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The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
CENTRAL FAIR AND RACES.
Grenada, Miss.
October 1Z,1S and 10.
Ea1f Fare Rate OH


Best Matched Pair of Mules in harness. .......
Best Matched Pair of Geldings Mares in harness
Best Saddle Mare or Gelding l...
Best Combination Mare or Gedng under saddle
and in harness. ..........
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13

81. paid on subscription 80 votes
in our piano contest.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
$4,000 STAKRS.

SECOND RAcE-Grenada Bank Stakes-Pacng or
trotting-Nie heats best two in tAree-Open to the
world; sos 90 to rst SIS to second; 5000 to third
Entrance per cent; per cent additional from money
winners
THIRD RAcE-Newburger Cotton Company Stakes
Running -Five-eghths mile DASH spen to the world;
5000 to hrst $50 TO second; $40 third Entrance
per cent per cent. additional from noney winners
FOURTH RAcE-Two-ycar ods-Pacing or trotting-
$500 to 6rst $500 to second. Entrance free
FIFTH RAcE-Running- -Onehaif mile dash; colored
and rdcrs Fair District Horses $Io 90 to first
$500 second. Entrance free.
sixth RACE-Mue Race-One-haH mile; $500 to
hrs ST. 90 to second 100 to third: Entrance free.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
SWINE.


old ............. 81 90
Best JERSEY Red Sow, registered over months old 90
Best berkshire Boar registered, over months old
Best Berkshire Sow registered year old. >. 90
Best Poland China Boar registered over months
oido ..........:. ........... 90
Best Poland China Sow registered, year old / 90
Best T. l. I. Boar registered over e months old.
Best O. !. c. Sow. registered, over year old
Best Boar any grade not registered,
months old d.......................... ....... 90
Best Sow. any grade not registered, year
o4o '.....'.........-- ............ 90
cattle.
Best Shorthorn Durham Bull registered, over
year old. ...................... s. 90
Best Shorthorn or Durham Cow, registered
years old. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50
Best Shorthorn Or Durham Calf registered under
Best Aberdeen Angus Bull registered over year
Old ............... ................. 5 90
Best Aberdeen Angus Cow registered over
years ole. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2 50
Best Aberdeen Angus Calf, registered under
year OlQ 90
Best Holsein Bull, registered over year old - 90
Best Holsein Cow. registered. years old. 2 50
Best Hosne Calf. registered, under year Old. 50
Best Jersey Bull registered. year old 90
pest Jersey low. registered over years old " 50
best jersey Calf registered, under Iyear old 50
Best Hereford Bull, registered over year DID,.
best Hereford Cow registered year DID,. 50
Best Bull any grade, not registered over year
, olo ............ 50
Best Cow. any grade, not registered years
Best Calf any grade not registered, under year
- Ola ....................... IS
Best Beef Steer year old. .............. 90
sheep.
Best RAM any breed registered, year DID,. 81 50
Best Eve. any breed registered year DID,. 50
inspection.
and examination where the registered"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
Sheep.

Su66Q.
Best Ram, any breed, registered year DID, 81 50
Best Eve any breed registered. year DID,. 90
for
and
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-13
RACE PROGRAMME.


The Association the right entry
The Association the fields to
safe numbers In its dscreon then accepted
made.
In al! three horses must No entries
allowed)
All entries restricted to Fair District Owned Horses ex.
cept where otherwise specified In programme.
FIRST DAY-wednesday, october II.
FIRST RAcE-Runnng-On quarter mile DASH Fair
District Horses; $1,000 to first; second Entrance
free
SECOND RAcE-Thrcc minute cass-Roadstcr race
-Trotters and pacers-Oneha mile heats best two in
three; $500 to first; $1,000 second $500 third
Fair District Horses; per cent. entrance per
additional from money winners
THIRD RAcE-Grenada Fair Association Stakes
Pace or trot-Open to the world-Mle heats--Best
in three $4,000 to first; $1,000 second; $1,000 to
third Entrance per cent; per additional from
$4,000 STAKES.
FOURTH RACE-Grenada Hotel Stakes-Running-
Open to the world-One-haf mile DASH sos 90 frst
$500 to second $1,000 to third Entrance per cent
per cent. additional from money winners.
FIFTH RACE-Running race-One-hat mile
dash-Open to the world; first; S. 50 second.
Entrance free.
sixth RAcE-Slow Mule Race-One half mile dash;
pounds Schnapps tobacco to rst pounds second;
pounds to third. Three to start. Entrance free.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Slowest frain In the World.

Georges Trade. writing in the
French Journal Les Sports, claims
that after long and conscientious
search he has run to earth the slow
est ordinary passenger train in the
world. This record.holder is chrun-
icled on page 773 of the Guide Chaix
and performs in Spain, country in
which twelve miles an hour is by no
means an uncommon rate of speed on
the railway between Soto de Rey and
Clano Santa Ana. This line is thir-
teen and three-quarters miles long
and it has one station en- route. VIZ,
Sama, which is twelve miles from
Soto de Rey and one and
three-Quarters miles from Cla-
no Santa Ana. Leaving the last
named place at G:25 a. M, the train
reaches Sama at 6:55 and Soto de
Rey at $50. Thus the average rate
of speed of the train is under seven
miles an hour. while from Clano San.
ia Ana to Sama the speed is only
three and three-quarters miles an
hour.-Railway Age
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
STORIES OF THE vNcANNy

Ntrwegians are much concerned
ovet a strange incident of the fes.
tlvit!es which welcomed King HaakoD
to Christiania. A newspaper thus de-
scriles it. AT the very time when
the royal procession had to pass the
anr:ent fortress of Akerhus there was
assembled there a great number OF
spectators. mostly military. in order
to see the new king drive past. While
the spectators were waiting to see
the king In great excitement a ting-
ling sound was heard and suddenly
the drowned statue of King Oscar fell
to the ground. At the same moment
the crown fell off and was crushed
in the fall. For 4 moment everyone
present felt a little uncomfortable on
witnessing this incident: but it was
Immediately forgotten in watching
tho royal procession. A few days
later some members OF the same
company were assembled in another
part OF the town in the house of one
of the leaders of the government. The
conversation turned on the strange in
cident of the statue. In the midst of
the conversation scraping sound
was heard and the portrait Of King
Oscar glided down from the wall and
fell to the ground"
A singular dream is related in a
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

Sakhalin is 4 Chinese word mean
ing black, and is the first word in the
Chinese description of the northern
half of the island. as cliffs or rocks
at the mouth of the black river" The
island has by no means such damp,
foggy and miserable climate as is
generally supposed. A writer says:
Not only does the visitor to the is
land in summer experience some of
the finest weather he could wish for,
but the official meteorological records
show the same for past years. In
August and September the days are
often very hot. though at night the
temperature falls to nearly freezing
point but it is not till October that
the first snow appears on the hill
tops and the winter begins with its
dry. healthy cold. like that of Canada,
lasting till the following April or May.
The island is about 500 miles long
and sixteen to 100 miles wide. Civ
ing an area approximately equal to
that of Greece A mountainous ridge
runs along the island for the whole
of its length. fanked by low sand
stone hills to the east and west. but
of greater extent on the east.
Con the western, the warmer side
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
PROGRESS MADE IN CHINA

when a little company of the for
eigu women living in Shanghai form
ed themselves into the Tien Tsu Hui
fNatural-Feet society. they were
greeted with derision by everybody"
writes Mrs. Archibald Little. But
they gave and collected little sums
OF money. gave prizes for essays, Sc
lected tracts and had them printed
and themselves circulated them
throughout the length and breadth of
the vast emDire-as big as Europe
When Chinese men in their tens of
thousands assembled for their annual
or t.iennial examinations little assort-
merits OF these tracts were given to
each competitor TO take back 10 his
native village. At last the dowager
empress issued an imperial edict.
TheI one, by one, the great Chinese
vice.Oys issued proclamations asains.
binding generally in response to an in
terv:ew or letter from the OrganiZ-
ing secretary OF he Natural-Feet So
cietr.
And now, BY last post, letter
from the FAR west OF China says:
China is changing in a rapid way:
unbound feet is The order of the day
for little girls now: foreign style of
clothes for boys. and drill every
wheSe.' While from Shanghai comes
the most delightful report of the most
encouraging side OF the movement.
The rich Shanghai officials have start
ed Tien Tsu Hui girls school for
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

the same writer continues, "the forrss
stretches down to the sea, but Oh
the eastern, as one approaches the
Okhotsk sea, whence comes cold,
piercing winds, the 'taiga" (Siberian
virgin foresD gives place to hills GOV.
cred with white reindeer moss and
but few trees. or to broad stretches OF
tundra near the river mouths. Both
hills and valleys in the interior are,
for the most part, clad with dense
pine forest, three-quarters of the
island being SO covered. The flora
shows a strange admixture of polar
and subtropical species. the latter be.
ing more especially in evidence in
the southwest of the island where
the vegetation and scenery resemble
that of northern Japan.
.'To the north the forests are COM
posed chiefly of larch, pine, birch and
other north temperate Or polar spe.
Cies, with wild raspberry, bog-myrtle
and other underground. On the
coasts, on the broad stretches of 81.
berian tundra, occur various small
polar plants. To the south are maple,
oak. ash, bamboo. cork tree and other
subtropical trees or shrubs. The
fauna shows similar variety"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

The grand curious amusement o.
the elk. one which many hunters
have Witnessed. may be called their
circle dance. II. w. Skinner OF Chi
cage sends me his observations in
this performance. says Ernest Thomp-
son Seton in Scribner's:
About 4 O'Clock one afternoon late
in August, 1890. I was riding north
east up small stream flowing into
one of the tributaries of the Green
river. near its source in northwestern
Wyoming. The intense heat was only
relieved by an occasional faint breath
of breeze from the north. My atten-
ton was attracted by column OF
fine, dark brown dust rising ahead OF
me and on the opposite side of the
creek q was on the south side).
THE column of dust looked almost
as if caused by a whirlwind. On
reaching a point as close to it as |
could get without crossing the creek
I was perhaps 100 yards from 1T
found that it was caused by a band
OF elk numbering from twelve to
twenty, who seemed to be trotting
quite rapidly, with OCCASIONALLY awk-
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
What's the Use?

We observe our friend seated In a
gloomy corner, chewing an unlightet
cigar and mumbline to himself. We
ask him if the world is going wrong
with him.
1T is" he growls. Say. do you re-
member last week said | was go.
ing to lick that editor for printing
that stuff about me?"
Yes"
II had right to whip him, because
what he printed was not true"
so you said at the time. Did yo,.
thrash him."
II did. I went to his Office and
cternally lammed him."
We'll, you ought to be satisfied.
You have avenged yourself
Il have? This week his paper
comes out with a long story about
how he whipped NE, made me nc.
knowledge the other story was true
made me apologize, and then chased
me until l hid under box car in
the railway yards"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

well-known British magazine. A WON
an suffering from anxiety caused by
reduced circumstances dreamed that
she went to church. "The people be.
gan to go out one by one. I looked
around and inquired why they were
leaving the church. They said: ITO
look for the magic bird in the church.
yard l thought would try and find
it, went out and swept away the fall.
en- leaves and found speckled thrush
and as soon as | took it up 1t dropped
Ell ($5) in my hand. The next morn.
ing l went into our back garden and
there among the fallen leaves was
the speckled thrush, which had just
been killed by cat. IL was yet
warm. said: Here is the magic
bird and the money | know will come
by post The hope was justified. for
E1 came in the morning and a check
from a friend in the evening"
A ghost story from the sea: Early
in the morning of July 10 the steamer
Ettrickdale, when off the Boompjea
light, Oh the north coast of Java, col.
lded with an Indian bark. Ono of tha
Ettrickdales firemen, Greek,
jumped overheard and was eaten by
sharks. The steamer afterward pro
ceeded on her way and for portion
of her voyage was haunted. the crew
declare, by the ghost Of the Greek.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

nize the likeness at first. 1t was sew
eral minutes before you unbent suf-
ficiently to bestow your smiles"
Gracious! You alarm me-" Jean
nette's fiippancy had saved her from
many difficult situations of which this
was not the least in her eyes.
What child you are." He smiled
in amused tolerance.
How long have you entertained
this-this-"
Ideal he supplemented softly
Her eyes dropped under his warm
scrutiny.
Il wonder If you could recall a
time as far back as"
"Mr. Wainwright" Jeanette bris-
tied in simulated indignation at the
possible implication in his words.
ut was spring day In early May"
ne continued dreamily. ignoring her
exclamation, IA bevy of school girls
with long braids down their backs
were parading the park with their
chaperon, an elderly lady with gray
curl down each side of her face
Dear old Curlie!" exclaimed Jean
nette, thoughtlessly.
THE hat of the fairest one of them
ala slim. childish, elf of 4 girl
blew down the street, and lad Of ten.
der years gave pursuit and rescued
the offensive piece of headgear. He
returned it, trembling with the bold
ness of his daring, to the owner. who
would not even lift her long iashes as
she thanked him family. I've always
had an overwhelming desire to find
that young lady and see foc myself
what kind of eyes she possessed, that
she was so unwilling to use them"
And that was you'll should never
have believed it." Jeanette laughed
bit absently. She was eating her
ice slowly, unappreciatively, though it
was her favorite confection.
And now that have found the
eyes" he continued, new determine
tion in his voice. Il mean to follow
them up and see what lies back of
them"
You'd be disappointed" Jeanette
offered family.
I'm willing to take my chances"
he looked at her searchingly II mean
to see you tomorrow he declared.
The hostess had given the sign. AS
they rose, she said. laughinsly, Il sup
pose you two have decided to colabo-
rate on some great work or ether"
Wainwright questioned Jaannette
with steady eyes.
I'VE have have we not?" he asked.
Jeanette flashed quick look into
their frank depths. Her heart lhrobbed
bit as she replied in low voice, 81
| guess-perhaps."
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

the girls of good family who have
either not bound their feet or have
unbound them. with the hope that the
girls there educated may eventually
become teachers in other schools all
over China.
Although only just started. eighty
young ladies are ALREADY boarding at
this school, and when ii finished its
term the place was packed, chiefly
with Chinese gentlemen. to see the
results. The granddaughter OF the
highest official in Shanghai recited
Mary Had Little Lamb with great
distihctness; party Of little girls
sung in chorus. Twinkle. Twinkle Lit
tie Star Then all sung Chinese
anti foot-binding song, and there were
short piano solos. A feature OF the
Mrs. Wang. the greatest lady scholar
China boasts. Then all the scholars
showed what progress they had made
in physical drill.
Thus the unbindinS of the feet o!
the girls of China is gradually de
veloping into a movement for thei'
higher education. And when the 200.
900 COO women OF China are set upoI
their feet again, qualified to learn tc
sew, to wash, to clean their houses
and their children. as well as to learr
the elegant Accomplishments of Eng
lish and music, we may look for ar
improvement in the whole Chinese
race"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
ELKS IN CIRCLE DANCE

ward galloping plunges in a circle
perhaps thirty feet in diameter. They
were going in the same direction as
the hands of watch, in the edge OF
a little belt of second growth timber,
mainly, think, quaking asp.
They were moving, not with heads
up, but with noses only foot or two
from the ground. My impression Is
that they were all bulls. Owing to
the dense clouds of dust. which oc.
casionat light puffs of wind blew al.
most toward me, | could not see very
clearly. 1t seemed to me that they
were rlnning about as milling cat.
tie do, except that / never knew cat,
tie to ':lilP in such a small bunch.
have .alated this incident several
times IT, hunters and trappers. who
could ot'er TO explanation of it. There
were la.ge numbers of elk in that
country at the time in bands of vari.
Gus sizes" The remarkable exercise
has no obvious relation to the sexual
instinct or to hygiene and marks sew
eral important steps in the evolution
of amusement If to it We could add
little music we should have the es.
sentials of social dancing.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
TALES OF THE HONEJMOON

zone OF tue strangest vocations. TO
my mind said Union square pub
Usher according to the New York
Press, sis that of purveyor Of honey
moon diaries. A woman has all the
business in this town. She is a
former society leader, and, on the
quiet. sort of money lender In her
salad days she had many girl friends.
She told her story and how she
worked these friends for good liv-
ing when her husband died, leaving
her silver door plate and pile of
unpaid bills.
ut seems that all the girls Of a
senior class in certain fashionable
seminary decided to keep honeymoon
diaries, If they ever had the chance
to. The society leader remembered
the oath through the years, and when
poverty came knocking at her door
she laughed at him and went forth to
hunt up the diaries. She gained in
formation little by little. Then she
published her own honeymoon diary
anonymously in gilt and red. 1t had
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
The "Lon.some Leaoue,"

In the current congress are seven
members who are coming to be called
the Lonesome league" each being
the only representative in the nation
al legislature Of some profession or
business. Senator Perkins of Califor-
mia is a whaler, Congressman Mich
alex of Chicago is a grocer. Congress
man Gardner of Michigan is clergy
man. Delegate Jonah Kuhio Kalan-
ianaole of Hawaii is a prince. Con-
gresham Hunt of Missouri is stone
cutter, Congressman Minor of Wiscon-
sin is licensed master of steam yes
sells and Congressman Robertson of
Louisiana is a college professor.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Hezekiah Rutterworth's Loan.

HeZekiah Butterworth was one day
meditatively strolling through Boston
Common, when an old acquaintance
approached him with steps unsteady
from drink. Tho intoxicated mans
hard luck story found quick response
in the sympathetic nature of Mr.. But
terworth, and The desired loan" was
forthcoming.
AS the man was about to hasten
away with the coin. Mr.. Butterworth.
placing his hand on his old friend $
shoulder and looking him squarely
in the eyes, said Patrick, | hope
you will buy the food you need with
this money, and quit your drinking
Remember, Patrick, there is a here
aftet.'
Whereupon the other man. return.
ing the solemn gaze of the o,d writ
err, replied: "Tha-thats right Hc-Ie-
Heck ah. but d-don't believe well
either one ever live to see it.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
HANDWRITING NO cLEw TO SEX
Temperament 10 Not Betrayed by the
Written Word

Temperament 10 Not Betrayed by the
Written Word.
1t Is a curious fact that one OF the
only things which even an expert
graphologist does not guarantee to
discover in handwriting is the eex Of
the writer. We are accustomed to
think that the feminine or masculine
temperament will readily betray It,
self in the written word, but in the
majority of cases such is not the case.
Writing bold, black and firm, most
masculine appearing in every way.
will frequently be found to emanate
from the pen of woman, while deli
cate tracery with the regularity sug
gestive of precision and method. or
the dash and srontaneity which indi-
Gates lively fancy almost unmis.
takably feminine, one says on exami-
nation is discovered to belong to a
writer OF the opposite sex.
An interesting little experiment
proving this theory can be made in
this way. Take twelve or twenty en-
velopes written in chirographies you
are sure Of, and number each scrap
clearly. Pass them around and see
how many of your friends will cor
rectly guess the sex of the different
writer's, which may be written down
and numbered like the envelopes. 1t
will seldom prove that more than ore
third of the guesses, at most are coz
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

shadows among the gigantic lotus
columns is fantastic and impressive
in the highest degree. So large a
part OF this mighty temple lies buried
beneath the modern Coptic town that
In order to excavate it half of Esneh
would necessarily. be destroyed.
Regretfully leaving behind us the
splendors Of Edfou and passing on
either shore constantly changing
panorama Of lovely vistas among the
palms. and sandstone mountain
ranges glowing with colors which no
artist would have the audacity to
transfer to canvas. We come to Kom
,Ombos. whose beautiful ruined tenn
pile deserves more than passing no.
tice: and then on to Assouan and the
First Cataract of the Nile. At Assou.
En 1t has never rained within the
memory Of man, and the fellah OF
UTYer Egypt regards with absolute
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
RECORD rvsks OF ELEPHANTS.
Those Of Male Killed . Few Years
Aoo WEIGHED $50 Pounds.

Ago Weighed $50 Pounds.
DR.. G. c. Schillings. who has tray
eled much in Africa, has this to say
of the tusks of elephants: The size
and weight OF tusks of exceptionally
nomenal. In 1898 an old male ele
Dhant was killed by native hunters
not far from the Kilimanjaro, the
tusks OF which had combined weight
OF $50 pounds. These enormous
teeth created quite a sensation when
they were brought to market at Zan-
zibar. One Of these tusks. the !s-g-
est in existence, is at present in the
British museum in London. the other
is in the United States of America.
yet tusks of over 100 pounds are
pretty rare. The weight does not al
ways depend on the age and size Of
the animal. Not only do the different
varieties of elephants differ as to the
average weight of their tusks. l.ut
different members of the same family
show dissimlarity in this respect.
The South African elephants tuaks
are considerably inferior in size and
weight to those of the elephant III
equatorial Africa.
Rowland Ward in his book, Rec
ords of Bog Game, gives the weights
and measurements OF the biggest
tusks known to us. The African Gle
phae; exceeds the antediluvian nam
moth as well as the Indian elephant.
The biggest tusk is twenty-four AMI q
quarter inches in circumference, ten
and half feet long and 226 pounds
in weight"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Especial Correspondence.)

The Nile voyage is one Of those
Supreme experiences of lifetime by
waich all subsequent experiences are
destined to bs measured The days
dawn in splendor and go down to the
sunset hour with every minute full
OF wonderful happenings. Then the
syift darkness of the tropics en-
skrouds us with its mantle and the
silent nights under the Egyptian
sries are filed with unutterabie de.
Lights.
Ever southwark toward the South
ern Cross and the magic Isle Of Isis
o'r staunch little Nile boat, eel ka,
hira", breasts the current OF the his,
t0ric stream; passing, day after day
an eyer-changing panorama Of strange
oriental life. set amid such a luxuriant