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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
WHO WILL BE "IT"2

ssOn-ery, u-ery. ick-ery, Ann.
Fillesy. follesy, Nicholas, Jonn-
Down In the meadows. the children u
Tell their quain, numbers the old-fashioned
way;
All In a row. while the counting Is done.
Lips tightly closed. and with eyes fuii Oh
fun.
Listening to catch every saying and sign.
Waiting their turns. to the last in the line.
Grandmamma smiles. for grandmammas
know
The funny. old counting they said long ago.
After the spinning-wheel lessons were
done,
Down In the orchard and out In the sun,
lust a wee while before candle-light came.
Grandma was OF with the rest for game.
And she will tell. If you ask her. the way
She and her playmates the queer WORDS
would say.
In the same orchard, her Grandchildren tell
Riddle and catchword that no one may
spell
Go where you may. tits the merry old game;
Everywhere children may play it the same
Playing at tag the land over. they know
The counting our grandmamma said long
ago.
frank walcott HUT. in Youths Com
panion.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
A Tomb in
the Hills ~
By H. 5. cANF1ELD
,cOpyrish.. ,sos. BY Daily story Pub. Co,

THE fresh yellowish green of the
spring had not changed to the
darker hues of summer, for the season
was late in the Pennsylvania hills.
The sunshine warmed sward and barred
ground, but there was lingering chill
in the shade of heavy trees. Three
miles away big city threw its murk
of coal smoke to the sky, but out in
the cemetery there was clearness and
utter peace. From the topmost twig
of a maple an oriole swung and chant
ed his evening hymn and, though the
sun was low. from grass and bush came
the multitudinous hum of insects born
FOR day. All morning and for long
after high noon the burying ground
had been thronged by people who came
to lay offerings of flowers upon the
graves of their loved ones, but now the
forest of marbles was deserted and the
flowers, emblematic in their swift de
cay, were already dropping and with
cred. That pale Death (Pullida Mers)
which knocks with equal hand at the
door of prince and peasant seemed still
to linger about the place and mutter .
benson. Slow on the late breeze came
the rolling notes of bell from the
city and the round golden sounds har.
monized with the quietness and en-
riched without breaking it.
Robert Harding, who was lawyer
and had come to Scarborough on bust.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
BIRD SONG ON THE VIVA
Much Beauty In Added when =
SOngster Rises Above
the TreetOps.

"The songs OF all birds gain I
beauty when they are uttered O
wing. They seem to be delivau
with more abandon and greater
ume. The water-thrush's ~
cousin, the oven-bird, furnished 4
striking example of this. His -
nary song consists of repetitioa =
the same note hammered out VIII Z
constant crescendo. Very effective !
is, too, as part of the general -
of the forest, though lacking ind1x1
ual attractiveness on account OF y
monotony of its iteration. But W.
the bird rises above the treetops =
descends after the fashion Of the =
digo bird to an accompaniment :
scattered notes, he takes far hig
rank as a performer" says . VIZ
in Lippincott's Magazine. Not :
ways, however, does he require 2
exhilaration and inspiration OF
aerial toboggan to cause him to -.
don his plain chant for a moro Co..
song. / have heard him sing the =
ter perched on a grapevine, not =.
feet above the ground. And. a =
show that he did not reserve hh 2
perior powers for special occane
he mingled it with his plain chant 2
ending with the song, and sol
times reversing this order. l love
see the oven-bird on the grow
There is such a ludicrous assumpns
OF dignity on his part as he strle.
about the stage, never for mon
forgetting himself so far as to -
There is the same even, meass
steadiness about his movements =
there is in his chant. 1t is only w
he launches himself into the :
fervescing song that he forgets :
staid demeanor."
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14

RACES are contracted alone and that people who marry 90 SO
for life. ,.
This would off hay marriages means OF course tna e'
must Judgment, thing hard to find where mat GU
tersin consideration.
control the hay marriages the impoV
dent ones and marketing for crest and coat OK
arms If hasy marriage has been contracted then society mas It's
rights children they have rights and separation %
take place gavest for it. We should make
marriage difficult; should make divorce difficult
for divorce ought to be few but fundamental ~
granted for only those recognized as mas
impossible married would name nhdei'y
wfu deseron cruelty and natural causes "
the of divorce to these few
perhaps such things should be regarded as cause for
separation. -,
difficult obtain divorce by COLLISION we
should divorced people from until stated Peroo Oh
time has elapsed after the granting of the decree
We the people who to the divorce courts
We might we'll blot the to try to abolish divorce
And the solution of the problem must not have repeatedly said
be The church has not control 1t cannot control
marriages divorce doubtful whether would
be wise to leave it to that tribunal
agitation will end the abolition OF the divorce
institution bteren The problem old as
world all likelihood last until the end of the world In
beginning the Lords emphatic utteranc What therefore God
together put asunde But the disruption OF
God followed by the breaking down OF the once in
dissolube welded union of man with woman.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14

ness, wanted rest on Decoration day
and went to the place Of tombs to find
It. He had fingered for hours watching
the slowly moving crowds, or reading
the inscriptions cut into the stones.
BE had seen many tears; he had seen
grief in all of its stages from the agony
which treads upon the heels Of fresh
loss to that quiet resignation begot BY
years. Always the scent Of the tons OF
flowers was in his nostrils and in his
ears subdued voices.
We do not differ go widely from the
Chinese after ALL" he had said. They
are a people of ancestor worxhippers.
and these rites are tinged strongly
with worship Of the dead"
Now, late in the afternoon. tired bv
his long watch, he sat with his back
against a massive granite shaft which
rose above him, faced and pointed like
an obslisk. It had been q restful day
and he felt the better for it. Not any
of the grief he had seen touched him,
because he was used to grief and the
plants and signs of the people seemed
far away.
He sat while the minutes passed and
the shadows heightened, half doing.
and his mind, as such minds win. straw
Cd from the graves and murdered bios
Soma to the intricacies of the case upon
which he was engaged. He was run
ning over its main points in desultory
way and fast drifting into slumber
when he heard the sudden crunch Of
wheels on the gravelled drive and
reused with start. CHANGING around
the corner Of the shaft 1T his back he
eaw . carriage stop ten PAGES away.
u was . carriage Of dark green body
With black wheels. The horses were
boy and blo0ded. The goodman wore
. rich and inconsricuous livery. o.
~ panels was = coat-of-arms not
1arger than the palm Of hand. There
1as solidity, richness and quietude IN
III Of the appointments of the equip
ags which spoke Of wealth and breed
M. Harding noted that the coachman
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
PRODUCTIVE CITY FARMS.
Hundreds of Gardens In PhIladel.
phia Cultivated by Poor Men
Over Fifty.

The Philadelphia Vacant Lot asso-
citation was organized in 1897, and
each year since increased the scope
of its work. In 1902 no less than 79A
gardens were planted on 1881 vacant
acres of Philadelphia. The value of
the product was in excess of $50, 900,
all of which went to the cultivators,
says the Boston Budget. In 1897,
when the association began, . large
part of the gardeners were able
bodied men out Of employment; now
62 per cent. of the tilling is done by
men who are more than so years Of
age. The opportunity to raise gar
den stuff has proved q great help,
not only to the pocketbooks of poor
old men, but their general happiness
as well. 1t has enabled the enfeebled
to resist for q longer time that most
disagreeable of all processes-that of
being put on the shelf.
Vacant-lot cultivation is to be COM
mended for other reasons than the
fact that it adds to the income Of
those who have little. The poverty
stricken denizens of our city slums
are usually born and reared inside
the city limits. They know nothing
of country life, of the delights of
growing things, and apparently are
doomed to endure the miserable dis.
comforts and privations of the slums
unless relief is brought to them. Il
is blessing for them to acquire a
knowledge of market gardening, with
its stimulus toward home building.
The vacant-lot associations are, in a
measure, bringing country life, with
its Blooms of pure air, wholesome
food and health-giving exercises, to
the very doors of the slums. Vacant
lot cultivation is not only a boon to
old age, but assisting in the work
are hundreds of children who ara
thus withdrawn from characterize.
stroying idleness and taught some
practical knowledge of the processes
of nature.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14

a little, put him on my horse, and we
went home.
Mr.. Egan may not have had any
matches, either, but he was too old q
hunter to need them; he no doubt
knew of this trick, and had he not been
stunned from a fall, could have used
it. had not supposed that there was
. man living who was in the habit of
using a gun, but would know how tc
start fire this way. found men
right in that camp, though, who did
not know it. or At least had never
thought of il.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
SPEARING REDH0ps.
An Exciting River Spor,
sists in Part of Tv..n
Overheard Freque.u-

Many bright northern river.
thousands of the queer fish H.,
and near as the redhorse. II
see where the red part of II.
comes from, as the fish has -
fins and tinges of scarlet Aim.
sides, but why horse, nobcd, :
says tbs New York Sun.
The Iedhorse is of no good !.
angler. 1t is willing enough !.
but nature has placed its month z
its head. 1t is a small mouth Z
large a fish, and it gets its foodh
ton, just as the buffalo and oth,,s
water members of the suckert-
get theirs. The redhorse cosp
taken by fishing, but is not worn
trouble. To men with the !,
though, the redhorse furnishes A.
cradle sport.
L, is a fish that viii weigh irc,
to eight pounds ard goes liz "a.
liking deep water. 1t is not 81,
boat, attending to little that il :
on above it while it is browsine !.
bottom. and it Offers good ns.i
is hunted in daylight and by torn.
The torch hunting is the easier.
The spear used is two-pronssg
each prong has a barb. To It'd
tened long pole. sometimes dein1
for thrusting, sometimes for ~
like a javelin-
The thrusting method is inarts
but the surer. The man simplv p
at his fish, and If he hits it hoiss|
out. In throwing or casting he p
have quick eye, be good JUDI
distance and depth of water and
a strong arm. He needs, in fat
much strength as harpoon thru
and more accuracy.
There is nothing so deceptive
clear water. If there is a redbts
two yards in advance of the boatu
apparently a yard deep. it Is eers
that the fish is at least five feet ud
and the man must aim to strile 4
water two feet nearer to the boat.
other words. he must aim two 4
under the fish, and if his aim be q
rect, he will land his quarry.
The depth at which fish can
speared depends upon the weigh.
the spear largely, but SIX feet b,
limit. The casting spear is msdes
orally so that the steel head win q
of when it is fastened to the a
has gone clear through, as oftnh
pens. There is a stout string tied n
and the other part of the stringil
in the spearer's left hand. he
engaged pole floats on the water
| There would not be much I'm
spearing redhorse if man could =
hits three times in five, but be a
center his target oftener than OF
five, and the inexperienced hand l
cast and cast all day and never "a
a scale except by accident. It d
uncertainty of it that lendsfit q
that and the chance Of falling
board, which is good.
The taking of re6horse ID mere
matter of craftsmanship. and The
ject of it is to see whether or n
man can keep his footing. thrcs
spear hard and straight and still 1
his footing. The redhorse is not
good to eat, being bony and Of ca
flesh that tastes, as Thorean 81
the club. like brown paper boilei
There arethousands of them. tho
and a man may get good exercises
ing and retrieving his spear fof
hours at stretch. He will likel]
many more baths than he expe'
as well as fewer fish.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14

Have you discovered any clews in
connection with that crime?"
None Whatever" answered the-de-
tective.
What are you doing in the case?
Playing waiting game. Waiting
Tor one OF the clever amateurs Won
read about in the stories to come
along and solve the whole thing with
out any trouble on our part..Wash.
1ngton Star.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14

Hark! In the dark watches o. O.
night they could plainly hear 4
steps in the kitchen. =
~Burglars!" he exclaimed, hasu1
covering up his head.
"Oh, Henry!" sighed his wife; {
wish I had your faculty for looks
at the bright side of things
sure it's that Brown woman
to entice my cook away.
City Independent
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
An Autonatic Cow.

Mrs. Meadows-Yaas. Hiram rot rid
Of tibet brindle cow tibet useter steal
her own milk.
Mrs. Korntop.-Dew tell? 1 'spose
he tuck most anything he could get
for her.
Mrs. Meadows-He just got double
wat he paid fur her; sold her to tibet
new man from the city ez q self.
mixer. "-Philadelphia Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Its Qualifications.

This" said the dealer, "is the best
automobile you could buy. It's lust
the thing for q lady,"
Yesr she queried. 81 suppose it's
-er-kind and gentle and not afraid
q eiestrie csra"-Philadelphia Press.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
She Might Try.

Daisy-Do You think, dear, you
would love me any better If my hair
were some other color?
Toni don't know. What other
colors have you?{Stray Stories.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
Proof

Little Dot-Mamma says tn cat Il
full of Electricity.
Little Dick-Of course. Put your
ear down on 'er an you can hear the
troney.-Good NewA
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
TAe RieAt sa.A the wre.s Of II.

Whitaker Wrong-Won't you lend
me : fiver, then? Well, I must say
you're laundering fond Of your money.
Cautious Friend-Yes. that's where
the difference is between you and me.
Whitaker Wrong = How do you
meant
Cautious Friend-Why. I'm fond Of
my money. and you're fond of other
peopls'A-Ally Sloper.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-08-14
The Problem Of DiOorce
Bv RT. REV. SAMUEL FALLOWS.

HE divorce problem must be looked upon from an
ethical or sociological viewpoint, well as from the
assumed teachings of biblical or divine law In the mrs
place is not to divorces but to marriages. that atten
ton should be turned Divorce does not follow WIS.,
marriage But if sells herself tor tltie' .,
any other consideration, she profanes marriage AM
must suffer the consequences. Let us see that mar
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der no circumstances. however. will FRED treat
Fisana p.a Rapturs varieoeee EydIoeee.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

Jesse Burkett las climbed back into the
ranks of the 500 hitters. At present he Is
batting .SC3. Not another Brownie Is within
the confines of the heavy-hitting brigade.
Hill, McAleers rev inflelder. ranks next
to Burkett. and is within mailing distance.
Anderson is batting .292, the same n~ure
which Is appended to the name Of the once
mighty Keller. Heidrick is batting IA.
The rest of the Brown regulars are tagging
down around the $50 mark.
The Browns are seventh in club batting.
which accounts to large extent for their
inferior showing in the pennant race.
Anderson leads the first basemen in the
johnson organization. while Barry McCor-
mick, a former Brownie, is at the top Of the
second basenien.
Hill ranks fifth in the list Of third base
men, while Wallace is fourth among the
shortHelders. Hemphilrs rank as an out
fielder is high, tho Teutonic fielder ranking
fifth.
The great Lajoie continues to lead the
American League in batting. while his only
near competitor is Barrett Of Detroit. who
is coming up at tremendous speed. Nine
teen men are batting 300 or better, showing
that the foul-strike rule has hurt the Amer
lean League worse than the National.
Detroit leads in team batting, despite the
weak showing of the club in the percentage
tables.
Tannehill and Howell are tied for the
fielding lead among the pitchers. Kittridge
men and Mccormick the second-base guard
tans. Lave Cross tops them all at third,
Moran at short and Ryan in the gardens.
Three clubs are even in team fielding. The
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

Patsy Donovan. commander of the Car
Seais. is the only st. Louis National
u hsuer in the three hundred class. Dono
~ now ranks high up among the sius-
gers. having an average Of 81. and being
twelfth in the Nationals list of sluggers.
Smoot is batting .:95. and ranks as the
second best batsman on the Cardinal list
Burke is batting .e6s. and Dunleavy ..6..
The much-touted ''Deerfoot'' Barclay is
down among the cellar brigade. his aver
age being only .2i2
In club batting the Cardinals are last.
Three Pittsburg players-kenneiy. Clarke
and Wagner-now lead the National League
in hating. Bresnehan of New York is high
man outside of the Pittsburs coterie. Twen-
ty-four men are batting 900 or better,
showing the effect of the foul-strike rule,
as twice the number would be inside the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23

charmed circle under the former laws of
the game.
Chance leads in stolen bases. while
Beaumont has made more hits and scored
more runs than any other player.
Pittsburg leads in team batting. Chicago
close up. the Reds third. while the Pirates
Lave a vast margin in extra bases.
Warner leads the catchers In field work.
Matthewson and Kennedy are tied for the
lead among the pitchers. Douglass leads
the first basemen. Ritchey the second bag
gers and Dunn the third hasemen. Dahlen
heads the shortstops. and Van Haltren the
outfielders. Brooklyn leads in team fielding.
The figures:
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Cld6liOsc yOuI SAoos ~
eating every ache, pain
and disagretab!e feeling
without asking . single
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victim Of Cataiih. Bron.
chitis. Asthma. Dyspep-
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Donovan Heads Cardinals
in Batting and Kennedy
Leads Entire League.
JESSE BURKE LEADS BROWNS;
DONOVAN is CARDINALS BEST.

Babes Leader Is Twelfth in National League List of Suggers
Is Climbing Rapidly the Fore HterNapoleon Laoe Is
Monarch of the American League Willow Weders While Ken
nedy Clarke Wagner Divide the Honors in the National
Anderson Best First Stacker in American League
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Statistics show that one-half the male
population are weakened between the ages
Of "A and q. and that three-fourths are abb
normally weak between the ages Of q and
6. Excesses and abuses in early life pro-
duce a weakened condition Of the orenns OF
reproduction. Between the ages Of q and
c. these organs should be strong and full
and ready at oil times to perform their
duty with the aighest degree Of satisfaction
whenever called upon by nature. Diseases.
abuses and excuses are the greatest OBJ
stacles to mans highest enjoyment of ma
lures precious gift. Drains. losses. var!ccs
cello. backache. dizziness. nervousness. BASH
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