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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Washington. b. O.. August 2othzA

Washington, D. c., August 20th-A
determined effort will be made ut the
next session of congress to preveni
another appropriation for the free dis
tribution Of common garden seeds
Congress now expends $242, 900 a year
In giving away the commonest varie'
ties Of peas, beans. turnip, squash and
pumpkin seeds. They are divided into
40, 000, 900 packets SO that the packets
cost about half a cent each. But as
= large part Of the appropriation is
expended in clerk hire, packeting the
seed, etc., the actual value OF the
seed In a packet is much less than
half a cent. These packets are put
up in packages Of five packets, the
total cost Of the packages being about
two cents each. and they are purchas-
able anywhere at five cents. Each
member Of congress gets 10000 such
packages, which he distributes to the
voters of his district.
The farmers say that these pack
ages contain so little seed as to be Of
no value to them, while the total ap-
preparation, If expended in sending
out really rare and valuable seed, or
In maintaining a national agricultural
college, or divided among the state
agricultural colleges, would be of i'm
mems value to the farming interests.
They therefore protest against the
waste Of public money. The seeds
men claim that as congress has al
ready expended $4,000, 900 in giving
away turnip and watermelon seed, it
Is time 1t should give away saws, axes
or hoes and give the seed trade a rest.
Those who believe that congress
should cut of this perquisite of its
members now used for political pur-
poses, are writing their senators and
representatives, urging them to abol-
ish the free seed distribution, and the
National Grange, many state and local
oranges, horticultural, agricultural
and other societies are adopting reso-
lutions condemning it. Mr.. William
Wolff Smith, of Washington, D. c., has
been selected to represent the oppo-
sition to the congressional free seed
distribution, and Is personally answer
Ing all inquiries concerning the same.
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hls Interest Was Personal.

An eccentric member of the British
parliament who died recently endeav.
ored vainly during a quarter Of a cen.
fury to get passed into law a bill for
preventing persons from standing out.
side windows while cleaning them.
During his last session the old fellow
complained to a colleague that his OBJ
ject in introducing the bill had been
quite misund erstood by the house for
these rs years. II introduced the
BILL" said he, mot for the sake of the
window cleaners, but for the sake of
the people below, on whom they might
fall. The idea of the bill was suggest
ed to me by the fear that a window
cleaner might fall on myself"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
MORE THAN N
A Minister Talks About Grape-Nuts.

my first stomach trouble began
back In 1885," writes a minister in
Nebr., resulting from hasty eating
and eating too much. l found no re-
lief from medicine and grew SO bad
that all food gave me great distress.
1T was that sore, gnawing, hungry
feeling In my stomach that was so
distressing and I became a sick man.
Erape-Nuts was recommended as q
food that could be easily digested.
Leaving the old diet that had given
me so much trouble, I began to eat
Grape-Nuts with a little cream and
sugar. The change effected in "a hours
was truly remarkable, and in a few
weeks / was back to health again.
my work as a minister calls me
away from home a great deal, and re-
Gently / drifted back to fat meat and
andigestible foods, which put me again
ON the sick list.
$50 / went back to Grape-Nuts and
cream and in four days 1 was put
right again. The old dull headaches
hre gone, stomach comfortable, head
clear. and it is a delight to pursue
my studies and work.
"Grape-Nuts food is worth more
than money to me, and l hope this
may induce some sufferer to follow
the same course / have"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. q
There's a reason" -
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgR.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

passed too frequently, and with q
burning sensation. They showed sed-
iment. I became discouraged, weak.
1anguid and depressed, SO sick and
weak that I could not keep up. AS
doctors did not cure me I decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills, and with
such success that my troubles were
NIL gone after using eight boxes, and
my strength, ambition and general
health Is fine"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Peddlers Not Wanted.

A mass-meeting of the tax payers of
Coahoma county passed resolutions in
dorsing M. J. Bouldin, sheriff, in his
effort to make peddlers Of all classes
pay the privilege tax required by law
and pledging themselves to do all in
their power to destroy their trade in
the county. The planters have been
considerably worried by peddlers of this
character and this meeting accentuated
their desire to drive them from the
county if possible.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

When Mrs OngwOrth returned from her honeymoon she calmly declined
to make Or to receive calls, alleging that the season "a practically yer, and
that she dates Ter e position from tn beginning of the mex congressional
tern.
Mrs. Longwoth will emancipate herself and incidentally all the others
In Washington society who do lot approve Ofe existing conditions. The gossip
is tina she has determined Ito set u as the social leader, and to hold a court
which will equal in Importance those Of her stepmOther, Mrs. Roosevelt, or
of Mrs Fairbanks, wife of the vice president.
Last winter Lady Susan Townley, wfeo of thu first secretary of the British
embassy set the ball arOMng, n she attained a sr q success in her Is
prauons.
Lady Susan is the daughter of the late earl and sister of the present earl
Of lbemarle, n she SOd o. lei rights. She refused to be rated az the wife
Of a small diplomat, and in many houses she succeeded in getting the place Of
honor at the table.
Mrs. Longworth will, of course recognize the pretensiOns Of Lady Susan,
and lin acknowledging such a precedent will get her W cseu for trial.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
NEW DEPOT NEARING COMPLETION.

The new union station, which when com
pleted, will be the finest in the country, is fast
nearing completion. The engineers In charge of
the extensive operations have attacked the diff
cult problems that confronted them from three
different points, and are working on the terminal
depot, the north approach and the south approach
at the same time. The extensive tunneling, bridg-
ing and filling necessary for. the approaches is
well under way. The concrete foundations for
the building, which are about As feet deep, have
been placed, and the material for filling in be-
tween them has been delivered. The granite and
brick work of the east end of the building is al
most finished.
cavatiOn necessary In the work of construction is
extraordinary. The filling within the limits of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Getting Ready for School.

The institute season is in full blast
over the State and hundreds of school
teachers are perfecting themselves in
methods of work preparatory to the be-
ginning of the school term. In nearly
all of the separate school districts the
term will begin on the second Monday
in September. In rural districts the
openings will be considerably later,
owing to shorter terms.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Small Profits Of Pawnshops.

Consul General George w. Roose-
Welt reports that the official report OF
the Brussels pawnshop for 1905 shows
q capital employed Of $3S7,1S1 and
profits made during the year Of only
1896. The amount Of loans on pawns
was ~$1,253.173. In 1904 the amount
loaned exceeded the amount for 1905
by about 500, 500.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Great Poets Letters.

Twenty years ago a German pub
Usher began to issue a complete col
lection of Goethe's letters. T~hirty-four
volumes are now in type, and it is ex-
pected that the rest Of the letters,
which will fll Is more volumes, will
appear within four years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Stock Raising Profitable.

For the purpose of inducing success
full cattle raiSers and stockmen in the
Northern and Western States to move
to Mississippi and engage in the indus
try, the immigration department of the
Illinois Central road is sending out
O 10000 circulars to the farmers in that
section setting forth the many superior
advantages of this State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
From Nations Capital
Interesting Gossip Of Men and Events at Washington-Promotion for
Presidents Faithful Assistant Social Revolt Planned by White
House Bride-Oher Happenings.

WASHINGTON.-The first Oklahoma man to
receive a federal appointment since the admis.
sion of the new state into the union Is Maurice
c. Latta, the presidents favOrite stenographer.
who has been made assistant private secretary
to succeed B. F.. Barnes, the new postmaster of
this city. Mr.. Latta has been an assistant of Pri.
vate Secretary Loeb for about five years, so the
appointment does not mean much to him aside
from an official title and an increase in salary of
81. 200 a year. Util his elevation to the post
mastership Barnes drew the $4,000 salary, while
Latta did most of the work.
The new assistant secretary is a modest
retiring chap. He is over six feet in height,
smooth shayen, has strong features and a good
eye. Latta was a clerk in the general land office
in Oklahoma when John Addison Porter, private
SECRETARY for President Mckinley called ON Sec.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

torture I went
through now seems
to have been al.
most ~unbearable. I
had ~back-ache, pains
In the side and
loins, dizzy spells
a d hot, feverish
headaches. T b e 9
e b~earing-down
pains, and the kid
ney s 3
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
PRINTING OFFICE OFFICIAL oUsTED.

The man who was the immediate cause of the
issuance by the president of the order declaring
the government printing office and all places
where workmen are employed by the government
to be "open shops has been discharged from the
public service. He is w. A. Miller, and for the
past six years has been assistant foreman OF the
bindery in the government %printery.
While tne charge against Miller was insol-
ence and INSTRUMENTATION. it is generally believed
that he was ousted through the efforts of the
labor organization which he defed.
Miller first came into public notice in 1903
when the employees of the printing office demand
ed his. discharge for alleged arrogance in conduct.
but primarily because he had abandoned men,
bership in the bookbinders' union. Miller was
suspended at the time, but the president directed
that he be reinstated, and subsequently ordered
he printing Office, but all departments where work
e open shops"
Of his suspension that he simply had refused to be
thei he had turned out $1,500,000 worth Of work
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

enough to cover a. acre lot to a depth of over $50 feet To fill the plaza and
raise adjacent streets to the new grade, about 1000 900 cubic yards of material
will be required If all this filling were deposited Of a n average city block,
the sides bdnk kept vertical, it would form a mound $50 feet high. If all
the matenal which will be moved Ito prepare the site fr the coach, engine and
shop yards-about $500 900 yards-Were similarly deposited, the hill would
b rs high as the Washington monument EA
To excavate this raj amount of material would require the services o q
steam shovel, moving an average of 25 900 cubic yards a month, from nine to
ten years. To nov it tt the place of deposit would require about 70 900 trains
Of II cars each. Should these cars be coupled together n a straight line they
would cover a distance off ve 600 miles. M
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

According to Dame Gossip the coming winter
will see changes in the time-bound etiquette of
social life in the capital that will cause consterna-
ton among the old-timers. 1t seems that Mrs.
Alice LongwOrth has already declared herself,
and her social campaign as a matron is already
mapped out. Needless to say, absolute independ-
ence characterZes her attitude. One fruit of her
trip abroad is her newborn conviction that a
married woman should retain her rank" as her
fathers daughter, and not fall to her husbands
level.
AS the case now stands, Mrs. Longworth Is
one of a thrOng, a mere ant in the social hill, and
she ranks not as the daughter of the head Of the
nation but as the wife of a minor representative
In congress. She must be subservient to tradi-
ton, and her duties are mapped out by social
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Want the Veterans.

Hattiesburg is a candidate for the
next annual reunion Of the Mississippi
division, United Confederate Veterans.
1t is expected that Columbus and Me-
ridian will also ask the honor of enter
tanning the veterans in 1907, and invita-
tions will probably be sent by Biloxi,
Gulfport and Vicksburg.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

The heaviest rainfall that has visited
Meridian in the past fifteen years fell
there one day last week. The precipi-
tation was ZIG inches, and the greatest
amount of downpour was reached when
one inch fell in ten minutes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

rotary of the Interior Bliss for n of the latters expert men o help o. with
the heavy White HOuse mail. Latta a summoned to fill the gap and his
work 20 pleased the White House officers that h a kept there.
President Roosevelt began debating his speeches to Latta, and he liked
the tall, silent man o we'll that he began using him as his regular amanuenss
When the president had to rad and study at night, in the preparation of a
speech, he wOud have Latta at his side taking notes
Latta always accompanies the president o the lauers trips about the
country. Whenever Mr.. Roosevelt delivers a n address of a public character
Latta will be found within a few feet of him, taking noteso of the speech.
These speeches, of course,a are always prepared in advance Latta holds one
copy in his hand, with a notebook and ink, ready to record interpOlated re-
marks OF changes in the original text. Latas copy becomes the official re-
port of the speech, which is preserved at the White House.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Carnival at

Plans are being perfected by the
Brookhaven Progressive Union for a
merchants carnival and county fair
early in October. The exhibition will
be varied and the premiums numerous
and attractive.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Fall

Plans are being formulated for a &c.
les Of fall race meetings in Mississippi
0 take place during the autumn fair
season, commencing at Grenada during
the early part of October and winding
UP In jackson during the Mississippi
industrial exposition.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Big Timber Deal.

Wisconsin parties bought 3,444 acres
of land in Perry and Lamar counties,
paying a purchase price of $780,, 500.
The sellers are John Landers, Spring
field, Mo-; L. N. Arson, Merrill, Wis,
and George F. Gilkey, Oshkosh, Wis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25

There died at the Georgetown University hos.
pital the other day a man who for some time has
enjoyed a unique distinction. This man was Will.
liam r. Padgett and on the last day for many
months, up to the time of his fatal illness, he was
a regular caller at the White House with the war
rant for the presidents salary. Padgett was an
employee of the treasurer's Office.
President Roosevelt gets his salary the last
day of each month in the shape of a check.
The presidents salary Of $50, 900 a year is
divided into eight checks of s4,166.67 each and
four checks of $4,166.66 each. Two months out
of every three the president gets a check for the
larger sum and the other month he gets one cent
on his check.
This has been the custom for many years and
a mistake was never made but once. That wa
during tho Second dOoipicfrot;o 30 -,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Silver Service Fund.

Mississippi's fund to purchase silver
service for the batileship Mississippi
has reached the sum of $1,000, that
amount being now in the hands of the
governor.
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HE PAID THE PRESIDENT.

Cleveland. One month when his check should have been s416667, the book
keeper made it out for only 5 416666. When the books were balanced at III
end of the fiscal year it as found that the president was due N cet by the
United States treasurer for this amount and forwarded it to Mr.: Cleveland.
Because it ws III smallest sum a warrant was w drawn for mon te
government it was kept as a souvenir and ws never presented. If the former
president desires to d o so at any time it will be promptly cashed
Padgett ws for a long time a sergeant in Battery A, Fourth United States
artillery, and served in the army at different points. He served in h marine
corps prior to enlistment in tn army and went all yer the world.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
COULD o KEEL UP.
Broken Down, Like Many Anotha
woman, with Exhausting Kid
ney Troubles.

Mrs. A. Taylor of Wharton, N. J..
says: Il had kidney trouble in it's
most painful and severe form, and the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
Bamberge to Remain in Mississippi

The United States department of ag-
riculture has instructed Prof. w. M.
Bamberge. boil weevil expert, to spend
the autumn and winter period in Missis-
sippi. AS soon as the cotton picking
season is well under way, Prot. BAN
berg will commence a tour of the State
for the purpose of %instructing farmers
in the use of fertilizers, illustrating the
methods whereby the greatest good can
be obtained from the smallest amount
of fertilizers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-25
A Bumper Corn Crop.

Mississippi's o r crop this year will
be a bumper. In some sections harvest
ing of the crop has commenced, matur-
ity period being much earlier than
usual, and it would be hard indeed to
find a community where the farmers
are not well satisfied with the prospects.
In the delta, where the ri acreage is
larger this year than ever before
known, the yield will be especially pro-
life. Prospects of from 10 to 80 bushels
per acre are quite common, while some
planters declare that they will gather
100 bushels per acre.. The acreage is
at least twenty per cent larger than
ever before devoted to corn.
, 1906-05-09
A Venomcas Bird.

Rpir N'Doob of New Guinea is the
name not of a man, but OF a bird-the
only venomous bird that exists. That
there should be one bird
is not strange; it is strange there are
not more than one; for birds, anatom-
lists say. are reptiles, prehistoric
snakes that in the dim past put forth
wings and %sprouted feathers. So.
since there are so many venomous SER
penis, it is natural enough that there
should be one m bird, the Rpir
N'Doob.
The Rpir N'Doob is held In fear in
New Guinea, for it is singularly saw
age. 1t will not, when feeding. flee at
a mans approach. 1t will, on the con
trary, attack the man if he draws too
near.
The Rpir MOODS venomous bite
causes burning pain all owe the body,
commissions and temporary blindness.
Sometimes lockjaw sets in; then the
patient dies.
No one but a native can pronounce
the Rpir MOODS name.
, 1906-05-09

Master Mechanic inland went east
this morning, after a business visit to
this city.
Ben Peters, the engine Waterman at
Hanna, reached the city this after
noon for medical treatment.
]. H. Smizer, a machinist at the
shops, will leave Laramie for some
other point, the altitude affecting his
health.
Frank Myerly's engine, No. 1885, will
be sen to the Omaha shops to be
oyerhauled, the shops here and at
Cheyenne being full of work at pres
ent.
Engine 1S4S, in the passenger SER
vice between Rawlins and Green River,
was sent through the city this morn
ing, just from the shops at Cheyenne,
and reassigned to its old run.
Walter Harris, a machinists' appren-
tice, who has been in San Francisco
for the past two or three weeks, re-
turned last night and this morning re-
tired from the sevice of the company.
He may go to Omaha from here.
Engineer Ed Palmquist, who was in
jured in the collision at Hanna a few
weeks ago, when his train crashed into
a steam derrick standing on the main
line in the dark, was discharged by
the physician this morning and will be
assigned to the road as soon as his
engine, No. 1887, has been turned out
of the roundhouse here, where it has
been undergoing repairs. Mr.. Palm
quist was off two or three weeks less
than it was feared he would be after
the accident.
Fred Christensen, the young Nor
wegian machinist, who has been work
ing in the shops here eve since the
day of his arrival from the old coun
try, will leave about the middle of the
month for Washington, in which state
he has a brother in charge of a rolling
mill plant, and where he will accept
service. He caught the index finger
of his right hand in the gears of a
planer at the shops yesterday after
noon, but was at work this morning.
The finger was quite severely mashed,
and DR.. Stevens dressed the wound.
Engineer Rollins Queen of the
Sixth District" No. 1923, will be
turned out of the shops on Saturday.
This is the first of the compound en-
gines to be brought west, and, in fact,
the first to be turned out of the Bald.
win works. 1t arrived in May, 1900,
the 1924, Engineer Richards engine,
coming the mex day, and has been in
almost continuous service ever since.
Sixteen months ago the engine was
sent to Omaha, having broken the cyl
inder on the left side. Pictures of
this engine adorn the district fore
mans Office here and the master me-
chanic's office at Cheyenne. 1t was
the first of the engines of the type
and at the time of its coming the
largest engine in the west.
, 1906-05-09
BRIEFLY

An ideal May day.
Torrance Fee is in the city.
No police court cases today.
Pansy plants at Mrs. Wallis.
: Abbey C Imbrie tackle at Bookstore.
A little windy at times during the
day.
The street sprinkler did good ser
vice again today.
Get you lawn mowers cleaned and
sharpened by Brands.
Painters were at work on the front
of the Kuster hotel today.
The bank barometer remains exact.
ly the same as yesterday, 23.42.
Mrs. Wall has bought the building
she occupies on Thornburgh street,
Albany lodge, l. o. o. F., will work
tonight in the secon and third de
grees.
The cadets at the university drilled
with blank cartridges again this
morning.
Don't forget the University Girls
Glee and Mandolin club concert at
Roots Friday night, under the auspices
of Laramie lodge, Elks.
Ed. Smith, the young man who was
brought from the Millbrook ranch last
week, suffering from an attack of ap-
pendicitis, is reported better today. The
operation will be performed later.