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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
sAcAclTY OF RUSSELL SAGE.
His Reason for Refusing to Advance
Another oan

His Reason for Refusing to Advance
Another Loan.
one day young man OF Russell
Sage's acquaintance-in fact, the
grandson OF an old friend of other
days-approached him on the subject
OF loan of ten dollars for two weeks
and-got it. He promtnd faithfully
to return the money at s9sstated hour
and the promise was as faithfully
kept. Mr.. Sage had very little to say
when he gave up the ten, and quite
as little when he got it back.
A week or ten days later the young
man came to see him again, and this
time asked him for hundred dollars
making all sorts of representations OF
what he would do with it. Mr.. Sage
refused to ante. The young man was
surprised, not to say panied.
Why" he exclaimed, you know
I'll pay 1t all right. Didn't say I'd
have that ten for you on Monday, and
wasn't there to the minute with it?"
Mr.. Sage beamed softly on the
grandson of mis- old friend.
my boy" he said, with no trace
of unkindness in his tone, ''you dis
appointed me once and | don't want
you to do it again"
Il beg your pardon, did not"
argued the youth. 81 said l would
pay you back, and I did"
Yes, yes, my boy" purred Mr.
Sage, 'you paid back the ten, and
never expected you would. Now, if
let you have hundred | should ex.
pect you to pay it back, and you
wouldn't. One disappointment at my
time of life is enough. my boy Good
morning. Golfers Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Public School System Bill.

The legislation of the Senate was
largely consumed by discussion, with
out passage of a bill to reorganize the
public school system in the District
Of Columbia by placing it under the
control Of a director appointed by
the National Commission Of Educa-
ton superseding control by board
of education composed Of citizens OF
the district.
The bill relating to the settlement
of claims of states on account of the
disposition of public lands was again
taken up, and the Bacon amendment
for settling the accounts Of owners
Of cotton seized by the government
during the civil war, amounting to
$5,0O0,O0O was considered, but with
out results either on the bill or the
amendment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Killed bv Accident.

The State Department has received
a dispatch from Ambassador Lelsh-
man, at Constantinople, reporting
the death of an American citizen, b.
Warkentin, the president Of the Kan
sas State Bank of Newton, Kan. The
banker was shot by a Syrian while
on the train travelling from Damascus
The Syrian was arrested and explain
ed that he was examining a pistol,
and that the shooting was purely ac-
cidental. The banker and the Syrian
were in adjoining compartments on
the train.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Money for Consuls.

The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs voted to report favorably the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill, carrying a total appropriation Of
$3,520,000, which is $478,0OO less than
the amount asked for by the State
Department and $366,O0O in excess
of the appropriation for 1908. The
bill as reported by the committee,
raised by 10 per cent the amounts
which consuls may expend annually
for rent. The committee increased
from $4,000 to $4,000 the appro-
priation for the Bureau of American
Republics, to correspond with SIM
liar increase agreed to by each of the
other republics in the bureau.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Roosevelt to Speak.

Representative Ransdell was allow
ed an hour and quarter in the di-
vision of time in the House and he
used it in making a speech in support
of his bill creating a Department OF
Public Works. This bill, which was
introduced several weeks ago has for
its object a new executive depart
ment.
The Louisiana Representative has
received a number Of communications
on the subject since the introduction
Of the bill. The press Of the coun-
try in many instances has supported
the plan, and Mr.. Ransdell feels
greatly encouraged.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
i'm Difference to Foraker.

The nomination of Samuel Grant
Victor to be United States marshal
for the Eastern District of Oklaho-
MAJ was again called up in the Senate
Committee on judiciary. 1t was re-
committed two weeks ago at the re-
quest of Senator Foraker, for the rea-
son, it is said, that Victor became a
Taft adherent after receiving prom
Use from the administration that he
was to be named for the marshalship
Mr.. Foraker was not present and Tor
that reason the nomination went over
until his wishes could be ascertained
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
THEY GROW
Good Humor and Cheerfulness from
Right Food.

CheerfulneSS is like sunlight. It
dispels the clouds from the mind as
sunlight chases away the shadows OF
night.
The good humored man can pick
up and carry off load that the man
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift.
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor In the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was In bad condition.
But / was young and did not want
to die. so I began to look about for
the cause of my chronic trouble. I
used to have nervous spells which
would exhaust me and after each spell
Il would take me days before could
sit up In a chair.
ST became convinced my trouble
Was G@1SUA W NOACC. 0CGA0O0 W
stop IL and bought some Postum.
1.-THE first cup. which / made ac-
cording to directions, had soothing
eject on my nerves and / liked the
taste. For time I nearly lived on
Postum and ate little food besides.
I am to-day healthy woman.
'sMy family and relatives wonder
IL am the same person was four
years ago, when could do no work
on account Of nervousness. Now
am doing my own homework. take
care OF two babies-one twenty, the
other two months old. I am so busy
chat hardly set time to write .
letter. Jet DO II oil with the cheer
kdlhess and good humor that comes
kforn enjeying good health.
81 tell my friends II is to Postum
I owe my life to-day"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road to
MELVILLE. in pkgs. There's q Rea-
son"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

BOAT SCANDAL
PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC BOAT
COMPANY MAKES DENIAL.
CHARGES ARE FALSE
Senator johnson of Alabama After
United Fruit Company.-Roose-
welt Undecided as to What He
Will Do.

Washington.-Isaac L. Rice, presi-
dent of the Electric Boat Company,
made sweeping denial of the charges
preferred by Representative George
Llley of Connecticut before the spe-
cial committee Of the house that is
Investigating those charges. He de-
nounced several Of the statements as
malicious lies and said that others
were too absurd to answer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Funston Must Wait.

Gen. Frederick Funston will have
to wait some time before being pro
NOTED to Major Generalship. Sena-
tor Curtis Of Kansas asked the presi-
dent to nominate Gen. Funston for the
higher rank, but the president de-
clined to do SO. He said that he re-
garded Gen. Funston highly, but he
believed that he should wait awhile
longer before being appointed to the
Major General grade.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Postmasters Appointed.

Louisiana-Martin, Webster parish,
Franklin M. Kirkley.
Mississippi-Locopolis, Tallahatchie
county, Minnie E. Bushing.
Mississippi rural routes ordered es-
tablished June /: Cedars, Warren
county, route /, population 500, fam
lilies 1913; New Hebron, Lawrence
county, route 2, population 500, fami-
lies $50.
Wiley M. Brown appointed regular
Willis G. Fly, substitute, rural free
delivery carrier, route 5, >at Water
Valley, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Contract for Building.

Norcross Brothers, of Worcester,
Massachusetts. have been awarded the
contract for the construction of the
new home Of the International Blu
reau of American Republics, in Wash
ington, toward which Andrew Carne-
gle contributed $4,000. The work is
to begin at once.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
For Soil Surveys.

Although it was defeated by 18
votes in the committee of the whole
in the house, Representative Hum
phreys of Mississippi is confident
that he will yet succeed in putting
his bill to increase to $364,000 the an
nual appropriation for soil surveys.
The present appropriation is 500, 900.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
HIS SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash-Threatened
Later With Blood-Poison I'm Leg
Relied ON Cuticura Remedies.

About twelve or fifteen years ago had
breaking out, and it itched, and stung so
badly that could not have any peace be-
cause of it. Three doctors did not help me.
Then used some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura
Ointment, and Cut.oura Resolvent and be-
gan to get better right away. They cured
me and have not been bothered with the
itching since, to amount to anything.
About two years ago | had la grippe and
pneumonia which left me with a pain in
my side. Treatment ran it into my leg,
which then swelled and began to break out.
The doctor was afraid it would turn to
blood-poison. | used his medicine but it
did no good, then I used the Cuticura
Remedies three times and cured the break.
ing-out on my leg. J. Fs Hennen, Milan,
Mo-. M 49, 1907"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Money for Coriah County.

The Senate passed a bill which has
already passed the House, providing
for the payment to Copiah county,
Mississippi, Of $3.50, the sum repre-
senting the expenses of litigation
against the government to which the
county was put in controversy grow
ing out of the location Of bridge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Don't Know What he Will Do.

President Roosevelt, according to
a statement made at the White House
has concluded no plans to govern him
self when he once more becomes a
private citizen It was stated that as
yet he has not taken under consider
alton the possibility Of trip to
South America.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Electrocution Bill.

Representative Taylor Of Ohio will
introduce bill providing for the cleo
trocution Of criminals given death
sentence in the District Of Columbia.
The present mode of official execu-
ton is by hanging.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
How,s Thisf

How's ThisT IA
We offer One Hundred Dollars E!eward
for any case of Catarrh that caknot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned. have known F. ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, n...AN MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Hall'sCats --h Cur Is taken internally, act
ing directly u On the blood and mucous sur
faces OF Il Q system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c.l per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Expenses of Columbia.

The District Of Columbia appro-
priation of $9,436,OO0 to defray the
expenses Of the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year 190S-l9O9, was
agreed to by the House Committee on
Appropriations. This is $4,000 less
than for the current year. One-half
of the amount appropriated is to be
paid by the District.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Deficiency Bill.

The urgent deficiency bill appro-
priating $2,OOO,OO0 for armor, etc.,
for vessels heretofore unauthorized,
was passed by the Senate. On motion
Of Senator Warren, $4,000 was added
to the bill for mileage of officers and
contract surgeons Of the army, when
authorized by law.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Bayou Black Survey.

A bill introduced by Representative
Broussard seeks to have a prelimi-
ry survey made of Bayou Black by
the government with view to giving
a six-foot channel from the mouth
to Houma. At Horna Connection is
to be made with Bayou Terrebonne,
which it is also proposed shall have
six feet to its entire length.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

If there is any one thing that a
woman breads more than another it
is surgical operation.
We can state without fear of a
contradiction that there are hum
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos.
pitfalls which are entirely unneces-
Sary and many have been avoided by
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
To Test DR.. Leach Theory.

a joint resolution empowering the
president to appoint a committee of
five physicians to test the arsenic the
Dry for the prevention of yellow fe-
yer. Perhaps the foremost advocate
of this theory is DR.. R. B. Leach. of
Paris, Tex, resident of Mr.. Shep-
pard's district.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

MASTER OF HIS OWN DESTINY
why do you set your alarm clock?
You never get up when it rings"
mo But / have the satisfaction
OF knowing | am sleeping late of my
own free will, and not by accident !"
WASHINGTON Star
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Treaty Ratified.

The General Arbitration Treaty
agreed on at The Hague Conference
was ratified by the Senate as were
arbitration treaties between the Unit
ed States and Italy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Love does not spring up and grow
great and become perfect all at once,
but requires time and the -nourishment
OF thoughts.-Dante.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
Agricultural BILL.

Carrying total Of 81, 5O8,5O6, the
agricultural appropriation bill was
passed by the house Of representatives
1t has been under discussion for nine
days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softsnsthe gums, reducesinnamma-
ion ,allays pain cures wind collie, 26c. q bottle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

When l wished 10 eat my wife had to
raise me up in BED. Physicians were
unable to help me and | was going
down fast when began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. After a short time |
felt great improvement and am now
as strong and healthy as a man could
be. l give Doan's Kidney Pills all
the credit for it,
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. N Y
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
To Abolish Commission.

That the Panama Canal Commission
be abolished and the canal zone placed
in charge Of governor to be appoint
ed by a commission was the subject
Of a bill considered at a hearing be-
fore the House Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

The government will not prosecute
railroads for failure 10 comply with
the ucommodity clause" Of the rail
road rate law pending a decision Of
the Supreme Court.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

FITS st. vitus'D Dance; Nervous Diseases per-
nanently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. ~ trial bottle and treatise free.
Or. II. r. Kline. Id. 9S1 Arch St., phila., Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Misfortunes are the lot Of all men
whenever it may please heaven to in
hict them.-Demosthen
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

NOiAh ID IOk nldu
years and cannot tell
what agony l en-
dured from backache.
My limbs were swol-
len twice natural
size and my sight
was weakening. The
kidney secretions
were discolored and
had a sedim en- t.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

III Yon Suffer From Asthma
or Bronchitis get immediate relief by
using Hrown s Bronchial Troches.
Contain no harmful drugs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
to those desiring laxative at once simple,
pure, mild, potent and health giving II 10
made OF Herbs. All drug stores
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

To your son give good name and a
trade.-Spanish.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

A mans folly ought to be his great
est secret-Chinese proverb.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

He that is up is toasted; he that is
down is kicked. Gaelic proverb.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
LYDIA E. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"For eight years I suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r Use, of Church
Road, MoorestoWn. N. j., writes:
q feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Rinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. I
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
and to-day am well and strong
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, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
tnattG- Address. LvnD. Mass.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

It's not the many oaths that make
the truth.-Shakespeare.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Itch cured In 80 minutes by wooiford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

Tt i'll beseens man to vacant AFRO
gantly-Homer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

1t happiness is the rarest Of bless
lngs, it is becauswkhe reception of It
IS the rarest of virtues.-Silveste
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

A sound mind in sound body
Latin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09
RAISED FROM A SICK BED
After Being an Invalid With Kidney
Disorders For Many Years.

John Armstrong, Cloverport, KY,
says II was an invalid with kidney
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-04-09

A rat may flood a province.-Ger-
man proverb.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-12-06
Able and Critical Review of the Novel.sts
Defense of his Attitude Concerning
the Orthodox Religion
(From London Freethlnker.)

There is no need for me TO answer Mr..
Shaws letter with another letter. 1t was
stated last week tina | preferred to treat his
letter as public. What | have TO say i'll
rejoinder may therefore appear in the pres
ent form, without any detrimenJ TO our
personal relations which are perfectly
cordial.
Let me begin by compimenting Mr..
Shaw on his good temper. smaller and
less sensible man might easily have taken
offense at some of my criticisms. Mr..
Shaw is magnanimous enough to recognize
that the personal equation is really the
most triiing element in these controversies.
Let me next say that l am delighted to
be able to print this letter from Mr.. Shaw.
1t clears up a good many matters which
were obscure and perplexing. 1t leaves some
points dubious, but these may be cleared
up hereafter. On the whole, think mad
better make out SIT of profit and loss
account, and then go ON to consider the
future of affairs.
On the credit side we may, first of ALL
place Mr.. Shaw's strong denunciation of
the Blasphemy Laws and his intense loath-
ing of popular Christianity. On these
matters his attitude is all that could be
desired My only regret is that he did
not find an opportunity to tell the nation
what he thought of the blacklist spot in
English public life" when | was fighting
hard to defeat the last "basphemy' pros
ecution in the early part of this year.
know very well that Mr.. Shaw is no cow
ard; he may have concluded that he could
do no good just then; but, in that case, |
think he was mistaken.
The credit side also includes the eXpla-
nation of how Mr.. Shaw found Christ"
This part of his letter ought, in common
honesty, to be reproduced in the Christian
Commonwealth. That journal made all the
capital it could out of his address at the
City Temple. 1t stuck him up as one OF
Mr.. Campbells converts" and paraded him
on its very contents sheet as the Joint" OF
the bill-of fare Well, it appears that
Mr.. Shaw only found Christ" in the sense
that he once thought the Gospels pure fic-
ton, whereas he now believes they may
contain little biography. There may
have been an actual preacher called Jesus,
Blue-grass blade., 1908-12-06
Editor Foote'S Reply to Bernard Shaw

ms is Mi. SAaw position L must regard
what ne says ABOUT Mr. CampDen recon
NANNY a personal complInent. MI. shaw
is probably aware tnat 4Mr. CampDells
Jesus is one of hundred modern recon
strucuons. 1 venture to pass all that by,
ana TO attention on the theory which
M. Snaw still entertains as literary eX-
PERI mat the Gospels are works OF art.
Inis is what l nave been saying all along.
The nero of the Gospels is construction
of early Christian imagination through sew
eral generations. THIS is the justification
OF rreethought iconoc asm and | am sur
prised that Mr.. Shaw does not see 1t. We
nave no quarrel with the Gospels wnen they
are accepted as literature We oppose them
as history and doctrine. They are respon-
sibe, as such, for the mess OF mean super
stit.ons' which are 'rammed down the
throats of children in this country 1t is
obvious, therefore, that if Bible smashing
is tedious" it is still necessary We should
have to go in for Shakespeare smashing
if Hamlet were imposed upon the nation as
a work of divine authority
MIR. Shaw imagnes, just as the common
garden Christian does, that Secularists live
on negation. Ii ought to occur to him
for he has a vivid and subtle intelligence
that every negative implies a positive, and
every denial an affirmation. Feuerbach well
said that he denied the illusions of theology
i'm order TO affirm the realities of nature.
Those who drop God have positive sub
stitu;e in Humanity. If they read the Bible
less they read other great literature more.
Emerson's poetical way of putting it is that
when the half gods go, the gods arrive.
There is something lneXpressibly comlcal
in the idea that the man who regards the
Book of Jonah as inspired is in positive
state of mind while the man who laughs at
its inspiration and much prefers Gullivers
Travels, is in q negative condition.
Mr.. Shaw is profoundly right in saying
that the clearing away of false solutions
brings YOU face to face with the problems.
This is another justification of Freethought
iconoclasm Is it not true throughout the
civilized world that the men who grapple
with the problems of life are the men who
have dismissed the false solutions? If we
are made for heaven, We are lost for earth.
In that epigram, Ingersoll sums up the
whole situation.