The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

In Germany wcrkingmen are visited
At their homes on pay days by savings
bank officials to collect their savings
Tor banking.
In German markets California
prunes and apricots are rapidly sup
planting the products CT France and
Italy. The California fruit is cheaper
and its flesh brighter and more solid.
Government insurance of horses In
Bavaria is eminently satisfactory. as
shown by the first annual report OF
the Royal Chamber Of Insurance. The
government has conducted the busf-
ness OF insuring cattle against fire and
hail for many years.
The average mortality from typhoid
fever is three times as great in Amer
lean as in European cities. The cit
les of the United States which suffer
most from this disease are Washing
ton, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and
Providence, in that order.
Ritzville, Wash, which lies little
southwest from Spokane. is declared
to be the largest local wheat market
in the United States. 1t has a popu-
lation of only 1900, but annually ships
an average of 1,75O,0oO bushels Of
wheat from the Lalouse and the Big
Bend country.
According to a recent estimate of the
Railway Age, the railroads of the
country are using ties to replace those
worn out by use at the rate of no.
900, 900 year. This estimate does not
include those laid for new mileage. At
the prevailing average rate per tie 60
cents) the cost aggregates $55,OOO,OO0
annually.
Sir William Richmond, r. A., lately
lectured before the Institute of British
Decorators on his mosaic decoration
Of st. Paul's Cathedral Among other
interesting things he said that when he
was boy of about thirteen his mother
took him to attend the service at St.
PauPs and they sat in the choir. He
looked up at the naked roof, and on
going out he said, Mother, some day
[ will cover that with mosaic" That
was before he had been in Italy, or
seen a piece of mosaic. What soma
boys are to do in the world is ques-
ton which is settled early.
Many a mother makes the mistake
Of sympathizing too much with her lit
tie one over the small accidents that
keep happening. They magnify every
little bump into tragedy, with the re-
suit that the baby grows up prone to
self-pity and to expect pity from 9TH
ers, observes writer in the New York
Tribune. Children have a strong
sense of the dramatic. They love to-
find themselves the central figure,
while mother, father, grandmother and
the other children all admiring or be-
wailing. Unconsciously they will mag
nifty an unimpOrtant hurt in order to-
attract to themselves the attention
they crave. To teach child to laugh
at disaster is one of the best lessons
he can learn.
Prof. c. B. Gibson of Columbus, Ca,
reports the successful establishment
of primary school of manual training
for the children of factory workers in
that city. 1t was started experiment.
ally about year ago, and is now to
be made a permanent feature Of the
Columbus public schools. Very few
text books are used, as most of the
| cnllQ S Tune is taken up with handl-
work. This, however, does not imply
neglect of the three RS. for in the
processes of handiwork the impor-
lance of these subjects and their ap-
plication are brought home to- the lit
tie workers. The teachers do not linn
it. their work in the schoolroom, but
frequently go, with5e the. children to
their homes and meet the parents in
friendly conference.
The mortality of the toy pistol is ap-
paling, and the death from it, which is
| by lockjaw, is horrible. In Chicago in
one July those dying from this cause
numbered so and in another "a. In
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