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The independent., 1907-03-07
MADDEN WILL MOVE.

Third Assistant Postmaster General
Madden is to retire within Il few
weeks. This takes out of the depart
ment the most berated member of the
administration. Mr.. Madden was To-
comotive engineer for fourteen years,
or until nine years before his ap-
pointment to his present position in
1899 He carried into his department
some ideas of his own. gained perhaps
in his nine years of service first as
clerk and later as superintendent in
the Detroit postoffice. His duties in
clude oversight of the second -class
mail, and his first notions were to en-
force the laws governing the scope
of this rate differently if not more ef-
ficiently than had been the case be-
fore. His early efforts on this line
stirred up din enough to make the
office seem like home even to a loco
motive driver. His proposal to increase
the second-class rate to four cents a
pound was the last straw to the news
paper publishers, and the Minncsot
editorial association lately passed res
olutions asking FOR his resignation. Mr..
Madden lacked tact, and he did not
always display that excellent quality
known colloquially as horse sense. 1t
is probable however that an examin-
alton of his Office would show that he
has conducted it honestly and has up
rooted some real abuses.
The independent., 1907-03-07
MARCH I, 1907

New Zealand, the world s political
experiment station, would excite
stronger emotion and closer attention
if it were anywhere but at the anti
podes. The effort to decide whether to
send our imaginations through the
earth or around it weakens the focus
ON New Zealand. More vivid should be
the impression when Saskatchewan
a Canadian province. only couple
hundred miles north of the North Da-
kota border, becomes fairly warmed to
the work of New Zealandizing itself.
The Saskatchewan parliament pro-
poses to adopt a policy of government
ownership of coal mines, railroads, tel
egraphs and telephones, grain eleva-
tors and some other industries not
named by the reports. AS the present
government has a large majority the
movement seems to be no idle notion.
The independent., 1907-03-07

Agriculture is in a bad way for lack
of capital among Philippine farmers.
To help them congress has provided
for the establishment of an agricul-
tural bank under government supervi-
sion, which is to lend money to plant
ers at not over ten per cent, a rate
not so high to q tropical agriculturist
as it appears to a Nebraska farmer
accustomed to borrowing for half that.
To encourage the investment Of Amer
lean and local capital the government
guarantees a profit of four per cent on
the investment. The senate readily
agreed to this device for stimulating
the growing of sugar and tobacco in
the Philippines but balks at stimulat-
ing these industries by the most nat
ural and effective of all means, admit
ting them to a market in this country
in place of the market they lost by the
change of allegiance. The Filipnos ask
for bread and the senate gives them a
cracker
The independent., 1907-03-07
NOT THE GOLDEN RULE.

No code has been published, but it is
understood that the Standard Oil COM
pany lives up to well defined sys-
tenn Of ethics. BY deduction it is pos
sible to formulate some of the main
principles followed. For instance:
Rule |. 1t shall be unethical to sell
any oil at less than four times the
cost except where necessary to kill
competition.
Rule 2. 1t is the objectionable sin
to pay in freight rates more than half
the rates charged competitors.
Rule 3. 1T shall be death to bankrupt
an independent refiner in case he
agrees to sell oil at prices higher than
ours In case he is unreasonable the
ethical proceeding shall be to see that
he gets no cars in which to ship his
oil.
Rule 4. 1t is considered contrary to
the ethics OF the trade TO sell oil to g
person, firm or corporation unless 1t
be Standard oil. Nothing herein shall
be construed TO keep from doing busi-
ness alleged competing companies
which are owned by the Standard Oil
company
These rules arc only fragmentary.
They have apparently been already SO
suggestive as To have been adopted IN
some measure by some other lines of
business. Even in the name OF ethics
may mischief be done?
The independent., 1907-03-07

One of the state capital removal
schemes now on foot is in California,
where it is hoped to secure Shift OF
the seat of government from Sacra-
mento to Berkeley, on the bay shore
opposite San Francisco. When the
capital was located. the principal in
dustriaI and agricultural activity of
California was in the valley of the
Sacramento. In recent years the devel-
opment of the southern part OF the
state, together with the focusing of
the lines of communication at San
Francisco has caused considerable ag-
itation for a change. Up to this time
the inertia that all capitals possess mas
been sufficient to defeat these schemes
and this one will no doubt be beaten
as decisively as the rest, even if the
new maps do show that the bay re-
gion is slightly more accessible to the
main body of the population Of the
state than any interior location.
The independent., 1907-03-07

Another class of people who are
asking the state to hold the hands OF
the people while their pockets are be-
ing attended to are the trained nurses
of Pennsylvania. The state is to regis
ter all trained nurses and see that new
members of the profession are not ad-
mitted too rapidly. A minimum wage
of $25 week is to be enforced. AS to
whether or not it is to be criminal
Offensc for a citizen to nurse himself,
as it is in Lincoln for citizen to do
his own plumbing, the reports are not
clear. The law if passed would be OBJ
viously incomplete without such a
clause, and it is to be assumed it is
there. The bill ought TO be passed.
Anything that makes sickness so ex-
pensive that nobody can afford to in
dulge in it is a beneficent measure.
This bill, the coffin combination, and
various other influences are carrying
us to that point at a cheerful rate.
The independent., 1907-03-07

/ wish to ask a question that Will IN
terest some 400 members of the two
soldiers homes at Milford and Grand
Island who come under the new pen
sion law passed on the 7th of Febru-
airy, 1907. Is it lawful for any state
to take or make contract with any
member of the soldiers home for TAX
ing any part Of his pension towards
his support?
We prefer not to pass on SO import
ant a point Suggest that you write
the pension bureau at Washington.
The independent., 1907-03-07
&a. QUESTION BOX = a
xxx = &-assGS

his eyes sad but open in alert watch
fulness, faithful and true even to
death.
Please explain the scope of the ma
tional pure food law
The general government has full
jurisdiction over manufacturing in the
territories and insular possessions 1t
has not such jurisdiction in the states,
but it has authority to regulate COM
merce between the states and with
foreign countries. The pure food law,
accordingly, makes it unlawful for any
person Ito manufacture within any
territory or the District of Columbia
any article Of food or drug which Is
adulterated or misbranded, within the
meaning OF this act" 1t also Prohibits
THE introduction into any state ols Ter
ritory or the District Of Columbia from
any other state or territory or the Dis
trict Of Columbia, or from any foreign
country or shipment to any foreign
country" of adulterated or misbranded
articles.
Please publish Eugene Fields poem,
Papa What Would You Take For Ne?
She was ready to sleep and she lay on
my arm,
In her little frillea cap SO fine,
With her golden hair falling out at the
edge,
Like circle of noon sunshine.
And hummd the old tune Of Ban
bury Cross
And Three Men Who Put out to
Sea"
When she silently said, as she closed
her blue eyes:
Papa, what you'd you take for me?'
And ! answered, "A dollar dear little
heart -
And she slept. baby weary with play,
But held her warm in my love-strong
arms,
And ! rocked her and rocked away
Oh, the dollar meant all the world to
me,
The land and the sea and the sky,
The lowest depths of the lowest place
The highest of all that's high
All the cities, with streets and palaces,
/ would not take for one low soft throb
OF my little ones loving heart;
Nor all the gold that was ever found,
In the busy, wealth finding past.
Would stake for one smile Of my dar-
ling's face,
Did / know it must be the last
So | rocked my baby and rocked away.
And felt such sweet content,
For the words of the song expressed
more to me,
Than they ever before had meant
And the night crept on, and i slept and
dreamed
OF things far too gladstone to be,
And / awaknd with lips. saying close
in my ear,
Papa, what would you take for me ?'
The independent., 1907-03-07
Cured by Amounting with Oil.

Cancer and Tumor permanently
cured with a. Combination of Oils.
Write to the Originator for his free
books. Beware of imitators Address.
Drfi d. M. Bye, 316 N. Illinois ST.
Indianapolis, Ind.
The independent., 1907-03-07

No woman has perfect control over
her curiosity II she can see n mes
sengcr boy leave n telegram next door
and not Immediately discover that
she must so over to borrow some but
ter.
The independent., 1907-03-07
Want Column

" you want to buy, sell or ex.
change anything; If you have
q farm to rent or want to rent
a farm, small advertisement
in this column will bring about
the desired result. Try it,
only 2 cents a word. No ad.
vcrtisement for less than 80
cents first insertion. All ini.
tials and numbers counted as
words. Cash with order. Ad.
dress
THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent., 1907-03-07

$9l :: !:
The independent., 1907-03-07

The action Of congress in providing
that no forest reserve be created here
after in number Of the western
states without specific authority from
the law making body stimulated the
president to create or enlarge thirty
two reserves before the law went into
effect. This will be denounced by land
and forest grabbers as sharp practice
and yet If the action had not been
taken there would probably be no more
public forests to protect by the time
congress could get around to passing
bills creating additional reservations
1t is sometimes necessary to take
quick and courageous action to pre-
serve the public lands and forests from
spoliation. In this case the president
has acted in the interests of the whole
public and will no doubt be supported
accordingly.
The independent., 1907-03-07

A ti0 razor for 5s cents: and n wntrh--
good timckeeper--for 80 cents post.
paid Send for catalogue. Western
Supply Co.. Central City. Neb.
The independent., 1907-03-07
Who is governor of Hawaii?
George r. Carter.

Will you kindly state the length Of a
train mile?
Train mile is a term used by the
railroads to indicate the distances COW
cred by their trains. the unit being one
mile for one train. Thus If one train
has run fifty miles, another 12O, and
third twenty-five, it could be called an
aggregate run of 1876 train miles. A
train mile, in fine, is one mile run by
train of any character.
The independent., 1907-03-07

wANTIsD-Isadv or gentleman. fair edu.
cation. 10 travel and collect for nrn OF
SH0s00o capital. Salary. si,072W par
year and expenses. Salary paid weekly
and expenses advanced, reference re.
quired, Address. J. A. Alexander LIN
coin. Erb
The independent., 1907-03-07

What or whose is the picture we see
SO often in print called Baby Stewart
Baby Stuart is one Of a group of
children Of Charles I, painted by Van
Dyke. The original painting is at the
Louvre in PoriS
The independent., 1907-03-07

Is the Kansas prison made binding
twine sold any cheaper than the twine
sold by the trust?
The warden of the Kansas state
prison states that the price Of prison
made twine is cent and quarter
lower than the price asked by the In
ternational Harvest Co.
The independent., 1907-03-07

How should the name Of President
Roosevelt be pronounced?
Mr.. Roosevelt gives to the vowel
sound of the first syllable the long 20, !,
making it sound exactly like Rose;
the second syllable is glided over as
rapidly as possible and also the third
with hardly enough vocalization to diff
ferentiate between the short "u' and
the short "e" sound, Of which 1t is q
blend.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19

But for the manipulations on the
floor of the New York Cotton Elk.
change the price of cotton would al
ready this year have gone above Is
cents. il, indeed, it had not reached
20 cents a pound.
There Is a crowd of brokers a thOus-
and miles from where the staple is
grown, organized under the name Of
an exchange. that have for years been
arbitrarily fixing the price of the
worlds staple, is known to every in
tellingnt farmer. How they have
been able is do IL he may not know.
1t has been going on so long that
many have come to regard it as an
irremediable evil. The farmer knows
that some n many miles away has
been fixing tue price of his staple and
until recently he has been accepting
the situation and making the best Of
it.
That such a condition Of affairs is
wrong economically and morally no
sensible a will question. That it
should not be permitted to continue
cannot be doubted-at least by the
sufferers.
The Gotten brokers on the New
York exchange toll not, neither do
they spin. They are the lilies Of the
cotton world. They never see the
commodity in which they deal. The
money that goes into their pockets is
suburacted from the cotton farmer
and the public. 1t is not the fail
profit of legitimate trading. it is not
the proceeds Of honest barter anC
sale. This money is the profits Of
gambling, and the cotton exchange il
as much a gambling concern as was
the Louisiana lottery a quarter OF
centualy ago, or as the Prince O
Monsco'S establishment is today.
Worse still, it is not even al hon
eStly> conducted gambling house
The public is invited to play with 4;
marked deck with a loaded dice
The odds are overwhelming againS
the outsider, for if he buys and de
mandS the delivery Of his purchase
he is forced to take green goods
The cotton which may under the thu
rules Of the exchange, be rendered t
}, him is such as no buyer would wan
and no spinner could use. The odd.
in this gambling game are fixed by
the Classification committee. A
present the committee lists siXteer
grades below ''middling" which i
the bases, and only nine above. Th'
Discounts allowed III these low
grades are also unfair.
In the bucket-shops the situation
is worse still. There the gullibl,
plunger is fleeced while he waits.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19

Grenada.

Dear Sir: The easiest way we
know of to make a little money is-if
going to paint-to paint with
the paint that takes least gallons.
Take a tmall job; say it takes 10
gallons Devoe, two coats; that's an
average house. When the job isdone
and the bill comes-in, it is $50; the
paint etc SIT. 60; the rest is for labor
aud carriage, the labor is fixing the
surface, shifting ladders scaffolds
pulleys and ropes, and brushing on
paint.
Take another job ~axactly like that;
try another paint: 1T takes II gall ons.
The bill is $40 more. Take another
exactly the same; another paint; it
takes 20 gallons. The bill is 800.
There is only one Devoe; there's a
dozen 12-gallon paints, and 100 that
take 20 gallons to cover a lO-gallon
joo.
The only difficulty is in finding-Out
Devoe. After that you save work;
there's less work in 10 than IN II OF
20 gallons; less paint to buy and less
to brush-on and less wages to pay.
If DevOe we're only a little better
than others, there'd be some difficulty
in inding-out the difference. 1t goes
twice as far half the paints; that
ought to be easy.
1t e longer too. You'll wait {
good while, if you wait to tind-ou'
how long it wears, there are thous
ands of people who know that TIT
least-gallOns paint wears longpst.
sc Yours truly
FW DENOE & co
| Planters Hardware Co., sells u pain
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
Curiosity.

Nothing is much more noble than
the desire for knowledge; nothing
much Shabbier than low curiosity.
What does it signify to us what
others do or have, and why cannot
we leave them and theirs alone? No
one in the world likes to be watched
and pried after, and it does not seem
very difficult to do to our neighborS
in this matter as we would they
should do to us. This curiosity is the
great sin of small societies. For want
of a more healthy outlet of the
dramatic instinct with which we are
all born, the jewellers in confined
localities turn upon each other, like
so many spiders in a tumbler, and try
to make the real n~ouriShment OF
gossip.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
Home Circle
The Serpent that Charms.

There is a certain species Of reptile
found in all parts of the known world:
its home is not so much in the jun
giles and wilderness, as n might
This serpent frequeutS the
haunts of men, showing by this that
it IS of a SOciable character; cities,
villages, and the SparSely populated
n%eighbOrhOOd, each and all claim its
attention.
It's form is often so beautiful that
il becomes a household pet: it is flat
tered and careSSed as much as the
most honored guest. 1t is found
among the first circles OF society,
dazzling all with its music. and al
Turing with it's SpeciOuS wlleS the
most unwary: the faireSt forms, the
purest characters are chosen to salts
fy it's "a and demoralized appe-
tite. While it seeks out the homes OF
the honored and refined, and glideS
into the hearts Of the most cOntding,
it is not the least partial in its choice
of associates, for the hauntS OF the
vicious are not Tnfrequently visited
by this wiley serpent.
1t certainly does hiss" long and
loud: but never until after it has
struck it's poisonous fangS to the most
vital part. The very best physicians
have failed to find an antidOte for its
venomous bite. Unlike other poison
GUS reptiles. it does not produce i'm
mediate death: but the victim fingers
along, 1t may be for years. One is
never free from the fear OF receiving
another attack from some unknown
quarter. Although these reptiles are
very numerous, and constantly vent
ing their spite upon some n yet
they may be in ones own dwelling
for years and not be recognized.
They have often been known to
sting their best friends: even the
hands that feed them are no ways
exempt. For thousands Of years this
species If serpent has been nurtured
and cherished with almost ~unbOunded
admiration: but it's affections are not
bound to any one, and no laws Of the
land are strong enough to free US
from the terrible scourge.
Would you see this serpent in its
worst forms? Visit the knots Of men
that are gathered on the streets corn
ers. 1t is always there. If you wish
to behold it in its elegance and beau
ty, go to the sewing circle, TO the af-
ternoon tea-party, to the evening
social, and see what a smooth, soft
voice it has, to attract attention.
All! did you not notice that sharp,
forked tongue as it uttered that last
beautiful phrased sentence, that
closed abruptly with, butt was
going to tell something, but l guess
I'n wait until another time
The name of this serpent is SANDER.
We hope it has no abiding place in
the home OF any of our readers. The
Home Circle department is the best
antidote yet discovered for this vile
reptile, and seldom fails to drive it
from the home it weekly visits.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
To Young Housekeepers,

Be satisfied to commence on a small
scales. 1t is too common for young
houSekeeperS to begin where their
mothers ended. Buy all that is nee
cesSary to work s"killfully with; adorn
your house with all that will render
it comfortable. Do not look at richer
homes and covet their costly furni-
ture. If secret dissatisfaction is
ready to spring up, go a step further,
and visit the home of the suffering
poor; behold dark. cherries apart
mentS, insufficient clothing, and alb
sence of all the comforts and refiue-
ment of social life, and then return to
your own with a joyful spirit. You
will then be prepared to meet your
husband with a grateful heart, and
be ready to appreciate the toll of self
denial which he has endured in the
business world to surround you with
the delights of home: and you will
cooperate cheerfully with him in SO
arranging your expenses, that his
mind will not be continually haraSSed
lest his family expenses may encroach
upon public payments. Be independ-
ent. a young housekeeoer never needed
greater moral courage than she does
now, to resist the arrogance of fash
ion. Do not let the AiS and BIS
decide what you shall have, neither
let them hold the strings Of your
purse. 1t matters but little what
people think, provided that you are
true to yourself, to right and duty,
and keep your expenses within your
means.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
Conundrums for the Sexes.

For the Girls: Could you love a
man who wore false hair on his head
when he had enough of his own; who
paints his face and and improves his
form as you improve (?) yours; who
pinches his feet with Small shoes, his
hands with small gloves, his waist
with corsets, and then as il he had
not been deformed enough, ties a
huge hustle to his back?
For the Boys: Could you love a
girl who defled her mouth with to-
bacco and loaded the air with fumes
of cigaretts and cigars; who stag
gered home several times a week the
worse for liquor; who bets high at
cards and horse races, and swaggerS
around the streets with questionable
companions?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
The True Wife.

BY far too many of VI young ladies
marry without the remotest idea Of
the duties and obligations that must
be discharged by a wife; and what is
the result? Neglect, eStrangement,
and ruin. The true wife will not
leave mel household affairs wholly to
the careless overseeing servants, nor
will the true, loving mother leave her
children to the art Of others. We
do not think any woman has the
right to marry until she feels herself
qualified to take her place as mistress
of household acknowledgement reg.
nant of all that can make home
pleasant and bright, whether in par
lor or kitchen, even as she should be
queen regnant in the heart of the
man she marries. If young ladies
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19

were educated for the duties of life,
instead of it's frivoliteS, there would
be far less unhappiness in the world;
they would not be cenSured as the
majority now are for marrying for
selfish intereStS--fOr wealth, ambi-
ton, anything but love. Wives
would not seek for their dearest hap
pineSs in scenes of fashionable gayeLY,
but would find it in Frightening
and hallowing their homes; husbands
would not frequent the Club ROOM
and billiard parlor, as SO many do
now, O complain of extravaganza ex-
penditure; and the public press would
not condemn fashionable women as it
does today.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
500 In Gold Given AWAY.

This is what Parker & Williams
merchants of Holcomb, Miss, propose
to do for their trade on the night OF
December pa. Their ad appears else
where in this issue Of The Sentinel
and the firm is composed Of gentle
men that always do what they
promise. They have a large stock OF
goods and no doubt their liberal pro.
ooSition will largely increase theil
trade.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-19
Commissioners Sale Of Real Estate.

F. Campbell, Intes. Mrs. l.. c, Campbell
AdmX.
By virtue of a decree of the Chancery
Court of Lafayette County, Mississippi
rendered in the above styled cause, on the
third day Of July, 1907, / will on Friday, the
eighth day OF November, 1907, within Lawful
hours. at the East door of the court house
OF Grenada county, Mississippi. in the city
of Grenada. sell at public auction. 10 the
highest bidder, for cash. the following de
Srrided nrOnertv. to-wit: All Of Lot One
hundred S~eventy-four f174l. except IA strip
81 feet by IOi feet IN the 5. f. Corner there
of owned by Lipscomp. situated In Inc tas'
Ward of the city of Grenada, in the county
of Grenada, and the State of Mississippi.
Witness my signature this, the 12th. day OF
October. 1907, d.. NJ. KimbrOugh,
N mis- siOner.
Grenada. Miss. Oct. 19-0I-3t.