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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
The Crumuet Story.

Oliver Wendell Holmes professed to
have profound respect for the Dutch,
possibly on account of what he used
to call 1.-THE European aborigines Of
America" being Dutch. He gave an
aspect of slyness to his respect which
inspired the idea that it was not un-
tempered by humos but he maintained
that the Dutch III spite of their stoiidi-
ty. had a great deal of humor them
selves For instance" he would say.
''the trumpet story has a Dutch ORR
gin" "What is the trumpet story?"
people would ask. And he would tell
them that it. had many variants, but
the one with which he was familiar
was about man who was going to be
hanged and was asked whether he had
any last request to make and said he
would like to have a dozen hot crum-
pets, very buttery, because he had new
er dared to eat more than one before.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25

Sir Henry Roscoe tells this of the
scientist Faraday and his assistant,
Sergeant Anderson: Anderson was
the sole assistant to Faraday and Of
course was utterly uneducated in scien-
tific matters, but The could obey orders,
which is not always a characteristic OF
an educated man. One day Anderson
was told by Faraday to keep stirring
pot containing some chemicals over
a fire until he returned, Faraday being
in the habit of going upstairs to tea i'm
his rooms and coming down directly
afterward ito work in the laboratory
during the evening. For some reason
he was prevented from coming down
again and forgot that he had told An
derson to watch the pot. On coming
down the next morning he found An
derson still stirring the pot. having
been at it the whole night and thus car
rying out the order which was gihver
hiG.~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
OSTMASTER IN
STATE SENATE
Contest Bids Fair to Leave
Behind Rankings of
Bitterness.
TWO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
Incident i'm the House Over a
Bill Appropiating Five
Thousand Dollars.
Speaker Ekern Magnanimous VIC
tor-Governor Davidson's Pr
vate Secretary Man of
Many Titles.
TWO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE

Madison. Wis, Jan. 22.-The haley
on sea Of harmony which BODIED so
well for the legislative ship the first
fortnight Of the session was sadly ruff
fled at the close last week. Each
house had its little incident on the
closing day and while that of the as
sembly was soon over the ripple in the
senate bids fair to continue for some
time and possibly TO leave some
rankings of bitterness. And it all oc-
Cured over Il postmaster. There are
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25

| twG candidates for the job of post
master il, the senate. Chris. PauEus OF
| Milwaukee. who held the place two
years ago, and j. NJ. Hlbbard editor
| of the Stoughton Hub Supporters of
these candidates charge the other side
with violating the civil service law in
seeking to influence the selection OF
| the other man, some going SO far us
| to involve Governor Davidson. who,
| however, is eXonerated 10y Secretary
Doty, of the civil service commission.
Doty declares that the only connection
| the governor has had with the case
was to sign Hibbard's preliminary pa
per. testifying to knowing tire arp
plicant. a piece Of red tape necessary
to ali before amy examination cHn be
taken. What the upshot of it all win
be it is hard TO say. but it is generally
regarded AS an unfortunate in
eidcnt. 1t is a cropping out Of the
feeling that has BEEN engenderetl by
the change in the manner OF dis
trlhuting legislative patronage.
First Bill to Pass.
The assembly incident was the at
tack by Mr. Bancroft OH the bill max
ing an appropriation of $4,000 to the
legislative reference library to make
mere effective the law factory which
Mr.. Mccarthy runs with so skilled a
hand. The original bin called for
about three times that amount and
NJ. Bancroft was not aware Of the
cutting down when he made his at
tack. He foresaW the creation Of Il
mighty lobby and of department out
of all proportion to the governor and
the Legislature, but when he was in
formed that it was all emergency APP
preparation to carry out work nj,
ready begun he withdrew his objection
and the bill went through without OPP
position. It was tle first bill, by the
way, to pass either house at this ses-
sion.
IF present developments can be
taken as an indication of the future,
there will be tie usual grist Of bills
to engage the attention OF the legs
iators. Already nearly hundred
have made their appearance. The
larger measures on which the ting OF
war will come and which Will have
to do with insurance and public serv-
ice corporations have not vet seen the
light Of day. except as two-cent fare
bills may be so regarded. but will
soon be forthcoming Then the conf
mittees will find that the patriotism
of Office holding is reality and the
lobbyist a WEAKNESS to the flesh.
Man of Many Titles.
Senator .. q. AIunson, of Vernon
county. who is also Governor David
sons private secretary. enjoys the dis
tirction of having so many titles as
to occasionally make it embarrassing
to his friends. They do not always
know how to address him When in
the governors office he is known IS
Colonel" when spoken to by the lieu
tenant governor he is addrts Spd as
1.-THE gentleman from Nern On while
in the corridors and committee rooms
he is known AS Senator" Because
of his large experience ana his kiiowl-
edge of state affairs Governor David
son has asked his old friend to retain
the post of private secretary, not only
after the session is over but during
the session as well and the popular
senator has consented to remain In
the solving OF legal problems Govern
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-01-25
.9An innocent Diversion.

Poor woman sighed the prison Wis
itor to the convicted murderess. ''Does
not the thought of your impending
doom cause your mind to revert to the
days of your innocent childhood? Do
you hot wish you could be playing
again as you did them
why. yes replied the poor woman.
Il would like to skip the rope Phila.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Real HoOligan Coming.

Hooligans Troubles, the King Of
Laugh provokers, now in its fifth sea
son, is coming. Five years ago it
made an instantaneous hit and still
continues to do so. Mark +. Swan.
the author conceived the idea Of writ
ing the play from the famous charac-
ter cartoon, appearing in the great
dailies, and confined himself strictly
to the various people OF characters
used bF the cartoonist. There isn't
a dull character in it, and they all
create natural laughter. The Origi-
nal number one (snly) company comes
to Grenada Monday Feb. 18th and
will offer Hooigan'S Troubles exactly
as has been presented in all the larger
cities for fun lovers. The program
includes twenty-One up-tO- date muSi-
cal and specially features, including
the famous Partisan sensation, The
Red Domino. The prices, too, are
reasonable %, so, 10.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
HooligaE's Business Men.

MoSelcy and Rockwell who control
HOoligan S Troubles. arc eastern men,
the former manager Of the Virginia
circuit Of tbeaterS. and the latter
managing director of " big eastern
time-lock company. They secured
control Of HO0li@an'S Troubles five
years ago, and conduct it along strict
ly business lines.
Hooligan' S Troubles, the original.
Have y0u ever seen the original:
Has always made friends. 1t is a
good, clean comedy full of good pure
fun, entirely free Of obje tiOnable
features, amply satisfactory in presen
ting twenty-one" "up-to-date' special
and mnSical numbers, handled by the
best Of directors, Nat SOlOmOa, and
the whole interpreted by fine COM
pany, including Arthur 0. May the
(original IIOoligan), Grace BurgOyne:
the original Freckles. 1t is we'll
worth seeing.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

Mr.. Brewer went at once into sub
stance Of his address, and he proved
to be the most aggressive of any OF
the speakers in the gubernatorial cam.
paign that have yet spoken in this
city.
Much Of his speech was devoted to
the consideration Of the bucket-ShOp
evil. he advocating that such inStitu-
tionS be driven out Of the State. He
made the assertion that more money
is annually yaken out of the State and
sent to the New York exchange by
the medium Of these establishments
than the annual State tax amounts to.
He said IT, 1t y great deal Of crime and
m sery OF the State arose from the
source.
Nh Brewer held the attention Of
his audience to the close. e.-IattieS-
burg Progress.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

be done. Hayward Bros. very kind
Iy sent their big wagon in three hun
dred yards of the poor fellow and af-
Ter using several hundred yards Of the
largest rope succeeded in landing him
on terra firma.
This Don give a damn" road was
constructed along in the 20 S and since
that time it has been as a general thing
in bad shape. A few years ago new
bridges were placed on it but the
bridges are not of sufficient length to
cover up those mOnStrous mud holes
greater portion Of this road is in
beat fOu7 and if this beat managed tO
get that dump built from Dement'S
to the river bridge. why cannot we
who live in the Torrance section have
some improvement made on our
Don't give damn" road.
Beaver Dam"
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
W. E. ROLLINS DEAD.
Passed Away at an Early Hour
Wednesday Morning.

w. e. Rollins died of consumption
at his home in. this city at an early
hour Wednesday morning. Quite two
years ago he came back to Grenada,
his old home, from Birmingham, Ala.
much improved in health. Good
medical attention and careful, nurs-
| ing together with his indomitable
energy aud will power, put him on
his feet again and he went actively
at work as a commercial broker. His
fight for life has been almost a mar
vel. A little more than Il month
ago lie was confined to his room since
which time he rapidly grew worse
until death came as a relief TO his
suffering He was born in Grenada
forty four years ago. About the time
he reached his majority he went to
Memphis to accept peSitiOn'with the
firm Of Erb & Co: where he remained
until their failure. He was man Of
many noble parts. He was true to
his friends. kind and obliging to one
and all. His devotion to and the
care Of his mother and sisters is
worthy Of the highest cOmmendation.
He was a kind and devoted husband.
an indulgent father, dutiful son
and Il loving brother. \ few months
aga, he made a profession Of religion
and at once united himself with the
Methodist church since which time he
has never failed to embrace an Oppor-
tunity to make 4 plea for the Masters
cause. Beside personal work, he has
written a number Of letters TO old
friends in Memphis and elsewhere
telling them Of the happiness Of one
born uf the spirit of God. Such a
life was not lived in vain. IL will /
yicid its fragrance Us the days come
and 90 Aud on that Create Day, !
when all is revealed it will be seen
that it diSpeiled many Il shadow on
life'S troubled way. No appeal FOR
charity was ever dehied hy him. lie
gaze iiberally 0! what tie Lord in
trusted TO him.
Besides Il wife and twO little
he leaves d mother and
-:rPc sisters to mourn bis death 10
ynom we Orer sincere coincidence.
'Ilc funeral services were conduct
,d from the Methodist chGrch by the
pastor. REV. j. T.. Cunningham, on
morning after which in
ermenl was had at odd Fellows
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
ROAD BEYOND RIVER.
A Correspondent Writes About
is and Speaks of Meeting
a Drummer Thereon.

Mr. Editor:-SOme time U think
two or three, or several months agoy
has passed since ! wrote last to your
valuable paper. You must pardon me
! if this is not acceptable, as | do not
wish to take up any ones valuable
! time, reading d letter from one who
used to sign his name to an elaborate
description Ofthe Fork as, Torrance -
| am getting old now, and the roads
| in our section are much older and in
worse shape than | am. My object in
writing this is to call the attention Of
our honorable board Of supervisors to
the condition Of the road through
the GaiobuSha bottom known as the
Don't give damn" or the Beaver
dam" road which commences at Hay
ward Bro s.. store or Il short distance
west Of it. 1t was my non pleasure a
short time ago to travel (Or rather
trying to traveD over this road, | can
not say but little about this road, for
| stopped being sinner long time
ago, and if | was really wicked man
it would take me- at least two weeks to
DO the subject justice. | met drum
mer short time ago coming from
Grenada. he was about half way on
this Don't give a damn" road. He
started from town in nice turn
out sleek horse from Penn'S sta
bic, buggy newly painted from J. J.
Hardy'S Commercial Emporium dress
ed in the latest style, rugged out by
Dra. - nr tIp1fh and n & If hQ
the finest (and looked it), drummer
who mad ever started ont from Grena- !
da. He was looking so ''up to date"
asked him ii he WITS not running for |
some Office. He WAS dressed SO fine. |
thought he was Capt. ChaS. Scott, but |
he said no he was just plain COM
mercial traveller and was somewhat |
interested in the Good Roads ASSO-
citation. and was in hopes that he
would find the roads in as good cOndi-
ti0n as Mr. Rush Baker told him
they were. He was in a jolly hu-
NOR, Was singing that good old song,
tnder the bamboo tree, ;" but there
is change in every thing, even our
thoughts and especially on Il Give
damn road" lie was making his
way 10 Torrance, over the Don't
rive q damn road, the only one which
eadS to that burg. / say / met him,
.itct ne had fuzzy launched himself Il,
md vehicle alb but half way on this
,oad or rather 1 tried to see him, he
Ind vehicle were SO completely mixed I,
!pS he thought his last minute had
;ome, and he was singing. Rock me a
o sleep. mother" but that Don't
i've n damn" road had Slcf a grip on r
lin, there was very little rocking to
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Notice.

Pictures from ST 30 per dozen up
We offer y0u the best work in plati-
mum finish mautcllO at $4.00, 800
600 and 500 per dozen. Our work
is as good as the best in lighting re-
touching and tiuish. We are also pre-
pared to make yieWa and all cut Goug
work We also -dcyc!op and finish
Kodak pictures.
Vance & Campbell
Photographers.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Cordial CIR ling at Ha.ticsbuTa.

Hon. Earl brewer candidate fnl
governor, was the attraction at the
coult EouSe au4Iturium last night.
Notwithstanding the speaking was
not widely advertised and The weather
conditions were not such as to ,tract
people from their homes. there was II
good attendance, and the remarks OF
the speaker were listened to with
close attention by the audience.
Mr.. Brewer was introduced by He
d. NJ. Watkins. OF this city. whose
remarks were peri inent to the ucc;I
sion.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
FORCES TO THE FRONT.
Hon. Earl Brewers speech at
Decatur Made Him Many
Friends.

Says the Reporter Index: Ear
Brewer candidate for governor, spoke
at Deca tur to large crowd OF voters
He spoke two hours and the large
crowd gave him their attention
throughout the speech IeiS one Of the
best campaigner> IN the State, and il
he makes Il close canvass the man that
beats him Eili he ,he next governor.
There is no hYpUcracy in him. His
face IS the picture Of chlld-lke hon
eSty ana sincerity. One is impressed
that every word he utterS is the hon
est conviction Of his Soul and that
nothing is sad solely for the purpose
OF catching votes.
He believes in enforcing the laws.
lie is opposed 20 child labor in factor
les: has perfect contempt for bucket
shops and gambling in futures and
realizes that the greatest enemy to
the common people today is the terri
6le menacing power of the s0ulleSS
railroad corporations which are rapid
ly drifting into the hands OF few
men, intoxicated with the greed OF
power and wealth. He reviewed the
scandalOuS reports published by some
OF the, corporation dailes at the time
Of his face to face SpatS with Mr..
Scott and showed that he made no
charges that were not sustained by
the proofs.
Brewer is a man like HOke Smith,
Joe Folk. jeff Davis and Jim Varda-
man. lie has Il head OF his own and
fights for the great common people.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Hold; All Customers.

Appleton, Tenn. Dec. 10th. 1906.
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co,
Florence, Ala.
Gentlemen:-I have sold your fertili-
Ger for the last thrce years and have
never lost Il customer on it yet. but
have many new ones and all recon-
mend your fertilizer highly.
Yours truly,
John j. KeltoD.
OF Butler ESlick- kelton Co.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Entertainment on Washington's Birthday

Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Carothers
will give an entertainment consisting
eff music and readings for the benefit
of the Presbyterian church on Wash
ington's birthday, Friday. Feb. -,
from to / O'Clock p. NJ. at the
residence of Mrs, Jennings. AdmiS-
sion 25 Cts Refreshments free.
Everybody invited. Children under
fifteen are requested TO comes in the
afternoon, at four O'Clock. They
will be entertained for an hour with
music and reading Each child will
receive a bag of candy. AdplSSiOn
| @ cts
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Books and Bibles.

I arr representing severed leading
book concerns, for both religious and
educational books: also local agent for
'The Moody Colportage Library"
Your cooperation and patronage will
be appreciated. j. w. Lowerv,
2-16-O7-tf Grenada. Miss
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

Democratic principles; that he is a
man of strong convictions and has the
courage to defend them at all times
and under all circumstances, CONTROL
ed by no political clique or combine
and uninfuenced by corporate inter
eSts. Delta Register.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Controlled By No CLIQUE.

Everyday the Intelligent peopls OF
this COmmnnwcalth are being brought
to Il realization OF the fact int Mr..
Brewer is the candidate OF the people;
u candidate with Il platform invulner-
able ut every point, filed with good
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
A LIQUID cold relief with a laXativ

A liquid cold relief with laxative
principle which drives out the cold
through a c0pouS action of the bowels,
and a healing principle which fingers
in the throat and stops the cough
that is Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup. Safe and sure in its action:
pleasant TO take: and conforms to
National Pure Food and Drag Law.
Contains no oDiateS Sold by Second
Class Drug Store.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Are Loud in Their Praise.

Earl Brewers speeches at Decatur
and Newton Monday made him the
most popular candidates for governor
in this county. The people arc loud
in their praise OF him Hickory Re-
porter Index.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16
Beaver Dam.

In speaking Of the bill that has
been introduced in the Indiana legis-
lature which carries with it the inten-
ton Of doing away with the meek
and harmless bachelor. the Atlanta
Journal says, in part: I'VE wish it
to be understood that we have no
sympathy with the bachelor. 1t is
the manifest duty ofs every man to
grow gray. StOop-sh0uldered, thin and
wrinkled in the matrimonial state, in
stead of growing .bald and fat in
condition of single bleSSednesS. In
deed, the man who is afraid Of mat
rimOny is almost as much Of a coward
and weakling as the man who is
afraid of death; the more courageous
among mankind accept both with
secret sigh Of resignation, outwardly
putting as brave front upon the
matter as may be-" The bill is no
doubt, the product OF the brain of
some bachelor girl, whose patience
had been worn TO fraZZle while
for victim.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

SemmpS' L: xative White Pine will
cure thar cough. Second Class Drug
Store. p o.. ii.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

TazoO City was invaded by to two
wild deer few days ago that we're
driven out by the high water. The
deer paced mp and down the streets
few times as if they had dropped
from the moon and finally took fright
and jumped through Il plate glass
window after falling 10 find q place
Of escape through the rear Of the store
returned to The front and junped
through the plate glass door. They
were finally lodged in somebody's
kitchen. 1t is surprising that YazOo
City cannot be distinguished by even
animal instinct from wilderness.
viii Brothers Mcclure and Birdsell
eXplain?
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-16

Piles Of people have Piles. Why
suffer from piles when you can use
Dewitt's CarbOli2el Witch Hazel Sa!ve--
and get relief. Nothing else SO COED.
Beware OF imitatiu1s. See that the
Name is stamped on each box Sold
by Secnnd Class Drug Store.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-13

McAlllster received news that two
brothers whom he left In ireland nifty.
ono years ago, and whom he had sup.
posed were dead, woro slln alive. At
once the thought Of visiting them en-.
tered his mind and at the earnest 80.
| liCltntlOn of his sons he decided To do
80, Thursday morning he started In
good spirits ON his long Journey. The
length of his absence will be deter.
mined by events, aud possibly he may
remain all winter.
II you were small boy with tar.
get rifle or a rock OF the right theft"
would You rather have porcelain or
glass telephone insulators for your tar.
gets? Norfolk lads who have had to
be content with smashing the blue
glass insulators Of the Nebraska com.
pnny all these years will soon have
telephone poles lined with delightfully."-
inviting brown porcelain insulators.
These porcelain insulators have only
been on the market sixty days and the
Norfolk Independent plant will be the
first plant In the world to be entirely
equipped with them. The new substi.
ntc for glass is double glazed and has
the same resisting power of the old
insulator
There Ii every indication that the
big amateur baseball game between
trade promoters and Burt
Mapcs Gown" at the driving park dia-
mond Friday afternoon will be greeted
by large crowd of spectators. In
case the lawyers. real estate men and
insurance men win the game. the gate
receipts will go TO the public library
In Norfolk. In case the trade promot-
crs win, the gate receipts will 80 into
that associations treasury. As Stur.
Eoon's men won the game n few weeks
ago. the lawyers will this week make
nm extra effort TO regain their lost lau-
rcls and the gate money. with good
there will undoubtedly be
large gallery to- watch the fun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-13
Boyd County Committeeman.

Butte, Neb., Sept. IL. Special to
The News: The republican candidates
met and elected the following precinct
committeeman: Butte, ]. H. Stellar;
Anoka, P. F. Banker; McCully, Levi
Bennett; Basin, A. b. Thatcher; Ware,
Bob Ownes; Spencer, Thomas Nc
Math; Morton, w. T. Reshaw; Mullen,
F. j. Sellers; Lynch, George Tonner;
Bristow, ]. d. Hallett; Bush, H. L.
Mccoy; Boyd, Aug. Pearson. They
meet at Anoka next Saturday to elect
a chairman and delegate to the state
convention.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-13

There are only comparatively few
families of circus acrobats. And for
the most part these families remain
in the same circuses from generation
to generation, The girl who turned a
somersault while riding bareback is
a member of an old circus family that
has been with Barnum's show for years
and years. Somehow they esem to
grow up in one circus and stay right
there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-09-13
l. TEN IN JAIL
Nine Whites and a Black jagged for
Being Jagged.

Nine Whites and a Black jagged for
Being Jagged.
The city Jail in Norfolk was even
more crowded than any Norfolk hotel
Tuesday night.
Ten men, nine white ones and
black, "drunks" and circus roust-
abouts, had been thrown into the city
jail, all charged with being "unduly
intoxicated" Chief Flynn and three
specials gathered the men in during
the evening.
The circus day crowd was an excep-
tionally orderly one. The police had
little or nothing to do during the day
and the arrests came at night after
the crowds had left