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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

Statistics are quoted to show that
"Only about two thirds of the men and
women of our country now ever mar
ry, and this proportion is constantly
being lowered" But what evidence
appears that this relatively now mar
riage rate is attributable to the in.
creasing ability Of women to get gain
full employment? As we have sug-
gested, the fault, if fault there be,
may be chargeable rather to the indis-
position or inability Of the celibate
men to take upon themselves the bur-
dens Of married life. Like the unmar-
ried women teachers, of whom there
are something like 100000 in this
country, the young women employed
in other gainful occupations look on
their employments as only temporary
ARE waiting for men to lead them to
the marriage altar Of their modest
dreams. <.s.x
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

In this country far more than in any
other, elementary education is in
trusted to women, and there is stead
fly a tendency to increase that pre-.
ponderance. During the last twenty
years the number of women teachers
in the schools of the United States has
doubled, and meanwhile the number of
men has fallen off by about one-quar-
ter. In the schools Of the cities of the
Union ninety three per cent. of the
teachers are women. In the whole his
tory Of education there has been moth
ing before like to this condition. and
1t has only taken place in this coun-
try during the last generation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

The PruSsian Diet has recently de-
bated measure for applying $50, 7OO,-
600 to the further extension Of the
State railway system by building
twenty -one roads Of minor Importance
in various parts of the Kingdom. This
is the most important measure of the
kind since the naturalization of the
railways of Germany. Besides the
practical objects which the Govern
ment has in view, this bill is intended
to disarm the opponents of the canal
project, who have been saying that the
Government proposed to neglect the
development of railways in order to
build canals.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

According to the report Of the mum
Der killed and wounded at the recent
battle of the Yalu, says the Philadel>
phia Record, it was perhaps the blood
lest engagement of all history, when
the number of engaged is considered.
The total loss in killed in the three
days fighting at Gettysburg, in the
Civil War, was 1862, and about 175 900
men were engaged. The losses on
both sides at the Yalu battle are re-
ported to be between 5000 and 5000
men. The number of men engaged
at the outside estimate could not have
exceeded $4,000. That would show a
loss Of ten per cent, as compared with
three and half per cent. at Gettys-
burg. But the guns now used are
much more deadly than those in use
1T Gettsburg.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
O1d-Thne Games.

All the new-fangled games may be
all right" said the old-timer, ''but
somehow have a hankering for the
old-time games-the games we fellows
played when we were boys. Golf may
be all right No doubt it is a fine
game, and one which has a good influ-
ence on the human system, if not
played with too much vigor Polo, too,
is no doubt a good game. So, sup
pose, this Cuban game of jai alai, and
this other gymnastic performance, jiu
J1tsu-I guess these are good games,
too. But what's the matter with some
OF the old forms of exercise? Is not
the fox chase better form Of exercise
on horseback than polo? Even the
deer drive. or the bear hunt, or many
other of the older forms of sport, it
seems to me, offer better exercise than
polo. When it comes to jiu jitsu, why,
the old square game of marbles, with
the heavy humping Of big taws, and
the good leg exercise, the walking to
and from taw, and all that sort of
you uOI Juluh Ju1S WOulu Ut
good exercise; quite as good, at any
rate, as jiu jitsu affords? l think So
Then there is a good, restful game Of
mumble-peg, if you do not want to
take too violent exercise. Now here is
a game for the old-timer. Men, and
even boys of today may look upon it
as foolish, but you will not find many
of the old country boys who will take
that view of it. Longing around I'M
der the shade of tree, with the spring
not far away, with birds, and rare
foliage, and flowers, and perfumes, and
all that kind Of thing-right out in
the woods, close to natures heart
why, what man is there who would not
be charmed by this easy, lazy, loafine
game of the days that used to be? The
old. games are good enough for me, al
any rate, though do not mean to
speak disparagingly Of the new ones,
They are still right for those who like
them.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Among students there is a prep

Among students there is a prepon-
derance of the feminine. In the pub
lie schools of the Union there are three
girls to two boys; in New York four
to three; in Chicago, Two to one, and
in Philadelphia even four girls to one
boy. In colleges, where, few years
ago there were no young women,
these make UP now quarter of the
students; in co-educational institutions
they have increased from fifty -one per
cent. in 1880 to seventy-nine per cent.
in 1900. We are told of 3 Commercial
high school in Philadelphia, devoted
to specific preparation for business
pursuits, filed with 1900 girls and not
a single boy" This would seem to be
an incredible statement. but the re-
ports of the Board of Education are
adduced as authority for it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

In starting the new course Of high.
way engineering, the Rhode Island
Agricultural College seems to have
once more struck the nail upon the
head, says the American Cultivator.
The first hit was it's famous poultry
school many years ago. The need of
special training for modern road max
ing, as a result Of the good roads
movement, is so evident that the won
der is why some college has not Of
fered such a course before. The grad.
yates will find plenty to do. 4
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
ZEBRAS UNDER SADDLE.
Animals Hitherto Thought to Be I'm
tamabe Prove the Contrary.


1t is but few years since the latest
peril was encountered by the horse.
The automobile, it was predicted but
recently would drive the noble animal
from tn streets, and the species would
soon become extinct. Now a new
peril confronts mans best servant
distant relative. the zebra, which
is coming to the front as Saddle.
bearer, says a London newspaper.
Up to a very recent date the zebra
was described as an untamable beast
Practically all naturalists agreed that
it could not be broken to harness.
Eut the belief was dissipated as South
Africa became settled. Men not on.
ly tanned the zebra sufficiently to
breed it, but they soon learned to
break it so that it could be harnessed
to wagons.
Now the German troops in south.
east Africa have done still more REL
markable thing with the beautiful,
stripped animal. They have broken
it to the saddle, and have found that
it makes a fine saddle beast
Lieut.. Bronsart Won Schellendorf,
who was in charge of the big col
onial trading stations until recently,
is the man who succeeded in doing
this. He instituted great hunts last
year and caught several large herds.
These were kept in Enclosures and
men were sent in every day to walk
around among the captives and &C.
custom them to the sight and smell
Of human beings.
The experimenters discovered to
their surprise that, instead of requir.
ing a long time to overcome their
shyness, the zebras became tame with.
in a few weeks and would not only
suffer the approach OF men but would
permit themselves to be stroked and
fed.
When the animals had arrived at
this stage the best specimens were
selected and turned over to good rid.
ers in the imperial troops. These
men broke the zebras as horses areS
broken, and the result is that now
number Of zebras are being used re-
gularly just like saddle horses.
One officer of the imperial forces
has not only broken a zebra to the
saddle, but he has actually succeeded
in making it learn all the tricks and
ways of first class hunting horse.
This zebra will jump barriers and
bitches with all the energy and ire
of a good hunter, and obeys it's ride
as thoroughly as any horses spring.
ing from generations of trained steeds.T
Another rider has taught his zebra
all the artificial gaits and can make !
1t AMPLE. gallop, and run at will.
Lieut. Abel rode one of these zeb-
ras recently DUNG tour of inspec-
ton that lasted for several weeks and
reports that it compared favorably in
every respect with the horse. He found
it not only perfectly obedient and will
ing, but also much better able tot
withstand fatigue than the ordinary
horse used in Africa @
In addition the zebra has the valu- /
able proper quality Of being immunek
to the dreaded tsetse fly. which is sol
fatal to the unacclimated horse.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

The middle men are taxing most of
the farmers fully as much on what
they buy as on that which is sold
from the farm. Intending buyers
should study our market quotations.
continues the American Cultivator.
The figures are for large orders, but
the farmer can get the goods fairly
close to these quotations if he has the
money in his pocket and goes to the
right place. Too many farmers sell
at wholesale and buy at retail, instead
of the reverse.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

+! The discovery that the outfit of
jewels presented to his wife by the
convict ROthschild is of paste stones
and the report that a rich and prom
dnent woman f fashionable society
wears imitation jewels by preference
suggests the question why, after all,
is it not better to wear such counter
feits than invite trouble and loss by
carrying about the costly real stones,
asks the New York Sun. Jewels are
for decoration and the imitation
serve that purpose as well as the gen.
uine.s Except on close inspection, the
false are not distinguishable from the
real, and a woman is saved the anx-
iety and peril of wearing On her per-
son a fortune in jewels. The posses
sion of merely decorative trinkets of
enormous cost is not enviable. con-
sidering the trouble of raind it causes.
If a similar effect of color and bril-
iancy is produced by artificial stones
of relatively trifing cost, why not
wear them and get the comfort which
relief from fear brings? A rope of
pearls which cost million dollars,
for example, may be initiated so that
the difference between the real and ar
tifcial is discoverable only by an ex-
pert
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

Mine owners in South Africa are
making plans to import laborers from
India and China, says the American
Cultivator. American farm owners
may be driven to some such desperate
resort if the scarcity of the usual
classes Of help continues and increases.
1t would seem that with the railroads
and mills reducing the working forces,
a few more men would take to farming
this summer. sBut so far help appears
to be scarce and costly the country
over.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Ants Build Bridges.

A naturalist found black ants were
devouring the skins Of some bird speci-
mems on table, so he made tar circles
on four pieces Of paper, and put one
under each leg Of the table. Ants will
net cross tar. Pretty soon he found
the ants busily at work again, and,
looking at the tar circles, found each
one was bridged by bits OF sand, which
the clever ants had brought in from
the street
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

The savings banks report gain of
two million depositors during the past
Eve years, declares the kmerican Gull
dvator, and quite good proportion
OF them are probably farmers, since
the farmers as a class shared in the
general prosperity Of the period. I'll
nancial history suggests that the saw
tngs banks are about the safest places
for small sums.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Proving the convexity Of the Earth,

Proving the convexity Of the Earth.
An experiment was made hundred
years ago or SO on the Bridgewater
canal, in England, to prove the con-
vexity of the earth. At intervals of
five miles in straight stretch of the
canal three posts were driven until
their tops were precisely six feet
above the surface of the water. Then
careful measurements and observa-
lions were made from either end, with
the result that the top of the centre
post was found to be some distance
above line drawn from top to top Of
the first and last posts.
The experiments were repeated
number Of times. always with the
same result This proves for ordi-
nary persons that the earth is convex.
but scientists reached the same con-
illusions By more scientific ways.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
INTERFERING BIOLOGICAL DIS.
covEhY.
MorphologicaI Polarity Of the Hu
man Body Proven.


man Body Proven.
Prof. jacques Loeb, the biologist,
has succeeded by experiments at the
University Of California In confirming
theories he has long held. that the
polarity observed IN the regeneration
Of the animal body does not exist in
the cells. but In the streaming or re-
generating process Of the body. NOV
Ing from the basal to the oral pole.
In the bulletin bearing the title
Concerning the Dynamic Conditions
Which Contribute Toward the Deter
mination Of the NEUROLOGICAL Polar
ity OF Organism" which was issued
at the university. DR.. Loeb give the
results OF his experiments.
The value Of DR.. Loeb's experiments
lies in his success in proving with
animal bodies the theories that 9TH
er scientists had advanced after ex-
perlments with plant life. In the 18th
century two investigators. Du Hamel
and Bonnet, arrived at the conclusion
that certain sap currents are respons-
ible for the fact that in plants, at one
end OF a piece cut from branch, an
apex arises. and at the other end q
root is formed.
Du Hamel assumed that q specific
sap causes the formation of roots
and that this sap moves basalward
IN the stem of the plant, while the
fluids which give rise to the forlna-
ton OF branches move upward.
Or. Loeb took his cue from the re-
suits obtained by the Investigations
OF these and other scientists. The
idea that sap currents and the col
Iecting Of materials form the cause
OF regeneration. and organ formation
suggested to him, fruitful field of
research. 1t was then the general
belief OF scientific men that the in
divfdual cells In the animal body are
polarized and that, therefore, there
is produced. at the basal end, organs
different from those at the oral end.
But the experiments with the plants
led DIR. Loeb to believe that the same
conditions obtained In animal life as
IN plant life, and SO he pursued his
Investigations to prove the morpao-
logical polarity of the animal body.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

Mexico's coming Vice President, Ra-
mon Corral, is only forty-six. He's
the baby Of President Diaz's Cabi-
net. He saw little fighting in his
native State. Sonora. in 1876. He has
been in public Office ever since, has
served in both branches Of the Con-
gress, and was Governor of the Fed
eral District when his Cabinet port
folio came to him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Fixing the Blame.

My wife, pompously said the Hon.
Thomas Rott, member of the legisla-
ture. made me all that I ami"
"Looky here!" retcrted the Old
Codger, severely. That's no way to
be talkin' about such good woman
as everybody knows her to be. Just
blame it on your own natural. ingram
orneriness. Puck
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Chinese Gamblers.

In China drunkards as well as to-
tai abstainers are almost unknown.
Gambling debts are prominently
debts Of honor there. and are more
willingly and speedily paid than any
others. To pay them Chinaman
will pawn all his property and erep
sell his children. Exchange.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

Nineteen Japanese lost their lives
by the explosion of a mine which they
were laying. The Japs are not the
first people who have lost by t63ina
to mining operations, comments thu
ATLANTA Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

Sorrow still follows in the wake of
the automobile; even with the best in
tentions the sport seems to be one in
which the man who follows it can
hardly avoid taking somebody else's
life in his hands.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
Prof Sparks, Of Chicago University,
says the American people no longer
possess originality.

In this age of the Young Man-To-
The-Front, do not forget that Mahomet
lived in obscurity till forty.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28

The Georgia peach is cblliding just
at present with the Northern straw
berry.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-30
PORT ARTHUR.

The rumors that Port Arthur has
fallen may or may not, be confirmed.
II is sure 10 fall sooner or later unless
1t can receive supplies from the out
side. one popularity of the japanese
campaign seems to be that they do not
undertake any particular movement,
until they are thoroughly prepared. The
result is success. II is therefore a safe
conclusion that they will not make
general assault upon that stronghold
until they are almost certain Of victory.
Whether the war Is likely to end with
the fall of Port Arthur, as the Crimean
war closed with the fall of sebastopol,
remains to be seen. The Russian plan
OF campaign seems to be to walt, and
let japan exhaust all her resources,
with the intention Of commencing the
real fighting when the enemy is short
OF the slnews of war. That appears
TO be the Russian scheme, Japan, It
is supposed, cannot for ever maintain
large army and her entire navy in
the field Some time her financial re-
sources must be exhausted, and then
there will be a change. II this Is the
Russian position, the fall Of Port Ar
thur win not end the war. The Rus
sian tactics OF falling back and waiting
will continue.
It IS by no means certain however,
that this plan Of passive resistance will
bring final success. 1t costs Russia
considerably more to make war so
far from headquarters, than II costs
Japan. nearer. home. and by the time
the latter's resources have given out,
Russia may not be better off financial
ly than the enemy. 1t would be wis
dom in Russia TO ask for peace when
Port Arthur falls, but a country In
war-madness cannot be expected to
suffer wisdom to dictate its course Of
action
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-30
RUssIA's NEED.

Car Nicholas is said to be so dis
couraged over the affairs Of his vast
empire. that he IL contemplating the
adoption OF a national constitution
one Of whose features would be a pro-
vision for a proper representative as
sembiy IN the hope that this would
strengthen his hands and make II posi-
Bile TO effect the sweeping reforms need
ed.
Ths car might profit by the history
Of Japan in this matter The emper-
or OF the latter country, convinced OF
the deslrabilty OF representative gov
eminent, If progress Is TO be achieved
voluntarily gave his country o consti'
tuition suited to It's peculiar conditions
II Is unlike western constitutions that
owe their adoption to the agttations OF
the masses IL defines clearly the pre-
rogatyes Of the rulers and the rights
aud duties Of the subjects II answers
It's purposes admirably, as il evidenced
by the phenomenal advancement OF
Japan to the front ranks Of nations, as
can be seen IN their exhibitions at the
Worlds Fair, no less than In their con-
duct OF the present war
The Gar might follow that indica-
ton. He might end the war ON the best
terms obtainabe, Then he might seek
wise counsel and give his country
constitution suitable to the Russians,
and representative government The
effect would be almost miraculous. The
people are devoted TO him. They are
naturally Intelligent honest and brave
They would rapidly advance and make
holy Russia a worldpower in fact
rs wen as in name.
Undoubtedly he would run the risk Of
being assassinatod by the powers be-
hind the throne. but It IS probable that
no would be safer II he entrenched HIM
self IN the hearts Of the people than no
is today. IN the midst Of courtiers and
secret police. 1t is pretty clear that the
revolutionists are active AND unless
something Is done to prevent II their
path viii be marked by fire and blood.
Assassination naturally suggests itself
to them, deprived. as they are, of all
human rights, as their only recourse.
Safe and sane reforms are the only es-
cape from the conditions that make
loyal citizens desperate murderers
Russia Is not yet capable of receiving
liberty in the fullest measure. But
beginning can be made safely, Relig-
ious liberty should be proclaimed first
of ALL Under religious liberty, the ma
ton would be trained for political self
government. That Is the natural order
Under religious liberty men are taught
to think for themselves. and to decide
In matters OF eternal Importance Peo-
pie so trained viii not find 1t difficult to
dispose of temporal and political af-
fairs to the best advantage Of the
state. without real religious liberty
there can be no genuine political lib
erty. Curtall the former, and the lat
ter will soon fail to work. When the
tire Of a wheel Is broken, the fellies VIII
not stay together very long.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-30

populace do not stop 20 investigate
but dashed into fury by the tales that
are told from pulpit and PLATFORM pro-
coed to extremes that are uncivlllzed
as wen as un-Christian.
We notice in recent issue OF the
Elders Journal, published monthly by
the Southern States mission, some ref
eIences 20 acts OF violence that should
be denounced by all law-abldlng peo-
pie. They call for the interpostion OF
municipal and state officials, that
ptaceable worshippers may be protect
ed in their rights, and that the repu-
tatlon OF the South may not be I'M
paired. We clip the following from
that paper, and draw attention TO the
difference IN tho attitude OF the Nor
uons' 70 other religious devotees, and
that Of their opponents;
Several occurrences during the
past month are evidence that IN the
south the shirt Of persecution ana
hatred OF older times has been con-
siderably revived The mobocralic
shirt has been much ~ eNluenee ,H
several localities I'm Alabama the 81
ders we're visited with a shower OF
eggs and rocks on three occasions be-
fore being asked to leave the district or
take hard IN the game OF tar ana
feathers. Virginia, too, has been the
scene OF gun play A shot fred az
two OF our Elders missed It's mark ana
nj that q pair Of bulldogs were mage
10 odvance. but no serious damage was
done In North Carolina the 'hstlo
art" was introduced and in other
places similar Incidents have been
threatened. In Hark7r's Island North
Carolina, where the Elders, Saints ana
friends recently built comfortable
little church the windows were broken
out and from an underground source a
reward Of Atty dollars WAS offered as
an inducement TO use dynamite on the
building. This Is Christian America.
1t is needless to say what would hap
pcn II Iatter-day Saints I'm Utah were
10 treat their Christian neighbors IN
like manner but, thank God, the people
OF Utah are possessed OF n higher type
OF civilization and a better undersand-
ing of American religious liberty than
is moted out to members of our Church
by a few religious bigots Of other
states