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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
TELEGRAPH TYPEwRlTINc.
An Ingenious Machine Which Sends and
Receives Messages.


A wireless telegraph writer, or zero
graph as it is called for the sake of
brevity, has been invented by an Eng
ishman. The zerograph in appearance
resembles an ordinary typewriter, but
| It is of simpler construction, with a
keyboard figured with the signs of the
letters and numerals, which can be
printed or telegraphed to any number
IF instruments. Each instrument, the
inventor explains, is at once receiver
and a transmitter, enabling operators
TO converse with one another in writ
ing. and thus obviating misunder-
standings, which are apt to occur IN
telephone communications SO far
messages have been sent only for
short distance, but it is intended to ex-
pertinent over wider spaces, and 1t IS
hoped that messages can be sent 10
any distance that ether waves VIII
carry. The machine is always ready
for immediate use, and as there is no
mechanism which requires to De
wound rp in order to obtain synchPon-
ism. the operator has both hands free
for manipulation.
Another advantage claimed for the
invention will be of special Importance
in military affairs. Messages cannot
be picked up. TO quote the inventors
own words: SIN sending a message
you are sounding two ether waves
which allow you a choice Of hfty-six
signs, and these are given direct
print, either as letters or figures. AD-
solute secrecy is thus obtained. Ihe
only way to intercept MESA ges would
be to employ similar instrument,
which would have to be synchronlZed
to the same degree as the transmitting
instrument. Lastly, these machines
will receive their messages (Which are
given at present at speed of twenty
five words a minute) without anybody
being present. and would thus be OF
great advantage in q signal box, as
the signal nan will receive clearly
printed instructions should he be abb
sent the time the message is sent to
him. Nor will the machines work only
without wires. | gave a lecture III
Paris before the Society of Engineers,
of which 1 am member. during
which I sent mesa ges to Brussels,
while telephone communication was
going on over the same wires. l have
sent messages also between Berlin
and Frankfort"
The apparatus consists of a type
writer, which, by depressing a key.
sends two impulses. Each letter re-
quires only two impulses. and the diff
ferent letters are obtained by me2ns
of the time interval between these i'm
pulses. For wireless purposes these
impulses operate a switch connection
with the induction coil. thus making
the sparks for sending the ether
waves. The induction coil is con-
nected with an aerial as we'll as an
earth wire. "o turn the apparatus
into a receiving instrument it is only
necessary to move q switch, which is
placed Beneath the typewriter. This
makes all the connections to the re.
ceiving apparatus, which consists of
coherer and q very sensitive relay
The Inventive Age.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
ROSES OF OLD CHIOS.
Queen Of Flowers Had a Unique Dis
tinction in Ancient Greece.

queen OF Flowers Had Unique Dis
tinction in Ancient Greece.
Although the rose is so popular
throughout all the world now that
great fortunes are being earned by
growers everywhere, the queen of the
flowers does not enjoy the unique posi-
ton that she held in ancient Greece.
The love of the old Greeks. and
particularly the Athenians, for the
rose was almost akin to worship, and
many high liver in those days has
his whole patrimony in roses for
feasts.
The Greeks knew nearly all the
general varieties of roses that are
known to us. both single and double
blossoms, and big tracts Of land were
taken out of the grain and food pro-
ducing area in order to grow roses.
The old island of Chios was almost
entirely an island Of roses. and to
those who approached it from the sea
it presented the appearance of gil
gantic bouquet of red and white and
yellow blooms, with the shining white
pillars Of temples and villas gleam-
ing from the splendor of the flowers.
ShiploadS of roses were sent to
Athens every day from Chios. That
was probably the most beautiful
freight that ever went by sea since
the world began. and it must have
been a glorious sight to see the gal
leys, all decked with flowers. steering
over the blue Aegean sea.
Roses were used for emblems of
JOY and sorrow. for triumph and de-
feat. A wreath of roses ornamented
the bride. and wreaths of roses
decked those who We're going to their
graves. The victor entered cities
over a path o. roses, and wherever he
trod during his triumphal march, the
blossoms formed a carpet for his feet.
In old Rome. too the rose was con-
sidered the most precious of flowers.
On May % a great rose feast used to
begin in Rome in memory of the dead,
and for week Or more the cemeter-
les were. literally overwhelmed with
the flowers. In the great item of i'm
perial Rome the guests at big feasts
sat on rose petals that We're piled
high around them. The floor was car
peted with them and men We'd with
each other to find new and extrava-
CANT uses for the beloved flowers.
For one single banquet Nero i'm
ported s125.000 worth of roses from
Alexandria Post.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Nothing Lost.

''They take tremendous precautions
at the mint so that no specie shall be
lost" said an Englishman, with rem.
iniscence Of an article he had been
reading on the subject. Every scrap
of refuse is burned in order that not
the slightest vestige of metal shall be
wasted. The working clothes of the
men are burned, too, when they are
worn out, and they even burn the carts
which are used in carrying the bullion
to the mint.
"Well," said the American in the
guess we go one better than that in
our immortal country. "We burn the
refuse, and the clothes and the carts.
Y11S, sir, we do all that, and, what is
more, when a man dies who has
worked there we have him cremated."
Then they talked about the weather.
London Fun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Character determines condition.
Home is the harbor of the heart.
Life is ever more than literature.
Greatness appears in little things.
Strength comes through struggle.
Prejudice puts its eyes in its pocket
Feeding malice is fostering murder.
Men differ not so much in their faith
as in their phrases.
Sin is no more essential to salvation
than disease to health.
The best time to attend to your
neighbours affairs is in your sleep.
When man falls in love with heav.
en- lie learns how to love this earth.
A man is not doing his levei best who
is content to stay on the same level.
A reputation for eating chicken is
not the only thing essential in a good
pastor.
A man who has only flowers in the
garden Of his life does not need to
build a wall about it. 49, i.
The man who fails while trying to
do good has more honor than he who
succeeds by accident.
When there is room for all wo.
mans love IN the heart of poodle no
man need Re sorry he has lost it.
The hungry one is apt to think that
he has heavens full meal when he
has only caught the fragrance Of ths
kitchen.-Ram's Horn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

face. Then the bull rushes upon him,
but the man, with marvellous agility,
steps aside, oft of harms way. This
act the matador repeats four or five
times, and when the beast makes his
final charge, the man springs into the
air and buries his sword to the hilt
between the shoulder blades. If the
stroke is driven true the bull drops to
his knees, blood pours from mouth
and nostrils; he rises, falls again,
struggles once more to stand, rolls
over on his side and is dead.
Half the spectators rise to their
feet, cheer, and with hurrahs greet
the matador, and for the moment he
is greater hero than President Diaz.
Cigars, money, bottles of tequilla,
hats and canes are flung into the ring.
The bull is drawn out by the mules,
the ring raked, and blood pools busted
with sand, and the first act Of the
tragic play is over.
At this gran corrida extraordina-
ria" there were fully 10000 specta-
tors, and among them one-fourth
were foreigners. People at home de-
nounce the bull fights, but regret to
say that when in Mexico they are
among the first to secure reserved
seats. | am satisfied the bull suffers
little real pain, he is too excited and
enraged to feel his wounds. The
church has for centuries denounced
these bull fights, but while the state
tolerates them, the churches can inf1u-
ence only those who listen to her voice.
w. P. H., in Toronto Mail and En-
pire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
A Rich Gold Strike.

One of the strikes Of gold quartz
lately made in British Columbia con-
sists of a veritable network Of ore.
The United States consul at Rossland
says that when sample as large az
a cocoanut is broken up the fragments
are held together by the network OF
gold running through the rock. The
prospectors who found this vein broke
OF q piece Of rock from q ledge on
Poplar creek and the gold held the
particles together as in chain. The
ore Is very rich. some OF 1t yielding
thousands OF dollars to the ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
Beggars in Spain.

There are 100, 227 professional beg
gars in Spain, of whom 51.94S are
women. In some of the cities beggars
are licensed to carry on their trade.
Seeking aims is recognized as le-
gitimate business, and the municipality
demands a percentage upon the col
lections. Seville is the only city in
the kingdom which forbids begging in
the streets.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09
INACTIVITY KILLS INTELLIGENCE
With Animals Brains and Mobility
Go Together.

so 0qSLneFs
Among animals 1t is very largely
true that mobility and brains go to-
gether where others things are fairly
equal. There are some creatures, like
tn house fly, in which everything else
seems to have been sacrificed to secure
locomotive powers of an extraordinary
character. But, as a rule, the MAN.
NAL which can travel to seek it's food
or change it's abode Is distinctly more
intelligent than the more sedentary and
stay at home species. Motion, also
suggests versatility as we'll Rabbits
are, ON the whole the most stay at
home of any Of our rodents. II left
to themselves they would never move
further from the mouths OF their bur-
rows than to tie edge OF the nearest
piece of grass, and il grass reaches up
to the burrow itself, they merely edge
forward, eating a fresh slice every day,
like a moving machine being pushed
backward and forward. The result has
been bad for rabbits brains. Their
cousins, the IS, though QUA English
dCC udO ACNCt Ilou6hC VI ilNh@hS q
burrow except in snow time, are far
more intelligent One of Cowper's
tame hares would give him plainly to
understand when it wanted him to
come into the garden, and licked his
hand after he had been at pains to take
care of it during illness.
There is no doubt that the domestic
pig has lost nearly all it's original ane
large stock Of brains owing to Ions
confinement in sites and q steady
course of breeding for the ideal ham or
an approach to perfection in ribs OF
bacon. The New Forest and Sherwood
Forest pigs were highly active, and
consequently highly intelligent. They
used to come home regularly at the
sound of horn to be fed, assembling
from all parts of the forest within
hearing. These admirable animals
have recently afforded two examples
of the connection between mobility and
brains which, though not intended as
scientific experiments, will doubtless
be welcome to philosophers. In the
one case, the Sherwood Forest pigs,
which had retained their mobility were
excluded by a cruel law from the en-
joyment of a free range in the woods
about the time when acorns and beech
mast are most toothsOme, and when
their connections in Spain, under a
happier dispensation, are enjoying
those peculiarly large and delicious
acorns which make the real foundation
Of Spanish hams. The pigs always
found a means to escape from their
sites into the forest, and were so full
of resource that their owners basely
procured the degeneration Of the whole
race by making them less mobile by
crossing them with particularly fat
and lazy class Of pig from Naples. On
the other hand, it was found, we be-
lieve, by the Austrian Government in
Bosnia, that the round and snub-nosed
Berkshire pig, which connOisseurs had
gradually bred as a degenerate in mind
and mentally quite incapable of TAX
ing care of itself. Accordingly, the
authorities informed their agents that
long-legged pig was indispensable
for their needs if the government stock
was to flourish and impress the natives
of the annexed provinces, and the an
imal required was procured from Ire
land.-The Spectator.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

The latest thing in automobile insur-
ance is issuing policy which protects
the automobilist if he runs down an
other person. The company under
takes to pay the damages up to a GER
tain sum and to fight the case, If neces-
sary, SO all the automobiles has to do
Is to select his victim.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

A woman who says she was never
kissed LOST her divorce suit, observes
the New York Herald. Uncertain
whether the jury sympathized with
the husband for refusal or wanted to
give him one more chance.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

The re.s,tive value OF the average
dog and the average dog poisoner is
not worth considering, advantage is so
palpably on the side Of the dog.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

Mexicos $4,000, 900 loan has been talk
IN by New York firm Another effec-
i've step toward the permanent peace
IF the western hemisphere.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

Among the duties of a lady's CON-
panion, according to sworn testimony
was that of acting as chief engineer
to music box that played rag-time
IN the tomb of the lady's deceased hus-
band. IL the tunes had to be played
The place was appropriate.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

Another giant has been unearthed
and this time he was found in a rural
county of Ohio. 1t may also be stated
that this gentleman long deceased is
eight feet high and has all the quail
ties appertaining to a first class giant.
1t is believed that this huge name was
a member of the tribe Of mound build
els, although it is possible that scien-
fists can offer any number of explain
ations for his presence in Ohio. SO
many giants are found these days that
they cast discredit on the present ply
steal degenerates who barely reach to
the arm pits of their huge pdereces-
sors in the country.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

A Chicago paper stated that there
were $500 women in that city who had
been deserted by their husbands and
left to support their families alone,
and yet some persons arc disposed to
rail at the new woman because OF an
alleged indiscosition TO rush into mat
ri.1ony. exclaims the New York Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

For the first time in five hundred
years there is no GAUGE Of war or Sc
rious dispute or jealousy between
Great Britain and France. On the 9TH
er hand, the relations Of the two coun-
tries have become as friendly as could
be desired. In this happy condition,
both will be relieved of the enormous
strain Of maintaining vast fleets and
armies for the protection against each
other
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

1t begins to look as If the recon
quest of the North Atlantic by the Brit
sh were substantially complete. Per-
haps after all, the time was not ripe
for Yankee adventuring to seek the
ocean once more, our rewards still lie
in the realms of high finance rather
than on the high seas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

Much as is said by purists against
the use of the split infinitive,' it
would be but a poor writer or speaker
who would be afraid to use it where it
could contribute to clearness, says the
Pathfinder. U. S. Supreme Court JUS
tice Brewer, speaking in Chicago, said,
in reference to the responsibility of
citizens toward good government: ut
is your duty to not unnecessarily ham
per people with police regulations
"To not unnecessarily hamper" would
shock rhetoricians, but Judge Brewer
knows from his experience with legal
phraSeology that In the English Ian
glaage it is sometimes impossible to
make a statement Of unmistakable
meaning without infringing the set
rules. Any other way he could have
twisted the sentence, it would not
have meant what he wanted it to.
Rules are made to be observed intelli-
gently but not blindly. The rule of
the road requires you to turn to the
right; but this would not excuse you
for running deliberately into someone
who was on that side.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-09

The passing Of ex-Queen Isabella OF
Spain is an incident, not an event.
Her death finds none SO poor to do her
reverence. Instead Of being loss to
the world. it rids it Of an incumbrance,
comments the Boston Transcript.
What a contrast to that Of the late
Queen of England, whose life had been
a pension to her people and an exam
pie to the world. Something more
than queenly dignity accounted for her
exalted reign. Wifely and womanly
virtues distinguished her above most
women of her station. She exhibited
in richest measure those high qualities
that in the exiled queen were almost
wholly lacking. Yet it might not be
entirely just to reverence the one and
condemn the other without taking into
account the different circumstances
that entered into the shaping OF their
respective careers Victoria married a
man whom she loved and who loved
her, and their domestic relations were
ideal. Isabella when mere child was
forced into a supposed diplomatic un-
ion with consort for whom she had
no ELECTION. The standards of the
court were low, and unless she had
been of superior mould the quality of
her life and reign could have been
predicted with reasonable pre-
cision at the outset All this
does not excuse her. but it does
suggest that judgment be tempered
with charity EARLY training shapes
the lives of the children Of monarchs
as much as the children Of peasants:
perhaps even more SO, and that which
Isabella received was not calculated to
make either good queen or a good
woman. Let her generation deal with
her as charitably as 1t can, for history
will be none too merciful.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-16
Butte County Oil.

The Bear Butte Oil Company has
closed its option on the forty acre
Ecklurd tract on Spring Greek, on
which is located the flowing artesian
well. The company has released
the Jensen and Hanson tracts. The
well finished some weeks ago for
John Deacy, located mile or so
northwest of the Ecklund forty, is
giving an undiminished flow and of
a volume as great, if not greater,
than that of the company we'll.
At near the finishing point IN this
well a flow of gas was secured with
the water. but no effort was made
to ascertain its volume. 1t was shut
off by the casing. The flow of water
was secured at a depth OF about 500
feet. The we'll on the Kaubisch place
is progressing slowly, and it's sue
cessful termination is somewhat in
doubt. At a debth OF 500 feet the
water rose to within few feet of
the surface and the subsequent depth
since attained has so far failed to
bring the water above the surface
it is reported that small quantity
of oil and thin vein of coal were
discovered in the downputting of
this we'll.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-16
Why Good Mines are Closed.

An article on this subject in a re-
cent issue Of the Mining and Scien-
titic Press has suggested to the
editors of the Review that a few
comments on this always living mat
ter will not come much amiss. It is
certainly constantly recurring
question to mining men, even in the
Black Hills, why this mine, or that
mine, though known to be worthy
of extensive working, is lying idle,
while other properties of much less
merit, or maybe of no merit at all,
are actively in operation,
There a:e many of these good
closed mines in the Hills, nor is it
necessary to call attention to any
particular one Of them A stranger
coming in to investigate any certain
mine would, in nine cases out of ten,
be driven past two or three aban-
doned properties before he reached
the property he had come to inspect.
There is nothing in the world, hardly,
so desolate appearing as the deserted
group OF buildings around an aban-
doned mine. Yet they are common
sights in all mining localities, less so
perhaps in the Black Hills than
elsewhere. The sight of them can
never be anything but depressing
on the Investigator.
Should he ask why they are aban-
doned, the chances are that the
answer would be Obligation" in the
great majority OF cases here at home.
A few liens, a judgment. then an.
other, and another judgment prove
to be the downfall of many a good
property. Other abandoned works
represent fictitious Improvement,
there is really no mine there at all.
But aside from these occasionally q
good property. without good judg.
ment against it, is found even more
weatherbeaten than the others.
Frequently this property has a
most satisf ctory record behind it.
Not infrequent|y it is offered on the
market, the owners extolling it's
past history and grahd possibilities
and still seemingly unwilling tc
work it themselves. There are q
great many different kinds of peo
pie engaged in mining. more per
haps than there are different kinds
OF mines-and these are legion. The
fact that the owner of mine speaks
enthusiastically of his idle mine is
prma facie evidence that the prop,
erty is without merit. Mines have
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-16

states will probably yield 100, 900, :
900 bushels. There will be used
for seed 20, 900, 900 bushels, In
the districts we visited it is simply
destruction.
The Northwest influence which
has kept the Chicago pit in turmoil
for days, was cut of the calculation
today. The terrible storms OF Sat
urday made wire communications
impossible, but Chicago has ex-
element enough Of its owl. On
first trades prices were jumped
The top for September was Sill,
for December S1.I5 and tor May
silly. Absence of buying force
was felt after the excited opening,
and prices receded, May dropping
to s1.13H. Several million bush
els came in the market during the
decline, and brokers generally re-
ported lack of supporting orders.
There is feeling of caution, if not
suspicion, on the part Of big
traders, who last week boosted the
market 3 to S cents day, and
these men are holding of. There
is still a lingering suspicion of a
tremendous Minneapolis-C hicago
pool to balloon prices.