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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
An Intelligent Gander.

A writer in Our Fourfooted
Friends" relates the following story
of an intelligent gander:
Zone morning he came up alone
He evidently had something on his
mind; he was troubled. He bowed
three times Che was ever polite) and
said something / could not understand
and then walked back along the path
to the corral. Finding | did not fol.
low, he returned and bowed again
and said something. Then he walked
down the path again, and it occurred
to me that he wanted me to follow,
which | proceeded to do, evidently to
his great satisfaction. He led me
down to the irrigation ditch, where
[ beheld the whole flock seated in a
circle round his favorite goose. whose
leg was caught in steel trap set to
catch foxes. They appeared to be en-
couraging her with consolatory re-
marks, and my appearance was greet
ed with wild shrieks of delight. /
RELEASED her and received the thanks
Of all, with an especial speech from
him. The goose was not hurt and her
mate noted his satisfaction with many
caresses.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Freaks Of Memory.

A smart young cavalry officer was
recently exercising his regiment upon
the drill ground when the familiar
words of command suddenly slipped
from his mind and the strenuous eff
fort to recall them was utterly futile
In order to cover his embarrassment
he was compelled to retire from COM
mand under the plea of illness. The
fugitive sentence came to his mind
when he reached his rooms. Another
interesting example is that of a pop
ular novelist who had nearly finished
an important work upon which he was
engaged, when sudden failure Of
memory deprived him of his plot and
necessitated the laying aside of the
book for more than a week; then an
association of ideas recalled the miss
ing plot and the novel was brought
to issue and enjoyed a wide circula-
ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
IMPORTANCE OF REST
TO THE BUSINESS MAN

There are men, and plenty of them,
who start the business of the day, or
thinking about the business of the
day, almost as soon as they are out
of bed, and keep it up with scarcely
an interval until they turn in at
night, says the London Express. The
business kilograms and letters brought
to the bedroom in the morning and
the continuation of mental labor and
worry into the small hours of the next
morning, until sheer inability to go
on compels reluctant halt for sleep,
are evil modern phenomena that occur
too often. And the hurried midday
lunch is not worse for the digestion
than it is for the mind, which is thus
cheated of it's due pause for rest.
This is certainly not the way to get
most work done in the long run. The
men who have put most work into
their lives and been able to keep on
longest at it have been men, like Mr..
Gladstone, who knew the full value of
absolutely banishing work from their
minds for some time every day. In
the height of political excitement Mr..
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

of him now and then-like a black hig
scattering through the brush.
He shot out OF the bushes into Bill
ly's Spen like waddling sky-rocket.
and, not seeing Billy, he sat up to look
back. But Billy! His eyes bulged
out like marbles. tell you, gentle
men, his hair rose so fast his hat went
up like clay pigeon from trap. He
dropped his gun and in two strides he
waded into the bear hell-bent-for-Kai-
ser. Excited? He kicked, he punched,
he kicked again. His uncle, with the
lead pencil and the grizzly, was moth
ing to Billy, bare-handed, mauling that
scared, black, half-grown cub. 1t wa4
mt ten seconds before the bear found
the mill too hot-he was no priza
fighter-and while Billy chased him
into the woods, rocking him with eT
erything he could reach, we rolled OF
the ground and laughed. When w
came up to Billy he was sitting on thu
grass with his legs stuck out in 'front.'
looking at the rif1e-he had picked Il
up. And crying!"
Most of that's lie," said Billy, "but
I guess l did forget the gun" and,
Frightening little, L landed him a
couple of good ones, though" And
we all joined the mighty laugh that
went up.-World's Work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
SHREWD DOCTOR MADE
HIS PATIENT WALK

All doctors are not as careful of
the welfare of their patients as they
might be. Here is a story of one
who went the limit. He is the pro-
prietor of famous health resort not
far from Washington When he re-
ceives a patient for treatment he
says:
Nov, want it understood that
unless you do exactly as l say, there
is no use of you staying"
This rule sometimes requires him
to be very harsh, but he never hest
tates. He acts on the theory that he
can better afford to offend a single
patient and lose him than to have that
patient go back home and tell his
friends Doctor So-and-So has done
him no good.
Not long ago a Washington clergy
man went to this resort for treatment.
The doctor looked him over on his
arrival and said:
while you are here you must take
long walks every day."
'But can't take walks" replied the
parson, Il haven't done any walking
in years. My heart won't stand it."
They argued the question quite
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

juice similar to the gastric juice OF
the human stomach, and the prey is
slowly dissolved and absorbed.
Another plant, the darlingtonia
feeds on insects, but in a different
way. It's leaves form a species of urn
which ordinarily holds some water. On
the inside there is also some honey
which attracts the insects. These I'm.
happy animals slip at the smooth in.
cline, fall to the bottom and cannot
get up again, for there are sharp
hairs that are directed from the TOP
toward the bottom to prevent them
Little by little the plant absorbs
them, just as does the Venus. But it
has an advantage over the latter. 1t
can save it's food if it does not wish
to eat it at once. It's urn is larder
in which it can heap its provisions up
forming bountiful reserve on which
it may draw when it is hungry.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
MISTAKE OF THE ENGLISHMAN.
He Wanted MuciIage, but Asked the
Young Woman for Gum.

rounq woman Tor Gum.
The private secretary of a we'll
known publisher in the east is a
young woman of refinement, both DE
conduct and of language. Brought ut
in New England and educated at A
college famous for its attention til
the niceties and elegancies of exist
ence she was as far removed as nos
sible from the slang-using, bang.
wearing, gum-chewing stenographer or
the comic papers. Next door to the
publishers establishment a young
Englishman, striving with moderate
success to establish himself here as
landscape architect, had opened an
office. In due course of time he be-
came acquainted with the pub1fshas
who, in turn, introduced him to the
private secretary. One day when the
private secretary was sitting serene
and dignified at her desk, there en-
tered precipitately the Englishman.
"How do you do?" she said sweetly.
II beg your pardon" said the Eng
hshman, ''but could you spare me Just
little of your gum?"
"Gum!" she exclaimed in horror.
Surely you don't think T."
Really, beg your pardon" ejacu-
lated the Englishman second time.
in still more confusion. How stupid
of me! I remember now you say
mucilage In America"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Venus EIY-Trap.

search of this nourishment, most of
them depend on their leaves to draw
moisture from the air and their roots
and absorb food through the earth.
Some, however, do not content
themselves with the food obtained in
this way from the air and earth. They
vary their diet with a little animal
good.
The most remarkable Of these car
nivorous or animal-eating plants is
the Venus fiytrap, which is common
in North Carolina All its leaves ra-
date from the root and form a
spread-out rosette. A strong vein ex-
tends from the base to the summit,
and their edges are furnished with
stiff, spiny hairs.
Each half of the leaf presents q
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Comic Pictures in Old Egypt

A German savant describes a comic
papyrus, unique of it's kind. The ar
fist painted burlesque scenes, in
which cats and rats conduct them
selves in a human fashion, quite in
the Louis Vain manner, and the man
ners of cats are attributed to rats, and
inversely. In the first scene rat,
attired as grand dame, is served by
a cat that is clothed as a slave, and
is presenting a mirror to the mistress.
In the next scene the rat has the
traits of young Egyptian dandy, and
an obsequious cat, having shaved him,
placed on his head huge peruke. In
the third sketch cat cradles in her
arms young rat in the manner of a
nurse.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Ancient Lightning Conductors.

The ancients did not have lightning
rods constructed as ours are. but they
had lightning conductors, which
shows that they knew how to protect
themselves from the danger that lies
in thunder storm. Even so long ago
as the tenth century lightning was d.
verted from fields by planting in
them long sticks or poles, on top OF
which were lance heads. 1t is said
that the Celtic soldiers used to try
to make themselves safe from the
stroke during storm by lying on the
ground with their naked swords plant
ed point upward beside them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

warmly. AS the clergyman and the
doctor were good friends, the latter
was more lenient than usual. How
ever, he bided his time. The next
afternoon the physician said to the
clergyman:
tits nice Gay. l would like you
to go horseback riding with me-"
Riding they went. When they were
about eight miles from the sanitarium
the physician said: "Oh, doctor, won't
you get me that flower by the road
side. l don't like to leave this horse"
AS soon as the clergyman was On
the ground the doctor galloped off
with both horses, and the clergyman
was compelled to walk back TO the
sanitarium. Upon his arrival he was
very angry and was for packing up al
leaving at once. There was no trd
that night so he was forced TO ST
a few hours longer. The next mo
ing he came down radiant and &c
natured. Doctor" said he. Il
pretty sore at you last night. but
give you everything. / have had
first good sleep have enjoyed
months. Hereafter III obey y
orders implicitly. Washington :
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Fright Restored the Use Of His Legs.
Fright is said to have restored the
full use of his legs to Cornelius West
ervelt, driver for Fire Battalion Chief
Hugh Hague of Jersey City.
Westervelt was badly injured ten
years ago by a ladder falling on him
at d fire. Both legs were crippled,
and he was given the position Of
driver, as 1t called for less activity.
At the fire Saturday at the National
Storage docks, at Black Tom Island,
Westervelt, Notwithstanding his dis
ability, helped man the hose and was
in a dangerous position when one
OF the walls was seen to totter.
Chiefs Conroy and Hague both saw
the peril of the man and they started
to assist him, fearing that he would
be unable to save himself. To their
establishment Westervelt, who had re-
allied his danger, started off on run.
Since Saturday Westervelt says his
legs appear to have gained all their
former usefulness, and he is an agile
as he ever was.
DR.. Leckner, surgeon of the fire de-
ipartment, says it was the fright occa-
!sioned by his peril tina, restored to
'Westervelt the full use Of his legs.
The doctor says, in his opinion, some
OF the muscles Of the legs had been
contracted and the sudden fright
caused them to relax and restored
to them their proper 1unctions.-New
York World.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
UNCLE SiLAS ON AUTOS.
Old Gentleman Compares Them Un-
favorabiy With the Horse.


NAV" observed Uncle Silas as he
hitched nail key few inches so as
to keep within the receding shade of
a. tree in front Of the country store,
Il calkilate l wudn't hev one O. them
goshding'd ottymobeels eff sum Teller
wud Civ me one fer nuthin'. Hain't
skasly a day passes tibet one o. tn
blame sputterin' things don't break
down out in tn road in front o. my
house. One O. them ottymobeels will
git up an git like all Sam Hill fer a
few miles and then, fust thing yew
know, it will jes stop, clean tuckered
out.
"Ez I wuz drivin' intew town this
mornin' l kim acrost two ottymobeels
tibet he'd baked. TIL Teller thet owned
one wuz a-layin' on his back in under
it a-tightenin' up sum bolts in it's
stummik. Tother chap wanted tew
know whut wu'd charge tew haul his
ottymobeel ten miles tew tn nearest
railroad station, so he cu'd ship it
hum. l toll him that jimmy my bay
mare, wuz skeer'd % tn Internal things
an thet eff Ia hitch her tew tn otty-
mobeel I reckond she wudn't stay
hitched long.
"Naw-sir-ee-I don't keer fer emmy
ottymobeels in mine, thank'ee; I cal
kilate thet jimmy will answer my pur-
pus yit fer a spell. jimmy is goin' on
% years old an mebbe she hain't
quite es spry es she ulster be, SEEM
es how she is spavin'd sum an inter-
feres in frunt, but when l start out
behind her l hev tn consolation O.
KNOWN thet she won't git sick an lay
down in tn road like one O. them
gosh-blame ottymobeels. jimmy, she
can't go mile minnit, like an otty-
mobeel kin, but she goes a mile es
quick es she kin, an thet's swift enuf
fer me, b'gosh! wudn't swap thet
little bay mare fer all tn ottymobeels
that yew cud pile in ten-acre lot
I wouldns ~ gum!"-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Gladstone could always contrive to
shut out politics and official business
for an hour or two while he read Greek
or a novel;
One man may seek his relaxation
with tennis racket or a bicycle, an
other with a book, another in talk Cnot
about BUSINESS; but complete relax
alton in some form every man should
have every day. And an entire and
absolute holiday, long enough to
count, is no less indispensable every
year. The meaning of "rest' varies
with the indfvidual; to one it is rest
to climb Alps or cycle fifty miles
day, to another to lie under a tree or
on the beach. But in some form the
rest is inevitable, unless the breaA-
down is to come. The hours from
which business is entirely excluded
every day, the weeks from which il
is entirely excluded every year, must
never be neglected by the man whOI
means to last.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
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slightly concave surface, strewn with
glands. These glands distill liquor
which attracts insects.
The stiff hairs on the edges are
placed in such a manner that the in
sect which hovers near the leaf is
almost certain before long to touch
one OF the hairs. And as these are
endowed with great irritability, when
they are touched the two lobes of the
leaf close quickly, one shutting
against the other, and they interlace
their spiny lashes so firmly that the
prey which they have seized cannot
escape. So long as the insect strug.
giles the leaves remain closed. AS soon
as 1t ceases to move the lobes open
lightly. The leaf secretes a digestive
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

thinking. In half an hour Bob opened
his book, but | saw tears in his eyes.
After while he said, 4 can't study
now. Please, sir, let me go home. It's
getting dark and mother will be
scared. She's all alone and sick.
Please, sir, I will get this lesson to-
morrow, and won't be bad any more
Well, was just overcome, and I took
him in my arms and we wept together.
Never did Bob give me any more trou-
BILE and all the neighbors wondered.
verify believe that If had whipped
him he would have been ruined by it.
After his mothers death he enlisted
In the army and won his straps, and he
writes me occasionally, and always
thanks me for the kindness / showed
him at school,"
l believe that the use Of the rod Ia
our public schools has been generally
abandoned. The punishment of refrac-
tory pupils Is now just what it is in
monthly reports of conduct and prog
ress. Patrons seem satisfied with this
and the general verdict is that Solo,
mon was Joking. My friend Fort was
as hostile to whipping children as is
DR.. Holderby Of Atlanta, and when !
quoted Solomon, who said, "He that
spareth the rod hateth his son." he
said, well, Solomon was mad when
he wrote that. With all of those wives
he must have had three or four hun
dred children, and the little rascals
were always tagging after him and
begging for candy, or knife or doll,
or something, and they climbed up his
legs and felt in his pockets and pulled
his hair, and it was pappy this and
daddy that, until he got desperate and
wrote that verse. l don't take every
thing for granted that Solomon says,
nohow. A man who was as big a fool
about women as he was, needn't tell
me about whipping children. He
didn't know how to raise Rehoboam,
who succeeded him, for he said to the
children Of Israel, "My father chastised
you with with whips, but l will chas-
tise you with scorpions. That's the
kind Of a boy he raised with his rod"
But after all and before all it is the
home influence that moulds the child,
FOR that is constant and enduring. The
angel that was within Bob was uncov-
cred by his mothers love- Some moth
ers send their little children to school
as to a nursery, to get them out of the
way or because they cannot manage
them at home, while others put up for
them nice lunch and kiss them a
sweet goodbye and fondly watch for
their return. Our children had to go
more than a mile to school when we
lived on the farm. They had to cross
the creek on foot log and then
through field up long hill and then
down the hill until out of sight. 1t was
my daily pleasure to watch them go
and come, and feel that they were safe.
And now our eldest daughter is go
ing to leave us-going to Winnsboro,
Carolina, to live, where her husband
has found profitable employment. They
have five children, some of whom
were our daily visitors and made us
happy when they came. What shall
We do now? We thought that this exc
dus of our children was over My
wife and l are growing old, and it
grieves us to lose our children and
grandchildren. But this is the COM
mon lot. There is nothing true but
heaven.-BILL ARP, in Atlanta Consti
tuition.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Badly Stunu by JeIIyfish.

Mayor Adolph Laundering of Hobo
ken, N. j., who was stung by jelly
fish while bathing in the Shrewsbury
river week ago, had to have an op-
GRAFTON performed on his left foot a
few days ago. The foot has swollen
to three times it's natural size and
the doctor who performed the opera
ton said that the mayor would not be
able to walk for at least fortnight.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Flower Of the Sea.

Flower OF the Sea.
From shell-strewn sand to rippled pur-
pie pool,
From the dawn to twilight hour,
The sea spreads out its petals wide and
cool,
Like a morning glory flower;
Emerald, opal, amethyst and blue
In Its nectary-cup 1t holds.
TIL 1t yields each lovely hue to tho
darkness and the dew,
And the great sea blossom folds.
Then wrought with silver. and trimmed
In rainbow pearl,
A porphyry goblet lies.
Where the dazzling waters scintillate
and whirl
To the glow Of the lustrous skies;
For budding splendors in its deep heart
hide,
And the full-blown glory breaks,
When radiant petals wide unfurl at
morning tide
And the great sea blossom wakes
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Aim at Americas Cotton.

The English cotton manufacturers.
who have for SO long time depended
on the United States for their raw ma
terial. have raised guarantee fund of
$25O,OO0 for the purpose of promot-
ing the cultivation of cotton within the
British empire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Hard 70 Kill.

An investigation by the coroner Of
Baltimore into the death of Mrs. &C.
ella M. Sullivan, from bullet wounds,
self-inficted, shows that she lived 18
hours, part of which time she was
conscious, with one bullet wound
through the heart, another that pene-
trated the stomach, liver and spleen,
and on Sat grazed the heart.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
wine by the Hour.

In the province of Padua, Italy, tho
price Of wine is unprecedently low,
owing to the enormous overproduc-
ton. In some districts the guests
in the osterias. or inns, pay by the
hour for the wine consumed. Wine
is rarely sold for money, but usually
battered for milk, maize and fowls. !.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

Immense sums Of United States
capital are annually poured into Mexi-
co for the development of its mineral
resources. It is a good thing for Mex
leo and, it may be assumed. for United
States capital.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Two Wondr-ous Plants.

Plants are really living beings, the
same as animals, and like the latter
they are obliged to absorb nourish-
ment to develop them and to remain
alive. But since they cannot, as do
the beings Of superior species, go in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
Popularity Of Bean Blossom.

The dark spot in the center of a
bean blossom is the nearest approach
to black that occurs in any flower.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13
wheeIbarrow with Ball BEARINGS.

A wheelbarrow with ball bearings
has been put on the market by an
Ohio firm.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-13

In trying to get his rights many q
man goes at it the wrong way.
The Washington times., 1902-07-22
NO ONE TO BLAME FOR
GROUNDING OF ILLINOIS
Rear Admiral Crowninshield Cables
Outcome of Court of Inquiry-Bat-
tleship to Dock in England.

The Navy Department is advised OF
the arrival OF Rear Admiral Crownin-
shield, commanding the European naval
station. yesterday at Sheerness. Eng
land. near Chatham, with the Illinois
clagship). the Chicago, and the San
Francisco The Albany was left at
Christiania, Norway. whence the other
vessels sailed on Saturday
The object of the return of the squad
ron to England is to put the Illinois in
dry dock. to repair the injuries received
in grounding while entering Christiania
Harbor. Admiral Crowninshield tele-
grapheG the Navy Department from
Sheerness that the court OF inquiry
which had investigated the grounding
had exonerated Captain Converse and
the officers and crew OF the Illinois. and
that he had approved the courts report.
This is his telegram:
Court OF inquiry in regard to ground
ing of Illinois clears commanding and
other officers and crew OF all blame.
Comments on prompt execution of or
ders for safety of ship. Same is ap-
proved and forwarded to department.
The grounding of the Illinois was
caused by the breaking down Of her
steering gear, which made her unman-
ageable