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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

Bertram Wingate closed his desk
with a weary sigh as the bell in the
courthouse tower struck five. The
plans for the Better hospital were not
going very well. There are times
when even a rising young architect
ceases. to feel the stimulus of his up
ward movement. Wingate paused a
moment before the window to look out
upon the swirling snow which was fast
converting Nicollet avenue into a white
desert.
Wonder IL I can have a carriage to
go to Minnie Norton's tea?" he thought.
"Ive had to buy my dinner at the club
three nights this week. Every one re-
covering from Christmas, l suppose,
and too tired to entertain. Club dues
on New Years with the usual tips and
presents. No. the Eighth avenue will
have to do me-"
He hurried to the hotel, and after a
brief toilet boarded a car for Park ave-
nue The room were crowded when
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

well to be a good deal at our house
You know he believes that things like
that help him in his profession. He
lives at the West for the sound of it
Has a little bit of a room al the very
top. the boys say. And they say his
office boy takes his breakfast to .-.e Of
flee from Russells. He calls 1t his sec.
ond breakfast and says he acquired
the habit when studying In France
but the boys think"
Margaret" exclaimed Miss Red
mond, sharply.
i didn't mean to gossip, really,
Aunt Madge," said Margaret hastily.
Il ont care what he does. although il
SEEMS foolish for q bright man to try
to keep up with things he can't afford.
Men wouldn't think any the less of him
for sticking to his work now. and when
he has succeeded he can put on all the
frills he likes. There, / must be going
now. You have made me feel quite un.
comfortable about that invitation TO
the New Years dinner. though truly It
was only out Of charity. I half ex-
pected Mr.. Wingate would be here to
accept in person, he so dotes on going
to teas in business hours, but perhaps
the fates Will be kind and he'll refuse.
Good-by, I must run on. Don't forget
your promise about the reception"
AS Miss Redmond and Margaret Lit.
tie moved away Bessie Shaw returned.
and 1t was some time before Wingate
could excuse himself from the discus.
sion Of cotillion favors and escape into
the cold twilight.
Although he had quite convinced
himself that he cared for Margaret.
rather than john Titles heiress, Win
gate found his indignation at her mis-.
apprehension of his motives quite swal-
lowed up in the misery of realization
that he was being laughed at for the |
very ~pretensions which he had fat |
tered himself were assuring his sue.
cess. He turned away from the hand. |
house on Park avenue and walked
briskly toward the outskirts of the
city. There was some satisfaction in
the snow under his feet and
in feeling the sting Of the splitting
sleet which cut his cheeks, where the
OF angry humiliation burned
the tan so carefully acquired
On tie Minnetonka links. For six
years lie had struggled for q position
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

he arrived at the Norton home. The
heavy odor of roses, the suspicion OF
charcoal from the samovar, and, above
all, the animated chatter from the
guests made his head ache, so he was
very grateful when Bessie Shaw mo-
toned him into a deep window seat
upon pretense Of consulting him about
favors for the next cotillion. They
were hardly seated when some one
beckoned Bessie away and she left him
with voluble promises to return in q
moment.
Wingate leaned back against the
cushions and drew the heavy ~draperies
as a screen between himself and tho
glittering kaleidoscope Of the DON
Presently there was a rustic Of skirts
and two ladies seated themselves on a
divan beyond the curtain. Wingate
had no desire to play eavesdropper, but
his position seemed too desirable to
leave, so with half-closed eyes he set
tied himself to await Bessie's return.
The first words Of his unseen neigh.
bors reused him to instant interest,
however. for it was Margaret Little
who spoke
Now Aunt Madge, what is 1t this
timer" she asked, with a defiant note
in her voice.
"Only one question, Margaret" was
Miss Redmond's calm reply. why
have you asked Bertram Wingate to
the New Years dinner?"
Charity, pure and simple, I assure
you. Aunt Madge," laughed Margaret.
HE doesn't seem to belong anywhere
In particular. New Years is such q
stupid day now that no one receives
and he has been very nice to me. you
know"
HE has been more than NICE" said
Miss Redmond gravely. "He has
seemed thoroughly devoted for severa,
months. The New Years dinner has
been a family festival with us for
many years because it celebrates your
fathers birthday. as well as the general
holiday, and an invitation to that din
ner might SEEM !
Nothing Of the sort, auntie," inter-
rupted Margaret. Perhaps It was
thoughtless of me to ask him to that
dinner. but | am sure Bertram Win
gare knows better than to dream he
eau draw plans for spending papa's
money WIZ wouldn't think OF mar
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30
Bon-Bon Boxes of veeetables.

Big turnips. sweet potatoes, beets
and small squash answer this purpose
capital'y. Cut off the tops, leaving a
slanting edge for a fair-sized paper
Of candy wrapped in oiled paper
Place this in the hollow vegetable and
fit the lid on the top by using wooden
toothpicks as tacks. No one wonld
suspect that your bonbonn!ere Is nn
just q common ve9etablA
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z

Bacon-They say Jiggins put up some
gllt-adge security; what do you suppose
IT was?
Erbert-Prohablv one of those framed
family portraits.-Yorters Statesman.
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Proud of Him.

MY grandfather was a butcher" de.
clrred Miss Sly, in the midst of a discus
slcn on ancestry.
The other girls gasped.
It's so, though" she declared. "He
slaughtered lambs on Wall street."-De-
troit Free Press.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorizel to refund money if
PAzoO OINTMENT fails to cure in6to14days. soc
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
f. Boyer. Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

Variety is the spice of life, but toe
much seasoning spoils the dish.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-30

Great men do not drop out Of the sky
tn evening dress.-Life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-03
Copyright. 1905. by \. Conan Doyle
Copyright IN Great Britain
An rights reserved

sheep had died. and the calves also there little
to kin when Martinmas came and it was time to
salt the meat for the winter. They feared famine.
but it was worse than famine which was in store
for them.
For the rain had ceased at last. and sckly
autumn sun shone upon land which soaked
ard sod.icn with water. Wet and rotten leaves
reeked and fes,crcd under the foul haze which
from the woods. The fields were spotted with
fungi Of size and color never matched
,ciore-scarlct and mauvc and liver and black.
1t was as though the sick earth had burst into foul
pustules: mildcw and lichcn notified the walls.
and with that filthy crop Death sprang also from
the watcr-soakcd earth. Men died. and women
and Children the baron Of the CASTLE the franklin
the farm. the monk in the abbey and the villein
in his wattle-and- -daub cottage. All brcathed the
same polluted rcek and all died the same death
of corruption. OF those who were stricken none
recovered. and the illness ever the samc-gross
boils. raving. and the black blotches which gave
its the disease. An through the winter the
dead rottcd by the wayside for want of some
to bury them. In many q village single man
left alive. Then at last the spring came with
sunshine and health and lghtncss and laughtcr-
had ever known-but only half of England could
know it. The other half had passed away with
the great purple cloud.
Yet it was there in that stream Of death. in that
1cck Of corruption. that the brighter and frccr
England was born. There in that dark hour the
first streak Of the new dawn was seen. For in no
way by great urheaval and change could the
nation break away from that iron fcudal system
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-03
@,I}ssS5R9TI|ssrissss$s

IN the month Of July Of the year I,.S. between
l the fcasts Of St. Benedict and Of St. Swithin.
a strange thing upon England. for out Of
the there driitcd monstrous cloud purple ard
piled. heavy with evil. climbing slowly up the hushcd
the leaves drooped in the trees. the birds ceased
their calling and the cattle and the sheep gathered
covering under the hedges. \ gloon, fell upon all
the land. and stood w;! their eyes upon the
strange cloud and hcavincSs upon their hearts.
They crcpt into the churches where the trembling
people were blessed and shriven bv the trembling
priests. Outside bird flew. and there came
rustling f:or, the woods. any Of the hor,lcly
sounds Of Nature. MI still, and nothing
moved. save only the great cloud which rolled up
and onward with fold fold from the black
horizon. To the west the light summer sky,
TO the east this brooiing cloud hank. creeping
slowly across until the last thin blue geam faded
away and the whole vast sweep Of the heavens
one great lcadcn arch.
and all the night and all the week and all the month.
until folk had forgotten the blue heavens and the
glcam Of the sunshine. 1t was not heavy. but i,
steady and cold and unccasing. tha. the Ieo-
pie weary Of its kissing and its splashing with
the slow drip from the caves. Always the
thick evil cloud flowed from east to west with the
rain beneath il. None could see for more than a
Of the transforms. Every morning the folk looked
upward for a break. but their eyes rested always
upon the endless cloud. until at last they
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-03

which held her limbs. But now it was new
country which came out from that year Of death.
The barons were dead in swathcs. No high turrct
nor cunning moat could keep out that black COM
moncr who ---m down. Oppressive laws
slackencd for want Of those who could enforce them.
and once slackeneti could never he enforced again.
The 1aborcr would b. a slave no longer The bonds
man snapped his shacklcs. There much to do
and few lcft to do it. Therefore the few should b.
free men, name their own price. and work where
and for whom they would. 1t was the black death
which cleared the way for that great rising thirty
years later which left the English peasant the
freest Of his class in Europe.
But there were few so far-sighted that they could
see that here ever good was coming out Of evil
At the moment misery and ruin were brought into
every family. The dead cattle. the ungarnerri
crops. the untitled lands-evefy spring Of wealth
had dried up at the same moment. Those who
were rich became poor: but those who were poor
already. and especially those who were poor with
the burden Of gentity upon their shoulders. found
themselves in a pcrilous state. An through Eng
Land the smaller gentry were ruined for they had
no trade save war. and they drew their living from
the work Of others. On many manos-h house there
came evil times. and on none more than on the
Manor Of Tilford. where for many generations
the noble family Of the Lprings had held their
home.
There was a time when the Losings had held the
country from the North Downs to the Lakes Of
Frcnsham. and when their grim cast1e-keep rising
above the green meadows which border the
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-03

ceased TO look UP. and their
hearts dcspaired Of ever sec-
ing the change. II was ram
iny a; Larnrnas-.idc and ram
ing a: the Feast Of the
Assumption and still tanning
at M,chaeln,as. The crops
and the hay. soddcn and
black. had .ottcd in the
fields. for they were not
worth the ga.nering. The
The St. Louis Republic., 1905-12-03

River Wcy had been the strong
est fortalice betwixt Guild
ford Castle in the east and
Winchester in the west. But
there came that Barons' War.
in which the King used his
Saxon subjects as a whip
with which 20 scoufge his
Norman barons. and Castle
Loring. like 50 many other
great strongholds. was swept
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Dec. 9.-Todays stock
market was Kaleidoscope. The move
ment was ragged ana irregular until
the appearance of the bank statement
disclosing the deficit in the legal re-
serves, when a buying movement of
great animation and enormous value
developed and carried prices compre-
hensively upwards with a resistless
sweep. Just in the final dealings there
was some rather wild throwing over OF
holdings to realize profits Inc result
was ar unsettled and irregular clos
ing. At one time during the short SEES
sion the market was uniformly weak
and considerable losses showed ali
through the list.
Of the bank statement Itself some
sCepticism was expressed over tne
showing of a decrease of loans IN
view of the course Of the weeks stock
markets. The loss in cash of $7,546,,
100 was in excess of expectations.
Foreign exchange moved upward
strongly. SUGAR, Amalgamated Cop
per. and finally Union Pacific were the
conspicuous features of the market,
the last rushin~ to above 140 to a
record level IN the late outburst in
the market
Total sales of bonds, par value,
S1.4O5.OOO: total sales stock, S32,OOO
shares. including: Copper, 12S,O0O;
Tobacco. 400: Anaconda, 23,4OO; {. q
O 5000; Sugar. $500; Smelling. IL
900. l.. e. NJ, 2,400; N. & w. loo;
PENNSYLVANIA. Il. 500; Reading. $500
southern. 2.1OO; Southern. preferred,
100. r. G.. l.. 5000; Union Pacific.
163. 500: steel. $4,000 V. G. G, 1000;
preferred. 100; Sloss Sheffield, l9oo.
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Sale by Public Auction of ali the
Tangible Property, both Real and
Personal of the Virginia Furniture
Company, Chase City, Va.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern District of
Virginia-In the matter of the Vir-
ginia Furniture Company, Bank
rupt-In Bankruptcy.
In pursuance of a decree of the
above court, entered on the first day
of December, 1905, at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in the matter of the Virginia
Furniture Company, bankrupt the
undersigned receivers therein. will
offer for sale by public auction. on
the 18th day of January, 1905, at
Chase City, Virginia, on the premises,
commencing at IL o'clock a. m, all
the tangible property, both real and
personal of the said bankrupt. the
| Virginia Furniture Company, which
said property consists OF a certain lot
of land situated at Chase City, Vir-
ginia, with certain factories thereon,
with all fixtures, appliances ma
! chinery and materials for the manu-
! facturer of furniture and also a lot
of completed furniture. consisting of
| bedsteads, bureaus, wash-stands and
such like.
The above mentioned plant for the
manufacturer of furniture was erect
! ed in the year 1903, and is supplied
with the very best and most modern
machinery and appliances, such as a
! No l Hardie-Tyner Corliss Engine;
che 100 horse power high pressure
| boiler, dry kiln and water tank, with
| railroad siding and other articles too
| numerous to mention.
Private bids on the above property
will be received at any time before
! the day of the above sale.
Terms as follows: The furniture
and materials on hand for the manu-
facture of furniture will be sold for
cash; the lot of land and the factories
! thereon, together with the fixtures,
appliances and machinery will be sold
! for one-third cash and the balance on
six and twelve months time for which
purchaser will give his negotiable
note with interest added for equal m
sediments of the deferred payments,
and title retained until the whole OF
the purchase money is paid, and the
said sale, whether private or public
shall be subject to the confirmation
! of the court
r. 2. ROBERTS.
c. J.. FAULKNER,
Receivers.
12-10-sun-5t
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A KALEIDOSCOPE
Of SPECULATION
Until Statement Shows
Deficit in Reserves.
THEN PUFF! GO PRICES
In the Final Dealings Some Rather
Wild Throwing Over Holdings to
Realize Profits Made the Mark
ct Irregular. Cotton FIuCtu-
ates, Closing Lower.
ates, Closing Lower.
lBv the Associated Press.l

New York. Dec. .9.-The week end
ed in the dry goods market with a
general upward tendency to prices.
Though buying was restricted there
was a demand for spot goods.
New York Cotton.
New York. Dec. 9.-The cotton mar
ket opened weak at a decline of 4 to
20 points and increased the loss TO d
matter of 90 to "a points on the
active liquidation, inspired by the
lower cables and the influence of the
bearish fluctuaton placed on yester-
days census report. There was a good
demand from recent sellers and fresh
bulls on the decline. and toward the
middle of the morning the market
stcadied up to 6 points with later
fluctuations irregular.
Receipts of cotton at the ports to-
day, 1850 bales. against 57,754 las
week, and $3.50 last year For the
week (estimated), '275,000 bales.
against POI. 62S last week and 326. 81
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans, 6,306 bales. against 9,026 last
year and at Houston 11-21S bales
against 6,707 last year.
Me- York. Dec. 9.-Spot closed quiet.
20 pointS lower.
Middling upands l21O middling gulf IBIS.
SAFES 49,. bales. Cotton futures opened weak
nd closed uuiet
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Weekly Bank Statement.
DIV the Associated Press. ]

(Bv the Associated Press)
New York. Dec 9.-The weekly
bank statement of the clearing house
banks for the week shows a deficit of
$1.246,525. The statement is as fol-
lows:
Loans $1,O16,32O.SOO; decrease,
$7,561.5OO deposits, $992,235,7OO, de-
crease. $14.936.8OO circulation, $50
268. 700; decrease, $797,8O0; legal ten
ders; $73,286,1OO; decrease, $1.229,-
900: apecia, $173,526, 800; decrease.
$6.317,100; reserves, $246,812,400; dc
crease. S7546,1O0, reserve required,
$248.058,925; decrease. $3,734,20C.
The reserve is $1,246,525 less than the
required 25 per cent of deposits.
Last week there was surplus of So
565,375. making a decrease for this
week of $3,811.900.
Ex-U. S. Deposits there is surplus
of $895,55O, a decrease of $3,812,O75
as compared with last week
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10
Nov York Provisions.

New York. Dec. 9.-F1our firm. winter
patents i20@4S Minnesota patents 4.6S@SOO
10 bakers 5eS@9.OO. traights ,2SaS5O.
choice to fancy a. 6Oa4.9O
Buckwbe1t flour quiet, 2.t0g2l5.
Buckwheat dull. 63.
coarse. 121.
Rye nominal, No. 2 Western s.
Barley firm. feeding a.. mailing; a4q52.
Wheat steady, No. 2 red So, do May
9itr December 9538.
Dec. 55i2
Beefsteady. family Ii. 500 l2.SO; packet II GOO
so; mess 9.6Oe9iO 50: Leef hams 2OSO@23OO
Cut meats quiet, picked bellieSS, 6s4@iO,
picked shoulders 6i7fnL picked hams $40 y
Lard firm Western steamed 7hS@6.O1,
refined FIR II. C )n5inc ~ 30 30 np) IN 5}8 q !.
Pork steady family 1900. short clear 1890
0i7.00. mess ii.25Mlb.50.
TaIow steady q per pllg) 4t2 country 4taa q.
Resin quiet strained comnJn % good BIS
Turpentine quiet, ole9
Rice qnet DON sStlc TAR To eXtrd 5,s@,
Mola'Ses firm, New Oceans 30gB. gJoi 10
choice 2gH}5.
Coffee spot RIO easv. M. Invoice Lilo.
mild quiet cDrd0yJ 8 agl2A.
Sugar raw strong. fair refining. 5, centr'fuSal
96-teSt 1915. mJlaSSeS sugar IA, refined
steady. confec rs A ASS mold A. SOS. cut loaf
$40. crushed 40. powdered 4SO granuated
40 cubes AS
Butter firm creamery common to extra.
l6924. state Try 1o@2. western factory 5000;
Cheese que /. large, cOiOred white, Sept.
f354. do late made average best ll(g34, Skltns
Eggs weak nearby fancy selected l9d)JO.
Southern 2IM30.
Potatoes Steady. foreign i,S5@i9O, southern
sweets dun 50 u 90 per bbt.
Peanuts easy. facy hand picked 4P2D ~ other
domestic 2HGy5.
Cabbage steady, foreign 1905 per ton. small
domestic lS0l6
Cotton by steam to Liverpool 251.-
Cotton seed oil wdS firm with good buying.
f. o. b. mills. 2192i. prime summer yellow
294G30 prime white 3lG]2. prime winter yell
low 1902
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Now Orleans COttOn.

New Orleans, Dec. 9.-There was
very little doing in the spot market
for the reason that The farmers, who
control the staple, refuse to sell at
present prices. Sales 800 bales, in
Guiding 200 to arrive. Quotations I'M
changed. middling II 11-16. Futures
opened dull and prices were 5 to 20
points lower than last evenings finals.
This decline caused active purchasing
and prices were driven uD steadily un-
til near the end of the session. when
values on the more distant periods
fell off few points. but the market
finally closed firm. the list showing
net gains OF to 5 points.
New Orleans Dec. 9.-Cotton futures closed
CtoadY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10
Hell Holes Can be Broken Up If Or
iiCiaIs Want Them Broken Up.
Durham SUM

Bertha Brown has been virtually
banished from Durham county. by the
Judgment of the court. this morning
She was fined 500 and the cost for
keeping a disorderly house, and a
capias was issued imprisOning her in
the county Jail for twelve months #
found in the county after next Mon
day. This will stand against her. Dur
ham should now breathe easier.
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Naval Stores.

Wilmington. Dec. 9.-Turpentine .........,,
receipts II casks.
ROSln ........., receipts Is bblS.
Tar firm. $50, receipts 100
Crude fIm 2 so 4OOd4,O receipts l0S
Charleston. Dec 9.-Turpentine ......,......
rOSln .......,.....
Savannah. Dec 9-Turpentine firm. 81,
sales 2.ll6, receipts 762. shipments 1874
Rosin. firm. sales lS29 receipts 1885,
A, b, G. ASA; D. $3.50; E2.S5: F2S7h; G, 297z;
II $40; 1, 1914; x. 1914; NJ. 3l7,.; N. 4.S5; VIC.
s. 10: w w SIS
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Baltimore Provision Market.

Baltimore. Dec 9--FtOur firm. winter
patents 43OG4SO spring patents 4.4SG49O.
Wheat dull, spot contract $500, spot
No red western S7s40S8 Southern by sample
1908.
Corn STEADY. spot new Sis m. Southern
white AA@SiN
Oats firm. No 2 white 3S0}8A
Rye steady; No. 2 western 7hg78.
Butter steady. fancy limitation 2t@Ia do
creamery 2Sg26 do ladle. 1913 store packed
1916.
Eggs. steady. q.
Cheese. steady. large II. medium IA; small
l4%.
Sugar. steady course granulated $40, fine
$40
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New York Money.

New York. Dec. 9.-Money on call nom,
closing bid ; offered at .... time money
firm; so days g. 80 days 6. six months, =,
prime mercantile paper SAU6. sterling
exchange strong with actual business in bank
ers bills at ass. 6O6t4SS IS for demand and 1T
49, 50q ~ for so day bills, posted rates 4S3SD
1890 86d 4S6l9 commercial bills 4S2c4SzA4,
bar silver 65N Mexican dollars 49A.
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"The KILN Time is Come"

The farmer gets his butcher knife
An Whets it on his boot,
An looks with satisfaction
At the "rooters" as they root.
He thinks of home made sassidgeS
An buckwheat Cakes-by gum.
A floatin round in gravy
Cause the KILN time is come.
The youngster gets his shotgun down
An starteth out to slay-
The deer, the bear the fox, whate'er
Should run across his way;
Sh'! there's the bushes movin'
Pulls the trigger, let's her hum,
An shoots another youngster
Cause the KILN time is come.
The football players muscles
Is a gettin' big an thick
His calves is educated
Sos to make an awful kick
HIS taught to MAIN an mangle,
An to pull EN- on the bum,
Or kill en- cause their college says
The KILN time is come.
j. CT. Daley, of Daley Quartet.