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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
TROPICAL TITBITs.


Served In Jamaica.
In Jamaica, as everywhere else,
there are two ways to do things. Ther
is the beaten track of the tourist t.
follow, with its hotels of varying ex.
cellence, conventional drives and all
that sort of thing. To know the island
and the allurements of its ingratiatina
tropical beauty, however, to appreciate
the double interest of British resident
customs, together with the quaint oddi
ties of the negro native life next tc
the EARTH one must travel a different
course. Courtesy to visitors to the is
land Is everywhere manifest. There
are native dishes that no hotel on the
island can make to taste SO good.
There l learned the indescribable de.
liciousness Of a properly deviled ia
maica black crab. There were served
curries that would make a habitue OF
turtle, real turtle, prepared with a del
icacy to delight an epicure, and native
oysters that Jamaicans facetlously say
grow on trees" Tropical fruits in al
their fragrance and juicy prime CAV,
an intimatlon of the productive posi-
bilities of the island. The green tinted
Jamaica orange, thin of skin and richly
Juicy, grape fruit of superior quality,
the avocado pear, oily in composition
and nutty In flavor; pineapples-in ia
maiea they cut them in half horizontal
ly and eat them with a spoon-man-
goes, akee, breadfruit, ochra, choco,
yams, and more yams, were there to
tempt the inexperienced palate.-Trav
ell Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
Il was the habit oil the Rev. James

1t was the habit of the Rev. James
Spurgeon. grandfather of the great
preacher of hat name, to pray each
evening under a certain oak tree in q
secluded wood in Honeywood park,
One night he dreamed, the story goes,
that Satan appeared and threatened
to tear him in pieces II he followed his
accustomed route to the tree. There
was another path by which he might
90 in safety. Remembering his dream,
Spurgeon felt sorely tempted the next
night to take the route in which Satan
was not. But this would be to capt.
ulate. Trembling in every limb, he
made his way by the path in which the
danger lay. He reached his goal in
safety and in prayer and song returned
thanks for delivery from peril. When
his prayer had ended he rose to re
turn. In his path lay a piece of solid
gold las large as a curtain ring" All
inquiry failing to discover al owner,
he retained it and when he married had
his wife's wedding ring made from his
curious find.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
Shelley as a Boy.

Here is a glimpse of Shelley offered
by Andrew Lang: ut seems almost in
credible, but it is true. that l once
knew a man who was at Elton with
Shelley. who left in 1910. This was
Mr.. Hammond, a senior fellow of Mer-
ton college when l was an inquiring
junior. About 1870 he told me all that
/ could extract from him about the
poet. Shelley was not a clever boy; he
never was sent up for good which
means, | conceive, that he lever did
a remarkable exercise in Latin verse.
Mr.. Hammond added that Shelley had
a habit when he was walking alone of
suddenly breaking into a sprint at a
hundred yards pace. That was ALL"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
THE ARKANSAS HOG.
II Can Outrun a Greyhound and Whip
a Wolf or a Bear.

An esteemed contemporary gave
space to the following communication
from a subscriber on 1.-THE American
Hog"
Arkansas has a greater variety Of
hogs and less pork and lard than any
state In the Union. An average hog In
Arkansas weighs about fourteen
pounds dressed with its head on and
about six pounds and a half with Its
head off. 1t can outrun a greyhound,
jump a rail fence, climb like a parrot
and live on grass roots and rabbit
tracks. 1t hasn't much tail or brlstle,
but plenty Of gall. 1t will lick a wolf
or a bear In a fair fight. 1t is called
razorback because 1t is shaped like a
sunfish. In hunting a r%azorback 1t
is always shot at sideways, for there
Is not q ghost of a show to hit II
otherwise, any more than to shoot at
a split shingle. 1t a drink milk out
of q quart jar on account of Its long,
thin head. This type of razorback is
known as the stone hog because its
head Is so heavy and its nose so long
that 1t balances up behind The owner
of this type Of hogs usually ties a stone
to its tail to keep it from overbalanc-
Ing and breaking its neck while run
ming. II the stone is too NXzEy, It will
EzFzAAzsn&mmaaaike3z k II Hz4l
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
Richards in R~idgway's.
VIII Against VIII.

A certain prosy professor of physics
IL so great a misanthrope that he de.
Iiberately his lectures fol
the days when he has reason to think
that his students will least want to at.
tend. He commanded their presence
on an election day once and drove them
nearly wild by delivering a tedious es-
say Oh will power.
"If he wills it, a nan may accom-
plish anything he droned. LET him
make up his mind not to die, and he
will live in spite of disease; let him
decide that life is not worth living, and
he will drop peacefully out of it. ]
challenge any student to cite an in
stance in which the power of the will
has not triumphed over everything"
Up shot the reprobate of the class, a
youth beloved by all his companions
for his daring humor.
"Sir, l accept your challenge. You
are wrong" he said.
"Pray mention an example," retort.
ed the professor dryly.
"With pleasure, sir. An hour ago !
willed that this lecture should be
brought to a speedy conclusion. I've
willed the same thing sixty times since,
but up to now it hasn't come Off"
Nor will it." said the professor, "for
| have not only willed that this lecture
should last another hour, but am per.
fectly willing that it should do So,
And 1t did.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
The Gentleman.

"Supposlng l decide to let you have
the money, how do l know that l shall
get 1t back at the time you mention?"
asked Brown.
8" promise it, my boy, on the word
of a gentleman" replied Moore.
"Ah! In that case 1 may think better
of it. Come around this evening and
bring him with you"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
She Didn't Do IL.

The family jar waxed fiercer.
"You talk about my being to blame
for our marrying!" shrilly exclaimed
Mrs. Vick-Senn. John Henry, did l
hunt you out and make love to your
mol" he snorted. But you could
have given me the CLASSY eye and sent
me about my business, and you didn't
do 1t, ~madam-you didn't do it!'-Chi-
cage Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06

be extlnguished. There is something
sublime in this everlasting fire of sci
ence. Generation after generation dis
appears. The individual is nothing, but
always "watchful in the tower man
shall remain in sleepless contempla-
tion."-Dr. Nansen.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
None Left.

"a college education" declared the
enthusiastic mother, brings out all
that is good in a boy"
EYES," retorted Williams father,
"and in BiIl's case I wish a little of it
could have stayed n."-Cleysland
Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06

Generally speaking, you are perfect.
ly safe from lightning anywhere with
In twenty feet of a properly insulated
lightning conductor.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
IBSEN'S PARADOX.
And the Intimate Relation of Science
to Society,".

And the Intimate Relation of Science
to Society.
Ibsen, my great compatriot, has in
one of his works formulated the para
dox that the man is strongest who
stands most alone. There Is certainly
some truth in this-nay, there Is much
truth In 1t SO far as science is con-
cerned. The man who in the search
for truth goes his way Independently
Of other men and of other considera-
tons is certainly the mar who Is apt
to find the greatest and most valuable
truth. On the other hand, 1t Is also
true that science more than most other
things In life depends on cooperation,
on the help of ones fellow beings, and
day. Many people are apt to forget
what science actually is and what they.
w to science, for it Is through SCI
nee that modern society actually ex-
lists, and the development of society as
it Is today would be impossible If sci
nee were eliminated. Humanity is
growing; but. If science and the means
created by science are not growing, hu-
mainly will have to look forward to q
very miserable future. Therefore the
nation that wishes to be cared for
must support science and those who
carry on scientific work.. Science will
live her own life and has done so ever
since the tiays when Proinetheus maie
his fatal expedition to the gods and
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06

Generally the purchase OLA book is
mistaken for the acquisition of its con-
nts.-Schopenhauer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-06
Natural Enough

"They say that Bradley goes on like
mad since he Inherited his vast
wealth"
"What does he do?"
ooh, he acts like one possessed
~Lippincott's.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Notice United Confederate Vet.
erdnS.

Headquarters Rankin Camp No. 265.
Brandon, Miss, May 80, 1907. General
order No. Fl. The attention of the camp,
and all to whom it applies, is called to the
general order of Gen. S. D. Lee, COM
manding u. c. VS., designating the hour
of p. M, next Monday, June 3rd, Presi-
dent Davis birthday, as a time when
every confederate soldier, sailor, any de-
scendant or connection of said soldier or
sailor and person of southern birth, Wher-
ever they may be, shall cease from all
work of whatever kind and devote five
minutes to silent contemplation of the life
and services of the patriot whose aged
shoulders bore the weight of the hatred of
their enemies to the hour of his death.
The order should be complied with
throughout the entire country that the
world may know that our people are even
yet devoted and true to the principles for
which they wrought in the forum, and on
the field, that Jefferson Davis, the vicari-
Gus sufferer of that principle, is not forgot
ten, but revered by the people whom he
served. 1t is beautiful tribute, this, and
as commander of the camp, respectfully
command that our people cease from all
work at p. M, June 3rd, for one hour
in memory of our first and only president
By order, PAT HENRY, Com.
R. S. MAxEY. Adit.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30

subject to the approval Of the board
of trustees. The old association was
disbanded, and . new association
formed, with membership Of thirty.
five. Others will be added The
Florence High School Is one Of the
best In the state, and the good people
of that thriving little town are de-
termined to maintain the high
standard Of the institution.
The following parties have ordered
their phones out on June |, prox,
Darnall Bros, Gayden g. 90. 8
phones; W. G.. Barnes, 2 phones; !;
Brandon Drug Co., Jno. A. Gayden,
Liveryman; Brandon Hotel. 0 E.
Martin. O. e. Martin, A. G.. Thorn
ton, 8 phones. Brandon Mercantile Go,
L. s. May, A. M. Shields, phones; !;
M. E. Ward. W. s. May. phones;
L. E. Washburn, Miss NJ. L. MoGhee,
Miss E. L. Washburn, j. H. Whit
field, T. T. Oottrell. M. s. Hobson,
D. M. Mayors, j. L. Buchanan,
Oorley's Market, F. B. Walrod, "a,
30, Mrs. @. S. Harris, Mrs. f. O..
Burney, @. L. Martin, Il. F. Brown,
G. W. Pollock. J. R. Enochs. Owen &
Son, ]. ". Evans, 2 phones; O. w.
Girdlestone, j. A. Morris, H. L
Shields. Total boxes-43.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
LOCAL and Personal
MENTION.

W.. T. Pate visited friends here
last week..
Miss Stella Ernest left Monday for
her home at Laurel.
2. T. Stevens, of Hattiesburg, visit
ed Brandon relatives this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Grain, Of
Thomasville, spent Tuesday in Bran
don.
A fine baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Williams Tuesday
night.
Tuesday morning was very cool,
fires and overcoats being necessary for
comfort.
Mrs. DIR. Bell and little daughter,
of Vicksburg, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Morris.
Miss Andrews, Of Hattiesburg, was
the guest of Miss Annie Robinson a
few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore, of jackson,
were guests of Judge and Mrs. j. l..
McCaskill last week.
Horace McLaurin has returned from
Belle Buckle, Tenn, where he has
been attending school,
Prof. John Rundle, principal Of the
Pelahatchie school, was q prominent
visitor to the county capital Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Allen and
charming daughter, Miss Ida, of Fan
min, were shopping in Brandon Tues
day.
Hon. James d. Thames, district at.
forney of the Vicksburg district, wal
howdying with his Brandon friends
Tuesday.
DR.. A. G. McLaurin left Monday
afternoon for Richmond, Va, tt
attend the annual reunion of the con.
federate veterans.
J. e. Murray, of Johns, was in
Brandon today TO meet Mrs. Murray
and children, who have been spending
the school months in Clinton.
J. w. Evans has sold his stock oi
goods to John Taylor, of Monterey.
We understand that Mr.. Evans vii
4 engage in business at Pelahatchie.
Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens ant
children will leave this week fol
Hattiesburg and Augusta, where the.
will spend few weeks with RELATIVES
and friends.
!. nj. StingiIy, Of Pelahatchie, i
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30

and carried him back to Rankin
Clarion Ledger.
The ladies of Star will give an ice
cream supper and musical at that
place on Saturday night, June s, oom-
mencing at 7:30 o'clock, for the
benefit Of Star Liberty church, which
has just been completed. A full
program of the occasion will be
printed in The News next week. It
promises to be very enjoyable affair,
and all who can do SO should attend.
Within the next two weeks Mr..
Hollinsbe hopes to have the sanitarium
completed. We believe that this in
stitution will fill long felt want In
Brandon, snd that its success is as
sured. 1t is constructed after the
latest and most approved plans, and
will b., furnished with all the most
modern and useful conveniences.
After it is completed The News will
give . detailed description Of thf
building and the manner in which Il
will be conducted.
| The trustees Of the Florence High
School have reelected Prof ". N.
Taylor principal for another term.
Miss Turley has neen re-elected a'
head Of the primary departments, ant
Miss Annie Afford second assistant
The frst assistant and music teache
Iwera left 80 Be chosen by the pKinoipa
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Is Your Home Cosy?

There are many so-called homes
that do not deserve the name at all.
Home means comfort, but when we
have it fixed up so elaborately that
we must sit in the garret or the back
yard to genuinely enjoy ourselves,
then il is high time we made change
ana turned ont the too good -to-use
articles and substitute for them real
homely things that we could en-
joy every day of the year and every
moment Of the day.
Men like pretty home makers, no
mistake there. They can appreciate
beauty as we'll as the next one, but
they want that beauty to be of an or
der that appeals to their comfort. Of
what good are cushions SO elaborately
embroidered that no head can rest on
them? What sense is there in easy
chairs of such rich material that they
are quite the reverse of the name CIV
en- them? Is there any satisfaction in
room the furnishings Of which cost
hundreds of dollars, when it is only
open at rare intervals. when the own
er, perhaps, sits by the kitchen fire
or in some diDgy sitting-room where
he can put his feet on the fender il
be wants to, can smoke. and as great
indulgence, tilt back his chair?
Let the sunshine into the gloomy
rooms, have couch to lie on. . piano
to play on; in fact, q home to live in !:
one wherein sense ef hospitality and
good cheer exudes from the very tables
and chairs, instead Of q mausoleum Of
gloomy elegance, wherein everything
is for show and nothing to be used
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Houses and Lots for Sale.

/ will sell you lots from one to
forty acres, store house and lots, resi-
dents with good lots reasonable. II
you want to get near the best school
in the county, or il you want to make
a good investment, now is your time,
while Pelahatchie is getting on an
other boom. With sixty thousand
dollar lumber manufacturing plant. a
railroad and electric lights, water
works and relay station talked Of
freely, and the best school in the
county, Pelahatchie is bound to grow.
For particulars and prices call on or
write
j. l. TANNER,
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Notice.

Man, you fellow who is looking for
bargain and good location-my
blacksmith and wood shop, tools and
material must sell You will lose ont
by not seeing me, for the other fellow
is looking for just such bargain.
Come and talk biz and the deal is
made. J. w. COOPER,
Brandon, Miss !.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
MCC Cures Summer Reading.


Ine summer numbers Of Mcclure q
Will contain an array Of entertaining
reading that Is particularly adapted
to the season. From an editorial
announcement we find that there are to
pc several new features presented in
early numbers Among them the
most noteworthy in promise. as shown
by the i1rst paper in the June number,
are the Ellen Terry Memories. j,
This is no formal autobiography !.
Ihe portions to be published from
time to time deal with separate events
OF Miss Telry's life. Into ssthe fifty
years which have elapsed between her
entrance on the stage to the wonder
fnl Jubilee celebration Of last year.
thati crowned Miss Terry's fiftieth,
year on the stage, are crowded some
OF the most fascinating memories; but
it Is the peculiar merit Of Miss Terry's
recollections that. more than any
description, they suggest her own de-
lightful personality, her vivacity and
the exquisite feminine quality which
is inherent in every part she acts.
There could be no more fascinating
reading than Walter Wellman's account
OF his preparation for q voyage to the
Pole In flying machine to be made
in July. Wellman's article is to be
printed in June and July. It catches
the imagination like dream of the
far distant future. Just conceive it
"A vast cigar-shaped balloon, nearly
two hundred feet long, whizzing
through the air. suspended from it by
threads that look finer than spun
silk, is q long steel car. In it as it
hovers hundreds sof feet above the
earth, you can see your tiny figures
the pushing this lever and
that, dropping the lead, taking OBJ
servations and shifting ballast, doing
the hundred things the complicated
machine requires.
''The Fight Of the Copper Kings, -
O. P. Connolly's amazing story of
Montana, is to reach its climax in
July with the narration Of the SEN
sational struggle for the minnie Healy
Mine. In July, also Carl Schnrz'
"Reminiscences reach their climax
in the "high Tide Of the Rebellion
at Gettysburg. The whole panorama
of Gettysburg stretched before General
Schurz' eyes and no spectator of the
battle was better fittedthan he to be-
come it's historian. Georgine Milmine's
Life of Mary Baker G.. Eddy and
History of Christian Science also
continues with new phases of this re-
markable woman and her cult.
The fiction for the summer promises
to be better feast than McClnre's
have ever before given. There are to
be stories by three new writer's, Mary
S. Watts, Will Adams, and Lucy
Pratt There are, also, stories by
such we'll known writer's as Joseph
Conrad, Henry O. Rowland, Villa
Sibert Gather, Viola Roseboro.
These stories will be illustrated by
such artists as f Walter Taylor
James Montgomery Flagg, Sigsmnnd
de Ivanowski, Arthur I. Keller, F.
D.. Steele, Blumenschein and other
successful illustrators.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
A AEatin' Of the Sweet and Juicy
Plum.

There are lots of things that pass our way
And happy make the hours 60;
There are lots of things we would not say
That we could loSe-We love them so,
And one of these you love it too
IA few days yet and it will come,
The happy time for and you,
To eat the sweet and juicy plum.
The apple, pear. and peach IS good,
And we with relish keen devour;
The season, in our ncighboTh0od,
When they are ripe IS one glad hour;
But still, to stand and shake the tree,
And hatfulls, eat 'em up, yum, yum,
Always makes US glad to see
The rlpening Of the juicy plum,
"A. N. HOWELL,
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30

Brandon, Miss .
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Chapter Meeting.

Brandon Royal Arch Chapter will
meet in Masonic hall on Monday June
3rd, at O'Clock p. m. desire q
full attendance at that meeting, and
respectfully ask all the companions
who can, to be on hand. May 30th,
1907. Fraternally,
W. W. KERSH, H. P.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Tomato Plants.

1000 Ponderosa. 1000 Improved Acme
plants. just right for planting this
week. Raised from the finest seed
could buy, 25 cents 100 while they
last. r. P. WALTERS at Busiok 8
store.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
]. |. TANNER,
Pelahatchie, Miss.

WANTED - Gentleman or lady to
travel for mercantile house Of $3.50. 600
capital. II desirable the home may
be used as headquarters. Weekly
salary Of 81, ,O92 per year and expenses.
Address J. A. Alexander, 1875 Plymouth
Place, Chicago, Ill.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Wanted.

Two or three young ladies who
would like to enter training school
for nurses. Recommendations must
be good. Apply soon to Brandon
Sanitarium, or to J. 7. B. BERRY.
The Brandon news., 1907-05-30
Alabama & viCksburg
RAILWAY
Time Table.


Eastbound.
To Cincinnati, Atlanta and N. Y.---
Birmingham and Atlanta 3:o5 pm.
" Meridian and Cincinnati o:oI am.
Westbound.
To Shreveport and Beyond
" Shreveport and Beyond -----I:52 pm.
vicksburg Local pm.
Shreveport Local 8:4z a. m.
Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Car
between Shreveport and Chattanooga
connecting with through Sleepers to New
York and Cincinnati. Also Dining Car.
The Shreveport and Atlanta train carries
through coaches and Sleeping Car be-
tween Shreveport and Atlanta-and Din
Ing Car.
For rates and detailed information, ap-
ply to Ticket Agent or address
GEO. H. SMITH, Gen. Pass. Agent,
New Orleans. L.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-17
"fHE SHOW GIRL" SOON.

After five successful seasons. play
ing for two hundred and fifty nights
in New York. two hundred in Chi
oago and the name in Boston, the
Show Girl' has been, at an expen-
- of about ten thousand dollars, on
tirely rebuilt from the ground up.
Mr.. John p. Goring, Manager, has
secured the country looking for the
best possible talent to make this the
SHOW Girls" best season, and his
efforts have not been In vain. Suth-
arland and Curtis. late of Weber 4
Fields attractions. who have just re-
turned from a two years tour abroad
Miss Rose Langdon, whose clsver
vaudeville acts are we'll known to the
public. Miss Grace Wilson, the clsv-
err and accomplished soubrette. Mr..
Harry Langlon, the cleverest of COM
edians are included in the cast. The
American Beauty Chorus was espec-
tally selected for this production, and
Is famous for Its beauty. Ne expen-
SO has been spared in any feature to
make this season success. The
"Show Girl" Will appear at the Park
opera house Friday night, December
Goth.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-17
THE IOWA FARMERS
AND OTHERS
THERE

Des Moines, Iowa. Dec. 17.-Far-
mers from various parts of the coun-
try are assembled in Des Moines
today at tho opening session of tho
annual Farmers Cooperative con-
gress. The congress is made up
of delegates to various other agrf-
cultural organizations and includes
the farmersa who are allied with no
organization. The body was organ
ized year ago at Topeka. Kan, and
is national in its scope. OF recent
years the growth of farmers CO.
operative enterprises, including cot
ton and grain warehouses;. cream
cries. elevators, wooden mills. banks.
insurance companies and other forms
of endeavor, has been marvellous, es-
pecially In the south and west, whero
the Farmers Educational and Co.
operative union and the American
Society of Equity have secured q
strong hold. So great has been the
growth of those enterprises that a
national organization was formed
last year. with President Charles s.
Borrett of the farmers union as
president of the congress-.
A strong effort will be made by
President Barrett and the southern
delegates to secure the next congress
for the south, and Atlanta is appar-
antly the choice of the majority OF
the southern delegates.
Many prominent authorities on
agriculture and economics will ad-
dress the congress, which will re-
main in session through tomorrow
and Thursday.