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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
Gen. Lees Idea as to the
Destruction of the Maine


Gen. Fitzhugh Lee recently gave his
theory regarding the destruction of the
battleship Maine. After relating the
clrcum stances of the explosion and de-
scribing the scene of fire and carnage
he witnessed on visiting the locality a
few minutes after the event, he said:
My theory is that it was done by
young officers who had been attached
to Weyler. After the catastrophe they
disappeared. Young officers of the
(Spanish) army did not take the trou-
BILE to hide their pleasure over the hor-
rible affair. Many of them dropped
their usual rotations of red wine and
opened bottles of champagne in the
cafes. The government of Cuba i'm
mediately tried to forestall European
opinion by sending dispatch which
stated that the explosion had been
caused by the carelessness of the
Americans themselves. AS to that
want to say that the keys to the mag
azine of every American man-of-war
are brought to the captain and are
hung on hooks at the head of his bed
so that he can know where they are
all the time.
When the divers went to work on
the Maine Capt. Sigsbee said to them:
go into my cabin and see if the keys
to the magazine are hanging where
they ought to be-" The divers came
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
VOWS OF TILTED LOVERS
Humorous Acts of Resentment Placed Record by
Unfortunate SWANS

wed he would at all events bury her.
And he kept his word; for the lady,
having fallen upon evil days, died in
the direst poverty, and but for her old
lovers strange oath would have been
inferred in pauper's grave.
Though her locks were red, the
daughter of a south country doctor,
like the heroine of Wilkie Collins
novel "Armadale," was very hand.
some woman, who played fast and
loose with mems hearts, and among
them with that Of a Manchester mer.
chant, who, when his hopes were at
their zenith, found himself thrown
over in favor of rival His resent.
ment assumed a curious form, for
from that hour not only would he not
suffer aught approaching in color to
the pronounced auburn of the false
ones tresses to remain within his
house, but he swore that he would dis.
inherit his two sisters, whose hair was
perilously near the prescribed hue, I'M.
less they should adapt their appear.
ance to the exigencies of his whim.
They did SO, and by calling art, in
the form of certain dye, to their
aid, happily averted the catastrophe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Tilted twenty years since on the eve
OF his marriage, Huddersfeld gentle
man vowed that he would never again
SO long as he lived speak to a woman
To the day of his death, which oc-
Cured two years back, he kept his
word, exception not being made even
in the case of his sisters Nor did his
resentment cease with life, for when
his will was read it was found that
only to his male relatives did any ben
eft accrue, says London Tit-Bits.
On his marriage morn q Mr.. A
received a callous note from his
fiancee breaking off the match. So
affected was he by this abrupt intima-
ton that he swore that he would never
again open a letter. Despite every ar
gument he stuck to his determination
so that all messages had to be deliv-
cred by word of mouth, or, should they
come from distance, by telegram
form of communication which, some
what inconsistency, was not included
under the ban.
In one of the largest cemeteries at
Vienna stands a handsome monument
erected to the memory of the lady
whose eulogy it bears. It was placed
there by an eccentric bachelor, who,
having in his youth been Tilted by the
deceased, swore that if he could not
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
TO FIND THE MAGNETIC POLE.
Capt. Amundsen, the Norwegian, to
Lead an Expeditjon in 1909.

Capt. Amundsen, the Norwegian, to
Lead an Expedition in 1903.
Captain R. Amundsen, the Norwe
gian, who was first officer of the Bel
gica on that ships trip to the Antarc-
tic in 1897, proposes to start next
spring with an expedition to locate
the magnetic north pole.
In 1881 Sir James Clark Ross reach.
ed position where the dipping needle
was only DETECTED one minute from
an absolutely vertical position, but the
question has been raised whether the
magnetic pole is actually only point
or whether the popularity of the
needle assuming vertical position
extends over large area, and further
whether the magnetic pole changes
its position. With the object of solv-
ing these two questions Capt. Amund-
sen has purchased the Gjoa, one of the
strongest and best sailing vessels of
the Norwegian arctic fleet, and will
start for the north in the spring of
1903. The Gjoa is to be fitted with a
petroleum engine and will carry a
crew of seven men.
1t is proposed to leave the ship
either at Matty island or King Viii.
liam Land, says the New York Mail
and Express, and as soon as the sever.
est part of the winter is over to con.
tinue the journey with sledges to the
place on Booshia reached by Ross.
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DOGOGG0GGG0OO OG000O O0OO0OG
FEEDING A VOLCANO Z
Curious Superstition of Inhabitants Of a Small South
"a q
bbedDeeDDOGGGOGGGOO OGGGOOGGOGeDDdS

About thirty miles from the port Of
Acajutla, in Central America, there is
generally in state Of eruption a
huge volcano called Izalco. At night
when lying in the harbor Of Acajutla,
you may see him every twenty or
thirty minutes cover his summit WITH
q mantle of glowing lava.
So far, well. That is exactly what
the people Of the state keep a careful
watch over, and they go to sleep with
a sense of security as long as he is in
eruption. But II he stops for few
hours then they are alarmed, as from
centuries Of traditional experience
they look for tremendous explosion
soon, and they put it down to this rea-
son:
In the mountain, they say, lives one
big devil with very large family,
for which he finds it difficult TO pro-
vide, and over whom he has much
trouble in exercising control. AS a
consequence there are times when the
big devils larder is empty, the kitch-
en- fire goes out, or some one in the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

eight months from suppressed men,
situation, and it effected my entire
system until became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that I had a
hundred aches in as many places. l
only used the Compound for few
weeks, but it wrought a change in me
which felt from the very beginning.
have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. L gladly recon-
mend Lydia T.. Pinkham'S Vege-
table Compound to every body."-
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 90 w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-s5ooo forfeit If
above testimonial fs not genuine.
At such time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are Ill to
write her for free advice. Ad-
dress Lynn. Mass.
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up with the keys. They had found
them hanging by the side of the cap.
tain's bed. Furthermore, the investi.
cation brought out that the plates OF
the fore part Of the ship were bent
upward, showing clearly that the
force Of the explosion had been di.
rected from the bottom. The court OF
inquiry heard plenty of testimony
which showed that there had been two
explosions, one when the torpedo went
off and tore its way to the ships mag.
azine and the other when the maya.
zine exploded with a roar"
The real cause of the destruction OF
the Maine is still mystery, though
there is strong reason for accepting
Gen. Lees view. The report Of the
United States court of naval inquiry
sustained the theory of an outside ex.
plosion, but said 1.-THE court has been
unable to obtain any evidence fixing
the responsibility for the destruction
of the Maine upon any person or per.
sons" The solution of such mysteries
comes in time, says the Indianapolis
Journal, and probably this one will be
solved when those who are in posses.
sion of the secret think the right time
has come.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
Kinu Edward a "Fire Fiend."

King Edward, from childhood, has
always shown the keenesr interest in
fires and firemen. OF all the enter.
tainments provided for him by the
city of New York, he has most often
remembered, and says he most en-.
joyed, a parade of the volunteer fire
department in his honor. There were
5000 firemen in uniform, and all, save
those in charge of ropes and tillers.
bore torches. It was a great specta.
Gle, and the Prince. as he looked at
the brillia1 display in Madison square
cried repeatedly: This is for me !;
this is for mel" with unaffected glee.
During many years of his life he used
to be informed whenever really big
blaze was signaled, and he has at.
tended, incognito, most of the big
fires in London during the last thir
ty years. Everybody's Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
THREW AWAY HIS TROUSERS
Station Agents Accurate Shot Left
Him in a Dilemma.


Him in a Dilemma.
He had been a brakeman on the
G N railway, but, owing to in
juries received in the service. had
been given a less hazardous position
as station agent at small place on
the line of the road. His entire ward
robe consisted of one suit Of clothes,
and he was patiently awaiting the
next payday to get the wherewithal to
purchase another.
The fast mail and express, which
was due at midnight, was reported
four hours late, so he thought he could
get in a pretty fair nights rest by set
ting his alarm clock about an hour
ahead of the time when the train was
likely to come, as he needed little
time to perform the only duty required
of him, viz, to see that the sack OF
mail was properly hooked to the crane,
SO that the extending arm Of the fast
mail car would surely catch 1t as the
train went by.
The alarm clock, of course, upon
this occasion, failed to work, and he
was awakened by the shrieking of the
whistle Of the engine as it warned the
station Of the coming Of the trainl He
jumped for the sack and his trousers,
grabbed both, rushed out on the plat
form. made an accurate throw, land
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

fiery household has stomach disorder
with no medicine to hand.
So reasoning in this way they take
food, chickens and bananas, some
medicine, and cautiously approach as
near the mountain as they dare ven
ture. Then they light a fire, place the
fold beside it, and hasten away to a
safe distance to watch and see what
will happen. If Izalco again COM
mences to eject lava they are relieved
and cry:
"Ah, ha! The devil is happy again.
See, he is getting his supper" And
then they go to cock fight or start
a revolution in perfect contentment.
But if Izalco does not begin to
smoke and get his supper, then they
take flight away out of reach of his
vengeance until his angry humor has
passed over; and really their way of
predicting a catastrophe seems to be
as good as any other.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
ONE VOTE HE SURELY LOST.
Indignant lrishman Promised to Re.
member Judge Pryor.

indignant iFiSnndn PROMISED 70 he.
member Judge Pryor.
When ex-Justice of the Supreme
Court Roger A. Pryor presided over
the naturalization court he used to
subject the applicants for citizenship
to very rigorous. examination before
passing them, says the New York
Times. His favorite story of his ex.
periences in that court is this one.
One day an Irishman appeared before
him, and the justice fired a volley of
questions at him concerning the
Declaration of independence, the Con.
stitution, the birthplace of the Presi.
dent, etc. The Irishman did his best.
but failed hopelessly and the court
refused to give him his papers. AS he
walked away from the bench he said
in loud voice aside:
well, some. day III be admitted.
and then a day will come when that
old Tammany Injun will be running
for office again, an heu not get my
vote, sure"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
zeaesag 3zs = go

Tressor, throwing away his cigarette.
whats the gamer"
Penard's sharp eyes went sharply,
but with apparent carelessness, about
the room. There was nobody within
ten feet of the pair.
For eight years l have had no trou-
ble," began Penard. 81 have sold
some works of art, enough to make a
living. 1t is safe enough, for your fell
low citizens, who are my principal GUS
toners, think too we'll Of themselves
to admit that they have bought smok-
ed chromos for old masters. I have
INDUCED in one luxury. have bought
lottery tickets.
"You know, my friend, your favor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

lite gold brick industry has never
thriven here because the government
keeps a monopoly of good things to
itself. Every reimbursement in Paris,
the city, the republic itself, has lot
terry whenever there is money to be
had-and the pickings are not bad
One day when was hard up l bought
lottery ticket for twenty sous and
got twelve thousand francs. Since then
I have become patron of the lottery
and I have something coming. have
been watching the method of conduct
ing the lottery and you and l, my
friend, are about to draw capital
prize. On the fifth of February the
lottery Of the Fifteenth arrondisse-
ment is drawn. The capital prize is
million francs. The drawing is pub
lie. 1t happens that the mayor OF the
reimbursement is SO exactly like you
in appearance that it took me a month
to satisfy myself that you had not set
tied down with us and gone in for re-
spectability. The poor man is, how
ever, deaf and dumb-his selection for
the magistracy was due to sympathy
for his affection. He presides over
the drawing. This is the procedure:
"a great wheel containing copper
tubes, each holding the duplicate OF
one of the numbers in the lottery is
placed on a platform in the hall OF
the mayoralty. A boy taken from one
of the orphan asylums is set before
the wheel. The disk is given sharp
turn As it stops the boy thrusts his
and brings forth one Of the cubes. He
hands it to M. lie Marie, who takes
out the enclosed paper and writes the
number printed upon it on a great
blackboard beside him. The first num-
Der drawn wins the capital prize,
which may be secured upon presenta-
ton of the ticket containing it.
do you follow me, Tressor? A man
as clever in palming things as you
were when you sold little cubes OF
soap wrapped up in fifty dollar bills,
actually sold them, for fifty cents each
without losing any money, and who is
the exact replica Of the mayor of the
Fifteenth reimbursement should have
|. no trouble in winning the capital
prize-if the mayor were out of the
way"
1T looks easy said Mr. Tressor,
land certainly need the money You
buy the ticket and show me how.
1t was cool enough In the hall OF
the mayoralty of the Fifteenth arron-
basement of Paris to account for the
shiver that was INDUCED by NJ. Pc
nard aa n. Vigneron-Who would have
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
Uncle and Aunt Melcher went

Uncle and Aunt Melcher went 20
town to buy a new clock. Now"
Daid the dealer, here is something
very attractive in the way of clocks.
When the hour begins, a bird comos
out of the top and sings sCuckoo!'
For instance, l turn this hand to 3
o'clock, and the bird comes out and
sings Cuckoo three times"
Don't that beat all?" cried Uncle
Melcher, enthusiastically. Mother.
let's have one."
mo, mol" said his wife hastily.
THAT sort of clock might do for
folks that have got lots of time, but
tia take me half the forenoon every
day to take care of that bird.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
Winning a Million.
BY w. B. HENNESSY.

BY w. B. HENNESSY.
1Copyrsght, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The man had sharp look that was
not altogether hidden by the broad ex-
preston he wore habitually as he took
the yellow enyelop the bellboy handed
him.
WAIT" he said He tore the cover
on and read this:
Paris, France. Dec. II, 1900.
To, John H Tressor,
Hotel Metropol, New York:
You might spend q few months in
France for the good of your health
and make it worth your while. Do
you need funds9
''PENARD."
Mr.. Tressor swung OF the bed with
more agility than the boy expected, for
he lodged back
Got a. blank?"
No. SIR" said the youth.
Get one; hurry" said MIR. Tressor
When the boy came back the man
moved over the rickety marble top ia
BILE and wrote
.Penard, Paris. France:
Il might: viii: do. Cable.
''TRESSOR."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

been hailed as Mr. Tressor by at least
hundred men any afternoon on that
part of Broadway lying between Twen-
ty-seventh and Thirty-fourth streets,
New York stepped on to the plat
form.
Nothing had happened. The real
M. Vigneron had been taken care OF
the night before. He had been so re-
joiced at meeting the American art
connoisseur, M. Tressor-who looked
SO very much like him-that 1t was not
the least trouble in the world for his
double to insinuate knockout drops"
by Mr.. Tressor-into the green glass
filled with absinthe that M. Vigneron
was slipping M. le Marie was COM
fortably disposed of where he would
be very certain to get another drink
with more choral, at any time these
next three days.
M. Penard had among a little bum
die Of tickets in an inside pocket one
bearing the number 118,059-which
was destined to win the million franc
prize.
Mr.. Tressor was superb in the
aplomb with which he saluted the fell
low citizens of the mayor Of the Fiji
teenth ACCOMPLISHMENT. NJ Penard
was very certain that he could see the
morsel Of paper held by Mr. Tressor
between the third and fourth fingers
of his left hand. Mr.. Tressor knew
that nobody could possibly see it.
He bowed to the man at the wheel
and the monster disk was sent whirl-
ing. The interesting little boy who
had been brought forth from his home
in the orphanage maintained ~ the
citizens of the ACCOMPLISHMENT thrust
an attenuated hand and arm into the
opening in the wheel and drew out a
little, glistening copper tube. He
bowed as he handed it to M lie Marie.
Mr.. Tressor was in his element. He
thrust out his arms and pushed back
his sleeves-as he was wont to do
when assuring purchasers of soap that
he had really no means of deceiving
them, even If he was so disposed. He
received the copper cube gingerly be-
tween thumb and forefinger Of his left
hand, extracted the bit of paper it
contained, and opening it before the
staring eyes of the multitude-after
exchanging it for that other morsel
which had been concealed between his
ingers-turned to the blackboard and
wrote:
B11S,059.
Whereupon every man in the crowd
examined his bunch of tickets, and
the drawing went on.
1t was remarked afterwards that M.
lie Marie had never conducted draw
ing with more empressement.
Three days later two smooth-faced,
well-dressed men met at the Adelphi
Hotel in Liverpool. They secured a
room together.
When they, were alone the fair man
turned to the dark one and said:
Got the coin?"
eyes. Did you save that ticket that
was first DRAWN
Il did not; ate it. l don't believe
in being found with the goods on me-
mo? Well, my dear Tressor, you
can order me gallon of your cursed
American whisky. Then read that"
He handed Mr.. Tressor a copy of LIE
Temps of February Z. Mr.. Tressor
read:
1T is now practically settled that
the impersonation of NJ. Vigneron at
the drawing of the lottery of the IF.
teenth reimbursement, and the kid
naping of that gentleman, was the re-
suit of a wager or an odd practical
joke. An examination of the contents
of the lottery wheel shows that
B11S,059, the winning ticket, was regu-
larly drawn"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Two weeks later Mr.. Tressor got out
fo1 train at the Care du Nord and
fsaid: "Hnllo, jacques" to a tall man
with very long face adorned with a
black vandyke beard.
Amy Mggagey' he asked.
i have" said Mr.. Tressor. but your
cussed fellow-countrymen at Havre
wanted to charge me toll for bringing
over everything in the United States
and left IL with them"
Any letters or names, I mean In
1our trunks2" asked Penard, sharply
do you think I'm altogether dot
U? asked Mr.. Tressor. In an aggriev-
ed tone. With which answer M. PEN
ard seemed to be satisfied.
An hour later they pushed back from
the table which contained the remains
OF dinner to which MIR. Tressor had
paid rather more attention than his
companion.
Nov, jacques" said Mr. Tressor,
what is 1t, my boy? You didn't send
for mo because you were worrying
about my health hear you have
been getting along"
Yes" said the dark man; yes i
nave got along to that stage where i
think that can help yen to what you
most noed-money"
i don't suppose you need 1t your
self" said Mr. Tresssr. amiably. How
much is there In it1'
What would you have said to . mil
Hon francs!"
That IL two hundred thousand dol
hrs and expense money. don't
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TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer Of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Game, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II want to
tell you and all the young ladies of the
country, how grateful l am to you for
ell the benefits have received from
using Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. l suffered for
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

whiz! away sped the train. He turned
to pick up his trousers, when he found
he had thrown them upon the crane,
and they had gone in place of the
mail. AS to whether or not he dressed
in the mail sack. But enough
said.-The Drawer, Harper's Magazine
for June.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Many man fails because he would
rather make money quickly than hon.
estly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Usually the little things are the
last we are willing to leave to God.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

A truly great name was never
bought at the price of a good one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

The possession of great, means
often produces great meanness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

It was cool enough In the hall OF
the mayoralty of the Fifteenth arron-
basement of Paris to account for the
shiver that was INDUCED by NJ. Pc
nard as III. Vigneron-who would have
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A woman who has had experience
with this disease tells how to pre-
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from 1t. She says: Our three
children took whooping cough last
summer. our baby boy being only
three months old, but owing to our
giving them Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, they lost none of their
plumpness aud came out In much
better health than other children
whose parents did not use this rem
edy. Our Oldest little girl would
call Justify between coughs for
syrup Jessie Plnkey Hall, Spring
Vile, Ala. This remedy Is for sale
by G. w. Grier.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-12

I have sold Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy fcr
years. and would rather be out OF
coffee ard sugar than 1t. I sold
FIVE bottles of 1t yesterday to
threshers that could go no farther,
ard they are at work again this
morning.-H. R. Phelps. Plymouth,
Oklahoma. AS will be seen by the
above the threshers were able to
keep on with their work without
losing a single days time. You
ST ould keep a bottle of this Remedy
In your home. For sale by G. w.
Grier.