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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
ALE oUEux STORY.

The we'll known novelist MIR. Will
Liam LIE Queux, can tell a story as
excellently as he can write one. One
of his anecdotes is of the way the
London Globe nearly published an
erroneous report of the death of
Queen Victoria A subeditor of that
paper, he came I'M from luncheon one
day and found ON the Exchange Te-
legraph Company's tape" the words:
Her Majesty died at IL a. m today.
Instantly the whole establishment
was thrown into that state of light
ning-like, yet methodical, energy i'm
cidental to such emergencies. The
paper was put into mourning, the
news bills got into readiness, the big
types set up, the tidings were on the
point of being launched into the
world; only-why was there no con-
firmatiOn? And at the last possible
moment of preventing so terrible a
blunder it was found that a careless
office boy had torn from the tape the
first four words of the message. In
its entirety 1T ran: John Frayling
couchman to her Majesty, died at IL
a. m. to-day"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
The Rain Tree.

A tree known as the rain tree-Pithe-
collobium Saman-is found in the drier
parts of South America. This tree
grows to the height of 60 feet, and its
leaves have the peculiar property of
condensing the moisture from the at
mosphere. So copious is this condensa-
ton that continual shower falls from
the leaves and branches until the sur
rounding soil is converted into YER
liable marsh. Places that would other
wise be barren desert are by this
means covered with the most luxuriant
forests.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
cHILD's BODY IN COTTON.
Mystery Of Texas Gin Explained by
Grewsome Find in England.

Galveston, Texas, May 8.-The find
ing of the dead body of an infant In
a bale of cotton at Manchester, Eng
land, mills, is believed to be the so
luton of the disappearance of a two
year old son of George P. Hartman
in Gilepsie county, Texas, last Deem
Der. A little boy accompanied his
father to a gin where the father had
several bales of cotton pressed. The
child was lost and never found, and
the father spent all he had searching
for tidings of his child without result
It is now surmised that in some way
the little tot got into the cotton press
and was crushed to death in bale of
cotton. The Hartmans moved FROM
Texas a few months ago to Louisiana.
The description of the body and clott-
es answered to that of the Hartman
child. The English cotton mills traced
the cotton to broker in Texas, who
in turn traced it back to the gin and
to the fact that it was the product OF
Gillespie county.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
First Use of kerosene"

Kerosene" seems to have been first
rsed in United States patent No.
1852 of March q, 1855, granted to
Abraham Gesner of Williamsburg, N.
Y, and assigned to the North Ameri-
can Kerosene Gas Light Company. In
the preamble to his specification Ges-
ner states that he has invented and
discovered a new and useful manu-
facture or composition of matter, be-
Ing new liquid hydrocarbon which I
ienominate kerosene Coal oil"
was the term in general use before
kerosene" was invented.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

'"rhe worst thing about owing peo-
ple,' sighed the woman, lis that it
seems to give them the right to ask
us such personal and impertinent ques-
lions about things that really should
be none of their business. l never
stave off my piano man, for example,
that he doesn't ask how 1t is that
/ can afford to pay so much for my
fat"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Fashion-Made Women.

Nothing in the appearance of the
woman dressed in the height of
fashion suggests that it is ever the
function of her sex to bear or nurture
children. The prediction for pow
der which one sees, even in the af4
ternoon parade along Fifth avenue
is still another denial of the bloom
and vitality of nature. Monstrous
hated, pale-faced, square shouldered
hipless and lank hmbed, these wo-
mem of the mode pass along the
street like the figures ON an Egyptian
bas relief, like an art nouveau frieze
like Puvis de Ohavannes fresco an
imated into languid semblance OF
Hfe.-NeW York Mail.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Cure for Toothache.

A London physician at meeting or
medical society stated, that extrac-
ton OF teeth was unnecessary. He
was enabled to cure the most des-
perate case of toothache. he said, uD-
less the case was connected with
rheumatism, by the application Of the
Following remedy to the diseased tooth:
Alum, reduced to an impalpable pow
der, two drachms; nitrous spirits Of
ether, seven drachms; mix and apply
to tooth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Valuable Woods Of Papua.

Seventy-nine new woods, all val
liable, have just been discovered in
Papua British New Guinea) by a
Queensland government expert.
Woods for cabinet-making and orna-
ment, for boats, piles, railway car
riages, Orders and many other uses
are among those found. The best lie
along the banks of the enormous Pa
puan rivers. The government at Port
Moresby has decided to make a
small charge for rent instead of leas-
ing free. as in the case of agricultural
lands.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
To Overcome BoiIs.

A French doctor has had great, sue
cess with scattering boils by applying
at the first sign of inflammation COM
presses wet with equal parts of tine
ture of arnica, tincture of iodine and
spirits IF camphor. Continue until the
trouble seems to be passed. If with
the congresses one drinks sulphur
water or redclover blossom tea 1t will
help to scatter the boils and over
come the tendency.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Lost Rinn Found After AZ Years.

The gold band ring which Theodore
.Geissel found while digging in his
garden recently has been claimed by
Mrs. Anna Wolf, widow of Joseph
Wolf of Woodbury., who is now sc
years old. She says it was her we'd
ding ring, which she lost AZ years
ago as she was milking COW while
living on the place. At that time dill
gent search failed to reveal it
Mantua correspondence Philadelphia
Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
On the Half Shell in Alaska.

Up in Alaska the nearest approach
they have to the oyster is the sea
urchin. The redskins up there love
the brutes. They catch them all day
long. crunch them in their fists, gulp
down the orange-colored cluster of
eggs and fling the thorny shell back
into the ocean. Sea urchins have been
the chief delicacy of Alaskan Indians
since time out of mind, and it shows
what will go in a pinch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
ENGLISH Plea for Cities Beautiful

What England wants just now is a
man, or several men, of infinite ability
and ample means, who, purely for the
sake of their art alone, will prepare
imaginary schemes showing how and
in what way our cities ought to grow
if they are to be healthy dwelling
places and beauty spots instead OF
blots upon our land.-English Building
News
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Need of companionship.

Companionship Is the one thing in
the world which is absolutely essen
tial to happiness. The human heart
needs fellowship more than anything
else-fellowship which is elevated
and enduring, stronger and purer
than itself and centered in that which
death cannot change.-Henry Van
Dyke.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
weII.Trained Memory.

ct do not recall anything on that
point" said the witness. "Oh, you
don't?" sneered the lawyer. You'd
better take memory lessons" Excuse
me- rejoined the witness suavely,
"but my memory has been trained by
one of the highest-priced lawyers in
the business. "-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
BUTTERFLY SHOOTING.

This is my butterfly gum said the
brown man. ''At the mouth of the
Amazon | shot with this gun a butter
fly that Baron Rothchild paid me
s425 for.
You see, in those tropical jungles,
the flowers the butterflies flutter
about are very high up on tall trees.
You can't climb to them. The matted
creepers, the poison orchids, and the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

big thorns see to that. You must just
shoot; it's your only chance.
Hence this butterfly collectors
gum 1t Is made like a bore with
needles eye, and you shoot from it a
tiny cartridge filled with water.
"a good shot brings down a butter
fly without so mucn as brushing
grain of dust from the bright wings"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Real Attractiveness.

a magnetic personality IS often
more powerful than ability, and is
often, very often, placed in the bal
ance against it, 1t is therefore advis-
able to exert oneself to the utmost to
cultivate that wonderful charm to the
highest degree, and she who has II
not is not so much to be pitied as
blamed, for it is, more or less. within
the reach of all
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
NOTICE.

My fine Tennessee Jack, ''BeI
Hor," will make present season a
my stables 215 miles West of Bran
don, at SO to insure. Money dul
should mare be sold or traded Al
possible care will be taken to avoiI
accident. but no responsibility shout
any occur. Ben Hur is I41s hands,
high. Your patronage solicited.
J. c. Whit
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

a bright and shining example OF man.
hood. About the limit of everything
that Is mean and cowardly and utter
~ contemplate is framed In the
whimpering words: The woman tenn
pied me and I fell. Kansas City
Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Rald.Headed and Ugly Men Exempt.

BaId-Headed and Ugly Men Exempt
A notice has been issued by the
French army authorities stating that
in future bald-headed men will be con-
sidered unfit for military service, as
well as those who are so ugly that
their ugliness may be a cause of ter
ror to those who see them. SHUTTER
ers will also be exempt.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Just What She Wanted.

Mrs. Nurich was in the jewelry
stope. Here are some new souvenir
spoons we have just got in" said the
clerk. placing a tray for her inspec.
ton. "Oh, amt those lovely!" she ex.
claimed. Il must have some of those!.
Our cook makes such lovely sou
yenir!"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
PRIVILEGE TAX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all per
sons liable to privilege taxes thai
same are due in May and unless paid
In May, 1OOper cent damages will be
charged, as the law requires.
G. w. WHITE. Tax Collector.
.spril 7th, 1909.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

Doctors and others advocate the
free use of apples for this season s
diet.
1t is claimed that if this fruit is
put ON the daily bill of fare, the liy-
er will be kept in good working order.
the skin will be clearer and the cir
culation less sluggish.
Am apple eaten in the afternoon be
tween the usual hurried luncheon and
the late heavy dinner gives the
stomach just enough to do and does
good work with the blood.
Another one should be eaten just
before going to bed at night. Even
stonlaches that can not digest a glass
of rich milk at might take kindly to
an apple 1t has no i'll effects.
In the magnificent display being as
ssnbled by Japan for exhibition at
the Alaska Yukcnr Pacific Exposition
at Seattle, will be complete silk fac
tory In daily operation \ The process
will show in detail. every step in the
history of silk from the worm in the
tree to the finished prodprt
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

A single dealer in Madrid sells an
nually 10000 larks, finches and other
small birds for food and the total
number thus consumed IS estimated at
q million in that city alone.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
Alabama & ViCkSburg
RAILWAY
Time Table.
IA.ll..|
ROUTE;

Eastbound.
To Cincinnati, Atlanta and N. Y.--
Meridian and Birmingham 3:o5 m.
!" Meridian and Cincinnati---o:3 am.
meridian Local 6:As I'm.
WestbOund.
To Shreveport and Beyond
Shreveport and Beyond pm.
I" Vicksburg Local pm,
T" VickSburg Local----o:5o a. m.
Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Car
between Shreveport and Chattanooga
connecting with through Sleepers to New
York and Cincinnati. Also Dining Car
The Shreveport and B'ham train carries.
through coaches and Sleeping Car be-
tween Shreveport and Meridian and DIM
ing Car
For rates and detailed information, ap.
ply to Ticket Agent or address
GEO. H. SMITH, Gen. Pass. Agent.
New Orleans, La
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

My home raised Jack, Is hands
high, 5 years old, will make the sea
son at my place for $40 to insure.
ROBERT CHAPMAN, Johns, Miss
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13

Wiley" the well known Jack, foI
merly owned by Ed Rhodes, will
make the season at Pelahatchie.
KERSH & JORDAN
Pei. &c. & III
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-05-13
He ADproved.

Three-year-old Tim had admired the
clouds for long time, but never
thought to inquire into their origin
until few evenings since. His moth
er explained at length how God made
the rain fall on the earth and then
took it back into the sky, to all OF
which Tim listened attentively, and
then patronizingly observed: Pretty
dood stunt for bod, isn't it?"-Har
per's Magazine.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04

Blough and Neighbors were chatting
on the porch. Mrs. Blough was in the
parlor near the window. Blough knew
she was listening and wanted to tease
her.
Had a little experience to-day" he
said to Neighbors cvonfidentially.
'Prettiest little girl you ever saw. She
was sauntering along the street some
feet behind a strolling couple. l was
walking faster, and as | caught up
with her 1 couldn't help looking at her.
she was so pretty. She caught my
look and smiled. l had no intention
of flirting, Of course, but that smile
was irresistible. Then our hands
touched accidentally, and we let them
Iinger minute. She began walking
faster to keep up with me, and we
r7ssed the couple ahead together.
When we got some distance ahead OF
them l mustered up nerve enough to
speak. Good evening" I said. and she
replied the same very rogulshly."
There was a swish OF skirts In the
Iparlor. and Blough turned in time &c
see his wife vanishing toward the hall
Thunder p he exclaimed. "Of course
the little girl was only about six years
old, but my wife didn't wait to heal
that. She's gone upstairs to cry now
and even if she accepts my explana
ton it means flowers and a party
d-ass WHAT fools we husbands be ~
St Louis Republic.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
PANAMA CANAL
| READY BY 1915
Cocktails Says Wdrshlps May Then
Pass Through.
Site of Gatun Dam Approved by the
Visiting Engineers = President
elect Taft and Party Examine the
Cut at CuIebra. and Are Much
Gratifed at the Work Done.

Panama, Feb. g." Naval vessels
will sail through the lock canal by jan
uary l, 1885," declared Lieutenant
Colonel George w. Goethals, chairman
of the Isthmian Canal commission and
chief engineer, today.
The fact that the present plan for
the lock and dam at Gatun is satisfac-
tory to the visiting engineers has
greatly encouraged people Of the canal
zone and fear of delay in the compile
tion of the work has been relieved
The engineers do not conceal their sat
isfaction as to the feasibility of the
Gatun dam.
Mr. Taft expressed the belief before
hand that the opinions of the engineers
on the Gatun site would be favorable.
Their findings, therefore, did not sur
prise him.
Today President-elect Taft and the
engineers accompanying him went tc
Culebra on special train and carefully
examined the IA miles of Culebra cut.
All were much gratifed at the great
amount of work that has been done.
Before the party arrived all dyna-
mite was removed from the workings,
to prevent any possibility of an acct
dent.
That Mr. Taft is acting as pacifica
tor in the strong post-election factiona
feeling in the republic of Panama is
indicated by the fact that both Presi
dent Obaldia and Senior Arias, one-tims
deposition candidates for the presi
dency, have been invited to American
Minister Squiers' dinner and reception
to be held tomorrow in Mr.. Taft's hon
or. Mr.. Taft called this afternoon up
on ex-President Amador, who is ILL.,
wishing to make plain that he desires
to treat all parties alike.
He will hear both sides of the com
missary system controversy, but doubt
less the commissary will continue, al
though the so-called Injuries will b.
eliminated. Mr.. Taft has expresses
full confidence in the judgment of Sec
rotary Root in this matter.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
DEFICIT GROWS IN JANUARY.
Has Increased SIS, 543, 842, But Gus.
toms Revenue Is Larger.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The monthly
comparative statement of the govern
ment receipts for January, 1909, shows
the total to have been SAT, 480, 428 and
the expenditures $63, O24, 260, which
leaves the deficit for the month $751;
SAB, 842, and for the seven months of
the present fiscal year $79, 814, 443.
The receipts from customs during
January, 1909, amounted TO $23, S1S,
$40, which is gain as compared with
January, 1908, of $547,2 The in
ternal revenue yielded $18, 672 084, as
against $40, 7d4, 1888 for January, 1908.
The total receipts were about ST.
600, 900 less for the corresponding
month last year. The expenditures,
however, were 81, 207, 900 greater than
for January, 1908.
The civil and miscellaneous expendi-
lures amounted to SIT, 244, 1872, an in
crease of $500, 900; war, S11, $780,
S66, an increase of 1900, 900; navy,
SO, 313, 1856, an increase of $3.50, 900.
The public works item shows slight
decrease.
The public debt statement shows ar
increase for the month, less cash in the
treasury, of SIC, 776, 482.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
HARTMAN FORMS ARMY
Discipline and Advancement Are Main
Features of Plan.

OiSClphnc anu HuNd1CeUlcHt fNTc NdHi
Features of Plan.
Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 1.-THE most
diffiult problem that confronts railway
arrangements today is the education
and training of the staff to fill posi-
tions."
This statement was made by Julius
Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance
and operation, of all the Hartman
lines, in explanation, in part, of new
plan of railway organization which is
being tried out on the Nebraska divis-
ion of the Union Pacific road. Under
the new scheme of organization, if il
proves successful, all of the 100, zoo
employees will be transformed into ar
army, each member of which car
aspire with hope to the highest position
in the gift of the railroad for which
he works. In fact, it is the purpose
of the Hartman management so t.
train this vast army that each private
will become fitted to fill the position
next above him.
To accomplish these purposes Mr.
Hartman has given his heads of de
partments carte blanche in the way o.
necessary expenditures, and his exam
pie in this respect must of necessity
have great influence upon other rail
way arrangements.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04

The calf, which Gideon King had
taken the summer resident to see, sur
veyed his owner and the stranger with
wary eye. "Er-what breed Is your
calf?" asked the visitor.
Mr.. King removed wisp Of straw
from his mouth and said;
THAT critters father gored a justice
O. the peace, knocked a lightningrod
agent end over end, and lifted tramp
over a picket fence: and as for his
mother, she chased the whole Banbury
brass band out O. town last Fourth OF
July. II that amt breed enough to
pay So for, you can leave him be. I'm
not pressing him on anybody"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
Inflated Boat Mystery.

Norfolk, Va, Feb Hidden be-
meath the turbulent waves that roll
over Diamond shoals, IA miles off Cape
Hatteras, N. c., the secret Of the iden-
tity of the mysterious steamer which
went down there early yesterday, re-
mains untold. No clew to corroborate
the testimony of those few aboard the
Diamond shoals lightship who witness
ed, helpless to aid, this latest tragedy
of the well-named graveyard of the
Atlantic" was obtained today.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
INCEST IN HISTORY.
1sfts Expressed Wish About Inau-
guration to be Fulfilled.


guration to be Fulfilled.
Washington, Feb. LII want the
very incest Inauguration in historyW
That's what w. H. Taft said to half
a dozen headIiners in the house of rep
resentatives on the occasion of his last
visit to Washington, and it goes to
show that folks don't know what they
are talking about when they say that
the president-elect is trying to dodge
all the frills and fuss and feathers at
tending his induction into Office
Those members of congress with
whom the president-elect talked have
been doing missionary work to secure
pledges of enough votes to insure the
passage of the joint resolution autho-
rizing the use of the pension office for
the inaugural ball. Four years from
now Washington will have an immense
auditorium to hold the biggest crowd
that ever gathered to honor president.
But this year it is safe proposition
that the ball will be held in the pen
sion Office and it will be wonder.
The programme is divided into five
important features and others of less
interest.
First. the imposing military division
of the pageant, which is being srrang-
ed on big scale by Major-General j.
Franklin Bell, who has been appointed
grand marshal.
Second, the civic organization divi-
sion of the parade, with Major Thomas
P Morgan, chairman of the committee
in charge, as marshal.
Third, the great display of fireworks
on the White Lot, just in front of ths
White House, in combination with the
illumination of the streets of Washing
ton throughout the downtown section
the dome of the capitol and the Wash
ington monument, and a drill and dis
play of pyrotechnics by the Republican
Flambeau club of Minneapolis.
Fourth, the inaugural ball in tn
pension building, the biggest bricl
structure in the world.
Fifth, the forenoon parade of Amer
lean veteran soldiers and sailors of tn
G. A. R., the United Spanish War Vet
Grams and the Army and Navy Union
which will form the escort of honor TO
President-elect Taft and Vice-Presi
dent-elect Sherman, from the Whit
House to the capitol, where they vii
take the oath of office, preceding tn
big parade and other features.
The latest reports from the chairma
of the general committee indicate tina
the inauguration of Taft and Sherma
will be a record breaker, both as t
features and attendance, and that Their
will be many innovations.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
STUDENTS ATTACK JAP.
Graduate From Toxic University Is
Beaten by His Fellows.


Beaten by His Fellows.
Berkeley, CAL, Feb. Following
the removal of agitation for anti-Jap-
anese legislation by the state legisla-
ture, Kenji Kaneko, graduate of the
Imperial university at Toxic and a
student at the University of California,
was attacked by eight white students
this Afternoon and chased off the uni
versity campus. AS a result of the in
cident, the Berkeley Japanese associa-
tion, numbering about 1000 members,
has declared its intention of demanding
that the Japanese consul general at San
Francisco make representations to the
American government through Ambas-
sador Takahira in Washington.
Vice Consul General Takahashi,
when seen at the Japanese consulate
tonight, stated that the alleged attack
upon a japanese student at Berkeley
had not been called to his attention.
at is matter for the police court, -
said the vice consul general. Even
should it be officially reported to me
consider it too trivial to pay any atten-
| ton TO it. "
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-02-04
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