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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
Ancient Watches still Keen Time. J

A jeweler in Boone, Iowa., has a
collection Of watches and clocks that
date back hundreds Of years and still
keep time. One watch has diamond
set gold works and silver case is
dated 1888. A 1886 watch bears the
trade mark, "Gray's. Bond street.
1885," A clock is dated 1857, and there
are two very old clocks having wood
en- works in his store for repairs. All
keep perfect time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
Tramp Really Was Hunqry.

A tramp was arrested at Ludlow,
Mass, who claimed to have been four
days without food. The kind-hearted
officer took the famished man to
restaurant. where he ate a meal which
for the quantity of food consumed
beats all known records in the town.
The meal included ten large slices
oil bread. about two pounds Of meat,
four large pieces of pie and six dough
nuts washed down with four cups Of
tea.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09

4 Pearls in Fresh Water CLANS.
In shocking out peck of fresh
ater clans for his hens Hal Clark
( West franklin, Me-, discovered
sht small but handsome pearls.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
Slight Mistake.

He-You look at me as il you
thought was fool.
She-I beg your pardon. You can't
be such a fool. after all.
He-What do you mean?
Sne-Your remark shows that you
possess the ability to read ones
thoughts at glance.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
A Substitute.

Mitte-s this your advertisement
- me paper: Wanted A good strong
q,e 70 40 q light drayman's work"f
Drayman-Yes, that's mine. Whyr
Wltte-What's the matterf Are yos
going on a vacation? 1-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
Her. Lanould Guess.

Her. Languid Guess.
"A member of the Stock Exchange
has just paid $4,000 for seat" said
the husband of the prima donna.
Gracious. dear, ] should think you
could afford to give him box for
that!" said the prima donna. Ian.
guidly. -Yonkers Statesman.
Somewhat Egotisticai.
Downing-Are you q believer In the
survival Of the fttest?
Uppson- Certainly: and shall con.
tinue to be as long as live.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
The RuIlno pa..Ion

.,r Leacner GOT arithmetic CLASH
Tommy Twaddle may ten the class
what a league is" .s'T
Tommy (promptly)--.A league n
eight baseball teams.'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09

Had Them Sized Up.
WHO is that distinguished lookins
MANI"
He is the head waiter"
And who Is that other fine.lookine
'front.'"
That is the clerk" y
One more Qeustion. Who is thaf
insignificant looking man who seems
TO feel that he doesn't belong hereY',
!, Ihat y the owner Of the hotel
Modern Society.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-09
She Would See About II.

She Would See About Il.
Judge-Now, is 1t a fact that you
stole these things from witness store?
Prisoner-If you please. your honor.
my wife
Judge-Oh, never mind your wife!
Voice at the Back of the Court-Oh,
won't he, though?
Not the Real Thing.
She-So your friend Jingleton is
brain worker. is he?"
He-Not necessarily. He writes
words for popular songs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

of Secretary Shaw can determine for
them.
If the voter concludes that he In
prosperous and is willing to continue
to payhigh prices, and his own share
of the enormous profits that the high
tariff allows the trusts to plumber him
of, he should vote the republican ticket
and thus support the stand-pat policy
of no change in present conditions.
But if he is not satisfied, if he feels
that the wages he is receiving do o
allow him and his family to live in
comfort because the cost OF living has
advanced more than wages have in
creased, then logically it is against his
interest to stand pat and a change is
necessary. AS the republicans declare
against any change, he voter must
urn to the party whose declarations
and traditional policy are to reduce the
tariff, that trusts cannot find shelter
under it. Such a change in the fiscal
policy of the United States is advocated
by the democrats. Not a radical change
that would upset business and injure
honest manufacturers, but the tariff so
revised that the trusts that sell cheaper
abroad than at home would be prevent
ed from doing SO any longer. That is
the Iowa idea" OF a large faction OF
republicans of Secretary Shaw's own
state, but he and his p%artisans were
able through the enorn. Gus power Of
patronage to defeat the revisio1ists
and are now intent on cooking the STA
tistics to prove their contention. The
workingman of the east must there
fore, like the farmer Of the west. de-
eide between the two great parties as
to the policy which will give him
the greatest comfort and prosperity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

At Lexington, KY, a ~14-year-old col
ored boy received so lashes in the pub
lie square by order of a police judge.
c. A. Gutke, member of St. Louis
house of delegates combine, confessed
details of Doodle transactions.
The leaders of the prohibition party,
in national convention at Indianapolis.
received a letter from Gen. Miles, de-
clining the nomination for president.
In Nebraska thousands rushed to en-
ter homesteads on a 9,O0O,O 600 acre tract
of government land.
In st. Louis the National Educational
association convened, with 10000 in at
tendance.
While engaged in sinking a new shaft
BENJAMIN Rhodes and Wilson Reed
contractors of Springfield, ILL.,, were
killed. The hook on the bucket in which
they were being lowered into the shaft
broke, letting them fall 80 feet.
Former United States senator from
Wisconsin, John l.. Mitchell, died at his
home in Milwaukee.
Jacob H. Plain confessed to embez-
cling $9O,025 from the German-Amer-
lean national bank of Aurora while
cashier of the institution and said the
money was lost in speculation.
st. Louis police accuse Santos-Du-
mont of cutting the gas bag of his ali
shin so as to delay the worlds fair con-
test.
AT indianapolis the tenth national
prohibition convention opened.
A mob at South Haven, Mich, at
tempted to lynch Charles L. Allison, a
weIl-known citizen and Sunday schoo.
worker of the city, who was arrested or
the charge of criminally assaulting four
year-old Edith Secor.
At La Crosse, Wis, a heavy wind and
hail storm wrecked a building at the
interstate fair grounds and huge trees
were uprooted. The damage to crops
was heavy.
Joe Runk, aged IL, and John Dandrea
aged 13, were drowned in the bay at Du-
luth, MINI.
Mary and Clara Holthau, young girls
were drowned while watching the hood
at Senrea, Kan, the bank giving away
and carrying them into the water.
A young physician, DR.. Seymour T
Jarrecki, was shot and killed at his
home in Denver, Col. Two shots were
fired, one bullet entering his body neal
the heart. Apparently he had beer
called to the door and a~ssassinated. The
murderer escaped.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
THE EAST,

After investigation of the General
Slocum disaster, the coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict declaring the immense
loss of life due to misconduct or the
part of the directing owners of the YES
sci, charging the captain and cnlel
equipment officer with criminal respon-
sibility, accusing the mate OF a
conduct and censuring Government In
spector L~undberg. Warrants for the
accused men were issued and several
arrests made.
The eight-oared race in the inter
collegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie was
won by Syracuse university, with Cor
nell in second place. Wisconsin finished
sixth and last.
The corn crop is practically made in
many sections, says the report OF the
weather bureau.
A rowboat capsized in the Allegheny
river at Pittsburg, and Henry Hlllston
and Earnest Halbey were drowned, and
two companions had a narrow escape
from a similar fate.
Smoke and gas at a fire in Broadway,
New. York, overcame 43 f1remen. -Four
of the men may die from their injuries.
In New York three directors OF the
K-nickerbocker Steamboat company,
held by General Slocum coroners jury,
surrendered and gave bail.
A very old StraGivarius violin, one
owned by Joseph Jean Bot, has been
sold in New York by his estate for
$4,000.
The boiler of a locomotive exploded
on the Pennsylvania railroad while go
ing up the mountain, so yards from
Ehrenfeld station, Pa, Thursday, kill
ing three men, injuring two others, one
of them fatally.
Rev. Silas c.. Swallow, of Harrisburg,
Pa, was nominated for president, and
George w. Carroll, of Beaumont, Tex
for vice president by the prohibition ma
tional convention at Indianapolis, after
Gen. Miles refused to let his name be
used. The platform, besides making
a strong declaration against the liquor
traffic. favors international arbitration,
liberal suffrage laws, the initiative and
referendum and divorce reform.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Quay is dead. But the Penrsyl-
vania corporations still live.-N. Y.
World.
Perhaps Candidate Roosevelt Sc
lected Cortelyou because he means to
be his own campaign manager.-Atlanta
Constitution.
THE appointment of Attorney Gen
eral Knox as the successor of Senator
Quay completes the surrender OF the
Roosevelt administration to the trusts.
Memphis Commercial.
Mr.. Schwab says the prevailing
dullness in business is due ito a public
lack of confidence" Lack of confidence
in what? Captains Of industry and kinge
of finance? -Chicago American.
Perhaps the interstate commerce
commission adjourned the hearing un-
til September to see if coal prices will
continue their sympathetic ascent dur
ing the summer.-Detroit Free Press.
Across the field of national pCli-
tics the issue of honest government is
looming larger each day. The possibili-
ties of that issue from the democratic
standpoint are impressive.-St. Louis
Republic.
with Herrick for national COM
mitteeman, Dick for state chairman and
Boss Cox for chairman of the Ohio dele
cation. it looks as if Foraker hadn' any
thing in sight but his jumped claim to
be the original Roosevelt man."-Al-
bany Argus.
No, thank you" said Hon. Joseph
H. Choate, when President Roosevelt
asked him to be United States attorney
general. Joseph has no desire to be
asked by the newspapers every little
while why he doesn't bust the trusts.
in his opinion, it's a derne l sight better
business to be a loafing around the
throne.-Boston Globe.
a democratic victory would be
about as important to the republican
party as to the country, and the repub-
lican leaders, chained to the wheels OF
the red and gold band wagon which Mr..
Roosevelt thinks is n chariot, are con-
scious of the fact. Never did the demo-
cratic party have so capital a CHARGE to
carry the election as it has this year
Philadelphia Record.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
DOLNGS OF WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days In u
and ALI Foreign Lands.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The deaf, dumb and blind young WON
an. Helen Keller, received the degree
of bachelor of arts, with high honors, at
Radcliffe college.
Eighteen lives were lost by CASUALTIES
in various parts of the country.
During the first six months OF lso4
railway construction in the unlteo
States showed a falling off as compared
with 1902 and 1903.
In an interview Chairman Jones, OF
the national democratic committee, de-
clared that William ]. Bryan will not
bolt the ticket if Judge Parker is nom
mated for president. If the nominee
should be Cleveland, Mr.. Jones said he
would not say what Mr.. Bryan w"ulo
do.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
The Crop Report

Last weeks report of the Mis-
sissippi department OF the weather
bureau is of a rather bullish nature.
1t states that crops continue IN an
excellent state of cultivation and as
a rule are making satisfactory
growth. Cotton, although some
what backward, is growing and
forming nicely, except over a limit
ed T in the middle and southern
counties, where dry weather has
been somewhat injurious. Blooms
are becoming general in the south
ern portion, and have been reported
from the extreme northern counties.
Lice are disappearing.
Corn is generally promising IN the
delta and northern counties, but
has been damaged by lack of mois-
ture over the remaining portion OF
the State. Laying by is about COM
pleted. Harvest has brought a fair
ly good yield. Minor crops r do
ing well, watermeions are becoming
plentiful and fruit continues album
danf
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The once extensive pine forests of
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
are rapidly disappearing under the ak OF
the lumberman-and the sources of lum-
Ter supply are SO nearly exhausted east
of the Rocky mountain1 that we are aA
ready forced to depend on the forests
of Washington for lumber-and the
prices of lumber have advanced and are
advancing in proportion to the growing
scarcity of the supply. Yet close at
hand lie the almost inexhaustible for
sets az Canada-which is shut out OF our
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

Proper revision of the laws and re-
forms in the judicial procedure of di-
vorce courts will do much, but the de-
gree of sanetity attaching to the mar
riage relation in this country will still
depend in large measur upon the at
titude of society regarding it. The in
1uence of the churches in this matter
will be potent. The more they empha-
size the fact that marriage is a sacred
bond the stronger will be the tenden-
cy to look with ~reprobation upon those
who hold it lightly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

1t is much more satisfactory to have
Perdicaris alive than Raisuli dead, not
only on Perdicaris' account but be-
cause it relieves the United States
from danger of getting into trouble
some complications in efforts to en-
force vengeance. Secretary Hay will
doubtless continue to encourage the
sultan to make life as unpleasant as
possible for Raisuli. but he can feel
pure joy, untempered by apprehension.
Raisuli, governor of an important dis
trict, freshly provided with money,
and faithful allies, will be in a strong
er position to resist the sultan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Government control of wireless tel

Government control of wireless tel
egraphy on the coasts of the United
States is absolutely essential to the ma
tional defense, and the navy department
has taken the first deciding step in that
direction by prohibiting the establish
ment Of any private station within a zone
of 24O miles from a government station
on the coast. The government station
at the same time will transmit private
dispatches free of charge.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The largest appropriation for good
roads ever made in one year, by any
state, has been approved by Gov.
Odell Of New York. 1t takes 81, 500, 900
from the state treasury, and under the
law of New York local funds to an
penditure of this large sum. Hence
5000, 900 will be devoted to the bet
terment of Empire state highways. 1t
is expected that contracts will soon
be made for the construction of at least
$50 miles of macadam and gravel
roads, and many parts of the state
will receive benefits.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

Of all the big runs" in the book
line the Bible still holds pre-eminent
place. Statistics say hal last year
the British and Foreign Bible society
alone distributed 5,943,775 copies, in
$40 languages, covering every part Of
the globe. The issue by the American
society last year amounted to 1893 58
Bibles and portions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The campaign rhymesters are hard at
work, but are having rather an unhappy
time of it. The name Roosevelt" does
lend itself readily to verse, and though
there are words that rhyme with Fair
banks"-tanks, banks, cranks, manx and
the .like-they do not commend them
selves greatly to the writers of party
ongs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Want Lee Mitchell Pardoned.

One hundred and fifty citizens OF
Coahoma county have petitioned
Gov. Vardaman to grant a pardon
to Lee Mitchell, a young white man
who has been serving a thirty-year
term in the pcnitentiary for man
slaughter. He was sent up in 1894,
sd for ten years has made a model
and obedient prisoner, and the Goa
homa people think the young man
has been already punished enough.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Collecting Poll Taxes.

The collection Of poll taxes, popu-
lar opinion to the contrary, can be
enforced by law, and as the county
collectors have very little other bust
ness to occupy their attention just
now many of them T enforcing
these forms of Indebtedness. Since
1890 not more than so per cent of
the polls assessed have been collect
ed, a large majority Of the delin-
quents being negroes, who deem it
unnecessary to pay this form of tax
alton when they are not allowed to
vote.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

A lawyer has no right to do any
thing as a lawyer which he would
scorn to do as a man and a citizen.
His obligation to the court and to the
public is and must be paramount to
his obligation to his client.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The General Slocum disaster, as
we'll as the Iroquois' tragedy, shows
how great are the responsibilities OF
those intrusted with the safety OF hui
man lives. The lesson is a costly one.
How soon will it be forgotten?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

One Of the results of the Anglo
French agreement is a renewal of the
scheme for tunnelling the channel be-
tween France and England. 1t is near
" so years since the tunnel project
was first put upon a practical basis Of
experiment, but since then the origi'
nal estimate of cost has been reduced
from $50, 900, 900 to $780, 600, GOO.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

One difficulty in estimating Rocketei-
ler's wealth is that by the time the est
mator has finished his computation the
figures upon which he based it have be-
come obsolete.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Plenty of lime Vet.

None of the railroads have yet
filed objections to the assessments
placed on their property within the
State by the commission, according
to which assessment they must pay
taxes, but they have a month within
which to file objections, and it is
generally understood that the South
ern and the other roads that wers
raised over last years assessment
will file objections.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

A Cleveland professor advocates teach
ing reel and jig dancing IN the pupllc
schools. If the pupils want to learn how
to dance let them play hockey L get
caught.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

markets by a tariff of two dollars per
thousand. The admission of that lum-
Der free would relieve the farmers OF the
northwest, and, indeed, the entire people
of the states continuous to the Canadian
border, of the heavy burden now i'm
posed upon theE by the high prices OF
lumber.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press (Rep.).
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Rain Unearths Lonq-Rurled Treasure

In Hattiesburg last week John
Kelly, a negro, found between fifty
and sixty dollars, at the corner of
Atlanta and Ninth streets, the mint
age running from 1917 to 1923. The
heavy rain of the previous night I'M
covered the coins, which had been
carefully stacked, one on top Of the
other.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Prisoners Removed.

All the prisoners in the new
Kinds county Jail were moved to
the city jail last week by Jailor Cain
in order to allow workmen to repair
the damages in the new structure
wrought by J. E. Martin, the car
barn robber. 1t will require several
days to complete the repairs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
To Examine State Institutions.

State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
will in the near future appoint a
deputy to examine the affairs OF
the State institutions, as directed
by the last legislature. Mr.. Adams
office force is very busy, all of his
deputies being at work, and he will
appoint outside assistance for this
work. The accounts of the first in
situations that will be examined VIII
in, all probability be the Alcorn A.
and NJ. College.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The south will be solid for any can-
didate against Roosevelt. What the
democrats must do is to nominate a man
who can beat in the doubtful states
Nacogdoches Sentinel
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

Mrs. Fairbanks is feeling the bene-
fits of being the wife of a vice presl-
Dental candidate. Her articles are
being printed in the newspapers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

An astronomer at the Lick observa-
tory has found 100 double stars. Some
people are likely to wonder what they
have to drink at the Lick observatory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

King Edward of England made no
descent from his royal dignity when
he received Gen. Booth of the Saliva
tion army.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

Turkey has shown a c~ommendable in
terest in the preservation of Russias
Black sea fleet by refusing to permit 1t
to pass through the Dardanelles.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

Canada is ahead in one Substitution.
IN "a years its divorces numbered 90,
while those in the United States for the
same period footed up 0 1000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

The steerage rate from Europe TO
America and return is only $24.6O now.
It's about time for the rival companies
to begin to give trading stamps.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09

A Japanese magazine has been start
I'D. This will give the Jap generals and
admirals something to do after the war
is over.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Anticipating Ordinance.

The Mississippi State board of
health has enacted an anti-spitting
ordinance and copies of the order
were sent out to the various county
and municipal health officers last
week by DR.. J. F. Hunter, the sec
rotary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Mississippi State News
Missiesippian Wins Honors.

Among the honor awards an
nounced last week at Phillips-Exe-
ter Mass Academy commence
ment< was Maurice Scharff, of
Natchez, a student in the upper
middle class and one of the leading
athletes of the school. Scharff gets
his honors on the basis of general
excellence in all studies, leading a
majority of the students in the
upper middle class, of whom only
two others received honors.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-09
Prison Population Decreases.

The monthly report of the Missis-
sippi penitentiary shows 1919 con-
victs on hand June rs, as compared
with 1869 for the same month last
year, a net decrease of ten. There
were twenty-six new convicts re-
ceived, t~wenty-eight discharged,
two ~pardoned, three deaths and
three escapes.