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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
Wit aDd Humor

when a nan turns his attention
to any particular thing, what would
you call him?" asked the teacher.
"a rubber-neck, Ma'am," quickly
replied Tommy.-Yonkers Statesman.
"De devil is lax a roarin' lion, said
Brer Williams
mo, he ain't," said Brer Dickey:
"kase eff he wuz, dey amt a sinner
amongst you what wouldn't climb a
tree wen you heerd him comin'!"-
Atlanta Constitution.
What is your idea of the American
drama Of the future?"
"A three-ring circus dealing with
the sex problem"
Ikey.-Fader, / hat made a mistake
in Citing der schange to dot last gus
toner. Igave him dyendy-ffe cendts
too little.
His Father.-Vell, key. some wise
man has said dot We shouldltry to brof-
it by our mistakes.
Patience.-They say that microbes
come from kissing.
Patrice.-Yes; and what comes
from the microbes?
Patience. -Matrimony, sometimes.
-Yonkers Statesman.
A nan never knows how many
steps he takes every day until his
foot hurts him. -AtchiSOn Globe.
Gee: 1T was rather abrupt the way
Tom broke his engagement with Miss
Easy"
Whiz; He simply took her hand in
his, and clasping the diamond, said
Ring of. '"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Visitor: II want a high bred dog"
Attendant: Thin this is-wot We
want, Sir. He's a Skye terrier. -
Chicago News.
"How long will 1 boil the eggs,
ma 'am?" asked the cook.
Il don't exactly know" replied the
young housewife. but cook them un-
til they are tender. Chicago Post.
-NQ GHRa th esSSnes" '''' ia''
False teeth" replied a bright
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Miss Oldgirl, l have a very NOM
entOus question to put to you"
Go on, Mr.. Dashleigh~-George-
~
"A question upon the answer to
which depends my peace of mind"
"Oh, this is so-but go on, George,
dear"
How old Is Ann?"-HOuStOn Post.
Miss Van Zandt: Every Ameri-
4 girl dearly loves a rose"
Count Smalltork: "Oui, Eat ees so,
also Irish. At zee hotel, zee maid
knocks to my poor vair early evairy
mornin'. and she say, 'Sair, hat you
arOSe?"-New York Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
A Word from Bre,r Williams.

No use wastin' time tryin' ter cul.
tivate wisdom. Once you got it, it cul.
tivate you.
Charity not only kivers a multitude
er sinners, but she 'bleege to have
kiver nough to hide some er de saints.
Misery is so fond er comp'ny, she'd
walk ten mile ter set up wild a funeral
ten muniteS.
De sayin' is, Friendship is des a
name; but, half de time, wen you gifts
in trouble, 1t tells de judge it amt
got no name at all!
Ef you amt got wisdom enough ter
git out er a shower er rain, you ought
not ter raise a howl wen de yuther
Teller teals yo' umbreller. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
You Can't Answer These.

What black thing enlightens the
world? AnSwer-Ink.
Name something with two heads
and one body. Answer-A barrel.
If you were to ride a donkey what
fruit would you resemble? Answer
A pair.
What is THAI which is heightened
by being cut at both ends? Answer
"A ditch.
What coat is finished without but
tons and put on wet? Answer-A
coat of paint.
What is that that has neither flesh
nor blood, yet has four fingers and a
thumb-Answer-A glove.
What is it that no one wishes to
have and yet when he has it he does
not wish to lose it? AnSwer-A bald
head.
Why should a housekeeper neve
put the letter M" into her refrio-
orator? Answer-Because it would
change ice into mice.
Which would You rather, that a
lion ate you or a tiger? Answer
Why, you would rather that the lion
ate the tiger, of course.
Mr.. Bigger. Mrs. Bigger and Baby
Bigger, which OF this interesting fam
lily Is the biggest, and why the big
gest? ,Answer-Baby Bigger, be-
cause he is a little bigger.-Indian-
apOliS News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
Cured CONSUMPTION.

|. Mrs. b. W. Evans. Clearwater, Kan,
writes: my husband lay sick for six
months. The doctors said, he had
quick consumption. We procured a
bottle OF Billiards. Horeohund Syrup,
and 1t cured him. That was six years
ago and since then we have always
kept a bottle in the house. We can
not do without it. For coughs and
colds it has nc equal" Csc. SOC, and
81. Sold by The Second Glass Drug
Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
A Destructive fire.

To draw the fire out of a burn, oil
heal a cut without leaving a scar, use
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve. A spe-
cific Tor piles. Get the genuine. j. Z.
Tucker, editor OF the Harmonizer,
Centre, Ala, writes: II have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve In my
family for Piles, cuts and burns. 1t
is the best salve on the market. Every
family should keep it on hand" Sold
by The Second Glass Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18

When bilious try a dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and
realize for once how quickly a first
class up-t0-date medicine viii correct
the disorder. For sale by The Second
Glass Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18

The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany OF New York has earned more
for p0licy-h0lders, has paid more to
p0licy-h0lders and still holds more to
pay policy-holders than any other In
surance company in the world.
o. F. Lawrence, Special Agt.
Grenada, Miss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18

II it is your lot to sit aside and
watch others more fortunate than
you whirl along on the great tide of
life, don't feel that you are useless
and a burden to your friends.
The best woman we ever saw lay on
her couch for years. The nearest
glimpse of spring she had was the
waving of tree tops, and yet, when
ever a visitor entered the she al
ways exclaimed: Isn't the spring
beautiful" Her face was often
drawn and quivering with pain, but
her eyelids always smiled.
That women was not a failure.
Everyone in the village brought her
their joys and woes and went away
comforted.
II you do a little thing well it i'm
mediately becomes a big thing.
Make the most of your small
chances. dear girls, and you'll forget
to worry vel the lack of big ones.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18
HOME ETHICS.

The ethics of home correspond in a
large measure with ethics of society.
All these virtues which are crowned
jewles of the highest civilization have
their inception in the home. The
glory and charm of womanhOOd and
manhood, the nicetieS Of character
which give distinctiveness and beauty
to childhood land youth, the adjust
mentS Of personal and domestic rela-
tions within the home, the educa-
tion Of the impulses, budding suscepti-
bilitieS and growing powers of child
rem, all fall within the powers of
home ethics. Nowhere else can the
abstract virtues Of partical duties be
more forcibly disclosed. Honesty,
fidelity to trusts, truthfulneSs, cOur-
age, true dignity, the lesser virtues
as well as the finer and nObler issues
of life, must revert to home training
for their proper and lasting inculca-
ton. The duties of home then are
simply the aggregate of all the Obliga-
tion that grow out of the family rela-
tiOn, and on the discharge of these
depends the success or failure of the
home life. Home may be made happy
or wretched, according to the dis
charge of these obligations. 1t is not,
however, the great questions of these
obligations that most vitality effect
the happiness Of the homeeo b. b
n frv10fy offthe home hte is
that iii Jaws Its supremest joy from
the little events.
Oar daily paths, with thorns or flowers,
We can and will bestrew them;
What bliss would gid the passing hours
IL we but rightly knew them!
The way of life Is rough at best,
But briers yield the roses;
So that which leads to JOY and rest,
The hardest path discloses.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-03-18

If interested In fertilizers, call
ct the Grenada Oil mill.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
Thirteenth Annual Congress Opens In
Auditorium at Lewis and Clark
xpositlon-oregon Officials
Welcome Members
By Associated Press.
CLIFFORD PINcHoT

By Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Aug. 21.-The thir-
teenth annual meeting of the National
Irrigation congress, with more than a
thousand delegates In attendance. rep
resenting four-flfths of the states Of
the union. assembled today at the
Lewis and Clark auditorium.
Governor George C. Pardee Of Cali
fornia. president of the congress. call
ed the convention to order.
Governor George E. Chamberlain
welcomed the guests to Oregon. Gov
ernor Chamberlain prefaced his well
come by emphasizing the Importance
of irrigation. He criticised severely
the existing laws, which he believed to
be lacking especially in comforting
sufficient power to condemn private
property.
Mayor Harry Lane of Portland ex-
tended a cordial welcome in behalf Of
the city.
The troublesome subject, undesir-
able immigration, was interjected by
y. w IIDSllliiI San Il ohNASNOt NAoAA
man of the section on rural settle
ments, who during his address said
the government could store the floods
and reclaim the desert and make
homes on the lands" but not one cent
could be devoted by the government to
securing desirable tenants for the land
after it had been reclaimed. The peo-
pie who would occupy these lands at
some future time, he said, govern
whole states, and nothing is more inn
perative than an appreciation of the
fatal tendency of .hat character of
allen immigration which moves in
colonies and continues to remain allen.
Send Message to Roosevelt
Mr.. Eberlins speech started the for
eign immigration bee buzzing, and a
resolution was introduced by Will
liam e. Smythe of San Francisco that
bids fair to breed trouble before the
congress a6journs. He moved the ap-
pointment OF committee TO con-
slider the subject of foreign immi-
GCOntinued ON Page Twol
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
REFUSES SULU'S
TEMPTING OFFER
Secretary Tafts Party Entertained
With Festivities, Including Bull
Fights, Described as Amusing,
but Not BIoodthlrsty
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
JOLO. Aug. IS, via Manila, Aug. 21
delayed in transmission) Secretary
Taft and party arrived here at noon
and Immediately proceeded to the pa
rade ground to witness an elaborate
program arranged for their entertain
ment. The sultan of Sulu, with his
retinue, and other Moro dignitaries, oc-
cupied seats on the grand stand along
with Secretary Taft and Miss Roose-
Welt.
Thousands of Moros, residents of
Jolo and from the neighboring islands,
were present to take part in the festivi-
ties. which were wonderfully pictur-
esque. In the afternoon there were
carabao and bull fights of an amusing
but not bloodthirsty character.
Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt
were presented with many Moro gifts
by the Sultan, who offered his hand In
marriage to Miss Roosevelt and would
make her sultana of the Sulu archi-
pelago. saying that his people desired
her to remain among them.
While some members of the party
were bathing In the afternoon Fred
erick O'Brien. editor OF the Gable News,
was seized with cramps and the un-
dertow was rapidly carrying him out to
sea. when Representative Longworth
Of Ohio, seeing his peril, started after
him and rescued him at the risk Of
his own life.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
EARLY VOTE ON WATER
BOND ISSUE is ASSURED
MAYOR SIGNS ORDINANCE FOR ELECTION
Citizens of Los Angeles Will Have Opportunity to Decide
Owens River Project at Polls September 2
Vote of Council Is to

Los Angeles will have chance to de-
eide the water question without any
unnecessary delay.
The city council yesterday adopted
the ordinance calling a special election
September for the purpose of voting
on the proposition to- issue bonds to
the extent of $1,50O,O0O for the purpose
of acquiring source of water supply
for the city in the owens river valley,
Inyo county.
Mayor McAleer signed the ordinance
Immediately after its passage by the
council and it becomes a law today.
The mayor has personally investigated
the proposition. He has been over the
ground and has seen the water. Fur
thermore he drank of it for several
days and declares it to be the best
water he has ever tasted.
Now that the council has taken the
last step in the preliminary work of
securing for the city the great water
shed on the other side of the Sierras
the voters of the city will have an op-
portunity to determine how we'll the
members of the water board and other
officials have done their work and to
decide whether the city is to avail it
self of the opportunity of securing what
is declared by experts to be the only
available source of supply for the city.
Heavy Vote Expected
Councilmen have done all in their
power to obtain this supply for the city
and to give every voter in Los Angeles
an opportunity of expressing approval
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
POLICEMAN GETS
DEADLY PRESENT
Captain Miles o'RelIIy of New York
Receives Package Whose Weight
and FastenInss Happily
Create Suspicion =
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Guncotton
enough to kill a man, arranged in an
Internal machine disguised as cigar
box, was received today by Precinct
Police Captain Miles O'Reilly. This
is the third deadly explosive instru-
ment of similar construction sent
through New York mails in the last
four days, the last two having been
received last Friday by Jacob H.
Schiff, the banker. and M. Guggen-
heim's sons.
Captain O'Reilly received a cigar box
which. in weight and every other de-
tail, misled him into taking it for a
genuine present. Unusually heavy and
tenacious nails that fastened down the
cover, however, caused a suspicion.
When the box had been carefully
opened at the ends matches were found
glued to the inner surface in such a
manner that they would be ignited on
emery paper by the friction necessary
to raise the lid.
The police found that the fare OF any
one OF the half dozen matches would
have caused the death OF Captain
O'Reilly.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22

or disapproval Of the plan. Polling
one of the 109 precincts in the city and
a heavy vote is expected, as the ques-
ton is of vital interest and Importance
to Los Angeles.
Politicians and men interested in the
welfare of the city declare the bonds
are sure to carry but they insist that
no stone be left unturned which
might aid the cause of the bonds.
The session of the council yesterday
was short and businesslike. "Obstruc-
tionist" Houghton made last, but fu-
tile attempt to stop the proceedings
by introducing petition, framed by
himself, 1t is declared, which asked
that the proposition be set aside until
further investigation could be made.
On this petition there were about
$50 signatures and some of them were
duplicated. The council filed the Pc
tition. Then the 'obstructionist' in
troduced letter purporting to be from
one ]. H. Coe, real estate dealer of
Bishop, in the Owens valley, in which
Houghtons stand was lauded and the
proposition to bring the water to Los
Angeles criticised.
Houghton's Lonely may"
When the city attorney presented
the election ordinance in the afternoon
1t was adopted without discussion on a
resolution by Councilman Smith set
ting aside the rules. The vote stood
6 to 1, Houghton voting against the
measure.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
ALLOTS LAND TO
DEAD INDIANS
RANGER MAKES A STARTLING
STATEMENT
CHARGES FRAUDS IN UINTAH
Former Chief Of Reservation Police
says $4,000 Acres Of IrrIgabIe
Ground Being MysteriousIy
Manipulated

srecial to The Herald.
VERNAL, Utah, Aug. 1.-G. Clark,
former chief ranger and chief Of the
Indian police in the Uintah reserva-
tion, charges that at least $4,000 acres
Of irrigable land Of the reservation has
been allotted to dead Indians.
He declares he is ready to furnish
evidence to substantiate his state
ments should an Investigation be made
by the proper authorities.
Clark says:
Personal interest has been looked
after at the expense of the public in
making this allotment 1t is my belief
after having been among them for
fourteen years. that there are not more
than 1900 Indians in the entire reserva-
ton. I estimate that one-fourth of
them are heads of families and entitled
to 80 acres apiece or $4,000 acres. The
other 900 are women and children and
are entitled to 40 acres each or $4,000
acres. making a grand total of $4,000
acres.
Information that 10000 acres of
land has been allotted the Indians,
makes it clear to me the purpose of
many of the mysterious irregularities
which, to my certain knowledge, have
been practiced in connection with the
opening of this reservation"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
Professional League Is
Selected as the
Target
Police Swoop Down Upon
Central Bureaus
Meeting
Government Reported as Fearing That
Advanced Reformers Are PIan-
ming Campaign Against
National Assembly
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21.-The
police have at last applied a check to
the activity of the central bureau of
the league and confederation Of pro-
fessional reform organizations by de-
scending today on a meeting Of the
central committee and arresting ten of
the leaders present. In this committee
are included university lecturers, doc
tors. engineers, lawyers and other pro-
fessional men.
league consists are composed of the
most advanced reformers, and since its
organization the central bureau has
passed through radicalism to the verge
of revolution. Many of it's later procla-
nations and appeals have been couched
of the Socialists. 1t is probable that
the government feared the league was
about to inaugurate a campaign
against the douma
Paul M. Milukoff, at whose home
near st. Petersburg the arrests were
made. and who was among those ar
rested. formerly was a professor in
the University Of st. Petersburg. He
had just returned from a lecture trip
down the volga with the literateur
Tahn. a well-known Socialist, an article
from whose pen violently assailing the
douma project had appeared in the lat
est number of the Weekly Pravou.
Milukoff was one of those arrested on
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22

in the success of Oyama when the word
is given to advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
sAkHALIN A NECESSITY
Its Retention Regarded as Imperative
to the Safety of Russia

Its Retention Regarded as Imperative
to the Safety of Russia
BY Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N H, Aug. 21.-The
following statement from an authori-
tative source represents the Russian
view of the military and strategic value
of the island of Sakhalin:
ITO appreciate its military value 1t
must be borne in mind that the island,
which is about six hundred miles long,
lies almost against the mainland, being
separated from it by the Strait of Tar
tary, which, in some places, Is only
four miles wide. Physically it might al
attic continent.
ITO allow Sakhalin to pass into the
hands of Japan would be like America
allowing Long Island or England allow
ing the Isle of Wight to pass into the
possession of an ambitious foreign
power. The danger from Sakhalin pass
ing to Japan would indeed be greater
for Russia than the loss of Long Island
by America, as the length of Long
Island is scarcely one-fifth that of
Sakhalin.
There is no doubt that whoever con-
trolls Sakhalin, besides being in posi-
tion to threaten and invade the Asiatic
coast, would be in position to abso-
lutely prevent communication between
the mainland and the Pacific through
the Sea of Japan The island has an
area of between sixty and sixtyfive
kilometers, and although its general
shape is that of fish, at certain points
it's width is only fifteen miles. 1t is
therefore peculiarly adapted for Of
fensive and defensive purposes 1t
could easily be transferred into for
midable military and naval stronghold
from which expeditions might be
launched and efficiently supported.
little use has thus far been made
of the island. The population. includ-
ing the natives who belong to the Aino
and Cuiliaks races, and the exiles,
most of whom, after their terms of SER
vitude, become settlers, amount alto
gether to only $4,000 souls; that is, less
than one to the square mile. Exploita-
ton of the resources of the island has
been hampered by the rigorous climate.
lack of communication, and 1t is almost
without roads and covered by almost
inaccessible forests. The development
of the resources by Russia was anticl-
pated as consequence of the compile
ton of the trans-Siberian railroad
Large profits were expected from
it's richness, as 1t contains great guam
titles of coal, oil, timber iron and
other minerals. The chief resource,
however, thus far has been its fisheries
Enormous shoals OF fish, especially her
ring and salmon, swarm i'm its waters.
The herring at certain times of the
year are exhaustless. Besides being
used for food the oil is extracted and
the fish pressed into large blocks and
shipped to Japan for land fertilizer.
The average number of herring taken
annually amounts to 5OO,OO0,OOO"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22

1-Russla to suppress agitation.
2-Mesmer sure for board Of works.
3-Young doctor drowned In Kern.
4EJeffries' companion a smuggIer
5-Southern California news.
6-Editorlal.
City news.
s-e-cIassIfied advertisements.
1o-Sports.
11-12-PubIle advertising.
13-Markets.
14-No doubt as to Owens project.
EASTERN
Three cases of fever are discovered IN
Missouri, near the Iowa line.
Examination of Philadelphia assessors
lists shows sixty thousand fictitious
New York police captain receives in
fernal machine through mail.
FOREIGN
Miss Roosevelt refuses offer OF mar
riage from sultan of Sulu.
st. Petersburg police arrest leaders of
Zemstvoists despondent as to grant Of
national assembly, which is denounced as
a humbug.
COAST
Sailors from Italian cruiser Umbria
pay tribute to Bennington's dead at San
Diego.
President Wheeler of University of
California warns freshmen they are now
part of United States army.
Irrigation congress in session at Lewis
and Clark exposition.
LOCAL
Minister killed in runaway accident
near Eastlake park.
Coroner holds twelve inquests in day
Mother traces missing daughter from
Colorado TO Los Angeles.
b. Fay Mills to give up management OF
Leader of city woman's suffrage work
very i'll as result of quarrel between two
organizations.
Former City Engineer Dockweller IA
Prof. Reynolds air ship makes sue
cessful flight.
Directors Of Hollywood Cemetery asso-
citation In squabble over attempted sale
OF alleged delinquent stock
Citizens of San Pedro file suit for in
vestigation against the board OF trustees
of Long Beach in an enort TO make void
the recent election.
Woman recoyers boy taken py father
pending the hearing Of a divorce case.
A fter visit to Portland, j. Ross Clark
says he would favor Los Angeles ex-
Council adopts bond election ordinance
calling water supply election Tor septem-
osI Joseph Mesmer slated to be the Demo-
cratic member OF the permanent board OF
public works
oil pipe line franchise brings 5000 from
Amalgamated Oil company.
Los Angeles doctor drowned In Kern
river.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
coNsULs IN CHINA SAY
BOYCOTT IS FALLING OFF
BY Associated Press.

BY AsSoclated Ffoss.
PEKING, Aug. 31.-The announce
ment that Edwin II. Conger former
American minister to China. would re-
turn here In connection with the boy
colt OF American products has occa-
stoned The greatest surprise. Reports
received from all the American ,consuls
indicate that the boycott is waning. ex-
cept in Shanghai. where the situation
is unchanged.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
DEMANDS INToLERAsLE
Russia VIII Not cede sakhaIln or Pay
Indemnity
Ry Associated Press.

Ry Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 2s.-The
Russian governments final statements
10 M. witte, outlinging the course that
he shall pursue at the reopening OF the
peace conference at Portsmouth, are
(COntinued ON PAGE Tw0l
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-22
THE DAYS NEWS
FORECAST

Southern California: Cloudy,
unsettled weather Tuesday; light
south wind. Maximum tempera-.
ture in Los Angeles yesterday, rs
degrees; minimum, go degrees.