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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Beecher Forgot About

fessor vas sent to the hotel where
Mr.. Beecher usually stopped, to get
trace Of the missing lecturer, If pos
sible.
Yes, Mr.. Beecher was stopping at
the hotel. the clerk informed the pro.
~fessor, who %thereupon fastened to
Mr.. Beecher's room, knocked upon the
door and was told to come In, which
he did at once. But before he could
frame even a "how do you do" Mr..
Beecher, spying him, let out an
astonished 4 declared followed 1t up
by hastily pulling out his watch and
looking at 1t, and exclaimlng in dis
may, Why, it's going to four, and you
have been waiting for me all this time
at the divinity school,
"He grabbed for his hat. Then. as
he was reaching for his overcoat, he
turned on the professor with a quaint
smile.
"'Oh, WE'LL he said, I might as
well make a full confession. When I
left my home In Brooklyn this morn
ing 1 bought copies of two or three
morning newspapers. There was
something in them that interested me
greatly, and I intended to read all
about it on my way to this city. But
after l got seated In the train a friend
came along, I shared my sea- with
him, and he talked to me all the way
here, SO that l did not have an op-
portunity to read my papers. But as
soon as I got to the hotel l saw that
l would have an hour of leisure before
the lecture began, so I slipped up here
and began reading-and, do you know,
/ found the reports Of the event so
graphic that I actually forgot all about
the lecture. It's in the Anglo-Saxon
blood to be interested In such an
event, doctor-I was reading about
the Sullivan-Ryan fight which took
place yesterday down in Mississippi
Fol a moment or two Mr.. Beecher
looked the professor of divinity
squarely in the eye. Then he reached
over and dug that gentleman in the
ribs. And now that I have made my
confession he said, laughing, I'm 60
Ing to say something to you. I would
be willing to wager that you yourself
read the report of that battle with
bare knuckles this morning before
you went to the divinity school,
"Well, Mr.. Beecher.' replied the
professor, 4 might as well confess,
too, l did get up a little earlier than
usual this morning and go to the front
door for the morning paper. It hadn't
come, 81 l actually waited at the door
until the boy brought 1t. Then / sat
down and read the report of the fight
before breakfast
"Mr. Beecher beamed on his com.
panion In wickedness. Come he
said, and linked arms with the other.
And that shameless professor after.
wards told me that the lecture which
Mr.. Beecher delivered a little later
was the best he ever heard that gift
ed orator make on any platform"
Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edwards.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26

THE United States is to test the sin,
i certify of Russia and Japan IL their
recent claim of adherence to the open
door policy in China made recently &C
incident with the signing of the new
treaty by the Gear and the Mikado. 1t
has been announced at the state de-
partment that the government will
press at once for recognition from
these two powers Of the railroad con-
cession recently granted by China to
an English-American syndicate.
This is the concession which Russia
blocked with an emphatic protest last
winter. Since then the negotiations
have been In the statu quo. Now they
are to be resumed at once. The gov
eminent Is to find out whether or not
Russia and Japan intend to bar the
United States as well as other powers
out Of Manchuria by raising unjusti-
fable objections to the admission of
other nations to that rich field.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
illustrated by the ImpuIslve Manner In
Which the "Boss" Bought Some
Property He Wanted to Add
to Country Estate.

When William M. Tweed, who Is no.
torious in the history of American graft
as Boss" Tweed, was at the height
of his power in New York city-when,
in other words, the metropolis OF the
New World practically ate out OF his
hand-he lived the greater part OF the
year not in the city that he and his
ring were robbing right and left. but In
the town of Greenwich. Conn.
There Tweed bought a farm in 1865.
It is now the country home OF Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, who Is well known
throughout the country as a woman OF
great philanthropy. In the farm as 1t
was when Tweed bought it there were
forty acres, and upon the place Tweed
began at once to spend a large amour
of money. The barn which he built
cost $4,000, a large sum for such a
building in those days, and it gained
national notoriety.
About five years later Tweed decided
that he would like to secure an adjoin-
ing piece Of property and add it to his
country home. This was a tract of
twenty acres owned by the late Fred
erick Mead, who In his time was a
prominent merchant and banker In
New York city. Tweed was very anx-
ious to obtain possession of Mr.. Mead's
acres because he felt that they would
round out and complete his WI place.
Whatever else may be said to Tweed's
dishonor, this must be said In his IA
vor-he was a man Of a good deal Of
artistic taste and had a keen eye for
natural beauty.
What will you sell that twsuty-acre
tract for?" Tweed said to Mr.. Mead
one day.
81 don't think 1 want to sell it at
all" was the reply.
Well" said Tweed, think it over,
and if you can decide upon a price let
me know"
Several weeks later Tweed. meeting
MI. Mead at the Greenwich railroad
station as they both were on their way
to New York city, pressed the latter
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Tweed's Methods in Business

to put a price upon his twenty acres.
Tweed, in fact, was insistent that Mr..
Mead should do so, but the merchant
as steadily insisted hat his place was
not for sale.
But you will sell If you can get
your price, won't your" Tweed finally
asked. You will certainly sell the
property for a Tweed price,"
what do you near by a Tweed
price?" asked Mr.. Mead.
Why" was the reply, "a price that
Tweed will be willing to pay"
Mr.. Mead laughed. well, I would
sell that twenty-acre lot for 5 $780,"
he said, still laughing. THAT is $2,750
an acre. You would not be willing to
pay that for it?"
Instantly TWEED turned to the sta
ton agent. Look here," he said, lend
me pen and ink, will your" At the
same time he pulled out a check book,
opened it, seized the proffered ink and
pen. wrote out a check for $4,000 on
the little shelf before the ticket agents
window and handed it to the aston
ished and nonplussed MI. Mead. Nov
that / have paid you, Mr.. Mead" he
said, you can send me the warranty
deed at your convenience"
A high value upon the property at
that time would have been $500 an
acre. Today a high value upon 1t
would probably be a thousand dollars
an acr,, almost two-thirds less an acre
than Tweed paid in the heyday of his
notoriety.
Copyright. 1910. by T.. J. Edwards.)
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Tattoo Suggested for Army Horses

A third marking takes place when the
horse Is sent from the army remount
depot to the troop OF battery, and It
must be renewed from time to time.
It Is Captain Conrad's idea that .
more enduring designation could be
accomplished by applying a mark to
the inside Of the upper lip of the
horse. He has devised an instrument
for this purpose, and suggests the use
Of India ink, with the result that the
numeral adopted will be indelible.
This will require, of course, a regular
system of marking so that there may
be no duplicates. BY this means a
horse accepted for military service
will keep its number. 1t may be nee
to have legislation to prevent
tampering with the designation or ma
king use of similar mark in the case
Of horses not used In the military
service.
Captain Conrad's quest is expected
to lead to several important acquisi-
lions during the coming year. By this
method the middleman is avoided, and
horses are obtained at a much lower
price than under the contract system.
Besides, there Is a better opportunity
Of selection, and controversies ara
avoided which SO often have prevailed
between the government representa-
tives and the contractors who fail to
comply with specifications in the de-
livery Of military animals.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Newspaper Accounts Of the Sullivan
Ryan Prize Fight Caused the
Preacher to Be Late for En-
gagement at Divinity School.

The we'll nigh universal interest
that was being taken In a certain event
scheduled to take place in San Fran
cisco on July 4 has served to remind
me of the lecture that great and pow
erful preacher, Henry Ward Beecher,
forgot all about. My authority for the
%anecdote, which reveals n side OF
the abundant human nature which
was SO characteristic of Mr.. Beecher,
is the late Prof. Johnson T. Plat OF
the Yale Law school.
"Mr. Beecher was always a favorite
lecturer at Yale, before the divinity
school," said Professor Platt. You
may recall that he delivered several
series of lectures on the Lyman
Beecher foundation, named after his
father, and at other times he also lee
tured before the school.
well, on the afternoon of the par
ticular Beecher lecture l have in mind
the hall was packed to the doors with
students and others eager to hear
him. The hour set for the beginning
of the lecture was three o'clock, but
when 1t arrived there appeared no
Henry Ward Beecher, to the mild
surprise of the professors in charge.
for hitherto Mr.. Beecher had
been tardy in appearing In the hall.
But when 1t got to be nearly half after
three and still NJ Beecher. the sur
prise and CONSERVATION were great,
and, after a hasty consultation, a pro-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
~
Studying Bird Habits.

Whether birds, especially migratory
ones, return to the same nests year
after year is a question of much in.
terest to the naturalist. Swallows that
summer in England do not winter
north Of Africa, but an observer at
High Halden, Kent England, has re.
corded that one returned on April Il
to a nest it occupied last year. II
was recognized by a ring placed on its
leg May 8, 1903.
To gain a better knowledge OF bird
habits more than 1000 British birds
were last year marked with inscribed
aluminium rings, and twice as many
more will be similarly tagged this
year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26

THE increased attention which the
suffrage cause Is attracting in
Washington has astonished the old
timers whose remembrance of the
small body Of women who called upon
the Committee on Privileges n
Elections at tbs converting OF every
new congres Is tho last impression
of a few plucky women leading a des-
perately forlorn hope.
Time was when the woman who
had suffrage leanings was afraid to
cyow them in Washington. and when
q was thought exceedingly courageous
uf such well known society leaders
as Mrs. John b. Henderson and Mrs.
John r. Mclean to entertain Miss
Susan b. Anthony, the most famous
apostle of the cause of woman's
rights. Belief 10 the right Of women
10 the ballot was supposed to imply
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
Cure for Sleeping Sickness.

A new treatment for the sleeping
sickness is called the cold cure, and
requires a refrigerator with a hos
pital ward installed in 1t. The room
Is painted white, devoid of carpet, but
made comfortable with a table, a deck
chair and an electric light. The pa
tent who submits to the treatment
sits for hours at a time In the ward
which IL kept at q temperature of
from 10 to 20 degrees below freezing
point. The rom is IL feet by 8 feet
and has double wooden walls. the
space between being packed with cot
ton.-Popular Mechanics.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26
The GUNNER Girl.

How'd you like to be engaged to .
millionaire"
II was engaged to n all last sum-
mer. and he seldom spent a dime. /
want to be engaged to q young mar
who is down here for two weeks with
about $500 In his ro&lss
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26

One hundred and three bales Of last
years cotton were sold at Vicksbuef
e an AVERAGE price Of $125 q bale.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-08-26

The first new bale of cotton for the
season Of 1901 reached Meridian
and was auctioned off before the
board of trade. The bale weighed 42S
pounds and was sold after spirited
bidding for Is cents per pound.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
AL MEETING TO BE HELD
AZ FALIS GROVE, NEAR ROCKY
GRAN.

Especial to News and Observer
Rocky Mount. May 2S.-On Monday
next at the Falls grove beyond the
river at North Rocky Mount the Ru-
raj Letter Carriers will hold their an
nual meeting, which will this year be
IN the form Of a good roads rally for
the two of Nash and Edge
tombe. A number Of persons promi-
nent in both the local and State good
roads movement will be in attendance.
and there is every indication to point
to the success Of the affair and the
taking of another step Onward in the
work of securing this. one of the
greatest evidences of a prosperous
community.
The exercises start at ten O'Clock in
the morning and will be concluded in
time for dinner. A barbecue will be
given by the local letter carriers and
no stone will be left unturned by them
for the success of the meeting. The
program includes the
The address of welcome. by Hon. T.
T. Thorne, mayor of the city Of Rocky
Mount.
The esponse by Hon. L. Y. Bassett,
State Senator from Edgecombe county.
1.-The advantages of the rural free
delivery as it applies to the uplift Of
the rural communities" by Hon. f
A. Hampton, the editor of the TwiT
County Echo, of Rocky Mount.
Good Roads address, by Mr.. NJ. w
I.incke, editor of the Nashville
Graphic.
Road building and how road:
might be improved" by Joseph Hyde
Pratt, State G~eologist, Of Raleigh.
In addition to the above program
there will be several local speakers
while the Rocky Mount Concert Band
of twenty pieces, will play for the oc-
casion. All indications tend to poin'
to the success of the meeting INC i
is thought that the good roads move
ment in this part of the State vii
score a ten strike on Monday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31

{. \: Allen. Of Raleigh, $1,000 at
par n One-half of one Der cent
Garard Fire Insurance COMPANY of
Phliadelphia, $4,000 at par and one
fourth OF one per cent.
Henry T.. Phelps, Of Fairyiew. s5-
200 FOR 5000.
5000.
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, of Raleigh, $50, 900 at par.
tbadt 1906. IS &c % % ..Sss
Joseph +. Pogue, Of Raleigh, $;5,-
OH for $4,000.
Raleigh Banking and Trust Com
pany, $25, 900 at par.
Wyatt J. Armfield and J. Elwood
Cox, OF High Point. $4,000 for $40
900.
Samuel l., Rogers, Of Franklinton,
$4,000 at par.
Southern National Bank, of Will
mington, n. c., $125,312.5O for S125,-
900.
Fourth National Bank, Of Fayette-
Vile. $1,000 at par.
L. r. Outlaw, of Elizabeth City,
$4,000 at S1.O2.
M. H. Fletcher. Of Asheville. $1,000
at par.
w. T. Weaver, of Asheville, $40
700 for $4,000.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany. Of Newark, n. j., $4,000 at
par.
W, &. Mann, Of Raleigh. $4,000
at par.
Briggs x Johnson. Of Scotland
Neck. 10000 at par.
Battery Park Bank of Nashville,
%s1O0.110 for 100000.
A. S. Rascoe, of Windsor, $25,250
for $4,000.
L. Y. Cooper. Of Henderson. $500
at par.
Commercial National Bank of Ra-
leigh $4,000 at par.
Cary X. Durfey. of Raleigh. surVlv-
ing executor estate Florence p. Tucker
S50.001 for 10000
Ernest Haywood. attorney OF Rat
eigh. s15,15O for SIS, 900.
Ernest Haywood, attorney, Of Raj
eigh, $12,120 for $4,000.
Ernest Haywood. attorney, of Raj
eigh, $1,515 for $500.
Mrs. Emma f. Swindell. of Raleigh
s19,190 for $4,000.
Joseph G.. Brown, of Raleigh, $3o,-
600 at par.
At the first opening of the bids a
week or SO ago. the offers were for
S1,76S,O0O and among the bids was
hat of the New York Life Insurance
Company for $4,000 at par. There
was no bid made by that company
on yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
THE RIGHT DAY.

Here's a ray Of Sunshine, bright as bright
can be.
An. the mockin'bird a-singin' in the old
mulberry tree
Sincin'-for he knows
The way the weather goes.
An your sweetheart will be smiiin' an
givin' you n rose,
So, get out in the sunshine and the wind
a-blowin' free,
Where the mockin' bird makes music in
the old mulberry tree.
He's the bird that knows
The way the weather goes,
And yonder comes your sweetheart, who'll
be sivin' you 4 rose:
r. T.. STANTON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31

makes the sale Of four per cent bonds
difficult. The Springfield Republi-
can says:
The city of New York lately sold
4 u per cent. bonds at a little better
than par. The city or Philadelphia
has failed to float a 4 per cent. loan at
par. The city of Chicago offered 4 IL
per cent. bonds this week and recelV-
ed no bid as high as par. 1t is un-
derstood that American railroad per
cent. bonds of the highest
which are being flOated at Paris, VIII
go at a discount. which VIII net the
purchaser nearly 5 per cent. So 1t
goes all along the line Of borrowing on
securities carrying a fixed charge or
rate OF return. H~igh-grade dividend
paving stocks, which offer the chance
of larger returns and carry the risk OF
red returns are selling in the mar
ket to net the buyer from ) to 8 per
cent. Capital is everywhere demand
ing higher wages. as It were. ana
l1sers of capital are being obliged TO
pay the higher rates.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
QUEER MILLIONAIRE
You Go From Home 10 Learn the
News
Who Is This North Carolina Double
Millionaire Who Wa>hc His lace
Every Morning In the Horse
Trough
louisville Courier-Journal.O

One Of the richest men in North
Carolina died not long ago. He was a
millionaire. but he didn't put on any
frlils about it and he lived in a man
ner ~singularly unlike the ordinary
mans conception Of the m~illionaire's
mode OF living. He lived the simple
life. 1t was SO simple, indeed, that it
would have been painful to almost
anybody who believed to any consid-
cradle extent in the maxim Live
while you live"
This wealthy man of North Car
DINA occupied a farm house of priIn-
tive design. The house furnishings
were severely plain. There was barely
enough furniture for actual needs.
The floor was without carpets and the
windows were without curtains. Most
Of the Window-panes had been brok-
en- out years s and none of them had
been replaced. The little special tel
gram Which chronicles these facts
does not go much deeper into details.
but all Of us have seen f~armhouSes OF
that sort. The front gate Says on its
rust-eaten hinges. the chimney is rag
ged and m~oss-SroWn and the roof
lets in the sunshine and the rain
1t is hard to conceive Of a million
aires living and dying in that sort OF
a house, but We occasionally hear OF
a case Of that character.
This North Carolina CrOesus didn't
have any mOtor-bOats or automobiles.
He had no bathtubS in his house.
When he got up to breakfast every
morning he washed his face in the
horse-trough, winter and summer and
all the rest Of the time. He owned
a rickety buggy and a faithful horse.
The buggy needed paint. The horse
would have looked better if he had
fewer burrs in his name and doubtless
would have felt better for a liberal
application of curry-comb. but his
master didn't believe in wasting mon
ey on articles Of horse toilet.
When the old man went to the cOun-
~ town he drove thither in his rick
ETY. buggy and he carried his dinner
with him in a tin pail, not emitting
to take along a few ears of corn for
the horse. Nobody would have sus-
pected from his appearance that he
was worth a million. He would have
been abou the last man on earth to
be shot by an anarchist who cherish
ed a blood-thirsty prejudice against
m~illionaires. Nevertheless it was as
certained when he died that he owned
stocks and bonds in some Of the big
gest corporations Of the country and
was the possessor OF real estate in
several States Of the Union. The re-
turns are not all in yet, but his eXecu-
tors figure hat the estate will run
pretty close to $4,000 600.
How would you like TO be a mil
%liOnaire on that vigorously simple
candle Probably the old man en-
joyed it in his crude way, for he was
a miser and a moss-back and he
mostly wanted money. This is a
strange world, fellow-citizens, and
there are a lot of strange people in 1T
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31

Eggs at $1,000 a dozen seems a
high price for even New York but
5000 has been offered for three eggs
laid by a black swan in one of the
lakes OF Central Park. AS black
swans are worth from $500 to $500
each the park authorities have re-
fused to sell the eggs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-31
Hard to Sell Bonds.

tt is said that there are SIX nun
dred million dollars OF undlgeSteu
bonds in the United States. This
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-25
.HAPPE N|NGS ON
THE STOCK MARkE1

Stock exchange business yesterday
was a little liveher than for many days
previous, but there We're no important
changes in prices, The market II any
thing was a trife frmer all round.
Oahu Sugar Company sales continued
at 81, but the stock could not be bought
for less.
Some small sales of Brewery stock
were recorded at 1870 Holders We're
offering it for sale at an eighth more,
and bidders were offering an eighth
less. but the selling was on a small
scale.
The sales were as follows:
O. r. 4 l.. Coo. 10 q l44.oo.
Waiana-10 n 1874.
oahu Sugar Coo, 30, 20, %, o
a 81 80
Honokaa-25, 10 "a 1850.
Fwa-35. 10. > q 1928.
McBrvde-25, 10 a 6.l25.
Olaa-l0 a 80.
Hon. b. & NJ. Cos, = q 1880.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-25
HERE IS YOUR Oppopn,-
THE FINEST HOME sS s1Tg foa
IN KAT,Jur SAlE

IL you want home in tina, s.,
GalI at ONCE and secure one sI Of -. sase's
lots lots INT IN the kamehameha Park az '1s ts'
hood, within a few mipn T1ss aaelsiba
car SE me alongside of the Kan ssSa 'a
Schools athletic fields and the eaansha
new halhl-waena Park, it has ' p 't
advantages for a fine nome, "' n ~ b.
light, good streets, fine soil ales'i.
ample water supply from a Govs aug u
ar'eslan well. These lots are all I, .1aas |;
and ready for building. al CLEARED
J. H. scHNACK, 1877 Mercb,,.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-25
NAME OF ST OK
NJ EaCASTlIE

N EhCANTII E,
c. Brewer & Co. ........,
SUGAR.
Esxra
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-25
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser

Entered at the Postoffice at Honolulu,
T. H., as second-c!ass matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One year.. SlZ.UV
Advertising Rates on Application.
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO, LTD.
Won Holt Block, No. 65 South King st.
:. s. CRANE Manager
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