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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-23
oreigners Want Protection.

Warsaw. The consuls have asked
the authorities to protect the foreign
residents owing to the precarious con-
ditions prevailing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-23
Struggle at Moscow.

The struggle in progress in the Mos
cow zemstvo congress is watched with
anterest. The main question to be de-
.clded is whether the zemstvoists will
cooperate with the government and
on what terms. The test probably will
come upon the resolutions to be Of
fered by M. Nemiroveski, mayor of
Saratoff, and M. Kucheroff, mavor of
Kharkoff, proposing cooperation with
Count White in the general pacifca-
ton OF the country and the introduce
ton of the reforms, which the under
standing that the national assembly
Will work out the details.
The men who are making fight on
the necessity for supporting Count
Wltte urge that unless the country is
tranquiHzed the government will be
forced to return to reactionary meas
ures. From the dispatches received,
however, it is likely that even if the
radical wing is out-voted certain guar
antees will be demanded as the price
OF the cooperation Of the zemstvoists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-11-23
RED LEADERS
STILL HOPEFUL
PREPARING BIG POLITICAL UP
HEAvAL.
PEASANTS WILL JOIN THEM
Famine and Plague Will Prove Effec-
tive Allies of the Agitation, on
Promise to Give Peasants Lands.

st. Petersburg. With the collapse
OF the strike the leaders of the
Reds" says they will now devote
their energies to the preparation of a
universal political strike, to sustain
the revolutionary program when the
national assembly convenes.
These plans which were suddenly
upset by the precipitation of the rail-
road strike last month, are exceeding
ly ambitious, involving the co-opera-
ton not only of the workmen of the
cities, but the peasantry and if pos
sible the army and navy.
The propaganda among the soldiers
and sailors will be pushed energeti-
cally The leaders already claim that
they have organized the peasantry in
live districts of Kharkoff province,
the peasants having agreed not to
work for the land lords when the
strike is called.
They anticipate that the famine,
which IS at the doors Of almost $4,000
600 peasants of the central provinces,
according to estimates, will prove an
effective ally of the agitation as they
promise to give the peasants land to
an unlimited extent. The plague which
IS moving northward from the Kir-
ghlz steppe, if not stamped out in the
Vastula region, may also be made to
serve the purpose of arousing the ig-
norant and superstitious peasants.
The leaders will urge the proleta-
rat everywhere to secure arms and
be prepared to fight for their rights.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
. MONTANA tilGHM AVS
Recent Laws Provide For Their System.
w. attic Improvement.

Recent Laws Provide For Their System
. attic Improvement.
The highways of Montana, by a bill
passed by the state legislature, are
placed in the charge of the county sur
yeyor, and the old Office Of road super
visor, usually held by an inexperienced
man, is abolished. The act defines the
powers and duties Of county surveyors
and. provides for their compensation.
By this act each Of these officers is re-
quired to keep the highways in his
county clear Of obstruction and in good
repair and maintain bridges, to make
all plans and specifications for new
roads and bridges, to report to the coun-
ty commissioners on all work completed,
andif the work is done according to
the plans, specifications and contract
he is to draw his vouchers for the same
before payment is made. -,
The county surveyor is chairman OF
all boards Of viewers Of roads, keeps
the records of road surveys and is the
general superintendent Of all roads. He
may employ labor, teams, etc, and mas
power to contract for all work not ex-
ceeding 5000 in cost. For larger amounts
the approval Of a majority of the board
of3county commissioners is required.
The salary received varies with the
class Of county, from $3.50 to 50, 900
per year. Viewers and all assistants Of
the county surveyor may not receive
more than So per day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
Al ApirDal Story For.
Little Folks
HOW MR.. TOM CAT Gull
A HIS VOICE

There were few cats in all animal
land who had better voices than Mr..
Tom Cat He knew all the latest songs
and could sing them with an earnest
ness and vigor that aroused the ad-
miration Of his friends and the envy of
his enemies. 1t was his proud boast
that nobody within three blocks Of him
could sleep through n Of his nightly
open air concerts. .
If Mr.. Tom Cat had been given a
penny for every window that had been
opened, for every head that had been
stuck out, for every missile that had
been thrown. at him while he was
singing, he would have been a very
wealthy cat indeed.
But, like a great many people, Mr..
Tom Cat was not satisfied. He was
not contented to let well enough alone.
He wanted to become still more IA
nous. He wanted his voice to swell
out upon the night air until Its volume
was 80 great that 1t would sound like
two cats singing instead Of one. As
he did not know exactly how to attain
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this end he decided to consult some. one
who could enlighten him. And it was
just here that he made his mistake.
Instead Of going to a friend for adj
vice he sought a rival, q cat that could
sing as well as he. This cat naturally
did not want Mr.. Tom to improve, and
30 he was not liable to give any good
advice.
"Eat a pound Of sawdust," he said
to Tom, and Tom very foolishly went
off to a carpenter shop and bought the
sawdust and ate it
Then he sat down and began to
think, and the longer he sat the more
he thought. And while he thought he
suffered the worst pain that he had
ever been called upon to suffer In all
his life. The sawdust weighed or his
stomach like a ton Of lead. The tears
came into his eyes, and he could not
! stop them. 1t was almost enough to
kill him, am it is a great wonder that
1t did not kill him.
1t was three whole days before he
could resume his nightly songs, and he
found his voice had not improved one
whit. But there were two good lessons
he learned-frst, to be contented with
what he had, and, second. never to try
to make a meal on sawdust-Detrolt
Journal .
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CROSS SECTION OF BRICK TRACKwATs. UN-
D~ERDRA1NED AND STONE CURBED.
dirt road is in use, and teams are haul
ing over it loads not one-fourth as large
as they could haul over n hard surface.
In many other cases stone roads have
been laid and are effecting a great saw
ing wei the old dirt roads in cost Of
haulage, but are expensive to keep in
repair under the heavy loads that pass
over them. For such places as these the
plan of using paving brick to take the
heavy wear appears to be especially ad.
vantageous and deserving Of extended
adoption. -.
"The details of construction, such as
the foundation under the bricks, the
construction of the macadam at their
sides and between them, the filling be-
tween the bricks, etc., would vary with
local circumstances and with the teach
ings of experience, but they need not be
considered in a study of the merits of
the scheme generally.
"It may be, pointed out also in this
connection that such a strip Of brick
pavement as is here proposed would
make an admirable road for cycling,
and the influence o. that important
body Of agitators for road Improvement
might we'll be exerted in favor Of this
proposition"
The drawbacks to the narrow strip
method Of construction are the danger
of the. fitting Of the outside bricks in
driving on and off, or crossing the line
with heavy loads, and the danger Of
disruption or displacement by frost.
To meet the first of these difficulties
a CURLING of rough stone might be laid.
If stone is not available, bricks could
be set on end for curbing, or a special
form of brick might be designed for the
purpose, of which the surface would
form part of the trackway.
In cases where damage by frost is to
be apprehended On account Of the char
acter Of the soil the construction might
be combined with that Of the Illinois
farm roads used by Judge Cation. THE
combination would be as shown in the
accompanying cut.
The ditch above the draintile could
BIZ filed with any coarse +materials-
field stone, or quarry spalls too soft or
gravel too large for roads, or with the
burned clay i'll Jumps which is used fer
ballast on some of the prairie railroads
this filling to be rammed or rolled
down and covered with a little gravel
and enough sand for bedding the bricks.
A light coating of gravel would serve
for the space between the tracks and
outside Of them.
A road so built and protected should
last for many years with no repair ex-
cept to replace the gravel wern out by
the horses feet.
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ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED.
Henry watterson's Idea Is That They Be
Local, Not National. -

Henry watterson's Idea Is That They Be
Local, Not National. u
Henry Watterson takes issue with q
good roads advocate who insists that
the general government should have
charge Of road making-that there
should be national highways built and
maintained at public expense. .
The good roads that are needed, says
the Chicago Times Herald, those that
are most needed. in the language of
Colonel Watterson, are those that ''lead
from the farm to the railroad, the mill,
the factory, the school, the church, the
ferry and the market"
This apt remark of Colonel Watterson
is a condensation, a simplifcation, an
absolutely plain presentation Of what Is
most wanted in the matter Of good
roads. Garry out that idea, and what
will be wanting? 1t will meet the re-
quirements Of the farmer; it will save
the farming element hundreds Of mil
lions of dollars every year; it will meet
the expectations of the pleasure seeker
it will add to the value Of every foot Of
land il the country; it will be of value
% every merchant and every profession.
al man; it will be a ource Of pleasure
and profit to all classes, in all commu-
mites.
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BRICK TRACKWAYS.
NARROW WHEELWAYS TO Be LAID IN
THE sH,SADAM.

Would Wear n Long Time and Decrease
Traction - Details of Construction ahl
Difficulties to Be Overcome-Nany Good
Features OF the Suggestion.
General Roy Stone, director Of road
inquiry, department Of agriculture, in
circular No. 20 quotes from The En-
cheering News regarding the laying
of strips of brick paving in macadam
roadways. The News says:
cit appears to US that this combina.
ton of brick and macadam is the most
promising plan for the improvement OF
heavy traffic that has appeared in a
long time and deserves consideration by
every engineer who has to do with mac
adam roads. There are thousands Of
miles of city streets where the AUDITING
owners can i'll afford the assessments
for the cheapest of block or asphalt
pavements, and on the other hand the
traffic is such that the maintenance Of
present macadam streets is a heavy bur-
den. Cannot the needs of such cases be
met by placing a brick roadway in the
middle Of tie street and covering all
the rest of the width between the curbs
with broken stone?"
The News also makes an additional
suggestion in the direction of economy
which may we'll lead to further expert
ment in this method of construction. 1t
says:
"But in localities where there is a
long freight haul on paving brick the
expense of even a z foot strip Of brick
in a road might be prohibitory. In such
localities the scheme is worth consider
ing, it appears to Us, of laying two par
allel narrow strips Of paving brick
through the middle of a macadam road,
as illustrated in the accompanying cross
section. These strips might be l6 to 20
inches in width and Of such gauge that
vehicles of all classes could follow them
as they would a line Of rails. The de-
creased traction on such a surface would
DO practically as great as if steel rails
were laid in the macadam, as has been
proposed, and if properly laid they
would wear a very long time under any
traffic where a macadam road is justi-
fable at all. 49,.
"There are thousands of places where
a short piece Of roadway is subjected to
a very heavy,trafic. Such roads occur
around factories, mills, mines, quaFries,
railway stations and many other places.
In many of these places an ordinary
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
eAD, ROADS TO BLAME.
Why Che Farmers III the East Find Thick
u.;,oes TDnrnTtohla.

Why Che Farmers III the East Find TheI
business Improbable.
A highly important feature of che
highways question is the effect good OF
bad roads have upon. the local markets
and their sources of supply; says the
New York Tribune. In all the cities and
large towns of the state there is a de.
mand for farm products and for the
bulkier and heavier products, such as lay
and straw and grain.
In many cases the surrounding coun-
try is quite capable of supplying that
demand; in all cases it should do SO as
far as possible; in most cases it does not.
Instead, supplies are brought in by rail
or canal from far away, perhaps from
other states; while at the same time,
within a few miles Of the market thus
supplied, are farms that have been
abandoned o. not worth working and
others whose owners are in chronic dis
content and despair at the apparent i'm
possibility of getting profitable prices
for their crops. The big farms of the
west, they say, m%onopolize the markets,
and so farming here no longer pays.
Now, one prime secret Of the trouble
lies in the bad roads, which keep the
producer and the consumer apart by
making it difficult, if not impossible,
for the farmers to get their produce to
market. The farmer 1000 miles away
can get his crops to market by rail or
canalmore easily and more cheaply than
the farmer only ten miles awayca haul
bis in over roads that are 81 billy and
rough and miry that half a ton is a
heavy load for a horse to draw at slow
footpace.
It is not that farms in the east are no
longer productive, nor that the eastern
market no longer offers fair prices. 1t
is that the roads between the farms and
the markets are so bad as to make ship
ment unp1ofitable. Good roads through
out the farming regions adjacent to the
cities and towns would do more than
anything else to restore prosperity to
the farmers, enabling them to get their
goods to the best possible market easily,
promptly and cheaply. Good roads
would mean good farms, good markets,
good prices and good. times for all con-
cerned. .%."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
STUDENTS DUELS.
Now the German University Men Arc
Padded For the Fight.

Now the German University Men Ars
Padded For the Fight.
Nv friend had vanished into the dress
ing room, and ut first glance / entirely
failed to recognize him in the padded
monster that now staggered clumsily Into
the room, supported on each side by his
second and sword bearer. The thick armor
Of leather and wadding with which he was
bolstered entirely protected his body and
limbo. His neck was rigidly incased in a
high, thick collar of silk and whipoord,
and his eyes were protected BY iron Cog
giles as large as small teacups, from which
q strap passed round the ears to be buckled
st the back of the head. His second was
somewhat similarly equipped, and IN adj
dition wore q leather cap with a strong
iron peak. The other principal presently
entered the room and took up his position
at one swords length from Zimmerman.
he was closely followed by the umpire or
unparteiischer. This parsonage was q
chronic medical student Of ten years
standings mass Of genial rotundity,
with a fat, amorphous face in which fea.
lures seemed a superfuity. he was duly
qualified for his responsible position by
an unlimited capacity for beer and the
glorious fact that he had never passed an
examination. Entbroned on an armchair
q little in front of the other spectators, he
divided his time pretty equally between a
huge mug of Munchener and a long pipe
Of which the painted china bowl rested on
the ground. He now proclaimed "Silen-
tiuml" and proceeded to announce the
duel. 1t was to last for 20 minutes, ok
GLIDING all pauses, and as usual to consist
Of short bouts or "gangs," with brief In
seryals of rest between each. The swords
long, nasty looking blades, sharp as II:
zors and flexible as riding switches-were
carefully wiped with disinfecting lotion
and banded to the combatants. The Sec
onds took up their position behind and to
the left Of their respective men, and gave
the word of command in the following ira.
ditional form:
"Auf die Mensur bindet die KlingenI'
(Cross blades for, the duelD
"Gebunden sindl" Crossed they areD
"Losi" (GoD
The swords clash together IN the pre-.
Nminary stroke. Then ensuesa brief hail
storm of blows so rapid that the eye refuses
to follow them and retains only q confused
impression of flashing steel and flying
sparks. The head Of each combatant seems
to be enyeloped, In a halo of cleaning
points. It is impossible to realize that
each Of these lightning strokes is deliber-
ately and scientifically aimed and as de.
Hberately and scientifically parried.-Pan
Mall MAGAZINE. .
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The Origin Of MI. and Mrs.

In earlier times the ordinary man was
simply william or John-that is to say, be
had only a Christian name without any
kind Of "handle'' before 1t or SURNAME
after 1t, says the Philadelphia Record.
:. Some means Of distinguishing one John
or William from another John or William
became necessary. Nioknames derived
from d mans trade or his dwelling place
or from some personal popularity were
tackled on to his Christian name, and plain
John became John Smith. As yet there
were no "misters'' In the land.
Some John Smith accumulated more
wealth than the bulk Of his FELLOWSHIP.
came perhaps q landed proprietor or an
employer Of hired labor. Then he began
to be called In the Norman French Of the
day the "maistre"' of this place or that,
of these workmen or of those.
In time the "maistre," OF "maister, "
as 1t soon became, got tackled on befora
his name, and he became Master Smith
and his wife was Maistress Smith.
Gradually the sense Of possession was
lost sight of, and the title was conferred
upon any kindly mere possession Of
wealth or holding some position Of more
or less consideration and Importance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
\ A Muddy Road.

One day this week, as a teamster was
slowly working his way through the
quagmire commonly known as a coun-
ty road between the Cummings hill
and Fossil, be espied a hat in one
of the ruts in front of him. As the
headgear appeared to be in fairly good
condition he dismounted to pick it up.
As he raised the hat he was astonished
to hear a voice coming from under it
exclaim: "Hold onl That's my haiti
As soon as he had gathered his breath
and wits the teamster asked. "What are
you doing down there?" Which brought
forth the reply: 'I'm in big luck to BIZ
where I am. There's a horse underneath
me. fossil (Or.) Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
Moo For Nervous People.

A party of Cambridge professors on one
occasion undertook, for q scientific object,
to penetrate Into the depths Of q Cornish
mine.
One Of the number relates the following
startling Incident Of his visit: On his
ascent in the ordinary manner, by means
Of q bucket and with a miner for a fellow
passenger, he perceived, as he thought, IN.
mistakable symptoms Of the frailty Of the
rope.
elbow often do you change your ropes,
my good mani" he inquired when about
half way from the bottom OF tho awful
abyss.
"We change them every three months,
SIR" replied the man In the bucket, "and
We shall change this n tomorrow If we
get up safe today, sir ."-Pearson's Weekly.
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DOWN THE THROAT oFA TURKEY GoBBLER.
greatest jumper that had appeared in
the neighborhood for years. At last
everything was ready for the contest.
The bullfrog toed the mark and sang
q sort Of refrain like this:
Watch me jump!
- Watch me jump!
Then he jumped at least six feet.
"Thats nothing" said the grasshop,
per. y"I told you all that I'm the great
est jumper on earth. After this jump
I intend to go with the circus and do q
jumping act"
Then he. threw out his legs in one
grand leap and would certainly have
won the match, but through a faulty
steering gear he jumped right down
the throat of a turkey gobbler who had
been watching the performance.
Moral,-Look before you leap-Pitts'
burg Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-01-11
MAMMALS DEAR CHERUB.
He Deserved . Spanking and Got . Strar
ger, In Trouble.

He Deserved . Spanking and Got . Stran'
ger. In Trouble.
People never get encouragement for do
ing the good Samaritan act in the inter
ests Of the public, as the man decided who
offered to assist a distracted woman and
smeliorate the sufferings Of a lot of people
on a suburban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence, the
curled darling of his only W mother and
the terror Of everybody else, and be had
kept the car In a state Of wild e1citement
and exhausted the patience Of everybody,
including his dotipg parent.
"Oh, If your father were only here!" she
had said for the fftieth time as she tried
yainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped bowling long enough
b beat the air with bis small shins, and
the woman on the other side of him re
marked audibly that a cage was the proper
place for savages Like him.
"Johnny, dear" asked his mother,
won't you be q good boy?"
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, I wish your father. were here tt
give you a good trouncing this very min
utep' she walled as she struggled with
him.
Then 1t was that the philanthropist Of
the company asserted himself. He hat
been trying in vain to read his morning
paper ever since he started from home.
"Ailow me, madam" he said blandly,
ST am q father myself, and ! will be happy
DO ohastise your oherub in behalf of his alb
sent parent"
"Ob, no, you won't; not If I know it,
said Johnny's mother. rising in her WRATH
like q tigrsss. "There amt that man liv
ing dare lay a finger on that boy-his owl
father or any other ugly old catamount
who thinks he knows it alll". And sht
shut of debate by going into the next cal
and taking the sweet infant with her,
Chicago Tmes-Herald.
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Take Mtlford's %Sarsaprilla for ehood bit

Take Mtford's Sarsaprilla for ehood bit
5000 pairs OF shoes for men, women and
chiIdreu. Every pair of them solid leather
r. Rosenberg & Co.
Just received a large lot of hand made
Indian baskets, something new. sets. 10 Sl.5O
ach, at Milford's Drug Store.
The place TO get what you went! More
truth than poetry In this. Speeds Drug store.
Don't forget Speeds remedy for hat mean
headache and bad taste in your mouth
smoke Speeds cinco cigars. No charge ior
the subscription, only for the remedy. Speeds
Drug Store.
Only solid leather; shoes for the children.
Strong com Portable school shoes.-P. Rosen-
berg & Co.
Our customers and friends will have TO par
don us for not giving them a few locals'the
last few weeks, but we hsve been so busy IN:
iii it has been impossible to do 80. Yours TO
please, Mlford's Drug Store. .
The seasons are favorable, II your corns are
growing too fast and hurt you try Blue jay
Corn Piasters, for sale at Speeds Drug Store.