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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
RATS KNEW CAT WAS ABOUT.
Bat They Never Saw the Cat and
Were ON Another Floor of
the House.

Il have observed recently a rather
curious thing with respect to the rela-
tionship between cats and rats, and it
has led to rather interesting refiec-
ton" said man who takes much inter-
est in animal life. to q New Orleans
Times-Democrat reporter. For awhile
the rats overran my place. At night
there was no such thing as quiet around
the house. They would scamper across
the floor. bump up and down the steps
and cut all kinds Of capers. We se-
cured cat, and from the very time the
cat appeared on the place the rats be-
gan to- get scarce.
There is nothing curious about this
fact In ITSELF But to my personal
knowledge the rats have never seen the
cat. The cat has remained on one floor
and the rats on another. There has been
no chasing and no conflict between them.
Now. want to know how the rats know
the cat is on the place.
THE inquiry has caused me to indulge
the more interesting reflection: How
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
LIVES ON SMALL DIET.
Years Old, Spends Sfxty-Ffve
Cents q Week for Food.

While some Of Uncle Sans commits
sary officials are being worried by peo-
pie who wish to learn IL 1t is possible
to live on a food ration costing only Is
cents per day, Samuel H. Story, print
er, editor and newspaper publisher.
whose residence is at 10 Dexter street.
Claremont. N. H., is supplying his table
at an average cost Of IS cents per week,
or for less than ten cents per day.
He works II or more hours each work
ing day, keeping healthy and strong on
a food ration costing no more than an
ordinary glass of whisky. The man
who thinks Mr.. Story should be pitied,
because he does not expend more for
food, should visit him.
He would ind . man Of 20, who has
not been bent by age. thinks nothing OF
20-mile walk. works steadily, and IL
never sick. The visitor, II dyspeptic.
might envy him.
The articles bought by him, for his
table each week. with the prices paid,
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

ments in the operating room Of the cleo
tricians' dwelling. - story and q halt
wooden structure, sheathed throughout
the interior with pine. and q substantial
warm and comfortable building. Every
thing is now ready except the installa-
ton Of the instruments, dynamos and
batteries, and their arrival is expected
in few days.
Chief Electrician J. D. Donnell ID In
charge of the station. and. with his
wife, is finding the place comfortable
,as could be expected in these unusually
severe days Of wind and cold.
The system to be used. and the one
adopted by. the government for all its
stations. is the Slaby-Arco. the inven-
ton Of Z German, and materially differ
emit from the Marconi method in many
respects. Mr.. Donnell, who was for q
time at the Charlestown navy yard,
was able to pick up the cruiser Topeka
by the wireless on her visit to Boston
some weeks ago, and opened successful
communication with her when she was
Sc miles out II Is claimed that IS miles
have been easily covered. and that
when the station and ships get fully
tuned up more than double that dis
lance can be covered
It II anticipated that eventually II
will be possible to reach from one sta
ton to another around the entire chain
Of coastwise stations, and to reach
ships ct sec anywhere within q radius
of 200 miles. 1t is proposed by the
government to establish . chain of
stations extending from the coast of
Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, to Porto
Rico. and along the entire coast line Of
the Pacific to Alaska.
These stations In most instances
would not be over 200 miles apart and
It Is thought 1t will be possible to reach
from one station to the other along
the entire Atlantic coast across the
isthmus Of Panama and up the Pacific
line to the northern boundaries Of this
country.
Although several severe gales have
prevailed since the stan here was
erected last October. It stands firm and
secure. The grounds upon which both
the lighthouse and wireless station
stand was originally plot Of ten acres.
but now LEES than flve acres remain. the
balance having washed into the sea.
The average wasting away Of the ellis
ct this point 10 nearly two feet yearly.
and In . years the wireless plant, and Ii
5 yooPg the lleifthoune VIM h IN dnnRror
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

Englishmen in Queen Elizabeth's time
dined at IL a. m. and Shakespeare rung
up the curtain at the Globe theater at
one p. m, the performance ending be-
tween i've and six o'clock. BY the time
OF Charles II. dinner had advanced to
one O'Clock and the play began at three
p. m. as Pepys records. A century later
Horace Walpole complained of dinner
being as late as four o'clock and even
ing not beginning until six o'clock. Up
to the middle Of the last century the
theaters opened at $50. dinner being
proportionately earlier.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

alton was proved by persons who never
had heard Of the tradition experiencing
the same unpleasant results.
Mrs. Morgan. who resided on the
mainland near by. concluded her ac-
count OF the houses by saying that .
small dog belonging to her husband
which followed that gentleman foot to
foot" Is the negroes term 1t. never
could be induced to follow his master
across the mysterious thresholds, be the
command ever SO peremptory or the in
ducement ever 80 strong.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
Cost u Gun Practice.

The 81. 336. 900 asked by the secretary
Of the navy for gun practice during the
year seems enormous until one consid-
ers the cost Of firing the big guns now In
use. To IRE 4 13-inch gun costs for
powder and shell just about $500. Four
times . year the men are exercised In
big gun practice, with regulation
charges. each man Of the gun crew firing
four shots 1t these trials. There are
seven men in the guns crew on these
guns. To IRE four-inch common shell
costs SIT. six-pounder. 1886; . one
FOUNDER, $1.14.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
JOHN LEE WEBSTER.
Hin Nominated for Second
Place Next June.

John Lee Webster. whose friends are
organizing in Nebraska to procure for
him the republican nomination for vice
president. is lawyer Of Omaha and II
widely known for his defense OF the In
dams and for other cases in which he
has disclosed legal talent Of an unusual
~ high order. He has won his prominent
position at the bar by innate ability and
Ohio and 81 years of age. He has been
quite prominent in the political Affairs
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

far can rat detect the presence of q
cat by the sense of smell? Evidently at
considerable distance Else the rats at
my place would not have known of the
cats presence under the circumstances.
I'm quite sure that they have never seen
the cat. But they know he is there just
the same. and they have been awfully
cautious since his arrival"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
All Soils Are 0ood,

A recent bulletin Of the department Of
agriculture says: 1T appears that prac-
tically all soils contain suficient plant
food for good crop yield; that this supply
will be Indefinitely maintained, and that
this actual yield of plants adapted to the
soil depends mainly, under favorable
conditions, upon the. cultural methods
and suitable crop rotation"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
Money IN Politics

greatest to-day republican form Of government
M power Of money coerupy used for the purchase Of
e has grown in state in the The further
esaefng ct the electorate BY corrupt practices should Be
~ most eeu2l way prevert ss corruption Of our CHI
snf 81 tie source Of supply ~ the Of law which
81 oonaibution of money BY corporations ndivduas
or legitimate election purposes and reasonable
shoald promptly pass v directed ao,inst tha
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
wealth In En<land.

In the United Kingdom 81, SOC, 900 peo-
pie out Of 40. 900 900 receive less than $50
. month for each family; LOOT. 900 are
In daily receipt Of poor law relief: S.O00,-
900 have only weeks wages between
them and starvation; 500 hereditary
peers own one-fourth Of England, and
they and their dependents spend every
year 81, $50, 900 900.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

that to-day there tendency fvoly and
amusement though there points which the world bet
tier Besides the idle class there of the honoraby employed
Iwho plunge the their duties That
rs the make craacter Character public
solitude and thought what do it. is wholesome be alone
es and quiet rembe sometimes for the results of life
We have family life the family scattered There
y circle 1t is way
I'D There heastone rede gather about
Family life Those sacred do what they used
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

chief military
altogether
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

Work the Year Around.
1t Is estimated that only one in.six Of
the population Of London leave the city
for more than day ut . time in the sum-
mer.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
Gum Cbeving Mdefsnsible
BY RI. REV. F. D. HUNTINGTON.
Bishop Of Syracuse.

Chewing gum is an indefensible habit
on every ground and evidences bad man.
ners.. I consider it one of the forms of de-
terioration. of society. There is no justi-
6cation for it, and it descredits good breed
ing. Its unnatural action distorts the jaws.
and in time cannot but affect the looks OF
the perpetual indulger. should think that
that alone would be enough to deter any
one from INDUCING in the habit. They say
that it whitens the teeth, but do not be-
lieve it, and I never heard from medical
standpoint that 1t was good for anyone.
The indefensible and low-bred habit of gum
chewing seems to me to be on the increase.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

rous to family lite whether caused by the death
don of the father the smaness of his earnings ought
to be enough recognize that who brings up family
performs invaluable and exacng task of citizenship should
be uhampered its performance by the necessity of earning living
The fact that able bodied mans wages always enough
support his family question complicated to
Be discussed here
The lack of family unity which displayed divorce courts
appears be seldom caused an honest
independent livelihood in any walk of life
No movement keep pace with the growth
of working girls. weknown suggested with grim
humo noting the increasing employment of young girls
that the tendency toward when the
will be done by machines and little girls The kindly
the OF clubs luncoos and classes valuable partly
they the situation for many individuals partly they
have helped draw public attention working girls
We all begin the ned of factory legislation sanitary regua
and especially the necessity for understanding
part of working of their relation the industrial world
The present of does
did the partly because have dsusoned
Of the ballot keep the world good happy partly
questions of social industrial
their the
Presumably women will ultimately obtain the suffrage.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

bread for Frenchmen.
The average Frenchman eats 4z9
pounds OF bread year.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

Natural Trotters.
OF American animals. the moose. ELL
and caribou are natural trotters.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

commit larceny him liable
When teach political and law lessen the
temptations and opportunities for Of violence but Do not les
- those for acts Of fraud
Few Of who have looked the statistics Of education and
optimistic enough deny that they quite Disappointing The
provenent due to the removal of eray omethng
4 does much should like
oed BY the early advocates of public school system
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12

Of his state In 1901 he was candidate
for the United States senatOrship. and
he was delegate at large and chairman
Of the state delegations to the national
conventions Of 1892 and 1896. Mr.. Web
ster also was 4 delegate to the last Me-
braska state constitutional conventioc
and was honored by being elected its
president. A committee has been or
ganized to advocate his claims before
the national convention in Chicago next
June.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
CletAias tor stass Favsrates.

Clothfng Ter stage Tavorites.
Appreciation Of good acting IL strange
~ expressed In some parts Of Japan.
The theater patrons throw portions Of
their clothing on the stage. and after
the performances redeem the articles, the
money going to the actor or aetro9eWha
hns excited their admiEatioA
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
Lazvlessness and Educution.
BY PRESIDENT HADLEY,
Of Yale University.

The root of lawlessness lies deeper than mere
ignorance of consequences. The chief source of
crime IS moral perverseness rather than mental de-
6ciency. You improve mans intellectual capacity
without correspondngly educating his moral nature,
you likely to change the direction in which his
criminal vicious instincts seek their outlet, rather
than to destroy those instincts themselves. When
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-12
Wonkzxg Wlous0u and the Home
By MISS JULIA c. LATHROP.

HE OLD patarcha idea Of family life has already disap-
peared. There bond of economic unity when the
head of the household the only support of the family
and when the arts in the hands Of and carried
in factories peculiar to the household and con-
Quoted by Now, when daughters work in these
factories and although able to live independently bring
their wages to swell the family bank account there is
voluntary unity, together with individual independence
which is much higher and finer thing.
It is quite another matter for mothers to work to
help support their families This is almost always dsas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-09
STRENGTH AGAIN
 WAS PREDOMINANT  News of Day Not UnfavOrable
 to Values. STEEL MADE GOOD ADVANCE Resumption of Full Time In Pennsyl- vanIa Shops Was Regarded as ln- dlcatlon of Improvement In
 Trunk Line Field. .

New York, September s.-The r1ixed strength and weakness of the market today continued but the strength again predominated the speculative forces which are behind the present rise seem ed to be accumulating more stock than they were distributing as against the dominant tendency to the profits, which affected yesterdays market, but the mixed process was still going on, that is to say, sales were made in one quar- ter under the sustaining influence of the buying in new quarters. The favorites for the advance were picked from the railroad list again after yesterdays pre- ferential for the industrials especially the steel stocks.
 The news of the day was not unfavor- able to values, but it was of a general character and did not account for the disproportionate strength for special stocks. The early market saw a continu- ance of yesterdays strength in the steel stocks. United States Steele preferred was lifted & full point to the highest point on the present movement. A good effect was produced by the August fig ures Of output and consumption of iron, showing an expansion of 5s,0oo tons in the weekly capacity of the furnaces and a reduction of 10000 tons in the stock at the furnaces.
 The reported placing of larger order by the Japanese government for steel plates was also a favorable influence. This evidence that the improvement in the demand had set in August, services A1. xxr.1 timent towards the policy of the steel makers in cutting prices in September, in order to stimulate revival of demand. United States Steel preferred dropped into the back ground later in the day, and the leadership of the market reverted ts Reading. There was a rather distinct line of demarkation between the eastern and western railroads in the subsequent dealings. The coa1ers seemed to be fa- vored on the ground that the restriction in the anthracite output for July and August left good field for benefit from the autumn demand, now expected to de- velope soon.
 The resumption Of full time In the Penn sylvania shops were regarded as an in- Cication of improvement in the trunk line field, and the increase in gross, earnings for August of New York Central seemed to be reverted to in estimating the condi- lions of the eastern railroads. The west ern railroads on the other hand were in- clined to hang back Crop uncertainties may have been an influence upon them. But more evident factor was the doubt aroused by the large selling of the Pa cifics yesterday, and the suspicion that 1t represented inside liquidation. A rather general discussion of the Likelihood of electrical equipment for steam railroads was the ostensible ground for sharp ad- vances in the electrics. Rock Island and Bouthern railroad were largely bought for unexplained motives.
 The time money market was inclined to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-09
FREE SELLING
 AT HE ADVANCE Opening Influenced by Firm
 ness of Liverpool, SEPTEMBER WAS SHORT Strength of Liverpool Explained By Rumor That Certain Texas Ship
 pers Had DefauIted In
 Their Contracts.
SEPTEMBER WAS SHORT

New York, September s.-The cotton market opened firm at an advance of 1s points on September and of to Il points on later positions and showed pretty firm tone during the morning with prices at one time about 8 to IS points net high CT, the advance being led by the Sep tember option which was affected by talk of a corner. The opening gains were influenced by hrmness of the Liverpool points on spot cotton, of IT points on Sep tember. and of points on other options at the hour of the best opening. Priv ate cables received just before the local opening, ascribed the gains abroad to the scarcity of supplies, and indications for a September corner.
 It was rumored around the local ring that considerable September short in- terest, more or less scattering, existed in the local market, but If so, the latter trading gave no indication of 1t, for there was persistent selling all along the line at the advance credited to the lower Wall street bear leader, and prices in the
 
 at the bottom, net decline of 15 points on September. and of to 10 points on later months.
 One explanation perhaps of the strength in Liverpool was the rumor that certain Texas shippers had defauted on their contracts for the first half of Septem- Der shipment to the English market which would account for the firmness of the newer positions in that center and afterwards a local firm received & cable from Liverpool confirming this report The weather was considered favorable, but private crop advices from Texas and Mississippi continued very poor on the average and sentiment as to the present progress of the crop seemed divided.
 Receipts at the ports today were 22 $50 bales against S659 last week, and 6379 last year. For the week 130OO0 against 77,sSs last week, and 96,752 last year. Today s receipts at New Orleans, S4S bales against SPA last year, and at Houston 1O,029 against 2S9O last year.
 New York, September S-Cotton-Dull, middling, 1120;, gross receipts. 4oSs; sales. S4; stock, s2,522l
 Total today, net receipts, 22,S50; ex- ports Great Britain, 200; stock, 149, ,737.
 Consolidated. net receipts, 103S01; ex- ports G. B.. 23,S92; continent, 1S,973
 Total since September l, net receipts. 126S63; exports G. B., 37330; France S716; continent, 19,671.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-09

ton yesterday but had to put back to port on account of an accident. Liver pool was advised of this development by cable which accustomed a rush to cover September short sales and an advance of about 20 points in spots middling ad- Yancing to 6.s0, sales of 5000 bales, while September contracts closed II points high CT than yesterday, the more distant posi- tions about : points up. It was snbse- quently learned that the Ira will draw another anchor within a day or two and being a fast boat will arrive at Liver pool in time to fulhll her mission of de- livering 22.000 bales on September con tracts
 Failure to arrive in time would only effect the Liverpool market as stocks at home will be accumulated on account of heavy receipts. Of late the movement to market has been large notwithstanding recent general rains in Texas interfering with picking and marketing. Port receipts figures since September | 126,000 com pared with 12S. 600 in 1902 when September movement was heaviest on record The receipts in sight by reason of probabil- lty of southern consumption not being as large as during the first week of 1902 will probably be about 155 900 against 42, GOO last year and 19S,000 in 1902. Visible supplies however, will probably be very bearish, may gain 10000 relatively on last year. December opened at 10.3S, ad- vanced to 10.45 when the scare was on, then declined to 1928. Closing 1o27&10. .2s. Spots closed steady Hs down, sales total 5s50; middling 10 s-16.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-09
LeIshman 6 co.,s Market Let.er.

EClSnn1dn cL CO. 5 nidFKCt t-CIkCTs
 The more cheerful feeling in Liver pool, where prices were up from to points, a better demand for spot cot ton and the estimate of the Commercial and Financial Chronicle Of crop of 10,- 121 1886 bales, against 1075S, S26 bales in 1902-03, were all instrumental in causeing stronger opening in cotton this morn ing. Shorts covered freely fearing a pos sible squeeze in the September option. After the opening, prices sagged off somewhat on profit taking but at the lower level support by Wall street bulls aided by the increased anxiety of the short interest to cover, checked the de- cline and had stimulating effect on prices, spinners and mills were again moderate buyers of spots today.
 While the demand Is not large, 1t is a significant fact that they are again in the market as purchasers and 1t is evident that they consider cotton low enough for the present any way and despite the predictions of a big crop and favorable government reports the final crop Is lia- ble to fall considerably short of 12500,- 0O0 bales.
 Conditions at present justify much higher prices for cotton and with planters throughout the south holding back for 12 cents thus restricting the movement to a certain extent.
 We think that cotton will soon reach 12 cents.
 At any rate the market is a purchase for a good advance.
 Stocks-The stock market continues strong the bull move seems to have como to stay. The steel issues have been the strongest of the list during the past few days, with the exceptions of St. Paul, Reading and Rock Island, United States Steel preferred sold as high as 64 today. The cheapest stock in this list Is Republic Steel preferred. We look for 1t to sell above 50.