The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-03-04

opSuhiAS VI Su0 uiSH Sose
The afternoons are getting longer
although you may not have noticed IT.
What will piano tuners do when We
have wireless instruments?
The only green thing about the up
to-date farmer is his green fields.
And, we may add, pianos are cheap
er now than they were ten years ago
A mans conscience seldom troubles
him as much as the corr on his little
toe.
With slang Endorsed. language
sharks" should become mighty com
mon.
At this season Of the year the aboli
ton of the house fly seems compare
lively easy.
Perhaps the s%hirtwaist makers
strike is but a LEAD for the abused
shirtwaist buttoners.
New Jersey collected last year $4O.-
600 hunters licenses, and the game
they got was worth $64.80
Peanuts cannot be eaten in st
Louis trolley cars unless the peanut
ter carries way the shells.
One recipe for getting popular Is to
to be able to laugh heartily when
somebody tells an old story.
Butter could fall another cent or
two without sending the butttermak-
ers over the hills to the poorhouse.
Another reason for the high price
of food is that farmers are buying
automobiles and they need the
money.
1t is said to be possible to go to the
north pole by %aeroplane. However,
there are a lot of %pleasanter places to
which to go.
A Wisconsin professor thinks that
'he went up in the air" may become
a classic. Already it can be used in
polite society.
- IL ldhSS OO ala SlOCho ~ "0h
a motorman in New York, how many
clocks will it take to arouse a police
man in Chicago?
AS a slogan for the anti-mea, eaters
we suggest: Beat your skillets into
oatmeal boilers and your gridirons
into egg beaters."
/, For the sake of science let us hope
that that busy St. Louis ~seismograph
is not reporting some loose joint in
a street-car track.
Texas and Florida have been a lit
tie chilly of late, but in a short time
will be knocking at the door as usual
with early garden truck.
This row between benZoate and
acetic acid has a tendency to dis
courage b poor consumer from u.s.
ing catsup of either sort.
While all this excitement prevails
about the cost of living Mr.. Roosevelt
continues to dine frugally on roast
monkey and baked elephants heel.
The Atlantic liners carried last
year 100000 passengers Of all
classes, and all classes were seasick.
The sea is no respecter of persons.
The weather bureau gives us exact
figures on mean temperature; but its
vocabulary is unable t ocOnvey the
whole truth as to mean weather in its
entirety.
A college psychologist declares that
anyone can hypnDtize himself into a
trance. The theory is very likely; it
Is the only way to explain some peo-
pies actions.
The man who prays in public is the
nouthpiece for the congregation that
Is either listening or praying with
him. The essence of the peoples
silent prayers is concentrated in his.
One of the most remarkable, as
well as the quickest, retributions on
record is that of the man in New
York who, in trying to tunnel his
way from his own place to a jewelry
store opposite, which he wished to
loot was buried alive in the grave Of
his own digging. Life would mean
very much if such energy, originality,
determination and readiness to take
risks were displayed in a better cause.
The prevalence of high prices for
food articles is worldwide. The res.
taurant keepers in Berlin, Germany,
are meeting the exigency in effective
fashion by cutting down the portions
served to customers instead Of rails
Ing the rates. But these and other
facts go to show that complaints Of
increased, cost of living are not con.
fined to the United States. To solve
the problem the facts in every civil
lied country will have to be taken