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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
4 COUCH
What Causes This Initiative Sensation IL
the Throat.


What Causes This Initiative Sensation IL
the Throat.
A cough was intended by nature as
a means OF removing some offending
substance from the air-passages, and
as such 1t is OF the greatest protection.
II the irritation of the mucuous MEM
brane Of the larynx and bronchial
tubes. caused by the presence of some
strange body or of the usual mucous
secretion in too great quantity, did not
excite the expulsive act which we call
coughing, we should be in constant
danger Of suffocation every time we
had slight attack Of bronchitis or .
cold in the chest
II cough were occasioned only Il
this way it would be a most useful
measure, and there would be no more
need for cough mixtures than for rem.
edies to arrest breathing. But the hu.
man machine sometimes gets out of
order, like any other mechanism. The
wires get crossed, and message sent
from some distant organ, like the liver,
for example, may get switched over to
the nerye-centre which regulates the
complex series of movements proGuc.
ing cough; this centre, receiving a
stimulus from somewhere. responds as
II the message came from the laryny.
and a cough is established. This
"liver-cough" does no good, and the
sooner it is stopped the better.
Again, the mucous membrane of
some portion OF the air-tubes, instead
of secreting too freely, may become
dry. The nerye-centre Is warned me-
chemically that there is something IT.
fltating the larynx or bronchial tubes,
and it starts a cough to get rid OF it.
This cough, too, is useless, and worse
than useless, for it serves. only to irri-
tate still more the inGamed mucous
membrane.
Cough may s;so be excited by abnor-
NAL conditions in the nose, ears or
outlet, or may occur as symptom of
disease OF the heart, kidneys or ner-
kous system. In such cases, it is the
endeayor Of the physician to arrest the
cough by discovery and removalsof the
cause, if possible, or if this cannot be
fone, by the administration OF cough
remedies.
In cough due to dlyness of the mu-
cous membrane Of the air-tubes, the
remedies employed are those that will
promote flow Of mucous to moisten
the offending part. This can some
lines be accomplished without medi,
CINE, by inhalation of the vapor rising
from a pitcher of hot water to which
q teaspoonful Of benzoin has been add
ed. Until the cause of cough is
known the use of powerful cough med
tclnes, most Of which contain paregoric
or opium in some form, is most mad
fisable.-Youths Companion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

The automobile is still comparatively
new, SO new it has not, as yet, inspired
much legislation. That is bound to
come in due time, says the Pittsburg
Gazette. A bill is to be introduced at
the approaching session Of the New
Jersey Legislature which provides a
fine of $1,000 or not more than three
years Imprisonment for any intoxicat-
ed person found running an automo-
bile. An automobile is no place for
any person not in perfect possession Of
all his senses, especially if he be the
chauffeur. The necessity for a special
law Of this kind may be questioned, but
reckless drivers Of machines may cas-
lily incite to more drastic measures.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

Judge Gary, Chairman Of the Board
of Directors Of the United States Steel
Corporation, who is himself credited
with receiving a salary OF 100000, is
quoted to the effect that that salary
may not be too large a figure for cer4
tain men in certain positions: It is not
that the salaries paid to the heads OF
great business corporations today ARD
too large; the real question is whether
the right men are drawing the sal
aries" Yes; there is first the trouble
Of finding man able to earn SO much,
and next is the trouble Of keeping him
worth SO much. In the insurance busi-
ness, continues the Springfield Repub-
lican, the big salary has been proved
To lie demoraIizIng influence; its ten
eer v Ii to unright the right" man
fsn z kas been found.
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A combination automobile hood and
veil is thing of luxury. 1t is a chiffon
hood with veil in front, to be worn
over a small hat.
Gloves match the costume whenever
possible, but the difficulty Of exactly
matching all shades has kept white
and black gloves in fashion.
The daintiest Of guimpes are those
Of handkerchief linen with Hedebo
embroidery. This is the latest Scandi-
navian openWork embroidery.
For street wear nothing is better
than tan gloves. One may take. her
choice between one clasp or two in
short gloves. both being in good style.
Real valenciennes is not prohibitive,
and lasts lifetime. Point and duch-
ess are expensive at first, but little
goes long way, and makes the plain
est gown elegant.
Nothing is more acceptable for gifts
than lace or embroidery The collar
and cuff sets in the little French shops
and III special departments Of the
stores are very tempting.
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Modern Girls Expensive.

"The girls miss lot of fun by hav-
/ ing such high and mighty notions now
adays," remarked the old New Yorker
Its simply out Of the question for a
young fellow getting from twenty to
thirty dollars a week to take a girl
to the theatre or opera often, when it
costs him a good part of his weeks
salary each time he does it. II her
young man doesn't get orchestra seats
the girl Of today thinks him mean;
if he doesn't bring her bunch Of vio-
lets as big as her head he doesn't
know what's what if he makes her
ride home in the trolley instead Of
calling cab her gown is ruined and
if he doesn't take her to supper in one
of the swell restaurants he isn't worth
knowing.
Nov, when was young girl was
satisfied with balcony seats-seventy-
five cents or dollar. After the thea
ire, as a matter Of course, every one
climbed into the omnibuses that were
backed up to the sidewalk in front of
all the theatres. Then, of course, there
was the ice cream treat afterward-no
one thought of ordering anything else
and there wereno tips to waiter, either;
the man who waited on you was as
good as you were yourself; he would
have thrown your money in your face
If you had insulted him with a fee.
"Well. we used to take our best girls
to the theatre two or three times a
week in those days, and modern young
women have only themselves to blame
for the infrequency of their theatre in
New York Press.
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Hard on John.

The Rev. f. A. Mayhall, Of st. Louis,
who wants his parish to allow him to
supplement his salary by the practice
of law, said the other day:
"A minister, to do good work, must
have enough money to maintain good
position. He must not be obliged to
resort to economies that are often lu-
dicrous and discouraging. He must
hold his head up.
TO practice economy, you know, is
often humiliating, often ridiculous. /
know of poor and economical young
man who, about to marry, wished to
impress upon his bride the necessity
of the strictest frugality.
Accordingly, having arranged his
program. in advance, he invited her
to take Sunday dinner at his home
with his mother and himself.
Cali sat down to the table on the APP
pointed day, but, as he was about to
begin the carving, the young man
pointed sternly to stale crust Of
bread, laid on plate with other debris,
for consignment to the garbage pail.
He had, you must understand, put the
bread there himself, to point mora,
with.
Mother, mother he said, a good
slice of bread? Going to throw out a
good slice TO bread?'
And he rescued it and put it on the
bread plate, and with his dinner he
ate il though it was as hard as q
chunk of steel.
"'I never like to see anything vast
ed,' he said in a moral tone.
"And then his mother, to help him
drive home this lesson in economy,
added:
"'True, Maggie. True, my dear.
I've always said that when | lost our
John, I would need to keep pig -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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THE LITTLE WIDOW
A Mighty Good Sort of q Neighbor to Have

"a little widow, neighbor of mine,
persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when
my stomach was so weak that it would
not retain food of any other kind"
writes grateful woman, from San
Bernardino Co., Cal.
II had been i'll and confined to my
bed with fever and nervous prostration
for three long months after the birth
of my second boy. We were in despair
until the little widows advice brought
relief.
Il liked Grape Nuts food from the
beginning, and in an incredibly short
lime it gave me such strength that
vas able to leave my bed and enjoy my
hree good meals day. In two months
my weight increased from ninety-fve
10 113 pounds, my nerves had steadied
lown and felt ready for anything.
Hy neighbors were amazed to see me
rain so rapidly and still more so when
hey heard that Grape-Nuts alone had
,rought the change.
MY four-year-old boy had eczema,
cry bad, last spring and lost his APP
elite entirely, which made him cross
nd peevish. / put him on diet OF
rape Nuts, which he relished at once.
lie improved from the beginning, the
eczema disappeared and now he is fat
Ind rosy, with delightfully."- soft, clear
kin. The Grape-Nuts diet did It. !
vill willingly answer all inquiries"
same given by Postum Co, Battle
'reek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
look. The Road to Wellyille.' in Dk9s.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
An Epicure.

A fastidious man undertook to
'ansmit instructions through the
Taiter to the cook He wanted an
yster stew. These were his instruc
Ions:
Now, waiter, kindly tell the cook
don't want the oysters and the milk
merely mixed and heated, l want the
milk carefully boiled first. The oys-
lers should then be added without
ne liquor The liquor should not be-
hut in until the seasoning is added.
l5e very particular to get good, rich
'lilk and nothing but the best gilt-
'dge butter. AS for the oysters, /
sfant Cape Cod salts. No ordinary
stock oysters for me. Do you under
ttand?"
Il think so, sir" replied the waiter;
but do you wish the oysters with or
.ithout?''
with or Without" asked the
customer.
Pearls, sir."-St. Louis Post-Dis-
satch
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
Wealth Baneful to Girls.

"Much money-too much money, "
said a New Yorker who has known
The town for fifty years. lis more
harmful to our young women than i
Is to our young men, though the Lord
knows, it is bane enough to our young
men. 1t is a different sort Of harm,
though, to the giris-it unse1es them.
The effect is not quite so lad II the
lesser cities because they have less
money, and the atmosphere is clearer
But in New York and the New York
sirls-Well when / think OF the con-
.rast between some Of the girls | know
here and their grandmothers used
% know it makes me sick at heart fol
he generations who are to be mothered
| ~ these girls, If, indeed, they ever be-
come mothers.
Il am speaking now Of the really
:ich girls who have all the money to
| spend that they want. For example,
* know one girl Of twenty five who
looks as if she were forty, and she has
| s25, 900 q year income. Not great
| Zeal as incomes so III New York, per-
! aaps, but good deal for one girl to
spend on herself. This girl goes the
| pace Of q man, except that she is Of
/ good moral character, as we under
ttand that in q woman. She has her
horses and her dogs and her yacht
lot very large one, but large enough
land she has the manners OF man,
Ind very nearly the masculine voice.
Does she gamble? or course.
don't think know i rich young WON
| III who won't wager something q
,ther. The beginners. and the very
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
False Teeth Stolen.

S. B. Tainter's troubles were many
Last night when he appeared at the
police station to talk them over with
Chief Delaney. fainter had not only
been robbed of his watch and chain
but some thief had made away with
his false teeth.
"This town beats it all,' said Tam
ter last night when at the sergeant's
desk at the station. fThey don't stop
at stealing your valuables, but even
take the teeth out of your mouth.
He had been the night before in thu
lower part of the town and went to
sleep in chair. When he awoke he
was minus the articles mentioned
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Toques still "En Regle'' in Paris.

/ Toques are not omitted from the Sc
| lection or new models on show. |
have seen some pretty ones with wide
| dat-topped crowns narrowing in their
case, and brims turned up and shelly
ing somewhat Outwards. Covered plain
with velvet, they are sometimes rem
aered very ornate by having a wide
band Of handsome gallon sewn on the
facing of the brim. Others have full
beret crowns.
One of the former is covered with
moss green velvet with broad gallon
worked with sky-blue chenille on
glace founda ton of the two colors. An
ndent is cut in the right side OF the
)rim on each of which the gallon is
curved round shellforms. Between
this opening in the brim and the crown
aestles a bird the plumage of which IS
lark, with little touches of white. 1t
IS entirely Of fanciful order and the
tail is of white goura.
Another toque with 4 full beret
crown is built up of deep mordore
brown velvet and trimmed with wings
Of a copper hue set outside the brim
at the back and on the left side. Both
these toques are raised at the back on
narrow bandeau concealed by bows OF
tibbOn.
Less importance is given to the
.cachepeigne than in the late summer
models, and / am inclined to think that
the fashion of piling up tie hair very
high on the top of the head will help
% bring about further change III this
respect. Millinery Trade Review.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
sl.uohte- 81 FUR Game.

What gap there must be IN the
anks OF squirrels and rabbits and
PUSSY cats this year." said the natur-
Hist. Nearly every woman you see
o wrapped In fur, and squirrel ana
what passes for ermine seem to Dc
The most popular. OF course, the
SQUIRREL is genuine, but there isn't
enough ermine In the world to make
LII the white furs one sees and sell
Them at medium price. 1t certainly
q amusing to see naughty dame
iecked in the fur OF some ineffensive
bunny or tame cat."-New York
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

There is no longer any pressing need
for being born great, or for achieving
greatness. In these days of cheap and
artistic advertising any man with
enough money, tainted or otherwise,
to pay the bills can have enough great
ness thrust UPON him to make Hall
of Fame lustre look like five-cent
shine by comparison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

kidney trouble so
bad / could not
work. Ba ckache
was persistent and
it was agony to lift
anything. Gravel,
W hirlin g head.
aches, dizzin ess
and terrible urin-
airy disorders ran
me down from 1853
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
Cures Blood. Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood

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Ii your blood is impure, thin, diseased
hot or full OF humors, if you have blood
poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores
scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and Jumps
scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh
rheumatism, or any blood or skin disease
take Botanic Blood Balm (B B. b. accord.
ing to directions. Soon all sores heal
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every eruption, and giving the rich glow Of
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time, B. B. b. improves the digestion, cures
dyspepsia, strengthens weak kidneys. Just
the medicine for old people, as it gives
them new, vigorous blood. Druggists, 81
per large bottle, with directions for home
cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, GA. Describe
trouble and special free medical advice also
sent in sealed letter. B. B. B. is especially
advised for chronic, deep-seated cases OF
impure blood and skin disease, and cures
after all else fails.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

to 100 pounds. Doctors told me l had
diabetes and could not live. l was
wretched and hopeless when, began
using Doan's Kidney Pills, but they
cured me eight years ago, and I've been
well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
With -be Fanny
oh. Pshaw I

With smiling face and outstretched hand
She met him every day,
And, eager for his coming, watched
Whene'er he was away.
But still he did not haste to come
Or fattered seem to be-
For she was only a girl in love
And letter carrier he.
Milwaukee Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
Natural Sequence.

Green-"Did you ever hear of an
immovable object being struck by an
irresistible forcew
Brownies
Green-"What was the result?'
Brown-"Both the women talked
themselves hoarse. Chicago News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

According to DR.. Jarrett, of the New
York Board sof Education, seven per
cent of the candidates who come from
female colleges to obtain teaching posi-
tons are unable to pass the necessary
physical test. Too much candy is said
to be one of the reasons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
to be one of the reasons.

In society, says the Lady's Pictorial,
Fighter food, lighter clothes, lighter
jewels, lighter boots, lighter gloves, is
the cry" Nothing, however, is said
of lighter morals, comments London
Punch. Their present lightness seems
to give general satisfaction.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

A great deal of inventive talent is
wasted on flying machines that might
be useful to mankind if turned in the
direction Of making the frog in the
railway switch track less deadly, says
the Chicago Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
TT a Fact.

1T doesn't make any difference il g
woman is six feet high and weighs 5o4
pounds began the homegrown phil
osopher.
ssNelI?s
"Sooner or later some man will come
along who's willing to call her little
GIRL"
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what. Indeed I?

Young Thorne Ito his ideaD-"And
your name is Rose? What sweet
name Rose ISL
Rose-"I am glad you like it. But
but-but I do not want to be a rose
without a Thorne.
What could fellow say after that?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

The Iowa convict who paid all the
expenses Of his trial and conviction
sets a wholesome example to some
of the fellows who are being investi-
gated down in New York, declares the
Pittsburg Gazette. And they could af.
ford it better, too.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

Now that the price Of leather has
been advanced, the vegetarians who
determined some time ago to put the
beef trust out of business will have
to commence going barefooted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

Still, supposing that these insurance
companies had never existed, what
would we have been doing all these.
years for our blotters? inquiries the
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

Some men are born infamous, some
gradually lose their regulations, and
some have their regulations taken
away from them by committees of in
vestigation, remarks the Houston
Chronicle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

King Alfonso, everywhere he travels,
leaves the impression Of saying the
right thing to the right people, and do
and place, asserts the Louisville Her.
aid
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
She Wanted a Show.

Bessie, why are you and Willie
forever quarreling?" said the mother
of the two, in a reprimanding voice.
"Why, mamma, it isn't my fault"
exclaimed five-year-old Bessie. will
lie always wants his own way."-De-
troit Free Press.
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still Unanswered.

Mr.. Wallace Gmpressively) -"Ah,
here is another story of man who
killed himself because his home was
unhappy"
Mrs. Wallace (sweetly) - "And did
that make his home happy, or does the
paper not say?' 49,.
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1t is evidently called "industrial'' IN
ssurance because no policyhf Aca II
keep up the premiums without -
try, thinks the New Bedford Standard.

A German statistician has ascer-
tanned that the average woman spends
ten months Of her life at her mirror,
while the average man puts in but
seven at his.
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It's Eddy whirI.

Miss Gladys had never Topped the
loop before.
.'It's-it's like a seaside engagement"
she said. wonderfully exciting while
it Chicago Tribune.
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Generally.

Funny thing about these fellows
who get rich"
"How funny?"
"Why, you'll generally find that the
man who accumulates a great many
bones has skeleton in his Closet
Houston Post.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
After the Honeymoon.

Helen-"Poor, dear George must be
devoting himself to that wretched War
Office business strictly"
Florence-"What makes you think
SO, dear?'
Helen-"Why, he only writes to me
twice a day noww
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

"Pop!''
Eyes, my son. !"
ssWhat do you think? Our minister
has been acting as referee ct 2
fghtr
..Don't talk nonsense, my boy
I'm not, pop. The fight was n the
choir"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

Bluebeard made an explanation.
Merely another instance where two
heads are better than one" he re-
marked.
Herewith Mrs. Bluebeard prudently
sent out to wake up cop.-New York
Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

A noted singer says that high col.
lars spoil the voice. People with long
necks and no voices will contend that
high collars keep off the wind admir-
ably.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

The Monkey-"Why on earth did you
swallow the ringmaster's Prince Al
bert?"
The Ostrich-"P because the doctor
told me I needed new coat on my
stomach. Chicago News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25

There is an active society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals IN the
imperial city Of Rome.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-25
-'sss~A-
Plenty of Vacuum .

"How is it that flies are able to walk
on the ceiling:"
"They produce vacuum in their
feet
II doubt that If it were true some
folk I know ought to be able to stand
on the ceiling on their heads"
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TWENTY YEARS OF 1T.

Emaciated by Diabetes; Tortured Witk
Gravel and Kidney Pains.
Henry Soule, cobDle-, of Hammonds-
port. N. Y, says: "Since Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me eight years ago, I've
reached 70 and hope to live many years
longer. But twenty years ago | had
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-07-17
DEATH benefits
Novel System lnaugurated
by the Greatest Tobacco
Company in the World

7 New York, July 1.-THE American
Tobacco Co., which is the largest
tobacco company in the world, has
issued formal notice to its great
army of employees located in every
state in the Union that hereafter it
will pay death benefit to the bene-
ficiary of any person in it's service who
draws not more than $50 week in
wages. This notice affects about
100000 men and women. The notice,
a copy of which has been mailed to
each employee, provides as follows:
Upon proof of the death Of any per
son in the employment of this COM
pany who shall have been continuous.
ly in it's service for at least one year
preceding his or her death, and whose
wages do not at that date exceed $50
per week, the American Tobacco Co.
will donate in cash to the person
finally designated by such employee a
sum of money equal to the wages paid
to such dead employee by this COM
pany during the last year of his or
her. life, not exceeding, however, in
any case, the sum of $500.
The American Tobacco Co. has
plants located in the following cities
and. towns: New York, Baltimore,
Richmond, DanvilIe, Newport News,