The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-02-09

states property, real ana peT6oHdl, III
1900, was S94,O00OO0,OO0 as compared
with $4,000 100000 for Great Britain
and Ireland, $4,000, 100000 for
France, ,0OO,OO0,OO0 for Germany
$32,OOO,oOO for Russia, $22,OOO,OO0,O0
for Austria Hungary, S15,000,000, 900
for Italy and $12,OOO,OO0 900 for Spain
Moreover the United States lead OF
all the other nations in wealth is in.
creasing faster than is her prepon.
derance over them all Except Russia
and China) in population.
It would be an interesting sui ject
Of inquiry whether sudden and eX
IRENE rises in temperature and espe
cially high humidity are marked by
variations in the curve Of crime. II
so, the explanation might be that
when it is warm the average man
keeps out Of doors as much as posi-
BILE. In cities this crowds the streets,
and by multiplying the opportunities
for contact with others increases the
friction of social intercourse. Wher
ever it is even momentarily agreeable
to be one is likely to find many. To
resent jostling and intrusion is natu.
raj enough, and physical discomfort
lowers the standards Of self-respect
and self-re3traint. To say Keep
cooP' is grim and irritating irony; to
say, BE patient toward al men, even
if it involves some effort" is to give
good hot-weather advice.
1t may be reprehensible and almost
illegal for a judge or a jury to be
kind to the woman, but if this were
not possible we should all have to
admit that woman's influence has its
limits, AYERS the Boston Transcript.
And this admission none Of us wants
to make. We would rather have ii
generally understood that with come
men, most men in fact, pretty wo.
man in tears may nave her way; but
that with the other men, and a large
minority it must be, susceptibility to
femininity is not part Of their equip.
ment. That let's out all those who
want to be considered virtuous clear
through. Perhaps wcmen's clubs will
take the matter up and manage to
have it arranged that a woman shall
be tried by women only. Then, we
rather guess there will be no tamper-
ing with justice; neither will it be
tempered over much.
In future the Delaware & Hudson
railroad will employ none but young
men-that is, it will take them from
the ages of 81 to So, and will probably
allow them to take on years in SER
vice, but will not accept them for any
position after they have passed the
new age limit, the Brooklyn Eagle
states. The authorities say that
man rarely develops into good rail-
roader after ne has passed the pre-
scribed period. In active service an
employe CT a railroad must be strong
and have steady nerves, good hearing
and good sight, and these are attri-
butes of youth. He must be able to
keep awake for "a or 26 hours at
stretch, if need be, he must be alert
in his mind and retentive in his mem.
DRY. If the new provision is made for
the safety of the general public, no
fault can be found with it, for the well
fare of the travelling body must dom
mate the private gain Of the indi.
vidual.
There is broad tendency to guard
and restrict very rigorousy the killing
of birds "for scientific purposes says
Forest and Stream. The conditions
are much harder than they were for
the ambitious young scientist. In
New York, for instance, the last Leg
tslature enacted that applicants for
license to collect birds for scientific
purposes should qualify in bond of
5000 for faithful observance of the
law. This is only one manifestation
of the growth of the idea of bird pro-
lection, which is one of the conspicu-
Jus pOpuldI luONCIuCulS I'll the udy.
The sentiment has reached Mexico.
Consul w. w. Canda writes from Vera
Cruz that an agitation has been on
foot looking to the passage of law
to prevent the. wanton destruction of
birds throughout this country; a pro-
posed law has already been presented
to the Government by the Association
for the Protection of Birds, and it is.
confidently expected that it will meet
the approval of the Executive. This
law is intended to prevent the killing
of certain classes of birds useful to
the agricuiturist Other kinds, such
as, for instance, game birds, may be
killed only at stated periods of the
year. All birds Of prey, and others
destructive to the interests of the
farmer, may be killed at any time and
by anybody.