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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01
EDITORS WILL
HAYETOPAY CASH
FOR RAILROAD ! TRANsPoRTA-
TATIoN UNDER NEW Law.
CANNOT HlKE EXCHANGE
81 49,
Advertising Space viii No Longer Be
Allowed Exchange for Transports
tion Over Railroads.

washington Under ruling or
the interstate commerce commission
transportation over railroad lines no
longer may be given to newspaper
publishers or editors in exchange for
advertising space in their newspapers.
A protest against the ruling has
been received by the commission from
the Massachusetts Press Association
through w. J. Hefferman, secretary.
In Mr.. Hefferman s communication
he says that the association unani-
mously voted Ito enter it's protest
against the reported ruling in holding
that the payment for railroad trans
portation at full rate in advance shall
be treated on any other basis than
that of transportation paid in cash. !"
In a letter to Secretary Hefferman
IN response to the protest, Chairman
Knapp OF the commission says in
part, after quoting the section Of law
which prohibits the issuance Of free
transportation or transportation. paid
Tor in any other way than cash.
"You are Of course aware that all
tariffs fled in compliance with the reg
mating statute name rates on the dol
lars and cents basis and>do not in any
case provide that transportation can
be paid for with property. 1t seems
plain to the commission that the law
above quoted coupled with the fact
stated, permits payment for services
of interstate carriers only in money.
IA contrary rate would sanction un-
equal compensation by different per-
sons and involve ordinarily some de-
gree Of discrimination in favor of
those permitted to exchange their com
Imodities for the transportation if
they desire or secure it. It is the aim
of the law to prevent every sort Of
favoritism, and secure absolute equal
lily of treatment in all cases.
This ruling of the commission in
no way interferes with or abridges
bhe rights Of private contracts. News
papers and their advertising space
may be freely exchanged for any spe-
cies Of property upon such terms as
may be acceptable to the parties to
the transportation, but the facilities
OF the public carrier are not private
property, nor, nor are they subject
Of bargains and sale like merchan-
disc. The right to travel or have
property carried by rail like the right
to the common highway is not con-
tract right but a political right, the
very essence Of which is equality.
"Conceding that the advertisement
arrangements in question are ordina-
Irily made and carried out in good
faith, it seems plain to me that these
arrangements as a practical matter
Involve some discrimination, and it is
not easy for me to see how an honest
newspaper can seriously object to a
ruling Of the commission which ap-
pears to be in obvious accord with the
provisions and the purposes Of the
regulating statutes"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01

Sturgeon, for the contestants, asked
her If she recollected any Of the
conversation with Father Mackin at
. certain period. some years asn. Her
reply was: "Why, he said in her
presence referring to Mrs. Grace
Mackin, one Of the benefciaries Of
the willy that / was not afraid 70
work, nor was not afraid to marry
= poor man, bnt that he had to buy
mon for his twp fnieeee.s ard INST -
test = ~sndos over 80, Goa
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01
The Marine Corps.

In his annual report Brig. Gen. g.
+. Elliott, commanding the Marine
Corps, calls attention to the necessi-
~ for an increase in the commissions
ed and enlisted personnel Of the corps,
and says the demands for both off,
GERS and men are daily on the increase.
He states that unless prompt action
is taken IN this matter by congress
during its coming session, he will be
unable to carry out the directions Of
the Secretary Of the Navy with re-
gard to details, both ashore and afoat
and the efficiency Of the corps viii
suffer materially.
Gen. Elliott says that the provis-
ions of the general order Of the War
Department by which enlisted men
Of the army are entitled to campaign
pay for service ashore in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands DUR
ing certain. periods and for service
ashore with the nelief expedition dur
ing the Boxer rebellion, be made ap-
plcable to the men Of the Marine
Corps who were at that time serving
with the army.
An estimate Of 100000 is SUBMIT
ed for the construction Of barracks
and officers quarters at the navy yard
at Charleston, S. C. Gen. Elliott urges
the necessity for the immediate con-
struction of proper marine barracks
on the Isthmus Of Panama to facili-
tate contentment and which is es-
pecially necessary for sanitary rea-
sons
Gen. Elliott says that all the pub
lie buildings Of the Marine Corps, in
cludlng those recently constructed,
can be replaced by new buildings at a
cost of not mora than $l,5OO,O00. )
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01

Il vas reported st Chicago that
President Stuyvesant Fish, Of the IL
hnois Central Railroad, had agreed
70 retire from the presidency Of that
road Ia favor Of ! spccessor to Be
elected BY stockholders representing
equally himself and =. -. Harriman.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01
Salt Lake Chief.

Salt Lake City-George A. Sheets
chief Of the Salt Lake police depart
ment, was released in the distric
court at the close Of his preliminary
examination under the charge Of com
pounding a felony. Alexander ali
William McWhirter, Scotchmen, wer'
robbed Of $4,000 by bunco men il
this city. Chief Sheets secured tn,
return Of $1,000 Of this money to ths
Scotchmen, but permitted the mel
who returned the money, and Wht
was accused by the McWhirters Of
being one Of the men who robbed then
to leave the city.
Judge Armstrong ruled that TIN
evidence presented was insufficient t.
warrant the chief being bound Ovel
for trial.
The Investigation Of the Intorxt ate
Commerce Commission into the coal
carrying business was concluded Al
Knoxville, Tenn, and will be resumed
at Louisville, Ky, today.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01

Postmaster General Cortelyou sub
mitted for transmission to congress,
estimates for the maintenance 81 The
postal service, showing net increase
Of &l5, 0O0, 600 over those for ths cur
rent yeax:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-01

State Insurance Commissioner Bar
~ Of Michigan NOTED insurance agent
in that state not to electionecr among
policyholders during the present in
surAeice election.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
EXPENSIVE DRESS GOODS.

81 AS much as $50 a yard is often
paid for gold and silver tissue cloth
of gold, as it is called, though it is not
really" said dressmaker, Cloth OF
gold at all. For cloth of gold, the real
thing, is made of pure gold, drawn into
fine wire. and then woven by hand.
Such cloth was often used during the
middle ages. It is now used only in
Sumatra. It's cost is quite $500 yard.
THAT seems high, doesn't it.? It is
nothing, though, beside the cost OF
lace. A court train of moire antique,
decorated with gold thread and pearls.
was made in Paris for an American,
lady last year at a cost of 81 800.
ITO the empress of Russia not long
ago the mobiles of the province OF
Kherson presented an ermine mantle
worth $4,000.
There are lace handkerchiefs worth
$4,000. Even the thread Of which lace
is made comes ridiculously high. The
fine handmade thread used in the best
Brussels lace is spun from fax grown
at Rebecq- Rognon, and fetches, in good
seasons, as much as $500 pound -
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

Four-foot side doors on, either side,
with portable steps, permit Of an easy
entrance with a stretcher to the room,
which has six side windows. two viii
doWs IN each door and a large window
in the roof over the operating table.
All are of ground glass and provided
with white rubber roll curtains. Two
four-1ame acetylene gas lights, a
single flame over the wash basin and
a portable lamp furnish light in the
operating room at night.
A gravity water system arranged to
furnish both hot and cold water from
tanks just under the roof of the car
is provided. The flow of water can
be regulated by a surgeon. with a
valve operated by the foot, thereby
avoiding the necessity for. handling
any OF the equipment. The direct sys-
TEN Of heating is used. Head. lining
and inside finish are of a composite
board made for the special purpose
entirely without beading, moulding,
carving or other projections which
might serve as places for the collec-
ton of dust. dirt or. any infectious
matter. White enamel paint is used
as finish and the floor, is covered
with white rubber thing.
Two sliding doors with ground glass
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
HOSPITAL CAR READY
TO SPEED TO WRECKS
Ambulance, Operating Room and Ward Are
Contained in RailDay Coach Equipped
to Glue Aid to Injured

A perfect hospital on wheels is the
Erie Hospital Car No. 1899, just added
to it's equipment by the Erie Railroad
company.
+ In spite of every human endeavor,
accidents occasionally will happen on
all railroads. The hospital car is pro.
vided for use when in case of an acct
dent passengers or employees are in
Jured and the nearest hospital is so
Tar away that operations on the spot
become necessary to save life or re-
lieve pain Divided in two compart-
ments, the 60-foot car has an operating
room Is feet 10 inches in length,
equipped with an operating table with
movable head and foot extension in
the center, an instrument sterilizer on
the right and a surgeons basin on the
left. The car has also two lockers
fully equipped with surgical instru-
ments and stocked with bandages,
plasters, sponges and all anaesthetics,
antlseptics, astringents and other
medical and surgical necessities for
use in operations incident to acct
dents.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

Howard Gould is loyal to yachting,
his Partially probably being in part
due to the intense enthusiasm of his
wife for the sport.
The Chinese minister at Washing
ton, Sir LANG Chen-tung, is an adept
, at kite flying and top spinning, two
queer sports to engage the attention
of a grave diplomat. When he was at
Andover in 41SS1--he was educated in
the United States-he played on the
ball team, and in a memorable game
his three-base hit helped his college
to down Exeter, the ancient rival. He
is frequent visitor at the grounds OF
the Washington American league club,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

of Rockefeller, Standard Oil and the
system, likes to get away on yacht
when he wants to forget all the excite
ments that are the normal habit of his
active life. 4
Reginald Vanderbilt divides his sum-
mer amusements between automobile
ing and making the round of the horse
shows.
James Hazen Hyde, former vice
president of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society, used to make some won
derfus coaching trips as part of his va
cations. He once drove 100 miles in a
shade less than twenty hours.
Alfred Vanderbilt is a fiend on
horses. At the recent show in Allan
tic City, he drove a coach between
the railroad station and the show
grounds, and carried his friends as
passengers. In order to do so he was
compelled to cake out a license.
Railroad men seem to have a fond
ness for horses and steam yachts.
Among those are William K. Wander
b1lt, James ]. Hill, George J. Gould, A.
j. Cassatt and August Belmont.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has a racing stable
at Chantilly, France, and is president
OF the Coney Island Jockey club. He
Is also interested in yachting.
Mr.. Hill, who owns a large farm a
short distance from ST. Paul, enjoys
trottlng horses. He also goes off,
from time to time, for recreation trips
on a steam yacht.
George J. Gould's sport is polo play
ing.
A. J. Cassatt, the grim president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, and one of
the most important fnanciers in the
United States to-day, does not let the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
S2.4O PER YEAR.

windows lead to the ward room, 43
feet inches in length, equipped with
eleven brass bedsteads and a layatory
and saloon. White rubber thing on
the floor, compoboard sides, painted
in white enamel, and white rubber cur,
tains between the beds are used
These beds are provided with spring
and hair mattresses. rubber sheets,
and the ordinary bed clothing as we'll
Daylight is admitted through fourteen
windows on each side of the car, all
provided with ground glass and white
rubber roller curtains Artificial light
is provided by four 4-f1ame acetylene
gas lamps.
Equipment boxes underneath the
car are provided with crutches,
splints, army stretchers, surgical ina
plements, wrecking tools and other
accessories.
Six-wheel trucks, insuring the ut.
most freedom from vibration, are used.
on which rests the steel framework
Standard steel platforms at either
end of the car are provided with gates
which can be closed against the curl
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
Use Of Athletics.

Use Of Athletics.
DO you believe in athletics?" was
asked of well known business man
who was found practicing with the
dumbbells at the back of his ware
house the other day.
Certainly do,'' he promptly re.
piled.
Think it's good for your health?"
T5s know it is and it has saved my
bacon once or twice."
please relate
We'll, a couple eof years ago I took
tWenty-four lessons in boxing and
worked up a big muscle. l was going
home one night when man jumped
out at me from an alley. In minute
he was nowhere"
Hit him hard, eh?''
NO, didn't hit him at ALL
Trip him up and fall on him?'
Mo-
& Didn't kick him?''
''No.''
We'll, what did you do?'' d
"Outran him. But for my athletic
exercises couldn't have done it,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

Truth and Another.
She came toward me rather dubious
", as though Tot sure of her recep-
ton. !
who are you?' asked.
Truth she said.
I apologized for not having real
lied it.
Never mind she said. YEARLY,
hardly any one knows me- I'm al
ways having to explain who am, and
lots Of people don't understand then. !"
Punch I
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
sTILT.MARKs ON CHINA.
They Are Not Always a Sign of An
cient Work,


Gent Work.
Hunting for stilt-marks on olo china
is often good fun in itself. Almost
every old piece of fatware-i. e..
plates, saucers, etc.-shows three little
rough spots, more or less clearly
marked on both, sides, usually in the
margin. These spots were made in
firing by the ssockspur or stilts-little
tripods used between the plates in
plllng them up in the kiln.
The three points where the cock
spur touched the plate caused a defect
in the glaze. Unfortunately stilt-
marks are not as sure a guarantee OF
authenticity as some collectors have
supposed, for they are not only easy to
initiate, but they are sometimes i'm
perceptible on the old Straffordshire.
Furthermore, they appear very fire.
quently on modern tableware of the
cheaper sort, and SO are no sign of an
tiquity.- Country Life in America.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
An lmposter.

An lmposter.
"Algernon is interesting" said the
stock brokers' daughter
What does he talk about?" inquired
the father.
He's ever so well posted in Shakes
pearian quotations"
Young woman" said the fnancier
sternly, don't let him deceive you
Don't you let him make sport OF your
ignorance. There isn't any such stock
on the market, / ought to know, for
Eve been on the exchange long
enough"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
For COLLEGE Girls.

The late Paul Laurence Dunbar
used to like to joke about the higher
education of women
In one of his lectures, delivered late
in June, Mr. Dunbar said
"a lady on a sultry summer after
noon, called on some friends. The
talk buzzed along briskly, fans waved,
and the daughter of the house kept
twitching uncomfortably frowning,
and making little, smothered exclama-
tons of annoyance. Finally, with an
impatient sigh, she rose and left the
room.
"EYour daughter said the visitor,
seems to be suffering from the heat
(" No. said the hostess. She is just
back home from college, and she is
suffering from the family grammar :"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
How to Distinguish Flour.

low 20 distinguish Flour. -.
Bread flour is granular to the touch.
It passes readily through the seive; q
jar will send it through When mixed
into dough it takes up comparative
sly large quantity Of moisture. On the
other hand. q pastry flour Is soft and
oily to the touch. Pressed in the hand,
1T keeps Its shape, showing the Ina
press Of the lines OF the hand. It does
not pass SO readily through the sieve.
and it absorbs comparatively small
amount Of moisture
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

ground at Skibo, his summer home IN
Scotland. Here he divides his pleas
ures between goling and fishing.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chops wood
during his vacation. This is a queer
fad for a man of millions, in fact it is
one to turn cold the blood of a Weary
Willie, but the son of the Standard
Oils head can get more fun out of a
woodpile and a good ak than anything
they can show at Newport or Bar Har-
hOr
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

varied cares of his Office shut him en-
tirely out of pleasure. He loves equal
ly horses and golf.
J. P. Morgan likes to take his va
cation comfortably. The tennis courts,
golf links or hunting camp hold out
no attraction for the famous operator
His favorite recreation is yachting.
Andrew Carnegie, the multi-million-
aire ironmaster, has his summer play
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

Club was organized Monday night by
republicans of the District, and Sena-E
tor Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio
was Endorsed for president and Repre-
sentative Francis w. Cushman of
Washington state for vice president.
The club also Endorsed the administra-
tion Of President Roosevelt.
'@a:s ..sS D n w $50
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
a Good Note.

beluIe ne Was raised TO Jno peeraSe,
Lord Kelvin was one day discovered
by friend experimenting with long
coil of wire. He was making deep-sea
soundings. His friend Immediately
became interested in watching the
great scientist at work, says biog-
rapher, and asked:
What is that for?'
"Oh," answered Lord Kelvin, this is
for making soundings."
'eAh, said the other, with the evil
dent intention of cracking a joke at
the scientists expense. What sort Of
a note does it give off,
The deep G, of course" answered
Lord Kelvin, promptly. Il
Stony Ground.
Yes, he's a noted Psychologist,
He is?"
And an acknowledged authority on
mummies. y
well, wells
He can tell how old a mummy is
by the way it's wrapped"
Isn't that remarkable9 Well you
point out, please, which of the gentle
men it is that can do all this.?D
Eth Why, it's the elderly man
with the large spectacles.''
oh, yes. And now another thing
what is mummy?' '
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
CIancey's Horse in a Race.

A noted man in Springfield was
Michael Clancy, a contractor, who
had become rich. He bought a string
of horses and entered them for the
Saratoga meet. He raced his horses
for the fun of it and rarely bet One
day he had a horse entered that seem
ed to have SO excellent chance to
win that he bet $40 on. it.
= When the horses got away e,ffancsy
stood in the grandstand watching
them through his field glasses. Some
Of his friends, knowing Of the $40 bet,
crowded about and began to joke him.
where's your horse now?" Clancy
was asked.
Clancy surveyed the field carefully.
II can't quite make out" he replied,
whether he is last in the third race
race or first in the fourth
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
a Break.

An illiterate young man once got a
friend to write letter for him to his
sweetheart. The letter was rather
prosaic for a love. letter, and he felt
that an apology was due to his sweet
heart for its lack Of tender nothings.
It was as follows:
Please excuse the mildness Of this
here letter, as the chap wot's ritin' It
is married man, and he says he can't
bide any soft soaping It allus gives
him the spazzums.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
Her First Trolley Ride. 4


A group Of traffic managers and au-
ditors at the convention of street rail
way men in Philadelphia were telling
stories of street railwaying. Irwin
Fuller Of Detroit said:
A pretty Irish girl, fresh from the
old country, sat in a trolley car, look
ing at the strange American country
with modest interest.
''She had soft gray eyes, a face like
roses and lilies, beautiful hair and
white teeth
Your fare, miss said the conduc-
tor, pausing before her. a.
.sShe blushed and bit her lip
Il :" Your fare, MISS he repeated.
Z" Sure aid the girl, an what if
be? You must not be repeatin' it like
that before folks"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
oh. George!

q 800 VII 0eOT9e! "a. n
The Daughter Ito herselD Ora
cious! II father looks around now,
he'll see George seated on squalid
park bench, with an evil-smelling pipe
in his mouth, reading muck-rake ex-s
tra.-Brooklyn Life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
Same Thing.

Same Thing.
You say the man is liar. Can you
prove it,"
Well I can prove that he was
member Of the senate when the rail.
road bill was under discussion. .
Another Shock.
" Yes, said the writer, this cafe Is
thoroughly up to date. We cook by /
electricity"
rs that so? said the guest, pointing
TO platter. Then will you please
give that beefsteak another shock! Z"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
] Did Ie Herself,

Did 1e Herself.
Judge Who bit your ear of |?
Mrs. Black wishing to protest her
husband - ~ did II mabsalf
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08
The Danger.

So you think yachting is dam
gerous game 3"
Dreadfully SO. Why, no less than
five Of; our commodores have died Of
delirium tremens.' z 5s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-09-08

Postmaster General Cortelyou yes
terday caused to be prepared G state
ment which would settle the question
as to the attitude of 1.-The Post-ofice
department toward the organization
CT unions by employees in the Postal
Service. The Postmaster General is
tstiHa at Huntington Station, Long Is
land, and the statement was prepared
by the acting Postmaster General. w
is. Shallenberger, at the direction Of
Mr. Cortelyou.
Postmaster General Cortelyou says
in short, that the employees can form
all the unions they desire SO long as
they are kept strictly within purely
frsternal or beneficiary character.
But he warns all employees that he
will insist On loyal service from each
employe '.as an individual and with
out any thought of his affiliations with
any organization.
Concisely stated, Postmaster Cen
eral Cortelyou says to employees of pos
tai service:
Taboo politics.
Use good sense.
Form unions if you desire to do So.
but only Individual merit will count in
my department.
I do not object to unions so long as
they are purely fraternal or benefci-.
|ary. Otherwise. they are detrimental.
/ will insist on loyal and efficient
service from every employee as an indi-
yidua1 regardless Of his affiliations
with any organization.
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