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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

The attempted flight of Walter WelImam and his five compan-
ions across the Atlantic ocean in an airship did not equal in daring,
the voyage of Columbus. Welman knew whittier he was headed.
Columbus did not.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

WE gladly welcome the Tennesseean of Nashville. the paper
edited by the lamented Carmack, to our desk. The stockholders of
the Tennesseean recently bought the Nashville American, which
practically leaves the Nashville field to the Tennesseean. The
Tennesseean comes to us IS a great big newspaper. 1t is ably edit
ed. l til supporting the Independent Democratic movement in
Tennessee and is certainly giving Bob Taylor soS1e hard jolts.
Though Carmack is dead his spirit is still abroad in Tennessee.
"Do you endorse the assassination of Carmack and the pardon of his
sayers?" is d question that refuses to down in Tennessee politics.
There is but one way to settle it. Bury all connected with ii a po
litcal oblivion that means no awakening. There is much rich and
racy reading in the Tenncsseean.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-10-21

We are authorized to announce |. u. Simpson as acandidatef Tor County supern-
tendent of PubicE ducathn;s ubtctto the primary election.
FOR SHERIFF-The sentnelis authorized announce II J. STATEN, asa candidate
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Ha Could WieId an Az.

The skill Of the old Maine shipbuild-
ers In the use of the adj and broadax
was wonderful. One old time yarn is
of a carpenter who applied very drunk
at shipyard for employment In Or
der to have a little fun with him the
foreman set him to give proof of his
skill by hewing out wooden bolt with
no chopping block but a stone. The
carpenter accomplished his difficult
task without marring the keen edge Of
the broadax and showed the foreman
a neatly made bolt. Then he brought
the AK down with a terrific blow that
shattered it's edge upon the stone. II
can hew fust rate on your chopping
block" he hiccoughed. "but I'll be
blamed If l can make the ak stick in
1t when git through" The story runs
that the foreman lost no time in en-
blowing such workman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Protect the Fruit Trees.

II your young trees were multched
last fall and not properly protected
from mice and rabbits, you will prob
ably be surprised when you visit the
orchard to find that many of them
have been ruined. Mulch is a good
thing for the tree, but it is also a
good thing for mice, as it affords them
the best protection during the winter
and they gather in large numbers
around the foot of the trees and eat
away the bark.
Protection is easy. The best ma
terial is wire screening, although
some use tarred paper and veneer
from wood. Some orchardises prac-
tice tramping snow around the base
of their trees, but oftentimes this is
neglected and the trees are injured
before the work is accomplished. The
protectors should be pressed into
the ground deep enough to prevent
the mice from crawling under. Per
sonally l prefer wire-screening, but
in case tarred paper is used it should
be promptly removed in the spring to
prevent injury from scalding.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
A;RMsGRptN|
Loo. ..-rs& hAs--Ssssa|
a5Es.
STRAWBERRY CULTURE.
Beds Should Be Established as Soon
as Home Ia

Beds Should Be Established as Soon
as Home ls.
Like asparagus, strawberry beds
should be established as soon as the
family has settled in a country home"
says Kate V. Saint-Maur in Woman's
Home Companion, because it takes a
year to get full crop. There are a
great many varieties to choose from,
but think 1t is best to restrict selec-
ton to the old established kinds. The
Marshall for first early, the Glen Mary
for mid-season and the Candy for late
gathering. And truly | don't believe
there can be better selection for the
home garden near New York.
But, as some varieties do better
than others in a certain locality, it is
advisable to consult old residents in
the neighborhood and the nursery
men.
Light sandy soil, sloping slightly
to the south, will produce the earliest
berries, but we are convinced from
experience that slightly heavier soil
and a more northerly-eXposure pro-
duces better fruit in mid-season. Our
beds all slope to the south, but the
late varieties are so situated that
they are slightly shaded by a row of
young pear-trees, which protects them
from the direct rays of the sun. The
soil is-or rather was-of ordinary
quality, neither very sandy nor very
heavy, so for several seasons we scat
Al.
rows of the early plants, which ma
terially lightened the SOIL and for
several years we have had berries
from five to ten days earlier than our
neighbors."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Got Another Copv,

A well dressed man was standing
outside a booksellers shop in Charing
Cross road closely examining one Of
Balzac's works illustrated by Gustave
Dore. How much is this BalzacT he
asked an assistant outside.
twenty-five shilungs," was the re-
ply.
"Oh, that's far too much. l must see
the manager about a reduction" con-
unued the prospective customer, and,
suiting the action to the word. he took
up the book and went into the shop.
Approaching the bookseller, he took
the book from under his arm and asked
what he would give for it Seven
shilllngs highest offer," he was told.
The offer was accepted, the man took
his money and left
"Well," queried the assistant later,
after the man had gone, "were you
able to hit 1t of with the gentleman.
sir?"
"Oh. yes. managed to get another
copy of that edition Of Balzac for Z
shillings"
Then the bookseller went out to
lodge a complaint with the police
London Telegraph.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Timely Town Improvers,

The following suggestions if follow
ed will go far to help in improving
and beautifying the home town:
Make the old home more beautiful
this spring than it ever has been be-
fore.
Rake up all the bits Of sticks and
dead leaves of year ago and make
the yard ready for the mower when
the grass grows.
Fill in all the little uneven places
that may show in the lawn and scat
ter a little grass seed there. 1t will
soon grow and make the front so
much nicer to look at.
Two stout wires with a strip of wire
poultry netting will give the clematis
and other climbing vines something to
cling to as they try to find the top Of
the porch. If they have not some
thing to hold them upward they will
trail downward and lose something Of
their beauty.
A few climbing shrubs will shade
the porch neatly from the hot sun
shine Of next summer. The old fash
ioned honeysuckle is one Of the best
for this purpose. 1t is so clean, and il
blossoms longer than almost any other
shrub of the kind.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
HUMGR OF THE DAY
Detecting the Culprit.

There is a woman in the front Of
the car that hasn't paid her fare" said
the conductor to the man on the rear
seat, but I can't place her"
perhaps I can give you a pointer" !"
said the helpful man. "Pick out the
woman that fingers her hatpins all the
time. That is the latest wrinkle of
the female street pirate. Reading her
neighbor's newspaper and gazing into
futurity are out Of date. Everybody
got on to those tricks. But the woman
who beats her way has to do some.
thing to hide her guilt, so she fddles
with her hatpins."
Maybe you're right" said the con-
ductor. Anyhow. I'll try"
After little he reported to the help
ful man.
"That worked all right" he said.
"She owned up. She said you would
pay for her"
"Mew exclaimed the helpful man.
"What have l got to do with it?"
Everything apparently. She hap
pened to look back and said she knew
you and that it would be all right.
There she is now, standing up and
nodding at you. Know herr"
YES" said the helpful man weakly.
"She is my wife."-New York Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Lions. Tigers and LeOpards.

Mr.. R. Lydekker, the English nat
uralist, calls attention to the obser-
vations of Mr.. r. |. Pocock on the
Significance of the spots on lion cubs
as indicating the close relationship
of lions, tigers and leopards. On
lion cubs the pattern of the markings
is intermediate in character between
the stripes of the tiger and the
rosettes of the leopard, but inclines
more toward the former. East Afri-
can lions retain more or less distinct
traces of these early markings even
when they reach maturity. A dis
tinct tiger-like feature of the lion
cub is a white patch over the eye,
which disappears in the adult. Puma
cubs show a pattern quite unlike
that of the lion, tiger, leopard and
jaguar.-Youth's Companion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
A Victim of lenrnsN.

ION my travels in Venezuela" said a
New York man. II stayed in a hotel
with a young man In whose family
there was the taint of leprosy, though
he apparently did not have it One
night sitting at dinner he became an
cry at a waiter and brought his hand
down on the table with full force. He
instantly realized that he did not feel
the blow and sat looking at his hand,
his face whitening with horror. Give
me your knife, Bob he said to his
chum. He grabbed the pocketknife in
a frenzy and stabbed the side of his
hand with vicious cuts from finger tip
to wrist. You may not know that lep-
rosy appears in the side Of the hand,
numbness being a sign. The man did
not feel the cuts. He arose from the
table, knocking over his chair, rushed
out into the courtyard of the hotel, and
we heard the quick tang of revolver
shot, telling us how he had conquered
the leper's curse by ending his life
New York Times.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
How 10 Grow Water-cress.

Those fond of water-cress may have
a summers supply by sinking an old
tub or bottom of a hogshead to a
depth of ten inches near a pump or
well or where the water can be fire.
quently renewed from hose. Half fill
receptacle with good soil, plant rooted
water-cress and fill with water. A
border of umbrella plants or other
aquatic plants will make 1t a thing of
beauty as well as OF utility. A further
improvement may be made by plant
ing iris around outside OF the tub,
the overflow of water giving the nec-
essary moisture to the flowers.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

This fable is printed by a Kansas
newspaper for the benefit of its ad-
yertisers and those who ought TO be:
I'm a certain barnyard there were two
hens, one Of which when she laid an
egg cackled because she knew she had
good thing and wanted others to
know 1t. That hen believed In ad-
vertising. And many wero the break
fasts her enterprise supplied. When
the other hen laid eggs she disdained
to cackle. What's the use,' she said.
Everybody knows l lay eggs And
she cackled not One day the owner
Of the hens by accident discovered the
nest OF the noiseless one, and 1t was
full Of eggs, but they were too old
10 use, and Immediately he cut OF the
head OF the hen that refused to be
modern and advertise"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Not All Hawks Chicken Thieves.

The hawks have as bad a reputa-
tion as the crows, and all hawks are
called "hen-hawks" by those who are
ignorant of what they do live on, but
the majority of the hawks do not live
on poultry by any means. A great
MANY live on insects and mice form
a large item in their bill of fare.
The sparrow hawk is the one that
is to blame for the hard name given
to his brethren, and 1t is he who kills
the chickens and hens. When hard
pressed for food other hawks rarely
may carry away hen or chicken, but
this is the extreme rather than the
average case. Maine Woods.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

While euphoniously named brands of
wheat flour often come from the same
bin in the mill, were the truth only
known there are distinctions with diff
ferences in at least three Of the grades
of -four usually milled which the con-
sumer might well be acquainted with
The highest priced patent tiours
are made from the inner portion Of
the wheat, running from GO to Go per
cent of the berry. Clear" flour con-
sists of the edible portion of the wheat
less the patent which has been taken
from it and contains from 10 to 80
per cent of the wheat berry. Straight
-four contains all Of the berry which is
fit for human food and, though con-
sidered inferior to the patent flour in
grade and lower in price, contains
more of the nutritive elements of the
wheat berry and therefore makes a
more nutritious bread.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
TO GUST BILLBOARD s
Fight For Abolition CT Town Us-
lifiers Spreading.
EFFECTIVE LAWS INSTITUTED

Cincinnati and st. Louis Adopt Resu-
iations Restricting Construction Of
Signbosrds In Certain Sections Of the
City and Matter Exposed on Them.
1t is well agreed on as a starting
point In the quest after n town and
city beautiful that the ever ugly bill.
boards must by all means disappear.
The colored poster that adorns the
dead walls and vacant spaces of town
streets is about the only created thing
for which no claim of beauty is made
The signboard stands unrivaled and
alone as something that is frankly
ugly and justifes its existence on 9th
er ground than attractiveness to the
aesthetic sense. Many towns and cities
throughout the United States are wag-
ing a successful fight to abolish bill
board advertising. Cincinnati is MAX
ing a strong stand against the nui-
sance that should be duplicated in all
towns and cities. The fight has been
led by the municipal art committee of
the Business Mems club and has cul-
minated in the adoption OF a code of
regulations embraced in the city's
building ordinances. These regula-
tons are directed toward, first, the
character of materials to be used. non
combustible material only being al
lowed; second, the limiting of their
height and area; third, raising them
from the ground fourth, maintaining
an open space at the end; fifth. re-
stricting their proximity to the street
and maintaining the house line, and.
sixth, restricting the matter that may
be exposed on them. The business
mems organization also expects to
maintain the right to require that no
signboard shall be erected on or facing
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
how B111BoARps DErAoE A TOWN.

any public park, square, municipal,
county or federal building. This is
grand example shown by Cincinnati,
and let the public spirited Of other
towns and cities follow suit. st. Louis
is also trying to rid itself Of the
boards upon which the obnoxious post
ers appear and tend to deface the
beauty of the city. The building com
missioner recently brought action for
the abolition Of over 200 billboards,
the construction of which violates city
ordinances, as consequence Of a de
cision handed down by the Missouri
supreme court at Jefferson City re-
Gently affirming the right of st. Louis
to regulate billboard advertising by
ordinance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

Only within the past few years has
an adequate value been placed upon
skimmilk, yet it is a we'll known fact
of chemistry that it contains virtually
all Of the casein protein) of the whole
milk, the butter fat removed in the
cream being carbon and water. Pracu-
cally all of the food value Of skim
milk may be removed in the shape Of
cottage cheese, also known as
"schmierkase." The following recipe
for making this appetizing food is rec
commended by the Nebraska expert
ment station: Allow the skimmilk TO
become sour and curdled, then heat to
90 or 100 degrees f. in about thirty
minutes. After 1t has reached the de
sired temperature remove the vessel
from the stove and allow curd to re-
main in hot whey for about fifteen
minutes. Then remove whey by pour
ing the clabber into cheesecloth bag
or through a fine wire screen with
cheesecioth spread over it and allow
to drain until no more whey appears.
The texture-hardness or softness Of
the curd-depends upon the tempera-
ture to which the milk is heated and
the time the curd is allowed to remain
in the hot whey. The greater the heat
and the longer its duration the harder
the cheese will be. Adding to the curd
about one-tenth its volume of rich
cream greatly improves the flavor Of
the cheese, together with sufficient
salt TO season.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
WE ARE DYING YOUNGER.
Only the Babies Have q Better
Chance To Survive Now.

Onance 10 SurViVe NOW.
In view Of all that has been said
about the fall In the death rate It
seems strange TO realize, says Health
Culture, that we are not living so
long as our grandfathers and grand
mothers did. More babies live to
grow up nowadays than formerly,
but people in later life die younger.
Once arrived to adult age the aver
age man or woman has fewer years
of survival to expect. This seems
on the face of It so surprising a state
ment that In order to be accepted II
should be backed up by data authen-
tic and indisputable. Such data are
furnished by the figures of the in
surance companies (Which all agree
on the point), but It Is easier to re-
fer to the Government census re-
ports. which tell the tale in simple
and convincing fashion. Even in
the last fifteen years the death rate
among all persons over 55 years of
age of both sexes has risen very con-
siderably
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
What Missionaries Do,

Two little girls saw the wide open
mouth Of crocodile in picture book.
"Crocodiles is awful" said one Sc
riously. "They eat up little heather
babies what don't say their prayers.
In my Sunday school we give pennies
to buy missionaries to go and shoot
them."-Harper's Weekly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

Wild morning glory is one of the
common weeds difficult to kill out be-
cause of the habit of multiplying by a
system Of underground rootstalks, usu-
al cultural methods only serving to
spread the pest. One old fellow we
heard Of the other day got rid of a
good sized patch by hoeing off all of
the vines which showed above ground
every Monday morning. Tuesday morn
ing would probably have done just as
well, but he thought Monday morning
was the appointed time. The impor-
tant fact in connection with the in
stance is that this weekly attack wor-
ried the life out of the morning glo-
ries, sapping the vitality of the root
systems to such an extent that there
was not enough plant food left to car
ry the plants through the winter.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

The Maine experiment station pub
fishes the following recipe for the dry
mash which it has tested and found
excellent as a poultry feed; Two hun
dred pounds good wheat bran, 100
pounds cornmeal. 100 pounds mid
dlings (o- Red Dog four, 100 pounds
gluten meal or brewers grains, 100
pounds linseed meal and 100 pounds
beef scraps. This should be thoroughly
mixed on a clean floor before being
put in the feed hoppers. The scratch
ing ration recommended by the same
station consists of four quarts of
screened cracked corn, two quarts of
wheat and two quarts of oats for each
hundred hens plymouth Rock daily.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Divorce loo Handy.

Mr.. Coonley (gloomily)-Mah wife
done tole me today dat she's got near
ly two hundred dollahs saved up in a
savin's bank in huh own name, and
don't like dat at all.
Mr.. Mokeby (astonished)-You don't?
Why, man, amt dat nice To- a rainy
day?
Mr.. Coonley-Yaas, 1 s'pose so, but
in case OBJ a stormy day look how easy
she kin git to Renol-Illustrated Sun
day MAGAZINE
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

The western rancher is not bothered
with Canada thistles or quack grass,
but he has in his grain and alfalfa
fields an annual, the freweed, that
causes him much annoyance. 1t grows
to a height of from one to two feet and
bears numerous yellow blossoms on a
fiddle neck blossom stalk, the leaves
being covered with numerous short
spines, which, brittle and dry at hay
ing and harvest time, irritate the skin
as much as do fleas and chiggers.
When the fireweed gets in possession
of a field, about the only way to eradi-
cate it is clean cultivation of some
titled crop.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
keeplna Potatoes.

Many market gardeners find it pro
fitable to include potatoes in their
list OF crops, and it is important TO
keep the seed tu5ers in a perfectly
dormant condition. Cellars with fur
naces are unsuitable for storing seed
potatoes. The room should be cool,
dry, we'll ventilated and frostprooE
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
General Farm Notes,

Good bedding is of value because
1t saves the liquid manure.
The best crop to redeem a run
down field is alfalfa
The old fashioned winter is going
TO give US some old fashioned roads
next spring.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Plus Kid.

Mamma, when say my prayers to-
night may pray for rain?"
"Of course, dear. But don't you
think we've had enough rainF'
mot quite. Jennie Jones is going to
have a picnic tomorrow, and amt in
vited."-Cleveland Leader.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Value of Salt.

Wissen Feur ALE had a sympos-
ium to discuss the value of salt in
digestion. One of the physicians
wrote that, while salt in moderation
Is good for the stomach. and often
absolutely necessary, it ought to be
tahen apart from the meals in much
the same way as medicine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Method In His Madness.

She-But you do write a wretched
hand. Why, l don't think l can read
one-half Of any one of your letters.
Hell know it. | do that so they
never can be used in court-Yonkers
Statesman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

Some feeding experiments which
have been conducted of late by the
Iowa experiment station show that
sugar beets and mangels favor the for
nation of calculi, or stone" in the
kidneys and bladders of breeding
rams, in some instances fatal results
occurring. The discovery would seem
to indicate that it is not advisable TO
feed these roots to breeding sheep.
either rams or ewes, as the results
would doubtless be the same with
both.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
In the Way,

You haven't much Of a memory for
dates" said the conversational boarder
Nope" replied Farmer Corntossel
81 used to have. but it interferes with
business when you're sellin' spring
chickens. s."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Identified.

Mrs. Jawback-John, you're per
feet fool!
Mr.. Jawback-I knew something like
that would happen when marriage
made you and me One.-Cleveland
Leader.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

This contrivance is made of a few
lengths of boards two inches wide,
fastened together with wire, as seen
in the picture. This is wrapped firmly
around the tree and wire attached, as
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
An Excuse He Couldn't Overlook

"Where are you going, John?"
"I think I'll go to my club, and per.
haps l ought to take my pajamas
along"
why in the world should you think
of doing thatT'
You said you didn't feel like your
self tonight, so it would be improper
for me to stay here. wouldn't itT-
Chicago Record Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
UnanswerabIe,

At the dedication Of a new fire en-
gine in little town on the Massachu-
setts coast the following toast was
proposed: May she be like the dear
old maids of our village-always ready,
but never called for."-Success Maya
zine
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Did He Eat Her Up7

''The bride and bridegroom seem
well matched"
"Yes; she's a grass widow and he's
a vegetarian. n."-Lippincott's.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27
Waiting.

How is the good roads propaganda
progressingT
Not much doing now until the
farmers find out whether they are GO
Ing to have automobiles or aeroplanes."
St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-27

There be many supposedly respecta.
BILE people who wouldn't steal their
neighbor's purse or sheep who fall
down when it comes to the moral in
volved in palming off beef suet for
butter fat. This is just the same kind
Of cussedness, only smaller and more
contemplate, for it is practiced under
the guise of an activity which is law
full and decent.