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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07
A Whales Appetit

A whales appetite is phenomenal.
His chief diet consists of jellyfish. He
has simply to open his mouth and pad
die along leisurely in order to take in
jellyfish by the wagon load. Such is
the method adopted by the whale-bone
whale. The sperm whale, on the con-
trary, captures huge squids weighing
often several tons. Like his brother
the whalebone whale, he must be con-
stantly on the lookout for food; 9TH
erwise he would starve. AS many as
IA seals have been taken from 30
foot killer" Other fishes of enor-
nous appetite are not uncommon. The
bluefish, for example, thrive on sar-
dimes and other small fish. Assuming
that one bluefish eats 10 small fish a
day, it has been figured that it re-
quires 10000 millions sardines to feed
the 1000 million bluefish on our
coasts every summer Most curious
of all eaters is HYDRA strange
creature that can be turned inside
out without impairing it's appetite or
its power to eat.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

"The young man had been out West
for some time. He had gone out there
with the idea that he could win for
tune, but instead Of finding the way
to success smooth one, it was rather
rough and rocky, marred by thorns
to prick the feet. pitfalls and all that
kind Of thing. Put in plain, unpoetic
language he was run down at the heel
and bagging at the knee. In order
to make a living he had been forced
to become pie merchant on a small
scale. He was in this business when
we found him, and had a small NOV
able stand on the corner of two
streets In well known mining town.
My friend recognized him at a glance,
and rushed up to greet him. The fell
low seemed to be Just a little embar-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

The most delicate scale is made by
liking one end of fine thread of
glass. The atom to be weighed is
placed at the free end and the degree
of the bending of the thread under it
noted. This has to be done under a
glass which magnifes 100 times.
A plausible explanation of the fact
noted by Marconi that ethergrams
travel farther by night than by day is
that OF M. Jolly, quoted by La Nature.
The waves constituting the message
were sent from west to east. and
would therefore be travelling. during
the day, against the earth current
from England, while by night they
would be travelling with that current
in conditions similar to sounds car
ried by strong gale.
The Torngat mountains on the
northeast coast Of Labrador are shown
by the results Of the recent Brown
Harvard exploring expedition to have
the greatest elevation of any noun
tains on the Atlantic coast from Hud-
son strait to Cape Horn. Many of
their peaks are 5000 and 5000 feet
high, and more and remain yet un-
named and unmapped. The coast be-
low their feet is very bold, and is pen
etrated by deep fiords, while pictur-
esque. although barren. hanging val
leys occupy the adjoining uplands.
G. o. Jarvis thus sums up the result
OF his researches into a diet in rheu-
matism: Allow a liberal meat diet,
cooked by being either broiled or
roasted, and served rare. Each carbo-
hydrates in moderation. cooked SO as
to preserve the salts Chat is to say,
by frying in an excess of boiling OLD,
fats in rather small amounts. Water
should be drunk plentifully, and it
should be especially directed that
some water be taken between meals.
Alcoholic drinks, tea, and coffee are to
be used in great moderation; it is bet
ter not to take alcoholic drinks at all.
How high do birds fly? is an unset
tied question in ornithology, and re-
Gently the German pathological so
ciety requester aeronauts engaged in
meteorological exploration, with the
aid of balloons, to observe the various
heights at which birds are found. 1t
is not to satisfy mere curiosity that
the information is desired, for the
question Of the elevation of the tracks
pursued by birds when migrating has
an important bearing upon other sci
entiic problems concerning the feath-
cred inhabitants of the air. At pres
ent it is believed that birds generally
do not rise more than about 1900 feet
above the ground, although occasional
ly they attain an elevation of between
5000 and 1000 feet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

kept getting worse. One day a neighbo1
woman brought me your book. the Tlls
of Life and wanted me to take your
medicine. l told her that / had given up
all hope of ever getting well. l had tried
so much medicine. My neighbors thought
was nearly dead with consumption.
Finally I concluded that l would make
last trial. So my husband got me bottle
OF Peruna and Manalin. 1 commenced
taking them according to directions. That
was two years ago. A year ago last No
vember l gave birth to a lo-pound baby
boy, who is well and hearty; and | am
doing my own homework. t can never
give, Peruna too great praise. 1 think it
IS the best medicine l ever heard off,
Mrs. E. E.. Thomas.
Ii you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman. giving a
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

WEST BRANCH, MICH, April 1 fifth
Many thanks for the sample of Doan's
Kidney Pills. We had tried many
remedies with little benefit but found
Doan's act promptly, and hit the case.
which was an unusual desire to urinate
- had to get up five and six times of
a night. think Diabetes was well
under way, the feet and ankles
swelled. There was an intense pain in
the back, the heat of which would
feel like putting ones hand up to q
lamp chimney. / have used the free
trial and two full boxes of Doan's Pills
with the satisfaction of feeling that I
am cured. They are the remedy par
excellence. B. F. BALLARD.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

girl, She is now six months old and
weighs Is pounds. My friends were all
surprised. Some would not believe it until
they came to see me-
my husband says he never saw such a
change in any one as there was in me after
| had taken three or four bottles of
Peruna. | am stronger than / have been
since | was quite young. God bless you
and your medicine forever. I cannot tell
you all. My letter is too long already;
but l will say Peruna cured me. l never
saw or heard of anything half SO good.
| can never thank you enough for your
kindness: In cases of la grippe it works
like charm. 1t cured my baby when
other medicines failed. She was real bad
with la grippe. Mrs. L. M Griffith.
Mrs. E. &. Thomas, Alpha, Mo-, writes:
Il have used your Peruna and Manalin.
| had been doctoring for several years. but
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

raised and my friend thought it would
be the proper thing to do to offer q
little sympathy.
Sorry to see you situated as you
are, old fellow, and in this business
said my friend feelingly.
% your sympathy. Buy pie,'
was the quick rejoinder of the vender,
and in few moments we had left
1im shrieking out his wares to men
who passed that way.
Eat least he convinced my friend
that there are moments In a mans
life when the mere sympathy Of the
mouth, no matter how earnest or how
fervent the words, can not meet tho
requirements of the case, and that the
real and only way to offer help in
such instances is to buy a pie"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07
SYMPATHY OUT OF PLACE
The Only Way to Offer Help In Some
Instances Is to Buy a Pie.

"Out West, few years ago, while
journeying around with a friend Of
mine, | overheard a conversation
which goes to show that sympathy is
often misplaced" said the rowing
man, "and the moral is not by any
means bad one. The quick way in
which the man turned on his friend,
who had offered him an abundance Of
sympathy, so far as sympathy can be
extended by mere words, was very
amusing and showed that the fellow
was quick-witted and unusually bright,
despite the fact that he had fallen
into rather rough road.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

EVERETT, Mass received the
sample of Doan's Pills and they stop
ped all my trouble of pain in the back,
from which / have suffered for two
years. lam a sole leather cutter, and
being on my feet and lifting heavy
dies all day, appreciate the help
Doan's Pills have given me- I feel
like a new man.-GEo. A. BURGESS,
1853 Belmont Street.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

ASPEN, Colo. April 10, 1903
Doan's Kidney Pills accomplished
the desired result in my case - relief
came the second day after I COM
menced taking them. I was troubled
with retention and dribbling of the
urine. Now it is natural and free as
ever in my life. ID. L. STAFFORD.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07
An Old Saying illustrated.

When a bride and groom are on
their wedding trip nothing less than
a suite of rooms will do them, which
is only another illustration of the old
saying, Suites to the sweet. -
Philadelphia Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

BURLINGTON JUNCTION, Mo.
received sample of Doan's Pills and
they are all that is claimed, they re-
lieved pain in my back, and did ALI
that was represented.-C. G. RAY.
r. T. D. No. /.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

ST. LOUIS, Mo- Received sample,
and am on my first bottle from the
druggist they helped me wonder
fully. I had feeling of wanting to
urinate all the time, and trouble in
passing, burning and itching. That is
all gone now, and | feel thankful. -
e. K. STEVENSON, 1851 Easton Ave.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

TAYLoRsvILLE, Miss. No man can
tell the good of Doan's Kidney Pills
until he tries them for weak back.
l tried everything and got no relief
until | used Doan's Pills.. N.
LEWIS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

Aching backs eased. Hip, back, and loin pains.
limb swellings and dropsy signs vanish
They correct urine with brick dust sediment high
colored, pain in passing, dribbling, frequency bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills remove calculi and
gravel. Relieve heart palpitation, sleeplessness,
dizziness, headache, nervousness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

Women Made Strong and Happy
n0tbers.
Catarrh Of the Pelvic Organs Is Free
quent Cause of Barrenness.
Pe-ru-na Eradicates Catarrh From
the System.

Q the woman Of ancient Israel not to
become a mother was regarded as the
greatest of earthly calamities. To
become q mother-more especially the
mother OF strong, healthy boy-was the
height OF glory for the faithful woman of
the good old Bible days. Even now, when
maternity. is not esteemed as of yore, the
mother OF healthy children is an object
of admiration, and sometimes envy, by her
neighbors: As compared with ancient
peoples, the average American woman has
a low appreciation of motherhood. There
are, however, great many exceptions to
this statement.
The accompanying letters from grateful
women who have been made strong,
healthy and happy mothers need no added
words OF ours to make them convincing
Catarrh had weakened and impaired their
entire systems. Peruna made them sound
and well.
Mrs. L. M. Griffith, Arco, Idaho, writes:
Your medicine did me wonderful
amount of good. It cured me of barren
ness. am 80 years old and never had
any children; but since beginning your
medicine l gave birth to l0-pound baby
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07

A YOUNG MOTHERS LETTER.
folowing " - $1,000 O' -
Doctor s
Dear SfrI
ca took Of
Dirt" to 1Opo"md baby gtr happy
thGnhfuL to
praise ttenou
II send
goodshe FerWn0
my ho'seork and take care OF my baby and
"Ihere three netghbors
since 1t dd
thnE
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-07
SCIENCE NOTES.

The most delicate scale Is made by
liking one end Of a fine thread of
glass. The atom to be weighed is
placed at the free end and the degree
of the bending of the thread under it
noted. This has to be done under a
glass which magnifies 100 times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
WHILE SHE WAS AWAY FROM HOME

A woman noted among her friends
for her punctillous devotion TO house,
Wifcly duties recently accompanied her
husband out OF town on a short bust
ness trip. She keeps no servant, and
the pleaasnt anticipations regarding the
Journey were somewhat marred by the
thought that during her absence her
immaculate little ndt would be at the
mercy OF o rolicking young brother,
and a bachelor friend Particularly
grave was her anxiety about her bath
room, which had OF late been done
over.
After due consideration she hung a
piece OF old Turkish toweling on the
knob Of the bathroom door, with this
inscription:
This cloth is to be used for wash
ing out the tub after you battle"
Directly on returning home she made
tour of inspection, only to find her
pretty little Fat labeled as follows
over the bed In the guest chamber:
Life is what we make IT. So Is a bed.
Please make this one
Above the stationary washstand IN
the bathroom. This bowl is not for
drinking purposes You wash IN H."
on a tag swinging from a nail brush;
Beware! This is no toothbrush"
Pinned ON tho bath gloves These
are not for outdoor wear"
In glaring type above the tub: This
IS a bath-to be used with water"
on a dishtowel IN the Kitchen This
IS no bath towel. Make no mistake IN
itg use"
over the washtubs; This Is not
patent bed Don't Try TO sleep here.
From the entry gas jet n tag Light
this at night The old man may need
It."
Above the gas stove: This is 10
cook with. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
THE COUNTRY DENTIST,

81 had business last winter in lum-
Der camp UP north" said a Detroit
lumber dealer TO "A retail customer the
other day. and / had scarcely reached
the shantles when | was taken with a
jumping toothache. ! couldn't eat, nor
stand. nor sit SIN. The pain was so
great that | played the baby act 10 the
top notch. and went TO bed to weep and
cuss and groan. IL was only a tooth
ache, but / never suffered so before or
since. was more than half crazy when
the men came In at dark, and | realized
that nothing could be done for me. It
was big double tooth, and nothing
but dentists forceps would bring II
out. The ache Kept right up till mid
night, and AT that hour ! was praying
for death, when big axeman came In
from another shanty, and called out
so am liar am |? Just say that
10 my face II you dQ1f
Are you talking 70 meY ] managed
TO humble out
"Of course am. Am a Harp
Il tried to make some sort Of reply,
not knowing what II was all about,
but he hauled of and landed me one on
the jaw, and l knew no more for Eve
minutes. When | came to he had
three Of my teeth on the palm Of his
hand, aud a smile on his face.
You big coward, yelled AZ him.
Don't get Eddy, colonel he re-
piled. 4 had to knock out two others
with IT, but here's your old acher. I'm
the only dentist for 80 miles around
and my only tool Is my fist but | al
ways make thorough job Of il and
take no fee beyond a plug Of tobacco.
"He got his plug and something
more" concluded the dealer, "and the
only thing | blame him for is that he
didn't give me a chance to run before
he hit me think | might have outrun
the blessed thing and not have had so
many teeth to replace Detroit Free
Press.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
-, REPoRT ro pREsIpENT.

On Nov II, 1882, Col, Bliss made a re.
port TO The president, complaining that
the course OF Justice In the star route
case had been INSTRUCTED IN various
ways by Col Chas. r. Henry marshal
Of the District OF Columbia, u. H..
Anger the postmaster of Washing
ton; NJ NJ, Parker, the assistant post
master. aud NJ II. Helm, foreman in
the government printing office, the lat.
Ter being also the business manager OF
7. j, Bradys newspaper, the Critic,
which had been filled every day of the
trial with abuse of the government
counsel and often Of the iudg himself.
Attorney General Brewster, TO whom
this report was referred, approved the
charges and referred IN severe terms 10
the conduct OF ex-senator George Il.
Spencer Of Alabama, who was the gov
eminent director Of the Union Pacific
railroad, The latter was declared Ia be
a delinquent and ASCENDING Witness
who could testify TO material facts but
had left Washington and secreted him-
self eyadng the process of the court
President Arthur on Nov. g. removed
from their positions an FIVE Of the ac-
cused officers
When examined before the Springer
committee. ex-senator Spencer who
was among the early instigat0rs Of the
star route prosecution, denied that he
could have testified 10 any facts of I'M
por,arCe, and declared that he had
i2ltd W appear as witness under the
advice ~ Roscoe Conkling as counsel
Senator William =. Kellogg pf LOusl.
ana was accused OF completely In the
star route frauds and published q card
when the trial was in progress, denying
the charees Ex-senator Dorsey issued
a card IN December 1852 denying all
The chuipcs against himself
The second trial of the alleged star
route c0nsplatOrs was begun ON Dec
4, 1852, ana continued till about the
middle Of the following June. NJ c.
Rerdell pleaded guilty and was gov
ernmcnt witness against the other de-
PENDANTS, The jury after being out
day and two nights returned a verdict
OF acqulttal.
In the report Of the Springer commit
tee which was signed by all the DEM
oCratic members. they said. Your
committee Is Of the opinion that there
were many causes which operated TO
prevent the successful prosecution OF
the star route offenders, There
was great diversity In the testimony
and many contradictions will be found
irrec0ncilable upon any other theory
than that OF wIlful perjury. 1t Is SUM-
Client however, for the purpose Of thh
investigation 10 state that while the
evidence against the star route con-
tractors and public officials was strong
and conclusive as 10 their guilt and
that the government was defrauded Of
large sums Of money aud that large
sums were also expended TO secure IN
dictments and convictions. yet no per-
son was convicted or punished, and no
civil suits have as yet been Instituted
10 recover the vast sums illegally and
fraudulcntly obtained from the public
treasury New York Post
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
POSTAL SCANDAL;
STAR ROUTE STEAL.
Senators and High Government
officials Accused and Treasury
mensely Dcfrauded,
INTERESTING COMPARISONS.
Recent Disclosures Revive the Great
Swindle of Years Ago - What
Was Done at That Time.

The recent scandals in the postoalce
department recall the notorious star
route cases Of some 20 years ago,
In connection with the same depart
ment which were prominently before
the public for a long period They
caused great agitation in political, cir
cles, as the names Of various United
states officials including some Of high
rank were conspicuousy associated
with them. and II was charged that
politics had not only rendered possible
the execution OF gross frauds on the
government but had an important in
iuenoe IN protecting the offenders
In the course of the Hayes admins
tration there were allegations Of frauds
and irregularities In the conduct Of
the mail service on the star route--or
lines on which the mails could not be
carried by railroad or steamboat--and
there were several congressional in
vestigatlons of the subject II was
charged that a ring Of contractors and
politicians who, through favor, had
secured control of many mail routes
In the south and west, where there
were no railroad connections, had en-
gagged In an extensive conspiracy to de-
fraud the government some of whose
officers were their accomplices After
the contracts for the service had been
let, great increase Of compensation
was obtained by expediting the time
required for RPS over the various
routes, and by Increasing the number
Of trips far beylnd the needs OF con-
tracts, contrary to law
In advance OF an outline OF the
prosecution In the star route cases, the
extent OF the frauds may be indicated
by some references to the testimony be-
fore the Springer committee of the
house of representatives, which In 1884
made on investigation OF the manage
ment OF the trials In these cases, This
committee said, in Its report TO the
hOusa: THE whole amount out Of
which the government was defrauded
In the star route mail service during
the Hayes administration will exceed
Si000,000, The manner Of
procuring expedition was reduced TO a
science The afiidavits OF contractors
and others were used as the foundation
upon which expedition and increased
service We're allowed. The brazen ef-
frontery and perjury of these ailida-
Wit makers is without parallel IN the
history OF criminal prosecutions. Aft
dayits signed and sworn to In blank
were kept on hand by the contractors
just MS they laid up supplies Of grain
for their horses. These afIidavlts were
the sole measure Of the cost of exped-
ton, and no other evidence was re-
dured by the department for granting
Increase of service and increases Of
speed which cost the government hum
dreds OF thousands Of dollars
STAR ROUTE CONTRACTS.
In March, 1881, Just after he was In
augurated, President Garfield consulted
with his postmaster-g general Thomas
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
Father and son Work a Clever
Dodge on the MasOns in
Butte, Montana.
THEY TELL A HARD LUCK STORY
By Means Of it They Are Royalty En-.
tertained, Only to be Arrested Later
For an Idaho Burglary
Especial to the "News.")


Butte, Mont, Aug, 2j.--Goy. Toole TO-
day received acquisitions from Gov.
Morrison Of Idaho for the return to
that state Of two men hamed Napier,
father and son, whose Christian names
are unknown to the authorities, They
are now under arrest In Butte and are
wanted In Bingham county, Ida, for
burglary. Both deny the name of Nap
per The father says his name Is AL
bert A. Engle. According to local re-
ports, they have presented themselves
under the names Of Engle, ingalls, and
shullenburg.
The local Masonic fraternlties have
been imposed upon by these people. The
father represented himself as a Mason
and, claiming that he lost his wife In
the, Topeka food, appealed for assls-
lance from several Of the local lodges.
He also represented himself as mem
Der of the /. o. o. r. and had in his
possession a number Of emblems Of
these orders. After his tale Of woe was
heard he was directed TO the southern
hotel and prominent members Of the
Masonic order guaranteed his keeping
there with Proprietor Daniel II. Tewey.
The man was requested to present him
self last Tuesday night at the Masonic
lodge to be examined as to his qualif-
cations as Mason, Under pretense Of
illness he failed 10 appear He was
again requested to present himself TO
member Of the order for private eX-
animation, which he also failed to do.
The local Masons then cut him off at
the Southern hotel. His photograph
has been taken and circulars will be
printed today 10 be sent to ali Masonic
lodges notifying them about this man.
The local Masonic authorities are sat
isled to have the Idaho authorities
take charge Of this case, otherwise
some action would have been taken in
this city
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26
PETERSON HELD IN BONDS.
Soldiers Assault on Clerk Christie in
Progress This Afternoon.

In Judge Diehl's court this morning,
Judge Tanner presiding, Ed Peterson
was ordered held to await the action of
the district court on the charge of COM
hitting criminal assault On motion
Oh the defense, the young mans bail
was reduced to $780,
The case Of Mitchell Il. Childers,
soldier accused of assault with dead
ly weapon on John w. Christie, is now
being heard, The prosecution viii
hardly get In all its testimony today.
Chiders' interests are being looked af-
ter by Lieut. Clark Of the Twenty
ond battery, who was appointed to de.
fond him.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-26

guilty, as to j Il. Miner and NJ, G. Rer-
dell, guilty; as TO j. w Dorsey. as TO s.
W. Dorsey ns 60 II. NJ, Vale, and as
tor 7 j. Brady the Jury are unable to
agree" The name Of Peck, who had
died was omitted by order Of the court,
and the verdict was recorded, Motions
for a new trial were promptly made on
both sides