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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29

DR.. B. ID. Huntington, successful
physician, merchant and farmer of
Soutang broke his arm while visit
ing patient. He~had been called to
see sick man. who was in rail-
road camp car, and upon taking his
departure lost his balance, falling to
the ground and SO seriously fractur-
ing his arm that amputation was ne.
cessary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
Leg Fractured.

While assisting in unloading box
car at Bassfield, Conductor G. T.
Hart, of the Mississippi Central rail-
road, sustained a serious fracture OF
the leg. A fierce of lard fell several
feet, striking him on the knee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
KILLED YOUNG GIRL.
Twelve Year Ord Boy Accidentally
Stays His 4 aaymate.

Birmingham, Ala.-A special from
Gadsden, Ala, says:
While laughingly discussing good
times they were to have at circus
Tuesday in Gadsden, James Bucha-
nan, twelve year old youth. acct
denta1ly shot and killed Stella Nail,
sixteen years old daughter of Joseph
Nail at La Gorde. Saturday after
noon. The top of the girls head was
was blown off. the brains being scat.
tered all over the room.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
odenheimer Cotton Bagging.

To encourage the use of their bag
ging, and to enable their mill to run
steadily on it, The Textile Mills. Cor
poration have now reduced the
price to only lie. yard F. o. b.
.Wesson, Miss; deposit of &c per
yard to accompany the order. A
roll of 20 yards is the smallest order
they fill.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
Vardaman to Sneak.

Ex-Gov. James X. Vardaman has
gone to West Virginia, where he has
been assigned by the National DEM
ocratic Campaign Committee to deliy
or series Of speeches In the presi
Dental campaign.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
RAILROAD MERGER.
Mortgage For $3.50, 100000 Makes
Bic Hez.I SIRE

Big heal Sure.
Denver. Cor--The merger of all
the lines of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad was mate effective by the
fling of mortgage for s15V, 000,-
00e. This mortgage secures a new
issue of boads. he sum of $780,
00O. 600 will he used for refundfng
outstanding Indebtedness; 30, Geo.
000 to aid in the construction of the
Western Pacific railroad now build
ing from Salt Lake to the Pacific
coast. and TT remainder for extern
sion OF old and construction of new
Nnes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29

An Indian stream, the River-Kist
nah, 600 feet wide, has the longest
span OF telegraph wire in the world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
Capudine Cures indigestion Pains.

Eour stomach and heartburn, no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because IL is sure
and effective. Trial bottle 1Oc. Regular
sizes Csc. and Soc. at all druggists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
CURE FOR PILES.

GAMBLE TREATMENT OF Red Cross Pile ard
~ Fistula Cure and book explaining Piles
sent free. REA co, DeptB4. Minneapolis. Mimi
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29

The city of Washington has no
municipal charter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-29

Proof is inexhaustible that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
F. Read the letter Mrs. =. Hanson,
304 4. Long ST., Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was passing through the Change
of Life, and suffered from nervous
ness; headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. Ny doctor told me that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, and since taxi
ing it / feel so much better, and can
again do my own work. never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for me
during this trying period"
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
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ti6n, dizziness or nervous 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 Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
1T SEEMED INcURABLE
Body Raw with acknowledgement
from Hospitals as HopeIess-cuti-
cura Remedies Cured Him.

From the age of three months until
fifteen years old, my son Ovens life
was made intolerable by eczema in it's
worst form. In spite of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite raw.
He used to tear himself dreadfully in,
his sleep and the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
of the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as in
durable. We kept trying remedy
after remedy, but had gotten almost
past hoping for a cure. Six months
ago we purchased set of Cuticura
Remedies. The result was truly mar
velous and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green,
England, Jan. IL, 1867"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
Search for Diamonds.

Since 1880 many American dia-
monds have been authenticated, but
none before has been found lin place.
Most of those in the United States,
Guiana, and Brazil have come to light
through the breaking down." or vast.
ing away, of the original rocks, which
allows the diamonds to be washed into
brooks and river gravels, as in South
America. Many have been found in
the glacial moraine of Ohio. Indiana
Michigan and Wisconsin, whittier pre-
historic glaciers had swept them
from some point in Canada. Search
is now being made for the original
resting place of these stones by sew
eral surveying parties, along the line
of the new transcontinental railway
from Quebec to Winnipeg.-Review OF
Reviews.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

were again urged TO surrender their
old certificates, in descending ratio,
for those of the new complete" con-
solidation AS they were anxious for
anything which promised to give them
dividends on their investment they fell
in line with the suggestion. At the
time of the final consolidation the pro-
moter disappeared = leaving behind
him wake of hardship, privation and
suffering.
There are many and varied planes
and attitudes in the contemplate craft
of swindling women, and the smaller
the swindle the more contemplate it
often is. Almost innumerable frauds
are worked in this field in petty way
nearly all of them based on an initial
fee of some sort which is to give them
the benefit of easy and lucrative work
at home" After the fee is paid the
work furnished is either impossible in
its requirements or it l. not furnished
at all. Poor women in almost every
state in the union were defrauded by
an Apron club" concern which
claimed to be organized on co-opera-
tive basis and for the philanthropic
purpose OF affording those who Joined"
to earn easy money at home. The ini-
tiation or membership fee was 81. The
swindlers operating this scheme were
prosecuted and convicted by the fed
eral government and in the trial it
developed that many of the victims
were widows who had believed that a
membership in this club would permit
them to earn living for their families
without the necessity of being absent
from their little children. The letter
copying" scheme is another develop
ment of "easy and profitable work at
home" swindles. Some Is of these
petty swindlers we're recently closed
out In Chicago, and Detective Wool
bridge, who handled the cases, found
that a large and pitiable number of
the victims were invalids, some OF
them bedridden.
There is one way by which poor
women may know when they are being
offered swindle in the game Of work
at home" If it develops that there
is any kind of fee demanded at the
outset it is safe to class the PROPOSE.
ton as fraud. although the demand
may be in a very plausible form-a
deposit" against materials SENT" OF
membership" in an organization
Many of these schemes are concerned
with so-called Fart work" and make
that fiattering appeal to women of re
finement and appreciation"
When it comes to an investment OF
any sort the promoters of which ap
peal to women who are comparatively
or actually poor, to float their enter
prise, is it not fair to assume that the
thing is a swindle? II the investment
had merit in the true sense of the term
| could not it's promoters readily obtain
capital for it from business men with
their eyes open? The promoter who
makes it business to secure lists o.
women in order to inveigle their saw
ings from them is, on the face of it
open to grave suspicion of fraud.
JANE adams,
Hull House, Chicago
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
HAD TO GET STRENGTH FIRST.
Hard Worked Woman Not Ready 20
Face Hired Girl Problem.

A Massachusetts, man, whose bust.
ness frequently takes him over the
line into Vermont, says that one even
ing he was a guest at farm house in
that state when he observed that the
wife of the owner-a poor, wan little
woman-was doing every bit Of the
work around the house.
AS he himself put it, she did an
amount of work that would have put
an ordinary Massachusetts, horse to
shame aud he really felt like a viii
lain sitting there watching her.
Feeling considerable compassion for
the woman, who looked as if ready to
drop from overwork, the visitor
asked:
why don't you get help here?
Surely You are not going to try to pull
through the long winter without a
hired girl
A sickly smile came to the pallid
face of the woman. WAL, l dunno
she said. Il don't feel as if could
just yit; but p'raps eff / should get to
feelin' a little better and stronger
might ILLUSTRATED Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
Mexico's Vigorous President.

President Diaz, when 10 years old
was one day chatting with some Amer
lean tourists in the military college
It Chapultepec, says his biographer
when he noticed climbing rope hang
ing near him.
Il wonder If / could climb that
now," he exclaimed, and to the amaze
ment of his guests, threw off his coat
and went up the rope hand over hand
to the top-a difficult exercise for q
cadet
When he came down he turned tC
the Americans. smiling, and said:
Now you can say you have seer
a man of 20 years do that.
Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

thirty years I sui
fered with kidney
troubles, and the at
tacks laid me up for
days at a time with
pain in the back and
rheumatism. When
! was up and around
sharp twinges caught
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

me, and for fifteen years the frequent
passages of kidney secretions an
noyed me. But Doan's Kidney Pills
have given me almost entire freedom
from this trouble and / cannot speak
too highly in their praise"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
Salaries of Bank Presidents.

The salaries of presidents of banks,
even those in the largest cities. are,
as a rule, very much less than the
salaries of railroad presidents. James
Stillman, president of the National
City bank, of New York, gets only
$25. 900 a year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
To Plant Lobster Beds.

Extensive beds of Holsters are to be
planted soon in the waters of British
Columbia. and it is expected that in
four or five years the lobster-taking
industry will be established on large
scale.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
Foolish Limerick.

There once was a foolish young spitY
Who chased black cat and her kitx
His mistress exclaimed.
"Well. now. I'll be blamed.
I'll spank that darned dog where he
sitz!'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Above is sufficient seed to grow 30 bu.
Of rarest vegetables and thousands of bril-
liant flowers and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR lie,
or if you send Ice, we will add package
of Berliner Earliest Caulihower. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. X. & w.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
WIN Start Women,s clubs.

Helen virick Roswell has been So
lected to start string of women's
clubs on the Isthmus Of Panama.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
'Tis Human.

Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself has said,
As he stubbed his toe against the bed:
ii??? p!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

TayIor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullen is Natures great rem
edy-Cures Coughs, Colds, Group and Con-
sumption, and all throat and lung troubles.
At druggists, 25c, SOC and Sl.00 per bottle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Experience begotten Of matrimon!
Is a great teacher.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE"
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look fol
the signature of L. w. GROVE Used the World
over TO Cure q Cold in One Day. Csc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
For 12c

and this notice the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, in order to gain
100000 new customers during 1908, will
mail you free their great plant and seed
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

A milkman doesn't cry over spil
milk if there is a pump handy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15
THIRTY YEARS OF IT.
A searfuIIy Long Siege Of Daily Pain
and Misery.

Charles Won Soehnen Of 20 A St.,
Colfax, Wash, says: For at least
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

A virtuous deed should never b
delayed.-Alexander Dow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Some finished orators don't seem to
know when to quit.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Little wonder that Garfield Tea meets
with approval everywhere-it is the Ideal
Laxative; pure, mild, health-giving! 1t reg
ulates the liver and overcomes constipation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

PILES CURED IN Q TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT IL qua ranteed to cure any case
Of Itching Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles In
TO u days or money refunded. 5oc.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

The trouble with jealous woman
Is that she can't keep the lid on.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Browns Bronchial Troches
have worldwide reputation for cur
ing coughs, sore threats and relieving
bronchitis and asthma
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Some men just can't foot bill with
out kicking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softeas the gums, reduces b
eammston. aays pain, cures wind col;c sc bottle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

No, Alonzo, a nervous woman isn't
necessarily nervy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

Keep Tobacco at Home.
The Turkish government absolutely
prohibits the expectation of the seed
of Turkish tobacco.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-02-15

First Postoffice Scheme.
The first postofiice scheme was q
private enterprise and was inaugu-
rated about 1464.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22
90 Dead; 100 Injured in
Belgium Train Crash
Fast Express DaSheS Into Cars
Filled With Pilgrims and
Horror Results

ANTWERP. May 21.-One of the
worst railroad accidents in Europe in
recent times occurred at Contich, a
station six miles southeast of this city,
at o'clock this morning. The exact
number of victims had not been de-
termined up to late tonight, owing to
the difficulty of removing the bodies
from the debris, but the latest esti-
mate places the number OF dead at SO
and 100 wounded.
The catastrophe appears to have
been due to defective switch. At this
point train carrying a large number
Of pilgrims on their way to local
shrine was standing. Into this the
Antwerp Brussels express dashed at a
speed OF so miles an hour, literally
leaping on top of il. The sides OF the
express cars were torn from their
fastenings, the floors practically col
lapsing. thus precipitating the pas
sengers to the side of the. track unin-
jured, whence they fed. frenzied, across
the fields. But for this fact the death
roll would be much greater. The res
cuers, even the doctors, who were har-
dened to such scenes, were sickened at
the sight that met their gaze.
The judicial authorities of Antwerp
ordered the signalmen in charge of the
switches under arrest. although it is
believed by the authorities that they
were blameless. The engineer and
fireman of fthe express were both killed
at their posts.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22
Pacific Ocean Charts in
Grieyous Error
GaIIiIee Expedition Returns
With Results of Plotting
the Magnetic Variation

That the charts of the Pacific ocean
used by navigators of the present day
are in some instances two and three de-
gress in error was the conclusion
reached by the scientific expeditions
sent out a year ago last December by
the Carnegie institute of Washington,
ID. c., and which arrived in San Fran
cisco yesterday evening
The party, composed Of ". ]. Peters,
r. H. Dixie and E. c. Sewers. left San
Diego on the brig Gallilee in December,
1906. Since that time it has traversed
the entire Pacific ocean. 1t has worked
up and down from the South sea ISL
ands to Sitka, Alaska, and from the
shores of California 20 Shanghai.
FIND GREAT ERRORS
The primal aim of the expedition was
for a magnetic survey of the Pacific
ocean. and though the great mass OF
data gathered was purely Of scien-
tific kind, having but little practical
value, the discovery OF the error in the
charts will be of incaIculable benefit to
mariners.
The expedition, according to the sci
entists, was a success in every way
Several theories OF magnetism were
verified and the ground broken for fur
ther research which, 1t is hoped. will
lead to exceedingly important results
After leaving San Diego the expedi-
ton headed for the South sea islands
It cruised around those waters fol
some months and then made for Shang-
hal From there it shot north to Sitka
Alaska. and then heaced back again for
Honolulu, the Marshall islands and New
Zealand.
EXPEDITION. Is SUCCESS
1.-The expedition has been most sue
cessful,"s said W. J. Peters, who has had
charge of the party. Many theories OF
magnetism have been proved. and
though the results are purely scientific
and with little direct practical value
they are none the less important on that
account. The practical benefit which
obtained from this expedition was in
the discovery of errors in the charts OF
the Pacific ocean, which in some in
stances were WRONG to the extent OF
two or three degrees. All of us are
well and have had a most enjoyable
time"
The brig was in charge of Captain II
Hayes. It anchored off Lime point late
yesterday evening and as soon as it is
released from quarantine the party viii
] leave it to take UP quarters on shore.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22
SCOTCH WHISKY CAUSES
NERVOUSNESS OF THAW
Superintendent of Matteawan
Asylum Declares Liquor
Was Struggled In

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, May 21.--
Harry Thaws extreme nervousness and
his poor showing on the witness stand
last Saturday night at the close of
the habeas corpus proceedings were
due. it was learned today, toathe fact
that he has consumed large quantities
of Scotch whisky, smuggled in to him
while he was at the Matteawan insane
asylum and since he has been in the
Dutchess county Jail.
This fact was vouched for by DIR.
Amos T. Baker, the acting superin-
tendent of the Matteawan asylum. 1t
was learned from another source that
Thaw had had three large drinks of
Scotch whisky just before he went on
the stand, and that he was in almost
a dazed condition when he sought to
answer questions
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22

Abe Ruef has gained another
lease of time against paying the
penalty for his crimes. After 43
hours OF deliberation, the jury
which tried him on the charge OF
bribing ex-Supervisor Jennings
Phillips in the Parkside deal re-
ported to Judge Dooling that fur
ther attempt to reach a verdict
was hopeless, and the court or
dered the jury discharged. 1t was an
even break between guilt and inno-
cence in the minds of the jurors. for
from the first ballot to the last-13 IN
all-the vote stood six for conviction
and six for aequittaI.
The closing scenes Of the trial were
marked by several incidents which
spoke loudly OF the disgraceful tactics
which have been pursued by the allied
graft defendants in an effort to pervert
justice since the very beginning OF the
trial 1t was a commentary on condi-
tions more eloquent than words. One
thing was the charge brought by Fore
man Penny OF the jury and substanti-
ated by his fellow members that on
their way to- the court in the morning
they had been hailed by Dr. Edward j.
Creely, a veterinary surgeon, who
called out to them 70 release his friend.
Abe Ruef A second incident occurred
when Heney left court. 1t has been
repeated day by day, but there was
yesterday an added significance to IL.
AS Heneys automobile turned the cor
ner off Golden Gate avenue. second
car. containing Butch" Bell and sew
across the street behind it and turned
in pursuit. 1t was the same doggins
of the prosecutors movements that has
gone on since the trial began.
Henry Aeh. Abe Ruefs chief attor-
ney. made a statement Immediately
after the trial which he later failed to
stand by. The members OF the jury
had declared that their final vote stood
6 10 sand had gone on record with
their votes. This, however, was not
enough for Aeh.
That is not So" he declared. Its
Just a frameup for the newspapers.
The jury stood toe4 in favor Of ac-
qufttal and agreed 10 give out this
other statement TO the newspapers and
withhold their vote That is right, and
I knew il 20 minutes before the jury
came out OF the room"
Asked where he received his positive
information ahead OF time, and con-
fronted with the list given out by the
jurors themselves. Ach backed down.
He refused at first to give the name Of
his alleged informant. then admitted
that II must have been nothing more
than rumor. and finally ended BY
limiting that zone of those bailiffs' had
lied TO him This was all the explana-
tion he vouchsafed Of his original
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-22
WI Ting Fang Confers
With Sky Navigators
Chinese Minister Holds Three
Day Investigation of First
Flying Machine

NEW YORK, May 21.-The fact that
Wilbur Wright, the aeroplane inventor,
has been in New York in conference
with WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister.
is a subject of much speculation and
gossip. They have been much together
for three days.
The Globe says it is now in a posi-
tion to announce that instead of max
ing an extreme flight of only eight
miles. as reported by wire from Man
teo, n. c., the Wright brothers sue
ceeded in flying SO miles at the rate
of about 40 miles an hour.
Other long flights included one of
"A miles and another OF IS miles-all
at about the same rate Of speed. and
this series OF achievements is regarded
among aeronauts generally as demon
strating that the Wrights have virtu-
ally solved the problem of aerial nav
igation.
The statement as to distances and
speed, cited above. was made today by
Wilbur Wright.