-hester, . . FITS stonted free by Dr. Kline's Gkkat KiHvt Hestokiii. No nts after tirst day's use. Marvelous cures. 1 realise ana atrial bottle tree. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch feu. 1'hiUt.. Pa. The Salter Sailed. According to the Leadville (Col.) jjemocrat a Uerman cobbler, who was reputed to be one of the laziest aud most worthless men in that city, dug a hole in nis yaru ana saitea it with ore, ana showing the pit to the representatives of a company he was able to sell out for 2500. During the carouse which fol lowed he boasted publicly of the way in which he had fooled the capitalists, but before the purchasers of his property heard of these remarks they had sunk the shaft four feet deeper and had struck one of the richest veins of carbonate in Leadville. The cobbler on learning what had happcued danced about the edge of the pit and declared that he had been swindled. The mine yielded about t'1,000,000. The " Yankee Lock-Picker." A. C- Ilobbs, tho Superintendent of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn., is eighty years ot age and forty years ago revolutionized lock manufacturing by showing that the most expensive lucks then iu use could be picked in an hour or two. His success in this liue for wagers won for him the appellation of the "Yankee Lock-Pick- cr." In 1S51 he went to the World' Fair in London, where he picked a Ura- mah lock, a duplicate of the one on the Hank of Englaud vault, for a purse o; 1000. liolon Trantcript. Copyright, 1390. Which -will you June, sickness, suffering and despair, or health, strength, and spirit ? You can take your choice. All. chronic diseases and de rangements peculiar to women are permanently cured by Dr. TV ' T? r. r icilc a jriivunu: jrresenpuon. It restores the female time tions to healthy action. It removes the obstructions and suppressions which cause trouble and misery. For pe riodical pains, 'internal inflam mation, ulceration and kindred ailments, it is a positive rem edy. 'The system is invig orated, the blood enriched, di gestion improved, melancholy and nervousness dispelled. It's a legitimate medicine, the only one that's guaranteed to give satisfaction in the cure of all "female complaints. WOMAN BEST UNDERSTANDS A S M The experiment of Lrdia E. Ti-.l;',,- ,v I years ago gare to the worij the V-p-,'. . pound, were made throueu a feline of m. for the afflicted of her rex. S!ie 4ix-v Y, '"' nrarir all the diseases of woman hare a en'ii origin, and may have a common cure. 09 LYD1A L PINKHAfil'S 22; It a yore core for all thoe painful romplai,.-, ,r weaknee of women. Sold by all Unteti.; lUls or Lozenge, on receipt of $ l.oo. 01 j-yaia a. Pinkhan Mad. Co., Lnn, Ma. KIN C 1 ALU KOI'T Kant Trnnr-r'. Livl- a a i li' mi r r. . SoXVILi.K SKXHYH- .i. 41k-.: weekly. 1 Te.ir. J I - J, PJLJtTT. requires Addition of a w EQUAL part ormiAJ. MAKING COST tOdl 3 I jGSTeo w734aPAhRS I .AONSWLESV Y J0CFESA $60 B1HGHAMT0 Beam Box Tare Beam f y j VV. tmy fll FRAZE ISLST 15 THE MOULD IW Oct toe lienalnat f? AXL-E iCnnri ftp VYATCH.'&I on wnl a WnirU It like !l.rr 1 .1;. r-K - I i-llvcrs t. II..- LllltV. Alliance.!., for 4 ituw. Trial Sulwrictkm. Ii t. Semi-monthly Story l"arT vul.l'-hl. u m ..-. fell haw earn I be W AT li rn.ili. HEALTH CALENDAR frawe fur each tf.M .- .. re trtt, iu man I'M- lie. each tort-v 'A in ne deiTTtel lor the maMn-fnimiiMc ; 1891 Cook Book ' . OK it IS . . Successfully Prosecutes Claims. B Lata Principal Ex&fflWr U S Hr, t . B rra In last wa W'iai, N'CkTori, VRnvnr.i mirus .- t welli an-1 kn p well. . .i.r it .:r cm. a T,-.ir. jiiKJ-ox.'f K.IU.W, I :u 1;i 1. 1. . 1. Qimf UlUll tells how. Su free. r. J. Ili l V F, 1 HAY FEVERS & ASTHMA I CURED TO STAY Cl'REa. 'e want the rusnc I j 1- tlrcssiit every Mitli rtr n iVe S. aivi Cana.Ia. A '. ' - DBIVSIOZVS-Uae all SI.IH t :: -v linAtle1 f f or 1 ncrm-. J. y.;r- , x- . perlenre. Write for l-a. A.W. ! mvi. k Bona. Wammnto. 1. A Hv ivv.t; as ia is a desirable or- ; Berbevis Thunbergii namental shnrb.- , V Scrape your; fruit treeand w,ash them witn soapsuds. Dou't cultivate 'so as to disturb the roots of plants. ( I Small fruita are as easily grown as auy of j the farm cijpps: i i Look out for the currant worm. Hel lebore is the remedy. The double : varieties of the Deuttias are valuable lawn plants. - The best fruit grows ou the highest. airiest and sunniest points. j The bearing season of currants may be .prolonged by a heavy mulch. A The earlier j the application of fertiliz ers to strawberries the better. r Sow beets for succession and thin tho young plants io five inches apart. Keep the Heads of your fruit tree3 open so as to let in the air and sunshine. -? Corn for ensilage should have just as -ipuch care iu planting and cultivating as corn planted f or a jjrain crop. f Whether for silage, or for grain and fodder, the man with clean land can grow the most corn with the least labor. Canada'wood ashes are being spread over parts of Boston Common for the im provement of tho grass. ne ounce ot sulphide of potash to four gallons water will destroy all mildews on plants if they are thoroughly sprayed with the liquid. ; The weasel ks the mortal enemy ot mice, rats and; gophers. It is claimed that one weasel will in a short time clean a ten-acre lot of gophers. A. Kansas man made a small f ortune on .potatoes last season. When asked how -iH,l 5 M;reJ: "I Planted them New York for the year 1890 received a rotai oi - 4UU.UUU immisrranta. i Creates ! An Appetite There la nothing for which we recommend Hood's Sarsaparllla with greater confidence than for loss of appetite, indigestion, sick headache and other trou bles of dyspeptic nature. In the most natural way this medicine gently tones the stomach, assists di gestion and makes one feel "real hungry." Ladles m delicate health, or very dainty and particular a' meals, after taking Hood's Sarsa par Ilia a few dart find themselves longing for-and eating the plainest rood with unexpected relish and saslsf action, Try it oocFs Sarsaparilla said Ijy all drasgista. $1; six for . Pre parol only w, apotnecaries, Lowell, lUu, I OO Doses On Dollar FASIIIOH NOTES. j Pink is the favorite summer color. Finger rings remain as popular evV; 'f Diamond half-hoop rinjs continue favor. j Very seasonable are the tennis bat brooches. - ' j A much admired lace pin consists of a row of three diamonds set between double rows of sapphires. The latest cut iff skirts has six pieces, which, sloping sharply toward the belt, give the desired flare at the bottom. Flcurettes, ,not much larger than a pea, are strewn in tones of amber, old rose, crimson and blue over a black background. A fashionable camail is madcof almond shell cloth, draped at the shoulder and trimmed with a pleated pelerine, mounted on an inset embroidered with sitver and gold. Although the fastenings of dresses are mostly invisible, many new buttons have been brought out. Pearl and mother of pearl are to be had in all colors, and 'stimulate! jewels of every hue play their part, also all kicds cf jet and much turuuois. It is quite the fashion now, if the arms are pretty, to leave them bare from elbow to shoulder with evening dress, the wane gloves which nave una suca a struggle for feminine favor j fitting smoothly to the arm and reaching no higher than the elbow. j Velvet sleeves arc still used, but those of shot silk are newer. Jockey caps fin ish the upper part of the sleeves ' of the newest Frencn gowns and bretelles, epaulets and full puffs or gathered frills that stand erect on the shoulder are seen on the handsomest imported custumcs Black grounds with colored polka dots are to be as much worn next season a last, and curious large hoopi and rings were among the new patterns which were jealously concealed. Black lace, with the bououet patterns wrought in colored silks, are also among the new which are on their way. Dainty little dresses for children art of prepon in delicate colors, pale blue, P'nx and straw color, with silk lembroi- dery at tho top of the hem, and; button ing on the bretelle. The latter are often of chiffon, and makes the fairy wearers of the tiny frocks lopk eveu more airy and angel-like than usual. ji Biiueien wuu pore eyea use ur.isaac lnotnpi i-on's Kye-water.llrnircista sell at -icper liouli J ruffle., a. via I v.artn. DIAMOND SAFETY plaM.4 Fraae. Hleri Bro Wmtmw. fterl TaMac. l4JMahl Rail aterial mtmn caa kar. flabaea la Uil aas lrke STRICTLY HIGH GRADE. IN EVERY PARTICUUR Send six cents la stamps tor otr 100-page illustrated Catalogue of Guns. Rifles. Revolvers. Sporting Goods ot All Kinds, e'c. Bicycle Catalogue '.TOIITV I. LOVELL AIOIH CO "H6 hcvd sma.ll skill o horse Hesh who boughr agoose ro ride onVDorit-raJte tor her" DEtK ing. 1 ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results rhen Syrup of Figa ia taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta centlyyet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation- Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro cluced, pleasing to the taste ana ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia its action and trulv" beneficial in ts - effects, prepared'only from the most healthy and agreeable ubstances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists.. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8 AH FRANCISCO, CAL. t6mvru. xr. new ronK r. isSAROLIOi-, Try a. c&ke ofiha.nd be convinced Common Soap and necessitates a great outlay balances rvny Baring in cost, the best and cheapest soap for fails to accomplish satisfactory results in Bcouring and cleaning. of time and labor, which rnoro .than Practical people ' will find SArOLIO house-cleaning and scouring. - P ISO'S EESIEDV FOB CATAK1U1.-Best. Easiest, to xta VheanesL Helict Is Imniedut A cure Is cerum. tor Void in the llead It has no equal. n i i I 1 nostrils. tico,&oo- - ' Adaress. It is an Ointment, of which small partlrle Is arr-nea ut luo roia oy arurjnsis or nt-m i-j iiwm. Urn X. HAZEI.1 11, Treasury of General Information. A Condensed Encyclopedia of Universal Knowledge. JoHNSOftNllS Rl H m m itmmAw R.f.roaMlMl mm -l V nan uklivl lhl rai lx ihsaabl talaiag- la arsndpiM-j faraa what caa otherwise be li-arned anlr frvnt WITH A COMPLETE ANALYTICAL I.1DEX FOR READY REFE EDITED BT THE ABLEST TALENT THE WOBLD AFFORDS. It tells about nearly mrw aabWH under the ion: and. tamexl of lo a very lew iacx iEXCE. desius DONALD KENNEDY 01 liliiry, Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deen- Cl . -1 TTI - 1 - i oeatea ulcers ot q.O ! years standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex cept lhunder Humor and cancer mat has taken root. Price, $1.50. Sold ' by j every uruggist in the United Litotes and Canada. Ancient TYajs of Ilebutln? Liars. Our Saxon forefathers had many meth ods of rebuking liars and boasters, and three object lessons in reproof hare come down in proverb to our time. One was the presentation of a cake to a confirmed prevaricator, whence the proverb, "He takes the cake." At feasts a lanre wooden knife was sometimes provided by ,the host to be presented to the most outrageous boaster of the company, and by him to be retained until he found a braggart more intolerable than himself. The third wa the presentation of a whalebone to a mau noted for lack of re gard for the truth, ai a hint that he would need to sharpen his invention if he intended to continue in the business. A slanderer was sometimes set in the pillory with a whitstone hung about his neck, the whetstones of three cen turies ago being provided with a hole, and by means of a cord were hung from the belts of butchers and other persons who were obliged frequently to uso For Internal and External 1'ae. Rtona Pain. CramiM. Inflammation In braiT or limb. BkenruMrlci. CurrwCronp, Asthma, Colds. Catarrh, C'ho era Morbus. IMarrhnpa. Kneumatipra. Neuraliria. Lame- bark, Stiff Joint and Strains. Full particular f r-a. liioe 16 eta, post-paid. J. B. jouasoa s ux. Boston, at "August Flower' " I inherit some tendency to Dys pepsia from my mother. I suffered two years in this way ; consulted a number ot doctors. , 1 ney aid me no good. I then used Relieved In your August Flower and it was iust two days when I felt great jelief. I soon1 got so that I could sleep and eat, and I felt that I was well. That was" three years ago, and I am still first class. I am never Two Days. without a bottle, and if I feel constipated the least particle a dose or two of August Flower does the work. The beauty of the medicine is, that you can stop the use of it without any bad effects on the system. Constipation While I was sick I felt everything it seemed to me a man could feel. I was of all men most miserable. I can say, in conclusion, that I believe August Flower will cure anyone of indigestion, if taken Life of Misery with iudernent. A. M. Weed, 229 Belle- tontaine St. Indianapolis, Ind." 0 lwa; ao I dlffu craf ts I vKnt ..1 ...- itn. want. ... V n-. v In . mm I. HnM I n nullnir twarlY auy W or paper there are froqnaot rrferroors to a tnooaand and one mattors whk-li the -"-ral i--uj'-' wouM like to luxk-rslaod a lltUe more about, matl whM-ii, unx-s be ha a lartrr- I bru-r or o-i books to refer to, be can leara nothing; bat bere, with Ibis one voiame be m i turn at uoce to tbe Ixdcx and ttnd the pa, and tne wnote thins; k clearly and enr.ctaely exptainl. A T'T import- t... -n- , - " to at oner, the reader will and everything I , I ts-t ng Vion.-ipwra.lwif iec ia ooutctea aooCAGr s w mm mm id m mn HnMaaa.i mmwr iw . r v . a-iftVia Rnr (umnhr II It D P,a&a M-thol;y la ta.l rf la one place, and ewrthlnsl 1 1 IT U R a n I alnt II t nadi-r .me rhay- ter: while. In the Cumolet I m W Fm II B fl B 1 t. 1 1 S I Jrxrarii UidlrVlual c.V r- mi aiwt rvttm piao la ml. I sT lal sT mm SBisb. kp4 mm I Duabtk-a Ir found, t&us enabllns the reader to I I study the who of fT'h- olorr. or to refer, at a I PUnTTTKTT.T TT T TTRTTi ATTTi I (inoe. tu any one myth ological character. - ! 1 all about, it tn one abort paragraph. The same In HsMury, l'blloaiptiy, torr.pQr, Art, AWrTKjvar. ttr. MffHy ti cItb an Idea of the more Important matters we e nuxrate the folio win: Artnwx tnT. Oe Ta; Geokxrr, Chemistry, Mythology, Vegetable Creat oi. Animal Creation, Lanftuafle, e lk-Tal Kru liw Kn-onvmn Umui. Vnjlkti 1 lt.nmm Kliw, A ru inrtnil Rk-torT. Medk-val HtMTorr. Br.tiah History, History of all Kationa. .Ho one Dwderer be Ignorant of any aubjert wlt'i t-n work at hand. ETery person should poeteas a copy. As a rule encyclopedias and works of r.-l .1n,la, Itilnmiftfliii ktm Km. Ik, lnk. wwat aoiacrht aft- Imt h.niifOTT. tt T have l-n IU too many volamea and too eoatly for the general reader; but bere a I" k Is publi-ucd In "JE VOLUME, at alow price, within t.emejnsof all. PKK how thoroughly General know ic etrrared: There are 238 naramDha tn Astronomy and Geography. H on tieolory, J! ia-rity. MoOoo: 165 on Vegetsv sf Rl fl O C" R hie aod Anin.nl if chronology. 1-"- ttA on lliMk and l'ay- Me-lleral Ix-urnuit Won. 168 on Kfhnoiogy, guage. Literature, etct a maa rniiowtonr. at on v - m i i a. and Arta, U on Lltera- ture. France, I' ny, Spain, Italy; 3b SMsMtsMtMtttMM ragrapb in Knxllh Literature and the Fine Arta, Woo Iirlttoa ConstUutioa aud Law, 1S1 on MkK-etlaorou sul'j" IJ and Historical Ex plana Urms, liioa Ancient History. Uebrewa. Babylon ana, Ararrian. etc.: Mytbotogy and Urecian Hbaory, 48 on Aad-nt Greece CTedibie history; 2- oa Ancient lu.n-" aivl Medteval Histury; 651 oa History tn Ail Nation, Here are some ablirevlated eairacts: i-''-' trareU 19Z.0U0 milea In a second See page SO. William Shakes, earc, tne greaieat f all dramatlsta waa bora 1544; died page MX The famous tpaBbih Arm .Mia was divtroyed :n I'M page 330. Printing to Tented 1437 by John uutteaberg page C The r-yramk are tuooumct.tal tombs of the Pharaohs, and are from 3,0u0 to 4.000 years old page 2S7. hound traTcls at the rue of 1.1JB feet per sooond page i. kb, the fatnou writer of fablea, was a Orrek ae, aro lived in tne eta ooniurr, a. (.page lua. amorosta, in ayuoiogy, was toe iooa oi w- uouv J48. Tbe great earthquake which 60.000 Inhabitanta la eight minutes troyed In the year ,0 page 2SQ. lenses, each lens poaseaamg the power 3Uiiu0,UUU square mllee page 2S. Tbe ete were fanciful notlona of tbe Corsica, I7R9; a lea itsi ill. navigable a,soo as. omirred at LJxbon. In 17V dcOn-v-d page 43& f oiomon's T mpie wa.- d tie of a butterfly ruuuUns I of an eye page T7. Earth's aurfaf-e Oolilen Age, Iron Axe, lironse A' llrrrkfl liarc S.2. auolron. horn in Amaann Kiver. South America: longest In the worM: 4.U.I -Order of theOarter" waa a knlgbthtxid. inatltated 134 122. "i'"'J COMPLETE INDEX. . were a nation of female warriors 34m. Crowns, a klnj In Asia, renowned for his great weaJin-- 343. Philosopher's btoue otlatiiated tn Igypt, and supposed to convert baser metals Into (row lentof the v. a.; born in Virginia, it-x; aied,i7!- fsa. Ueorge Washington, first President a prison tn Parts; destroyed 1T 407. Mariner's coenpata Is a magnetised needle, lnrci.'c-i tiv Marco Polo, of Vex Ire asi. Thm armosDhere reaches to the beisrht of 45 miles t.. The -- I VawM a.a a , W 7 i ..mHvm, nl Ti V ta hi k. 1, A Lu nv V-. 11 " a, MUU DJ .Ulff w. u.ww v. a tw .a. .a. v vai Mm V. Ha. -1 " " It la Lmpoaalble for any Intelligent person to open the book, on any i age, wltb"Ut IccnmLrg m4l-i uvl aibM.l.i.o II nnai. iliivill U. Hill- Mil I Mralnn ..nt ttltlHU W1! of FI FT Y CEMTs la stamps, postal note or adver. BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE. 134 Leonard St. New York City. Chichestcr Ehguci, fed Cosj Diamond Bro a m M tasa ma m a a aaa. tm. a ss a i. V A m m m A A tHI a.iai.ii la. r.a...Ha . . a . a . . . . l. ka--iuhMia. Take sm aaajer tied. Ivw mtmmtmmM mmd 2" IVrtT1" sanl-ra, iwMsinjin. a4 -Hmilei far laala. Immt, aVsad kr aU Umml IrracdMa,
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 9, 1891, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75