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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
About

These have been called the "Dev-
IFS Food" because where they grow,
they provide 1000 for the people with
out the necessity for work; and since
work. is desirable, and a lazy nation is
never a strong nation, the banana
symbOlizes decay.
Now this may be true of the places
where the fruit may be had by lying
under a tree and waiting for the wind
to shake them down. But in u coun-
try, where to work is as the air we
breathe, the average housewife finds
the ready-to-eat banana a blessing
an angel food, indeed. They serve
good desserts in a hurry-sliced with
whipped cream, or if there is time,
frozen in custard or buried in gela-
tine.
A fruit compete is not complete
without them, and served IN lettuce,
with mayonnaise dressing, bananas fur
nish a tasty salad.
Banana pie is made like an ordinary
apple pie, except that it contains no
spices. Use a f1aky top crust.
Fried bananas are excellent instead
of meat or eggs for breakfast. Slice
or cut lengthwise, sprinkle bread
crumbs over them, and fry in butter.
But they do not agree with me-
The answer to this is the recOmmen-
dation that you scrape off the fuzz re-
naming on the banana after the skin
ic poeIpd off This is the i~ndigeStible
part of the fruit.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Fatally Injured in Cab.

A dying mans hand guided the
crowded east bound Great Northern
passenger train as it sped on its way
from Robbinsdale to Clear Water
Junction, says a dispatch from Mime
apolis. ,..
The dying man was George P. If
win, the engineer, who died a moment
after he was taken from the train in
Minneapolis and placed in a hospital
ambulance.
Irwin was found unconscious and
leaning out of the cab window by his
fireman. George Ridgeway. Pulling
the limp form of his companion back
into the cab, Ridgeway noticed the en-
ginner's skull was fractured. Holding
the engineer in one arm, he controlled
the engine with the other and took
the train into Clear Water Junction.
Irwin is supposed to have struck his
head against a bridge railing as the
train left Robinsdale.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
HON L GOSSIP.
Euus and Coffee,

1SSS otiA nv
The inexperienced housekeeper will
say: Il don't know a thing about cook
ing except to make coffee and boil
eggs" She does not often realize how
much she is saying, after all. Not
every cook can attend to the proper
boiling of an egg, and it is an art to
make coffee.
In the first place, the egg should
never be put in the water until the
family is at breakfast. They should
wait for the eggs-not the eggs for
them. Put them in gently boiling wa
ter Gf too violently, the eggs will
crack. To guard against this, heat the
eggs first by holding them in warm
water a moment. Allow three min.
utes, and break and serve immediate
ly. There are tiny glasses made after
the style of the old-fashioned hour
glass which will accurately time the
boiling. They may be purchased for
a dime in any department store.
If coffee is made in any patent cot
fee-pot, of course the directions of that
especial method must be followed. If,
however, it is made in an ordinary tin
Or granite pot, let it come to a boil
once or twice. Watch it and as it rises
to the top, lift from the stove, repeat
this two or three times. Then settle
with some of the white left, perhaps
from the eggs of yesterdays cake OF
salad.
Above all, remember the old saying:
mo coffee is good if left on the shelf"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Embroidered Serviette Cases.

One of the London fads is the en-
broidered case for the table napkin,
called in England after the French
name, serviette.
These are especially convenient for
travel or visiting, but for ordinary
home use they are a pleasing variety
to the napkin ring. They are made
usually in envelope shape, and are
plain or smart as fancy dictates, pro-
vided they can bear constant wash
ing. Linen, plain, checked or striped,
is most used for the purpose. Quaint
cross-stitch devices, notices, nursery
rhymes-all are effective ways to indi-
cate the taste and age OF the owner,
and often contribute to the merriment
Of the table. An ornamental mono
gram is generally worked on tie front
panel OF the back flap.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Few Deaths on Railroads.

The excellence of the Irish railway
administration from the point of view
of safety is shown by a return which
has Just been issued giving the num-.
Der of deaths and other accidents on
the railways of the united kingdom
for the three months ended June 80
last. There were 220 persons killed
and LAO injured during this period
in the three kingdoms, and it is graft.
flying to note that not one of the fatal
accidents occurred on the Irish rail
ways and only. five persons were in
jured. These five were all railway
employees so that not a single railway
passenger was killed or injured in
Ireland during the, three months.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Some Good Ideas.

Floors of old, soft wood, may be
made to look we'll if thoroughly
cleaned, stained and polished with
butchers wax. 1t is cheap and easy
to apply. But first the cracks must
be filled and an excellent cement may
be made by the following recipe: Put
one-half pound of old newspapers in
three quarts of water and soak three
days. Then add n tablespoon pow
dered alum and a quart of wheat flour.
Stir and boil until like dough. Cool
and fill the cracks. 1t will harden and
wear a long time.
Another good use for old newspa-
pers is to stuff them into shoes which
have become soaked with water. AS
the paper absorbs the damp, renew it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Another Crop Ccminq.

Louie is the brightest y%oungster In
the South side. If you doubt this ask
Louie's father. According to the same
authority Louie's mother consented to
the sacrifice of his curls recently and
he was taken to the nearest barber
shop. He was left u%nguarded while
the deed was being committed and
the horrid barber-just think Of the
poor mothers feelings-used the clip
pers. So when LOnie's father re-
turned for him the boy proudly ex-
hibited a hairless poll for his in
spection.
WELL" exclaimed the father, "he
didn't leave much"
NO." chirped Louie, but it'll grow
out again all right, cause he left the
seeds in."-Kansas City Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

In test runs the car has made a
speed of 60 miles an hour. The pow
er unit looks curious, but this, of
course, is because it is not in posi-.
tion within the car. In the design
of the boiler the problem of providing
the required amoun OF heating sur.
face within the necessarily limited
space available has been very salts.
factorily solved.
The fuel oil is carried in a 1O0-gal.
tank in the engine compartment. The
water supply is calVed in three tanks,
having a total capacity of 1000 gal,
suspended beneath the car midway be.
tween the trucks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
O GOOD SERVICE
IDEA BACK OF RAILROADS. "WEL.
FARE WORK."
immense Sums Expended by the Lines
Have Yielded Good Returns
Considerate Treatment of
Employees Pays.

Railroad corporations are not the
soulless creatures they have some
times been made out to be. Back
of the vast army of railroad men and
the tremendous visible property of the
companies are cool, keen brains that
do the planning and directing, but
there are also hearts that recognize
that the railroad worker in the ranks
is a man, human like themselves, and
must be treated accordingly if there
is to be that necessary cooperation
between company and men that makes
for the good of the service. OF course
that is the chief desideratum-the
good of the service" which means the
comfort and safety of the travelling
more business for the road-in other
words, the general success of the COM
pany. Hence there has been taken
up by the railroads in recent years
what is known in Industrial lines as
welfare work.
Welfare work may be. defined as con-
sisting of those efforts of the employ
err in behalf of the employee over and
above the mere payment of wages,
toward the betterment Of conditions
under which the employee lives and
works, making him more comfortable
OF living generally.
While the railroads have undoubt-
eddy entered into this work with hui
manitarian spirit, recognizing a duty
in taking prOper care of the thou
sands of men that they draw from the
cities, the villages and the farms,
who are deprived for extended periods
of their home influences, the COM
panies do not pretend that their mo-
tives in this work is purely philan-
thropic. They frankly confess that the
considerate treatment of their en-
ployes is good business. The generous
sums annually spent in this way have
proved an investment bringing large
returns: the expense is rightly
charged 20 betterment and safety ap-
planes.
With the steady Improvement in
Equipment, liz nv " IICICdSC VI
traffic, and the constant demand from
the public for a highly efficient serv-
ice, ~railroading has become much
more eXacting in its requirements
from those who engage in it. The
business more than ever demands a
clear head, steady nerves, and strong
muscles. When any of these are
lacking, there is apt to be a slip-up in
the SCHEDULED signal is misread, or
n or another of the hundred and one
rules and precautions neglected.
something unpleasant happens, and,
well-modern railroad equipment is
expensive, human lives must be paid
for, and the reputation of the road
must be safeguarded. Wherefore, the
cheerful investment by the companies
in the welfare of those who nan the
trains, the shops, and the stations, or
do the other work of the railroad
From "'Welfare Work on American
Railroads." by William Menkel, in the
American Review of Reviews.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
PLAN SCHOOL FOR TRAINMEN.
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engine
men to Add New Feature.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
rem and Enginemen is soon to es.
tablish a correspondence school for
the benefit of its members, but which
may also be participated in by other
railroad men who are interested in OBJ.
tanning an education along the higher
lines OF their work. 1t is expected
that this correspondence school will
be a separate department under the
supervision of John F. McNamee,
editor and manager of the Locomotive
Ffremen's and Enginemen's Magazine,
with headquarters in Indianapolis.
Successful work has been accom-.
plished by the magazine along educa-
tional lines involving air brakes, sig.
nails and other matters connected with
the work of the members of the broth
erhood, and at the last convention it
was decided that the new feature
should be entered into.
1t is the intention to compile text
books from matter that has appeared
in the official magazine for some years
past and fill in where necessary with
new matter. These books, of course,
will be suitably illustrated. The
course at first will be in locomotive
engineering, running and repairs,
breakdowns and various other matters
connected with the work Of the men,
bers of the organization, including
such things as train rules, air brakes,
etc. Later, it is expected, designing
and the higher class Of mechanical
construction will be taken up, along
with such a course in mathematics as
may be necessary to equip any mem
Der for the higher courses of study.
The fee for the courses will be only
enough to cover the actual cost of con
Quoting the work. 1t is said that not
only have the members of the brother
hood expressed themselves as much
pleased with the proposed correspond
ence course, which will probably be
put into effect about the first of the
year, but railroad officials have also
expressed themselves as much pleased
with the matter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Will Grow Their Own Ties.

The growing scarcity of timber suit
able for ties, with a resultant increase
in their cost, has led II roads to start
forests. Ten roads in the east have
already planted in their respective for
est sites thousands of catalpa, black
locust, red oak, pin oak and chestnut.
One road has selected the eucalyptus
because of it's rapid growth and adapt
ability to the climate of California,
New Mexico and Texas.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Housekeeping Abroad.

In London there is a deal of charity
work, but the English go about it
very differently from u way. In the
first place, they do not plume them
selves on philanthropy or charity;
patriotic pride in the Englishman is
stronger than personal vanity, and
he sees only a national misfortune in
the state of society which makes his
charity essential.
One report from a day nursery, or
creche, starts out with the honest
avowal that 1--WE do for the people
what, under improved social and eco
nomic conditions, they might do for
themselves" London slums are dotted
with these nurseries which do a great
work v though, as the foregoing
report frankly admits: "All is not
well when, at the age of a few months,
babies are left in an institution among
strangers" Yet it must be remem-
bered that the little ones are only
parted from their. mothers during the
working hours. The fee charged is
small, and the older children receive
three good meals a day.
This is the menu for a week-a sub
stantial, sensible bill of ;fare-not bad
for any child, anywhere:
Monday: hot joint, vegetables. milk
pudding. Tuesday: minced meat, veg
etables, rice. Wednesday,: boiled NUT
ton, vegetables. macaroni. Thursday:
hash,S potatoes, sust ,ppdding. Friday:
fish, parsnips, milk pudding. Satur-
day, potato pie, cabbage, dumplings-
''The Beer Allowance."-In England
this is figured always when employing
men. They are given a certain amount
of beer; If they do not drink. the sum
paid in lieu of liquor is two shillings
six-pence, a week, a head.
W
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
OIL BURNING STEAM MOTOR CAR.
Equipment That Has Recently Been
Added to C.. r. /. e. p. Railroad.

A 25O-h. p. oil-burning steam motor
car was recently completed for the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
road. according to Popular Mechanics.
The car body is of steel construction
throughout, with the exception Of the
interior finish, and is divided into
three compartments, an engine room,
baggage room and passengers COM
partment, the latter having a seating
capacity of 40 persons.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Oysters in the Shell.

Scald a quart of oysters in the
liquor; strain, saving the liquor and
keeping it hot. Mix together an ounce
of butter and of -four each, stir in a
pint Of the liquor, season we'll and
add oysters. Fill large, deep oyster
shells with the mixture, dust with
cracker crumbs and brown in q quick
oven.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
An Exceptional Case.

"The newspapers tell of a Connec-
ticut woman who gave her husband
$4,000 to let her alone"
This is a funny old world. 1t is
the husband who usually gives his
wife every cen he gets to let him
alone" :
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Bears the
All Conventions Observed.

Wife (suspiciously)-Who is this
Kitty you and your friends talk about
at your club? Is it proper for q
young woman to call there?
Husband (innocently) - Perfectly
proper, my dear. There is an ante"
there to chaperone this Kitty.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Must Have Meant Him.

Il wish knew" said Cholly Sap
head, IF l have any show of winning
Miss ROxie Swellman."
Well" answered Miss Peppery,
from a remark of hers think you're
her choice"
Jaw, really? What did she say?"
She said nobody was good enough
to be her husband"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

You know what true virtue is, and
you may have it if you will; it is
within the power of all, and miserable
are those who have it not.-Chester-
feld.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Rather Dubious.

81 hear Goldrox bought a doubtful
piece of property lately that he paid
several millions for. Did he get a
good title?" "
81 don't know, l am sure. He
bought a duke for his daughter"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Worth Its Weiuht in Gold,

eyes, tonic for eye strain, weak, watery eyes.
Druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo, n. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
THE BUTTERFLY TEA.

~ she gorgeous hostess, But
:: :: s.: !: 8: !: +: {: =: : :: : : ::::: g:
n M terfiy,
NNN44J Stood meath a mushroom
NSSNQAN canopy,
SIN%0U And with her, in receiving
TV\ line,
~ A brilliant moth, in colors
Mnr fine.
l. The dragon-1y and gnat
SS:2M Wit: e: e s ;s e. kin i" gree"
~ And when the spider
e. came, behold!
The fly attended, brave
and bold,
For all, to please Miss
Butterfly,
Their animosities put by.
Though each, at tea-time, had to smother
A wild desire to eat the other!
'Tis thus in all society,
When we're invited out to tea,
Rich, poor and high and low, all feign
Respect for that which they disdain;
And nations drink the loving cup,
Who'd gladly eat each other up!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

work, then will he also begin to make
prOgreSS.-RuSkin.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach OF
Nervous troubles the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's L~iquid-pleas-
ant to take-EffectS Immediately. 10, q
and SOC at Drug Stores.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

It's awfully hard for a crooked man
to keep in the straight path.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

II thought, perhaps, that
there was something new
Another animal you had to eat;
We're tired Of game and all these other
things
Tell me, what is the latest thing In
meat?"
The butcher brought out everything he
had.
In vain-she shook her head: "They will
not do"
Exasperated, then, at last he said:
Perhaps you'd best inquire at the
Zoo"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
SAMMY'S FEELINGS.

Sammy" said his mean uncle, "how
would you feel If l were to give you
a penny"
II think" replied Sammy, "that l
should feel a little faint at first, but
I'd try and get Over it."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
A JOKE THAT FAILED,

NEWLY-MARRIED wom-
T&aM an once
IJLN Unto her husbands
hC&A mother said:
f%3 EaASA "a favor / would ask of
~~ you;
~N Come, let us play a joke
gfff7i e :: :; :: s: s: !; :: !; !; :: :: !: :; ); :, 4: : : az: q:
tii king bread.
~ II wish you'd do the work
this time,
But let Ted think twas
of my bake;
And then at supper listen
while
He says: My dear wife, for my sake,
Why can't you learn to mix good
bread
The kind that mother used to maker"
And so, that night, at tea, she asked:
How is the bread, dear? I'm afraid
That you will think you mothers work
Throws mine completely in the shade?"
ooh, no, dear; this bread is as good
AS any mother ever made!"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
c FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address,, Lynn, Mass.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE O QUININE. Look fol
the signature of L. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26

This woman says Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
saved her life. Read her letter.
Mrs. T.. C. Willadsen, of Manning,
Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 can truly say that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saved my
life, and l cannot express my gratitude
to you in words. For years I suffered
with the worst forms Of female COM
plants, continually doctoring and
spending lots of money for medicine
without help. l wrote you for advice,
followed it as directed, and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
it has restored me to perfect health.
Had it not been for you I should have
been in my grave to-day. wish every
suffering woman would try it."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
Dmportant to Mothers.

Bfnp0Ftant TO
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-26
A NEW KIND OF MEAT.

NE morn she walked into
the butcher shop,
Upon her pretty face a
blank dismay;
&C O d m orni n 6, M r.
Butcher; tell me,
please.
Have you some new
style animals to-day?
1--WE get SO tired of NUT
ton and of beef,
And pork is not digest
ible, / hear;
There is so little fish we
really like,
And lamb this season Is
by far too dear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-18
A MERE DETAIL.

s'The common practice of lawyers in
addressing a jury to single out one
member who seems to them the most
intelligent. and therefore the one most
likely to be influenced by their APP
peals, - observes a Chicago attorney,
s'does not always work out advan-
tageously.
'.AIl the testimony in case recent
" tried in Ohio had been taken, the
LAWYERS for both sides had summed up,
and the Judge had charged the jury,
when up rose the intelligent juror
against whom both counsel had thun-
dered their imprisoned appeals. He
wanted the court to give him some in
formation.
~ have been bothered a good deal
bv two words the lawyers use here all
the time" said the intelligent juror.
''What are they!" asked the court
expecting. no doubt, to be called upon
to expound res inter altos acta or
fortiori. or some other abstruse term.
. Plaintiff and defendant, said
the juror. j don t know just what they
mean.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-18

countries, leaving nothing to chance
and mighty little to providence; crap
ping with conditions instead of argu.
ing theories; feeding the hungry and
sheltering the homeless; clothing the
naked and tending the sick; visiting
those in prison and befriending the
friendless-doing it "unto the least
of these and doing it all for one great
reason-for Christ s sake.
s'Do not call it philanthropy" says
General Booth; cit is all a means to
an end, and that end is the salvation
of the individual Yet he does not
regale YOU with the number of souls
he has "saved.' Instead he tells you
that last night twenty-five thousand
men and women were given shelter by
the Army, and "last night" is any
night. He tells YOU that ten times
that number were fed by the Army
last week, and "last week. is any
week. He tells you how in each of
his Rescue Stations is hung this sign,
printed in bold black letters: "Be-
fore Committing Suicide Apply to the
CAPTAIN. f" 1t was his New Year gift
to humanity in 1906, this scheme for
decreasing self-destruction. Of the
first FIVE hundred who "applied to the
captain" in London only two took the
fatal step. The others got fresh
hold through sympathy or sane advice,
and in a few instances were given
funds enough to sand the track for
new start.
He tells you of the Army's "trans-