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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

Washington, Jan. 1.-The published
statement that Miss Marian Cockrell
is engaged TO marry Senator Clark,
of Montana, is denied by the lady.
Miss Cockrell has been much annoyed
by ba seless reports of this character.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

New Orleans, Jan. Col. Thos. c.
Herndon, manager of the New Or
leans clearinghouse, died Tuesday.
He was born in Eutaw. Ala. and was
70 years old. He served in the COM
federate army.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

New York, Dec. S1-Money on call
strong at 10 to Il per cent. prime mer-
camille paper 5Q5is per cent. Sterling ex-
change barely steady with actual business
rland and at 4SSAsT4S24 for 80 days: post
ed rates 4Siha and iS7ia; commercial bills
4SIdI iS3le. Bar silver ssh. Mexican dol
lars 49,. Government bonds strong.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

Columbus wants a new bank and has
the money with which to start one, but
cannot secure a fitting building for the
purpose. 1t seems that it ought to be
an easy matter to get a building-espe.
cially when the directors are waiting
to put at least $4,000 in it,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

The Christmas issue of the Ydsoe
Sentinel was really a beauty, It's GOV
or illustrations would have been cred
liable to any metropolitan paper OF
magazine and merit the congratula'
lions Of all lovers Of the beautiful.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

Polkville, in Simpson County. was
seriously damaged by a tornado last
week. The entire property Gin resi-.
dences, barns and other farm build
ings) Of four of that sections most
prosperous farmers were blown away.
Fortunately, no lives were lost, and no
serious bodily injuries were caused by
the severity of the storm.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

Rev. Ransom Jones, one of the most
beloved men in the Methodist church
in Mississippi, died at Crystal Springs
on the 4th of December and was buried
in Meridian, Christmas day. Bishop
Galloway conducted the services in
honor of the lamented dead. DR.. Jones
was an aged but most useful member
of this great church, and his death is
greatly deplored.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-01-04

Despite the dire prophecies n
ceaseless lamentations of the pessi-
mists and professional croakers, the
old world is a very good world, after
ala most kind world. a generous
world and a world overlooking with
that sweetest fower-sympathy. Never
before has there been more widespread
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Subscribe for the Journal.
Leads Them Ali.

"One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicines l ever tried for coughs, colds, croup and throat ard lung troubles" says D. Scott Currin of Loganton. Pa. One Minute Cough Cure is the only absolutely safe cough reme- dy which acts immediately. Mothers every where testify to the good it has done their little ones. Group is so sudden in it's attacks that the doctor often ar rives too late. It yields at once to One Minute Cough Cure. Pleas ant to take Children hGe it. Sure cure fol grip, bronchitis, coughs. J. 1. Sturdiyant.
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A Tale of the Past.

l believe this forgotten story will be Of interest>to the readers of your paper:
 Just before their capture, in 1736, and when little girls, Mara Ann and Elizabeth Lansing were sent by their father, who was a man of very large means, to fetch the cows home. They having played along the Potomac river, knew nothing dangerous, where Indians hid themselves. When their capture occurred, they could hear the volce of their father re- peatedly calling for them, but cir cumstances beyond their control, stopped their possible escape and response to him. They were ha- rassed with difficult problems, in which fair chances were sought to run away in tbose days of their capture.
 At last the solution of the prob lem failed and they, sharing with thelr colored companions, their joys, starvations, naked condi- tions and horrible adventures along the eleven years period, did all in their power to charm, and serve the savages cheerfully. In ease they felt that gentle influ- ence, and it's effect was marvellous, they stopped q slaughter awaiting the poor girls.
 The object of the Misses Lan> slng's perseverance, continuing for Il long years, was an unfailing hope for repeated calls for them to come home at a distant day.
 At last the fact of the discovery of the two whites in tLe midst of the Indians, was announced to a fort, where, at a distant day, Washington, D. C., became town
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seeking releif through morphine, he took an excessive dose. No inquest will be held.
Spring Fever.

Spring fever is another name for biliousness. It is more seli- ous than most people think. A torpid liver and inactive bowels mean d poisoned system. If neg lected, serious illness may follow such symptoms. DeWitt's Little Early Risers remove all danger by stimulating the liver, opening the bowels and cleansing the sys- tenn of impurities. Safe pills. Never gripe. "l have taken De- Witt's Little Early Rlsers for tor pid liver every sprlng for years" writes R. NJ. Everly, Moundsville, ", Va. "They do me more good than anything l have ever tried" !" J. 1. Sturdivant.
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A Real Friend.

S'l suffered from dyspepsia and indigestion for fifteen years. , says ". T. Sturdevant ot Merry Oaks, N, c. After 1 nad tried many doctors and medicines to no avail ohe of my friends persuad- ed me to try KodoI. It gave im- mediate relief. I can eat almost anything l want now and my di- gestlun is good. l cheerfully rec ommend Kodol. ]" Don't try to cure stomach trouble by dieting. That only further weakens the system. You need wholesome, strengthening food. Kodol enables you to assimiIate what you eat by dieesting it without the stomach's ald J. 1. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
POWER OF THE PRESS
As People Become More Enlight- ened, Power of the Press
 Also Increases.

Following is what an exchange has to say about newspapers and their influence:
 It is frequently asserted that the newspapers have no influence with. the masses ill shaping public issues, Nothing is further from the truth. The press is more in tluential today than at any time in the history Of the world, and there are more newspaper read CTS than ever before. But the ruth may as we'll be admitted {; not all the people are newspaper readers. There IS an ignorant element in every community, and 1t is more easily influenced by prejudice than by reason. This element is made up of q shiftless class who are antagonistic to any one in better circumstance than themselves. It is hard to reach these people, but the political de- magogue can do 1t more readily than anyone else. This is fre- quently accomp lished and then the skeptical in the more intelIi- gent classes raise the cry that the newspapers have lost their in- tiuence. An honest, fearless journal will always have a strong influence with the masses, and it may be said with every assurance of velitication that the future will give the press d much larger sphere. Ignorance must event ually give way to be more enIight- ened methods of up-to>date jour nalism and the time wilt come when the great masses will be in- verterate newspaper readers. Then it will be more difficult to fool the people, or any consider able per cent of them. and politi- cal conditions will be greatly lm- proved.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Fatal Accident Near Benton.

Benton, June 13.-.Grant Kerr of Grant county, who has been employed as bridge foreman on the Choctaw bridge across Saline river at this place, fell from the top of the bridge, distance of sixty feet, to the water below, striking a cross tie as he descend ed, and when within few feet of the water struck smother pelce of timber. The water where he fell is aoout ten feet in depth and he remained in it five minutes before being rescued. The accident happened about 9 80 q. m. and the injured man died about O clock. He was 2S years of age,
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20

and is now the great capital of the United States.
 Everything possible for their delivery from the savages was successfully done in the purchase, by the U. 5. Government, of tbe fort, where Maria Ann became the wife of one of the soldiers, and her life as a nurse was d course of tender and devoted ministrations to the sick soldiers.
 A chronology of my ancestors is as follows Old Mr. Lansing was the father of Maria Ann and Elizabeth Maria Ann was the mother of Isaac Smith; Isaac Smith Was the father of the writer's mother, Mrs. Harriet Barnes.
 Isaac, having an inclination for frontier life, moved to Kentucky, then Il bowling wilderness. Ills terrible adventures are too numer- ous to mention in this letter.
 The writer was born in howl ing wilderness, where Bridgeport, Ill.,, is now flourishing city. In the days of the writer's boyhood, the use of the axe about timber, d log house or small farm, were signs of a true civilization III the gloomy wilderness. Though d native of Bridgeport, when at school in early childhood, was from Ottowa, Illinois.
 PERRY BARNES.
 Newark, Arkansas.
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Notice of Examination,

Notice is hereby given that there will be public examination of teachers at Batesville, Ark, the 18th and 20th days of June, 1902, to ascertain the professional qualifications of all persons de- string to teach Tn the public schools of Independence county.
 J. A. WILKES,
 County Examiner.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Patents at Cut Prices.

In order to keep buisy during the summer, Swift & Co.,, the prompt and proper patent lawyers, oppo- site U. 5. Patent Office, Wash ington, b. C., have made big cut in the price for obtaining patents. Inventors who desire to save money and get the best work should write them while the cut prices prevails.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Overdose of Morphine.

Lonoke, June l4.-Hon. J. E. Gatcwood,a a we'll l-known youny at torney here, died at ? p. m. today from the effects Of all overdose of morphine. Dr. Cumming at- tended the sufferer and worked diligently to save his life. Mir.
 Garewood had not been feeling well for several days, aud i'll
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BIRDS MUCH ASTRAY.
Instances of Their Unexpected Ap- pearance Out of the Reg
 ular Season.
Newark, Arkansas.

Individuals among migratory fowls and birds have their peculiarities just as men have. They are sometimes found in out-of-theway places out of season.
 Last August Richard Strayhorn was seated near cattle tank in a pasture of Bee county, Tex. The sun was with in half an hour of setting.
 The tank was possibly an acre square and had two feet of muddy water in it. The temperature was close to 100 de- grees in the shade.
 Strayhorn was waiting for doves. In that country doves fly to the tank for water late in the afternoon. They come in dozens, and as they are ex- ceedingly swift they make excellent shooting.
 Suddenly hearing q splash, Stray horn looked up. He was partly shield ed by the overhanging limb of mes quite.
 He saw swimming some thirty yards away couple of small brown objects which puzzled him. If the month had been August and the full heat of south ern Texas in the air, he would have said that they we're teal. Those birds were not due. however, for more than six weeks, and he put them down as hell-divers.
 Hell-diyers or not, the doves were not flying in thickly and he took a crack at them. He killed one of them on the water. The other, instead of diving like a flash, leaped into the air and started away. He downed it with his left barrel-a long shot.
 Retrieving them he saw that they were genuine blue-winged teal many days and thousands of miles in ad- vance of their brethren and sisters. They were in excellent condition, too, showing that they had not made long continuous flight from the north.
 Strayhorn resumed his seat in state of great satisfaction and in the five minutes following missed dove or two. Then another strange thing hap pened. A couple of birds dropped swiftly to the bank of the tank not 20 yards from him and instantly disap- peared.
 He had only glimpse of them, but would have been willing to swear that they were jacksnipe, only no jacksnipe were to be expected for at least two months. He understood, of course, that the pair had squatted, their brown backs bending with the brown earth.
 He ran his eye carefully along the flat bare bank five or six times, and then he made them out, crouched in true jacksnipe fashion, legs under, belly to the ground, bullet head drawn down upon the back, bill upon the breast, only round black eyes gleam- ing and betraying them. They were not a foot apart and only one barrel was necessary.
 When he got them in hand Strayhorn saw that they were birds of the size of jacksnipe with bills like the bills ot jacksnipe and with backs of the same hue; their breasts, however, were a beautiful reddish brown almost true red. He did not know what they were, but an amateur ornithologist in Bee vile identified them as robin-snipe.
 They had never been seen in that country before and were, like the teal, weeks ahead of the time for their southward flight,
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
The Baby Had Been Used.

A boy baby arrived at a certain house and q visitor said to little girl in the family:
 Do you like the baby?"
 The little girl said she did, but would have preferred 8 lady baby.
 Well, :" the visitor replied maybe you can exchange it. ,
 No, 1 don't think we could, :" said the little girl. "because we have been using it seven or eight days. n-Ex.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Ready to Yield.

''I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and found it cer- tain cure," says s. R. Meredith, Willow Grove, Del. Operations unnecessary to cure pile. They always yield to DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Cures skin diseases all kinds of wounds. Accept no counterfeits. J. I. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Wooden Buildings Barred.

Foreman, June Ib.-The city council has passed an ordinance providing that no more wooden buildings shall be erected or re, paired in the business part of Foreman, msking 1t compulsory on all persons to build brick CT stone structures in the future.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
Read This and Cool off.

Cape Town, June l4.-Un- precejented snow storms have swept over the midlands. Trains are blocked by six-foot deep snow drifts at Maauwnanrt The tele. graph wires a.o aoNn
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
MARKS DANDER ROSE
Was Cartooned as Chief tbstrucOr of Canal LegisIatioy and
 Got Hot About.

The lander of UIcle Marcus
 Hanna rose on him he other day
 because he was catooned as the
 chief constructor Instructions
 to the lsmIan eaal bill. He de-
 nouneed such d representation of
 himself as d llbel and declared
 that he has always desired tue
 canal and las favored the Pana-
 ma route for engineering reasons only.
 But the fact remains that Mr. Hanna is obstructlng canal legis- lation by the adroit scheme of raising a deadlock in congress over the route question. He knows as we'll as be knows the curves of his dollar mark that the people want q canan, and that they are perfectly willing to trust the selection of the route that, in view of all considerations, may be found hest. They are willing that the president of the United States should, upon expert eyi- dence, arbitrate that detail. But ln the meantime, they demand of congress that It keep the solemn pledges of both the political par ties by deciding that there shall be d canal and providing the ways aud means by which the president can determine, secure and begin work on the route,
 Mir. Hanna cannot successfully throw dust into the eyes of the whole people on this subject. He has got "a nigger h the wood- pIle" aud the general public can see lis heels sticking out t-and each of them bears the initials of the transcontinental railway comhine.
 As to the Panama route, Sena- tor Morgan has thoroughly tested the title to it and found t defec- tive and no one doubts that Sena- tor Morgan is surer legal au- thority than Senator Hanna. And as to feasibility, Senator Harris prouounces the Nicaraguan routo far safer and better than the Pan anna route, and Senator Harris Is q genuine civil engineer, while Senator Hanna is only a political engineer.
 Should congress suffer Senator Hanna tn embroil it over routes and defeat canal legislation at thIs session it will have a hard reck- oning to make to tho people thls coming campaign.
 With an organized lobby trying to defeat the bill it will be nee ccssary for the friends of the measure to keep constantly on the alert. Victory will come only through vigilance. Those who are now advocating the Panama route are the ones who have here tofore been opposed to all legisla- ton upon the proposed canal and it looks rather mysterious, to say the least, that they should now be so zealous Tn advocating the Panama route, which the govern ment cannot adopt with any de- gree If safety. Nothing is of grester importance to the south at this time than the building of the isthmian canal.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Happenings of Interest Gathered From Various Parts of
 the Union.

I
 were feltin Oregon Saturday night.
 Anthracite operators look for ward confidently tC the end of the strike, and announce what policy they will persue.
 Wall street stocks show grow ing strength and securities of all kinds remain firm, though there is lack of speculation.
 The United States Government is making test of the usefulness of oil as fuel for naval vessels with satisfactory results.
 Harvest hands are in great de mand in Kansas and the railroads have made cheap rates to those going there as harvest hands.
 The United States Shipbuild- lhg Company, of which Louis Nixon is president, has purchased the Bethlehem Steel Works.
 A memorial arch to Confederate dead was unveiled at Columbus, O., where more than 2,000 sold iers died in the military prison.
 The Japanese exhibit at the St. Lotus Worlds Fair promises to surpass all previous records and rival that of any European nation.
 Twelve persons were injured i'll factory fire at Philadelphia, and several women only escaped death by leaplng into nets held for them ty fremen.
 4 Government geologlst asserts that since the seismic disturb ances Ill the West Indles the mountains of Pennsylvania are several inches higher.
 Webster Davis will move to New York, to reside. It Is stated that he has received all offer of S25, ,000 d year. but tie character of his occupation Is held secret for the present.
 Miss Rebecca J. Taylor, who was dismissed from the War De- pertinent because of an attack on the administration, demands rein statement and threatens to enter court with her case.
 The house of mine guard at Hazelton, Pa, was wrecked by dy- namite and threats of d similar fate have been made against many nonunion men who prosist in working in the mines.
 The effects of the anthracite coal strike are widely felt, though so far the volume Of business has not been materially lessened. Otherwise, prospects for business in the next few months are highly favorable.
 The Secretary of the Interior has upheld decision of the Dawes Commission that the white wives of Cherokee Indians, who were married before the Indians were re-admitted to citizenship, must be enrolled.
 A new uniform has been ap- proved by the Secretary of War for the United States Army, which substitutes il knickerbrock- CT for the long pants and elabo- rates on the khaki style of dress for campaign service.
 A Maryville, Mo-, man accused of forgery. who disappeared some days ago, yesterday gave himself up after being in hiding for ten days, He says he dreamed that the Sheriff and bloodhounds were chasing hlm and lived in constant mental torture tbat he perferred to give himself up.
The Newark journal., 1902-06-20
POLITICS AND PORKERS
Raising the Latter is More Profit able Than Going Into
 the Former.

The Topeka Capital tells the fol- lowing story, at the expense of the Kansas politician:
 The bank officer stood with knotted brow, and worry was writ ten plainly on his face. Talking with him was man, whose repu- tation as politician extended be- yond the borders of his own coun- ty. He had held many offices but he wanted a loan. The bank of- ficial was battling between a desire to help his friend and his duty to the stockholders who had put their funds in his care The politician had reached the ''just-a-personal- favor' stage of his entreaty and the bank man was perplexed in- deed. The loan wanted was only q small one and for q short time. but there were past due notes in the bank already, and the man re- sponsible for the institution's funds could not bring his con- science up to letting more go.
 Just then a young farmer came In. He wore overalls, hickory shirt, and a slouch hat. The total cost of all the rainment he wore would not equal that paid for tho ! politicians trousers alone. The banker smiled and asked the young man what he could do for him.
 T need 8 little more money fo. corn to finish up the hogs, said the son of toll.
 How muchl z" asked the bank CT, reaching for the money.
 About hundred.n
 How long2"
 They will be ready for market about the first of the month."
 Better make it thirty days then. :"
 The note was made out, the far mer signed it, the banker counted out the money, less the exchange, the young man put it in his pocket and walked out.
 There were tears in the politi- clans eyes. He wished right then [ that he had gone to raising hogs, instead of being a statesman.
 The mistake of trying to make a living out of being great dawned upon him with an awful force when he came to compare his cred 1t with that of the young farmer.
 When that young man reads the papers he sees the name of the pol iticlan dozens of times. Every since he was boy he has read of that officeholder's glory as poli- tician. He has read of how that man has gone out and held tho people spellbound with his oratory. He has read of the gatherings of the factions and leaders at the biz city hotels; and that mans name was among them. He has seen how the men who do things" have taken into consideration where that man would stand be- fore determining their course.
 When the convention gathers the young man reads how that man was escorted to the platform, and how the convention eheered and yelled at his bright and witty sayings and his vehement denun- ciation of the opposition. Perhaps the young man was sweating in the furrows of the corn field, while the politician was wiping the sweat of oratory from the furrows of his brow. The politician could sway the throng where the young man would scarcely know how to get into the convention hall. But when 1t came before the bank of hcial, the young farmer had the power and could do the swaying.