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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
He wns Satisfied,

A married couple who are in the habit oc-
casionally Of going out at night to entertain.
ments and social affairs, at such times
make themselves solid with their little
boy by saying that they are going out to
see a sick man. One week these social af-
fairs came pretty frequently. On Monday
night they went to the theater, and told
the lad that they had to sit up with the sick
man., Tuesday night they went out to visit
a n%eighbor, and explained that they were
going to give some medicine to the man
who was sick. On Wednesday night they
proposed to attend an entertainment, and
apologized to the young chap by saying they
had to put a plaster on the sick mans back
to draw out the pain. Papa" asked the
youth, lis the sick man in much pain?"
Every much, my son." "And is he pretty
near dead?" Yes, he's in bad shape The
lad thought deeply for awhile, and then re.
marked. "Well, papa, he can't die any
too soon to suit me.'-Memphis Scimitar.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
SELLING FIREWORKS.
sold In just the Same lame ms Dry
Goods, shoes or Carpet.

Fireworks are commonly associated
in the mind in this country with ideas
of Fourth of July, and, no doubt, more
fireworks are burned here on that day
than on any other. But fireworks are
CONSUMED more or less the year round
Tor political and other demonstrations,
and in the south the chief consumption
Of fireworks is not at Fourth of july
time, but around the midwinter holt
days. 70 supply the trade thus distrib-
uted and to be ready for tine seasons of
greatest demand fireworks factories re-
main in constant operation. The travel
ing salesman selling fireworks keeps
the road IL months in the year.
Like many other things, fireworks
are sold largely by sample. The variety
now offered is far greater than former
ly, and there are more specialties, and
goods are put up more a~ttractively than
cver-in fact, keeping up with the gen.
cral modern advancement. The trav-
cling salesman for q fireworks estaD-
lishn,ent might carry perhaps five
trunks of samples, the goods being
made up precisely like those produced
to burn. but being really dummies. He
does not, of course, carry samples of
great set pieces, but he carries all sorts
OF staple goods, bombs and candles, and
rockets, and s on, and all sorts of spe-
cialties, such, for example, as whistling
fireworks and various others.
Fireworks. like many other things,
are also sold from photographs. Big
pieces are sold in this manner, and big
pieces are also made specially to order
to suit local requirements. Small fire.
works are sometimes sold by photo
graphs, the pictures being colored to
represent the goods, and such photo
graphs are used in the introduction of
novelties. If the dealer desires to see
these, or, perhaps, all the samples, they
are shown precisely as shoes, or dry
goods, or carpets, or other samples
would be.
The man selling fireworks covers the
country across to the other coast. Some
fireworks for consumption in San Fran
cisco next Fourth of July have already
been shipped by sea. Deliveries are
made, of course, in accordance with the
demand. Shipments may be governed
by local ordinances of municipalities in
one part of the country and another re
works may be stored or offered fol
sale.
There is n man in the business who
has been selling fireworks on the roat
for 80 years.-N. Y. Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
PETER HAAS.
Vests Stolen Pigs.

"Another story that Vest told related to
his candidacy for the legislature in 1861
against A. S. Walker. The canvass was ex-
eeedingly exciting because of the near APP
dent to it were discussed with much ami
nation. Charges and counter-charges were
made. Both sides knew that about six
votes either way would determine the con
test, and on the day before election Walker
raised the point on Vest that.he had stolen
some pigs. The only way that Vest could
meet the charge was to acknowledge smil:
ingly that he lad the pigs in his pen and
in his possession. If he had gone further
and said that he had bought them-which
they hoped he would do-they had wit
nesses to show that he had not bought
them, but Vest was too shrewd to be caught
in the trap, and turned the accusation off
with a laugh and the remark:
Zone can't account for the way his boys
get pigs.'"-St. Louis Republic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
She Decided to Remain.

81 WILL" she exclaimed, 81 will not
live with you another day!"
you leave me, will yop2' he calmly
asked. = ~
"Yes, / will"
"Wher?'
"Now-right off-this minute"
you'll go away?"
"Yes, sir"
81 wouldn't if I were you"
"But | will, and L defy you to pre-
vent me. 1 have suffered at your
hands as long as 1 can put up with it,
"Oh, l shan't try to stop you," he
quietly replied. "I1l simply report tc
the police that my wife has mysteri
ously disappeared. You wear No.
shoes; you have an extra large mouth
you walk stiff in your knees; YOU
nose turns up at the end; eyes rather
on the squirt; voice like "a"
wretch, you wouldn't dare de
that" she screamed.
81 certainly will and the description
will go in all the papers,"
They glared at each other a mo
ment in silence. Then it was plail
to be seen he had the dead wood OF
her.-Columbus Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
A New Method.

The public schools of a certain New Eng
land city have recently taken to an exact
ing form Of art. The pupils are placed be-
fore a model and told to sketch as they see.
One day a little girl was seated on a chair on
the platform, and her classmates were given
the usual order. The results varied. Some
of the drawings looked like a human being
in a state of repose, others like wooden dolls.
a tiny figure standing in front of it.
"Mary," said the discouraged teacher,
didn't | say: Draw Amelia as you saw
her?'"
"Yes'm."
well, is she standing in front of the
chair?'f
Nom. She's sitting in it."
Then why didn't you draw her s%itting?'
Tears came into the child's eyes. She was
misunderstood.
but | hadn't got to it," she said. 81 was
just going to bend her down when you rane
the ell."-Youth's Companion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
CUPID'S COURT FOR ELOPERS.
Nook in the City Hall of Washington
Where RunuxxuY Cnunles Refrenf.

Where Runaway COuples Retreat.
There is n room, or rather a little al
cove in the city hall which has been
dedicated to Cupid, and in it hundreds
of marriages have been solemnized. 1t
has been set apart for this purpose for
a number of years by common consent
of the courthouse officials. This alcove
is not surrounded by the most romantic
or agreeable surroundings, rs it looks
out upon the corridor and is directly
opposite the entrance to criminal court
No. 2, in which some of the famous
trials of Washington have taken place.
Neither is the room romantic in appear
ance, as it has a threadbare old carpet
on the floor and is surrounded on three
sides by the musty-looking halls of the
city hall. 1t has a poor box" hanging
on the railing, which prevents intrud-
ers from crowding the bridal parties.
A'window looks out upon the grounds
surrounding the old buildings, and this
about completes the room.
Years ago somebody of a supersti-
tious turn of mind covered an old horse
shoe with tinfoil and placed it against
one of the window panes. That some
of the marriages which nave been con-
tracted there have not been happy is ac-
counted for by the fact that the horse.
shoe is turned upside down and the
good luck has all run out of it. Even
now the horseshoe rests in it's place,
wofully furnished, but still said to be
q talisman of good fortune to those
who are married within the space over
which its genii preside.
No record of marriages performed in
this space has ever been preserved en-
cept in the licenses issued at the clerks
Office, but it is safe to say that as many
people have been welded there as with
in many of the churches of the city,
This place is a great resort for run
away couples from the Virginias and
Maryland. After the runaways have OBJ
tanned a license and express the wish to
be married at once the attendants al
the clerks office always ask them to
step over to the little alcove and the
nearest minister is sent for. The clerks
are anxious to establish n record fol
the little place, and never overlook aI
opportunity to have a ceremony per
formed.-Washington Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
A Woman,A View.

snow, Mrs. Bradwell," said a gen.
tleman of her acquaintance, 1--WE have
several hours before us, and / wish
you'd just explain to me in full your
position with regard to woman's
rights Mrs. Bradwell did not take
many hours about it. II think" she
said, that every woman's right is to
fool n good man into the belief that
she is the best woman ever made
That's my position in full."-Shor'
Stories.
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President Kruger Ahead.
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Afri,

Iietoild, IrdnsNdai, Eoutu HllIca,
Dec. 7, 1899.
Messrs. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Com
pany, Chicago, H., u. S. A.: Gentlemen-
Your last shipment and communication re-
ceived. | am very much pleased with the
information that you have SO kindly given
me.
Please find enclosed bank draft to the
amount of SAP los, for which send me
twenty-five l25) gross OF Swanson's 20
DROPS" Ship same as before in order
that there may be no delay, as this medi-
cine will be greatly needed before it reaches
us. The last shipment is almost disposed of,
as the medical department of our army uses
large quantities. This order is entirely for
use in the army.
| have been told that our success on the
battlefield is due to a certain extent to the
use of "5-DROPS" Rheumatic Cure, which
has relieved and prevented a great deal Of
suffering among our men from Rheumatism,
Neuralgia and other acute pains caused by
exposure. Your "5-DROPS" is as good as
a small quantity of "5-DROPS," together
with other medicines, was captured BY the
English, which was a great loss to our men.
The Ruinecks won't do it again. | am, re-
spectfully yours,
PETER HAAS.
"5.DROPS" is the most powerful specific
known. Free from opiates and perfectly
harmless. 1t is a perfect cure for Rheu-
matlsm, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Dyspepsia,
Backache, Asthma, Catarrh, La Grippe.
Neuralgia Headache, etc. Large sized bot
ties 1900 doses), Sl.00, or three 80 bottles
for $3.50. Sample bottles % cents.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO..
l60 to l64 E. Lake St., Chicago, III.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark,
opens March /, 1900. A most desirable, at.
~tractive and convenient resort for health
and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure
sparkling water, best accommodations.
Through Sleepers via Frisco Line. Write
for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any
representative of Frisco Line.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
Our Increased Trade with China.

England can no longer compete with us in
the shipment of many products to China,
Our trade with the Chinese has increased all
most forty per cent. within the last year.
This is merely natural. The best wins in
everything. For "a like reason, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the best remedy in the
country, has for fifty years acknowledged no
superior to cure constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and b%iliousness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
toll would not enable

sweep away a mist, but by ascending
a little n may often look over it alto
gether. So it is with our moral i'm
provement-we wrestle fercely with q
vicious habit, which would have no hold
upon us if we ascended into n Airher
\
moral atmosphere.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

1t requires no experience to dye with PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling
your goods in the dye is all that's necessary.
Sold by all druggists.
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lust Like a Woman.

Mattie-Why have you continually
stared at that couple across the way for
the last half hour?
Helen-Oh, 1 was merely watching
their actions. They were only married
yesterday.
That's just like you. You never
miss an opportunity to contemplate
matrimony."-Chicago Evening News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10
TEE OLDEST MAN In AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped the Terrors Of Many
Winters by Using Peruna.

Isaac Brock, a citizen of McLennan
County, Texas, has lived III years.
he now lives with his son-in-Law at
Valley Mills, Texas.
In speaking of his good health and
extreme old age, Nh. Brock says:
"Affer a man has lived in the
world as long as I have, he ought
TO have found our a great many
things by experience.
Zone of the things / have found
OUT to my entire satisfaction is the
proper remedy for ailments that
are due directly TO the effects of
the climate.
"During my long life ! have
known a great many remedies for
coughs, colds, cafarrh and diar-
rh9a. I had always supposed
these affections 10 be different
diseases, but in reading DR.. Hart
mans books / have found out thar
these affections are the same ard
that they are properly called CO.
farrh.
81 had several long Sieges with
the grip. At first / did nor know
that Peruna was a remedy for this
disease. When I heard that la
grippe was epidemic cafarrh, I
tried Peruna for la grippe and
found it TO be JUST the thing.
Gas for DR.. Harfman's remedy,
Peruna, I have found ii 10 be the
best, if not the only, reliable rem
edy for these affections. 1t has
been my standby for many years,
and I attribute mygood health and
extreme old age TO This remedy.
"Very truly yours,
Me1 &M
For a free book on catarrh. address
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,
Ohio.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

The Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co.. of
Bedford City, Va, wants two travelling
statesmen in each state. Write them for par
t~iculars. Experience not absolutely necessary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

"How did Jack come to make UP with
JIM" Heard some one say they were at
SKIES and sevens, and was afraid of the
unlucky l3."-Town Topics.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

Most remarkable trio. Will make a fel
low rich despite himself if he plants 8
plenty. Salzer's catalog tells. Send l0c. ant
this notice for samples of above and big cat
alog. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse
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You must behave yourself if you hope
to avoid worry; no guilty man can avoid
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

The goodness of our intentions never ex.
cuses the badness of our actions.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

The Grip of Pneumonia may be warded off
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

The way to get more is to make the most
Of what we h~ave.-Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

A man seldom tells the truth about his
business; he exaggerates it one way or the
other.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. r. Lott, 1905
Scott ST., CovingtOn, Ky, Oct. l, 1894.
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The Best Prescription for ChiIls

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTEIrss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quihinein
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, soc.
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The echo is always polite enough to re-
turn a oall.-Chicago Daily News.
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Rapc. Speltz. Bromus.

History has to repeat itself because PEG.
pie are so forgetful.IChicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

Talk is pretty cheap, now that you
can buy a monograph for SIPS.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II lit fails 10 cure. 25c.
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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-06-21
he horse as it broke away, She fal

the horse as it broke away, She fall
tered.
Il thought saw him fall off," said
Evelyn. "Oh, if-if he is dead
Evelyn's voice broke. They were
both silent for few minutes and then
they saw the torches going out one
by one. The people were going home.
There could be no doubt now. Some
thing had happened. Ronald's voice
was heard no more; could it be stilled
forever? Then they heard the trap re-
turning. The two women advanced
TO the steps as the horses were relned
in at the door. The occupants alight-
ed. As her father assembled the steps
Evelyn caught both his hands in hers.
''What did they do, father?' she asked.
The old soldier laughed.
'Do?" he exclaimed, enthusiastical-
ly, as he rubbed his hands together,
''why, they did nothing. Jade Fanshaw's
son rode into their ranks and made the
grandest speech I ever listened to in
my life. He turned the very marrow
in my bones to ice. I was cold one
minute and as hot as old Nick the
next. believe we were all hypnotized.
From the minute he began to show up
the horror of lynch law and the risk
they were running of hanging an inno-
cent man, believe I'd aided rather
than let the mob harm the fellow. He
stood there with more ropes on him
than he could carry and didn't look
big enough to harm fly. After Fan
shaw got their attention the iirst thing
he demanded was that they let the
prisoner tell his story. He gained his
point and the little chap began to talk.
You could hardly hear what he said,
he was 50 fatigued and hoarse. In
the name of God and Christianity he
said, Set me have o chance to prove
I'm not guilty.
"Syd Hart, Thad Williams and their
faction were too full of whisky and
hatred to be moved by mere eloquence;
they were there for blood, and they
were going to have it; so they tried
to drown out what the prisoner was
saying. But Fanshaw. towering above
them all on his horse, finally succeeded
in getting him heard and the boys
story satisfied me of his innocence. He
said the money he had was his saw
ings from two years hard work in an
iron foundry in Chattanooga and that
he was taking it home to his widowed
mother, who depends on him for her
support. He said he was tramping
home on foot to save the expense of Il
railroad ticket. Somebody asked him
why he had tried to escape from the
sheriff, and he said he was afraid of
being lynched-that he had heard of
the treatment men accused Of crime re-
ceived in these mountains.
"Then some one asked him about the
blood on his hands and shirt, and he
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-06-21

knew he must pass on his waI home
she read her heart Is she had never read
it before.
''Yes," she confessed to herself, aloud,
because she loved to hear her own voice
pronouncing a truth which seemed to
have quickened her soul into new and
higher life, Eyes, 1 love him! love
him!"
About five O'Clock, after it had grown
light-when the sky in the east was
turning golden-her long vigil was re-
warded. Moving along the road, with
tired step, she saw white horse, and
rider. Then she put her icy hands to
her face and burst into tears of relief.
An hour later, with a mothers solicit
tude, Mrs. Lancaster stole into her room
and found her asleep, her head resting
on the bare window board. The good
woman comprehended it all, and rails
ing the girls face, she kissed her eye
lids till they opened.
Gle is safe!" were Evelyn's first
words. II saw him come home. l in-
tended to go to bed then, but was say
ing my prayers here whenI fell asleep"
Mrs. Lancaster's lips twitched sympa-
thetically as she put Evelyn to bed and
sat by her stroking her brow until
sleep came again. Then the old lady sat
with her chin resting in her hand, quite
thoughtful.
81 really don't know which way my
duty lies" she unused. ''She loves him
she loves him just as l should have
done at her age, and she will suffer over
giving him up as I suffered when he
was torn out of my life"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-06-21

showed them a cut on his leg which
had been bound up and was bleeding.
about that time sgd Hart became
obstreperous again. Captain, L saw
you talking to him just then. Won
dered if you had said anything to in
flame"
II thought might reason with him.
he was clear out of his head, wholly
unreasonable, you know"
'Wcll, you seemed to have struck
stony ground for your good Seed"
laughed Hasbrooke, ''for he got wilder
than ever"
"Oh. do so on!' cried Mrs. Lancas-
ter. "What became of Mr.. Fanshaw?'
Il was coming TO him." said the old
man. "As soon as he appeared on the
scene, the sheriff, who had hardly
opened his mouth in any sort of remon-
STRANGE. picked up his courage and be-
gan to try to get possession of the pris-
orer; but nobody paid any attention to
him. Hart and Williams had their ears.
However. young Fanshaw saw how the
thing was going and brought it to TO-
Gus by the most unexpected and
risky move ever saw. Pretending that
he wanted the people in the edge of the
crowd to see how small the prisoner
was, he lifted the little fellow onto his
morse in front of him, and, before any
one suspected what he was up to, he
had wheeled his horse and was off like
the wind. sgd Hart pulled his revolver
and aimed it at Fanshaw's back, but
Dave Fanshaw knocked the weapon up,
and it went off without harming any
ore. Then Dave held pistol at Harris
head and dared him to stir a muscle.
This quarrel drew the attention Of the
mob from the prisoner and Fanshaw
bore him away withoutany opposition.
The sheriff followed at his heels. They
have gone with him to the Jail in Dan
ube. He'll be safe there
Evelyn was closely watching Wrinkle;
she had read him better than had her
father.
ut was the noblest deed I ever heard
Of" she said. exultingly.
Wrinkle responded with a shrug and
a frown.
''Fanshaw will pay we'll for it. in all
probability" he said, sulienIy.
Despite her habitual command over
her emotions Evelyn's face fell, but she
did not crafty her enemy by reply
ing to his thrust.
Her father agreed with Wrinkle.
EYES," he said, ''it is not over vet by
any means. sgd and Thad will certain
ly be bent on revenge. and Fanshaw
will be their target. Inever saw a more
malignant countenance than Harris
when he realized that his plans were
thwarted. 1 guess he will lie in wait
for Fanshaw On his return from Dan
ube."
Grown suddenly faint, Evelyn turned
into the hall. Mr.. Hardy's voice followed
her and beat pleasantly on her ears. Il
certainly take off my hat to that sort
of courage" he was saying. "Fanshaw
has the right kind of grit. It's pity
the world has not more men like him.
Evelyn's window commanded a view
of the road leading from Danube to
Fanshaw's house, and the remainder of
the night, sleepless and distraught, she
sat GAZING across the fields at spot she
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-06-21
r,ndcr 'rv,ne al Low Prices.

If you want a special inside'price on bind.
er Irvine, either Sisal, Standard or Manila,
cut this notice out and mail it to Sears, Roe
buck& c., Binder Irvine Department., Chi.
caso, stating about how much Irvine you viii!
require and how soon you will want it, and
they will save you money by quoting you .
compel the party who supplies you to sell to
you at lower price than he otherwise