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The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-24

Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 23.--A bal 'oon which passed over this city at noon was flying the German flag. A ,s.1er was dropped stating 1t was the rommern," also that the aeronauts aad used 30 bags of ballast sand and mad 1000 pounds left.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-24

Kalamazoo. Mich. Oct. s3.--It is 'eported from Olivet. 40 miles north east Of here. that two balloons passed v'ef there at Il o'clock Tuesday morn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
O,Hare,a Status.

The Rev. Samuel McCoomb told a
story OF one Of the choicest Irish bulls
on record. An Englishman, travelling
In Ireland stopped to inquire of an
Irishman who lived in certain house
they were just passing. The Irishman
replied: THAT is Mr.. O'Hare's house,
and II he had lived until tomorrow
he would be one week dead" Boston
Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Muslc.Loylnn Indians.

An Aroostook farmer recently ap.
preached two Indians from the Passa.
maquoddy reservation desiring to hire
them to pick potatoes, offering $3.50
DAY and board. One of the Indians
Asked tho farmer II he had an organ
- tho house and being answered In
Tho negative told the farmer they
would not work for him, as they
wanted to work for someone having
= musical instrument so that they
could practice evenings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
DO YOU KNOW

that the lady who was inconsolable at
the death of her canary, has been appeased,
by having it stuffed and put on her bon
net?
that there is no use weeping over the
past? Some people waste enough time
crying over spilled milk to buy whole
COW.
that single man has nobody but himself
to blame, if things go wrong with him?
A married man can blame it all on his
wife. $50
that fortunately for the poor, who can't
afford automobiles and carriages, ply
sieianS say, that no exercise IS as health
full as walking. 49,
that some people spend. so much time
hunting bargains" that when they have
found a pickup they haven't got anything
to buy it with?
that the man who has been eating onions,
will never have anybody to help him to
catch his breathe They will want to 90
the other way.
that never lie in bed thinking that the
tomcat, that is bowling in the back yard,
will grow weary and go away He isn't
built that way.
that no matter how good the deacon is he
will look pleased if anyone suggests, that
ne must have been pretty lively young
man at one time.
that right and wrong are as hard to de-
termne as the location of the line of a
Woman's Waistl 1t depends upon the
fashion of the time.
that If some people could realize that the
world doesn't care rap, what size shoes
they wear, they would feel great deal
more comfortable?
that there IS no woman in the land so bad
an arlthmatician, that she could not calcu-
late how much her husband would save If
he did not smoker
that France has an inheritance tax from
one to six per cent? This IS the kind Of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
tax against which the dead cannot, and
the living ought not kick.

tax against which the dead cannot, and
the living ought not kick.
that the young ladies who faint when be-
ing proposed" to, can be restored to con-
sciousness by just whispering in her ear,
that they were. only joking7
that no better evidence of business enter
prise can be found than the fact, that our
market men furnish us with the spring
chickens even in winter?
that there Is nothing that frets man
more than for his wife to tell him, that he
has been talking in his sleep, and refuses
to tell him what he said7
that when a man marries and deliberately
invites his mother-in-law to make his
house her home, he IS either crazy, or his
wife has indeed fine mother?
that when man is looking for wife he
wants an angel? But when he goes to
housekeeping he says some ugly things,
because he did not get cook.
that an eastern editor insists that soon
there will be no more old maids? That is
very easy accounted for. How could the
ssnew" woman be an old maid.
that there is a young man here so careful
that in calling on his girl he always
knocks, for fear. that if he came with
ring, she might consider it PROPOSAL
that it is hard to find person who will
openly commend prize fight7 And it Is
equally difficult to find one who does not
eagerly read the details of one.
that there is great difference between a
good cigar and bad one7 A good cigar is
one that is pleasure to receive, and a
bad one pleasure to give away.
that some matches that were fondIy be-
Iieved to have been made in heaven, turn
out as if made in a country where sulphur
and birthstone are abundant?
that worr an who wanted to play Lady
Macbeth in an amateur show in Alton,
refused to 60 on because she could not
wear stylish gown IN the sleep walking
Iscenef
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
CLAIMS Held the Rat.

Ever see rattrap like that?'' in
CURED man, as he held aloft an i'm
prisoned rat. Attached to one of the
rodents forefeet was clam. Attached
to his tail was clam. Each clam
held on with viselike grip, and the
rat, though still squirming, was prob
ably not sorry when some one threw
him into the brook, CLANS and all. The
rat had found it's way into barrel OF
clans, and, being a youngster, was
unable to cope. with such odds.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Coal Tar Good for Roads.

Coal tar Is being used extensively In
France to hold the surface of roads to.
gether, whore the highways are much
used by automobiles run at high speed
The suction OF the swift machines, and
the pull" OF their broad rubber tires
tend to disintregate and break up the
surface OF roads which seemed quite
perfect when used only by horse We.
hicles.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Soap In Use For Centuries.

Soap has been in use for 5000 years
and is twice mentioned in the Bible
A few years ago soap boilers shop
was discovered in Pompeii, having
been buried beneath the terrible rain
of ashes that fell upon that city In
the year 70 A. D. The soap found
in the shop mad not lost its efficacy,
although it had been buried 1900
years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Wav az Fate.

Talk about Fates irony! Down in
Newark, o., a man lived to the adj
vanced age of log years. He never
had a sick day in his life that amount
ed to anything. and at his remarkably
advanced age he was active and in
good spirits. Then a horse with alb
solutely no sense Of the eternal fitness
OF things kicked him to death.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Stole to Get Medical Aid.

A poor man in Vienna found it i'm.
possible to get admission to any OF
the public hospitals because they were
all overcrowded. He stole a pair OF
shoes to get himself arrested, reason,
Ing that in jail he would receive med.
zeal treatment He was given the
necessary medical attention, and when
he recovered his health served a
brief term for petty larceny.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Where "Muuwump" Came From.

~Mugwump' was an old Algonquin
word for chief. which was used In q
seventeenth century Indian bible to
translate centurion captain or
duke In the English version. It was
borrowed by the New Englanders as
a nickname for most superior persons,
very like the English great panjan-
drum" and first applied In its special
political sense to Republicans who de-
serted their party on grounds OF prin.
cipls at the presidential election OF
1884.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
oh. Boston!

A well-known Washington architect
who has just returned from Boston is
chortling over a good joke on that
correct and literary city. He says that
in the reading room of one of the most
exclusive clubs in the Hub there Is q
sign that reads: only low CONVERSE
ton permitted here
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Rouoh on the Doctor.

When a physician takes a vacation
his medical friend who looks after his
patients in his absence often resents
being called the assistant" The re-
lieving doctor would prefer to be
known as colleague or coadjutor or
substitute. An old lady recently add
ed a new synonym when she an
nounced that she was being treated by
her own physicians "accomplice."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Dead, ANYWAY.

This was the way native physician
In India filled out a death certificate:
II am Of mind that he died Tor lost
his life) for want of foodings or on ac-
count of starvation. Maybe also for
other things for comfortables, and
most probably he died by drowning"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Make School Work Easy.

Budapest for supplying schoolboys
with ready-written essays and prose
and verse compositions and transla-
tons in any language at eight cents 4
page. The Budapest educational au-
thorities have applied to the govern
ment to suppress it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Good Dresser.

The big snow shoe rabbit or north
ern hare is something of dresser It
wears white coat in winter and a
gray one in summer. the better to con-
ceal itself from its enemies by look.
ing as the ground looks in the two
seasons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Eyeball Of the Mole.

A popularity of the eyeball Of the
mole Is that it can be projected for.
ward several times it's own diameter
beyond the orbit and retracted in like
manner. DR.. Lindsay Johnson notes
that this is necessary for vision, as
the animals dense fur so covers the
eye that the making of an opening is
the only way to see.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Crane Culture.

Grapes grow readily enough high
up in trees If the vines are permitted
to climb, year after year, without
check, but the best grapes are the
product of vines cut back every year
and kept close to the ground. The
fruit needs the reflected heat of the
earth and seems to flourish best neal
the soil.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Impure Part of Ice.

The center of cake of artificial
Ice is generally opaque, while the part
first frozen-the outside-is generally
clear. AS water freezes slowly, all
the impurities are pushed away from
the part first freezing. The central
opaque part contains all the impuri-
ties, even the bacteria which may be
in the water.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
School for Nursemaids.

It is proposed to open in London !
school for nursemaids, where girls
over 16 years of age may be given les
sons in the management of infants,
preparing Of children's food, plain sew
Ing, laundry work, and taught the kin
dergarten system of education.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Craze for Play WRITING.

Every man, woman and child In
America, not to mention those in New
Jersey, is writing play" said lit
erary man. IF you are introduced to
q stranger. it is perfectly safe and
pleasant beginning to, ask him, quite
casually: "How's your play coming
on?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Dahlia Becoming Popular.

" The dahlia, that fine and large
flower which adorns our autumn gar.
dens, is reconquering the place which
has been usurped for some years by
its Japanese sister, the chrysanthe-
mum. The gardeners have given to 1t
what it formerly lacked, variety, and
its shades now rival those of the more
popular flower-Le Figaro.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Quality That Brincs Success.

1t is not easetbut effort-not facul-
ty, but difficulty, that makes men.
There is, perhaps, no station in life in
which difficulties have not to be en-
countered and overcome before any
decided measure Of success can be
achieved.-S. Smiles.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Who Wants It7

The following advertisement recent
" appeared in a western medicaa
Journal: Wanted-A bicycle, for which
will be given jar containing nine
specimens of the appendix vermifor-
mis-.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Melbourne'c Quiet Sunday.

Melbourne has successfully resur-
rected the Lords day act of George
ILL.," That city is a sabbatarian
stronghold. No Sunday newspaper is
allowed to appear, and every hotel Is
closed by law, although good deal OF
Illicit drinking is done.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Chicks.

i somatimes think that these NOR
tai beings ought to remain babies all
their lives" said the angel. IF you
inquire closely into Them" replied the
other angel, you will find that most
of them do
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
E: asy.

Little Karl explaining the use OF
the telephone) See, uncle, 1t Is very
simple. You put the receiver to your
ear with one hand, and with the other
you say what you want to.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
"Yessir.U

A New FORK publication tells How
. Collar is Made. To see how it is
worn out look in the side window of q
laundry.-Buffalo Express.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
New Volcanic lsIands.

During the nineteenth century So
new islands rose from the sea by VOL
canic action and Is disappeared.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Sure as PREACHING.

"Simplified spelling may, shorten
some words" remarked the Observer
of Events and Things, "but 1t won't
make bills any shorter"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
No Need for Leader.

The society reporters always speak
of bride being led to the altar"
just as though bride couldn't find
her own way there blindfolded. Phil
adelphia Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Monkey Men,

A New York man imagines he IS q
monkey, and quite a number Of New
York monkeys imagine they are men.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
IN Unequal conteat.

A susceptible and delicate mind IL
broken In the frightful struggle Of pas.
sion against opinion. Madam Ance,
lot.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31

Reason For Watchfulness.
No man Is 50 insignificant al = y
sure bis example can do no hurt
Lord Clarendon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31
Good Advice.

Learn to say No, and 1t will Be 81
more use to you than to be able to
read Latin. Spurgeon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-31

Every day the inhabitants 81 the
United Kingdom wear away 100000
VSrth OF shoe leather.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
CORNELL CRUSHES NAVY TEAM
Midshipmen's Ball Team Defeated
by Score of IL to 2.
Visitors Land on Lanphier Until Re-
placed by Meade-SOuthpaw
Lovejoy ia Good Form.
'eiaI 10 me- Washineton Usrald.

Specal to The Washington Herald
Annapolis, hid, March S0-The An
napolis Midshipmeu suffered a crushing
defeat at the hands Of Cornelrs ball
tossers here this afternoon. The score
was y to .. The Comedians batted like
hends. They landed on Lanphier. who
started in 20 twirl for the Middies, until
Meade had to be sent in to replace him
in the middle of the fifth inning Meade
was a little steadier, although the visitors
punched their hits again in the eighth
and three more runs We're netted.
Lovejoy COFneli's crack southpaw. was
in splendid form. and had the sailor lads
completely at his mercy. Had he pitched
the fun game. it is possible that the Mid
dies would have been whitewashed. But
ne gave way TO Gable in the seventh, and
before Gable settled down. he allowed one
Middle to walk. This WIS followed by
two singles. and two runs resulted. The
fielding of the Middies was very poor.
Eight errors, two passed balls, and "a
wild pitch tells the story Of their work
in that department.
Nearly an of the Cornell men got one
or more hits Capt. Brown led with four
singles out of five times at bat The field
ing feature was a running catch with one
hand by Heilman. who tagged MILDLY
attempting TO steal second. On the whole,
the work of the Afiddies was very dis
appointing 10 their supporters, The score:
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
YALE Wins ANOTHER
Has no Trouble in Trimming
Washington and Lee.
TEN RUNS IN THE LAST ROUND
After Having Made Thiags Interest
Ing for six Innings Porter Blew Up
and Ellis Enjoyed a Batting Mat
inee-Paretes Goes to Center Field
After Eight Runs Had Been scored.

Yale kept up It's winning streak yester-
day by downing Washington and Lee at
the American League Park in a slow
game of Is to 4.
Up to the fourth inning ii was nip and
tuck, Yale starting in in the fifth inning
ana running away with the game. II
would not have been so bad If Porter
had not started the entire team on an
upward fight in the sixth. Paretes who
relieved Porter in the seventh, called a
halt on the scoring, tanning the first man
and setting the remaining two down on
weak blows TO himself He started the
eighth round auspiciously. too, but after
Schmidt, the first man up, had flied out
TO Pipes, it was easy for Yale, the round
not coming to an end until ten tallies
had been chased across the pan. After
eight runs had been scored in the fatal
inning, Paretes was chased TO center,
Johnson coming in from that position TO
finish.
Yale had first raps Tao Jones got in
front OF one Of Porter's benders and took
first Porter then heaved the ball over
the eatchers head, Jones going 10 third,
whence he scored on Clifords single.
Parsons on Color.
Parsons started in the box for Yale
giving way to Schmidt after the first
inning. after "a single. helder's choice.
and a triple, which counted two runs.
had been made by the Lexington boys
Yale made the score 10 > in the next
inning, Howard Jones singing TO right
going TO second on Churchs sacrifice
and coming home on his big brother 5
bln to right.
Washington and Lee was blanked in
the second, although Porter had travelled
as far as third when the inDing ended
Yale scored one more In the third, un-
earned. on Kinney's' single, a stolen base
"a wild pitch, and "a passed ball. The
Virginiuns put one over IN the third too,
making the score 3 10 8. Anthony singled
went 20 third on Nomees bingle. and
scored on Kinney's misplay of Porter's
stinger.
Another lonely run for Yale in the
fourth The score was made on singles
by Church, Clifford. and Kinney. WASH
ington and Lee again tied the score in the
fourth on = base on balls, a sacrifice, and
a single. After that the Southern lads
old not have a lOok-in. Yale making two
in each Of the fifth and sixth innings. and
then the -go-r0und in the eighth.
President Roosevelt received the mem-
bers of the Yale baseball team after the
game. He shook hands with each Of the
players. wishing them luck for the sea-
son, reserving, however, the occasion on
which they viii Meet Harvard.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
FORFEITED 10 ATHLETICS
New York Giants Again Object tC
Umpire thinner.
Threat Of barring MuEgsy McGraW's
Gang of Players from Park, but
Philadelphia Club Wins Day.

New Orleans, March S0.-Therc was no
game between the Giants and Athletics
to-day Umpire Zimmer made the an
nouucement before the players of both
teams and the spectators, that the game
had been forfeited to the Athletics by the
score of 8 10 0.
Late last night Manager Frank. of the
New Orleans club. made threats that he
would bar the Giants from the Athletic
Park, and would have plenty of police on
hand to-day to prevent the New Workers
from entering the park. Secretary
Knowles heard of the threats and this
morning went to Franks Office TO in
vestigate. He was officially informed by
Mr.. Franks secretary that the report
was true and that the New orleans team
had been substituted for the Giants.
i After consulting with Manager Nc
Graw, Knowles decided to take the Giants
to the ball grounds, Notwithstanding the
official notification. The New York club
has a contract with Frank which vir-
tually leases the park to the Giants for
FIVE days. and Knowles failed to see
where Franks authority came in to bar
the Giants.
Eleven Giants proceeded to the ball
grounds in a driving rainstorm. No one
opposed them.
The Athletics, not anticipating any such
action on the part Of the Giants. were
sitting around the st. Charles Hotel. with
no intention of going to the park. but
the Giants appearance in uniform in the
corridors of the hotel caused sudden
activity among the Quakers. They rushed
TO their rooms, donned uniforms, and
We're hustled out TO the grounds in short
order.
They got there. too in a hard rain. On
entering the park, Acting Manager Davis
said to Trainer Tushill. of the Giants
party:
I'VE viii not play the Giants with any
umpire"
But nevertheless, after the players had
huddled in the graudstand for Z bali
hour, Umpire thinner. who had evidently
heen sent a hurry call. appeared on the
grounds with his mask and protector.
Promptly at $50. the time set to call the
game. thinner walked over 70 the Giants
and requested their batting order Much
20 his surprise Bowerman wrote it out for
him. But. nevertheless. he walked out
to the home plate and announced to the
assembled multitude-there We're Just Two
persons In the stand-that as the Giants
refused to play the game with him as
umpire he declared the game forfeited.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
A. A. U. WRESTLING MATCHES.
Championship Bouts Decided in
Semi-hnals and Finals.

Newark, n j.. March @-The National
4. A. L. wrestling championships were
concluded here tonight with the semi
finals and finals in five Of the events. and
the finals in the special and welter weight
classes. The matches were witnessed by
tremendous crowd, and some good work
was done in the semi-finals in the ban
tam-weight class Robert Curry. St
George Athletic Club. defeated George
f. Ferguson. Mott Haven Athletic Club
in six minutes: George Taylor. National
Turnverein. Newark. drawing bye. In the
feather-weight di5-pounds) class. Gustav
Bauer National Turnverein, defeated r
P. Devlin. Mott Haven Athletic Club, in
tie semi-fnal bout. Time. minutes
In the first bout OF the seTEi-fnals Of
the lightweight O35-poundsl class. the de-
cision was awarded to Benjamin Brad
shaw, Boys Club, New York. in 2cis. His
opponent was Charles Sahrbacher. Y NJ
c. A.. New Britain.
The second bout. between =. Huttner
St. George Athletic Club New York.
and Fred Cooke unattached, Newark,
was won by Huttner, Ia 2:59.
Middle-weight u5S-pounds) class. semi
fnals-Frank Lynch, St George Athletic
Club, defeated John II. Fasol, Northwest
Athletic Club. I'm As
Heavyweight. semi-hnals-JacOb Gun
derson. Dover Sporting Club New York.
defeated Emery Payne. Northwestern
Athletic Club. Time, s:l3.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
FITz AND RUSSELL DRAW.
Give and Take for Six Hounds, with
Honors Remaining Even.

Philadelphia. March So.-After six rounds
Of the hardest kind of milling, during
which the spectators were worked up TO
the greatest pitch Of excitement. honors
between Willie Fitzgerald and INK Rus
sell were practically even.
From bell to bell it was a case Of give
and take. first the one and then the other
taking the most OF IL The physical ad-
vantages of comparative youth and
strength We're with Russell but the mem
tai advantages were with Fitz. who
utilized his resources to the limit. Twice
be was IN danger, and each time he
avoided il by the exercise of consummate
skill. which was made to look all the more
clever because of RusselIs almost hys-
terical anxiety TO complete the job.
Fitzs punches were the cleaner. but
they appeared TO lack the steam which
was behind those handed cut by Russell,
due probably to his hands which are be
ginning TO show the effects of the many
bruising battles that he has gone through
In flis long career.