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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
The Inheritors OF the Kingdom.

Blessed are the poor in spirit. for theirs
| Christ sets forth what we are apt to con-
slider as the minor virtues as the condi-
| tions of the major beatitudes Our esti-
mates of such things are often mistaken
Humility, purity, peaceableness seem all Of
lesser significance than many things we
| might mention. Yet these little things to-
| gether make the large life and character.
! The greatest Joys of life are made up of
! pleasures so small that, in the ANALYSIS of
| a happy day, we cannot always define its
| particular parts. And a truly great char
acter is such not because of some immense
! Illuminating virtue, but because of it's al
most innumerable minute projections.
The meek inherit the earth, but the Door
in spirit inherit heaven. The greater bless
| ing is attached to the virtue least esteemed
of men. What! is 1t to be poor in spirit?
| The poor IN spirit are not spiritually Door.
| A man rs not poor-spirited because he is
| poor in spirit. But it is that consciousness
/ of our cvn lmnerfections, of our own moral
! poverty and restitution. that we have no
means to buy our way into heaven, nor any
attractlveness of our own that would win
! us a wav there. that we are such as must,
In moral and spiritual things, before God,
stand like suppliants at the gate. unable
either to take the Kingdom by violence or
/, by purchase, but dependent on the won
drous love and grace that will surely freely
! give it us. No man seeks 'this kingdom
without early discovering how poor he is
in spiritual, moral. soul wealth. Tt is a
| blessing to come to this self-knowledge.
| just as the gateway of confession of ignor-
ance les at the beginning of the path of
knowledge go does conscious poverty of
spirit lie as one of the first steps that all
| the sons of God and inheritors of the king
| dom must take
The poor in spirit are humble in life.
They have seen themselves as God sees
them, and this humility is the first step
| toward their being seen in all the glory of
the likeness of His Son. Humility would
| seem to be divine attribute. seeing. that
| 1T is said of Christ that He was meek and
lowlv, and of the Holy Shirt that 1'He
shall not speak of Himself" The best
preparation for heaven will be found in
| tlce of this virtue in the following of the
| Man who pleased not Himself. who made
! Himself of no reputation and took upon
/ Him the form of a servant
| Bnt there is a false humility of which we
| reed to beware. God does not think anv
! the more of you because yon tell Him that
you are poor miserable sinner: He
knows it without your volup teering the In
!, formation. He knows whether you mean
IT when you say you are a poor worm of
the dust. Perhaps it does not please Him.
Christ came to save men and women, not
to save worms. If God has made YOU in
His own likeness it is not we'll to compare
1t to worm. Humility does not need to
wear badge or to call itself names. The
poor in spirit may be the most dignifed.
| elevated in fife; witness the character of
the Master.-Ram's Horn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
"Leyt Us Tell Jesus.D

The incident is related of young man
who was inclined toward infidelity, and
like others of his age who have imbibed
such notions he was more or less proud of
his advanced ideas. He took occasion one
day to go to the study of minister of his
and disbelief in Christianity, thinking, of
course, tnat the minister would undertake
an elaborate argument to prove the truth
of the Scriptures and the reality of the re-
ligion founded on them This would give
him just what he wanted-the opportunity
to argue and combat.
But the pastor, with wisdom not born
OF earth. after listening until he had con-
cluded his harangue. said quietly: 'Iet us
tell Jesus about it" and dropped on his
knees. The young would-be infdel was
surprised into following his example As
the two knelt side by side the man of God
poured out his petition from a full heart
for the young man beside him, but without
any alusion to his condition of skeptical
unbelief. He simply pleaded for him as a
sinner needing salvation. The prayer was
the doubter doubted no longer Instead.
he was convinced and converted, and ready
to ask, with Paul, lord, what wilt Thou
have me to do?" The answer came, and
that young man now breaches the gospel
he once sought to destroy with his infdel
arguments.
The Mid Continent, emphasizing the sug.
gestiveness of this little incident, says:
"There is the lesson, Will soul-wipners
learn it? Go tell Jesus-alone, if need be,
with those you would win if you can-but
tell Jesus, and ask of Him the needed
grace. 1t is not argument with man that
is needed so much as telling Jesus. Take
Hin, at His word. Ask what We will and
it shall be done unto YOU Go and tell
Jesus"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
Gods Opportunity.

Some one has said that leach human life
is another opportunity for God to display
His grace and power" So it is and the
thought will grow upon you as you mcdi-
tate upon it. just think, II am Gods op-
portunity.., Isn't it wonderful! Isn't it
glorious! When we look at others whom
God has richly blessed and honored in SER
vice. we can see how it is. but do We ever
think of ourselves as Gods opportunity?
Every one that responds to Gods call,
Gomez, gives God large place IN the
world. Every one who obeys Gods COM
mand, Co.. assists God in gaining larg-
er place in the hearts of men Every re-
generated heart and life is a new garden in
which God plants His seeds of love and
grace; fountain out of which flow con-
slant streams of healing power Take it
home and say to yourself, IT am Gods cp-
portunity." Be that, and your life win be-
come unutterably grand, and your exper-
fence unspeakably sweet. = Presbyterian
Journal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19

did not hinder me from pursuing my daily
work
II should like to see our Board of Health
give 1t official recognition, and have it
used generally among our poor sick people
in Greater New York. Joseph A.
Finn.
D. L. Wallace, charter member of the
international BARRIERS Union, writes from
10 Western avenue, Minneapolis,
MINI:
Following severe attack of la grippe
I seemed to be affected badly all over. /
suffered with a severe backache, indiges-
ton and numerous ills SO / could neither
eat nor sleep, and / thought would give
up my work, which could not afford to
do
"One of my customers who was greatly
Helped by Peruna advised me to try it..
and | procured bottle the same day. |
used it faithfully and felt marked i'm
provement. During the next two months
| took five bottles, and then felt splendid
Now my head is clear, my nerves steady,
[ enjoy food and rest well Peruna has
been worth dollar dose to NED. l..
Wallace.
Mr.. O. H. Perry, Atchison, Kan,
write:
Again, after repeated trials of your
medicines, Peruna and Manalin. I give
this as my expression of the wonderful re-
suits of your very valuable medicine in its
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
Making Others Happy.

When you rise in the morning form a
resolution to make the day happy one to
fellow creature. 1t is easily done; left
off garment to the man who needs it, a
kind word to the sorrowful, an encourage
ing expression to the striving-trifes in
the tweEty-soI- hours And if you are
young depend 1rcn it, it will tell when YOU
are old, and if you are cd, rest assured it
will send you gently and happily down the
stream of time to eternity. BY the most
simple arithmetical sum look at the result.
If you send one person. only one, happily
through each day, that is 365 in the course
of the year. And supposing you live forty
Of medicine. you have made l4,6O0 beings
happy, at all events for time.-Sydney
Smith
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19

effects in my case after repeated trials.
First, it cured me of chronic broncl1S.
tbs of fifteen years standing by using TIVE
bottles of Peruna in January, 1894, and no
return Of it.
After | was cured of bronchitis I had
la grippe every winter for several winters.
But, through the use of Peruna, it gos
gradually weaker in its severity, until IL
dwindied down to a mere stupor for two
or three days. Now the stupor does
not trouble me any more" %. III.
Perry.
A Consressman's Experience.
House of Representatives,
Washington, d. G.
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen-"I am more than satisfied
with Peruna, and find it to be an excelleuel
remedy for the grip and catarrh. | have
used it in my family and they all join m&
in recommending it as an excellent RENE.
dy."
Very respectfully,
George HI. White.
If you do not receive prompt and salts,
factory resultsfrom the use of Peruna write
at once to DR.. 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 The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
The RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF

Poem: Gods Lnve-The Meek Inherit the
Earth, But the Poor In Spirit Inherit
Heaven II nmility Would Seem to Be
Divine Attribute.
Oh. walk with God, and thou shalt find
How He can cheer thy way,
And lead thee with n quiet mind,
Into His perfect day.
His icvc shall cheer thee like the dew
That bathes the dropping flower;
That love is every morning new,
Nor fails at evening hour.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
The Brand of Drink. :

distinctively as righteousness, says the
Union Signal. An article in New Or
leans paper states the fact that cxpe-
rienced barkeepers can tell what man
drinks by the peculiar discoloration of his
skin. There is, it appears, livery of
whisky. of brandy, beer, absinthe, each one
doing it's deadly work with strict individu-
atty: In no little corner of the creation is
law imperative, whether it be the law of
life or the law of sin and death
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
Distractions Tint TRY.

It is hard TO live calmly and worl, stead
lily and connectedly in the midst of dis
fractions that try fiber and spirit, but men
charged with large duties and much re
sponsibility must learn to do it. Bethie
hem was peace, but the Babe become the
Teacher was "a man of Sorrows
worth Era.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19
Let Us Be Thankful.

Let us be thankful that our sorrow lives
in us as an indestructib.e force, only
changing it's form and passing from pain
into sympathy-the one word which In.
cludes all our best insight AMI our best
love.-George Elliot.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-19

r IKE A DEMON grip has crossed our
- country, leaving behind scores of phys
ical wrecks
Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh
of the throat, catarrh of the lungs, catarrh
of the stomach, eatarrh of the Kidneys, ca
tarrh If the pelvic organs, are to be
counted by hundreds of thousands. Grip
rs epidemic catarrh and sows the seeds OF
chronic catarrh within the system.
This is SO true that few grip sufferers
are able to make complete recovery un-
til they have used Peruna.
Never in the history of medicine has a
remedy received such unqualified and uni
versal eulogies as Peruna
New York Aqder1nnn's Experience.
Hon. Joseph a. Finn, Alderman Fifth
District, writes from 104 Christopher
street. New York City, as follows:
when a pestilenee overtakes our PEG
pie W. take precaution as a nation to pre-
serve the citizens against the dread dis
ease.
la grippe has entered thousands of our
homes this fall, and | noticed that the peo
pie who used Peruna were quickly restored
while those who depended on doctors pre-
scriptions spent weeks in recovering, leav-
ing them weak and emaciated
II had slight attack of Ia grippe and
at once took Peruna, which drove the dis
ease out of my system in a few days and
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
It Micht Haze Been waur.

Good stories are always plentiful
about golf caddies. A st. Andrews
caddie named "Mathie" Gorum's inva.
riable remark after a poor shot by
the person he was serving, "It MIGHT
hae been waur," was meant to be
co~nsolatory and encouraging. His
master, a clergyman, was wearied
with his well meaning iattery. Ac-
cordingly, to make sure that he would
squash the remark for once, he told
the caddie he had a terrible dream the
night before.
"Mathie, my man, I dreamt that
was In the place where the wicked
are punished. I saw the wretched
ones tortured; they were swimming
in a lake of boiling pitch, and could
not get landed for red-hot pitchforks
thrust in their faces by demons" He
halted a minute, with his tongue in
his cheek, when, in perfect GOODNESS,
the caddie answered: Aye, sir, that
was a bad dream, jist awful; but it
MIGHT haze been waur." "Waur, you
fool? How could that be?" at micht
haze been true."-st. James Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
The Number Seven.

Numerous are the queer beliefs con-
corning the number z. From the very
earliest ages the seven great planets
were known and ruled this world, and
the dweilers in it, and their number
entered into every conceivable matter
that concerned man. There are seven
days in the week, sseven holes in the
head, for the master stars are seven"
seven ages both for man and the
world in which ne lives. There are
seven material heavens. There are
seven eoIors in the spectrum and sew
en- notes in the diatonic octave, and
the leading" note of the scale is the
note of the scale is the seventh. Be
it noted that the seventh son is not
always gifted with bene1cent powers.
In Portugal he is believed to be SUBJ
ject to the powers of darkness, and to
be compelled every Saturday evening
to assume the likeness of an ass
st. James Gazette.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
A WoMAN's PLACE

All arguments to the contrary not.
w~ithstanding, including the one that
"woman's place is the home," the
best thing for the girl in the ordinary
walks Of life to do is by education to
prepare herself so that If necessity
comes she can make her own living.
At a recent charity conference it was
stated that the demand for skilled
workers among girls and women
largely exceeds the supply in many
industries in New YORK City. Here are
ON of the lines aside from school
teaching and nursing open to women
Girls and women to trace, and en-
grave silver and to work in the glass
and jewelry departments of the shops,
but trained women workers are not to
be had in those lines; trained helpers
for d~ressmakers Every few to be had
and dressmakers have not the time to
train the noyice); girls and rome as
trained needle workers and girls and
wome as trained cooks. There is al
ways a place for the good cook, and
householders say the supply does not
equal the demand. The trade schools
are doing much to supply the demand
In the other lines. It must not be for
gotten that the girl who has one mas
tered any of these lines always has an
occupation to fall back on. In these
days, when prosperous husbands die
and you find that he has lived up to
his income, a good occupation Cor
trade, if you please) Is a good thing
for any one.-New York Sun.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
DUCKS AS P7oJEcTILES

Striking a Lighthouse at a Velocity of 100
Miles an Hour, they Smash Things.
To the fact that he left his post for
a moment to get a drink of water, As
sistant Lighthouse Keeper Howes of
the Great Point station attributes his
escape from injury in a remarkable &C
cident which occurred at Nantucket,
Mass, in which two canvasback ducks
caused considerable damage to the
lighthouse.
1t was just after midnight when As
sistant Keeper Howes left his position
to satisfy his thirst. He had scarcely
stepped down from his station when a
loud crash was heard and at the same
instant the light went out.
fastening back with a lantern, the
assistant keeper found that two great
canvasback ducks had plunged through
one of the large plate glass windows
of the lighthouse, smashing it into a
hundred pieces, and had brought up
against the opposite window, extin-
gushing the light as they passed.
The window measured 6 feet II inch
es, n the glass was three-elghts OF an
inch in thickness. After the accident
no piece of glass bigger than a half
dollar could be found, and as the man
On watch is accustomed to stand near
this window, it is thaught that he could
not have escaped injury from flying
fragments had he been in his place.
Moreover, as the ducks are known to
fly at a speed of 100 miles ar hour, the
force with which the pieces were driv-
en- into the tower must have been dan
gerous.
The accident caused considerable in
convenience, owing to the destruction
OF the lights, Keeper Higgins states
that in his 80 years experience he has
very seldom witnessed an occurrence
similar to that of of that morning.
Boston Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
&c YOU are going to get married Far

II you are going to get married for
money, or for a home, or out of piaue,
or for any other reason not involving
real, convincing, ~old-fashioned love.
do not ask the Rev. W. E. Warner, of
Chicago, to tie the knot for you. He
won't do it. The fact that you came
a long distance would not help you, for
Miss Besaw came from Wisconsin. and
Mr.. Broadway, who is twice as old as
she is, came all the way from Indiana,
and still Mr.. Warner would not marry
them because he found out that she
did not love her ancient sutton, though
she was quite ready to marry him. 1t
all come out in the middle of the
ceremony, for in the beginning the
clerical suspicious were not aroused.
Mr.. Warner was marrying them in
approved fashion, and was getting
well along toward the marriage-fee
stage when the revelation came. He
asked the bride-to-be the usual cues
tons, and in ansWer to one. of them
she made the fatal admission. 81 do
not love him." she said. Then here
is where l quit" exclaimed the clergy
man, forgetting, as it seems, the dig
nifty of his cloth in the firmness of his
determination. His decision was be-
yond the reach of appeal, and finally
the couple departed, the elderly
sutton, not in the least disturbed, de-
claring that he would find a clergy
ma who was not SO particular.
Whether he did or not is not set down
In history.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
NOT A FABLE.
What Happened to a Seeker For Mo-
toriety and For Misfortune.

What Happened to a Seeker For NO.
toriety and For Misfortune.
Two men started out in life to seek
what all men are striving for, viz;
Notoriety and Misfortune.
And one man chopped wood, which
happened to be the first thing that
offered itself.
The other man thought.
The first man, after he had gotten
through chopping wood, carried water
for "the gang" whistled a little, and
perspfred profusely.
The second man continued to re-
fleet.
Tie first mar drifted on to a rail-
road, where he got to be a brakeman
on a fast freight, and then a fireman,
and then an engineer. And then he
entered the army for a change, and
shot, and killed, and slept hard when
he was tired, and anywhere he hap
pened to be.
The second man still thought.
The first man, being now a major,
came back from the war, entered the
political field, ran for Congress, and
was elected.
The second man was still at it.
The first man fell asleep in Con-
gress yer the speeches Of his con-
freres, and gave it up because there
was nothing doing. He entered a
railroad combination, got himself on
the recognizing committee and made
a million.
The second man was still thinking.
The first man now got married,
raised a family and several millions
MORE. Then he entered his wife and
children at Newport and they ran for
first place, while he settled back and
learned to play hearts and poker at
the club, but kept away from whist be-
cause it required too much thought.
He also began to deal out his super
fuous cash, and to be a professional
phiIanthropist. Also he was a power.
When he lifted his finger, the wheels
began to turn, legislative, financial
and international. He was the Real
Thing.
In the meantime, where was the
second man? Well, he had written
a nice little book Of poems, and got
his picture in the literary periodicals,
and made fully two hundred dollars in
cash, almost enough to- pay his cigar
bill for a year.
Immoral.
This shows us the great power of
thought-Tom Mason. in Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
A Thirsty Congressman's Error.

An interesting story is in circula
ton at the Capitol, relative to an ac
perpetrated by a certain member OF
Congress from Wisconsin. The Con
gresham, upon arriving in the city
rented an apartment at the New Viii
lard. 1t had been a habit with hin
to partake Of a drink of water before
retiring for the night. On this particu.
lar night, after searching yainly fol
drinking water, he discovered that the
waiter had neglected to supply him
with that necessary fluid. However
further search revealed two small but
tons in the wall, under one Of which
was inscribed push twice fol
water"
He pushed the button. When the
waiter appeared in the doorway with
the water he was very much amused
to see the Congressman holding a
pitcher under the misunderstanding.
ton Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
An irish Industry.

The manufacture of ''poplin," a pc
culiar kind of cloth for women's wear
consisting of silk and wool, is an in.
dustry for which Ireland is specially
noted. 1t is said that this industry
has recently received a fresh stimulus
perhaps because fashion ordains that
the goods must once more come into
vogue. The popularity about the man
ufacture is that the surface is silk,
and the interior wool. The silk comes
from China, but it is all dyed In Dub.
lin. for the reason, as the manufac.
turers there claim, that the water in
Dublin insures a brilliance and per.
manency Of color that has not been
attained anywhere else.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-27
4 FLASHES OF FUN. !

She-"1 want a new cover for Bella'S
piano. Can you suggest anything
dear?' He-"Yes. Can't you find one
which is Theoretically sealed?"- Yon
kers Statesman.
Friend-"Doesn't the doctor know
what is the matter with you?" Patient
81 guess not. He knows I've got mi
crobes, but he doesn't know what kline
they are."-The Smart Set.
why will you women persist il
hausted?" sit isn't the shopping thai
tires one, dear; it is taking things back
and changing them."-Harper's Bazaar.
Man is a statesman till he gets
A Government position;
And then we find, with some regrets,
He is a politician.
Washington Star.
Collector-"Can't you give ME any
encouragement at all about this old &C.
count?" Mr.. Go-Easy-"Why, yes, OF
course; I will pay you as oon as l pay
anybody."-Detroit Free Press.
Bizzer-"Simpkins has a smart dog
Buzzer-"What does he do" Bizzel
He doesn't do anything that Simp'
kins tells him-that's what I mean
when l say he's smart - Ohio State
Journal. ,
Don't judge a ran by his names high
sound,
It's very misleading, since
The, commonesJ dogs most %frequntly found
To bear the name of Prince
Philadelphia Record.
The Music 4 acher-"Johnny is i'm,
proving daily in his violin playing"
Johnny's Mother (gratifie6-"Is that
so? We didn't know whether he was
improving or we were just getting
more used to it."-Judge.
Mother-"What's baby crying about.
Jane?" Nurse-"I don't know, marm
unless it was what the parlor maid
said. She remarked that Willie looked
like his pa, and I'm afraid Willie heard
her."-Boston Transcript.
McJigger conscientious. is he?"
Thingumbob-"Terribly so. He went
out the other day and left a sign on
his Office door that he'll be back in
half an hour and hang me, if he didn't
keep his word."-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Whyte-"Do you know anything
about the people who have moved i'll
next door?' Mrs. Browne-"No; il
was dark when the furniture wagons
brought their goods, and they haven't
hung out a washing yet."-Sommeryille
Journal.
Parson (who has just arrived for the
first time at his new country living)-
Il say, porter, my arrival seems to
have caused a great deal of excitement
in the village" Porter-"Yes, sir. but
it's nowt to when the dancing beal
was here Observation-Disclosures