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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05


MEEKER."
her fellow passengers to the diner,
glad Of any break in the monotony of
travel.
Miriam followed the others, rejoic-
ing In the conductors assurance that
in the evening she would eat her sup
per on firm land, for at nightfall they
were due at Schofield, the little station
where Miriam Bradley was to change
for the slow stagecoach that would car
~ her to Muddy Bend and her new
field Of labor.
She was glad that there remained but
ten hours Of train travel. 1t had proved
a tiresome trip, though back home she
had looked forward with eagerness to
the journey.
Once she had run down from her
Vermont home to Boston, and there
had been short visits to nearby smaller
cities, but she had never Travelled so
far and naturally had anticipated much
pleasure in the novelty.
But after all, she had found the long
journey disappointing. The long, bare
stretches Of prairie were a novelty at
first to this girl brought up in the heart
OF the Green mountains, but they be-
came interminable, and now her eyes
hungered for the sight of her native
hills.
Under the driving rain the sodden
plain looked more dreary than 1t had
the day before. She tried to fix her
thoughts on book, but the letters
danced before her eyes, and she caught
herself looking through the car win
dow and wondering II there were no
hills at all in this dreary expanse.
Back home there must be snow Oh
the ground, and the boys and girls
were doubtless enjoying the coasting,
while the evenings would call out the
big hobs, and her own crowd would
take their part In the fun. Vaguely
she wondered If these children of the
plains ever knew the delights of the
long, swift journey down the glitter
ing white incline, and she sighed for
the little valley she had always known
as home.
Yet she thought sternly that she had
done the one possible thing. The field
In the east was already overcrowded
with teachers, and she had heard that
only in the great and growing west
did a newcomer have chance for adj
vancement. And teaching 1t must be
or marriage with Jimmy Meeker
Even now, with hundreds of miles be-
tween them, she could feel her face
flush as she recalled how he had asked
her to marry him that she might have
a home and his protection.
He had meant well, no doubt, and
ever since they had gone to school to-
gether he had shown his manly pref
erence for her, but he had put it rawly
that evening, to say the least. With
her nerves still singing from the shock
OF discovering that her entire heritage
had gone down with the local bank, his
so awkwardly worded, had
been the final straw. Indignantly she
reminded him that he had not spoken
until her need Of support made his Of
fer ring with pity, and she wanted not
pity, but love, from the man she mar
ried.
1t had all seemed very digni6ed, al
most heroic at the time, but now, with
the vastness Of the unbroken prairies
settling down upon her like black
shadow, her heart somehow had room
only for his answering plea that he
could not ask her to be his wife while
be was struggling lawyer and she tia
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
PUTTING II Gently.

Mr.. Henpeck-I hear that young
Jones and his wife are not getting
along very well. Mrs. Henpeck (au-
Observation-Disclosures should never have
married when he did. He was too
young to realize the step he was TAX
Ing. Mr.. Henpeck-Yes, know, but /
like the boy. We have many things In
COMMONPLACE.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
The Cure.

"You look glum." said the husband Of
one clever woman to the man who had
married her companion.
$50 would you If your wife studied
geology and filed the house with
stones until there wasn't a place left
for you to sit"
Don't worry about that" was the
cheerful reply. Turn your wifes
thoughts to astronomy. That will suit
her just as well, and she can't collect
ns."-Sketchy Bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
The TattIers.

Billings-A man never learns to real
ly know his wife until after they are
married, no matter how long they may
have been engaged. Darrow-You're
wrong there. Sometimes the girls have
little brothers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
Didn't Want to Be Left.

Miss Vere-Mr. Desmond, why did
you go to the dining doom before you
greeted the hostess? Mr.. Desmond
Well, the hostess will keep, but the re-
freshments seemed to be getting away.
London Telegraph.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
No Other Course Open.

"Now," said the physician, "you will,
have to eat plain food and not stay out
late at night"
"Yes," replied the patient; that is
what / have been thinking ever since
you sent in your bill. Catholic News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
Easy Answer.

Spriggins-I can always tell when
am at my office whether It is bill col
lector or client that touches my cleo
trio bell. Higgins-You can? Sprig-
gtns-Yes; no clients ever come.-Som-
erville Journal
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
Water.

Water" said the scientific person.
"is HaO."
YES" answered Dustin Stax as he
laid aside the market report, "some Of
1t Is and great deal of it /. o. w.
Washington Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05
Satire.

Satire is sort of glass wherein be-
holders do generally discover every
body's face but their own, which is the
chief reason for that kind reception it
meets with In the world.-Swift.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-08-05

If you want your patent leather
shoes to last twice as long, rub them
frequently with sweet Oil or vaseline
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
The New Attorney General.

Having elevated Attorney General
Fletcher to the supreme bench. Gov.
Noel had to Seek a new attorney
general and he found one in the per-
son of Hon J. B. Stirling of Jackson
who was himse. an applicant for the
place on the suprem, bench to whicn
Mr.. Fletcher was appointed. Mr..
Sterling was a warm friend aud sap
porter of Gov. Noe. in his race for
Governor and hence the Governor Was
under some obligations to him
Personally we know nothing Of Mr..
Stirling. His record as a lawyer is
almost liks a slick jug without a
handle. Those who know him best
speak of him as a gentleman OF fine
moral character and of splendid in
tegrity. Let us hope that he will
measure up to that standard OF ex-
cellence set him by the distinguished
gentlemen who have filled that place
for the last several terms.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Greatness.

The roads to greatness Are still
open. The avenues TO human prefer
ment have never closed; no obstru;-
tion is there today that has not al
Ways existed. But not all those who
seem to reach the summit may be
considered truly great. All greatness
that lacks the element OF greatness
must be false. The man who rides
over the just rights of others in order
to secure his own advancement, is
lacking in all that constitutes true
greatness.
Wisdom, zeal, courage, p~ersever-
ance, knowledge, are some OF the
traits Of character that push one to
the front. But above all things it
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Judge R. v. Fletcher. C

On the evening OF November 14th
Gov. Noel appointed Attorney Gener.
al r. V. Fletcher 20 succeed the late
justice Calhoon on the supreme bench
1t was a good appointment and we be-
lieve that Judge Fletcher will meas.
ure up to the highest standards of the
exalted place. He has made the
state an able, vigorous and energetic
attorney general. He comes of that
material to do things we'll. lie is
young. He is a student and possesses
an analytical mind and we believe
that his services as Supreme Judge
will add new luStre to a tribunal.
whose history some Of the greatest
brains the state ever had, has helped
to make.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Practical forestry in Sweden. under
the direction Of a royal commission,
resulted last year in supplying wood,
lumber and other forest PREDICTS tt
the value of sl3, $3.50. 900, and yet &C.
cumulated timber resources by a
growth OF twice the amount of the
standing timber felled. Sweden has
but 257, 500 acres Of forest land, but
in one province alone there have been
planted 5,S42, 900 trees, distributed
Toll personal holdings. APP
probation OF the value Of a cultivated
timber crop would Civ. a new appraiS-
al to what are now termed waste
| tnds" in New England. New Or
Daily States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

1t is a strange fact that there are
al Ways some smart Alexis who, no
matter where they are or where they
go, they always try to make it I'm.
pleasant for Others. II they are on
the road you must poke alosg and
take their dust or run horses with
them. II you are on the street you
must listen to their filthy remarks, II
at church or in a place Of amusement,
then you must put up with the annoy.
ance of their brilliant thoughts de.
livered in a stage whisper. In society
their wit ard puns must be endured.
We imagine that "ur readers have
met all this genio and with US will
say they are about as great nuisances
as the Creator ever clothed in flesh
and endowed with the spark called
life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Trustee-Commissioner'sS Sale.

State OF Mississippi. Grenada County.
las. H.. Smith vs.. Miss Mamie Hudson
ct al No. 1913.
BY virtue Of Il certain decree of the chan.
Gerry court of Grenada county. Mississippi
rendered at the regular October term, s9e
thereof In the Vase of Jas. b. smith rs
Mamie hudson. ct al, no. 1913. the under
signed trustee and commissioner having
been duly appointed by said cOnrt In salt
decree. will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash At the court
house front door IN the city OF Grenada In
maid county on the 23rd day OF November.
A. b. 1908. within legal hours, the following
property lying and being in said county and
state. to wit: Is acres ia NwX section g.
Iving north and west Of the Grenada and
COffecville public road; 5 acres On north end
of W. Wy NEx section %; IS acres OF south
end W. VIZ Sc 4 section u 50 acres la "a
SWk section 81 as acres thereof being east
and14 acres thereof west OF the old road:
all in Township "a, Range 5 East. And also
ALI the right, title aud interestOf which
DC Harrison died seized and possessed In
and to the EK WY Sc 4 section 81, Township
q. Range 5 East. Sale to be reported f0I
confirmation to the chancellor In vacation
on November 18th, 1908. Sale made under
under trust deed given by b. G.
HARRISON. grantOr, to G.. w. Eatman, record
ed II Book v page $40 OF the Deed Records
Of said county. and transferred ia Jas. B.
Smith. This Che oath day Of October, 1913.
John 8. King, Trustee-C Commits
sioner. times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
takes industry to make advancement.
We must begin young. Time must

takes industry To make advancement.
We must begin young. Time must
not be wasted: it is too precious to
those who expect to succeed. Idle
ness must not be tolerated. The men
who reach nOtOriety are busy men
There are idlers IN school; as q rule
they are never heard of beyond the
school room. There are street corner
loafers who spend days in whiting
boxes and tie posts; but who ever
heard Of them as being noted for any
thing else? There are people who are
fascinated by cards. or billiards, or
baseball, or crOQuet; but there are
few fascinated by their life history.
There will be great men yet, but
they will be workers. God pity the
men who have time to spare; on whdse
hands the days drag; who have to in
vent ways in which to amuse them
While they. are doing this
they will find that somebody has gone
on ahead. While they are idling
one has worked; while they have
been but drOnes in the hive, others
have gone out and laborioUs!y gather
ed the sweet stores
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
The Next Administration To.
wards the South.

The news is SEM out from Washing
ton City that the Taft admin'Stra.
tioa expects to be even more concilia-
Ary towards the South than MI.
Roosevelt has been. 1t is said that all
threats to reduce the Representations
of the South in Congress is to be ab2n-
dOned aud that the number Of neg tueS
placed in federal offices is to be greatly
reduced and their places Sled with
Republicans OF gV,d business and
social standing. The proposed new
tariff bin will be framed with especial
reference to the "indust mes" OF The
South. Ii is further stated that Mr..
Taft will abolish the referee system
of dispensing patronage. Tue referee
method has worked we'll under lsJu>e
welt. We dare say th.t the federal
offices in the South are filled by a high
er class Of men than ever before under
a Republican administration, without
the referee, in hiany quarters there
are no good Republic ms to advise The
administration. We hope tile SoiLii
will be unoer the special fostering care
of the TAFT admlniSt ration. We
have been paying riUule TO other
coef inns 4 l,uy lime hui, i'm SDitp IF the
burdens Placed upon US and the other
problems that have beSet our path
way, we have attained d development
that the whole world marvelS at.
Yes, when the Olive branch is shown,
we believe in meeting conditions half
way. We should be just as nice to
Mr.. Taft as re is to us.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Leroy DeArmond, a newspaper
nan, haS" touched 'the town of Brook
for several hundred dollars.
Money was made up there for him to
pnrchase the ''Mississippian," a local
newspaper plant, but he seems to have
changed his mind and has left a wife
and baby on the community. A
whipping post is a good place for such
characters.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

!. OF all months Of the year November
is the one for reflection: as we review
the past VIC can not but contemplate
The future. The annual death of the
leaves and flowers and their annual
resurrection teach a beautiful Lesson.
What Is more richly instructive than
the verdure OF spring. Field and f'r-
est mantled with emerald in April.
,Whitened with blossoms in May and
June, awaken all that is nOblest and
best ~ our natures. The rich sum-
mer beauty, the luxuriance Of the
harvest, the briliiancy of autumn in
spires US with richer and ripper
thoughts. The whole summer is u
continuous feast that we try to share
with our friends.
The saddest day III the year to a
lover of flowers is o that succeeds
a hard frost. A Thousand attach mentS
are severed in a few hours. The
wilderness that had bluSSvmed as the
rose has becUme a tlackened Sepulchre
at the touch Of the ICY lips Of King
Frost. But we have only to wait a
few months and we hail once mOre
the veTnal spring, for tits only through
death that we live again. There are
a multitude Of blessings for every sOr-
for
'TwOuld be q lot too bleSt
Forever in the emerald shade to stray;
Amid the kisses III the warm south |
west !
To live and dream for aye.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

In the future the Democratic party
in Mississippi should draw the lines
more closely than it has done in the
past and not permit anyone except
true blue Democrats to participate in
the rarty'S primaries. To be a Re-
publican in national sffairS and Demo
GRAFT in state affairs has been the
claim of several people in the state.
and all such should be debarred from
any participation whatever in Demo
cratic politics Lexington Adver
tiSer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Or. William 81. Maxwell, superin-
sendent of the public schools Of New
X0rk CITY, says the American woman
il the LATEST woman on the face of
the earth" He must be a Goliath in
sine or he could not afford to make
snoh a charge against American
upmanhood. Regardless Of his Size,
" would advise him to refrain from
anch speech should he come to Gren-
a.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
I the killing of Ex-senator Car

II the killing of Ex-senator Car.
mack arOuseS the people Of the South
to the fact that the frequency OF
hpmicideS In this section is greatly
retarding the Investment Of foreign
in our midst, besides
d .vitalizing the moral integrity cf
our manhood, it will be another one
Of the thousands Of instances where
Jehovah has turned the work of evil
minds to beneflcent ends.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

The next national house of repre-
sentztiveS will contain l72 Democrats
and 2I9 Republicans. In the present
~s6ugress there are 166 Democrats and
zz3 Republicans
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

We think it would have manifested
Tar better taste, had Mr.. Bryan stat
cd most emphatically that he would
not again be the candidate OF the
Democratic party for the presidency.
certainly it would have been better
uDliticS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Tired mothers, worn out by the
peevish, cross baby, have found cas-
casweet a boon and a blessing. Cas-
casweet is for babies and children, and
Is especially good for the ills so COM
mon in cold weather. Look for the
ingredients printed on the bottle.
Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by
End Glass drug store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
It's II Crime

to neglect your health. The w"rs'
neglect that you a tie guilty OF Il
to allow constipation. biE0uSnesS OF
n Iixer or buwel trouble tn continue
IL is pISunlnv your entire system ano
may read to a SeriJuS chrinic disease.
lake Billiards. Iterbine aud get ALSO
lately we'll. The >ure cure for ANY
and al troubles of the stomach, live,
aud bowels. Sold by 2nd Class drug
store.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Small pox is reported at several diff
efenG places in the state. A few
bays ago the health officer of DeSotO
soanty found twenty i've cases at
CapeIville in !,h2t county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

The prison board Of trustees sold
10 bales of the states cotton a few
days ago for $50, 900. The crop of the
Denitentiary farms this year is ex-
Deeted to be 5000 bales, $500 Of which
will come from Parchman farm in
GunfiOWer county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

If the killing of Ex-senator Car
mack does not retire those in ascen-
8ency in the Democratic party in
Tennessee we shall be surprised.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

II Is Said that Asparagus is the old
3sf ptaIt used for food.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Jackson got both OF the official
alumS recently handed out by Gov.
ytR!.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

Bruises, scratches, sores and Hlrns
that other Things have failed tn chrt
will heal quickly and completed,
when you use Dewitt S CarbNlizeo
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is especially
good for piles. Sold by 2nd Class
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
NOV. FL 1908
Advertising Rates.

.EGxer!i>i,g rates for display matter
md readers furnished or application.
Obituaries over ten lines ID cents per
Enc Gard ef thanks 10 ce.fts per
iuc-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

tE1ye yOa been Invited to thanks
giving GlGsner:2
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

TT~cre are 1853 savings banks in the
anited States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

TIE average Arab Is said to drink
s5tre: <sr tea cupSful of coffee daily.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

DE never gobblrd again can be said
u many "a turkey after next Thursday.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21
Iliinois Central Time Table.
Main Line Trains North.

DEPARTS
Fo. d tNdrthern ExDreSSi 2:3S u. al
No. att Local Freight Elk Suu..-.i:30 p. M
No. II tLucal Passenger ....---3:53 p. m
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-11-21

THANKSGIVING next Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
CARRY BANNERS IN HOUSE
Bartchfeld Raises Picture of
Cannon and Bryan's Follows

WASHINGTON. May so--The ciosin e
hours in the house tonight were
marked by unusual scenes. Before the
night had advanced very far a number
OF republicans had invaded the center
aisle, carrying aloft a large sized litho-
graph of Speaker Cannon, which was
suspended from a long handled broom
carried by Renres sentative Bartchfeld
of Pennsylvania.
They marched to the tune of TRAMP,
Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are March,
ing" after which they struck up
America Meantime some one left the
building and returned with a partly
mounted picture of William J. Bryan,
handle, was held up and carried by
Representative Houston of Tennessee,
VINO was Followed by many democrats
singing.
Soon the two marching professions
came into conflict and for a time there
was a wild mixup.
There was much excitement and the
outburst was increased to intensity
when Bartchfeld passed his banner
into the press gallery and the process
sion was there taken up in Uncle
Joe's'' honor.
Houston undertook TO follow the .ex-
ample of his rival, but, the Bryan pic
ture being heavier, the STANDARD bearer
and only succeeded in landing it at the
speakers feet, to the confusion of his
papers and the enlargement of his
person. This was accepted by the
speaker as a signal for calling a halt
to the hilarity, which he did with vigor
and decisiveness, though good ma
turedly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILLS
Applies Pocket Veto to Measure
to Pay Inventors

WASHINGTON. May 3o.--The presi-
dent left the White House at $50
Pom. for the capitol to sign bills passed
IN me last moments OF congress. He
went Immediately TO the presidents
room on the senate side. where he re-
NAMED in readiness to sign bills as
passed.
The president, shortly before 10
o'clock, signed the compromise cur
rency bill and presented the pen he
used in afhxing his signature to Rep
resentative Wilson OF Chicago.
Previous TO signing the currency bill
the president had handed IL to Secre-
tary Cortelyou, who carefully read its
provisions. Two other meurSers of the
-abifiet were present-Secretaries Root
aid Garfield The president in con-
versing told several members that he
was very well satisfied with the ac-
complishments of the congressional
session.
An hour after his arrival at the cant
toI the president had signed. ali the
bills placed before him, Including the
public buildings. the general deficiency
and the government employees liability
bills.
The president applied pocket veto"
to the bill to compensate inventors for
Inventions used by the government.
Refusal to sign II killed the measure
upon the adjournment of congress to-
night
The president left the capitol for the
White House at IL o'clock tonight, so
minutes before the time fixed for ad-
journment.
One bill in which Cortelyou was in
terested. giving the secretary of the
treasury the-priviIege of transferring
library books II use in that department
to the life saving service. had been
passed by the senate and house. but
was not enrolled in time to be signed
by the president.