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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
MONKEYS NOT TO BE DECEIVED.
lnfallibIe in Their Detection Of Coun.
terfeit Coin

lnfallibIe in Their Detection of Coun.
terfeit Coin.
In Siam apes are now employed as
cashiers. A year or two ago much
base coin was circulated by a CLIQUE
OF coiners, and the tradesmen found
that it was very difficult matter to
discriminate between good and bad
money.
One large store kept pet monkey,
and one morning he was seen to take
coin from the cashiers desk and
put it between his teeth After biting
it for some moments he threw it on
the floor with solemn grimace of dis
satisfaction
The proprietor of the store then
handed the monkey another coin, and
after testing it with great deliberation
he laid it on the cashiers desk. APP
parently the creature could tell coun-
terfeit coin. from a good one, and in
order to ascertain whether other
monkeys had the same extraordinary
gift. couple of apes belonging to
zoo were given the test, with satisfac-,
tory results
From that day the majority of the
business houses in Siam have kept
monkeys as cashiers, and the gifted
creatures have developed the faculty
Of discrimination between good and
bad coin to such perfection that no
huban being can compete with them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
What's in a Name?

At Montreal the advertising manag.
er of the Canadian Pacific is a man
named Ham, and the city ticket Of.
fee is in charge Of man named Egg,
says an, exchange. The two are fast
friends, and If both happen to be out
of town at once inquiries for Ham and
Eggs are frequent. By coincidence
both report to an official whose name
is Bacon, whose chief clerk is named
Brown. Recently Ham and Egg were
both in Bacon's Office The telephone
rang and Brown answered. He caught
an inquiry for the Canadian Pacific
Office, and said:
This is it,"
who's this talking?" asked the
voice.
This is Brown Do you want Ba-
COM"
mo; l don't want bacon, brown or
any other way. / want one Of the
Cars adam Pacific officials"
well, will Ham and Egg do? They
are both here"
Il don't want any Of them! Central,
switch that cheap hash-house off this
wire!"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

siah. This chief is ]. H. Smyth-Pig-
gOtt and son has been born to him
for whom he claims divine origin.
The sect calls itself the Agapemo-
mites, and the elders live in a luxuri-
Gus mansion named 1.-THE Abode OF
Love-" at Spaxton, Somerset.
Smyth-Piggott was formerly a cler-
gyman in the Church of England. He
has succeeded in persuading a large
number Of women and few men that
he is the Messiah, returned to earth.
and induces them to worship him.
The baby that has just come to the
ABODE of Love is regarded by the
|Agapemonites as divinely sent, and it's
mother, Ruth Greece, a young girl Of
striking beauty, who has come under
iPiggott's influence, is looked on as
the spiritual bride of the leader of the
isect.
The name Glory Piggott was given
ito the infant at an elaborate christen-
ling ceremony. To make the ceremony
legal, the district registrar was sum-
moned to the Abode of Love- At the
door of the mansion the registrar was
met by a woman.
"Are you the registrar" she said
exctedly.
eyes," he replied, 81 am"
"Then," she added, dramatically,
''you are about to be admitted into
the presence Of the Almighty. Follow
me-"
The registrar obeyed and was led
into the chapel. Forty persons were
there, all except the registrar, Pig
gott, and his secretary being women.
The women were grouped in silent
worshiping crowd, with their eyes
fixed on a couch. Here in costly cling
ing robes lay beautiful young wom-
an, the mother Of the baby. At the
foot of the couch was the infant,
dressed in snowy white. Piggott's
legal wife was near by.
There are 600 Agapemonites, all OF
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
TWO Thousand Swans.

Near the little village of Abbots-
bury, in Dorset, may be seen the larg-
est swannery in Europe 1t is nearly
1000 years old, and at the present
time there are about 1000 birds on
the farm. The owner Of the swannery
is Lord leicester, who is Lord-Lieu-
tenant and an alderman of the county
Of Dorset. No restriction whatever is
placed upon the swans, and they roam
and swim about just as they like.
They are born fighters, and during the
breeding season continual fighting
takes place. The nests number 500,
but very few cygnets ever reach the
water after emerging from the shells
on account of the jealous onslaught of
the parent birds from other nests
Feathered Life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Robin Kills an Adder.

In vigorous battle between rob-
in and an adder IA inches long, the
bird killed the snake. The fight took
place in the garden of George 6.
Jones, in Leominster, Mass, and was
seen by John A. Hannis and others.
The robin had nest of little ones in
an apple tree near the garden. When
the snake wriggled across the field
toward the tree the bird swooped
down and attacked it vigorously with
claws and bill, aiming it's attacks at
the head of the adder, which spat and
Kissed, but was soon put out of the
battle. Not, however, on the first
round. as it gradually came to after
the robin had left it and began to
move. The bird discovered the motion
and flew again at the snake, not leav.
ing it until it was dead.-Boston
Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
WALTER SCOTS GREAT POEM
Lay Of the Last Minstrel Called Most
Successful Ever Written

Lay Of the Last Minstrel Called Most
Successful Ever Written.
One hundred years ago Sir Walter
Scott gave to the world the most
successful poem ever written. 1.-THE
Lay Of the Last Minstrel"
The scene was laid In the adjoining
ruin OF Newark castle, the chosen
residence Of the first Duchess of
Buccleuch. To her, seeking shelter,
Sir Walter depicts the coming of the
aged minstrel, "the last Of all the
race and the old mans tale to the
noble owner of Newark as embodied
In "The Lay"
According to Lockhart, the poem
achieved an unparalleled success. The
first edition Of THE Lay" was mag
nihcent quarto of $50 copies. Before
the end of 1886, II 900 copies had gone
forth in the collected editions of his
poetical works. In all nearly $4,000
copies had been disposed Of in Eng
land. and by the legitimate trade
alone, before Scott superintended the
edition OF 1880. In the history of
British poetry nothing had ever
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
MISSISSIPPI FIRE INSURANCE
An interesting and Instructive Ar
ticie from the Pen Of Mr.. p. c.
Campbell

If there is one thing the people OF
Mississippi should look to, look aft
er, foster and encourage it is fire H.
surance companies which are owned
and controlled by our own home peo-
pie. We now have in this state three
we'll organized, well-officered ana
well-managed fire insurance compa-
MES, the Mississippi Home, the old
est in the state, at Vicksburg; the
Merchants Union, of Meridian, and
our own company here in Jackson, the
Mississippi Fire Association. AS the
matter now stands, the fire insurance
business of Mississippi is practically
owned and dominated by outsiders,
people away from home, most Of
whom have never been in the state,
and many Of whom do not know that
there is such thriving city as Jack
son. Since Hon. w. q. Cole has been
insurance commissioner he has kept
strict account of all kinds Of insur-
ance transacted in the state, and each
year he prepares a statement showing
the result of the business reported to-
him by the various companies. BY
reference to his records, it will be
shown that during the three years.
1902, 1903 and 1904. the various fire
insurance companies doing business in
Mississippi have taken in in premiums
$6,003,219.86, and that of this amount
$5,362,194.83 was paid to foreign
companies and $641,O24.03 to our
home companies. The foreign COM
panies have paid back to us in this
period $3,837,975.49 in the way of
fire losses, and our home companies
have paid to our people at home,
of the peoples own money which we
have kept here, 1899, 575.30 for fire
losses. Much of the money which
we have paid to foreign insurance
companies might have been, and
should have been kept here at home
instead of being sent to New York,
Hartford and other places east 1t
should be kept here in our own
banks, trust companies, building AMI
loan associations and like institutions.
Patronize and encourage our compa-
MES here at home. They are good
and solvent, and but for the confla-
grations at YaZoo City and McComb
City each of them would have shown
a handsome profit as a result of the
three years referred to, and there
seems to be no good reason why our
Mississippi people should refuse or
decline to build up our home compa-
MES, instead of sending their money
out of the state, much of which goes
to people who have no interest inv
us except to encourage us to feed
the COW" in Mississippi and let them
milk her in the east. Let's bring
about a change. Turn the COW,
around stop feeding it and get one
of your own which you can both
feed and milk here at home. Insure
your property with your Mississippi
companies. The state is growing and
expanding in every way, and there is
no reason for our refusing to build
up our fire insurance companies here
at home.-Jackson News.
He that honors old age shall re.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
1oYs CAN SEE ONLY AT NIGHT.
Seek Darkness During Daylight, but
at NightfaiI See Like Owls.


In Hartford, Conn, live two broth
ers who during daylight are nearly
as blind as owls, but at night can see
like cats. When the sun in shining
Hyman and Abe White, one six and
half years old and his brother three
years younger seek the darkest and
shadiest places they can find, to avoid
the glare of light that makes vision
practically impossible for them. When
the shades of night fall they are ready
for anything, and in a condition of
darkness that prevents their little
friends from seeing anything around
them Hyman and Abe are perfectly at
home.
The father of the two boys named
is a dealer in bottles, and he has had
the eyes of his two sons examined by
experts in Hartford and New York.
Nothing that has been done has help
ed their condition. The boys are not
depressed in spirits by their affection.
They are sorry they are unable to
play with other boys in the bright day.
light, but they remain cheerful and
are usually able to find some com
panions in their shady and sheltered
retreats in Riverside Park.
The darker and more shaded the
spot the better 1t suits Hyman and
Abe, and they are glad when thesun
goes down and permits them to see
clearly the objects around them
Their little eyes are peculiarly sen.
sitive to light.
The neighbors say the White boys
will have to be taught in night schools
as they will be unable to study during
the daytime.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
"The Abode Of Love-"

whom are we'll to do. About twenty.
mostly beautiful young women, live
at the Abode of Love with Piggott.
One Of the principal tenets of the sect
is that there shall be no marriages
among it's members.
The Abode of Love is regarded by
the Agapemonites as refuge from
the cares and troubles OF the world.
It is a sort Of combined convent and
monastery, regulated by rules almost
eastern in their provisions for luxury.
All the devotees place their money
in a common fund, in charge of Pig
gott, and as Piggott has converted a
number of rich women to his faith.
the sect is wealthy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
GAS TO TAKE PLACE OF COAL
Seems Likely to Come Into General
Use on Shipboard.

seems Likely to Come Into General
Use on shipboard.
If a vessel propelled by steam
power is called a steamer" should
vessel in which the motive power is
gas be. called "gasser"? The query
is prompted by the possibility that in
the not far distant future marine pro-
pulsion will be largely effected by
means Of explosion engines, whose
fuel will be gas generated on board.
For stationary purposes plants of, this
description have already been erected
on a large scale, and more than one
firm of engineers is said to be en-
gagged in perfecting combined plant
consisting of engine and gas generator
which shall be lighter and occupy less
space than the present combination
Of steam boilers and engine, power
for power The gas used is known
as producer gas, and is to all intents
and purposes steam or water vapOr
passed through incandescent coke in
a special torn of furnace. The re-
sultant gas is combination Of carbon
monoxide. hydrogen and nitrogen.
Utilizing the fuel il this manner is
claimed to effect very appreciable
economy as compared with burning it
under a boiler to generate steam. In
deed it has been estimated that one
pound Of fuel will thus go as far as
three pounds in the latter method.
This on long voyage not only means
the reduction of the coal bill, but also
a corresponding increase in cargo
1t therefore behooves steamship com.
panies to pause before adopting the
steam turbine in wholesale manner,
New York Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
aBird Of Paradise" Plant.

w. r. Collins Of Chicopee, Mass,
has the strangest plant ever seen in
that town. 1t is called the bird Of
paradise" and is now in blossom for
the first time in six years. The
leaves are not unlike those Of fern,
except that they curl up at sunset.
The flower resembles a lady-finger
in makeup, is yellow in color, and
contains bunch of red tendrils.
These straighten out when the flower
IS is full bloom. The seed came from
Arkansas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
(From the Chicago Journal, Nov. 6.
1QOE

(From the Chicago Journal, Nov. 6.
1867
When Commissioner Garfield went to
the Chicago packers and asked permits
sion to inspect their books, the condi-
ton was made that no information he
might obtain therefrom would be used
in court proceedings against them.
Mr.. Garfield gave this pledge, it IL
stated. and the packers allowed him to
study their business in all its details
from the inside.
Now. 1t IL announced, the results Of
his study have been turned over to the
Government department Of justice to
be employed In legal prosecution Of the
packers.
Commissioner GARFIELD would not
have ventured to give the pledge that
was demanded by the packers without
instructions from Washington. He
pledged, not his own word. but the
Governments. 1t is not his good faith,
but the Governments, that is in Ques-
ton now.
The Journal has no concern for the
packers, except as they are citizens Of
Chicago II it can be proved that they
are guilty of engaging in conspiracy
in restraint of trade, they ought to be
punished.
But their guilt, If they are guilty,
must be fairly proved. They must be
given square deal.
Since the Government has elevated
its vision to such height as to over
look the nest of defiant criminal trusts
almost within the shadow Of the capt.
toll dome, in order to fasten itself
thousand miles away upon Chicago
the Government and the President
cannot be too careful to avoid suspi-
cion that they are more anxious to
prosecute Western offenders than Of
tenders in the East.
Some of the methods already en-
ployed in this case have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency.
When the Government enters mans
house and takes his private papers,
when it drags the wives Of packing
house employees into court and puts
them under heavy bonds, it is hardly
dignified, not to say honorable, nor
even respectable.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Cat CAUGHT Mumps From Boy.

A few weeks ago the little 6-year-
old son of Mrs. Bette Woodring, who
lives on the Vine Grove road, about
five or six miles out from town, had a
sever case of the mumps, and while
the fever was high took up in his arms
a pet cat and playfully blew his breath
into its nostrils
In less than two weeks the cat had
a we'll developed case of genuine
mumps, with jaws and throat swollen
so badly it could scarcely eat. In due
course the disease wore off and the
cat recovered and is now fat and sleek
as ever. -Elizabethtown News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

coercion ana that their action is taken
because they believe it to be for their
own good, and that of those depend
ent upon them, and the public at
large. In this connection they empha-
size the opinion that should law
like the Esch- Townsend bill be en-
forced, it would deprive the railroads
Of the control of their income, cause
a. shrinl1age in the values of railroad
property and thus result in great in
Jury not only to themselves, but to
the general public, impairing the com.
merce and industries of the whole
country.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Deer Hanging from Telephone Wiz

Deer Hanging from Telephone Wire.
The body of small deer hanging
from a telephone wire twenty-five feet
above the ground and midway be-
tween two poles was the strange sight
viewed by Supervisor Knowles and
William McClaren near North Fork
on Monday.
They offer the explanation that the
little deer had been picked up by an
eagle which, flying away with the car
cass, struck the wire in its fight and
lost it's prize Sacramento Bee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Japan is building five immense battle
ships.

Great care must be taken not to ex-
plode cartridges for taking fashlight
photographs in confined condition. 1t
confined q terrible explosion will re-
suit. More than one experienced phot-
ographer has lost his life by becoming
careless in this respect The more eff
ficient flash compound is the higher
its explosive power, and it should never
be ignited in confined space, not even
the. lid Of a box, but spread in. long
train. The force of the explosion is,
therefore, minimized. while the light
area is liner easel.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
The Gift.

Fate promised me my wish. and replied:
Fortune for them who have no higher
thought,
And fanle Tor those whose souls may so
be bought
But give me love, and am satisfied
/ spoke. and straight one stood there at
my side, "a
A child of sorrow on whose face grief
had wrought
Such misery as nowhere else is taught
For mans imagining And then cried:
"Oh liar. fate, beshrew thee for thy
guile!
Thou sendest me this poor and sorry
thing
When it was love that / had asked of
thee?"
The grave eyed stranger smiled oh
90 such n smile fsMA
One sees hut on TIE mask of suffering
- And sadly made me answer. ~ am he
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood
Poison. Greatest Blood Purifier Free

- OASOAs 0ACdtcst DlOOu ur1u6r Free.
II your blood is impure, thin, diseased,
hot or full of humors if you have blood
poison, cancer, carbuncles. eating sores,
scrofula, eczema, fishing, risings and Jumps,
scaoby,, pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh,
rheumatism, or any blood or skin disease,
take Botanic Blood Balm (B. b. B. y accord
ing to directions. Soon all sores heal.
aches and pairs stop, the blood is made
pure and rich, leaving the skin free from
every eruption, and giving the rich glow of
perfect health to the skin. At the same
time b. B. B. improves the digestion, cures
dyspepsia, strengthens weak Kidneys. Just
the medicine for old people, as it gives
them new, vigorous blood. Druggists, 81
per large bottle, with directions Tor home
cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and special free medical advice
also sent in sealed letter, B. b. B. is es-
peclany ADVISED Tor chronic, deep-seated
cases of impure blood and skin disease.
aud cures after all else fails. \
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine.
1t was prescribed by one of the best physi-
clans in this country for years, and is reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed OF the
best tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients ls what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY l. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
WOMEN WORSHIP HIM
APOSTLE or FREE LOVE DE-
cLAREs HIMSELF MESSIAH.
!. II. smyth-Pisgottt, Formerly Epis-
copaI Clergyman, compeIs Adora-
ton from His FolloWers-cIaims
Infant Recently Born Is "DivineIy
Sent"

England has been shocked from CEN
ter to circumference by revelations
concerning body OF religious enthusi-
asts who follow the free love theory
and whose chief calls himself the Mes
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

Said an owl to herself, I'm afraid
That never shall get enough shade;
I've sunburnt straw hat,
And some tulle over that,
And I'll have some blue spectacles
made.
The green parasol in my hand
For my shelter is carefully planned;
How these tall birds can bear
The bright suns full glare
Is thing that cant understand"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
plans Ocean VOYAGE in Canoe.

A Swedish gymnast will shortly at
tempt to travel from Stockholm to
Paris in a canoe built in Sweden,
which is II feet long. feet broad and
10 inches deep.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
BABY CAME NEAR DYING

From an Awful Skin Humor-Scratche
Till Blood kan-Wasted to q Skele-
ton-Speedi1y Cured by Cuticura.
"When three months cd my boy broke
out with an itching, watery rash all over
his body, and he would scratch till the
blood ran. We tried nearly everything,
but he grew worse, wasting to skeleton,
and we feared he would die. He slept only
when in our arms. The first application of
Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in
his cradle for the first time in many weeks.
One set of Cuticura made complete and
permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. G..
Maitland, Jasper, Ontario"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

The recent successful experiments
In briquetting Ignite may solve the
fuel question. North Dakota claims to
have a supply of this combustible so
enormous that it will last for 10000
years
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

equaled the demand for "The Lay of
the Last Minstrel" So writes Sir Wal
ter's biographer and son-in-law, Lock-
hart. Financially "The Lay" brought
its author $3.50.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30
Catarrh Cannot Ee Cured

There are only about ninety daily papers
in Russia
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-30

He that honors old age shall re.
ceive many blessings.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-10
Fruiss and Vegetables.

strawborries-oregon. per pound.
CSC; California, i2Mc.
Cherries-Crate. ti.269lbo.
Grape fruit--Crate. S2,6o0S.
Apples--oregon. b0c0t2.
Tropical frults-Lemons, fancy. S.
choice. t2Tb0s per box; oranges $2.2b
$500: bananas &c per ID; plneaplts
sa.500t per dozen.
Potatoes, oregon. 100 ibs. s0Oe0s1;
tomatoes. California. crate. s2.7b0s;
turnlps. sack. 81; cabbages. per lb.. IN
0iMc; oregon onions, 100 lbs, $500;
new potatoes, 50; sweet potatoea si.7b
sD2 per 100; Australian red onions, So;
celery, per dozen, 7Op7so; asparagus,
per box, $780, artichokes, per dozen.
10000; radishes, per dozen. lbe;
green onions. per dozen. ibc; rhubarb.
per pound, Be-; cucumbers. per dozen.
si.2S0l.5O; beets.sl.25 per 100 lbs; carr
rots. s1.25 per 100 lbs