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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01
NOSES SCARCE IN NOME.
Gold Seekers Lose Them ms Well an
Ears, Toes, Fingers and Legs
by Freezing.

Half the citizens of Nome, Teller
City and other far northern Alaskan
gold towns and camps are minus fin
gers, noses, ears, toes, feet and legs.
This statement has been brought back
from the goldseekers' country by Hen
ry j. Dieter. who was one of the first
to enter Alaska, reports the Chicago
Tribune.
The gold seekers have paid high
price for the metal they have secured.
he says. They have been so frozen
and frostbitten that their heads and
trunks are about the oaly portions of
their bodies which have not been in
jured.
This prospector is CT the opinion
that there is hardly one entirely able
bodied man in the entire far northern
country. After hearing of his own
experience one does not wonder that
the country is filed with cripples. s.
The disasters of the winter of 1900
killed all his companions, who were
located with him north of Teller City.
Many were lost in the billiards, some
died of hunger, and many others sue
cumbed to the severity of the cold.
During these days Dieter recorded
the temperature readings. The aver
age is 40 degrees below zero. He de-
vised a unique method of determining
the extreme temperature. Mercury
froze at 80 degrees below zero, at. 60
below his can of kerosene would burst,
at 72 degrees below his bottle of pain
killer, which every Alaskan prospect
or cherishes would go pop" and when
the whisky turned solid he knew that
the temperature had reached the limit
of terminaticn-that it was so degrees
below zero.
Dieter tells one pitiful story of the
killing of one of his companions and
the injuring of another. The two set
out on a three-quarter Of mile Jour.
ney across the ice. They fad scarcely
started when a blizzard swooped down
on them. They lost their way, being
unable to see foot ahead of them
selves. For five weeks they wandered
about in the ice and snow. At night
they buried themselves in the snow for
Profession. They ate the roots and
buds of reindeer moss. At last they
fell faint from hunger and exposure.
The older of the two men died. Tic
younger lost his reason. The dead body
and the crazy man were found by re.
lief expedition, but the survivor never
has regained his senses.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. II, 1909
I received the trial package of Doan's Kid
ney Pills promptly and can truly say they
are all and even more than recommended.
I suffered continually with severe pain
in the back, which the pills entirely over
came, and am able to work, which would
not have been possible but for Doan's
Kidney Pills. Mrs. j. A. SCHLAMB, 955
Buchanan ST., Grand Rapids, Mich.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

Aching backs are eased. Hip b,,,
loin pains overcome. SWELLING -
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dur.
ment, high colored, pain in passing !
bling. frequency, bed wetting. h
Kidney Pills remove calculi and =
Relieve heart palpitation, sleeples'
nervousness, dizziness.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

COLUMBUS CRY, IA, Feb. 10. 1908. i
received the sample package of Doans
Kidney Pills and took them according to
directions. They did me so much good.
procured 5O-cent box at the drug store
and have been greatly benefited. / had
the backache SO bad could hardly walk !;
also had urinary troubles, that caused me
to get up two and three times of night.
am oil right now. Long may Doan's
Pills prosper. Yours truly. A. c. SIPE-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

Beatrice Terry, the little niece Of
Ellen Terry, played childish part
in Sara Crewe" in London recently
with remarkable self-possession and
grace and justified the expectation
that the traditions OF this remark.
able family of actors wilf- be main
tanned By a new generation. Her
-oice is said to be clear and reso.,-
ant and she is said to have brought
tears TO the eyes of many spectators
by simple touches of pathos.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

Biggs-Windig is nice fellow, but
he is given to exaggerating.
Diggs-Yes, but that fault is coun.
terbalanced by one thing.
"What is that?"
"The general indisposilion of peo-
pie to believe him."-Chicago Daily
News. >z
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01
THE TEST OF GOLD.

Vast Number Kidney Suffering People, Cured by Doen's dneA
ssv hut for the Free Agony. Th.
Golden Merit at Command to Test u
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

IA crank is something Of an expert on
q subject in which yeu are not interested"
John Willis Baer.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01
of the Skin and Blood
Should Begin NOW

RLOOD HUMOURS. Skin Humours, Scalp Humours Baby
u Humours and every kind Of Humour from Pmples to
Scrotula with Premature Loss of Hair now be speedily
permanently and economically cured Reoven greatest
Blood and Skin Purifiers assisted the of Cutcua
Ointment and Cutcura Soap
thousands OF the worlds best people have found instant
cure b the use OF Cuticua Reoven
S0aP in the most torurng and ds6gung ITCHING BURN
1 ny, and SCALY HUMOURS, EcZEMAS, RASHES, ITCH
lNGS and INFLAMMATIONS
Thousands of Tired Freed Mothers of and
snged Babies OF all and conditions certified to almost
cures by the Cutcua Remedies when the best medical
skill has failed to relieve. much less cure
Treatment is local constutonal-compete
perfect pure sweet and wholesome Battle affected surfaces
with Cuca Soap and Hot Water the skin of Csts
Scales and Soften the Thkened Cuce dry without hard rubbing
Iuueura Ointment freely to aay Itching Irritation and
Inflammation and Soohe and Heal and lastly take Cuicua
a state of healthy activity 80 ny ~
those who have suffered long and hopeesy from Humours
the Blood Skin and Scalp and who have faith in doctors
fore. and al things human Cuura Remedies appeal
y them has been more than fulfilled More great cures Of Simple
coluiou and Hereditary Hmours daily made bv them than
all other Blood and Skin Remedies combined single set being
oaeen sumcent 70 cure the most distressing else
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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

Severe and long standing cases should
take advantage of free Medical Advice.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01

FREE MEDICAL ADVICE
Every working girl who is not
well is cordially invited to write
to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, MaSs.s
for advice; it is freely given, and
has restored thousands to health.
Hiss Paine's Experience.
"Iwant to thank you for what you
have done for ne, and recommend
Lydia e. Pinlkham's Vegetable
Compound to all girls whose work
keeps them standing on their feet in
the store. The doctor said / must
stop work he did not seem to realize
that girl cannot afford to stop work.
ing. Ny back ached, my appetite was
poor, 1 could not sleep, and menstrual
ton was scanty and very painful. One
day when suffering I commenced to
take Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound, and found that
1t helped me. Icoutinued its use, and
soon found that my menstrual periods
were free from pain and natural;
everyone is surprised at the change in
me, and I am well, and cannot be too
grateful for what you have done for
e."-MIss JANET PAINE, $50 West
135th Sts, New York City. - 5000 Jo,fsi.
u original Of above letter proving sesHiaensss can.
not Be produced.
Take no substitute, for It Is
Lydia e. Pinlham's Vegetable
Compound that cures.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-05-01
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She-Do you know what love is, dearest!
Pve been engaged 81 times.MComfor,.
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The only way to exclude the evil !
entertain the good.-Ram's Horn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
OUR COTTON PATCH.

Cotton ID thing that is very much
Walked about nowadays. Prices have gone
to great heights, tho supply Is unques-
tioiably low, and the prospects are that
the planter will spare no energy to secure
the greatest possible yields from his
fields this year. One hears cotton dis
cussed In all the mnrts of trade and
wherever groups OF business men are
found, and county people, too, take II deep
interest in 1t, However, Virginia was never
considerable grower of cotton, although
It ts fact that tho first cotton planted
IN North American soil was In Jamestown.
II was never in her power 10 Influence
the worlds prices, and when 1t was said
anG so truly believed by many that cot,
ton Is king" the Old Dominion could
have claimed but small share In that
Imperial power. Yet time was when in
Eastern Virginia every plantation had It's
field or patch--yes, and Its gang Of dnr-
kies 10 plant 1t and to pick 1t when ma
ture, and in the long winter evenings, to
sit In the chimney corners of the big
open freplaces and seed 1t, The human
hand was then the only gin in use Qiquid
not referred to), and wonderfully expert
did people become In cleaning the boil
VI cotton of the seed. twist OF the wrist.
= movement of the fingers, and the work
" shot the cotton seed out Of its nalfy
hiding place upon the hearth. Then Their
WAS carding and spinning and weaving
ard dyelng In preparation for clothing to
be made and worn by the whites and
blacks Of the plantation TO this day
some Of the counties below Petersburg
find profit ard satisfaction In growing
tie cotton plant, but for the most part
our agricultur!sts hear of 1t chiefly
through the market reports
Cotton he's long been a subject of spec
ulation. As far back as 1883 or 1884, when
the subject OF the removal Of the bank
deposits was under discussion, cotton fell
20 about five cents per pound, and Sam
uel Miller, of Lynchbug. made invest,
-,-ais IA 1t ct that rate. which are sale
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
FAIRNESS FROM THE NORTH.

1t is now stated that the men who held
up the negro letter-carrier near Gala
tin, Tenn, were only two In number,
and that the community was not re-
sponsible When 1t was supposed that
"an armed mob took part In this DEM
onstration, Governor McMillin explained
that the white men in the rural districts
OF his State We're afraid to have II negro
calling regularly at their homes on any
errand when the women We're there with
out protection. The New York Sun quotes
what Mr.. McMillin said, and adds this
comment.
"If the widespread apprehension to
which eS-Governor McMillin refers does
injustice to many coored men holding
| Federal office, 1t Is notoriously warranted
| by much Southern experience, The ex-
| PLANTATION is more specific than that
| which rests on mere prejudice of color;
| and, as such, 1t ought to have due weight
| In the formation Of Northern opinion
about Southern sentiment"
| The Sun is right No matter what the
peculiar circumstances Of the Gallatin
affair, Governor McMllin has stated the
case fairly. and It We're the part of good
sense and just for the Federal govern
ment 10 recognize the fact. 1t matters
not about civil service rules ana all that
1t matters not what the Presidents own
yiewIs. The fact Is that Southern Whites
are apprehensiye on this score, and the
| President should respect their feelings
If he will do so he Will save hinlscl,
many blunder and many a harsh criti-
cism, and he will also keep the negro
out of deal OF trouble, 1t Is not fol
MIR. Roosevelt. whose family is safe In
the White House. TO ridicule. and ignore
tho approximations of southerners IL
thinly settled communities, He ought t,
Bmpathze with them, especially. as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

10 have laid tho foundations of his for
tune and made him the millionaire. PHI
lprthropist that he was. Here. too, In
Richmond, merchants were accustomed 10
"tnke n turn in the market. Successful
adventures in cotton are said to have
enabled two great merchants of the ante
bellum period to build stately mansions
in this city.
There was marvellous revival of cotton
planting in Virginia during the Confed-
crate war. Shut out from tho cotton fac
tories of tho world. the Southern people
undertook to manufacture their own
goods, and In vrginla-in Eastern VIZ
g!nia--many farmers planted fields OF cot
ton which their wives and daughters ana
household servants turned Into clothing
to be worn by the soldiers In tho neio'
and whoever clese there was to be clotheo.
The results of this activity was That
looms and spinning wheels that had been
laid away In gnrrets and stable lofts ZOE
ares were hunted UP and brought to light
and put to use.
The war over, normal trade conditions
restored the old loom was quietly huddled
away In some loft or disused building and
left to rot; the cotton patch was ADAM
doned. and the purchase of cotton sooos
from tho stores was resumed.
The counties Of the Virginia cotton neit'
few in number. but uncomfortable III spi'-
It. continue to divide their attention pc
tween cotton. peanuts and garden truck
whilst the rest of the State finds Its best
AGRICULTURAL profit in various and sundry
productions which we can furnish ana inc
world wants. And new cotton .err''o'
Inns developed in far OFF Texas. us Gu
pacty to furnish the market seems 'e
be almost lmitless, and yet what "'tf
Its droughts one season and Its freshe'S
next season, 1t is uncertain what II can
be relied upon to do or not to do during
any given year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
THE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Richmond
Education Association was held last
night, and reports of a gratifying nature
were read. This organization was con-
celved In the right spirit; 1t has been
working unselfishly for the good of hui
manity, and 1t Is not surprising that Its
work has prospered. The work has been
done largely by the noblo women OF tho
community, not by any means as So
ciety fad but In the pure spirit Of altru-
ism. It's benefits have been tWo-fold.
II has blessed those who have given as
well as those who have received II has
been the means of putting many men ana
women to work In good cause and the
membership has been helped and up
lifted accordingly.
But in addition to all this, It has played
a most prominent although a most mod
est, part in the great educational move
ment which has swept over the country,
and II has had much to do with the
awakening of public sentiment In Rich
mond in the Interest OF the Kindergarten,
the manual training school. and the best
forms generally OF popular education,
1t deserves the cordial support OF the
people, and its membership should be at
least doubled during the next year.
1t seems to us that every person who
loves to do good would get at least a
dollars worth of, satisfaction in belong
ing TO an unselfish public spirited insti-
tution like the Richmond Education
Association,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
SUNDAY. MAY "a, 1903.
THE BIBLE AND THE SCHOOLS

In discussing the proposal of the Viz
ginia Bible Society to have the BLDG
read In the public school, we mentioned
that in Lynchburg objections had been
met by adopting little volume contain
Ing selections from the Scriptures. which
all religious Denominations approved.
We suggested this plan as solution
Of the problem"
The Far1nville Herald does not think
that this IS solution.
ION the contrary" 1t says. I'VE see IN
1t the beginning of the end on the part of
Christian nation to attempt to please
man rather than God. Why not issueHan
abridged Declaration Of Independence, an
emasculated Constitution Of the United
States, to satisfy the represent atives or
despotism and of monarchy that flock TO
our shores? In our courts we demand the
truth. the whole truth, and nothing put
the truth and why not in our schools!
1.-THE children in the LynchburE schools
ought to be training for lifework, and
shall we start them on that perilous and
pressing Journey with mutiated guide
book? Some of the boys let us hope, VIII
TO from those schools to the pulplts or
our Christian churches and shall they
20 with q broken blade, defective ar
NOR. or deceptive shield? O. no: dodE-
Ing from nor adding to Gods word IN
ortior to please the multitude can never
be correct solution OF the Scripture pro-
blem, as presented to Christian people.
What would our contemporary do?
Would 1t make rule requiring all school
children to read the Bible In It's entirely
or have II read to them? Would it COM
pel the children Of Jewish parents to read
o nj ica
lions which our contemporary well under
stands, and the question Is whether Sc
lcctions shall be read or Bible reading
excluded altogether.
Therefore, 1t seems to us that the
1ynchburg schools have done the best
that can be done under the circumstances,
and that 1t is better for the children to
read some of the Bible In the public
schools than to read none at all.
Suppose that instead Of taking these
selections and printing them in a differ
ent volume, the school trustees should
designate selections to be read from the
Bible In its complete form. Would there
be any objection to that? Does our con-
temporary think that teachers and pupils
should begin at the beginning and read
the Bible through from one end to the
other? Oar contemporary knows full we'll
that there are parts of the Bible that are
not proper to be read In the presence or
children, and so at best II the Bible
we're admitted to the public schools, the
children would be permitted to read only
selections therefrom. We can see no ma
!erial difference In reading selections from
tho Bible complete and having those same
selectioslst Reproduced in separate vol
ume.' -
The discussion serves to show however,
how difficult 1t is to carry on PUBLIC
school system in a Republic like ours.
The system Is forever buttlng up against
some Fundamental principle" of our gov
srnment. 1t could not we'll be otherwise,
seeing that our government Is purely dem
ocratic, and the public school system Is
purely socialistic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
TAKE CARE OF THE PREACH
ERS.

The annual report of the Presbyterian
Committee on Ministerial Relief IN the
southern Presbyterian Church, just pub
lished, makes plea for the aged MINIS
| tiers OF the church.
"That we pay only an average OF sloO
per annum for each family" says the
committee. ut is not to the credit of our
church, but our people are waking up to
the duty and privilege of making more
| comfortable provision for those beloved
members Of our household OF faith"
All denominations need to be aroused
| on this score Generally speaking, pen
sion system Is a dangerous system, for
1t is apt to induce men to be
thriftless and dependent, whereas the
very genius of our government implies
independence and self-reliance. But With
In bounds and In certain phases OF our
social life I'VE must have a pension system,
and this is particularly true of the
church.
Not long ago we were astonished to
hear distinguished Virginia clergyman
say that he had saved up nothing what
ever for his old age He has been one OF
the most active men In the ministry, and
he has usually had good salary. But
he is generous and sympathetic, and the
demands upon him have been such as to
absorb his surplus from year to year, and
when he retires from the ministry he
will be dependent upon his church for
support. But he has fairly carney the right
to be cared for when he Is no longer able
to work. He has devoted his whole life
to the service of the church, he has had
no opportunity to make money or the
outside, and the church at least owes
him comfortable support when he is
no longer able to serve.
This is no exceptional case In the very
! nature Of things preachers must spend
their substance from year to year, for
their pay Is small, and going in and out
among the suffering and the poor they
| must contribute largely Of their scant
means to objects OF charity.
| But as ntimated in the report from
| which we quote. the church is waking
up to It's duty, and by and by there will
be no suffering among disabled clergy
men. Time was when the church treated
all It's ministers MS beggars and pen
sioncrs giving them a beggnrly pittance
and that none too certain. But in these
days the preacher is paid salary. and It
is paid to him rs n laborer worthy q
his hire And tho church has greatly
prospored under this improved order OF
things Undoubtedly 1t gets better work
! when 1t makes Its preachers Independent
ana sef-respectlng. 1t will get better
work eth If 1t will give assurance to Its
preachers that they will be comfortably
provided for when they have worn them.
selves out in the service
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
THE WEST POINT FIRE.

In looking through the files Of the
Richmond Dispatch the other day, We
found in letter dated West Point, July
25th, 1882. the following paragraph:
IAN Important Improvement made at
West Point since the Last disastrous fire
in 1880 is the introduction of a fire SER
vice and n system of electric lighting,
both Of which are models In their way.
For lighting the wharves and other prop
erty. thlrty-one electric lights are now
In use. which are run by n 35-horse-
power engine For the fire service they
have powerful Worthlngton force
pump. capable of throwing an immense
stream OF water. and also numerous n.y.
drants and cisterns scattered here and
there where deemed necessary. There is
an alarm whistle connected with the en-
CINE house, which can be blown by an
electric system similar to that used In
hotels, from different points on the piers.
The employees OF the line Mt West Point.
about four hundred In number, are drilled
as n fire brigade. as are also the boat
hands of the York River steamers. 10
insure the efficiency of the latter. Captain
Jones on Saturday called them without
warning to q test alarm IN Tess tnah
half n minute the deck hose was In read
mess throwing water, and IN less than
one minute three boats We're lowered
from the dayits, to cruise IN and ready
for service in saving life"
Just how long that service remained
in effect we do not know, but II It had
been continued West Point would have
been sayed the disastrous contiagration
a week or so ago. 1t is expensive, OF
course, to maintain fire department,
but 1t is nothing like SO expensive as a
contlagration. We are glad to know that
tho people Of that town have now taken
steps to protect themselves against fire
in the future.