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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-01-07

forward, his head in the girls lap. He
was dead, and a bullet had fulfilled it's
mission.
For some days an absolute silence pre-
vailed. Then a flood of alleged eyewit-
nesses turned up. Their stories, how
ever, could not stand investigation, and
one after another they were cast aside
as sensation seekers.
But there was one exception; an old
man, Martin Hazleton, of Oneonta, N.
Y. lie saw the man and woman, their
hands clasped and held face high, then
a flash, a puff Of smoke and the report
of a revolver broke the stiffness Of the
morning.
Hazleton was the most important wit
ness placed on the stand by the defense,
and the efforts Of the prosecutor to shake
his brief but vital testimony ended in
failure.
Then the defendant herself went to
the witness chair and told the whole
story of her relations with Young. 1t
was a trying ordeal-before the curious
crowd in the courtrOom-as she repeat
ed the history of her life from the day
she met the man who "a to turn her
life in tragedy's path to the fatal moment
in the cab.
Finally the trial was completed, and
the jury, after celebrating for "a hours,
declared they. were unable to agree as
to her guilt or innocence.
Story with a Moral.
This, in brief, is the story of the life
of Nan Patterson, or that part Of it that
had an ultimate bearing on the death
of Caesar Young, and the trial that has
been a three times nine-days' talk in
New York and probably throughout the
country.
Little did she suspect when she en-
barked upon her theatrical career and
her life of pleasure and gaiety of the trag-
ic ending and the accompanying sorrow
and pain in store for her, or she would
have undoubtedly reconsidered the mat
ter.
Although n young and hayward girl
has dearly paid the price Of her folly, the
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Suffers Excess of Mother-in-Law.

Detroit.-'Too much motherrin-law"
is Alfred j. Ashton's claim in answering
B. Ashton. He denies his wife's as
sertion that September 6 he deserted her,
but explains he left the house for a few
days to prevent Julia Pfannenschmidt,
his mother-in-law, from "inficting great
bodily injury" on him, "as she did on
and before that day" On another occa-
sion when his mother-in-law was abus-
ing him" with a broomstick, Ashton
says his wife upheld her mother and
declared she would get a divorce"
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alton was too strong or his, will power
too weak, for he never succeeded, an6
she was his friend and companion TO the
day of his death.
Young began his career on the Pacific
coast as a foot racer, end was said to
have been one of the fastest runners that
the world has ever known. From the
cinder path he drifted to the race track,
and his luck from the beginning was
phenorninal.
Her Fatal Beauty.
Nan Patterson's beauty has been the
cause of other troubles in which lives
have been forfeited. An actor in another
who had proposed to her became insane
over her refusal and committed suicide
in her presence. Another admirer of
hers killed himself on the coast.
Nan Patterson remained in the west
with Young until last spring. They Wis
tied the tracks at Los Angeles, Oakland
and other prominent racing centers on
the coast, and returned east in March
for the first time since their meeting.
Young returned to the coast the fol
lowing month. and ii was but a few days
before she was speeding westward in re-
spouse to- a telegram from him.
All this was brought out in the testi-
mony at the celebrated trial. Seldom
were they separated by a very great dis
lance, and then only when it was un-
avoiGable.
During all this time he tried to hide
his relations with the Patterson girl
from his wife. His friends and relatives
pleaded with him to give up the show
girl, and finally induced him tO agree to
take a trip to Europe. where they hoped
she could orwould not follow, and where
he might forget her.
The Fatal Shooting.
It was on the morning that he was
about to leave, on Saturday, June 4,
that the tragedy occurred. He had seen
her the evening previous, told her Of his
proposed trip and, according to her
story. had asked her 10 follow and meet
him in London. She had given him al
indefinite answer, but had agreed to meet
him the next morning and see him off
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Practical Memorials.

There is a growing sentiment in favor
of practical memorials; something
where art and utility combine. rather
than the erection Of cold monuments,
questionable statutes and meaningless
mausoleums. This noble memorial
would rise above such useless trigutes.
and this fact, no doubt in 4 large meas
ure explains the interest the public has
manifested in the Henry Hudson bridge.
From THE Worlds Progress" In
rour-Tr2ck Newa.
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HABITS CHAIN.
Certain Habits Unconsciously Formed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimates
that the amount of will power neces-
sary to break a lifelong habit would,
If it could be transformed, lift q
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains Of
a pernicious habit than to lead a for
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
"From my earliest childhood / was
a lover of coffee. Before l was out
of my teens | vas a miserable dys-
peptic, suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
az was convinced that 1t was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
l could not deny myself a cup for
breakfast. At the age of Sc I was In
very poor health, indeed. My Sister
told me l was In danger of becoming
a coffee drunkard.
But l never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast although 1t kept
me constantly i'll, until tried Postum.
I learned to make 1t properly accord
ing to directions, and now we can
hardly do without Postum for break
fast, and care nothing at all for coffee.
ct am 10 longer troubled with dys-
pepsia, dc Lot have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me so when / drank coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look In each pkg. for the famous liz
tie book. "Ths Road to MELVILLE"
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They had sent a night of %carOusal and
drinking, and Young was considerably
under the influence of the liquor when he
finally left her at her sisters home and
returned to his.
1t was early next morning when they
met again. After Young had several
more drinks they entered a cab and
started for the pier, where Young's wife
was awaiting him. 1t was at an hour
when the streets were not very crowded
There was a pistol shot, and Young fell
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case has served to point a moral to 9TH
ers that the snares and pitfalls Of the
innocent maiden behind the fo~otlights
are many, and more than one. unable
to stand the temptations offered, has
partaken of the fatal apple.
To the uniniti3ted, the Primrose Path
means a life of pleasure, CT ease and
gaiety, strewn with roses red, but to
Nan Patterson the glamour has been
removed, and it is streaked with the
life blood of Caesar Young.
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She was an uncommOEly beautiful child,
and the praise called forth by her good
looks. as she grew older. turned her
thoughts in directions wholly opposed
to that intended for her by her parents,
and before she was many years in her
teens she went to New York and OBJ
tanned a place in the chorus.
Stage life caused her to forget the re-
ligious training she had received. The
glitter of the spangles and the gay life
Of the actor folk appealed to her. and she
decided to become a great actress.
Surely there was nothing harmful
behind the footlights. she thought.
Fine clothes and a good time" were
to her liking.
She was handsome in face and form
and it was not long before young scions
of wealthy families and elderly men OF
means who haunt thu bald head" row
began to haunt the stage door and make
her acquaintance.
The flowers and champagne suppers
they furnished were also not amiss.
Jewels and gems were shOwered on her
and more than one. smitten with her
and begged her hand in marriage.
But she refused them all, and finally
married a young man in the profession
named Martin.
Her Meeting with Young.
The confning bonds of matrimony
were evidently not to her liking, ard
when "Floradora.' a musical comedy
which had gained great popularity in
London mainlg through the famous
sextette, was imported, she applied for
and obtained a position in the front row.
The company vas organized to tour
the country, and was to extend to the
Pacific coast. This gave her an oppOr-
tunity to visit California, something she
had always longed for.
1t was on this trip that she met Young,
whose tragic death has caused. her so
much misery and sorrow.
Young was a prominent and success
full horseman and bookmaker. He had
horses running on nearly all Of the prom
lu6HJ IIdChS VI lnS COuHtly anu Wco L.
puted to be worth half a million dollars.
Although a married man, he immedi-
ately fell a victim to the charms Of the
beautiful and vivacious show girl. On
their arrival in San Francisco he in
stalled her in a handsome fiat in Oak
land, across the bay, and for some
months led a dual existence. Anything
She wished for was at her command.
During the trial it was shown that dur
ing their acquaintance he had given her
thousands of dollars.
Leaves Stage for Young.
While on the coast she sued for a di-
vorce from her husband at his sugges-
ton, and also deserted the stage.
With all his faults, Young maintained
an outward show of responsibility, liv-
ing in a pretentious home in an exclu-
sive section of San Francisco. He had
a certain respect for his wife, and when
she discovered the double existence he
had been leading, he was driven almost
crazy by the exposure. With the reck-
lessneEs of a mar insane, he entered up
on a long debauch, and lost a fortune on
the block before he recovered himself.
According to his racing partner, he re-
peatedly tried to sever his unholy rela-
tions with the chorus girl, but his infatu-
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liberty to repeat what L
first stated through our
Denver papers about
Doan's Kidney Pills in
the summer Of 1899, for
I have had no reason in
the interim to change my
opinion of the remedy. L
was subject to severe at
tacks of backache, al
ways aggravated if L sat
long at a desk. Doan's
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache. 1
have never had a pain
or a twinge since"
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FINDS HER HUSBANDS BODY ON
"A COLLEGE DTSSECTING TABLE.

When the bodies are turned over to
us we are instructed to hold them awhile
to see if relatives or claimants appear.
In this instance we held the body about
two months -."'"..' s,
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For a Bible. $3.50.

London.-Robert Burns family Bible,
containing interesting family entries,
was sold at auction here for SIS, $50. Tho
purchaser was a London dealer,
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Truly Wild and Woollv.

Portland, Ore.-Visitors to the Lewis
and Clark exposition in Portland next
year will not take in the Midway" nor
"go down the pike They will hit the
trail"
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R A AFTER.

Eugene r.. Lario, Of ISL Twentieth
n ticket seller in the Union Sta
ton, Denver, Col, says: you are al
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-01-07

Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
For sale by all druggists. Price 20
cents per box.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
SIMPLE RULES OF HEALTH
Prevention of Disease. Rather Than Cure. Should
Be the Aim
H.y-Makins for Fun at Eighty.

A press dispatch from Bridgeport.
Conn, gives an interesting account OF
the Oldest twins in the country, Julius
and Junius Benham. who recently cele
brated their eightieth birthday hay
making on their farm in Seymour
"Hay-making is great fun." said Ju-
MUS, "and l feel as if l could NOW
away hay up in the peak Of the peak
Of the barn as used to in days long
ago, and mowin' away hay is about
the hottest work there is to be found
in summer
The Benham twins are remarkable
men. They are far from being in
yalids, though they have arrived at the
age when most persons are usually
feeble. Beginning life as apprentices
to mason, they worked up and later
became builders and contractors.
Some years ago the Benhams gave
up building and settled down to the
care Of the real estate they had ac-
quired in their long residence in
Bridgeport.
I'VE always got up early in the
morning" said Junius. when spoken to
about the hour of rising, "and we can't
get out of the habit"
The twins are in excellent health.
People ought to be cheerful If they
want to live to be DID," said julius.
Look at brother Junius and me- No
boys Of the present day ever had as
hard time to get along as we did
when we started, but we had what a
good many boys of to-day do not have.
Our mother gave to us iron constitu-
tions, the greatest present a mother
can give to her boys and we had been
taught 10 live according to the simple
and clean rules OF the country. We
| lived clean lives always. We never
| drank liquor nor used tobacco. Money
| spent for such things Is worse than
money thrown away, but many Of the
/, boys to-day seem 10 think they can't BE-
men unless they drink liquor and use
tobacco. Why, We would never have
lived to celebrate our eighticth birth.
| day il it had not been that we lived
right lives. You can enjoy yourself
without going Contrary to Natures
laws. There Is plenty of harmless
fun in the world, but it seems to me
that people are looking for the fun
nowadays that hurts rather than
helps"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
A Window Tent.

A medical journal describes a win.
dow tent devised for the open air
treatment OF tuberculosis. 1t consists
OF frame to ct the lower half of the
window, to which is attached inside
the window az awning of waterproof
duck. stretched in quarter-cirele. The
bed Is placed parallel with the win
dow, SO that the invalid's head and
shoulders are within the awning, en-.
trance being made through a flap in
the side OF the tent. The lower edges
of the duck at the head and side of
the bed are long enough to tuck under
the mattress, and thus air from the
room Is thoroughly. excluded. The
frame of the tent does not quite fill
the lower half Of the window; for the
escape of warm air from the room
there Is left space of three inches.
which can be reduced at will. For
protection from storms the root of the
tent projects slightly beyond the win
dow, and roller blind is placed inside
the widow.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
The Need for Recreation.

Rest restores again the energy
which has ben consumed in work So
long as one is able to restore his lost
energy by sleep and rest, he cannot
become neurasthenic But when a
man comes to the point where he can
no longer restore by rest or sleep the
loss of energy which has occurred, he
necessarily becomes neurasthenic, be-
cause his nerve cells remain chron.
ically In that exhausted condition.
This Is the reason vacation some.
times does so much for one, complete
ly replenishing the exhausted store of
energy and saving one from com.
plete breakdown.
A good many men look forward for
months to their annual vacation of
three weeks in the summer, as their
salvation. For five or six months af
terward they enjoy very good health.
Ihen their store of energy is exhaust.
ed, and the next six months are sim.
ply misery waiting for the breathing
spell to come again. When the bust
ness man finds at the end of his three
weeks vacation that he has not vet re-
covered his natural energy, and he has
to go back to his work in almost the
sane condition in which he left it, he
has chronic neurasthenia, and Is going
to have tremendous, perhaps an ir.
reparable, breakdown, If he keeps ON
in that way. When man discovers
that he has reached that point ls
ought to step at once.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
Boy as Mayor Of a Public Park.

A unique election has been held
among the boys who disport them
selves on Hamilton Fish playground.
an East Side park. New York. Under
the tutelage Of the city commissioner
OF parks, they cast regular ballot
the other day for mayor OF the play
ground city. and elected Nathan kase,
sixteen years old. 4 II the boys under
eighteen were allowed TO vote, and
they rallied to Kase under the banner
of the Political Purity party. Lads
TO the number OF 800 were registered,
but less than half Of them went TO the
polls in the heavy storm which pre-
vailed.
The new mayor will be responsible
for the care of the dumb bells, trapeze
and other apparatus used by the
youngsters who frequent the park. He
Will appoint squad to act as police
agents and other lads will be nomi-
mated to aid the park laborers in keep
ing the Fairgrounds clear Of rubbish.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
hiah Life.

Sanitorium life. camps in the Adj.
rondacks and elsewhere, tent colonies,
roof dwellings. and various other
methods Of taking the open.air treat
ment, have been frequently described
The latest novelty in this line is an ex.
pertinent made by correspondent of
"Everybody's."
For some time" he says, II lived
high and dry in the top Of sturdy
white oak, where did my cooking,
eating and sleeping. and occasionally
entertained as many as. fourteen in
my tent or house at dinner, seventy
feet above terra firma, with only a
rope ladder connecting me and Mother
Earth. My sleeping bunk was spe-
ctally constructed triangular bed, can
vas covered, which lowered fifteen
feet above my living apartments and
platform"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
Flies as Carriers of Disease.

IL an address before the California
Health Association, DR.. Cobb called
the attention Of the medical profession
70 the necessity of an active crusade
against the common house fly.
This pestiferous insect has many
chances to communicate disease from
one person to another. In cholera epi-
denies ii has been shown that flies
are the means Of spreading the dis
ease by injecting the food.
Whenever large bodies Of men go
into camp, typhoid fever is almost GER
tain to break out, even though the
water supply is carefully protected
from contamination. Such outbreaks
are due to fyinfection Of the food
supply. Scattered cases Of typhoid
fever in country settlements are more
often the result of fly infection than
of water infection.
Or. Cobb believes that tuberculosis
lis communicated not only through the
lungs by means OF contaminated dust.
but that the greater source of infec-
ton Is by means of the fly planting
sputum on the food from its feet,
wings, and excretions. This infection
by flies has been proved very clearly.
When the habits of the fly are con-
sidered, it Is not unreasonable to be
lleye that this insect is an important
factor In the spread of disease. They
swarm upon decaying vegetable mat,
ter. manure piles. the filth of the
ct
sible source of infection. Follow them
then to the street vendors of fruit
and candy, the bakery, butchershoI
and restaurant. and even to the family
tatle, especially of the poor, and 1t is
not difficult to understand the ease
with which germs of all kinds are con
vey ed to the food
IL may be affirmed, however that in
the process of cooking, the bacteria
will be killed. This is granted. but it is
not here that the danger lies. 1t Is
from food which is eaten raw, OF
which has been cooked and upon
which the fly afterward alights that
the greatest danger of infection oc
ours. The longer this food remains un
eaten after this contamination, the
greater the probability that colony
has grown, thereby increasing the dos
age OF infection.
1t is In the homes Of the poor tha
the greatest danger arises. The pool
pearlx uniYersallx. leaye- their table!
vious meal. Upon this food flies as
semble in great numbers, and from
time to time the children help them
selves, the remainder of the food being
served at the next meal. 1t is there
fore necessary to combine for the ex
termination Of this pest. Housewives
especially should be careful to pre-
vent this source OF dangerous infec
ton.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
The Starvation eurs.

.Ane. 2sa1rvA.iHalans .ialans 6prGstire Is py
no means a new idea. 1t is very old.
Most good things are old, and things
altogether new are seldom good. Very
few original discoveries are made now.
adays.
Long fasting is one of the most ef.
fective means Of securing thorough 70.
ing constitutional reconstruction. II
compels the body to feed upon itself
In the rebuilding. defects may be left
out, and healthy conditions may be
re-established.
But this result may be secured by
other and generally safer means. It
Is not so much the Withholding OF
food, but Of certain elements of food.
which secures tho benefits of fasting.
1t Is the proteids, from which the sys-
tenn In diseased condition manufac.
lures the poisons, which give rise to
rheumatism, biliousness, neurasthenfa
and gout. When protcids are with.
held, the formation of poisons soon
ceases of necessity. and thus the dis.
turhed functions return to their nor.
NAL state and the health is restored.
By diet Of fruit this condition may
be secured as readily rs, perhaps more
readily than, by any other means. The
fruit diet is really rrotcid starvation,
as fruits contain practically nc pro.
tc is.
Certainly n Fruit Glet is far more
agreeable than total abstinence from
food. Fruits contain rrediSested food
elements which co not clog the sys
TEN, and which are valuable in sus.
tanning the strength.
Fasting is q good thing in certain
cases; but long fasts are rarely need.
ed, and fruit diet is preferable in all
essential particulars, except in certain
cases in which fruit acids are irritat.
ing, as in gastric ulcer.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01
cuTIcuRA GROWS HAIR.
Scalp Cleared Of OsrdruH and Hair
Restored by One Box Of Cuticufa
and Ono Cake Of CuticIrs
Soap.

A ". Taft Of Independence. Va.
writing under date of Sept. Is. 1901.
says: Il have had falling hair and
dahdruf for twelve years and could
&c, nothing TO help me. Finally I
bought one box Of Cuticura Ointment
and one cake of Cuticura Soap. and
they cleared my scalp OF the dandrun
and stopped the hair falling. Now
my hair is growins as well as ever.
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as toilet soap. (SignedD A. W. Taft.
Independence, Va"
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because 1t
never sticks to the Iron. but because
each package contains 1G Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Wates
Starcbes are put up In Y pound pack
ages. and the price is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
a l2-oz. package 1t Is because he has
q stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose OF before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let.
ters and figures '1G oZs." Demand De-
dance and save much time and money
and the annoyance OF the iron stick
Ing. Defiance never sticks.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
a cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIRN, 3e2 Third Ave.
N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 0, 1900.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

EtYE permanently cured No ntd ess After
IS hrst day uss of DR. kne's Grsat Nerve Iestor
er er send for FREE 800 trial bottle and treatise.
DIX H. H. KLINE Ltd, ISL Arch Street, phlA Pa
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

Do Your Clothes Look YeIIowi
Then use Defiance Starch, It will
Keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents,
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

1t Is never worth while telling what
you know IL you really know It,
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

The ittnerant tinker is not a mendi
cant Just because he mends cans
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

The Chicago automobile club that.
mas elected an official surgeon. should
now add an undertaken.
The Holly chieftain., 1905-09-01

Some people are terribly cut up IL
their right hand Is doing.