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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-23
"HOMESIDE OF WARTIMES," IN IS LETTERS.
doctors and Remedies, Letter No. 4.

professions, the more wisc man
learns, the more he sees the necessity
of learning. | have known men who
never attended a lecture in their lives,
and who said they did not have time
to read books, who nevertheless, went
through the country giving strong
medicine to those who were depend
ent, killing aud crippling as they
went, and you had as we'll try to lift
yourself over the fence by the strap
on your boots, or fatten goose on
moonshine, as to try to teach them
anything. Solomon said you had as
we'll try to ''bray a fool IN a mortar
as to tackle one of those 'adamites, !"
and yet, Notwithstanding they had no
more idea of medicine than the blind
man had of colors, who said scarlet
was very much like the sound Of a
base drum, they found people who
wero their counterpart in tomfooleTy,
and would willingly make their
stomachs pill boxes for their accommo-
dation, and like the simple little birds,
in the home nest, would throw open
their mouths like steel traps to receive
that which was coming, whether
grub, ant, worm, or berry. This
writer once was a bellwether in that
flock of ignoramuses, but by the prov
idence of God and the use of a lit
tie common sense he has made his es-
cape from the clutches of quacks and
nostram mongers. Let it be under
stood that I am not personating any
one, but if the cap / am making should
chance to fit any one, they will please
accept it as a favor, and draw it on,
and go at their earliest convenience
and prepare themselves for their pro-
fession, or quit and hunt something
that is on q level with their mental
capacities. While I am on this line
of thought I wish to express my sur
prise at people who have run the risk
of placing their loved ones i'll the
hands of men who know nothing in
the world about medicine from sci
entifc standpoint, and know no more
about anatomy and physiology than a
mule does about Venus. They could
not analyze a hornets nest; don t
know Fowler's solution from sweet
cider, or the extract of digitalis from
SCOT tea; in fact, I have known men
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-23

who were trying to practice medicine
who did not know but paregoric was
made from cat tails, or castor oil from
pigeon milk, so far as their knowledge
of medicine was concerned. Oh, you
say, the writer is too hard on those
old doctors. No, sir rec bob; not as
long as our poor boys Rave to struggle
and strive, borrow and beg, in order
to practice medicine intelligently, and
then stand rigid examination to go
out and compete with men who don't
foot. evil. There is no excuse for
such ignorance in our day.
Tho foregoing reminds me of how a
silly woman cut the "grand flourish"
over her husband on time. They
had a brat, who, had the appearance
of being wormy dirt eater, and chanc-
ing to meet one Of those sprigs of
ancient medication, called upon him to
look at their son. The doctor, after
examination, pronounced it case Of
compound illuminated carusticated
exigated anticipated confederated de-
dundancy; arising from the animal re-
frigerator, producing prolific source
of irritability in the pIocranial sys-
tenn of the mental profundity' Now,
said the dame, I told you that was
111t oil hn
''wor-rums, and so it is, the world
has the gout in the upper story bad.
But fan from all of this am glad that
the day of ''quackery' is being blot
ted out, and we have full quorum
of capable and conscientious physi-
clans, and host of young men COM
ing ON who are striving to measure
up to the requirement of this age.
God bless the skillful and earnest ply
sicians of our land. This scribe is
now living because God, in His good
ness, placed him in the hands of com
petent medical men, and faithful
nurses.
NOW, leG'S draw long DIPatn. ana
go back to our subject, the doctors
and Remedies of War Times.
When the war broke out q great
many of our best doctors enlisted as
officers and soldiers and went to the
front to meet the enemy, others went
out as army surgeons ;thls left the peo-
pie to do as best they could for
medical treatment, and as did every
thing else we used substitutes, and
natural remedies. For chills, we
used the weed known as ''Boneset, =
or "Ague weed,' as the Indians cal
led it. 1t was called by the pro-
fession Eupatorium Perfuliatum- "a
neck breaker. 1t grew from two to
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-23

four feet high and bloomed out in July
and August. 1t was extremely bitter,
and when freely taken if it did not
set your bones" it would not fail
to upset your stomach Another
remedy for chronic chills was to take
iron scales from the shop anvil, and
rusty nails, and put them in strong
vinegar, and after the vinegar had
'eatin' up the scales and rust, we
drank the vinegar 90, tell it not
in Goth, = publish it. not in Ascalon
after you took it, you could not tell
whether your insides was black
smith shop, or vinegar fount; kill
the chills do you say? Why it would
kill a turkey buzzard at long range.
Chinquepins we're for the same pur-
pose as peruvian bark. Sometimes
when the chill was coming on 'Sthe
man of the house, or some neighbo1
would take the patient and lay him
out ut full length on the forefront OF
his stomach and arm himself with
several pods of that terrible southern
scorge, "1ed pepper, and rub you
from sole to scalp, up and down tile
spinal column. Awake thou that
sleepethp' hot! h-o-t!! you felt
like your heart was ''fainting for the
waterbrook. But one thing was GER
tain, you would never repeat the
operation unless compelled by superior
force. don't want to see pepper
growing; l can tolerate it only
through respect to the good woman
who sows on my buttons. Don't like
French Guiana, because Cayenne is
the capital, think of Cayenne" pep
per, too hot for me.
Next for children, we used the
Jerusalem oak seed. which forms the
bases Of all the best worm oils on the
market. Our good confederate mothers
would gather the seed when ripe and
run them through fine sitter, and
cook them i'll molasses and take it out
i'll fiat cakes, then before breakfast
each brat had slice served on him.
This treatment was kept up for a
number of days ana terminated in a
dose of "abomination (castor oil, J
and let me inform you, if any vermin
was found in your bread basket, they
were billed for Denmark ''intsanter. .
For gentle purge there was moth
ing better than the May apple root,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
SUPERIOR MAN IN TROUBLE
Robin p. Lefeber Arrested In Peoria,
Illinois, Charged with Short
age I'm Accounts.

SUPERIOR, Neb. April 1o-(special Tel
egram. )-Robbin T. Lefeber, a young man
of a good family OF this city, was arrested
wednesday In Peoria, ILL.,, on a charge of
alleged Irregularities in his accounts.
Lefeber was a salesman for a Kansas
City typewriter firm enc his shortage is
oaid TO be $685., which he is alleged to
have covered up Nth forged notes.
1t is also charged that he forged the
names of a couple Of prominent Superior
citizens to his bond given tho typewriter
Arm.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

not make blood or make strength, no
medicine can do that. But it does cure
diseases of the stomach and its allied or
gans, and so causing the perfect diges-
ton and assimilation of food, it enables
the building of the body in sound and
vigorous health.
vI can say 10 you one bottle Of your Golden
Medical Discovery has cured me sound and
well, after suffering two long years with stonl-
ach disease writes W. II. Braswell, Of McAden-
vile CASTOR Co, NC. Myheaith Is worth all the
world 70 me. will praise you as long as live"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a book containing 1908 pages.
is given away. Send II one-cent stamps
the expense Of mailing OHky, for the book
in paper covers, or 81 stamps for the vol
ume bound IN cloth. Address DR.. r v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. V
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Damage saat IS sett,cd.

BEATRICE. Neb.. April iO.---(Speclall-
The $4,000 damage suit Of MorTell against
the Chicago, Burlington Quincy railroad.
which was filed in the district court here
some time ago and which was later reduced
to $4,000, has been settled and dismissed.
1t is said that plaintiff voluntarily inter
viewed the officials Of the road and offered
a compromise. which was promptly sc-
cepted. 1t is not known on what terms the
settlement was made.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

way about medi-
cines they would
be a great deal
better off in
health and pock-
ct. A number of
so called "blood
m making" and
U flesh forming +"
Utonic y med di-
cines are only
stimulants in dis
guise. You can't
get strength out
of a stimulant be-
cause strength is
not in it. All
physical strength
is derived from
food digested and
assimilated and
in the form of
blood nourishing
the entire body.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery does
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
salary is sacred.

ers, but the supreme court says the claim
to the tracks is not tenable.
Salary f. Sacred.
The First National bank OF Columbus
will not be able to realize upon It's assign.
ment Of the salary warrants OF william
O'Brien, county attorney of Platte. T'aa
supreme court says that the assignment OF
the salary or fees of public c.iccr to be
earned in the future is contrarY to public
policy and therefore void
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
CEREAL MILLS START UP
Satisfactory Agreement is Reached
with Employees and
Company.

NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., April 1O.-(spe-
cial Telegram 1.-THE Great Western Cereal
mills resumed operations here today, a sat
isfactory agreement having been reached in
regard to the wage scale with their en-
Moves.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
DECEPTION.

When the conjurer shows an empty hat,
and 1T once begins to extract from It rab-
bits or cabbages, we know that we have
been adroitly deceived, because we know
we can't get out anything that isn't in it.
If people would only reason in that
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

Lewis standish, John Cramer and James
Leo, alias John Doe, who since the 1st Of
December have been in the city jail here,
suspected Of train robbery, were released
this morning. The men were held on va
rious charges and an effort made to have
them connected with the Burlington train
robbery. but without success. 1t was also
believed by the local authorities that these
men had been the perpetrators of many
burglaries here.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

The program provides for a special
roadster race, free-for-all, pacing or trot-
ting. open to the state. owners being re-
quired to belong to some driving club. for
a purse of $780,
The following running races have been
scheduled:
Half-mile and repeat. all ages.......... 800
Three-quarters mile dash, all ages. 70
Mile dash, all ages ...................... 10
Half-mile and repeat, all ages .......... 100
Entries for stake races will close June
1. and those for class races August 25. The
Commercial club Of this city will provide
a purse for one Of the above stake races.
but It has not yet been decided which OF
them It will be. and as soon as q desirable
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY

s II Sss S: ayy, s 50a9 me-: 3 MT M 59oe M
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

their cOnsttutO and
OF whskey,
which
mar o
ca booklet Duffy a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Attempt at HoIdup Fails.

A. L. shader was knocked down near his
residence at Seventeenth and M streets
last night by two footpads who attempted
to rob him. While the three men were
lighting on the sidewalk DR.. Orr came to
the assistance Of shader and the robbers
ran. shader was going home. when one Of
the men stepped out Of a shadow and struck
him in the back Of the head. shader fell
to the sidewalk and the two men Jumped
on him and tiled to tear a diamond pin out
Of his shirt front The police were notified.
but found no trace of the robbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11


this day can laugh as heartily az the
youngest Of my grandchildren. / am good
for some more years, and scarcely feel
my age. My vigorous constitution and re-
markable freedom from disease IL due to
the daily use for many years of Duny's
Pure Malt Whiskey, Though am past 104
years OF age l feel as young and hearty
as forty years ago. 1 weigh 175 pounds,
my appetite is good, and still do all the
chores. cannot say too much In favor OF
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, which is in
deed a blessing to old people and invalids.
l know 1t has prolonged my life many
years"
Mr.. Bullook's wife died twenty years ago.
and he is living with one OF his grandchil-
dren. Sixty-fve grandchildren are mar
ried, and they are all strong and healthy.
His descendants who live in Fort Hamil-
ton, Brooklyn and Manhattan are the Nc
families.
The health and vigor of Mr. Bullock's
children and grandchildren show that their
father thought OF his descendants and kept
his constitution strong and vigorous with n
pure stimulant and tonic, leaving all kinds
of drugs and medicine alone, So II is with
n she should keen herself healthy
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11

decision in that respect shall have been
reached the race will be ehristened the
Commercial club stake.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
Two Charges to race.

Requisition papers were Issued this
morning by Governor Mickey for the return
to Nebraska of w. H. Duquette. the cowboy
detective who is now under arrest in Mis-
soula, Mont. He is charged with perjury
and probably charge of bigamy will be
filed against him. 1t is said that during
their search for him the officers discovered
that Duquette had a wife in Omaha and also
a wife living near Holdrege. whom he re-
Gently married. The Omaha wife, 1t is said,
has been apprised Of the facts, but the Hol-
drege wife is still ignorant that she is
No. 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
STRONG, HEALTHY, AND
FULL OF VIGOR AT IO4.
SIXTY-FIVE GRANDCHILDREN LIVINI
AND MARRIED.

Mr.. Ralph Bullock Of Brooklyn, N. r., Who
Is In His Io6th Year, Says He Is as
Young and Active as Any of His Grand
ChiIdren--He Weighs I76 Pounds, and
His Only Medicine Is
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-11
sorenson Case Goes Back.

Because OF an error Of the trial court in
a matter OF practice the contest over the
disposition OF the $4,000 estate Of Hans G.
Sorenson, formerly a wealthy hardware
dealer OF Ord, must again 90 back TO the
district court. Sorenson died in Lincoln in
1895. Four months after his death Mrs.
Ellen Ferguson, who had lived across the
street from Sorenson in Ord, was delivered
of a child, which she says is the son Of
sorenson. The boy is now years OF age,
and his mother is pushing him forward as
a claimant for the entire estate. She Is
opposed by the brothers and other relatives
OF Sorenson, who claim the estate as theirs
and declare that she is not his wife. as she
claims.
The case has twice been in the supreme
court and no material fact in II has yet been
settled. II the mother wins her boy gets
all Of the property; II she loses all goes to
the surviving relatives. The mother in
sists that her marriage was a common law
one. She was called over TO Sorenson's 5
house one morning by him. There he told
her he was tired OF batching and wanted to
know II they couldn't hitch along together
well. She thought they could lie said
that In the olden times people were mar
ried without any public ceremony, and he
urged that they simply declare themselves
married and live together. She agreed.
He gave as a reason that he did not like
display and besides there was one member
Of his family who would make IL uncom-
! Portable for him II the news leaked out.
She says she resided in the old house. but
went each day to make the beds and other
wise put the house In order. sorenson died
seven months after their marriage and his
! relatives deny the common law marriage.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

San Juan, +. X, BY Cable.-t1Ve
men were killed and four others were
wounded, two Of them probably fatally,
by the explosion Of a powder charge
of an 8-inch gun on board the United
States battleship Massachusetts last
week. while at target practice OFT
Culebra Island.
The following is the list of the dead:
K J. Plat, 1853 Eighth street, Troy,
N. Y.
S. F. Malinowski, 1888 Ontario ave-
nue., Chicago, III.
F. H. Loesser, 313 East Seth street,
New York.
Andrew Hendrickson, Norway.
r. r. Rule, Walnut Hill, Cincinnati.
The following men were seriously
injured:
A. N. Dossett, Durham, N. c.
J. G. Patterson, 80 Soho street, Pitts
burg.
w. A. schert, 365 Cleveland avenue,
Chicago
A. S. Tacke, Miami street, St. Louis
A PERCUSSION PRIMER.
Details of the explosion were obtain
ed when the Massachusetts arrived
here. The explosion occurred in the
starboard aft the 8-inch turret, shortly
before noon, and was due to the acct
dental discharge of a percussion primer
while the breech of the gun was open.
The full charge exploded in the turret
and killed or injured all the crew of
the gun. numbering nine men. Ensign
Ward W. Workman, who was in charge
of the turret, escaped injury, though
he was standing near the scene Of the
explosion.
Magnificent discipline was immedi-
ately shown by the officers and crew Of
the battleship. Captain Harry Lee.
commanding the marine guard of the
vessel, and Ensign Clarence A. Adele
Immediately flooded the turret with
water and Lieut.. Chas. F. Hughes and
Gunner Kulwein went below to the
magazine, picking up powder charges,
and prevented further explosions. while
Lieut.. William C. Cole and Gun Cap
tain Stoneman entered the turret and
withdrew the charge from the other
gun, whose breech was open. The sur
vivors of the guns crew when res
cued were burned, mutilated and nearly
dead.
One man whose clothing was on fire
jumped overheard.
In less than s minute after the ex-
plosion three streams of water were
pouring into the turret, preventing the
charge in the other 8-inch gun from
exploding.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
Abram s Hewitt Dead.

New York, Special.-Abram S. Hew-
lit, former mayor of New York and
Representative in Congress from 1874
to 1887, died at 6 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. He was in his S1st year and had
been critically i'll for ten days. With
him at the moment Of his death were
his wife, his three sons and three
daughters. Mr.. Hewitt, who had been
in feeble health for some months, was
attacked with obstructive jaundice on
January 9Th, and from the first it was
that there was practically no hope for
the aged patients recovery. Only his
wonderful vitality kept him alive until
this morning.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
KILLED OR INJURED.
Powder Charge Fxplodes on Board
the Massachusetts,.
CAUSED BY PERCUSSION PRIMER.
Which Was Accidentally Discharged
While the Breech on an Eight..nch
Gun was Open.

Washington, Special.-Admiral Hig-
Rico, that by an explosion of powder
in the 8-inch turret of the battleship
Massachusetts, five men were killed
and four injured. None were commits
stoned officers. The text of Admiral
Higginson's dispatch is as follows:
San Juan, P. R.-Secr etary of Ma
Wy, Washington: Powder charge ex-
Massachusetts,. Cause being investi-
gated by board. Dead, A. Hendrick-
son, boatswain mate; F. H. Loesscr,
apprentice; S. F. Malinowski, lands
man; K. J. Plat, ordinary seaman.
Robert Rule, ordinary seaman.
Injured: w. w. A. Schert, apprentice;
A. S. Tackle, coxswain; J. G. Patter-
son, ordinary seaman; A. N. Dassett,
ordinary seaman"
The records of the Navy Department
show that Of the dead Loesser and
Hendrickson lived i'll New York, Malin-
Cwski, Chicago; PIatt, in Troy, N. Y,
and Rule, in Mount Washington, o. OF
the wounded Dassett, landsmaE, en-
listed at Durham, N. c., July 20, 1901.
Next OF kin Newton Dassett. father,
1903 Pettigrew street, Durham, N. c.
Patterson was from Pittsburg, Tackle
from St. Louis and Schert from Chi
cago
1t is realized here that it will be very
difficult for the board referred to in
Admiral Higginson's dispatch to as
certain the cause CT the explosion, for,
from the heavy casualty list, it is sur
missed that the entire turret crew was
either killed or disabled. The 8-inch
guns are next in size btlow the 13-
ship and just above the rapid fire gun
limit. So their charges were not con-
tanned in fixed metallic cases and the
powder was put up in canvass bags.
The regulations require that the pow
der bags referred to should be con-
veyed from the magazines to the
breech Of the gun in can-like metal
receptacles to guard against just this
kind of an accident.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
Where Everythinq Is Holy.

of the native town OF Sheik Husein:
Everything in and near Sheik Husein
is holy and belongs to the dead sheik.
1t is rot permitted to cut wood near
the town, no cattle are sold and we
were asked not to shoot birds. One
of my Somal having caught two bats
with butterfly net in the holy tomb
large assembly was held and the
poor fellow and myself We're cursed
by the imam until l gave him some
dollars to appease the wrath of the
dead sheik''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
Ask YOUR DAUeeis7 FOB FREE PE-RU-NA ALMANAC.
SlOO Reward. &1OO.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
earn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment Halls CatarrhCu is taken inter-
naliy, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby Destroy
NC the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitut;on and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faithin
lis curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
send for list OF testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY l. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
Steamer Goes Ashore.

Gibraltar, BY Cable-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Lain. Captain
Malchow, from Mediterranean ports
for New York. went ashore at o'clock
Sunday morning at Tumara. 10 miles
east of the Rock Of Gibraltar. There
was heavy fog and rain was falling
at the time. Aboard the steamer arc
800 sailors and zoo emigrants. She is in
no danger and is waiting for high tide
to get off. The Lain is stern on to tho
sea. The weather is moderate. but there
il a heavy sea.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-01-22
A National HIGHWAY.

The first step has been taken toward
the construction of boulevard be-
tween Chicago and New York 1t is
possible that the next ten years may
see the construction Of such a road. and
the time may not be far distant when
the long talked of transcontinental
highway from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific will be built
That is something that should be
done. and the Gazette about a year ago
pointed out that some multi-millionaire
like Andrew Carnegie could gain indy
ing fame and the gratitude of millions
OF his countrymen by founding fund
that would build the highway. A Chi
cago man has started in his automobile
to spy out the lay of the land for the
new boulevard, and the people along
the proposed route are becoming enthu-
sisastic over it. In 1926 the Govern
ment expended large sum of money
in starting highway from Washing
ton, D. c., to st. Louis. The idea back
of it, of course, was to make the stag
ing easier for the Congressman who
would have to travel from the South
and West to the capital every year.
and facilitate the carrying of the mails.
The advent of the railroad era sudden
~ changed that.
Automobiling and bicycling are doing
much toward calling the attention of
the American people to the necessity
for good roads. and there will shortly
be great awakening on the subject
The class of people who own automo-
biles are the class who can usually
force legislation, and they will attend
to the roads proposition. A great boule-
ward across the continent. aside from
it's usefulness. would prove a practical
example Of good roads to the residents
of rural districts that they could not
OverloOk.-Colorad0S Springs Gazette.