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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

in business and is the owner of much
realty in the city and important mon
etary interests in the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
MONTE VISTA AND
CUcAMONGA WINE CO.

By his recent purchaSSs of the business in
at 429 South Main streN, ]. w. Jeal.
wine merchant of large experience, has
made the splendid addition to our whole
sale and retail trade of a first class wine
house. The Monte Vista and Cucamon-
ga Wine company handles exclusively al
the excellent varieties of wines from the
Monte Vista and Cucamonga; Vine Vineyard
is unnecessary to inform the California
reader that these are the most cee6rated e7T, TED
favorite wines at home but have wide
reputation throughout the United States,
and are sold in Europe. 1t is this class
of the California products which has sue
cessfully competed with the finest Of i'm,
ported goods and have been pronounced
BY consumers to be equal in quality gsI Ss.to to
onIv in fine wines, selling wholesale and
retail and does shipping t business us mes i. In
iIy trade and has a large and growing
patronage, These wines have the repu-
tation of absolute purity, and the variety
ranges from the ordinary sweet wines to
the California champagnes. Mr.. Jeal con-
ducts his business with great deal or
enterprise and has g. large local trade
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
s. S. WALLAcE g GO.

For fourteen years or more this city,
as we'll as all of Southern California
and New Mexico, have had intimate trade
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

fourth the length above the funnel
as at B. Replacing the funnel, hold
your finger at the bottom of the tube
and pour it full of salt, and your
salt artist is ready to draw.
Hold the funnel off at one corner
OF the table and let it go, when it
will swing off at curve, the sand or
salt marking the line of it's motion.
Now fill the funnel again, and, hold
ing it that the opposite corner of the
table, let it go. when it will duplicate
the first curve from that corner. If
you do this from all four corners you
will have pretty symmetrical de-
sign.
If you will now remove the funnel.
unite the knot at B, and make the
knot at some other point, the curves
will be different. and you may make
an infinite variety of designs by start
ing from different positions on the
table.
You may think that this is great
fun, and so it is. but it is more than
fun, as the curves really represent a
discovery made by a Frenchman, and
they are called after him. Lissajous'
curves.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
NUMBERING the Hairs.

The number of individual hairs
that cover the human scalp is greatly
matter of speculation; but it is sup
posed to vary according to the thick
ness and color of the hair. A we'll
known authority estimates that red
haired people possess the fewest, and
places the average number at thirty
thousand. Black-haired persons, on
the other hand, are said to run into
one hundred thousand; while the fair
haired have the largest number of all
namely, one hundred and fifty-thou-
sand. These figures should form a
valuable index to those people whose
hair is on the down grade. An ex-
cessive falling off could be reckoned
at from 100 upwards, and by counting
the number of hairs they lose each
day some idea might be formed as to
how long they are likely to be before
they are overtaken with total bald
ness. Hairs which fall out, however,
are not always a total loss" They
often grow again from the root
Montreal Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
One Beast of Burden.

The camel is the only cud-chewing
animal that has kept it's front teeth:
these teeth are particularly useful in
dividing the tough, prickly shrubs
upon which the camel browses., It is
most remarkable feeder, and will
eat what other animals shun, such as
plants with thorns like spears and
daggers that will pierce the boot of
the incautious traveller Some of these
thorns are as thick as mans middle
finger, but they seem to contain salt,
OF which the camel is fond.
Apart from what the animal can find
in the desert, it's keep is most inexpen-
sive, for it is satisfied with cake of
barley, few dates, or a handful of
beans. In the absence of all other
food an Arabian camel has been known
to eat coal once a day; and Bac-
trian camel has even eaten it's own
packsaddle, old bleached bones. leath-
er straps, gloves and an old waistcoat
The Bactrian camel is covered with
thick, woolly hair, exactly the color OF
the sand and stones with which it is
surrounded; its hair is used by the
Tartars in making their tents.
-Camels are protected by seven cal
losities, or hard pieces of flesh; one
of these is on t. 8 breast, two on each
of the forelegs, and one on each of
the hind legs; thus it can sleep with
out injury with it's knees bent under
its body and it's breast resting on the
ground
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Youthful Ejnanciers.

Two budding Rockefellers have
been unearthed by the police in the
north of Europe. These worthless,
aged IL and Ia, have in a single day
made 5000 per cent on the capital of
a penny. Obtaining entrance with
this sum to a lavatory, Number One
removed his neither garments. These
were pawned by Number Two for a
form ESQ cents). With the capital
thus brought into the business he
bought a watch on the installment
system. A loan of 10 shillings (s25O)
was now floated with the aid of the
watch at second pawnbroker's. He
returned to pawnbroker A and took
tout" the trousers which were then
resumed by Financier One-and the
two divided between them the shill-
ings ($2) minus the working expenses,
friction on boot feathers, etc. Allow
ing for Sundays and short holidays
for the directors on the Rivera, the
company's annual profits at this rate
would be nearly 100000 per cent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

the elastic (6), so that it is a, little
expanded. In the middle of the elas-
tic fasten the other screw (No. 81
with little string. Near the point Of
the screw (No.3), the one end of the
string CID, pass the other end
through small hole 21a inches from
either side on the lower edge of the
box. Now make holes one-fourth inch
from front edge and / inch from top
and bottom respectively, two on each
side. Stick CD placed in the two
upper holes and stick (8) in lower
holes. One end of each strip (9-10)
is glued on the lower stick 81 / inch
in on each side. and the other two
ends on the upper, the same. On the
cover inch from the top and l inch
in from each side, and then 1 inch in
from Alb, making it in squares. The
two 1-inch squares are to be cut out,
so that the strips will show. On one
strip are the numbers of the fire
boxes, where the alarm is rung up,
and the other strip is for the time
the alarms come in.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
The Swimming Needle.

II you tell your friends that you can
make needle swim, they will prob
ably laugh at you. But the trick is
not at all difficult, and there is no
catch about it, either. Fill an ordi-
nary goblet with water to the brim
and place it on firm base so that it
will not tremble. Then select a fine
sewing needle and cut a piece of let
ter paper into small oblong SO that
it shall be little longer than the
needle. Set this piece of paper gently
on the water. Put tiny drop of oil
on your finger and rub the needle
with it. Then lay it carefully on the
paper.
Of course the paper will support the
needle and everybody will say: Huh!
That's nothing!" But just tell them
to wait.
Within a few moments the paper,
becoming soaked with water, will sink
slowly to the bottom of the glass. But
the needle will not go down with it. If
the surface Of the water is perfectly
still, the needle will remain afloat.
The explanation is simple The CO.
hesion of the molecules of water is
such that the LIQUID resists the en-
trance of other bodies as long as the
molecules are not disturbed. If it is
placed on the water with sufficient
skill, it is even possible to make a
fiat ring of metal swim. But the nee
die trick is easier.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

Get a number of glass tubes. vary
Ing in size from a quarter of an inch
in diameter to the slim thermometer
tube. Thrust them into water and see
the result as shown in the accompany
Ing picture. The water will rise
higher in the smaller tubes than in
the larger, and it will be higher at the
sides of the tube than in the middle.
This is due to the pressure Of the air
on the surface of the water, and to
what is known as capillary attraction.
this last causing the water to rise on
the sides of the tube.
Now thrust the tubes into mercury,
and an entirely exactly opposite effect
will be produced, as shown in the
darker picture, for the mercury will
have a lower level inside the tubes
than outside, and as it has tendency
to slip away from the glass surface
rather than to cling to 1t there is no
capillary attraction. and it falls down
ward at the sides and curves upward
in the center Besides. it will rise
higher in the larger tubes than in the
smaller ones.
A similar experiment may be made
with two fiat pieces Of glass, placed
together like wedge, and held SO
by broad rubber band, piece Of
wood being placed at the top and the
bottom of the open part, as shown in
the illustration.
Now dip this wedge into water, and
you will find that the water will rise
higher where the pieces Of glass come
together than at the open part, thus
making curved surface. Dip it into
mercury and the curve will be re-
versed, the mercury having q lower
level where the pieces Of glass come
together.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Work of a Salt Artist.

Some very curious natural curved
designs may be made with sand or
salt and funnel
Get a nice piece Of wood about
three inches in diameter, and in the
center of it make hole large enough
for the funnel to rest. Fasten three
pieces of stout Irvine near the edge of
the wooden disc, equally distant from
each other. so that when their other
ends are united in knot, as at A in
picture, the funnel will hang in a bal
anced position in the wooden rest,
while held in your hand at the knot.
Then on two hooks in a frame, as
shown in the picture, placed about
four feet part, fasten two strings,
and let them be united with the 9TH
er three at A. When this has all been
done the funnel should hang with it's
center as close to the table as pos
sible.
Now remove the funnel and make a
knot in the strings at about one
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
"Thou Art My Light"

A touching incident was narrated by
DR.. r. f. Horton on the second Sunday
after his return from months of treat
ment by celebrated German oculist
He was waiting in the oculist's con-
sulting room, not knowing whether or
not the remainder of his life was to
be passed in darkness, when he put his
hand into his pocket and drew out his
little Bible-not to read it, but to see if
he could. AS he opened it his eyes fell
on the text:
"For Thou are my lamp, o Lord;
and the Lord will tighten my dark
ness"
II had not been aware Of the very
existence Of this text" he said, "and
do not know who but an angel could
have led me to it; but l felt that,
whether I received my sight or not,
those words were enough for me, and
from that time seemed to know that
should continue to proclaim the words
of this blessed Book"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
NoIseless Warfare.


IA Russian scientist claims the discov.
cry OF a noiseless powder.)
lney grew their noiseless cannon up
10 race the noiseless fray,
Inc generals noiseless order rang
Along that vast array
pun or smokeless smoke arose,
"A cloud concealed the sun;
1n ne. nasned wireless telegram
The battle was begun!
mere n came noiseless earthquake shock
mat shook the hills in twain:
deafening hell OF noiseless sound
went roaring DER the plain
AS troopers raised their noiseless shout
And dashed into the fight
win polysyllabic noiseless oaths
In purest Muscovite.
In slience turned the Russian flank
m, Ana stood In noiseless fear,
Iney threw their noliseless rifles down
Ana bolted for the rear.
Inen IN thankless, hopeless mood
Ihey grabbed their hats and beat
noiseless, smokeless, wireless,
AND breahless quick retreat.
waiter Irwin, in the New York Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Duty Above Life.

Life is a matter of very small ac-
count to any one in comparison with
duty doing, whether man realizes
this truth or not. Whatever is worth
living for is worth dying for, if dying
be an incident to it's pursuing. When
the Roman General, Pompey, was
warned against the danger of his re-
turning from Egypt to Italy, to meet
a new trouble in his own land, his
heroic answer was: ut is a small mat
ter that I should move forward and
die. 1t is too great matter that I
should take one step backward and
live" Life is never we'll lived when
it is held dearer than duty. He who
would tell lie in order to live is will
ing to pay great deal larger price for
his life than that life is worth to HIM
self-or to others.-H. G. Trumbull.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
A Disappearing Shilling.

Procure few skeirls of thick worst
ed from Berlin wool shop; next,
piece of tin bent in the shape of
fat tube, just large enough for a shill-
ing to slip through, and about four
inches long; wind the worsted upon
one end of the tube to a good-sized
ball. with shilling in your right hand.
You are then ready to "show the
trick" Place the ball of worsted upon
the sideboard, or anywhere out of
sight. Borrow a shilling, which you
must request to be marked, that the
audience may be assured of it's iden-
tity: then picking it up by the left
hand, you examine the shilling in your
right hand, pretending that it is the
one that has just been given to you
and, observing, 1T is a good one,
place it on the table. Now fetch the
worsted, quickly drop the marked
money down the tube, and pull the
ball of the tin directly it is in, advanc-
ing to the company and winding up
the ball, which, by a little pressure,
secures the coin from coming out un-
less the worsted is unwound. Then
put the ball into glass tumbler, hold
one end of the worsted a few yards
from the glass, take up your own
shilling from the table, show it to the
company, who will imagine it to be
the one that was marked; say, Pres
to! Fly! Pass" give the end of the
ball of worsted to one of the audience,
request him to unwind it," which be-
ing dove. the money will fall out Of the
Nh.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
SONG Of the Season.

When the gold is on the willow and the
maple buds are red
When your feet have grown so heavy
that you fear they're made of lead,
When the fever's in your system and you
are lazy as the deuce,
And your ever ready answer Is a muff1ed
What's the use?"
Xnen It's time to hang the kettle and pre-
pare for making soap,
Sust beside the ash-filled hopper on the
orchards sunny slope.
linen the seasons full of trouble, In this
semi-southern cline.
Eor 1t brings the awful something known
as 'gardenmakin' time
Fallow ground with clods to crumble,
paper bags of onion sets,
Rake and hoe and soil-stained garments
and a soul that sorely frets
AZ the prospect of exertion even of the
mildest kind,
And your humping over makes you sort
O dizzy like and blind.
BeetS and radishes and lettuce pease and
seven breeds of bean,
Poppies, marigolds and larkspurs for the
walks and in between.
These the things inseparable from the
days that reek with rhyme,
These the tragedies that trouble us In
"gardenmakin' time"
Baltimore Am erican.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Amateur Fire Coma.

AS some boys are interested in fires
and the way the alarms come in, we
have here given the description of an
amateur fire gong which any boy
can make.
The things required in making it
are: Cd a cigar box s inches long 5
inches wide and 2 inches deep. (2)
The round bell of an ordinary alarm
clock. (34) Two screws. 60 The
nut Of bolt. CO. An elastic band.
7-8) Two round sticks. inches long
and one-fourth inch thick. (9-10) Two
strips of paper each l yard long and
1 inch wide. CID Some string. And
at 12-13-14-15, tacks.
The bell is placed on the nut (5)
and then screwed in the center of the
box tight with screw No. p. On an
even line with the lower edge of the
bell on each side of the box fasten
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Japanese Card Game.

A game popular with children in ia
pan is played as follows: One hun
dred well-known proverbs are selected,
each divided into two parts, each part
printed on separate card. The host
has the hundred first halves which he
reads aloud, one by one. The hundred
second halves are dealt to the other
players, who place their hands upon
the "Tatami," or thick mat of rich
straw on which they sit. AS the first
half of any proverb is read the holder
Of the second half throws it out, or,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
The Rats and the PoIecats.

The remarkable case of a ferret and
wild rabbit living together in peace
recorded in the Manchester Guard
ian reminds a naturalist correspond
ent Of another queer happy family. Il
had wild polecat obtained young)
reared for the purpose of crossing
with one of my ferrets. One day ]
put two young rats into the pole
cats run, thinking she would devour
them She did nothing of the kind.
One the contrary, she allowed them
to suckle her and carefully reared
them. One of the rats died; the 9TH
er is now constant companion OF
the polecat, and they often have a
run together in the fields around my
house, and always come home to-
gether and sleep in the same bunk"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Game of the Loaded Ship.

The players seat themselves and q
ball is got; then letter is taken (b,
for instance), some player says: my
shis is loaded with?" and losses the ball
to some player, who has to answer
with noun that commences with the
letter chosen at the beginning Of the
games; in this case b, SO player could
say Deans" and he then throws it to
another player, who has to answer or
pay forfeit. The faster the ball is
thrown, the more fun, some very fun
ny answers being given.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
short Meter sermons.
Kindness makes kin.

Kindness makes kin.
Faith gives fiber to life.
Blessed are the buoyant lives.
The selfish cannot be sanctified.
Purity does not rest on plebiscite.
1t takes more than a syllogism to
save men.
Hot air is always succeeded by cold
wave.
Deeper science is the cure for scien-
tific doubt.
There are a lot of people who would
rather gather to-morrow's thistles than
to-day'S figs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Eco Service.

The members of place Of worship
at Overton, near Wrexham, England,
have hit upon novel idea for raising
a sum OF money to carry out certain
structural improvements. It was de-
cided to have an egg service. and the
congregation was invited to bring as
many as possible. Over 1000, which
were placed In and around the pulpit.
were brought, and readily sold, realiz-
ing q substantial sum.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

If he sees 1t unnoticed among his
neighbors, seizes it and gives him one
of his own. The player who is first
"out" wins. It is very simple game,
but it affords a great deal of amuse-
ment to the players, for the quick
sighted and keen-witted are constantly
Selling the cards of their duller and
slower neighbors. This leads to much
laughter and good-natured teasing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Younoster Had Much Fun.

Cyrus knight caused great deal of
disturbance among the people of Great
Darlington, VT, one night last week
by initiating the fire whistle. He ac-
complished the trick by his own lung
power aided by photograph horn,
and the imitation was so perfect that
people left stores and residences to
find out where the fire was. He sound
ed no particular number, which added
greatly to the perplexity of the situa-
ton. Cyrus is, Of course, 1O-year
old.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Chair Carved From Wood.

Among the curiosities recently pre-
scented to the Maritzburg museum, IN
South Africa, is chain % feet s
inches long, carved from the trunk OF
tree by Knobnose natives. tribe In
the Zoutspanberg district, Transvaal.
The chain Is continuous. requiring
phenomenal patience and skill In cary
Ing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13
Byron's Obituary Notice.

Every year the London Times prints
the following advertisement on April
10:
George Gordon Noel. Lord Byron.
Died nObly for Greece at MiSsolOnghi.
April 10, 1924.
When love who sent forgot to save
The young, the beautiful the brave.
THE Bride of Abydos."
This annual notice is printed &C
cording to the provisions of certain
bequest until the name Byron shall be
inscribed in Westminster abbey.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

1t is necessary to distinguish care
fully between submission to the will or
God and to an inevitable fate. TneI
one brings hope, but the other despair.
Presbyterian Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-07-13

Amusing and Instructive Experiment
Which Many of Our Readers Can
easily Carry out-Varying effects Of
Contact with Mercury and with Wa
ton.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
New Short Goats.

The new short coats have arrived
They are queer and will not be becom-
ing to the majority. Truly. they look
do not attempt to fit the figure under
the arms. and the waistline is about
four inches above the waist. From this
point they curve out at the back, and
the slash up the center makes the two
sides stand out and almost cross at
the hem exactly like sparrows tail.
Whether or not this original shape
will be worn is in the hands of the
women. One thing is true-the short
coat is the thing OF the moment for at
ternOon frOckS.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-11-03
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards. Oct 10.
Cattle receipts on the Denver mar
ket were the heaviest last week OF any
week during the fall months in the his.
tory of the yards. Over $4,000 head
arrived and all we're offered and sold
here The market was fairly active
but prices are 10 to 15c lower than a
week ago. This was not due to any lack
of demand, but to the fact that the
railroads we're unable to furnish sum.
cient cars to load out the cattle as
they were purchased and they had to
be held in the yards for several days
at considerable expense to the pur-
chaser. For this reason statesmen had
to make concessions to move the cat
tie, but all were of the opinion that
had 1t not been for this fact prices
would have been fully steady az there
was a good demand for everything.
Beef steers were in fair supply and
sold under very good demand. Best
brought 1915 with the bulk down to
$500. Cows sold very well and some
fancy stuff on sale. Best fancy COWS
brought $3.35, the best price for sew
eral months, with another bunch at
$315. These were very fancy how
ever. and most OF the cows sold at
81 80 to $3.50 with a number Of sales
at the latter figure. Bulls were strong
with 1925 representing the top, and
veals sold well at $500 to $3.50. Feeder
and stocker trade suffered the most
because of the car shortage, but every
thing was sold as there was az good
demand and plenty of buyers here.
Best steers sold at $375. freight paid
and the good to choice At $685. to
1910 with the medium and light
steers around s2.75 to $3.50. Rail
roads promise plenty Of cars for this
week and indications point to a good
trade.
Hog receipts were liberal but the de-
mand very good and the market
active. Prices dropped about quar-
ter during the week with tops now
selling around $500.
Receipts of sheep were the heaviest
in the history of the market, total
of close to $4,000 head being received.
Most of these were contracted but a
number went on sale and all were dis
posed of at good strong prices. The
demand is very good here for all kinds.