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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
School AND NERVES.
why . Large Majority of the Infant Pro-
digies .'GO Srale."


When the instructed modern parent
mas steered clear of all the shoals and
rapids that threaten in the manage
ment Of very young children who must
be reared in cities, when the whole
question of healthy nurseries, correct
feeding, sunlight and fresh air has
been met satisfactorily and the child
has reached the age when the problem
healthy, strong-nerved little animal,
then there arises new host of pos
sible dangers.
Is the splendid foundation to be
gained at all that cost of thought and
care only for the rearing Of doubtful
constitution after all? Perish the
thought. If there must be sacrifices
and there certainly must be--let the
education suffer, for it is better to
breathe right than to take prizes for
mathematics, and good digestion is
worth many languages. But happily
1T will be exceptional cases only that
must be treated SO radically as this.
In the management of the education
of the child who has been started right
in infancy one danger will always be
that the very child who is most likely
to forge ahead too fast in the exciting
competitive race is also the very one
to whom the race threatens most harm
The quick-witted, delicately poised
rapidly recuperating child-the high
bred-is the one to respond to The slim
illus and to make the spurts that do
the mischief. One often hears the
question asked, "What becomes of the
infant prodigies?" and II a large ma
jority Of cases this is where the an
swer lies overstimulated, over
crammed-"gone STALE" in the signfi-
can't phrase of athletics. The phleg-
matte, slowerwitted, more thickly built
child will be protected by nature so far
as overpressure goes, and yet will often
play the tortoise to the hare of his
quicker companion.
Besides this consideration Of the in
dividual child, parents can do much to
support their children in this race for
knowledge that must be run. Especial
ly they can keep some supervision over
the luncheon-hour. 1t is pity that
the French system of Il light hot, nour-
fishing luncheon served for public.
school children has not been more gen.
orally adopted in this country 1t would
do away with the nibbling of useless
bakery stuffs and the unappetizing,
cold, tfedup luncheon. All children
within reach should go home for this
meal.
A few simple rules should be strictly
kept: no lessons after dark, ten hours
in bed with open windows, every pos
sibie minute spent in the open air, even
if the street is the only playground;
and last, but not least, train the chill
dren to make it point of honor that
mother shall rule the candy question,
and thus gain both a moral and a
physical point in one effort-Youth' 5
Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
"Push--Don't Knock"

Upon the door /. saw a sign;
cried, "A motto! And it's mirlei'
A wiser thing l never saw
No Median or Persian law
Should be more rigidly enforced
Than this, from verbiage divorced
Its logic's firm as any rock
'Push-don't knock"
Twas simply meant to guide the hand
OF those who wished to sit or stand
Within the unassuming door
This weight of ceremony that bore.
Twas ever meant to teach or preach,
But just to place in easy reach
The ear of him who dealt in stock
'PuSh-don't knock"
But what guide for life was that
Strong, philosophical, and pat;
How safe a chart for you and me
While cruisin' DER LIES restless sea:
Push, always push with goal in view:
Don't knock-avoid the hammer crew.
This rule Will save you many a shock;
"Push-don't knock"
When on that door I see the sign,
1 say, Great motto, you are miner
No stronger sermon ever fell
From human lips; no sage could tell
The hothead youth more nearly how
To point Away his vessels PROV;
There are no wiser words in stock:
PuSh-don't Knock
Baltimore American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
The Candle Eater.

Take an apple and in secret cut
out of it short round cylindrical
piece shaped exactly like a candle
Stick into the top a bit of real can
die wick, but be sure that it is not
too large a piece. Now put the can.
die quietly to one side, and after a
while lead the conversation around
to the old story that the Russian
peasants eat tallow candles.
Then say that tallow candles aren't
half bad, and that you like to eat
them yourself, and would eat one
right then and there if there were
one around. Just then you make be.
lieve to catch sight of the stump
where you have placed it. You go to
it, light and show it to all. Then
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Such Ii life


marked man whose beaminc face
,a, showed that his heart was glad,
Mas IN quick lunch eating place
slab OF pie he had.
7 understood his Joy, for l
observed that 1t was cherry pie.
IN; now that luncher's eyes did shine
Wnen first he took a bite.
An ecstasy that seemed divine.
MI pure, serene delight
IInlaumlned with it's radiance
11is Whole expressive countenance.
ana this, / thought, is happiness
=, unmlt1gated bliss!
10y seldom providence doth, bless
rs with a joy like this.
r, inused upon capricious fate
Inc While / watched him masticate \
But suddenly--and this was strange
lie dropped his fork and swore,
10y never saw swifter change;
lie simply ripped and tore
lou Would have thought the man II
sane
TO hear his shouts of rage and pain
AND this is life, | mused: we seem
10 be supremely blessed
lIen. sWlfter than the lightnings CLEAN
4 on see US sore distressed
Inc man? Oh, he, OF course. had bit
sore toothed, upon a cherry pit.
Chicago News
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

piled by large oil lamp hung from
the roof. 1t may be imagined that the
interior atmosphere is almost suffo-
eating to newcomer, especially as
the floor is usually in filthy condi-
ton, remnants of food, animals, etc.,
lying about. A bench or ledge at
one side serves as the common sofa
and sleeping place. Skins line the
walls, and fiat stones make com
paratiyely level floor. The condition
of the interior is now sometimes nit
igated by having an opening in the
roof. The illustration shows house
in summer weather, with the roof,
made of turf spread over driftwood,
partially removed in order to air~and
clean the unsavory abode.-People' S
Home Journal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Collins as Furniture.

A man living at Queensbury no
only uses his coffin as piece of house
hold furniture, but he has also
grave made in the local churchyar
headed by a gravestone on which hi
name is set out in conventional style
Underneath is the line: mot deaG
but waiting"
One man at Tong, near Bradford
kept his Sunday clothes in his coffir
and another who ate porridge a
breakfast used his coffin as a mea
bin.
Some years ago a Keighley ma
kept butterfly specimens in his cofir
London Daily Mail
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
THE TRICKS
Coffee Plays on Some,

1t hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain of facts, for it is sometimes
humiliating to think of afterwards.
When l was young girl I was q
lover of coffee, but was sick SO much
the doctor told me to quit and I did, but
after my marriage my husband begged
me to drink it again as he did not think
it was the coffee caused the troubles
$50 l commenced it again and con-
tinued about 6 months until my stom-
ach commenced acting bad and choking
as if I had swallowed something the
size of an egg. One doctor said it was
neuralgia and indigestion.
Zone day | took drive with my hus-
band three miles in the country and /
drank cup of coffee for dinner.
thought sure | would die before / got
back to town to doctor. was drawn
double in the buggy and when my hus-
band hitched the horse to get me out
into the doctors office, misery came up
in my throat and seemed to shut my
breath off entirely, then left all in
fash and went to my heart. The doc
tor pronounced it nervous heart trouble
and when 1 got home l was so weak
could not sit up. st
my husband brought my supper to
my bedside with nice cup of hot
coffee, but said: Take that back,
dear, I will never drink another cup of
coffee if you gave me everything you
are worth, for it is just killing me- He
and the others laughed at me and said:
The idea Of coffee killing anybody
"'Well,' said, 'it is nothing else but
coffee that is doing it,.
I'm the grocery one day my husband
was persuaded to buy a box of Postum
which he brought home and made it
for dinner and we both thought how
good it was but said nothing to the
hired men and they thought they had
drank coffee until we laughed and told
them. Well, we kept on with Postum
and it was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks and I got
stout and felt as good as ever did in
my life. I have no more stomach trou-
Bile and know owe it all to Postum
| in place of coffee.
my husband he's gained good health
on Postum, as well as baby and I, and
| we all think nothing is too good to say
about it. Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Covenanter in Hiding.

John Maxwell, a stout Protestant
who had taken part in the battle of
Rullion Green Nov. %, 1860, sue
cessfully defied the many attempts
that were made to capture him. Once
he had very narrow shave. The
soldiers traced him to Edinburgh,
and. there gave him chase. Bolt
ing down a close, he dashed into a
tavern, explained his desperate case
to the landlady, who locked him into
the chest that held the oatmeal. The
soldiers then entered, and searched
the house from top to bottom, but
could not find their man. Vowing
they knew he was on the premises,
they called for drink and sat down to
think over the matter. One of them,
seated on the very box that contained
the fugitive, remarked:
II wouldna say but the Wing is in
this very kist (chest). Guldwife,
gie's the key and we'll see."
In no way put about, the landlady
went to the door and cried to her
girl upstairs:
'Jeanie, rim to the guild man for
the key O. the kist, till we see if a
Wing can lie in the meal and no be
hoasting (coughing) wit"
At this the soldiers burst out laugh
ing, felt there was truth in the guild
wife's taunt, drained their cups and
departed. Maxwell at last managed
to escape to Ireland, where he died.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Toy Eoas in Demand.

A bureau for toy dogs is to be tn,
latest expression of the bureau idea
which in cities extends to servants
charities and philanthropic enterpris
es, and it originated in London. Thi
is truly the day of the dog-the pc
dog and kennel accommodation it i
understood are to be provided in Enc
lands capital where intending pur
chasers may inspect their character;
and pedigrees. The woman with a 10
OF money and in need OF some sort o
pet turns to the dog in nine case,
out OF ten and the extent of the de
mand for the toy dog may be esti
mated by the establishment of this bp
reau.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

It IS dangerous to purchase u
wrought gold CT rough diamonds
South Africa from any but the reco'
nized dealers in those articles. lsa
Goldfiam, johannesburg jewe,e
charged with purchasing from a Dol.
officer a quantity OF unwrought col
valued at $4,000, mas been sentence
to eighteen months hard labor ar
to pay fine of $500. The purcha,
did not actually take place, and ii
point was reserved for argument b
fore the Transvaal Supreme Court ,
to whether the agreement to purcha:
was an Of'ense.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09


seal rings and fobs you will find, and
when you come across those which
you desire to begin your collection
with, ask for permission to obtain
your impression.
This is done by laying a piece of
your writing paper on a solid, smooth
surface. A table is the best support.
Hold lighted match to your seal
ing wax stick till it melts, then rub
the sealing wax over the middle of
the paper. Then wet the seal with
the tongue SO that it will not stick
to the burning wax; press it into the
yielding mass second or so, being
careful to lift it straight up when re-
moved, thus securing clean cut
edge. Repeat the operation as many
times as you wish duplicates, for if
it is particularly fine signet you
will have little trouble in trading
your duplicate for others which you
may not be able to procure except
by this means.
When you have enough to make a
good showing, then comes the time
to mount your collection for exhibit
ton. This is done to the best advan-
tage by pasting the specimens on a
stiff cardboard, say, 16 to % inches
in size, and if you combine your col
ors and sizes happily you may
achieve quite tasteful artistic effect
and add an attractive, interesting or
nament to your room by framing the
group of signets and hanging them
on the wall.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Esuuimaux Houses.

The winter houses of the Esqui.
maux are built half underground, of
earth and stones. The walls are
formed of alternate layers of stone
and sod, and are quite air-tight. The
windows are made of seal mem
brane, but are practically useless dur
ing the long winter. The entrance to
these houses is by a long, narrow
tunnel, accessible only on all tours
and formerly this tunnel afforded the
only ventilation to the house, while
warmth, light and cooking were sup.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Novel Action to Insure MARRIAGE.

In the harbor Of the little village q
Ploumanac'h, in the Cote-du-Nord. i
an isiet of rock which can be reache,
at low tide. 1t is surmounted by
shrine of st. Gufrec, who is said t
have landed here from Britain in tn
sixth century. There are two rud
statues Of the saint, one of which i
of wood.
To this statue on st. Catherine
day, come the young women of tn
neighborhood, who, following an oil
tradition, stick pins into the statue
in order that they may be married be
fore the end of the year.-Londol
Graphic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Prisoners Struck for Tobacco

A unique strike occurred at the
house of correction at Rutland, VT.
when the prisoners refused to go tc
work without their chewing. tobacco
On account of the storm the usual sup
ply of tobacco was not delivered. The
strikers lacked organization, and weak
ened when the officials explained what
would happen If they did not returr
70 work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Immense Stone for Monument.

The largest stone ever taken from
an American quarry is q Maine prod
uct. It is in the form of a monolith
GO feet high, six feet square at the
base and weighing 100 tons. The
stone was foated by barge to Troy
N Y, and then transported by roller:
for two miles to the Oakwood GENE
terry, where it will be sset up as {
monument to the memory Of Gen
Wool. When in place it will be s
landmark for miles up and down the
Hudson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Had Corner in Graves.

The Melbourne Women's hospita
discovered lately that local under
takers ring had bought up nearly al
the vacant plots in the general GENE
terry, and, having put up it's prices fol
funerals at another cemetery, which
has only been opened short time
In order to divert trade to its owr
ground, was retailing it's corner IL
graves at a handsome profit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

To make the Flying Dutchman you
will need q clothespin, q piece Of
broom. handle an inch long and an
old tin can.
Drive nail into piece Of broom
handle (after it has been Whitfield
down to look like Figure No. 81 so
that it can move easily. Then drive
two small nails about onequarter Of
an inch apart in the top, as in No. s.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
A Grizzly Suggestive Group.

The minister and the doctor were
riding down town in Lexington ave
enue car. and had arrived at Madison
square when their friend the under
taken joined them.
After riding with him two blocks
the minister and doctor put the under
taker off the car, saying their appear
ance in trio looked too suggestive an6
would cause talk among their friends
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
MANY Sheep From Colorado.

One hundred thousand sheep will be
prepared for the market this winter
at the beet-sugar factories in the vi
entity OF Eaton. Greeley, Windsor,
Longmount, Fort Collins and Love.
land, Col. The beet pulp makes the
best Of feed for lambs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Rear. Had Amputated Leo.

Roy Furnell of Wilton. Me-, killed
a bear which was an old one and had
but three legs, it's right foreleg hav-
ing been taken off some time close
to the body. 1t was perfectly healed
and furred over, showing that it had
been done long while ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09
Firth story In Holland.

In some parts of Holland a birth is
announced by fastening silk PIN
cushion on the door knob. II the pin
cushion is red the baby is a boy and u
White girl.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

Then cit piece Of tin IN the shape
OF NO. 4, with two holes one-quarter
of an inch apart. This piece is for
the wings. Then put the wings on
the body part (No. 50 and wind q
piece q cord around the piece of
broom handle, next pulling # Of rap
idly While pulling it OH lower the
hand anf the wings will fy rapidly
through the air.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

in twentyfour hours, thus travelling
at the rate of 100 miles an hour for
the whole distance. The storks which
spend the summer in central Europe
AMI winter In central Africa travel
with the same rapidity.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-09

with one good bite you take it all in.
or course the wick can be elected.
This is highly successful trick. for
the apple-candle looks exactly like a
real one.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-05-12

On Nj har hosta, sa en- k0r
faska af Thelanders Compound
Cough Syrup.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-05-12

Ovick Meal Gasoline stovar,
.hvllka arc de basta i marknaden,
fnnas till Dilliga priser i C. A,
Larsons jernhandel, 100 4th SITS.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-05-12
Som bekant har den american


Som bekant har den amerikan-
ske ambassadoren i Paris latit
anstalla grafningar elter sjohiel-
ten Paul Jones lik, sorn anses
vara b%egrafvet pa en- gammal,
numera obegagnad och af den
nuvarande generationen bort
glomd ~kyrkogard belagen midi
inne i staden och ofyertackt med
hus. Redaktoren tor pioneer
Press i St. Paul, Mimi, Mr. To-
seph A. Wheelock, lar dock nu
hafva upptackt att den tappre
sJobussens graf Ell Dir att soka j
Paris utan / Dumfries, Shetland.
En- Mrs Preston. som ar fran
Quantities., har meddelat honom
att Paul Jones' moder lat eiter-
sanda liket fran Paris och begraf-
va Diet pa kyrkegarden i Dumfries
Paul Jones var engelsman, men
han omfattade de amerikanska
koloniernas SAX och tillfogade
sina landsman manga blodiga
och f0rodmjukande nederlag till
sj0s. For att hamnas lara de
ocksa pa hans graf i Dumfries
hafva uppsatt en- stem med in
skriften: John Paul Jones, den
svarte sj0rofvaren.
En- f. d. tviflare berattar.
Ole L. Vik i Golden Lake omta-
lar, huru han varit en- tviflare i
aratal och huru VISA omstandig-
heter ofvertygade honom ON Diet
oriktiga hans asigt. Han sager:
Jag var en- tviflare i araral ro-
raude egenskaperna hos medicln
och fardiglagade mediciner isyn-
nerhet. Bruket af DIR Peters
Kuriko har emellertid ofvertygat
mig att Diet fnnes EFT medel, som
ar en- valsignelse far mensklighe-
ten. Jag har personligen asett,
att delta medal utrattat hvad
lakare och andra mediciner miss
lyckats att utfora. Jag syftar pa
min egen moders fall. Hon hade
plagats i aratal af maglidande
Hennes plagor voro fo~rskrakIiga.
mediciner lakarne ordinerade
gatvo henne ingen lindring- men
vid bruket at Kuriko blefhon full
standigt botad."
DR. Peters Kuriko har vunnit
Diver pa sin sida sasom winner
manga, som stallde sig tviflande
gentemot dess egenskaper. De
AFRO nu dess NEST entusiastiska
underst0djare. Mr. Ole N. Vik,
insanderen af ofvan anf0rda bref,
ar nu den fust tillsatta agenten
for DR. Peters Kuriko i Golden
Lake, N. d.
En- Mrs Clauson Allied nyligen
i Cincinnati, O., och f~6rordnade i
slit testamente att hennes son
Harry skall etter tire &rs f0rlopp
ia atniuta rantan pa $4,000 dollars
under lifstiden, derest han under
de tire aren for EFT nyktert och ar
betsamt lif. Men skenar han Diver
skaklarne, far han n6ja sig med
endast 5 dollars i veckan. Efter
hans d0d skola penningarne till
falla valg0rande andamal,
Screen doors och screen win
dows hos Spalding, 3 & Court.
Qvick Meal Gasoline stovar,
hvilka arc de basta i marknaden,
fnnas till billiga priser i c.. A.
jernhandel, 100 4th SITS.
Bestallningar af tafvelramar ut
foras bast och till billigaste pris
hos Anderson & Abel.
On M har hosta, sa en- k6p
af Thelanders Compound
Cough Syrup.
Det sista hoppet f0rsvann
Da ledande lakare SADIE att VIM. Smit-
hart Pekin, Ia, hade obotlig lungsot,
.forsvann hans sista hopp, men DR.. Kin o {
New Discovery for lungsot, hosta ochf0r-
kylningar raddade honom undan grafyen.
Han sager. "Detta stora specifka lake
medel botade mig f~ullstindigt och radda-
ia poitf lif GaIop 1aup bor ian haporno%
Svenska monitoren., 1905-05-12
Oct sista hoppet f6rsvann


Da ledande lakare SADIE att VIM. Smit-
hart i Pekin, Ia, hade obotlig lungsot,
f0rsvann hans sista hopp, men DR.. Kin {
New Discovery for lungsot, hosta ochf0r-
kylningar raddade honom undan grafyen.
Han sager. 'Detta stora specifka lake
medel botade mig fullstandigt och radda-
de mitt if. Sedan dess har jag begagnat
Diet for ofver 10 ar och betraktar Diet som
en- underbar kur for halls och lungor". En-
verkligt vetehskaplig kur for hosta, ondt
i halsen eller f0rkylningar och eft sakert
~preyentatiy f0rgpneumonia. Garanteras
SOC och 81 af Lungren &Andreen,
apotekare, SiouxCity,Ia Ia. Profflaskor fritz.
Da Nj skall bygga eller reparera
edert hus, So kop virke
hos Spalding, 3 & Court
Malarefarger och all slags ma
Observation-Disclosures pa lager hos
Anderson Abel.
La Junta tribune., 1905-05-13
.'vem vhvms wedding"


The Tom Thumb Wedding" CIV
en- at the La Junta Theater Thurs
day evening under the auspices of
the ladies Of the Christian church. is.
like most weddings in high life. the
talk of the town. The little folks
acquitted themselves in q manner
that won admiration by deserving it.
and were really as serious about it
all as some children of larger growth
at similar functions in real life. After
the wedding there was literary
and musical programme. all Of the
participants, most of whom have ap-
peared at similar entertainments on
numerous occasions. giving renewed
and pleasurable sensations to host
of admirers. There was surely a
host" present. the capacity of the
theatre being tested to its greatest
degree. and standing room being at
a premium. It's safe guess that
the ladies realized handsomely. The
programme in full was As follows: