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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01
THE CONVENIENCE AND HELPFUL.
NESS OF BANKS.

Human nature Is such that 1t often
sees evil rather than good in the "a
rious institutions in Ii midst. We
are prone to think of the profit a
merchant makes On the article of mer-
chandiSe he sells us and we seldom
think of what a great convenience it is
to have a place we a go to and pur-
chase what we need In any quantity
we wish. IL there Is a factory near
us to which we can carry our raw ma
terial and get the market price we are
apt to suspicion that the manufacturer
is paying us too little for our material
and making too large a profit on the
manufactured article. We forget that
our raw material would be worthless
without the factory and many of our
people would have to seek employment
| elsewhere if it were not for men who
are willing to invest their money in
manufacturing enterprises. We are
not as generous and pure minded as
we should be unless we try and see
| the good Us well as the evil in men
and institutions. My reader may ask,
what help can bankers be to any COM
munity? First, banks are places con-
structed specially for the safe keeping
and preservation of money. The
vaults in which the great steel screw
door safe is kept is built fire proof, and
in a measure, burglar proof.
The heavy steel safe is so construct
ed that a burglar cannot get into it in
the time he usually has to work. The
large screw door and the time lock
make the bank as safe a place for
money and valuableS as it is possible
| for men to construct. The men who
organize and own a bank invest their
money in it for the special purpose Of
lending it to the people. For instance,
if the capital Of the bank is 500, 900
there is just that amount put in the
hands of the officers of the bank to be
loaned to people who need it for the
purpose Of merchandising, manufac-
turing, farming, etc. Few enterprises
| could be maintained If it were not
that bankers are willing to lend money
! to people who do not have quite
/ enough of their own to carry on their
l UuSlIOoo OuCCCooiuIJ' VI NOuioO OoIno
take ample security for the money
they lend, but the borrower is willing
to give it, and is grateful for the &C.
commodation.
Aside from the help banks are to
the people, they are great conven-
fences to the people in affording them
safe places for depositing their money.
1t has become dangerous for people to
keep their money at home.
We hear SO frequently Of men and
sometimes whole families being killed
by robbers in search of money. 1t is
not at all safe for it to be reported
that a man has money on his person
or about his premises. 1t is only a
matter of time when an attempt will
be made to rob him and in neraly every
case the man not only loses his money
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

Insurance to cover another phase in
life has been started in Boston. 1t is
TO be oficerd by women and only wom-
en- are permitted to join. The name
of the company is the American Birth
Insurance Company. The initiation
fee is three dollars: annual dues, one
dollar; monthly assessment, three dol
Lars. After the tenth assessment any
member who becomes a mother of a
diving child gets $500. After the
<Ghirty-Seventh assessment is paid she
will receive $500. Perhaps the Birth
Insurance Company is needed; anyway
-Vthe company expects to look after the
future of the little ones.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01
IDEALS.

Every person, whether man, woman
or child should have at least two ideals
toward which to look and strive. One
r of these should be common to allan
ideal of perfection of human kindness
and goodness. This ideal can, of courSe,
only be represented by the Christ
because He is the only perfect man.
The other ideal should be suited to
the sex and vocation of each person.
The lawyers ideal would differ from
that of the farmer, the merchant or
the banker, but each should be a per-
feet type of that special vocation to
which each deyotes himself, and each
person should SO conduct him or her
self and so regulate their lives as to
constantly bring themselves nearer tc
these ideals as the years go by.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01
NOT COMMENTED.

In a spirit OF contentment the
human race can be said to be divided
into two classes, those who scold n
those who get scolded. None of us
are contented with our lot. The
wants to be anything but a
carpenter, and the mason anything
but a mason, and the banker any
thing but a banker, and everybody
would be happy if he were only some
thing else. The violet wants to be a
sunIower and the apple orchards
throw down their blossoms because
70 they are not tall cedarS, and parents
have the worst children that ever
were. and everybody has the greatest
/; -misfortune; and everything is upside
down., or going to be. Now. gentle
reader, you will never make any ad-
: rance through such a spirit. You
cannot fret yourself up; you cannot
ret Yourself down. We brought
nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out. If
we live the right kind of lives, what
ever our circumstances may o be,
we are going to have a glorious vaca-
%tion. AS in summer we put off our
garments and go down in the cool sea
to battle, so we put off u garments
, Of flesh and step into the cool garden
Of eternity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

The case of the State VS.. Dan and
Lon Cook carried up from Calhoun
county has been reversed by the Su-
preme court. One Of them was given
a life sentence in the p%enitentiary, and
the other sentenced to be hanged.
They are charged with killing a man
by the name of Crawford, mayor of
tElZey.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

but his life also. So it Is not only
best for a man to keep his money in
some good bank but it is also best
that he let his neighbors know that
he keeps no money at home.
When a mans money is In the bank
he can pay all debts and bills by SIM
ply writing a check in favor Of the
party he owes. Paying debts by means
Of a check is better than paying it in
money for a paid check serves as a
receipt for the money and ends con-
troverSy. II men are not willing for
their money to be entirely idle they
can usually find some good bank that
will pay them a small interest pro-
vided they will deposit the money for
at least six months. Every man who
has any money at all should open an
account with a bank. If he is ignOr-
ant about how to proceed any banker
will take pleasure in explaining it to
him fully. If he will just step in the
bank and tell an employee that he
wishes to leave a small sum in the
bank for a short time, every detail
about opening an account will be fully
explained.
Farmers do not use banks as much
as they should.
The cotton buyer usually gives the
farmer a check for his cotton. The
farmer takes it to the bank and col
lectS the money and either pays his
debts with it or carries it home. 1t
would be much easier and more con
venient if he would give the check tt
the banker and ask him to credit him
with it, get a certificate of deposit and
a blank check book and walk out OF
the bank without a cent. If he wish
eS to pay a debt he has only to write a
check in favor of the man he owes,
hand it to him if convenient. If not
convenient, mail it to him and that is
the end Of the matter. When the
farmer brings more cotton to town he
has only to repeat the process. When
he has checked out all his money he
will be notified by the bank. If he
does not check his money out soon
after it is deposited, the banker will
mail him a statement occasionally
showing exactly how much has been
checked out and how much there is
still in the bank. / suggest that all
my readers avail themselves of the
convenience of their neighboring
banks. The Mississippi Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

The last "Oficial Register shows
that the United States has 271,18S
hired agents, not including elected
officers. Something over $4,000 of
, these perform work in the District OF
Columbia. Over 134, 600 got their
jobs by competitive examinations
/; through the civil service rules.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

The American Jewish Yearbook
estimates 10, 671, 832 Jews in the
world, distributed as follows: Russia,
$3.50, 401; Austria Hungary, 2.07l,-
254; United States, 1927, 268; in Ger
5many, Turkey, Great Britain, France,
Algeria and Tunis, all combined,
Il. 395. 562.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

Assistant Attorney General Flowers
: lis quoted as saying that the privilege
: tax laws of the State discriminate
against home concerns and in favor of
outside capital in many instances.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

The buffalo gnats have made their
appearance in a number OF the delta
counties. In the lower part of War
rem county more than a dozen mules
are reported to have been killed by
them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

We extend cordial greetings to the
Walden Record, published at Walden,
Miss, the fist number Of which was
issued on March %. A. w. Holmon
is editor and he handles his pen Is m
that can bring things to pass.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

1t is difficult to cure a cough or free
yourself from the diScOmfortS of a cold
unless you nov the bowels. Bees
Laxative Honey and Tar acts on the
bowels and drives all cold out of the
system. Then comes its soothing eff
feet and strengthening influence upon
the throat and lungs. For Group,
Whooping Cough, Colds, and all Lung
and Bronchial affections, no remedy
is equal to the original Laxative Honey
and Tar. Sold by The Second Glass
Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-04-01

WOmanS' Health ReStorer cures al
kinds of female weakness.
IA 2ND CLASS DRUG STORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Wonderful Vitality of Trees.

From the San Francisco Call.
An illustration OF the wonderful vitality
and reproductiveness Of the redwood iS re-
ported from Ukiah as existing In the for
ests of Mendocino county. 1t consists or
the trunk of a redwood tree feiled for the
manufacture of shingles. which, after lying
on the ground undisturbed for several
months, sprouted a number OF young trees
whose roots had developed in its own body.
This development Is enormously reported.
however as the first case on record where
redwood completely severed from the stump
has produced a new growth. Instances have
been frequently recorded of felled redwood
trunks reproducing a growth Of young TIM
Der all along the line Of the PROSTATE log,
and travellers through the coast forests
have frequently observed the phenomenon
of rows of well-developed trees growing out
of the bodies OF those that have lain long
enough on the earth to perish and decay.
Some years ago a newspaper correspondent
reported the strange phenomenon OF new
redwood growth on bridge built OF red
wood logs across Humboldt county
stream. The sides of this bridge consisted
of two large redwoods. which had been
felled so that the ends rested in the SOIL on
each bank All along the upper side OF
each log a row of sturdy redwood saplings
developed shortly after the bridge had been
finished proving that life was not eEttn-
gushed in either, although totally severed
from the original stumps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Insanity and Drunkenness.
rom Pearson's Magazine.

From Pearson's Magazine.
There is no question of the fact that In
sane asyums all over the world are to. a
great extent recruited from the class Of
hard drinkers, and from their offspring
and descendants. Twenty-ope per cent of
the lunatics now under restraint in the
United States have an alcoholic history
liquor being either the sole or contribut-
ing cause of their misfortune. Paresis
which of late years has become SO much
more common, is a typical alcoholic brain
disease, though not always attributable to
drink. It Is noticeably frequently among
brokers and actors, who as a class are
much addicted to constant "nipping."
1t Is said that, to a skilled pathologist
the effects produced by alcohol upon the
brain of a moderate drinker are plainly
visible under the microscope. The drug
acts directly as a stimulant upon the nerve
centers. chief among which is the brain,
and after awhile, when taken in excessive
quantities. injuries the delicate structures
of the mind organ, impairing it's efficiency
and eventually breaking 1t down. But the
most unfortunate feature OF the case is
that the mischief Is liable to be trans
mitted in one form or another to children
who become drunkards, show signs of men
tai weakness, or have tendency to be
epileptic or otherwise afflicted with ner-
vous disease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
A Painless Wound.

From PearSon's.
1t was about this time that was wound
ed-most strangely, in the fact that whiie
my wound was severe 1t was wholly pain
less. Thesflre of the enemy had become ex-
ceedfngly accurate and the shells were
bursting all around. With the flag officer
and his staff I was standing on the bridge
and our group made a pretty target for the
gunners on shore. Dupont, in his polite
manner, said presently:
Gentlemen, would suggest that some of
you had better leave the bridge. II our
friends over there should drop a shell
among us, we might lose some valuable
officers"
Being the junior and inferior officer OF
the crowd l retired al once to the spar
deck, when shell came through our bull
warks and gave me severe shake-up. Re-
Numbering the old adage that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place, 1
went to the shattered port to look out and
to continue my notes of the fight AS l
leaned over, one Of our own guns fired, and
the gromet-a wadding of rope yarn-plew
back into my long whiskers, and in an In
slant my face was In flames 1t took me
but second to extinguish the confiagra-
ton; but it was too late to save even a re-
spectacle remnant of beard whose glory
had excited the envy of even the Prince OF
Wales. I hurried below, took pair OF
shears and trimmed my whiskers a la
Grant When I returned to the deck one
Of the officers said to me:
well, sir, where In the devil did you
come from?'
I saw in a moment that he did not recog-
nize me, and l said:
II came up from below. sir. My name is
Osbon of the Wabash, SIR
The shells were flying about pretty thick
Iy just then and it was poor time to dis
cuss matters, but he stared at me for sew
eraI seconds before he could take 1t in.
"In the name of heaven what Is the mat
ter with you?" he asked.
II have been severely wounded, re-
Piled sin the whtskers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16

months went by and no trace OF them could
be found they were written OF In the Rus
sian state records as non-existing and their
property passed into the hands of their
legal heirs. A distant kinsman had takcn
possession of Baron Liupianoffs great es-
tates and was enjoying his position. The
wives OF the two servants hxld both taken
new husbands and were anything but
matrfmony reappear.
50
What must be described as one of the
most striking features of this remarkable
case has not, however, yet been told. AS
has already been stated. when ne returned
from st. Petersburg to his estates. Baron
Liupianoffs affairs were in an Indifferent
condition, owing to his years Of dissipa-
ton In the capital. And though he then
made q drastic change in the manner OF
living II Is doubtful II he ever would have
succeeded In replenishing his depleted COZ
fers. This. however. and good deal more
has been accomplished by the kinsmau
who succeeded the baron In the custody
OF his estates. An energetic, resourceful
his proprietorship he has completely trans
formed the Liupianon estate, and made it
pay as 1t never did before, with the result
that, IL the former owner gets It back, he
will enter into vastly richer domain than
that which he quit so suddenly.
The present possessor of the Liupianon
estates refuses to acknowledge the identity
of the man who has reappeared after thee
and half years absence as that of the
rfghtful Baron Liupianoff. The unfortunate
prisoner has, therefore, gone to law to re-
cover possession of his property. His plead
ings have already been filed at Kazan, O nd
the case will come In the course of the
winter. After Baron Liupianoff has proved
his identity and his right to possess his
own property proceedings will doubtless be
initiated against Ivan ostrelsky for his
treatment of the baron and the baron's
servants. 1t Is significant that Ostrelsky
has gone to the south of France for the
sake OF his health. Baron Liupianoff has
emerged from his incarceration greatly
aged in appearance and enfeebled In health,
SO that he has indeed been severely pun
ished for his wrongdoing.
SERGIUS VOLKHOVSKY.
Copyright, 1906, by Curtis Brown)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Sentence Sermons.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Little kindnesses come back to us fun
grown.
Count your mercies and you discount your
miseries.
The healthy heart can always find some,
happiness.
that gives. 5s
He who finds no cause for gratitude piob-9
ahlv causes none ~
The best appreciation OF Gods bounty iss
seen in our liberality.
The review of the past often gives new
view of the present. -
The wisest man is he who knows how big
a fool he can be without trying.
Some people never feel good unless they
are making others feel the other way. ~,
It Is the man who fears TO soil his hands
who will worry least about his heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
PLEASANT PoRTER,s GRAFTON
An Indian Chief on the Development
Of His Race.

Muskogee q. To Times.
In the twilight of the tribal life of the
American aborigfnes stands the chief of the
creeks. He Is heard to utter the following
Grafton. It Will be read In the reading
books of the youth of other centuries The
grafton Is dignihed, tranquil. eloquent
There IS hope In the heart of the chief
whose people dared and forebore so long in
the unspoken cut of the forest General
Pleasant Porter said:
The vitality of our race still persists. We
have not lived for naught We are the or
iginal discoveries of this continent and the
conquerers of 1t from the animal Kingdom.
and on from 1t first taught the art of peace
and war. and first planted the institutions
of virtue truth and liberty. The European
ne ton found us here and were made aware
that 1t was possible for men TO exist and
subsist here. We have given to the Euro
pean people on this continent our thought
forces. The best blood of our ancestors
have been intermingled with their best
sta tesmen and leading citizens. We have
ourselves an indestructible element in their
natural history. We have shown what
| they believe TO be arid and desert places
were habitable and capable of sustaining
millions of people. We have led the van
guard of civilization in our conflict with
them for tribal existence from ocean TO
ocean. The race that has rendered this
service to the other nations of mankind
cannot perish utterly.
Though our tribal organization is fading
away. will be transformed a potent
factor. an element within the body of Chris
tan civilization The philosophy OF the
history of the future shall trace many OF
the principles of government and insttu-
tions so dear to them TO those they found
among us. -
Now that We have demonstrated tina. we
have the ability TO make for ourselves and
our children 5hefnes. and having sanction. OK
every law. lei make for ourselves This
firm and fixed resolution: Let our every
act speak it forth; let the elements or
forces of nature carry our resolutions to-
out feliow-men the world over. let them In
their senses, know and feel Ii and enter
upon the performance of our high miss
Many of you have accomplished 1t al
ready; many have begun it; begin at once
and devote all your energies of soul. mind
ami body to the task set before us, even IL
1t takes years-yes. lifetime to carry 1t
out
When we have thus resolved to make for
ourselves and our children homes, we will
have Indted in and upon ourselves law
for our guidance which divine and human
law will protect and sustain us In its main-
tenance. No statutory law will ever annui
it. and we shall then have risen to the
place of our high destiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Military Field Kitchen
noi-@,Nt.Is

Consul IAefeld of Frieburg reports that
the German government has offered three
prizes for the most practical and service
able military kitchen for field purposes. The
prizes are $1.1o0 for the first, STA for the
second and S476 for the third. The kitchen
must be strong and durable. and yet so light
that It can b. transported easily by one
horse. even on uneven surfaces The kettle
must contain $50 hters about 15S quarts)
and must be so constructed that cooking
may be done on the march 1t Is not re-
quired that there shall be special seat
for the driver. but place must be pro-
yided for his luggage and also space for
forage for the horse Those who enter the
competition must furnish a sample kitchen
before February ID, 1909, to the war oiilce
at Berlin. It Il not stated whether the c,m-
Setition win be opened to other than Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Novel Steamship Repairs.

From Harper,s Weekly.
Cement and dynamite seem singular ma
terials to use in effecting repairs OF a
steamship. yet an instance recently Is re-
corded where British steamer was tempo
rarity repaired after striking a submerged
rock by patch OF timber. canvas and
Portland cement mixed with ballast rock,
which was subsequently removed by ex-
plosives.
This repairing device was so successful
that the vessel made the desired port with
out further difficulty. and was then docked
for permanent repairs. So hard was the
cement that 1t was found that some six
days would be required to chip 1t out with
ordinary chisels and drills. and according
up the mass. Small charges were used,
an within three days the cement was re-
moued, without damage either to the steam
er o. the dock n whtck che rested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
Peasant and Pigs.
Berlin Cor. London Mall.

Berlin Cor. London Mall.
A clever smuggling trick has been played
on customs officer on the Russo German
frontier. An Innocent looking peasant re-
ported to the officer plot for getting a
large number of pigs across the frontier.
Tho method, he said, would be to drive
across at intervals of half an hour three,
six, twelve and two hundred pigs, the
smugglers arguing that If the first three
lets could be sent over there would be no
trouble with the two hundred
The officer was naturally on the alert. In
accordance with the peasants statement
three pigs were driven over then six fol-
lowed by twelve. All were allowed to
pass. and preparations were made to re-
ceive the two hundred. But no more pigs
appeared, and the twenty-one animals ad-
mttted had in the meantime been lodged in
safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
The Juryman Had Been There.


For nearly six hours had the court been
cohvulsed with the evidence given In a SEN
satfonal action for breach of promise The
many ridiculous love letters had been read,
commented upon and heartily laughed at
Counsel had spoken the Judge had summed
up and the Jury had retired to consider
their verdict.
well, gentlemen said the foreman.
"how much shall we give this young man?''
Look here" said one of the jurymen
IF I understand Alright, the plaintiff
doesn't ask damage for blighted affections,
or anything of that sort, but only wants to
get back what he's spent on presents holi-
day trips etc.
That's so," agreed the foreman
well then, vote we don't give him q
penny" said the other. hastily. eff all the
fun he had with that girl didn't cover the
amount he expended 1t must have been his
own fault. Gentlemen, / courted that girl
once myself"
Verdict for the defendant.