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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Will Readjust Wages.

Marquette, Mich.-The various
mining companies operating in the Lake
Superior region, it is learned, have vol
UNFAIRLY agreed to readjust all wages.
The schedule. has not been made public,
but is understood to be a material in-
crease over the present schedule.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Freight Runs Into Fast Mail.

st. Louis.-As peacefully the Iron
Mountain fast mail train, No. Z, south
bound, was standing in the station at
Ironton. Mo-, at 4:40 a. m. Friday, a
through freight train approaching rap
idly from behind struck it, partially
demolishing the baggage car on the
,oar Of the train. No one was hurt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
The n. C. Doughcrty Estate.

Peoria, Ill.-The entire property OF
the N. C. Dougherty estate, given a face
value of $500, 900, has been turned over
to E. d. MeCulloch. trustee for the
school board, by w. T. Irwin, attorney
in fact for N. C. Dougherty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
rurns Down American Protest.

Constantinople.-The sublime porte
has returned a negative answer to the
note submitted by the American lega-
tion protesting against the increase in
customs duties.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
AlI-Nisht Bank For Chicago.

Chicago.-The city of Chicago is soo
to have a bank that will be kept open
for business day and night. The only
exception will be Sundays, Christmas
and New Years day.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Multi-MiIIionaire Banker Dead.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Edwin Bindley, a
prominent citizen, multi-millionaire
and president of the Duquesne nation
al bank, died here Saturday of pneu.
monia after an illness Of less thar
a week.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-17
Big ship sinks-No Lives Lost.

London.-The big British coasting
steamer Nelson, from Port Talbot
Wales, for st. Nazaire. France, sank
Saturday after striking the rocks
northwest of Ushant, 27 miles from
Brest, on the French coast. The crew
of Is men was saved by life boats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
H..

We now turn to the mcst important part
of Prof. Breasted's narrative, that which
uses the latest excavations for the pur-
pose Of presenting in outline a picture Of
Earliest Egypt" On the now bare and
wind swept desert plateaux, through which
the Nile has followed it's channel, there
once dwelt a race of men about whom we
know very little. Plenteous rains, now no
longer occurring in the circumjacent wastes,
once rendered them a fertile and productive
region. The geological changes, which
have since made the desert country almost
r~ainless. denuded 1t OF vegetation and soil
and rendered it, for the most part, unin-
habitable, took place many Thousands OF
years before the beginning OF the Egyptian
civilization, the delineation Of which is
the purpose Of this book. The far distant
prehistoric race, however, which before
these geological changes peopled the desert
plateaux, left behind them as the only
memorial Of their existence vast numbers
of rude flint implements, now lying scat
tered about upon the surface Of the present
deserts, exposed by the denudation. These
men Of the paleolithio & were the first
inhabitants Of whom we have any knowl-
edge in Egypt. Prof. Breasted, like other
students Of their few memorials, is unable
to connect them in any way with the his
torio or even with the prehistoric o~iviliza-
ton Of the Egyptians. They fall exclusively
within the province Of the geologist and
anthropologist. The forefathers Of the
people with whom alone the historian has
TO deal seem to have been related on the
one hand to the Libyans or north Africans,
and, on the other, to the peoples Of eastern
Africa, now known as the Gala Somali,
BeRa and other tribes. A very early In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
A FEW or 10000 ANALYSES.
Artificial Watermelon Ono Thing Sub
mitted 20 the Health Board.

There Ia an analytical department con.
nected with the division Of laboratories OF
the Board Of Health and any person who
does NOT think that it is a busy department
is mistaken. As many as 10000 demands
for analyses are made upon 1t ca CHI year
and the diligence OF those in charge Is N.o+n
by the feet that at the end Of the year ,hsr,
are never moro than twenty-five or pLr'y
cases awaiting a report.
Some Of the demands are peculiar. One
applicant demanded and obtained an an
a1ysis OF a piece Of soap; another, OF a
pan said to contain pudding"
There were two anal yses OF ginger, one
Of honey, one OF hair restorer, n OF orange
marmalade, two OF olive oil, one Of pie:
seven Of opium, and one-only one~o'
whiskey.
Only three specimens Of candy were sent
in for analysis during the period covered
by the last report, only two OF butter and
only two Of bread, but there was one
analysis Of an artificial watermelon, two
Of ground mustard, two OF theatre entr'acte
cloves, one OF tea in pitcher, and one o'
a piece Of clay.
There does not appear to have been any
analysis Of wood alcohol. but there wert
four OF ice cream. There was one Official
analysis Of beef and" :,
The chief work Of this department o.
the division Of Laboratories 10 the Analysis
of milk and Of water.
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The west Coast Of South America.

hHO WNOb ~uStN
Accurate. intelligent observation ct oon-
ditions in South America is needed very
much and will be needed as the Panama
Canal progresses. 1t is amazing how dif1-
cult it is to obtain Trustworthy information.
OF late several travellers have published
books telling what they saw in very hasty
Journeys, and it Is the chief fault OF Mr..
Charles M. Peppers Panama TO Patagonia
"a. C. McClurg and Company, Chicago that
the reader cannot make out whether 1t des-
cribes a hurried trip down tie Pacific
coast of the continent or the result OF
some investigation.
The authors style is at fault. He has
some Of the turgid vocabulary Of the stump
orator and something OF the optimistic
~eloquence Of the promoters circular. The
personal adventures narrated seem to be-
long to a single short voyage, and to the
historical summaries no great weight can
be attached. Nevertheless he seems to have
studied carefully conditions in Ecuador,
Chile, and especially in Peru and Bolivia.
He puts emphasis on the point, and in this
we find the chief merit Of the book. that the
Andes are not in~surmountable, that rail-
roads and other trade routes can be opened
across them into the Amazon basin, the
Bolivian plateau and into Argentina, which
will increase the commerce through the
Panama Canal when it is built.
Mr.. Peppers remarks deserve more al
tention than his bumptious style would
seem to warrant. There are illustrations
from photographs and maps.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
SOME e BOOKS.
Prehistoric Egypt.

Most OF the books recently published about
tho ancient inhabitants Of the Nile Valley
have been Of an archaeological rather than
OF O historical character. For the most
part they have set forth with an earnest
effort at exactness the results Of the latest
excavations and interpretations, but have
made no pretence Of pre- senting a we'll
ordered, vivid and artistic narrative. An
exception is the quarto volume OF upward
OF six hundred pages entitled a History Of
Eyypt from The Earliest Times 10 he Persian
Conquest, by JAMES HENRY BREASTED, pro-
lessor Of E~gyptology In the University OF
Chicago (Scribners). The author, whose
technical and literary qualifications are
~indisputable, is justified in thinking that
the ever increasing number Of those VINO
visit the Nile Valley with every recurring
winter should alone form a sufficiently
numerous public to call for the production
OF a new history Of ancient Egypt. Besides
such travellers, there Is another large and
growing circle OF those who are beginning 70
realize the significance Of the Near East
In the history of civilized mankind. AS the
Nile poured its life giving waters into the
Levant, so from the civilization OF the won
derful people which SO early emerged from
barbarian on the shores OF that great river
there emanated and found their way to
southern Europe rich and diversified streams
OF culture, to which the Western world is
still indebted. Prof. Breasted comedies
that, had the Euphrates likewise owe
into the Mediterranean, our debt to Babylon
would have been as great as that which
we owe to the Nile Valley. As things were,
1t is to Egypt that we must look as the
dominant Power in the Mediterranean
Basin, whether by force of arms or by sheer
weight of superior civilization, throughout
the earliest career Of man in southern
Europe, and for long after the archaic age
had been superseded by higher culture.
To us Americans, who in civilization are ths
children Of early Europe, it Is indeed Of
lively interest to raise the curtain and peer
beyond into the ages which bequeathed our
%forefathers a precious legacy. There is,
moreover, a third, and possibly a still
more numerous class Of persons desiring
an acquaintance with the history Of Egypt
namely, the students of the Old Testament.
All the varying interests Of these three
classes Of readers have been remembered
In the composition Of this book.
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Dwelling, as they did, in the fruitful Nile
valley, we cannot think of the ~pre-dynastio
Eeyptians as other than a people chiefly
agricultural. Those early men, however,
we're hunters and fishermen, as well as
tillers OF the soil. In the as yet ~unsubdued
lungles of the Nile animal Life was, Of course,
much more plentiful than it is now, the
great quantities OF ivory, for instance,
employed by the pre-dynastic folk showing
that the elephant was still among them.
With only bows and arrows, they pursued
the most formidable game Of the desert,
like the lion OF the wild OK; and in light
boats they attacked the hippopotamus and
the crocodile with harpoons and lancets.
Prof. Breasted thinks that the industries
OF the pre-dynastio Egyptians may have
resulted in documentary commerce, for,
besides their small hunting boats, they
built vessels OF considerable size on the
Nile, apparently propelled by many oars
and guided by a large rudder. Even sail
ing ships, though rare, we're not unknown.
The vessels bore standards, probably in
dicating the place whence each hailed,
Our author 10 inclined to believe that
traces Of the p~re-dynastio petty States
should be recognized in the administrative
or feudal divisions Of the country in historic
times, the MONIES, as the Greeks called
them. There seem to have been some
twenty such small States distributed along
the river in Upper Egypt alone. However
his may be, the pre- dynastic people had
already reached a stage Of civilization
where considerable towns appear, and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08

any older translation or account Of a docu-
ment has been consulted. The combined
results Of the revised copies from the orlgi-
mails and Of the new grammatical study OF
the documents have been embodied in a
series Of translations OF the historical docu-
ments arranged In chronological ORDER
beginning with the earliest surviving rec
ords and continuing to the final loss OF
Egyptian national independence through
the conquest by Cambyses, the Persian, IN
625 B. c.. Supplied with historical intro
auctions and explanatory notes, the original
documents elsewhere scattered through
hundreds on hundreds Of inaccessible pub
locations, ave been made accessible in
English through the four volumes collect
lively called Ancient Records OF Egypt
published In 1907 by the University OF chi
cago Press. The Roman numerals In the
footnotes to this narrative refer to the
volumes Of these translations nj the
Arabic numerals designate the numbered
paragraphs into which those translations
are divided. The work before US repre-
sents an attempt to weave an artistic nara
tive out Of the documentary materials col
lected in those four volumes; but those, OF
course, are not the only sources OF infor-
nation which the author had to examine.
In the immense field of physical data,
as oontrasted with written documents, he
makes no pretence Of having undertaken
to reexamine the vast quantity Of material,
Egyptian archaeology is in it's infancy and
but few OF such fundamental studies and
researches as have been already completed
in classical archaeology have been made
in this field. Although the written docu-
-ook. Ao,,o Aouz and oOoip thrown nnaY-
pected light on the Interpretation Of physi-
cal data, Prof. Breasted comedies frankly
that the man possessing the enviable COM
bination of archaeological and pathological
capacity would still find a rich harvest
to be reaped in working for the production
OF an Egyptological Overlook. Then,
again, the study Of Egyptian religion has
but begun, and decades will pass before
even the preparatory special Investigations
shall have been achieved which will enable
the student to go forward for a general
survey and symmetrical reconstruction
of the phenomena in one comprehensive
and final exposition. Only the Amarna
period and the solar faith have been made
the objects of the authors special atten-
ton. All the documents on the unparal-
leled religious revolution Of 1khnaton and
all the known hymns to the sun, composed
at various epochs of Egyptian history, have
been collected and examined-in the case
OF the former, from the original. For
Egyptian religion as a whole the author
acknowledges deep obligation to Erman's
sHandbuch (which ia still the standard work
on the subject. He also recognizes a debt
to Eduard Meyers exhaustive and final
"Chronologie,' especially as regards the
earlier period Of Egyptian history. We
would here note, by the way, that our
author accepts for the accession Of Menes,
the founder of the first dynasty, the date
340o B. c., and for the introduction Of the
calendar the date 424l B. G.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
How the French Revolution Began.

The sixteenth volume OF the History Of
All Nations series, edited by DR.. JOHN
HENRY WRIGHT, professor Of Greek in
Harvard University, and published by
Lea Brothers d Co., Is allotted to an ac-
count Of The French Revolution and the
Rise of Napoleon. by THEoDoR FLATHE,
lately professor at st. ARA, Nielsen, and
author of a History Of the Restoration
and Of the Revolution, ls15-18Fi." The mar
rative begins with the convocation Of tho
States-General and carries us to the battle
Of Austerlitz. The appearance OF this
work 10 singularly well timed, when Russia
Is passing through economic, political
and social Transformations which present
q striking parallel to these undergone by
the Bourbon monarchy Of France in the
ninth decade Of the eighteenth century.
Those Russians who cntioise the ap-
preaching State Duma, or national assem-
bly,, conceded by the Gar Nicholas H.,
on the ground that 1t is not truly repre-
sentative and is not invested with ede-
quate powers, should examine the condi-
lions under which the French States-Gen-
eral were elected and the functions with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08

this memorable session Of August I, 1850,
when idealism, m~agnaniniity and patriotism
broke through tho clouds Of narrowmind-
meas and partisan prejudice, constituted
the bright point in the history Of the Revolu-
ton. SC far as France was concerned,
however, the very suddenness Of the collapse
OF it's old State system frustrated all posi-
bility Of gradual and peaceful reform.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
Changes In Pronunciation.

1t requires no very profound knowl-
edge of English literature to ascertain
that the pronunciation Of the language
has undergone vast change during
the last three centuries. The shrewd
conjecture has indeed more than once
been hazarded that the works Of the
Elizabethan dramatist would be unin-
telligible to q modern audience II the
native and original pronunciation were
adhered to, and certain, at all events.
1t Is that in many we'll known passages
Of Shakespeare the very rhythm of the
line imperatively demands a strange
and unaccustomed accumulation of GER
tain words. With the peculiar1ties of
a later period most people are sufa-
GENTLY acquainted. That gold was
goold and that china was clancy dur
ing the Augustan era is matter Of COM
mon knowledge And who can forget
Pope's description of Atticus:
Dreading even fools. by flatterers be-
sieged.
And so obleeging that he ne'er obleeged?
The last mentioned mode, as we'll as
the two others, fingered ON well into
the last century and was habitual with
Lord John Russell, though they are all
probably by this time as rare as Roo
shia for Russia and rarer than Spaw
for Spa.-Chambers' Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
MEAT INSPECTION.

1t is an authors triumph. indeed,
when the entire machinery of the gov
eminent is set at work advertising and
creating a demand for a book. This is
what has happened to Upton Sinclair
and his Jungle. The first impress
sions in regard to that book were to
the effect that the facts we're greatly
exaggerated for the purpose of sensa-
ton This is probably still true to a
considerable extent, but ii is also evil
dent from the nature of the report of
the United States labor commissioner
book to save its reputation.
Written not primarily for purposes of
exposing the conditions prevailing in
the packing houses of Chicago, but
more particularly as a form of social
istic propaganda, it has. nevertheless,
created more of a sensation in the in
dustrial and political world than any
other publication of recent date.
An important result is that we are
to have what we have not had here
tofore-decent and adequate inspection
in the great packing houses. Left prac-
tically to themselves, the management,
concerned about nothing except making
the most possible out of the animals
slaughtered, have been providing for
the American consumer articles for
food so utterly vile that if the facts
had been known. the articles could not
have found a market even among the
lowest classes. The government has
the facts now. not upon the authority
of Mr.. Sinclair, but upon the authority
of it's owna inspectors, and will insist
ton which seems to be absolutely ne
cessary where nothing but conscience
less greed determines the methods of
meat manufacture.
Even this was resisted at first by
the packers and their representatives
in congress: but when the president
laid down a card representing the re-.
suits of Commissioner Neilrs inspec-
ton, with the threat that unless in
spection of a satisfactory kind WAS
provided for at once. this report would
be given to the country, the packers
and their representatives We're only
too glad to withdraw all opposition.
No more conclusive admission of the
truth of the charges could be thought
of than this ready acquiescence of the
packers upon threat of exposure While
the presidents bargain for inspection
is stoutly criticised in some quarters.
probably for political effect conserva-
tive Judgment will generally approve
the concealment of conditions in the
past (Which cannot now be remedied)
provided conditions in the future are
such as they should be.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
How Arnold Studied LoRic.

Here is an interesting story told in
the life of Archbishop Temple:
Matthew Arnold got leave, at the last
moment, to take in Logic For Respon-
sions" instead of Euclid" which he
could never master. The day before
the examination he went to Jowett,
who was his tutor, and asked how he
could learn the subject in time, as he
was wholly ignorant Of it. Jowett said
his only chance was to 60 to Temple
and see If he would try to teach him in
one day. Temple consented and, start
ing about O'clock in the morning,
talked continuously, allowing two
pauses Of half an hour each for meals,
till past 2 o'clock next morning. Ar
mold had been provided with paper,
but took no notes. He lay bacS in his
chair with the tips Of his fingers to-
gether, saying from time to time,
what wonderful fellows they werev'
Soon after 2 o'clock a. m. Temple sent
Arnold away to get some sleep, after
which he satisfied the examiners In
logic. He answered every question.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-06-04
John j., Forger
By Grace Charles
Copyright, 1906. by E. C. Fdrcells
By Grace Charles

'Then you have no excuse to offer?''
Marion's voice was dangerously even.
Dick Gordon hated those cold, accusing
tones.
II have no excuse-to OFFER" he con-
frmed angrily. 1.-The woman am to
marry should be content with my state
ment that there was q good reason"
Unfortunately she is not" said Mar
Ion as she laid the ring on his desk.
Il cared enough about the matter to
come to your office to see you about it.
Since you want to be Independent, !
give you back your entire independ-
ence."
His face white with anger, Gordon
threw open the door and stood there as
she passed through to the next room.
Over in the corner John ]. was busy
with the mail, but he looked up with q
grin on his freckled face to smile upon
her as she went out John ]. approved
Of Marion.
Gordon went back to his desk. The
golden circlet lying there was too much
for his ccmposure, and, with a groan.
he threw his arms forward on the desk
and buried his aead upon them.
1t had all been very silly and yet
very tragic. He had meant to write
Marion that there was meeting Of the
promoters of the L. and F. railroad and
that he would have to be present to
furnish them with estimates if he
hoped to get the contract. If he could
land that order his success would be
assured. and in the prospect Of winning
out he had forgotten to write
They were both high strung, and
when in the morning she had demand
ed an explanation Of his broken en-
gagement without having waited for
him to call up on the telephone he had
angrily refused to offer any explana-
ton or apology, and when she had
come to his Office they were both too
angry to arrive at an understanding.
Gordon was reused by a touch on the
shoulder. He sprang nervously up, to
confront John ].
why don't you 60 homer he thun-
dered. 1.-THE Office should have been
closed half an hour agor'
"I'm going now" explained John j.,
with unusual meekness. But you
oughter 60 up and see Miss Marion and
tell her you're sorry"
Gordon grasped John ]. by the Shout
ders and propelled him into the outer