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The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26

nothing to his sister, showing each day
an INCREASING interest In the accnmuiat-
Ing presents In the locked room, and
dnally, On Christmas eve, late In the
day, going back TO the store where he
had made his purchases to ask what
had become Of the doll and the war
ship. It took = long time to And out the.
right man. but at last very polite
clerk who had been answerinE Questtons
q fart - dozen people could ask them,
turned to him and said:
.'Murdock! What &ddressf Psnrose
street Or Penrose avenue -
Arc there both - asked thu colonel.
= the poaaIble blunder dawnsd On him
Yas: one o. the West slds. one On
- soutn side. Vhere did ron wish
your goods to - !'s %
of course. Fenroae ayenue = on the
youth side md Psnroee strSet 9 - tho
west side, md Col Batt tteF1ly nAd hin
[eo6 made ztle nlist The goods h4d
- lpted -, the clsfk tol him,
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
'I!l1;laEz!:
2daIlalasEllaD
NJ JOHN i. nArTERTY.

Il .was pretty bate - attenpt gsttins
them. back. but t1ey would try. Tbs
cl1rk made Some notes, rattl1d OF I few
words shout the terrible rush, moved
OF and left the colonel standing dazed
in the crowd. He went home, and -
precaution got out Of his trunk ,
strangely carved bracelet. antiqae. ORR
ental-a noble present. he thought. fos
hin niece: and for his 1ephew m old
.hojewe1ed w@r mask-it had bsen
mandarin's. And he took them 70 Mrs
Murdock. saying soothing OF their great
value, and sid tAey we're for her girl
andher boy. But after dinner that night
Mr.. Murdock tapped at the c61onel's
d00r, saying: e ssss sesz..~ -
II hope you won't think OF givins
those rare curios to the children, colonel.
They're worth their weight in money"
- "Didn't cost me . cent, Murdoch" )"
blurted the soldier. They're part of the
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26

IT WAS A DIRTY, TUMBLE-DOWN
Sir: ,-.,.> COTTAGE.
well, the loot-that is, I picked 'em up
In China aand-they-the children will
appreciate them more as they grow
older"
Murdock walked away without an
other word. but that night the woman
told her brother, softly and with evil
dent desire to be grateful, that papa
was SO scrupulous, he didn't want the
children to receive such presents. =
So the brother, flushing red, took back
his barbaric gifts and went to bed. In
the morning, soon after breakfast, he
went out of the house, called a cab, and
bade the driver take him to 2441 Penross
street. The doll and the battleship had
not arrived, and h6 -Wss going after
them. He got out Of the cab In squalid
street, and went into the only house in
the block. 1t was = dirty, tumbledown
sign For Sale" nailed to the ricketx
fence. A thin woman, in an old, faded
wrapper, came to the door.
Il came to see if" -
I "Oh, knew somebody nd come, she
interrupted him. II knew they wasn't
for us, sir-won't you come in?''
He stepped into the dingy room and
saw q big-eyed, frail girl OF seven fond
| ling the great French doll.
you see, SIR" said the woman,
sreathless to explain, ''the things come
while was out work over ut the shos
factory, and-my name is Murphy, sir
L ~ ufovp h{pN0
home. sir, but Mamie and the boy. He's
mine, and he's out there now playin'
with tn steamboat, and when the wagon
came, Mrs. Tracy, she lives In the next
! block, she seen It, and she ran over and
signed book. and the driver jumped
on his wagon and went away, an, OF
course, the children seen the bundles
an nothin' would do but they must open
'em. That's all. sir; we didn't want to-
hope you don't think we'd steal sem :
She was out Of breath now, and the
two children-the boy. = sturdy lad q
ten, had come in-Were staring, fright
ened. at the colonel He looked 1t them
! moment and then It the mother.
II don't understand you, madam = .h1
said. .'I called to look at the house tt
for sale. you know. :
He saw the look of anxiety pa1s iron
i her homely face. The children, delfght.
] ed with tho Feprieve. ran hack % theil
4 splendid toys. He made ! show of look.
i ling through tha stnlly rooms. M wheI
he Nas going eays each q Tho lfttl,
ones ! coin.
Coed -by, M dazn, s ~ mid % III
.r,.a - 4,
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Mississippi State News
Ten Ai..s,ss,pp, Po.sessee..

The report of the auditor Of the
postofiice department, just pub
llshed, gives Jackson the second
place in the rank of Mississippi
cities. Vicksburg leads the list in
the amount of gross postal receipts,
with the handsome showing of $4O,-
O45.76. Jackson comes next, with
Meridian q close third, and Natchez
way below in the fourth position.
All of the leading towns show
marked increase in receipts and
Jackson shows the largest Of all.
jackson and Meridian have reversed
positions since the last report, az
have Corinth and Biloxi also.
The figures showing the gross re-
cepits Of the ten largest towns in
Mississippi for the past two years
are as follows:
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26

Contractor Barnes, Of the Missis-
sippi Worlds Fair Building, says
that he expects to turn over the
building to the Mississippi Bureau
about April /. Mr.. Barnes says
that while the contract price for the
building was $15, 200, the lumber
men Of Mississippi had contributed
most Of the lumber. Mr.. Barnes
states that the building will be heat
ed by gas and lighted by electricity:
Mr.. Barnes says that great deal OF
curiosity is being manifested by the
Northern visitors who CONS to look
at the building. He says that he
has never heard word Of criticism
Of Mississippi for deciding to repro
duce the home Of Jefferson Davis a.
it's building. i
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
New Bank at Hickory.

E. F. Ballard, president of the
Bank of Virgins, and also president
Of the Bank of Waynesboro, was at
Hickory last week and succeeded in
getting capital amounting to $780,
900 subscribed for the establishment
of a bank at Hickory. A new
banking building will be erected and
the citizens of the place are all eager
to own stock in it.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
cadstship Examination.

Congressman John Sharp VIII
liam announces that competitive
examination will be held in Jackson
December Is and 20 for = cadetship
at Annapolis Naval Academy. The
first days examination will be for
physical qualifications and appli-
cants failing in that will be de-
barred from the second days exam
ination, which will be on educa-
tional requirements. Applicants
must be between the ages of Is and
21. The applicant standing the
best examination will be appointed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Preparing the Rosters.

The roll call for both the house
and senate is being made up by the
secretary of State Only twenty
five of the roll calls for the house
are to be printed, so as to provide
for taking out the speaker on the
rolls to be printed after his elec-
ton. In the house there are quite
a number Of members bearing the
same name.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
A Million for levees.

At meeting of the Board of
Mississippi Levee Commissioners,
senator's and representatives to the
legislature from the counties that
compose the district and a number
of.prominent citizens and taxpayers,
held in Greenville last week, it was
decided by the unanimous vote of
the entire body that it was the sense
of the meeting that the representa-
tiyes of the dietrict secure through
the legislature the passage of the
Stone bill, recently published in the
local papers, authorizing the levee
board to float $1,00O,O0O in bonds
for the building of new levees in
the place of those that now threaten
the life and property of the district:
Government aid will also be asked in
: the work: AT. the meeting of the
board, the contract to construct a
levee at Shipland, a point opposite
Lake Providence, was awarded to
John Scott & Sons, and Shippey &
Outzen at, 27 cents per yard, the
work to be. completed by March l..
The contractors informed the board
that if they desired they could place
as many as 500 teams on the work.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Stricken With Paralysis.

j. S. Stamper, a prominent mer-
chant and planter of the Stamper
Postofice community, in Newton
county, was stricken with paralysis
few days since, and the attending
physician reports his condition as
being hopeless. He is a wealthy
and good citizen.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Six Men Drowned.

The 14O-ton tub boat Matte NJ,
owned by the Dixie Transportation
Company, of New Orleans, engaged
in towing cotton seed for the Stand
ard Cotton Oil Company, of New
Orleans, sank in twenty feet of wa
ter last week on the old bed OF Lake
Concordia. The white fireman and
five negroes were drowned.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Judae Whitfield Accepts.

Chief Justice Whitfield has ac-
cepted an invitation to address the
Mississippi Society of st. Louis at
their annual banquet in January
next. This is the third invitation
the society has rendered the judge,
and he says he will accept and de-
liver the address.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Minister Charged With 6ioam.

A Baptist minister named Malone
was arrested at Leakesville last week,
charged with bigamy. Malone went
to Leakesville two years ago and
married. It is said that he followed
the Mormons for some time, and
that he has a wife living in Ala
bama. Malone denies he is guilty.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Electrifyina Railroad Track.

In order to make more yard room
for the increasing freight business,
the Pascagoula Street Railway Conn
pany is electrifying part OF the old
Moss Point railroad track, which
extends from Scranton to Moss
Point. The work will be completed
in about one week.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Liberty-vshlts Railroad.

Substantial progress Is being
made on the g Liberty White rail-
road, now building from McC Comb
City, Pike county, on the main line
Of the Illinois Central, to Liberty,
in Amite county. The railroad j.
about twenty-five miles IN length
and will put the productive county
OF Amite directly IN touch with the
commercial world This road was
Iorpanized early ii the presnt year
and capitalized 4 hall 4 MILLION dol.
/ laIa.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Bio Deal at Ellisville.

forty-two acres of desirable land in
South Ellisville, several thousand
dollars changing hands on the deal.
The new owners will at once pro-
ceed to develop the holding and open
the necessary streets through it. 1t
is understood that certain portion
of the land fronting the railroad has
been reserved for factory sites, and
it is reported that a cotton mill is
one of the possibilities Of the COM
ing year for Ellisville. A company
is now being organized for the man.
ufacture Of log wagons and other
similar products, and the site has
already been fixed upon.
Great Interest Being Aroused.
Great interest all over the State
is being aroused in the Mississippi
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The
various county commissioners are
taking hold Of the matter with a
vim and each county is yying with
the other in regard to its exhibit.
All sorts of, curious and interesting
things are being collected from va
rious parts of the State. The State
commissioner has been advised that
the Franklin county commissioners
have learned of tree in that county
which is thirty-seven feet in circum-
ference and very tall. It is pine
tree and will become part of the
~
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-12-26
Licensed to DO Business.

Licensed to Do 6u8lneso.
The Reliance Life Insurance Com
pany of Pittsburg, Pa, has been IL
censed to do a life insurance busi-.
ness in the State by the insurance
commissioners, rs has the Virginia
Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany Of Richmond. The State
agents for these companies have not
been named as yet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
Pointed Paraqraphs.

When you near a man complain because
there IS nothing doing the chances arc
he fond OF doing nothing.
Some people waste all their sympathy OF
others instead of reservinS few doses
for their own trials and tribulations.
Fortune knocks once at every man ;
door, but when misfortune calls it is for
the purpose of administering few knock
out drops.
It's no disgrace for man to be poor
unless he becomes so because of idle, shift
less, or vicious habits.
You can get more wind out of Decent
ran IMAM you can get out OF a SO one
and the same may be said of a Decent
man.
Friendship is all well enough in its way,
out Wnen a man wants to make touch
it is better to strike an acquaintance.
A magazine recently contained poem
written by "A Man Who Thinks. II Is
believed to be the first poem of the kind
ever published.
According TO statistics, only % per cent
of the players in football games in the last
ten years have been injured. The man
ayers Will have to do better than that II
they are 10 hold the crowds.
There is only one excuse for 'buving on
credit ana that is the hope that the mer-
chdht VIII forget TO charge your purchase.
Some genius should invent "a flying ma
chlne mat VIII enable a man to ny 70 the
pinnacle OF success without Having to
climb the ladder round by round.
Chicago News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
round is a mystery which the whole
town is trying to solve.

round is a mystery which the whole
town IS trying to solve.
Bowdoin followed I'D its decisive vic
tory IN the intercollegiate field day by
winning all the cups in the Maine in
tercollesiate tennis tournament held,
TINS week. With it's two best players
out or 1t, Paine being out of college
through sickness and Libby on clutches
with a sprained ankle sustained IN q
hufdle race, last Saturday-lt was
hardly expected that all the honors
would rest with the Brunswick cole
Slalls, but as usual the college mad 4
supply OF star players by the name OF
Dana ana they indicated the reputa-
ton of the name by winning the cups
in brilliant fashion over the players
from Bates, Colby and the University
OF Maine. Since tennis has been played
in the Maine colleges, BoWdoin has
won most of the honors in the tourna :
mcntS and almost always one of its
best players has been 4 Dana. Frank
w. Dana, who graduated i'll "a, held
the championship for four years OF his
course, and following him Philip Dana,
DC, Jack Dana, SO, and Ripley l.. Dana,
'Ol, in turn figured prominently on the
winning teams. And this year Luther
Dana, '03, and Samuel r. Dana, '04,
won the lions share of the honors of
the tournament. Though they are all
from Portland or WeStbrook they rep
resent three different families.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
Now That Annals Up in Maine.

GOOD that ANN, Hold t,:,inse mast -;
~ In " mi rIiI i '''r1 7:
With - Stri m,.,'t .; 7oos an, man or few
80. ~, oIfahin, r1,d f. law
cbo,. e+ntniT' 20 no t,,lc,,, moro at Pol
'oiio ra TX ''tS ,'oii
An, s,oos hin; "r'rv dav. an likes
All : ~" ~ bn,,!n toIi - ""''
nut ~ lS LIZ t, Sl't StaiIS u VAIN "o"
1os.t ,,iod -, ot ~ ,, hin an, uidn fin,
"~"' fnnri sbo.lI nd"t a s,9ii,n
with mntti,I,t>i I,it,b"d IN ~ what,s fin,
III rno,i lar p3rn' hniobt "p
"a ti, 49,, iI, ~, IL, Io,,,.
mere b mi a ii in s,r HAN VIII oo % ioi'9
-
I rccllin she will cost Belgrade tow hun
GrnI If ' ''''o -" ''''''
Inst tiorcring. I'm what hired mon have
'"7' IEiiHchnd wy ,| ~ tin1e ''''
Nv, hnyg ,,ro ,.,yrn"J nn-til narb nva
stiIcl, ONT irGt ike q horn
An for an hour hv the clock thcv couldn't
on noe no corn y Inv
rye sent en- OF down wonder there whore
they cant 500 the road
TII do the heavy naeliin' ioh iii that ~,
corn is heed
Bat say! Thrm bows they amt to blame.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
THINK TWICE.
1t Will Repay Residents of Augusta to
Follow This Citizens Advice.

That good old adage-"Think twice
when one reads the following account
of the experience of an Augusta citi-
zen. Mr.. J. II. Woodbury. made public
statement on the subject years ago
and at this time repeats his former
testimony with renewed emphasis.
Mr. ]. H. Woodbury., carpenter of 81
South Chestnut street who says: Il
was interviewed in the spring of 1896
by a gentleman who asked me for my
experience with and opinions of Doan's
Kidney Pills. I told him l had been
greatly annoyed by the action of my
kidneys, that the slightest cold always
settled there and produced intense
suffering and that Doan's Kidney Pills
had cured me. 1t is now two years and
n half since | procured Doans Kidney
Pills at c. X Partridges drug store
and was first interviewed and l con-
scientiously say the longer and more
fully you know Doan's Kidney Pills
the greater faith you have III them.
Everyone as far as | have heard
speaks in. the highest terms of their
great value"
For sale by all dealers; price 80
cents. Foster-M ilburn CO., Buffalo, N.
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the namc-Doan' sand
take no substitute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22

"A London prophet by the name of
Baxter is frightening the ignorant and
superstitious of that city by his predic-
tions that the world will come to an
end in 1924. His reason for the selec
ton of that year for the great smash is
not made plain, but probably he claims
to have biblical authority. Many SIM
liar predictions. have been made in the
past, all on the reputed authority of the
Bible. 1t is simply a matter of inter-
probation. The long line of prophets
who have announced the end of the
world as at hand have probably done
as much good as harm. Certain peo-
pie who believe in them try to do bet
ter, in view of the expected catastrophe
OF course the predictions are foolish
but there are always a lot of foolish
people ready to believe them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
A COUGH
CONUNDRUM

When is a cough more
than a cough2
When it's a settled cold.
When it hangs on in spite of
all you can do. Cough mix
lures won't cure it because
they are merely for a cough
and this is something more.
SCOTS Emulsion cures the
cough because it cures the
something more. 1t heals
and repairs the infamed
tissues where the cold has
taken root and prevents its
coming back.
Well send you sample free upon request.
SCOTT s BOVINE, 400 Pearl Street, New York
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DR.. Enmons,

Monthly Regulator has brought happiness to
L, ndreds of anxious women. There il positive
ly &c other remedy known to medical science
that win SO quickly and safely do the work
Longest and most obstinate irregularities from
anteed at any stage. No pain, danger, or inter.
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cases where others have failed. The most diff.
cult cases successfully treated by mail and ben.
risk whatsoever. We treat hundreds of ladies
whom we never see. Write for further particu-
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too long. Allletters truthfully answered. Re-
I,en.5er, this remedy is absolutely safe under
every possible condition and positively leaves
no after Ill effect upon the health. Sent by mail,
securely sealed, $500. Money letters should be
registered. DIR. J: w. EMMONS CO.. ITO 1zs.
mont St., Boston, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22

Minnie Anne Plummcr, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John +. Plummer Of
South Paris, is becoming one of the
worlds great singers Before going 20
Paris to study the organ with Gull
mant she taught music i'll Oxford
county. She was particularly interest
ed in the piano and organ and had
gained considerable local note as Il
performer Oh these Instruments. She
had studied with eminent teachers in
New York, Boston and Portland on
these Instruments and had been en-
ployed as organist in Congress Square
and First Baptist churches of Port
land four years. During this time she
had studied vocal music to some eX-
tent, but she was not known as Il Vo-
calist. When in Paris in 1898 studying
the organ with Guilmant, she continued
her vocal studies under Trabadello, and
in 1895 concluded to devote herself en-
tirely to vocal music. She went to
Florence and studied under Nannu-
cinni. Here her voice gained her
considerable local note. She was
among the singers at concerts given by
the Countess Parkenstein and the
Warehouses Nautigliay and received
substantial acknowledgements of her
voice. In 1896, she went to Paris to
study under MarcheSi, where she was
Immediately placed in the opera class.
She has remained in Paris ever since,
making remarkable progress and gain
ing many notable concert triumphS I'M
til last year she could have had an en-
gaGement with one of Graus opera
companies, but she preferred to remain
in Paris and continue her studies.
When Miss Plummer began her studies
her voice was contraltO; but it has de-
Veloped into a strong, rich soprano.
The newspapers of Paris have given
her many tlattering notices, and her
voice many admirinG friends; among
others, Monsieur and Madam Fran
ceschi, the former a wcll-knOWn jour
naliSt and the latter q daughter of
MciSsonier, who have fitted up two
rooms at their home in PoiSsy, q
quaint little suburb of Paris, and made
this young American girl at home in
them. Her stage name is Minnie Scala.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22
Health is Wealth.
How to Get WeII-How to Keep Well.

If YOU want to get well and stay wei
YOU must make the Kidneys well. The
Kidneys are the most important organs
in The body; they do the most work and
rs Il consequence get out of order quick
est.
You cannot run great piece of ma
chincly without attention of some kind
Neither can you expect to have good
health if you fail to look after your
Kidney Machinery.
The blood passes through the Kid
ncys thousands of times a day, as often
as through the heart. and this is going
on every minute of our lives
If the Kidneys are well they filter
just so much blood but if they are sick
or weak from any cause they leave the
poison in the blood, and this poison
poiSons the entire system.
When you consider their great work
aud the cas-" with which they become
deranged, can you wonder at ill-heaIth
and sickness?
Can you wonder at the alarming in
crease and prevalency of Kidney trou-
BILE?
The Bloodine Co.. Boston, Mass.
''iil9 - letlSe SEM me SIX bottles OF
Bloodine, it has cured me of old Kidney
trouble that has bothered me for over 30
years and my wife and Oldest son are
taxing it now and they think it is doing
them lots of good. Mr.. Chas. Peck,
Columbus. Ohio.
Bioodine costs but SOC. bottle or in
tablet form SOC. box. Bloodine Liver
PiilS cure Constipation, 25c. a box
", Write for booklet and sample free.
The Bloodine Co.. Boston, Mass.
Sold and Recommended bv
soWDITCH, WEBSTER & CO.,
Augusta;
S. S. LiGHTBODY.
WaterviIIe.
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Another southern lieutenant COVER
nor. this time the proud possession OF
Louisiana. has been getting gay with
his shooting iron. He was little
he tried to kill and the latter had ra TIL
er the better of the argument although
no fatalities resulted. BY the way
how is the trial of South Carolina S
lieutenant governor for murder COM
ing on?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-22

One good result of the Presidents
tour of the West, and not it's least, is
the public attention which has been
called to the scenic attractions of that
section. How seldom it is that Amer
leans travelling abroad are able to give
intelligent answers to inquiries about
our own natural wonders. Thousands
of rich Americans go to Switzerland
and Norway, every year or rave over
the lakes of Scotland and the banks of
the Rhine who have only vague ideas
as to Yellowstone park and the grand
canon of Arizona and the Yosemite
valley. Perhaps they have viewed
Niagara and possibly they have visited
the Maine COAST but that great region
wnersstse President has journeyed
wiaE.suth enjoyment for the past few
weeks is asealed book toassthen !! He has
qoas. 2 IN msiotif ssss - .esnins at
IterthnEio tts massyt rra1A 81 o1s@ ma tural
attractions. and doubtless as a result
many Americans will go from the East
| to visit them who otherwise would
never have done so.