The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-25
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Contemporaries.

SUPPLY rs INEXHAUSTIBLE-
Russia must have an enormous num-
Der OF fleets, as we see from the news
from the far east that the Japs sink
one about every other day. Meridian
Star.
SOMETHING IN A NAME. The
Texas Hogg is now roofing for the re-
publican tournament This is very
heavy loss to our party. He turns the
Fairbanks scales at 314. -McComb
City Enterprise.
A BAD BARGAIN. One of the
poorest trades we have heard of in a
long time was made by the Arkansas
woman who returned $21, 200 to her
insurance company and regained a
husbsnd. Memphis Scimitar.
IT'S A MONEY MAKER. The
fruit and vegetable industry in Mis-
sissippi is becoming quite an item in
her industrial development, and why
not! This state is as we'll adapted to
this as any country on the globe. =
Eupora Progress.
TOO MUCH COLOR" now
DR.. Adolph Lemaitre, a native Of
Madagascar, is at Meridian expert
menting with cotton. He desires to
dye the cotton black by treating the
roots of the plant with chemicals.
Who would be benefited by having
black cotton ?-Lincoln County Times.
HERE'S HOPING.-Dollar wheat
is making the western farmers smile
like 16 cent cotton did those OF Yazoo
and other counties of the cotton belt
last fall and winter We are not jeal-
Gus Of our western friends and only
hope that cotton will bring the same
good prices this year that it did last
If it does our farmer friends will be
on easy street, lust like those OF the
west will be if wheat continues at
dollar bushel. -Yazoo Herald.
FOOD FOR REFLEOTTON-When
the Russian ship Rurik sunk the Jap
anese vessel Hitachi it sailed away
and left scores of drowning men in
the water, making no attempt to res
cue them. Afterwards, when the Ru-
rik was sunk by the Japanese under
Vice Admiral Kamimura the men,
bers of the crew were rescued by their
captors. Query: Which Of the two
deserves the title of christian ma
tion ?"-M Memphis Scimitar.
A DIFFERENCE AND DlSTINC-
lion. With the republican spell
binders vehemently picturing Mr..
Roosevelt as the typical American be-
cause of his passion for the life out
DOORS" the American public will
gratefully turn to another advocate of
the same healthy sport Of life, who
arrives at the wholesome end, howev-
er, by vastly different, more restrain
ed and common sense methods. Judge
Parker has never posed as an exponent
of the strenuous life" in all Of it's
rough and tumble, its spectacular and
it's undignified phases. He has never
baited grizzlies in the Rockies; he
has never led valiant band of SOM
brero. clad rough riders; as far as we
know he does not fence and box and
wrestle with muscular boon compan-
ions; he is not crack shot; he does
not lay claim to that beautiful versa.
tility which can dictate histories and
statecraft in the same breath. Just
the same he is firm deyotee Of the
sslife outdoors Otherwise he would
not have survived the racking respon-
sibilities Of the most important judic-
ial position in the biggest state in the
union, with a vigolus body and still
more vigorous mind. After giving the
best that is in him to his official du-
ties, he goes to his country home and
there takes up an entirely different
sort of existence typical, sane
outdoor life Up at five in the morn
ing, he takes swim in the Hudson,
then back to breakfast, after which
comes long, rejuvenating ride
through the rough hill country. The
rest of the day is spent in those active
outdoor duties which constitute the
life of the able-bodied, clear headed
American farmer. So here abideth
these two brands of the outdoor life
the strenuous life, if you will. On
which side lies moderation. sensibili
tv and co3l even mental and physical
/ noise there is little 0nastion. Atlanta