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The Washington times., 1901-10-13
The sentimentnIism of Bishop Potter

The StntiInentaIlsih OF blshbp Iotter
Bishop Potter recently preached a
sermon to a particularly rich congre-
CATION in San Francisco, in which he
INDUCED in some rather futile regrets
over the abolition Of the feudal system.
He said:
eve speak Of feudalism, for instance, with a
great scorn. There were fixed social orders
and classes in those days; there Was con-
struction Of human society which set a In
one place at his birth and kept him there until
'.knd as we remember and remind ourselves Of
the enormous social contrasts in these particu-
lars which distinguish our modern civilization
primarily in this land from that in other coun-
tres. We rejoice because We are free from the
seryitudes Of this older civilization, and that
the order Of feudal society has ceased and
perished forever.
But the order Of feudal society whether you
and / choose 70 recognize that fact. was the
order in which the rich and poor sat at the
same table and ate from the board.
whether the seH or the servant was above
or below. he ate with his master in the same
room, OF the same viands, and under the
same roof, in the same prescnces. When you
come to reflect upon the enormous changes in
our modern life have you ever realized the
vast changes which have come to pass in human
society under the old and what we call the
systenz
1--WE have dismissed out Of cur own lives
the responsibilities OF the old system We have
lost out of them their gracious benignity."
There has been of late a half-recog-
nized tendency toward the point OF
view here indicated. and while II is not
powerful enough to be mischievous, il
is certainly useless to humanity OF
course. there is no state of society
which is wholly without its comforts
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
The OhIo Election.

fFrom the New York Tribune.)
From a national point of vie~ Repuo-
lican victory in Ohio this fall is OF the
utmost consequence. Even were a few
State offices alone at stake. the moral ef-
feet of a Republican reverse would be ex-
tremely disastrous.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
The Veto Power.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
REPRESENTATIVE Burton thinks a River
and Harbor bill will be able to work its
way through Congress at the coming ses-
sion. Before It can become law. how
ever II will have TO pass a man who. u
is believed. will derive great satisfaction
from the veto power.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

The census returns show that the natVe
white population Of the United States eN-
ceeds the foreign-born element in the fa-
ito of more than five to one, there Delhs
more than fifty-six million whites against
a little more than ten million foreigners.
or the natives something more than Tor
ty-one millions are also Of native parent
age. 4 more striking fact brought out
is that since 1890 the native white element
has increased twenty-three per cent ana
the foreign white only twelve. II this
ratio continues the foreign element must
steadily become smaller proportion oil
the entire population, which is only an
other way OF saying that the population
will become more homogeneous as time
passes.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

Mr. Edward NJ. Shepard, the Tammany
candidate for Mayor of New York, runs
hand in hand with Robert A. Van Wyck
the Devery candidate for Supreme Court
Judge, and Henry w. Unger, the gam
blers' nominee for District Attorney. He
may lose himself, but he can't lose them
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

Now that Kitchener has begun to hang
Beers taken in arms 1t cannot be long be-
fore both De Wet and Botha will retaliate
in kind. The picture is a gloomy one,
but it is very English. Lord North in
tended to hang John Paul Jones.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

and delights. and sometimes these good
things pass away with the passing OF
the conditions which produced them.
They are. however, usually replaced by
something lust as good, II not better.
Bishop Potter says that in feudal
times the rich and poor sat at the same
table and ate from the same board. II
he means that anything like social
equality existed between them on this
account he has not read his lVanhoe
lately. OF course, the master and ser
wants ate in the same room on ordi-
nary occasions because there was only
one room available for that purpose,
but distinctions between their rank and
station were enforced with great strict
ness. There is more democracy in the
modern hotel than there was in any
feudal castle. The ex-waiter the fac
tory operative, and the millionaire are
alike welcomed at it's table if they have
money to pay for their fare. There
was no inn conducted on that principle
in the days of feudalism.
The fact is that great many people
have a subconscious hankering for what
niguitv of the responsibilities of the old
system. but what is really, in plain En-
glish, the right to order somebody else
about and take control of his destiny.
This might be all very well If there
were a corresponding desire In the
hearts of other people to be ordered
about, and petted. and made or marred
by some superior being; but as mat
ter of fact sucll a desire is not common.
The average human being would rather
have his own home and choose wife
and calling for himself, than have
a much better home, mate, and busi-
ness selected for him. This is wise
provision of the Almighty. If things
were otherwise, humanity would be
specialized out of all beauty or reason
There would be some people unable to
tie their own shoes, and others unable
to do anything but tie shoes and when
when shoes needed tying and the prop
er official was not at hand, the business
of the world would be retarded. The
ordinary man can manage his private
affairs a great deal better than any
body else can do it for him; and the
particularly mischievous feature OF
feudalism was that it allowed the seig-
neur to interfere to an almost unlimited
extent with the personal business OF
the vassal. The latter could not gather
his harvest, or build his house, or give
consent to his daughters marriage,
without the perm. .ssion of his overiord'
and unless the over'ord happened to be
an unusually capable and conscientious
person. the result ias tyranny on one
side and degradation on the other
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
Confederation of shipping Interests.

a press despatch from San Francisco
states that the preliminary steps have
been taken for a federation of all the
shipping interests doing business at
that port. The purpose is said to be
to concentrate the various interests for
mutual protection, particularly in the
matter Of hiring crews. This is very
general and indefinite. It is clear,
though, that a combination for mutual
protection may cover almost every
thing Bus the one specification is sig
nificant. 81 indicates that the ship
owners intend 20 stand together in the
matter of hiring crews. and from this
we fairly may INFER that they will act
conjointly IN cases Of strikes and all
labor troubles.
There can be no GOg5t that this move
ment is an immediate result of the
strike recently settled which had for
so long completely tied up the water
'front.' business of San Francisco, and
seriously crippled all other lines. This
gives further proof of how absolute was
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

Whatever comment may be made in the
daily press on the extraordinary proceed
ings of Judge Advocate Lemly before the
schIey Court. it is, we think. most incon-
siderate for Mr.. Rayner to cr1ticise him
LemIy is by all odds the most effective
weapon that Providence has placed in his
ha
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

We trust that President Roosevelt is a
daily reader of the testimony brought out
before the Court OF Enquiry.
The Washington times., 1901-10-13

The greatest absentee landlord known
in recent times is Mr.. Richard Croker.
Yet it is said that thousands Of Tam
many Irishmen intend to support his
The Washington times., 1901-10-13
FOREIGN TOPICS.

A royal commission has been making en-
quiries on behalf of the Legislature into
the working of the coal mines in New
Zealand. The chief outcome OF their re-
port is strong recomme eudation to Par
iament that systematic effort should
be made to take stock of New Zealand S
coal resources and let the people OF the
colony know how far they can rely on a
coal supply for the next generation. The
commission also strongly recommends
the policy of reServing to the State the
coal areas not now alienated or worked.
They refuse, however to express an
opinion on the advisability or otherwise
OF establishing a coal mine owned and
worried oy the State, believing this to be
a question involving so many political
considerations that 1t should be dealt with
and settled by Parliament itself.
The new German customs tariff contem-
plates duty of marks az cents) on gold
watches and 1.50 marks (36 cents) on all
others. However, it is not likely that the
present rates will be changed. In 1883 an
attempt was made by the Bundesrath to
enforce the high rates mentioned, but on
account of the organized smuggling which
the increased rates produced, resulting IN
smaller customs receipts, the law was re-
pealed. In a petition to the Bundesrath
the German Watchmakers' Association
sets forth that the enforcement OF the
proposed duty would create the same CON
ditions as In 1885. except that in addition
to the Swiss competition. the Americans
would become formidable rivals In the
home market.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
IT'S DIFFERENT NOW.

The Southern Sentinel, pub
lished at Winfield, La, is the
only paper in Louisiana with
both patent inside and outside
Baton Rouge Advocate.
It's different now, brother
Jones. Our Office was destroyed
by fire and instead of going fish
ing or hunting we arranged to
have ''patent paper until we
could get a new shop. Some
weekly papers fail to get out
regularly, but the Sentinel sell
dom fails if it has to be ..patent-
ed" Look over this issue and
see if it is not all o. X.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A NEW VENTURE.

THE SENTINEL has received
Vol, L.. No. /. of the Dodson
Times. 1t made its appearance
last Friday with our friend Joel
T. Payne as editor and publisher.
Dodson is a thriving little town
twelve miles north of Wmnfield
ON the Arkansas Southern road
and is a good town for a bright
paper such as we trust the
Times will be. Bro. Payne has
had some experience in the
journalistic field and will make
Dodson a good paper if the town
will accord him a reasonable
support. The first number of the
Times is patent inside and
outside but we understand an
outfit has been ordered and the
paper will be printed at home.
1t may be that Bro. Payne has
'.caught on" to the fare. and the
digestive capacity neeled. for the
first twenty years by the average
paper ard adopted patent sides
so as to withstand the inevitable.
We cheerfuily exchange with
The Times and wish it a big slice
of prosperity.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
Enroll Won't Eat II.

"No one" says The Candid
Friend, "grudges that popular in
diyidual, Lord Enroll, the thistle
which the king has just bestowed
upon him. The answer with which
Disraeli is credited when asked to
give the distinction to a certain
noble lord more favored with blue
blood than brains, 4 can't give the
thistle TO =; he would eat itp
would not apply in this instance, as
Lord Enroll did such good all
around service in South Africa as to
have gained for himself the sobri-
quet of General Utility Lord
Enroll is first of all soldier and
then a sportsman. lie is not very
fond of society, but likes to have
his friends about him and was a gen.
eral favorite in the Blues"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
OF all thy thousands grant Us three
To make a new Thermopyie-
But there were not even tire
Our Paper Industry.

Fifty pounds of paper for each
individual was the amount con-
sumed in this country last year.
The United States puts 6,000,000,-
600 pounds on the market annually,
according to the latest statistics,
and has about 1000 mills engaged
in the paper manufacture. This
industry has grown from one little
mill that manufactured paper from
rags in Philadelphia in 1890.
While the output has increased so
tremendously, and the demand has
caused the substitution of wood
pulp for ingredients used in the
early manufacture, the principle on
which it is made remains practically
the same as that of China centuries
ago.
We not only consume more paper
than any other country, but we are
reaching out for the markets of the
world, and with our output furnish
railways and steamships with about
100000 tons of freight a year.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A Goose Game.

"Ha. hal" said General YeIlowbiu
To Colonels Honk and White
'here'sfuni Wen storm the Corncrib hr
And give jolly fright
10 that red coated city miss
who's come to visit Little Sis.
Let every gander shake his tail
And Zap his wings in air.
While after Us in state Will trail
The lady geese 30 Air.
Wen give the timid little misses
Afusillade Of savage hisses,''
On. deari What dreadful things are thesa3
I'm sure they mean to bitei'
screamed tiny Bess. "And. cousin, please, 4
Please hug me very tixhti
! want my papa night swzyi
want to 50 somewhere and piay.''
I'm not afraid" mid Little Sis,
Because they know my name
And ~ II every time they HIS;
IT'S just . eoosies' g,mer'
Thee ash them. please" said Bess, s'to plqv
1heis game with u some other day." a
-fouest Csiszey in St. Nichols
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
"RErrER. YouR ,-AIrsTY."

the dormitory he was astonished to
find the cadets asleep under the
glare of electric lights.
Il scarcely believe they are asleep
under such a light" said the en-
peror.
"They are tired after their days
work" replied the captain. ''They
would sleep anywhere"
The emperor was still skeptical,
shook a sleeping cadet soundly and
awoke him.
49," said his majesty, "you sleep
as well here as at homer"
The cadet, recognizing his ques-
toner, promptly replied:
Better, your majesty"
The emperor was much gratified
at the answer, and returned to his
own ship delighted with his expert
ment.-New York Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

with all his tugging and straining
did not manage to lift it. Seeing
this, the foreman called up a second
elephant TO help, but even the two
together did no good-the log could
not be stirred. 1t must be left.
Next day, to the foreman's astonish-
ment, when the bell rang for begin.
ming work the first elephant march
ed straight up to the log, lifted d
quite easily and carried it to its
proper place. One can only think
that the clever fellow said in his
heart and told his companion, 1T
Is shame to make US go on working
when the bell has rung, SO let Us
pretend that we cannot move the
logP'
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A Little Prince TO Be a Doctor.

Little Prince Edward, son of the
Duke of Cornwall and York and
future king of England, has his own
ideas of what he wants to be. Not
long ago the little fellow was given
his first book of English history.
The volume was full of illustrations,
including one of the unfortunate
Charles / on the way to his execu-
ton.
Immediately the young prince
wanted to know all about it, and he
was told the story at length. On
its conclusion he slammed the book
shut with a decided air and said:
"Oh, i don't like that at all. /
shan't be king. I'm going to be
a DOCTOR"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
There Were No Speeches.

During the last year or two the
craze for after dinner speeches at
festive gatherings of well known
authors in London has been a little
overdone. So recently the New
Vagabonds petitioned their COM
mittee for dinner without
speeches, and the evening was a
huge success. As solemn warning
to intending speakers there was
printed on the programme the fol-
lowing quotation from a mysterious
composite novel by different men,
bers of the club:
al reckon said the Sorrowful
Stranger as he sadly drew his re-
volver and eyed the would be ora
tori reckon to wrassle with this
yer dinner in peace, and if so be YOU
wants to make speech thar'll be a
fun'ral tonight, and you'll be the
corpse's nearest relation
There were no speeches.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A Season of HiIarity.

Rayville, in Richland parish. by
six majority, voted to go "wet'
and Editor Dawkins of the News
thus discourses upon the change:
The average Ricklandite has
had his season of aridness and
gloom, now comes the season of
moisture and hilarity. Bug
juice squirt cider, moon shine,
'orange mint antiseptic. ia
maica ginger, cod liver oil,
Mothers Friend. and other tenn
perance drinks will now 60 hence
while their places will be supplied
by Robinson county, Old Crow
Silver Brook, Maryland Rye and
other exhilerating spirits.
There's going to be JOY in
Richards capital, and maybe
some hell. There's going to be
boozing to beat the band. To
stand up fat footed in front of a
bar with a bottle, and ice water
in front is luxury which the
Richlandites have not enjoyed for
many, many moons. But he .sho
is gwine to Joy it now. He is
going to heap the glass full many
times. He is going to commune
with his friends and sleep in the
ditch on his way home-a luxury
he has not enjoyed for so many
years."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A Kansas Farmer.

A Kansas wheat farmer who
owns some $4,000 acres of land,
rents it out to tenant farmers on
the basis of half the yield, he
furnishing the seed and taking
the chances of a crop. 1t is
estimated that if all the wheat
due him on rentals this year was
shipped in one consignment it
would require seventeen freight
trains of fifteen cars each to take
it to market. His rentals in
wheat last year Melted him S45,:
600. In addition to owning about
s350,000 worth of land, every
foot of it paid for, he has nearly
$3.50, 900 worth of bank stock and
$500. 900 invested i'm farm lands in
Oklahoma. This enterprising
farmer, Mr.. Stewart, about
twenty-five years ago began life
in an obscure Office in Chicago
and developed great ability as a
He is not fond of
travelling. except to 60 to Dem
ocratic convention diversion
he is passionately fond of, lie is
A pronounced temperance man,
and, it is said, believes in the
prohibition laws of Kansas.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
A NobIemah Gu, of a Job.

A recent issue of the London
Times contains this suggestive ad-
vertisement:
position as private secretary to
an American or English millionaire
required by nobleman of good
family. Advertiser is 80, doctor
iuris, speaks and writes German,
English and French perfectly; has
managed large fortune invested in
landed property and industrial en-
terprises for several years and has
travelled over many countries, in
Guiding the United States. Please
address," etc.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

We are sepding out some 1900
SENrrNELs this week. Some of
them go as sample copies to those
who are not regular subscribers
but we send the copy with the
hope of securing their subscrip-
ton. We shall send out a good
eight-page paper each week and
hope to receive the subscriptions
Of a majority of the citizens of
the parish as well as many from
outside the parish. We are en-
rolling new subscriptions every
day and would be pleased to have
your name among the many.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
FO2 THE LITTLE ONES.
The Eay Who R>s His Father
Msant - Do.


Emerson in essay on "Hero-
ism" says that the characteristic of
genuine heroism IS its persistence
and tells the story of his son Waldo
when he was a small boy. On his
way to the village school Waldo had
to pass house where a French fam
ily lived. The boy had never heard
any language but his own, ard the
strange talk frightened him. He
could not understand it and there
fore felt that the people mu.t be
dangerous. Mr.. Emerson decided
that Waldo was old enough to go
and come from school without at
tendance, and after talking the mat
ter over with the boy he said, 'Now,
Waldo, some one will go to school
with you this morning, but you must
come home alone"
When the school was dismissed,
the boy thought of the house full of
strange people that he must pass on
his way home, and, leaning up
against the fence, he began to cry
Miss Elizabeth Hoar, a neighbor,
seeing him, put on her bonnet and
went to his rescue. "Come, Waldo"
she said. ''I'm going your way.
You can walk with me-" The boy
looked at her a moment and then
said sorrowfully, Il don't think that
was what my father meant for me
to do" And, refusing her COM
forting companionship, he trudged
sturdily home by himself.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

We have received many cempli-
mentary remarks on the neat
appearance of THE SENTINEL last
week, all of which we appreciate.
We have a new outfit. good print
ers and viii do our best to furnish
q good paper, and all We ask is a
liberal patronage from the public.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16
Elephants on Strike.

An Indian bishop tells a story Of
a civilian elephant who was en-
ployed in timber yard. A number
of logs had to be moved by him, and
only one remained when the bell
rang for ceasing work. Of course
the elephant knew the bell and what
it meant, and was sauntering away
when the foreman babe him move
the last log. He did not object, but
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

Il had a severe attack of bilious
cole. got bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhra Remedy, took two doses
and was entirely cured" SAYS
Rev. A. A. Power, of Emporia.
Kan. my ncighbor across the
street was sick for over week,
had two or three bottles of medi-
cine from the doctor. He used
them for three or four days with
out relief. then called in another
doctor who treated him some
days and gave him no relief. so
discharged him. 1 went over to
see him the next morning. lie
said his bowels were in terrible
fix. that they had been running
of SO long that it was almost
bloody lux. / asked him if he
had tried ChamberIain's Collie.
Cholera and niarrhra Remedy
and he said, NO. / went home
and brought him my bottle and
gave him one tlose; told him to
take anotber doe in fifteen or
: -. - s. 49, = !. ~ g. ~ - q
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

Bubonic plague still exists in
San Francisco. There were FIVE
cases and four deaths officially
reported for July, 1t is supposed
that the Chinese have succeeded
in concealing from the authori-
ties number of cases.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

Governor Heard saved the
State about $4,000 per annum
by standing firm on the school
book question when the State
Board refused to grant him time
to investigate the NATTER. 1t
pays to have firm, honest men
like Gov. Heard at the head of
the. State Recommendations
Talk.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

All of the business men of
Winfield want the town to grow
and become a city but they don't
go about it in the right way. We
must get new people to come
here; give them encouragement
to stay after they have come.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

Within the next few months
Winfield will need electric lights
and waferworks and the Subject
should be discussed now. Let us
not wait till time to go TO work
to begin talking about these
things for it requires lots of talk
ing. Let's talk now.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-08-16

A late catalogue of the Louis
lana Industrial Institute, Ruston,
has been received and is appre-
ciated, showing as it does the
progress being made by this ex-
cellent State institution.