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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
self-Reliance a Good Teacher.

We often find that boys who have
educated themselves in the country.
almost without schooling or teachers.
make the most vigorous thinkers.
They may not be quite as polished or
cultivated, in some ways, but they
have something better than polish,
and that is mental vigor, originality
of method, and independence. They
do not lean upon their schooling, or
depend upon their diplomas; neces-
sity has been their teacher, and they
have been forced to act for them
selves and be practical; they know
little of theories, but they know what
will work. They have gained power
by solving their own problems. Such
self-educated, self-made men carry
weight in their communities because
they are men of power and think Wig
orously and strongly; they have
learned to concentrate the mind.
Self-help is the only help that will
make strong, vigorous lives. Self-re-
lance is a great educator and early
poverty is a good teacher. Necessity
has ever been the priceless spur
which has called man out of himself
and spurred him on to his goal.
Grit is more than match for al
most any handicap. It overcomes OBJ
stacles and abolishes difficulties. 1t
is the man who makes an opportunity
and does not wait for 1.-THE man who
helps himself and does not wait to be
helped-that makes the strong think.
er and vigorous operator.
It is he who dares to be himself and
to work by his own program, without
initiating others, who wins. Montreal
Herald
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

The face of the clock as it stands
should be cut out and mounted on stiff
board, and, however the hands are ar
ranged, they, too, should be most care
fully cut out and stiffened so that
when pinned to the center of the clock
they will turn very easily. Just a
snap OF the finger should spin them
around the dial.
The clock marks minutes, hours and
seconds, have been most carefully
drawn out, and when the two hands
come to q standstill the players will be
able to see just the time they show.
The position Of the hands always re-
naming the same distance apart will,
of course, simplify the count, and it
will not be found difficult to tell at a
glance the hour, minute and second
Two or even four, can play the
game. There are twenty four hours IN
one day, and the score must reach
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
COMPANION Left to Die.

There was curious incident near
Harding, Transvaal Colony, recently.
A native was riding along pathway
at sunrise when he saw the head and
arms of a man sticking out of the
ground, the arms waving wildly in sig
nal of distress. The fellow was i'm
prisoned in an ant-bear hole and was
half dead. When he was resuscitated
he told how he had been coming back
on foot from johannesburg with some
friends when he was taken i'll. His
friends thought he was going to die
and stuck him in the ant-bear hole and
deserted him. When he recovered he
prosecuted his friends and they went
to prison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

pennies, do you ask? Taking care OF
things means not wasting them heed
lessly. Pennies in our pockets often
need taking care Of when we are pass
ing slot machines and candy shops.
They have fashion of dropping into
these places where they bring us little
or no return. Waste produces want
and misery, whereas thoughtful econo-
my creates good habits. Habits grow
into character and good principles and
good habits are indeed fortune in a
mental and moral as well as in a
financial way. When we learn to
deny ourselves foolish indulgences so
that we may save money and time for
some good use, we feel satisfaction
and self-responsibility that gives life
an added joy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
A Chinese DAINTY.

Soles of pigeons feet as table del
icacy recalls to ones mind the tabled
fricassee Of humming birds tongues
of a Roman emperor. The soles OF
pigeons feet formed part of a menu
of seventy courses given-in happier
days than the presently a million.
aire of Pekin to a number of British
merchants.
The feast lasted for three hours and
among the many choice viands set be-
fore the guests were the following:
Birds nest soup, shark fins, smoked
duck, picked chicken, ham in honey,
fish with fir-cones and sweet pickle,
the stomachs of fat fish, whale sinews.
soles of pigeons feet, lotus-seed soup,
and prune juice and almonds With
bean curd.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
FiIiaI Sorrow.

"The late William M. Evarts used to
tell good story about himself. While
he was in the United States senate his
wife and children were in their noun
tain home in Vermont. One of the
latter was looking out Of the window,
thinking of her father, and wishing
that she could see him, when a
donkey in contiguous pasture came
to the fence, poked his head over the
top rail. and brayed most dolefully.
The child wiped few lonesome tears
from her eyes and then called to the
donkey: Never mind! Don't be lone.
some, for papa will be home Saturday
evening. Philadelphia Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

spider can be of any size, according
to that of the cork used for it's body.
For it's legs use wooden toothpicks.
Stick two into each end of the cork.
and then bend them in the middle
until they crack, but do not break
through on both sides. They will bend
and form your spiders jointed legs.
Place your spider on the table get
some water in a teaspoon and shake
a drop carefully on each leg at the
joint. The legs will immediately be-
gin to move, and appear quite lifelike.
Of course it will not run across the
table like a real spider would do. but
If the toothpicks are of tough wood.
and the top of the table smooth, it will
wriggle good deal and astonish every
one who sees the trick for the first
time.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
ABILITY lof Insects.

There was a certain little fly that
was observed to run three inches and
make, in doing it, 440 steps-all in
one-half second of time. To equal
this in proportion to his size a man
would have to run at the rate OF
twenty miles minute.
The common flea leaps 200 times
its own length. To show like agility
a man six feet tail would have to lean
a distance OF 1,2O0 feet. The cheese
mite is about one-quarter of an inch
In length, yet it has been seen to
take the tip of it's tail in it's mouth
nd then, letting go with a jerk. to
leap out of vessel six inches in
depth. To equal this a man would
have to jump out of a well from a
depth of IA feet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
MIR. William Bullion.


Ere Bullion struck 1t rich he atc
Potatoes with his knife;
but he's been cured of that of late,
- His daughters and his wife
Have taught him how. God bless theh
souls,
To handle forks and finger bowls
And fold his napkin up:
Ills chewing doesn't make one think
VI pigs IN troughs, and he can drink
Ills coffee from the cup.
Since Bullion struck it he has learned
10 wear swallow tall
And seem at ease and unconcerned.
And he can glibly hail
Ills Wife In French; she halls him, too.
In what is known as "parley voo,"
For they. have not sat down
Content with vulgar luxury,
VI satisfied to merely be
The richest folks in town.
SINCE he has millions Bullion wears
Side. whiskers-English cut
They lend him dignity, and there's
Pride in his splendid strut;
put when the butler grave and tall
steps forward in the spacious hall
:, And holds his "topcoat," Bullion still
says THANK you, SIR, and backs away
AS much the parvenu to-day
AS When men called him "Bil.'
IS. e. Kisei.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
$4,000 For a Name.

Through the death of Mrs. Anna F..
Cushman at Salem, Mass, an odd be-
quest in the will of her husband, the
late Henry w. Cushman, Lieutenant
Governor Of Massachusetts, under
Gov. George S. Boutwell,, becomes OPP
erative.
Mr.. Cushman left the sum of $10,-
900 to his widow for life and ordered
that upon her death the money was
to be paid over to the first town in
Massachusetts that dropped its own
corporate name and adopted that OF
Cushman. Already two towns have
been mentioned as being likely to
make a bid for the. money, for such
sum does not hang on every bush
even in Massachusetts,.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

cannon or a peanut, kill man or
brush off a fly. It is as good as a
hand with all it$ fingers, to supply
the elephant with food, and, being hol-
low, is used as a suction of a force
pump. It's length serves it's owner
better than a long neck, which could
not carry the heavy head, nor be stiff
enough to make the sharp tusks of
any value in defense. No other ami
NAL has single member or organ so
perfect and SO useful as this.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Mr.. Porcupine Quilts.

It used to be said that the porcupine,
when attacked, shot it's quilts at it's
assailants. The motion is, of course,
absurd. For if the animal shot it's
quilts away at enemy No. /, what was
it to do when enemy No. 2 came
along? The quilts drop out easily,
and are shed periodically, and this
may have given rise to the popular
delusion. But they are useful for at
tack or defense, all the same. By
drawing it's skin together the quilts
are raised, and a very nasty barrier
a foe finds them. The porcupine does
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
The SIMPLE LIFE
Ways That Are Pleasant aud Paths Tha,
Are Peace.

1t is the simple life that gives length
of days. serenity of mind and body and
tranquility Of SOUL
Simple hopes and ambitions. bounded
by the desire to do good to ones neigh
bors, simple pleasures, habits, food and
drink
Men die long before their time be-
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experiences-they climb too high
and fall too hard A wise woman
writes Of the good that simple diet
has done her:
Il have been using Grape-Nuts for
about six months. l began rather
sparingly, until acquired such lik-
ing for it that for the last three months
/ have depended upon it almost en-
tirely for my diet, eating nothing else
whatever but Grape-Nuts for break
fast and supper, and / believe l could
eat 1t for dinner with fruit and be sat
isfied without other food, and feel
much better and have more strength to
do my housework.
when l began the use of Grape
Nuts I was thin and weak, my muscles
were so soft that l was not able to do
any work. ! weighed only los pounds.
Nothing that I ate did me any good.
was going down hill rapidly. was ner-
vous and miserable, with no ambition
for anything. My condition improved
rapidly after I began to eat Grape
Nuts food. 1t made me feel like new
woman; my muscles got solid, my
figure rounded out, my weight in
creased to 126 pounds in a few weeks.
my nerves grew steady and my mind
better and clearer. Ny friends tell me
they haven't seen me look SO well for
years.
II consider Grape-Nuts the best food
on the market. and shall never go back
to meats and white bread again."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason.
Look in each pkg for the little book,
The Road to Wellyille."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
UNWoRKED FIELDS OF WEALTH.
This Esrth's Store of Riches Still
Intact in Fabulous Quantities


Intact in Fabulous Quantities.
In spite of the enormous inroads
made on this earths great store OF
wealth, diamonds, gold, oil, gas, coal,
iron and other materials, recent in
vestigations have brought to light the
interesting fact that treasure fields
containing fabulous wealth still re-
main intact
Investigations have proved, for in
stance, that huge areas of the floor
OF the pacific are strewn thick with
Immense deposits of nodules OF pure
manganese. Invent practical and
economical method of recovering it
and the individual who does so will
at once become rich beyond the
dreams of avarice.
The most crying need to-day is a
substitute for Para rubber. 1t is GER
tain to be discovered sooner or later.
Celluloid and oxidized linseed oil are
useful for some purposes for which
rubber is used, for cycle and automo-
bile tires real rubber is the only mate
rial with the necessary elasticity. The
inventor of substitute would soon
become millionaire.
Malleable glass was manufactured
and used by the Romans nearly 1000
years ago. But the secret has been
lost. 1t seems odd that no one in
this age OF mechanical progress has
been able to discover the method or
manufacturing a tough and unbreak-
able glass. Whoever succeeds in do
ing SO and nI4-.-ing the discovery eco
nomically useful will reap a great re-
ward.
Real photography in colors is still
an open field and offers boundless
opportunities for the inventor. In
smaller matters, too, the list of wants
nnsupplied is endless. jewelers., for
Instance, are still quite without any
safe method Of fixing pearls on jew
elry, such as rings, where the gems
are mounted without a surrounding
setting.-London Chronicle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Made Good After Many Years.

A gentleman occupying a prominent
position in one of the banks at Ma.
van, Scotland, has been the recipient
of G100 in romantic manner. About
twenty years ago, when cashier in a
bank in Loughrea, he missed E1OO.
which evidently had been given to
some person in error. He made good
the money and in course of time was
transferred to various branches in pro.
motion. A few mornings ago he re.
ceived letter, forwarded to him from
his old lodgings in Loughrea, contain.
ing two 80 notes, with an anony.
nous communication stating that the
addressee had paid the money out in
error some twenty years ago, and ex.
pressing the hope that the restoration
OF the money had lot come too late.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
An Office Idyl.

Sing song of shorthand,
A notebook full of "pi'':
Four and twenty letters
To be written by and by.
When the Girl is ready
And the keys begin to sing,
What pretty pile of work
She to the Man will bring.
The Man is in his sanctum,
Trying to make money;
Talking to a customer
In tones as sweet as honey.
The Boy? All, he's a pirate,
Out on the stormy sea,
The Girl is busy with her work,
AS happy as can be.
Alas for life's swift changes!
The Man no sale could make,
His heart is very heavy
And his looks would make You quake
The Boy has hid the story
On which he fondly dotes,
The Girl is on the verge of tears
She cannot read her notes.
&C. O. L. in Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Too Manv to Remember.

A gentleman about to move out OF
the city and wishing information in
regard to help called on friend and
said:
You've been living In the suburbs
so long suppose you've had consider.
able experience with servant girls?'
We'll, yes, replied the other. TITS
got SO that when my wife is interview.
ing an applicant now she always be
gins by asking: Were you ever EN-
ployed by me before? # so, when and
Tor how long Philadelphia Ledger
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

Governor Sparks, OF Nevada 80
some other wealthy men intend -
establish an oasis in Death vallav
seventy-fve miles south of Goldf1eld
for the benefit Of travellers. Arteslar :,
wells will transform 1t and 1t IL =
be stocked with game.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Three Gifts


There Is night which children love,
A time of fadeless youth,
time when tenderest Legendary
Entwines with hottest truth.
y happy night! o holy night!
Stiil shines thy radiant star
On shepherds watching in the fields,
Ger wise men journeying far.
Tnere Is a tree the children love
whose flowers are all of light,
whose fruitage is a shower of gifts
VI wonder and delight
Beneath the branches of that tree
care flies and pain is mute,
ana hands long sundered meet again
When gathering its fruit
There is Child the children love,
Couched on His mothers knee,
On Him the happy star doth shine,
And on the Christmas tree.
out from those babv hands of His,
Like rose leaves softly curled,
NAN AT. come that happy, holy thing,
The Christmas of the world.
'f lorence Evelyn Pratt, in Harper's Ba-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Elephants Trunk a Marvel.

Naturalists consider the elephants
trunk the most marvellous miracle of
nature, 1t contains over 1000 mus
cles, which is great many more than
are found in the entire human body.
BY aid of these muscles the trunk will
uproot trees or gather grass, lift a
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Discoveries in Murderer's Den.

A remarkable discovery has lately
been made at Logic House, a large
rambling building on the outskirts OF
Dundee, Scotland. The house, which
had been unoccupied for fifteen years,
at one time belonged to the notorious
Laird Of Logic, whose inhuman i'm
prisonment of the BLACK Lady of
Logic" his Indian bride, eventually
brought about the torturing to death
of the laird in India. From the discov-
cry made recently it is believed that
other crimes were committed at Logic
House. On lifting large fagstone a
secret furnace was discovered in
which was a mysterious looking pow
der, believed to be the remains Of ere.
mated bodies.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Get the SAVING Habit.

Take care OF the pennies and the
dollars will take care of themselves,
and Good principles and good habits
are in themselves a fortune" are good
maxims.
And how can ". take care Of the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Bloodhound SOUGHT Lost Miner

A bloodhound has been put to new
use. The other day it was set in
search Of missing workman ina coal
mine. This occurred at the alisdom-
sley colliery, near Newcastle Tyne,
England. where master shipper has
been missing in the underground
workings for week. For five hours
the dog followed the devious passages
Of the mine, but it was found that,
owing to the footsteps Of searchers
who had previously been over the
ground. the doc was completely at
fault, and the search was abandoned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Spider from Cork.

Thls funny spider will walk all over
your table, but you could not possibly
induce it to spin a web. It's a pretty
queer spider, isn't it, that cannot spin
a web? This one is made of cork,
which explains the reason why. Your
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

One of the latest ideas to be pro
pounded and which will be brougbt
forward at future international pdst.
age congress, is suggestion for an in,
ternational stamp.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23
Riddles.

Who is it that can marry, yet live
single? A clergyman.
Why did the lobster blush? Because
he saw the salad dressing.
Why is chldroform like Mendels-
sohn? BecauseFit is a great composer.
WHY is roast veal like the letter
"f?" Because ii is the end of calf"
What is it that is bought by the yard
and worn by thf foot! A carpet.
On which trhe has fire no effect?
The ash, because even II burned 1t is
lash" still.
If ladies were cast adrift ON the sea
where would they steer for? The Isle
of Man.
When does a son not take after his
father? When his father leaves him
nothing to take.
Why should a bee know how to
make itself comfortable? Because it is
two-thirds made from ease (e's).
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

not believe in front attacks. 1t charges
either sideways or backwards, wheel
ing round rapidly, so as always TO
have his back to the enemy. The
ouills. prettily marked with black and
white rings, are much used as pen
holders, and very light they are, too.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-23

Two or Four can
play this game,
and they Will
find it1ively and
6Rtexe$tjng.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-08-11
BREWERY PETITION
IS MUCH IN DOUBT

Des Moines, August 10.-While
neither the brewery promoters nor
the temperance people are making
any claims regarding the success or
failure of the movement, to estab.
lish a brewery in Des Moines, there
is much to indicate that the project
is not succeeding. The sentiment
against it appears to be too strong
to give assurance of financial sue
cess.
After some ten days of soliciting
for signers there seems to be some
thing of letting up on the part OF
the promoters and less aggressive
ness and enthusiasm is shown than
at the start The Offices which the
promoters opened in the Iowa Loan
and Trust building have not been
required to transact the business as
was anticipated and they are not be-
ing used. For the past few days only
the best solicitors have been out with
the petitions. In the places where
it was expected the most signers
might be secured, inquiry has devel-
oped the fact that fewer men signed
than the brewery forces had counted
on. Representatives of outside
breweries seem opposed to the Des
Moines institution, and while not
actively working against it are not
working for it in any instance. AS a
result there is little for the promoters
to depend upon.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-08-11
BARY'S INSTINCT
Shows He Knew What Food to Stick

Forwarding a photo of splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy, a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town: 49,. ..2.
"The enclosed picture shows my A.
year-old Grape-Nuts boy.
"Since he was 2 years old he has
eaten nothing but Grape-Nuts. He
demands and gets this food three
times day. This may seem rather
unusual, but he does not care for any
thing else after he has eaten his
Grape-Nuts, which he uses with milk
or cream, and then he Is through with
his meal. Even on Thanksgiving day
he refused turkey and all the good
things that make up that great din.
ner, and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts
and cream with the best results and
none Of the evils that the other fool.
ish members Of the family expert.
enced.
He Is never sick, has beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome boy. May the Postum Com
pany prosper, and long continue to fur
nish their wholesome food!" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book, THE Road to Wellville," in ev.
cry pkg.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-08-11
Sound as a Dollar.

Monticello, Mimi, Aug. 7th-Mr. J.
w. Moore of this place stands as lv-
ing proof of the fact that Bright's Dis
ease, even in the last stages, may be
perfectly and permanently cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. H..
Mr.. Moore says: I'm 1898 three
reputable physicians after careful
examination told me that would die
with Rright's Disease inside of year.
My feet and ankles and legs were
badly swollen; l could hardly stand
on my feet and had given up all hopes
of getting cured when travelling
salesman told me that he himself had
been cured of Bright's Disease two
years before. ..,.-.. -..
He said he had taken to his bed
and expected to die with it, but that
he had been cured by remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Il commenced taking them at once
and | am thankful to say that they
saved my life. After a short treat
ment I was completely restored to
good health and am now as sound as
a dollar"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-08-11

The late John w. Mackay was at
tending to business at the great Com
stock Nine one day when party of
tourists approached and asked if he
knew of a guide who would take
them around. Mackay offered to es-
cort them, and did so, explaining the
whole mystery of gold and silver
quartz mining. When they emerged
the visitors dubbed together and
made up small sum for the guide.
Among them was Andrew D. White,
recently ambassador to Germany, and
at that time president of Cornell
University. Here. my man. take
this" he said; your explanation of
the workings of the mine has been
singularly clear and informing"
well, it ought to be-" replied the
guide, as he slipped the half dollar
in his overalls pocket; 81 dug 'em
and l own EN-"