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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
u ACK to the cid farm home rush
children and grandchildren for

u ACK to the cid farm home rush
ID children and grandchildren for
the Christmas time. Truly it is
the merriest season of all the year,
whom brothers and sisters and cousins
gather at grandma's for the holidays.
They come from city and village and
country, and grandfather meets the
trains and takes each party as it ar
rives out to the farm in the great bob
sled, behind his lest team, and that is
the first pleasure of the Christmas
outing, or, rather, the second, as the
anticipation has been the first.
The cousins, many of them, are
strangers, or practically so, to each
other, and to make the family party a
way that will get them thoroughly &C.
Quainted, and grandmother and grand
father. as hostess and host, must pro-
vide entertainment of a sort that will
accomplish this. At the same time the
entertainment must recall the old
home days to the elders, SO what is
more appropriate than the old farm
games that are ever new There must
be son hing fer every minute of the
waking hours to prevent the forma-
ton of cliques that would breed antag-
on.sms among the various sets of cou-
sins, and there must be enough of
variety to keep all interested.
Grandfather takes hold of the ar
engagements for the outdoor games.
Above all things, there must be a
hitching party, for the children from
the city know none of its pleasures
Again the big bob-sled comes into
play, and into it's commodious box are
tucked all the wee mites of the party,
with an abundance of hay and warm
comforters. Behind the big sled are
hitched several small hand sleds, the
smallest one of al being at the ex-
IRENE end of the line, and onto these
crowd the boys and girls, and often
times some of their parents, Who have
not forgotten the joys of such q frolic.
Then away they go, up hill and down.
over all sorts of roads and around
sharp And at the sharp cor
ners is where the greatest fun comes
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24

In, for, with the horses going at a good
gallop, the small sled at the end of the
string is almost sure to upset and spill
Its occupants into the drifts beside the
road. To be sure, all will want the
honor. and excitement CT riding on that
last sled, and to avoid controversy
grandfather must have arranged a
schedule so as to give each n a
chance at it, and must try to be i'm
partial in the splitting of them into the
snow drifts.
Another amusement that grandfath-
er can take charge Of might be called
a fox hunt, only there is no fox, and
Per scattered along. If the sno is
deep it is not practical to make the
trail too long, or into the deep drifts,
but should follow marked paths, but
when the snow is not deep it may go
anywhere about the farm. The hunt
ers must follow the trail by the bits OF
scattered paper, and at the goal there
should be a little prize for the winner,
though not one of sufficient value to
make the less fortunate ones feel badly
at not having Won
OF course grandfather and grand
mother will have little presents for all
the children, and it adds to the interest
to have a Christmas tree for them, but
not one of the ordinary sort that Is
set up in the parlor. Instead, If the
weather is not too severe, it should be
out of doors, and any orchard or shade
tree that is not too high may serve as
the regulation evergreen. If night is
chosen as the time for the Christmas
tres festivities, a few lanterns mag
serve the purpose of candles, and the
children should climb the ladder IN
search of their own presents. OF
course the boys, as the better climbers,
should be made tor climb the higher
limbs for their presents.
For grandmother's part, inside the
house there are many games in which
ell can engage. The games should be
simple, so that they may be readily
understood. The old-fashioned coun-
try games are by far the best for such
an occasion.
Blindman's buff needs no, explana-
ton. and is a Jolly way in which to
pass an hours time, but cannot be
scntInued too long. or the children
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
THE FUN OF A HITCHING PARTY.

contestants are encased from the wais
down, or. if the sacks are long enough
from tbs neck down. Thus prepared.
they are given a certain distance to go,
n arc prepared to cover the distance
in any way they can quickest, as, for
example, jumping or rolling. A potato
race, or an egg race, is yet anothe.
game which viii furnish great u
ment. In these there is laid out on the
barn floor a row of potatoes or eggs
for each contestant, and these must be
carried one at a time and deposited N
a basket or box. In case of eggs being
used the breaking of one of them losea
the race. The boys will also enjoy a
pig race. For the purpose a pig for
each boy should be released in a room
in the barn, and the boys be given
each a designated pig to catch. Ii
may be hard on the pigs, but it will ba
great sport for the boys and the audi
ence.
Christmas night in the house is the
gayest time of all the holiday season.
Grandmother has prepared for it, and
the last trace of embarrassment has
worn away from the shyest Of the
youngsters. Bob apple" is a good be-
| ginning for the evening. Place a num-
Der of apples in a bowl of water ami
let each have a try at catching one of
them by the stem with their teeth.
Wet faces and soiled dresses will be
fully compensated for in the amount
of fun that is had. Later, a hunt
through g-andomther's garnet win
provide the necessaries for Christmas
mummers, in which old Father Christ
mas leads the jewellers, composed OF
such characters as Dame Plum Pud-
ding, Sir Loin of Beef, Miss Pumpkin
Pie, etc. Charades and shadow shows
follow in rapid succession, and then.
as a climax, ome a Virginia reel, ia
which old and young participate. Then
the singing of a Christmas carol, and
the happy guests are of to bed and
pleasant dreams.
When grandfather's big sled carries
them back to the trains that are to dis
tribute them to their far-away homes
they will vote this the merriest
Christmas of all they have had, and
grandfather ard grandmother will
wish that Christmas might last
throughout all the year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24

will tire of II. Another game that Ia
less noisy is blindman's wand, In
which the parties playing form a circis
about the one who is blindfolded. Tha
blindfolded one has a cane or small
stick, and after the others have circled
about him to the accompaniment OF
any we'll known song, he points his
wand at one in the circle and initiates
the noise made by some animal. The
one pointed to must repeat the noise.
Disgusting his voice SO that he may
not be known. Three times may the
test be repeated, initiating a different
animal each time. If at the end Of the
three tests the blindfolded n is still
undecided as to who he is pointing tc,
he may run his wand over him ana
find out in that way, if possible. If he
guesses who it is places are exchanged
and the game begins over again.
CHRISTMAS candles sound Christ
masy, and will be remembered by the
elders as n of the pleasures of long
ago. A lighted candle is placed upon
a small table, when one person is
blindfOlded and stationed with his
back to the candle, and close to it. Hs
is then to take four steps forward.
turn around three times and return
and blow out the candle. Simple as
the game is, it will afford amusement.
fer an hour on Christmas eve.
II grandfather wishes to provide
something especially for the boys, and
has a big barn, he can get up a series
Of races, at which the girls will be IL
terested spectators. A thTeelegged race,
in which the legs Of two contestants
are tied together, will be exceedingly
funny, especially to the onlookers.
Another Is a sack race, D. which tbs
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Makinu a Survey.

From an official of high rank it is
learned that the Southern Railway
now has an engineering corps at
work making a survey through Shar-
key county with the view of extend
ing the Percy branch, and it is un-
derstood that the party will cross
into Yazoo county within the next
few DAYS and run the lines direct
into YaZoo CITY.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Franklin Whitecaps.

Hon. j. H. McGehee, former
State senator from Franklin county,
states that the whitecapping organi-
zatiOn in that county has ~disbanded,
and no further trouble is feared.
The lawless element has been thor
oughly cowed, and an effort is being
made to restore the county to nor
NAL conditions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Cotton Crop Increase.

The bumper cotton crop raised in
Mississippi during the present sea
son is largely attributable to the lib
eral use Of commercial fertilizers
hv the farmers. This is essentially
true where an increased acreage was
planted. Fertilizers were used
freely ON new lands, and many old
sedge fields which had not been in
cultivation for many years, asd were
regarded as fit only for pasture
lands, produced a half bale per acre
when fertilizers were properly used.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Mormon Elders Appearing.

In some parts of the State it is
reported that Mormon elders are
appearing and II engaged in trying
to make converts for their religion.
During the last twelve months there
have been fewer Mormon elders in
Mississippi than for years past. This
is by reason of the fact that many
communities made it known that
Mormon elders were not desired.
Mississippians generally look with
disfavor upon the Utah gentlemen.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Railroad Commission Moves.

The officers of the Mississippi
railroad commission are being
moved from the first floor of the
statehouse to the fourth floor, just
across from the Office of the attor-
ney-general. The quarters hereto
fore occupied were originally in
tended as record rooms, and the new
quarters are larger and more COM
mOdious.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Mississippi State News
Paid Back Taxes.

The Delta Development Com.
pany, through its president, Hon.
w. L. Swan, of Biloxi, last week
paid over to the State revenue agent
the sum of $1,000 for delinquent
city, county and State taxes on sol
vent credits. This is settlement in
full for the claim recently filed. The
Delta Pine Land Company, against
whom a claim was recently filed, has
not yet settled, but the matter is in
course of adjustment.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Mrs. JobSon's Tact
A CHRISTMAS STORY

While making her Christmas-shop-
ping rounds the other day, Mrs. Jobson
espied. in a furrier's window, a squirrel
coat which she instantly concluded was
just about right.
That" said Mrs. JofsOn to herself,
amiably. but determinedly squaring her
chin, will be my Christmas present from
MIR. Jobson."
Whereupon she entered the furrier's
establishment and tried On the squirrel
coat. 1t fitted her perfectly.
You may consider the coat sold" said
Mrs. JObson to the furrier. But place
it back in the window. l shall want my
husband to see it there. By the way, |
wish you would drape it on a window
model with dark hair. instead of on that
blond model-my hair is dark, you
know" and the furrier perfectly entered
into the meaning of her smile and smiled
back. Il shall pay you $40 on the coat
now. to bind the bargain. When my hu3-
band pays you the full price of the coat
which he will, within a few days-why,
1 shall have you return the $40 to me-"
ooh, l understand, thoroughly,
madam" said the f~urrier, with another
shrewd smile.
That evening, at the dinner table, Mrs.
Jobson, by imperceptible stages, led the
talk around to the subject of Christmas,
and Mr.. Jobson looked surprised, and
henthoughtful, when she had impressed
upon him the nearness of the great fes-
tiyal.
Had no idea that Christmas was right
on top Of me again." said Mr.. JobsOn.
ats queer the way these Christmases
seam 10 come around in punches, all
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Cleared His Client.

Acknowledgement Williams has
returned from Oklahoma City,
where he acted as attorney for the
defense in the trial of a young white
man named Jones, from Newton
county, who was charged with MUIR
der. A telegram received from Mr..
Williams last week states that Jones
was acquitted, which is quite a trib-
ute to the legal skill of Mssissippi's
encouragement.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
A Costly Experiment.

Crawford-Instead of buying you q
Christmas present, why don't you havs
your wife make you something with
her own hands?
Crabshaw-Can't afford it. She oncs
nate me a Observation-Disclosures
smoking jacket, and the materials shs
bocghs cost me theieast part Of 4 tsns
srot-s1dge.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Delta Cotton Fields White.

Advices from the delta state that
the fields are still white with I'M
picked cotton, and as the season Of
winter rains has set in a good deal
will be wasted. The planters lack
the labor with which to gather the
crop, and after a few weeks of rain
fall what is left in the fields will
not be worth gathering.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
GuIfnort Lumber Exports.

During the month Of November
the lumber exports from Guifport
were 1901, 900 feet, an increase Of
5,S5S,0OO feet over the exports irr
the previous month, and more than
100000 feet in excess Of the en-
tire shipments for the year 1902.
The exports for the present year
through Gulfport will be about $780,
600 600 feet
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Bio Bond Deal.

The one hundred thousand dol
lars of Leflore county four per cent
twenty-year bonds recently sold to
the Bank of Lehore of Greenwood,
were delivered and paid for last
week. 1t was one Of the largest
bond deals that has ever been made
by a bank in this State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Stepped on Circular Saw.

II. B. Aubrey, a young Albanian
employed by the j. j. Newman
Lumber Company of lIattiesburg,
accidentally jumped on a circular
saw while attending to his work
last week and split his foot from
the toe to the heel. The foot had to
be amputated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
ArcoIa Votes In Whisky.

The town Of Arcola, which has
been dry the last two years, granted
a license last week for the selling
of whisky. The opposition to the
granting Of a license have appealed
the case to a higher court.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Maxine War on Blind TIGERS.

The progressive city of Columbia,
the county site Of Marion county,
is making war ON blind tigers, and
during the last few weeks there have
been quite a number of arrests and
convictions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24

Miss Mary B.. Jenkins, OF
Natchez, was last week granted by
the department Of education a pro-
fessional life license to teach in the
public schools Of Mississippi. This
is a distinction seldom won by a.
teacher, there being very few life
license to teach school issued in
Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Postoffice Boosted.

Postmaster H. l.. Rhodes has
been informed by the ~postofice de-
partment that the office at Alderman
has been raised to the third-class,
and his salary has been raised to
$1,000 a year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Rural Routes From Blue Mountain.

Two rural free delivery routes,
running out from Blue Mountain,
were started last week and will
bring better mail service to a large
number of citizens of tire surround
inc country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
West Points New Bank.

West Point, the capital of Clay
county. is to start the new year with
a new bank, the capital Of which is
to be $4,000. Some of the best
known business men of that city are
interested in the new financial in
stitntion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Gas Plant for Hattiesburq.

II. l.. Mckee, who recently sold
his gas plant at Meridian for a large
sum, has been in Hattiesburg for
the past few days, and states that if,
he can secu the proper location
he will erect a plant there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24
Heavy Fertilizer Sales Indicated.

Advanced orders received by man.
ufacturing concerns throughout the
State indicate a heavy increase in
fertilizer sales for the coming sea-
son, and there will be a still further
increase Of cotton acreage notwith-
standing the recent slump in the
cotton market.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06

II W -, anu conquered Il very serl
ous difficulty. The idea originated will
some one, and to that some one we owe
something. Mathematics would be n
meaningless science without this con
vcnient plan, just rs other things would
be useless but for the clever inventions
of men who have gone before. There is
the thing. for instance, which stands
for nothing. the naught, that round
symbol 0. 1t has Il history. We know
how they calculated before it came into
existence. But | will not tell you about
it now. | was speaking about the bor-
rowing habit in mathematics, and that
is enough to think about ut one time.
Do you know how and when it origi-
natedT'-New Orleans Times Democrat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06
GOLD CANNON BALLS.
The Jungle Hidde. TREASURE OF an
East Indian Princess.

Inc JunRIe nluoCn hucNhuI0 Oh m
East Indian P~rlncess.
Not long ago an old peasant was
wandering in the jungle about half a
mile from the city Of Ahmadnager, In
India, when he found a round ball OF
metal. 1t wat black and looked like
m old iron round shot, but when the
old man lifted il he was struck with
its immense weight. He carried II
home and found on scratching 1t that
II was a lump of solid gold. 1t weighed
eight pounds and its sale made the
finder rich for life.
There are many more Of these can
non balls, each worth a small fortune,
lying hid or buried In the recesses Of
this jungle. snd their story is a curious
one. At the end OF the sixteenth CEN
fury Akbar, the greatest emperor Hin
dustan ever saw. was at the height
of his glory. At the head Of his con-
Quering army he summoned Ahmad-
mayer to surrender. The city and its
rich treasure were then under the rule
Of the Princess Cande. Knowing that
resistance could be but short, and in
bitter rage against the oppressor, she
caused all the treasure Of gold and
silver TO be melted down. She cast
the metal into cannon balls and en-
graved upon each maledictions against
the conQueror. These were fred into
the jungle and when Akbar entered
the city, instead Of the rich hoard he
had hoped TO win, he found a treasury
absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls Of gold have
been cast is proved by the fact that in
the treasury Of the shah Of Persia
there may be seen in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne two small globular projectiles
Of gold. They were estimated by a re-
cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one
pounds each and are roughly made.
Their origin or purpose is, however,
totally forgotten. 1t is only known
that they are very old.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06
THE SHANK OF THE SHOE
what the Glazed, Metallic Marks
Thereon Told the Broker.

Thereon Told the Broker
Half Il score of clerks in one of the
largest brokerage houses in New York
were astounded one morning when
one by one they were called into their
employers private office and asked to
hold up their feet and show the shanks
Of their shoes. They thought the "old
man" had gone quite mad. Each
young man as he entered the Office
was told to sit down and put his foot
up on a corner of the desk where 1t
could be examined. Then the head of
carefully scrutinized the shank Of the
shoe.
When all had been put through this
examination he called the entire force
of clerks into his Office and explained
to them why this unusual examination
had been made.
You are well aware" said he that
| will not have a drinking mar In my
employ If | know it. For some time
l have had good reasons for believing
that several Of the young men before
me have been indulging quite too
much. Now | know 1t. Here are the
marks of the bar rail on the bottoms
of your shoes"
Several of the young men braced
themselves against the wall and lifted
their feet as a blacksmith lifts the foot
of a horse. Sure enough, there were
the glazed, metallic marks III the dry
leather. They were the evidences Of
guilt, and the young mems faces
showed 1t.
ITS u~nmistakable proof" said the
head of the house. You may fix up
your breath at the drug store and the
barber can clean up your eyes and
face, but you neglect the shanks Of
your shoes"
That afternoon three young men
cleaned out their desks and gave the
keys to the managing clerk.-New
York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06

In the British navy the engineers
have a curious way Of killing sharks.
They seal up n dynamite cartridge in
an empty can and put the can inside
n lump OF pork. The pork Is thrown
overheard OH a wire which has been
connected with an electric battery,
When the shark takes the bait, the
engineer presses a button, which ex-
plodes the cartridge and kills the fish.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06
BUFF COCHIN BANTAN.

First, and cock 9oi- 9Ot; Q, 3. 40 hen
9lt 90a- 90990s; LIST cockrel 50: Srd pull
90i Samuel McMulien, Salamanca, N.
Y.-Third cock, 80; LIST hen 91j; End
cockrel $50; LA pull 92a-9l-90; LIST pen.
Jas. Haslet, Tionesta.
WHITE COCHIN BANTANs.
First cock Oh; lst hen 923; |. 2. 3. 4
pull 94-92t q 9li. K. G. Heath, Tionesta
BELGIAN HARES.
First buck, LIST doe X. C. heath. best
lisplaJ rig ens, +. A. Keller.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06

Irate Patient-I want you to get out
Of here and never darken my door
again. II | had n sick cat | wouldn't
send for you.
Imperturbable Physician-Of course
not. You'd send for my brother, the
veterinary, who lives over on the street
next to the one | live on. Here's Il
&C his ards.-Baltimore American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06
Really AAtIaNc.

An excellent plaster OF paris cast
may Ire seen In one OF the Egyptian
galleries OF the British museum OF the
famous sycamore statuette known as
the "Sheikh-el- Bcled." or village
Sheikh." The original dates from 1900
b. c. and Is still In perfect condition,
although 1t is the Oldest known specl-
men Of wood carving. II represents an
overseer of the workmen engaged in
building the pyramids close TO Sakka-
rao. where II was discovered. London
NpwS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06
The Nice Thing lie said.

I'm not given to tlattery," drawled
Mr.. Staylate. Il don't make = point to
say nice things to girls
Nor I'm sure that was n nice thing
you said to me earlier in the evening"
replied Miss Bord. with a yawn.
what was thati"
You remarked that YOU didn't have
long to stay, you know.'-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-01-06

In his monograph, THE Oriental
Rug" Mr.. W. ID. Ellwanger, writing
on the crucial matter Of the dyes used,
says:
"One expert Armenian has n sure
test for mineral dyes in his tongue.
When in doubt he cuts a bit OF wool
from the rug. nibbles it Il minute or so
and then pronounces his sure verdict.
But the test is a delicate one, and the
fruit OF knowledge is presumably bit
tor"