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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
PLANKs INTENDED TO DEcEIvEs
Hard to Put Other Construction on Re.
publican U~ttcrances.

Mr.. Taft'S position with regard to
the equitable limitation of negro suf-
frage in the south, as defined in his
address to the North Carolina society,
had the support of the best sentiment
at the north. His opposition to the
grandfather clause" of the proposed
Maryland constitutional amendment
shows a spirit of fairness and equal
ity" which has received general in
dOrsement.
But in view of Mr.. Taft's liberal at
t1tude toward the reasonable restric-
ton OF negro suffrage, what does this
plank of the Republican platform Of
1908 mean?-
we declare once more and with
out reservation for the enforcement in
spirit and letter of the thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
70 the constitution, which were de.
signed for the protection and advance
ment Of the negro, and we condemn
all devices that have for their real aim
his Acknowledgement for reasons of
color alone as unfair, un-American and
repugnant to the supreme law Of the
land"
Mr.. Roosevelt on October q last
wrote to the president of the Virginia
Bar association:
L do not believe that there is a sim
gle individual of any consequence who
seriously dreams Of cutting down
southern representation, and l should
have no hesitation in stating anywhere
and at any time that as long as the
election laws are constitutionally en-
forced without discrimination as to
color, the fear that southern repre-
sentation in congress will be cut down
is both idle and absurd"
Yet your Republican national plat,
form of 1904 declared:
We favor such congressional &C.
ton as shall determine whether by
special determinations the elective
franchise in any state has been un-
con%stitutionally limited, and, if such
is the case, we demand that repre-
sentation in congress and in the cleo
toral college shall be proportionately
reduced, as directed by the constitu-
ton of the United States"
The virtual reputation of the Re-
publican platform declarations of 1904
and 1908 by the president and the
president-elect raises an interesting
question of party honesty. Were these
planks embodied in the platforms
merely to humbug negro voters in the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
The President and the Courts.

In his statement the president truth
fully says that he has no power what
ever to do anything in regard to the
recent decision of Justice Wright in
the contempt cases. In order to show
his entire impartiality, he refers to the
fact that he took no action in the mat
ter of the $29, 200, 900 Standard Oil
fine. This reference rather weakens
the force Of his statement, for it will
be remembered that he severely criti-
cised the judges who reversed the de-
cision of Judge Landis, while for JUS
tice Wright he has no criticism. The
president took no action in the Stand
ard Oil case while it was, as it is now,
in the courts. He took no action, for
the very good reason that there was
nothing that he could do. But he
gave the judges a rather fierce lecture.
In the present case he says:
Whether the president does or does
not think the sentence of Mr.. Com
pers n his associates excessive is
not at present of consequence, because
he cannot take any action or express
any opinion while the case is pending
before the courts"
That is true. He can do nothing,
and he ought not to criticise. We are
glad to know that the educational
process to which he has been sub
jected is having it's effect.-Indianap.
oils News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

MIR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1922
4v4 Third Ave-, Moline, ILL.,, writes:
"Ihave beens suffering from catarrh
in the head for the past two month
and tried innumerable so-called reK>e.
dies without avail. No one knows how
l have suffered not only from the dis
ease itself, but from modification when
in company of friends or strangers.
81 have used two bottles of your med.
icine for d short time only, and it
effected 4 complete medical cure, and
what is better yet, the disease has not
returned.
81 can most emphatically recommend
Peruna to all sufferers from this dis.
ease"
Read This Experience.
Mr.. A. Thompson, Box IS, r. R. 1,
Martel, Ohio, whites: when l began
your treatment my eyes were infamed,
nose was stopped up half of the time,
and was sore and scabby. | could not
rest at night on account of continual
hawking and splitting.
81 had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought l would
try Peruna.
"After l had taken about one-third OF
a bottle / noticed a difference. l am
now completely cured, after suffering
with catarrh for eighteen years.
81 think if those who ire afflicted
with catarrh would try Del ina they
would never regret it."
Peruna is manufactured by the
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna
Almanac for 1909.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Amusing Stories on Tariff Revisers

from Brussels, and that the wood
work of the imposing throne" upon
which the committeeman sit at hear
ings, was brought over from Italy.
I'm fact" said a Democrat, 1.-The only
article of domestic production around
the committee room these days is the
hot air supplied by the witnesses who
appear before u.s."
All of this recalled to Democratic
members of the committee a ludicrous
incident that occurred during the con-
sideration Of the Dingley bill in the
house, II years ago. Nelson w. Ding
ley of Maine was in charge of the tar
if measure at that time. He was
speaking to the theme, I'VE should
encourage American industries"
MI. Dingley was followed on the
floor by Jerry Simpson of Kansas,
whose nimble wit and comic stories
are a part of the traditions of the
house. Mr.. Dingley wore a high hat.
and invariably brought it into the
house with him, laying it on the chair
adjoining the n he occupied.
"The gentleman should practice
what he preaches," shouted MI. Simp-
son., moving toward the unsuspecting
Mr.. Dingley. Picking up Mr.. Ding
ley's headgear, Simpson continued:
Il find a label in the gentleman's hat,
reading thus: Made in London"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Tariff Taxino the Small Home.

The ambition of every thrifty wage
Garner or soil tiller is to own his
home. These modest abodes are the
fruit of s~elf-sacrifce and p%lodding in
dustry.
The lumber trust sits in the gates of
prosperity and takes toll of every
home builder of modest means. It
taxes every stick of finished timber
that goes into the dwelling. 1t taxes
the plain, unpretentious furniture. 1t
taxes the farmers barn where. he
houses his crops, and the sheds for
his livestock.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
EnoIish Domestic Help.

On the principle that misery loves
company" it may be cOnsoling to the
woman who has trouble with servants
to know that English housewives, even
those of unlimited means, find it hard
to secure effective service.
Prices, however, are much lower
there than with us. A capable nurse
may be hired for 925 a year (cquiva-
lent to $125 of our money!, and at the
rate of a trile over 81 a week! When
it is remembered that her duties In
clude washing the baby's hannels, ETC.,
and doing the necessary needleWork'
as the advertisements say, it will be
more readily seen how the average
English family can afford to indulge
so freely in hired service.
1t is interesting to note the answers
to queries asked in the home journals:
Yes, the parlOur-maid would have to
do the dining-room and drawing room,
the h%ousenaid doing the third sitting
room and schOolroom before break
fast. You do not say whether you keep
a parlour-maid or house-parlour-maid."
One is tempted to call it a distinc-
ton without a differences!
From the frequent illusions to the
"schcol-room" and the 'g%overness" we
are reminded of the blessings we here
in America enjoy in our public schools.
Here, the school-room and governess
are the exception-there. the rule.
DnODlo I;,;, nv co,r,,~{o oro oft0o onI
strongly advised Tin the English pa
pers), to insist upon an interview
with the late mistress"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
END THE ROBBERY
DEMAND OF WESTERN FARMERS
FOR TARIFF REFORM.
Great Agricultural Section Of the
Country Has Paid Taxes to Rob-
Der Trusts Long Enough
"Protection" a Farce.

The bulk of surplus cash in the Uni
ted States Is owned by western farm
ers. They deposit it in their local
banks, whence it flows through vari
Gus channels to the eastern money
markets for investment.
At a recent national gathering OF
presidents OK insurance companies the
statement was made that money is a
drug in the market. The insurance
men are in close touch with the finan'
cial market, as they have prodigious
surpluses to invest. Just now the
market is flooded with the boards OF
thrifty investors.
The VASCULAR fact is that while the
east is just recovering from a money
panic the agricultural west had no
panic to o from. The farmers
have had no hard times for a series
of years. They were still buying au-
tomobiles and Injuries when panic
stricken eastern banks were issuing
clearing house certificates.
The working capital of banks, rail
roads, factories and mines ONE in
the main from the small accumula-
lions Of thrift put out at interest. The
greatest creditor of all is the Amer1-
can farmer. While bumper crops and
high prices for agricultural products
prevail the farmers will remain S u
preme in the creditor class.
The farmer keeps up the country
banks and stores, which in turn sup
port the great marts of industry in
the cities and manufacturing centers.
Wall street and the spectators mere
ly levy toll on the teeming industry
Of the nation. The tariff barons get
their share Of the spoils through in
direct tariff taxation.
Practically everything the farmer
has to buy yields a tax to some rob-
Der trust. If he would improve his
buildings he must pay a tax to the
lumber trust. If more implements are
needed the harvester trust gets its
pound of flesh.
So it runs through the whole list Of
necessities and Injuries. The trusts
tax the farmers like all other con-
sumers without giving anything tan
gible in return. The alleged "protec-
ton" Of tariff schedules is a mockery,
as far as the farmers are concerned.
Their coinage of wealth from the soil
needs no artificial protection.
1t is to lessen plain tariff robbery
that western farmers demand genuine
tariff revision.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Timely Tips.

To mend a lace curtain without sew.
ing, cut a piece of net as near as pos
sible like the mesh Of the curtain to
be mended. Dip the scrap in boiled
starch, and while wet place it over
the torn part of the curtain and iron
until dry. 1t will adhere a long time.
and is a help in an emergency.
Do not refuse the children all the
sweets (pure and wholesome, like hon.
ey. fruits, %jellies, etc. which they
will eat. But see that they have them
at mealtime. After a meal they will
not want very much, and in modera.
ton, sweets are healthful. They sup
ply caloric to the system, and build the
tissues.
To Dry Herbs.-Have ready sons
paper bags, prick them all over with
pin pricks to exclude air without ad
hitting dust. tie the bags and hang
them in the kitchen.
To Test Mushrooms.-Place a bright
silver dime in the water in which the
mushrooms are cooked. II 1t remains
bright, use the mushrooms: If 1t turns
black, throw them out.
HH - E&
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

THE end',o of the romanc of Rather
I Inc Elkins and the duke of the
Abruzzi is to be like the final chapter
of an old-fashioned novel, in which the
heroine fees with her memories to
convent walls and the hero betakes
himself and his wounded heart to the
wilderness Of the world to seek for
getfulness.
9'hs authoritative announcement
that there would be no marriage be-
tween Miss Elkins and the italian
prince and cousin of a king was hard
ly cold when the cable brought from
Rome the report that the duke was
planning to be on to the u~nexplored
mountain fastnessez of India.
Subsequent dispatches have con
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
No lonoer "Infant Industries"

The news from Washington that Re-
publican congressman are seeing a
great light on tariff reform Is crafty
ing. Extensive revision downward as
a result of the tariff hearings and ad-
vices from the country is now antici-
pated. Certainly the predictions of
free lumber, free wood-pulp and paper,
free hides and leather products, with
heavy cuts in the wool and steel
schedules, point to genuine revision.
The infant industries IAN no longer
conceal their adult proportions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
He Wouldn't Sell.

The owner of a small country es.
tate decided to sell his property, and
consulted an estate agent in the near
est town about the matter. After visit
ing the place the agent wrote a de-
scription of it, and submitted it to his
client for approval.
Read that again." said the owner.
closing his eyes and leaning back in
his chair contentedly.
After the second reading he was
silent a few moments, and then said,
thoughtfully: Il don't think I'll sell.
I've been looking for that kind of a
place all my life, but until you read
that description l didn't know l had
it! No, l won't sell now."-Exchange.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Rules for Meringue.

The proper proportion of egg and
sugar is one egg to a tablespoonful OF
powdered sugar. Afterwards, to OBJ.
tain the tiny brown puff which makes
the meringue so attractive, sprinkle a
light layer Of powdered sugar over it.
The juice of half a lemon to one pie is
an Improvement.
The oven must be moderate. Toe
hot an oven spells any meringue.
A cook, who vas making meringue,
Said, "My; but it gives me a pingue,
When the thing ought to brown.
To see it fall down,
When the oven is closed with q binguei
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
4 Gossip of Washington
81 What Is Going On at the I
81 National Capital. /
Sets New Record for Cabinet Members

Roosevelt entered the White House
Long, Morton, Moody, Bonaparte, Met
calf and Newberry; and five postmas-
tiers general-Smith, Payne, Wynne,
C~ortelyou and Meyer. There have
been two secretaries of state-Hay
and Root. The recent announcement
that Secretary Root is to resign as
soon as he is elected to the senate
from New York and that Assistant
Secretary of State Robert Bacon Of
New York and Boston will succeed
him assures three secretaries of state
during President R~Oosevelt'S time.
MI. Roosevelt has also had three sec
retaries Of the treasury, three secre-
taries of war, three attorneys general,
three secretaries of commerce and two
secretaries of the interior.
Grover Cleveland, the only other
president since Grants time who has
served two terms, had but % cabinet
officers. They were in two admins
trations, separated by 4 four-year Pc
riod. In each of his administrations
with him remained at his cabinet
table till the close of the four years
for which the president had been
elected. But one of the changes in
Mr.. ROosevelt's cabinets has been on
account of death, and that was in the
state department.
When Mr.. Bacon becomes secretary
of state three Of the nine members Of
the last Roosevelt cabinet will be
men who were favorites at tennis and
have been counted as members of the
tennis cabinet.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

You'll hear melodious swish of angel
wings.
That thrills you like the sound of Ga
briefs trump
Forbodes disaster: Say, somebody help
me,
There amt no water, and I've broke the
pump"
When storm is in the sky, and thunder
crashing,
Pours through that eerie cavern with a
din
That shakes the world, you listen to the
message:
Say, is it time to put the biscuits In"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

And mother at the tables head, and In
her deep-set eyes
1.-The light that never shone on. land or
sea-" or in the skies.
The kitty Tapped her milky dish with
loud appreciation;
And Bruno druled outside the door with
glad anticipation;
And all the children talked and ang-
ah me, meath Heavens dome,
There is no joy, no memory, k that
fOnd Welcome Home!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
From His Throne of Money Baos

Andrew Carnegie, made colossally
rich by Ubiquitous tariff schedules, is
sued a Christmas message to the
world. 1t is worded in truly regal
style, and the bumptious naivete with
which this citizen tells all his fellow
why they should be thankful
n contented beats even the record
of the Nine Tailors of Tooley street
on a celebrated occasion issued a
proclamation beginning: 1--WE, the
people Of England"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
His Vocabulary.

He was an only child. They were
very particular about his manner of
speech, constantly correcting him so
that he would use beautiful English.
He, however, vas allowed now and
then to associate with other children.
He played with a neighbor boy a long
while one day and when he came
home there was an ecstat;c smile on
his face.
Il like that boy, mother" he said.
81 like him very much. He swears
beautifully. He knows every word"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
Two Cents and $29, 24o, 600.

A Michigan mar is serving a 80
days Jail sentence for pilfering a
two-cent stamp from Uncle Sam. You
can't get by with a thing of that valu-
alton, but if it's something like $685.
24O, 900, for instance-well, that's an
other story.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
The Difference.

Under a tariff for evenu the pro.
ceeds go into the federal treasury to
be used for the general benefit of the
taxpayers. Under duties imposed for
protection the preferred classes col.
lect the toll and put it in their own
pockets.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

Mr.. Roosevelt will try to capture a
& Co., but so far as the anthracite coal
trust is concerned it may stamp and
rage through the jungle at will.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

The president having answered con-
gress in his usual tone of voice in the
matter of the secret service incident,
that coordinate branch Of the govern
ment may consider itself billeted in
the Ananias club until the 4th of
March.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

The real cost (of steeD this year is
the highest in years because SO few
rails are made.-Charles Schwab to
the Ways and Means Committee.
Cut the tariff, drop the price, Their,
and it will be cheaper to make them;
for demand will double.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

Stock Growers Will Want to Know
If the ways and means committee
puts free hides into the tariff bill and
leaves a tariff on leather, it is likely to
hear something from the northwest
and the middle west, where the stock
growers are not yet convinced that
the beef trust gets all the benefit OF
the tariff on raw hides. Maybe this
isn't right, but it's so.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
NO E PTATlON.

Wag referring to Miss Oldbird)-
I'm, 1 should think it would be more
suitable if she were standing under
"elderberries" instead of mistletoe-
berries.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

1t begins to look as if the future
meetings of the Ananias club would
have to be held in Madison Square
garden.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

n PRoDIGAL.

is it you remember
best when, after months
or years,
You wander home again
with smiles and, maybe.
happy tears?
What picture has the
dearest place in mem
ory's gallery?
1t is the table where we
ate and talked and
drank: just We.
I can see the dining-room
at home-its papers fa-
ded green
With spaces square and
oval bright, where pic
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22

is a speaking tube
in our old house.
Back in the hall that
leads down to the
kitchen.
And through its wide, tin
mouth, the airs Of
Heaven
Play with a kind Of spell
strange and bewitch-
in.
Sometimes it blows a
sweet and gentle muir
muir,
Sometimes the wind a
solemn message brings;
And through that speak
ing tube, If you will
listen.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-22
THE TUBE.

- HERE is a speaking tube
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-16
Scarcity of Leather.

When the scarcity OF hides and skins
is referred to it is hardly understood
by the layman. who perhaps does not
know that the world is being secured
III all corners for all available skins
and hides. More races are constantly
nrcoming civilized. and the increase
OF our hl'.r and skin supply is not in
proportion To that of the human race.
The alnuunt ct leather used in the
nianu!arturp 1T novelties OF all Kinds
has III, rti>ed to Il great extent With
in Il few wears. says the shoe Retailer
bul in no me mas Inc use OF leather
DfuHuriltd 80 extensively as in autOnU-
bile manui;riilr'. Any one 40 is at
all familiar Win an automobile knows
that there Is Il considerable aniulut OF
leather used in its construction. III up
hOlStery alu otherwise. his nlranS Il
large draft ON the leather market
which is perhaps more n"tireabie in
the high price or >prtady steers. the
hides OF which are extensively used
for that purpose.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-16
Mamma Men-of- war,

The big battleships OF the United
States navy have thus far been named
after the states OF the Union and the
cruisers for the cities. But the de-
partment has Il good rule by which the
names Of men who in the past distin-
guished themselves in the service can
be bestowed on the smaller craft
Thus the memory of five naval heroes
has just been honored in the designa-
lions Of the five new torpedo boat de-
stroyers authorized by congress. Twen-
ty-siX such names OF famous officers
have already been used. and to these
the department has added those of
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen. Lieu
tenant John Trippe. Captain Daniel 4.
Patterson. Rear Admiral Henry Wake
and Ensign John K. Monaghan. But
falo Commercial.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-16
What's In a Name2

To certain southern town. on legal
business. came most pompous young
lawyer. who. Notwithstanding his name
was Mcknight. had an excellent opin-
ion of himself. He found it necessary
to talk with Squire Gardner. an I'M
polished justice. who had no good opin-
ion of anything and especially of any
one who had good opinion of him
self. The squire had never heard of
his visitor till he called. and he was
poor hand at remembering names. but
he was an expert in human measure
ments. The young lawyer proceeded
promptly to say what he had to say.
the squire listening. but watching.
Presently he thought it was time for
him to say something.
Hold on. Mr.. McCipher." he began.
My name Is Mcknight" the lawyer
stitlly corrected him.
Excuse me. excuse me-" apologiZed
the squire and finished his remarks.
1t was not long until the squire again
felt called upon to speak.
well. now. Mr.. McZero." he started
in.
II said my name was Mcknight"
the lawyer interrupted sharply.
Again the squire apologized. apollo
gized profusely. and the lawyer con-
cluded his consultation. He was not
feeling very kindly toward the squire
but he thought it wise not to manifest
his feelings and said goodby with a
fair degree of politeness.
"Goodby. Mr.. McNothing." said the
squire. as innocent as lamb. and as
the visitor walked pompously out of
the office the squire chuckled.-N
Orleans Times Democrat