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Grief That Kills.

"My poor boy" said the benefcent
old clergyman, who had encountered a
young wait sobbing in the streets,
what ails you? Some case OF dire
distress has touched your heart
chords, nc doubt"
"No," shifted the lad, you're clear
off your base, old kazzozicks. Me an
Simply an de rest of de feilies tin
canned the NANCY. old yellow up
at Schwarz' grocery, and while OLD
Schwarz an de gang followed the
dog, l sneaked back to the grocery to
swipe dried apples. De Fido chased
into Schmitt's orchard and de gang
cribbed de SWEETEST peaches you ever
seen, an then dey smoked grapevine
cigarettes and set the barn a-hre. 1
made a sashay into de apple barrel at
de grocery, an de delivery boy pasted
me with a bed-slat and it hurts yet,
and 1 didn't get to see de hre, ana
didn't get nothin' to eat, and l wlsht
/ wuz dead-dog-gone it aH!"-The
Bohemian Magazine.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
sAkINc PAINT MONEY
Il Cannot Be Done by Using Cheap
Material ard Cheap Painters.

In arranging for painting, a good
many property-owners try to save
money by employing the painter who
offers to do the job cheapest-or try
to save money by insisting on a low
priced paint. But no property-owner
would run such risks If he realized
what must be taken into considera-
ton in order to get a job that will
wear and give thorough satisfaction.
No HORSEPOWER will go wrong on
the painting question If he writes Ma
tional Lead Company, 1902 Trinity
Building, New York, for their House
owners Painting Outfit No. 40, which
is sent free. 1t Is a complete guide
to painting. 1t includes a book Of
color schemes for either exterior or
interior painting, a book of specifica-
tons, and an instrument for detecting
adulteration in paint materials.
Nearly every dealer has National
Lead Company's pure white lead.
Dutch Boy Painter trademark II
yours has not notify National Lead
Co.. and arrangements will be made
for you to get it.
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RLAzEs STARTED IN STRANGE WAYS

outbreaks of fire are often most mysterious in their origin
We are frequently confronted with problems concerning the
cause Of fires in houses, factories and fields that are utterly
battling and insoluble. Yet in what simple ways we may o
victimized the examples given in this article AFFORD most str1K-
ing proof,
II Is the simplest natural op eration when lighting a candle
to Mace the box of matches close at hand in the vicinity
of the candlestick. The doing of this trifing act nearly result
ed one summer time in a catastrophe. Every one must nave
seen how limp and helpless a candle will become OF a warm
the candle that the danger arose. Little by little II droopea
toward the slightly opened box OF safety matches, into winch
it at length plunged its flame. causing a sudden burst OF nre,
accentuated by the presence OF warm wax which had ranen
from the inverted extremity. The table carried several ooos
and ends Of the character generally to be found on a yorkmans
kitchen table; and had the outbreak not been immediately OK
tinguished the whole place might soon have been ahgnt u the
marvel Of the inhabitants.
A scuuery maid. or any one else, for that matter, would not
think twice about placing q box of matches on the ledge Oh
a sink, even in the event OF a lamp being stuateo q .
level On a stool near by. Now. in the following case the com
bination of circumstances was indeed remarkable. The waste
pipe was stopped up, SO that the water dripping rom the tap
slowly filled up the sink. When the water nd r'sen a e t =
STRAIGHT 3 to the top of the lamp chimney, shedding Its
fiery contents into the fare, and, of course, considerably endan-
eerinr the surrounding articles. Fortunately matters went no
further. but / am justified in supposing that. had they done SO.
all concerned would soon have been asking: HOW od y
start?" without having the rem0test cnance O the ruth ua"n
ing upon their minds.
Moths and flames are universally connected, yet few people
suspect that danger could arise therefrom. The insects are OF
such fral structure that generally they are DESTROYED Deiore
it is possible for them to infict injury; and 1t Is hardly cred-
ible that the wings would ignite and retain the lame long
enough to enable the moth to fly to its surroundings. Tna1'
however. Is what occurred on the following occasion. me
moth was q large one. and its wings must have been very
dry. so that when 1t foundered through the name II set ne
To one wing and darted on to q curtain. near by, which at
once Aared up. It il possible that many summer evening nres
in the country could be attributed to . source OF this kind.
f Is notorious that mysterious hres, often arise at sunset IN
the hot months. In this case tho adherent wax may nave neipea
the wings to keep alight-
Of them all. A box of lucifers had been thrown upon te
mantel shelf. and an ordinary clock evidently put N Ir raas 3.
them at 4 later period, so close as to be in actual contact
Eventually the keydrop on the back, during It's SLOW revotu.lonlE
had managed enectually = pinch N ana no.o , .ns arsssr
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MIRO cZA|Z4, CHEZ EXE(UZW GLRY -

lions is a man such as Taft-a lawyer with more or less bust
ness training. Equally important as an augur of the future are
the exceptional qualifications OF the new chief magistrates busl-
ness aids. Finally it is to be noted that it will be unnecessary
to waste any time in shaking down" the new organization.
President Taft and his chosen helpers have been in the same
relation to one another for years past and they are letter perfect
in that teamwork" which is the first requisite OF business sue
scess.
The business staff at the White House comprises about 4S
persons including secretary, assistant secretaries, clerks, tele-
phone and telegraph operators, messengers, etc. lhls corps
as divided. very equally, numerically, into two different classes.
In the one group are the higher officials, who by reason OF their
,positions are constantly in the closest association with the
president. For these posts each incumbent of the presidency
naturally desires to have men whose qualifications especially
appeal to him, and possibly men who, by reason OF previous con-
nection, are familiar with his personal policies and business
methods. To that end, each incoming chief magistrate reels
free to. a one of his first official acts, fill the secretarysh1p 70
the president and the assistant secretaryships with his personal
selections.
The second class of White House business aids includes the
executive clerks. disbursing officer, ETC., etc-post1ons WHICH,
though subordinate are important cogs In the executive ma.
chinery. In this sphere, however, experience, knoWiedge Oh
routine and precedent, the latter always an important CONSIDERS.
ton at the White House-are accounted to outweigh personal
considerations and so most of the occupants OF these posiuons
remain undisturbed from administration TO ADMINISTRATOR q
fixtures" and "indispensables" Not q few u the places At
under civil service and there are on the White House payroll
veterans who have been in continuous service since the Gays
of Lincoln.
II a readily be appreciated from the foregoing that the Inn
nortant positions at the presidential business Headquarters ana
those whose occupants sound the keynote OF business -
) the center OF the nation are the secretaryship and as
.icfant secretaryships. No small part OF the commence maui.
tested in the future is to be attributed to the circumstance tnas
Mr.. Fred w. Carpenter is Taft's choice Tor secre. aG1, !. 80 80
nrasident Carpenter has been for ten years past the right mana
rnan. IF william II. Taft and now, having earned promollon
.corresponding to that bestowed upon his chief. be Will prove
sto be the right man in the right place as business manager q
~ White House. Carpenter can be depended upon to restore
.ho position of secretary to the president to the plane upon winch
n was placed by Lamont and Cortelyou-
: waa Cortelyou. acting as secretary to the late President
z4eKiniey, who made this post of cabinet caliber and he did =
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23
Question of the Hour.

1--WE are really at a loss to know
how to punish Earle" she said. I'VE
have tried all the punishment in u
kindergarten list Without effect. We
have reasoned with him and told him
that he will cease to be our pretty pet
and will grow up to be a bad. bad
man, and"
Madam" interrupted the gentleman
of the old school, who was visiting
them, you will find on the trunk in
my room a very excellent strap that
I shall not need temporarily"
But, of course, he didn't know any.
thing about modern methods.
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81 was one Of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me"
says a N. Y. woman. "You just couldn't
convince me it's S was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble l
suffered from most Of the time.
"My trouble finally got so bad I
had to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years. Still
I loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
1t could do such damage.
what / needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment In such form as
my stomach could digest
81 had read much about Postum.
but never thought it would at my case
until one day / decided to quit coffee
and give it a trial and make sure about
1t. So / got q package and carefully
followed the directions.
@Soon I began to get better and was
able to eat carefully selected foods
without the aid of pepsin or other di-
gestants and it was not long before I
was really q new woman physically.
Now / am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and / know this wonder
full change is all due to my having
quit coffee and got the nourishment I
needed through this delicious Postnm-
MY wonder is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that go with it and build themselves up
as / have done. with Postum.
Easy to prove by 10 days trial Of
Postum In place Of coffee. The reward
is bic.
"There's q Reason"
Ever read the shove letter. A new
| one appears from time = time. They
are eenuincs tEues and 2uu o3 huM1n
| tDtereat4
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and diplomatic. yet he has the faculty, when occasion demands,
of being firm without becoming illmannered. The new secretary
to the president also has Cortelyou's love for and prod1glous
capacity for hard work. Like Cortelyou, too. he is a selfmade
young man and his meteoric rise had much the same beginning
with skill in stenography as the first stepping-stone.
Carpenter, who will be 81 years of age next December. is a
native Of the little town of Sank Center. Mimi. but In 1882
when the boy was only ten years old, his father removed 10
California and most of his boyhood was spent on a ranch In
the Golden Gate state, enjoying all forms of openair life and
instilling what has ever since been an abiding affection for TINS
climatic paradise. Young Carpenter attended the public schools
In California and a private academy until he had almost reached
his majority, when he returned to his native state and entered
the law school of the University of Minnesota In 1897, four
years later, he graduated as bachelor of laws. and In 1893 TOOK
sofa and California.
In 1898 Carpenter returned to California and was with the law
firm of Bishop & Wheeler in San Francisco as Mr.. Charles >.
Wheelers stenographer when there came to him from the
career of the past decade. It was little more than mere accident
that brought Taft and Carpenter together. The president OF the
Philippine commission was in need OF q stenograpner Q
fdential work and could not find one to his liking in the Islands.
A friend. fresh from America, to whom he appealed IN ms o-
lemma. remembered the willing worker in the San francisco
law office and recommended Carpenter. The young man came
ont on the next steamer and proved his metue so specify that
in less than a year, with the Inauguration OF Taft as governor
of the Philippines, Carpenter was made his private secretary.
From that day to this Carpenter has been continuously Tafts
chief aid in the roles of secretary Of war, presidential candldate'
president,elect and chief magistrate, and certainly no public man
ever had q more energetic or 50 tireless q secretary. He accom-
sively in washington; Murray Bay, Canada; Hot Springs. We,
and Cincinnati. o.. to say nothing of those weeks Of strenuous
av,atence IN the special train that Swung round the circle.
during the recent presidential campaign- N short larpense.
taft said az his PERSONAL representative: He is the best secre-
tary that 4 man ever had, and I got him By accident. 4 caDle9
across the Pacific from Manila on q statement OF 9 man named
Dan Williams. who was out there. that Il secured pm.l Wouiu
81 fhe best secretary IN the United States or the Philippines,
~ between the two. He has been with me for about ten years
He has not grown-any older. except ~ service, re Y lust g
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When Courage Failed.

Duke" said the heiress, eagerly.
"did you see father?"
Eyes"
"Well?"
1--WE talked about the weather"
"What? Lose your nerve again!
Why don't you brace up and talk hke
a man-a subject of a king on whose
domain the sun lever sets!"
Cant" moaned the duke. "An the
time l was in your fathers Office he
kept grinning at a big painting"
What painting?
eThe battle of Bunker Hll."-Lip
pincotts.
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largely by a policy of JUS
tice and absolute imparti-
atty to all callers and pc
titioners for favors. That
was, Of course, in the days
before the public had
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

courtesy, precision and promptness. 1t
will do more. 1t will temper this clOck-like
regularity and formality essential
though it be to the dignity of the place
with a modern pr-ogressiveness that
will make for economy of time and la
Dor in the dispatcher the public business.
1t is safe to predict that henceforth
no person will have occasion to com
plain, for instance, that letters ad-
dressed to the White House remain I'M
answered. The presidents Office will
get back On the basis On which it was
placed by the conscientious Cortelyou
with an invariable rule that every let
ter should be answered the same day
as received-no slight chore when 1t
is taken into consideration that from
600 to 1000 letters reach the White
House every day. Similarly, visitors
will be handled with a minimum Of
ruffled tempers because the work will
be in the hands of the best business
diplomats in America.
This optimistic forecast is justified
because the new bosses at the White
House offices are not nOvices or UNI
known quantities. They have for years
past been proving themselves in the
most exacting sphere of public busi-
ness and have made good most emphati-
.calIy. In the first place, William H.
being an ideal man for the head of a g
Establishment. Better even han an ultr
for a position that combines political
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-23

CaIIy. In the first place, William n. Taft comes pretty near
being an ideal man for the head of a governmental business es-
Establishment. Better even than an ultra-practical business man
for a posuion that combines political and business considera-
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Inc OC09T 0CCICSoAJ ~ N
president is Rudolph Forster, who has been q member VI
the White House business staff for a number OF years. he
started in a clerical position and by virtue OF hard "orA
combined with ability worked up step by step until ne d
tanned his present responsible position. The newly appointed
chief executive clerk, Maurice c. Latta. is likewise old IN
experience at the White House Offices. though young IN
years. An indispensable" who has survived the present
change of administration just as he has been undisturpeo
by previous White House "shake-ups,' is Col. William r.,
Crook, the distributing officer of the executive omces' "hl
has been for Al years continuously in the service. OF presl'
dents. Col. Crook was the bodyguard Of Abraham Lincoln;
President Johnson made him a clerk; he served under urah
as acting secretary to the president, and almost ever since ne
has been distributing officer, paying the salaries o all the
workers at the White House Offices and expend1ng In the assrel
gate hundreds of thousands of dollars for supplies.
Warren S. Young is another clerical veteran at the Whte
House and a record of service through three ADMINISTRATORS 3
held by Thomas Anderson, the special White House postman'
who handles all mail to and from the executive mansion, signs
for all registered pieces, and is, in short, al unique IS ms u u
ties as are any of the White House officials. PRESIDENT a
has brought to the White House as his personal MESSENGER
Arthur Brooks, the colored man who served him In a Similar
capacity when he was secretary of war, and who accompanied
him around the world. Likewise he has transferred TO the
White House as doorkeeper William Pencil, who long held
a corresponding position in the offices OF the secretary o
war
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good to-day as then, or even better, because ne nueiS'"
better how to control me and keep me stra1gnter.:
Next to Carpenter probably the most interesting -,
of the recognized White House business stah is Wenoei w.
Mischief, likewise young in years but old in official business
experience. Mischief, who is a native OF Ialts
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they have been granted less than they sought out
each such supplicant went away with salve Tor MS
disappointment in the knowledge that II 1t mao
been denied, at least no person else would Do
granted the boon that he sought: Cortelyou was
ever consistently the foe of unwarranted speciai
privilege. Fred Warner Carpenter, worthy success
or of Cortelyou, strongly resembles the latter In
temperament. Quiet, dignifed and a trlne re-
served in manner with a suggestion OF tremen-
dOus reserve mower. CARPENTER is ever tactful
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GOING n PACE.

Tortoise-What, have you started a
motor car?
Snail-Yes, one must move with the
times, you know.
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OIIO, Wdo AlSt S4OAh
War Taft and later became, IN ehec''
assistant private secretary. He went
with Taft in the latter capacity when
the Republican presidential nominee
retired from the cabinet to conduc ms
canvass and has been a MEMBER OIL
the personal staff of the new president
ever since. During the stay OF the
Taft family at Augusta, Ca, when
Secretary Carpenter was enjoying q
long-deferred vacation in California
Mischief was acting secretary n ne
accompanied the president-elect on
the Panama trip. Mischief is a splen'
did stenographer and is much the
same sort of quiet, efficient, general
utility man as is Carpenter.
~ ~nnrnforv m INF
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h g a d so
m h o +
the square
DEAL" but
G. r t e l.
you in his
quiet way
made this
VaunteQ So
gan a fact
and not fc-
ito n. In
G. O r t g l.
you's time,
as e er,
men depart
ed from the
w b 1 t e
House rag
nj a n d
Tuning be-
their
r q u ests
had been
refused or
b e c a use
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Tales That Are Told.

COFFEE DOESN'T HURT NE"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-23
PLAN FOR STATE TOURNEY.
ottumwa Country Club Promises Golf
ers Excellent Time.

ottumwa Country Club Promises Golf
ers Excellent Time.
Plans to provide ample and excellent
entertainment for the golfers from all
over Iowa, who will attend the annual
held at the Ottumwa Country Club on
Aug. 10 to IA, inclusive. are being pre-
pared by the Ottumwa club. At a
meeting to be held tonight a definite
program for the visitors entertain
ment is to be outlined. Several of the
golfers of the local Country Club are
planning to attend the state tourna-
ment.
A personal letter received today
from Mr.. Dwight Baker, one OF the
prominent golfers of Ottumwa, and
secretary and treasurer of the state
association, says that with another
week of dry weather the Ottumwa
course will be In the finest condition
since the club was organized. Mr..
Baker says that the indications from
the golf clubs of the state that he has
been keeping in touch with indicate
that the number of entries will be very
large.
A number of material changes,
which greatly benefited the course,
We're made early this spring, so that
it is expected by the time tournament
week is here that the Ostumwa course
will be one of the best nine hole
courses in the state. Its length Is g.
76o yards which is about 200 yards
shorter than the local course. The
DOGGY is 40. The following is the name.
distance in yards and the DOGGY for
the course: odd Hickory" 81 yards;
DOGGY 5; Over the Gulch,' 266 yards /;
DOGGY 4; The Path of Thorns," 337
yards, DOGGY 5: THE Naples" 154
Yards DOGGY 8; 1.-THE DEVILS Wash
board" $50 yards; DOGGY 5; The Orch
ard" 29o yards; DOGGY 4; The Golden
Way lS2 yards; DOGGY 8; "Over the
Brink" ass yards; DOGGY 6; THE
Straight Road" 42e yards; DOGGY s.
Total distance, 2,765 yards; DOGGY 40
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-23
YOUNG KELLOGG BRAVE.
Nephew of Or. L. F. Kellogg Almost
Loses Life in Attemptino Rescue.

Loses Life in Attempting Rescue.
While attempting TO rescue an aged
woman from a burning cottage in
Guerneville. Albert n. Kellogg, aged
20 son of DR. and Mrs. Albert Kellogg
of San Francisco, and the nephew cf
DR.. L. F. Kellogg, of this city, all but
lost his life and received serious burns
from which he is now however, recov-
ering.
Young Kellogg. who is student of
dentistry in a San Francisco college,
was spending his vacation near the vii
lage where the cottage burned He hap
pened to be going by the house as the
flames burst from it, and being told
that Mrs. Mercer, was within, dashed
inside, only to find that she had escaped
thru a rear door. After gaining the
interior the door thru which he entered
became jammed fast and he had to
fight his way thru the flames to win
dow. thru which he jumped to safety
1t was thought at first that the young
man would not recover from the burns,
but he is now considered out of danger.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Kellogg and fam
lily formerly lived at Sioux City