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Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
THOROUGHFARE NECK SNOwBOUND
no Rural Mails, Country Schools all Closed
and tame Perishes from Severe Winter
Weather-CheswOId and BIackbird.


p'etely snowbound as at present. No
mall has been through since last Tues
day, cutting off communications with
the outer world for nearly a week. The
roads are so completely blocked that
they are almost entirely abandoned
and what little traffic carried on is in
roundabout way lodging snow drifts
through the fields. No efforts were
made to break the roads until Friday.
when Messrs. Wilmer Stats. William
Warner and Presley David made their
way with considerable difficulty TO
Smyrna. On Saturday several resi-
dents of Taylor's Bridge reached
Townsend and brought in the most
important mail for residents of the
Bridge and vicinity. The mail route
was also opened but the storm of Sun.
day night and Monday made it impos-
sible for carrier to get further than
Taylor's Bridge. It has been neces-
sar'' to close the public schools also.
Small game, especially muskrats, is
suffering severely from lack of food
aud shelter.
CheswOld Suffers From Wednesday Blizzard.
CHEswoLD. Jan. 3O:-The snow
storm of last week which has blocked
travel by land and rail will be remem-
bered in future years as the great
storm of 1905. Railroad trains were
away off schedule time until Saturday
and indeed most of them in that time
were by the company declared off al
together so fierce was the fight against
snow drifts along the line. Our two
rural mail carriers did not attempt trips
after Wednesday and could not make
any attempt until Saturday when they
could cover only a part of the route
and the same was the case on Monday.
In the meantime piles of mail matter
had accumulated in the post office The
road to Leipsic was not opened until
Monday by a coterie of men and teams
from Leipsic when @. B. Massey, our
miller, was speedily ordered to relieve
them of a threatened, -four famine.
Business has been parslyzed as also
social festivities for the time and the
doors of our schools are closed as are
also country schools all about us
Sleighlng has however, enlivened the
stagnated conditions. Notwithstand-
ing the additional six inches of snow
which fell during Sunday night
country roads are fast being opened in
all directions.
Blackblrd In the Tight Grip of Winter.
BLACKBIRD, Feb. 1:-Blackbird is
recovering from one of the worst bliz-
yards for several years past. The
roads in some places are full of snow,
even with the fences. On Thursday,
it took one man three hours to go
three miles. Many felt regret that in
spite of the great amount of snow on
the ground, sleighing in many places
would be no good. But on Monday
morning, all the bare places were COW
cred up. Mr.. Geo. Heinold, our local
buyer, was detained at home on Fri.
day, and could not attend the Phila-
delphia markets, an incident that has
not happened for several years back,
but it was impossible to reach the
station. A remarkable fact is that moi
one mail was missed by the patrons oi
the local post office. Mr.. David Stats
Jr., assistant mail carrier reached the
station in spite of the bad walking.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Pat Ginney and 5uaae Fox.

Every spring Pat Gibney, a we'll
known Taunton character, goes over
to East Taunton to see the herring
run. He hasn't missed seeing this
sight any year since ne arrived from
ireland thirty-nine years ago.
Last spring, after watching the
behring's for half an hour or more
Pats curiosity was satisfied and he
started for home. Not having much
money, he decided to walk home and
save the fare. He was trudging along
the road, with his ct d. pipe in his
mouth and blackthorn stick in hand
when an automobile came UP behind
him. Turning, Pat saw the familiar
face Of Judge Fox.
Good morning, Pat" said the
judge.
Morning, your Honor" said Pat
Jump in, Pat, and I'll give you
! ride to the green" said the Judge
They had not gone far when Judgs
Fox turned to Gibney and said:
We'll, Pat, You would be lone
time in Ireland before the Judge OF
the town would give you ride in his
automobile"
Faith, an I world, your Honor,
said Pat, "and you'd be a great dea,
longer over there before they'd make
the likes of you judge of town.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Variety In Styles Of Shoes.


The variety OF new styles for spring
md summer covers broader range
than ever before, and the introduction
of new feathers and new colOrs has
made possible new combinations and
artistic effects never before attempted
In footwear.
The choicest goatskins OF Morocco
have been tanned in beautiful shades
Of the fashionable colors and made up
In very attractive afternoon shoes for
women.
Pumps OF patent leather and dull
kid, with stin leather bows to match,
will be used for dress occasions.
Tan Russian calfskin and Russian
yoatskin and white shoes Of duck and
buckskin will divide popular favor for
outdoor AFFAIRS in the summer.
Gnu kid and gun metal calf, in light
weights, are the newest features OF
mems and women's shoes, and both
appear to be rapidly gaining in popu-
larity. These feathers have dull.
rich lustre, and are easily kept in con-
dition. They are shown in oxfords
and evening pumps.
Pumps are again becoming gener-
Ally popular as gentleman's evening
dress shoe, shown in patent and dull
feathers. Shoe Retailer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
pELviC CATARRH WAS
DESTROYING Her LIFE.
PE-RU-NA SAVED HER.

Miss Maria Ducharme, 1872 St. Elizabeth
street, Montreal. Can, writes:
II am satisfied that thousands of women
suffer because they do not realize how bad
they really need treatment and feel
II felt badly for years, had terrible pains,
and at times was unable to attend to my
daily duties. tried to cure myself, but
finally my attention was caused to an adj
vertisement of Peruna in a similar case to
mine, and decided to give it trial.
my Improvement began as soon as
started to use Peru7ta 01,d soon i
,cas q aCelL aUOman. IfeeL that osCe
my life and my health to your tc0n-
derfML medicine and gratefully &C
knowledge this fact. "--HdrtG Ouch
Grnae.
Address DR.. Hartman. President, of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, fol
free medical advice.
All correspondence strictly confidential
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Teacher Seat School Board.

Nothing daunted because padlocks
were put on the door, the stovepipe
taken away and no fuel furnished tc
keep the building warm, Miss Jennie
NOVEL;, a plucky young schoolmistress
Of Lew Beach, Sullivan county, N. Y.
succeeded in finishing her term OF
school, though the trustees had Off.
cially declared the school discon-
tinued. With the help OF her pupils
Miss NOVEL; got new stovepipe and
fuel, but she could not get her pay.
She appealed to the state department
Of education, which has just ordered
the trustees to pay her full salary and
continue the school.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
THE WORLD CAPITAL.
New York City to Become the Financis
and Commercial Centre.

New York City to Become the Financial
and Commercial Centre.
It takes ages to change the CONNER
cal and financial centre of the world.
When one is once established it shifts
tardily and only long after it has
ceased to be the most convenient place
for the greatest number of people.
There have been but a comparatively
few such centres in the history of com
merce. For centuries their location
was on the Mediterranean Sea or its
tributaries. Carthage, Rome, Constan-
tinople, Vienna, followed one another
at long intervals. With the growth
Of the Anglo-Saxon and Germanic races
and the development Of ocean traffic
the location shifted to northern Europe.
Then came Bruges, Antwerp, Amster-
dam and finally London, where it still
But the signs of the times now point
to another change. The United States
holds one-fourth of the worlds stock
Of gold and controls over one third Of
the worlds banking power. In round
figures the worlds supply of gold is
$500, 100000. OF this the United
States holds 81 800, 100000 The worlds
banking power is approximately $780,
COS, 100000. OF this $13, S26, 600, 900 be-
longs to the United States. During the
last decade the United States has
gained 168.47 per cent. in this particu-
lar to the 1857 per cent. gain Of al
combined foreign ma tons.
If this rate continues, and it seems
that it will, then London must even
tually yield her primacy to some city in
the United States. New York win. of
course, be that city, owing to its mar
velous advantages, due to its access to
the lakes through the Erie Canal to the
conveyance there of most of the trans
continental railroads and to it's superior
situation as a port for European trade.
Kansas City Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
GOVERNMENT LIGHT.
asT o7i- cHcxAM aucA PARK
kDLAZG WITH Ill UMiNATlON.

C"'.~' st-..s svst.-,, of ri~',.s-~ ~sus.
t-rv Post Pronounced cr~t,syir~lv
Sucr~ssfuI-six and Or~-Half Mites
OF Maine ssx+v-rive Street Lixhss.
Chickamauga Park. Ga, May 31.-The
United States Government has here
in operation one of the largest acety-
enc gas plants in the world. The mil
tary post at the ert-nnce 81 the his
torical Chickamauga battlefield. where
thirty thousand Union and Confederate
soldiers were lost in the memorable
battle Of September 10 and 20. 1868,
contains about one hundred buildings.
The seyenty-five principal ones OF which
are lighted with acetylene. To accom-
nlish this six and one-half miles of
mains and two miles of service pipes
are in use, while sixty five street lamps
brilliantly illuminate the avenues OF
the post
III 1908 the War Department in.
stalled test acetylene plant at Fort
Meyer. Virginia. The results were so
gratifying and the superiority of the
illuminant so evident that the Govern
ment, March 90, 1904, placed the con-
tract for the Chicka mauga plant, in
which every citizen Of the United States
should have his pro rata uf pride.
But the Government has not confined
It's acceptance of acetylene to this mill
tary post. Since becoming satisfied OF
the efficiency, superiority and econom
ical advantages Of this particular il
luminant, the United States has in
stalled a number Of plants in Indian
schools and other Government inst
tutions.
Acetylene gas is one of the simples,
rs we'll as the most perfect of artificial
lights. 1t is made by the contact OF
water and carbide Il manufa ctured
product for sale at a nominal price,. il
absolutely safe and gives a beautiful
white light soothing to the eyes ani
nerves. 1t can be produced anywhere
in the farm home, the village store
the town hall, the church-and is *
easily maintained as to be practical FOL
all classes.
1t is matter for national ccngratu
lation that in identifying so historic
4 spot as Chickamauga, nothing but tn.
best Including the lighting system, ha.
been deemed good enough for th'
American people.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
R~ilroeI ,e~te L.-i.,at,or.

Testifying before the Senate Com.
mittee at Washington, Interstate Com.
merce Commissioner Prouty said in
discussing the proposition 10 give that
commission the power to regulate rail
way rates:
II think the railways should make
their own rates. / think they should
be allowed to develop their own bust
ness. I have never advocated any
law. and am not now IN favor Of any
law, which would put the rate making
power into the hands OF any commits.
sion or any court While 1t may be
necessary to do that some time, while
that is done in some States at the
present time, while it Is done in some
countries, am opposed to it. The
railway rate Is property. 1t is all the
property that the railway has got The
rest OF It's property Is not good for
anything unless II can charge a rate.
Now It has always seemed to me that
when 1 rate was fixed, Il that rate was
an unreasonable rate, 1t deprives the
railroad company Of It's property pro
tanto. It = not necessary that ron
should ccnhscate the property OF a
raiiroad:s X il not necessary that you
should say that It shall not earn three
per cent or four per cent. When you
put in a rate THAT is inherently I'M
reasonable, you have deprived that
company Of It's rights, OF It's property.
and the Circuit Court Of the United
States has jurisdiction under the four
teenth amendment to restrain that /
have looked at these cases great
uany times, spd / can only come to the
conclusion that 4 railroad company Is
entitled toscharge 4 fair and reasonable
rate, and II any order Of commission,
II airy statute Of 4 State Legislature,
takes away that rnte, the fourteenth
amendment protects the railway COM
pany.s
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Caesar turned his mournful glance
upon Brutus as that worthy plunged
In his knife. "Et tn Brute" moaned
the dying conqueror:
We'll" answered the murderer,
shamelessly. II wouldn't have done
1t if you hadn't such terrible lot of
Gaul."
Immediately there ensued a riot
In the Forum and Brutus and Casca
fed for their lives and never came
back. This was the first occasion
when that historic expression was en-
ployed by any one, according to Livy,
though common nowadays.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Blind People Use Most Gas.

when it comes to consuming gas
IN large quantities blind people car
beat their seeing brethren all hollow,
said an inspector of the CONSOLIDATED
Gas Company. II know two families
where both husband and wife are
blind. Every jet is turned on full till
in their homes at night and is kept
going at that rate clear up to Il
o'clock. Light and darkness are all
the same to the afflicted ones, but
they insist upon illumination brilliant
enough for reception.
and that Partially for light is not
within peculiar to those two couples
All blind people feel that way. They
demand the light and in all private
homes and institutions where the
blind are cared for the gas bills
vouch for their strange New
York Press
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
FEED you MONEY.
Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed Yor
Money and Fame.

ever since boyhood ! have been
especially fond Of meats, and | am con-
WINGED / ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
"The result was that found myself,
a few years ago, afflicted with ailments
of the stomach and kidneys, which in
terfered seriously with my business.
"At last I took the advice of friends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead Of
the heavy meats, etc., that had consti-
tuted my former diet.
II found that was at once benefited
by the change, that was soon relieved
from the heartburn and the indigestion
that used to follow my meals, that the
pains in my back from my kidney af-
lection had ceased, showing that those
organs had been healed, and that my
nerves, which used to ssa unsteady, and
my brain, which was slow and lcthargic
from a heavy dict Of meats and greasy
foods, had, not in a moment, but grad
ually, and none the less surely, been
restored to normal efficiency. Now
every nerve is steady and my brain
and thinking faculties are quicker and
more acute than for years past.
"After my old style breakfasts used
to suffer during the forenoon from =
feeling Of weakness which hindered me
seriously in my work, but since
have begun to use Grape-Nnts food
can work till dinner time with all ease
and comfort" Name given BY Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. .
There's q reason.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in each pkg.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Good Citizen'a plain DUTY.

The man whOkindles the fire with the
catalogues from the department stores,
and gives all his trade to his home mer-
chants, who advertise in the local
papers, is the man who helps to put
a better value on your property. The
more town grows, and the more bust.
ness it does, the greater the increase
in the value Of property both village
and farm.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
ULCERS FORTHIRTY YEARS
Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet
Seemed Incurable-Cuficura
Ends Misery.

Another of those remarkable cares BY
Cuticura, after doctors and all else had
failed, is testified to by Mr.. NJ. c. Moss, oil
Gainesville, Texas, in the following letter:
For over thirty years | suffered from
painful ulcers and an eruption from my
knees to feet, and could find neither doc
tors nor medicine to help me, until l used
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, which
cured me in six months. They helped me
the very first time used them, and an,
glad to write this 30 that Others suffering
as l did may be saved from misery"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Political Argument.

They say negro approached jim
Orr to-day and said: Mr.. Orr, they
say you say you don't want any negro
to vote for YOU" To which Mr.. Or,
replied: "If you were running f..
mayor, would you say that?" The
negro said he wouldn't "Well, then.
Mr.. Orr continued, don't you think ]
have as much sense as you have?"-
AtohisOn Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Doan's Kidney Pills act very effective
". very promptly, relieve the aching
pains and an other annoying difficult
ties"
Foster AIilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. X.
For sale by AL druggists. Price so
cents per box.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Scholars Services Recoonized.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has
conferred upon Prof. Charles Eliot
Norton of Harvard university the dec
grafton of Grand OHcer Of The Order
Of the Grown In recognition of his
services in translating Dante's works
into English and his other services
to Italian literature in America.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Food labora tories similar to the ono
recently opened in New York are to ba
established in Boston, New Orleans and
San Francisco.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

1t is the only cure for Swollen, Snartinc,
Tired, Aching, dot, Sweating Feet, Coras and
BuniOns. Aslnfor Aliens Foot Ease, powder
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, los.
Don't accept any substitute. sample scat
FREE. Address Allen s. Ol;nsted, LeRoy, NY.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

teen years l SuHcfeu
with terrible pain In
my back. | did not
know what it was tc
enjoy q nights rest
and arose in the morn
sing feeling tired and
unrefreshed. Ny sui
fering sometimes was
simply indescribabie'
When I finished the
first box OF Deans Kid.
ney Pills / felt like
a different woman. ]
? continued until / had
IN knn Eve hOYoS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
why Do We Go to Bed at Night ?

Because the bed will not come to us, but
pain in the bowels will, which can be re-
lieved by DR.. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial
which cures all bowel troubles. Cures the
children when teething. Cholera Morbus
Dysentery, etc.
Sold by all Druggists, IS and Soc bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

"a. q. GRxESs SONS, OF Atlanta, Ga, are
the only successful Dropsy specialists In the
world. sec tnelr liberal offer in advertise
menr In another column OF this pa ,sr,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Charity covers multitude of sins, but
it doesn't remove them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
.1,ynpzs,sa.e= saEs "a T syYa
- - ~
(@1 800 !, = "a
~ 81 SCIENCE y n

A curious plant has recently been
found in Mexico It is similar to a
pumpkin, with rough, corky bark,
resembling that Of an oak. It has been
named palma"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Piso's Cure cannot be TOO nt.,hly spoken }.
asa cough CARE. W. O'bAIEz, $40 Fair
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, Nina, ) an. ., 1901
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
COMPLETELY RESTORE D.

Mrs. P. Brunei, wife of p. Brunei,
stock dealer, residence Bill Grand
Ave-, Everett, Wash, says: For nj
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Cadets at West Point and Annapolis ars
to be Taught iiu-jitsu.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08
Then Brutus Fled,

kyrle Bellew says actors are born and
not made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

The authorities of Berlin are testing
an automobile indicator which displays
in easily seen discs the speed of the
car at the moment and also records on
roll of paper the speed Of each 100
meters.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

It is said that the biggest shell
ever made was turned out by the
Krupp people at Essen, Germany.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

Mrs. Winsio VS. 5ootain, Syrup Tor children
teetnlnS, softsa me su rs, reduces in1anlna-
don ,aiays pala cures wind coil Zoe. "a bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

FITSpermanently cured. Motifs or nervous
moss after first days use Of DR.. KHne's Great
NerveRestoror, $3trialbottle and treatise free
DR.. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd. ,9sl Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

an automobile indicator which displays
in easily seen discs the speed of the
car at the moment and also records on
roll Of paper the speed Of each 100
meters.
It is asserted by life insurance ex-
perts that woman who is in good
health at forty-tive is likely to outlive
a man of the same age, because she is,
as a rule, more temperate in habits, and
is less liable to accidents.
Underground photography has recent
~ made such progress that mining en-
gineers are now able to illustrate their
reports with pictures showing the ex-
act appearance of lodges, drifts, levels
and other features of importance.
A German paper describes a new
kind of pavement, the "iron-band'-
which is said to excel in durability
other kinds twice as expensive. 1t is
made Of all sorts of stones, granite,
chips, etc., held together by iron bands.
A Norwegian named John Eggen has
invented an electric apparatus for in
fish in the deep. 1t consists of metal
plate and microphone in the water,
connected by wire with a telephone on
board chip.
The total estimated weight of the
10000 horsepower Kerr steam turbine
is 10000 pounds, or fifteen pounds per
horsepower; the floor space twelve feet
by fifteen feet, or S33 1-3 horse pow er
per square foot of floor space; the speed
| 1900 revolutions per minute.
At the exposition at Melbourne, Aus.
tralia, two new varieties of cotton
plants were exhibited. The first vari.
ETY., known as Caravonica I, produces
linen-like cotton, the estimated value
Of which is said to be twenty cents a
pound. The other variety is known
&C Caravonica II, and produces a silky
cotton of a commercial value of TWEEN
tyfour cents pound.
| Suit rolls, which are something like
enlarged music rolls, come as q new
wrinkle to athletes, especially baseball
lawn tennis and golfing men, this sea
son. Really they are intended to keer
out wrinkles in clothing. Besides 8
place for pair of shoes, an outing sui
and shirt may be laid fiat in the rol
and then strapped into a neat bundle
| They come of canvas or leather, will
handles like those on a shawlstrap.
The snake has one great protection
against assailants. He appears to BIZ
always awake and on his guard. This
is explained by the fact that the eyes
of snakes never close. Night and day
sleeping and waking, alive or dead
they are always wide open. A snakes
eyes are not protected with lids, bu
with strong scale. This is as clear
as glass, and, of course, affords no
the least impeachment to sight.-Londo1
| Globe
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-08

SPANS greatest bull-fghter has marriet
an heiress and retired