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Dutch Apple Cake.

This is another favorite dish In the
cooking class. 1t is sometimes made
with soda -and cream Of tartar, and
again with yeast. For the former sift
together two cups -four. q half tea,
spoonful of salt. a half teaspoonful
soda and teaspoonful cream OF tar
tar. Add two tablespoonfuis butter or
good dripping and rub In with the tips
OF the fingers, Beat one egg light and
add to 1t a scaut cup milk. Then stir
into the dry mixture. The dough
should be quite soft. Turn Into shall
low baking tin. Peel. core and slice
three or four tart apples and arrange
symmetricaliy on top OF the pan. let
ting the slices overlap. Put the sharp
edge OF the slices down and press
slightly Into the dough. Sprinkle with
two tablespoonfuls sugar and nutmeg
or cinnamon. Bake in q hot oven. Az:
soon as done brush the top lightly
with hot water.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14

great expense ofthe home town OF the
people that sent their money to these
concerns.
!. Magazines have been started for
the sole benefit Of the catalogue house,
and these circulated among the coun-
try people at ten or Is cents q year.
They build up q circulation on. this
low price of hundreds of thousands !;
this circulation brings to them mill
lions Of dollars In advertising from the
catalogue houses and this money ex-
pended for advertising is more than
doubled from the sales OF these con-
Germs to the country people who are
losers by the transaction.
Catalogues are sent out telling the
people that the house from which they
came is the cheapest place In the
country to buy, and 1t is, II the person
receiving this catalogue wants cheap
article, not only In price, but also in
make apd material. The farmer re-
ceives this catalogue, looks it over,
and after reading the we'll composed
guarantee or assurance that. the goods
described in 1t are the very best that
can be found anywhere, sends in an
order. The house receives the order
and Immediately ships the articles
wanted. The farmer drives many
miles to get them and when the box is
opened it is found to contain some
thing much below his expectations,
but this does not satisfy his mind on
the fact that he has been duped and
that he is not getting his full money
value. In second order he may be
treated the same as the first one, but
still he may think that he has saved
money by buying it where he could
get it cheap.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14
IN THE SICK ROOM
uP-To.DATE METHODS or CARING
FOR PATlENTs.
Modern Science Teaches Many Ways
o. AlIevlatIns Suffering and Pro
noting the Recovery Of strIck-
en- Loved Ones.


When there Is . prospect OF 2 ione
Illness two small cots tnat cost go
iittle may be placed togetner. maAlns
1t easy to move the patient from one
to the other when changing the ped
ding, and permitting each one 70 pe
thoroughly aired eacn DAY. OtnerWise
the Ideal sick bed is single one OF
Iron, the length and width 81 those
used IN hospitals. with tnis snouid'
be fne woven wire spring ana 2
thin hair mattress. Of the water
beds, those llied by means OF pitcn-
er and funnel are SAID, to pc the pest.
The temperature OF the water snouio
be kept about 70 degrees and must be-
changed every two weeks. The ped
must never touch the walls The rest
for the head is the feather pillow,
changed or beaten When u. becomes
uncomfortably hot Small pillows OF
varying sizes should be used TO tuck
under back Of knees when change OF
position is necessary. Paper torn IN
ftne bits is nice LOT tnesess Here -
the way trained nurse IN nospl.ai
makes up me beds: she neglns cy'
tucking the lower saneet, preierapiy
OF cotton tfor linen cnilis excepting IN
mid-summef), snugly and smootniy
over the mattress- This should pc
protected In case OF severe illness
with rubber blanket or paper pad. \
The sheet is pinned In place, taking
care to have a perfectly smooth sur
face under the patient. The corners
OF the sheet are folded square, as tne
grocer folds the. edges OF tne paper
ne wraps around parcei. Next
draw sheet is laid on smootniy ana
pinned In place. In spreading tne up
per sheet II Is prougnt up wen 70 tne
head OF the bed, so 1t VIII turn pack
nicely oyer the other ciotnes, put leit
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14

huVertisements 81 tno ~ -
read BY them II the people go mol
patronize the home mercnant ne CO.. 4
not anord to advertise, anu Witnous
advertising paper VIII soon pIoye : !,
failure. Soon the home paper ~ Aent
70 the wall Tor the want OF suppor.
from the merchants; u may :neyee I
large circulation, but witnout tne M meIs
chants help 1t VIII soonS pe iost "
sight. Then the merchant - next 70
get out OF business for the want OF
support, and the towE wiil uecrease ~
population, and the people VIII Won
der what the trouble IS Wnen tne
editor and the merchant leave town
together.
The home merchant contributes to
the support Of the church, he pays
his taxes to keep the schools up, he
contributes to the horse show, the fall
festival, and the hundred and one
things that he is supposed to help out
head of the list for everything that is
for the good Of the community and ne
deserves the honest and hearty coz
operation of all the people, all the
time, that are interested in the well
fare OF the community in which they
live. The merchant helps to elect the
men that are to represent them IN the
city. county, state and national al
fairs. and he Is ever on the go looking
to the interests Of the people.
The people like to be entertained
and they will come many miles TO
some amusement given by the mer-
chants of the town where they are
ever ready to go to sell their farm
products. The merchant cannot give
these entertainments unless no has
| the support OF the people and It Is not
fair to expect this OF the menthat are
striving for livelihood, when the peo.
pie send their money to concern IN
some far away city that will neither
contribute to any OF these enterprises
or take an interest In the surround.
ings thereof gs
| Home trading makes home indus.
tries. brings more to the town and
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14
THE JASPER NEWS
JOE G. COMBS, Editor.
Bacon.


{ Do you remember what Charles
Lamb says about roast pig? How he
falls into an ecstasy of laudation,
spelling the very name with small cap
itals, as IL the lower case were too
mean for such delicacy. and break
ing away from the cheap encomiums
OF the vulgar tongue to hail It in
sonorous Latin as principles obsonior-
um. There 10 some truth in his COM
plimcnts, no doubt; but hey are
wasteful, excessive, imprudent. For
il all this praise is to be lavished ON
plain, fresh, immature, roast pig, what
adjectives shall we find for the ripper,
richer, more subtle and sustaining
Wand, broiled bacon? asks Henry Van
Dyke, in Scribner's. On roast pig a
man cannot work; often he cannot
sleep, IL he have partaken Of 1t i'm.
moderately. But bacon brings to its
sweetness no safety" 1t strengthens
the arm while it satisfies the palate.
Crisp, juicy, savory; delicately salt as
the breeze that blows from the sea:
family pungent as the blue smoke of
incense waited from clean wood fire;
aromatic, appetizing, nourishing, a
stimulant to the hunger which it ap.
peases, tbs the matured bloom and
consummation of the mild little pig,
spared by foresight for nobler fate
than juvenile roasting, and brought by
art and mans device to perfection
surprising nature. All the problems
of woodland cookery are best solved
by the baconian method. And when
we say OF one escaping great disaster
that he has saved his bacon" we say
that the physical basis and the quin.
tessinal comfort of his life are I'm.
touched and secure.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14
clever Freneh i!m,ItatIon.

linen SO cleyerly that 1t Is almost Inn
possible, without examination, to de-
tect the difference between It and Gam.
ask; and even to the touch the ar.
ticles made Of papier linge are very
much like linen, and are often used In
its place.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14

When we walk in the light OF the
world every countenance takes on q
new luster. The mirror cannot shine
until the light sl ines on it.--United
Presbyterian.
The Jasper news., 1907-03-14

sDon't you dote on ! hotel dinnerf"
sYes. sf IT Is i gcud table d'hOte.
baltimore American,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Aews
IllIteracy of Convicts.

Replying to a letter received from
Philip j.. Tooner, secretary of the Needs
Lumber Company of Hattiesburg, in
which he asked to be informed what
percentage of the negro convicts are
able to read and write, Secretary Brown
OF the board of prison trustees wrote as
follows:
"P. j. Toomer, H~attiesburg, Miss:
Dear Sir-Replying to your inquiry
in relation to Che percentage of negroes
in the penitentiary who can read and
write, L would say that We have O in
the penitentiary, in round numbers,
1850 men. OF these about 1850 are
negroes. | could not go over the entire
record, as that would take up too much
time. but took the last 100 negroes re-
celved here, and | find that Of this num-
Der 20 a read and write and 80 can
not. This percentage will III through
out the entire number, as about 70 per
cent. can read and write. l think that
II we could give them all a higher ed
u%cation, and especially a theological
one, we would soon have the entire
race inside the walls. Yours truly,
"W. j. BROWN, Secretary"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Walthall's Brigade Reunion.

L have arranged with Joseph Rich
ardson, chairman Southeastern Passen-
ger Association, for one first-class fare
plus % cents, for the round trip to Me-
ridian, for the reunion of Walthall's
brigade, Sept. 1926. This rate applies
on all the railroads in Mississippi, and
tickets will be on sale on the oath, good
to return leaving Meridian not later
than midnight Sept. 81. 1t is hoped
that all members of the old brigade
who a possibly do so will attend this
meeting. THOS. SPIGHT, Com'dr.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
DR.. Semmes Acquitted.

After pending in the courts of New
ton county for several years, the nota-
BILE Semmes case was settled by the &C.
uuittal of DIR. Semmes in the Clark
county court at Quitman, to which
place a change of venue was granted.
1t will be remembered that in April,
1903, DR.. F. G. Semmes shot and killed
Thos. d. Lawson at Hickory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
New In Natural History.

Not all English children are well
posted on live stock. The wing
"howlers' are from essays exhibited
at a recent show: 1.-The young horses
have long legs, SO that 1T might keep
ND to it's mother when wild lions like
the lion and tiger are after them to
devour them" 1.-THE fowl" declares
still another, when alive is used for
cock-fight!ng and when dead for it's
beautiful feathers" 'The pig gets
it's wool coat off in summer. Then
we get the wool of it. The pig Is re-
parded as a bad creature"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Whitecappers Pardoned.

Gov. Vardaman pardoned five of tho
white men who were convicted in Lin
colin county in 1904 of the crime Of
whitecapping, and who were sentenced
to serve the State fifty years each.
These men are William Franklin,
Elias, Bob and Whit Smith and Ebert
Gill, who have been imprisoned at Ran
kin farm since their conviction.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

A Chicago University professor is
on record as saying that Americans
segregate and isolate themselves too
much and are losing the sense of fell
lowship. 1--WE don't pour out our soul
feelings to one another" he says,
and we fail to become confidential"
Come, come! Where has this profess
sor lived? Did he ever take a three
hours railway journey without some
chance stranger telling him the story
of his life?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
The State Fair.

Secretary Mckay, in speaking of the
prospects for the State fair and exposi-
tion at Jackson in November, stated
that they we're never encouraging,
o the outside interest sc manifest as
is the case this year, and both in at
tendance and results the association
hopes to come nearer to attaining the
height of their ambition than in any
%nreviOnS YEAR.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The war on cruelty to animals has
reached an acute stage at Omaha,
where the Rev. John Williams has
appealed to the City Council for an
ordinance establishing a six-hour day
for monkeys. Father William states
that the organ grinders of Omaha
force the unhappy monks to work
from twelve to sixteen hours a day,
and give them no chance to go to
school. What a contrast with New
nOrti
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The president of the New York aero
club, just returned from a three
months stay in London and Paris,
during which he devoted himself prin-
cipally to b~allooning, says: Il can see
no reason why pleasure parties of six
or W. going up for a couple of
hours will not be a common thing at
our interior resorts in another year"
OF course this exciting amusement
will be too expensive for the middle
classes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Lownde County Veterans.

The annual reunion and barbecue OF
the Lowndes County Veterans Associa-
ton was held at Columbus, and the he
roes of the great war enjoyed a most
delightful outing. An excellent bar
becue dinner was served, and after the
inner man had been refreshed camp
fire talks were INDUCED in.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The statement by a lecturer that
the country SPENDS Sc, 900, 600, 900 a
year on poverty and crime, and one
by the government that rats cost up
$5,000,000 annually, shows some av-
enues of expense in which we might
retrench. At least, none of the lux
uries or necessaries mentioned YIELD
either pleasure or profit at all proper
tionate to the amount invested.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Bond Election Ordered.

The city council of Columbus has
ordered an election to be held or Sept.
80, for the purpose of allowing the citi-
zens a second opportunity to vote on the
issuance of bonds in the sum of $50, 900
to secure the right-of.way into and
through the city for the Columbus,
Memphis and Pensacola railroad.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

These are somewhat embarrassing
days for modest judges. One in
Omaha was actually caused to blush
by a handsome and grateful woman
TO whom he had given the custody of
her children, and who proceeded to
hug and kiss him IN open court, with
out leave first obtained. 1t is note
worthy, however, that he had no pro-
ceedings instituted either for assault
or for contempt of court.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Following the enactment of a law In
Texas. recurring that sheets on hotel
beds shall be at least nine feet long,
m the passage of a bill in Geor-
gia making clean sheets, clean pillow
cases and clean towels compulsory in
the hotels of that state. The next
step will naturally be legal provision
for clean ta~bleclOths and dry napkins
in all hotels and restaurants.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Gamblers Party at Aberdeen.

Congressman Gambler and three gov
eminent experts from Washington,
Messrs. j. A. Bonstell, r. S. Kellogg
and M. o. Eldridge delivered interest
ing addresses at Aberdeen. Their
speeches we're full of information and
will prove very helpful to the many
farmers who heard them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

1t NAV be true as the professor tells
us that peanuts contain more nour-
ishment than beef steak, but no n
would claim that a sack of COOLERS
can impart that beatific expression to
The c~ountenance that seems glued on
to stay when good digestion waits on
q large, JUICY beefSteak.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

water, callouSly
abandoned by the girls in green and
red, the little blonde was swimming
for dear life toward them and shore,
swimming with the skill of a profess
sional athlete.
Everybody reached shore about the
same time. 1t was a trying moment.
The girls in red and green looked
radiant and innocent, the little
blonde had dripping hair and a furi-
Gus soul and the three men were
strangely ~speechless.
But JOY sung in the hearts of the
conspirators In red and green, for
they knew the tide had turned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

A feminine writer in a Washington
paper says that there are some nus
bands who cannot be managed any
better than some mules. 1t might be
added that some husbands have an
other attribute in common with the
homely mule-they are great kickers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Ok Wagon Transportation.

The business men of Meridian have
inaugurated an OK wagon transpOrta-
ton service between that city and
points on the Mobile, Jackson and Kan
sas City road in order to better accom-
modate the merchants and others in
their efforts to reach a market for their
cotton and the transportation of their
merchandise and farm supplies.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

A New York clergyman said at
Chautauqua the other day that there
had been altogether too much preach
ing about the Jebusites, the Nal
achilles and the other ties, and not
enough about the living gospel. But
how could we remember the names
Of all those itish people if the preach
er did not constantly jog u memoir
fes2
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

You don't sup
pose I'd be vast
ing time looking
at anything else,
do your" inquired
the girl in the red
suit who was try
ing to dry her
hair. And he
came only this
morning."
He is the sixth
man she has let
teach her how to
S W i M pursued
the girl in the
& r e bathing
suit. It's t h e
finest, %cleverest
sort of scheme
and whenever l
think that my
idiocy and vain
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

1t is officially denied that the dow
ager empress of China is Ill, n the
spineless emperor may as well put OH
Indefinitely the day when he hopes
to rule where he is supposed to reign.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

We have our doubts about klsslns
removing freckles, says the Nashville
American, since noticing that quite a
sprinkling of married ladies have a
complexion like a guinea egg.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

anu whichever L
--- think that my
u '~'' 20" idiocy and vain
glorious pride led me to dive ten
times off the dock and swim clear
to the next landing when | first went
into the water here | could cryi"
ct certainly was foolish" agreed
the n in the red bathing suit.
Still, most men admire girls who
are athletic"
mot when they are tiny blondes
with appealing eyes and a habit of
crying: oh, don't leave me. I'm
afraid" remarked the young woman
in the green bathing suit, shaking
out her pompadour.
"Pooh!" snapped the other, 1T
takes an expert to pretend to drown
the way she does! I'd like to catch
her! I'll warrant if the truth were
here! L thought she'd be salts
fed with Crofton and the doctor and
Tom Hately and give the rest of US
a chance at this fascinating lawyer
but here she goes and grabs him,
too, I'd give my head to get even
with herr"
ut really is a duty we w to Our
selves" unused the girl in the green
bathing suit as she polished a clam
shell on the sand. There certainly
Is nothing malicious in opening a
mans eyes to the fact that he is
being deceived. When you come to
think of it there is something very
selfish in taking up a persons time
by having him teach you how to
swim and keeping him from swim
ming on his own account"
There certainly is" agreed the
girl in the red bathing suit, sitting
up with Weakened interest. And no
doubt he'd be very grateful to any
one who showed him how he was be-
ing duped!"
Yes, indeed" agreed the girl in
green, getting to her feet agilely and
tucking her hair under her bathing
cap. I've an idea. You don't mind
a ducking?"
The girl in red scrambled up also.
"D~ucking!" she echoed, %scornfully.
I'D stay at the bottom of the lake
a whole day and take my meals there
cheerfully if l could pay her back
I mean rescue him! What are you
going to do?"
The girl in green was making for
a canoe drawn up on the beach.
"The doctor and Tom Hately are just
coming down in to the shore, too
she said, refectively.
Miss Crimble!" she called as the
little blonde neared shore. Don't
you want to come out in the canoe
with us? Well be very careful be-
cause we know you can't swim!"
The little blonde looked doubtful.
She hated to abandon the lawyer at
such an early and critical stage of
his devotion, but being wise in the
ways of her kind she hated to an
tagonize the two leading girls at the
hotel.
Thank you" she said, wading to
shore, "but I'm so timid, You are
sure it is safe?"
Perfectly" chorused the two
executioners.
The three padded away.
1t was good deep water where the
canoe, suddenly and from no appar-
ent cause, tipped over.
The three men on shore plunged in
simultaneously when the shrieks
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

An Italian duke who has no PAD
habits and no debts is engaged to an
American girl, but we notice hat the
girls father is a multimilliona1re, all
the same.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The woman who died recently at
the age of LOT and damned tnat she
owed her life to eating onions a d
strong reason for her prolonged exist
pDcp
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Oxford Baptist Association.

The Oxford Baptist Association In
session at Big Springs Church. near
Water Valley, pledged the association
to pay .$12,500 of the $4,000 that the
Baptists of Mississippi r going to
raise for the Tri-State Baptist Memo
rial Sanitarium, to be located in Mem
nhis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
JAYNE Killed by Johnson.

Hon. Joseph jayne, a prominent at
torney of Tunica, was shot by W. E.
johnson. johnson used a double-bar-
rel shotgun and six bullets perforated
Jayne's intestines, causing his death in
great agony.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Duke of the Abruzzi is talking or
making a balloon trip to the pole'
Walter Wellman may be able to FUR
nish him with a diagram of the S
aerial route.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

arose. They knew
the girl in red and
her frie n d | n
e e good
swimmers a n d
hoped desperate
~ the two would
have presence of
mind enough to
hold up the poor
little blonde girl
till help arrived.
1t was the doc
tor who first near
ly went under be-
e a u S e in h i 8
amazement h e
forgot to swim.
The other men
folio W e d suit
Ahead of them,
out in the deep
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Prof. Smaller Mathews of the univer-
sity of Chicago says that marriage is
too much like a picnic. In some cases
It is like a picnic when it rains
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
Roosevelt at Vicksburg.

President Roosevelt will be in Vicks-
burg Oct. 81, from 3 to 5 pm. The
president will be given a short ride
over the military park.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The Washington dancing girl VINO
bathed in beer was merely lufther
demonstrating her love for hops.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Peary evidently thinks tae pole VIII
keep, as he has postponed his expeol-
ton until next summer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

The Chicago woman who lost $SoU
in cash and jewelry out OF her stocA'
ing ought to buy a money Delt-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21

Do nothing behind a mans bach
that you would not do to his face.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-09-21
SUPPLYING the
PROOF

Just look at her nowi" said the girl
n the green bathing suit. moodily.