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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
TEACHING oYAMA TO SHOOT.
An American Gave the Japanese Gen
eraI His First Lesson in SHOOTING.

An American Gave the Japanese Gen.
eraI His First Lesson in Shooting.
Horace Fletcher, in the Worlds
Work writes: twenty-five years ago
was an experienced rife-shot, and
could hit moving object every time.
The 22-calible rifle and machine-made
cartridge, which came into general
use in the seventies. made extensive
rifle practice possible. / wrote and
published at the time a pamphlet on
how to shoot with rifle, entitled
The A. B. C. of Snap-Shooting. +"
which came to the attention of re-
gular-army officers attached to the de-
partment of the Pacific at San Fran
cisco, and was used for a manual by
the Regulars. 1t happened that copies
OF the pamphlet reached Japan, where
spent some time soon after. Japan
had just begun to make military Or
ganization on the most modern lines,
and Marquis Oyama was minister Of
war. He invited me to visit him in
his home at Toxic, and showed great
interest in the method of learning to
shoot at moving object with a rifle.
He had already seen the pamphlet.
| had number OF American rifles
and ample ammunition with me in
then Colonel Murata Inventor of the
Japanese military rifie) joined me sew
eral afternoons at target-practice.
They entered enthusiastically into
the spirit, Oyama in particular show
ing the enthusiasm of boy. l shall
never forget his keen joy the first
time he hit moving object with a
bullet. 1t was teapot thrown in
the air, l believe, and when it came
down in dust and pieces he capered
about and screamed in his delight
like an excited schoolboy.
After several afternoons at practice
Marquis Oyama and Colonel Murata
became nearly as skilful as | was.
They could hit the centre of the tar
get 80 percent Of the times tried, and
that was only 20 percent less than
my own average at that time, They
were full of confidence that they
could close the gap of difference be-
tween us in a few more afternoons
of practice in spite of the fact that
told them 20 percent of practice read
lily brought 80 percent of skill, but
that it required 800 percent OF habitua-
ton to acquire the last 10 percent OF
absolute sureness. l had expended
hundreds of thousands OF cartridges
to learn this.
But the significant features OF the
practice on this and other occasions
was that Marquis Oyama became iirm-
ly convinced that a surprisingly high
percentage in hits is possible with
strict attention to practice In snap
shooting.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
"For My Sake"

Three little words. but full Of tenderest
meaning;
Three little words the heart can scarce
1y hold;
Three little words. but on their import
dwelling,
What wealth of love their syllables I'M
fold
:" For my sake cheer the suffering, help
the needy;
On earth this was my work; I give. it
thee,
If thou wouldst follow in thy Masters
footsteps,
Take up my cross and come and learn
of me.
"'For my sake press with steadfast pa
tience onward,
Although the race be hard. the battle
long, fttre
Within my Fathers house are MANY
mansions;
There thou shalt rest and join the VIC
tors song.
"And if in coming days the world revile
thee,
If for my sake thou suffer pain and
loss,
Bear on. faint heart, thy Master went
before thee:
They only wear His crown who share
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
The Coolest Place in the World.

Werchejansk, Siberia, is consider.
ed the northern pole of cold, or place
of greatest cold in the northern hem
isphere. A temperature of Co.'S de-
grees Centrigrade below zero (the
freezing point Of water) has been
observed there, but the Russian paint.
err, Borrissow, has found a tempera-
ture of 70 degrees Centrigrade below
zero registered on minimum Their
mometer left by an Austria exploring
expedition in 1872 in the Straits OF
Matotchkin, Nova Zembla. Another
maximum thermometer registered IA
degrees above zero Centrigrade as
the highest temperature since 1872.
Apparently the place has a good title
to be regarded as the pole OF cold
London Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
MiC... FAVE SAVED IT.
a Lot Of Troubls From Too Much Starch
Food.

A little boy of eight years whose
parents did not feed him on the right
kind of food, was always nervous and
suffered from a weak condition Of the
stomach and bowels. Finally he was
taken down with appendicitis and after
the operation the doctor, knowing that
his intestinal digestion was very weak,
put him on GrapeNuts twice a day.
He rapidly recovered and about two
months thereafter, his Father states,
HE has grown to be strong, muscular,
and sleeps soundly, weighs 81 pounds,
and his whole system is in fine con.
dition of health" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
It is plain that if he had been put on
Grape-Nuts at an earlier period in his
life, and kept from the use OF foods
that he could not digest. he never
would have had appendicitis. That
disease is caused by undigested food
decaying in the stomach and bowels
causing irritation and making for the
growth Of all kinds of microbes, setting
up a diseased condition which is thu
active cause of appendicitis, and thil
is more marked with people who do no
properly digest white bread.
Grape-Nuts is made Of the selected
parts of wheat and barley End by tn,
peculiar processes OF the cooking at tn,
factory, all Of the starch is turned int,
sugar ready for immediate digestion
and the more perfect nourishment O.
all parts of the body, particularly tn
brain and nerve centres.
| Read the little book, "The Road t,
/ MELVILLE" found IN each nhG.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
A Well Deserved Tribute.

The awarding of the Grand Prize to the
WINCHESTER Repeating Arms Co., New Ha
vens Conn.,, at the st, Louis Exposition
confers upon this company the highest
mark OF distinction attained by any manu-
facturer of guns or ammunition in the
world. Although great number of med
ais were given, the only award of Grand
Prlze vas to the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co.; given as it was in competition
with the leading manufacturers of ali coun.
tries. it testifes decidedly to the superior.
lty OF Winchester rifles, shotguns and am.
munition. The success attained by the
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. at this
exposition is in line with past honors. AT
the Paris Exposition they received the
Grand Prix, and wherever exhibited have
always been given the highest possible
prizes. This latest recognition of super.
ior1ty is the natural result of thirty years
OF careful and successful endeavor in main
tanning the high quality of Winchester
rEes, shotguns and ammunition.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
A Mark Twain Anecdote,

A friend of the humorist tells a
story of the days when Mark Twain
was pilot on the Mississippi which,
it is thought, has never before been
published.
One day Mr.. Clemens missed his
boat. Instead of inventing an excuse,
he reported to his superior officer as
follows:
my boat left at 7.20. l arrived at
the wharf at 1856 and could not catch
it.'-Harper's Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
The Iona Domestic Roll.

"How long have you had your new
girl?"
(Which one? I've had four in the
last week"
Mercy! I mean the new one you
had ten days ago."
sTve had seven since then"
81 think her name was Mary"
"I've had five Marys."
Goodness! This one had freckles
and a turnup nose"
"Three of them had the same"
'I give 1t up"
give given them all ."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
LASTING RELIEF.

my nightly rest was broken, owing
to irregular action Of the kidneys. l
was suffering intensely from severe
pains in the small of my back and
through the Kidneys and annoyed by
painful passages of abnormal secre-
tions. No amount OF doctoring relieved
this condition. / took Doan's Kidney
Pills and experienced quick and lasting
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will prove
a blessing to all sufferers from kidney
disorders who will give them a fair
trial''
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price so cents per box.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
Beware of Olntnents For Cstarrh Thai
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the 6

as mercury will surely destroy the senss,oe
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering il through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable pay
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains
no mercury, and is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
ofthesystem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally, and made in Toledo, OHIO, by f.
]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipatioS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
GUARDING AGAINST 1t.

The two visiting Bostonians were
taking their first ride in the New York
subway.
One of them was carrying brown
paper parcel.
what have you there?" asked the
other.
"A small Goldfish" was the reply. Il
have heard reports that the air in here
is fetid an unwholesome. &C Chicago
Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
Why Chauffeurs Succeed.

Several ladies are making quite a
handsome income in exhibiting and
driving for well known automobile
firm. A man feels that If that slip
of a girl on the driving seat can run
him about SO easily among the traffic
without any "shaves" or mishaps, he,
In his masculine superiority, could
soon manage that particula, car
London Partner.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
Railroading in Japan.

Japan has ABS miles Of railway, OF
which 210 miles We're constructed in
1903. The number Of passengers car
ried on these railways i'll 1903 was
11O,0OO,OO0, the freight transported
was 16,122,671 metric tons and the
cash receipts amounted to about $685.
100000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
Germ Day.

The State Of Utah has established
holiday in honor of germs. 1t is
called General Health Day and is the
first Monday in October. On this day
all theatres, churches, public halls.
hotels, boarding houses, ETC., must be
thoroughly disinfected.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
Pe-ru-na Brings Speedy Relief.

Mrs. III. E. Adams, ex-President Pal
metto Club, of New Orleans, La, writes
from 10 Garfield Court, South Bend, Ind,
as follows:
"Idnt pleased to endorse PerM,.d,
as L tOOIc it about a gear ago and 1T
soon brought me retief FROM a cold
0n my lungs eUticfe threatened to be
serious.
''The lungs were sore and infamed, ]
coughed a couple of hours every night, and
| felt that something must be done before
my lungs became affected.
'Peruna was suggested by some of my
friends who had used it, and acting upon
their advice / tried it and found that it
was able to bring about speedy cure
You have my highest endorsement and
thanks for the good it did me-"
Scum ling the Praises of Peruna.
Mrs. Frances Wilson, 80 Nelson St.,
Clinton, Mass, writes:
Had you seen me at the time of my i'll
ness and now, you would not wonder that
| take delight in sounding the praises Of
Peruna
"My ailment was a severe cold which at
tackled the bronchial tubes and lungs.
81 foLIOaUed yo,,r special directions
and dftPruSiaag SIC bottles Of Perund.
N0s on my feet again. L think
I'erua,d q aCOnderJNL M ediciaee.n
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
KEEP
PERUNA
In THE
HOUSE.

the unfortunate ones. Little or no risk
need be run if Peruna is kept in the house
and at the first appearance of any symp-
tom of catarrh taken as directed on the
bottle.
Peruna is safeguard, a preventative, a
specific, cure for all cases of catarrh,
acute and chronic, coughs, colds, consump-
ton, etc.
For free medical advice, address DIR. S.
b. Hartman, President of The Hartman
Sanitarium. Columbus Ohio
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Natures great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption, anC
all throat and lung troubles. AT druggists
25c., SOC. and $100 per bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

At the government station Lulea in
Sweden experiments are being made
to secure varieties Of plants not like
ly to be injured bN frost.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

chronic ailment from which
they will never recover.
Unless you take the nee
essary precautions, the
chances are that you (who
read this1 will be one of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford'.
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by all
druggists, ST. Mail orders promptly filed
by DR.. Z. Detchon, Crawfordsville, Ind.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

To Cure . Geld in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on box. 25c.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

At smart" dinner in New York but.
ter il not served.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

Mrs. Winslew's Soothing Syrup for childrss
teethiDg. soften the gums. reduces inflamma
ton, allayS pain, cures wind collie, Acc. q bottl
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

Pisos Cure cannot be too highly spoken cl
as cough curs.-J. W. O'BH1Ex, s22 Thirt
Avenue. n, Minneapolis, MIMI, Jan. 6. 1900
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
On a Plain Subject in
Plain Language.

The coming winter will cause at least
onehalf of the women to have catarrh,
colds, coughs, pneumonia or consumption.
Thousands of women will lose their lives
and tens of thousands will acquire some
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use 81 DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer, &1trial bottloand treatise free
DR.. r. Il. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch st., Phfla., Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

All The soldiers in the army OF Argen
tina are forced 70 play football.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

Tho cost Of living has doubled in Spain
in the last few years
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

One of the new sports in England is
falconry with motor cars.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE
Body Raw With Hulnor-Caused Untold
Agony-Doctor Did No Gcod-Mother
Observation-Disclosures Cured at Once.

My child was very delicate baoy. A
terrible sore and humor broke out on his
body, looking like raw flesh, and causing
the child untold agony. My physician pre-
scribed various remedies, none of which
helped at all. | became discouraged and
took the matter into my own hands, and
tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Before
the second week had passed the soreness
was gone, not leaving a trace of anything
Mrs. Jeanette III. Block, 28l Rosedale ST..
Rochester, n. W
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

There are $4,000 hotels in the United
States.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrudfns
Piles. Druggists will refund money R Paxc
Ointment fails to cure IN 8 to Il dsve. 60c
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19
4 Ou.ranteed rr-. 70 vss,>.

Cavalry of the west coast Of Madagascar
ride oxen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-01-19

! Another club woman, Mrs.
Haule, of Edgerton, Wis.,, tells
how she was cured Of irregulari-
ties and uterine trouble, terrible
pains and backache, by the use
OF Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-A while
ago my health began to fail because Of
female troubles. The doctor did not
help me. remembered that my mother
had used Lydia II. Pfnkham'S
Vegetable Compound on many oc-
casions for irregularities and uterine
troubles, and l felt sure that it could
not harm me at any rate to give it a
trial
q was certainly glad to find that
within week l felt much better, the
terrible pains in the back and side
were beginning to cease, and at the
time of menstruation | did not have
nearly as serious time as heretofore,
SO continued its use for two months,
and at the end of that time l was like
q new woman. really have never
felt better in my life, have not had a
sick headache since, and weigh 20
pounds more than l ever did, so UNI
hesitatingly recommend your medi-
cine" Mrs. MAY HAULE, Edgerton,
Wis. Pres Household Economics Club.
5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving
0enuincnsss cannot be produced
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-12-16
Liquid that De1les Time,

The Hungarian chemist Brunn says
ne has discovered, liquid chemical
compound which renders certain kinds
OF matter proof against the effects Of
time. He asserts that it. doubles tho
density Of nearly every kind of stone
and renders it waterproof. 1t imparts
to all metals qualities which defy oxy.
gen and rust. It is also a germlcida
Of hitherto unequaled powers. The
professor says that while travelling in
Greece some twenty-five years ago ha
noticed that the mortar in stones and
ruins, which were known to be oveI
1000 years old, was rs hard, fresh and
tenacious as If it had been made only
a yer. He secured piece Of the NOR
tar and has been working on 1t ever
since until now, when, he says, he has
discovered the secret.
The compound. is a yellow liquid
which the professor has christened
Eorene. He describes the following ex
periments: A piece Of ordinary and
easily breakable Stag after immersion
in zorene defied the full blow Of
hammer. There was the same effect
on ordinary bricks and block Of red
jarrah wood. All three were then I'M
mersed In water for long time. When
taken out and weighed with delicate
scales the presence Of single particle
Of added moisture could not be de-
tected. Two pieces Of steel submitted
to an ammonia test equal to FIVE years
exposure to the air emerged from the
bath as they entered it.
An ordinary table knife which nao
lain open five months did not show tins
slightest stain. Professor Brunn, as
yerts that he will be able to make roadS
dust, germ and waterproof, thus giV'
ing a commercial value to HUNDREDS
Of millions Of tons of Stag which Is no"
useless in the mining and smelunS
districts. His discovery will at tns
very least, he says, double the lie ol
metals exposed to the air, such as LID
bridges, railroads, vessels aid tanks
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-12-16

In his address Of welcome at the one
hundred and ffty-second opening of
Columbia university, President Nicho-
las Murray Butler took occasion to
point out the forcible illustrate
now being afforded the rising genera
ton of the difference between repu-
tation and character. The American
people are receiving some painful les
sons in practical ethics, as President
Butler says, and of late we have been
watching regulations "melt away like
snow before the sum-" President But
Ter had in mind, Of course, the insur-
ance scandals. There has, indeed,
been matter brought to light to make
an honest man blush. Hamilton w.
Mabie. another American, whose pat
riotlsm and cleanliness of thought none
will deny, even though he may not
rank as f1nancier, has just returned
from Europe. Current scandals In
commercial life, he says, are the talk
Of the hour In Europe and it is a
matter Of shame to any American to
hear his countrymen referred to as
swindlers and sharpers. Mr.. Mabie
fears that our business prospects and
the respect in which our .flnanciers
have heretofore been held have been
changed. To-day in England, Ger
many and France the American, when
finance is discussed. must be prepared
to meet the faint smile and quiet sneer
Of contempt, This is a penalty we
have to pay for the wrong-doing Of the
big men Of the American money world
who have long abused confidence re-
posed in them and managed their
trusts for their own profits rather than
for the benefits of the people they rep
resented. 1t will not do, however, to
take a too hopeless view of this sit
uation. America has no monopoly of
crookedness in finance. 1t Is true that
it is hard to recall a time when in
foreign affairs SO many names of
prominence were besmirched as in the
present New York disclosures, but
England hasGhad its Hooleys Of recent
date, and as for France, 1t Is the last
one entitled to set up as critic. Prin-
cipally, however, the saving feature
Is American public opinion. No man
can for moment doubt that the peo-
pie of our country are right. If men
who have sat in high places must fall
If family names long honored must
have the stain Of thievery put on them,
II regulations must be punctured
through and through with graft and
deceit, it is better it should all come
at once. And it must be noted that
public opinion Is not in favor of spar
ing any one, but clamors rather for
full exposition of all the iniquity and
the throwing out Of the grafters and
thieves.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-12-16
JUDICIAL DECISIONS


| A street-railway company Is held, In
Moore vs.. Charlotte Electric R. L. 8
P. Co. IN. C.), CT L. R. A. 47O, not to
be liable in damages for the killing
of a dog by one of its cars, unless the
killing is done wilfully, wantonly or
recklessly.
The right of an injunction to restrain
the blowing of whistle at factory Is
denied in Reddy vs.. Edna Cotton mills
IN. c. 81 L. r. A. 9S3, where 1t Is not
clear that it amounts to nuisance,
until the fact Of a nuisance has been
established by action at law.
The right of the owner Of the fee
of country highway to remove gravel
from a gravel bed within the limits
thereof, where this causes no injury
to the highway and the gravel Is not
required for grading or improving the
same, is sustained in Glencoe vs.. Reed
(Minn.) 67 L. r. A. 901.
A municipal corporation which has
turned into a stream flowing through
it surface water falling within its
watershed, and, for the maintenance
Of the public health, has cleaned it's
bed, Is held, in A. L. Lakey Co. VS..
Kalamazoo (Mich.) 81 L. r. A. 931,
not to be liable to riparian owner for
failure to remove distractions placed
in the stream for another riparian
owner, SO that the water Is damned
back to the injury Of the former.
The suft1ciency of the evidence be-
fore grand jury to warrant an In"
dictment is held, in re Kennedy (Cal)
Ct L. R. A. 4O6, not to be subject to
inquiry upon habeas corpus proceed
ings to obtain the release Of accused
from custody consequent upon the in
dictment, although by statute the evil
dence offered before the grand jury
may be taken down and a copy of it
delivered to the accused, SO that the
proceedings before that body are no
longer incapable Of proof.
Machinery and other appliances nee
essary for the prosecution Of the work,
placed on land by a lessee under a
lease for oil and as purposes by which
it Is agreed that he shall have the
privilege at any time to remove there
from all machinery and fixtures placed
thereon, are held, In Gartlan vs.. Hick-
man wv. Va) 81 L. r. A. 694, not
to become part Of the freehold, and to
be removable by the lessee within a
reasonable time. after the forfeiture of
the lease because Of nonpayment of
the rental.
A telegraph company receiving a
message for transmission Is held in
Swan vs.. Western Union Telegraph
company &c. G. A. 7th c., 81 L. R. A.
153, to be bound to notify the sender
in case the line Is obstructed so that
the message cannot be sent within a
reasonable time, so as to give him an
opportunity to avail himself of other
modes Of conveying the desired infor-
nation to the sendee. A note to this
case discusses the question Of duty of
telegraph company to notify sender of
message If it cannot be promptly
transmitted or delivered.