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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

How the go" Came to Be Left Out in
the Modernized Spelling
Of "Phenix,"

They were talking about spelling reform
and the idiosyncrasies of English spelling
In general, relates Success Magazine.
There's that very word phonetic said
one of the men; that's a sample of Eng.
Esh spelling. The reformers call their
system the phonetic system and vet
they have to spell phonetic with \ pho
in order to let people know what they
mean. The very word that means spelled
as pronounced is as far from it as pos
sihle."
Now, now!" drawled his friend. you're
too hard on the good old English spelIer.
You ought to be proud of phonetic
why, that word is so trimmed down,
and sawed off, and cut short. that t
wouldn't know it was English If l met it
alone on a blank page. You ought to
thank the language for the word. 1t is a
beautiful word. That pho might have
been spelled like dough and the net
like cite in 'rosette,' and the 'ic' like
the 1iq' in liquor That would be a
good old-style English word-phough-
netteiq. But it is coming! Phonetic spell
ing is coming! Look at that word
'phenix.' 1t is spelled 'phenix' everywhere
now, and l remember it always used to
be phoenix The % has gone. That
"Nothing!" said the objector. What
does It show? That the phenix is a bird.
Isn't the phenix a bird? Yesl Well,
that round thing you say was an % was
an egg. That's all. Twas Just an egg,
and the phenix laid the egg. That's ALL"
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family at Arlington during the civil
war was a few days ago restored by
G. W. Hendricks, of Philadelphia, to
Miss Mary Gusts Lee, daughter of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the commander
of the cOnfederacy. The wanderings
of this old volume will never be
known. Mr.. Hendricks, who is a
book collector, bought the Bible many
years ago from a man named Stein.
1t was probably stolen, as were many
other treasures from the Lee mansion,
by the servants and soldiers, and
pawned for a trifing sum by persons
ignorant of its value.
The book has been kept with great
care and is in fine condition. Its black
leather Owe shows few scratches. A
few pages are torn, but the ink is still
unfaded, and many leaves and flowers
pressed by members of the Lee fam
lily are still in it. The Bible was print
ed in London in 1902 by Charles Bill
and the E%Xecutrix of Thomas New
comb. deceased, printers TO the Kings
most excellent Majesty" 1t contains
the Order for Morning PRAYER
Throughout the Year." including the
communion service, the articles of re-
ligion, the Old and New Testaments.
with the Apocrypha, the metrical YER
sion of the Psalms and the table of
kindred affinity.
The Bible does not contain the rec
ord of the marriage of Martha Custis
to George Washington. The earliest
birth reported is that of Fannie Park
Gusts, in 1710. The marriage of Dan
lei Parke Clstis to Martha cambridge.
afterward Martha Washington, is re-
corded as having occurred in 1850.
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records. They arc Attorney General

records. They arc Attorney General
Moody and Secretary or Commerce and
Labor Metcalf. Moody is one of the
most enthusiastic baseball cranks In
the country. When he was at college
he was a crack player himself. He
was captain of the Andover baseball
team In 1872, and played with the
Varsity nine at Harvard for four
years. If he gets the opportunity he
still likes to play the game, but just
now he takes most of his exercise in
horseback Hiding.
Secretary Metcalf made quite a rec.
ord as an Carsman on the Yale crew
away back in 1856. When he went
to California in 1880 he became a
member Of the Olympic club, of San
Francisco. He was one of the crack
boxers OF the club, and at n time
held the m~!ddleweight amateur cham
pionship If San Francisco for wrest-
ling. He does not indulge in any Of
this violent exercise now, as he has
not been In good health for some time,
and he, like Moody, confines himself
to riding and walking. First Assist
ant Postmaster General Hitchcock is
one of the greatest athletes in public
life. He has a fine record as a base
ball player, but his speciality is box
ing. He is more than six feet tall,
very quick, and has an unusually long
reach.
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Taft is opposed to the policy of retain
ing any number of troops in San Fran
cisco engaged in the work of relief and
restoration. He believes that these
duties should be taken up by the citi-
Gems of San Francisco themselves. The
longer the Amy stays there the more
danger there is of conflict of author
ity between the municipal officials and
the officers of the army. 1t is also
felt that tho people of San Francisco
would be much more self-respecting il
they are ~shCuldered with the respon-
sibility of maintaining order and re-
lieving the suffering.
The conduct of the army officers and
men in the great disaster in San
Francisco has done much to restore to
the army the confidence and respect OF
the people, and particularly of MEM
bers OF congress. 1t had become the
habit of some congressman and sena.
tors on all occasions to decry the
American soldier. When the news came
of the wiping out of the Moros al
DajO in the Philippines there
was a renewal of the criticism of the
army and IN cutlery against the bru-
tally and cruelty of the soldiers. This
has all been hushed. When the same
soldier, because those stationed on
the Pacific coast are of the same army
that has occupied the Philippines.
went into the burning city, rescued
men, women and children, went hun.
CRY that others might eat, and Meth.
er slept O rested night nor day
there was nothing heard about the
brutal soldiers.
The employment of the army In this
work was without warrant of law, but
violation of red tapeism ever met
with so hearty approval or commanded
much respect in congressional and
administration circles where the vel.
fare of the soldier is supposed to b
In charge.
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B AWFUL HUMOR.
Thin Skin Formed Over Body and I'm
der It Was Watery Blood-Cured in
One Week by Cuticura Remedies.

when my little girl baby was one
week old she had a skin disease. A thin
skin formed over her body and under it
was watery blood, and when she was
washed it would burst and break. She was
in that condition for weeks, and l tried
did her any good. When she was three
months old l took her to San Antonio to
see a doctor, but the doctor we wanted
to see was not at home, so my sister gave
me a cake of Cuticura Soap and half a
box CT Cuticura Ointment, and told me
to use them, which / did in time. / used
them three times, and the humor began to
fade, and in one week she was sound and
well, and it has never returned since.
l think every mother should keep the
Cuticura Remedies in the house. Mrs. b..
Aaron, Benton, Texas. July 3, 1906"
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men in washington. He does nor
boast of particular skill in any sport
except wrestling. In that he has quite
a record. He is a very go pd rider,
a good boxer, a fairly good shot, and
a very fair tennis player. He gets
most OF his exercise, however, in
wrestling ald boxing, and if he cannot
persuade any of his friends to stand
up against him he will have some ath-
fetic instructor come to the White
House and try a few rounds with him
with the gloves.
Two of his cabinet have fine athletic
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TO the presidency, and declares
that Theodore Roosevelt would be
Mr.. Taft'S secretary of state. This
arrangement has caused President
Roosevelt considerable amusement and
has excited the risibilities of men in
public life generally.
The most frequently expressed opin-
ion in political circles is that Mr..
Roosevelt is more likely TO come to
the senate from New York than he is
to fill any other position. Senator
Platt's term will expire on March 8,
1909. the date IN which Mr.. Roosevelt
will cease to be president of the
United States. Mr.. Plat is not a can
didate for reelection, and If Mr.. Roose-
welt enters the field it is admitted that
no one will oppose him. The senate
terms in the White House. Some of the
older members of the senate who have
not had the most pleasant relations
with Mr.. Roosevelt as president are
already grinning in anticipation of the
fun they viii have in hazing the new
SNACIC AlO'h ANSW 1HOSO Viz
know the president do not doubt that
he will be able to take good care Of
himself when the hazing begins.
After Mr.. Roosevelt retires from the
presidency even though he rs elected
a senator from New York it is believed
that his plans contemplate a tour o.
the world. He could start at once
and do this tour before the beginning
of the regular session of congress fol-
lowing. 1t is admitted that no one,
not even Grant, has received greater
honors than would be accorded to Mr..
Roosevelt by all the great foreign ma
lions he would visit. His reputation
as the great peacemaker of the world
would insure him a triumphal tour.
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the supposed discovery of a new sup
ply of fertilizer which can be furnished
cheaper than the same material has
ever been before secured. Heretofore
the whole supply of carbonate Of pot
ash fertilizer has come from Germany,
but DR.. Cushman, of the roads office in
the agricultural department, believes
that he has found something in this
country that will completely supplant
the German fertilizer.
Last summer when DR.. Cushman
was experimenting on some granite
road material in his laboratory he ex.
tracted from some very finely pow
dered rock a large percentage Of pot
ash. He extracted this potash by cleo
tricity, but he concluded that as
ground rock is very cheap, it might be
worth while to try the experiment Of
letting the plants do their own extract
ing. He tried it on his own farm, and
found that the powdered rock did act
ually act as a fertilizer.
The commercial value OF imported
fertilizer is about 500 a ton. 1t is
necessary in the tobacco fields and a
number of other crops require it. The
ground rock, On the other hand, can he |
produced for about three dollars a
ton, and there is so much of it in tho
country that runs high in potash, and
is available for use that the supply |
could never be cornered. 1t takes |
about twice as much of the ground
rock to accomplish the same results az
the imported fertilizer, but ever then
the difference in the price of Sc and
500 is evidently a grear card in fa-
vor of the native material. The scien-
lists at the agricultural department re-
gard this as a very important dis
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Preparinp To Get Even

"Yes," he said. Il wish to adopt q
GIRL"
"A little girl?"
mo, a girl old enough to have en-
ergy and perseverance. and one who
has had enough experience with the
piano to make her think she knows
how to play. And II she thinks she
can sing, why, SO much the better. l
tell you l am going to get even with
the people in the next fiat, even If l
have to adopt two musical prodigies."
-Lippincott's Magazine. {,
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One on the Doctors.

The Boston Herald tells a story of \
physician of Salem, Mass, who, talking to
a group of friends, said: II wanted to be
a soldier, but my parents persuaded me
to study medicine"
"Oh, we'll" ~rejoined one of the party,
such is life. Many a man with wholesale
aspirations has 10 content himself with a
retail business"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Each to His Taste.

did you see where the chaplain gem
eral of that aristocratic patriotic society
prayed for all those who have not the
same ancestry as themselves?"
We'll, that's a matter of taste. Maybe
some people have their own reasons for
accepting the Darwinian theory, but Adam
and Eve are good enough for me."-Balti-
more American.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
A New Fertilizer.

.CRETARY VIII
sons department
of agriculture Is
constantly discov.
ering something
that is destined to
be Of benefit to
the farmer. Just
now the scientists
In that depart.
ment are some
what excited over
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
All In the Reach.

Inc way to reach, or to attain to
anything, is to bend oneself toward it
with all ones might; and we approxi-
mate 1t just in proportion to the in
tensity and the persistence Of our eff
tort to attain it.-Success Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

N FIX
Roosevelt's C b =
met there are sew
eral men who can
hold him level in
certain lines of
athletics, although
the president has
the reputation of
being the greatest
athlete
among Du bile
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Martha Washington's Bible.

HERE was recent
ly restored to it's
rightful owner n
of the most inter-
esting relics OF
colonial and revo-
~lutionary t i m e S.
The long los+ Bible
of Martha Wash
ington, which was
taken from the
home of the Lee
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Confidence Restored.

United States
army has won new
laurels by the part
it has played in
San FranSicso. The
authorities at the
war department,
however, are OF
the opinion that it
has about COM
pleted its work
there. Secretary
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
A Catch.

now did you and your wife first
meet?"
we didn't meet" replied the meek
niue man; "She overlook me-
Judge.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
AFTER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
LEAVES OFFICE IN 1909.
May MAKE WORLD TOUR.
PRESIDENT and His Associates in THEY
Fondness for Athletics The
American Soldier in San
FRANCHISES.

ASHINGTON.-Po-
litical prophets in
Washington a e
trying 20 find a
place for Presl-
dent Roosevelt aft
er he goes out of
Office in 1909. One
ingenious writer
has predicted the
election of Secre-
tary Of War Taft
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Seasonable Hour.

Stern Parent-What time did that young
man leave?
Pretty Daughter-Just when you got
home from the lodge, ma returned from
her bridge party and Bridget came back
hom her night out.-N. Y. Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
A Harmless Laxative.

If you must take a laxative, take a harm
less one. Lax-Fos does not gripe, therefore,
does not i~rritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price SO cents.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Not So StingY.

She-Did you ever hear the eagle
scream?
He-No. / never hang on to a dollar
that tight.-Detroit Free Press.
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Shocking Precocitv.

What is the Jesult?" asked ths.
teacher of the primary class in arith.-
metic, when you put two and two to-
gether?"
"A kith," lisped the curly-headso
little girl in the front row.-Chicags
Tribune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

Complexion bad? Tongue coated? Liver
deranged? Take Garfield Tea.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

A man in Texas is anxious to exchange
lis home and property down there tor a
residence in New York state. We are
his man, and he can have ours when
ever he can arrange matters.-Star OF
Hope, Published in Sing Sing.
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Lots of us bow to the inevitable with
ont q formal introduction.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

Write Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y
toe package Garfield Tea, the herb cure
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It is all right to be in the push, but
you do not want to acknowledge that you
nave a pull.
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The Happy

Tho Happy Man. J
Orange-She's engaged at last, chr
Who's the happy man.?
Lemon Her father.-Los Angeles
Herald.
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Always be sure you are right, and yor
will make lots of enemies.
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Burmese Inch.

The pulgat, a Burmese measurement,
is the only foreign measure exactly
CORRESPONDING 70 our inch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

Genius is seldom bothered with book
keeping.-Life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

Garfield Tea overcomes constipation, sick
headache, liver and kidney diseases.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

There is nothing else so satisfactory in
his life as to accomplish something with
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

Be patient; card houses are built in an
hour-cathedrals take centuries.
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One Kind Of Investigation,

you are taking a great deal of inter-
est in this investigation"
YES" answered the statesman. Il
have to give it close personal attention.
l want to make sure it doesn't develop
anything I don't care to have known" -
WASHINGTON Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19

A good many modern novels would be
Of more lasting value if their authors
only devoted more time to thinking what
to say instead of how to say it.-Boston
Globe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
Can't Hold On.

"Are you fond of yachting, Miss Gray?"
ooh, yes! At the very thought of the
inspiring breeze, the straining sail, the
rushing water, l can hardly contain my
self" -.
"Y.yes-that's the way it affects me-"
Cleveland Leader.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
The Other Wav About.

An American, who had spent more time
gathering money than in studying gram
mar, while coaching in England remarked
to the driver: Il suppose, coachman, all
them trees growed out of them hedges"
"Oh, on, sir" responded the coachman;
"ali Of them hedges growed out of the
trees"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-05-19
You Don't Have to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax
Eos keeps your whole inside right: Not one
grippe in a full bottle. Sold on the money
back plan everywhere. Price so cents.
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Good Athletes.

I N PRESIDENT
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
MIDSUMMER
Clearance Sale Begins To-Day at the
 Chas. Monson Co.,

Clearance Sale Begins To-Day at the
 Chas. Monson Co.
 Twice year The Chas. Monson Go. take inventory of stock, and the time is only three weeks away when this task has to be done. To-day they begin a midsummer clearance sale, and prac- tically everything in the store will be reduced in price in order to clear out as much stock as possible. A profit will not be thought of; simply to get out as much stock as possible before inven- tory. Stocks are large, much larger than they should be, and larger than they would have been with more favor able weather conditions.
 Read their half-page adv. on another page and you will get an idea what is being done in price cutting. The story is not half told in this adv. but you must visit the store daily and read the daily changes in adv. When The Chas. Monson Co. adv. bargains the people respond in great crowds.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
CITY couRT CASES.

Marion Peters and her husband Jo- seph, who did not live together, but are living in Eaton street, had difficulty Tuesday night in Webster street, which caused a large crowd of colored peo- pie to collect. Judge Mathewson fined the husband $3 and costs and suspend ed judgment in the case against the wife
 Judgment was suspended in the case of begging against William Johnson, whobelongs in Middletown.
 William Kelleher and Charles Jerome had a little trouble in Newhall street Tuesday and Kelleher was arrested. Both are boys. Judge Mathewson fined Kelleher $1 and costs.
 Edward Monahan, of Union avenue, charged with violating the Sunday liq- uor law, was granted continuance to June 50.
 A nolle was entered on payment of costs in the case of breach of the pease against James L. Ward, charged by Robert Mclaughlin, of Daggett street.
 Hugh Donohue charged with breach of the peace by his father, Thomas Donohue, of Adeline street, will be tried | June 23.
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word would be sent out that he had run away He has no mother and Judge Mathewson thought the reform school the best place for him.
 Chief of Police George Sullivan, of Judge Mathewson's Junior Republic, was also sent to the reform school yes- terday, and the youngster has proved an artful criminal, judging from the evidence taken. Sullivan was arrested some time ago for theft on two counts from stores, and was put on probation until June IA, He was then discharged, because his record at school his reports to Probation Officer Preston and his ac- tions as chief of police of the Junior Republic were credited as perfect. But circus day he fell into his old habits and landed in the tolls, with the above result,
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WANTS L1EN REMOVED.

Attorney L. E, Jacobs yesterday brought an action in the common pleas court on behalf of John F. Campane, of West Haven, against Raffaele Prete, a contractor, in which the court was ask ed to compel Prete to remove lien for $1s6 from house he had built for Cam pane in Washington avenue, West Ha- ven. On June Prete placed the lien, claiming that it was for material fur nished in the house.
 Campane alleges that the lien is in- valid, inasmuch as he has paid all that was due on the house, and that also the writ is in error. In 1t Prete alleges that he stopped work on May B. while Cam pane states it was April that he stop- ped, and that the sixty days allowed by law for the placing of the lien had expired before the lien was placed.
 Campane had about completed the sale of the house, when the lien pre- vented it, and he also asks, in addition to the order, damages of $500,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
MPs uAMMErJ,

The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Hammell, widow of Edward Hammell, was very largely attended yesterday morning at her late home in Franklin street and later at St. Patrlck's church. where a solemn high mass of requiem was cele- brated by the Rev. Father o OBrien, the Rev. Father Finnegan was deacon, the Rev. Father Keane was sub-deacon, and the Rev. Father Russell was mas ter of ceremonies.
 The Gregorian mass was rendered by the choir. Prof. Brennan was organist. The quartette was composed of Miss Catherine Conway, Mrs. Tobin, and the Messrs. Smith and Kapitzke. At the offertory Miss Conway sang very sWeetly 70 Salutaris," MT. Kapitzske sang most touchingly Just as Am" !"
 The attendance was merited tribute to this venerable member of the com munity, who was of one of the oldest Irish families in this city. Mrs. Ham mell came to this city in his teens and for over sixty-one years has resided here. Her husband was prominent in politics and business. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. s, Rowan, and four grandchildren, Helen, Edward, James and Lillian
 The bearers were John Hanrahan, M. A. Fitzgerald, Thomas Heffernan, Joseph F. O'Brien, Daniel Kiernan and Patrick Kent.
 The interment was in St. Bernard cemetery. The Sisk brothers had charge of the arrangements.