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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
A GOOD Law.
Much Good is Being Accomplished by
Pure Food Law.

Washington, D. C.-The public prob
ably does not realize the benefit it is
deriving from the operation of the
pure food law which is administered
by the department of agriculture.
Inspectors in all the principal cities
OF the United States are constantly
on the lookout for meats and meat pro-
ducts that are thought to be below
the standard, Or to contain adultera-
lions of an Injurious nature. Samples
of all such products are secured and
forwarded to Washington for a chemi-
cal analysis by the biochembc division
of the bureau of animal industry. An
average of. forty samples of such arti-
cles is received daily for inspection
The percentage of reflections has con-
stantly decreased under the opera
tons of the law, which has resulted in
a better grade of meat being placed
On the market until very small per-
centage of the samples sent is con-
demned. 1t is the opinion of the Off
Gals of the department that the law
has worked wonders as deterrant
and that packers and others have
found it expedient to improve the
quality ofssthe goods placed on the
market.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
Big RICE MILLS COMBINE.
Merger Formed With TWO and One.
Half Million Capital.

New Orleans, lathe big rice
mills of Louisiana have formed a
combine or merger under the title of
the United Irrigation and Rice Mill
ing company The La Palana, Hech-
niger, jumbo, Lichtenstein and other
rice interests throughout Louisiana;
the Independent Rice Mill, at Grow
ley; Abbeyille Mil, at Abbeville; DON
aldsonyille, at Donaldsonville; Eure-
Ike Mill, at Estherwood, and Gueydan
Mill, at Gueydan, enter the consolida-
ton. which also will control the LIGHT
enstein and the Hechinger Irrigation
Plant at Crowley and the Abbeyille
plant in Vermillion parish.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
Ruskin as a Chess PLAYER.

Many people may have overlooked
the fact that Ruskin loved the game
OF chess. Some of his letters reveal
this interest. He was at one time q
constant visitor to Maskelyne &
Cookies entertainment, where he once
played game with Psyche and he
tried his skill against other chess au-
tomato. Indeed, it was matter of
pride to him." say his latest editors,
that he had obtained more than one
victory over the famous Mephisto at
the time when 1t was performing at
the ystal Palace with considerable
eclat. He was vice-president Of the
British Chess Association. = From T.
P.'s Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

tho people who imagine that call
sMg various phases of political activ-
Ky by different names is going to
cnanse the nature OF those activities
IRE wofully mistaken. There Is moth
fng In the way Of good government
and progress which the people of
st. Louis cannot have under the ex-
rsting system more easily than they
could gain 1t under any other il they
Will SO about 1t in earnest.
initiatives. referendums and recalls
seaVe practically everything to the
people en- masse. II they are too in
different to move under the present
system. what would be the condition
OF affairs under one which depended
upon them alone?-St. Louis Dispatch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.

A Municipal Pasteur institute.
where victims of dogs or other ami
mails whose bites produce rabies can
be cared for at cost or at the city's ex-
pense, Is proposed by Chicago alder
man, who has prepared an ordinance
providing for the institution. The
funds for its support are to come from
the dog license fees, which last year
amounted to $61.500.
An injunction has been granted re-.
straining the police from interfering
with betting at SheeDshead Bay.
Two hundred bareheaded, scantily
clothed women of all ages and sizes
paraded the streets of the Brooklyn
ghetto district closing retail butcher
shops, hurting defiance at the meat
trust for raising the price of meats and
pledging themselves to rubsist on veg
etables all summer If necessary rather
than purchase one ounce of beef.
Reports received at Madrid, Spain,
from the west coast of Africa con-
corning the sinking by a tornado on
the upper Congo river of the steam
boat Vile de Bruges Las May. OF the
six Europeans who lest their lives
four were caught by cannibalists.
killed and devoured. Seventy negroes
were drowned.
A terrific storm which swept over
Minneapolis and st. Paul, Mimi. de-
stroyed much valuable property.
PractIcalIy the entire business sec
ton of Three Rivers, Quebec, was de-
stroyed by fire with 3 loss of over ST.
100000.
For the liberty Of CALM. q lady a
goat, whom he claimed butted in on
the line while he was telephoning an
other lady friend, Tom Sullivan paid
$15.75 to the recorders court at At
lanta, Ga.
Admiral Sab, commanding the Pei
Yang squadron of the Chinese navy,
is at Annoy with the cruiser Hal Yung,
making preparations tor the reception
OF the American battleship heet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
Misuse OF Telephone.

VIII there soon be a reaction
against the ever ubiquitous telephone?
= strikes me there may, because /
Gear on all sides complaints, of its
misuse, especially by tho younge-
members of the community. A lady
OF note, who is very good-natured
in having girls to stay with her in
town, was found complaining bitter.
ly the other day that she could new
er get near the instrument herself
because her young guests were ex-
changing condolences all day long
with their girl friends as to their
frocks and Young men.-Gentlewoman
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
In LAND FRAUD GASES
Two Of the Accused Men Convicted and
Two Acquitted.

Two acquitted.
Washington, D. Guilty. Freder-
lex A. Hyde, 'Joost H. Schneider. Not
guilty. John A. Benson, Henry p. Di.
mond.
This was the verdict rendered by q
jury In the criminal court here In the
case OF the trial of these four men,
all westerners, one of them, Benson,
milhonaire real estate operator, for
alleged conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent out OF valuable lands In. the
Tar west. The jury was out seventy
hours.
Benson and Dimond were acquitted
on all of the forty-two counts in the
indictment. Hyde and Schneider were
convicted on all but ten OF the counts
Benson and Dimond were Immediately
released from custody. All four men
nave been under $4,000 bail Hyde's
bail was increased under the jury's
verdict to $4,000 and Schneider's to
S12,500.
The jury had engaged in one of the
most protracted deliberations over a
verdict on record here In federal cases.
The verdict was the second report the
jury had made in the case; On the pre-
y1ous occasion a disagreement being
announced. Judge Stafford had then
instructed them to again retire in an
enort to reach a common agreement.
and, in the intervening hours, several
of the jurors changed their votes, with
the resulting verdict. All the defend.
ants had confidently expected disagree
ment or acquittal, and had made plans
for departing from the city.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
TRIED TO REDEEM $4,000.
Clerk in Postoffice Responsible for
Loss Paid Back Over $1,000.

Pittsburg, Pa.-The Pittsburg post
Office money order department has
been found to be 1851 short, and
Frank T. McCabe, superintendent of
the department, has been placed under
arrest, charged with embezzlement.
He says that four years ago the
Pittsburg postoffice was robbed of $1O,-
900 in cash on a Sunday afternoon,
that his carelessness was in the main
responsible for permitting the robbery
to be perpetrated and since he was the
only one inside the office who knew of
1t he decided to pay the money back
as he could.
He had paid back more than 81, 900
when his shortage was discovered.
McCabe, after preliminary hear
ing, was placed under $4,000 bond
for further hearing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
FIRST BALE OF new COTTON.
Brings 50 Cents in New York, and Was
Immediately Shipped to Liverpool.

New York City.-The first bale of
this years cotton crop was sold at
auction at the New York Cotton Ex-
change. 1t was fully strict good mid
DING In grade, and brought 35 cents
per pound. This bale arrived at Hous-
ton, Texas, on the morning of June 20.
and was sold at auction there at 54
cents per pound. 1t was Immediately
expressed to this city and following
the sale was hurried on board the Mau-
retania, sailing at noon for Liverpool,
where it will again be sold at auction
according to the usual custom. This
is said to be a record for rapid hand
ling of the first bale, which has trav-
eled from Houston to New York and
will be sold in Liverpool within a pc.
riOd of ten DAYS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
TWELVE PEOPLE INJURED.
Pullman Car on the Rock Island Turn.
ed Turtle.


Little Rock, Ark.-Twelve people
We're injured when a Pullman car at
tached to train No. Al, westbound, on
the Rock Island railroad, turned tur-
tie near Fourche. That the wheels
struck kink in the rails caused by
the intense heat, and left the track. is
the official explanation.
The injured include Conductor j. O..
Strange, painfully cut and bruised on
head and shoulders.
Stanley Bruce, Oklahoma City, right
arm broken and partially paralyzed.
James Oglesby, Fort Smith, Ark, cut
and bruised
]. S. Bell, Amarillo, Texas, bruised
and otherwise injured.
Mrs. j. S. Bell, badly bruised and
cut.
The negro porter was also bruised
and cut
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

No other medicine has been SO
successful in relieving the suffering
OF women or received so many gen
uine testimonials as has Lydia e,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
In every community you will fine
women who have been restored t,
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost ever
one you meet has either been bene
flied by it, or has friends who hav.
In the Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn, Mass, any womananydayma
see the files containing over one nj
lion one hundred thousand lette
from women seeking health, a.
here are the letters in which tht
openly state over their own sign.
lures that they were cured by Lydia
T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to a healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
DOING HER BEST

ssThat Mrs. Popley," said Miss
Crouch, lis the most slovenly house.
keeper ever saw"
But protested Miss Cooley. "she
has big family of growing boys
All the more shame to her, for
she should know. that cleanliness is
next to Godliness,' and
"She says it's next to impossible. !"
Catholic Standard and Timea
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
BANK TO BE REOPENED.
All Depositors of Brooklyn Institution
Will be Paid.

New York City.-Final preparations
are made for the re-opening of the
Brooklyn bank which has been closed
since October last. About 81 500 900
deposit money has been tied I'D and
an official announcement was made
that all depositors would be paid in
full when the bank opens
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With EcZema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-Thorght Amputa-
ton Necessary-Believes Her
Life Saved by Cuticura.

ton Necessary-Belieyes Her
Life Saved by Cuticura.
II have been treated by doctors for
twenty-f years for bad case of eczema
on my leg. They did their best, but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off, At this time
my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like piece Of raw flesh, and had to
walk on crutches. I bought set Of Cuti-
cura Remedies. After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor was surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patients. ! have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the Cuticura Rem
edies might have lost my life. Mrs. j. B.
Rsnaud, 277 Montana st, Montreal, Que,
Feb. 20. 1907"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous,
Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing
Nails. Aliens Foot Ease makes new or
tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and
shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substi-
tute. Sample mailed Free. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
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HISTORY OF HIS LIFE.
NiII be Written by John .. RockefeI-
Ter to Appear in a Magazine.

w York City.-John d. Rockefel-
Ter, according to announcement, has
decided to give to the world his own
history of his life. 1t will be publish
ed serially in a New York magazine,
beginning in October.
Mr.. Rockefeller's autobiography Is
to be published under the title of
Some Random "reminiscences Of Men
and Events"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
the System
Take the Old Standard Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. You know what
you are taking. The formula is plain
ly printed on every bottle, showing il.
is simply Quinine and Iron in taste
less form. and the most effectual form.
For grown people and children, soc.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

The ministers OF railways in Cana
da gives the total amount invested III
railways there as $1,171 ,0OO, 900. One
sixth Of the Canadian population. owes
it, livelihood to these undertakings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02
Hicks Capudine Cures Headachc.

Whether from colds, heat, stomach or
nervous troubles. No Accetanilid or dan
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts imme-
diately. Trial bottle I0c. Regular sizes
csc. and Soc. at all druggists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Don't marry man for his money,
Bedelia. But hesitate before you
turn a nice fellow down just because
he has an automobile.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

FITS, St.Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. Fl. R. Kline, Id. 1881 Arch ST., Phila.. Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

John R. Dickey's old reliable eye water
cures sore eyes or granulated lids. Don't
hurt, feels good; get thegenuine in red box
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Air castles are property that no
can touch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

There's as good fish in the sea as
have been caught-with golden bait.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

A cabbage by any other name would
be as common.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

In the sea of life bargains are the
breakers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Because man is always at his post
is no sign he's stick.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Life's primrose path is carpeted
with the long green.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Many a true friendship hath been
cut with the knife Of candor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

A secret that you can t tell is worse
than money you can't spend.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

Hicks Capudine Cures Women's
Monthly Pains, Backache, Nervousness,
and Headache It's Liquid Effects imme-
diately. Prescribed by physicians with best
results. lOc., 25c.. and Soc. at drug stores
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-02

The antidote for fattery is young
brother
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
MRS. THAw wiTHoRAws CASE
Husbands Relatives Urged Her to File
 Suit for Divorce.

New York, May 2S.- Evlyn Nesbit- Thaw through her counsel Tuesday withdrew the suit which she instituted some time ago for the annulment or her marriage to H. K. Thaw. Ihe motion for withdrawal was sanctioned by Referee Deyo who had been ap- pointed by the court to take testimony in the proceeding and the case was de' clared discontinued without costs 10 either party to the suit. Immediately following the dismissal of the action, Daniel OReilly, personal counsel TOT Mrs. Thaw, issued a statement m which he declared that Mrs. Thaw had been an unwilling party to the proceedings from the first It was only because of pressure on the part of her husbands relatives that she had any part in such proceeding, said Mir. OReilly. and that she withdrew the action because she believes her husbands present position demands her loyalty.
 Mir. O'Reilly declined 10 give the name of the relative who had brought persuasion to bear on her to institute the proceedings for the annulment or the marriage.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
HE BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT.
unoblieing Man Saw No Reason for
 Putting Himself Out.

Say" remarked the post office clerk who was off duty, as he watched a friend afiix two stamps to the corner of an enevelope, why don't you put those stamps on horizontally instead of verticallv2 Don't you know you would save a lot of work for us stampers if you put you stamps beside each other instead of under each other2 We afsays have to make two strokes when canceling vertically pasted stamps by hand, and they don't work well through the stamping ms chimes either"
 'ls that sop queried his friend, as he took another envelope and pro ceeded to aiiiN two stamps to 1t In q vertical position, Then, by the great horn spoon, why doesn't the govern ment sell it's stamps in horizontal lines? Look at these. Here I bought 20 cents worth of two-cent stamp and they come to me in vertical lines, If buy five twos l get them attached one 10 the bottom of the other. Do you think I'm going to the trouble of tearing each stamp on just to please government clerk by pasting them s.de by side? Guess again"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
To Whom It May Concern.

This is to certify that l, w. NJ. Lowe, of Hatfield. Arkansas, have made visit to Ardmore. and have inspected the Troye townsite proposition, and found 1t to be as represented iu the printed literature; that have five lots and my wife has one lot and think 1t a good investment; that l have examined all of the papers in connection with the proposition and found them 10 be good and also as represented. I think that my purchase is a good investment and recommend that my friends pay out the lots they have bought. w. M. Lowe. 56 3 VA
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
COMPLIMENT FROM THE HEART.
Lonsfelow Appreciated the Praise of
 English Workingman.

When Longfellow was in London, Queen Victoria sent for him to cone and see fiief at the palace. He went, and just as he was seating himself in the waiting coach after the interview, man in working clothes appeared, hat in hand. at the coach window
 Please sir, yer honor" said he, "an' are you Mir Longfellow?"
 T am Mir. Longfellow," said the poet.
 An did you write the Psalm Of Life?'" he asked.
 T wrote the Psalm of Life." re piled the poet.
 An yer honor, would you be will ing 10 take working man by the hand7"
 Mir. Longfellow gave the honest Engllshman hearty handshake Later, in speaking of the incident, he said:
 T never in my life received com pliment which gave me more satisfac ton"
 The Psalm of Life" has been trans lated Into l5 different languages.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
ALLleAToRs FOR THE CAMERA,
Amphlbians Easily Managed Accord
 ing to This Story.

have seen barefoot boy, when the alligator refused to respond to his call, wade in the mud to his waist, ex- plore with his toes till he felt the wig gle of the gator beneath them, then worry him to the surface, grab him by the nose before he could open his jaws and tow the creature ashore to be pho tographed. When an alligator that we were hunting crawled into his cave held noosed rope over his mouth. while the boy poked stick through the mud until it hit the creature in his hiding place, and soon I had him shared. ready to be dragged out on the prairie and tied, to be kept till the camera man was ready for him. Then we turned the reptile loose on a bit of prairie, and the boy and I armed with sticks, headed him off when he tried to escape, while the camera man, with his head in the hood of his instru- ment, followed the creature about seeking for evidence in the case of Reason vs. Instinct" When the camera man was through with him the alligator was set free, final shot being taken at him as he walked off. Our hunter boys could never be made to comprehend our reasons for restor- ing to the creatures their freedom They understood the photogrAphing, but when this was done, why not col. lect dollar for the reptiles hide? Their manner implied that to this question no sane answer was possible A. w. Dimock, in Harper's Maga- zine.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Shoes Made in Quick Time.

These two-and-a-half shoes said the salesman, were made in 2S min utes. All our shoes are turned out bl that time.
 You ought to see our plant. There are 116 men there. Everything is ma chinery-no handwork for us.
 From the time the leather is laid on the cutting board it takes two min utes to cut 1t out, eight minutes te stitch it and two minutes to put in the lasts. In eight minutes more the soles are sewed on, in six minutes the edge setting and farewell touches are com pleted. and in two minutes the laces are inserted and the shoes packed Total, 2S minutes.
 Think of that" said the salesman And yet I know people who still pay SIP and $15 pair for their shoes be cause. beng handmade, they last a little longer and look a little better 7
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Wanted All the Warts.

You would be surprised if you knew how careful outdoor advertisers are to have their signs just so" said the billboard painter. They have all sorts of notions as to just how they want their advertisements to look, and the slightest deviation causes trouble. Not long ago gang of us painted a big billboard in the center of which was a large pickle We thought we had done rather neat job of it. but the firm for whom we did it refused to approve, saying there were not the required number of bumps or warts on the pickle.
 'The upshot was that we had to paint out that pickle and put on a new one, with the spots for the bumps marked so there could be no mistake. l never see pickle sign now that do not want to stop and count the bumps on 1t"
The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-04
Wav.RiIl Told Truth.

A scientific gentleman in Washing ton recently returned from South America bringing with him, not as the fruits of his labors, but merely for the purpose of science, a collection of Pat agonian skulls.
 At New York the customs ofiicers opened the chest containing the skulls. duly inspected them and informed the scientist that the consignment must be classed as animal bones, and as dutiable at so much per pound. Whereupon the scientific gentleman evinced great indignation. After some barley the customs people agreed te submit the matter to the treasury de partment if the way-bill was revised In way they suggested. The result was that the way-bill was altered tc read as follows.
 Chest of native skulls. Personal effects, already worn"