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The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
ESSAYS ON MOST ANYTHING.
The Moon.

L ne NAOOn-
IT HE moon is pale yellow affair
which sails over the earth at night
and exercises a strange influence over po-
tatoes, oceans lovers and dogs It var
ies I'm size from a haystack to a pump
kin, according TO the Idea OF the man
who sees 1t. 1t gives some light but
is not warm TO the touch and does not
reduce the coal bill any There is only
one moon in this vicinity, but sometimes
IL appears double This is not the fault
Of the moon. but OF the man who sees
H.
The moon appears early in the month
In a very emaciated condition, gradually
swells into a full disc and then fades
away to a thin crescent before disap-
pearing 1t keeps on rising later and lat
lighting purposes by stlngy cities and
for chaperone In summer time by
young people. No other use has been
found for II even in this utlitarian age.
The moon is 240OOO miles away from
the earth and connections are very bad.
There is no travel at all between the
two places. Even Great Britain has
neglected 10 plant her flag on it and
claim II as a colony. Scientists claim that
human life could not exist on the moon
because Of the lack OF atmosphere. still,
Paris claims that New York has no at
mosphere, and there is more life per cap
ita there than anywhere else on the
globe.
Recent theories hold that the moon
was an Independent planet which was
running wild and was caught by the at
traction Of the earth. This combats
with the older theory that the moon was
thrown off by the earth while the latter
was i'm a nebulous condition like the
democratic party Scientists OF sober
judgment, however. believe that the
moon put where IL is to furnish
something of interest to Morgan and
Hartman when nothing loose is left on
earth.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
BY GEO. FITCH

hotel. This course, If pursued, will save
much trouble.
Choosing Your Steamer.
when you have fully made up your
mind to 20 to Europe ana have saved
most Of your money look over the steam
er advertisements and pick your steamer.
Pick your preference, your second prefer
ence. and then your third, fourth, fifth
and sixth preferences. Then pick out
your seventh preference and write for a
berth. There is no use OF bOthering
about the others because the berths viii
all be sold anyway.
In looking over the advertisements you
Will find prices marked, First class,
S45 20 $40" or otherwise. IF you are OF
the $40 financial class you will lay your
plans TO go by $40 steamer aud will
ind that the $40 refers to servants
quarters and that $50 will be about all
from you. This Is a neat little dodge
and Is worked by all companies.
After having purchased your tickets,
at least two days should be set aside
for listening TO old travellers who Will
assure you that your boat is the very
worst one on which you could go. 1t
is, Of course, best to know this in adj
vance.
Souvenirs
Before you go you will discover that
several hundred friends are expecting
some little thing in the way OF a souve-
mir when you return. This can readily
transform your trip into a drudgery, If
not bankruptcy, II you are not careful.
exact wishes. Write them down careful
ly Then sean the papers when you ar
rive In Europe for steamer that has
been lost at sea, and announce ont yOur
return that all your souvenirs were sent
across on this boat. If no boat is so
accommodating as to be lost. buy them
at Coney island on your return. They
are cheaper on this side. anyway. By
following this plan, you will be able TO
see something Of Europe outside OF the
souvenir shops
Saying Good Bye.
Saying good bye begins week before
you leave town and IS a very engross-
ing occupation. Old travellers simplify
1t by learning the following and reeling
it Off the minute they are stopped.
yes, I'm just running over to Eu-
rope-only a couple of weeks-yes, yes
need the rest-do you? I'll look him
up-wait till | take that down-the Rip
roaria-we sail on the nth. Yes, those
slow boats are much more comfortable.
Certainly, I'll send you a souvenir card
thank you-the middle Of September
Good bye-yes, I'll drop in and see him
Good bye"
BY talking this into a phonograph and
hiring a small boy to carry the machine
In front Of you much exertion will be
saved. Merely refer your friends to the
phOnograph. You will wonder at the
marvellous intelligence of the machine.
II will answer every question in order.
Go be Continued)
IT HUS far no ill-advised person has
risen this year TO curse the man who
sits on the end seat Of an open car. For
years the favorite recreation Of reform
ers has been TO lambast this unfortun.
ate individual. He has been dubbed
the lend seat hog" Laws have been
asked to cause his determination.
Strong men have sought public favor by
throwing him into the street and life
has in general been made one dizzy
whirlwind for him. OF late, however,
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

"Howdy, Silas2-Can't complain.
Purity weather since tn rain.
Ya-as, the roads is middlin' good
Take the hills on high, you should.
They amt nothing fer my car.
She Jest climbs 'em near an far.
SWEETEST little trick that's made
What's that Silas2 Say you'll tradel
"Haw- w-haw-haw-you make me smile.
Your old ark is out of style.
Gears is chawed and tires wore;
Can't climb hills fer shucks no more.
Burns her weight in gasoline;
Heats and bucks and acts up mean;
Timers bum and pump is worse
Wouldn't back ye 'gainst hearse.
whats that, neighbor7 Why, fer shamel
Never has a busted frame;
Never balked on any hill;
Don't boil water like still.
Nonsense! She just misses when
Mixtures heavy now and then.
Any cIank'n ben, you know,
When you throttle down too low.
"I don't want your burned old buss;
Screeches like fiend and wuss-
Gimme fifty, then, to boot
What YOU FIFTY? You galootl
Fifty for that pile of junk,
Engine cracked and body shrSnk,
Wheels like dishes9 Man alive,
She amt cheap at twenty
"Durn your hide, my clutch'll hold
When your bones hey turned to mold.
twenty-five to boot, say.
How Il you haul my car away2
Say, doggone it, one rear spoke
S'only thing that's ever broke.
II I'd smashed my old tin hood
Like you did I'd talk, would.
TRADE her even, then, you say2
It's a bargain. That's my way.
Wake things up and make 'em spin.
Waitl III crank her Now jump in.
Pull her over easy-so.
Ship the clutch Why don't she go9
Say, clean forgot one thing
Gears been stripped since June, b'iingl"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

Hope is what a woman uses for
sense when she picks husband.
The modern alchemist is the man
who tries to make gold out of hon
esty.
A gold mine and fools money are
soon mated.
Life will be more pleasant when
self-made men begin to equip them
selves with Maxim silencers.
One of the reasons why it keeps
costing more to live all the time is
because the luXuries of today are the
necessities of tomorrow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
FROM THE WoMAN's PAGE.

1t is extraordinary how few women
comprehend the hairpin's full capa-
city. For example, the hairpin may
be used:
AS a gimlet-to bore holes in soft
wood, pasteboard or plaster walls.
AS an egg beater-two or three has
pins held together will beat eggs
much better than the various patent
machines upon the market.
As a pen-some very important let
tiers have been scratched by debun-
tantes in dim Conservatives upon the
sticks of fans.
AS a snore-cure-fasten to the lips
it keeps them together, thus COMPEL
ing nasal breathing, which kills the
snore.
The hairpin's uses in manicuring,
in the eradication of wrinkles, and
in other beauty operations are per.
haps well known, while no doubt all
women-in these days of women's
clubs are acquainted with its ex
cellence as a corkscrew and cigarette
holder
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
AN EFFECT OF WAR.

Philip J. Harlow of Philadelphia,
who spends much of his time in To-
kyo on business, said to a Washing
ton Herald reporter that Japan, since
her war with Russia, had followed a
by no means unprecedented or un-
exceptional course in suffering from
a marked accession of domestic law
lessnesS.
'Disbanded troops" continue Mr..
Harlow, particularly those which
were recruited from the coolie class,
returned camp followers andmany 9th
ers, have developed much real trouble
and widespread concern. Cases of
assault and battery are becoming
alarmingly common. Crimes result
ing from indulgence in debauchery,
formerly almost unknown are now nu
merous. Highway robbery, even in
the outskirts of large cities, are OF
not infrequent occurrence. Blackmail
is practiced. There are reports of
open attacks upon dwelling houses
by mobs while strikes and labor RI
OTIS attain menacing proportions of
deadly violence. Along the coast and
on the inland sea piracy is practiced,
cargo vessels have been looted and
women have been abducted from pas
senger ships.
This state of affairs is not an I'M
natural sequence of the war It's de-
velopement is greatly favored by the
inadequency of the Japanese police
system. In the cities TIL. police do
not patrol the streets, but remain
stationary at certain points. When
n
ry wooden clappers with which they
keep up an incessant racket, which
of course, warn evil-doers OF their ap-
proach and makes detection of crime
all but impossible. Whenever mob
gathers the police seem to be afraid
of it, and try to avoid it. Nor is
this altogether strange when 1T Is
remembered that the police receive
the wretched pay of only So or IS
a month, and are regarded as one OF
the lowest classes of police servants.
The judicial authorities, moreover,
pay too little attention to civil as
from military offenses,
a circumstances which directly en-
courages crime and disorder.
1.-The root of the trouble is that
Japan, while she has come to the
forefront of civilization in many re-
spects, in some respects still clingsl
to medieval methods. She has a
twentieth century army and navy, but
tenth century police, and system OF
civil authority and Jurisprudence
lar behind the times. 1t seems pro-
oable also that she needs some I'M
proved national standard OF ethics
and morals, such as that which Chris |
ianity at least theoretically provides
or Western nations Her sBushido'
S superb scheme of patriotic "hon-
" but it does not appear to meet
he requirements of everyday life in
lines of peace and amid the compli-
.ated problems of modern civilization
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY the power vested in me as
Trustee in a certain Deed of Trust,
executed by Henrine Carter, to Sc
cure a note due Mrs. C. S. Harris, sal
Deed of Trust was filed for record
January 24th, 1908, and recorded IN
book 66 and on page 276, in the Of
flee of the Chancery Clerk, of Rankin
county, Mississippi, in Brandon, Miss
Default having been made in the
payment of said Indebtedness, | will
on Tuesday the 9Th day of April, 1909
between the hours of 10 and II An
offer for sale and sell to tn highest
bidder for cash the following describ-
ed property
The land described as the N. 3.
" of the N. w. II and ten (10) acre
off of the North end of the S. g. Y
of N. w. ", all said land being In
section 5, township 5, and range
East, in Rankin county, Mississippi
also one mule and six head OF cat
tie.
Said property will be sold to pay
said Indebtedness and all costs. Title
to same is believed to be good bu'
|I will convey only such title as i
vested in me as Trustee.
This the 3rd day of March, 1909
T. T. COTTRELL, Trustee
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
HEROES OF MANILA PASSING.
coghIan, Gridley, Wild and Wood
Have Sailed Last Voyage.
washington Starr

Of the eight battle captains who
sailed with Dewey into Manila Bay,
May 1, 1898, four are but memories
in the hearts of the American people,
for with the death Dec. 5, of
"Hoch der Kaiser Coghlan, the
fourth of this little galaxy of naval
stars was piped to quarters. Not
even one of the surviving captains is
in active service today, for all, with
the ranks of rear admirals, have been
retired, and are living in different
parts of the country One, now Rear
Admiral Lamberton, makes his home
in this city.
Once a year the Dewey captains
gather at dinner, when the old battle
is refought and the old memories re-
told. But a few months ago, on the
anniversary of that May morning S
battle five of them dined together.
Now, before the year has passed,
Admiral Coghlan has gone, and next
May but four of the grizzled sea
dogs will join hands<and hearts over
the board.
Then what Of the men who by the
death of Rear Admiral Joseph B.
Coghlan have been brought again
into the public eye? The eight cap
tains who answered along the line of
signal which to Captain Gridley read.
'tFire when you are ready" and hurl-
ed their ships through the network OF
mines which lined the harbor and
against the belching of the guns OF
Cavite wrote hitherto untouched
page in the history of naval warfare.
The aggregate tonnage of the Dewey
squadron, some 19,061 tons, was less
than the single tonnage of that ship,
the first of the new type of American
Dreadnought launched recently, the
North Dakota.
Captains Gridley, Coghlan and
Wood are dead, and those who still
| live prove no less the quality Of the
stuff of which the battle captains
were made, and their little alcove in
the hall of naval history is unique
| and unlike all others.
Captain Gridley presents the char
acteristic example of the sterner stun
of which these men were made. Vine
the Spanish squadron was sighted
that morning and the orders to go
ahead, were given Captain Gridley
was i'll in his stateroom. The Ad.
miral had selected the Olympia. Grid
ley's ship, as the flag ship, and the
Captain unflinchingly assembled to his
post of duty, still racked by the pains
and agues of Asiatic fever. The or
der came to fire, and Gridley stuck
to his post, fighting his ship with ad
mirable observation-disclosures until the
white flag appeared on the Spanish
squadron but the masts and towers
producing above the blue of the Ash
attic bay. The battle being over, Grid
LEY collapsed, to be invalided to q
naval hospital, where death followed
shortly.
Dewey's fleet was differed by the
| following: Olympia Flagship sec
ond class cruiser, 1865 tons, Captain
Charles ". Gridley (dead) Baltimore
second-class cruiser, 4,413 tons, Cap
tain Nemias M. Dyer; Raleigh, third
class cruiser, 3,183 tons: Captain
Joseph b. Coghlan dead; Boston
| thirdclass cruiser 5000 tons, Captain
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
A SOUTH LOUISIANA FISH STORY

Shreveport thought she had the priz
fish story of the year when a well
known oil operator returned from the
Caddo field some time ago and re-
ported that his we'll was producing
blind perch, supposedly from some sub
terranean lake hundreds of feet be-
meath the surface of the earth. This
story has held the center of the
stage until now. However, Morgan
City came forward with a tale of a
monster cat fish which carried both
fishing and hunting license
around with it. AS both licen-
ses were made out in the name of
another they were confiscated and
delivered to their rightful owner.
; The catfish in question was taken
from the waters of the Upper
Grand Lake, and was so large that
the fisherman who caught him
thought he had a shark on his line
until he drew the big fellow up and
saw his flat head and characteristic
fins. After fierce battle with the
monster he was captured and sold
to fish dock at Morgan City. There
the huge cat was being prepared for
shipment, when the fishing license
was discovered. It was enclosed In
a watertight tin box, and along with
1t was hunters license, properly
drawn and signed by the officials
of the parish. The license showed
that they had been issued to people
of Acadia parish, and bore the sig
nature of the sheriff They were not
damaged from being swallowed and
carried around, and were returned to
their owners after being taken from
the fish.
The tin box containing the license
had been accidentally dropped over
board ten days before it was found,
and the owners of the licenses had
obtained duplicates.
In view of the apparently truthful
record in this case, the law and the
evidence being with Morgan City,
Shreveport gets down off that perch
(story) with the best grace possible.
Next!-Shreveport Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
Alabama & ViCksburg
RAILWAY
Time Table.

EastbOund.
To Cincinnati, Atlanta and N. Y.------.
Meridian and Birmingham 3:o5 pm.
" Meridian and Cineinnati---o:3 am.
meridian Local -6:4s D. m.
WestbOund.
To Shreveport and Beyond
" Shreveport and Beyond I:53 pm.
Vicksburg Local ZOO pm.
Vicksburg Local a. m.
Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Cai
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 Din
ing Car.
For rates and detailed information, ap.
ply to Ticket Agent or address
GEO. II. SMITH, Gen. Pass. Agent.
New Orleans, La
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
A MUskRAT's cLEvERNEss.

The Ice on the New Hampshire
lake was still unbroken.
Them there muskrats'll swim two
or three miles under the ice. I'VE
seen him do It," said the guide.
How do they breathe, Jake?"
I'll tell We. The muskrat he takes
q big breath, and he plunges into the
cold water. and he swims right out
where the ice is-not a bit afeared.
Then, when he can't hold his breath
no longer, he sticks his nose right up
ag'in' that ere Ice ceilin', and blows
out a long breath. The breath makes
a big air bubble, the ice oxygenizes
the air in the bubble, so as it's real
good to breathe ag'in', and old Mr..
muskrat he just draws it down into
his chest and swims on his way.
The air he started out with can
be oxygenized seven or eight times
that thar wav before it gets too poor
for breathin', and the muskrat'll cove
about two miles before he has to
come to the surface"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
BOOK FARMING.

A recent issue OF the New York
Evening Post contains an interesting
article by an amateur farmer who
became a professional in three years.
He was a New York newspaperman
who, for reasons considered adequ-
ate by himself, left the city for a
WORKOUT abandoned farm. The
first years crops were a pitable fail
ure. What reached maturity at all,
and there wasn't mucn that did, be-
came marketable many days too late
to command prices worth while, and
the amateur farmer was the laugh
ing stock of his experienced neigh
bors. That winter he put in study
ing the books on farming, learning
what he could about the scientific
treatment of soils, the rotation of
crops, when and how deep to pillow,
and lot of other things farmers
ought to know, The second summer
he did a little better, but not particu-
larly WELL When the growing sea-
son was over he went at his books
again, working as hard as he had
warked on his old newspaper job. Tn
third spring he had his exhausted
land in fine condition, he got his seed
into the ground a little before his
neighbors thought it worth while
to plant, and he knew what to do to
get results out of his plants when
they began to grow. That year he
made $1046 per acre on his toma-
toes, with other things in proportion.
Ohio State Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
ALL SORTS.

woman's club in an organization
designed to syndicate the secrets of
its embers.-Charlesto News and
Courier
Dust to Mud: Little girl say,
ma, amt l made of dust? Mother
Yes, dear. Little girl-Well, why
don't / get muddy when 4 drink?
you are not prejudiced In favor of
either candidate, are you? You are al
solutely unbaised?" Sure They've
Goth paid me the same amount. -
Clsrt land Leader.
The Most Likely Place: Money
doesn't grow on bushes" declared
the purveyor of bromides. That's
right" assented the other half
of the sketch. mot even in the gold
fields. kansas City Journal.
Groom-Good gracious, Master Tom
Where ave you been, gettin' your
self all over mud like that? Master
TOm-Well dad said l would mt be
be a horseman till I'd had seven falls
so l thought I'd just get it over. =
Punch
A New Standard: II knew they wer
putting on airs. They let on that
their silyerware was all sold and now
the whole world knows it isn't. :"
"How did it come out?' Burglars
broke into their house the other
night and didn't take a thing" De
troit Free Press.
No Temperament: Zone of your
daughters married an artist, did she
not?" Yes, and he beats her dread
fully" "The artistic Temperament.
Who did her sister marry?" "a coal
HEAVIER, and he loves her devotedly
and never gives her cross word"
"How uneventful life must seem with
an unthinking cold like that. "-Hous-
ton Post.
"A farmer has to take chances like
any other business man." says the
citizens who are Interested in thel
uplift. YES" answered Mr.. Corntos-
sci. I'm willin' to take all kinds
of chances. l answered most ever
circular anybody sends me. But FL
never yet had the nerve to depend
on free distribution seeds for my
vegetables. Washington
Star.
No longer papooses: The teacher
had been telling the children Of
North American Indians, and duringl
the course of her remarks stated
that an Indians wife is called a
'squaw.'' Now, children, she con-
tinued, eff an Indian mamma is call
ed squaw,' what do you think they
call the little babies?" A sober youth
In the rear of the room replied: IF
the mamma is called a squaw,I guess
they call the babies squawkers. =
Judge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
BURNING MINES OF UTAH-BY
EDWIN TARRISSEE.

Through long line of cliffs from
Colorado to Central Utah, and then
Southwest toward Arizona, extensive
beds of coal are found, and recent
geological investigation into this coal
formation has developed what may be
termed burning mountains. or coal
beds, a fire with surface indication
for ages past.
The coal fields of Utah are some
what widely separated, and even the
little explored; therefore very little
is known of their productive area.
The edges of these beds come to
the surface in these cliffs nearly one
thousand feet above the border ing
desert, and in ages past this coal
has burned into the mountain cliffs
until smothered by the accumilations
of ashes and covering of superincum-
bent rocks; in places the heat of this
burning coal has been SO intense as
to melt the rocks.
From surface appearances the
fires have gone out in these cliffs,
but at one point in the canon OF
Prince River, where the coal is be-
ing mined, the rocks are found to b
uncomfortabIy hot and the miners
were compelled to retire for fear the
fires would again break out.
Other coal fields lie in the desert
west of Green Rievr the Goals are
burning, and have been without ces-
sation since they were discovered by
the earliest explorers. The origin of
these fires has been the subject of
much speculation.
Three explanations are commonly
heard among the Mormons, who in
habit this peculiar country where the
mountains burn.
One explanation is that lightning
has by chance struck the edges OF
these coal beds at various times
since these mountains were lifted up.
Another is that forest fires raging
in the mountains came in cantact
with exposed coal. The more thought
full point out that the forests in this
desert region are too sparse for for
est fires to occur.
Still another and more common ex-
PLANTATION is that the Indians built
their campfires under the protect
ing lodges of the mountains against
the coal, and it was thus ignited.
They point to the fact there are ruin
of the habitations of cliff dwellers
here, and that in their day the Goals
began to burn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-03-25
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.

Department of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Jackson, Miss, March
5, 1909. Notice is hereby given that
John F. Marshall, of Rufus, Miss.
who, on February 6, 1903, made
Homestead Entryf No. 1886, Seria
No. O1292, for sw1-4 se1-4, section
II, township An, range Be, ChoctaW
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final 5-year proof, to estab
lish claim to the land above describe
before Chancery Clerk of Rankin
county, on the 18th day of April
'606l
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. d. Ferguson, of Lynwood, Miss
j. P. Franklin, OF Rufus, Miss.
J. H. Walters, of Rufus, Miss.
G. w. Collier, of Lynwood, Miss.
L. @. C. LAMAR, Register