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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
BIG CLAIM AGAINST ENGLAND.
Descendants of Famous Italian Fam
lily of Banker Hold Proof of
Ancient Loan.

An italian family named Peruzzi
has a claim against the British gov
eminent for $12, 0O0, 900, with interest
since 1910.
The claimants are the descendants
of the famous Peruzzis who were the
great bankers of Florence in the mid
die ages. Florence was thcn the great
banking center of Europe, says a Lon
don exchange.
The warlike King Edward III. of
England professed a great affection
for the head of the Peruzzi family.
AT the same time he borrowed large
sums of money from the banker. The
king had already strained his coun-
try's in fighting the Scotch,
and when he made war on France he
needed the help of the F~lorentine
bankers very much, and obtained it.
He was successful in his war, as the
historic ame of Crecy and Poictiers
attest, but that did not fill his cof-
fers. In the year 1910 Edwards debt
to Peruzzi and his brother Florentine
bankers amounted to 1,355,00 golden
forins, or about $12, 000, 900 of our
- AL Al Ao1 %
Banker Peruzzi at last summoned
up courage enough to ask the terrible
king for his money, but his majesty
begged him not to mention the sub
ject again. When the banker pressed
him further the king issued a procla-
nation announcing that owing to a
lack of ready money and for the good
OF the kingdom he should postpone
the payment of all his debts indefi-
nitely.
This proclamation was regarded as
a very statesmanlike document in
England, and Edward has ever re-
tanned his reputation as one of the
wisest of the early English kings.
His action almost ruined the bank.
ers of Florence. To make things
I worse the king of Sicily, copying the
example of his august English broth
er, %repudiated his deft of 100000 gold
J crowns to the F~lorentines. In the
S following year the city was devasta-
e ted by the plague, as described in
Boccaccio's "Decameron."
Y Teh Peruzzi family are still in ex.
istence and hold a respectable posi-
8 ton IN Italy. Ever since 1910 they
have kept on dunning the sovereigns
of England for their money.
Every ten years they forward {
statement of their claim to the Brit
ish government, but the latter show,
no indication of paying it. The sun
n Of 10000 900 borrowed by King Ed
ward III. would, with a moderate rat,
of interest compounded annual,
+ since 1910, run into &c figures. Their,
n is not enough money in the world t,
pay it, but it is hardly necessary t.
: say that the Peru.zi family woul,
compromise for a much smaller sun
. than that.
"a The proofs of King Edwards in
debtedness are preserved in tn
Tower of London. There seems to be
without any cause for doubt, no goo
" theoretical reason why the bill Shout
not be paid, even if he was a king.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
Avoid the Alligator.

He was evidently from the country, this
little old German, and as his eyes rested on
the elevator, undoubtedly for the first time,
his sense OF the ridiculous was touched.
For a few minutes he stood in wonder
ment and then, laughing softly to himself.
he stopped the first person he CHANGED to
see, who happened to be the j%anitor, and
fred this at him: "Vat was dot leedle box
ting vat walks people oop der stairs stooden
stilI?"
"Oh, that's the elevator" was the answer,
"Oh, OATS vat idt is, is idt? | hat a peck
etbook made often der peel uf one uf doze.'
He tried a ride, but didn't like it. Then he
said: .
81 would told my wife meier to go in mi
Won vi doz slligators ven der Walking BY
hand vas goot."-N. Y. Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
PERT AND PERSONAL.

a Mckinley memorial hospital is to
DC built in Philadelphia. 1t will re-
ceive patients suffering from com
tagious diseases.
fortia Washington. daughter of
Booker I. Washington, has entered
Wellesley college. Wellesley has an
other colored student in Charlotte A.
Atwood.
a memorial portrait of Capt. Austin
X. Davis, who was killed in the at
tack on Tien-tsin, is to be placed in
the Carnegie library in Atlanta. The
library building occupies the site of
the house in which Capt. Davis was
born.
The ranks of the oldest family of
i've brothers in Pennsylvania were
broken by the death of John f. In
gram, 81 years old, at Elkview, Ches-
ter county. The combined ages of
the hve brothers reached 400 years,
ranging from 76 to "a.
Some eastern writer's have been
telling that Sidney Cooper, the Eng
hsh painter, now in his nineties, is
the Oldest living artist. At least two
French painters are older than he-Le
Sourd Beauregard, now 1O1, and
Adolphe Joseph Thiac, born in 1900.
A. ID. w. Wolmarans. one of the
Boer ENJOYS, who has been visiting
Mr.. Kruger in Holland, found the
mental condition of the former pres
dent of the T%ransvaal to be by nc
means satisfactory. Mr.. Kruger is
slowly growing weaker, physically
and mentally.
Prof. David G. Fairchild, agricul
tural explorer of the department Of
agriculture, has just returned from g
years exploration in Europe and AT
RIGA. His collections included al
sorts of plants, seeds end cutting,
which might prove of value to agricul
ture in some part of the United
States, and his shipments to the de
partment during the year numbere,
about 300.
Lester Scobey. 81 years old, of Oh
Bridge, q village in New Jersey, ha
issued q challenge offering to rul
faster, walk faster. jump higher an
dance jigs better than any man of hi
age in the country. Not long ago h
walked IS miles in ten hours, stor
ping at Snd dancing a jig on ever
one of numerous bridges he crossed
He won a handsome wager by thi
lperfOrmance-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Mahogany hunters in Central and
South America are men requiring much
skill and experience, and in some dis
tricts the revenues Depend largely up
on the success of their endeavors. Ma
hogany trees do not grow in groups,
but are scattered and concealed in
thickets. 1t takes two men an entire
day 10 fell a tree. On account of the
thick, thorny growth about the base of
the tree, it is the custom to build a
scaffold around it, and to cut the trunk
at a height of ten or fifteen feet from
the ground. By this wasteful method
1t is said the best part of the tree is
lost. Freed from branches, the trunk
Is hauled by oxen to the nerast river,
where RATS are made.--Youth's Com
panion
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

S~hraseoIogy of the Game That Is
Enough TO Tangle Up Anyone
But n Professor.

A neater article of the national
had never been put up on the home
grounds, and when the visitors
picked up the stick in the final with
the tally standing at two to two,
everybody from the Oldest fan 10 the
younger paper-seller was standing
on his seal and yelling to the local
slab artist to serve up his choicest
assortment of r%oundhouse benders,
ling the ash pivoting at decisions,
The twirler was up to business and
laid 'em over so fast that the re-
ceiving end of the battery, who
wears a bird cage and liver protector,
looked as if he were Smelling peas,
says the Yale Record.
The first two victims only tore
rents in the atmosphere, but the
third guy connected and laid off a
flaming grasser which would have
made n projectile from a 13-inch
gun look like a bean bag tossed
from one baby to another. The man
on the difficult corner was right
there, though, and tagged the horse
hide pill with his sinister talon, as
sisting it over to the initial hassock
in such short order that some one
yelled, derisively: "That fellow runs
like an Orange street automobile"
The home aggregation came to the
bat. Everyone was confident that
they were going to pound the sphere
around the lot, but the opposing
team ran in a new guy with a slow
south wing, and before they had ex-
pected there were two men down
and two strikes on the next guy.
But, oh, Phoebe! On the next de-
livery he became the father of q
bouncing swat, which landed in the
last row of potatoes in the outer
garden and enabled him to pass
down three buttons and scratch the
rubber. did the crowd go wild?
Say, you ever see a game of ball?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
RENOW MEN.

The Austrian heir presumptive,
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, has pre-
sented the French Ored of the Trini-
tarians with the castle of Teinitz in
Bohemia.
Count Romanones, the Spanish min
ister of education, has ordered that
hereafter all museums shall be open
the year round free and anyone al
lowed to make copies or photographs.
He has also called upon all teachers
10 take their pupils frequently to the
museums. His liberal measures have
met with much approval.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
,s.roxy, Show which Way the Wind
DlOWs,"

.rd the constantly increasing demand for
.:uS steady growth in popularity of st.
Iasobs oil among all classes OF people in
.ysry S part of Che civilized world, show con-
s,ns;veIy what remedy the people use for
tbeir rheumatism and bodily aches and
us;ns. Facts speak louder than words, and
iPSs fact remains %undisputed that the sale
" st. Jacobs Oil is greater than all other
Comedies for outward application COM
h;ned. 1t acts like magic, cures where
everything else fails, conquers pain.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Acss rst ironclad was built in the sixteenth
the nv but as it proved unmanageable was
eene' abandoned. In the present century
soonI are trying this medicine and that one
peV the hone Of finding relief from ailments
" ~. .h stomach, liver and bowels. There is
Oh oI, ,nI one medicine that will cure indiges-
ons dyspepsia, flatulency, biliousness and
tOn Is,ria, fever and ague, and that is Hostel.
naisis stomach Bitters. Try it and you will
.ei .onv;nced.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

No matter what ails you, headache to a
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 Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. G.. c.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

"Order what you want; pay for what you
,rder." is the unique way in which the
Tsckawanna Railroad is advertising its new
d;n;nq.car service. The aptness OF the
ubrase is apparent when it is under stood
kat The traveller may order from the most
somplete menu, and yet pay for nothing he
Soes not want. In addition, low-priced club
meals are served individually from 81 cents
to sl.OO, so that table d'hote and, a Ia
c%srte features are virtually combined. All
tbroueh trains to Buffalo, Chicago and st.
iouis are equipped with dining-cars, and
The service is admitted to be second TO none
1, .ba world.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
He Escaped.

Thingumbob-I thought you said you saw
Borem first in Europe last summer.
McJigger-Well?
"Well, he says he's known you for years.;
besides he says he didn't see you at all when
he was in Europe last summer"
Exactly; because, as l told you, l saw
him first ere."-PhiladelLhia Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16
Made for Each other.

Edith hear that you and Fred are
quite interested in one another.
Bertha-Don't you tell a soul, Edith, but
really l believe Fred and l were made for
each other. We have played golf together
three times, and we never have quarrsled-
except two or three times when Fred was
clearly in the wrong.-Boston Transcript.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

tinue your visits to my n~eighbor, Guffinger;
how is he, by the way, this morning?
Doctor-I am glad to be able to report a
noticeable improvement in his case.
Indeed! Is he able to do anything YETI"
Eyes, indeed! He was able to pay his
bill yesterday, and that's a marked improve
ment, as compared to the bulk Of my pa
tients."-Richmond Dispatch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

THAT is Jimmy's hair" said the Foot
ball Player, laying out his trophies after
the game, "tand this is Billy's nose, and this
is Toms ear, and this eyebrow belongs to
young Rusher, but | can't identity this
finger TO save me."-Baltimore American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Miss Touriste-You have some strong
and rugged types of manhood out in this
western country?
Stage Driver-Yaas, miss, we hev men out
here tibet don't think it's nuthin' t hold up
railroad train.-Ohio State journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Johnny-"Ma, gimme some more pud-
din'?" Hostess-'Shl Wait! Do have
some more pudding. Mr.. Hoamley. o. do.
| must insist. The Guest-,Weil, then,
lust a mouthful." J~ohnny-"Oi Ma, there
won't be none left for me then.'-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Faint Praise.-Towne-"I hear Jack
Flisner was arrested Tor running his auto
mobile at the rate of ten miles IN hour"
Browne-"Yes, and he's fighting had about
it." Towne-'Why, does he deny the
charge" Browne-"Yes, he considers it
a gross libel upon the speed OF his machine"
philadelphia Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Snail doses of fine, dry sand are the lat
Wsreak remedy" for dyspepsia. Some
esL MS specific recalls the remark of a
how ornished American that six feet of
dl sval IS the only cure for hay fever.-Nor-
sok Reflector.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Mr.. Greene-"You said you never would
look that m in the face again, and vet
You say she looked as spiteful as she could
look. How do YOU account for that: Mrs;
Greene-"Why, you simpleton, | happened
to turn around after she had passed, don't
you seeY'-Boston Transcript.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

We promise that should you use PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES and be dissatis.
fed from any cause whatever, to refund
l0c. for every package.
Monroe Drug Co., U~nionville, Mo.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Teacher-"Yes, revive means to come
to- Now make a sentence containing that
word" Bright Boy-"If one apple costs
three cents whatll four apples revive!'-
Philadelphia Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
ised for all affections of the throat and
lung.-Wm. o. Endsley, VaDburen, Ind,
Feb, 10. 1900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Brown-Are you anything Of a ~linguist,
Jcnes-Well, l can read and understand
French, German, golf, yacht, baseball, and
football; but l can't talk 'em.-Detroit Free
prasa
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Grimes-"Funny that when a person be.
comes overheated he is likely to catch cold"
Hurris-"And when a man takes cold he
is apt to be feverish." boston Transcript.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

paws Memberships are felt" said Bes-
ds, as she examined x. iR;Sg tne aV sobbed Tommy.
-.ho had been caught smoking in the wood.
'hed.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

She-Has she many friends in society?
He-Oh, yes; she hasn't been in long, you
know.-Smart Set.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

The man who thinks himself bright is not
inclined to keep it dark.-Philadelphia Rec
nrd
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Explosions Of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Children are becoming better, and par
ents are becoming more sensible.-Atchison
Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Morally you cannot look one way and
walk another.-Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

A colored citizen entered a book store
recently and asked for "Bunyan's Pullgram
Politics."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

The uglier you are, the more amiable
you should be.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Indisposed people blame everything but
their appetites.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

/ The accumulation of money is merely a
habit-that's all.-Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

A twisted conscience is a poor business
guide.-Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Betting on horse races reveals two class
of people-lucky ones and ~tools.-lndial
apolis News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Don't wait for opportunity to call on you.
Go and meet it half way.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

The doors to great things are often very
small.-Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Love is the perfume of life.-Ram's Horn.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

Some people are SO two.faced that the!
deceive themselves.-Atchison Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-16

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
HAWAII DON'T LIKE IT.
Roosevelt's Message Adverse to That country's Sugar Interests.

Honolulu. via Victoria, December R. President Roosevelts message Is com mented on here as adverse to the sugar interests of Hawaii. The declaration against allowing more Chinese to come here was a disappointment to the plant CTS. The prospect of reciprocity with cu- ba, the possibility of free admission of sugar from that island and the Philip pines. as well as Porto Rico are also dis appointing to Hawaii. In spite of these in- fuences, however. the sugar stocks re- main firm. saf A's3
 Attorney General Dole will leave for Washington soon to present to the Su- preme Court of the United States the appeal of the territory in a case involv- ing the question of the legality of trials without grand jury indictments. under the Hawaiian law. allowing jury verdicts by nine jurors after an examination.
 Considerable alarm Is felt in marine cir. cles for the safety of several overdue vessels from Pacific coast ports,
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
KATY" FLYER RUNS
 IN BURNED BRIDGE
NOBODY WAS ALLIED, BUT FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. PASSENGERS JUMPED DOWN A TWELvE-FooT BEREAVEMENT.

Dallas. Texas December 25.-The north bound Missouri, Kansas and Texas flyer. due here at Il 20 o'clock p. m.. ran Into a burned bridge i've miles south of this city just before midnight last night. There was no loss of life but five persons were injured four cars were entirely de- stroyed, only the Pullman being saved.
 The injured:
 J. s. Clark. engineer, Denison, shoulder and ankle broken.
 William Kearny fireman, Denson cut on head and severely bruised.
 Joel Henry, colored, Internally; condi- ton serious.
 Mrs Rose Lull colored Waco, slightly hurt.
 Unknown colored woman slight cop tusions.
 On rounding a curve at Five Mile Creek Engineer Clark saw a burning bridge ahead. He reversed his engine, applied the air brakes and jumped as also did the fireman. The engine crossed the bridge but the baggage car went down. This de- railed the engine, which after tearing up the track some distance turned over into ditch. The train behind the baggage car was left standing on the track and caught fire-from the burning bridge
 The passengers were able to escape from the train by Jumping down t2-foot em- bankment. The contents of the mail, ex- press and baggage cars were saved
 The Pullman was rolled out of danger by the crew and passengers but the re- mainder of the train. including a chair car, two coaches and common mall and baggage car, were consumed.
 Traffic was resumed In three hours.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
RIVER STEAMER BURNS AND MAN, TWO WOMEN
 AND A CHILD ARE LOST
ROOSEVELTS HAVE
 HAPPY CHRISTMAS
TAKE LUNCHEON WITH COM. WANDER coWLES AND HAVE DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE, FOL. LOWED BY DANCING.

Washington, December 25.-The Presi- dent, Mrs. Roosevelt and the children of the household. Robert Ferguson and an- other friend took luncheon with Comman- der and Mrs. Cowles at the latter's resi- dence on street. The party remained at the house several hours and then the male members, including two of the Roosevelt boys and joined by several other friends, including Secretary Root. went for a horseback ride in the outskirts of the city.
 Tonight there was quite gathering at the family dinner. which included the Presidential household. Commander and Mrs. Cowies and other guests. After the dinner, the entire party adjourned to the East room, where the evening was spent. the guests being entertained with a med ley of popular airs
 The dinner was followed by a musical promenade and afterward, in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. the evening was closed with dance, in which about twen- ty couples finished Christmas night.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
SHOT FATHER TO
 PROTECT MOTHER
A NEGRO BOY FIRES A BULLET INTO THE HEART OF HIS FATHER, WHO WAS TRYING TO KILL THE FORMERS MOTHER.

Indianapolis. December 25.-A special to the Sentinel from Brazil, Ind, says:
 Tn defending his mother from an as- sault by her drink-crazed husband rheo- dore Watkins, a negro IS years of age. shot and killed his father this afternoon Richard Watkins came home in an intoxi- cated condition, picked up hatchet and started after his wife. saying he was go- ing to kill her. Theodore, the eldest son. ran into an adjoining room and returned with a .3S caliber revolver. which he fired at his father. The bullet took effect near the heart and 6eath resulted in a short time Young Watkins surrendered himself to Chief Prince and told what he had done. The boy says he shot his father to defend his mother. but that he did not intend to kill him.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
GOMEZ PAIRING BADLY.
His Meetings Have Been Broken Up
 and He Is Called Traitor.

Havana, December 25. According to news printed in Senor Palma's official organ, General Gomez Is faring badly on his political tour in favor of Palma. In the Puerto Principe province his meet, ings have been broken up. he has been greeted with shouts of traitor and stones have been thrown at him. General Gomez Is mounted on the same horse he used during the war and IS accompanied by a band and number of veterans The Maso feeling is running strong in Puerto Principe.
 The Nacion says Gomez is paid by the government to stump the country. He Is met with that accusation on every hand Maso's followers have withdrawn every one of their candidates and the feeling at some points Is bitter.
The age-herald., 1901-12-26
ARTICLE IN PAPER
 CAUSES KILLING
TWO MEN ARE DEAD AS THE RE. SUIT OF THE PUBLICATION OF AN ARTICLE IN A PINE BLUFF, ARK, NEWSPAPER.

Pine Bluff, Ark. December 25.-Mose E.. Solmson shot and killed George Stubble- field tonight at o'clock. The tragedy appears to be q sequel to the killing of Carl Stubblefield by Meyer Solmson sev- eral months ago. The original trouble en- sued from an article printed by Meyer Solmson, who was city editor of local paper Carl Stubblefield was son of the man killed by Nose Solmson tonight. It is claimed Nose Solmson was warned that Stubblefeld had made threats against him, and that stubblefleld went to Solm- sons residence tn afternoon armed with with shotgun, but was arrested and placed under a peace bond. Later. 1t is claimed stubblef1eld appeared again in the vicinity of solms sons residence, armed with a revolver. The killing followed. Solmson surrendered to the sheriff.