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The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

wish the mail to come to the house slip
c. down to B and it will come. II the
house is uphill from the route near the
house plant a post, and attach wheel
with a groove in its outer edge, with
crank attached with q wire stretched
up hill as H, and a cord X at
tached to mail box. When the box IL
wanted turn the crank to the right and
the mail box, suspended on the wire by
a pulley. will come to the house as
prompt as COW will come to her can.
It can be loaded and sent back. If the
distance is too great for two posts more
posts may be added. AS to boys med
ding with the mail box there should
be no fears. as boys get tired OF med
ding with Uncle Sans property
Rural New Yorker.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

with time and care and q knowledge Of
the right methods any lace, from tho
common to the very dne. can be made to
appear a. fresh @ when new, says tho
Prairie Farmer Home Magazine. When
dne piece Of lace. baste Il
to strip Of flannel, stitching every point
down. Then allow 1t to soak for ten hours
In a suds Of two quarts OF water ana
white soap to- which q teaspoonall OIL
borax, dissolved in one-half pint Of hot
water, has been added. Squeeze the IAN |
mel very gently for few moments and
then drop It into a fresh bowl Of hot
suds. After working this carefully In the |
water for a few moments, squeeze ana
rinse in clear water. Rinse several
times, until the water looks clear. Last
". starch in thin starch and then pin thel
flannel tightly and smoothly to board.
When dry cut the threads; and II the lace
is in raised design pick up the raised
work with a toothpick. If the lace is but
slightly soiled, 1t may be cleaned by
sprinkling thickly with magnesia or
cream of tartar. After being laid away
for a week the cleaning mixture must be
shaken OF and the lace wiped with a
clean, QTy ClOIu. IL IL 1S COAVCuASA1 ~
clean with neither fire nor light in q
room and the windows wide open, naph-
tha does excellent work. Let the lace
| soak for about an hour in a bowl OF
naphtha, then wash it by working gently
between the hands. Rinse in a second
bowl of naphtha, stinen with solution
| Of gum arabic and pin on a covered
board to dry. For cleaning common
! laces, prepare a suds of white soap, wa
ter and borax as for fine laces. Soak the
lace in the suds for ten hours, then work
gently between the hands and wash in q
second suds in the same manner. Rinse
until the water Is clear, then starch. The
wet lace may be dried by stitching it ia
| flannel. or by immediate pressing with
q strip of cheesecloth between the iron
and the lace. The tinted laces are now
more in vogue than the dead white and
the desired tint may be given duringthe
laundering process, just before the lac<
is starched or in the last rinstng water
Make the tinting fluid quite strong, ther
try a bit of goods in it before using or
the laces. If too strong, add water. Tt
give thread lace soft look pass i
through a solution OF one drop of blacl
ink to one-half pint of water. For al
ecru tint use saffron, tea or coffee.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
A Good Sweet Pickle.

This formula will answer for most
fruits: Take four quarts of best vinegar,
Ave pounds of best brown or coffee
sugar, quarter of a pound OF stick CHINA
mon and two ounces OF whole cloves to
seven pounds of fruit. Boil up and skim
we'll before pouring over the fruit. Most
housekeepers re-scald the sfrup several
times before finally putting away, in Or
der to insure against fermentation
Washington Star.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
Disease ContagIon.

The poisons of some Of the common
and also OF some OF the most 1oathsome
diseases are frequently contained in the
mouth. In such cases anything that il
person may, IL It touches the lips of an
other, convey disease. The more direct
the contact, the greater the danger. 1t
is believed that much can be done to pre-
vent contagion by teaching habits OF
cleanliness. ~
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
OLD POLITICAL ISSUE.
NatlOn's Legislative History Proves
That Government Can Assist
in Road Building.

In the early days of our national his
tory, whether the general government
should take hand in making internal
improvements became one of the great
political issues. The matter was fought
out in congress and in political cam
paigns, and finally settled in the affirm
atiye. Among the improvements dis
cussed, the building of roads was prob
ably the most important. Plans were
made for connecting the different parts
of the country by national highways.
The national pike was built from Cum
berland, Nd, to the Ohio river, and then
on westward. The plan was to build on
to st. Louis, but before that point was
reached the building OF steam railroads
had begun, and the people lost interest
in the road question.
In these days when river and harbor
bills are looked upon as a matter of
course, and national aid to road improve
ment is considered a novel proposition,
it is interesting to recall that the Ques-
tion of road building by the nation was
a great and burning issue long before
river and harbor bills were ever heard
of. 1t is also worth noting that pres
bills as unconstitutional long after ma
tional aid to road improvement had be-
come settled policy.
1t does not seem probable that the
question of constitutionality will ever
be seriously raised against such legisla-
tion as that proposed in the Brownlow
bill for national aid in the building Of
roads. 1t can be defended as strongly
as river and harbor legislation under
those clauses of the constitution which
authorize the federal government Ito
promote the general welfare" and to
regulate commerce between the states. 3"
But in addition to these, it finds its
strongest warrant in the authority con-
ferred upon congress ito establish post
roads," provision that is growing in
practical Importance every year with the
extension Of the rural free delivery sys-
tem
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
FOR FALL AND WINTER.
Fnncies Of Dame Fashion That Ar
Finding Favor with Her Faith
full Followers.

Moleskin is the fur novelty both for
hats and wraps.
Ombre effects are observed in hat
Carniture of every sort.
Wheel designs predominant in the new
trimmings.
Wide stiff collars on simple gowns are
much worn in Paris.
Stock and yoke in one is feature Of
many of the new gowns. reports the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Renaissance braid is combined with
wool lace in some Of the prettiest Of the
new passementeries.
All the early fall shirt waists show
decoration of fancy buttons, plain and
fancy pearl having the preference.
In addition to black and white wool
lace is to be had in brown, gun metal.
gray, red, purple and blue tints.
Small. fiat gilt buttons trim the new
est skirts Of Paris designing and in many
instances the buttons serve a practical
az well as ornamental purpose.
Wreath effects in silk ruching or lace
are favored as garniture for gowns o1
crepe de chine and similar fabrics.
Egg plant purple is variation of this
modish tint which Is favored for stree
gowns.
A number of new and attractive pat
terms are found in the hairline net veil
ing, which is so becoming to the averag'
woman.
With the French tailored suits ar
seen coats on the Louis XVI. orde
trimmed with braid, buttons and Persia1
naRsementerie
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
AE@E4lzAIj|l|k||IEi;lglRN a. q
DR}ly!Ngggz1 g1zM!!ERj1f
AN INGENIOUS GATE.
who Considers 1t the Best Thing
Ever Devlsed.

My gate is made of one by four boards
Tor ends and braces a and b, and one by
six for the body of the gate. The ends.
one by four. and braces, are double. or
one on either side of body boards, and
are put together with a three-eighths
bolt at each corner, and at each end OF
brace b, as shown by small circle. A
20 spike is driven through the center
of the ends and brace b and body boards,
except where bolts are used, AZ brace
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
Secretary Woman's State Fedora
ton Says: ''Pe-ru'na Does More
Than is Claimed for II.

Mrs. Julia M. Brown, Secretary OF the
woman's State Federation OF California,
writes from 1917 Fifth St., Los Angeles,
CAL, as follows:
II have never known of any patent
medicine which did what it professed to
do except Peruna. This remedy does
much more than it claims, and while
have never advocated any medicine l
feel that it is but Justice to speak good
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
GOOD ROADS SRUsR


The rapidity with which the senti-
ment In favor OF national aid to tho
common roads Of the country has
spread. and the eagerness with which
the proposition is welcomed since the
have not only been highly
gratifying to the friends Of the meas
ure, but surprising and astonishing to
its opponents. The truth is the great
body of the farmers OF the land are slow
in demanding what they are Justly en-
titled to. Had the same necessity a.
the want of good roads among farmers
existed in relation to the manufactur-
ing, mining or commercial interests OF
the country, such a necessity would have
long since been recognized and met by
adequate appropriations from congress.
The tillers of the soil do not work in
concert for their own advancement. BY
the census of 1900 the whole number OF
people above the age of ten years en-
gagged in gainful occupations in the
United States was 29,O74, III. OF this
number 1881 ,765 were engaged In agri-
cultural pursuits. No other specified oc-
cupation employs SO many. The manu-
featuring and mechanical pursuits en-
ploy 7,086. .992 persons: trade and trans
portation, 4,766, 1864, and professional
service, 1855, ,739. And yet the farmers
of the country, that contribute more to
it's permanent prosperity than all other
classes combined, have the smallest
amount of consideration in the matter
OF congressional appropriations. In all
the history of the past legislation Of tho
country but few efforts have been made
to equalize the benefits of congressional
appropriations. Until the rural mail
routes were established citizen living
in the country rarely received direct
benefits from the money expended by
the general government, except that
for the agricultural department.
The commerce of the country felt the
exuberance of fresh and lusty life and
vigor from the improvement of the
rivers and harbors, but this exuberance
would have been vastly increased had
half the money appropriated for rivers
and harbors been applied to aid in the
improvement and maintenance of the
public roads, the very foundation OF
commerce.
It must not be imagined that anyone
proposes that the government shall en-
ter upon the work of building public
highways without the cooperation of thu
state, county or other political subdi
vision. The policy of the government
should be to help those communitie.
that help themselves; to stimulate &C
ton and enterprise rather than to re
press it by appropriating money to thos'
| selves.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

word for it because lave found it to be
such q rare exception.
'T have known several women who
were little better than physical wrecks,
mothers who dragged out miserable,
painful existence, but were made we'll
and strong through the use Of Peruna.
have known OF cases of chronic cata-rh
which were cured in short time, when
a dozen different remedies had been ex-
perimented with and without good re-
suits. I use it. myself when feel nerv-
Gus and worn out, and I have always
found that the results were most satis-
factory" JULIA M. BROWN.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
CHURCH WORKER SAYS
SHE OWES HER LIFE, TO PE+RU-NA.
HER GREAT FORTUNE.
A Woman Saved From Lifelong
Misery and Made Happy
and Useful.

A woman confined to the house for
several years with q chronic female
derangement had finally given up hope
Of being cured.
She had tried physician after physi-
clan, and remedy after remedy. without
any permanent Improvement.
Her treatment had cost her husband
who was q poor man, hundreds of dol
lars. They had been obliged to deny
themselves many comforts OF lie IN
order to get money enough to pay the
physicians.
and wretched, and scarcely able to keep
out Of her bed. Her children were
growing up neglected and ragged, be-
cause Of the want Of q mothers care.
Her husband was becoming discouraged
and broken down with overwork.
Picking up the paper one day she hap
pened to read an item which contained
the news that DR.. Hartman would treat
such cases free Of charge by letter. She
Immediately wrote the doctor describing
her case. and giving him all her symp-
toms.
She soon received a letter telling her
exactly what to do, and what medicines
and appliances to get. She began the
treatment (the principal remedy being
Peruna) at once, and in few weeks she
was well and strong again, able to do
her own work.
This otter Of free home treatment to
women is still open to all who may need
the services of this eminent physician.
All letters applying for treatment will
be promptly answered, and be held
strictly confidential.
Miss Annie Hoban, Post Pocahontas
of Yemassee Council Of Red Men
(Women's Branch), writes from S72
Eighth Ave., New York:
''Three months ago I was troubled
ness about the stomach. Sleep brought
me no rest for it was restless Sleep
The doctor said my nervous system
was out of order, but his prescriptions
didn't seem to relieve me. l was told
that Peruna was good for building up
the nervous system. After using it for
two months I know now that 1t Is.
want to say that it made new woman
Of me- The torturing symptoms have
IPeruna did me more good than all the
other medicines I have taken.
ANNIE HOBAN.
Miss Mamie Powell, Lake Charles.
Louisiana, writes:
! II sincerely believe that Peruna is:
} woman's best friend, for it has certainly
been that to me. I had had headaches
backaches and other acneS every mOnth
for a long time, but shortly after be-
gan taking Peruna this was thing or
the past, and have good reason to be
grateful I take a bottle every spring
and fall now, and that keeps my health
perfect, and certainly am more robust
, now than I have been before and am
weighing more. do not think any
one will be disappointed in the results
obtained from the use of Peruna-"
MISS MAMIE POWELL
II you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use OF Peruna'
: write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving q
: full statement of your case, and he Will
= be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
) vice gratis.
> Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, @.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
TRAVELLING MAIL BOX.
Follow Instructions Here Given and
Your Letters win Come from
Road to House.

Request is made for device for run
ming a mail box on wheels. If ground IL
level from point of delivery to house
from the house, If you want the box
at the road slip the wire up the post
from B to A on the wire AB; when you
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

New Way to Cook Squash.
When tired Of summer squash cooked
the old way, try frying as you would egg
plant Cut thin. dip In flour, fry In but
ter or drippings. It will take the placs
Of meat..-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
She wns Lucky

She Was Lucky.
yesterday was . mighty lucky day for
Miss Prettygirl."
''Why?"
II proposed to her and she accepted
me-"
"Yes, people are usually considered lucky
when they have got soft thing. .''-Hous-
ton Post
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

''The porcupine may not be desirable
associate" said the coon, "yet he has his
good points"
True" replied the fox, "but he is apt
to be an awful fatterer."
"Flatterer!" echoed the coon.
YES" answered the fox, "he IL apt to
ee=a one AVA, with stuck-ap fee1ins."-
Chicago Daily News.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

A dumb-waiter can't talk, but neither,
for that matter, can q speaKlng-tube:~ :~''
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31
.eDon't Chew the Rar.p

Do not grumble. II things do not 70
TO SUIT you, and all your efforts seem out
of joint, as they often will seem, accept
the inevitable without complaint and
have another try: A chronic grumbler
is a nuisance to himself and all around
him. Every one feels like giving a wide
berth to the one who is always complain
ing Of hard luck. The man who cannot
meet trouble face to face when it comes.
and conquer it, will find rough path
but the one who, with stout heart and
cheerful determination, takes the bad
with the good, and makes the best Of the
bad and the most Of the good. will find
his pathway smoother for rft-Epitomist.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

Doesn't the odor Of burning leaves
make you sick?" asked Jinks. 'Oh, no"
replied Junks, Il smoke Turkish cigarettes,
You know"-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

Good manners are at 4 discount nova:
days. It is fashionable to be snippy.
Iet good manners are as great factor
Times.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

Nseesby-"Aren't those baggagemen de-
structive cusses?" Waggsby-"l should
say SO. They treat trunk as II 1T were
promise and they were the sultan OF Iur-
baltimore American.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-31

Mere family never made a man great.
passports to enduring fame.-Skobeloff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-16
MODERN sERvIA.

From the New York Times.
 Modern Servia is roughly, coterminous with the Roman province of Moesia Supe- rior. In the post Roman days it's popula- tion, an industrious Thracian tribe, was busted by a Slav tribe coming from be- yond the Carpathians. The newcomers called themselves Servians and under the protection of the Byzantine emperors they extended their dominions to the frontiers of Macedonia and to the Adri- atic. They remained, however, down to the middle of the fifteenth century. with out organization and without any special civilization. Until that period Servia was inhabited by collection of tribes, each governed by zhupan, or chief, but in 1440 these chiefs came together In coun- cil and a few years later one of their number, Ciehail Yoislavic, was addressed king by Pope Gregory VIII. Then the Turks conquered them, and for years they were under a pasha, who received his directions from Constantinople. For nearly two centuries Servia remained more or less under Turkish rule, although
 revolts from time to time, now in one tribal district, now in an- other. until Kara (Black) George came upon the scene in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-16
The Useful Lamp Chimney.

From the Womans Home Companion.
 A chimney taken from a lighted lamp Is one of the best and most quickly pre- pared 'hot applications" Simply slip the hot chimney into an old stocking and ap- ply to the pain. If steam is needed, take a damp warm cloth and wrap around the chimney If the heat Is for cough or the croup wrap in a flannel rag smeared
 with mutton tallow and turpentine. Ap- piled to the chest or throat, relief will be had almost at once. If your feet are cold
 at night place a hot chimney to them,
 and they will soon be warm. A lamp
 chimney is especially practicable during
 summer months, when the fires are out for you can light the lamp and thus have
 hot applications in few minutes. Group, collie, toothache, earache, coughs, rheu-
 matic pains and many other ills flee be- fore the hot lamp chimney in this house. hold.
 To press short seams without using an iron. light a small kerosene lamp, regu- lating the blaze to keep the chimney moderately hot then dampen the seam to be pressed Pass the seam quickly over the spherical part of the chimney. and 1t
 will be pressed as nicely as could be done with a hot iron. Velvet ribbon, also. may be pressed in this way by dampening 1t on the linen or satin side. | they rubbing on the chimney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-16
Water In Jones Valley.

Alderman O'Neill will read Senator Morgan's letter to the board of alder men tomorrow night, and he will ask that some action be taken toward the securing of an ample flow of water in Jones valley alike for manufacturing and navigation purposes.
 No doubt surveys should be made of both the Locust Fork route and also of the Guntersville route, so that the amplest information will be at hand when congress meets, but in the Locust Fork proposition something more than a survey is needed. The flow of water in Locust Fork in dry weather should be ascertained by the best possible testimony The discharge measure ments in MT. Halls report on the water powers of Alabama show how much water passes Cordova and Tuscaloosa, but they do not throw any light on the volume of water in Locust Fork.
 Senator Morgan is inclined to con slider Locust Fork bold stream at any season of the year. To use his own words, "It is larger than the Chagres, which they would have us believe is large enough to feed a ship canal" The testimony as to the flow in Locust Fork in dry weather is con ficting, and more light is needed In relation to it.
 At Guntersyille there is of course an abundant supply in each and every month of the year. The tables of Mr. Hall show that In the driest year of recent times, that of 1899, there was a discharge at Chattanooga of 6600 cubic feet every second, and the maxi mum discharge Is ten times that sum. There Is water enough in the Tennes- see at Guntersviile, and the question lS, lb lJ iedSlDl6 tO IuTu WhLeI lTOIn that great river into Jones valley? If 1t be practicable, and Chairman Burton becomes convinced that 1t can be done, the government will noC be apt to con sider long the expense.
 The council should be prepared to- morrow n.ght to discucs the subject intelligently and thoughtfully. It is the gravest question before the people of this district, and quick or decisive answer is not expected, but wise and progressive steps may be taken, and perhaps the board of aldermen will be able to blaze the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-16
NEW RIFLE OF UNCLE SAM.
Wonderful Weapon for Use of Army
 and Navy and Militia.

A Washington telegram to the New York Tribune says the armys and navy and eventually the militia of the United States will be equipped with the most effective firearm in the world. This is the result of exhaustive tests just com pleted with the new experimental twenty four-inch magazine rifle, designed by the ordnance department, embodying the best features of the army and navy service weapons with numerous improvements over their mechanism as well as over the best points of foreign ordnance.
 This rifle, which has just triumphed in the most ingenious tests that could be devised by board of infantry and cav airy officers uses a rimless cartridge. The weight of the bullet is 220 grains. and that of the powder charge is 445 grains. The powder pressure is 42,OOo pounds to the square inch, and the muzzle velocity is 2,3OO feet second. The rif1ing in the barrel makes one turn in eight inches.
 The magazine can be charged from a clip by inserting either end of the clip In a seat in the rear of the receiver, and by forcing the cartridges from 1t directly into the magazine by pressure of the right thumb on the top of the cart ridge. The clip Is elected by the forward motion of the bolt. The gun can be used as a single loader with the magazine empty and if the magazine is partly empty 1t can be filled by the in- sertion of single cartridges.
 The experimental rife, with the twenty four-nch barrel and rod bayonet, weighs two pounds less than the United States magazine rife, model of 1898, the present service arm, with it's bayonet and bayo- soohhopd The affon in nine t1f the former up to and including 1,500 yards, is about 50 per cent greater than that of the latter; and the accuracy of the former is IA per cent. greater at 800 yards, 4.6 per cent. greater at 1000 yards. and also greater at 1,5Oo yards than that of the latter. The use of the clip and the charge in the cartridge increase the weight of 100 rounds three-quarters of a pound.