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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

We have had one week without
rain, and hopo we will have another
one.
Health is good at present.
Prof. J. G. Lawson, of Polkville,
attended Sunday school here Sunday.
We were glad to have professor with
us at Sunday school, so come again.
Tom Everett and Will overly were
here Sunday.
Several of the boys went fishing
Friday aud brought back nice
chance of the tinny tribe.
Miss Carrie Purvis visited Miss Ora
Puryis Saturday.
Sunday school was very good Sun
day, although review lesson was some
what q tough one.
Mrs. Fannie Purvis and little daugh-
ter visited friends at Asia Saturday
and Sunday.
G. D. franklin and daughter, Miss
Letha, made trip to Magee Friday.
Isom Corley, of Pickett, was here
Sunday.
Farmers are making use of the fair
weather.
Miss Addie Parks visited her sister
Mrs. Mary Calhoun, of Pickett, Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Virgil Purvis and Jesse Daniel
passed through here Sunday night on
their way home in Smith county.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
COUNTY NEWS NOTES,
DOBSON.

Farmers are taking advantage of
this beautiful weather.
Health is very good with the ex-
ception of few colds.
Russell May, of Hattiesburg, is at
home, also Ruel May, OF Braxton
spent Saturday and Sunday with
homefolks.
Miss Alma Myers is spending a
while with her sister, Mrs. Burnham,
of Johns.
Miss Cassie Grain visited in the
neighborhood last week.
P. P. Polk spent Saturday night in
the community.
R. E. Gayden and Master Lowrie
spent Sunday at A. G. Bakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley P. Chapman
visited at Joe Saturday and Sunday.
Oswold Buchanan and Ellis Baker
visited New Prospect Tuesday.
W. L. Manning is suffering from
the effects of an operation which was
performed on his face Saturday.
There were good many visitors at
Rock Hill Sunday. Prof. Little, of
Cato, sung for US, and Will sing again
second Sunday in April. Come on
Mr.. Little, you are always welcome.
Very few cndidates have come
around yet, put guess there is plenty
Of time yet.
School will close Friday at Rock
hill with recitations the last month
being taught by Miss Nina Baker.
W. Brown visited his father last
week.
Fred Kersh is at home for while.
CATO.
The sunshine these few days, corn
is being planted and everything seems
fOODC Oa q diONO3 SOAA plAAu1uS UCIuS
the order of the day.
Being backward with farm work is
very common everywhere. We sup
pose, however, time enough yet to
make crop by getting a hump on
ourselves.
S. D. Perry is the earliest water
melon man in ou1 community, having
plants up and growing in gourds. He
says he will break gourds and trans
plant them. By the first of June if
the seasons are favorable he may have
ripe melons. His vegetables are fine.
D. w. Mcintyre, one of our prom
inent merchants, made a business trip
to Jackson last week, and j. B. Bar
nett went to Jackson today to buy his
spring and summer line of dry goods.
Our Cato merchants seem to be in
fine spirits, not fine spirits in them as
some of the boys seem to have some
times.
E. W. Little and W. J. Shots at
tended church last Sunday at Rock
Hill and report fine time, and plenty
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

good grub. Our friend Shots don't
look as though he needs much to eat,
but Prof. Little we don't think there
is much dangerrof him getting too fat
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
Creek
High School,
Third Term Begins Feb, %, 1908.

high grade preparatory school, Highly recommended by all
ege Presidents of state for doing first class preparatory work Con-
venen and commodous buildings library
supplied with best and magazines Community
hgence and refinement Influences the best.
Board i'll private families 81. 50 and IS month.
Tuition s.. 50 to SIS. rite for catalogue.
GEO. O. HURST, Principal.
Florence Miss
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
CA - T @ RIA
Bears the ,The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature a. &Hzzzzx
Wanted, Agents.

Ladies in every town and county
to sell so cent packages of we'll
known article for Is cents a package
A limited quantity will be sold to
advertise other goous. Send 10 cents
in stamps for sample at once if you
want the agency of your town; money
refunded if not satisfied with sam
pies. 80 80 to $5 per day easily
made for next 60 days. Samples
ready Monday.
FL. W. BUTTS,
PRO ndoY1 Miss
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wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's SwaRp-ROot is not rec
omrnendedfor everything but if you havekid-
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. ithas been tested
in SO many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved SO successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swanp-Root and how to
find out you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer init in this paper paper and s. - 90
DR.. Klmer & Co., Bng- e ss 95ss;s]
hamton, N. Y. The Ssss;ss -
regular fifty cent and Home Of swanp-Isoot.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton,
NY, on every bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

cures made by Dr..
kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
It is the great mcdi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der cNeoin lief a3J -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
DO You GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

Account of the United Confederate
Veterans Reunion, New Orleans, May
10Th to 22nd, 1908, the Queen and
Crescent route will sell round, trip
tickets to New Orleans at rate of
one cent per mile travelled, plus arbi-
traries, tickets to be sold ON May 18th,
nth, 18th, 9th, 10th, 21st and for
trains scheduled to arrive New Orleans
forenoon Of May 22nd, 1908, with final
limit to May Gath, 1908. Extension
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

The State Board Of Dental Exami-
ners will meet at Jackson May 26 to
hold a Irregular examination for all
who may wish to apply for license to
practice.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
MAYTON.

We have had one week without
rain, and hopo we will have another
one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02

Brandon, Miss.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Wonders of Coal.

The formation of coal, according to
DR.. Homer Greene's cosmfcal theory. was
due TO the solar orb bringing forth mil
lions OF years ago. when IL was larger
and hotter than today. a wonderfully
luXur1ant vegetation. including plants OF
strange kinds, moSses as large as forest
trees and ferns thirty feet in he:g ght.
growing up richly from the clayey soil
and forming dense jungles in the vast
marshes. the latter covering great areas
OF the earth's surface. These ferns,
mosses. and the leaves branches, and
trunks Of trees in time falling decayed
where they grew only 10 render the soil
more fertile and the next growth more
luXuriant. Year after year. century after
century. this process Of growth and DE
cay went on until the beds of vegetable
matter thus deposited became of great
thickness.
The earths body, however, still con-
tinued to shrink in consequence Of
which. her crust sinking throughout vast
areas. the beds OF vegetable matter
going down and the water sweeping
again over the gerat marshes. sand and
mud ard gravel were laid down anew
over the deposits, and the clayey soil
from which the next rich growth would
spring was spread out on the surface,
this process being repeated again and
again. as many times, indeed. as there
are seams OF coal in any coal bed.
In this way. according 10 DR.. Greene.
the conditions for the formation OF coal
were made complete, atmospheric air
being entirely excluded while the vege-
table beds underwent the processes of
coal whole trees have been found. with
roots. branches, leaves. and seeds com
plete. and all converted into the same
kind Of coal as that surrounding
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Resurrection Plant.

What is generally known as the rose
Of Jericho is. perhaps. one OF the most
familiar OF the curiosities OF plant life
known as resurrection plants. though
other varieties have recently been add
ed to the list Of these oddities The
rose of Jericho is said to be im9orted
from the valley OF the River Jordan
and is the resurrection plant mentioned
in the Bible. The plant when received
from its native home is simply a bunch
OF leafless and seemingly lifeless sticks
or branches. clustered together tightly
When placed in glass OF water. how
ever. the branches expand. seed buds
unfold. and soon the green foliage etarts
out and the plant really grows.
The Mexican resurrection plant is the
fluffy fernlike variety often noticed in
saucers of water in the florists window
This delights the children. as the DIant
Is so quickly resurrected from a drv
hard ball TO q green living plant. When
II is dormant IL is a shrunken. rounded
ball OF tightly folded leaflets. dry and
dead.
II is dropped in a bowl OF tepid water
and soon one frondlike tip curls slowly
outward. then another and another. and
in a short time there is floating in the
dish beautiful metallic green plant. a
great loose expanded rosette OF fine
fernlike leaves. Odd and beautiful
This experiment can be repeated many
times. the plant curling togeth tightly
when dry and expanding into new life
when soaked In water. The asteriscus
pygmaeus is the only resurrection plant
that develops blossoms. In reality il is
the blossom that is resurrecred from a
dry, hard shell-like substance 10 full
blown flower
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Stones Are "AIiVe.

The most curious specimens of vege-
table or plant lie in existence are the
sO-called living stones" OF the Falk-
land Islands. Those islands are among
the most cheeTless spots in the world
being constantly subjected 20 a strong
polar wind.
In such climate 70 IS impossible for
trees 10 grow erect. as they do in other
countries, but nature has made amends
by furnishing supply OF wood n the
most curious shape imaginable. The
visitor 10 the Falklands sees scattered
here and there singular shaped blocks
OF what appear 10 be weather beaten
and moss-covered powders, in various
sizes
Attempt 10 turn one OF these "bowld-
erSs over and YOU viii meet with a sur
prise because the stone is actually an
choTed by roots OF great strength. in
TACT. you Will md that you are fooiing
with one OF the native trees
No other country in the world has
such a peculiar forest growth and il
Is said 10 be next 10 impossible 10 work
the odd-shaped blocks into fuel. because
the wood is perfectly devoid OF grain. %
and appears 10 be a twisted mass o.
woody fbers-
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Costly Canals.

The oldest and the most important
ship canal is that of Suez, begun in 1855
and completed in 1863. II is 100 miles in
length and cost S93. .OOO. COO In 1892
$10. 200. 900 was expended TO widvn It,
Ships are allowed TO pass through 1t
at a speed OF FIVE and one-third miles
per hour. so that its whole length can
be traversed in eighteen and one half
hours Night navigation is made possible
by electric lights which were introduced
IL 1887. The tolls are eight shillings per
ton. In 1870 4S6 ships passed through
the canal; in 1850. POPS: In 1900 3441.
In the year 1899 221,34S passengers were
transported.
In 1887 the Emperor William Canal to
connect the North Sea with the Baltic
was begun. and the canal was opened in
1895. Its cost was $40 0OO 900. It's re-
Ceipts do not cover expenses. Still an
other canal connecting the North Sea
with the Baltic was opened in 1900. It's
cost was $1,000. 600.
Thg Manchester ship Canal cost SS5.-
O00 600. Amsterdam is connected with
the sea by a ship canal opened in 1S45,
and Rotterdam is likewise connected
with deep water by a canal opened in
1856. The Gulf OF Corinth Canal was
finished in 1898. II cost about s. 900 600
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
PARSEE SYMBOLISM.

The entire costume OF the Parsees
symbolizes the mysteries Of religion.
The gauze shirt. bound with the sacred
cord Of Kusti. must be woven with sew
enty-two threads TO represent the chap
ters OF the Izashm. and the twelve knots
OF the heavy tassel signify the twelve
months of the year and represent the
perpetual obligation OF sacred duties
The embroidery OF the sloping black
hats carries out a further doCtrinal sig
nifcation, and in the white headbands
of the women warp and woof form an
elaborate cryptograph OF Zoroastrian
theology.
Even the mode of wearing the silken
sarfs of pink. primrose. azure. and green
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

Is prescribed by ritual law though the
linen headband gets pushed farther back
and the floating folds OF the brilliant veil
occasionally combine coquetry with or
thodox=.
\ solitary instance recurs to memory
OF fuzzy fringe framed by the headband
and sart. and contrasting strangely with
the Asiatic face and beautiful historic
dress Of the wearer Possession OF un-
limited wealth enables the Psrsee of
Bombay 20 exercise important control
over the fortunes of the city. and rows
of splendid mansions in the suburb of
Parel show the status OF the colony
which Identifies itself with Western pro-
gress while retaining in fun strength all
its original character and ancient faith.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Six Stringed SPinet.

Several beautifully fashioned musical
instruments of various kinds. dating
hack to the Middle Ages. were recently
acquired by the Royal Society OF Ber-
lin. and among them was a siX-strinEed
spinet. II was made in the sixteenth
century. and the delicate carving with
which II is embellished is ample proof
that ii was the work OF an artist
century or two ago II might have
been possible to get good music out OF
this instrument. but now IL is sadly out
of tune, and no one with a musical ear
could long endure TO hear il.
One reason why the Royal Society
prizes il highly Is because on the in
side of its cover arc painted several en-
blems and grotesQue pictures Of animals.
In medieval times emblems were more
popular than they are now, and the ar
tist who used them for the purpose OF
beautifying this spinet was evidently
we'll versed in the subject
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
CIGARETTE TONGS.

In the good old DAYS OF Queen Boss
every smoker Ead in his OUTFIT a pair OF
tobacco tongs- II he were q gallant Of
the court they We're made Of silver: II a
substantial merchant. OF brass but II a
workingman, of cheap ironware They
were necessary implement 20 the
smoker Matches were unknown and the
only available fire in the daytime was
the blazing log upon the hearth With
the poker a smaller piece Of the glowing
ember was broken on which with the
tongs was applied 20 the freshly charged
pipe
Hundreds Of these tonEs are to be
found in the collections Of antiQuarians.
Most OF them are clumsy objects. but
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Primitive Surgery.

Surgical operations were performed on
the human skull in America 200 yeas
before the coming OF Columbus Tho
work was done in those early days wIJh
the aid OF shells and flint hatchets.
Many skulls have been discovered in
Peru which illustrate the methods OF
these early surgeons. From the appear
ance Of the skull il is also evident that
a considerable proportion OF those oper-
ated upon lived afterWard.
This trephininC was probably perform
ed 20 save the lives Of those who had
received a serious wound from a club or
a stone. Considering that the surgeons
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Water Clock.

This is probably the most curious CLOCK
in the world. a metal drum, with a
metal axis stuck through il. is upheld
by two strings in such manner that the
latter gradually unwinds. allowing the
drum TO descend. Under ordinary cir
cumstanccs the drum would run TO the
bottom in n moment. but owing 10 an
ingenious device IL takes exactly twenty
four hours 20 go from the top 20 tho bot
tom. Each hour is indicated by a peg.
and thus the Jap" can always tell what
time IL is.
Tho drum Is Divided inside hv rndiaI
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
The Wedding Ring.

a long time ago the wedding ring was
worn on the forcfnger and was thickIy
studded with precious stones People
who have seen the old pictures of the
Madonna in Rome VII remember that IN
one or TWO OF them there Is q glisteuinS
ring on the forefuger of her right hand,
but with Christianity came the wearing
OF the wedding ring on the third finger
rather than the first
The old story Of there being a vein
that runs from that finger TO the heart
is nonsense Its use originated in this
way.
The priest first put IL on the thumb.
saying. In the name Of the Father"
on the forefnEer. adding. "in the name
Of the Som on the second finger, re-
peating. lin The name Of the Holy
Ghost" and on the third finger. ending
with Amen" and there II stayed
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

few are graceful in outline and artistic
iH "oIhInaHSnlu These StoUES were r~-
vived on "a small scale sOf1a twenty wears
ago when they were employed for hold
Ing ClEarettes. The cigarette tCncs were
from two TO four inches in length. con-
ncctet ~ The upper end by smart
spring which kept the ends together
when In position Of rest.
When used the smoker opened them
and caught the. cigarette between rha
tins. close up TO the mouth end. The
courrivanCe enabled the user 90 burn the
cigarette down q the last whif. and
protected the hnstrs from the djscClor-
ing va9or that produces the brown stain
uDOn the fore and middle fingers
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Candle Tells Tins

King Alfred. who was called the
Great. was the original advocate Of an
eight hour law. He said that man
should give eight hours out of every
day 10 work eight hours TO sleep. and
eight hours TO 10 play. In order 10 keep
tab on The hours, a. period when there
were no clocks he invented tho time
keeping candle. which was afterward
used in monasteries and elsewhere quite
commonly
The candle was divided up in such a
way rs 10 indicate the hours by its
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

of those early days worked with moth
ing more effective than sharp shells or
flint knives. the work is exceedingly
credible. Human skulls bearing the
signs OF similar operations also have
been found in Europe. dating back TO
prehistoric times. In the South Sea
Islands the operation is often perform
ed with the same primitive implements.
The local surgeons not only trephine in
the case Of fractures, but as a cure for
epilepsy and certain forms OF insanity
Trephining is also performed in this
primitive way even as a cure for head
ache
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

81 inches. Mr.. Gil's pair measure 90
inches. The first pair of horns again
measured inches through at the butt
while the largest pair measure I5IS
inches The 62-inch horns were exhibited
three years ago az the exhibition OF the
American Sportsmen 5 Club. in Chicago
where II was asserted TO be the record
head.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

tographs. readily proves the superiority
OF the new set. The record" SCI of
horns, IL should therefore be said. be
longs 10 George c. Gill. of Holyoke,
Mass. The horns owned by Mr.. Gill are
not only larger in every dimension than
the pair already reproduced on this page
but are superior in form and beauty
The spread OF the first pair Of horns was
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

twelfth century young men fastened the
leg bones OF animals under their feet
by means of thongs in order to slide
along the ice. This statement is con-
hrmed by the pair OF bone skates OF the
period now in the British Museum II
Is likely. however. that these early Lon
coners got the idea from Holland prob
ably via Lincolnshire where skates have
been used on the frozen fens from very
remote times.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

One OF the most celebrated" brigaDds
in Sicily today is francesca Varsa1ons,
who has quite outdone his predecessor.
Musoiino, inasmuch as he has eluded
the carhirecrs aud soldiers for ten
years. Like many member OF his pro-
fession,' he is devoutly religious II Is
said that he will run any risk 10 get TO
a certain shrine of tho Virgin near Cas-
tronovc. whore he considers himself un-
der adequate protection.
The above picture was taken under pc
culiar circumstances by an - ,teur
photographer. who was pass the
shrine at the moment the brigand and a
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
LARGEST OF RAMS HORNS.

On February ! last. was published the
photograph OF what was believed to. pc
the record" head among big horned
sheep. Since its publication the owner
of another remarkable pair OF horns has
sent a photograph Of the head 20 sub
stantiate his claim to having the largest
horns. A comparison OF the dimensions
OF the two sets. as well as or their pho
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Camera Caught Ball.

The accompanying picture was taken
by George NJ Still. OF Brooklyn. at his
summer home, at Ronkonkoms, l. l. and
is considered by photographers 20 whom
10 has been shown 10 be most remark
able picture OF an object in notion MFR.
still. whose expert knowledge runs
along the line of oysters rather than
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

partitions into a series of compartments,
in one Of which some water is put The
partitions are pierced by pin holes. al
lowing Ehe water 10 pass slowly through
from one compartment TO another as the
drum goes down. But it Is very hard for
the drum TO reyolvc. as it Is impcIled
by gravity to do. because in revolving
IL is Obliged TO lift the water. n can
only 60 around as fast as the water goes
from one compartment TO another. and
thus its speed can be regulated exactly
according to the size Of the pin holes
aforesaid
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
WHO SKATED FIRST?

Il is very doubtful which race first
skatcd, for traces have been found
among prehistoric remains all over Nor
thern Europe indicating that the art
was practiced by primitive peoples.
The Es&imos of the farthest north are
also found 20 be in possession OF run
ners carved from whalebone.
Skating Is mentioned by a Danish
historian about 1874. and Fitzstephen. in
his " History of London" says that in the
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

female companion arrived The camera
man thought the scene picturesque and
so secured a snapshot without the man
and woman being aware OF the fact. ab-
sorbed as they were in prayer.
shortly afterward. in an endeavor TO
persuade some peasants in the village
OF Cammarata 10 pose for him he ex-
hibited this picture among others The
villagers at once recognized the man as
Narsalona and the woman as his con-
slant companion. Naturally the sensa-
ton caused was great and the photogra-
phor WAS obliged 10 decamp, as the brig
and heard OF the picture and vowed TO
wreak vengeance on the snapshoter.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

The sound of the first eruption Of
Mont Pelee is now asccrtained TO have
been heard at Maraeaibo, in Venezuela.
a distance of soc miles
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

II is highly probable that the United
States does not contain a rarer curiosity
in the way of fence than the one 10 be
found in Livingston, Mon. and which is
the subject OF illustration. This feucc
is made from between go and 300 ok
horns. representing about $50 animals
The first thought is that it was cruel so
slaughter all these elk in order that
their horns might be used for fence
building. but this is not the case It