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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
AS TO SIGNING NAMES.
Some Idiosyncrasies of Women il
 This Respect.

Some Idiosyncrasies of Women jr
 This Respect.
 Large firms which have had great deal of correspondence with women often very much put to 1t to discover whether or not the writers of the letters they receive should be addressed ''Miss' or as Mrs" says The Baltimore News. Almost invariably there is nothing in the epistle to indicate. Lucy Smith signs her name Lucy Smith. apparently with the supremest confidence that the head of the firm will know she married John Smith in 1900, and has been happy ever since, and also that her name before she was married was Lucy Jones.
 Then comes the by no means easily solved problem to the business people of how they shall address the letter to her. If they make the envelope read Mrs. Lucy Smith and that woman is a spinster. she is apt to become offended and transfer her custom to some other house. If she is addressed as Miss Lucy Smith and Is a matron. she's sure to get furious and she remarks to whoever is near by that if Boots. Shoes & Co. think she's an old maid she'll show them. So the astut- manager of the mailing department Is fain to write her down plain Lucy Smith" and let it go at that.
 The postman must decide whether she 8 maid. wife widow.
 The rules that women should follow in sign ing their letters business and social, are ex- pounded every now and then in the Inquiry department of newspapers, while whole pages in books of department devoted to the sub tect. and still nine out of every ten letters received by the editor who handles a large correspondence are subscribed as before ex- pla!ned without nary a handle at all, or else written fiatly, Mrs. Mary Jones'" just as if Mary had been baptized Mrs" and that word was legitimate part of her.
 There are still a few women who compla- gently sign themselves Mrs Dr. Brown" or Mrs. Captain Green" just because their hus- bands have a right to those titles. and what s his is hers" This is the worse mistake of all. of course, and. luckily, has at lats disap- ypeared from country newspapers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

and have a Good Time. the same as do? I don't want People to think that l mar ried a Rube."
 "I can lift 12OO pounds In Harness and I can play 72 Holes of Golf without turn ing a Hair" said the fallen Giant, but when it comes to eating little Birds and taking a new kind of Salad every twenty minutes and holding animated Conversa- tion with Perfect Strangers, l am not in your Class. Send for a Trained Nurse. In a week or so. shall be able to Travel and get back to Hard Work and rest up. In the meantime. go it alone
 So Jessaline put the Weakling on the Shelf and went out and had a Happy Week.
 Moral: Capacity cannot be determined by any Outside Measurements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY
GNAWING MANIAS-PLACER MINING WITHOUT WATER.
A Unique Lake-Wind-shaped Trees odors and Their Infiuence-Im- provement in the Microscope.
 Strengthened Aluminium.

Victims of biting maniaS are more nu- merous than is generally supposed. A. Pores mentions investigations tending to prove that about D per cent. of the chill dren in French schools are nail-biters, and that these children often suffer from intestinal troubles. Gnawers of penhold- CTS seem to be even more plentiful, with special liability to appendicitis Gnawing hair is mostly confined to the lower anil mals, but many tu.nors in human beings have consisted entirely of hair and wood, a hairy ball weighing about a pound having been taken from the stomach of a young girl of II. Thread-eating. to which little attention has been given has been noticed in a girl of IS to the extent of eating a third of a woolen fichu in four or five days, while she had previ- ously eaten a whole one in a month. These habits arc regarded as nervous dis orders, and they may even be hereditary and contagious by example.
 Great quantities of gold exist in the desert sands of the southwestern United States. In the new process of Thomas A. Edison. the air blast is used for separat- ing the gold, the heavy metal falling al- most vertically, while the sand and gravel are blown away. The material Is handled at cost of about S cents per ton. The apparatus of Prof. Elmer E. Gates in eludes dynamo on truck. and as this G drawn along scoops raise the sand, pass it in stream through a magnetic field. and dump 1t, the gold receiving a static charge that causes it to fly to a metal knob of opposite polarity. Sam ples from an eighty-mile stretch of des- ert, yielded 12 to IS cents of gold per ton.
 Lake Chad, in Africa, is reported by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
His Revenge.
Chicago News

Chicago News.
 T made that rural editor feel like kicking himself" chuckled the struggling poet
 How did you do it?" asked his garret chum.
 Why, after he put me out. told him was no poet at all, but had come up with a S10O advertisement"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

CT is credited Prince Augustin Iturbde. heir of two Mexican Emperors. It Is made possible to observe the whole of a small foyer or insect instead of small part, and better illumination is effected by a new method of projecting daylight upon the object.
 Alloys of aluminium and magnesium are known to be superior to pure aluminium in strength, but they are less mallable and ductiIe. A more satisfactory metal is obtained by the Dutch Aluminium Com pany. A mixture of aluminium with to 10 per cent of magnesium gives a metal that can hardly be distinguished from aluminium. and the qualities of this alloy are modified by passing several times through a rolling mill while heated to 400 to 800 degrees c. The treated alloy can be easily cut and filed. while it has much of the ductllity and malleability of pure aluminium.
 The resistance of the air to moving bodies of various shapes has been tested by M. Canovetti by attaching the body under observation to a carriage sliding down a wire 400 yards long, one of whose ends was 75 yards higher toan the other. From the times of descent with and with out the loao, the resistance was calcu- lated. Among other results. 1t was shown that more power was necessary for driv- ing an aeroplane through the air than for propelling an automobile of equal weight along a road, and that the weight of engine necessary must make this form of airshlp impracticable.
 Tn long study of malignant cancers Captain Rost, a young medical officer in India. has found that the bacteria at- tending the disease develop only when the natural chlorine of the body falls below the normal. Adding to the chlorine of the food. especially by greatly increas- ing the common salt. he claims to have cured one patient in the eight treated. and to have benefited the others.
 Stationary clouds to the leeward. of mountain ridges have been little observed, the best known example being the Helm Bar" often seen over the Cross Fell range in northwestern England. On a recent visit to the Blue Ridge in North Carolina, w. NJ. Davis noticed a similar cloud, which held its place continually forming and dissolving for more than an hour.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fgh We hardly realize that of
 all the children born civilized countries twentytwo per cen nearly quarter die before they reach yea cent more than oneth before they i've and half before they fAeen
 We do hesitate say that timely Castoa would save ma joy these precious lives Neither hesitate say many of these nn deaths occaioned the narcotic preparations Drops tncs and soothing sold for chldns complaints opium morphine They considerable quantities. deadly pons quantity they stupef re circulation and lead congons sickness Castoa operates exactly the reverse you bears the signature of Cas H. Fletcher Coa blood circulate properly opens the pores of the skin and alays fsver .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

The influence of the wind on vegetation has been the subject of report by Prof J. Fruih to Swiss geographers. The eff feet is a powerful one, especially on trees, and even the presence or absence of forests may be determined by the character of the prevailing wind or the conditions that modify its action. The wind acts especially as drying agent, in this way giving special aspect to many plants. When the wind Is almost always from the same quarter, the plants usually show greater development upon one side. trees are smaller on the wind ward edges of forests, and trunks and branches are permanently bent to ke- ward. The deformations are most marked near the sea or in fiat regions. The cherry. the plum, the walnut, the Dlack poplar, the ash and certain pines are very sensitive to the wind, but mountain pines and certain frs offer great powers of resistance, and these are recommend ed for reforesting windswept lands.
 Recent investigations have shown that the perfume of flowers is often increased by growing under colored glass, that some plants are fragrant only at night and others only in hot sunshine, that the sea- sons affect the odors, and that temperate climates are more favorable than tropi- cal ones. These perfumes powerfully af- feet the human organism, often produc- ing kind of intoxication. and sometimes even giving rise to serious nervous trou-
 bles. The vapors of most essences-such
 as cinnamon, lavender and eucalyptus have proven powerful -antiseptics. and flowers of delicate perfumes quiet the nerves of invalids. Flowers harmful to
 the sick. on the other hand. are the vio-
 let. lily of the valley and carnation.
 The invention of important improve ments in the ordinary microscope, giving
 enlarged field of view and increased pow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

two French explorers to be 1S5 miles long and eighty-nine miles wide. yet only twenty-five feet deep in it's deepest part and only five feet in its eastern side. It has eighty islands. some barren others only pasture land. and some covered with forests and millet plantations and having a total population of about 50,00o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Long pistanee relephoninr.

Long distance telephony makes good progress, St. Martins le Grand has just succeeded in ringing up Nice on the tel- ephone and speaking through. The dist ance is 96O miles. Telephone lines wIll Brussels and between Paris and Rouas On the latter line the charges. 1t Is un-. derstood, will be 3s 4d for three minutes q conversation from a. m. to 9 ?. m. asd Is Sd after.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

When a mar, asks you for an opinion he ex poets a compliment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
T>HE HOTEL BELLEcLAIRE

%HE AOTEL bELLE(LA4kE
 appeals especially to what
 may be called semi-transient visitors: people who desire, for a week or a fortnight or a month, the comforts, conveniences and advantages of New York's great modern hotels, but who wish to avoid some of the noise, the hustle and the expense that are inevi- table in all extended visit. For such people THE BELLEcLAIRE has furnished suites of one, two or three rooms and bath, which may be occupied at reasonable rates for shorter or longer periods. It is an apartment house with the best features of a hotel. It Is a hotel with the best features of an apartment house. And it is ab- so1utely new and absolutely fire proof.
 MILTON ROBLEE,
 Proprietor,
 Broadway, at Seventy-seVenth St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
MILTON ROBLEE,

Proprietor, Broadway, at Seventy-seventh St. NEW YORK,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

Lake Chad, in Africa, is reported by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

live and also the suffering as was. s."- MRS MINNIE OTTosoN Otho, Iowa.
 All sick would would take Lydia E. Ptnkhams Vegetable Comp0und and be %-0's
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
Cured
AT 20 of Heart Dis
ease Contracted
During Civil War
Veteran Grateful.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Effected Cure.

Heart disease is durable, but in people Of
advanced age it does not readily lend itself
to ordinary treatment. There is. however,
hope for all sufferers in DIR. Miles Heart
Cure, which we know from watching hun
dreds of cases and from the letters of grateful
sufferers, will cure where all else has failed.
1t is not only wonderful cure for weak and
diseased hearts, but it is a blood tonic, req
ulator of the hearts action and the most
effective treatment ever formulated for i'm
proving the circulation of the blood.
During the Civil war contracted heart
disease. and in 1896, while living in the Grand
old town of Lexington. Va, grew SO much
worse, lett there with my wife to visit nv
sster-inlaw, Mrs. 7. A. Kirby, at Roanoke.
Va. While said nothing to anyone never
expected to live to return to the dear old
town. On reaching Mrs. Kirbys she insisted
| should try DR. Mi es' Heart Cure. pro-
cured few bottles of it, al O the Nervine
and Tonic After using one or two bottles,
could see no Improvements, and despaired
OF ever being better. but my faithful wife in
sisteo on keeping it up, which did. I'm
provemsnt soon began in earnest and took
IN all fifteen or sixteen bottles [ was re
stored to perfect health and while I am 70
years old, | am comparatively a boy. You
sir, are benefactor, and | cheerfully recon.
rend DR.. Miles Heart Cure to SUFFERING
humanity. L. SLAUGHTER, Salem, Va.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle
Or. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Addrcs
Or. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
DOBSON.

The farmers are taking advantage
OF the beautiful spring weather by
sowing oats and making preparations
for another. crop.
The school at Rock Hill is not be-
ing taught this week on account of the
illness of the teacher Miss Emma Har-
per. We all hope she will be able to
be with US again soon.
Enoch May and friend, Mr.. Gard
ner, OF Braxton, visited home last
Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Mamie and Nina Baker who
have been in Jackson county for some
timo are at home to the delight of
their many friends.
Miss Ida Barnett is at home again
| after spending while with her sister
Mrs. Ella Crook.
Mrs. M. E. Baker will leave today
for q visit to her daughter Mrs. r.
E. Gayden.
Mrs. @. B. May is on the sick list
this week.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
A CARD.

/ wish to say to those who have
solicited me, by letter and otherwise,
to announce my name as a candidate
for the state legislature that am un-
decided as to what my duty is in that
regard. / am not an ssofffce seeker,
by any means, and would not accept
an office except through profound
sense of duty. If could be conyin-
ced that this responsible duty was
seeking me through the mind of the
people, it would give me great pleas
ure in complying with your desires.
But for the present shall wait for
further solicitation, which my friends
will furnish if they desire my service.
My record is naked and open to all the
citizens of the county, and feel safe
in leaving all such matter to their
honest consideration. I will here
close waiting further assurances, etc.
Very respectfully,
w. P. CHAPMAN.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
VOTERS
A Quiet Place.

A nervous looking man went into
store the other day and sat down
tor halt an hour or so, when a clerk
asked if there was anything she
could do for him. He said no. he
didn't want anything. She went
away, and he sat half an hour long,
er, when the proprietor went to
him and asked if he wanted to be
shown anything. mo" said the
nervous man, 81 just wanted to sit
around. My physician has recon-
mended perfect quiet for me, and
says above all things should avoid
being in a crowd. Noticing that
you did not advertise in the news
paper, thought that this would be
as quiet place as could find, so
just dropped in for a few hours
of isolation" The merchant pick
ed up a bolt Of paper cambria to
brain him, but the man went out.
He. said all he wanted was a. quiet
life. Western publisher.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
Gl,sIHRAL ORDER NO. 10.

Headquarters Mississippi Division,
United Confederate Veterans, jackson,
Mississippi, Fob. 81, 1908
Order No. 10. Tho General Com.
mading desires to impress upon the
several camps of tho state, that tho
Department of Archives and History
is especially charged, as will be seen
by circular issued to tho Confederate
Veterans of Mississippi by Director
Dunbar Rowland, ESQ, with the duty
of collecting historical data touching
the part borne by the soldiers of Mis-
sissippi in tile late war between tile
states.
The Director has secured a vast
amount of important material in
which is embraced roster of six hun
dred and fifty companies which ap.
pears in his first annual report, q copy
of which will be sent to any veteran
desiring it. The object is, to COM
plete this collection as nearly as pos
sible, and to this end the General
Commanding would urge all Confed-
crate Veterans to cooperate with Di-
rector Rowland, by sending him all
data and matter of every description
that will aid in this important work
by transmitting to posterity a faith
full history of the unequal struggle
made by Southern soldiers.
The General Commanding would
again earnestly urge every Confederate
veteran to connect himself with all or
ganized camp and that all camps con-
meet themselves with the Division.
BIZ order of Robert Lowry,
Major General Commanding.
j. l.. McCASKILL,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
For bargains in shoes of all kinds will
be found at our store.
GAYDEN & co,
CANDIDATES ARE WELCOM-
PLAIN, MISS, Feb. %. 1909

PLAIN, MISS, Feb. %, 1903.
Editor Brandon News
We see an article in your paper
written from this place headed,
CANDIDATE Boarding House.. We
wish to say that the gentleman
who wrote the article must, have
surely had the seven years itch
or ne would not have known how
hard it was to get rid Of it. We
suppose he was only speaking for
himself, as we know he did moi
give the sentiment of the people.
In simple justice to all the candi-
dates we would say that we would
like to see them all and assure
them that they will be treated right.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
Farmers all hard at work.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Whereas letters of administration
on the estate Of !. O. j. Wimborly,
deceased, were granted to the under
signed BY the Chancery Court Of Ram
kin county, Mississippi. on Janu airy
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
Harry Watson,
Jewe1er and Graduate Optician


oooooooooooooo 100000 oooooo
Easter Sunday comes on April 10.
Board of supervisors will meet Mon
day.
Gardening will soon be on in ea1
nest.
Sunday will be tho first day of
March.
Monday and Tuesday were spring
like days.
And still there is no candidate for
cor CIer and ISngC1.
Read the new advertisement of J.
A. Taylor and Son.
Chancery court convenes here the
fourth week in March.
Miss Eva Harris, OF Jackson, is the
guest of Miss Mary Gayden.
William McCutcheon loft Monday
on q business trip to the delta.
Miss Zelle Mcdowell of Jackson,
is visiting Mrs. A. G. Mayors.
Baxter Burns and j. Klumb, were
business visitors here last week.
Miss Gladys Loflin, is visiting
Miss Mamie Wilson this week.
Mrs, DR.. Watson is the proud pos
SCISSOR of beautiful new piano.
Candidates will have to be careful
about riding over crops this year.
Quite a number of people went up
the road Sunday to view the wreck.
W. E. Floyd, of Pickett, was a
county cap ital visitor yesterday
DR.. W. I. Kersh, of Chapman, was
prominent visitor to Brandon Tues
day.
Mrs. Rosa McCaa, of Vicksburg, is
visiting her daughter Mrs. W. S.
May.
Stingily and Co. of Pelallatchie,
have a new advertisement in this
issue.
The delinquent list of poll tax pay
ers will appear the second week in
March.
Miss Inez Peacher, of Morton, is
the guest of her sister Mrs. Harry
Watson.
The co'ored people turned out en- mass
to the "church trial." Monday and
Tuesday.
W. Waddell, Willie Waddell and O.
G. Billingslea, Of Pisgah, were here
Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Chapman
passed through town Monday en- route
home from Langford.
Mrs. Rosa Hume, of Galveston,
Texas, is visiting her mother
Mrs. Jane Moore, of this place.
Lewis McLaurin, of New Orleans,
was called home on account of the
the death of his mother Mrs Bate.
Mrs. S. FL. Stapleton and Miss
Florence Young left Sunday night for
New Orleans to attend the carnival.
Senator McLaurin and Hons. Wal
lace McLaurin and Jas. McCarty, are
expected home from Washington about
the 9Th of March.
Niger shooters in the hands Of
the small boy about the streets is a
nuisance that should be abated. They
are very dangerous, and should not be
tolerated.
@. @. McGilvra says his brother of
Seattle was not content with making
him a present of horse and carriage,
now comes down with check for $25
to buy feed for pony, with an invita-
ion to order more when that is gone.
Judge Enochs and District Attorney
McLaurin returned from Cartilage
Thursday, the February term of court
at that place having been pretermitted
on account of high water They will
hold court at Mendenhall, III Simpson
county. next week.
Walter Waddell was here Saturday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
Stems Greek
High School,
Third Term Begins Feb. q, 1903.

high grade preparatory school, Highly recommended by all col
eg PRESIDENTS state for doing first class preparatory
venen and commodous buildings Excellent library room
PPed with best papers and magazines Community
lgence and refinement. Influences the
Board III private families s.. 50 IS month
Tuition ST. 50 to So. Write for catalogue.
GEO G. HURST Principal
Florence, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
PICKETT.


Health not good.
Q. Il. Patrick has been sick for
several days.
Mrs. F. M. Polk is some better.
Quite a crowd here Sunday from
Joe.
Bill Shots, candidate for chancery
clerk, was here last week.
Luther Boone is thinking of run
ming for magistrate in this beat.
M. E. Daniel attended the grand
lodge meeting at Biloxi last weok.
Miss Mary Russell is sick.
Briant May is on the sick list.
Capc Donnell has been quite sick.
We understand that Miss George
Huff, Of Rufus, is dangerously ill.
LIGHT.
The hoalth of the neighborhood is
very good.
Miss Eunice Myers was here last
week.
The pond at Tobe Myers and George
Crooks has turned into good sized
lake. They have about ten acres
under water.
Mrs. Ruby Myers is very sick.
Hurrah for Prof. Ward.
Mrs Noblin, of Clarksburg, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ruby
Myers.
Mrs. Mize and family, from Coop
erville, were the guests Of Mrs. May
few days ago.
Mumps and smallpox are with us.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
ABSCONDED WITHOUT PERMITS
SION.

Fiom my place near Monterey on
Jan. 18th, a medium sized Tcow
Smoothe crop off right ear. Color be-
tween yellow and. red, small star
in face some white under belly. Sup
posed to have been making her way
back to farm of Jas. A. Speer, east
of Brandon. Any information as to
whereabouts will be suitably rewar-
ded. W. D. TAYLOR.
1t. Monterey, Miss,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26

A full line of Furniture, beds chairs and
ETC.: just received. Call and get bargains.
Gayden & Co.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26

| Just received new supply of over
shoes of all sizes, at Gayden & Co.'S
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26

Bran, oats, corn, chops and ship
stuff just received at Gayden and Co.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26
VIRGIL.
Fine weather.

Fine weather.
Dat sowing..on boom. Fall oats
killed.
More smallpox, growing moro
severe. One case, colored, critical.
Vaccination progr essing.
Farmers all hard at work.
]. H. Lanes idea good one. Not
necessary to deluge Rankin county
with many candidates. Well enough
for candidates for senate and legisla-
ture to make tour Of addresses, etc.
AS there is no special news from
Virgil this week will close.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-26

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves
signature is on each box. csc.