The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-10-18

Hague conference may eventually be-
come an international parliament with
law-making power.
As result Of the outbreak OF ju-
venile crime, German authorities have
been induced to take step to bar the
American dime novel from Germany.
A decree has been issued forbidding
street sales Of such literature.
The cctton picking machine, the
milking machine and the corn husk-
ing machine are still In their incip-
iency. It is barely possible that genius
will some time present us with ma
chimes that will perform such work as
well or even better than can be done
at present by hand. The latest ma
chine to supplant hand work is the
sheep shearing machine which has
come to stay.
England is Uttered with dismal mall
den women and grumpy or bachelors
who, having been thwarted in love In
early youth, have made a point of
passing through life deaf and blind
to the charm of everybody in the world
save the one they happen to have lost.
This is clarifying into virtue what
is in reality nothing but pigheadedness
and want of imagination. remarks q
cynical lady writer.
Indoor pauperism is said, In the
British official record, to have grown
rapidly in England and Wales since
1900. During the last eleven years the
cost of indoor relief has increased
&c percent while the increase in the
number Of paupers has been only SO
percent. The annual cost Of mainten-
ance per head increased from about SOS
in 1895 to about 500 in 1905. There
had also been large increase in the
average cost of maintenance Of work
house inmates.
Says the London Saturday Review:
Australia is in the hood-tide of pros
perity. Her revenue is nearly half a
million sterling in excess Of the esti-
mate and for the coming year the vari-
Gus states will receive back from the
commonwealth government more than
6 100000 above the minimum to which
they are entitled. The distribution
would be larger still but for the very
right decision of the government to
establish penny postage at home and
with the rest Of the empire. Austral-
Ian trade is booming; exports exceed
imports by nearly 100000 900.
The correspondent of New York
paper, writing from Trondhjem, Nor
way, Of the ceremonies incident to the
recent browning Of the first Norwe-
gian King in 600 years, makes the
following reference to the long sum-
mer days. Arriving at night, he says:
'The town was not lighted, for at this
season Of the year it is never dark
enough to make street lamps neces-
sary, and hardly dark enough indoors
for candles. The sun sets after 10
o'clock, then sort Of winter twilight
falls, lasting until Q, when dawn be-
gins to color the sky. The light
houses in these Northern sections go
out of business the last Of May, and
the keepers take a country vacation to
raise potatoes and cabbages for win
ter"
The extent Of Japanese commercial
invasion in the Orient Is not fully ap-
preciated by the people in the United
States. Advices from Japan indicate
that commercial agencies are being es-
tablished throughout China by the jap
anese and their efforts to dominate the
trade Of the Western Pacific will be OF
an aggressive character. The best in
dex Of japanese enterprise is shown in
the extensive construction of steam
ships in Japanese and English ship
building yards. Three steamers Of
$500 tons register which are being built
for Yang Use Kiang trade; two vessels
for the Shanghai-Japanese trade and
six for the Australian trade. All these
vessels have been ordered by the Nip
pom Yusen Kaisha, the largest steam
ship company in the Orient.
The old packers must reform or go
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