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The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
WHO KNOCKED1

Jessie came home from school anC
took the key from under the mat where
mamma had hidden it, and let herself
in. She put away her hat, and ther
went and looked under the big Bible
Always, if mamma had to be away whe1
Jessie come home from school, she
left little note for her under the big
Bible.
Jessie found one there this time, ant
in it mamma said that Aunt Carrie hce
come and asked her to go downtown
and that she would be back at foul
O'Clock, and that Jessie knew where the
apples were, and that she should keel
her dolls company until mamma came
home. And it was signed, Your low
ing Mamma"
Jessie read the note, and jut it away il
a box where she had great many suc1
notes, and then she got a big apple and
went up to her playrooni. She was
playing very happily with her doll fam
lily when some one knocked, She
couldn't tell whether it was at the front
door or the back, or the side, 50 she
ran to all of them, but no one was
there. "Queer!' she said. Maybe
didn't go quickly enough Sh, went
back to her pay, but hadn't been playing
very long before the knock came again
very loud.
This time she just ran dc Sn-stairs
and flew from one door to arother, but
no one could she see
She went out on the perches and
looked all around, but there was nc
one.
So at last she went back to her dolls
but after little it came again rap
rap! rap so quick and sharp! Jessie
was getting angry.
Its that hateful Tommy Rhodes! !!
she said. "He just likes to tease me
and | s'pose he knows mamma isn't
here"
That time the noise seemed to come
from the side door, and SO Jessie ran
there and peeped out through the glass
Seeing no one. she said, I'll just hide
here, and next time he knocks I'll oper
the door so quickly that I'll s'prise
him.
So she drew back out of sight and
waited quietly for a few minutes.
Soon the knocking came again, and
Jessie jumped up and threw the door
open and looked out.
No one was there!
The kitten lay sound asleep in tbs
sun. and an acorn rolled off the porch
roof.
Jessie began to feel frightened. Wha
could it be--knocking and rapping like
that?
She went down cellar and looked
all around, and while she was there tIlt
is.lock came again 1t sounded away
up in the attic, so. although she wa:
really frightened, she climbed to tn.
attic to see what it could be.
While she was peering around int
the dark corners of the attic she heare
it again-rap rap! rapLright ovel
her head, and she just turned and ran
ds,wn two flights Of stairs and out init
the sunshine, without stepping. Thei
she felt better.
She sat down in The swing. and looked
up the street for aamnla Then sh
beard the kpocki again, and lookinl
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
THE OAK AND THE FLASH.

One oak three is which, even in Eng
land, as rule keeps its leaves all the
year through. Hence it is called the
evergreen oak. Wind and lightning deal
more gently with it than with most other
trees. 1t has been noticed that trees
with pointed leaves, such as those of this
holly-iike oak. are less often struck with
the vivid flash than tres whose leaves
arc round They say the countless
points are innumerable agents for dis
charging the electricity in the air. For
the same reason ivy-clad oaks are also
seldom struck 1t is of interest to add
that lightning in winter is more dam
gerous to trees than it is in summer,
there being no lcaves-saving IN the
case of evergreens-to conduct it away.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14

up at the house, she saw who 1t was
that had been knocking
A saucy red-hcaded woodpccker sat
on the porch roof pounding big acorn
on the shingles with all his might TO
crack its tough shell, so that he could
eat it.
Then Jessie began to laugh at herself
for being frightened at woodpecker,
and soon she saw mamma coming. and
ran to meet her and tell her all about
il. They had good laugh over it, and
Jessie calls all the red-headed wood
peckers Tommy Rhodes to this day.
YOUTHS Companion.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
The Turks Varying Time.

A Turk holds that the day begins ex-
actly at sunset At that time he sets
his clocks and watches at the hour ct
r.. says writer in an English maga-
zine. As the sun has the same habits
in presiding over Turkey that he exer-
cises with regard to other countries, it
may easily be seen that this system II
reckoning time 1ecessitates setting The
clocks every day. A watch which could
run for weeks without gaining or losing
4 minute would be Of no special valve
10 ! Turk
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
Her Faith Was Shattered.

ooh, Henry" walled Beatrice Fitz-
muggles. "Oh. Henry, TO think that
you have shattered my faith in you
Go. You are a fallen idol for me
But, Beatrice" pleaded Henry Big
ellsworth, do not spurn me in this
manner. Even though my feet be OF
clay, yet my
mo, Henry" interrupted the fair
young girl, while the light of firm
resolution illumined her countenanee
.eNo. Henry, | cannot be merciful Not
only ara your feet of clay, but hence
forth you name is Mud
And Henry strode wrathfully out in
to the night, which happened to be on
duty at the time-Baltimore AmeFi-
can.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14

Observes the New York World:
the balance of trade in farm prod
ucts in favor of this country was
s444,Oo0,OOO, as compared with a
favorable balanf of only s2,5oo.ooo
in all other ptoducts' 1t is the
farmer, and not the captain of indus
try, who pays our bills abroad. Stocks
may tumble, but the real basis of ma
tional wealth remains secure.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
AS to the sninal Cord.

A young teacher whose efforts to in
culcate elementary anatomy had been
unusually discouraging at last asked
in despair:
Well, l wonder if any boy here can
tell me what the spinal cord really
is p
She was met by row of blank and
irresponsive faces. till finally one
small voice piped up in great excite
ment.
The spinal cord is what runs
through you. Your head sits on one
end and you sit on the other.sr-
a man respires thai Is. draws In
breath-l6 to 20 times . minute. or
q. 900 times dav s..
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14

Many criminals have suffered from
eyestrain or come bther defect of vis-
ion, which prevented the exercise OF
complete self-control. In conse-
uuence, asserts Cassell's Magazine.
habits of drug taking and alcoholic
excess were formed, and the moral
sense so perverted that crimes OF
greater or lesser magnitude were
committed. xi.t,
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14

Says the Pittsburg Dispatch: Ag-
riculture, the Oldest of mans indus
tries, is yet In its infancy. 1t is just
beginning to realize its possibilities.
During this century 1t will make
amazing progress, with engineering
experts on the farms and scientists
in the experiment stations and the
laboratories
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
Subscription s1.oo Per Year. In Advance

William Archer finds four social
strata in New York, the sediment.
the strap hangers, the intellectuais
and the plutocrats. He probably re-
CARDS these as the American equiva-
ients, retorts the Boston Transcript.
of the four estates of his own coun-
t-v sa3.'
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
OVER THE FENCE.

NorahAn' phwhere do your nis.h-
ress be goin' tonight?
Bridget -Shure, she didn't inform
me. but I'm the looks " her, Oi take
ii she be grin' to wain iv thin comm
out parties harvard I4ampoon.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14

A Swiss newspaper says that an in
ternational agreement has been made
that six is to be the danger signal in
the Alps hereafter. That is, in case
of accident. six calls, shots, move
ments of light. etc. will be inter-
ureted as call for assistance
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
cresceus' Costly Harness.

The quarter boots cost about SIo, shin
boots $I4, knee and arm extension, S25.
The hind shin, speedy cut and hook ex-
tension, with curb joint protection, cost
$50 set. The two-minute harness OF
itself costs but about $25, the main far-
ness costs over SIoo. Cresceus' reins
cost at least $50 pair.--LoMfsviie Coa-
ri.-y-J JoarHni
To mutilate United States coins IS an
indictable offense.
The sea coast echo., 1908-03-14
FIRE suPERsTITioNs.
Curious Customs and observances to
Avert lmpendinu Evil.

Avert Impending Evil.
In the lake land of northern Eng.
land there is well known case OF
q fire that has been kept up for
three generations When it accidental
" went out the householder went to
some wood cutters who had lighter
their fire from his, says the London
Daily News and brought back their
fire to his own hearth in order tllai
hs might possess. as It were. ihe
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
MAILING THE Paper TRUST
John Norris Exposes Its Giant
Graft
HOW IT HAS ROBBED ITS VICTIMS
international Made Profit Of $8.7
Per Ton, and Dingley Bill En-
abled 1t to Enormously In-
crease It's Price.

Notwithstanding tariff schedule
on pulp and paper and books was
taken UP by the ways and means
committee of the house.
Geo. Meyercord, chairman of the
tariff committee of the National AS
ISOLATION of Employing Lithograph-
ers, representing over 800 factories
employing 10000 men asked for
protection for the li,hographic pro-
Queer. He says that the present
tariff was very crudely devised AM
offered suggestions for changing GER
tain paragraphs.
John Morris, chairman of the com
mittee on paper of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
was the first to speak on the tarl-ii
on pulp and print paper. He sub
mitted reports showing that the In
ternational Paper Company has
made a profit of $S.79 ton on ev-
cry ton of paper it had produced.
During the last ten years that it
had made profit of 20 per cent.
on cost of manufacturing and tie
average price obtained by it since
the passage Of the Dineley tariff b"
was $11.91 per ton Ill eAccss OF r. :
price which prevailed when that BIZ
was passed. He submitted figures
showing that labor employed in the
paper industry received less than
that of any other occupation averag-
ing $1.53 per day. He furnished
comparative costs OF produc..::cc TO
prove that-~paper can he made
cheaper in the United States than in
Canada or in Europe.
Mr. Norris also showed that $50
square miles of woodland are strip
ed every year to make pulp an! pa
per, and that one million cords Of
pulp wood are brought annually
from Canada, which is the sole
source of supply of twenty-three i'm
portant news print mills.
Mr.. Norris furnished names and
dates to confirm his charge chat the
paper famine in 1907 was caused by
the manipulation of John A. Davis
of H. G. craig & Co., New York, who
bought up 10000 tons of news print
paper at that time to starve the mar
ket."
Mr.. Norris called attention ta
"the action of the American paper
makers, who had by threats driven
out of the country supply of 49,
900 tons of news print paper which
had been bought under contract, dat
ed Feb. 10, 1908, by S. A. Cook, Of
Neenah, wis, from Belgo-Canadian
Mills at Skawinigan Falls, Quebec,
for use in the American market
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
VICKSBURG LABRATORY.
Tallulah Boil Weevil Convention
Endorses 1t.

Tallulah, La.-At meeting Of
the planters of Madison parish the
following resolutions were adopted
without dissent:
Whereas conditions in the alluvial
lands Of the Mississippi valley differ
fro mthe boil weevil infested Ian Is
Of Texas. and the uT.ands of Loaisi-
ana, Mississippi and Arkansas, we
therefore request our representa-
tive in congress to urge upon the
secretary of agriculture the estab-
fishing at Vicksburg, Miss, of a bu-
reau of entomology and labratory
for the purpose Of investigating an
studying the boil weeyil under the
peculiar conditions presented in this
territory. We further request that all
the parishes and counties within
this special territory petition their
representatives in congress to coop
crate and do all that is possible to
secure the establishment of this bu-
reau.
That we pledge ourselves to cut
and burn all cotton stalks, grass
fields and ditch banks as soon as
possible after the present crop is
picked.
That for the year 1909 we rent
land to no one who does not own
sufficient stock to cultivate the lanl
rented; that no advances be made
a tenant, other than sufficient ra-
tions to enable them to make the
crop unless the tenant owns other
property than his crop sufficient te
justify further credit
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
BAD NEGRO SHOT.
Drew Gun On Deputy, But Circuit
Clerk Saved Latter.


Port Gibson, Miss.-Ned Thomas,
negro was arrested by Deputy Sher
if G. t. Mason for carrying concealed
weapons. While on the way to tae
Jail the prisoner broke and ran, Dep
uty Sheriff Mason firing shot over
the Negroes head, thinking this
would stop him, when, instead, the
negro drew his gun and before he
could use it Circuit Clerk S. H. Bag
nell, who was accompanying Mason
with the negro drew his pistol and
fired, striking, thomas in the back
of the neck, the ball coming out
through the mouth tearing the low
er part of his lip off and breaking
his jawbone. The negro being stunn-
ed by the force of the bullet dropp-
ed his weapon and ran for over a
mile before being captured. Thomas
is now resting easy, but is danger
ously wounded, he was considered a
bad negro and always in trouble.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
ANOTHER ALLEGED MOB
LEADER IN RIOT GOES FREE

Springfield, Ill.-After four hours
deliberation the jury in the case Of
Abe Raymer, alleged leader of the
mob in the race riots last August, re-
turned verdict of not guilty. He
was tried on charge of malicious
destruction Of property. When tried
several weeks ago for murder in con-
nection with the lynching of w. J..
Donnigan, an aged negro, Raymer
was found not guilty. The grand
jury returned 1T Indictments in the
riot cases and there has not yet been
conviction, although number of
cases have been tried.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
One Of 1be
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the world's
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informed of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but Of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informcd of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co..
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
ANCIENT ALMANACs.
Got Rare Volumes and Saw Others OF
Priceless Value.

Edmund NJ. GLADDEN.. of Philadel-
phia, who returned from Europe re-
Gently, after making an exhaustive
search for ancient almanacs, says he
possesses the rarest collection OF that
form of literature in the world. He
owns one of the few original copies
of Poor Richards Almanac" issued
by Benjamin Franklin, and volume,
AXIS inches, printed on substance
which looks like silk, issued In Spain
in 1892 by Don Michael Fernandez
y Perez. giving the dates OF feast
days Of the year, with an axiom fol
each.
Mr.. GLADDEN. saw in England the
Egyptian almanac, on which the days
are written in red ink on papyrus In
columns. Under each column are
characters signifying the probable
state OF the weather for that day.
1t Is owned by the British Museum
and is the most highly priced almanac
in the world.
The almanac collector says the
most elaborate almanac In the world
rs that issued by the Chinese govern
ment, which consists Of twelve thick
volumes. 1t does not deal with
weather probabilities, but gives full
information of lucky times and places.
for performing acts Of everyday life.
1t is relied upon implicitly by the
e asant population. The most expen.
siye publication Of its character, Mr..
GLADDEN. says, is the Nautical AL
manac in Great Britain, which costs
$4,000 year, and is directed by q
Fellow of the Royal Society.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
OKLAHOMA NEEDS TEACHERS
0earth Is Due to the Growth of the
School System.

Oklahoma needs from 1900 to 1900
more school teachers. The dearth Is
due to the growth of the school sys.
tenn since statehood was attained
Last November the new State had
few rural schools in the eastern part,
what was then Indian Territory. But
during 1907, in the territory tina.
comprises the forty counties of East.
ern Oklahoma, Uncle Sam conducted
1900 rural schools
In order to obtain teachers for
these schools supervisors of the diff.
ferent nations had to draw on the
surrounding States for instructors OF
the little Indian papooses Even then
many teachers had to be employed
who were not up to the desired stan.
dard. Since then the old Indian
Territory has been divided into
school districts and school has been
built in each Of the $500 divisions,
which will mean work for twice as
many teachers as were needed las.
year.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
NEW LIFE
Found in Change to Right Food.

After one suffers from acid dyspep-
STA, sour stomach, for months and
then finds the remedy is in getting
the right kind of food, it is something
to speak out about.
A N. Y. lady and her young son
had such an experience, and she
wants others to know how to get re-
lief She writes:
For about teen months my lit
tie boy and myself had suffered with
sour stomach. We were unable to
retain much of anything we ate.
after suffering in this way for SO
long / decided to consult specialist
in stomach diseases. Instead Of pre-
scribing drugs. he put US both on
Grape-Nuts, and we began to improve
Immediately.
1T was the key to a new life.
found we had been eating too much
heavy food which we could not digest
In a few weeks after commencing
Grape-Nuts I was able to do my
housework. wake In the morning
with clear head and feel rested and
have5no sour stomach. MY boy sleeps
well and wakes with laugh.
I'VE have regained our lost weight
and continue to eat Grape-Nuts for
both the morning and evening meals.
We are well and happy and owe It to
Grape-Nuts." There's O Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? a
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
What He Eornor

"At a dinner in Philadelphia" safe
a clergyman, Il once heard the lam
ented Bishop Potter talk In a nos
amusing manner about the artistic
temperament.
First he described the contradic
lions in the characters Of Whistler
Poe, Hawthorne and other great
Americans. Then he turned to Lan
dor, the great Englishman.
Lander, he said, was at the same
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive of men
He adored flowers. The gardens oil
his beautiful villa in Florence were
full of flowers, and the poet wake ]
among them daily, never pluckins
them, only bending over them rever
emily to admire their loneliness and
their perfume.
"Landor's cook one day served him
wretched dinner, and in mis- rage
the poet threw the man out of the
window into bed of splendid roses
CAS- the cook writhed with a broken
leg below Lander from his window
exclaimed in a horror-stricken voice:
Good gracious, 1 forgot ths
roses! '"-Washington Star
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03

It was "a wise young man who
paused before he answered the widow
who had asked him to guess her
age. You must have some idea about
It." she said, with what was intend.
ed for an arch sidewise glance.
Il have several ideas" he admitted
with a smile. The only trouble Is
that hesitate whether to make YOU
ten years younger on account OF your
looks. or ten years older on accoun;
of your brains.
Then, while the widow smiled AMI
blushed he took q graceful bul
speedy leave.-Cleveland Leader.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
A Curious Post Office.

The smallest, simplest and best pro
tected post office in the world is in
the Straits of Magellan, and it has
been there for many years. 1t is just
a small painted cask, and is chained
to the rocks of the extreme cape in
such a manner that it floats free, oppo-
site Terra del Fuego. Each ship
that passes that way sends a boat to
take letters out and put others in
Home Notes
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
9,639,563 Bales are
READY To NOV. IA

Washington.-A total of $780,
SOS bales and 26,63S bales active
ginneries, are announced in the CEN
sus bureau report issued Saturday,
summarizing the cotton ginned from
the growth of 1908 to Nov. IA, and
the number of active ginneries
against 7,300,665 bales and 26,521
active ginneries for the correspond
ing date last year. The report counts
round as half bales and excludes lin
tiers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
KAISER is MEEK AND MILD.
The Chancellor Has Him Ealing Gu,
of His Hand at Present.

Oh Ills llama at Present.
Berlin-Emperor William made his
first appearance in public since the
occasion of his interview with Chan
cellor Won Buclow when the prince
urged on his majesty the need of
speaking and acting only on the ad-
vice of his responsible ministers, and
he gave striking example of his
readiness to observe the obligation
then laid upon him. The occasion
was centennial celebration of tse
formation of the city council. When
the emperor arose to ascend the
tribune, Prince Won BueloW stepp-
ed forward and impressively handed
him printed sheet, and the emper-
or ignoring his general custom of
speaking extemporaneously, confined
his remarks to what was on this pa
per.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
CHILD INFECTED.

With LOathsOme Disease-More Cat
tie Found Suffering With it.
Philadelphia.-Di Discovery of more
animals suffering from foot and
mouth disease was made in Lancas-
ter and Northumberland counties of
this state, and thus far more than
ten counties are under strict quar-
antine DIR. Leonard Pearson, state
veterinarian, who left the city for
Lancaster county, said he had ex-
amined girl at Danville, Pa, who
showed symptoms of the disease and
that it looked as though the child
had been infected.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
Kina Edwards Lucky Number.

The kings lucky number is nine
Both his parents were born in 1919.
he was born on a Sth, his marriage
took place in the year '63, which
numbers added the one to the othel
make nine; his reign commenced in
1901. he was to have been crowned
on the 9th, which figures added to
gether make nine, and he was actual
ly crowned. on Aug. 8. From Tit
BITS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
GoMPERs TRIUMPHANT.
Gets The, Endorsement OF The Fed.
alton of Labor.

Denver, Col. approve
of the convention of the American
Federation of Labor was given Pres
ident Gompers by the adoption of hi
report in full as presented. The re
port was before the convention frs
a day and half. ana for a Will
there was a vigorous, discussion q
some of its contents.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
Panorama Headache,

Caused by constantly shifting gaze,
as by moving picture shows, travelling
In rapidly moving conveyances and
the like, Is cured by external applica-
ton to the eyes OF DR.. Mitchell's Eye
salve. II strengthens them and stops
the burning sensation. Automobile
lists use MitchelIs Eye Salye. 25c.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-03
MR.. BRYAN AT LAREDO.

Nebraskan and Wife Welcomed by
Representative Citizens.
Laredo, Tex.-William j. Bryan
reached this city Saturday en- route
to Monterey, Mexico. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan were welcomed in both Lare-
do and Neuvo Laredo by represen-
tative citizens, and at the latter
place they were extended every cour-
tesy by the customs officials. Mr..
Bryan plans to spend ten days in
Monterey, after which he will leave
for short hunting trip along the
lower Rio Grande, thence visiting
Austin and Galveston, and will then
return to his Nebraska home