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The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10

All seasons very evidently held
t;eauty and happiness for Whittier
but with his Snow Bound, his Frost
Spirit and other poems of like nature
the fact that his birthday anniver-
sary comes on December II seems par
sIcularly appropriate. Whittier's cen
tcnnial is not far away, the coming
anniversary marking the ninety-eighth
birthday of the poet, who died in Sep
tember, 1892.
The nearness Of Tie anniversary
date makes Whittier The next in the
series of birthday luncheons for
American poets.
The table of honor may be a play
upon the poets unusual middle name,
In decoration. In his poem My Name
sake" he takes this liberty himself,
inserting the line, "A Greenleaf on
your own green banks" in his first
stanza. This may b. chosen as the
line of decoration for the first table. or
merely the name of the poet may be
CSed. For another the use of cut
flowers will answer 10 the half-line
breath Of flowers" from cat Even
tide" and still another table Of cut
flowers may be used with the line
Blow from summers blossomed land"
ffom the Prayer Of AgasSiz." If hem
locks or like green may be secured
"Snow Bounds
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Tax Rate Reduced.

The city council of Hattiesburg fixed
the tax rate of the city for the ensuing
year at II mills, as compared with 9
mills for last year. 1t was found that
the aggregate assessment, realty, per-
sonalty and railroads, footed up S6, ,900,-
600, as compared with S4,475 900 last
year, an increase of over 33 per cent in
year. The decreased rate is due en-
tirely to the increase of assessment, for
the requirements Of the city in the way
of revenue are even greater than they
were a year ago.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
I Ht SOHIDtT STEHN
Of hemlOck-"
Will make a pretty winter table

Will make a pretty winter table.
For the outside page of the folder
menu, water-cOlOr vines of green
leaves should be used. If folder is
not desired a heavy card with the
leaves delicately painted and the menu
printed over is equally attractive. The
dates December II, 1SO7-September 7,
1892, should be printed Immediately
below the full name Of the poet If the
folder is used this will be placed on
the first page; if the card, at the top.
For the second page of the folder or
Immediately beneath the dates on the
card this line from ''Peace-Autumn"-
Peace that sits as Plenty's guest"
If an opening course of oysters is
served take the line Their scallop-
shells so many bring" from "My
Eamesake," for the description. For
a bOuillon course which may follow,
smother line from the same poem
imagination held in check"-will
serve. Fish of any kind may be de-
ecribed as follows:
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Romance in Writer'S Lives.

A strange comedy and tragedy was
woven into the lives of Ibsen and
Bjornson. AS young men they were
great friends; then politics flung them
apart; they quarreled and never met
for years and years. Strange fate
brought the children of these two
great writers together and Bjornson's
daughter married Ibsen's only child.
The fathers met after a quarter of q
century of separation at the wedding
Of their children.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
HUSBAND OR WIFE TO LOSE POSITION.

President Roosevelt has decided to eject from
the government service the husband or wife where
both are employed. He has called upon the civil
service commission for a list of names of such
employees. When this list has been. furnished.
under direction of the president, the. husband and
wife who are both upon Uncle Sam s. pay roll will
be given opportunity to" decide which shall
remain and which shall resign, If no agreement
is reached one the: other: will be dismissed.
The president will interpose no objection to the
employment of women whose husbapds are living
but are not in the government service, nor will
he. attempt to regulate the number Of members
of any family who shall be given government en-
ployment further than to make it impossible for
both the husband and the wife to remain upon the
pay rolls. 1t is estimated that in Washington
alone there are at least 100 cases where both
husband and wife are in the government servic,
marital relations are secret and the wife appears
,oid
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Mississippi Cotton Association.

Reports recently sent out from Jack
son to the effect that the Mississippi
Cotton Association is in distress for
want OF. funds, are not only calculated
to do the association harm, but are un-
true, according the officers of the asso-
citation. Secretary Woods emphatically
denies these reports, and states that on
the contrary the association is in better
condition than ever before.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
gather
odd oceans treasure:

fOld oceans treasures in"
This comes from The Fisherman.
For the roast or meat course two lines
from 'The Drovers" may be chosen tc
serve: mo bones of leanness rattle,
Or
Stately beeve bespeaks the hand
That fed him unrepining"
Salad, with it's bad reputation as a
digestive, may be described by the use
of the lines:
<'--somehow smuggled in
TO keep the thorns and thistles COM
pany."
If a game course is wanted the lines
from "The Exiles,:
''My life is hunted-evil men
Are following in my track"
may be used.
Coming in the very shadow of the
holiday time. and following so closely
&he Thanksgiving season, the regula-
,tion coffee, cakes and cream might be
varied at this Whittier luncheon. and
pumpkin pie, apples, nuts and sweet
cider served instead. Before the serv-
,3Dg of the pumpkin pie some one
should read the poets poem to the
Pumpkin Pie" which is vivid enough
to make the mouth water even after
50 hearty repast as the one ;eutliped.
On the menu should reada tts - :
THY life be as sweet, and titstl last Sun-
=. set sky
oGolden-tinted and fair as thy own
pumpkin pie
~ Then, while the nuts and apples are
ieaten, and the cider slipped, the whole
Aor passages from Snow Bound" should
De. iead. These lines from the poem
'fAould be found on the menu card:
<sPhe mug of cider simmered slow
The apples sputtered in row,
: And close at hand the basket stood
!, With nuts from brown October's
Il ~ wood"
i; IF, however, this last portion of the
menu is not desired, and the regula-
tion Tee cream or ice is chosen instead
take. the words, "O1f hills of snow"
from "Peace-Autumn' for the menu.
s.n At sthes very, bottom Of the menu
z 1caxdnegSo on the last page OF the folder.
1rse these lines from !" Flowers in Win
ter: az.
was a happy thought to bring
. To the dark seasons frost and rime
This painted memory of spring,
This dream Of summer time"
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Sticks Tight.
A bad habit resembles porus plas-
Ter on q mans Inner consciousness.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Pat Replv.

A temperance lecturer, speaking in
Keene, N. H., reminded his hearers Of
the story Of Dives and Lazarus. He
pointed out how, when Dives was in
Hades, he did not ask for beer or
wine or whisky, but for one drop of
water. "Now, my friends" said the
lecturer, what does that show ds?"
A voice from the back of the hall in
stantly replied: "It shows us wheHs
you temperance people go to-"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Search for the Boil Weevil.

Search to determine wheteer the boil
weevil has crossed the Mississippi river
d sippi is b3ing pro ;ecuted. At the
beginning o. the year it was announced
by government experts that the weevil
would probably make its first crossing
of the Mississippi this fall, as it was
agreed that the river would prove no
barrier to the pests eastward march.
Recent cold weather, however, has re-
tarded the migration, and the present
search is conducted under the hope
that the weevil may be found still con-
fined to the western side of the river.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Drainage District.

. Indications are good for the fulfill
ment of the provisions of the Black
Bayou district drainage law, passed at
the last session of the legislature.
Through the efforts of Congressman
Humphreys the department of agricul-
ture has sent corps of surveyors to
Washington county for the purpose of
making a survey of the Black Bayou
country.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Deadly Duel.

A quarrel at craps game at Lar
gent led to the killing of L. A. Wright
and J. w. Breland. BrevOrt, Ryan
and Wright were shooting craps in
Breland's store. Suddenly both pulled
revolvers and began firing. Breland
rushed in between in an endeavor to
separate them and was shot through
the heart. Ryan and Wright continued
firing until both fell to the floor.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Given Five Dollars.

DR.. Jos. Waldauer, who sued the
Vicksburg street railway company for
$4,000, was given verdict for $5. In
1904, after the passage of the Mississippi
jim crow law, DR.. Waldauer, who had
gotten on the rear platform seat, was
ordered to move by the conductor.
When he refused to do so he was put
off the car and arrested, and for this
be brought suit.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Reward for Murdere,

The governor has offered a reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of,
Robert Avery: negro charged with
the murder o. Abe Vinson, farmer,
who lived near Belden, Lee county:
Avery is a mdlatto, about 25 years Of
age, S feet 10 inches in height, clean
shaven, and has round, STOPPING shoul-.
derS. "a
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Fair Association.

"A colt and fair association has been
organized at Port Gibson to be known
as the Port Gibson Fair Association.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
| Seasonable
Entertainments
. and T.
Suggestions
| for Social
| Functions
By EDITH A. BROWN
society Editor of the Chicago Record-Herald

Poets Middle Name Gives Key for
Decoration - Appropriate Quota
tions for the Courses-A Reading
of the Authors Poem Pumpkin
to the Dessert. = -.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10

somebody in authority in the army depart
ment conceived the idea Of sending representa-
tiveS OF the coast defense to sea with Rear ADJ
mlral Evans battleship fleet, to study the sharp
gunnery OF the deep The innovation was to be 4
kept secret but the particulars of the trip are {
related by a mariner !
The army officers selected for the mission were
Mai c. j. Bailey, of the Artillery Corps and Maj r
L. NJ Fuller of the Ordnance Corps They went III
aboard the Maine, the flagship of the North Allan
tic fleet. H.
When the vessels reached the Massachusetts,
pay target grounds several of them including the
Maine, began preliminary practice The two
army ofhcerS came deck to witness the warm
lngup trials, and the wardroOm brigade of the
Maine noticed that each major had wads of cot
ton slowed away in his ears
midshpman walked up to a six-nch rifle said
crew. and looked at the range finder Then the MILDLY
block and, with hand resting on the huge piece OF
hand in the air. There fash roar and target
over it's side
The whole thing was so quickly and quietly dc
ohcers unawares. One of them called to the midshiI
Can you do that every tme?"
well, no. not every minute of the day" bawled
and then miss"
DO you usually stand so close to a gun when yol
he majors
Certainly, sir. That is my station" answered the
By this time the firing of the sx-inch guns had
leck about the weapons literally covered with DC
Nise and for yards around there litter of shells
men moved about the explosives in seeming dlsrega
wayward spark dropping from of the barking rifle
At dinner that day the two majors were lavish
rack work of the gun
Its just this way" said member of the admir-
Miss And you can't hit unless poke your very
It the right time"
The officers of Admiral Evans fleet will await Il
much interest.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10

The local passenger train which has
heretofore been run between Greenville.
and Cleveland has, been extended 70
Clarksdale.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10

the hourY visits cabinet
ne presidents desire have his
IL that
NAN 1' O"NA0'
Ihe president is unquestionaby deeply interested
f1ughe and does
can 10 promote the success of the Republican
the
Candidate Hughes to the
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
From Nations Capital
Washington News Related BY Cur Correspondent Prob
lens and Campaign Keep President Busy-Navy's Gmnery
Surprises Army Officers.
WASHINGTON-Craa+,ct ,ct

wASHINGTON.-Greata activity prevails at the
White House. The president is holding long con
ferences day and night with members of his cabi
net He is at work on his annual message to
congress which he hopes to have completed, with
the exception of the parts referring to Cuba and
Panama, before he starts for the isthmus. Most
OF the conferences relate to Panama. The specif-
cations for the work and the general construction
scheme is receiving the closest scrutiny
When the president reaches the canal zone
early in November. he will be an expert on canal
matters, and he crosses the isthmus, examin-
ing the work on the ditch, the sanitary arrange
ments the quartermaster,s depot the housing Of
the werkmen and all other essentials that enter
into making the construction work a success, the
willYbe able at glance to take in the
situation and detect whatever weak points may
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
the midShipman.
DR.. Harvey w.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley chief chemist of the de-
partment of agriculture, is receiving letters from
people all over the country who want to join his
alcohol class. communication from a man in
Boston, who styles himself a leading expert on
BOOZE is gem. He impatiently declares his
fitness to fill the position of testing kill me
quick" for the government and wants to know
when he shall show up to begin the merry occu
patton. DR.. Wiley is receiving so many applica-
tiOns for places the official board of Uncle
Sans spirit testers that his hair is growing gray
Since the White light of publicity was shed
upon the Wiley scheme to determine whether
alcoholic drinks are deleterous to the human som.
ach the learned doctor has been besieged with
plaintive walls from lovers of mixed and un-
mixed drinks All are anxious to help
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10


begin DR. Wiley get dozen subjects undergo scientific
with peer subjects cannot be obtained science will be the
Wiley
There is probability that distant day Dr. Wiley will institute
chemistry, tested
TO atrocities
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10
Sticks Tight.

A bad habit resembles porus plas
ter on q mans inner consciousness.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-11-10

and wife are in service In instances
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15

practical step was taken toward its
realization.
Bridges and MiIestOnes.
The old Cumberland road bears on
its face its own character and individ-
uality and the evidence of its age.
There is nothing like it," says HUI
bert, "in the United States. Leaping
the Ohio at Wheeling, it throws itself
across the Ohio and Indiana straight
as an arrow, chopping hills in twain
at blow, traversing the lowlands on
high grades like a railroad bed, vault
ing river and stream on massive
bridges of unparalleled size The trav-
eler will notice still the mileposts
which mark the great roads successive
steps"
Full of romance is the old highway
and it's weather-beaten inns. With
many bends the road leads on and on.
Here is an arch that has welcomed
many a. weary caravan. In the shad-
ow Of this old hostelry one may well
ask, Where are the adventurous splr-
its that have sought lodging here on
their way to fortune?"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15
Worked the Tigers.

Near Perak, in the Malay peninsula
is 4 prosperous rubber factory run by
a long headed Scotchman In order to
obtain the sap from which the rubber
is made it is necessary to puncture the
bark of the trees. Laborers are scarce
in that district, but there is an abun-
dance of tigers. There were not enough
men to tap the trees, but the Scotch
proprietor hit on brilliant idea. He
knew that tigers are fond of valerian
so he gave orders that all the trees
should be rubbed with this stuff The
tigers came up and caressingly scratch
ed the bark in the most approved her
ringbone fashion. after which all that
the coolies had to do was to walk
around once a day and collect the rub
Der.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15
WAKE FROM CHURCH FESTIVAL
Curious Explanation in an Ola En-
gIish Sermon.

Curious Explanation In an Ola En-
gIish Sermon.
Men and manners change, but GUS
toms live ON through succeeding gener-
atoms, until their origin is lost. and
only the antiquarian is able to unearth
their starting-point and original mean
ing.
1t seems a far cry from a church
festival TO wake, as we think of it in
these days, yet there is an association
between them. Its name came from
the same source, and the similarity in
the observance of both is very appar-
emit
The festival of the day on which the
church of any parish was dedicated is
specially enjoined in the law of Ed
ward the Confessor and from this fes-
tival originated the wakes of more
modern times: name derived either
from the verb weiken, to consecrate
or, as seems more probable. from the
Saxon word wacu, to watch, applied
to the vigil by which the festival was
preceded
The institution of these festivals is
to be traced to Gregory the Great, who
advised Mellito, whom he had sent as
abbot into Britain, TO encourage the
people to hold festivals around the
churches on the days of their consecra-
ton, or of the commemoration of the
martyrs whose relics were placed there,
that he might prevent them from at
tending their idol feasts.
An old English sermon states how
the vigils were changed from feasts to
fasts; how. lin the beginning of holy
Church men and women comyng to
church over nyghte. wit candelus and
other lyghte, and woken i'll the church
allie nyghte her devocynes :" but, by
processe of tyne" they turned the
good holy devocyn into synne; where
fore holy faders ordeyned the people to
leve that waking, aud taste the evon:
and so turned the wakyng into fast
yng; but yeti holdith the olde name.
and is called in Latin vigilia, that is
wakyng in Englysch."
Watching by a dead body all night
is properly a lykc-wake or liche-wake.
from Anglo-Saxon lie, a corpse. The
custom arose from superstitious
dread lest evil spirits should interfere
with the dead during the night.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15

her heet and her troOpships in the har-
Dor OF Honolulu. With Japan once in
possession it would be almost impossi
bic to dislOdge her, for the reason that
she would do Immediately what the
united States has not done and per.
haps is little likely to do
Because of the physical conditions
the principal Hawaiian islands NAV
easily be made almost impregnable
outlying reefs make landing impossible
except through channels which could
be swept by shore batteries. In case
OF need for such defense Japan as an
occupant would have an unreasonable
advantage over us. There are in the
Islands to-day some $4,000 men. many
ana probably most of whom belong TO
the japanese reserves. They are train.
ed soldiers.
A naval occupation followed by the
arrival of vessels bringing arms, am
munition and equipment would give
Japan tremendous advantage at the
very outset of hostilities. This quickly
available force would proceed at once
to the construction of earthworks and
Notifications and to their equipment
with heavy guns and light batteries.
Once in intrenched occupation and with
such defensive force she could give
a highly interesting time to all the
ships and men that we could possibly
spare from the defense of the Philip
pines and the Pacific coast.
Were Japan disposed to assume a
belligerent attitude the Hawaiian isl,
ands really invite attack, There is lit
tie doubt that an occupation could be
easily effected and Japan instead of
being 1880 miles away is only 2,1OO.
Fortunately our relations with Japan
are on the whole most friendly and
likely to continue so. Enlightened self
interest demands that they so continue
but 1t is we'll to remember that in a
time of trouble our weakest spot
would be Japan's strongest hold.-New
York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15
ATTRACTIONS OF WESTERN
CANADA.
Magnificent Crop Return for IL.
Year 1906.

Magnificent Crop Return for III.
Year 1906.
The manner In which the CaDaa3s,
West has attracted settlers In recon+
years has caused many Of our four.
nals and public men to sit Nd and tata
notice, to use a current phrase From
every European country and from al.
most every State in the Union large
numbers of settlers have aocked to the
prairie provinces of Canada. wbera
free homesteads and wide opportuni.
ties are open to all who desire to avail
themselves of them.
The greatest factor in attracting set.
tiers lies in the inherent richness Of
soil and suitability of climate for bro.
ducing what is universally considered
to be the finest wheat in the world
the "No. hard" of Canadian growth
and other cereals that rank in the very
first class. This year the harvest re.
turns were: Wheat, 00000,000 bush
els; oats, 100000 bushels; barley,
100000 bushels; and when it is con.
sidered that the entire population Of
the three provinces-as evidenced by
the quiquennial census just completed
is only $4,000 it is easily seen that
the lure Of the Canadian West is in its
agricultural personalities.
Ano.Ger feature which attracts the
settler Is that railway construction is
proceeding with such rapidly that al
most every district is within easy reach
Of outside markets, and that good
prices for all lines of farm products
rule practically from the commence
ment of agricultural operations. This
is a factor which did not prevail when
the earlier settlements in the West
were made III Canada and in the Unit
ed States, and has given a great I'M
petus to Canadian Western settlement
in recent years.
The free grant system of homesteais
which prevails in the prairie provinces
by which every settler who is able and
willing to comply with the conditions
of actual settlement (by no means on
erous) is given 100 acres free, except
$40 for entry, is a great drawing card,
and in the last fiscal year gathered in
over $4,000 additional to the West
ern population, of which 5L70G were
from the United States.
The further fact, as Is strongly
brought out by the agent of the Cana
dian Government, whose address ap
pears elsewhere, that a splendid com
mon school system, practically free, pre-
walls throughout the entire country
and is easy of access in even the Most
remote districts, is another great ID
ducement to the settler who mas iAs
future welfare of his family in mHd
and this, coupled with the fact tlA'
Western Canadian law and order are
proverbial, completes a circle OF sool
and sufficient reasons why the tde u
immigration has set in so steadily 10
ward the country to the north OIL oli
boundary line