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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
A VACATION THAT
PAID THIS SOY.

The boy WAS II years old.
III that he knew of life was that
there were nine months of school with
Lex OF play and no school.
'fhis vacation was to be little diff
ferent, but the boy didn't know it.
Come on, son, ! need your help"
said father one evenin. after his own
da%'s wos" was done Il want this
dirt carried up to our tldt."
The boy opened his mouth wide.
His father wanted him to carry bas-
kets of earth up three flights of steps.
There was queer feeling of resent
ment all about inside Of him.
Il can't carry dirt" he said.
Never too late to learn" said
father good naturedly Here, you
take the lighter basket
Up the stairs went the boy. The
air was close and he got hot and
breathless.
Down he came again. The dirt had
to be dug up and shoveled into the
baskets. He grew hotter and the
sweat began to trickle down his back.
THE boys are playing ball. Pm
going over" he said at last with i'm
patience. Il can't shovel dirt"
'All right, old boy" said father,
but I'm disappointed in you. had
expected to find you able to stick to
thing. I'd counted on your help.
too. But It's all right. Go ahead and
play ball"
The boy washed his hands and went
over into the next yard. 1t was the
first time he ever remembered of feel
ng uncomfortable when playing ball.
Tonight it wasn't much much fun.
Pretty soon he left the boys and
went up stairs to his mother. BY and
by he came down, rolled up his
sleeves and went at the shoveling.
His father had planned little gard
en- for the fire escape corner. It took
a lot of dirt.
The boy sweat and puFod. He
blistered his hands But he stuck.
At last the work was DONE Father
and son washed themselves and cot
ready for supper.
After supper when the father had
stretched himself out for a pleasan,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Quarantine Against Oranges.

The Journal of Pensacola
pOkeS fun at Arkansas for
placing the Tan on her historic
fruit crop and says: "A rather ?mus-
ing feature in connection with the
fever situation is the fact that the
state of Arkansas Las quarantineI
against oranges from the state of
Florida Out of the wild and woody
west the people evidently have lost
sight of the fact that oranges 30 not
grow within several hundred miles
of the infected portion of the state,
but get panicky feeling every time
the word Florida is mentioned"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Chickens for Quarantine Victims.

Chickens for Quarantine Victims.
The Lake Charles Press publishes
dispatch from Echo, Texas, which
will interest prospective invaders of
the Lone Star state. 1t is as follows:
Information reached here from very
)Celiable parties that Miss Helen Gould
has donated 10000 chickens to the
Texas quarantine stations, the chick
ems to be prorated. AS Echo is the
most prominent of the detention
camps it is thought that Echo will
set at least 5000 This comes as very
glad tidings to the denizeDs Of this
place, as the principal diet so far has
been the substantial though by no
means classic. SOW bosom.
A Mississippi paper adds that il i,
bad to publish such statement.
Fall labor is scarce enough as it is
says the Biloxi Herald. DO we wan,
the entire negro population of Mis-
sissippi moving over to Texas via
Echo?' Then why tell the world that
t,OOO chickens are to be found on The
hanks of the Sabine? It is up TO the
Southern Pacific to refuse to haul any
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
LOOKING FOR THE
EXCEPTIONAL MAN.

Progressive employers are always
woman, the one who can step out
from the crowd and do things in an
original way, who can ecenomiZe in
processes, who can facilitate business.
They are always looking for the ear
marks of leadership, of superior abil-
ity They are looking for the progress
sive employe with new ideas who
can help them to be more of sue
cess. They know very we'll that they
can get any number of automatons,
multitudes who will do a thing Just
well enough to keep their places
but they are looking for originality,
individuality, for up-to-date methods.
They want employees who can put
things through with vigor and deter
mination, without tagging, whining,
apOlOsizing, or asking questions.
Nothing can bar the advancement of
employees of this kind If by chance
someone above you is actually trying
to prevent your promotion for selfish
reasons, it ought to be very hattering
to you to know that he is trying to
keep you back, and should make you
all the more determined to get ahead
II is a pretty good indication that
there is some reason for his fear, and
that you have material in you fe'
better place. This should encourage
you to redouble your efforts to do
your work SO well, to stamp such SUI
pcriority upon everything you touch,
to acqut yourself SO much better
than the man who is trying to keep
you down,-to be so much pleasanter,
so much more of man. that it will
be only question of time when you
will get the position YOU are striving
cI. O, p.rla aCs ,"f' N
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine"
for September.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
TOO CLEVER TO WORRY.

I'VE invite our ills and are loyal
hosts when they arrive
Good will is better than rcpsin
tablets to aid digestion"
Waves of fear thought cause ori-
1emics of disease.
Anger in the soul corresponds to
the whirlwind in nature, and does
its devastation in the same way
The kernel of nervousness is sell
fishness.'
obstacles are opportunities"
''There is no fate against us but
the fate, of our weak choice"
These epigrams contain the es-
sence of the teaching of one of
the bright women of Amerca-Mrs
Vance CLANCY.
Another fad?
Let us see. This woman being
asked at the close of one of her lee
lures, "Do you ever worry?" replied,
mo, am too clever" Which was not
only clever answer, but a practical
point of view.
Mrs. CLANCY knows that worry,
over-exertion, fear, etc. influence not
only the mind, but also the body No
fact is better established by expert
ment than that agitation, tcntiOn, an
ser, etc, actually changes the
structure of the body, affects it's
weight, temperature, etc, and its ca
pacity to resist. In multitude of
cases disease is mentally produced
The people ought to know these
fact so we'll known to students of
the mind.
And especially should they know
how TO avoid worry and fear and
anger in their effects.
In single word, the first great
remedy is Relaxation. At some hour
during each day unstring the bow
Strings. Relax both body and mind
Give the muscles and nerves com
plete rest. Then relax the mind. Drop
every care for few miutes. Stop try
ing to do. Content yourself to be.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
THIRTEEN

Then practice deep breathing. Anv-
bodys method will do. provided II
nils every lung cell and sends the
d.aphram as far down as it will 90
There is nothing new in all this
And there is nothing fancifnl about II
Il is simply being "clever" enough To
take care Of yourself.
If Mrs. Chaney's simple philosophy
were followed by moro people thore
would be less disease and misery and
crime and more happiness in the
world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08

hour with his newspaper the boy
came to him.
i guess, father" he said with an
air half ashamed and yet of new man
liness, Il guess it was good thing
for me to do something that didn't
want to do"
Father held out his hand. The boy
erasped it in strong grip.
I'm mighty glad | stuck, father"
said the boy.
Good for you. old chap said the
father.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Rather Have Two Fevers Than One
Quarantine.

Farmerville, La, has not lost it's
courage or cheer because of the fc-
YER and Mayor Clifton Matthews of
that city in writing to business man
in New Orleans says:
"We have established no quaran
tine against freight or passengers.
either, for that matter. We have very
few mosquitoes here and are willing
to take our chances with as much
freight as we can pay for. We are
heartily in favor of national quaran.
tine of ports of entry and are praying
to see the present system forever
abolished We would prefer two cpl
denies of yellow fever to one of quar-
antiDe."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
"Steuomyia' and "Fcci."

The Athens, Ga. Banner
says: Between 'Stesomyia Fas-
ciata' and foci' the average
reader has been non plussed from the
beginning of the yellow fever. Why
not call one a plain old yellow fever
mosquito and 1he other d CENTER
ments the Waco Times Herald, "but
how about the doctors? Haven't they
already changed plain old stomach
ache to appendicitis?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
body at all unless he or she is found
carrying his or her own chickens"
The Colored Brother and "Sub Foci.'

''N SS'S'SA ~ ION'ICt dIu ouU OCls
A New Orleans drummer tells 4
sCod story upon the yellow fever stu
alton as it is understood by the ne
SrOes, says the Shreveport Journal.
A few days ago he happened to over
near d conversation between two
country darlties who appeared to be
deeply interested in the matter. u
tell'n yo, hit des dis erbout dish year
yaller fever business en- do mus-keet-
res said the elder of the two. Mus
skeeters am mighty bad 'nff, but eff
ore er dem foci bites yo, yo' sho
Swine ter be sick, but eff one er dem
ar sub-foci bites yo', hits goodbye.
yo'. boun' ter die jes' sho's yo' heah
me talkin'."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Calls for Coffee and Pistols.

The PaScagOu1a CHRONICLE IN
the course of an argument
on a local quarantine issue
calls the Lucedale Plaindealer lit
tie hebdominal.' says the Biloxi
cut the rusty swords or the 'jeweling'
PISTOLS" continues the Heral, "We
serve notice in advance that any one
calling the Biloxi Daily Herald by
that name will have his veraci'y Gucs-
toned. We can stand being called
a foci Or stegomyia fasciata and still
smile, but to be called a 'hebdcm'
exceeds even our elastic humility"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08

just accepted by the marine hospital
service. is highly explosive. and only
skilled employees are allowed 10 handle
it. Hereafter bomb throwers VIII
have plausible defence that they
are trying to kill mosquitoes. Or
in other words, adds the Baton Rouge
Times. Committing culicide
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Excepts Coal Oil and Money.

Mayor w. N. Noah of
koseiusko, Miss, is a humor-
ist and in recent letter slightly sat
irizes the question of freight auara-
tine: I'VE have quaratine On freight
and express from infected points,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08

leans Times-Demozra remarks. we
81 uld - thankfGi ceel fo's his iavor,
icr e,ilen j. Nosci as g na!.as ro dis
finctloE between Rockefeller : coal
oil and tainted money and has no re
lisious scruples about receiving eth
er.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08

L'lmberton, Miss. is a thriving little
town in the timber belt whose citi-
Zens evidently are wide awake and
progressive. few weeks ago fever
developed there, but was stamped out
in short order. In telling of it Mayor
A. S. Hinton writes Our people
were quick to accept the mosquito
theory and when. short time ago.
it was decided that case of yellow
fever existed in our town the only
weapon we used to stamp out the dis
ease was the determination of the
mosquito. The fact that no other
case developed demonstrates to us
that the mosquito theory is correct
and that we went at it in the right
way
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
Lumberton's intelligent Example.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08

No slave is more securely bound
than he who thinks he is free to serve
himself alone
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Gen. Booth Back in England.

London.-Gen Booth, Of the Saliva.
ton Army, returned to England from
his trip to Australia. He is in excel.
lent health. Gen. Booth will start on
a 1000 mile motor tour.
Gen. Booth was enthusiastic over
the results Of his fve-months trip in
the Antipodes. He expressed himself
as profoundly impressed with the pos
sibilities Of Australia's future. Aus
tralia's vital need, he said, was more
population and he was prepared to
promote his schemes of immigration
on greater scale than ever before.
Twenty thousand acres of land in
Western Australia were given him to
do with as he pleased.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Meridian in q Panic.

Meridian, Mics. The city board
this morning on recommendations Of
the local board Of health frightened
the quarantine line materially against
infected points and adopted more
stringent precautions locally. No
travellers will be permitted to enter
the city without health certificate
and no freight from any infected
point will be permitted to be opened
unless thoroughly screened and pre-
vlously fumigated.
A curfew ordinance requiring all
places OF business except drug stores,
hotels and restaurants to be closed at
Q 9 clock and all persons on the streets
alter 8 pm. who cannot give a salts
factory reason for being out will be
subject to arrest. All meetings of
Whatever kind, are prohibited and
four additional mounted policemen
were provided to see to the enforce
ment of these ordinances.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Arrests Anticipated.

New York.-Arrests are anticipated
here within short time as the reuslt
Of the seizure of cheap stogies report
ed from ST. Louis. The consignment
taken by the government agents num-
Der $4,000 and bore internal revenue
stamps which are alleged to have been
used once and from which the cancel
lation marks had been washed with
acid. An investigation has been in
progress several months among the
manufacturers in Hester and Mulber-
ry streets and Internal Revenue Col
lector Anderson, negro recently ap-
pointed for the southern district of
New York, was much concerned yes
terday over charge that the illegal
shipments may have been made pos
sible by collision with one or more of
his deputies. He was unwilling to be-
lieve such a charge well founded.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Woman Murdered.

Guthrie, Ky.-The dead body Of
Mrs. Percy B. Luster, wife Of the
manager of the telephone company
here, was found in her home today
with bullet wound in her side. Her
husband is missing and every effort
IS being made to locate him. Mr.. and
Mrs. Luster had lived here for the
past eight or ten years and were prom
inent socially. Mrs. Luster was the
niece Of Leland Hume, Of Nashville,
secretary and assistant general mana
ger of the Cumberland Telephone
Company, and daughter Of one OF
the most prominent trunk manufac-
turers in Nashville. She was about As
years of age, and her husband was
several years her senior.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Vidalia Retaliates.

Natchez-V idalia, La, small town
across the Mississippi river from this
city, has adopted quarantine against
Natchez as retaliatory measure for
the local enforcement Of the quaran-
tine established by the state board Of
health against Louisiana. Vidalia de-
sired that Natchez preserve an open
door and when the local authorities
announced that this was against the
state board s regulations, the Louis
lana town closed its doors against
Natchez. The Vidalia postmaster
sends to Natchez twice daily for the
mails but will not allow the railway
mail clerk running out Of this city to
carry registered mail. The local de-
tention station has been equipped with
twents tents to accommodate sixty per-
sons and an emergency hospital.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Have Declined.
reau.

Advices from north Mississippi to
the Department of Education state
that number of local depositors for
uniform textbooks to be used in the
public schools of the State have de-
clined, stating that the terms are toc
low. M. L. Shannon, named as uni
form school-book depositor for Ponto-
toe, authorizes the statement that he
cannot possibly handle the school
books on the terms offered by the
State Deposition, as the business would
be handled at a loss rather than a
profit. Reports from Blue Mountain
state that none Of the depositors
named In Tippah County accepted the
repositories, and that surrounding
counties take the same view of the
matter. 1t is said that some dealers
are figuring on securing secondhand
books to meet the specifications Of the
Uniform Text Book Commission.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Haynes Out of Equitable.

New York.-Paul Morton, presi
dent Of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, notified Archibald C. Haynes
a leading general agent of the Equit
able society in New York, that Mr.
Haynes contract with the Equitable
was terminated. At recent meeting
OF his sub-agents Mr.. Haynes recon-
mended that on account Of recen'
troubles in the Assurance society
which had reduced the profits Of the
agents they be put on salary until
such time as the Equitable could re-
sumo its formed relations with agents
This recommendation was not agreed
to. Mr.. Haynes rendered his resigna-
ton some time ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Zionist Rioting,

Basic, Switzerland. The reports
that rioting occurred at a session of
the Zionist Congress are incorrect
This morning however, while the del
egates were arriving in the hall con-
siderable scuf1ing occurred in the hall
ways and stairways Of the Casino
This caused scene of angry gesticu-
lation and shouting. Blows were ex-
changed, and the police interviewed
and cleared the stairways of the dis
orderly element. The congress held
a lively session over the special order
of the day for the establishment of a
Zionist colony in East Africa, and
President Nordau closed the session
amid scene Of general agitation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
33 Per Cent. Failed.

After long and tedious session the
State Board of Examiners has finished
grading the papers Of the teachers
who stood an examination for a State
license at the normals recently held
in the State. The number of appli-
cants at the different normals for
State license was 500, and about 5000
papers were presented to the State
Board to grade. Thirty-two per cent
failed to pass, the percentage being
larger than usual on account Of the
examination being more rigid. The
following is the percentages of the
failures at the different normals; Gin
ton so, Columbus 25, Oxford 90
Starkville 33. The licenses for those
who passed are now being sent out
flom the Department Of Education.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Operations on Island.

Toxic. -Luikoff, a Sagalien Island,
on which point the Russians retreated
is some thirty miles southeast Of Alex
androvsk, beyond a range Of hills sep
arating the Alexandrovsk district
from the plain. Here the Russians
are completely isolated, owing to lack
Of roads. It is impossible for them to
make long stand, and it is expected
that they will soon be subdued. A
victory over them will make the Jap
anese virtual masters Of the whole is
land. There is great rejoicing in To-
kio over the success Of the Sagha-
lien expedition, and the landing at
Krestkamp lighthouse is regarded as
the first entry Of the japanese army
into Russian territory proper.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
August Weather.

The Following data covering pc
Rod OF seventeen years have been
compiled from the Weather Bureau
records at sixty-six observation sta
lions in Mississippi. They are issued
to show the conditions that have pre-
vailed in the state during August for
the above period of years, but must
not be construed as a forecast of
weather conditions for the mon.b.
Temperature Tin degrees) Mean or
normal temperature, so. The warmest
month was that of 1902, with an av-
erage Of SO. The coolest month was
that of 1889, with an average of rs.
Some OF the highest temperatures re-
corded were as follows: LOG at Canton
and lO7 at Pittsboro in 1902. Some
OF the lowest temperatures recorded
were as follows: 40 at Corinth, Kos
clusko and Pontotoc in 1891. Pre-
clpitation. Average for the month,
4.44 inches. Average number of days
with DOL inch or more s. The great
est average monthly precipitation was
S.25 inches in 1883. The least aver
age monthly precipitation was PIP
inches in 1891. Some Of the greatest
monthly amounts of precipitation re-
corded were as follows: 1908 inches
at Biloxi and AL inches at Holly
Springs in 1873. Some Of the least
monthly amounts Of precipitation re-
corded were as follows: OLE inch at
Vicksburg and 0.40 inch at Edwards
in 1900. Clouds and Weather. Az
erage number Of clear days, Is; part
ly cloudy days, 10; and cloudy days
6. Wind. The prevailing winds have
been from the south.
w. S. Relden,
Section Director, U. S. Weather Bu-
reau.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
THE BOYCOTT
GOES TO EXTREME
COOLIES URGED TO REFUSE AS.
SISTANCE.
EXTENDS TO SHIPPING
AL listing Contracts are Being Full
filed But Natives Refuse to Enter
Into New ones-Not Felt BY Lead
ing Firms.

Shanghai. - The boycott against
trade threatens to extend to shipping.
Coolies are being urged not to assist
in loading or discharging cargoes on
American ships. A general anti-for-
eign feeling similar to that which is
being displayed against the Americans
is growing. 1t is shown by the OPPOSE
ton to the various railway concessions
involving British, Belgian and Ger
man capital.
The boycott committee has forbid
den Chinese to work on new building
that the Standard Oil Company is
building at Canton. The work is con-
sequently at standstlll. A Shanghai
correspondence says that the boycott
OF American imports initiated doub5-
less by students educated in Europe,
Japan or America, has assumed proper
tons which it would be impossible to
ignore. The unanimity with which To-
cal native guilds, including the i'm
portant guild Cantonese, merchants
are enabled to pass resolutions under
taking not to purchase American pro-
ducts is most striking.
The consular protest is treated with
ridicule by the tatoi, who confesses
himself powerless to curb the free ac-
ton of the Chinese merchants. A
genuine indication of the growth Of
native public opinion is shown by tele-
grams indicating a readiness to CO.
operate In the movement which have
been interchanged between Nankin,
Hangow, Canton, Ching-tu and other
places.
The effect Of the boycott is not be-
ing felt by the leading American
firms, banks and insurance agencies,
which regard the business instincts of
the Chinese as dominating their new
born patriotism.
"A significant feature of the boycott
is that it is confined to a refusal to
make fresh contracts. Existing con-
tracts are being fulfilled, while the ex-
tensive forward business done during
the last few months renders new pur-
chases Of imports unlikely.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Comment at Mexico City.

Mexico City, July 30.-Dr. Ed
wardo Liceaga, President of the SUI
perior Board of Health, expressed
pleasure at learning that DR.. Walter
Wyman, Chief Surgeon of the United
States Public Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, had gone to New Or
leans, and says that DR.. Wyman is
well able to direct the quarantine SER
vice of the American Unica.
DR.. Wyman is believer in the theory
that yellow fever is spread by mos
quitoes, and says that in fighting
this disease only those physicians who
hold such theory should be placed in
charge, as in this way only can the
disease be stamped out.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Encampment Postponed.

Owing to the existence of yellow
fever in New Orleans and the posi-
bility of the spread of the disease to
this state, the commanding officer of
the Mississippi National Guard is d.
rected to give notice to the command
of the probability of the postpone
ment of the Annual Encampment or
dered at Camp B. F. Ward, Gulfport,
Mississippi, August End, 1905. He
will direct the continued preparation
for the Encampment and will be Huly
advised of such change in the date as
the development of conditions makes
necessary. By order Of the Governor
Arthur Fridge, Adjt. Gen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-03
Plot Against the Sultan,

Bucharest, Roumania. A plot
against the life Of the Sultan Of Turk
ey has been discovered by the au-
thorities at Kustenji. A search Of
houses occupied by Turks disclosed
large quantities Of revolvers, rifles
cartridges and comprising documents
The Rnumanian officials subsequently
discovered cases Of rifles hidden in
the hold Of Turkish steamer now at
Kustenji.