The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-04-09
SClSSORED EXCHANGES.
Items OF interest Culled from our Esteem.
ed Contemporaries.

seem to think that William Ran
dolph Hearst should tarry at Jerico
until his beard grows. Meridian Star.
''Tis little that l ask of fate
A life exempt from harm,
A horse, a dog, a pleasant mate,
And a little radium farm!
Times Democrat.
We trust that the prevalence or
German measles in this country Will
not disturb our cordial relations with
France .-Commercial-Appeal
The EskimoS have arrived too late
to enjoy our great and unusual win
ter. Perhaps their shirt waists were
not ready. Post Dispatch.
Bishop BrattOn, Of the Episcopal
Diocese, believes that the time Will
come wheU all church Icreeds will be
united. 1t may be a long time Off,
but the increasing good feeling be-
tween the various churches warrants
his assertion.-Batesville PanOlian.
With only six million acres, or
about 2 per cent eff the crop area, de-
voted to vegetables, their annual value
aproximates $3.50, 900, 900. The aver
value of vegetable crops is $4,000
per acre, while that Of all farm crops
is only $1,000. We have here the
difference between Intensive and ex-
tensive cultivation.-Am Farmer.
A country newspaper office was shot
into with buckShot by the local gro
Ger because in his ad reading. "A fresh
stock of dairy butter daily" the
printer used an n" instead of a d."
The printer takes more chances than
any other man on earth.-Durant
News.
\ Woodville girl got hold of the
''Pearline" instead of the soda box
the other morning and used the
securing compound in making bis
cults. 1t was only when her little
brother started to foam at the mouth
and blow soap bubbles through his
nose that the mistake was discovered.
-Woodville Republican.
The first big expenditure a merch-
ant makes for advertising makes his
teeth chatter. 1t is the same when q
boy makes his first plunge and tries
to learn to swim. But very few peo-
pie lose their lives learning to swim
very few. Even a less number lose
their fortunes learning to ADVERTISE
Dixie Press.
Just cause the sun is Shinin'
And the birds are in the air,
Don't 60 an get Uneasy
Bout your heavy underwear:
Jes smile an keep it on you-
Don't remove a single stitch,
Fer the time amt ripe for changin
Till yer back begins to itch.
-Paw-Faw Bazoo.
Arkansas seemed to have gone
HI vest and crooked" for her freak
governor, Jeff Davis. To an outsider
it looks like a case of total d~epravity
"a literal performance of the hairy
worm" feat. But there is an old
saying that people in glass houses
shouldn't thrSw stones" And though
Mississippi has of late brought forth
fruits meet for repentance, she did
some funny things herself awhile
back.-Vicksburg Herald. "
The following prize composition
was worked out by a Michigan youth
in school. The subject was Man"
Men are what woman marry. They
drink and smoke and swear and have
ever so many pockets, but they won't
go to church. Perhaps if they wore
bonnets they would. They are more
logical than woman and always more
geological. Both men and women have
sprung from monkeys, but the women
have certainly sprung further than
the men. "-Durant News.
1t shocks us that some newspaper
men are such terrible pr~evaricators.
We recently read a description of the
late Alabama cyclone in which the
scribe says: during it's prevalence, it
turned a we'll inside out, a cellar up
side down, moved to- township line,
blew all the slaves out of a whiskey
barrel and left nothing but the
bunghole changed the day Of the
week, blew the hair off a bald headed
man, blew mortgages off the farms,
blew the crack out the fence, and took
the wind out of the politicians. Can
ton Times.