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The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

The San Juan correspondent of the
London Times says that the remodel.
ing of the currency and banking sys.
TENS is one of the most serious Porto
Rican problems confronting the United
States, but education is the most diff.
cult problem of ALL A great majority
of the Porto Ricans are in the densest
ignorance and the parish priests do
not favor instruction, believing that it
tends to ALLEVIATE the youth from the
Catholic church.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

AARON HERMIoN, who was in the last
throes Of lockjaw at Paterson, N. j.,
has been saved by an operation, made
for the first time in this country. Her.
mion's jaws were tightly set and his
body curved like a bow bv the tension
OF the muscles. DR.. Church sent to
the Pasteur institute in New York for
anti-toxine serum and injected it un.
der the skin, the usual method. This
was OF no avail, and then the surgeon
trephined Hermion's skull and guam
tity OF the serum was injected into the
BRAIN Relief came almost immedi.
ately.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

OFFICIALS of the various express COM
panies are worried over a pamphlet
which has just been issued by the ma.
tional association of traffic commits.
sioners containing suggestions for the
extension of the parcel post in the
United States The pamphlet has
been mailed to all commercial organ
izations and to members of the United
States senate and house, with an ap.
peal to have the necessary legislation
enacted. The extension of the parcel
post system would deprive the express
companies of nearly half their revenue,
as they could not compete with the
postal rates
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

A RECENT dispatch from Columbus,
o., stated that a gigantic trust is about
to be formed of the different collar
and shirt industries of the United
States This trust, which is to be con-
trolled by English capitalists, will be
organized within short time with q
capital of 500. .OoOO OOO The corpora
tion will control the output of the
leading industries Of this kind in this
country, and will also own and oper.
ate its own cotton mills.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

THE Boston Transcript says that the
trend of sentiment in what are known
as evangelical churches is strongly in
the direction of the full and complete
REIMBURSEMENT OF the obnoxious doc.
trine of everlasting future punishment
and that the percentage of those who
hold to the doctrine is small and grow.
ing smaller everv day.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

Nor less than $4,000 dervishes were
slaughtered at the battle of Omdur-
man. They courted death in the be.
lief that they would go straight to
paradise and the British commander
was compelled to NOW down an enemy
that refused to surrender.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

The enormous telescope, which
scientists believe will lay bare the
streets of Mars and the moon, is
rapidly nearing completion at the
astronomical observatory of the French
government at Paris, where it will
form one of the features of the COM
ing big exposition.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

The Boston hoard of health recent
ly investigated the question Of acci-
dental gas asphyxiation. which causes
m average of 81 deaths year in that
city. Their report declared that IS
per cent of the fixtures were de.
foctivo
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
Special Congressional Election.

Gov. McLaurin has issued q proclsms.
tion calling for q special election No
vember 2oth, to select q congressman
In the Sixth district, for the full term
beginning March 4, 1899. The ont
elected November sth will serve until
that date. All candidates for the short
term must have their names on the
ticket for the counties in that district
fifteen days previous TO the day Of the
general election. Several lawyers al
the State are Of the opinion that the
governor has no right to call Z speeisa
election for any but the expiration OF
term in this case. Under section 8e6Q
any candidate who has been requested
by fifty qualified electors to run can
have hts name on the ticket, II pre-.
sented to the commissioners In chsresI
OF the ballots not less thsn fifteen Saye
before the election. II such require.
ment 10 complied with, the candidate
elected November sth would doubtlesa
be entitled to the full tsrm, beginning
March 4th. Section see0 provides for
filling the unexpired term BY calling q
special election TO be held mot less than
thirty days sttsr issuapee Il order.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
Hood's SarsapariIla
One on the Ina.

In . case Of slander that was h.,.,
long ago lady had gone ;nt" mss II Lneard not
:. 81 rs. s ess essnna, f e. ri plaintiff rSs.* We * es
.,psss :.aa.,ss. sss LAYER :,,ss.n began
heard them" '' just a. you
"Oh, they are unfit for anv ,..n.,,
pesSn Sen ss nssf ssid tSe was the emphatic
sSppSse ;,,Spl you Just whisper them to \.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

Two little steamers to be built by
m English firm are to have speed of
% statute miles an hour. Crossing
the Atlantic in three days will soon be
Dossible.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
Beware Of Ointm~nts for c,t.,.,
That C0ntain Mercurx.

MeFcuFy,
- mercury will surely DESTROY tho s.,.. !.
smell and completely derange the whe h,oI'e s, o.
tenn when entering it through the n,na: sys
surfaces. Such articles should ne~.s nusoqs ~
used except ON prescriptions from ren"t,t,e remit Y
physicians, as the damage thew viii iRfl0tto!e a. .
often ten fold to the good YOU can I'M no,s;l, aS y
derive from them. Halls Catarrbp bpoeTs'oly Tnoy
manufactured by F. j. Cheney L Co. ToIedee' Sule'
o., contains no mercury, and is taken ;.Iuo' ;uav'
nay acting directly e H. upon the blood and
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure YOU get tbr "s eon ..s
uine. It Is taken internally, and mads ntse,, r.
Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney / Co. e Testi. j.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle,
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

Col. WARING estimates the cost OF
cleaning Havana, including the dredg.
ing of the bay, draining, sewerage
and paving, at ST.. 2.000. 600.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

The assay Office at Seattle. WASH.
and the mint at San Francisco esti.
mate the Klondike output for the sea-
son at s., 600. .OO0
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
He Knew Him.

Again it was the terrible small broth,,
doing the entertaining until his ''S,as, s;ster
could put in an appearance. ' ''''ef
II guess. you don't know me-" said n.
caller, with commendable desire to 'bs /.
pleasant. !" D'
"Oh, yes, I do. When saw you tbrcuoh
the winder I heard sister say there rous. co,psa
that eyerlastin' Simpkins again! '"-Detro;;tt
Free Press. ""'
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
MlSCELLANEOCS,

THE Comanche and kiowa Indians
in the Indian territory are said to be
in an ugly mood on account Of going
hungry. The treaty with the United
States by which they received rations
has expired and their only source OF
income is the grass money which they
receive from the cattlemen. They are
killing the cattle belonging to Texas
cattlemen and trouble is brewing.
A FREIGHT train broke In two at the
top of steep grade near Fort Worth,
Tex, and the rear portion crashed
into the front section. In one OF the
wrecked cars were ten men stealing q
ride. Five were instantly killed and
two others were fatally hurt
THREE men were terribly mangled
at Duluth, Mimi, by an explosion OF
dynamite. They we're working or a
scow on the government canal, blow.
ing up an old hulk. The diver was
thawing dynamite over small engine.
Twenty five pounds exploded. blowing
the engine and boiler to pieces and
literally tearing the bodies Of the
three men to atoms.
The director Of the mint has submit
ted his report for the calendar year
1897 to the secretary Of the treasury.
The value OF gold produced in the
United States during the year was
$57. 36s, 900; of, silver, 500, ,6S7, ia.
The bank examiner has closed the
First national bank, Of Neigh, Neb.
CHARLES FARNswoBrH, Of Massachu.
sets, who recently arrived at Tacoma.
Wash, from Kotzebue sound, stated
that there were 500 needy prospectors
at that place living in tents, not one
in ten having money to get away and,
not one in SO having supplies for the
winter. He thought the Red Cross so-
ciety or the government should send
steamer and rescue them.
TIE war department on the 2lst is-
sued IN order that army nurses, both
malc and female, were entitled to COM
mutation OF rstions when they are
granted leave Of absence, the rate -
be the same - that OF enlisted men on
furlough. that u, - cents per day.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

After physicians had given me up, wu
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, vii.
Transport, Pa, Nov. q, 1893.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

Our country friends should not fail itosrv
home . box Of Dr: Mc0ett's TEETulNA (7uG.
tnO Pc,cders(. 1t is the best remedy ever
used for Worms, Teething and the Bowel
Disorders Of children and only costs Is cents,
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29
MINOR MENTION.
Want to Go to Congress.

The following gentlemen have IN.
nounced themselves as candidates tc
succeed Congressman Love: Chsncellos
Hill, State Senator Bowers, Railroad
Commissioners M. N. Evans, State Sen.
ator w. B. Nixon, Col. Geo. M. Govan,
ex'District Attorney F. A. McLain, A.
M. Dahlgren and W. X. Nettles.
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

She-"You never see my husband laugh at
h,s own jokes He-"No; but you can't
blame him for that. ."-Yonkers Statesman
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

4 The easiest way to take the conceit out Of
an amateur is to induce him to become nro.
fessional. Brooklyn Life, p''
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

Nj.
cent Minpssoto. l7.s per cant: Iowa. lAS psI
cent Nebrasks. ls,l nor cent: Kansas. las Dol
cent. and for Mississippi. al per cent, by thi.
showing. money invested in Mjssisslppi fsrml
brings nearly three times q much - the svefagl
for the whole country, sod more than twice .,
much ss any Of the states named"
The public school system OF Mississippi dates
from 1871, but It has been 20 much improved
since that time that Il now ranks with the besl
in the Union In its thoroughnsss and efficiency.
In proportion to taxable valuation the State per.
haps expends more for education than any other
State Missiasippi spends annually on her pub.
lie school system more than million dollars,
and for educational purposes nearly . million
and half dollars. Besides the excellent free
school system, supported by State and county
revenue Of Sl,443,76o, and possessing property
valued At 81 600, &c., there are many hne institu-
tions Of learning In the state Of q public nature,
In addition to more than two hundred private
and denominational schools. These ars the
State University, tho Agricultural College, the
Industrial Institute And College Ut Columbus,
the Deaf and Dumb Institute. Institute for tho
Blind, Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
lege. and State Normal College. The State Uni.
versity, At Oxford. WAS founded In ls4a In lsls
congress granted township Of land to the Stats
for the purpose. It has been supported by State
appropriations and BY the interest In the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of land granted BY congress-
Tho institution ranks high among the colleges
Of the country. The character Of Its faculty has
been guarantee Of its efficiency. Some Of them
have loft their impress upon the history Of the
State and country. The university At present
includes department Of professional education,
with school of law 4 denartunont OF science
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

u1o VcCOSH0 6VSlIhUlc AUE SetVloI0ut ana cultlv&.
tion, and newcomers are already hlling the
ountry At . rapid rate
The Delta produces more cotton than does
any other one district Ia the world. though less
than one. nth it, area Is given to that crop.
While Mississippi may have no mineral de-.
poslts Of value, good building stone Is found
In some localities. A fair quantity Of mari 10
abundant, and clay In many sections Is we'll
adapted to the making Of brick. tile and pottery.
In nearly every part Of the State flowing artesian
water can be had at . depth Of from 800 to coo
feet This 10 a great blessing to the Delta, where
this pure water has considerably, lesseneds the
danger Of maiarial diseases.
The climate Of the State Is usually mild, and
10 not subject to extremes OF heat and cold, The
summers are long, but temperature Of ss Dc.
grees 10 unusual. The winters are cold and
agreeable, but temperature Of 70 degrees 10 not
unusual even In January.
Mississippi, because OF its excellent natural
conditions, Is one Of the healthest States tp the
country. the oficial statistics showing that.
while the death rate In Massachusetts ID 1850
per 1000; New York, 1880; Pennsylvania, 1884,
and Colorado. lsl0, It 10 but 1859 In Mississippi.
and this 10 inclusive Of the colored population.
the average death rate Of which In the entire
South ID l7.2s per 1000.
Facts will show that Mississippi Is ono Of the
BEST governed States In the Union. Every
householder with family 10 entitled to hold ex.
smpt property sufficient TO support family in
comfort. Liquor selling Is regulated BY "lossi
option" In the counties. Since this law went
Into effect about eight yeass ago, saloons have
besn abolished in oil but six OF seven countIes. I
Purity OF elections 10 assured BY the Australian
ballet system. An educstions' and poll tax
qualification has eliminated the ignorapt ~
vicious voter from participating In elections.
mississippi has q smaller mortgage indebted-
ness than any other State except three, whiIe the
public debt 10 smaller than that Of any other
Btets except West Virginia, while her total in.
dsotednsss 10 smaller than that Of any other
Btats, with 40 exceptions. -.
While Mlssissippi 10 the greatest Of all tho
sottou-producing states; Il 70 erroneous q pre.
lums that cotton is the only product that a.
b raised here. A great variety of grasses nave
been suoeessfnlly grown. Corn, oats. hay. rye
mlllee, ,wheat rice, potatoes, peas. sorghum.
hemp AND all kinds Of fruit are standard crons
Itoek-srewinG b destined 10 bsoons eos Of III |
s4ding Industries Of the StatA palryias snd
!ruck farming alrssdy Yield profitable feturua.
aess And shssp ~ hsissd with srsas suseeea
The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-29

ENG1NERR-IN-CHIEF MELvILLE has
made his annual report to the secre.
tary of the navyi in which he notes the
important lessons, so far as they re.
spect the machinery Of the vessels,
which have been taught by the expert.
ence in the recent war with Spain.
IT was announced that the New
York Stock exchange had purchased
the old Western Union Telegraph
building, in Broad street, New York,
and that it will Immediately erect .
new building there which will eclipse
any structure OF the kind in America.
MISS PEARL voaAN died at Sharon,
Pa, Of typhoid fever, contracted
through eating ice cream at church
festival. Twenty others who partook
Of the delicscy were also i'll
AT the session Of the Master Horse
Shoers National Protective associa tion
at Cincinnati the recommending Of
President Purcell for nine hours per
day was concurred in.
REPoRTs from all infected points IN
Mississippi on the s.st showed that
the end Of yellow fever's reign was u
hsnd. II the weather remains cold II
will probably be safe for refugees TO
return by the end Of October. t,l5
I Two rooferA Patrick Rosch, As years
old, and John @ Rice, 80, while su,.,
ployed In repairing the root Of four.
story house at Boston. becsms engaged
in . quarrel and clinched each other.
The men drew gradually near the edge
and then, to the horror Of the spscta.
tors, the two rolled over and fell so feet
to the ground. Both were terribly II.
jursd and died few hours latsr as the
hospital N 53lls
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
How to Run a Restaurant.

Tibbs stated that he went into
rc3taurant on Decatur street Saturday
night, where Thomas If a clerk, and
called for a 1O-cent lunch. The beef
did not suit him, and he asked that the
order be refilled. When the good beef
was brought Thomas took the 10-cent
check and handed him one for Is cents.
Tibbs declined paying the extra cents
and tore up the 15-cent check. This
angered Thomas, and he pasted Tibbs
over the left eye with his fist. Thomas
stated to the court that he gave Tibbs
no bone, but the meat had some gristle
on 1t. The fresh order called for an
extra 5 cents, and that was why he
changed the ticket. He did not strike
Tibbs until that gentleman had cursed
him.
Other guests in the restaurant who
were present at the time told the same
story as related by Tibbs, and stated
that Thomas struck him with little or
no provocation.
Then this is the way the recorder
summed it all up:
''Look here, Mr.. Thomas, you can't
run a restaurant that way. You must
run it to feed folks and not to whip
them. l will dismiss the case against
Mr.. Tibbs and will fine Mr.. Thomas so
and costs. Atlanta Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Strategy of England.

The Falkland islands, near the straits
Of Magellan, have been occupied and
are being fortified by the British.
There are about 200 islands in this
South Atlantic group-mOst Of them
SMALL and the two principal ones COM
prise an area of 5000 square miles. In
keeping with the policy Of England to
police the seas, and to establish depots
of supply and repair for her warships
at all available strategic points, this
station is being established.
The vast commerce that passes
around Cape Horn from ocean 10
ocean, says the Erie Dispatch, can be
blockaded or levied upon in time Of
war from the point of vantage that is
afforded by the Falkland islands. AS
Gibraltar commands the traffic Of the
Mediterranean, SO the Falkland Brit
ish naval station will hold the passes
to the Pacific Ocean. From the main
land at the extremity of the Pata-
gonian peninsula supplies of coal can
be obtained.
There is ample anchorage at the town
of Port Stanley in the Falklands, where
a fine and formidable fleet Of warships
could hide in safety. With no colonies
of her own in this part Of the world
that looks to Great Britain for protec-
ton and commercial alliance, 1t is GER
tainly plain that she has seized the
island territory solely by right OF
might, and as a menace to the trade
and commerce of other nations.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

While economists, statesmen, doctors
and publicists have been cudgeling
their brains in vain to deal with the
problem Of dwindling population in
France, it has remained for distin-
guished Frenchman-by naturaliza-
tion-M. de BlowitZ, to discover the
solution. This he laid bare in the Paris
Figaro recently. His proposal is that
family tax should be imposed, the
popularity Of which is that in the
household where there is large fam
lily it will not be levied, and will in
crease in proportion as the family di-
minishes. He would, in short, make
the French paterfamilias choose be-
tween large family and no tax, or
heavy tax and a small family. AS
for the unlucky bachelor, his life must
be made burden; it will, in fact, be
all burdens. His single existence will
be made intolerable. "As," says NJ. de
Rlowitz In magistral manner, 'as tax
the heads of small families, fortiori
the bachelor who, after he reaches 33
or "a becomes a sort of social parasite,
must be heavily burdened," as "a kind
of restitution made to the common well
fare of the nation" He does not say
what punishment will be meted out to
spinsters, who in affairs Of this kind
have, one would think, some RESPONSE
bility.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Verbal Correctness.

The Gradgrlnds Of this world are try
ing persons to live with. They will not
permit the slightest variation from
fact: statements made in their hearing
must be truthfully precise, or they dis
nute them forthwith. You have got
into a chronic way of contradicting
everything l say, Lobelia," said Mr..
McSwat. when tell you that 1t
thundered and lightened in the night
l presume you will try to find some ex-
cuse for disputing it." Last nightT
Eyes" do you mean to tell me 1t
thundered and lightened last nightT
"I certainly do" "Well, 1 do not be-
lieye IT," "You dont?' snorted Mr..
McSwat. "Will you please give me
some sane, decent, respectable reason
for not believing it?' Certainly, Bill
ger" responded Mrs. Mcswat, with
her accustomed sweetness. Il refuse
tn believe that it thundered and light
ened last night because l was awake
at the time and 1 know 1t hghtened
and numbered" Whereupon Billiger
went I'D into the garrett and made loud,
profane remarks to the dust-covered,
moth-eaaen garments that hung from
the nails In the rafters.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

In connection with the progress and
proposals for coast defense in the Uni
ted States fact of considerable inter
est is the receut movement Of Great
Britain looking toward the condition
of the defenses of her colonies, espe-
cially Australia and Canada. The Brit
ish government has dispatched Sir
Ralph Wood Thompson, former under
secretary of state for war, to Australia
to urge upon the Australian colonies
an increase in the colonial forces and
also to submit proposals for arming
troops and exchanging battalions from
Australia with those of England. The
Indian council and war office are also
said to be contemplating the addition
of one-third to the strength of the In
dian army, while it is proposed to
spend Fl, 100000 in strengthening Can
adian defenses. The latter item is of
most Importance TO the United States.
Practically all the work done hereto
fore by way of defenses in this country
has been along the seaboard. The ne
cessity of fortiticatiOns against Cana
da may have been considered by the
war department, but if plans have been
proposed they certainly have never
reached the practical, operative stage.
If 1t is the design of the imperial gov
ernment merely to protect Canada's
seaboard in order to her defense
against European naval powers this
country would have but little interest
i'm the matter. The fact, however, that
important Notifications are being
quietly carried forward at Halifax and
also at Esquimault might some time
this country. At least these reported
preparations are of sufficient interest
to warrant the American war depart
ment keeping well Informed as to their
DurDOSe and extent
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
FUNERAL-WEDDiNGS.
The Strange Custom Observed by a
Tribe of Farther India.

The Strange Custom Observed by q
Tribe of Farther India.
Among the Shan Karens of farther
India funerals are made the occasions
of grand wedding festivals, in which
all the manageable young men ana
women of the village are privileged to
participate. AS it is not always con-
venient to hold these interesting cere-
monies at the exact time a villager
may die, it is customary to deposit the
corpse in some temporary resting
place till the marriage market is favor
able to giving it obseQuies worthy OIL
its former estate. Consequently SIX
months or year may frequently pass
before the memory of the dead Karen
receives the honor which is it's due.
When a good time comes for wed
dingS the remains are taken from their
resting place and set upon platform
which has been prepared for them, ana
the eligible bachelors and marriageaole
young women are invited to come ana
compete in a marrying match. Ihe
funeral service" Is then begun with
a chorus of men celebrating the beau
ties of Karen maidens in general. The
girls respond in a drawing falserto
Tho bachelors, each in his turn, begin
usually, for the sake of peace, with the
most muscular maiden. If one of them
is rejected, he waits till his turn come
again, and addresses, if he sees tit,
some other girl.
The girls receive the proposals in per-
feet self-possession, and respond to
them in phrases like those with which
they have been addressed, the models
of which have come down from old
times. Reflections seldom occur, eX-
cept when man makes a mistake and
applies to a girl who is known to be
reserving herself for another. The
funeral service" goes on in this way
till 1t is plain that no more alliances
can be made, when it is closed, and the
body Of the deceased is buried. The
matches thus made are binding, and
no other way Of making them is in
favor.