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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
The Guillotine in Sweden.

Who would have supposed, during
the Reign Of Terror, writes London
paper, that a day would come when
the guillotine would be used for a lau-
dable purpose? Yet this has just hap
pened in Sweden. for guillotine has
been erected in the market place at
Gothenburg, where it is used daily for
the deeapitating Of chickens. ducks
and other domestic animals. The To-
cal society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals is responsible for this
novel step.-London Daily Chronicle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
An Old Soldier.

A st. Petersburg telegram says that
there is still living one Sergeant
Major Schmidt, who has just complet
ed his 122d year. It is asserted that
he was present at the battle OF Boro
dino, and witnessed the burning o
Moscow. His pension was taken from
him because he permitted Siberian
exile to escape from his custody. Ar
appeal is being made to the Russian
war Office to restore his pension.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
Italian Cotton Industry.

The cotton industry Of Italy In
creases in Importance, and is distrib-
uted among 730 factories and employ
ing over $4,000 hands. Rather more
than half the factories are worked by
steam, the remainder by electricity
and hydraulic power. Out of $4,000
looms employed 10000 are mechani.
cal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
The State Debt.

Ohio having paid the last Of hel
debts, there are now six States with
out outstanding obligations. They are
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey,
West Virginia and Ohio. The debit
Of Delaware. Kansas, Michigan, Ne
vada, South Dakota and Wyoming arr
only nominal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
War ON the Linen Handkerchief.

Professor Calmette, of the Pasteur
Institute Of Paris. is making war on
linen handkerchiefs, which he consid-
ers q great source Of infection. He
suggests the.use of specially construct.
ed wallets for Japanese paper hand
kerchiefs. with separate divisions for
the new and the used ones. The latter
ere to be Philadelphia Re
cord.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
A Hard Life.

Mrs. Hatterson--I hope your boys
college life hasn't injured him phys
ically.
Mrs. csttarson-1n what way!
"Why, I he1rd he had been dropped
several times."-Life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE.

THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE.
An unusual demonstration Of physical
grit and steadiness of nerve was given
at Chalmers Lake, Col, by e. B.
House, professor of mathematics Of
Chicago Agricultural College. He left
Fort Collins a week ago with State
Engineer Carpenters experimenting
company. On Saturday, when he was
telling tree for firewood, the axe
glanced and severed one of Professor
Houses toes, and cut through the bone
Of second. The professor was alone
and seventy miles from surgical as
sistance. He removed his shoe, bathed
the ragged wounds with whisky, and
with needle and thread sewed on the
amputated member and repaired the
wound Of the other toe. He Is still
at work with the party.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
CATCHING A TARPON.

J. B. Marshall, Of Iowa, stopped in
the city the other day on his way home
after trip to the coast, where he says
he caught his first tarpon. The tar
pom, he says, is about the toughest
proposition he ever tackled.
Why" he said, 81 never caught an
alligator or a whale with a piece Of
silk line, or clothes line or Wire cable,
either, for that matter, but believe
l would as soon catch one as a silver
king.
'You wake up in the morning with
the Gulf breeze blowing over the north
end of Mustang Island and bringing
the perfume stirred up by the Panama
Canal with it from the Isthmus, and
find the guide waiting for you. He
has boat waiting. He looks about
the color of Mexican candy. which is
about the same as mahogany which
has been too close to the fire, and has
pair of hands on him like deep sea
lobster. You step into the little cookie
shell of a boat and he rows you out
in the bay. The sun is beginning to
furnish the entire outlying coast peo-
pie with hot water, and you tie the
strings of a sort Of sunbOnnet hat I'M
der your chin and pull on big gloves.
'After awhile you feel something,
and then fish about the size of a
barn door leaps out of the water and
your line begins to smoke. 1 needn't
tell you about the rest, But, anyway,
when l got that fish to where he could
be hauled in l didn't care whether he
came in or / went out That's the
way 1 felt about it. And, after all,
they said he was only four feet long
just minnow tarpon, you know. I
guess they use 'em for bait for tarpon
If they are under five feet long. But
that four-foot tarpon was enough for
me. I surprised and shocked the
guide, I guess. If that's too little
l said to him, I'm going fishing at
the hotel for lemonade. don't want
to catch tarpon. Don't know what
put the idea into my head. Do they
keep liniment at the hotelY Dallas
News
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
a LAND OF W0rIEN

Only One O4t OF Seven Persons in PARAGUAY Is a
Man $: Always Leap Year 3. Revolutions Did
the Work " Bachelors There and in Uruguay
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08
PLUCK, ROMANCE
AND ADVENTURE.
SIX DAYS IN NoRGEs BOAT.

HE White Star liner Cedric
brought three survivors Of
the Scandinavian Line
steamer Norge, which
struck on ROckall Reef on
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-08

SIDE from revolutions,
! Uruguay is probably noted
q more for its pretty girls
than any other thing. The
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
WOMEN HAVE ALMOST
COMPLETED THEIR TASK
Offices Arranged Where
Orders for Saturdays Paper
Will Be Received

The women are making things hum in
their efforts to make the hospital edition
Of The Evening Journal to appear on SAT-
urday Of this week. tremendous sue
cess-and they are getting there in great
shape
Here is what one Of the managers Of the
special edition has to say:
Task work Is the hardest Of all work,
and ideas are the scarcest Of commodi-
ties; many wrinkle has found a. lodging
pace in brow otherwise unfurrowed at
the having to do the former. while the
latter persstently and maiciously re-
fuse to come at ones bidding. II seems
simple enough, given a worthy theme to
expatiate worthily thereon, but when
the theme is threadbare AMI when the
thoughts that come slowly and with DIFF
ficulty are trite and commonplace, then
the spirit that is willing to do and dare
great things is hampered by the fact
that the only things worth writing about
are inexpresslble and cannot be written.
Were .he necessity not there, one
would give UP many times in despair, but
being ever present and not to be put
aside. one must needs whip ones ener-
gies into action and try to say the thing
that clamors TO be voiced from the house
tops, verify this: That on next satur-
day, March 20, the Womans Edition OF
The Evening Journal will make its first
and only appearance to the people OF
Wilmington. and II It is given a warm
welcome and a generous support, those
who have harassed the public mind with
It's advent will cease from troubling"
and will turn their pleadings and be-
seechings into haleluhias and huzzas.
Think what IT means for all concerned
Increased revenue where-with-all 10
maintain two charitable Institutions; en-
couragement for all who have given their
time. energy ana ability for weeks past
to make this enterprise worthy OF the
object they have had in view, and that
pleasant sensation OF a good deed well
performed for all who buy and thus make
a splendid outcome possible"
There will be three offices for the sale
OF the hospital edition next saturday-the
headquarters at the office Of The Evening
Journal. the New-Century Club and SO7
Market street. orders will be taken, pap
ers sold and mailed and details arranged
by the women in charge.
Purchasers will receive an up-to-date
ten cent magazine for a dime-and know
that a nickel will go to each of the two
hospitals-the Homeopathic and the Della
ware. The list OF contents includes: THE
Lifting Of the Curtain" by Ella Middle
ton Tybout; two articles on Theodore
Roosevelt. by Wilmingtouians Of national
reputation; articles on tie work done by
the women's clubs OF Delaware; personal
jottlngs about people you know; war
memories by those who participated in the
Civil War-and hosts Of other articles Of
interest and value.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
MANY LOCAL PREACHERS
FILLED NJ. {. PULPITS
Interesting Services in the
Various Churches Yes
terday

The pulpits Of many Of the Methodist
Episcopal Churches were filed by local
preachers as the regular pastors are at
tending the Conference at Dover.
The Rev. George Lewis Wolfe pastor Of
the First NJ. p. Church yesterday morn
ing preached on THE People who Have
a Low Aim" and in the evening on
"Cowards and Giants"
At Brandywine NJ. e. Church the Rev
j. w. Hendrickson preached IN the morn
ing ana the Rev. Eben n. Baldwin in the
evening at Harrison Street Church the
Rev. c. w. Strickland preached; and at
Union church the Rev. Robert Rodgers
and the Rev. James A. Scott. r. ID. Hop
kins, the managing secretary OF the Y
NJ. c. A. spoke at Scott Church yester-
day morning.
Delaware Avenue Baptist Sunday School
celebrated its fortieth anniversary last
night. An interesting program had been
arranged.
In St. Andrews Church yesterday morn
Ing Bishop Leighton Coleman. confirmed
class OF eight candidates. The Bishop
also preached and took for his text The
Life Of Christ Constraineth Us"
In Trinity Church in the evening the
Bishop confirmed twenty-one candidates.
Like st. Andrews Church sickness inter-
fered with the confirmation of several
more, but a supplementary confirmation
will be held on May q. The Bishop in
Trinity Church preached an eloquent SER
mon from the text THE Life Is Better
Than Meat"
Yesterday morning at o'clock the SER
vice OF forty hours devotion was opened
at Sacred Heart Church. The opening pro-
oession was taken part in by the St.
Benedict and st. Joseph's Beneficial So
cieties and was very imposing.
The feast OF the Annunclation Of the
Blessed Virgin Mary viii be celebrated in
all the Roman Catholic churches through
out this diocese next Friday. In st.
Peters Pro-Cathedral masses will be ceie-
brated at 5. 6, and High Mass at 9
o'clock
In St. Peters Pro-Cathedral YESTERDAY
a mission for Italians was opened. The
mission Is IN charge Of Jesuit Fathers
and will continue until next Sunday even
ing.
Yesterday was Passion Sunday and was
appropriately celebrated by the churches
throughout the city
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
MR. PAYNE THE JuoeLER.


The Morning News today prints the
full report Of the Civil Service Reform
League on the matter OF the dismissal
Of Huldah b. Todd from the Green
wood postofnoe. The report contains
a lengthy letter from Postmaster Gem
eral Payne in explanation.
Mr.. Payne rehearses certain charges
against Miss Todd, but he omits the
most salient point. that these charges
were manufactured after Miss Todd's
dismissal. At the time she was dis
missed from the onico there was not
on record the semblance OF any charge
against her or against her conduct Of
the office; and for proof OF this we call
Mr.. Payne and his subordinates as
witnesses.
When Miss Todd went to Washington
TO inquire into the reasons Tor her re-
roval she was accompanied by three
gentlemen. one Of them being Senator
Ball. AZ that time the clerk in the de-
partment declared that there were nc
charges against Miss Todd. and Mr.
Payne himself on the same day re-
peated the same statement several
times. Consequently. Mr. Payne has
been party to the manufacture OF
evidence to back up an unjustihed re-
moval.
He goes on 10 tell Of Miss Todd's po-
litical activity and gives certain par
ticulars. II seems that c. p. swain.
an old friend and neighbor of Miss
Todd occasionally dropped in. There
is nothing TO show that politics was
talked but that he infers. Another
visitor was George II. Hollis, another
politician and a citizen Of Whining
ton. But Mr.. Hollis happens to be
cousin Of Miss Todd, and II he talked
politics it must have been Of brand
dlspleasing to her as Mr.. Hollis is
generally regarded as a Union Repub-
iican.
hr Payne goes on to give the par
ticulars OF the Investigations OF two
Inspectors who were sent down to
make up a case against the post
mistress after her removal The
sole oftense Of the postmistress
was that she is said TO have
spoken slightingly Of the fitness OF SEN
ator Alice for the great ofiice he holds.
and that she even spoke disparagingly
OF one John Edward Addicks. All.
there's the rubl They knew she was
not friendly to the said Addicks. and
that was enough. Mr.. Payne has
shown an eagerness to protect Addicks
that IS worthy Of their close friendshin.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
THE CAUSE oF APPENplcIrls.

The Philadelphia Ledger gives a New
Jersey physician as authority for the
statement that the general discontinu-
ance Of walking is responsible for the
prevalence OF appendicitis. He says:
THE trolley car has made us lazy. we
now ride where we should walk, and 1
think appendicitis is almost wholly due
to that fact"
The article goes on to state that the
trouble is most prevalent in the cities.
and that 1t is practically unknown
among farmers and laborers. II may
be that this is another OF the penalties
Of civilization, Scientists predict a
time when We shall have no teeth. ow-
ing TO the fact that soft foods have
largely taken the place of the rougher
diet OF primitive man.. Perhaps in
time we shall lose our toes one by one.
then cur feet and legs. and become
mere helpless bodies to be moved from
place TO place by various vehicles.
The English have retained the fine
old exercise Of walking. Neither tn,
bicycle nor the motor car has taken Il.
place. Perhaps the sturdiness of fhs
average Englishman is not altogether
due to roast beef. but in part to health,
ful outdoor exercise. But the Ameri,
can ideal is to ride whether be Is bus,
Tor has oceans OF leisure.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
New Jersey and Monaco.
rom Die Now York World

From the New York World.
How do the reputable citizens Of New
Jersey enjoy the stigma cast upon their
State as THE Mother OF Trusts"-some OF
which are merely illegal. others boldly
larcenous?
Monaco is the gambling resort Of Europe
because it has no citizenship. no public
sentiment. a tiny patch Of neutral soil.
nearly all Of whose few people derive a
living directly OF indirectly from the gam
bling tables, It tolerates nuisance which
the great nations-France, Germany.
Great Britain-~have long ago ceased to
permit Public opinion forbds them to
permit IL.
Yet The Monaco game by the side OF
some OF those chartered in New Jersey IA
merciful. 1t gives a man a chance to save
his car-fare home The kitty" claims
only or per cent. OF the stakes.
Of the corporations chartNred in New
Jersey some are quite proper Some. like
tho late uniamented merger, are Illegal
pirate craft OF finance chartered with Jer.
sey letters OF marque to prey upon the
peaceful commerce of other States. Others
are pure steals like the shipbuiiding
Trust ana the Franklin Syndicate or
ganized 20 get for the men behind the
game all the stakes OF foolish investors
who think they are buying something. not
gambling.
Ought not New Jersey to discriminate In
charter-giving between good and bad be-
tween legal and Illegal corporations7 win
that prosperous State for the sake OF fat
fees IN the State Treasury continue to
foster financial evil that outdoes Monte
Carlo hundred-fold. What do the people
themselves say about itg
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
CRUSHED To DEATH
TRYING TO SAVE FRIEND
Frank D. Suydam Gives Up
Life in Vain Attempt to
Save Another

In an effort TO save the life Of an in
sane man, Frank d. Suydam, young
man of Middletown, was crushed to
death az that place on Saturday after
noon. The demented man was William
Maxwell and he was also killed.
Maxwell had been employed at Mid
dletown and on Friday night suddenly
became insane. Suydam and three
other fellow workmen were preparing
to take their companion to his home in
Baltimore. They were at the railroad
station waiting for their train when
suddenly Maxwell sprang in front Of an
approaching freight train.
Suydam sprans after his insane
friend hoping to drag him from the
tracks. but was too late. Both were
knocked down and their bodies ground
into a shapeless mass. An inquest was
held today by Deputy Coroner Kill
mer.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
GRIMES Aen,NsT CHILDREN.

John d. Brooks, superintendent of the
schools Of Sussex county. is giving an
example Of what capable and fearless
man, who is not Immersed IN politics
may do. He has visited the schools of
Sussex and not content with that, he
reports through the local papers what
he has found
Certain OF his predecessors saw moth
ing worthy OF comment. for they prob
ably regarded their orice as politica
sop. and an opportunity TO take the
rest cure" But IN either end Of the
State we now have a superintendent
who is not afraid OF painting conditions
as he finds them, since the job needs
him more than he needs the job.
Well, Mr.. Brooks has found that i'm
most of the country schools the heating
and ventilation are OF the aboriginal
Sort. II is on par with the system In
vogue in the age of the cave dwellers.
He says that IN certain instances Il re-
quires all the teachers efforts from
eight to eleven in the morning TO get a
temperature even approximating COM
fort. This means lack Of ventilation.
since the air cannot be allowed to es-
cape FOR the heat would go with it. SO
from eleven o'clock on through the rest
of the day the children breathe that
foul air, and then are turned out into
the icy blasts again.
Is it any wonder that so many chill
dren die. and that so many more de-
velop into weaklings? In many in
stances even the smallest children are
Obliged TO trudge mile through the
snow to school. There they find cold
room. which later becomes foul with
the breathing OF many persons. Then
they trudge home again through the
snow. No wonder the superlntendent's
heart was sad when at one place he
encountered the funeral Of one child
died from pneumonia
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
THEATRICAL NOTES

II Is only necessary to announce that
The Fatal Wedding" VII be the at
traction at the Lyceum March "a, 25
and 26 to insure capacity business. The
success OF Theodore Kremer's soul stir
ring drama has been so great that II is
a source OF wonder TO almost every one
interested in current theatricals.
A romantic comedy drama with a
most striking title. AN American Ho-
bo," Is announced for Saturday mat
inee and nights attraction at the Grand
Opera House. The piece is from the
prolific pen of r. r. Kidder who wrote
Peaceful Valley" and "a Poor Rela-
tion" for Sol Smith Russell, and would
have us understand that in this new
creation of his he has o'erstepped the
heart interest OF the other, given us
most true comedy and blended more
touching pathos IN It than in any OF
his former efforts. IAN American Ho-
bo' plays on the heart strings Of its
beholders and touches the risibiities to
such an extent that laughter will chase
away tears ere they had time to fully
leave their mysterious hiding places
Quaint conceits IN comedy, stirring sit
uations and startling climaxes are an
nounced. A cast of well and favorably
known players will enact its various
roles. Scenic investitures Of regal
splendor win aid in depicting its locale
and effects are promised that will thrill
startle and enthrall every one OF its be.
holders.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
MONDAY. AIARcu a, 1904.
womANs HOSPITAL EDITION.
NotIee . Aasn!s bad Patr0ns.

The women will issue their hos
pital edition Of The Evening Jour-
nal next Saturday morning.
They win also manage the regu-
lar news edition which win be is
sued at the usual hour.
The hospital edition, comprising
a news section and many extra
sections. viii be sold exclusively by
the women and the agents they
may appoint. There charge Is ten
cents a copy.
The afternoon edition viii be-
served to The Evening Journal GUS
toners in the usual way and at tho
regular time. Thus the hospitals
will get the full benefit OF tho hos
pital edition.
The profits derived from the en-
terprise viii be divided equally be-
tween The Delaware Hospital and
The Homeopathic Hospital.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
EDITORIAL OPINION
ouay's Problem.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Pennsylvania's great statesman
Matthew Stanley Quay. has at last
proposed to father an actual measure
IN Congress. He has introduced In the
Senate a bin appropriating $4,000 Ia
stimulate the University of Pennsyl-
vania and other Institutions Of learn
ing and research to ascertain "the
quantity OF the so-called hammer blow
centrifugal lift and tangential throw
OF the counterbalance in locomotive
driving wheels" Ordinary statesmen
hold that appropriation bills must ori-
ginate In the House, but Senator Quay
Is not an ordinary statesman. How is
it, though, that so experienced and ex-
per machinester as he is unable to
solve a little problem In mechanics like
this?
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
E@.....'..''.'':''. : :: :
y revelatt>nz the

- 't'< t'"''e ~ - n 'f r 1850 wy
men ih the Union Republican Party
who have any moral sense would be
Obliged to repudiate such leadership.
That leader had already made . rec
ord that was sufficient 10 inform all
men Of his true character. but when an
able and reputable lawyer OF another
state. an officer of the court--one who
had no conceivable interest in our poli-
tics--charged this man with fraud re-
markable in its extent and variety
giving such particulars as TO make his
moral. II not his legal derelictions glar-
ing-wo said mo honest man can any
longer wish TO send such a man 70 the
United states Senate"
Only within the last few days there
has been another revelation Of his
character which even with tho particu-
lars that are known, should impress the
ordinary man possessing a sense Of
chlvalry towards women, with loathing
and disgust. And at each new revelation
we are watching to see what the men
Of his party organization viii do. II
we believe that their gorge win rise. Il
is because we still have faith In hui
manity
And at this crisis we wish to say that
certain leaders like Senator Alice. Dr.
Layton, DR.. Marshall and Francis s..
Bradley have a fearful responsibility.
The party hae already been betrayedi
the question now is shall the manhood
OF our State be betrayedg Hundreds Of
men in the Union Republican ranks
are disgusted, and to these leaders falls
the task Of keeping them IN line, Of
explaining away their doubts. Of sooth-
ing their consciences, so that 1t may
stiii be possible for them to follow Ad-
dicks and keep these leaders in office.
Yes; frankly we have expected a re-
volt-not necessarily that all Union Re-
publcans would hasten into the Regu-
lar fold--but that there might be a re-
awakening and possibly a re-allgnment.
And our faith is not dead; Addicksism
in the nature OF things has got to go.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
! Lard = o6oNterp'aa,n,,e,..


When ] was sick and lay abcd.
had two pillows at my head
Ana an my toys beside me lay
TO keep me happy all theiday
And sometimes for an hour or so
! watched my leaden soldiers 20.
with different uniforms and drills
Among the bed-clothes through the hills:
And sometimes sent my ships In fleets
All up and down among the Sheets
Or brought my trees or houses out,
And planted cities all about,
I was tho giant great and stll
That sits upon the plllow-hill
And sees before him, dale and plane
Tho pleasant land Of counterpane.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Evening journal., 1904-03-21
E B. RILEY
Easter Gowns

You will find our tailor
made garments have that cor
rect style touch that appeals
to all ladies. The cost is not
moe than you will pay for
carelessly made garments. We
have plenty of experienced
help and can have your suit
ready on short notice.
Tailor made suits from $40
to $28.
Tailor made walking skirts
from $2.75 to So.
Tailor made full length
skirts $3.50 to $15.
Tailor made jackets from
So to $12.