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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
state Industrial schools.

by constitutional enactment the legis-
lature may provide by law for the estab-
lishment OF a school. or schools. for tho
safe keeping. education. employment and
reform of all children under the age OF
sixteen years, who. for want of proper
parental care or other cause. are growing
up in mendicancy or crime. Under this
provision Inc industrial chool at Kear-
ney, for both girls and boys, was first
established. Afterwards the legislature.
In Its wisdom. very properly made provis-
Ions for the separate institutions The
one ut kearney was maintained as an In
dustrlal school for boys, and another es-
tablished at Geneva OF the same char
acter for girls. The reports of the super
intcndents of these two Institutions are
quite complete and show them to be In
a satisfactory condition. While I do not
think there has heen any extravaganza In
the management Of either OF these insti-
tutions, i am Of the opinion that there
Is opportunity for greater frugality han
heretofore exercised without interfering
whit the efficiency OF the work or reach
ing the line Of demarcation between par
simony and rigid economy. I invite your
attention to the improvements suggested
by the supertntendents. Some of them
are we'll worthy Of you careful consider
alton. I am prepared to favor a%ppropria-
lions for additional buildings at either
Of these institutions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10
THE wRETCHED MURAD.
Is 1t a Case of the Man i'm the Iron
Mask Over Again.
Ex-Attache. in New York TrIbune.


Ex-Attache, in New York Tribune.
A key to the secret of the continued re-
fusal of the sultan to yield to the demands
of the foreign powers is to be found in the
announcement that the Sheikh- Ul-Islam
is confined to his bed, dying with cancer.
His life may be prolonged for some weeks,
nay, even months, but his condition is
hopeless, and he will no longer be able to
fulfil the duties of his office. Inasmuch
as for some time past he has been living
in quasi-captivity within the precincts of
the imperial palace and as moreover no
one is allowed to have access to him on
the ground that he is too i'll to receive Wis
its, the sultan is for the moment secure
from the danger of deposition which he
breads more than any other, knowing that
from the moment II is pronounced his life
would not be worth an hours purchase.
There is only one parsonage in the length
and breadth of the entire Ottoman en-
pire who has the right and authority as
the principal ecclesiastical dignitary of the
realm to pronounce this decree of deposit
ton of a sultan, and that is the Sheikh-
UI-Islam. and since the latter has been
rendered powerless to take any step, Alb
dull Hamid considers himself safe.
Then, too, the sultan is under the i'm
preston that he can rely upon the sup
port of the Emperor of Germany IL mat
ters ever come to an extremity. That this
belief is not without some basis is shown
by the fact that by virtue of some private
arrangement between the Yild,9 kiosk and
the court of Berlin a German syndicate
has Just received concession for the con-
struction of a most elaborate system of
harbor works, docks and quays at Tripoli
which. when completed VIII rival those
of Alexandria and surpass those of Con-
stantinople. Inasmuch as the sultan has
no money available to pay khe contractors
the syndicate Is to recoup itself for the
expenses by means of long lease of the
docks to be constructed, which Will be
equivalent to converting Tripoli into a
German port--a very important considera-
ron in view of the eventual collapse and
which cannot fail to give rise to a serious
arrangement between Germany and Italy,
The latter country having long looked upon
Tr,nol as its own particular share of the
OTTOMAN dominions when the moment ar
riIes for their division and distribution.
Moreover the sultan's fears have been
eel al rest with regard to his elder brother
Murad the report OF whose escape fright
ened him out of his wits, until he received
satisfactory assurances that the unfortu-
nate man was still safely under lock and
kev II is dlfficult to conceive anything
more tragicai than this sequestratlon for
more than twenty years of this man II, as
rosnv believe, he is considerably saner
fhan his younger brother. now on the
throne. Indeed. the affair under this
view is a species of nineteenth century
re-enactrnent Of the romantic story OF the
"Afan with the Iron Mask" For no one
except his isilers are permitted to see him,
and no communications from the outer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10
$1,000 FOR A FIGHTING COCK.
Probably the CostIiest Bit of POuI-
try Anywhere.

Probably the CostIiest Bit of POuI-
try Anywhere.
From the New York Press.
Both had seen better days-not days in
which they were healthier or Weather
or happier; but days In which they were
stronger and more impetuous, more eager
for the fiercer sports which arouse all the
animal that is In man. Both were well
groomed, prosperous looking. There
scarcely was the suggestion of advantage
about them, although each had from each
And the eyes of both frightened. The
question thrilled them. It Embossed flood
of Renaissance and for the time foot
ball and racing passed the half-century
mark. They had been classmates in col
lege. They had been foremost in ath-
etic games. Often they met. as they did
an evening or two ago, in an uptown club
lust to talk over and live over some of the
contests and maddest escapades Of the
days when for them there was no to-
morrow.
"Seen a cooking main recentiy?'' was
the query of a friend who Joined them.
at seems like a thousand years since
saw a main, good or bad, - was the replv
that came, and boxing and running had
to give way to recollections of stolen
trips sometimes into the woods. some
times to a deserted shanty. but more fire.
quently to some well regulated roadhouse
where wine flowed fast. money was plen-
tiful and the game cocks did battle until
one of them could not raise his head from
the pit foor-or, as II sometimes happen
ed, until both we're dead.
1T was brutal but 1t was thrilling"
was the verdict passed in a tone such as a
man adopts when he has done something
not quite proper, but for which, right or
wrong, he can have no regret. 1T may
bel suppose IL was wrong" continued the
speaker, but the spiritual part of man
is not his strongest part. And when
man sees two good cocks sparrlng, with
all the skill of a clever boxer and fighting
bravely to the death, the animal takes
possession Of him and for the moment he
is dead to everything but the issue of the
contest"
Let me give another turn to your
thoughts" said the man who introduced
the subject. II have seen q few mains
myself, although not many Of recent
years. and | have seen some big money
bet on them. ] have yet to hear though,
of any phenomenal prices being paid by
local fanciers. Some weeks ago al a
poultry show, in Birmingham, England,
Capt Heaton of Worsley, Manchester,
acting for the Earl OF Ellesmere, paid $1,000
for a biack-red game cock The price
struck me as being a record breaker. 1
certainly never heard OF any such figure
being paid on this side of the Atlantic.
The experts consider this bird to be one Of
tho soundest colored ones ever reared. One
of his best points As his tail He has a
reach and in size and shape
is remarkable"
The old-tinlers thought minute. They
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10

delved into their memories for a trace OF
a gamecock who had been sold for 81, 900.
IF any bird in this country ever COM
manded such price" one of them finally
said, my memory does not recall the
bird or the price. But at the pit-side
have heard men offer as high as $500 for
a bird the transfer to be made on the In
slant. As a rule, however, the men who
made such offers we're gamblers, with big
money at stake.
while we have not paid much money
for our game cocks, we have spent lot
of money on them. l have known 5000
and more to be at stake upon the issue OF
a main, and when passions arose, as us
ually they do rise in men gathered around
a pit the wagers were limited only by the
amount of money which each spectator
had in his clothes.
Those were the days when Philadelphia
and New York and New York and Long
Island birds did battle. And such mains! 1
would give a year of my life to experience
the sensations which were mine when
thought so much of good main that
would make days journey to see it,"
Americans do not pay the fancy prices
which gamecocks command In England.
They do not bet their money as they did
once, nor do they take the same interest
in the sport Cooking mains are extreme
ly rare In the east. They have lost that
semi-respectable patronage which once
they commanded, and the end Of the game
cock seems to be not far distant.
There is an old roadhouse within gun
shot of the Harlem, one at Perth Amboy
and two other places in New Jersey. and
two or three on Long Island where pits
are dug and mains witnessed once or
twice year. But beyond these places
the gamecock as a fighter has no home
in or about the greater New York.
Cockfighting is brutal-the most brutal
OF all sports The present generation
wastes little love upon a main. 1t takes
to healthier and cleaner and better forms
of sport.
II Is just as well, perhaps. that there ara
few $1,000 birds IN America.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10

WHO calls me a blind old beggar?'
asked the aged mendlcant.
Heed them not, Homer" said one OF the
bystanders. They are merely thoughtless
schoolboys."
Then l will be revenged on the whole
race of schoolboys" retorted Homer,
trembling with rage. And cropping his way
to the nearest typewriter, he dictated the
Iliad.-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10

Very Stout Lady watching the lions
fed)-'Pears to me. mister, that amt a
very big piece O. meat for sech an animal.
Attendant with the most stupendous
show of politeness)-I spose il does seem
like little meat to you. ma'am, but it's
enough for the lion.-Househod Words .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10

Consideration -smith-Brown was go
ing 10 publish that book anonymously but
l advised him not 70 do 1t. Jones-Why
not? smith-Yo0 wouldn't want to have
his friends express their opinions Of It IN
BROWNS pfesence?--Puck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10

The Paris correspondent of a Brussels
paper in giving an account of his recent
pedestrian tour through a part of France.
draws melancholy picture of the de-
cadence of the village life in the eastern
nrov,nces Of that country. This is evil
denced by the number of dwellings aban-
doned and falling into ruin, and the pow
erty-stricken appearance OF the hapha.
tto.,e re those who draw their means Of
,ivelihood from the soil. Even the better
aiass of the peasant proprietary live in
homes where wooden floors are more oft
On sunplauted by the bare ground. The
farmers chief diet is bread and cheese,
"a bis drink water tinged with wine
T.wentv years ago the wolf had disappear
al com the East of France; to-day large
numbers are seen in outlying districts
THE writer ascrbes all these ills to the
.sc,,rse Of n1ilitar.sm," the enforced result
Of he present armed peace which weighs
upon Europe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10
Nothing Too Good

for our coming men. See that the
boy is provided with a good Suit or
Overcoat.
Children's Refer Suits, age to s
worth So; sale price $1,95.
Children's Refer Suits, nicely made
and trimmed, worth $3.50; sale price
So %.
Boys Short Pants Suits, age to IA,
worth $3.50; sale price $1.39.
Boys Short Pants Suits, worth So;
sale price S1.95.
Boys Short Pants Suits, worth 81;
sale price S2.49.
Boys Short Pants Suits, worth SIS;
sale price 1898.
Boys Short Pants, worth $3.50;
sale price $4.15.
Boys Long Pants Suits, age ID to
10, worth So; sale price $3.98
Boys Long Pants Suits, black and
blue Cheviots, worth So. so; sale price
$500.
Boys Finest Worsted and Cashmere
Suits, worth SIS; sale price $500.
Don't let this opportunity go by of securing
big bargain in CYCLE SUIT or PANTS.
Mems Chexlot Bicycle Suits 81. sale price
Mems Al Wool Bicycle suits worth s. So sale price Ss
Mems All Wool Bicycle Pants worth g So Iss
Pants worth "a. Els
MEMS BICYCLE HosE-Heavy Black Ribbed Ri
cycle Hose worth SOC 3Sc; All Bicycle
Hose. worth 81. SIC; Finest All Wool Bicycle Hose
worth SIPS, now Ssc
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

ment to change the constitution; that the sue.
ceedinK legislature would have that to do.
Mr. ken0rtek moved to iu1e1nitely postpone.
Messrs. Miller, Greaves. bowers and Clarke
coutended that tho legislature never dies; that
the Law did not mean . succeeding legislature.
meant an entirely new legislature.
The matter waa made special order with but
one dissenting vote.
judiciary committee TO PASS tudgmeat on the
the present legislature has the right to amend
prene court judges for IN opinion, which was
adopted.
MI. Noel also offered resolution requesting
the committee on public works to inquire 81 tO
what agreements architects made In submitting
plans VI the new capitol.
Mr.. Smiths senate bill No. "a, On act to au-
thorixe and provide for the building Of state
house was referred to the coMnlittee on public
works. 1t provides for $7So, 100 building In the
city Of Jackson, but mentions NO site.
Mr.. Moore. for tha judiciary committee. re-
ported conference agreement on senate bill No.
II, IN regard to stock law In OverfOwed district
II permits fences down till February, 1895.
Mr.. kiger, senate bill No. 2S-An act to au.
thorize issuance Of $50 000 ot 5O-year per cent
bonds Of the state Of Mississippi. the proceeds
10 be applied In building = new capitol, aud ere.
ate capitol commission to superintend tho
erecting.
ON motion oi Mt. Brewer the senate at II a. NJ.
adjourned till Monday morning At o'clock ont
Of respect to the memory Of DR.. McSwine, repre-
sentative from Grenada county.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
TENTH DAY

Jackson, May The session OF the house to-
day was consumed IN discussing the capitol bill
As reported by the capitol committee. The SEN
ate consumed most Of the forenoon session on a
leyep bill. The principal difference In the house
was caused by a resolution allowing Mr.. Gordon
OF Texas an opportunity 10 present his plans
and specifications before the house. There was
long discussion and motion was made 10
Table the resolution permitting Gordon to pre-
seat hls plans. The resolution to table was de-
frated by a vote Of O. nays to 81 yeas. This
means that Gordon will be heard froms and as
sequence that all other architects desiring IA
present theft p.aEs will be given all opportunity
to do so.
By Mr.. Wall Of DeSoio: A resolution express.
Ing regret at the extreme Illness al Hon. VIM
McSwiDe. representative from Grenada, and
hoping for his early and entire recovery. Cnan'
imously adopted by rising vote.
Ey Mr.. showers " jefferson: Resolved. Tha,
the president OF the senate aud speaker Of th.
house do adjourn their respective houses sine
die on Saturday May Is. Adopted.
Ways and Mes rs Committee House bill No
:, to amenl section S15l OK the code in reiereae,
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
A Murderer CAPTURED.

James Moorehesd, charged with the
murder, in Lowndes county, last July,
Of Vitter Blewett, . boy 15years Of age.
was captured last week at Meridian,
and 10 now in Jail. The murder is said
to have been unprovoked and cold
blooded, and the chances are very much
in favor OF hanging.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Hon. william McSwIne Dead.

Dr.. William McSwine, Grenada coun-
tvs able representative in the Missis.
sippi legislature, died last week. Dr..
McSwine was stricken suddenly with
paralysis while attending his legisla.
tive duties in jackson, and was taken
home in an unconscious condition. lie
never rallied o. regained consciousness
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
WAtNrWOrkS for Greenwood,

The city council Of Greenwood has
granted the Citizens Ice. Coal and Elec-
tic Light Company a twenty-five year
franchise to erect . system OF water
works for the city. Work on stand.
pipe and laying mains will commence
at once The system will cost about
Sj0,0oO and will be the fines. in the
State. The artesisn we'll TO furnish
same is now flowing stream Of 1'5 gal
Ions per minute.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Rsmsad-d to jail without Ball.

In the hsbeas corpus trial Of Guy
Jack before Chancellor Byrd at DsKalb
last week the defendant was remauded
to jail without bail. The testimony
bad been agreed upon by counsel. and
among the evidence introduced and i'd
mitted WAS Jacks own deposition and
statement Jack did not testify in his
own behalf. M
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Practlclnx Dentl.try without License.

PractlclnE Dentistry without License.
DR.. Laird Of the firm OF Drs. Laird &
Hutchinson, who are going from town to
town with an opera troupe, through
which they advertise their business Of
extracting teeth without pain and treat
ing many diseases successfully, was ar.
rested at Wesson last week for practic.
ng dentistry without license.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

TIE Old. Fashioned Way.-"What was
yer daddy lickin' you for:' asked the half.
grown boy. The other half.grown boy an.
swered: 20, he was jist provin' to me that
the whale really did swaller joiner. - ln.
dianapols Journal.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

When q rich mans boys don't succeed
people always enjoy it.-Washington Dem.
OCrat.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

Anything first-class is hard to equal :.
Washington Democrat.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

Not all the great buffers are poker play.
eys.-Atchisop Globs. G.1
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15


God had all the heavens and the earth
before Him and under Him, and yet He
sends this plain food, because it was
best for Elijah tohsve it. Oh, be strong,
my hearer, in the fact that the same God
is going to supply you! It is never
"hard times with Him. His ships never
break on the rocks. His banks never
fail. He has the supply for you, and
He has the means for sending it He
has not only the cargo, but the ship.
II 1t were necessary, He would swing
out from the heavens flock of ravens
reaching from His gate to yours, until
the food would be flung down the sky
from beak to beak and from talon to
talon.
Notice again In this story Of the text,
that the ravens did not allow Elijah to
hoard up . surplus. They did not
bring enough ON Monday to last oil
the week. They did not bring enough
one morning to last until the next
morning. They came twice day, and
brought just enough for one time. You
know as well - that the great fret Of
the world is that we want surplus;
we want the ravens TO bring enough
for 50 years. You have more conf
dence in the Washington banks or the
Bank Of England than you have in the
Royal Bank Of Heaven. You say: "All
that is very poetic, but'you may have
the black ravens; give me the
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

ominous will be to you more than that
which seemed suspicious. Il will mot
be chaflinch with breast and wing
dashed with white and brown and
chestnut; it will be black raven.
Mira Jane Pithey, of Chicago, . we'll
known Chicago woman, was left BY her
husband q widow with one-half dollar
and cottage. She was palsied, and
had mother 90 years Of age TO sup
port The widowed soul every day
asked God for all that was needed in the
household, and the servant even was
astonishs ID 1t the precision with which
God answered the prayers OF that wom-
IN item by item, item by item. One
day, rising from the family altar, the
servant said: "You have not asked for
coal and the coal is OUT
Then they stood and prayed for the
coal. One hour after that the servant
threw open the door and said:. ''g;A,
coal has come" Agcnerous man, whose
name l could give you, had sent--as
never before and never sincc--a supply
Of coal You can not understand II. I
do. Ravens, Ravens!
My friend, You have right to Argus
from precedent that God is going to
take care Of you. Has He not done II
two Or three times every days That
Is most marvellous. I look back and
wonder that God has given me food
three times day regular oil my life
time, never missing but once, and then
I was lost In the mountains; but that
very morning and that very night I
met tho ravenA VI MI N ~ Y.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17
SINNER, TEX WE'D FEB; II, 1897

Masquerade suits at Az B.. jung
hgckeys,,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17
Yours sincerely,
j. F, Kopecky.

VIM, Koether, one of our most in
dustrious young farmers was in
town Tuesday and remembered the
GAZETTE. About seven weeks ago
he met with very painful accident
which has kept him from working
ever since. While lifting a vessal
from the stove, one of the handles
Of the vessal broke, allowing the
scalding contents to fall on Mr..
Koether's right foot, scalding it in
q horrible manner.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17
A CARD.

I desire to express my thanks
and deep gratitude to my friends
and the people of Sinner in general
for their great kindness to me dur
ing my affection Especially do I
desire to thank Grandma Williams
Mrs, G. L. Williams and Mrs. Sa-
rah Hughes, also the members Of
the K. of P.
Yours sincerely,
J. #, Kopecky.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17

st. Valentines day fell on Sun
day this year. The usual num-
Der of silly caricatures were in cir
ulation, and the post Office depart
ment was the only one benefited.
The practice of sending out these
things, could well be dispersed with
as it is production of no good and
engendets ill feeling.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17

Sunfower Eds Commedians are
showing this week at the Opera
House andare putting up an excel
lent show. Reilly is with them
and will make you laugh yourself
nearly to death. DR.. E, B. White,
the proprietor, also appears in songs
and recitations, which are very
clever.