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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
WIT AvERTED A STORM.
The Capital Device of n Congress
man to Cool His Wife's
Anger.

In the seclusion of the house cloakrooms
a story is being told on a western member.
There are 357 men in the house. Three hum
bred and ffty-six are hereby released from
any connection with the story. The other
man-and the other mans wife-wIll recog-
nize the truth Of what is here recorded.
The western member went home at a very
early hour in the morning. He had made e
night of it with some friends. He knew tina.
his conduct would be considered reprehensi.
BILE by his better half, and so as ..e assembled
the steps of his modest home he racked his
brain for some plan 20 avert the lady's
wrath. As he entered the hall he saw an
umbrella. Instantly it occurred to him that
the umbrella might be his salvation.
He carried the umbrella upstairs. Seating
himself on a chair in the corner Of the bed.
room, he raised the rain guard over his head
and then coughed loudly. His wife awoke
and saw in the dim gaslight her liege lord
sitting solemnly under the raised umbrella.
What are you doing?" she asked in nat
ural surprise.
at is three o'clock, my DEAR said he,
"and l am waiting for the storm"
The congressman's ready wit saved him
from a Caudle lecture. He is worrying now,
however, to find an equally effective act for
the next time he stays out ate.-Washing
ton Post,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
HERE AND THERE.

Young pigs should not be fed for
fat. The frs. thing TO be done is TO
build up a frame. Their fattcn and sell
in rapid succession.
If the poultry on 4 farm have the
attention given them that is received
by the cows the farmer would soon
learn to know more about his ticcits
and understand how TO correct his mis-.
takes.
When the bicycle became popular
we heard the mournful refrain: The
horse must go!" Then came the auto
mobile, and now surely "rhe horse
must go!" The horse surely does go
if 2:1O and better means anything.
"A wideawakA stranger passing
through Il rural district, will judge Il
nan by the general appearance oil his
farm, and this Judgment, with few eN-
ceptions, will he correcr. 1t is import
ant hat our farms shall lie in as good
shape as possible.
The value of fish rs Il food is just
beginning to be felt among the agri-
cultural classes. a well-stockcd fish
pond is an inexpensive luxury and af-
fords food that is II welcome relief
from the usual pork or bacon that
sraces the farmers table.
"A cow kept in Il barn ventilated
with cracks will require at least one
hound more hay to keep her warm
than she otherwise would Il day. That
| means 200 pounds for the winter sea-
son. At $40 Il ton the hay would he
| worth one dollar. OF extra grain she
| will need an equal "aulc.
The great gigantic disadvantages
| of this country for ~tea-gro,ylng ARE tbs
| insufficiency of %railfall and the varia-
| BILE temperature. 1t rains u good deal
in the cotton-growiug region, but ii
| does not rain enough for ten. This ma
| tive of a tropical forest requires q
great amount of moisture and au in
tense heat.
Raising hogs has of late grcwn to
be a most important branch OF far,r'
ing. The returns made by the hogs
when properly attended to bring in fol
the grower a large amount of ready
cash. In fact, the mosy profitable ami
NAL on the farm, to-day is the hog, ano
farmers in general are giving mere at
! teption to this line than ever before.
Farmers should have the hest pors
and bacon for family use. For his
purpose he need not pay so strict re
regard to cost, The best is what h,
! wants and should have. Pigs well fee
on soaked wheat and oats, half ant
r.alf, with one pound Of corn per da,
Tor the last month, and killed at sever
months, will prove most satisfactory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
With Woman's Wit,

Gen. Hazen, the first head Of the weather
bureau in Washington, found it almost i'm
possible to persuade the members OF con
with which to carry out his plans; One
spring, when the appropriation had been
shaE. efully cut down by the economy-loving
chairman Of the committee, Mrs; Hazen was
"a guest at an afternoon reception at the
house of one of the cabinet members, where
tie most detestable and uncomfortable wealth
er, untimely and unlocked for, was the top.
ic Of the moment. As Mrs. Hazen crossed
the room to make her adieus she was waylaid
by the chairman of the offending committee,
who accosted her thus: We'll, Mrs. Hazen,
is this the best your husband can do for us
in the way of weather." Mrs. Hazen looked
at him with a sudden flash in her eyes, and
then answered, clearly and sweetly: Eyes,
Mr.. Blank, the very best-for the appropri-
alton" The discounted man fled, in the
midst of the hardly concealed smiles of the
surrounding gdests.-Argonaut.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
O R PLANTING TIME.
Southern Farmer About His
Next Corn Crop.

As we look ahead to the outcome of
|10OO we feel that very much depends
npon the planting of this important
crop. A full corn crop means peace,
plenty, prosperity and happiness. A
Fhort % crop may mean trouble,
1oubt, debt and disaster.
Never in the history of the south has
I been so important to look after the
eorn crib.
Farmers are not free from debt, but
hey are getting so. They are not in
dependent, but they are approaching
that happy condition. Another short
cotton crop and a full corn crop mean
prosperity.
Plant Il full corn crop, plant your
best land in corn.
We have always found subsoiling to
pay us in growing corn. We tried il
pver and over. Our corn on land sub
Boiled was always better. We tried il
on upland and bottom land, on red
land and gray land, and fresh land and
pld land. We tried it in good seasons
pld bad seasons, and it paid all the
lime and everywhere.
We always found IL to Is inches Of
oil would make larger yields thar
hree to six inches of soil in the sam,
held, with same culture and manner.
The drier the season the greater tn,
Inference. We have made over 81
bushels of corn per acre with a yer,
Try season on subsoiled land, and I'm
er 10 bushels per acre on land no
kubsoile,l in same field. With thes,
pets befare us. we can not indorse tn,
~cnclusian against subsoiling.
We urge our readers to subsoil unit
hey get from 12 to Is inches of sol
yer all their fields. Aeration follow,
pc plov, and soil goes as deep rs TIL
blow.
The conclusions on this point ma.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
Planning For the Year.

Not more than one farmer in ten
makes any well-dcfned plans for the
next seasons campaign. Most men
hav" a vague idea of how many acres
OF this or that they will plant next
season, but rarely do they consider the
details-the methods they will pur-
sue. 1t is a good time right now to
study all these out and jot them down
iii d book that can be referred to in
the busy season. When the work is on
hand and pushing one to his utmost
he is apt to forget many important de-
tails, many matters that are small,
but really vital. One who has not tried
it has no idea what a relief it is to
have his work all carefully planned in
advance. 1t is almost like working
under the direction of another person.
| am aware that some people imagine
thai farm work can not be planned In
advance because it is so largely gov
erned by meteorological conditions,
but if they will once give it a trial
they will learn otherwise. When one
has everything in readiness n knows
to a certainty what he wants to do he
can accomplish a third more than
when his ideas are all mixed and min
gled with the odds and ends that bob
up every day. When he knows what
/! comes next, and how he has deter
mined 10 accomplish it, and that ev-
erything is in readiness, there is no
confusion, no mistakes. Careful plon-
ming and prompt execution of tho SC
plans makes the successful farmer;
haphazard confusion the "~unlucky"
n Don't be ''unlucky" this year.
| Farm and Fireside.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

be correct where the number sg stalk
is limited to between three and four
Thousand per acre.
Our experience is all in favor of from
1000 to 5000 stalks per acre. 1t il
impossible to make very heavy yields
VI corn if you do not have a large
NUMBER OF stalks. 1t is very seldom
ina we can make a crop of corn that
VIII average one and a half good ears
per stalk. Very much of our crop does
not average n heavy ear per stalk.
Inc number of stalks is a matter Of
prime importance. Good farming
should make over so bushels of corn
per acre. This will very rarely be done
with less than $500 stalks. With aver
age farming it takes 100 stalks to make
loo ears, and 100 ears to make one
bushel.
we arc aware that many will say
.'ooo stalks will be too thick. We free.
~ admit that it will be too thick un-
Tess your land has been subsoiled. But
each stalk will find plenty of cubic
space for root development and plant
iood and water if you have broken en-.
urely through the hardpan.
soil broken Is inches will furnish
much more than five times the more
1ocd and water that n soil broken
three inches can furnish. A field brok.
en- Is inches will better bear $4,000
stalks than one broken three inches
deep will bear 5000.
We have found no limit to the quan.
THY of n or fertilizers that will
pay on corn and subsoiled land. W.
have used a ton of high grade fertile
or per acre with great profit. We have
realized larger profits on over 1,OOl
pounds per acre than upon less.
With ~subsoiling and 1000 to 5000
stalks per acre we are not afraid tc
use heavy quantities of manure ant
fertilizers or both. We always ger
better profits from broadcast mnnur
ing and fertiIizing.--Dixie Farmer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
Deafness Cannot he Curea

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an in1amed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
Owned 1t All.

John I. Blair in his earlier days owned a
western railroad along the route of which he
established a series Of l~unchrooms at which
employees of the road were to be charged so
cents and all passengers rs cents. Mr.. Blair
once dined at one of these places, and, con-
Guiding his meal, laid down a h~alf-dollar.
long to this road" Il know that" replied
Mr.. Blair, "the road belongs to me."-Chi-
capo Chronicln
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
An All-Year Resort.

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark.
opens March !, 1900. A most desirable, at,
t~ractive 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, 1900-02-17

thar in the dairy. The milking should b.
done in a clean place; all vessels used should
be washed morning and night in hot watel
with Ivory Soap, rinsed and we'll aired. Mill
should never be kept in a cellar with veg
etables, as an unpleasant taste will be i'm
parted. Attention to these details will in
sure a supply of wholesome milk and butter
ELIZA r. PARKER.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
Editorial Comment,

this s %ern Giu SSV said the i"e v fifSts'' ed GteG sf bet.
ter half.
"Huh!" exclaimed the local-opinion
molder, "he's been dead for years"
Been dead for years." echoed the as.
tonished wife "Why, what do you mean?'
"Just what 1 sale" replied the ". e. ANY
man in business who doesn't advertise ia a
dead one."-Chicago Evening News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
A Definition.

Little Mike (who has an inquiring mind)
FODDER, phwot is a autograph?
MoLubberty (promptly)-Autograph, is
ut? Sure, thot's pivot they wroitL on yure
tombstone whin yez are run over by wan
av thin dommed harselcss carriages!-Puck.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Whenever you commend, add your pea-
IONS for doing SO; it is this which distin-
from the Aattery of sycophants and the ad.
miration of fools.-Steele.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

The poetry of childhood consists in sim
%ulating and forestalling the future, Just as
the poetry of mature life consists often in
goipg back to some golden age. Poetry il
always in the distance.-Amiel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

The affection of old age is one of the great.
est consultations of humanity. ] have often
thought what q melancholy world this would
world without the aged.-Coleridge.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

81 can't get away from a good agent" a
mar writes to this Office. "NNhat can ! doy'
Don't argue with an agent. Let him talk.
Keep quiet. When he has run himself down,
say: 81 do not want it." DO not say any
thing else.-Atehison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Too Much Time Wanted.-'If you will
get my new suit done by saturday" said
the customer to a taller, "I1l be forever
indebted to you" "lf that's your game"
replied the tailor, "the clothes will not be
done at all."-LOhio State Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

when you married you thought your hus
band was a demigod?' Yes" And
now" Now he reminds me more of IA
| demijohn."-N. Y. Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

This world is full of fools, and he who
would not wish 10 see one must not only
shut himself up alone, but also break his
looking glass.-Boileau.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

A man that will hold you up can be ex-
pected to knock you down.--Chicago Dis.
patch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Martha-"Do you think it would be wrong
for me to kiss Miss Paneface?" Harry
mot if your eyes were shut, perhaps
Boston Transcript.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Boston spinsters have organized to keep
married women from getting employment"
Yes; they are determined 10 make life bard
for man to the bitter end."-Marylan nd Jour.
nal
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Ajax may have deied the lightning, but
it isn't of record that he ever was foo
enough to tritle with a trolley car.-Kansai
Git Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

If a man admires his wife, it is more i'm
portant than if the neighbors say she is q
lovely Characterization Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES, as they color all 6bers at one
boiling. Sold by all druggists.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs. Jennie
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Though a woman be homely or handsome,
modesty is her greatest charm.-Elliott's
Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

Men have ever had hairbreadth escape
from becoming baldheaded.-Chicago Dis
patch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

As soon as a man gets so old he has nc
more trouble with heart affairs, his liver
begins to make him grief.-Atchison Globe
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17
The Rest Presentation for ChiIIs

and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and 9uininein
atasteless form. No ure-no pay. Price soc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-17

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The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
FAMOUS MANCHU DYNASTY.
story of It's Rise to Power and Some
of Its Hatreds.

From the Chicago Times-Herald
The rise of the Manchu race to its pres
ent position in the politics and affairs of
the world is a wonderful story of courage
battlefield victories, dark treachery and
indomita bic perseverance. In the middle
of the fifteenth century the race consisted
of three small tribes living near the Dor
ders of what is now the Chinese Empire,
and only escaping the designation of no.
MAIDS because, in the winter months, they
had some settled home. Even in those
days they were known and feared by the
surrounding tribes for their daring, their
contempt for death and their willingness
to run any risk to add to their herds and
possessions.
Gradually. as they grew in power and in
huence, they began to absorb neighboring
peoples until at the beginning of the six
teenth century they had become the most
populous and powerful race on the Dor
ders OF the Celectal Empire.
Since their birth as nation the Chinese
had harrassed them continually and Dor
der troubles had grown thick and fast
a century of persecution bred in the
hearts of these people such a hatred of
the Chinese race that they gradually be-
gan to long for a sweeping and terrible
revenge. In the year 1901 the Manchus
were possessed of standing army COM
posed Of hardy fighters, and for fifteen
years after that the project Of an invasion
of China was thoroughly discussed and
finally arranged.
In 1916 the forces of the two nations met
on the borders nnd in what came TO be
known as the Yang Wah Sui'-the bat
tie of the terrible blade--the Chinese were
completely routed. The conquerors
crossing the border at It's northwestern
extremity ravaged the towns and viii
lagos of the empire for hundreds Of
miles, and I'm three years had secured
and held IN subsection a section OF terri
tory as large as their own possessions on
the other side of the boundary. In 1919
the Chinese led by the Emperor Hwl
Nang in person, and numbering It is es-
timated by the chroniciers OF those days.
2io0 600 troops. advanced to give battle 20
the invaders. The fight lasted four days,
and the Chinese forces were literally cut
TO pieces. The Emperor was killed ana
half his army was destroyed.
Even after this great victory the Man
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19
DARIEN's HEAVY BUSINESS.
Old Citizens Reminded of the Flush
Times of the Past.

Old Citizens Reminded of the Flush
Times of the Past.
Daren, Ga Aug 1S.-In spite of riots
and strikes, Darien has made the best
record in business for the past twelve
months that she mas made for many years
before. The timber business has prosper
ed in way that reminded the old-timers
of the towns palmiest days, when 500
bills were common and S. bills were too
small to chase when the wind blew them
out of the hands of he timbermen.
TO Illustrate how little the strike of the
longshoremen has hurt the shipping in
dustry of this port, the records show that
during the nine weeks of the strike about
2200,000 feet of timber, valued a $308,000
has been shipped from here. During the
past week alone 492l 90l feet of timber
valued at $4,000 left this port for Ameri-
can and foreign points. The timber mer
chants have quite lot of timber on hand
ready for shipment. but freights ore high
and vessels scarce. The strike doesn' t
appear to ne cutting much of a figure
The rice planters are about ready TO
harvest the crop. A considerable acreage
was planted this year, but the crop will
be short, owing to unfavorable weather at
time when the grain should have re-
ceived its closest attention.
The Presbyterians have about complet-
ed their handsome new church, and It will
be dedicated on the frs. Sunday in Sep
TENDER. The Cedicatory sermon will he
prea ched ty Rev. A. b. curry an go
quent and prominent divine of Birming
ham, Ala. The old Presbyterian Church
which was itself a pretty building. was
burned a II tie over a year ago The MEM
hers promptly went to work to secu e
funds for a new structure. The fun s
W re quickly raised. but the build ng was
constructed much more slowly, owing to
the difficulty of getting material as it was
Eeeded. The new church is built of shells
and cement, and is greatly admired by
oil who have s.on it,
Hon. William Clifton. who has been
spending about two months in the New
Eng ana states, is exp c;ed hcme in a
few days. He made the trip from Darien
70 Bath. Me, on board a schooner, hop
iTg that the sea voy age would be a tene-
tit to him. His health has been wretch d
for a year. He is much improved.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

New York. Aug. 1S.-Spot closed dull;
midding uplands. Ice; midding gulf
1014c; sales, S26 bales.
Liverpool, Aug. IS. l r. motion spot
retail demand; prices higher; American
middling fair, Cd; good middling 23-32d ;
middling, 55sd; low mildling 5lhd; good
Urinary, 5asd; ordinary, $3.50. Tae sales
of the day We're ? 0.0 bales, of which 200
were for srecu'a,ion and export includ-
ing 1900 American. Receipts name.
Flu ures open d steady and clo.ed quiet
but Steady. American mddling, low mid
ding clause. August 5.25d5 26d, sellers;
Angus, Sep ember, 5.12Q513d. sellers;
September-O October, 4.5sd. buyers; October
November, AID, buyers; November
December, 4.42d, buyers; December
January, 4.3ed. buyers; January Feb
ruary, 4.37d buyers; February
March, .35a4 SOD, sellers; March
April, 4.3id4 3d. sellers; April-May, 43S9
4.34i. buyers.
New Orleans Aug. 1S.-Cotton futures
closed quiet, but steady.
August 80. s5d9. 80 January ..S.17aS 10
September .S.67dS .6SlFebruary ..S.19GS q
October ....S. 27dS. % March .....S 22GS. "a
November 8. 1905 April ........ s. 24dS. 26
December ..8.Hd8. IS May .......S.2 7qS. %
The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-19

of the Beard Of Trade and Mr. T. V.
Porter as a special committee of the
Board Of Trade, accompanied by Senator
Taliaferro, lett for Wa hington en- a deli
cate and eVcee ling'y rporta1t undertak-
ing BY C mparison with census made
under he direction of DR.. j. c. l. Engle
chairman of the Beard of Health IL was
found that the enumeration taken by the
government enumerators was some hiag
above 1000 shor.. In order to secure imms-
dat action looking to a remedy 10 the
evident defect, it was deemed necessary
TO send a committee direct to Washing
ton to confer with the proper authorities
Other important matters Of interest u the
welfare Ct Jacksonville and vicinity need
I'd attention, and much care was exercised
in the selection of a strong and capable
committee.