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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01
A SETTER DOG.
Watches the House and Turns on the
Lights.

When, several years ago, man
came through Palisade and offered
two beautiful brown setter puppies to
anyone who would give them home,
one of them was taken i'll by the
Samuel T. Darbys. lie became one
of the family at once, and was given
the appellation of Butts. Butts
has grown in a dog of wonderful tai
ents, and not long ago a man who
had a dog head on hinl-that is, he
knew dogs-said that, while his fin
ances wouldn't permit him to pay any
such price, Butts" was worth $500
of any mans money in the world. His
coat, his head, his gait, his eye, his
character, his style, all indicated his
fine breeding, and he was therefore
valuable on his mere points alone.
But Butts" has other attributes be
sides points True he is pointer,
and points, but pointing is not his
best point
That dog said Captain Darby, is
truly human. He can do anything
One of his habits is to sleep in the
upper hall, when | am at home When
| am away. he plants himself on the
landing of the lower stairway, as if
to guard it from all intruders. A step
on the walk, and Butts Is up on the
rampage. He makes noise like
Gagged leopard
"The other night added Mrs.
Darby, I'VE went out and left the
entire house in darkness. When we
returned, the lower lights were turned
on. but Butts ran upstairs barking,
then came down and ran up to me and
pulled my skirt, again running upstairs
barking.
captain Darby said, you must
go upstairs and see what's there
There must be man there. Then
Captain Darby went up and found the
light in the library turned on Butts
barked and looked up at the burning
lights, as though to call our atten-
ton to the fact that something was
wrong"
Then Captain Darby winked and
said, My dear. have always argued
that Butts turned that light on him
self"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01
Mrs. Hollinger's Rose lar.

H. William Hollinger has a Won
IL jar OF home-cured rose leaves.
y were put up fifteen or twenty
Il : ago IN Millersburg, Ohio, when
lolllngers lived there. The rose
l. we're cured with salt, and have
VuOr to-day that is of incompar~
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

law, then other means should be
tried. In dry weather Anderson ave
nue. becomes very dusty unless
sprinkled, and fast cars under such
conditions kick up an awful lot of
dust.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01
PALISADE IMPROVEMENT
NOTES.

nv G0s
The past year has been a notable
one in the general Improvement of
Palisade, there having been about
y new homes erected and there
are half dozen or more at present
contemplated. This is very fair
showing and will mean the addition
of more than one hundred population
when all are completed and occupied.
George Lane has broken ground
for pretty residence in Bluff road
Just west of Anderson avenue. 1t
will be located on the lot next to his
mothers present home.
Mrs. Homer Metcalf has bought
the home formerly occupied by the
Phelps family in Anderson avenue.
John A. Tallman has plans for
another handsome residence in Cum
bermede road, north of Bride way
on the east side of the roadway. This
will be his ninth house in Palisade.
The stone wall of the Homer Met
calf's is quite an Improvement to
their already handsome corner
The Palisade Union Church is
making fair progress, though some
what retarded by cold weather.
George Stabel is making rapid
Roadway on his new apartment
framed building adjoining his store
on the east Ernest Sibley is the
architect
The coming spring will see Pail
SADIE putting up new houses i'll all
directions.
Searls & Fischer did about the
quickest piece of work on record
getting up the frame, roofing and
sheeting on the John A. Tallman
house, Bluff and Cumbermede roads
1t will add much to that section OF
town.
The Sibley house is gradually be-
ing added to- When completed it
will have many unique and attractive
features. all under the guiding genius
of the owner, himself the architect,
and man of fine style and taste in
his work.
The Prof. Burke house in Cumber-
mede road is nearing completion.
Garfield May has just finished the
cement sidewalk along Palisade ave
nue. to Birdie way about 500 feet.
and beautiful stretch of fine work
it is. The walk is five feet wide.
The roadway also has been macad-
amized 1t is about fifty feet wide
The Elmer Dwiggins home has
been recently painted and now looks
spic and span, one of the handsomest
places in Palisade.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

The world is Gods garden; surel.
we should weed it.
Wish is weakness; will is wisdom.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

The Prof. Burke house in Cumber
mede road is nearing completion.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

The Elmer Dwiggins home has
been recently painted and now looks
spic and span, one of the handsomest
places in Palisade.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

Garfield May has just finished the
cement sidewalk along Palisade ave
nue. to Birdie way. about 500 feet.
and beautiful stretch Of fine work
it is. The walk is five feet wide.
The roadway also has been macad-
amized. 1t is about fifty feet wide.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1909-12-01

The Sibley house is gradually be-
ing added to- When completed it
will have many unique and attractive
features, all under the guiding genius
OF the owner, himself the architect,
and man of fine style and taste in
his work
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

vXASHINGTON.-In the giving out
w of the news at the White House
perhaps the most striking departure
from the Roosevelt methods has been
shown since March 4.
The day of the "fair-haired boy" as
the Roosevelt newspaper favorites
were locally land perhaps e%nviously)
known, has passed. There are no
press agents Of the administration, or
If there are they do not appear as
such at the White House.
MI. Taft had not been president
very long before he announced that
he would cease seeing newspaper rep
resentatives with the same freedom
they had been accustomed to at the
White House. The first version of this
was that when he had anything to
communicate to the newspapers he
would send for representatives and
talk to them, but that at other times
he did not are to see them.
Either this was not his position or
he soon modified it. Now the practice
is TO see newspaper representatives
by appointment, and when the inter-
view is sought the president requires
that the subject of it shall be stated.
This gives him an opportunity to de-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

ONCE Mrs. Taft became the owner
~ of a Jersey cow she has been re
receiving hundreds of letters. Mean.
while "Bossy" is giving a generous
quantity of rich milk, wholly uncon-
scious of what a stir she has created.
Many of Mrs. Taft's correspondents
are housewives who offer her various
suggestions as to butter-making, how
to produce the most palatable cottage
cheese, etc.
Mrs. Taft is glad to receive letters
like these, for she knows they spring
from no mercenary purpose. The most
persistent of the correspondents, how
ever, are cattle breeders who see
what a great advertisement it would
be for them if they could have their
special herds represented on the big
lot back of the White House. Such
communications get no consideration.
If all of them were answered to the
satisfaction of the senders the big ell
liptical pasture back of the presidents
home would OOH look like a wild
west cattle ranch.
The story of the purchase and de-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
BABY's WATERY ECZEMA
Itched and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments
Disease Seemed lncurahfe.
Cured by Cuticura for $3.50.

when my little boy was two and q
half months old he broke out on both
cheeks with eczema. It was the itchy,
watery kind and we had to keep his
little hands wrapped up all the time,
and If he would happen to get them
uncovered he would claw his face till
the blood streamed down on his cloth
ing. We called in a physician at once,
but he gave an ointment which was so
severe that my babe would scream
when it was put on. We changed
doctors and medicine until we had
spent fifty dollars or more and baby
was getting worse. / was so worn out
watching and caring for him night and
day that l almost felt sure the disease
was incurable. But finally reading Of
the good results of the Cuticura REM
edies, / determined to try them. I
can truthfully say I was more than
surprised, for I bought only a dollar
and a half's worth of the Cuticura
Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills), and they did more good than
all my doctors medicines I had tried,
and in fact entirely cured him. His
fNce is perfectly clear Of the least
spot OF car of anything. Mrs. W. M.
spot or scar. Mrs. w. M. Comerer,
Burnt Cabins, Pa, Sept Is, 1908"
Potter Drug l. Chem. Corp. Sole Props. Boston.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Mrs. Champ Clark Aid to Her Husband

greatest interest in the work of her
husband.
Mrs. Clark, before her marriage, was
Miss Genevieve Bennett. She is es-
sentially domestic in her tastes and is
decidedly intellectual. She is ~convers-
ant with the great questions Of the
day, and has devoted herself to the
seconding of her husbands public ca
reer, and to her children, of whom
she has two living, Bennett and Gene
We've.
1t has been said of John Sharp Will
lfams, former leader of the minority,
that he had attended more colleges
than any other man in congress, but
people who know of Mr.. Clark's career
from boyhood say that he holds the
real record.
Mrs. Clark is one of the charter
members of the Congressional club
and is prominently identified with the
management of the organization. She
is a delightful hostess and is affec-
~tionately regarded by the new arrivals
in congressional circles, who look to
her for guidance in Official social"
matters.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Size of Families Is on the Decrease

scarcely more than One-fOurth of the
families enumerated.
The number of children under 16
years Of age to each white family
was 2.8 in 1880, as compared with Is
in 1900. The ratio in 1890, of two chill
dren under 16 years of age to each
white female Is years of age and over,
declined to one in 1900.
OF 3,171, 900 white persons enumer.
ated in 1870, approximately 1000, 900
survived 80 years later, 1850 in 1880,
while in 1900 there were % persons
who reported their ages u Sc years
and over, SO that at the census OF 1900
it is possible that there were still
living persons enumerated in the first
census, taken 10 years before.
In 1890 the Smiths led all the rest,
there being 33,345 Of that family.
Other families followed in the SCI
quence given: Brown, Davis, Jones,
Johnson, Clark, Williams, Miller and
Wilson. These nine names repre-
scented about four per cent. Of the total
white population Of 1870.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
CRIMINAL IN CHILD NATURE
Nriter In New Orleans Picayune A.
serts We Are All Born with Ten.
derness Toward the Bad.

"All children" said a psychologist,
are born criminals. Instinctively
they lie. steal, SANDER, torture-I don't
know what. The saintliest man. q very
DR.. Parkhurst of a man, were he to
grow up as he began, would have q
long career OF bank robberies, as.
saults, debauches and murders, and he
would die on the gallows.
"A child, as soon as it begins to
toddle and lisp, steals. Till you have
trained a child to know that thefts
are followed by spankings, would you
dare to leave 1t alone in a candy
shop?
ut also lies. After a raid on the
jam or cake. does a child admit its
guilt? OF curse not. It lies earnest
ly, doggedly.
"a child ISLANDERS and libels. Did
you ever hear a beautiful, lisping
child speak in praise of its play
mate? No. On the contrary, it ac-
cuses the playmate continually OF
horrible crimes.
"a child will get drunk II you give
1t the opportunity. Lack of opportu-
nifty is all that prevents children from
becoming confirmed inebriates.
ct is needless to go on. Look back
on your childhood. Study your evil
little child heart. You'll wonder then
that no curio collector cherishes a
piece of your .ope."-New- Orleans
Picayune.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

THE size of the average family in
! the United States has decreased
from 5.8 persons in 1890, the date Of
the first census, to as in the same area
in 1900, according to a volume being
prepared by the census bureau at
Washington.
OF especial interest from a sociologi-
cal point are statistics Of family life.
In 1880 families composed of no more
than three persons represented only
one-fourth Of the entire number of
families, while in 1900 families Of sim
liar size made up nearly 40 per cent.
of all families. Families composed of
six or more persons represented in
ALSO more than one-half. but in 1900
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

nNE of the most frequent visitors to
" the members gallery of the house
of representatives in Washington
since the converting of the %extraordin-
airy session of congress is Mrs. Champ
Clark, wife of the minority leader, on
whom the eyes of the country are
turned during this his first experience
as chief Of his party in the house.
1t is true the leadership was. turned
over by John Sharp Williams during
the second half of the last session,
but the former leader kept a close sur
veillance over his successor Now Mr..
Clark is responsible for himself and
his management of Democratic affairs
on the floor of the house is a matter
of deep concern to his wife, who, like
most congressmen's wives. takes the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
No Press Agent Now at the White House

cline to take up subjects he is not
ready or willing to discuss. In appli.
cation, however, there is a good deal
of latitude. After the subject men.
toned is disposed of the president
talks about various matters brought
up by himself or his visitor.
President Taft has an intimate per.
sonal acquaintance with nearly all the
newspaper correspondents in Wash.
ington. He calls them by their first
names and by -nicknames. He knows
their families and friends. With those
in whose discretion he has confidence
he chats in the same jolly, frank way
as of old-with this difference: the
visitor is made to feel that he must
not take professional liberties. Mr..
Taft does not want himself or the
White House written up as a show. On
account of his personal intimacy with
the newspaper men he did not adhere
to his original plan Of combining them
to very formal interviews, but this
concession does not mean making
copy" out of casual conversation.
There is no more running to him to
verify reports, to learn who is to be
appointed to Office, to get stories about
senators, to get advance statements
prior to official action.
Mr.. Taft does not say much about
it, but he let's it be known that he in
sists upon the dignity of his Office.
He likes small talk to express his
views about men and affairs, and his
visitors may use what they hear for
their guidance, but not as presidential
gOSSin for publication
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Gen. Corbin Buys Cow for Mrs. Taft

livery Of Mrs. Taft's cow never has
been told correctly. Maj. Gen. Henry
G. COrbin, who was a farmer in his
get a cow. He made a selection and
early one morning he and Mrs. Corbin,
who are among the elite of Chevy
Chase, Washington's fashionable SUI
burb, embarked in an automobile and
led "Bossy" into the city and up to
the back fence of the White House.
There they sent in a policeman for
President and Mrs. Taft, who came
out and opened the gate in regular
country fashion.
Then arose a problem as to what to
do with the COW. When the quartet
arrived at the White House stable
with the COW they found it crowded
so full of automobiles that no place
was left for "Bossy." Finally, by
shifting around, stable room was
found.
Gen. Corbin fixed an automobile
cushion by "Bossy's" side and in the
regular old-fashioned way MIXED
about a quart of tactical fluid, which
President and Mrs. Taft sampled"
and pronounced good. Having deliv.
cred the COW Gen. and Mrs. Corbin
whisked away in their automobile.
"Bossy's" surroundings were a little
strange to her at first, but she has be-
come used to the policeman and auto
mobiles and is giving first-rate salts.
faction
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Perfectly Reckless

The members OF the church voted
that their dearly-beloved and devoted
pastor should have a vacation. and SO
he decided that he would visit a broth
er-worker in the neighboring village.
This good brother recognizing his
fellow-w orker in the Lord way back
among the congregation, on Sunday
morning, and wishing to show every
courtesy, asked him to lead in prayer.
But the visitor calmly replied: you'll
have to excuse me, dear brother, I'm
on my vacation."-Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Intruder Among the War Dogs.


Prof. William Lyon Phelps OF Yale
went to West Point last fall to lee
ture. He was lecturing in the chapel
the cadets were rigidly paying at
tention, erect, eyes front, each man
a ramrod of military etiquette. An
Irish setter entered the chapel door
and ambled sniffingly down b aisle
and up on to the platform. The ca
lets squirmed under the eagle eyes OF
their officers but not a man smiled.
BILLY" noticed the strain. He looked
down at the dog wagging its tail benev-
olently on the rostrum. What!
How's this?" said Prof. Phelps. "A
setter? Why, l expected to see notn-
ing but West Pointers up here
Yale Alumni Weekly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased to learn
that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages. and that Is
Catarrn. Hans Catarrh cure y the only positive
being . constitutional disease. requires q constitu-
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ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work. The proprietors have
20 much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F: J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Not Our Discovery,

The Greek, Eratosthenes, ESQ B. c.,
taught the doctrine of the rotundity
OF the earth, and the ideas of the
sphere, its poles. axis. the equator,
arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc-
tial points andthe solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
OF that time. There were plenty OF
men in Rome, therefore, who were
prepared to talk about the earth as .
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their ideas. :
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Table Talk.

A story In which Webster ID said
to have figured: The statesman was
once asked by a woman at a dinner
given in his honor, how he varied In
his eating and what he generally ate.
Madam" the answer ran, Il vary in
eating in this respect; sometimes ]
eat more, but never less"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Foolish Question.

A New York chap wants to be told
why theater tickets in that city do not
indicate the hour of the beginning OF
the performance. Should think he
would know. The hour is not men,
toned because nobody is ever on time
at the beginning of the performance.
What would be the good of wasting
printers ink?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

Skill to do comes of doing, know
ledge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there is no know
ledge that is not power.-Emerson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

For Headache Try Hicks capudlne.
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Enects Immediately. 10. %
and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
The Easiest Way.

81 wonder If there isn't some way
we can get our assemblyman to advo-
cate good roads?"
Give him an auto."-Brooklyn Life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
GENEROUS.

Clarence Dubb-Mhy I have this
dance, Miss Sharply
Miss Sharply-Certainly! l don't
want it!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

He who is buried in thought lodges
the undertaken.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces n,
dammation, allays pain. cures wind cole. 2bce bottle.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-12
sattIeships Homeward Bound.

Gibraltar.-With the bands on board
playing Home. Sweet Home" the AM
erican fleet OF sixteen battleships un-
der Rear Admiral Sperry left Gibraltar
Saturday morning for Hampton Roads
on the last lap OF its famous around-the-
world cruise Of $4,000 miles. One hour
later the vessels were well clear OF the
land and steaming westward in double
column formation at n speed OF ten
knots an hour. They will follow the
southern route to Hampton Roads. n
distance Of 5000 miles.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-12
Anti.Jap Resolution Killed.

Carson. Nev.-The Senate Of the Ne
vada Legislature showed its disposi.
ten on anti-Japanese Legislation Fri
day, when the Dodge assembly resolu.
tion asking for war fleet in the Pa
cific. and which also referred to the
japanese as "a menace to Americas
peace" came up. The resolution passed
the assembly unanimously. and was re-
ported favorably ip the Senate. bu:
when 1t was placed on third reading.
Woodbury. (Republican) moved that
the measure be tabled. His motion
prevailed. without a dissenting vote.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-12
GENERAL NEWS.

In its report to the House Of Repre-
sentatives. the Interstate Commerce
Commission says that railroad rates
have been steadily advanced since the
passing Of the Hepburn bill.
What is said to be the largest order
for vanadium steel ever placed In this
country was recently given by a De-
troit motor company to the United
Steel Company. Canton. Ohio. This
order calls for 2.1OO tons In all.
Reports from London state that the
copper outlook is very much better.
The steel statement shows the earn
ings for the year 1908 to have been
s92, ,0O0, 900, the lowest since the organ
ization of the company except in 1904,
when they were $73,0o0.o00. Yet the
earnings for 1906 show q surplus for
the common stock Of per cent.
William c. Brown, who began his
railroad career forty years ago as a
section hand on the st. Paul railroad
at 81 a day. has just become president
of the great system OF railroads OF
which the New York Central is the
chic line.