The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-07

SPANS assent to the Anglo French
arrangements in Morocco is easily ex
planned. She had to.
A great many persons, chiefly thoss
who are run over are interested in
knowing who's who in automobiling.'
A Philadelphia judge has decided
that a wife should not take her hus
bands pay envelope. No, she shoulc
simply take the pay out and give him
the envelope back tn fill up again
The student youth who knew where
Madagascar was, but hadn't the flow
OF language to explain it, may have
been in like case with lots Of those
whom the war has made passing stu
dents of Manchurian gazetteering anG
geography.
Says the Baltimore Sun, Expert
ments in other parts Of the world with
cotton raising are not so successful as
to threaten this industry Of the south
Recent reports from United States
consuls show that other nations are
making efforts to become cotton pro-
ducers"
Professor j., Laurence Laughlin, OF
the University Of Chicago, has beer
authorized by a Chicago business firm
to offer four prizes for the best essays
on topics relating to commerce and in
dustry. The first prize will be $1,000
the second $500, the third $500 and the
fourth $3.50, and any person who has
received the degree of Bachelor of Arts
from an American college since 1879:
is eligible to compete. n
F1ogging is still allowed in English
prisons as a punishment for mutiny
or violence, but recently published sta.
tistics make it doubtful whether ever
in these extreme cases Of corporal
punishment serves the purpose fol
which it is intended. 1t is shown that
since the number of prison offences fol
which flogging was allowed was re.
duced in 1898, the number of offenses
against prison discipline has decreased
from lat to 131 per 1000 prisoners
while there has been an increase in the
number of those offenses for which the
"cat'' is still the penalty.
The war in Tibet is a small bust.
ness compared with that on the Yalu
but it comes near enough to the
stronghold Of the Dalai Lama te
make that mountain pontiff feel un
comfortable in spite Of all the prayer
mills in his diocese running overtime
If the grist is so barren where the
protection OF the High Priest ano
Holy Temple of the faith is concerned
confidence in the output at other times
may be locally shaken, which woul6
be bad thing for the milling business
there, the only industry the region
possesses which outsiders know much
about.
The destruction of trees and wile
flowers has been going on with such
alarming rapidity in Massachusetts
that the Massachusetts State Fedora
ton has petitioned the legislature tt
pass bill providing for a state for
ester. Another organization of wom
en-, which also desires legal protec
tor for the fora Of the state is the So
ciety for the Protection of Native
Plants. The laurel and the arbutus
or Mayfower, two Of the most beauti
full and admired Of plants indigenous
to Massachusetts,, are said to be il
need of immediate protection, while
the woods in Berkshire County, the
most picturesque section of the state
and the Mecca of thousands of sum.
mer residents and tourists, are in es
pecial need of supervision and protec.
ton on account of the dcpredations OF
Italian laborers.
The executive order placing the Pan.
ANA Canal under the command CT the
War Department and the appointment
of Gen. George w. Davis, retired, as
Governor, bring a new and picturesque
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