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The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

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The idea of object teaching, the founda-
ton Of the Froebel system Of instruction.
has in recent years met with general accept
ance and adoption in almost every branch Of
education, high and low, with resultant BEN
efts which are beyond question. Even such
subjects 40 grammer and arithmetic are
now taught in this way SO far as practicable,
and with marked advantage, over the old
teaching history by making pilgrimages to
the very scenes where great historical events
nave occurred is an application of the same
principle and much more valuable in the
way of impressing the reality of history upon
the minds of the young than any amount Of
mere textbook instruct ion could be. A re-
cent issue of the ''Four-Track Series" pub
lished by the New York Central manage
nent, gives a description of the historical
sites in the immediate vicinity of New York,
which will be of exceeding value for the
guidance of teachers and others who desire
to adopt this method of historical study.
One of the best ways to develop civic pride
and promote good citizenship lies in this
very direction, an increase of knowledge Of
local history being accompanied with an in
crease of interest in matters of local govern
ment and higher concern for what affects
the welfare and good name of the commu-
I should like to know why" said the In
tellectusl !, Grubber, money is called
dough-" because" " simpered the Cheer
full Idiot: Everybody kneads it."-Bai,i-
Many a profit is without honor, even in
its own business.-Puck.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

Close beside tie lparkling brook, whoso
silvery waters danced merrily in the rum
light and rippled joyously. over tie golden
drinking in the glorious beauty of the rus
tie scene and communing with nature in one
Of her chosen shrines. Afar of in the west
the sun seemed to linger on the rim 6 the
horizon as If unwilling to shut out from his
gaze the lovely landscape that gowed with
his departing beams, says Woman's Home
Companion.
I. A thrilling. cry burst from the lips Of the
beautiful girl: George! George!" she al
most shrieked.
y What il it, darling?" he asked, placing
his arm tenderly around her waist. HAS
the romantic, yet oppressive, loveliness Of
the scenery saddened your spirit"
"No, George!" she screamed, waving her
email Of her back. ii think it's some kind
of 4 bur!"
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
The best histories record many
things besides battles and legislation.

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The best histories record many
things besides battles and legislation.
n. Health In Mr. J. F. Rhodes
"es'ea United States"
Tor example, there are some remark
ably suggestive pages about the phys
tcal health OF the American people in
the decade before the civil war. In
this decade Of our own Va are % u.sd,
TO hsspectaele Of athletic young men
andswonen, the product Of new meth-
ods In education and hygiene, that we
forget the. pit whence we were digged.
Let Mr.. Rhodes remind us of it by .
few of the contemporary comments he
has collected. One Of them is Thack-
eray's remark in a letter from New
York: Most OF the ladies are ~ lean
as greyhounds." From the Atlantic
Monthly in 1853 is taken the confes-
sion: 1--WE are nation of hea1th-hunt-
ers, betraying the want by the search" !"
In the same magazine DR.. Holmes
touches upon the "American female
constitution, which collapses just in
the middle third of life, and comes out
Solcanized india-rubber, if it happen
TO live through the period when health
and strength are most wanted" Mr..
Rhodes makes q significant point in
saying that ''the hearty English salu-
tation of good morning had given way
to an inquiry about ones health" not
perfunctory sort, but calling for a
definite answer. Then follows an
amazing array of excuses on the
ground of ll-health brought forward
by members of both houses of con-
Bress. The causes Of this condition
bad cooking and diet, fast eating, lack
or exercise-are shown to have been
fairly national in their scope. Against
all this contemporary testimony it is
fair, remarks the Youths Companion,
to set the consideration that the his
forian of so years hence, noting the
frequency of nervous breakdowns' in
the record of our own times, may sup
pose that We are a generation of weak
hngs. 1t is always easy to generalize
too broadly. Yet the fact remains
that Uncle Sam is gradually growing
from raw-boned, sallow, unhealthy
fellow into creditable specimen OF
health and manly vigor.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
SHE MAY RECOVER HER SIGHT
Doctors Say That Miss Julia Fox, th(
Derby Comm Girl, May Re-
gain Her Sight.

Derby, Conn.,, April 1.-Doctors now
say Miss Julia Fox, the 1s-year-old
high school girl, who was stricken
suddenly blind while at examinations,
may eventually regain her sight. Al
ready with one eye she can distin-
guish light and darkness and even
sharp outlines. The specialist treat
ing her thinks she may even read in
the course of a few weeks, but posi-
bly, never by gas light. He ascribcs
the cause of her blindness to cold
superinduced by overstudy.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

the levees, the on-rushing waters ruin
plantations, fences, levees, drown
stock, cover lands with sand and de-
bris; and often the rivers of mud and
fresh water that are hurled into the
bays and sounds of the delta, destroy
fishes, mollusks and other animal life.
In the flood of 1890, the Water rushed
through a crevasse about 20 miles
above New Orleans, and formed cur
rent of Is miles an hour. The destruc-
tion it worked was terrible. The over
flow, joined by that from another
crevasse higher up, hurried eastward,
causing Lake Maurepas and Lake Pont-
chartrain (6OO square miles in area)
to add their portion to the work of
ruin. The waters continued eastward,
and on entering Mobile bay destroyed
for a time the fish industries Of that
body of water.
A flood in the east would be consid-
cred by the people living there quite as
startling as a volcanic eruption; but
every year the west expects such a
visitation. The affliction is not infre-
quently attributed entirely to the Mis-
sissippi levees, breaks in which allow
the waters to follow unusual courses
and overflow lands considered safe
from their wrath. The conditions,
however, differ greatly on the two sides
of the Appalachian mountains. The
western side has five times the area to
drain, and the immense basin from the
Appalachian to the Rockies must de-
pend upon the Mississippi river for
| outlet, the bed of which is comparative.
ly small.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
x VERY year we expect the


- weeks past he has been
at his work, and the pa
pers are still chronicling floods here
and there. We read of the breaking
of ]evees in Arkansas, of portions of
Tennessee being inundated, railroad
tracks in Mississippi under water,
an army of laborers in New Orleans
strengthening the levees that pro-
tect that city. 1t may be of interest
to take a glance at the past pranks
of this river; in respect to CONNER
cial facilities the greatest river in
the world.
The following are the years of
greatest recorded floods: 171s; De-
cember,. 1888, to June, 1876; ITO,
1852, 1888, 1871, 1876, 1899, 1909, 1911,
1913, 1915, 1916, 1928, 1924, 1928, 1914,
1s49, 1850, 1851, 1883, 1889, 1862, 1874,
1882, 1890, 1s92-e3, 1897.
In I'LL the French commander de
Bienville, was forced by the disas-
trous flood of that year to give up
his plan for the establishment of a
settlement on the Mississippi. Many
levees were broken and great damage
| done in the next recorded flood, the
one of 1856. The spring flood of
| 1911 was very disastrous, and the
| one of 1883 the worst known up to
| that time. Between 1889 and 1862 the
water at Memphis rose the highest
| ever recorded. The year 1890 was
marked by a most destructive flood
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

and 1897 by one of the very worst
in the history of the Mississippi.
AS a greater portion of the lands
along the Mississippi from Cape
Girardeau to the gulf are below high
water level of the river, yearly floods
in the south are accepted as mat
ter of course; it is the unusual floods
that receive wide attention. North
of Cairo the river rarely reaches q
dangerous height; St. Louis general
ly escapes, but Cairo, Memphis,
Vicksburg and Matches suffer fre-
quently. In 1884, at Cairo, the Mis-
sissippi rose to 11.s feet above the
danger line, and though this was the
crest, the river was in food 65 days.
In 1890, at the> same unfortunate
town, the waters remained above the
danger line from February 13 to
April IA; and in 1893 the river at
Cairo stood at 9.3 above danger
line. The great food of 1897 ragged
from St. LOUIS to the gulf, and the
river continued in flood 50 days. The
horrors of that time are still fresh
in our minds.
Early in the eighteenth century the
French began the work of protecting
the banks of the dreaded river. When
De la Tour, in 1918, laid out New Or
leans, his plans included the erection
| of a levee on the river front of the
town. 1t was begun in 1920 and nm
ished seven years later. In 172s, the
planters along the way extended the
work, and by 1895 there were IL miles
| of levees below New Orleans and 80
| above. When the United States pres
emily came into possession OF the
Louisiana territory, the work was car
ried on very extensively; by 1923 the
| operations had proceeded as far as
the mouth of the Red river, and 1e
years later up to Napoleon, Ark. AT
! the breaking out of the civil war, Cairo
ILL.,, had been reached; but there the
work stopped until after peace was de
clared-
The great flood Of 1871 and the conse'
ouent havoc wrought, caused the ap.
j pointment of special commissioners
/ for the purpose of investigating the
| best means for the general protection
Of the Mississippi's banks. Many
plans were proposed, different coun-
tries in Europe visited for the study
/ Of river improvements there, and
j iinally report was presented favorine
| the construction Of jetties. .Acontrac1
j was made with Capt. James b Fad,
ato form and maintain for 20 years, n
the South Pass Zone Of the three prIn
/ cipal channels for the outflow OF ths
Mississippi into the gulf. 9 rhanne
! 80 feet deep and $50 feet wide : The
i work, which was begun in 1S75and fin
ished ID 1879, proved very satisfaot5rJ
i and was Of the greatest bsnstit t<
Ieom=nen e.
When crevassss (breaksl occur 4
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

The climate of the west IS also unlike
that of the east; in the territory OF
the former there being distinct wet
and dry season, not the uniform rain
fall of the latter region. The ruthless
cutting down of the western forests
has brought about rapid thaws, and
has caused the removal Of the under
brush whose tangles used to prevent
the "surface rush" of the rains. The
impervious character of the soil, too,
has much O do with the western floods.
In the deforested west we get the ex-
tremes; great floods, a parched land.
AS some one so we'll puts it: From
the great tracks of recently reclaimed
marsh which, almost bordering upon
the great lakes, yet are drained into
the headwaters of the Ohio tributaries,
down to little swales and ponds pock-
eted in the southern hills-every-
where, with AK, ditch and under-drain.
the dweller in the land has been fever
ishly busy exaggerating Typographical
dangers, quickening the soils too great
tendency to shed the rains, heighten-
ing the evil effects of the seasons in
equalities, until, in a region where the
annual rainfall is over 40 inches, an
adequate water supply the year round
is hard to obtain; and city which sees
the river rioting through it's streets
in early spring cannot find in the same
stream q sufficient volume of flow to
secure a supply of wholesome water
for it's citizens in the late summer"
Yearly the governments work in
keeping a channel open becomes more
difficult, owing to the denuding of the
forest lands tributary to the Missis-
sippi. In the deforested portions, the
soil IS clay which, when shade is want
ing. quickly bakes in the heat of the
sun. The water, instead of sinking
into the soil. rushes over the hard
clay In torrents; or forms in shallow
lakes, soon to be evaporated.
Mr.. Going, writing in the Engineer
ing Magazine, proposes plan for the
prevention Of floods in the main
streams by system OF dams and locks
for the control of the minor streams;
it being impossible to control great
stream after the floods in it have once
been allowed hcadway. This, in con-
nection with h-reforestration, and q re-
adjustment of the artificial drainage
fsystem-wherein the water would b
stored on the land instead OF reckless
Ily drivea off--Mr. Going considers
would at least help solve the grave
problem Of the spring floods in the
west. KATHERINE PoPl+
& -
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

my daughter is taking honors at
the school of pines,' said a charming
woman, recently, land my son is in
Paris learning dressmaking." Each
was following decided bent which
>sas not the taste Of the other. There
Is no better reason for choice of pro-
1ession than the determination to do
ones best work in the best way.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

Excitement. which In Weary Wa9gles
circles had run high on learning that.
triangular ties were being introduced
by the railroads, has subsided since it
ift reported that the fiat side Of the tie
- uppertaost-
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

The of the so largest post Of.
6ces in the United States, which fur
nish more than half the revenue of the
department, shows an increase of 20
per cent. in 1902 over 1901. The num-
her of offices is increasing more than
Loco year.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
Fastldious Young Man.

The most fastidious man in Missouri has
been found ON farm 4 few miles south Of
by bare feet were found on what il known
as the Autenrieth road. 1t has been learned
that they were made ty young man living
in the neighborhood who had had his shoes
nicely shined and was carrying them under
bis arm to keep them from getting muddy.-
kRnsas CITY Journal
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
Fer Commissioner Of Labor.

Rochester, N. Y, April 1.-William
S. Waudby, of this city, is prominent
" mentioned for commissioner of la
bor to succeed Carroll d. Wright. He
il printer by trade and is popular
with organized labor.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04
TAe Cxalcal CedEer.

Even the inaEimate figures 60 to
prove that rich man who lacks bo-
nevolence Is badly OF" declared the
Cynical Codger. Take tho dollar
marl<$ example; It's neveTany
good until II las somak khInk ieeAlde
IT, -Bs .timoto HErkld.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

st. Louis, April THE inner doors
of the safe in the Office Of the Caron-
delet Planning Mill CO., at Davis street
and Virginia avenue, were blown open
with nitroglycerine. No money was
In the safe. ..
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

United States Vice-COnsul Dead.
New York, April THE death Of
Gavino Menebaca, vice consul Of the
United States in Linn, is announced
81 . Herald dispatch from that city.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04


Mrs. Laura L. Barnes, Wash.
ington, D. C., Ladies Auxiliary to
Burnside Post, No. 4, q. A. R.,
recommends Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
"In diseases thatcome to women only.
as u rule, the doctor is called in, some
times several doctors, but still matters
60 from bad 70 worse; but have
ness which was not helped when
Lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was used faithfully. For
young women who are subject to
headaches, baclkache, irregular or pain
full periods, and nervous attacks due to
the severe strain on the system by
some organic trouble, and for women
OF advanced years in the most trying
time Of life, Il serves to correct every
trouble and restore healthy action OF
all organs Of the body.
"Lydia E.Pinkham'sV Vegetable
Compound 10 household reliance
in my home, and I would not be with
out Il. In Ill my experience with this
medicine, which covers years, I have
found nothing to equal It. and al-
ways recommend it. Mrs. LAURA L.
BA1xEs, GOT Second St., N. E., WASH
as .2ssa'a; ':s; = o.:, s :: :.. (
Such testimony should be .ac-
ceDted. " ~ women q ccnyine-
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
edy for all tho distressing Ills Of
NJ
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
YACHT CAPSIZED.
Disaster Nenr Fort Gaines, Tin.
Which Caused the Drowning
of Two Soldiers.

Mobile, Ala. Oct. A.-News reached
here Tuesday that two privates stationed
at Fort Morgan were drowned by the
ovcrturning of a yacht in which they and
two other soldiers started from Fort Nor
gan last Saturday for Fort Gaines, Fla,
to relieve two soldiers stationed there,
The names of the men drowned are Esau
Geifrios and William Rice The boat was
capsized near Fort Gaines by Il strong
northcr and the men hung onto the boat
until late at night, when ,Jcffrics became
discouraged and said he was going To
strike out and swim to Fort Morgan. De-
spite the entreatics Of his comrades he
released his hold and was drowned.
Early Sunday morning. Rice becoming
exhausted, could no longer hold on and
drowned. Sergcants John Weber and
Clarence Purcell hung onto the boat
which dri'tod to Sand island at seven
O'Clock Sunday night. Nearly exhausted
they reached the lighthouse keepers
lodge, where they were sheltered until
rescued Monday by government steam
rr. JcfGrics was from cast Tennessee, and
Rice enlisted in Illinois
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
CHINA SIGNS TREATY.
Ports in Munchuria Opened to Amer.
icHn Trade-'iHe United states
Senate Must Rntify.

Shanghai, Oct. 9.-The commercial
treaty between the United States and
China was signed Thursday by Sheng
kung Rao, Lu kai Huan, United States
Minister Ccnger, Consul General Good
how and Mr.. Seaman.
Requests for the publication of the
text were officially refused until it has
been submitted to the United States.
The treaty between Japan and China was
also signed.
Washington, Oct. 9.-The state depart
ment was informed Thursday that the
American-Chinese commercial treaty
had been signed at Shanghai.
The principal points of the treaty are
briefly as follows:
First. settlement of the long-vexed
question of internal taxation in China.
Second, recognition of Americans
right of residence throughout the empire
for missionary work.
Third, protection of patents, trade
marks and copyrights.
Fourth, mining rights.
Fifth, opening of new localities to in
ternational trade in the part of the en-
pire in which the United States has vast
commercial interests.
Sixth, right to carry on trade. indus
tries and manufactures in all ports of
China
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
POSTAL FRAUD TRIAL.
Accused of Conspiracy and Obtains
ing Hribes from j. j. Ryan.

Cincinnati, o., Oct. l4.-l3efore Judge
A. G. Thompson, in the United States
district court, the trials of ID. V. Miller,
Of Terre Haute, and Joseph NJ Johns,
OF Rockville, Ind, began Tuesday They
were recently indicted jointly in connec-
ton with what is called postal con-
spiracy,' the charge being that they re-
ceivcd bride of $4,000 from John j.
Ryan, turf inveso so that he would
not be prohibited from using the mails
in his so-callcd get-rich-quick"
schemes. Miller was then assistant at
torney in the Office of the assistant at
torney general for the post Office de-
partment at Washington under Tyncr,
and it is charged that his friend Johns
was the "go-between." Ryan testified
in the preliminary hearings that he met
Johns by appointment at the Gibson
aouse, in this city, and paid him the
money, and the district attorney holds
checks for $4,000 and $500 respectively
from Ryan Endorsed by Johns. Ryan
claims that afterward the defendants in
sisted on continuous payments for "pro-
lection" when he laid the whole matter
before post Office inspectors.
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
WILL SUE SCHwAB.
Shipynrd Trust to Seek to Recover
$4,000, Hn0-RcAuH of Suit May
Affect Other Big Combines.

New York, Oct. 12-The sensational
litigation connected with the shipyard
trust las taken a turn which may have
a serious effect on many of the huge
New Jersey corporations. Those who
are attacking Charles M. Schwab will at
tempt to have the courts assess him for
the full difference between what he actu-
ally paid for his huge blocks Of shipyard
trust and its par value This attack will
be made under the New Jersey corpora
ton act, and prominent lawyers de-
clare that it can be done. Schwab was in
con the ground floor" in the promotion.
and the difference between par value
and what he paid for his original 500
100000 in stock would be more than
enough to place the shipyard trust on it's
feet. lnasmuch as many of the big
trusts were promoted in a similar-if
less wasteful-manner to the shipyard
trust, his law would apply TO them
should they become insolvent The de-
ciricn in this respect will be watched
for with the greatest interest
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN.
Man KILLS Wife from Whom lie Had
Been Separated, Wounds Ivy
stnndcr and Commits Suicide

Milwaukee. Oct. IA Sentinel spe-
cial from Menesha, Wis, says: Fred
crick Crawford, of Oshkosh, shot and
killed his wife in this city Tuesday
night, wounded Il man named l.. j.
Jourdain, and then blew out his own
brains. Crawford and his wife had
been separated for some time. A meet
ing had been planned between the two
for Tuesday night. AS Mrs Crawford
was passing he public library Crawford
stepped out and met her. Just what
passed between them no one probably
knows. Crawford drew pistol and
fired on the woman at such close range
that the powder burned her clothing.
She sank to the ground with a groan
and died almost instantly Mr. Jour-
dain, who is engaged in the insurance
business. stepped up and asked Craw-
ford what the trouble was. Crawford
without making any reply, fired on
Jourdain. The ball struck him near
the heart, and his wound is very seri-
GUS, but there are hopes of his recov-
cry. Crawford then stepped around
the building and sent bullet through
his brain, dying instantly. Crawford
was a plumber by trade, and was we'll
known in Oshkosh, where he had made
his home for years. He was so years
old and his wife 80 years They had
three children, which were taken by the
wife when they ScDaratcd
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
URGES ARBITRATION.
Advice offered by Samuel Gon,pcrs to
NMiit'inG Trades Unions of
New York.

New York, Oct. 14.-ln a letter to tho
building trades unions of this city and
vicinity, made public Tuesday night,
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, and
James Duncan, secretary, have rccom-
mended that the unions agree to the
plan Of arbitration Of the Employers
association. This action, which comes
after Mr.. Gompers' investigation of thu
labor situation in this city, is consid-
cred a defeat for the building trades
unions which have refused to sign the
plan of arbitration. 1t is also rccom-
mended that the unions which have
signed the agreement insist upon the
disbandment of such organizations
which have been instituted recently as
rivals to the previously existing unions
of the trade. Mr.. Gompers also rccom-
mends that the unions be lenient with
the members of the rival organizations
and afford them an opportunity to join
the union ranks. Although seeing flaws
in the plan of arbitration as submitted
by the employers, Mr.. Gompers APP
proves of it on the whole. particularly
in its elimination of the purely sympa-
thetic strikes
The Irish standard., 1903-10-17
DEATH OF AN AUTHOR.
Richard Henry Savage Succumbs to
Injuries Received Recently
In New York.

New York, Oct. 12-Richard Henry
Savage, the author and soldier, died in
Roosevelt hospital Sunday night as the
result OF injuries received ON October
3, when he was run over by wagon in
this city
Richard Henry Savage was born in
Utica in 1886 Among his writings are
"My Official Wife," "After Many Years
and Other Poems," "a Daughter Of
Judas" In the Shadow of the Pyra-
mids" and "The Masked Venus" He
was graduated from the United States
military academy in 1868. He served in
the Egyptian army in 1871, and later
served through the war with Spain, be-
ing senior major Of the Second United
States volunteer engineers.