The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-19

The little town of Owenton, KY,
boasts Of 121 men born within its lin
it's who have become cashiers of banks.
They are scattered through the states
of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
The Berlin Society for the Protection
of Animals addressed the question,
"How did you like it?" to the guests
who participated in the horsefesh BAN
quet which it gave recently in Berlin
Over 300 replies have come in and all
make strong chorus of praise.
Cleveland, Ohio, has recently start
ed on new tack by deciding to ap-
point men principals for two new
grammar schools, after having had
women principals for grammar schools
exclusively for more than thirty years.
While there is no complaint against
the present women principals, it is as.
serted by some that this step is the
beginning of male supervision through
out The only objection raised by the
women to the appointment Of men
principals is that the men are not re-
quired to work their way up from the
primary grades.
Grim old Dom Paul Kruger, tragic
wanderer from the Transvaal, is in
lonely retirement at Mentone. He
wears a somewhat smart frock coat
and black trousers, and the familiar
stovepipe hat, bound with heavy black
Grape, and walks with a cane. A po-
liceman disperses the bearers of cam
eras in front Oh the villa when the
former President enters the house
daily, about noon, after a morning
spent in the garden. The old man is
by no means decrepit and looks in
good health. He prefers the company
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with strangers.
The Pan-Celtic Association, which
held its first congress in Dublin two
years ago, has decided to hold the con-
gress of 1904-it meets every three
yearseat Carnarvon, in Difference to
the Breton delegates earnest wish to
meet in an intensely Welsh town."
The delegates will include Tin addition 4
to the Indigenous Welshmen) Basque
and Finn, Breton, Gael and Manxman,
and as each may speak his own tongue
and appear in his distinctive national
dress and proclaim in any other way
he likes the Pan-Celtic gospel, there
should be no lack of color in the Car
narvon gatherings
1t has long been an axiom, in cases
Of men who default, forge, abscond, or
embezzle large sums, "Cherchez la
femme The expert takes for granted
that a woman is always behind such
dishonesties Yet it would seem that
man excuses himself, in these cases,
at the expense Of woman, as Father
Adam did in the garden; for it is a
conspicuous fact that woman. when
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is strikingly honest, observes Harper's
Bazaar. Women bookkeepers do not
embezzle; women as merchants pay
their debts promptly; women as Treas
ury clerks are we'll known for their in
tegrity. The clearinghouse keepers
themselves generally women, testify
that their losses almost invariably
come from male boarders, while those
of their own sex are to be depended
upon for regular payments.
A curious little print has come to
light through the publication of a re-
port III the FRENCH buIolln OIuCldl Vi
the number of people who have profit
ed by the public baths 70 give them
selves an elementary wash. 1t is
needless to say that the number is not
startlingly large in proportion to the
population. The use of the bath makes
but, slow progress among the French,
except in the upper classes, among
whom it is an honored institution-in
Paris, at least. The provincials are
little behindhand in their love of
water outwardly applied, and still
speak of "bain de proprete" or a
"hain de sante" as a remedy to be
used sparingly. French workingmen
are more apt to adopt habits of per-
sonal cleanliness than working women,
who are strictly conservative in these