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The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Fasting for Health.

Thousands of years before It was
practiced as a religious rite fasting
was practiced as health measure in
Egypt, India and China. Contempt
rary to Cicero was Asclepiades. a
Greek physician, who strongly advo.
Gated this idea, and 1000 yeara after
his day Ibon Sina, philosopher and
medical sage, argued the virtues of
temporary abstinence on the ground
that it came easier than constant
moderation.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Making the Best of II.

Ascum-You don't mean to say you
made a present of that $40 to Bor-
roughs? Merchant had to do it to
preserve my own self-respect. Ascum
How do you mean? | thought you
loaned it to him. Merchandise did.
not knowing any better. But now
don't want anybody to think | was
ever foolish enough to expect it back.
Philadelphia Press.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
His Gentle Rebuke.

A medley OF young literary men
were once gathered to meet Robert
Browning. The most aggressively lit
erary of the group was first introduced
and at once began to pour out his per-
sonal delight and admiration with so
unceasing a flow that the other lit
erary young men starved. At last
Browning put his hand almost af1ec
tiondtely on the egotist's shoulder and
said; But | am monopolizing you"
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
chanae in British Navy.

Writing of British naval progress.
Mr.. Archibald Hurd says: AT last
the officers and men are to be trained
for a mechanical navy. Up to the
present they have been fitted for
fleet of sailing ships, and have learned
an immense amount of lore of an arr
which has ceased to have any bear
ing on the conduct of WEI afioat."
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Labor In South Africa

THE question of labor is really as.
suming a serious aspect" says Lord
Alfred Miner, governor of tie British
South African colonies. in urging the
importation of 10000 coolies from In
dia to be placed upon public works
in the Transvaal British labor unions
will probably prevent this use of alien
labor
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
PRECIPITATION

train or melted snow.
Average for the month. 0. 5l inches.
Average number of days with .0l
of an inch or more. 4.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was /. AZ inhces in 1895.
The least monthly precipitation
was Trace inches in 1898.
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any 24 hours was 0.65
inches on July 3 1919
The greatest amount of snowfall
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
(recorded extending to winter of 1884
50 onlv) was 90. inches on LIST
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear days. 1S +;
partly cloudy days, II; cloudy
days, 2.
The prevailing winds have been
from the West.
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is 81 miles.
The highest velocity of the wind
was SO miles from the northwest on
July 10. 1900.
Station: Grand junction. Col
Date of issue: June 30. 1904.
RICHARD II. SULLIVAN,
Observer Weather Bureau.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Bat Shaped Kites.

The bat-shaped kite invented by s.
F. Cody, f. r. NJ. s., has been adopted
by the British Ad iralty The kite
is made from bamt and silk and will
carry a man. 1t may be used for re.
connoitering on land or sea. and will
be able to haul sledge over Arctic
ice with but nan to steer 1t.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Not So Here.

A Japanese newspaper asserts that
IL it were not for educational works
Japanese publishers would be virtual
iy without occupation.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
In One Acre of Grnund.

In digging an acre of ground a man
turns 10000 spadefuls of earth, and
the soil moved during the work weighs
$50 tons.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30

You can never make a man believe
that there can be any worse luck in
the world than to have favorite pipe
refuse to draw.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30

People who cross no bridges TIL
they come to them usually get dizzy
when they do.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30

Woman hates that which shames
her love; man that which shames
his pride.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
Fakirs Have Easy rhinn.

FdKITs F1dVe Edsy hIng.
The natives of India never allow a
fakir-of whom there are 5000. 900
%ho live by begging-to starve.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

cold woman may burn in a mans
imagination as piece of ice on his
hand.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30
July Weather for II Years.

The following data. covering
period of II years, have been compiled
from the Weather bureau records at
Grand Junction, Colorado. They are
issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed. during the month in
question, for the above period OF years
but must not be construed as fore
cast of the weather conditions for the
coming month.
Month of July for ~ years.
TEMPERATURES.
Mean or normal Temperature. rs.
The warmest month was that of
1901 with an average of 81.
The coldest month was that of
1897. with an average of T6.
The highest temperture was 103,
on July IS, 1901.
The lowest temperature was As on
July 4. 1908.
The earliest date on which first
killing frost occurred in autumn.
Septebmer II.
Average date on which first kill
ing frost occurred in autumn. Oct
ober 9.
Average date on which last "kill-
ing frost occurred in spriug, April
IL.
The latest date on which last
killing" frost occurred in spring,
April 30.
The daily sentinel., 1904-06-30

House cleaning is in full swing in
numerous homes in this city this
week.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
HORSE HAD LONG MEMORY,
No Bappipe Player Could Bother Him
Without Punishment.

If Duncan McTuIloch, bagpipe
blower. had had more music in his
mechanical bladder than he had in
his soul he would not have been
outrageousIy assaulted by Il horse
in Brooklyn nor belted i'll lint, not
to speak of being arrested by the
Adams street police, says the
New York Herald.
Dressed in real Highland kits,
McTulloch went down Bridge
street at nine o'clock Saturday
night. The street was crowded
with peddIcrs' wagons and shop
pprS. The laborer was willing and
the harvest seemed sure, and gay.
~ McTulIoch squeezed out his mu.
sic.
"Hcc.c.c, H-o.o-o. Hill" went
McTulloch.
At Concord and Bridge streets
stood the horse of Peter Harper.
Hi Hi. Iii" went McTulloch.
Beyond the horse there was an
Assyrian serving out fortunes by
the occult canary route at a penny
a peep.
"Ye-ho, ye-ho, ye-ho-hi-ho-hc,"
went McTulloch.
The dispenser Of fortunes gave
him Il penny to 90 away, The Me
Tulloeh thought the coin was a
tangible token of appreciation.
"Ho-ho-ho-ho!" went McTul.
loch.
Peter Harper's horse reared and
rushed at the piper.
"He-hew went McTulloch.
The horse butted him on the DO.
som with his head, then reared and
smote the bagpipe blower above
the heart with his front feet, u.s.
ing one after the other like Il pu-
gilist.
When McTulloch's hagpipes ex-
PRED in the street with a groan the
crowd pulled the horse off. In u
neighboring drug store the dents
in the bosom of the highlander
were smoothed. Then the police
interfered. McTulloch's case was
dismissed.
Mr.. Harper explained that his
horse was an old circus animal,
bred in England. 1t was once
stolen by a wild McFarlane, he ex-
planned, and compelled to subsist
on haggis and heather.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
ARSENIC IN MERCHANDISE.
German Manufacturers Object to a
Swedish Regulation.

German manufacturers have
been greatly stirred up over a law
passed in Sweden fOrbidding the
Importation of goods that have
been dyed with a preparation cOn-
tanning arsenic. Chemnitz, one Of
the great industrial centers of
Germany, has, through its cham.
Der of commerce, taken active
steps in the matter. An appeal
has been made to the authorities
in Berlin to ask for a modification
of the regulation. The chamber
also requests that a central i'll
Spection bureau be established in
Sweden, with experts to ~inycsti-
gate the presence of arsenic in
goods entering Sweden. The law
particularly affects the importa.
ton of wall papers, carpets, dry
goods and textiles. While il is
admitted that aniline dyes, ochre
colors and manganese oxide may
contain traces of arsenic, yet there
is no cause for fearing injurious
effects therefrom. A similar peti,
ton was presented to the German
chancellor in 1899. but the negotia,
tons with the Swedish govern.
ment failed of favorable results.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
PLANTS THAT KILL.
One IL Strong Enough to Catch and
Deyour a Dog

There is a plant in Sopth Amer
lea which has all the worst guam
ties of a melodrama villain, ahd
infinitely greater success. 1T Is
called the ''knotter," and it Is well
known 10, and avoided by, scien-
fists.
Its great idea, says Stray
Stories. is to kill whatever comes
along in a manner, the t%ortures OF
which excel those of the inqulsi-
ton in horror. On the approach OF
any living object the vine casts
out its tentacles and twines round
it. 1t is then dragged into the
heart of the foliage, while its flesh
is burnt into by the clutch OF the
tentacles. When there. the crea-
lures juices are drained in a man
ner reminiscent of the vampire OF
romance.
The insidious viIlainy of the
plant has been tried by sending Il
dog or other animal into its
clutches, and. Judging from the
agony inflicted on the poor animal,
the pain appears to be worse than
:. =. ..,,.;IJ. a., ,~nna1iya
Another vegetable murderer Is
a grain called "bhat," 1t is much
like rice and grows with it i'll the
east. Trading on it's resemblance
to the popular grain, it gets mixed
with it. and is devoured by the I'M
susppcting oriental. \ few grains
of il are enough to bring on Il most
horrible death.
An equally excruciating death
is wrought by a creature scarcely
larger than this grain, only thatit
belongs to the animal kingdom.
This insect, about half the size of a
pea, holds the record for exquisite
torture among all known deaths.
1t resides in South America and
Australia, but has once or twice
visited England through conceal
ing itself in shiploads of timber.
On one occasion a dock laborer
in the East end came into its pow
pr. He was unloading timber at
the Victoria docks when the crea-
ture dropped on to his hands, and
bit into his flesh. He thought lit
tie of it at the time, but soon the
poison worked into his blood, and
for three days he endured the most
frightful agony.
The venom Of this spider or
"specky," as it is called, scorches
up the blood vessels and spreads
through all the tissues, causing
dreadful pain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
CHIPPEWA AND SIOUX NET.
And, Says Aged Chippewa, No Sioux
Lived to Tell the Story.

One of the last survivors Of the
enemies of the Sioux is It-On.
Gesic, now passing his hundledth
birthday, says the MilwaukedSen.
tinel. Eighty-fiye years ago the
Sioux tribe who invaded the west
and entered the plains of iowa
and Dakota sought to dislodge the
Chippewas from the timbered
country in Minnesota and wilson.
sin. They nearly accomplished
this undertaking, owing to over
whelming numbers. They mlde
frequent i%ncursions into the Chip
pewa country, and many sangui-
nary battles were fought, Pul-
minating in the massacre by the
Sioux of settlers in southern Min
nesota in 1862.
Sixty years ago Ye-On-Gesic
was Il famous chief and warriof of
the Chippewa tribe, and he tells
the writer of the last great battle
with the enemy west of the Missis
sippi river. He says:
1T was when we were en-.
camped in the Yellow, Bcne and
Devils lakes that quite a large
party of Sioux were reported com
ing up the yellow river from the
st. Croix to battle with the Chip
pewas. Our chiefs believed they
were only scouts sent forward 70
recOnnoiter. At that time | was
an amateur warrior. When the
enemy was reported within thu
country | was given charge Of .
band of young men numbering ~
and directed to intercept the
scouts of the Sioux. For that o.
casion | was made a chief. 1t was
the proudest moment of my life.
with the young Chippewas unI
der my command | started down.
the Yellow river. All my men
were anxious for adventure. For
two days we watched for the en-,
envy, but saw no signs. On the
morning of the third day my
scouts reported Il large war party
of Sioux just landed south of Vel
low lake. Within an hour my men
had been surrounded.
Suddenly | gave the Chippewa
warcry and the battle began. #
was a terrible battle, lasting until
the sun was high in the heavens,
and there was no more life in the
woods. My party numbered less
than 90 when we were through,
To-day | am the sole survivor,
There were no Sioux left. All werc
Jaad
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27

According TO an article in the Cincin.
matt Commercial, a hfty-oue pound stone
was recently found in that city seereted
10 a bale Of hay Of eighty pounds.
Tbs is not as bad as finding a lump OF
lead of nearly ope-half the weight, OF the
solid gold watch case secreted IN the CEN
ter of the case.
and no one can see where this lead rs
( secreted until the springs OF the case are
taken out and the lead will be found Sc
creted behind them.
These cases are made by companies who
profess to be honest but furnish the
means to the dishonest to rob the pub.
lie. It is not pleasant for anyone to lind
that he has lugged a lump OF lead IN his
watch case.
Another trick the makers of spurious
solid gold watch cases is to stamp the
case u. S. Assay The United States
does not stamp any article made out OF
gold and silver except com, and the taklr,
by using this stamp, wants to make the
public believe that the government had
Something to do with the stamping or
guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases.
Another trick of the watch faGir is to
advertise a watch described as a solid
gold filed watch with twenty or twenty
hve-year guarantee. These watches are
generally sent c.. o. D., and if the pur-
chaser has paid for the watch, he finds
that the Company which guaranteed the
watch to wear is not in existence.
The Dueber-H ampden Watch Company
of Canton, Ohio, who are constantly ex
posing these frauds, will furnish the
names Of the manufacturers who are IN
this questionable business.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
G L RAILROADS.
go Different Systems for $4,000
Miles of Track.


one reason for the rapid al
vance of American Industries ana
the relatively slow progress oI
Britain in the sane respect IS IN"
chcapncss of freight rates on tins
side of the water and their cXpcn
siycncss upon the other, says the
London Outlook.
The English railway system TO-
tails only $1,000 miles. Vet this
comparatively small mileage -
the property of 23O companies,
more than half of which have their
separate administration and OK
ccutivc. The others are leased
and worked lines" All0tting IN
average of eight directors apiece
to each of the 125 independent
companies, the English railways
support 900 directors, whose fees
can hardly be less than $3.50 Il
year each.
The railroads of India cover
about 10000 miles. Vet Thomas
Robertson, the expert. who re.
Gently reported to the British gov
eminent on Indian railroad ad
ministration, says that the task OF
supervising the lines of that vast
country might be safely intrusted
to Il board of three qualified men,
assisted by a secretary, a chief Ill
SpeCtor aud Il number Of inSpeC
tors and auditors. Three experts,
with Il small stat are considered
by Mr.. Robertson capable of per
forming the duties of about the
same character as those for which
in England are employed 900 am.
ateur directors with their secre-
taries and assistant secretaries,
accountants, auditors, clerks, mes
scngers, etc.
If only the sum of $t,250,000
paid away annually in fees TO rail.
way directors were available 70.
Il centralized railway board, it
would be possible to attract the
Hblest men by offering the largest
known salaries, and vet make Il
saving.
The saving by "standardiza,
ton" is also TO De- considered.
The Hartman roads, 1900 miles,
are to unity their machinery so
that all parts of the rolling
stock shall be interchangeable.
The consolidation of American
roads has gone much further than
in Britain. The Vanderbilt and
Pennsylvania systems contain
about 5000 miles each, either one
of them nearly equaling the $4,000
miles of all England. And though
the individual roads in these sys,
tens have in some eases their
separate boards, these usually
consist of practically the same
men. Many important lines are
also "leased and worked" Against
the 80 systems of $4,000 miles
less than 100 miles to a line-in
! England, the Vanderbilt and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
Statesman and Inventor.

NJ. Bunau.N ariila, the minister
from Panama, is the French engi-
neer who was invited by the king
of Roumania to improve the nav
igable waters of that country. He
utilized dredge of his own inyen.
ton, which is believed to be the
first of the kind to be operated by
electrical power. Its advantages
have since led to its extensive use
elsewhere.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
In the Philippines.

\ preliminary report received
by the war department from Brig,
Gen. Joseph p. Sanger, superin,
tendent of the Philippine census,
shows that the total population of
the islands is approximately 6,976,-
574 persons, including about $50.
900 members of wild tribes
The most populous province is
Cebu, with G51,621 civilized inhab'
itants. Manila province has $40,
GAL, and Cayite, adjoining, 124,43S
civilized inhabitants.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
EARLY RISING GREAT MEN.
But There Are OTHERS Who Hate to
Get Up Till Late.

If early rising were a condition
Of fame, our biographical diction'
aries would be much sIenderer
volumes than they are; for 1t Is a
dcpI0rabIe fact that many OF our
great men are az reluctant to
leave their pillows in the morning
AS any of their obscure fellow
men, says Stray Stories.
Mr.. Gladstone made no conceal
ment Of his love of bed. u lnyarl-
ably rise at eight o'clock he once
said. but every morning it seems
10 require a greater effort than
the day before
But there + great men, many
Of them, who might compete sue
~crssfulIy with the earliest milk
men. and who regularly get
through an excellent days work
before the average man sits down
to his morning newspaper.
Mr.. Crockett, for instance, sets
an example to his literary broth
crs. which few of them show any
anxiety to emulate, by tumbllng
ont of bed. winter and summer
I alike. at five o'clock. Long before
six he is hard at work, and by
breakfast time he has added 5000
or 1000 words to one of his nov
els, leaving, if he wishes it, the rest
of the day for playing in"
Every morning as the clock
strikes five Jules Verne takes his
seat at his desk in the little study
at / rue Charles Dubois, Amiens,
from which nothing a relieve
him until II O'Clock sounds his re.
lease for the day.
Of all the sOvereigns Of Europe
the German emperor most scorns
/ the delights of slcep-t0 such an
extent indeed that in his palaces
he leads the Spartan life of a sol
der on campaign, so far as sleep
ing and its equipment are con.
cerncd. Eleven o'clock is the
kaiscr's invariable hour for retir.
ing, and at five O'Clock in the morn
ing he is the most wide-awake man
in his empire.
The king of Italy is almost
equally Spartan. Even as a del
icate child, whom his doctors and
nurses despaired of rearing to
manhood, he had to sleep in a
chilly bedroom, rise at six o'clock,
and, after a cold bath, commence
his lessons at seven, a treatment
which made him the constitution,
ally strong man he is.
To-day he continues the train.
ing which was the life of his child
hood, ana, summer and winter.
leaves his bed at six o'clock.
NJ. Theirs, the great French
statesman of a generation ago.
prided himself on never being
found in bed after five O'Clock in
the morning, and more often than
not he was drinking his early cul
of coffee and eating his roll short
Iy afterfour, preparatory to begin
ming eight hours of unbroker
work, which ended with the de
ipuupr DrODpr Dt mon
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
He Might.

IF robbers should kidnap me
would you feel sorry?"
Il don't see why | should" re.
piled her son.inlaw, Il might. bnt
they wouldn't deserve any sympa.
! thy."-Houston Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27


| share in the treats aud spreads
| they gut up together. We gave VI
matinccs and Saturday concerts
and refused 10 JOIN ai"nrihG'l"sS
Every week, however, "r had Iii'
satisfaction Of putting ia me saw
ings bank a sum which mad" ny
proud ana don't lhlhk We re-
allied hoW fast W. were dropping
eat Of things or how duIl our iI''S
had grown.
"Fmally however, cam" a sun
day when not u soul dropped INTO
the studio not even George.
Ih"r' had always h''h II ~
I""' ana '''"fE' i'"H h'''i '"'',"
""'" ~" "''".h ''''''' anu
Ni'." none """''i '"'"' N''
'"" ''I'o'
'i."f aN ID" hours o. '"'' ''"-
afternoon an" '''h'"E ""'
dragged ny VA" ''''i'"'" "'"",
lIIIi'~H, H0h"''I'S '''"E"'"''
now hn'h % '"' S"'''"''N '"'
h''E'''"'77 81 NV ''H }" 81"
S'"'''' " 81 ""''""'''' VI "''''' u
"I "'"''7' saw '''' '"'
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an" ! ''""E"', "''" " n'"""7
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"'"' ''N' INV ''''''''
I'"lIl ma" 'N I"'"''l u"'"T
some thinking along 'h' SUM
IIh'S' IT'S ""t own Iau''' S'r'
SaIu' we re- changing ''"'l '"'"
cI"r EIfiS i''" ~'"o."r''" GU
maids
awe talked III" matter over IN
Ill Hate that night Before W."
went 10 pea mat hl&h' we pu''' Il
IIr" on the hearth ana Oofn'" our
diaries,
NV ell, We Sarird rIgh' III on
Monday ana dIdnl take Il SlhG'p
noUrishIng lhlhg l"r luh'hi an"
all week we bought ana maui,
pretty things for ourselves ana
our studio; aud on Saturday We
got quantities of puSsyWlIloWS to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27
Salzer's Earliest Cane,

Another new thing. Can be cut six times
during a season and sprouts again with
lightning rapidly. Next to Salzer's Teo-
sinte it will make more green fodder than
anything else, cheap as dirt and grows
everywhere.
Of Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixture,
just the thing for pastures and mead
ows, Mr.. Z. Rappold, Fast Park, Ga,
writes, Il sowed Salzer's Grass Mixture on
soil so poor two men could not raise a fuss
on it, and in forty-one days after sowing |
had the grandest stand of grass in the
County. Salzer's Grass Mixtures sprout
quickly and produce enormously 100000
barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
sALzER's NEW NATIONAL OATS.
Here is a winner, a prodigy, a marvel,
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor-
ous. producing in thirty States from loo
to 300 bu. per acre. You had best SOW a
lot of it, Mr.. Farmer, in 1904, and in the
fall sell it to your neighbors at 81 a bu.
for seed.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse,
Wis. and receive in return their big cata-
log and lots of farm seed samples free.
tx. IL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27

Mrs. Haskell, Worthy Vice.
Templar, Independent Order
Good Templars, Of Silver Lake,
Mass, tells Of her cure by the
use Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PrNKHAM - -Four years
ago ! was nearly dead with infamma-
ton and liberation. / endured daily
untold agony, and life was a burden
to me. L had used medicines and
washes internally and externally until
! made up my mind that there was no
relief for me. Calling at the home of
a friend, l noticed a bottle of Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. My friend endorsed it highly,
and / decided to give it a trial to see If
it would help me. 1t took patience
and perseverance for I was in bad CON
dition, and I used Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for
nearly five months before l was cured,
but what a change, from despair to
happiness, from misery to the delight
full celebrating feeling health always
brings. / would not change back for
a thousand dollars, and your Vegetable
Compound is o grand medicine.
81 wish every sick woman would
try it and be convinced."- MRS. IDA
HASKELL, SILVER Lake, Mass. Worthy
Vice Templar, Independent Order Of
Good Templars. ~ $4,000 forfeit n original
Of cbocs letter proving ssnsinsnsss cannot DO sso-
eseed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-02-27

Pennsylvania systems include to-
grther less than 20 component
lines, or an average of more than
1000 miles line. The longest sin
Gle line in the United States. the
Southern Pacific, has over $500
miles of track,