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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
DID THE HANDSOME THING.
A Marrying Minister Who Found No
Fault with Gambling
Phrases.

In q volume Of "reminiscences Just pub
lished entitled: The Wedding Day in Lit
erature and Art" a minister relates his ex-
perience with two weddings in the same
town on the same day, one in the morn
ing, one in the afternoon. The first we'd
ding fee / received was So" he says, "a very
large enumeration for the place and peo-
pie. After the second wedding the best
man called me into q private room and
thus addressed me:
Whats the tax, parsonT
Anything you like, or nothing at ALL l
answered. Il have frequently received moth.
ing.
Now said he, we want to do this
thing up in style, but l rave had no ex-
perience in this business and do not know
what is proper. You name your figure
Il suggested that the legal charge was
two dollars"
"Pshaw,' he said. This amt legal. We
want to do something handsome
eco ahead and do it. / said. Whereupon
he reflected a moment and then asked me
how much l had received for the wedding
Of the morning.
".Ten dollars I replied.
"His face frightened at once. Here was
q solution to the difficulty.
"'Ill see his ante he remarked, raise
him five dollars and CALL Whereupon h'
handed me Sl5."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
Fate Of His Ligaments.

"Yes," said Mrs. Brown, my son Thorn
q Aas had an awful time playing football;
But Toms quite. a hero. He wrote me all
about it. He said the professor at his col.
lege told him he had only three ligyments
in his leg. Them three ligyments are what
hold the foot onto the leg. Well, Tom says
that a year ago he bruk his first ligyment,
that's the outside one, in playin' tibet game
with Purdoo. Then in playing the Sham
pain university he broke the second ligy-
ment right short off. And jest last week
in playin' with some college from lndianna
he bruk the THIRD ligyment, and how there
amt anything on airth holdin' that foot on
except kin."-Chicago Tribune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

He was rather a rackety young man and
kept very late hours. He was going on a
long journey, and on bidding farewell to
his beloved he said to her: Darling, when
/ am far away, every night ! will gaze at
yon star and think of thee. Wilt thou, too,
indeed, dearest she replied. IF ! needed
anything to remind ne Of you l would
choose this very star" "Why?" he asked
Because it is always out so late at night
and looks SO pale in the morning. Pick
Me-Up.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
THE KENTUCKY CONTESTS.
The Kentucky Court Of Appeals De-
cides the Titles to the Minor =.
State OILERS.

Frankfort, Ky, Oct. BIN the court
of appeals the judgment Of the lower
court in the contests over the minor
state offices was affirmed, thus es-
tablishing the title of the democratic
incumbents of these offices. The
three republican judges dissented.
This case applied to all of the state
Offices except governor and lieutenant
governor, the. contests over which
were settled some time ago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
ROBBED OF SEVEN HUNDRED.
An Intending Deposition Cleverly
Done For in a Chicago
Banking House.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-While VIM. F.
Frey, of Ravenwood, a suburb, was
making up a deposit of $500 in the
First national bank, he vas robbed
of all his money by two men, n of
whom attracted his attention while
the other did the stealing. Frey had
laid his money on a window sill and
did not discover his loss till the
thieves had escaped.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Ex-President Cleveland is widely cred.
tied with originating the phrase; Public
office is a PUBLIC trust, Two years before
'The phrase Public office is a public trust
has of late become common property Dor
man b. Eaton said in 1881: "The public Of
fees are a public trust" Calhoun said in
1885: ''The very essence of a free govern
ment consists in considering offices as pub
lie trusts" Thomas Jefferson said in 1907:
when a man assumes a public trust he
should consider himself as a public prop
erty."-kansas City Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
THE PROHIBITION SPECIAL.
John G.. Woo1ley II So HOarse He Can
Hardly De Heard.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 31.-The prohi-
bition presidential candidate, John G..
Woolley, and party, spent a short time
in Pittsburgh and then went to Con-
nellsville, where a large meeting was
held. Mr.. Woolley was SO hoarse that
he could scarcely be heard by the
crowd. He said that the prohibition
lists granted Pennsylvania to the re-
publican party by the ELECTORAL vote,
but he waited the people to show
their interest in decent government
and reform by voting the prohibition
ticket.
In the afternoon a large meeting
was held at Uniontown. Tuesday II
meetings were held in New York and
eastern Pennsylvania.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Gen. Benjamin Flagler, of Niagara
Falls. N. Y, died in the Fifth Avenue
hotel, New York city, Tuesday.
James, alias ~"Cockeye" Walsh was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. ut st.
Louis, under the habitual criminal
law.
1t is denied in official circles at
Caracas that Venezuela contemplates
leasing a port on Margarita island to
Germany.
James O'Donnel, aged rs, one of the
dc pioneers of that section, died at
his home near Unionville, Mo.
Miss Mary Gore compelled George
~Overacker, of Bloomington, ILL.,, at the
point of a revolver, to keep his prom
Use to marry her.
A Franco-Belgian convention mas
been called to devise a plan to protect
common interests in China.
Harrison Wilcoxson, one of the old
est and wealthiest citizens of Carroll
ton, Mo-, died Tuesday. Wilcoxson
was a native of Kentucky.
Chief Sanitary Officer Charles w.
Francis of st. Louis reports that there
are 39S cases of diphtheria in the city.
16 of them reported Tuesday.
The refusal of a girl to take the
place of a union member has pre-
cipitated the greatest strike in the
history of the cotton mills in North
Carolina.
A socialist was elected to the Ger
man diet at Coberg. The German gov
eminent is dismayed at the growing
strength of that party.
The Tammany hall executive com
mittee in New York is planning a
held Saturday night in which, it is
claimed, 100000 men will participate
The family of Lewis DeHatre, OF
Bridgeton, st. Louis county, Mo-, has
been considerably startled by a re
port that he had been shot and killed
in a fight at Cape Nome.
The London Telegraph makes 9
spread on an announcement thai
Lord Salisbury has decided to resign
his post as minister of foreign affairs
but to retain the premiership.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. who is now a
his home near Richmond, Va, de
clares himself well pleased with hi'
assignment to the department of the
Missouri.
Henry Closing, aged so years, ant
for over thirty years an employee o
the Collins pillow works, at Quincy
H., was ground to death at the work
by getting caught in a pulley.
Former Congressman James Blu
chanan died suddenly at his home il
Trenton, N. j. He had been subjec
to heart trouble. Mr.. Buchanan wa
81 years old.
Louis Mofson, Is years old, tried t.
end his life, at Chicago, because h
attractive, and because his sister
made his facial features the object O
ridicule.
A colored man who assaulted
white man at Abba, Ia, was arreste
and lodged in the Des Moines count
Jail, at Burlington, for safekeepin!
threats of l%ynching having been mad
by angry citizens of Abba.
Several members of the Monclov;
II Rough Rider club, were seriously il
jured in an assault by hoodlums, g
they were boarding a train at Gran
Rapids, O., after a political demon
stration.
Orders have been sent to Pekin, d.
taching Gen. James X. Wilson fro
duty as chief-of-staff under Gen. Cha
fee and directing him to return to tt
United States.
The railway franchise, which ii
executive council of Porto Rico gran
ed to the North American compan
is very valuable. 1t will permit Il
: construction of a veritable netwol
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
W., the undersigned, have known F.. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
still More Counterfeiting.

The Secret Service has unearthed another
band of counterfeiters and secured a large
quantity of bogas bills, which are 50 clever.
~ executed that the average person would
never suspect them of being spurious.
Things of great value are always selected for
imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters,, which has many imitstors but no
pepsia, constipation, nervousness aud gen.
eral debility. Always go to reliable drug
gists who have the reputation Of giving what
Won ask for.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
ROOSEVELT IN NEW YORK.
He is Feeling the Strain of His Con-
tinued Talking.

Rochester, n. Y, Oct. 31.-Gov.
Roosevelt is feeling the strain of his
continued talking much more than
at any time since he started the state
tour. His chest is sore, and his voice
does not carry as well as it did. The
train left Rochester at $3.50 and, max
ing several stops, is expected to get
to Buffalo at 4 p. m. The rain OF
Tuesday and Tuesday night has left
the country roads in bad condition
and the days audiences were limited,
almost, to the residents of the several
towns where stops were made during
the day.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

She is a woman much given to romancing,
and while she is never Intentionally ma
licious she has a way of stretching things
cussing her the other night at supper and
somebody was telling of the wonderful en-
tertainments she is always talking of CIV
ing and never gives. =,
"She has so much-imagiration," said
the head of the table.
Imagination" remarked the man who
sings, "why. that woman has an imagination
that ten consciences couldn't keep up with"
-Washington Post,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Geneseo, ILL.,, Oct. 31.-William Hill
ger, a young carpenter of Hooppoie,
near this place, died of wounds, Tues
day, inflicted on him with a pistol by
his wife. According to his story be-
fore death, fully confirmed by his
wife's confession, she shot him in the
temple n he lay doing on a sofa. 1t
is said her motive was to secure in
money on his life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
BY EXPLOSION OF ALCOHOL.
Three Men Terribly burned by the
Explosion of nm Alcohol Vat
mt Homestead, Pa.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 31.-By the ex'
plosion of an alcohol vat at the
Homestead steel works, three work
men, Andrew Doliki, Michael Donder
and John Harnetti were terribly
burned. Dolili and Donder, it is
thought, will die. The explosion was
caused by the alcohol coming in con-
tact with natural gas.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
A sIx-Year-OId Murderer.

Chicago, Oct. 3l.-Because he kicked
over u little sand house, Ernest Died
Ter, nine years old, was killed, Tues
day, with "A toy shovel in the hands OF
six-year-old George Waterman. In
childish rage the smaller boy struck
the other on the back Of the head,
f~rGcturing his skull,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

1t was the middle of the week when the
young man appeared at the office to make
his excuses and explanations. you should
have returned from your vacation last Mon
day, sir" said the proprietor of the estab-
lishment. "You were having a good time
at that summer resort, l suppose, and
thought you were entitled to three days OF
grace?" "N-not exactly" stammered the
young man, with heightened color. Laura,
sir. "-Answers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

have never enumerated all of the diseases
which are classed as catarTh. 1t must b.
confessed. however, to see even this partial
list drawn up in battle array is rather ap-
palling. II the reader desires TO see this list,
together with a short exposition Of each
one, send for our free catarrh book. Ad-
dress The Peruna Medicine Co, ColumbuA
Ohio.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Annapolis, Nd, Oct. 31.-A naval
academy fencing team made an Amer
lean audience happy, Tuesday even
ing, by defeating a French fencing
team from the French Atlantic squad
ron, seven bouts to two.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to q
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
Cascarets Candy Cathsrtic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. c,
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
WITH THE CAMPAAERS.
co,. and Mrs. Bryan Reach Ohio
and Another Tour Of the
State Begun.
GOV. ROOSEVELT FEELING THE STRAIN.
.u a. WooIIey, the Prohibition
r.uatdate in Pennsylvania, and
,s So Hoarse that He Can Hardly
Make Himself Heard by His Au-
diences.

Toledo, O., Oct. a1.-Col. aud Mrs.
Dn,.n arrived here from Dunkirk,
n. Y. They we're met at the railroad
station by Mayor and Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Bryan was accorded a brief re-
oention at the mayors residence. MIR.
BRYAN spoke for an hour in Armory
mark. leaving Immediately afterwards
on his DAYS tour of the state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
President sam Not Dead.

New York, Oct .31.-A Port-au-Prince
(Hayti) dispatch says there is no truth
in the report cabled here from King
ston, Jamaica, that President I. 81
mon Sam of Hayti hal died suddenly
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
Smallpox at GuayquiI, Ecuador.

Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 31.-The
British consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador,
confirms the report of a smallpox out
break at that place but says the dis
ease is not epidemic, though it is
spreading.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Rentham-"How absurd it is! Everybody
knows there is no north pole, and yet think
of the money and the lives that have been
thrown away in order to discover it." Red
ding-"Yes, but think of the time and ef-
fort wasted in seeking the man or woman
who comes up to our ideal! Neither exists,
you know."-Boston Transcript.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

1t is said that an ordinary brick weighs
about four pounds. Nevertheless, the man
who gets hit with one imagines it to weigh
about four tons.-Norristown Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
Ave, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 8, 1900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

An Atchison man has been refusing for
years to get any new furniture, because
the old was not worn out. His wife stopped
coaxing, and invited his three nephews to
spend the summer. The. new furniture
had to be bought the day they left.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Polar Explorer-What shall / call my new
book? "A Dash for the Pole?"
Publisher-No. Call it "a Dash for the
Lecture Platform."-Baltimor American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

A Colonel in the British South African
Army says that Adams Tutti Fruit was a
blessing to his men while marching.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

No man appreciates poetry unless he has
a little of it in his make-up.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund money if itfails to cure. 25c
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

There is only one place where gold rusts
and that is in the he~art--Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
Halls Family Pills are the best.

."They say" remarked the philosophic
man, that the darkest hour is just before
the dawn" "Jimminy!" exclaimed Lazi-
bones, that's one of my brightest hours,
for I'm always sure to be asleep them
Philadelphia Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

An iceman was the only person who pos
sessed sufficient GOODNESS to meet and dis
patch a mad dog on a Pittsburgh street the
other day.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Lots Of men who are short on sense ara
long on dollsrs.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Other people don't amount to much when
you use yourself as a standard Of COMPARE
son.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to sun
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all
druggists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

The more a man talks, the less wood he
saws.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Carriers Ink is just as cheap as poor ink and
is the best ink made. Always use Carriers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

Returns.-"Does he get any returns from
his poetry" All he does get."-Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and 9uinine in
atasteless form. No cure no pay. Price, soc.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-13
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.

The exchange of messages across the
telegraph system in these Islands from
the single element of doubt that has
Clouded its progress for some weeks
past. 1t is at once apparent that both
the distances and the conditions pro-
scented by a generally dry atmosphere
can be overcome and all the Islands Dut
In perfect communication with Homo
lulu The successful operation Of tho
system between Lanai and MaKCna
Maui proved cOnclusively that dis
lance was not the disturbing factor and
magnetic conditions peculiar to the Isl
anGs We're not source of partial fail
at the first trial from this island
Marconi on hearing the first returns
was thundcrstruCk. He asserted that
the system would work in Hawaii, fur
thermore that 1t had got to work.
Mr.. MarCOni has certainly been very
prompt in making good his assertion,
and demonstrating that his wonderful
discovery has passed the point Of en-
perimental possibilities. Hawaii GER
tainly can contain no obstacles that
cannot be overcome, when eighty miles
OF land and sea have been crossed dur
ing the tests made previous to the lc-
ceptance of the system by the British
Admiralty.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-13
FOR MuNIcIsAL CHARTER.

The proposal for prompt organizl-
ton Of Honolulu citizens who favor 4
municipal charter and the discussion of
measure to be put before the Legis-
lature should be acted upon immiii-
ately. The result of the election froIl
Hawaii to Niihau is sOlidly in favor Of
the establishment of county and num-
Cipal governments by the Legislature
which holds its first session next Feb.
ruary
The general principle having been
endorsed it now behooves the citizens
of various island communities to look
after themselves. The Legislature must
first determine whether il will pass a
general municipal law to be effective
AS II Is accepted by individual com.
munities or deal with each island o,
town separately. AS the most advisa,
BILE course to pursue can only be de.
yelOped by a thorough discussion the
progressive citizens of Honolulu are IL
duty bound to take the matter in hand.
by preparing the ways and means for
discussion and investigation which will
ut once serve to bring out the trerd
OF opinion and give great assistance to
the Legislature.
II cannot be denied that an active or.
position to a municipal act will be Of
fcrcd. But as regards the Legislature
this opposition cannot be successful ii
the men elected and the party having
the majority are true to their pledges.
II they faii in the fulfiIment of this
pledge they need have no fear that
Legislative responsibility will ever Dc
thrust upon them again.
Tho Bulletin believes that this party
pledge will he carried out. that char
ter for Honolulu will be passed; that
the only means for assuring a measure
making for the best interests of the
city is immediate action on the part
of the people. First of all they should
take care that no charter shall be
enacted that Is the product of private
Office and back door politics. Such the
charter will be If the people allow
themselves to put off concerted acton
from day to day, week to week, month
to month until the Legislature is in ses-
sion and nothing has been done.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-13
CIRCUIT COURT ITEMS

The trial of Charles Downing for
murder in the second degree Is making
slow progress before Judge Humph-
reys. Several days were occupied In
the examination of the first two wiz
nesses.
Executions have been filed by de-
PENDANTS in the ejectment case of II.
Mist vs.. S. NJ. w. Kamelo and W. r.
Castle, to the Supreme Court from the
decision of Judge Humphreys in favor
of plaintiff at the August term. Jury
was waived
r. +. DAILY and wife may now enjoy
possession of their new house in peace.
Levers & Cookies action against them
with other parties, for foreclosure OF
lien for material furnished the late /.
~ Hayden, contractor has been dis
continued
All Chez, who appealed from conyic-
tion in the District Court Of opium in
possession, has been discharged in the
Circuit Court under a nolle prosequi.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-13
By Using The----.--..aA
HydrO=Carbon Lamps

which give 100 eandle.power for each
burner at cost Of is Of cent per hour,
you save as OF cent per hour over
kerosene lamp giving 50 candle.power;
and as Of cent per hour over a 10
candle.power electric light. The cheap
est ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
II pays to buv the Hydro-Carbon
Lamp. The ONLY Lamp of its kind
FULLY GUARANTt ED to give satisfac-
ton OR MONEY REFUNDED.
THE removable reservoir Is a special
feature. Does not require taking down
lamp to fill. his feature will pay for
the lamp In preventing breakage of
msntes. Requires n care, the burner
being absolutely seli-cleaning. Con.
tains all the advantages and none Of the
faults Of other gasoline lamps. Fully
approved by Fire Insurance Under.
writers.
All Island orders promptly attended to
Cn- e. W. NacfarIaue.
MANAGER
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-11-13

What a remarkable tumble the Adj
vcrtiser has taken on the restricted
franchise proposition. The Bulletin
cordially and honestly congratulatcs
its contemporary on the glimmcr Of
Gense that pprvadcs its latest review #
the franchise question as presented by
the election returns. When its pres.
ent view is compared with its past
utteranccs it is interesting to note how
the Advertiser has switched into lin,
with the Bulletin.