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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
The Editor and His Calling.

Every community suffers when the
individual neglects his civic duties,
but when the newspaper is derelict
or corrupt the effect is momentous,
writes Samuel Bowles in the North
American Review. It must be abso-
lutely devoted to public interests and
stand for public enlightenment and
welfare. Essential to the adequate
fulfillment of it's functions are honest
art and genuine proportion in it's
construction. The newspaper maker
on the one hand is a manufacturer.
but on the other hand his work is
like that Of the learned professions,
law, medicine, the ministry, and
should be conducted in conformity to
the standards which are supposed to
rule in these callings The journal-
list has one client, one patient, one
fock-that is to say, the whole COM
munity, and nothing should stand in
the way of his single-minded and de-
voted service CT that one common in
terest. The editor, says Mr.. Bowles.
should beware of all entangling al
liances-political, social, commercial
which may limit or embarrass such
service. He should let the honors
and emoluments of public Office go
to other people. His own office, if
properly administered, is more i'm
portant and powerful than any that
his fellow citizens are likely to confer
upOn him. The independent newsna-
per may be and should be the most
vital and effective instrument that
democratic society can produce for
its own advancement and protection;
and it's true business welfare, in the
long view, lies in complete, intelli-
gent, sympathetic devotion to public
interests.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
K,Hl9 4 ~ HOUSEHOLD MnXQ 81 J
HNKYR flATTERS YENFIa'
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The Best Petticoat.

There are skirts and petticoats
galore. Some of the fancy ones seem
almost too elaborate to wear. The
question of the laundry is somewhat
serious, II my lady must be her own
Washerwoman. / have worn differ
ent sorts of skirts but at last I have
found what is par excellence for win
ter wearing.
1t seems that one heavy petticoaf
with underwear to match is more
comfortable than two skirts. drag
ging and pulling down at the waist.
For different kinds of cold weather
like graded clothing, a medium
weight for moderate cold, and very
heavy weight for the bitterest cold.
The best skirting for zero weather is.
TO my mind, nothing less than the
ola reliable mackinaw flannel.
| hope that this suggestion will
please some woman or girl who is
like myself, chilly and dreading the
Wlnter.-Lillie Rice Stahl.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Curing Meat.

"A famous and excellent recipe for
curing meat is this: To one gallon
OF water add one and one-half pounds
or salt, one-half pound of sugar, one
half ounce of potash. This gives the
ratio, in it the pickle can be in
creased to any quantity desired.
The ingredients named are to be
boiled together until the dirt rises to
the top and is skinned off. Then
turn into vessel what has thus been
prepared and let it cool. When cold
pour it over the beef or pork.
The meat must be well covered
with the pickle and should not be
PUT down for at least two days after
killing, during which time 1t ought
to be lightly sprinkled with salt
petre; this removes all the surface
blood leaving the meat fresh and
clean.
The boiling of the pickle is some
times omitted, but it should be re-
membered that the boiling is a puri-
Tying process, throwing off the dirt
always found in salt and sugar.
This recipe has only to be tried
to prove its superiority over the COM
mon way Of curing meat. The meat
cured by this process is unsurpassed
for sweetness, delicacy of flavor and
freshness of color.-The Epitomist.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
EDUCATE THE FARM BOYS.
Gov. Terrell, of Georgia, Advises APP
preparations to Colleges.

Gov. Terrell, of Georgia, Advises APP
preparations to Colleges.
In his annual message, Governor
Terrell, Of Georgia, gives more at
tention to schools, says the Savannah
News, than to any other subject.
"He is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with
the necessity for educating along ag-
ricultural lines. He advises that an
appropriation sufficient to erect agri-
cultural college buildings at the
State University be made. He points
out that the prosperity of the State
is largely due to agriculture, which,
therefore, ought to be encouraged in
every possible way. That he is right
in this matter, there are few who
will deny.
In connection with the proposed
agricultural college at the State Uni
versity, he believes there ought to
be an agricultural college established
in each Congressional District, and
if it is thought not to be advisable
to have so many agricultural schools
supported at public expense, he
thinks there ought to be at least
three such schools, one in the north
ern part of the State, one in tle
central part anC another in the
southern part. There is now one in
the northern part
The South has developed it's man
ufacturing industries in a way that
is wonderful and has become a great
manufacturing section; but it is still
a great agricultural section, and it's
manufacturing industries make the
farming industry all the more val
liable. The South has many tecn-
nical schools for the training of men
in the manufacturing branches, but
she has neglected to provide ample
schools for the training of men I'M
the art of agriculture. 1t is encour-
aging to know, however, that this
subject is now being agitated in all
the Southern States and that the peo-
pie are becoming more and more i'm
pressed with the Importance of bet
ter school facilities for our embryo
farmers.
It is a branch OF education that
must not be neglected. Agriculture
is the very foundation of our wealth,
and it ought to be conducted by men
who have had the best scientific and
business training.-Richmo Times
Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
NEW YEARS CALLS
A New Drink to Replace the Old
Time "Apple-Jack."

twenty-five years ago the custom
Of making New Years calls was de-
lightful one for all concerned, until
some of the boys got more "egg-nog"
or "apple-jack" than they could sue
cessfully carry.
Then the ladies tried to be charita-
BILE and the gentlemen tried to be as
chivalrous as ever and stand up at
the same time.
If anyone thinks there has not been
considerable improvement made in
the last quarter Of century in the
use Of alcoholic beverages, let him
stop to consider, among other things,
the fact that the old custom of New
Years calls and the genteel tipping
Is nearly obsolete.
The custom of calling on ones
friends, however, at the beginning Of
the new year, is good habit, and
another good habit to start at that
time is the use of well-made Postum
instead of coffee or spirits.
A Staten Island doctor has a sensi-
BILE daughter who has set Postum be-
fore her guests as good thing to
drink at Yule Tide, and good way
to begin the New Year. Her father
writes:
my daughter and ! have used
Postum for some time past and we
feel sure it contains wholesome food
material.
ri shall not only recommend It to
my patients, but my daughter will be
most pleased to give demonstration
OF Postum to our Christmas and New
Years callers" Read 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pgks. There's rea-
SON
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
PLEA FOR BRIDES FIRST KISS.
One Man Who Has Been Six Times q
'sBest Man" Defends Custom.

The Vicar of Tintwistle, England,
having declared that the foolish and
irreverent" custom of kissing the
bride after the ceremony should
be stopped, is thus answered by one
signing himself Six Times Best
Man.
"As / have on six occasions filled
the invidious position of best man,
trust you will grant me space to de-
liver an emphatic protest against the
abolition of this good old English
custom, which is, apparently, wished
by some clergymen and many cur
ates.
us there to be no reward for the
unfortunate best man who has
borne for hours on his shoulders all
the worries and responsibilities of
the important ceremony; the rallying
of the trembling bridegroom, the SUI
pervision of all the social arrange
ments, and the departure of the
happy pair from the church, to say
nothing of the lavish scattering of
largesse to every hanger-on within
and without, for which, by the way,
he is very seldom reimbursed? l re-
peat. is there no reward for all these
manifold difficulties successfully ac-
oomplished?
ITO the bride and bridegroom it is
the solemnly joyous moment of their
lives. All the playfulness of eager
friends and even the ecclesiastical
chivalry of the minister should not
be allowed to rob the parties Of a
kiss, the remembrance of which will
remain with the happy pair all their
lives. Daily Mail.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
INVESTIGATION.


There was simple citizen
Who read the news each day,
And marveled much that living men
Their trusts could SO betray.
~Since all the world is stepped in sin.
Were it not WELL" quoth he,
sThat some inquiries should begin
At home, like charity?"
And so this very simple man
Put questions to himself,
Though surely twas a worn-out plan.
Fit for dusty shelf.
He asked if he had ever bent
TO customs SNUG control, as.
And made--'twas so expedient-. No.
Small rebates to his soul. M
Then how before all-searching eyea F.
Would show his kindliest act!
In what preservatives and dyes
Were half his motives packed?
Honor like his stood so secure n
That none could tempt it-stiIl. -
Had he, with specious, subtle lure. ~
Bribed never yet his will?
Thus did the simple citizen
Probe in his private court;
The findings lie beyond our ken
He's published no report. -
M. A. De Wolfe Howe, in Youths Com
panlon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
In the Sick Room.

= Keep bottles as far as possible
out of sight.
Never leave medicine, drink or
food uncovered in the sick room.
Have the bed foot or two from
the wall.
Plenty of ventilation, but no air
directly blowing on the patient.
Everything fresh and clean, with
the purest of soap and plenty of
warm water.
Each individual disease requires
q peculiar diet of it's own.
Tobacco should never be used in
the sick room.
Use kindness but frmness toward
the patient.
To assuage thirst and cure fever
ishness apple tea is a notable sick
drink. 1t is made by slicing raw
apples into a jug, filling up the jug
with boiling water, as in tea making.
then sweetening to taste. When
cold this apple tea will be found
pleasantly tart and refreshing.
Nowadays doctors forbid equity
patients to eat any kind of sweet
food, but recommend them to eat
at least dozen walnuts day. There
is no doubt that walnuts are most
useful in equity subjects, or in cases
OF chronic rheumatism. Swelling
goes down and pain decreases
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
The First Little Dinner.

BY the way, the knives and forks
are often one Of her very greatest
terrors when she first begins to dine
out herself. She is always hotly
conscious of using the wrong ones.
AS matter of fact there is hardly
ever a dinner of any size at which
everybody uses all his or table furni-
ture, as it is scheduled, either from
being engage in conversation or
from bsent-mindedness or, in this
diversity of small silver articles.
from momentary puzzlement. AS
long as she doesn't use a big fork
Tor oysters, or a steel knife for her
fish, she needn't mind a minor mis-
take; those who wait on the table
always have extra forks and knives to
slip in beside the places of those who
have used them too soon. Nothing
OF this kind really matters as long
as you neither feel nor act as if it
did. But dinner-giving does entail
taking the sewing-machine and the
lounge out of the diningroom.
Little suppers are much easier to
give than dinners, because one
doesn't have to follow any formal
rule, except that they must look in
wiling. And there is never any need
OF pretense in any kind of entertain
ment; there is never any need of
making believe one is used to it il
one isn't. 1t is a make-believe that
is always seen through and always
sI1iled at secretly.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
A Crushing Retort.

Senator Bard, of California, was
once conversing with Jesuit brother
at the Georgetown University, when
he told this story illustrative of the
fine humor of Archbishop Ryan, OF
his State.
The Archbishop had rebuked a
priest for wearing most disreputa-
BILE looking hat.
Il would pot give this hat for TWEEN
ty new ones,'' said the priest. 1T
belonged to my father who fell in
the rising of ~
"Ah," was the Archbishop's retort;
evidently he fell on his hat!
Harper's Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

instead Of having his helm ct on ho
has deposited 1t at the foot Of the
gallows, and is bar eheaded.
Let us go and see at once, master
chaplain. .
The Lord de la Piroche fastened
to the square, which was full of Curl
GUS spectators. The neck of the
criminal had been replaced in the
slip moose. the body was at the end
OF the rope, and the armor on the
body. The people declared 1t mira
Gle. The body was taken down and
stripped. then hanged again, and the
crows went to work on it SO busily
than in eight days it looked like a
rag, and at the end of fortnight
looked like nothing at all. How hap
pened 1t the culprit was saved? It
was said that two peasants, return
Ing at nightfall, and passing near the
gibbet. heard something like means
and prayer. They used the ladder
the hangman had left, planted it,
climbed up and questioned the suf-
ferer. -
Are you alive?"
Eyes"
DO you repent of your crime?"
Eyes"
Then the father and son took him
down. The rope instead of pressing
the culprit's neck had passed round
the base of the helmet, so that he was
suspended, but not strangled, and
mad recovered his breath when our
two friends came up. They took him
down and carried him home, where
ne was conf1ded to the care of the
peasants wife and young daughter.
But he who has once stolen will
steal again, There were only two
things to steal at the peasants.
These were his horse and his daugh-
ter; the latter fair-haired girl of
sixteen. The robber determined to
steal both, for he coveted the horse
and had fallen in love with the girl
He succeeded in saddling the horse.
but the girl awoke, gave the alarm,
and told her father that the villain
had attempted to abduct her.
1.-THE father and brother, finding no
genuine repentance could be expected
from such man, tied him across the
horse, took him to the square of La
Piroche, and hung him in the old
place, putting his helmet on the
ground to make sure he did not es-
cape again. Then they went quietly
home, satisfied that they had done
their duty. AS for the Lord de la
Piroche, now he had a sure protec-
ton in the recovered armor. He
went gaily to the war, and was the
very first man killed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Brains of Great Men.

Brains of great men vary very
much. 1t Is found that men of en-
cyclopedic mind have large and
heavy brains-Gl had to wear
a very big hat with an enormous bed
of gray matter and numerous con.
volutions; on the other hand, men
whose genius is concentrated upon
one line of thought are of small brail
and, consequently, have small heads
Newton, Byron and Cromwell WeTs
in this lass.-Kansas City Journal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Recipes.

Sour Milk Biscuit-Sift one quart
OF -four with one tablespoonful OF
baking soda. Butter a baking pan
and see that the oven is hot. Wet
the -four with a pint of sour milk
or enough to make soft dough. Add
one tablespoonful of lard by chopping
1t into the flour. Shape into biscuits
quickly and bake for twenty minutes.
Spanish Bun-One cup of sugar,
four tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, half cup Of New Orleans mo-
lasses, two eggs and one yolk of egg,
one cup of sour milk, two cups OF
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

More than 100000 calendars are
given away in this country every Janu.
ary
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

Mems Shoes. So to $3.50. Boys Shoes, So
toS1.25, Womens Shoes. $500 to $1.6O.
Misses & Children's Shoes. 50. as TO 500.
Try w. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, at and wear
they excel other makes.
If could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain w. l.
Douglas shoes. His name and price IS STAMPED
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no xubstL
fute. Ask your dealer for w. L. Douglas shoe
and insist upon having them.
fast Color Eue!ets used; they wiH not wear bressD
Write for illustrated catalog of Fall Styles.
IL. DOUGLAS. Dent. IS. Brockton, Mass
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25
PEOPLE AND THINGS.
By Louise WELLER.

London society is going to get out q
magazine. The publication will rejoice
in the high-talutin' title of 'The
Crown. Queen Alexandra has prom
ised to write an article for the first
number. and nearly every Duchess.
American and English, in the kingdom
VIII do something for the production.
Mrs. Arthur Paget, who was Miss Ste
vens Of New York, will look after the
American news, and Mrs. Williams,
who is reputed the best-dressed woman
In London, will have charge of the
fashion department. While only the
names of the social elect will grace the
editorial staff, any old name is eligible
for the subscription list All that is
necessary is the price-$16 per year.
The concern that is getting out the
magazine has hopes that it will prove
money making enterprise. / am
willing to take a chance that 1t won't
Swell names. prominent family, wealth.
beauty are all very well to make hit
in a drawing room. but out in the open,
in the dollar-for-doll world, they
don't count. The only thing that
counts there Is merit, and merit is the
only thing that can win. Because a
man or a woman has the misfortune to
be born rich. and the good fortune to
be comely and of good family, is no
reason why nature may not have bur-
dened him or her with talent. Talent,
though, needs to be cultivated, and cul-
tivation is a slow, tedious and not
over-agreeable process that is not like
ly to appeal to the rich. Nearly all the
great men and the great women have
come from the ranks of the very poor.
It Is not because poverty engenders
genius. Genius is only another name
for hard work. and hard work and
wealth have never been comrades.
1t is not because OF an inordinate love
for work that the poor work. Poor peo-
pie have no more leaning toward work
than the rich people have. Like the
rich, they require food and shelter and
clothing. And the only way they can
get these stern necessities is by work.
There Is no reason, though. why the
rich should not understand this unless
1t is that in forgetting how to work
they also forget how to think. When
ever a girl who has been rich suddenly
comes face to face with the necessity of
earning her living, she invariably de-
cides upon a career that can be entered
upon only after years of labor and ex
perience Most likely she will wish to
become an actress, or writer. or
painter. and. of course, she wants to
Immediately play leading roles. or
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-25

tAi NN
THE GEORGIA REPORT.

On or before Saturday the insurance companies
doing business in the State of Georgia must render
to the authorities of that State statement of their
kresources and liabilities. As virtually the same
companies writing insurance in Georgia are operat-
ing IN California, the Georgia report will let much
light in upon the course which the several com
panies propose to take in meeting their California
obligations. In word the insurance companies
mast do what:theylhsve not yet DONE namely, state
plainly what they regard as their losses IN Cali
forna and set-forth their ability or their inability
Ito pay.
Mosseof the,States require similar statements, but
Georgia is the first since the fire in which the time
limit for filing the statement expires The prin-
cipa interest in the insurance situation for this
reason shifts for the moment from California to
Georgia.
Unless the companies show next Saturday that
they are solvent they can no longer do business in
Georgia, or anywhere else for that matter On the
other hand if they do establish their solvency they
will have demonstrated their ability to pay their
San Francisco losses The hard luck stories told in
California to effect compromises cannot be told in
the report without bringing ruin on the companies
telling them. Six-bit compromises set forth in
report of this kind will not tend to draw business
The companies have avoided the issue in California
but under the laws of Georgia they must now meet
it. And from Georgia their statements will be pub
shed to the world
The Call has held repeatedly that this lack of
rankness the part of the companies their tardi-
ness in coming to a definite understanding with
their California clients, has done more probably
to complcate the situation here and to promote
hard feeling than any other one thing. 1t shows
good business judgment when difficulties come up
to the other fellow. This holds as true of cor
porations as of private individuals If the insur-
ance companies had made a definite report to the
people of California, based upon facts as they are
now forced to do to the State of Georgia and on
these facts brought about honorable settlement,
dealing openly and frankly with ALL no reasonable
person would have protested at the delay or COM
planned of the settlement accorded them. But the
insurance companies have deliberately kept their
California clients, during the trying period of
their lives in state of suspense and doubt In do
ing this the insurance companies have shown poor
judgment and worse business tact, and in the light
OF the coming Georgia report, all to no purpose