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congressman Listen to Suggestions

ferred to the appropriate committee.
Committees, too, have come to pay
heed to these petitions and memo
rials. The written suggestions that
come in are looked upon as a sort OF
barometer to public sentiment. And
what member of congress is not al
ways anxious to learn the drift of pub
lie sentiment in his district touching
any public question?
An examination of the files of the
senate and house shows that the petit
tons and memorials come from all
kinds of people. 1t frequently occurs
that more than 10, 600 names are rep
resented on the petitions that reach
the senate in a single day.
Over in the house the petitions are
even more numerous. From 1000 to
$4,000 names are represented on the
petitions that reach that body daily
during the first weeks of congress.
AS a rule the petitions sent to con-
gress are not worked up" The petit
tions generally show on their faces
whether they are ready made'-that
is to say, whether they have been So
licited. Senators and representatives
say that 90 per cent. of the petitions
that come to them are not the result
Of any organized effort on the part of
persons or corporations who want to
get legislation through congress.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
White House Aids Have No Sinecures

official receptions at the White House.
When young Grant was one OF Mr..
R~oosevelt's aids hes vas engaged in
engineering work during a large part
of the day at the Washington barracks.
Young Lee drilled a troop of cavalry
over at Fort -Myer when the president
had no need of his services, and the
other officers, past and present, did
not do things pertaining to their mill
tary calling when they were not in
the midst of things social.
President Roosevelt is the easiest
man in the world to get along with
so all The aids say, and they are tied
to him in affection, but no~twithstand-
ing this one is told ~confidentially that
the aids think their part in the social
doings is a little undignified. AT a big
reception they have to open an aisle
through the throng of people and then
march ahead Of the president like
trumpeters who are sounding a march.
The position has its glamour at first,
blu. the glamour goes, so. people who
know say, and the aids soon get to
yearning for the regular hours of going
to bed and getting up and for the hard
ships OF post life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
Senate Investigation from Car Window

with yigOr. SO he took another flying
trip to Providence, r. I. This time
it cost the senate contingent fund
$51.05.
On October 5, A. p. Shelton hap
pened to think of going to New York
on his way to Providence, r. l., to in.
veStigate the receipts, and &C.
cordingly took a three-day trip to
Providence viz New York" Cost,
$46.10.
On November 4 Mr.. Shelton tried
the scheme of investigating the reve.
nue. receipts by going first to Provi'
dence, R. L., and returning on the third
day via New York city" Cost, $54.55.
On December 5 the experiment Of
going direct to Providence and re.
turning through New York vas re-
peated. 1t must have been a success,
for it took but two days to be back in
Washington, and it cost the govern.
ment but $43.75.
But on January 8, 1907, the first
method of investigating New York's
customs overwhelmingly, from the
car window-was resumed, and Mr..
Shelton ran On to Providence and
back without disembarking in wicked
Gotham. Cost 20 Uncle Sam, $685..
Now, isn't it funny that Mr.. Aid.
rich's secretary should have to go to
Providence, R. l., every time he
wanted to investigate the New York
customs revenues? And isn't it funny
that an investigation authorized in
March, 1905, should not begin until
August, 1906? And should not cease
until January, 1907? And should not
then produce any report?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
WOES OF Thg QUERY EDITOR.
Little Wonder the Poor Man Is Gray
Before His Time.

The Answers to Correspondents"
man, feverishly rumpling the hair that
his duties had too soon made gray,
tossed a letter on the table.
AN ex-widow Of 80" he groaned.
Says she loves her second husband
better than her first. She wants tC
know If this is wicked or un-Chris-
tian."
He sneered and ripped open another
letter. Then he said:
"a Methodist minister has too large
a nose. What is he to do? What, in
deed?"
He read a third letter.
Here's a GIRL" he said, who wants
to know in What winter resort hotel
she will meet the largest number of
eligible bachelors"
Reggie" he went on, asks me the
best way to avoid the effects OF heavy
drinking. I'll tell him, l suppose. to
avoid heavy drinking.
"Ts it possible Charles inquiries,
to tell when a black man bushes?
$50 the questions go, ten or twelve
of them a day. Is it any wonder l am
gray before my timer"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

WY ASHINGTON.-If one is inclined
w to doubt whether the American
people are interested in the proceed
Ings of congress he should become a
reader Of the Congressional Record
and note the number of petitions and
memorials that come up to the legisla-
tive body daily from every section of
the country. From two to Jour pages
of every days Record are filled with
the suggestions from the people. And
it may be said that congress is dis
posed to listen to these petitions and
memorials. There was a time when
such communications were treated
lightly. Not so now. The first thing
every senator and representative does
when he reaches his office in the morn
ing is to have his secretary compile
the advice that has come in from o IN
.s%tituents during the last "a hours. The
documents are then presented to the
senate or house as the case may be,
are printed in the Record and then re-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
SEEMS no NEED INVESTIGATION.
Peculiar Actions of Treasury Authori-
ties During the Panic.

The proposed investigation by the
senate of the administration Of the
United States treasury during the
pane will no doubt produce publicity
of some extraordinary achievements in
the field of finance. 1t is claimed that
the issue of Panama bonds was sold
to the banks for less than other people
offered to pay, and that in distribut-
ing the proceeds and the other avail
able cash in the treasury the south
and west did not get their fair
share. The law, Of course, provides
that the bonds, when issued, were to
be sold to the highest bidder, and al
though the depositing in the national
banks of the available cash in the
treasury Is left a good deal to the dis.
erection Of the secretary of the treas.
ury, as to amount and the security for
the banks of each section of the
country shall get their fair share.
These are serious charges, especially
if 1t turns out to be true, that the peO-
pie have been plundered by their
own servants by selling the bonds to
national banks at less than they were
worth. There is another very serious
question that the Republican admin
istratiOn must explain, which is why
Panama bonds were sold at all, when
there was no need for such issue for
the purpose of providing money to
build the canal? The books Of the
United States treasury showed at the
time the bonds were sold there vas a
balance of Over $3.50, 000, 900 Of cash
on hand available to pay for canal
building, which congress could appro-
pirate for that, or any other purpose.
1t is true that the receipts of the gov
eminent under Republican laws have
been, for the present fiscal year, less
than the running expenses, and as the
last congress had been very extrava-
CANT in making appropriations. it will
be necessary to trench more and more
upon the available cash before the
fiscal year expires. But the deficit
will probably not be more than $780,
UUO,UUU, WHICH WOuIu SIIiI iSdNO YSVV,'
900, 900 surplus cash.
Why, then, did the president order
an issue of bonds when the treasury
had ample funds to meet the extrava.
CANT appropriations? The excuse will
probably be that TO call upon the
banks during the panic for a return OF
even a few millions to pay the bills of
the government would have been
very inconvenient for the Wall street
bankers, to whom the Roosevelt and
former Republican administrations
were under great obligations for con-
tributions to campaign funds. 1t is a
comfort to Democrats that Senator
C~ulDerson, the new party leader in the
senate, has promptly demanded the
evidence of all these questionable
financial transactions, which on their
face will cost the people many more
millions of taxation for a generation
to come than there was need for.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
STILL HAD USE FOR BOOTS.
kafir's NewIy-Acquired Treasure Put
to Queer Use.

An army officer in charge of a ma
tive district in South Africa presented
to the kafr boy who acted as his par
ticular servant a pair of strong, heayi.
ly nailed army boots.
The boy was delighted with the gift,
and at once sat down and put the
boots on. They were the very first
pair he had ever. had in his life, and
for several days afterward he strut.
ted proudly about the camp with
them.
But at the end OF the week he ap-
peared as usual with bare feet and the
boots tied round his neck.
Hello" said his master. why
don't you wear your boots? Are they
to small for you?"
ooh, no, sah," replied the kafr.
"they plenty big. Berry nice boots.
sab, but no good for walking or run.
ming. Make uln fellah too much slow,
sab. Keep boots now for wear in
bed."-London Answers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
Millions In Oats and Barley.

Nothing will pay you better for 1908
than to sow a plenty of big yielding oats
and barley with oats at 4Oc to SOC a bu.
(Salzer's new Emperor William Oats av-
eraged so bu. per acre more than any
other variety in 1901 would pay immense
ly while Salzer's Silver King Barley which
proved itself the biggest yielder at the
Wisconsin Agricultural Station during
1907 if you had planted so acres woeld
have given you in 1907 just S3,5OO.0O on 80
acres. 1t is an enormous yielder.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE n loo
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and We will mail you the
America with samples of Emperor Will
liam Oats, Silver King Barley, Billion Dol
lar Grass which produces II tons per acre.
Sainfoin the dry soil luxuriator, etc, ETC..
and if you send lac we add a package of
new farm seeds never before seen by you.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

T'HEY are going to form a home
Il spun brigade" in the house and
81 back to first principles. Repre-
F.: sentative Wyatt Aiken of South Caro-
lima is the organizer Of the brigade.
During the Fifty-ninth congress Mr..
Aiken came up from his home in Alb
fbeville with his rotund figure clad in
an old-fashioned homespun suit. One
day he was passing through the speak
er's lobby and encountered Uncle
Joe" Cannon.
Aiken" said the speaker, where
the devil did you get that jeans? Do
you know, l haven't e e any of that
cloth since l was a boy in North Caro-
lima"
Mr.. Aiken explained that an old
woman in his district had made it, and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
That Balance of Trade.

It is surprising to find Secretary
Taft reiterating that stale old Repub-
lican idea that the United States re-
ceives gold in payment for the appar-
ent balance of trade on Jul foreign
commerce. In his speech at Boston
he said:
I'VE are able to settle for the one
hundred millions of gold that we
withdrew from Europe . by the
excess of our exports over our i'm
ports in the single month of October"
This reasoning is, Of course, intend
ed to show how prosperity produced
by the tariff follows the footsteps OF
the Republican party and compels
foreign countries to pay tribute to us
But the facts do not warrant the as
sumption, but entirely disprove 1t.
The official reports of the United
States treasury show that our mer-
chants exported an excess of gold, sill
yer and merchandise over their total
imports of 1881, 600, 900 during the
last 70 years. During the past ten
years there has been exported $5,OO8,'
900. 900 more of gold, silver and mer'
chandise than has been imported. AS
this is greater than the entire visible
gold supply of the world how can Mr.
Taft. or any other Republican stat
i%stician, explain why we have not all
the gold in the world in exchange for
our enormous excess of exports.
The gold imported during the panic
was forced here by bidding more for
it. in the free gold market Of England.
than the Bank of England or anyone
else was willing to pay for it. The
bankers who imported it made a large
profit, for currency here was selling
for three per cent. premium, and gold,
of course, was quite as valuable as
paper money. AS the balance of trade
is adjusted from time to time, this
gold may, and probably will, return to
London unless We are able to pay our
debts there with wheat, cotton and
other merchandise. The disputed
question of where the enormous bal
ance of trade goes to and why We do
not receive payment in gold for it,
which we evidently do not, can prob
ably be explained by the large sum
paid annually for ocean freights, In
terest on u bonds and stocks held In
foreign countries and the enormous
sum carried abroad annually by the
ever-increasing food of visitors from
this country to Europe every summer.
not forgetting the money taken by
immigrants and what u foreign pop
ulation send to their relatives abroad.
That we receive from abroad all we
are entitled to cannot be disputed, and
the attempt of the Republican poll.
ticians to show for partisan purposes
that we are receiving vastly moro is
unworthy of those who aspire to Be
known as statesmen.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
The M0nifnr.

She was mammals JOY and comfort,
for a short visit she was instructed to
look after her younger brother and
sister and faithfully report any mis-
behavior on the part of either of the
young hopefuls.
On the evening Of her return the
fond mamma called for an account Of
the stewardship. and was led to the
nursery, where on the blackboard in
bold type appeared the following
record:
"Evelyn-NO bad marks.
"Jack-Two spits and n DAM"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

r. ROM the confessions OF a man with
i army connections it may be said
that all is not joy with the military
and naval attaches of the American
service who are on duty in Washing
ton with White House duties as side
issues of the regular routine. The
places of aids to the president, social
aids Washington calls them, are much
sought, but it is declared that after
u few months of it most of the social
staff officers get tired unto death OF
their work and long for the sound of
boots and saddles at a frontier post
or an order for a march in the Phil
fppines.
1t must not be supposed that the
military and naval aids of the presi-
dent have nothing to do except to at
tend him personally when he is giving
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
h He Skipped.

Suddenly the lone woman awoke,
and pressing a button flooded the
apartment with light. In the full glare
stood a burglar.
II don't wish to alarm you," she
said to him, but in just a minute
the hour Of midnight will strike"
He did not seem impressed.
Are you aware" she continued,
that the coming Of the hour will
usher in the new year,"
Still he stood mute.
And that 1t will be leap year at
that?" she added.
Then it was that he fed into the
darkness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fdence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyourcase. Such letters as b efol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the powerOf
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
r.rx OF ONO. City OF ToLEDo,l

STATE OF osIS; c co1r1 OF TOLEDO SIS.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath THAT ne Is senior
partuer of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and state
Aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CArARRH that cannot be cured By the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,
this 9Th day OF December, A. d., 1856.
49, A. W.
SEALf NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure IL taken internally and acts
Directly ON the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
eystem. Send for testimOnials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, ..
Sold by all Druggists, 55c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
LYDIA <. PlNKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
ever since 1 was sixteen years OF
age I had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence 1 had dreadful headaches
and was extremely My physi-
clan said 1 must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me-
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and 1 took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you I am to-
day a well woman, and / am telling
all nv friends of nv experience"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
c FOR SICK m

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 thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervouSp rostration.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
Makes Pain Go Away.

Makes Pain Go Away.
Are you one of the ones who pay In
toll
For your right of way through this
life?
II so you will find Hunts Lightning
A friend which will aid In the
strife.
To those who earn their own way
by their own labor, accidents occur
with painful frequency. Burns, bruises,
cuts and sprains are not strangers to
the man who wears corns on his
hands. A better remedy for these
troubles does not exist than Hunts
Lightning Oil.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
Thu First Advertiser.

The author looked up from the
first chapter Of his mammoth history
of advertising.
81 WONDER" he murmured, who
could have been the first manufacturer
to ADVERTISE? It is an item that would
at in well here"
There is no extant data on the SUBJ
iect," said the farmer, "but / have
every reason to believe that the hen
Is the person you are looking fot."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15
Not aust as ~cood"-it'a the Bes

Not aust az Good"--it'a the Best
One box of Hunts Cure Is unfailing-
ly, unqualiiedly. and absolutely guar
anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis
a 1t is particularly active N
promptly relieving and permanently
curing all forms Of itching know2.
Eczema, letter, Ringworm end al!
similar troubles are relieved. by ono
application; cured by one box.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

True life should be- a perpetual
climbing upward. We should put our
faults under our feet, and make them
steps on which to lift ourselves daily
a little higher.-J. r. Miller.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

mo peace in Ohio" is the way tho
headlines put it. Though as a matter
of principle we favor peace. yet some
times war brings good results.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

II a rich girl has fiery red hair It's y.
sign that all her acquaintance WEI
tell her 1t IL golden.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-02-15

OF course there Is nothing new un-
der the sun. but almost any druggist
can gfvs you something Just as good.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
llATENCION |!

Llamamos la atencion a nues-
ira numerosa clientela, de que
en- esta IMPRENTA Sc acaban
de recibir inflnidad de articulos
para regalos: entire ellos: ELE-
GANTEs cAPRIcHosAs Escribanias
para los gustos mas exigentes.
En- articulos para Escritorio TN
gran surtido. PApELEs de todas
clases.s SoBREs LAPIcEs, TINTAs
Y PLUsAs. Prensas para copiar
SoBREs blancos y de colores.
CoPIADoREs para cartas. LIBRE.
TAs de todos tamaflos. Facturer0s
nuevo modelo, { infnidad de
objetos.
Desafiamos la competencia,
no tan solo de la Isla, sino de
os mercados de proc edencia
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
La 1Ota americana

Todas las noticias que trans
miten Ell cable de Nueva Zelan-1
dia, con respecto 81 recibimien-
to hecho a la escuadra ameri-
cana que, al mando del Almi-
rante Sperry, ha llegado a
Auckland, en- viaje para ell
Atlantico, demuestran que Sc
ha tenido ALI particular empe-
no en- demostrar la simpatia
que los habitantes de aquella po
session inglesa sienten por los
'Estados Unidos.
FL gobierno colonial ofrecio al
almirante y a la ohcialidad de
la escuadra I'm banquete al cuat
fueron invitadas setecientas
personals. FL vasto comedor es-
taba decorado con las banderas
americana { inglesa. El Primer
Ministro del gobierno de Nueva
Zelandia al Ofrecer el obsequio
a los huespedes americanos.
pronunci6 estas expreslvas pa
iabras:
"El Rey de Inglaterra v ell
Presidente de los Estados Uni
dos, Teodoro Roosevelt, han ma
cido para ser jefes de Estado,
porque los dos estan dotados
de sentido comun V de TN amor
ardiente por su patria Y por sus
gobernados. La marina ameri-
cana es una de las mas adm1ra-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24

bles y de las mas poderosas que
existen. Nos sentimos orgullosos
con la vista del Almirante Spe,
rry. y salvo que tuese la de una
escuadra inglcsa, la de ninguna
otra potencia podria regocijar-
nos mas.
Ell Department de la Mari
ma ha dado disposiciones para la
reception que Sc haga a la es-
cua6ra cuando complete la
vuelta al mundo Y llegue q los
puertos americanos del Atlan-
tico, 10 cuaf, 81 los calculos sa-
len exactos, sucedera en- el cur
so del proximo invierno, 8 sea,
mas 9 menos, el 90 de Febrero.
La hota, desde su partida de
Hampton Roads ha marchado
siempre en- formation regular a
cuatrocientos metros de distan-
cia uno de otro acorazado. Las
autoridades navales estan de
acuerdo en- reconocer que la
parte mas dificil de la travesia
sc ha hecho ya;y por 10 demas
Sc ha demostrado 10 que Sc pue-
de esperar de cada unidad de
cambate Y de los elementos que
las tripu!an.
No sc ha decidido ST, a su Te
greso a aguas americans. los
buques llegaran a Nueva York
8 a hampton Roads sin embar
go, parece que prevalece la idea
de que lleguen al ultimo lugar
de los nombrados, por haber ST.
do de ALI de donde zarparon.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
ADVERTISEMENT.
DEPARTMENT on THE INTERIOR.
Di,isim II Public Buildings.
San Tuan, + K

August 9TH 1908.
Sealed proposals III duplicate
for the furnis hing OF all labor
and materials necessary for the
construction CT a six (6) loom
cement block school building at
the Playa Of Mayaguez Porto
Rico. will be received at this
office until 10 A. Nj. August Goth,
1908.
All necessary information.
blank forms Of proposals and
instructions t. bidders will be
furnished on application
Contractors wishing TO take
copies of the plans and Speclfl-
cations from the office may do
SO by leaving a deposit of $500
for The safe return Of the plans
The right Is reserved TO reject
any or all bids; also to award
the contract upon other consi-
deration than that Of price
alone
(Slqned) GEO w. JONES.
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF TIE IbqRRI0s