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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine bud-
ness Ii the natural outgrowth Of tho
old-time household remedies.
In the early history Of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A
score or more Of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulate for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is a
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enter2rising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one of
these homemade remedies, would take
it up, improve it in many ways, manu-
facture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over a
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one Of these
.old-time remedies. ~ was used by the
Mennonites, Of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL CON-
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is Of Men,
monte origin. First, he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale Of 1t increased, and at last he
established a mandatory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful In a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe IN
DIR. Hartman's judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can Do it---The Result Is
Almost Like Madic---Useful Too.

Any Child Can Do it--.The Result Is
Almost Like Ma8ic---Useful Too.
Anything in the nature OF q chem
icai experiment 3 always interesting
and usual1' sIalcative. Here Is q
simple ~.iment which any child
can perform and which Is Instructive
In q very practical way: Get bit OF
White Lead about the size OF pea, a
piece OF charcoal, common candle
in a candlestick, and q blow-pipe.
coal to hold the White Lead, then
and lead In one hand and the blow
pipe in the other, with the large end
Of the blow-pipe between the lips;
blow the fame OF the candle steadily
against the bit of White Lead on the
charcoal and IL the White Lead is
pure it will presently resolve itself
into little shining globules of metallic
lead, under the intense heat Of the
blow-pipe, leaving no residue.
If, however, the White Lead Is
adulterated in the slightest degree, it
will not wholly change into lead.
SO, 1t will be seen, that this expert
ment Is not only an entertaining
chemical demonstration, but also of
practical use in the home. White
Lead is the most important ingre-
dent Of paint. 1t should be bought
pure and unadulterated and mixed
with pure linseed oil. That is the
best paint. The above easy expert
ment enables any one to know wheth-
er the paint is the kind which will
wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter" trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity OF paint be-
fore using it. they will send free q
blow-pipe and valuable booklet on
paint to any one writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building. New York City.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Recovered Huge Roll.

New York.-Twelve thousand dol
lars wrapped in a neat little parcel
lay for over an hour on the counsel
table in Part ", Of the Supreme
Court and no one knew anything
about it. That is probably why Law
yer Francis J. Wellman recovered it.
He left the court room for luncheon
leaving his money on the table where
he recovered 1t half an hour later.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
BEEF IS HIGHER
NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE
1892.
WORST YET TO COME
According to Western Cattlemen Who
Claim It Will Be Months Before
Decline Comes. Morgan to
See King.

st. Louis, Mo-Texas cattle sold
at the National Stock Yards in East
st. Louis at the highest figure reached
in any market since 1902. Live stock
dealers say last October and Novem-
ber cattle feeders found themselves
unable to borrow funds to purchase
feeders. The result has been that
fewer cattle have been fed during the
past winter than for years.
The top price paid in the cattle
market at East st Louis the past week
was for twenty head of native steers
from Mexico, No., which sold for
SIS. They were fair in flesh and
quality.
Commission men say the st. Louis
cattle receipts are $4,000 short since
Jan. /, as compared with last year.
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Joseph and
other Western markets also show a
big shortage. Chicago has just about
the same receipts as last year, but is
beginning to feel the shortage, which
cattlemen claim is the cause of the
recent big increase in the price of
meat, both retail and wholesale. The
farmer or ranchman who has cattle
ready to market will reap a rich re-
ward for the next few months, ac-
cording to those who claim to know
These men say there will be but little
if any decrease in prices until the Ok
lahoma CRASHED cattle began to come
along in the early summer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Charles Wickliffe Killed.

Muskogee, Okla.-Charles Wickliffe
one of the members of the notorious
gang Of Cherokee Indian outlaws long
sought by the officers, was shot and
killed at the Wickliffe home in the
Spavinaw Hills, Cherokee Nation, by
his brother Thomas, as the result Of
family quarrel.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
POSITIVE PROOF

1T IS hard" said the States IT.
eorney. TO get positive evidence
against these railroad officials OF re
batting"
i can give positive evidence
against one railroad oficial," said the
mild young man.
"Sure?" asked the States attorney,
eagerly.
Yes, sure. saw him out fshins
do 1t with his hook. Baltimore
American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Denies Railroad Purchase.

Monroe, Lad. D. Curran, presi-
dent and general manager of the
Queen and Crescent Railroad, denied
emphatically that there was amy truth
in the story that his system had pur-
chased or contemplated purchasing the
fremont and Gulf Railway.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Henning, Tenn.-A call has been IS
sued by S. B. Johns, president of
Lauderdale county, for a meeting OF
the fruit and vegetable-growers at
Curve, just north Of here, on the first
Saturday In April.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Would Gust Western Union.

Austin, Tex-Judge Calhoun Of the
district here rendered a judgment
ousting the Western Union Telegraph
Company from Texas and assessing
against it back franchise tax fees
amounting to 100000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Parker Going to Manchuria.

st. Paul, Minn.-Edward C. Par
ker, assistant in the Department of
Horticulture and Forestry in the Min
nesota School Of Agriculture, has ac-
cepted position to found an agricul-
tural experiment station at Mukden,
Manchuria. He will leave for Man.
churia in June.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Touchy About Caricatures.

Paris.-Signor Enrico Toselli, the
husband of the ex-crown princess OF
Saxony, is claiming $4,000 damages
from the Nice carnival committee for
caricaturing him on a car in the car.
nival procession.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
King Victor Receives Morgan.

Rome.-King Victor Emanuel re-
ceived j. Pierpont Morgan in private
audience and conversed with him on
American affairs. The King mani
tested keen interest in the approach
ing presidential campaign in Ameri-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Kase.
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails Aliens
Foot Ease makes new OF tight shoes easy. At
ell Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents: Ac-
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. \.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

ago my back grew
weak and lame ami
/ could not stoop
without a sharp
pain. 1t was Just as
bad when / tried to
get up from a chair.
/ was languid and
liStleSs and had
rch ~o;- crI %r@-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Only One "Bromo Quinine
That Is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
for the signature of E. w. Grove. Used the
World over to cure Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
piles Cured in 8 to IL Days.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to curs any
case ofItching Blind Bleeding orProtruding
Piles in to IA days or money refunded. Soc.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

bic with the kidney secretions. This
was my state when / began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me
from the first and four boxes made a
complete, lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
!. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

The richest life is the one that has
been willing to lose all.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Prayer for a man will soon take
all envy out Of the heart.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
MIGHT BE EITHER.

Mrs. Baker-'My old school friend
Mrs. Jones, writes me that she il
just beginning to live"
Miss Ann Teek-"W Widowed or di
vorced ?"-Brooklyn Life
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

The world may do for an hotel,
but it can never make home.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

The preacher who thinks only of
the tastes of his people forgets his
trust.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Satan is too old to be scared by
stage thunder in the pulpit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Many Professional Men,
clergymen, teachers and singers use
Browns Bronchial Troches for cur.
ing hoarseness and coughs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Men never give flattery outright, it
is always a loan.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

The saddest loss of all would be to
lose all sorrow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

GBs
WAISTS from 81 to SIS each.
Guar(ntees go with every pu rchn - Al,
our goods are made in bright clean workrOoms thns
eliminating all risks Of contagton.
should you not be satisfied with your purchase
you may return same to us and the money which
you paid will be refunded to you at once or az
changed for other goods, which ever you prefer
You Can Buy From Uss Ladies suits,
skirts, PetticOats, and the finest and largest as
Night Gowns, etc.
EXEMPLIFIED SATISFACTION: A Gus
toner 'Crttes: ~ haze ,ceiued the goods ordered
the beauty and cheap SIS of the garmersts You
are everything you claim TO be-"
VIZ DO MAIL oRDER BUSINESS ExCLUSvELY
WEHkvE NO AGENTS; NO BRANcHKs.
fashion book, picturing and describing the latest
styles and fashions of Paris, London and New York
and samples OF material for goods made to order
sent Free. WRITE TO-DAY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK
INTERNATIONAL FASHION CO.,
Makersand Creators Of Fashion,
1928 Washington Place. Dept K. New York CITY
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Working over tomorrow's problems
In wasting today's power.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
LANGUID AND WEAK.
A Condition Common With Kidney
Trouble and Backache.

Mrs. Marie Sipfe, AIS Miller st.,
Helena, Mont, says: Three years
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

Ii bride isn't homesick for her
family six weeks after marriage it's
sign she married the right man.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displaeements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. LYNN. Mass.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02

lie cannot lead men who has not
time to listen to child.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
Welcome Proposition to Ladies'
We WILL DRESS YOU ELEGANTLY, IN THE LAT
ESISTYLES AND FASHIONS OF PARIS, LONDON ANo


NEW YORK AT MODERATE CosT.
3119-This New York Fifth
Ave. model waist Is built Of fine,
white sheer lawn. Dwarf-tucked
panels, united by Val. lace inser-
tons, combine to create medium
yoke. Swiss embroidery OF open
and blind work, framed In Val.
lace inser tons, constructs side
arches and epaulettes ON the
shoulders. Tiny gatherings fall
from the yoke and medium plaits
drop from the sides, enforcing
neat folds to the full blouse. Val.
lace edgings finish the tucked
cellar and cuffs. Clusters of grad
uating pin tucks adorn the back
In semi-ngure fashion. Buttons
back. Made in white and three.
nm n nsf a ~ clooUAa univ L~.S<... - {
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-02
FOUR GIRLS
Restored to Health by Lydia f.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Compound.
Reed EDhas rAsy Say.

Miss Lillian Ross, $50
East Saith Street, New
York, writes: +" Lydia
II. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound over
came irregularities, Pc
|riodic suffering, and
nervous headaches.
after everything else
had failed to help mo,
and / feel it a duty TO
let others know Of It,"
Katharine Craig, 1856
Lafayette St., Denver.
Col, writes: Thanks
to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I
am well, aftersuffering
for months from ner-
vous prostration."
)Iiss Marie Stoltz-
man, of Laurel, Ia,
writes: "Iwas ina run
downcondition andsuf-
|fered fromsuppression,
indigestion, and poor
circulation. Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made me
well and strong"
Miss Ellen M. Olson,
of AIT N. East St., Ke-
|w9nee, ILL.,, says: " Ly-
dia e. Pinkham'sV ego
table Compound cured
me of backache, side
ache, and established
my periods. after the
best local doctors had
failed to help me-"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-22
Equal to COTS Campaign.

Never since the memorable cam
paign made by Judge Nathan Cor for
! the governorship, has there been
either Republican or Democratic
candidate whose speechmaking tour
has been marked by as large and as
enthusiastic gatherings as the whirl-
wind speaking trip Hon. William E.
Glasscock is now making. The mag
nitude of, the Glasscock meetings is
such as to astound and dumbfound
the Democratic campaign managers.
From his very first meeting to the
last one he has held, the size of the
crowds have been enormous and the
enthusiasm beyond the most sanguIne
expectations. In every section,
among every class of people, the next
Governor of West Virginia, has not
only been cordially and Hospitality
received, but received with enthusi-
astic cheers by thousands of people.
His Fairmont and Charleston meet
ings were thought to be top-notchers,
but Wheeling carried on the palm,
until Noun dsville dipped into the
game and carried of the record A
gorgeous pageant of marching clubs
the town filled with 1900 people
gathered in from all the surrounding
sectlon-such an assemblage was
worthy the visit of a Presidential can
didate. 1t is no wonder that the Re-
publicans of the State are enthused
and confident OF a sweeping victory.
With such meetings as Mr.. Glass
cock is having, and all the other Re
publican speakers on the hastings,
added to the marvelously great null
titudes which saw and heard Judge
William Howard Taft in his tours In
the State, there Is every reason for
the confidence which Republicans
feel in the result of the battle of the
ballots on November Bird next
The vigorous campaign that Mr..
Glasscock is making has proven
surprise to those who know him best.
He is not on the defense-not by any
means. From the start of his cam
paign speeches, he has met every as
sault of the opposition with unfinch-
ing and determined courage, and In
return has put up propositions to his
opponent, which he cannot satisfac-
torIly answer and hence doesn't try.
AS his speeches have increased in
number, Mr.. Glasscock has warmed
up to a fighting fettle that has sur
prised everyone. He is not only
answering his opponents with the in
disputahe facts and figures OF argu-
ment, but he is charging the Demo-
cratic party and Louis Bennett in par
ticular, with things that are decidedly
unpleasant to their ears. He Is meet
Ing their Misrepresentation and
falsehoods with convincing state
ments whose truth is beyond cavil.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-22
sirnnle HnmhnpperY.

The Daily News continues to harp
about the Democratic method of pub
fishing campaign contributions, de-
spite the fact that not much stress is
now being placed upon that question
in other Dem ocratic quarters, since
the actual position of the Bryan party
on the subject was SHOWN up. For
the edihcation of the Daily News, its
readers and the thousands of news
paper readers in Clarksburg who do
not read that paper, the Telegram re-
prints the following caustic editorial
from the New York Sun:
Once moro we invite attention to
the significance. or lack OF signifi-
canoe. attending the publication of
subscriptions to the Bryan campaign
fund. There has been a vast Demo-
cratic hurrah over this absurd cere-
mony and all sorts of hantering and
boastfuI sneers at the Republicans
because of their failure to follow
suit. Now the lIst-up to October
15-has been given to the press; and
what do we know that we didn't know
before?
Presumably the object of the pub
lication was to show the people, .
who must rule. that the Democratic
4uAuS SAAaAaNSu ltOLl pure SOuI CSS'
that no dollar tainted by corporation
origin or influence had been accepted
by the representatives of the Peerless.
Such, however, has not been the ef-
feet. AS we predicted several days
ago, the names of the contributors.
so far as concerns amounts of conse-
quence. make veritable vista of cor
porations. And the explanation is
simple enough. for as we have al
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-22
Democraer ma I.abor.

+ just now when the Democratic
party Is making an effort to get the
labor vote OF the State, Il would be
well for the laboring man to stop and
consider what that political organ
ization has ever done for hfs advance
ment, or for his protection. The
average Democratic speaker deals
mainly in unsupported charges, and
many boldly and wilfully misrepree
sent and distort facts for the purpose
OF deceiving the voter into casting
his ballot for the party that would
rend him.
The record of the Republican party
In West Virginia has been one OF
favor and regard for the. best inter-
ests of the working man. Under Re
publican rule during the past ten
years 1t has been caused to be opened
and employment During that time
2,103 new Industries have been es-
tablished according to official reports
made to the state Department. of
Labor. There is no guess work or
estimating in these reports. they are
actualities. Now there is one indus
try. picked out of the 2,1O3 that re-
ports 101 new establishments in the
ten years from March L, 1897, to De-
cember 81. 1907, and that is con-
tracing and constructing.
This industry gives employment to
common labor. which sometimes
finds 1t very hard to get work. These
101 new establishments give employ
ment to 1854 persons, with a yearly
pay roll of 81. 32S, $50. In these new
industries there is invested capital
amounting to $9.254,15O In the
days of Democratic rule in this State
no such progress was made Does
the working man want to go back to
those times? If he seriously wishes
to he will vote for Bennett. If he
desires to retain his present prosper
Gus condition he Will cast his ballot
for Glasscock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-22

ready shown nine1tenths Of the hnsi-
ness Of the ecun = /, IS conducted by
lcorporations. and 8 similar proportion
Of lawyers, capitalists and men en-
gagged in active c0mmercial pursuits
are openito the sams Democratic
stigma.
But It Is all humb1g OF the cheap
est kind: nor IS that the worst. To
put the publication at October 8 and
to give the benefit Of secrecy to
Everything that happens afterWard is
TO resort 20 a trick SO. yulgarly trans
parent as TO nanseate the simplest
locker on. Indeed there Is reason
to suspect that the Bryan managers
have deliberately arranged to have
contributions suppressed until too
late for publication on the appointed
day and then release them during the
period for which there need be no ac-
counting. Take the Mobile Register,
August and September kept at its
column head q total of SIS of sub
scriptfons and after October 10
too late for publication from head
quarters blossomed out with hun
dreds, and more to come. The
Charlotte Observer Of October 10
says:
The Observer has already made
two remittances on this account and
in few days Will make another and
very tidy one. 1t is hoped that the
folks will come Toward promptly
with their offerings, so that the next
check we send may be larger than
either of those that have preceded it."
! What difference does 1t make IL the
corporation men of Louisiana. Ala
bama, Missouri, New York, &C., con-
the treasury of the candidate of their
legation? Not the least. The same
doubt in this campaign of pretense
and hysteria, of tmpudent humbug
and mean evasion, it might serve
some purpose for the Taft people to
accommodate themselves to the ig-
noble and meretrIcfous pageantry of
their adversarIes But what real
light is thrown upon the morality
and decency OF the conflict by pub
fishing contributions on October Is
when as a matter of fact it could be
SO easily arranged to withhold the
torrent until afterward and thereby
hide the supposed infamy until too
late for campaign use?
The truth is that individuals,
whether they belong to corporations
or not, have right to contribute to
any political fund whatever, and
those who would pick flaws on that
account win achieve a lIfelike re-
semblance to the jewellers in glass
houses who throw stones.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-22

The Republican State Committee
was lucky in getting on to the Nc
Graw and Neal scheme to buy up
purchasable election commissioners
and poll clerks. They have taken
steps to throttle that Characteristic
ally McGraw-Neal kind of politics.
The Democratic commftte has a large
corruption fund this year and is
prepared to use it in defiance of law
and decency. 1t is just such rotten
scheme as a McGraW or a Neal would
plan and attempt to put into execu-
tion. But 1t won't work. Republic
cans everywhere have been put on
their guard. Any attempt anywhere
by the Democratic workers to corrupt
election officers Will be met prompt
ly and dealt with vigorously. A free
ballot and a fair count is all the Re
publicans ask and demand, because 1t
will mean a sweeping Republican
victory. And they are going to see
TO it that that is exactly what they
get.