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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

sources of his wealth.
James Connor and Katie, his wife, kept
a little theatrical agency on Broadway 40
years ago. When Conner died, leaving
a boy of six, the mother, who was born
in Ireland, and whose girlhood name was
Irwin, was in possession of a little to-
bacco shop. There one morning John
Anderson, the rich tobacco merchant,
met her. Mrs. Conner had been an
actress in her youth and was still at
tractive. Anderson was married, but
perhaps not happily. At any rate, his
wife died four or five years later in the
south, virtually separated from him.
And Mrs. Conner accompanied the old
millionaire while her son was educated
under the care of AndersOn'S partner.
The old man, who was proud of making
the particular brand of tobacco that
Daniel Webster always chewed, appar-
emily did not like to have the boy
around. So the young man went to Eu-
rope, where with ample means he be-
came a sculptor. A statue of his show
ing Cain as a murderer, is nov in this
city, seen daily by many who do not
know it's authors history. But Conner
was perhaps too wealthy to do the best
work as an artist. From his mother he
inherited ample means. At the time Of
his death he owned considerable real
estate in Brooklyn, but lived the life
of a recluse. There was a memorable
contest over Anderson's will, but the
Connors emerged from it with $500, 900
paid by the heirs by way of compromise
of direct requests which they were dis
putting. With this money the young man
and his mother, who died some years age,
seemed to try to disappear as completely
as possible. They succeeded. Few re-
| called their story when Mrs. Conner
| died. Fewer still connected the son,
| whose name the cable spelled "Coner,"
with the stern old tobacconist whose
family affairs in their days furnished
New York with a keen sensation.
OWEN LANGDON.
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STRAYS.

Although iron pyrites and copper
pyrites are difficult to distinguish I'M
foreground by candle light, they are
separated usually by the use Of the
bluish-white flame of magnesium wire
Or the ~acetylene light.
A square foot Of uncovered pipe,
filled with steam at 100 pounds pres
sure, will radiate and dissipate IN a
year the heat put into 3,i16 pounds
of steam by the economic combustion
of 1913 pounds Of coal. Thus, ten
square feet of bare pipe corresponds
approximately to the waste or two
tons of coal per annum.
Oxygenated water at II volumes Is
pronounced by M. A. Renard the best
preservative of milk. Added directly
after milking, in the proportion OF two
to three per cent, it decomposes IN SIX
OF eight hours into water and oxygen,
leaving no foreign substance as do
borax or salicylic acid, and effecting
no change like boiling or freezing.
The antiseptic action persists long
enough to prevent alteration.
The new carbon-mOlybdenum COM
pound of Henri Moissan is obtained by
heating melted mOlybdenum and alu-
minum in the electric furnace. The
metallic product is treated with a con-
centrated solution Of potash, when
needle crystals of the new compound
are obtained. The substance is very
hare, scarcely attacked by acids, I'M
affected by water or steam below GU
degrees, and promises to be OF value
for molybdenum steels.
The physiological effects of electric
currents have been investigated by
Prof. Nernst at Bonn. The safety OF
the human body when exposed to a
powerful high-frequency electric cur
rem has been explained as due to the
passage of the current over the sur
face of the body only, but Prof. Nernst
finds the reason Of the currents harm
lessness to be probably that it does
not have time to effect a change in the
cellular tissue before the REVERSAL OF
the current takes place. Experimenfs
on frogs have confirmed the new the
DRY.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
WOLVES HELD At BAY
A GREEDY PACK OF ILLS SURROUND
A OLERGYMAN'S WIPE.
Through the Arrival of Timely Aid She
Escapes from the Terrors of a
Prolonged Siege.

The Rev. W. A. Denton, of Girard,
Crawford county, Kansas, tells the fol-
lowing story Of a narrowing experience
of one of the members Of his family.
"My wife," he says, was assailed for
fifteen years by a combination Of all
ments following the birth of our first
child. The food she ate fermented in
her stomach, she had frequent dizzy
spells, her limbs were swollen and pain
full, her nerves were quite shattered, she
was unable to sleep and she was many
times on the verge of heart failure.
physicians gave her only temporary
relief. Finally the favorable reports Of
some relatives and neighbors led her
to make trial of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. She expert
rienced improvement almost at once.
They relieved her sleeplessness, the
smothering sensations have disappeared
and have not annoyed her for years.
! They freed her from stomach trouble
and the dropsical tendency was miti-
gated. The progress Of the rheuma-
tism, which had begun to make her
fingers crooked, was stayed and the pain
was banished. In every respect they
gave her more help than any other rem
edy she had ever used, and she is today
i in better health than for many years.
CDR. Williams Pink Pills are our sta
pie household remedy, andI am in the
habit of recommending them to all who
suffer from troubles like those which af-
ficted my wife"
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and repair
| shattered nerves are contained, in con
densed form, in Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. They are also a specific
for troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppression, irregularities and all forms
of weakness. In men they effect a rad
zeal cure in all cases arising from men,
tai strain, oyerwork or excuses Of what
ever nature. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
are sold in boxes at fifty cents a box
or six boxes for two dollars and fifty
cents, and may be had Of all druggists,
or direct by mail from DR.. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, NY. Be
sure you get the genuine; substitutes
never cured anybody.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

PlIlFUL lie ,Irag-
edy a S e Il d e d
when James STAN
ley Conner died in
Florence, Italy.
The brief message
that announced his
death caused not a
ripple upon the
surface Of n G w
York'S easy for
getfulness, but
there were a few
who remembered
his mother and the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
The Fashion of Simplicity.

. OFTEN happens
t t h e l~eisurely
chronlcler of pass
ing events to get
ahead of the tele-
graph wire in news
of social impor-
lance, because the
man who is, as
Lord Salisb put
it, tiled to a wire,''
can not look up
long enough to see
what is coming. |
think these letters
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
NEW YORK LETTER
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS SHOW
REMARKABLE CHANGES.
COMING FROM BRITISH ISLES
The Influx of People from England
Has Been Sudden and Unexpect-
ed-Many Servants Needed
Other Gossip.

YORK.-T b e
phenomenon of the
year in immigra-
ton has been the
sudden and unex-
pected influx Of
people o the
B ritis b islands.
Government fig
ures Of immigra-
ton are always q
couple of months
behind the immi-
grants themselves,
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incidents sur
rounding our text
bring before us a
charming and in
spring pic t e.
The rich and state
Iy and S a C d
courts of the Tab
ernacle of Jehovah,
the place He had
appointed for His
dwelling place in
the midst of His
people; the e
Of the p~erfunctory
services of Eli. the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
Armies of Servants.

number of fam
lilies that employ
from 10 to So serv-
ants in a single es-
t~ablishment is con-
s~iderably larger
than might be sup
posed. In such a
household the ma
jority of the serv-
anti travel with
the family from
New York to New
port and thence to
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
Vice Versa.

She-Few men realize how hard it Is
for their wives to manage on the small
allowances they give them.
He-And few women realize how
much harder it is to give than to man
age on the small Observation-Disclosures
Life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
Sample Divorce Problems.

Oh mai
prince Of high
rollers" Harry
Thaw, are not the
only ones coming
out of Pittsburg.
The extraordinary
tangle of the Me-
X e e 8 a n d t h e
Phipuses is inter-
esting the metrop-
oils quite as much
as the Smoky City.
All the parties are
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

II URING the still watches of the night
l. voices are heard within the temple.
Gods voice calls: Samuel, Samuel"
Samuel's voice is heard in answer:
"Here am l." as he runs to Ellis side,
as was his wont when summoned to
minister to his needs. Ellis voice is
heard in dull, heavy, uncomprehending
pevishness. Il called thee not, my son;
lie down again" The three voices
heard in the midnight watches of the
life's great need. Gods voice calling.
The souls voice in answe and self
Quieting the query of the soul and bid
ding it go and lie down again. Gods
voice is calling to you and to me. We
know not His voice. We are unfamil-
far with the sound thereof. Once, twice.
God has called, perhaps more, and each
time you have settled the matter by
urging the soul to the sleep of indiffer-
ence and oblivion. Will God call again?
Are you Indifferent as to whether he
will or not? Are you glad that the
conscience of the soul has been stilled
and its questioning silenced? Do you
feel better content within the temple
of your body that you can minister to
your own need as the caprice and within
of self may dictate? God pity the man
who has stilled the voice Of God to the
soul. Who has SO repeatedly turned
the soul away with its questionings that
at last God calls no more, and the light
OF His presence has left the temple in
r L --r..g II 2
thus to trihe with God! Twice Eli
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

Don't you think Miss Lingerlong's
face looks rather worm"
"Well, she has been wearing 1t sincs
186S.'-Town Topics.
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VOICES IN
THE NIGHT
y Sermon by the Highway and -
Byway" Preacher. W
Copyright, 1904, by ]. NJ. Edson.)
Chicago. Sunday. Nov. q.

Chicago. Sunday, Nov. q. 1904.
: Text:-"And the Lord called yet again,
Samuel. And Samuel arose and went TO
Eli. and said. Here I'm l; for thou dicst call
me. And he answered, l called not, my
son; lie down again. Now Samuel did not
yet know the Lord. neither was the word
of the Lord yet revealed unto him. y Sam.
1:6, 4.
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may have beer the first to predict the
fashion of simplicity which is now being
preached in New York. 1t may not last;
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

e AMUEL, as he listened that night to
y the revelation of God, discovered
three things, and every soul as he re-
ceives the revelation of God through
the Holy Spirit has a like experience.
Samuel found a new relationship with
God. And because of the revelation and
the fellowship with God his response
bilities were increased toward the na-
ton whose prophet and judge he was
to become. Has God revealed Himself
TO YOUR heart? Have you been made
one with the Father throughfaith in the
crucifed Son? Then upon you has rolled
a new and heavy responsibility. Dare
YOU be Indifferent to it, while you hear
the judgments Of God pronounced
against sin and the sinner? Dare you
keep silent, while men are going down
to eternal death? Can you remain in
different while friends and loved ones
are being swept along in the tide that
will plunge the soul to eternal de-
struction? Yours is a new and ire
mendous responsibility, if the light
of Gods revelation has shined in
YOUR heart. Anu the lHlFu eXpe-
rience which comes with the reve-
lation of God to the soul is the realiza-
ton of Gods righteousness andthe aw-
full sinfulness of sin. Before you re-
ceived Gods gracious revelation you
perhaps did not realize what sin was
and what awful judgments God has
pronounced against it, but as you have
come into the pure light of Gods holi-
ness and been cleansed from all sin in
the blood of the precious Lamb of God,
you have seen with Gods eyes. and
peered for the first time into the very
abyss of the pit. Samuel did not realize
the iniquity of Ellis house. great as he
knew it to be, until God revealed it to
him that night. And so we must re-
ceive Gods revelation to view sin in its
true light. May God help US to bear
the voices in the night: The voice Of
God, speaking to the soul. The voice
of the inner self bidding the soul seek
its God, the voice of the soul responding
to the voice of God, n saying: Speak,
Lord. for Thy servant heareth."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

An irascible old colonel who used to
play golf at Sandwich, on the River
stour in England, had a habit, COM
mon with many, of blaming everybody
but himself for his bad strokes. Fin
ally one day, becoming badly
bunkered, he first took mighty ven
geance ON the turf with his club.
Then, glazing around in expectation
of the usual friendly comments, and
nobody saying anything, he blurted
out: How can you expect a man to
play decent golf on these cursed links
with ships passing up and down the
channel?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

Two fashionable ONE were re-
Gently calling on a new neighbor, and
while awaiting her appearance a lit
tie girl came into the room, evidently
bent upon the rescue of a doll recent
ly abandoned there. Naturally she
We viewed with some curiosity, and
one of the callers, secure in the child's
obviously tender age, spelled a low
voiced comment: mob very pref
t-y." To her horror, the small maiden
paused on the threshold, and, fixing a
contemptuous eye upon the culprit,
remarked, with lofty composure:
mo, not very pretty, but rather
SMART"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
rwICE-roLD Z

James jeffrey Roche was having q
chat with President Roosevelt In the
white house recently when the tele-
phone began to ring. There seemed
TO be nobody at hand to answer 1t,
80 the president performed the duty
himself. The visitor says that this
conversation took place: We'll, what
is it," Hello, is Archie there?" mo,
he's not" Who's this I'm talking
to-" "The president" "Well, you'll
do. Tell Archie to come owe and play
ball" And the president proceeded to
execute the order as directed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03

Prof. Simon Newcomb tells Of the
following incident which occurred dur
ing a recent visit paid by several
young western M to the Wash
fngton observatory. II had done my
BEST" said the astronomcr, "to answer
with credit to the government and to
myself the running fire of questions
which my fair callers ~propounded. 1
think I had named even the remotest
consultations for them, and was con
graduating myself upon the outcome,
when n of the younger members OF
the party i~nteriected: But. as it has
never been proved that the stars are
inhabited, how do the astronomers
ever find out their names?"
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turned Samuel away, but the third tint
that God called the old priest wal
aroused to the meaning of the voice ant
told Samuel how he should answer ant
what he should do II again the voice
should call. God grant that self may
be reused to the consciousness Of God
and when He calls again the soul may
be bid to say: Speak, Lord, for Thy
servant heareth."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-03
A Life Tragedy Ended.

PITIFUL life trag-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24
TIE STATE SENATE.
The Resuii in his The Fourteenth
District

The official returns of this the
18th Senatorial District are as
follows: Preston county, J. Sill
dell Brown, d, 1853; $. b. Mont.
gomery, r, 1854; David ]. Glib.
son, Pro, 1919; a majority for
Montgomery Of 2,012 and a plu.
rality Of 2,141.
Tucker county, Montgomery
] SOP; Brown, 1924; Gibson, 90.
Mineral county, Montgomery
1925; Brown, 1885; Gibson. AZ.
Hardy county, Montgomery
638; Brown, 1910; Gibson, 8.
Grant county, Montgomery,
1,290; Brown, 31S; Gibson, 81.
Total vote for Gibson 900.
Total vote for Brown $500.
Total vote for Montgomery o..
l49, a majority of 1888.
As Roosevelt has over 1000 in
the district and our competitor i:
552 behind the head of the ticket
III this county, we are very well
satisfied.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

Some curious facts about the
"Little Mountain" State are told in
the Gazetteer of West Virginia, {"
just published by the United States
Geological Survey.
For instance, for every sal males
in that State there are 47o favored
females. West Virginia is the only
Commonwealth east of the Missis
sippi River where man is still found
by right of numbers in undisputed
sway. Moreover. race suicide seems
to have but few adherents. The
average number of persons to fam
lily is ST.. Texas is the only State
that beats the record. Texas fam
lilies number S. persons. And one
tenth of person in family doesn't
count for much anyhow.
In the United States one third of
all the people live in cities of more
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

than 10, 6o3 population. West Vir
ginia has but four cities whose pop
ulation is greater than s, 900 each
The four ogether-Whee;ing, Hunt
ington, Petersburg and Charleston
have just IS, COS, according to the
census of 1900. Only per cent. of
all the people of the State live in
these four cities.
Another unusual feature is repre-
sented by the race distribution. Gu,
of every 1000 persons, oss are
white and IS colored In the DIS
trict of Columbia and in MARYLAND.
right next door, the proportion of
negroes is vastly greater Out OF
every 1000 West Virginia folk, only
20 were born in foreign countries.
OF all the States in the Union, West
Virginia has the largest proportion
of native white Inhabitants. Out of
every 1000 not fewer than ga were
whites born right under the Stars
and Stripes.
Just to show what the future may
have in store for West Virginia the
Gazetteer mentions the fact that
timber still covers not less than rs. .
400 square miles or IS per cent of
the area of the State.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24
GOING TO REVISE THEM.

The Republicans tell us that at
the next meeting of the Legislature
that they are going to revise the
new tax law They told us during
the campaign that the new tax law
was perfection and that it would re-
duce our taxes one third. The re-
vision will be one in which the de-
vii will be the umpire. If the farm.
ers and small property holders can
make themselves believe that the
members of the next Legislature
will have any say in the revision of
the new tax laws they will find
themselves fooled for the third time.
The trusts, corporations, railroads,
the Standard Oil Company anu
every other corporate influence will
dictate any laws that may be passed
by the next Legislature. The farm
ers and small taxpayers will have no
more show with the next Legislature
than a one legged man In kicking
match. The money power put up
the coin TO elect everything from
Teddy downward. They shall ex-
act an eye for an eye and tooth for
a tooth and they are going 10 get it..
Will some of our Republican
contemporaries explain to us why
the new tax law needs revision be-
fore it is put in operation ? Is it
trick TO fool the farmers again
IT it is law of perfection, as the
spellbinders and newspapers, who
were doing the stunt for the Repub-
licans during the campaign, told us,
why is it TO be revised before Civ
ing II fair trial ? The answer is
obvious. They know that the new
tax law will enormously increase
the taxes Of the farmer, merchant,
mechanic and working men and
they are preparing to hedge.
We have calculated on every the
DRY advanced by the Republicans;w I'VE
have cut and slashed the levies in
every manner suggested by the Re-
publicans, and the result is the
same-up goes our taxes ! We
have stood by our Republican
friends while they figured over an
acre of paper to prove the new tax
law would reduce our taxes, while
they become entangled in a myriad
of figures, and they could not tel
whether the taxes were going up oil
coming down. We have agreed 10
go into legal writing with our Re-
! publican friends who were cock
sure our taxes would be less under
the new tax law, they to pay the IN
| crease and we would fork over the
amount of seduction our taxes,
but they were seized with the cramp
colo and hurried away. They will
have worse than the craprp collie
before they get through with the
new lax law.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

The Republicans are now organ
izIng the two factions in this State,
and from present indications the
Dawson-Teter fight will be a mere
side show compared with the gigan
tic struggle which will take place
between the two factions for the
spoils of office. Mark the predic-
ton, you doubling Thomases.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

We may not fast on yellow legged
chickens the next four years. but
we promise the people of Preston
to publish the best newspaper IN
the county, and incidentally keep
them posted on how the new tax
law is operating in the interest of
the money power Send your sub
scriptions to THE ARGUS and keep
posted.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

The ARGUS would like TO 20 on
record with prediction that IL Gov.
a. B. White defeats Senator Nathan
Bay Scott for the Senatorship, that
in 1903 VIM. NJ. O. Dawson will
defeat Senator Stephen = Elkns,
if the Republicans control the Leg
islature. White and Dawson are
not in politics for their health or
the good Of the party.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

Let us hope that the quarrel over
the Kingwood postoffice will not be
come so bitter that Teddy will close
it like he does in the Southern States
where the whites will not patronize
a postoffice presided over by a de-
scendant of Ham. We don't mind
the hilsrity so long as the postoffice
is not closed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

The Prohibition vote in Preston
county this time was about on an
average with the past, most Of the
candidates receiving 81 votes, al
though Bert r. Gibson, OF Tunnel
ton, received % votes for the Leg
islature and David J Gibson, Of
Newburg, rag for the State Senate
The heavy apple crop this year viii
be a bad back-setto the Prohibition
cause, as there are thousands Of
barrels Of hard cider In The county
TO be drank up this winter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

Suppose the Republicans allow
the Democrats to defeat Dayton
the next time. This thing of ne
Republicans defeating DAYTON" S
becoming a trihe monotonous.
This thing of soaring Bro. Dayton,
and not defeating him, will prob
ably terminate in nervous prostra
ton with the Barbour Naval hero.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

The Leader publishes a list Of The
applicants for the pos.ofice. with
the returns not all TO from the rural
districts IF the applicants keep
on multiplying they will qu a .
Coxey's army, and start on march
to Washington and demand OF Ted.
dy that they be permitted to tread
on the grass while Booker Washing.
ton dimes IN the White House.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-11-24

We want to remind the farmers
who live along the line of railroads
to look out for the Board of Public
Works as they glide over the -ail-
roads in palace cars dining and
winning at the expense OF the rail-
roads. When they reach Charles
ton they will assess the railroads,
and you old farmers can imagine
the rest.