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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-03
lis Impure BEoOd.
lard mill in Silver City

vWhat is it?" asks the mother as she
notices the smooth skin of her child
marred by a red or pimply eruption. 1t
is impure blood, and the child needs at
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

in-chief and founder of the nation;
conqueror, by force of popular fer
vor, supersede the statesman and
stride like victor to the white
house. From the II examples that
remain we learn that a coming pres
ident must be in political life, wleth-
er as an illustrious statesman. to
whom the Office comes like a natural
promotion with hardly an effort, or
as suddenly risen man of fame, to
whom the popular feeling DEGREES it..
If he be neither of these, then he
must be a statesman distinguished
beyond the average, or one of aver
age vet real distinction, who in cith-
er case must reach out for the COW
eted place, with general feeling of
the propriety of his having it. If
such a one, in the course of events.
has had an opportunity to success
fully turn his hand to warfare, after
the fashion of public men in this
land of citizen soldiery, his martial
popularity will count largely in his
favor. Or an average statesman will
have a useful lead if he pOsse esses
those personal qualities, such as tact,
patience and grace-the iron hand in
the velvet glove-that enable him to
| manage all sorts and conditions of
| men, and so to make himself quietly
predominant. Lastly, to be modest
| ly but honorably in politics, with at
tractive personal qualities ard good
! claims to private esteem, is to be
hopefully in waiting for the day
when a party, torn by the rival con
tentions of its principal men, shall
look over into the next rank for q
substitute candidate, and thus bring
the honor suddenly.-Charles F. Ben
jamin, in St. Nicholas.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

fungus stems and suckers just as
carefully as human planter would.
AS soon as the fungus begins to grow
it sends out fine threadlike Stems in
to the air. If these are allowed to
grow they will finally bear spores.
But the ants do not allow them to
grow. They keep certain members
of their colonies busy biting them off
the moment they appear.
After being pruned for short time
the fungus begins to develop little
swellings which are particularly rich
in albumen. And after being culti-
vated for few months the little
swellings are found everywhere
around the bottom of the pile.
Some species of ants carry fertil-
izers to their gardens. They bear
finely chewed wood, moldering leaves,
dead insects and other similar ma
terialto the fungus plantations to en-
rich the soil and increase their yield.
N " Sun.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
come popular heroes through famo,

come popular heroes through famous
victories, for which reason they were
taken into politics and made presiden.
tial candidates, as being more likely
to defeat the civilian candidates of the
opposite parties.
Presidents Buchanan, Garfield, Ben
jamin Harrison and Mckinley were
public men of long and prominent serv-
ice, who, without surprising other mer
of their own parties, perhaps, were
plainly in the front rank. They were
finally preferred in the nominating
conventions because we'll and strong"
ly supported by their adherents, and
because their prospects of success
favorably impressed the members OF
the conventions.
Presidents Lincoln and Cleveland
| were public men who each made q
| rapid rise to national Importance be-
cause he seemed to be the very man
| to deal with questions out of the
ordinary line of politics, which much
| engrossed the popular mind at thu
time.
Now let us see what our 20 exam
pies can teach US about how to at
tain the presidency. First, we must
, put aside Washington, Taylor ane
Grant as exceptional instances; fol
we shall hardly again have creator
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
CROPS RAISED BY ANTS.
Wonderful Skill i'm FertiliElnR ~
Well as Pruning Exhibited by
Some Species.

Recent study of ants has added an
other to the many facts that show the
intelligence these insects possess. The
latest discovery is that some species ac-
tually plant and raise their own crops.
The big leaf-cutting ant of the trop-
les is the most proficient species in the
agricultural line. These ants visit
plants and cut little fragments out of
the leaves. Sometimes they will ruin
a whole plantation over night, leaving
the plants with ragged fragments of
their foliage.
Until recently it was supposed that
the leaf-cutters ate the pieces of leaf.
Rut now it is known that they carry the
fragments to their mounds, where they
chew them over and over, moistening
them at the same time with acid secre-
tions, until tley have made a soft
snongv mass. This is kneaded and
worked over and over again until it IL
big heap full of small holes.
In this spongy mass the ants deposit
the spores of certain fungus which
forms the greater part of their food
supply. Different species of ants have
different species of fungus.
To produce most albumen the fun
aus must not be permitted to seed. O.
course this is simple matter, vel
known to every florist and agricultur
ist. But it's certainly wonderful tha-
ants should haze learned it.
They attend to the pruning Of th'
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

his old teacher, Sir William Turner,
in the chair of anatomy in the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, is the greatest
authority upon giants, says a London
paper. He is at present occupied in
celebrating the proofs of his belief
that giant is a morbid phenomenon.
A man or woman who is more than
six feet five inches, or, at the outside,
six feet six inches, cannot be regard
cd as merely abnormal, the professor
thinks. He has shown that the men,
tai characteristics of giants-easy
good nature, sloth and poor intelli-
gence-are those shown by victims
of a rare disease OF overgrowth
called acromegaly. This is due to en-
largement of an appendage of the
brain, and Prof. Cunningham has
! personally examined every giant
skeleton in the British and continent
tai museums, and found that the lit
tie cavity in the skull corresponding
to this part of the brain is enlarged
in all of them.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs
Killed Her Husbands Friend.

-
John K. Brown, married, 35 years
old, and victim of mad infatuation
for the wife of John Kimbro, was
killed at the latter's home at Nash
vile. Tenn, while attempting to en-
ter it. The woman did her own shoot
ing and shot to kill. In an adjoining
room her husband and children slept
through the fusillade, for Mrs. kim
bro fired eight shots, fairly riddling
Browns body. Mrs. Kimbro was about
to retire when, hearing guarded
sounds at window, she procured q
pistol. threw open the shutters and
faced Brown. Leveling the pistol at
his breast, she emptied it. Reloading
the weapon, she ran to a porch and
fired three shot at Browns PROSTATE
body. Waking her husband, she told
him of it. The men had been friends,
working for the same manufacturing
company. Some time since Mrs. Kim
bro became offended at Browns evil
glances. Later on, getting rebuff
Brown had commissions in the street
Friendship ended after the conversa'
tion. On Browns person was a letter
saying he had become subject to spells
and he feared they would result in hi,
death.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
AMERICAN SHOE INDUSTRY.
The Output Of Footwear In This
Country Ii Something
@ Enormous.

The books, shoes and slippers made
by machinery in the United States
every year would provide pair of
some kind for more than one-serenth
of the inhabitants of the earth. IT
they were arranged by pairs, heels
and toes touching, they would make
a belt that would encircle the globe,
with enough to spare to stretch
across the North American continent
from New York to San Francisco.
Placed singly, heel and toe, they
would go around the world two and
:. half times. If placed on the tracks
Of our great trunk railroads, the
rights on one rail and the lefts on
the other, they would cover the irons
from the Atlantic to the Pacific of all
the continental lines that now cross
our country, says a shoe journal.
The hides and skins used to form
this immense quantity of shoes come
from all over the world. but chiefly
from the East Indies, South America
! and Europe, and if they were sewed
together in one sheet they would
| make a tent large enough to cover
Manhattan island.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
A Defender of Won en-.

Because he is said to have made m
insulting remark about Il Louisville
woman, C.. L. Watson went 500 miles
from Indiana TO Chattanooga, Tenn.
to administer a drubbing to w. }
Pistor. Watson claims to have beer
connected with the Chicago and New
York papers, and is now travelling fol
a New York firm. He found Piston
in the Read house and knocked him
to the floor, splitting his nose and dis
figuring his face. He then sent Piston
a note, saying that he would whil
him every time they met.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
THE KAISER'S FRIENDSHIP.
Emperor william Has Invited the
American Battleship Fleet to
Visit kfel.

Washington, March 25.-The Post
says: Emperor William of Germany
has given further striking proof of
his desire to maintain friendly rela-
tions with the United States. In
personal cablegram to President
Roosevelt he has invited the battle
ship fleet of the United States in
North American waters to visit Kiel,
Germany, during regatta week in
May. The emperor's message will not
be made public until the president
has sent his reply. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the invitation had it's birth
in the announcement, recently made
by Secretary Moody. that the battle
feet would go in, May on a cruise
across the ocean.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
PARIS BEHIND TIE TIMES.
First DnildlnE With American Con-
veniences and Comforts Only
Recently Erected.

1t is only Of late years that even
the rnore pretentious homes in Paris
would create any enthusiasm in the
minds of Americans, accustomed as
they are to many conveniences which
are considered great luxuries in
France, says the Architectural Rec
ord.
It is no unusual thing to see a cart
with yellow-painted bathtub and a
tank of hot water stop before houses
in fashionable quarters.
Elevators have just come into gen
eral use, and, with the exception of
those of American manufacture, are
usually slow. uncertain and compli-
Gated in mechanism. Wax candles are
to be seen in the chandeliers as often
as electric lights.
Things are, however, changing, and
last year in the avenue du Bo's de
Boulogne a model building was erect
ed, which combines French elegance
with all the American comforts. 1t
is of white sandstone, in late Louis
NV. style, with the entrance at the
side through heavy iron and glass
gates.
The building consists of two "ho-
tells" or private residences, and cne
apartment. The first ''hOter' occu.
pies the first two floors, the apart
ment the third, and the second
'hotcl' the fourth and fifth. The
rooms for the servants are on the
sixth floor.
The ''concierge'' or gatekeeper has
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
RAD RATHER Close Call.
An East Bound Wabash Passenger
Train Jumped the Track at
Elm Point, Mo.
ALL THE SIX COACHES ToPpLED OVER.
A. by . Seeming MI racle No One was
Killed, and Though . Dozen Per-
sons Received Cuts and Bruises
No One Sustained any Very Serl-
Ous Injury.

st. Louis, March 25.-Passenger
train No. 4 on the Wabash, east
bound from Kansas City to st. Louis,
jumped the track at Elm Point, Mo-,
seven miles west of ST. Charles, at six
o'clock Wednesday morning.
A dozen persons were injured, none
seriously, however, and the train was
delayed three hours by the accident.
The wreck was due to a defective
frog of a switch, which stood several
inches higher than the main rail
w. A. Gosnell, = commission man
from Kansas City, and another man
whose name was not learned, were
the most seriously injured. Gosnelrs
ankle was sprained, and the other
mans knee was badly wrenched. Both
were able to continue their journey.
A dozen women in the chair cars
were cut about the face and body by
flying perticles of glass when the six
coaches tipped over.
The train was running at a rate of
25 miles an hour wan the accident
occurred. There were more than 100
passengers On board.
The forward part of the engine
passed over the danger point in safe
ty, but the rear trucks of the tender
left the track and the six coaches fol-
lowed.
The track is elevated about three
feet at the switch and the coaches
topped over Oh the side.
Great excitement prevailed when
the lurch occurred and the passengers
realized their peril. Women screamed,
and all were thrown in mass as the
coaches reeled and fell over on the
right of way.
The glass in the windows was
broken, and most of the passengers
were compelled to escape through the
jagged fragments which still adhered
to the frames, fully a dozen receiving
painful cuts in so doing.
The train crew succeeded in Jack
ing" the tender on the track and the
engine was run to ST. Charles, where
two coaches were secured. The pas
| sengers were then brought on to St.
Louis.
The same train was wrecked at the
same point from a similar cause Sun
! day a week ago and several persons
were seriously injured.
Gosnell was able to come on to
Union station to make connections
| for the east.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
SPECIAL RIVER BULLETIN.
Fail of q Foot at Memphis, But the
Rise at All Points Below
Continues.

Washington, March 25.--The river
at Memphis has now fallen one foot
below the meximum stage of 4O.1 feet,
but continues to rise below. At Vicks-,
burg the stage this morning was 51.z,
and at New Orleans 20.1, rise of Oh
at each place since Tuesday morning.
The river will continue to rise short
ly at both the above-named places,
and the crest will probably pass Hell
ena about Friday Or Saturday.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Baby Devoured by Bears.

From Richmond, Va, comes an ac'
count of three ferocious bears which
are roaming in the mountain region
of the Old Dominion. The animals at
tackled the children of a man named
Parker and killed and ate his two-year-
old baby. Parker's three children
were playing on the edge of the wood
only a few hundred yards from the
house, when the bears suddenly made
their appearance. The animals were
| very bold, and the two older children
rushed madly to the house, forgetfu.
of the baby. The father and mother
| hurried to save the little one, but 81
ready the bears had killed the child
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Fatal Gasoline. EXPLOSION.

Mrs. Lillian H. Benson was burned
to death at Nashville, Tenn, while
lighting gasoline stove. The gaso'
line had leaked ON the floor, and wher
she struck match it ignited, and she
was at once enveloped in flames, the
lower limbs and body being shocking
ly burned. After lingering few
hours in great agony she died at thu
city hospital.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Bank Robbery i'm Kentucky.

at Bardwcll, KY, and secured be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. The vaults
were blown to pieces with nitrogly'
cerin, which also wrecked the build
ing. Considerable currency was blown
to pieces and much silver and gold
coin melted, some of it running to-
gether. Police Chief James Collins
claims to know the gang, and is al
work on the case. 1t is believed they
are the burglars who wrecked the
Wickliffe bank twice, and the Bent or
bank twice, within the last year. The
bank carried $4,000 burglary insur
ance.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Found Hanging to Fence Post.

Hanging to a fence post on the
Thompson farm, halfway betweer
the tracks of the Louisville Jockey
club and Wathen's trotting track, J
man was found dead at Louisville
KY. In his pocket was II letter ad'
dressed to r. Sergeant and signed BY
the Oliver Snyder Machine Co., OF
PittSburg. Pa.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Ministers Ineligible. b.

The constitution of Tennessee pro-
yides that whereas ministers of the
Gospel are by their profession ded-
icated to God and the care of souls
and ought not to be diverted from
the great duties of their functions
therefore no minister of the Gospel
or priest of any denomination what
ever, shall be eligible to a seat in
either house of the legislature.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
FATHER SHOT BY HIS SON.
Ray jackson Probably Fatally
Wounds His Drunken Father In
Defense of His Mother.

Chicago, March 25.-Coming to the
rescue of his mother, who was being
beaten by her drunken husband, Ray
Jackson, 10 years old, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded his father, Alon-
20 Jackson, at their home, Wednes-
day. The son then started to give
himself up. but yielded to the plead
ings of his mother and tried to es-
cape. He was captared later.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
First OX.Tail SOup.

Ox-tail soup, now regarded as ma
tional English dish, was first made
by the very poor of Huguenot ref
ugees from France, after the revo-
cation OF the edict Of Nantes, becasue
OK tails then had no market value.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
De.bt. Of Southern Cities.

The debts of most southern states
diminish slowly, but the debts of
southern cities are not generally
considerable. New Orleans owes $ls,-
OOO, 900; Louisville, $4,000 Kansas
City, $4,000, 900; Memphis, $3,300,Oo0;
Atlanta, $3,300,0O0, and Nashville.
So, 100000.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
"Copeland Gang'' in Trouble.

Three boys were arrested at Mo-
bile, Ala, charged with being respon'
sible for the recent robberies at Hat.
tiesburg, Miss. With a dozen others
they had formed the ''Copeland gang,
and possessed pistols, yellow litera
ture and property to the value o1
$500
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

his lodge just inside the entrance.
He opens the gates and has tn" SUI
pervi ion of general halls and
staircases. ard also cta G, OF the
heating of the entire house in win
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Landslide Wrecks q Train.

A north-bound passenger train or
the Southern railway was wrecked at
Ayersville, Ga, by a landslide of rock
One person, tramp, was instantly
killed, and the fireman and engineer
both of Atlanta, were severely bruised
and Scalded
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

Assaulted by Discharged EmplOye
A. D. Paul, bank president OF
Spring City, Tenn, was assaulted and
seriously injured by discharged ne.
gro employe, who was later captured
with the aid of blOOdhounds.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
A Young Negro Murderer.

John Broadnax, a 16-year-old negro
murdered Sydney Blair, an aged farm
er, at Reidsville, n. c., and seriously
wounded Miss Sallie Walker, a niece
The governor has ordered a specia
term of court for the trial of Broad
max.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Casaimiro Clccone Dead.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 25.-Cassimi-
70 Ciccone, the aged Italian who was
thought to be principal in the al
legged gigantic insurance fraud re-
Gently perpetrated at New York, 10
dead at the home Of his daughter in
this city.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Toronto Opera House Burned.

Toronto, Ont, March 25.--The To-
ronto opera house was burned
Wednesday,. The estimated loss was
$50. 900. The king of Detectives"
company lost it's scenery and cos
TUNES, valued at $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28

United the
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Fifty b
medical
non March4 n
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
TALL MEN ARE FREAKS.
Learned Authority Upon Giants Says
They Have Small Brain
Cavities.

Prof. Cunningham, who has been
appointed to succeed and serve under
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
nnp Grnvin~ NRvv

Our Growing Navy.
When the recent act of congress
becomes effective the navy will have
almost 10000 officers and men.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
killing at Sable, Miss.

At Sable, Miss, w. 7. Boykin fatal
]y stabbed Jackson Long in a dispute
over business transaction and killed
a young son of the latter who at
tempted to interfere.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Human Brute Capturcd.

Walter Landthrift, a married man
attempted assault on 12-year-old gir
near Gadsden, Ala, and was later cap
tured, with the aid of bloodhounds.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Farmer Killed by a Train

S. f. Jones, farmer, was killed at
Hickory Valley, Tenn, by an Illinois
Central train. He leaves q wife and
II children.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
pa..enxer Trains Collide.

Two passenger trains on the Nash
Vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad
collided near Shell Mound, Tenn, and
FIVE trainmen were injured.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
Standard Oil Safe Cracked.

Safe blowers cracked the safes O.
the Atlanta (Ga.) office of the Stand
ard Oil Co. and secured $500 in none,
end So 900 in checks.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-03-28
wouldn't be vaccinatcd.

Prof. T. A. Weaver, head of an etlu-
cational institution, was sent to jail
at Asheville, n. c., because he refused
to be yaf:cinated.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
AckERsoN HOMES IN FLATsUsH.

The T. p. Ackerson Company has issued a oooh
on the subject of suburban homes rms company
owns land in Flatbush, called Beverly oquaIo'
where II is TO keep hand at least thirty he"
houses Of different designs, and surrounded py
lawns. which can be bought on the instalmeft
Man. The cost, 1t is asserted, is less month
than the average Manhattan rentpayeT pays lor
The Ackerson Company asserts that It ,SgT Ser5T
houses cheaper than it would cost an lldlVlduSii
70 b1,ild because the company buys buldlng ma
teriaI in large quantities and keeps its own IoIee
oF mechanics constantly at work. 1t also assefts
that 1t charges no profit the construction. as
the building department is merely an aoJuhcI u
its land business 49, c-i.~
Nowhere within twenty-five minutes or the ,S ClIy
Hall the company declares. is property so cileiip
and at the same time SO healthful as, az 6eNerly
Square. AS a result Of the two new orldses no"
building together with the Rapid transit tunnel
Tatbush property is expected to increase In vaIue
New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
TELLS OF INCREASE IN BUILDING.

The Construction News of April IS says. in an
article on building in twenty-three cities for March
Building operations for March IN twonty-three Of
the principal cities in the country show an increase
of 20 per over the corresponding month a year
ago according to special reports to The Construc-
ton News" During the month just closed permits
were taken out for the construction Of 1880 build
ing improvements involving S37246 655, against 726
building improvements aggrega ting 30,S68,626, a
gain of 164 buildings and S6279.S29-
Fourteen of the twenty-three cities show a gain
Of from oo3 to $50 per cent the most notable in
crease being in Kansas City. amounting to $50 per
cent. New-Orleans showed an increase of 70 per
cent; St Louis, 86; Milwaukee, 6S Atlanta, So
Brooklyn, 4; Philadelphia. 52; Cleveand IS; Louis,
Vile, %; Minneapolis 13; New-York City. 8, and
Chicago. 6. The most notable decrease was SS per
cent in Denver. Allegheny decreased 81. St Paul So
Memphis 47, washington 36, Buffalo 80, Detroit
%. Seattle and Cincinnati per cent. This is
considered very good showing. and so far as pre-
dctions be based upon reports from all sections
of the country there is absolutely no indication Of
fa Hing off. Building operations are upon scale
of great magnitude. and there is apparently no
why there should be any falling off from
the high figures established during the last few