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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-07-15
We Don't Know
Which You Want

We THINK you would
prefer a separator that
runs very easily; one that
skins perfectly; one that
is easily cleaned because it
has a light, simple bowl
with only one piece in it;
one that has a loW-doWn,
convenient supply can;
one that is oiled automat-
ically; in fact, the most
thoroughly up-to-date sep
arator built. If so, you
can get but one separator
to fill the bill, and that is
the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
Never Far From His Store.

Probably there is no tradesman on
American soil who lives closer to his
place of business than does certain
Chinese fruit dealer, whose stall at the
corner Of Clay street and Waverly
place is one Of the regulation sights Of
Chinatown in San Francisco. This
merchant of the curb has his residence
in an upper story of his modest stand,
sandwiched in between his topmost
shelf and an overhang, which projects
from the second floor of the house
against whose wall the fruit stall is
built. This bit of a room, which is
about as commodious as deal packing
box, such as upright pianos are shipped
in, is provided with one very small
window and one door. When the la
bors of the day are over, which in Chi
natown is about midnight, Charlie-no
Chinaman likes to be called John-puts
up his stall shutters, eXtinguishes his
gasoline light and is ready for bed. By
means of a ladder he mounts to his
solitary chamber, pulls the ladder up
after him, and shutting his door is as
snug as you please until morning. A
close place for hot night, you think,
but then the climate of San Francisco
is peculiar in having no hot nights-at
least that is what the San Franciscans
tell yOu.-Philadelphia Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
One Dogs intelligence,

The intelligence OF animals seems
as rule to be moderated rather than
overrated. A dog breeder described
the other day wonderful collie that
had belonged to Sir John Lubbock
"This dog" he said, would, when it
was hungry, lay at its masters feet a
card marked Food When it was
thirsty it would fetch a card marked
Drink When it wanted to take a
walk it would bring a card marked
Out Sir John Lubbock trained it to
do this trick in less than a month
He put the food card over the dogs
food and made it bring the card to
him before he would allow it to eat,
and in the matter Of drinking and
going out he used like method. The
cards were similar in shape and color.
Nothing but the writing on them diff
fered. Since, therefore, the dog dis
tinguished them by the writing alone,
it may truly be said that the animal
could read"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17

He lost all count OF time, as man
does when he sleeps, but when the
steward summoned him hurriedly an
hour after midnight he had evidently
not been in bed; light was burning
In his cabin, he was still dressed, and
his face was wan and his eyes heavy,
as If he were in pain.
"Mr. Ashton's worse, SIR Edwards
is with him, and called me to fetch
you. He can't sleep. Keeps sitting
up, Edwards says, staring as If he
could see people, an talking very
singular. Delirious, expect, SIR"
1--WE must try a sleeping draught,"
said Walden duly. I'll be there di-
rectly."
Barrow being gone, he busted him
self in the medicine cupboard, and
FASTENED after him, carrying some
thing in a glass.
Drawing near to No. 16, he could
hear the sick man babbling monoton-
ously, and the very sound Of his voice
stung him and quickened a flercer
flame within him. till suddenly he
caught word of what the man was
saying-merely a name, but the utter
ance of it checked him instantly. as if
a hand had plucked at his sleeve.
He stood trembling, and in that
same instant saw. shaping white in
the darkness before him, a sweet, sad
face, grown pale with weary years OF
longing-the pure, wistful eyes looked
into his, and their calmness Gained
him, and their sadness made him
ashamed.
With something breaking like q
sob in his throat, he swiftly retraced
his steps, pausing in the unlighted
saloon to open one of the portfolios
and fling the glass he carried far out
into the dark.
Thereafter he sat till well into the
day watching and tending the man
she loved and had loved SO long.
Going on deck in the morning. he
leaned over the side to tear up the
letter he had written and scatter it's
fragments into the sea- It was the
burial Of great hope that had died
in the night.
AS he walked away, the captain.
coming from breakfast, met him, and
fingered to make inquiries.
Morning doctor; how's the pa
tent? Yo1're not going to make q
funeral Of it, I hope?"
mot quite" Walden laughed care
lesSly. HE has taken a turn for the
better. BLACK and White.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
PROFESSOR IN HARD LUCK.
Storms Early Arrival Spoiled His
Chances for Fame.

otoFlnS Early Arrival spoiled His
Chances for Fame.
We can recall no rainmaker from
the time Of Plutarch, or any rain doc
tor of the Indians, or any rain sorcerer
Of the African tribes, who has played
in harder luck than Prof. Meyers has
just encountered in the Adirondacks.
He arrived few days ago with a
fine collection Of balloons and bombs
and got all ready for operations on
Tuesday On the evening of that day
he announced that he should send I'D
some balloons with powerful bombs
with lighted fuses attached, and that
rain would follow the explosion almost
Immediately.
AS matter of fact, rain preceded
the explosion. Just as the professor
was about to cut the ropes of his
balloon tremendous Thunderstorm
came up, advancing with terrific speed
and deluging the region with water.
You see, nature had "got on" to the
professors little game and forestalled
him. But imagine the airs of the
professor if he had got his balloons
up about fifteen minutes ahead of the
shower! No rain doctor that the
world has known would have been
''in it" with him then.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
Committed to the Deep

The steward knocked, and put his
head in at the door.
cabin passenger, sir, No. IT," he
reported, with a business-like brew
fly. "Very bad"
!. DR.. Walden glanced up from his
desk irritably.
whats the matter with him?"
Dunno, sir. Uncommon bad"
Usual thing, I suppose?"
mo, sir. Not sea sick. Queer when
he came aboard yesterday, thought
Been in bed all day. Wouldn't let me
get him anything. Till just now he
asked me to fetch YOU"
The steward withdrew, and the
doctor only delayed to finish the first
paragraph of a letter he had been
writing when he was interrupted.
+, 1t was not precisely an urgent let
ter, for he had no intention of doing
anything with it until the ship arrived
at Liverpool; but it was to contain
much that he knew he could not pos
sibly put into speech, and it was to
tell the recipient that he would ar
rive less than half day behind it.
!. The lamp that shone from the wall
lof No. 16 showed him a haggard man
stretched on the bunk apparently
asleep. While the doctor was taking
u preliminary survey Of him he
coughed and awoke.
Steward"
: ''Tm the doctor. You sent for me-
What's wrong?"
/ ''Oh, thanks. 1 don't know,
doctor. My heads all afire. and my
hands, too. Feel that"
The doctor took his hand and laid
a finger on his pulse. The hand was
hot and dry, the pulse was galloping
fnriously, and brief examination was
sufficient to diagnose his ailment.
"A touch of pneumonia" said Yal-
den "You must take more care of
yourself than you've been doing late
ay. You were not fit to travel; you
must have felt i'll before you started. !"
/, II wanted to get home" the other
answered, YEARLY. "I'ye been away
IA long time"
y I'VE must see what we can arrange
about nursing" the doctor concluded
It'll give you some medicine; you've
got a good constitution, and with
care, you'll pull round all right"
E'Think so?"
"Oh, yes. He mustn't be
aeft, Barrow" The doctor turned to
the steward. Somebody will have to
eit up with him tonight. I'll see him
again before I turn in, and I'll get
the captain to let you have assist
ance"
:. After fulfilling which latter duty he
retired to his cabin and resumed the
aaborious composition of his letter.
h Three years ago he met in London
the girl he told himself he had been
docking for all his life. She was near
dy twenty years his Junior, but what
did that matter? Her people had
been rich and proud, and now,
Through recent financial disasters,
they were poor and prouder, but what
did all that matter either?
She heard him with pity in her
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
More Criminals TODAY,

1.-THE number of criminals is on the
increase, and the number of heinous
offenses grows less as civilization ad-
vances,s said New York criminal
lawyer the other day. This may seem
paridoxical, but it is easily explained.
New laws are continually being made
constituting new crimes, and while
the number Of the violations of the
law grows larger, the number of afro
cious crimes diminishes. If you will
consult the criminal statistics you
will see that the increase is almost
entirely in the new and lighter Of
lenses"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Money is a good servant, but poor
master.-D. Bouhours.
A great mind will, neither give an
affront nor bear it.-Home.
A page digested is better than a
volume hurriedly read.-Macauley.
Both man and womankind belle their
nature when they are not kind.-Bailey.
Let there be many windows to your
soul that all the glory of the universe
may beautify it.-Wilcox.
What is defeat? Nothing but educa-
ton; nothing but the first step to some
thing better.-Wendell Phillips.
The influence of individual character
extends from generation to generai
the world is moulded by it.-Macleod.
No man is the mere resultant of his
past misdeeds, but each has in himself
a fountain of incalculable spontaneity,
and lies all open to the inundatiOn of
the moral forces of humanity and the
benignant spirit of the world.-J. w.
Chadwick.
Grant me to become beautiful in
the inner man, and that whatever out
ward things I have may be at peace
with those within. May I deem the
wise man rich, and may I have such
a portion of wealth as none but a
prudent man can bear use. This is
prayer enough for me.-Socrates.
I see beginnings in man. no end:
wrestling, not achievement; unfolding.
not maturity. Still he signs for light,
more light. Upon the borders of the
grave he stands and stretches out his
hands to infinity and eternity, for light,
for progress, for new fields resplendent
with everlasting light and glory
Oryille Dewey.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17


for that; and yet, now it seems hard.
er than it ever did before"
You'd better not talk. I don't
want you to excite yourself"
"Not me! What mean is, it would
be hard luck to die on the way home
I've been away nearly nine years.
went away as poor as a rat, and I'm
going back rich. That's something.
isn't it?"
tits great DEAL"
And I'm not dead yet, though I'm
supposed to bel" the other chuckled,
grimly. Zone everlasting, terrible
winter we were showed up miles away
from everywhere, and we were put
down as done for. Only two of us
managed to worry through, and we
wandered heaven knows where, and
we lived-well, we didn't live. But we
worried through-and I'm going
home" His eyes closed and he ram
bled on dreamily: mine years; but
she'll be waiting. I told her that it
wouldn't be more than two-and she
said It's till you come, Ned, and if
you never come, shall wait till l
meet you, at the end"
He lay quiet a minute, and then,
opening his eyes and finding the doc
tor regarding him intently, he con-
tinued:
We've never written to each other
We promised her people we wouldn't.
She was to be free to change If she
would; they said it was best. I had
no money and no prospects, but If I
went back rich man and she had
not changed. knew she
never would. Whether I lived or
died, she said she would never change
and she won't"
did you. say your name was Ed
win Ashton?"
The doctor was startled by the
alien sound Of his own voice.
The sick man nodded, and, pointing
across the cabin
"Her portraits in my bag, doctor"
he said. do you mind getting it for
me? My Wills in there, too. made
it as soon as / struck my first luck,
IN case. >. Oh, what | wanted
to ask you, doctor, was-if don't pull
round, will you have my bag and
everything sent to her? You'll find
her address"
eyes, yes. But not now" Walden
interrupted harshly. you've talked
too much already. Come
along, Barrow" he hailed the advent
of the steward with ineffable relief.
Call me If he is worse in the night "
He was dazed and stupefied by tho
knowledge that had come upon him
SO Unexpectedly, and yearned to get
away and be alone where he might
think of it. One thought only burned
to clear and fiercely steady blaze
a sinister, hellish thought that he
dared not face and could not ex.
tinguish.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
A puTlFuL SON.
story About Him Comes From the Other
Side of the World.

/ Side OF the world.
| One of the finest traits in the char.
lcter of Chinaman, be he of high or
ow estate, is his unbounded reverence
for his parents, his complete submits
sion to parental rule, writes CORE
spondent of the Penang Straits Settle
ment) Bulletin. From earliest child
hood he is taught to repose implicit
confidence in his parents and to render
cheerful obedience to their orders, and
even anticipate their wishes.
The alteration of really dutiful son
for his parents is practically limitless
and the degree of respect for them is
often so marked that it appears to the
uninitiated to be reverence bordering
on awe. There are no limits to the
length Of pilgrimages which a good
son will undertake in the performance
of such acts as he knows Or believes
will give pleasure to his parents-what
he knows to be his duty-and during
the last few days a very striking in
stance of this came to our notice. We
refer to Linn Paik Kew, very busy
man, who travelled all the way from
British North Borneo to Penang to
take part in the celebration of the sew
enty-frst anniversary Of the birth of
his mother, Nine. Cheah Lean Ngoh,
widow Of Linn How Eve, one of the
best known merchants Of Penang for
years prior to his death.
| The celebration festivities COM
menced on Tuesday last, when large
number of relatives and friends We're
entertained at dinner by the son, at 6S
Of his mothers health in a very neat
speech, teeming with felicitous allu-
sion to the venerable lady to whose
careful training and good care he at
tributes SO much Of his success in life.
For the amusement of the poor and to
enable them to share in the celebration
there was a performance of Chinese
Wayang in front of the Chinese town
hall in full swing all Tuesday.
Lin Paik Kew, it may be men
toned, is the managing partner of the
Ban Chin Lee opium, spirit, gambling
and pawnbroking farms of the whole
of British North Borneo. He is also
the agent Of the Straits Echo in San
dakan and all parts of B. N. B. We
cordially wish him safe and pleasant
voyage on his return to Borneo, and
to the worthy lady to whom he has
proved such a dutiful son we extend
our heartiest congratulations on the
occasion of her seventy-frst birthday
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17

it, once for all, when he came home
from his next voyage.
He was speeding homeward now
and the letter was to prepare her fol-
his coming. He wrote it with SO many
pauses for reflection that by 10
o'clock it was still unfinished, when
mindful of his patient, he relocked ii
in his desk.
No. 16 was awake, but drowsy with
sheer weakness.
eff I don't pull through this, doc.
tor"
Don't you worry about that; you
will"
''But If I don't-I'm not afraid OF
dying. I've been near it too often
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
Safety in Numbers.

Brannigan-Come home an teck
supper wild me, Flanagan.
Flanagan Shure, it's past yer sup
per time now. Yer wife'n be mad as
halter.
Brannigan- That's jest it; she cant
lick the two of US.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
"What's the matter with him 2"

VHaeS ZIG fudetSF Wilt MIMI
eyes, but not love; and she told him,
with only pity In her tones, that the
imam she loved was dead and her
heart was buried with him.
Later he learned the story that lay
behind her words, and saw more hope
un it for himself than she had given
him, for surely his living love of her
could, in due time, win her away from
the memory of dead rival. He
would not take her answer then, but
begged her to think of all it must
lnean to him. and let him ask her for
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
The Kindly Sinners.

If only kindly sinners
Could rule this worlds affairs.
We'd sit at better dinners
And spend less time in prayers;
And at life's sparkling banquet
We'd drown corroding cares.
If only kindly sinners
Could rule this worlds affairs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
Killed in a Curious Manner.

While chopping wood near Augs-
burg, Germany, a boy named Wilhelm
Behr caught his ak against a wire
clothesline. At the same moment a
flash of lightning struck the line.
passed down the Ratchet and killed
him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-17
Ger1nany,s Oldest Warship.

Germany's oldest ea-going warship,
the Krou. was built in England in
1867.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28
A Remarkable Woman.

Kokomo, Ind, Nov. 23.--Mrs. Anna
NJ. Willis of this place, charming old
lady of "A years, has given for publ
cation very interesting letter.
Mrs. Willis is widely known and
highly respected and the recommenda.
lion she gives Is well worth the con
sideration Of anyone who may be in.
lerested. Mrs. Willis address is r. X.
No. 6. Kokomo. Her letter reads as
follows:
"I have been troubled with Kidney
trouble for 20 years. 1t was so bad
that 1t affected my heart and my back.
1t hurt so that l could not get up
when down, and began to think that
| would be past doing anything.
was recommended to get Dodd's Kid.
ney pills and purchased some at the
drug store of Mr.. G. e. Neck. After
using several boxes l was completely
restored. l feel 20 years younger,
and am able to do all the usual work
N the house and garden which a per-
son who lives on the farm has to do,
although | am "A years of age"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28
Society Of the pilIettantI.

An interesting old organization
which formerly existed in London
the Dillettanti society-originated
with certain gentlemen who, having
travelled in Italy, tried to encourage
at home what they had enjoyed
abroad. This society Of lovers of the
fine arts lasted 100 years. Walpols
does not seem to have looked upon 1t
with very favorable eye, for he says:
The nominal qualification was to
have been to Italy, the real one was
being drunk"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28
PHOTOGRAPH WINS A CASE,
Bright Idea That Was Worked by
Clever Lawyer.

A Philadelphia lawyer tells the story
that a picture of Fanny Davenport
once won a case for him. His client
was suing the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, of which Wayne MacVeagh
was counsel, for $500 damages for
the death of her husband. Just few
days before the case was to have come
up she happened into my office and an.
nOunced that she had married again.
Good Lord, madam | gasped, why
couldn't you have waited until your
case came up? It's next to impossible
for me>to get damages for you now.
She said she didn't care very much,
and went out, seeming very happy.
We'll, II just happened that had a
photograph Of Fanny Davenport on my
desk, and when the next day Wayne
MacVeagh happened into my Office to
discuss quite another matter he picked
up the photo and admired it. Who's
your friends? he asked.
Il had a sudden inspiration and I
said: Why, that's the lady who Is
suing your company for $500
THE deuce you say, said he. Hand
some woman, isn't she?
she is. indeed" ! replied.
Clint he exclaimed, looking at
the picture closely. A deuced hand.
some woman, should say. A deuced
handsome woman There was a slight
pause, 'WhatI you take to settle this
CASE? he asked.
Il thought of my clients second
marriage, and | fixed the figure at
$4,000, The deal was consummated,
and the case never came to court
New York Tribune
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28

Il have always thought Cornelia a
very saint" she muttered, but Love
is the great revealer. | wonder II she
is in love-to tell the truth. she was
past finding out. | cannot say that |
saw the least sign of it-and between
me and myself, Rem was unreason.
able; however, | am not pleased that
Rem felt himself to be badly used"
And she said her prayers, and fell
calmly asleep to the fiattering thought,
II would not much wonder If, at this
moment, Lieut.. Hyde Is thinking about
me-"
In reality, Lieut. Hyde was at that
moment in the Belvedere club, singing
the "Marseillaise," and listening to a
very intlammatory speech from the
French minister. But couple of
hours later, Arentas wonder" would
have touched the truth. He was then
alone, and very Ill satisfied; for after
some restless reflections, he said i'm.
patiently:
Il have again made a fool of myself.
have now all kinds of unpleasant feel.
ings, and when left that good doc
tors house | was well satisfied His
daughter is an angel | praise myself
for finding that out.
Then he rose, threw Off his velvet
and lace, and designedly let his
thoughts turn to Areuta. "She is
pretty beyond all prettlness," he said
softly as he moved about. she dances
vol, talks from hand to mouth, and
she gave me one sweet glance and [
think If she has gone so far-she
might so further"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28
The Talmud on Wine.

There is Talmud parable to this
effect: After Noah had established his
vineyard and got on an occasional
spree he was visited by Satan, who
drank with him. His majesty of Hades
slew lamb, a lion, a pig and an ape
to teach Noah that man, before wine
is in him, is lamb; when he drinks
moderately he is lion; when he
drinks like sot he is swine, and
any excess after reaching that stage
makes him an ape that senselessly
chatters and jabbers. | fail to see
where man or wine has changed in
1000 years. We have the lamb. lion.
pig and ape with us every day.--New
York Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-28

"Dear Arenta. we shall have so
much more time, tomorrow. Come TO-
morrow"
But Arenta was not pleased. She
left her friend with an air OF repressed
injury. and afterwards made little re-
marks about Cornelia to her brother,
which exactly fitted his sense of
wounded pride.
Ever since she was little girl,
eleven years old, | have loved
her." said Rem; "and she knows it,
"She knows il; that is so. When |
was at Bethlehem, / read her all your
letters. and many time you spoke in
them of her as your little wife ONE,
come. we must go to our roD".5, for
that is our father hear moving about,
In a few minutes he will be angry,
and them"
She did not finish the sentence;
there was no necessity; Rem knew
what unpleasantness the threat i'm
piled. and he slipped OF his shoes and
stole quietly upstairs. Arenta did not
hurry, though the great Flemish clock
on the stair-landing chimed eleven as
she entered her room.
After ALL" she unused, "the even
ing was a possibility. 1t was a door
on the latch--I may push it open and
so in-who can tell? saw how
amazed he was at my beauty when
first entered the paror-and he is but
a man-and a young man who likes
his own way--so much is evident"
Then she heard her brother moving
about the floor OF the room above her
and a shadow darkened her face. She
had strong family affections, and she
was angry that Rem should be trou
bled by any man or woman, living.