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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

The eye is, nevertheless, not a per-
feet organ. 1t is liable to be deficient
i'll its power to produce color effects,
and persons who possess the organ
with this imperfection are said to be
"cOlor-blind."
The auses which lie at the founda-
ton of the perception of color are not
yet clear. There is one interesting
theory, known as the Young-HelhomltZ
theory, which is quite generally ac-
cepted by the profession. According
to this theory there are only three
fundamental colors concerned in the
production of all the different tints
perceived, the variety of these de-
pending upon the arrangement of the
color mechanism of the eye, by which
the three fundamental colors are so
combined as to produce the infinite
number Of tints which we recognize.
No general improvement'of the ten
deEcy to all sorts of abuse of the eye
can be hoped for without a general ap-
probation of the fact that all organs
of the body are delicate instruments.
similar in their liability to injury.
This fact should be well meditated.
especially with reference to the ex-
ceedingly delicate instrument of sight.
The greatest habitual carelessness is
observable among people generally as
to avoiding straining the sight. For one
person in a thousand who habitually
puts himself or herself in the proper
position to read or write, the re-
mainder seem utterly Indifferent or
ignorant about the subject. There is
no more desirable practice with ref
erence to the eyes than never to fail
in reading or writing or sewing to put
oneself in a position with the source
of the light back of the eye and fall
ing on the book or paper. The bes.
light for writing passes over the left
shoulder, thus avoiding a shs low from
the writing hand. We shof 7 not at
tempt to read or write with light so
weak as to require from the eyes a
~perceptible effort to distinguish the
character before us.
The duration Of continuous en-
ployment of the eyes is another
consideration. One should very
carefully guard lis capacity for the
duration of exercise. and stop be-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

Mamma" said fve-year-old Nellie
sid like to ask your advice about
something" What Is 1t. dear?"
queried her mother. after I get
through school, what would you advise
me to do while I'm waiting to be mar
ried?" asked the little miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19
AMERICAS BRIGHTEST WOMAN
Mary E. Lease Feels 1t Her Duty to Recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mary E. Lease, formerly political
leader and orator of Kansas, now
author and l~ecturer-the only womar
ever voted on for United States Senator,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

A little girl called at a grocery and
asked for a quart of vinegar to be
put in a gallon jug. This being done
she asked for another quart to be put
In the same vessel. why didn't you
ask for half a gallon in the first
placer" asked the grocer. Because"
answered the small shopper, cts for
two different persons"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19
Some Hot.

"Was it hot out there?"
"Hot? The cuckoo stayed in the clock
and cuckooed."-PucK.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

The future tense of the verb "to love"
is TO get married"-so says a school.
girl.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

experience I thoroughly endorse your
remedy, and am glad of the opportunity
for saying So Yours truly,
(Signed) MARY ELIZABETH LEASE.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sold by all dealers. Price, SO cents
per box.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19

The wearing of glasses, whether IN
youth or age, should not be postponed
a day beyond the time they are need
ed. Young people should be taken to
an oculist the moment there is the
slightest suspicion that anything IS
wrong with the eyes,. Persons who are
sure from long experience of having
no defect of the eye should as they
reach middle age go to an oculist and
slightest failure of sight. Having
adopted glasses at the proper time it
will be necessary to increase them in
strength from time to time.
Eye-washes are applications for use
either on the eyes or the eyelids or
both. For congestion and irritation
for both eyes and eyelids the simplest
wash is hot water applied frequently
to the parts. Using it night and
morning it will often give the great
est relief and arrest many diseases of
the eyes and eyelids.
Tea Eye Wash.-Hot water poured
on tea leaves and the mixture allowed
to steep and cool, makes a soothing
eye-wash.
Witch-Hazel Eye-Wash. - Distilled
witch-hazel, l o.; distilled water, L
OF. To be used especially on eyes ir-
ritable from cold. Battle frequently.
Alum Eye-Wash,-Alum, 1 grain;
distilled water, l OF. To be dropped
gently into the eye night and morning
to relieve Inflammation.
Borax Eye-Wash.-BOrax, 1 gram;
camphor water, 1 OF. For infiamed lids
pour the solution in the eyes several
times a day.
The following is a salve for iniamei
lids:
Oieate of mercury salve, 1 drachn.
Rub into the eyelids after bathing
them gently night and morning with
hot water.
These recipes are given for the ben
eft of those who may need to know at
once some treatment for an in1amma-
ton of the eye or eyelids. Should tho
ailment persist a few days one should
seek the advice of an OculiSt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-19
BY DIR OLIVE q. sMIrHsoN.

Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.J
The eye is, metaphorically as wei
as otherwise, the most abused organ il
4 body, and different peoples, nations
n individuals are very much alike
in ~incautiously destroying the treas
ure of its sight.
The eye is beautiful, when beautiful
In all colors. The truth of this state
ment will be acknowledged by every
one, although everyone has an indi-
vidual preference for a certain colo-
OF eye. 1t has been said that the
french have discovered that the much
disliked green eye is, when fine, prob
ably the nos beautiful because it is
capable of a larger range of tints, and
consequent range of expression. The
color of the cornea, the white of the
eye, as related to beauty, is a feature
which seems to generally escape atten-
ton, yet it has much to do with the
appearance of the eye. Normally, and
to be beautiful, it should be tinged
with the most delicate violet color.
The ornea that is very white, or
shows a glary appearance, is unnat-
ural and devoid of beauty. A yellow
color of the cOrnea is found in bilious
persons, and markedly in cases of
Jaundice.
A very popular error about the eye
Is that it varies greatly in size among
different races and also among indi-
riduals of the same race. The fact
is that the globe of the eye varies
very little in size, and the mistake
Is due to the incorrect perception of
the very different degree in which the
ball of the eye may be set in its socket.
Il characteristic of the MongOlian race
is that the eyes seem to be set slant
ing in the head, but this effect is pro-
duced by a droop Of the inner part Of
the upper lid.
About four-ffths Of the globe of the
eye at the back is made up of a tough,
whitish, Opaque membrane, known as
the sclerOtic membrane. This cOntin-
ues in front as a translucent mem
trane, which makes up the remaining
one-ffth of the eyeball and is called
the cOrnea. So we have a globe whose
back and sides are composed of a
white, Opaque membrane, with a small,
circular membrane set into it's front
as a window-pane. And it truly is
a windoW-fOr its purpose is the ad-
mission of light. Just back of this
window-pane is the iris, the richly
Colored circle, upon which depends the
chief beauty Of the eye. The iris is
provided with little muscles, which
automatically increase or diminish its
opening in the center, called the pupil,
in accordance with the ~desirability of
the admission of more or less light to
the interior of the eye. Back of the
opening Of the pupil is the tiny clear
lens, which receives the rays of light
that enter the eye and throws them
upon a dark screen at the back of the
eye. This dark screen at the back
of the eye is called the retina and cor
responds to the sensitive plate of a
camera. The optic nerve, through
which the brain receives the impress
sion, is closely associated with the
retina. This in brief is the mechan-
ism for seeing.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
TIE MAY CAMPAIGN.

The Educational fires have been
kept bright and burning in the recent
past on hill tops and valley low from
mountain to seaside in Virginia.
President Jarman has been forming
them into brighter glow at one point,
DIR. Mcllwaine at another point and
the gifted Alderman at still another.
Senator Martin has contributed the
practical suggestions Of the practical
man of affairs to the good cause, while
the pulpit and the press have insisted
in giving new life to the well nigh con-
secrated crusade against ignorance.
The people everywhere have greeted
the speakers in large and enthusiastic
numbers and surely all this carries
with il mighty meaning. The edict
has gone forth that the children Of
this Commonwealth shall be educated
that the blind shall no longer lead the
blind, but that a cultured mind and
skilled hand shall guide the plow as
well as rule in the pulpit, shall pre-
vail on the farm as well as in the for
um, in our homes, our stores, our
workshops, yea, wherever Virginia
men love and labor.
Out Of it will come as preliminary to
all this longer school terms, better
school houses and more cOnsecrated
and efficient teachers. The day is
dawning, and soon we will salute an
unclouded sunrising. Blessed be the
men and women who contribute to |
this glorious contamination.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
WASHINGTON DUKE.

The impression prevails with some
people that the successful men of this
age live and labor North of Mason X
DiNon's line, that this is great mis-
take. Washington Duke, who died
recently al Durham, y. c., was a
southern product pure and simple.
At 80 years Of age he conducted a
modest tobacco factory in barn on
his farm and within less than two
decades was the founder and father Of
the colossal American Tobacco Com
pany. Al the time Of his death he
was the leading figure among the
tobacco forces Of the world.
His sons succeed 10 his fortune and
his fame, and will no doubt manage
the business with inherited skill
and sagacity.
The father suggested TO one Of his
boys, when he was just Is years Of
age, the propriety of going TO college,
but he said: "Give me an interest in
your business instead, and this was
done. Today that son takes that
fathers place and fills it to its every
inch.
The Southern sun is notas the world
thinks eneryating but on the contrary
stimulating in eminent degree. The
late DR.. X. l.. Dabney, one of the
most critically Obseryant men we ever
knew, once remarked that the tobacco
growers Of Virginia were the most
industrious workers he ever met with !
in the labor world, and those of us
who know what it costs TO make a
tobacco crop will agree that this great |
man was strictly correct in so saying |
Dixie, as is true OF the world at |
large, is cursed with loafers, but it at
the same time blessed with thought
ful and successful labOrers in many /
walks If life
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
SOCIALISM

We could never understand why SO
much of horror is associated in the
minds Of SO many people, with this
word socialism. Man is prominently
a social being, and one of the highest
compliments you can pay your neigh
Dor is To speak of him as being social
in his nature hand shaker, gener-
ally "goOd fellow mo man liyeth
unto himself" and why, then, this
aversion 10 being sOcialistic in tenden-
cy2 Is IL because under the guise
of socialism some men are ready To 90
to extremes TO commit even positive
wrong? And have not many crimes
been committed in the name Of liber-
ty? And even in that of religion itself?
The most intensely socialistic peo-
pie known to the history Of the world
were the immediate followers Of the
Christ. They had "all things in COM
mon, and while that is not practical
in the age i'm which we live a little
more Of the "fellow feeling would
have the tendency to make us Won
drOus kind
Socialism per sc is desirable, and
only socialism run mad is abominable.
Temperance is commanded of God and
Of good men everywhere,
but the temperance fanatic is an un-
questioned nuisance. Genuine Demo-
,racy is mans unfailing friend but
hat Democracy which substitutes
license for liberty is an open foe to so
,iety. Man ought to be social and yet |
safe and sane. We should learn to |
bear one another's burdens" and not /
encourage laziness or the life Of para
lite. The good thing Of this life should |
le used and not abused.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
POLITICS in VIRGINIA.

During the past week Senator Mar
tin has been making an active can
vass and evidently secured signal sue.
cess at Lynchburg and Culpeper. AT
the former place Senator Daniel pre-
scented him to the audience and in do
Ing so placed him in the very front
rank Of able and useful members of
the United States Senate. Coming
from such source that's compliment
worth the having.
Ii is said that Judge Samuel w.
Williams is making vigorous can
NaSs in the Southwest for the AttOr-
ney-Generalship, but we are under the
impression that Major Anderson, who
now holds and hOnOrs the position,
will win in walkover.
No name but that of J. Taylor Ely
son is mentioned in connection with
the second place on the gubematorial
ticket. Mr. Swanson is pushing and
progressive as has been his wont,
while Mr.. Willard is making the
most pleasant impressions wherever
he goes.
Judge Mann met with a most cor
dial reception at Chincoteague, and
his friends say his tour is a most tri-
umphsnt one.
On last Monday, at Harrisonburg.
Senator Martin, Judge Mann and Mr.. |
Willard addressed large audience
and were cordially and enthusiastic
cally received. Judge Mann's only |
complaint was that Mr.. Willard had |
made his speech, still the Judge spoke |
for an hour, giving most OF the time
TO the discussion of the Mann bill.
Mr.. Swanson has been in Lee and
other counties Of the Southwest dur
ing the recent past.
Governor Montague didn't return
To Richmond on last Monday from
Mecklenburg as he hoped TO do, his
physician forbidding it, but held re-
ception on that day at Chase City. in
which Mrs. Montague took part. lie !
will no doubt be on duty during the
coming week
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
TAKE IT IN TINE.
Just As Scores OF FarmyiIIe PEOPLE
Have.

Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect the aching back.
URINARY troubles, diabetes, surely
follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve backache
Cure every kidney i'll.
Farmville citizens endorse them.
+. l.. Erambert, a salesman in y. b.
Davidson's dry goods store, residence
ON Main street, says: There is no
doubt in my mind but that Doan's
Kidney Pills are valuable remedy.
| saw them recommended for backache
and other kidney troubles and got a
box at ii. {. Crute's drug store. They
drove away my backache and do not
hesitate in endorsing the claims made
for them. | have recommended them
to several Of my friends as remedy
that does all that is represented and
which can be depended upon"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milbun Co., Buffalo.
n. y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name -Doan's-and
take no substitute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
THE TORRENs SYSTEM.

The Nirginian-Pilot suggests that il
would be good policy 70 put every can.
didate for the legislature TO test a,
to his views concerning the Torrens
system Ofland registration. This is am
eminently wise and practicable sugges-
ton, and apparently is the only means
10y which members Of the legislature
can be made TO realize, or rather 10 adj
NIT, the importance TO the public OF
simplifying the evidences of land titles
and their use as commercial assets.
We do not share in heOpinion express
ed 10y many, that the secret Of legis-
lative indifference and apathy i'm this
matter lies in the fact that lawyers con-
troll the legislature, and forprofessional
reasons do not favor the change. That
would be putting the profession on a
very low plane with respect to public
duty, and we do not believe that the in
situation iSjust. Mr.. EugeneC. Massie.
the father ofthemOvement i'm Virginia.
and its faithful and untiring promoter,
is one Of the ablest lawyers in the State.
and there are many other lawyers who
are earnest advocates Of the Torrens
system. But Notwithstanding themer-
its ofthe system and the earnestand i'm
telligent efforts that have been made in
its behalf, it has been impossible to i'm
duce the legislature of Virginia toenact
the system into law. This being true.
1t is time for the people to assert them
selves by adopting the Virginian-Pilot's
suggestion, and compelling candidates
for the legislature not only TO de clare
themselves explicitly on the subject,
but also to pledge themselves to do all
In their power to make it a law Of the
state. 1t is to be hoped that our able
Norfolk contemporary will follow up
The suggestion it has made, and insist
hat candidates from its section shall
be required to commit themselves to
Inc support Of the Torrens system. The |
people will require much education on |
his subject, and there is no better edu-
ator than an honest, intelligent and
outrageous newspaper.
Along this educational line we print
n another column this morning a con-
Iensed but very comprehensive ac-
cunt Of thesystem and how itoperates.
repaired by Mr.. Eugene G. Massie
'ho has made the system subject Of
lose and careful investigation.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

one woman in twenty-five but what
suffers with some arrangement of the
female organism. and this is the secret
Of so many unhappy homes.
No woman can be amiable, light
hearted and happy, Joy to her hus-
band and children, and perform the
duties incumbent upon her, when she is
suffering with backache. headache,
nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing.
down pains, displacement of the womb,
spinal weakness or ovarian troubles.
lrritability and snappy retorts take
the place OF pleasantness, and all sun
shine is driven out of the home, and
lives are wrecked by woman's great
enemy-wOmb trouble.
Read this letter:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
Il was troubled for eight years with irregu-
lArities which broke down my health and
brought on extreme nervousness and despon-
dency. Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound proved 70 be the only medicine which
helped me Day by day improved in health
while taking il until | was entirely cured /
can attend 10 my social and household duties
and thoroughly enjoy life once more, as Lydia
T. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has made
me a well woman, without an ache OF a pain
Mrs Chester Curry, AZ Saratoga Street,
East Boston, Mass.
At the first indication Of Ill health,
painful or irregular menstruation,
pain in the side, headache, backache,
bearing-down pains. nervousness or
1.-THE blues, secure at once a bottle OF
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and begin its use.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19
KOHEN'S
Elegant Millinery at Greatly Reduced
- Prices. =.

Beginning tomorrow we will place
on sale a special make Of black and
white chiffon hats, actual value $3.50;
while they last they'll be $50 each.
We've got too many ready-to-wear
hats to suit Us. They will suit you.
for we have put such prices on some
of the small quantities which are
bound to please. For instance, one lot
we speak Of former price $3.50; will
now 90 at Sl.25 each.
COME EARLY for choice. The lots
viii be broken and the best numbers
picked.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

One Of the most successful business
men Of the age in which we live has
recently said, ''neither 10 the rich men
nor to the noble that human society
has to look for its preservation and
improvement, but to those who have
TO labor that they may live" The
men who would do the fighting if I'M
fortunately war should come again.
are The men who bear the heatand bur
den Of every day life, the bulwarks of
society, the protectors Of home and
n ,,0' and the promoters Of peace.
"i'hout them this world would be
poor indeed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

LET in the sunshine" 30 say the
doctors of the Va Board of health.
Especially into the cellars which have
been closed all winter. Keep the
drains well open and use lime freely.
"An ounce of prevention" and wise
men and women will use it. Give the
children sunshine baths two.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

Don't II make you sad 10 think that
car load after car load Of Strawberries
were dumped into the river, and all
because one of the trusts" proved 10
be untrustWOrthy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

Blacksmiths Of all men have the
right to strike, but the y. d W. black
smiths hardly struck before they stop
ped striking. Sensible, however, to
the last degree.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

When man measures his happi-
ness by how many hours he slept the
night before il is a sign he has been
married long enough to have a large
family.
1t takes lot Of fortitude TO be separ-
ated from a rich wife.
A woman very easily fools herself
into believing she is fooling other peo-
pie.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

We do not know how far he is re-
sponsible for il but somehow since Mr..
Roosevelts advent into Washington
the "grafters" have been brought TO
Judgment with unusual frequency.
And it is sad to think how the shame
seems to have settled on the entire
official circle. This is gratifying TO
us, however, that no representative
from the South has even been sus-
pected.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

1t is said that the Southern growers
Of strawberries have this season been
victimized out of many millions by
reason Of the failure to get refrigerator
cars which had been promised by the
Armour Trust Co. That company has
the monopoly of such business and it
is said that he failed to supply the
necessary cars because of their inter-
est in a berry crop from another sec
ton. And yet it is said there are
some "gOOd trusts
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

The Chicago teamsters strike has
been an ugly affair all through. No
man is compelled TO drive wagon
who doesn't want to, but every man
has the right to drive a wagon who
does want to. The right to work is an
inalienable one, and the power of the
Nation should insure this right to the
humblest Of her citizens. Chicago.
however, is often a law unto herself.
or to make it plain, is often lawless.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

Major +. T. d. Myers died suddenly
at his home in Richmond on last Fri
day morning, and in writing of him
the editor Of the Times-Dispatch says:
ale claimed only the right to be a
good and useful citizen" and surely
no heart of man ever thrilled with
nObler ambition.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-19

Thlrty-five thousand dollars received
from sales in one Virginia dispensary
in one twelve months with a profit Of
$4,000. Why don't the Government
go into the business and wipe out the
national debt? You may reply by
saying the nuisance is not respectable
and in reply to this we say that the
Government allows it and the law
maxim is put in plain English, that
whatever one does through another
he does himself. So the disgrace is
on the nation and it had as we'll load
with the revenue or else unload the
disgrace.