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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
NOTHING TOO SMALL TO STEAL.
City Merchant Complains OF tho

City Merchant Complains OF tho
Prevalence of Dishonesty.
THE old saying that nothing is too
small to steal is exemplified in our
business" said a manufacturer Of
custom-made clothing. .sOur thread
gives us lots Of trouble. We have to
keep a watchful eye upon it. The
case in which it is kept is under the
supervision Of our most trusted en-
ploye. II he chose to be dishonest
he could rob us Of $4,000 year and
we would be none the wiser. We
would, perhaps, notice that we were
using more thread than usual, but
the excess might be attributed to
other causes.
I'VE have to check out every spool
We give to our tailors. Even at this
we are in danger of having a cheaper
grade substituted. The difference in
the price Of the spools may be only
one or two cents, but it offers a temp
tation II the scheme can be worked
on a large scale. Some years ago
we were forced to the conclusion that
a fence was being operated to dis
pose Of stolen thread. The spools
were sold by peddlers from house to
house. This suspicion caused large
establishments to have each spool
stamped with dyes which cut into the
wood, stating that the thread was
stolen from such and such a shop
the name Of which was stamped on
the SDoO1"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
lifting Power of Coal.

1t is estimated that the lead cell OF
an automobile storage battery is capa-
bic Of lifting it's own weight through
a height of about five and three-quar-
ter miles, in expanding its energy with
out waste. Compared with a good
piece of steam coal. however, the figure
sinks into insignificance. The latter
contains enough Of potential energy to
raise its weight some 1000 miles.
against the attraction of gravitati0n;
this makes it about $50 times as rich
in energy as is the storage battery.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
AND FOR a WEDDING, TOO.
Old Gentleman Objected to Sentiment
On Floral Emblem.

Old Gentleman Objected to Sentiment
On Floral Emblem.
Whether it was a mistake or a Joke
or simply an example Of bad taste is
a question that is still puzzling most
OF the passengers. But no matter
about that; it cerainly was a floral
masterpiece. Full four feet Of it stood
from the ground, In the form of a
cross. Roses white and roses red
composed the body Of the cross, and
dainty white blossoms and green
leaves formed the trimmings In the
center the word peace" was spelled
out in rosebuds.
Everybody in the car admired the
offering, and when the boy set it down
on the floor all leaned forward to ex.
anime it more closely. At length one
gentleman stood up and readjusted his
glasses in order to get better look
at it.
THAT is mighty pretty posy
you've got there" he said. who, may
ask, is dead?"
The boy giggled. Nobody t know
Of" he said. This amt for funeral:
it's for wedding"
The Old gentleman sat down heavily.
Good Lord" he said. What idiot
ever ordered Peace inscribed on a
wedding floral decoration?"
The rest of the passengers smiled,
and many Of them, being married
wondered as well: but nobody ven
tured an xplaration.-New Yors
Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
There is more Catarrh In this section

There is more Catarrh In this section of ths
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be inourable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it q local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Schemes has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney i Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. It is taken Internally in doses
from 10 drops to q teaspoonful. Itacts direct
" on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY b
Co., Toledo, O. !.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
A Fine Distinction.

Samuel Ellsworth Kiser, the poet
humorist Of the Chicago Record-Her-
aid, recently visited Baltimore in con-
nection with gathering Of humorists
in that city. During his visit he was
asked by one Of the local newspaper
humorists to write piece of verse for
his department. Kiser turned to his
friend with bland air and asked:
Poetry, or for ?"-New
York Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

liberty to repeat what I
first stated through our
Denver papers a bout Doan's
Kidney Pills in the sum-
mer Of 1899, for I have had
no reason in the interim to
change my opinion of the
remedy. I said when first
interviewed that If / had a
friend and acquaintance
suffering from back ache
or kidney trouble I would
unhesitatingly advise them
to take Doan's Kidney
Pills. I was subject to
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Colombia has in circulation $653, OOO.-
600 Of paper money from which nearly
all value has departed. The paper
money per capita is $685., and it takes
over 500 of the stuff to pay hotel
bill for one day.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

The investment. in pleasure yachts
in America is about $50,0o0,0O0 and
the annual cost Of their maintenance
Is about 100000 season. When a
steam zach: is chartered the price
usually is $40 a month per yacht ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

B8vEf6 aILHCKS OF DICK 1870
ache, always aggravated if I sat long
at desk. 1t struck me that if Doans
Kidney Pills performed half what they
promised they might at least help. This
induced me to try the remedy. It abso-
Iutely stopped the back ache. have
never had pain or twinge SINCE"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Lario will
be mailed to any part of the United
States on application. Address Eos
ter -Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by al druggists, price 80 cents per
box.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer. $2trial bottle and treatisefret
DR.. r. FL. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St.. Phila. Pa
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. Csc. a bottle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of PerunA
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will be-
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of Ths
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

There are nearly 65o,o0o women dress
makers in the United Kingdom.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

The average man who talks about not
being appreciated is really, chump.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Rorses Immense Cemetery.
The biggest cemetery in the world
Go the catacombs at Rome. They con-
tain six million bodies.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

| Virtue may be it's own reward, but some
| people make trademark of it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Tried by Time.

Eugene e. Lario, of 751 Twentieth
avenue, ticket seller In the Union Sta
ton, Denver, COL, says: You are at
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Money refunded for each package of
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES if unsatisfac-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

In Saxony there is an industrial
school for every 1854 Inhabitants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

A woman who is given to Mysteries gem
orally has her own way.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
fioAhas an equal for coughs and colds-JoHN
i. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Fob. Is, 1909.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

DR.. Blochmann, Of Kiel, has been at
work for some time trying to concen-
trate the waves Of the wireless tele-
graph so that they will only be trans
mitted in one direction, and so that
their reception at the other end of the
line will indicate the direction from
which they come. He has succeeded
by means of lenses composed of resin,
paraffin, glass and other materials hav-
ing a high di-electric constant in limit
ing the rays to special directions. The
detector lens at the receiving station
only admit rays nearly at right angles
to it's surface, so close approximation
to their source may be attained. APP
parently DR.. Blochmann has not as
yet succeeded in using his apparatus
over distances Of more than a mile or
two but if it should prove available
for longer signalling, up to fifty miles,
for instance, the value Of wireless tele-
graphy would be much enhanced. By
picking up signals from several coast
stations a ship lost in fog could ac-
curately determine her position, and a
practical secret system could be read
lily procured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

There is nothing like a wet blanket
to distinguish the fire Of enthusiasm.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

A report received by Sir Ronald
Ross, from the general secretary Of
the Suez Canal Company regarding the
effects Of the anti-malarial campaign
at Ismailia, has been translated for
foreign journal. In it he says: While
it is obviously too early to speak def
nitely regarding the result on the ma
laria rate, the secretary is able to an
nounce that mosquitoes Of the genus
culex have been largely exterminated.
There is also confrmatory evidence
from a gentleman in Egypt, who says
that he was recently able to sleep at
Ismailia without mosquito nets. The
campaign against Culex at Ismailia
originally promised to be a difficult
one, owing to the large number Of
sewage cisternS under the houses, and
the result shows how easily a simple
and obvious idea like that Of diminish
ing mosquitoes by dealing with their
breeding places can be acted upon by
an intelligent and effective executive
which sets to work at once, instead OF
wasting time on useless discussions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
scIE1(E|AIIIRAucs
@' eg

In number of German, Belgian and
Austrian mines benzine locomotives
have been run for time, and the re-
suits attained are said to be very satis-
factory in every respect. A little en-
CINE draws a train composed Of TWEEN
ty-fiye trucks on a narrow gauge un-
derground line, and has capacity Of
twenty-five tons. The capacity of the
benzine motor is eight-horse power.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

You can save from $3 to SIS yearly by
wearing w. I. Douglas SO so or SIS shoes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Typewriter keys, invented for the
use of the blind, have their tops in diff
ferent forms so as to be recognized by
the touch. It is claimed that by MAX
ing use of these figures one can readily
acquaint himself with the arrangement
of the keyboard. It may be said, how
ever. that the blind are easily taught
the ordinary keyboard. One needs to
know what the letter is before he
strikes it-with these keys he would
know afterward. Seeing pupils are
now taught from the start to use the
keys without looking at the letters on
them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

If tube containing radium bromide
is wrapped in black paper and brought
within three or four inches of the eye
in a dark room, a curious sensation of
general illumination of the eye is eX-
perienced; this occurs whether the eye
lid is closed or not. 1t is difficult ac-
curately to describe the sensation pro-
duced; the eye seems filled with light.
Probably the effect is due to general
fluorescence of every part of the eye.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

Our ~ Git Edge line cannot De equ0Hed at any Price
Shoes by mail, 25 cents extra. Illustrated
Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Mass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed


bee hits father the
only good ethics
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to
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America
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Haues council
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
Rockefeller Did II.

From the public as well as private al
vices OF our Washington corresnonden+
1t must be taken as an established fact
that John D. Rockefeller did actuauv
send to several United States senator's
antitrust kilograms of substantially tho
form given by the Associated Press ;,
week ago. Just why he should have sent
them is hard to say. Tt is possible that
he did not suppose that The telee.ra m :
would ever get to the public. If that is
the case, they show, at any rate. the ex-
tent to which Mr.. Rockefeller considers
himself power in legislation for thew
are almost insolent in their wording and
certainly insolent in their real meaning.
If Mr.. Rockefeller foresaw that the tele-
grams would be published we must as
sumo that he had some hidden motive.
Possibly he thought that they would SO
enrage the public and congress that the
latter would rush through the seyerest
possible kind of antitrust legislation and
probably produce something unconstitu-
tional Again, it is possible that Mr..
Rockefeller is satisfied with what con-
gress is doing and hoped to make ac-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14

IMAM,
at and he down
momen
1 call the
on
from man
me
of
off
a a ying to
not a a
bleeding
Ia in
20 " meana h asked a she tn1ned pale
Kindly hour
pistols for
glass and smiled II friend friend
that what he said all and would
children feel TruesdaeL
O a wa sacred to be
paything Of and heard no mo- him during the campaign
has
Colonel ongsat the head of gallant
andF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
IN a NUTSHELL.....
off

Mr.. George w. instructive article in the
February number of the Municipal Journal and Engineer
the ideal water supply BY of introduction
subject he defines water that is without Objectionable
ties 1t must. be free of infectious
as typhoid fever An ideal be
palaabe free of Objectionable coorles
containing mud vegetable stain. noticeable
amounts of dissolved iron iron
amounts Of lime and magnesia. which to
hard; 1t shall contain of those
rodng and dissoving metals pipes
only such quantities
suits.
The simplest to good water where local
conditions permit is by obtaining supply
Such water coming from springs
Is naturally filtered clear sparkling free
from sewage pollution and infectious Lowell
Mass, changed from polluted river water to
driven-we supply the typhoid fever mortality
to l95 100 900 to about 90 Sometimes ground
water though unobjectonabe hygienc point view
may be too hard, contain too much carbonic
acid Such water requires treatment being
trbuted for example, Winnipeg artesan
we'll water before pumping it into the pipes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
the state would not allow them to r,

the state would not allow them to re-
store it, u
Such an argument assumes that the
state commission will be unreasonable and
unjust in its dealings with the railroads.
The legislature cannot assume anything
of the kind. It must assume the contrary.
The state has never in the past taken an
unfair advantage Of its common carriers,
and will not in the future. The sharp
practice does not come from that direc-
ton. If an emergency required ridi-
culously low competitive rate for time,
any intelligent commission would consent
to- raising 1t back when the emergency
had passed.
If public hearings in such cases would
be too much red tape. let the law be
amended 50 that the commission could
dispense with them, when in it's judgment
an emergency existed. It is understood
that the author of the bill is willing to
agree to. such an amendment. .4
Why not give this bill chance? If it
is not right, as it stands, amend it, At
least let 1t be discussed and considered
as its importance requires. Let the ship
pers OF the state be heard from. They are
entitled to some consideration.
T journal is quite willing to
give credit where credit is due. It is
more pleasant to give, praise than blame,
and Th e our al hopes to have &C.
casionr to commend the house for it's
action on this bill. and many others of i'm
portance to the interests Of the public.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
The Public Library.

There is danger in the movement for
greater economy in library administration
! that the main object of the library will be
overlooked and its usefulness seriously
| crippled.
! Minneapolis has library plant Of very
! creditable proportions and high char
acter. It is an exceedingly useful insti
tuition. Not only has it served the public
well, displaying unusual enterprise in
making the resources of the library con-
venient Of access to the general public
by delivery stations and branches, but it
has rendered an extremely important
service in connection with the public
schools. appreciation of which Is often
expressed by the teachers themselves. 1t
is doubtful if the importance Of this school
work is rightly estimated in all quarters,
but a little reflection upon the matter
ought to suggest a correct view. The
schools teach the children to read. The
capacity to read implies that that capac-
ity will be employed. There is somewhere
an obligation to see that that reading fac
ulty is we'll employed. Where does that
responsibility rest, If not upon the library?
The library has recognized this obliga-
ton as far as 1t has been practicable to
do 1t, and through the distribution
Of books to the public schools has, the
teachers tell us, not only supplied in
measure the demand for books but has
created a taste for profitable reading and
performed a great service in shaping the
reading habits of the young people of
the reading matter supplied from the CEN
trail library through the schools, but de-
veloped to the extent Of leading many of
the children of the upper grades and
the high schools, who might not otherwise
have become so Influenced, to become reg
ular patrons of the library. or its branches.
There is certainly something more to be
thought Of in the operation Of a library
than keeping 1t open under conditions of
the strictest economy. Qualified and ex-
perienced attendants must be provided and
it is quite as important-indeed, it is
very much more importa nt-that the
books already on hand in reasonably sat
isfactory numbers and variety shall be
made available, than that more books shall
be stacked upon the shelves and remain
properly trained attendants to make them
as accessible and useful as they ought to
be.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
Regulation of Rates.

The house committee on railroads made
bad start Wednesday afternoon, when
it voted indefnitely.-to postpone the first
important bill given into it's hands The
measure was introduced by Mr..
Ward Stone of Morris at the
request of the railroad and ware
house commission, and its purpose is
to strengthen the arm of that BODY. I'm
der the provisions Of the Stone bill. rail-
road companies desiring to raise rates be-
tween points in this state must apply for
permission, and state the case at a. public
hearing, of which notice is to be given
to Interested shippers. If after this hear
ing the commission consents to the rates.
the new tariff may be put in effect
The people Of this state are watching
the house of representatives with consid-
cradle interest, and some foreboding
SlXty-six members of the house, more
than majority, voted in the republican
caucus to elect as speaker the man
favored by the railroad interests of the
state. Speaker Babcock's friends have
insisted that it was a mistake to call his
election railroad triumph. Results
would show, they said, that the helm of
the house had been placed in safe hands.
Now comes the committee on railroads.
appointed by Speaker Babcock It COM
prises fifteen republicans, all men who
voted for the speaker in the republican
caucus. The other two members arc
democrats. The first measure for the
regulation of railroad rates that comes be-
fore this committee is recommended for
the wastebasket by unanimous vote
Friends of the railroad merger have re-
iterated:. This consolidation hurts no.
body; it is the question of rates that con-
Germs the people,
Suppose that is true. Here we have the
question of rates in it's simplest form 1t
is proposed to give the shipper a chance
to be heard before rates on his commodi-
ties are increased This is a question of
sufficient Importance, it would seem. to be
at least discussed on the floor of the
house. 1t hardly deserves to be knocked
in the head behind the closed doors of a
committee-room. The confidence and in
dorsement of the people is not to be OBJ
tanned in that way.
Two railroad attorneys convinced the
gentlemen of the committee that the bill
would stop the granting of emergency
rates. Railroads; they said, would never
lower rate under conditions, for fear
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14

Most cities however must depend surface water that
or lakes and rivers and these generally require publication
before use. It is possible
give satisfactory Water from almost water In Ger
many the imperial board OF health requires the altering
or all surface waters used public
Is almost as strong in England In States
T1endous strides have been taken
of filtered There in this country approxi-
maey Ito filter plants having daily capacity Of 3ooo000oo
gallons Most of these plants towns
ut Providence, Philadelphia. Haven Washington
burg. Cincinnati Louisville indianapolis, Louis
mond cunningham and New Orleans putting in lterng
plants. s@@s:@fs5
There two general types sand and
chan ters For waters which are fairly clear. but pol
uted with BETTER for waters
mechanical are the better The cost of filtration including
capta charges and operating expenses is Sc to$10
100000 gallons With consumption
Ions dalyl5 more than Minneapolis consumes-hltraon
would cost about 20 to 40 cents capita annually AS Min
neapols will be up against
Its water and reducing its typhoid fever death of 40
per 1t reassuring that it is
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