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~ atom u no Nassau street. in the Borough
a I|ishattsn. New York. Presid Mt and Treas
sIss Of he Association. william N, Lanan. i7o
,sSi,su street. Secretary OF the Association.
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Fruit Of the mystic Ross
Az Of that Rose the Stem;
Thereof whence mercy ever fiows,
Tho Babe OF Bethlehem.


words convey any ennobling thought?
Or do they convey any thought at all?
To US at least they seem wholly without
meaning.
And yet our older hymns, In spite OF
their strength and grandeur, have. 1t may
be allowed. a certain sameness of form and
scarcely adapt themselves to some more
meditative moods or 10 the expression OF
ideas which are not direct and positive.
Watts constantly felt himself trammelled
by what he calls the -fetters" Of "the old
narrow metres." while modern thought,
even where II clings firmly to dogma, is
yet haunted by a sense Of perpiexity; seems
at times to lose. as ID were. the clue amid
the vast labyrinth OF knowledge. and so
to lack that assured confidence which gave
force to tho early hymn writer's, Let any
one consider that hymn which Ia perhaps
the mosp distinctive of modern hymns
we mean Lead, kindly Lght"-and con-
trast II with % God, our help In ages
past $; or let him look at Crossing the Bar"
which the common voice has now pro-
nounoed to be true hymn. and then turn
to the pies Ire or TO Great God. what
do ] see and hear?' The old and the new
are separated almost by world Of thought.
Both Newman and Tennyson bear on thefu
the impress Of an age In which. a. knovl-
edge -grows from more to more- and our
sense OF ignorance grows with it. even the
clearest belief eeems somehow 10 be -clouded
with doubt And yet their two great
hymns, written under new and more COM
plex conditions. still conform to the old
laws. Unless the famous reference to
angel faces 10 held to bar such juds-
ment. they are both, We think. models OF
simplicity. The words are Of the plainest;
the images are such as stir an Immediate
apprehension. and above all there 10 no
fine writing. no attempt TO impose By be-
ing unintellieib
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
War Department Seeking a Legal Drink

the laws Of Massachusetts it is held
that a beverage containing more than
one per cent. of alcohol at so Fahren-
heit is intoxicating.
The law in regard to the nonsale Of
intoxicants in post exchanges, must, of
course, be followed in good faith by
the army. In the absence of any fed
eral decision as to the question at is
sue, the authorities must fall back on
the decision of the state courts. These
vary materially, and, therefore, the
department may seek the solution in
a practical way by ascertaining the
view taken in prohibition states as to
the sale of any given drink.
Where post exchanges are situate l
in a prohibition state it is considered
entirely safe to prohibit the sale in
such exchanges of preparations not 81.
lowed to be sold under the prohibition
laws of the state. Where such ex-
changes are situated in nOnprohibi-
ton states it would be safe to ascer-
tain whether any specific drink is al
lowed sold in any prohibition state
and let the exchange be guided accord
ingly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
Republican Extravagance.

AS long as the boom in business
continued there was not much notice
taken of the ~extravagant appropria-
tons by congress, but now the boom
has busted and Republican prosperity
has vanished, and the receipts of the
government are running at the rate OF
$50, 900, 900 behind the outlay, n
would think it was time to economic.
But the present congress is more ex'
travagant than ever and seems de
termined to leave the national cup
board bare for the incoming Demo
Gratis, as the Republicans did under
similar circumstances in 1884, when
President Cleveland was first elected.
The fact is the Republican managers
are good business spenders, like
gamblers, but what is now needed n
what the country must come to 10
careful spenders, who while providing
all revenue necessary for the govern
ment will not waste the substance OF
the people.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
What Standpattina Costs.

Every months delay in placing
wood pulp on the free list, the Chicago
Journal points out, increases the diff
culties in adjusting the sources OF
wood pulp supply. 1t continues:
For instance, the Ontario govern.
ment has just laid down the principle
that, in selling wood pulp limits, there
must be a proviso that the pulp is
manufactured into paper within the
province. This is to benefit Canadian
labor. The province will welcome
American capital into converting
spruce trees into paper, but the work
must be done on Canadian soil. We
have previously noted growing restric-
tons, on similar lines, by the provin-
cial governments of Quebec, New
Brunswick and British Columbia.
while yet these new barriers are
being raised, our tariff 'standpatters'
calmly ignore the pressing demand
from all sections of the United States
for the removal of wood pulp duties.
They are not of Canada's
readiness to take advantage of present
delay. The more rapidly our w for
ests are depleted the more profit does
Canada expect from her coming bar
gain to supply our deficiencies. This
is but one instance Of what American
consumers must pay in order that
their tariff overlOrds my build up
great private fortunes"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
THE STORY.

n HE prophet Elisha returned from
perplexed. He had gone thither under
the confident expectation of amounting
Jehu king over Israel, but no word
had come from God directing such &C
ton. He had waited impatiently for
several days looking for Divine light
and leading, but no Divine message
came, and at last he had returned
home, as we have said, disappointed
and deeply perplexed.
Years before when Elijah was about
to be taken from him into heaven he
had laid the solemn charge upon him
to anoint Jehu king over Israel, telling
him how the Lord had spoken to him
in the mountain and had told him that
Jehu was to become king in the room
Of Ahab.
At that time Jehu was a mere youth
promising, to be sure, but on.y be-
ginning his career in the army and
Elijah had understood that tn. time
had not arrived to anoint Jehu. When
King Ahab had been killed il the
battle with the king of Syria, the
prophet Elijah had not been surprised
or disappointed when Ahab's son
Ahaziah had come to the throne, not
withstandipg the fact that the young
warrior Jehu had returned from the
battle with a glorious record for valor,
and had proved himself a Leader of
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06

MI ASHINGTON.-The census taken
w recently by the police force of
the District of Columbia indicates
that the national capital is growing
I'm population at an exceptional rate.
The increase in inhabitants for the
last year is reported as 9,S12, which
would mean a growth, if steadily main
tanned, of almost 100, 900 for the cur
rent decade.
OF course such a rate Of growth has
not been maintained since 1900. Ac-
cording to the federal ems Of that
year, Washington's population was
27S, us. The population reported by
the police in 1908 is 339, 403, so that
the increase in eight years has been
60,6S5. By 1910 Washington may be
expected to gain at least $4,000 more
inhabitants and its population to rise
to about $685. 900.
Compared with its nearest rival
Baltimore - Washington is making
rapid strides forward. Baltimore
percentage of growth between 1890
and 1900 was III, while Washington's
was 20.9. The disparity in expansion
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
GRAFT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Salaries Paid to Officials In
the Islands.

The Inter-Islaud News of ~Zambango,
Mindanao, publishes a statement from
the Manila Review of Trade and Price
Currents, from which we learn thai,
In the Philippines, OFF, ial salaries are
nearly twice as high as they are in
the United States. In the Philippines
the secretary Of the interior, secretary
OF the treasury, secretary Of com
rnerce and superintendent Of public
instruction receive $4,000 apiece.
while In this country the secretaries
OF the interior, the treasury and COM
merce and labor get $4,000 apiece and
the commissioner of education $500.
Nor is that the worst feature of ex-
travagance in the Philippines.
The writer of the article referred to
adds:
But the worst feature Of the stu
alton Is that fully double the number
OF public servants needed are en-
ployed. This, together with the ex-
orbitant salaries paid, show what
might be accomplished in the way of
public improvements if the revenues
OF the islands were economically ex-
pended. While the business men Of
Manila do not favor any reduction c"
revenue, they do favor a substantial
cut in the exorbitant salaries of Off
Gals and other sources of leakage
which will enable the government to
borrow at least one hundred million of
dollars, gold, with which to build high
ways, railways and other necessary
public improvements. This would
open up these Islands from end to
end and increase production a hun
dredfOld. Recognizing this fact, the
business men of the Philippines are
willing to pay every cent they a
stand for this purpose, but they are
tired of wearing themselves to their
withers paying exorbitant salaries to
public officials who Lnow little and
care less about the commercial inter-
ests of the archipelago.
They see the civil government here
expanding practically $4,000, 900, local
currency, on what is known as the
Benguot road-and for what purpose?
Solely for the benefit Of a few public
officials who may take a junket owe 1t
once or twice during the course Of a
year. If this official boulevard Incl
dentally opened up an acre of pro-
ductive territory, the business men
would applaud the action Of the gov
eminent. But it does not. Absolutely
no material benefit whatever will or
eve can accrue from it's construction.
This amount of money expended upon
highways in any direction from Ma
Mia would have opened up a vast and
productive territory teeming with pop
ulation."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06

ID EFORE Jim Tawney got into poll
Id tics up in Minnesota he was a
blacksmith. He was so rough that
they had to throw him down to put
him into a boiled shirt, some Of his
warmest admirers say.
That blacksmith training proved
mighty good experience for him, and,
applying blacksmith methods to his
congressional career, he has forged
to the front so rapidly that they do
say down here in Washington that
If Speaker Cannon doesn't look out
some day he will get run over, be-
cause Jim Tawney is coming with
wonderful strides.
Tawney is the man who would be
picked out at a glance as the real
ward politician of the house. He is
just the kind of a man the voter al
ways finds ready to tell him how to
vote at the primary; the type of man
who always leads the revolt in a cut
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
Former Blacksmith a Power in Congress

and-dried cOnvention-in short, the
practical politician who gets out the
vote.
Tawney, when he came to congress,
wasn't welcomed within the big tent.
He had to wait around on the outside.
Then the blacksmith got busy. He
just walked off the reservation, taking
enough insurgent Republicans with
him to spill the beans for the big
five. And SO it came to pass that
the big fellows reckoned with Tav-
ney, and now he is chairman Of the
most important committee in the
house-appropriations. Hon. Jim Is a
fighter from Fightersville. But he is
that kind Of a fighter who knows when
to fight and when to let the other fell
low do the fighting.
Only once has Tawney been
whipped. That once came from Con-
gresham GOebel Of Cincinnati, when
he got the mail carriers pay increased,
in spite of Tawney and Chairman
Overstreet. The whipping didn't
tickle Tawney. So, when the fight
to hold down the appropriation on the
agricultural bill came up Tawney
quit guarding the treasury and let
Scott of Kansas tackle the job. Taw-
ney went to his committee room. The
farmers wiped up the floor with Scott.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
A Possible New Issue.

1t is reported that a number of for
eign diplomats have been invited to at
tend the Republican national conven-
ton at Chicago, June II, and that they
have accepted the invitation. This is
a new departure in American politics.
Most of the diplomats are m~oHarchists
Representatives of European or Ash
attic kings. Their influence at a CON
vention Of Republicans would be dis
tinctly evil. The president, as the
head of his party, should forbid their
attendance, and no doubt would do so,
if he we're not himself a monarchist at
heart. There will be no imperialistic
ambassadors at the Denver conven-
ton. That convention may see ut to
condemn the presence of such ambas'
sailors at Chicago; and that may raise
a new issue in our politics.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
Senators Knox and Crane Real Chummy

crony off to the senate restaurant.
The fondness that Senators Crane
and Knox evince for eating together
is reminiscent of the fondness that
former Senator Edmunds of Vermont
and the late Senator Allen G.. Thur
man of Ohio used to have for drinking
together. That was in the earlier
days, when drinking at the capitol was
not frowned upon.
All the oldsters in political Wash
ington are fond of recalling that story,
how the two senators kept a black bot
tie in the o of the committee on
judiciary. They were certain to ad-
journ there twice or thrice every after
noon that the senate held a long ses-
sion. 1t was at first a marvel why the
two men seemed to have the same
thought at the same moment, and be.
gan to make tracks simultaneously
from different parts Of the senate
chamber-one being a Democrat and
the other a Republican-toward that
committee ROOM.
1t turned out that they had prear.
ranged signals. The "Old Romans"
signal was to pull out that famous red
~bandanra handkerchief and to blow
his nose with clarion loudness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06

TINTED States senators often be
~ come good friends, but somehow
they are not prone to becom-
Ing real 'chummy with n another.
Exceptions occur from time to time
to prove the rule. One of these excep-
lions applies to Senator Philander C.
Knox of Pennsylvania and Senator w.
Murray Crane of Massachusetts. If
the afternoon wanes without their
meeting, one is likely to start out to
see where the other is and to learn
what has happened.
Often the Knox automobile and the
Crane automobile exchange honks in
the morning. Not i~nfrequently the
senators ride to the capitol in the
same car. When the luncheon hour
comes, Senator Crane may descend to
the committee on rules, perhaps herald
his advent by turning out the lights
in the vestibule, and then lead his
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
New Material for Walls.

Much complaint has always been
made by occupants of houses in Cal
cutta on account of damp walls, espe-
cially in the rainy season of the year
To remedy this it is proposed TO use
a new kind of damp-proof paper, MADE
of raw copper" and varying in thick
ness from 0.0012 Of an inch TO 0.006-
1t is said TO be capable of being
worked into all sorts of patterns. 1t
is claimed to be insect-proof and damp
proof, and can go six or seven years
without being cleaned. 1t is used In
the same way as wall paper.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06

r. HE war department is looking for a
beverage to take the place of
beer and whisky at army posts. The
beverage must not be of the class of
drinks prohibited by the anticanteen
law.
The federal courts have never
passed upon the question of the per
-Centage of alcohol which will render
a beverage an intoxicant. The state
courts also have been chary Of decid-
ing the question. In certain cases the
authorities have spoken, however.
Thus, in Rhode Island, it has been
held that where beer contained 2.S9
per cent. of alcohol no evidence was
necessary to show it was intoxicating.
In Texas, a tonic containing from 31a
to 4 per cent. of alcohol has been
held to be intoxicating liquor. BY
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
ST, Louis Wants a Rest.

The business men of st. Louis have
organized the National Prosperity as
s~ociation and their motto, Give us a
rest and sunshine" indicates they are
Republicans tired Of Teddy. These
prosperity boomers will find that
prosperity is not to be had by saying
1t is here, though that may encourage
some of the members to try and over
come that tired feeling, the result Of
Republican policies. Those who look
behind the e and e somewhat
how the political game is played are
not calling for a rest, but, like the
Democratic members of congress-, are
trying to stir a d%o-nothing congress to
activity. For over ten long years the
trusts have had a rest from competi-
ton and a Republican warrant to plum
der the people through the tariff an
average of over so per cent. Honest
men should therefore, instead of cry
ing for a rest, pitch in and fight for
their rights-equal rights to all and
special privileges to none Prosperity
for the trusts and combines has had a
long lease, and it is either foolish or
criminal to delude the people into tax
ing a rest until the tariff that protects
the trusts is revised. 1t will require
the most active efforts of a good ma
jority of the people working overtime
until after election to curb the trusts
and corporations whose depredations
have given those st. Louis boomers
that tired feeling.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
At the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington
Rapid Strides of Capital in Population

will undoubtedly be greater in the
decade from 1900 to 1910, for Balti'
more's growth was checked for a year
or more by the losses of the great
fire Of 1904, while Washington's
growth has been stimulated by enor-
nous building operations most OF
them conducted under the auspices OF
the national government.
The check to business resulting
from last falls panic will also be felt
less in Washington than in perhaps
any other American city. The ma
tional capital does not depend for a
livelihood on manufacturers or com,
merce, and its workers have steady
employment assured them because tho
governments activities are being con
tinually extended.
In its physical aspect Washington
has gained enormously In attractive
ness in the last eight or ten years. II
is an ideal residence city. and Its
charms appeal most potently 10 Amer
leans with leisure enough 10 enjoy
them. 1t has become the winter home
Of families of wealth and refinement
from all parts of the union. and its
quiet, order and beauty make living
within its borders constant satisfac-
ton. 1t still has great potentialities
in the way of architectural develop
ment, and its material prosperity is Sc
cured by ever-broadening activities Of
the great governmental machine.
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N

Elisha, In the amounting OF
Jehu, carried out the commits
sion which had been given to
Elijah over 20 years before.
Thus are we reminded that
Gods plans extend beyond the
Iife-span of any n man, and
we also find illustration Of the
words of Jesus: 81 sent you to
reap that whereon ye bestowed
no labor; other men Iabored,
and we are entered into
their labors." Paul was con-
scious of how the Divine tran
seconded the human when he
wrote to the believers at Cor
NTH: 81 have planted, ApoIIos
watered; but God gave the in
crease. SO then neither is he
that pIanteth any thing, neither
he that watereth; but God that
giveth the increase"
God reveals his plans only to
those of his servants who in
faith and patience oan wait Gods
time of fuIfiiIment.
The wicked house of Ahab,
and that Wickedest Of wicked
women, JezebeI, the wife Of
Ahab, must have been a griev-
Gus trial to the prophet Elisha.
It must have taken a vast
amount of the grace Of God and
of faith to have waited through
those long years for the COM
ing of the righteous judy
ment of God upon such wicked
ness. How often perhaps dur
ing those years the impatient
impulse must have seized
Elisha to GO to Jehu and tell
him of Gods plan for him, so
that it would hasten his efforts
to seize the kingdom. But as
often would come the con-
seriousness that man must wait
the fulIness Of Gods time, and
that to attempt to force the
hand of God, as n might say,
would be to invite not only fail
ure, but shame and dishonor.
No, the prophet must patiently
bide Gods time. He must wait
through the years and slowly
but surely see the wickedness
of the house Of Ahab come to
it's full fruition. Persecution,
trial, famine and the pestilence
of war must be endured. With
the Psalmist, Elisha could say:
81 had tainted, unless ! had be-
Iieved to see the goodness Of
the Lord in the land of the liv-
ing" But at Iast-there is al
WAYS an at last with the Lord
the time comes when God
speaks and the prophet acts.
Then is that fulfilled concerning
which God had spoken SO many,
many years before, and the a
rior Jehu who so unconsciously
had been growing and develop
ing through the years to fit into
Gods plans, suddenly flashes
forth as the avenging hand of
Gods judgment upon the
wicked.
Jehu showed a commendabIe
zeal in behalf of moral and re-
Iigious reform in Israel, but in
his personal life and conduct he
fell short of the measure of
Gods desire for him, as does
many another modern day re-
former. 1t is recorded of Jehu
that notwithstanding his our
ageous and energetic crusade
against the great evils that we're
cursing the land of Israel, he
"took no heed to walk in the
law Of the Lord God of Israel,
with all his heart" 1t is a
great thing to be identified with
a great reform, but how sad at
the last to be shut out from
fellowship with the God whom
position and ability has en-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06

Scripture Authority-2 Kings, chap
ter 9.
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that would worry, excite or distress

that would worry, excite or distress
you.
For instance, you have a certain
business bother to meet tomorrow
And next week you start on your
vacation. Now, firmly, deliberate
ly, take up your plans for the vaca-
ton. Presently the other matter
obtrudes itself Instantly bring
the mind back to the vacation
plans. And so on, always turning
the mind back again and again to
the agreeable subject, instead Of
allowing it to dwell upon the
bothersome one.
Muscular rightly as a cause Of
sleepless ness is the most common
of all. The cure is to relax the
muscles by practice Of the relaxing
exercises. A good one is to lie fiat
on the back in bed and lift the
right leg few inches. After mo-
ment let it fall Imply. Then the
same with the left leg, the left arm,
the right arm, and SO on, until sleep
comes to you.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-03
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GETTING
10 SLEEP
ny DRLJ.R.CI ON.
;M DRAI.RCLATSON.

ably foul, acrid and irritant to the
stomach, and the suffer can no
more sleep than If he had foot
square, red-hot mustard plaster on
his abdomen.
Now the only way to relieve this
kind of insomnia is to clean out
the stomach. How? That depends
upo nmany things which l cannot
discuss here for lack of space. OF
course, the only real and perma-
nent cure is to eat and live in such
way that the indigestion will dis
appear.
Sleeplessness from thought is
often a complication of the above.
But generally it comes from an
over-active, over-excited, anxious
and uncontrolled mind.
And here the cure may be told
in a word: Learn self control.
Learn to hold your mind firmly fix
ed on some soothing, pleasing sub
ject, carefully avoiding any thought