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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20
BENJAMIN H. Hills Tribute.

He foe without hate friend without eachery soldier
without cruelty;
victor without OPPRESSION and victim without m,nmurng,
He Christian without hypocrisy and without guile;
He Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his
Napoleon without his selfislness Washington without his
reward.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

My father, General U. s. Grant.
often talked to mo OF General
Robert II. Lee, and always with
respect and admiration for him.
They were both in the Mexican
War, Lee serving on General
scotts staff, and my father as an
officer OF the Fourth Infantry.
During tho Mexican War they met
several times in 1847, and in
1865, at Appomattox, General
Lee told my father that he re-
membered their early meetings
very well. My father graduated
at West Point in the class Of 184S.
and was assigned to the Fourth
Infantry. Lee graduated In 1929,
and entered the Engineer Corps.
Both Of them won promotion and
commentator In the Mexican
War, my father being breveted for
gallant and meritorious conduct
three times, and Lee was breveted
colonel for gallantry at Cha
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20
The Grandest of Men.

never served under General Robert +.
Lee, and never saw him, but regard him
as one OF the grandest men that ever
lived, and one Of the greatest soldiers OF
the world.
Washington. D. G.. January 18th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

my eyes. Of minor importance. and which
+ In all my perpiexitfes and distress. has
never failed to give me light and strength.
Your assurance OF the esteem in which
am held by a large portion OF the British
| nation, as we'll as By those for whom you
speak. Is most grateful TO my feelings.
though / am aware that am Indebted
to their generous natures and not to my
own merit for their good opinion
Colonial F. r. F'arrar, gallant Con-
federate soldier and widely known lee
turer. presented General Lee Bible for
the pulpit of the college chapel and re-
ceiyed from him the following character
istc letter:
Lexington. Va, Sept. 10. 1861.
My Dear Sir.-I beg that you will accept
my sincere thanks for the beautiful Bible
which you presented to me-a book which
supplies the place OF all others, and one
that cannot be replaced by any other. I
will place 1t in the chapel at Washington
College, as you desire, where trust its
simple truths will be daily learned and
thoroughly appreciated by all Of the
students.
VERY respectfully.
"R. E. LEE"
Accepted 1t Fully.
He said to me one day; There arc
be able to explain. but I fully accept 1t as
the infalhble word of God. and receive It's
teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit"
A man OF prayer. he had his regular
hours of secret devotion, always had
his family altar and neglected no oppor-
tunity Of Joining in the public devotions
OF Gods people. saw him frequently at
our services In the army as he listened
with moistened eyes to the truths Of
the Gospel. or bowed in the dust as some
one led the devotions or the congregation.
How wildly I recall those scenes at
stonewall Jackson's headquarters when
the thousands OF the men In grey would
assemble for worship and the ragged
jacket of the men OF the ranks would
mingie with "the bars" "the stars" AMI
''the wreaths' of rank. Among the most
notable. but most devout. OF the officers
were Jackson and his beloved commander.
II. Z. Lee.
When the armies Of General Lee and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

have never known man more fully
realized that he was "a sinner saved by
grace sinner cieansed In the atonins
blood OF Christ, sinner whose only hope
OF Salvation was built on ''the Rock OF
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
An Electric Motor Horn.

The electric horn for automobiles,
an English device, is an electric
buzzer, fitted to a common automo-
bile "toot" horn. A brass cylindrical
case contains steel vibrating disk,
held at its periphery by two langes
and two electromagnetic, and the
rapid vibration Of the disk caused by
the magnetization and demagnetiza-
ton of the magnets yields a sound
which is magnified in volume and eff
fectiveness by the horn. The current
is provided by an eight-volt accumu-
lator. The signal can be maintained
as long as it is necessary or desired,
the blast being louder and more con-
tinuous than that Of the ordinary
wind horn, and with the switch on
the steering wheel the driver can give
his warning without removing his
hand from the wheel. Harper
Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
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Use the cold baked or boiled fish
as salad, dressed with mayonnaise
and served on lettuce leaves.
A delicious salad is made of aspar-
agus tips and shrimps-twice as
much asparagus as shrimps.
White soup stock as used in Ameri-
can cookery is the liquor in which a
fowl or chicken has been boiled, but
the French chef always keeps on
hand white soup stock made from
a knuckle of veal.
Polished tables may be kept in
good condition if about once a week
they are rubbed with a mixture Of
equal parts of turpentine and olive
oil. Apply with a piece of flannel,
afterwards polishing with dry
cloth.
To keep cheese, wrap it in clean,
fresh cloth that has been wet in vine-
gar and then wrung out as dry as
possible; wrap it in a paper bag and
put it in dry place. If prepared in
this manner the cheese will not dry
out or mould for long time.
Buy strip of asbestos cloth at the
hardware store, and use small
squares to interline your iron-holders.
Keep a good sized piece fastened to
your ironing board to save the sheet,
and lay square under the table
pad where the meat platter rests.
The difficulty in cleaning gas globes
Is largely due to the ornamental
roughness of the glass, and it is often
hard to clean them with soap and
water, even with the addition of soda.
A little salts of lemon added to the
soapsuds will make the task easy.
Do not try to sweep an invalid s
room, but wiring clean cloth out OF
cold water to which few drops OF
ammonia have been added, and care
fully wipe the carpet, mating or
floor. turning and rinsing the cloth
and changing the water as it gets
dirty.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13

In the jungle you would call this
thing savagery. In the city there is a
new side to it. The dweller of the
city-true to the instincts of city life
has made it financial transaction.
He has found it great source of
gain, of easy money.
There has grown up, therefore, a
double motive in promoting it-the
demand for the thing itself, and the
stimulus of the great profit in provid-
ing it. You may call the sale of dis
sipation in the city savagery by re-
tail. Ethically considered, this thing
is hideous beyond belief; socially con-
sidered it is suicidal But to be un-
derstOod and followed through intel
ligently it must first be considered as
such. There is no other way. That
is what | must recognize in describ-
ing conditions in Chicago. / must
talk cold business, as the saying goes.
No emotion, no squeamishness, not
even sympathy; simply statement
of fact. -McClure's Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
CHICKEN POT ROAST.

Usually a fowl is not considered
Tor any method of preparation ex-
cept cutting up for fricassee, as this
is supposed to be about the only pro-
cess which will make it tender
enough to be palatable. But try this
way: Prepare the fowl as for roast
ing and select a pot deep enough to
hold the fowl without crowding. Put
In the pot piece Of suet, in the pro-
portions Of one pound to six pounds
of chicken, then cut up an onion and
let it cook until brown. Now put in
the bird, put two or three slices of
bacon on top and cover the pot tight
ly, allowing it to simmer for six
hours. Remove from the pot, take
away the bacon, put the chicken in a
roasting pan and roast in a hot oven
for about half an hour, when it will
be nicely Drowned. When one is in
doubt about the bird being tender
this method seldom fails for it must
be the toughest of hens or roosters
which does not succumb to this meth
Cd of cedure.-American Home
Monthly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
AN OLD EDITOR
ronnd $4,000 Worth of Food.

The editor of paper out in Okla.
said: Yes, it is true when I got
hold of Grape-Nuts food it was worth
more than $4,000 doctor bill to me.
for it made me a well man. have
gained rs pounds in weight. my
strength has returned tenfold. my
brain power has been given back to
me, and that is an absolute essential.
Tor ] am an editor and have been for
IS years.
MY pen shall always be ready to
speak q good word for this powerful
nutritive food. 4 had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to ap-
ply the food to my own use, until. in
my extremity and sickness the
thought came to me that it might fit
my case. The statements in regard
to the food are absolutely correct. as
/ have proven in my own case. One
very fortunate thing about the food
Is that while it Is the most scientific
ally made and highly nourishing, con-
'centrated food I have ever known. II
has SO delicious a taste that it wins
and holds friends" There's a Rea-
SON." Read The Road to Wellyille. :,
In pkgs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
SALE OF DISSIPATION.
Human Savagery to Be Had at Retail
in Every Large City.


Take Chicago, then, not because 1t
is worse than or different from other
cities of America, but, on the con-
trary, because it is SO typical, and be-
cause it is so we'll known. Why have
the primary basic guarantees of civil
fzation broken down in Chicago?
Why has that city. year after year,
such a food of violent and adventur-
Gus crime? The answer can be Sim
pie and straightforward: Because OF
the tremendous and elaborate organi-
zation-financial and political-for
creating and attracting the criminal
in Chicago.
The criminal is savage, nothing
more nor less. Civilization builds up
painfully our definite, orderly rules Of
life-work, marriage. the constant
restraint Of the gross and violent i'm
pulses Of appetite. The criminal SIM
ply discaris these laws and slides
back again along the way we came up
into license, idleness, th1every and
violence. He merely lapses back into
savagery.
TO understand the matter Of crime
in great cities, the first step Is to
measure the positive forces working
continually to produce sgvagery there.
These forces are to-day, as they al
ways have been. greater than can
easily be imagined.
The city-from scarlet Babylon to
smoky Chicago has always been the
sreat market place Of diasipatien.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
sLITTLE MELINDA BRoWN-HER
BOOK



Torn and battered and smeared with paint
Ladies in purple and knights in blue
Cinderella of gentle plant
Decked in gown of gorgeous hue;
Hope my -thumb and Goody Two-shoe:
A fairy green and yellow spook-
These are the playmates once she knew:
Little Melinda Brown-Her Book.
Here is the tabled and fair Geraint:
Here is the giant Bolgharhoo;
Here is the soft-voiced, lovely saint
Of the falling diamonds and pearls; and
too,
This is the terrible Bluebeard who
Spoke so loud that his wives all shook!
DO you remember? | know you do:
Little Melinda Brown-Her Book"
Apples of Sodom have left their faint:
In the ambrosia is taste of rue;
Try as we may, alas! we mayn't
Summon them now, as we used to do:
Spirits of life when life was new,
Or ever our errant way we took:
These are the stories that once were true,
Little Melinda Brown-Her Book"
ENVOY.
Friends of my childhood, fair and quaint.
Forgive, forgive, that my heart forsook!
My love send in this rhythmic plant
To Little Melinda Brown-Her Book"
Cecilia Myrover Robinson, in Harpcr's.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
Where He'd Be Safe.


A lawyer was talking about the late
Samuel c. I. Dodd, the Standard Oil
lawyer, whose salary from the great
corporation was $500, 600 year.
"Mr. Dedd," said the lawyer, had
an excellent legal talent. He it was.
you know, who organized the Stan
dard Oil Trust What further endear.
ed him to Mr.. Rockefeller were his
strict views on the observance of the
Sabbath.
They tell story about Dodd when
he was q struggling practitioner In
Franklin.
There was a Franklin minister
who went cunning a good deal, land
altogether was rather a sporting char.
aeter
"At a little church supper one night
the minister was boasting about his
knowledge of horses and hunting, his
marksmanship and so on, when Dod6
interrupted him.
$ You're good sportsman, are
your lie said.
20" Well, said the minister, not sus.
recting any trap, 1 am not a bad
sportsman, If do say it myself.
Yet said Dodd, If were a bird
could hide where there'd be no dan.
ger of your potting me-.
Where would you hide?' asked
the minister.
j q hue, Dodd answered, in your
stndvl"-Washingto Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
Automobiles in Italy.

The extraordinary development IN
the manufacture of motor cars in
Italy, and the excellent results OBJ
tanned by some OF the builders. is a
feature in the Italian trade of the
past year. In the year 1903 there
was only one firm with q capital of
$3.50, 900. This firm produced cleo
trio cars. In 1904 seven more firms
entered the lists; In 1905 the total
number rose to thirty-three. and in
1906 the total reached Is ne less than
aity-one. Engineer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
The Careful Guesser.

One man in EOS is over six fee,
One in 100 women carries life IN
surance.
One man succeeds In business to
eight who go bankrupt.
There IS one sudden death among
women to eight among men.
One cold Is taken out Of doors
where nine are taken indoors.
One in each 1000 couples lives to
celebrate the golden wedding. Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13

Yes, Mr.. Janjangles, I can always
make my children go to sleep since
yen sent US copy of your new lul.
laby." says the mother
"Ah! and do you sing it to them ?"
inquiries the gratifed author and COM
poser.
mo. II they are unrrly, just
threaten to sing it, and they cuddle
down and shut their eyes at once
Tit-Bits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
Literature and Life.

what books have helped you
most?" asked the sincere and serious
young woman.
Mr. Cumrox, 'but they were mostly
stories with love and fighting in
them. You see, was in the book
selling bushes when l began to get
prosperous Washington Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13
DELICATE BOILED CABBAGE.

Cut small head of cabbage into
four parts, cutting down through the
stock. Soak for half an hour in a
pan of cold water to which has been
added tablespoonful of salt; this is
to draw out any insects that may be
hidden In the leaves. Take from the
water and cut into slices. Have a
large stew pan half full of boiling
water; put in the cabbage, pushing it
under the water with a spoon. Add
one tablespoonful of salt and cook
from twenty-five to forty-five min
utes, depending upon the age of the
cabbage. Turn into a colander and
drain for about two minutes. Put
In chopping bowl and mince. Sea-
son with butter, pepper and more salt
IT it requires it. Allow a tablespoon
full of butter to generous pint of
the cooked vegetable. Cabbage
cooked in this manner will be of deli
cate flavor and may be generally
eaten without distress. Have the
kitchen windows open at the top
while the cabbage is boiling, and
there will be little, if any, odor Of
cabbage in the house.
OLD-TIME HOMEMADE BREAD.
What pure, wholesome, white
spongy fabrications were those old
style loaves of bread, no adulterants.
no attempt to sacrifice the health and
life giving properties of the -four for
the sake of appearance. Just the
old fashioned, generous, brown
crusted product of the kitchen oven.
The days of the homely loaf are num-
bered, and their passing is to be la
mented. The bread made in the city
bakery has usurped the place which
belongs to the homemade product.
Everywhere through our country dis
tricts one meets the city bakers
wagon passing along the highways
distributing it's wares at the farm
homes. If farmers wives and daugh-
tiers could be led to believe, and
truthfully, too, that they can pro-
duce better bread than the city bak-
ers there would doubtless be a re-
turn to the reign of the home-m made
loaf and consequent decline in the
business of the city baker in the ru-
raj sections.-H. S. c., in the Indiana
Farmer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-06-13

Without the aid of glass an Aus
tralian Is said to have written 1o,O6t
words on a postal card.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

The Herald feels so kindly disposed
this afternoon, on the eve of the great
est celebration known to the world,
that it can in very truth wish all Of
its readers, and all of this people, and
people everywhere, a Merry Christ
mas. This expression does not simply
carry the wish that you may spend
happy day surrounded by your loved
ones, enjoy a good dinner, and forget
your business and worry. but it car
ries the hope that you may find your
self in perfect accord with the very
best impulses Of your nature, and
know tllot in you is some Of the spirit
OF the time; fS5r- spirit that brings
peace and good will TO all mankind.
1t expresses the hope that amid all of
the strifes of life, the successes and
disappointments, that you have not
forgotten that you are your brothers
keeper, and that you find a satisfac-
ton in helping the unfortunate by
your acts of charity, and helping your
more fortunate brothers by your ex-
ample in life.
The real spirit of Christmas is
sometimes seemingly forgotten in our
present method of celebrating; the
spirit of giving is often perverted into
a spirit of exchanging. and gifts are
often bestowed without the spirit, but
this is a human fault; it illustrates
how very short humanity falls from
the divine spirit. Deep down in the
hearts of most men and women, the
true spirit is remembered and rever-
enced, and it is the recognition of this
spirit that prompts the good feeling
exercised by most all people at this
time
Let us all remember the true Christ
mas spirit and mold our celebration
as befits such an event If we do
this, we will be happy within our
selves and make all those around us
happy.
Again, the Herald wishes you a
truly Merry Christmas.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
DECEMBER "a IN HISTORY.

1745-Benjamin Rush, physician gen.
eral in the American army,
born. Died April 10, 1873.
1SOO-Attempt to assassinate NaDol-
con Bonaparte.
1SOS-Marriage of Jerome Bonaparte
and Elizabeth Patterson.
1S22-Matthew Arnold, English writ
er, born. Died April Is, 1888.
1S37-Empress Elizabeth of Austria
born. Assassin ated Sept. 10,
1899.
1S3S-London and Greenwich railway.
first in London, opened to traf-
fic.
1S51-Library of congress and part of
national capitol at Washington
burned.
1S63-William Makepeace Thackeray,
English novelist, died. Born
1911
1S73-Johns Hopkins, founder of the
Johns Hopkins University at
Baltimore, died Born May 10.
1895.
1S99-British steamer Ariosta strand
ed off Cape Hatteras with loss
of twenty-one lives.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
PALESTINE, TEXAS DECEMBER "a. 1907.

IElfae
rency, is somewhat different from
that passed by the legislature which
elected Mr. owen to the senate. It
fixes a tax upon all deposits and from
the fund thus created provides for the
prompt payment in full Of all deposit
ors when the bank is declared insolv-
ent 1t is presumed that Senator
Owens bill provides, as does the Ok
lahoma act, that the draft upon the
guaranty fund shall be a first lien up
on the assets of the failed bank and
that when the guaranty fund becomes
excessive by reason of the limited de.
mands made upon it the excess may
be distributed pro rata among the con-
tributing banks or the tax may be
lowered if circumstances warrant
1t is assumed that If everybody had
perfect confidence in the security of
bank deposits there would be an end
of currency holding outside the banks,
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND
The Increased Number of Unemployed
Will Cast A Shadow Over the
Holiday This Year.
Special to the Herald.

ObCNieiA " bAlC dAu
London, Dec. 24.-The increasing
number of unemployed will cast some
thing Of a shadow over Christmas in
England this year, though so far as
the bulk of the population is concern
ed the Yuletide festivities will be as
full of Joy and mirth as usual. The
stores have been packed for a week,
and nearly all lines of business have
enjoyed a good holiday trade.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
and other members of the royal fam
lily have joined King Edward and
Queen Alexandra at Sandringham for
the Christmas festivities. There will
be huge tree laden with presents for
the children. and the distribution will
BE made by Father Christmas in the
person OF an acknowledgement re-
tainer of the royal household. At the
md of the week the gifts from the
Christmas tree intended for the mem
5ers OF the household staff, tenants
and some of the employees of the es-
tate will be distributed personally by
Queen Alexandra. In addition to these
little remembrance the widows and
poor laborers at Sandringham will all
receive presents of beef and coal and
articles OF clothing.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING
They Now Realize Grave Mistake
Would Be Made In Locating the
Reagan Monument.

Great numbers Of people. property
owners. merchants and people in pri-
vate life. are protesting at the pro-
posed location of the Reagan monu-
ment, and it is more than likely the
city council will be petitioned to re-
scind its decision granting the loca-
ton at the converging Of two of Pal
estine's busiest and most congested
streets.
The Herald said some time since
that the decision was a mistake, and
that in a course of only a few years
the monument would have to be
moved. Spring street is none too
broad now. and Palmer. at the inter
section of Spring. is entirely too mar
row. To practically close up these
two streets would prove a very Sc
rious matter
Another very great objection is the
menace the monument would prove to
human life In case OF runaway
teams this monument and its stone
surroundings would be directly in the
way, and would result in serious in
juries and death. This is certain.
Then additional monuments would be
required to mark the graves Of those
who fell victims to this very grave
of obstructing the streets.
A more appropriate location should
be selected now, before it is too late.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24
TO GUARANTEE BANK DEPOSITS.

Mr.. Bryan strongly endorses the
Oklahoma plan of guaranty of bank
deposits, and claims to have intro
duced in congress fourteen years ago
a measure similar to the Oklahoma
law. Mr.. Bryan's measure was, of
course, intended TO apply only to ma
tional banks, while the Oklahoma law
is only for the state banks. The
Oklahoma plan has been much dis
cussed by newspapers and financiers.
and although the consensus of opin-
ion seems to be that it is crude as to
details it is susceptible Of amendment
and is not without some excellent fea-
lures.
The bill which has been introduced
in the federal senate by Mr.. Owen.
providing security for bank deposits
and prevention Of boarding Of cur
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-12-24

and there would never be a recur.
renee of money panics and runs
that disturb the equilibrium OF fl.
nance from which not only banks.
but all business interests. suffer. OF
course, there would stiIl be the dan
ger Of rascality or mismanagement on
the part Of the officers Of bank here
and there, and, naturally. honest
bankers would have to bear the bur
den Of losses incurred by reason Of
this dishonesty.
II is not known what congress will
do in the matter of financial legisla-
ton. but there is no question that a
plan for guaranteeing bank deposits.