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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
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4 OS ANGELES, CAL-Peter Sivers.
Ia a French sheep herder, living on
Also street. accumulated a jag re-
Gently and became amorous to such
an extent that his arrest and deten-
ton on an insanity charge were
deemed necessary
Sivers in turn made love to
horse, a wagon and a hitching post,
and when locked up in the city jail
bestowed the most distracting ca
resses and salutations of love upon the
cold and unresponsive bars of his cell.
The sheep herder is the living ex-
ample of the little mustached type
who so often forms the chief fun
maker in French film moving picture
shows
He is short and slight. with a curl
ing mustache and all the rawlings and
elaborate figures of speech used by
his countrymen. Early one afternoon
Sivers began to gather about him
strengthening bottles He drank from
each in turn. without fear or favor
Any other man would have thought
a while before taking such chances.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
Shores Worth Fifty Cents Each to Him

had to stir him up every five or
ten or fifteen minutes, and | had to be
quick about it. Once he got away
from me.
I'D gone clean down to the other
end of the car, after we'd been out
about five hours. with a glass of water
for a lady, and just as | was handing
it to her heard terrible noise down
at the other end of the car. and
knew what was the matter; but the
other folks in the car didn't at first
and half of 'em jumped up. The lady
| was handing the water to did, and
pretty near upset the tray, and every
body was scared at first, and there
they were standing up or looking
around from their chairs all over the
car, the whole lot of 'em. all scowling
at my passenger.
81 made that run from New York
to Buffalo many and many time, but
it had never seemed so long to me be-
fore. We got there finally, but when
he stood up for me to assist him off
| was so tired and weak l could hardly
waggle the broom
Simmy,' he says, 4 think you did
we'll. What do you make the tally?'
Il told him that he'd been asleep
II times
Well, he says, 'Simmy, that would
make $3.50 if it had been a perfect
score, but we deduct two dollars for
the time you let me snore; that brings
it down to $3.50 suppose we could
fairly enough knock off another dollar,
half price for that half snore; but we
didn't make any special contract. he
says, about half shores, and so we
won't say anything about that. Just
let it go
Then he handed me over $3.50;
and got from the other passengers
$40, making the grand total revenue
70; the trip $500
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
Drinks and Love Mixed by Frenchn1arn

but with Sivers it was do or die. and
he plunged in boldly.
After all the bottles had been emp
tied and were lying upon the floor in
disconsolate attitudes, the Frenchraan
arose and went forth in search Of ad-
ventures. He thought he owned the
earth. He tossed his hat in the air in
an abandoned manner, and cried his
delight. He approached a horse at
tached to a bakers cart on Also
street.
'Ah. re gran horse, re big one,
lof you, lof you" screamed the en-
raptured Peter, with frantic attempts
to embrace the animal The horse,
being Of common parentage and hav-
ing no ambition to speak of, backed
away from the approaches of the little
man. Peter followed, hat in hand. max
ing the most elaborate bows in the
direction of the equine, and at the
same time casting the most beseech-
ing glances toward it.
The horse made a few attempts to
climb a telegraph pole, and Peter
transferred his affairs of love to a
picture OF a fat damsel, painted on the
side panel of the wagon. He was try
ing to encircle the wagon with his
arms in his effort to embrace this
wooden affinity, when the driver came
forth from nearby store, pried Peter
off with the toe of his shoe, and, using
the same system of transmission. de-
hvered him into the gutter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17

granted on the 2srd day of February,
1910, by the Chancrey Court of the county
of Rankin, state of Mississippi, to the
undersigned, upon the estate of James
A. Williams, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against
said estate to present same to the clerk
of said court for probate and registration,
according to law, within one year from
this date, or they will be forever barred.
This the 23rd day CT February, 1870
J. NJ. WILLIAMS, Administrator
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17

Mailing a lie won't always keep 1t
down.
Expect little. but do your everlast.
ing best to land a whole lot.
The best way to make time fly is to
borrow money for 80 days.
The best way to ascend steadily in
the world is to keep on the level
To be philosopher all you have tc
do is to preach what you don't prac-
tice.
Some peoples generosity consists
in giving away everything you tell
them
There's one advantage about tight
shoes They make you forget all your
other troubles.
1t is true that we all want a square
deal? Honestly now, isn't it a fact
that most of us want just a little the
best of it?
The average cook gets higher wages
than the average woman school
teacher. Sure! The law of supply
and demand applies here, as else
where.
It's all right to tell the worrying
man that it will all be the same 100
years from now, but he's worrying
about what is liable to happen to-
morrow.
Every tub should stand on it's own
bottom and every member of the un-
ion should be an individual fighting
man. United these individual units
would make an intelligent force that
would prevail over all distractions
1t pays to live soberly, to deal just
ly, to think kindly. to act friendship
rather than talk it. These are among
the values of life that money cannot
buy; these are the things in which
all may be rich. and none need be
poor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
WILSON HITS NAIL SQUARELY
Secretary of Agriculture Explains
High Cost CT Living by Saying
Too Many Distributors.

They have all been trying to eX-
plain why the high cost of living, and
to account for all the trouble it seems
to be making. Not one of the way-up
politicians observation-disclosures have
come within mile of the real cause
until Secretary Wilson found time to
express himself the other day when
out came the exact facts in the case,
says Dakota Farmer. The secretary
said he is organizing his forces as fast
as possible so as to make a thorough
investigation and a searching inquiry
into the reasons underlying the un
reasonable difference between the
wholesale and retail price of food
products
This is one thing which he hopes
will cast some light upon the subject.
but he continues:
TOO many persons are engaged in
the business of distribution. What we
need is more farming. Too many per-
sons are rushing to town and city and
trying to make living there, and not
enough are staying in the country. Too
many persons are trying to get along
without work, and not enough of
them are in the business of producing
something.
"One man could do the business of
distribution where 20 are now en-
gagged in it. That is the reason why
the cost of living is high and people
are complaining. People must learn
that they cannot get along without
work. and the best place for them is
on the farm, where they can raise
something"
Here is the point exactly People
have decided to live in the city
whether needed there or not, and the
only way to do this is to become mid
die men of one kind or another. This
is the prime reason why so many
cry out when the producer buys any
thing direct from the manufacturers.
The world owes us living" these
people say, but they propose to get
that living handed over to them
where they please to ask for it, and
largely by intercepting what the pro-
Queer sells and what he buys.
1t is useless for these people to
say Il don't like farming; and if /
did, lands too high"
Nonsense! An ignorant young for
eigner who cannot even speak our
language will land here next spring
in debt for his passage, and inside of
ten years, if he has the good sense to
go onto the cheap lands of Dakota or
Montana or on to the 81 to $40 lands
of central and northern Minnesota,
will own his own self-supporting farm
home, and ride in his own carriage
after his own horses. We have seen
it done time and again within that
time. and it will be done for years to
come The writer did it himself in
the backwoods of Wisconsin and on
the prairies of Dakota. and could do
it again to-day il he had to, and
would have good time doing it, too.
This kind of talk might do in the
old country where land is out of
reach, but here in a country which
until lately has been giving good land
away in 160-acre chunks, 1t is useless
to make such statements. Mr.. Wilson
has it right: TOO many are trying to
get along without work" or hardships
of any kind. They think. or try to.
that somebody. somehow or some way,
ought to hire them and pay them
wages and let them live where they
please" Mr.. Wilson Ia eminently
right
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17

NEW YORK.-"These things you
~ hear about the fortunes the Pull
man porters make" said one of them.
ARE mostly foolish; but you do once
in while gather in tips enough on a
single trip to buy an overcoat with.
spring overcoat, anyway.
Il think the most profitable single
customer ever struck was man
that rode with me once when was
running on parlor car between New
York, and the first thing he says to
me was:
Simeon that's what he called
me. Simeon, he says to me.
Il haven't had any sleep for a week,
and I'm liable to go to sleep the min.
ute sit down in this car, and when
sleep | always snore, and when |
snore I do snore. and if should snore
here I'd be liable to blow the roof off
the car and I'd be sure to disturb all
the other passengers. What want.
Simeon. is for you to look out for me
and see that | don't snore.'
Simeon, he says, keep an eye
on me, and for every time you keep
me from snoring pay you so cents.
You keep the score and | settle with
you when we get to Buffalo. But I'M
derstand.' he says. for every time you
let me snore we deduct 81 from the
total
I'VE hadn't much more'n rolled out
of New York before saw his head
go back was alongside of him be,
fore it went back the second time, but
from that on he kept me on the jump.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17

NEWARK, N. J.-Amid great enthusi-
~ asm So young men, trained to the
minute, in Junior hall, Bloomfield. en-
tered the annual pie-eating contest for
the championship of New Jersey. Five
of the contestants, as we'll as the state
record of &c pies in half an hour. fell
during the battle.
Walter w. Tappin, of Bloomfield.
was the winner of the championship.
He managed to put himself on the
outside of q pies in the allotted time.
while al least three mora. consider
ably messed up. chung about his Tea
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17

I'D UFTALO, N Y.-If there's Pied
I'D Piper anywhere in the United
States he is wanted in Pouhkeepsie to
catch Gil Monahan's rata big fat
fellow that is scampering through Gel
lars, garrets and walls with a sleigh
bell fast TO his neck
Gil is the limit" among practical
jokers When three rats were caught
in trap in Welch's cafe recently he
thought it would be a merry jest to
tie a bell TO the largest one and give
him his liberty The big rat, with his
bell tinkling merrily. scampered
across the floor and disappeared in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
To Encourage Egg Laying.

In order to get hens in prime condl-
ton to produce fertile eggs you are
required to follow as closely after ma
lures plan as possible. Provide them
with a liberal amount of green food,
together with animal food at least
twice each week If you cannot give
them a large, roomy yard, release
them from confinement at least an
hour each day.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
CITATION NOTICE.

State of Mississippi, county Of Rankin.
To w. Y. Cook. You are commanded
to appear before the Chancery court of
Rankin county, Miss, cn the 4th Monday
in March, 1910, to defend the suit in said
court of Mrs. Eva Cook, wherein you are
defendant.
JNO. A. GAYDEN.
Clerk
This end day of Feb, 1910.
]. c. Ward, solicitor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
Milk from Average Cow.

The average COW milks we'll for six
years, or until she is eight years old.
Did you ever think what small In
crease in her milking capacity for
this time would amount to? It might
be $50 or $50. or enough to buy a new
cow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
Immediate Need.

Kind Friend-"H enpeck, let me in
troduce you to Prof. Glass. the great
hypnotist, who can put anyone to
sleep within two minutes after start
Ing. Glad to meet you.
professor Come, let me Introduce you
to my wife"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
Kansas men uo acarnc1 II.

Kansas men UP Agalnot II.
Out at Hutchinson burglars have
been breaking into houses and rifling
trousers POCKETS. Added TO the yell
of swat the Ay, momns a Eewspa-
per in that town, I'VE now have the
warning sleep with your pants on
Kansas City Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
FOR SORE EYES.

Get bottle of Dr.. Agnews Eye Water
For sale at
WATSON'S JEWELRY STORE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
FOR SALE.

Ful! h,ocd Plymouth Rock eggs, $I.co
for IS. w. L. GRAIN.
Brandon, X. F. D. No. ?, box 81
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
CITATION NOTICE.

The state of Mississippi, Rankin coun-
ty,
To Amos McMullen: You are hereby
commanded to appear before the Chan
Gerry court of Rankin county, in said state,
On the 4th Monday in March, 1910, to
defend the suit in said court of Florence
McMullen, wherein you are defendant.
This the roth day of March, 1910
JNO. A. GAYDEN, Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-17
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE TX
CREDITORS.

Letters of administration having been
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
BALDWIN AND ROOSEVELT.
Governor-elect Denies Sending Back Let
ters Unopened

Baltimore, Dec 20. Governor. elect
Simeon i. Baldwin Of Connecticut came
to Baltimore as the guest of Theodore
Marburg. He will deliver two lectures
before the university Of Maryland Re-
fering to the statement that he had
returned some OF Col Roosevelts letters
unopened, the governor said:
II have never done such an impolite
thing and never intend to- | open all
Of the mail that is addressed to me and
answer everything that has to be an
swered'
Have you answered any letters OF
Col. Roosevelt's?" Judge Baldwin was
asked.
81 do not care to say. Maybe ! have
and maybe | haven't" replied the Judge
Pressed for more definite answer, be
said:
The colonel has been quoted as say
ing that he has communicated with me
since | was elected, but / do not think
that ! should say anything about that.
Asked whether the colonel had written
TO him. he said:
He has said 50 and have not denied
it"
"Will you deny it,
Il do not think ] ought to-"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
Valued Recipes Handily Kept.

Among the variety Of handy recipe
books for the housekeeper, which in
cIude bound envelopes for clippings, cab
inets with loose cards and indexed books
generally, nothing probably fits the sit
uation so well as the loose-leaf notebook,
such as students use, says the Montreal
Star One of the sort with ring fast.
eners which allow the book to open fat
is the best With it, leaf may be
removed and taken to the kitchen with
out endangerng the entire book with
kitchen smurches, and when a leaf is
mutilated or a recipe has outlived its
usefulness the leaf on which it is writ
ten or pasted may be removed.
When new recipes come they may be
inserted in their Legitimate places with
only the effort of removing and replac.
ing the back fasteners. The books that
open lengthwise are liked best by most
women. and the smaller the size of the
book the less room it will occupy.
Leaves can always be bought when the
supply runs out, and clippings may be
pasted or the recipe may be written
These loose-leaf books have taken the
place Of bound blank books for many
purposes, and set Of them for notes
OF various kinds. and even for illustra
tions. programs and other prints which
one likes to keep is a real convenience.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
Coalition Strength in British
Commons
SAME ASLASTP PARLIAMENT
The Liberals May Get One More Seat.
All but Three Places in the House
Have Now Been
Filled.

London, Dec. 20. With the final bal
lettings yesterday the general elections
have come to close Yesterdays re-
suits are not yet known, but these last
three seats were formerly held by a
liberal, nationalist and an independ-
emit nationalist The standing Of the
parties last night was as follows:
Government coalition; liberals go;
laborites 43; nationalist y; independ-
ent nationalist 10. Total 1916.
Opposition: mionists 272.
Coalition majority 1913.
The return of the nationalist and the
independent nationaHsts in the constit.
encies vet remaining to be heard from
is considered certain, but there is a
possibility Of change in Wickburgh in
Scotland which was represented in the
last parliament by a liberal, r. Munro.
The liberal majority in the January
election was 27s and It i considered
doubtful if the unionists can overcome
this.
The elections have been the most re-
markable in the history of British pol
itics and have upset entirely the cal
culations Of the uniouists, who had Sc
riously expected to gain not less than
twenty seats. On the contrary, the un-
ionists have not only gained nothing,
but are likely in the end to suffer net
loss of one
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
SALVADOR ISLAND SINKS.
Disappears Following Earthquake, Carry
ing With 1t from $50 to ITO Persons.

New Orleans, Dec. ga special cable
to the Times Democrat from Port Ii
mon, Costa Rica, says; Word from Sal
vador has reached here announcing the
sinking of small island in the. 10
pango lagoon, following an earthquake
shock 1t is asserted, though without
confirmation, that nearly all of the in
hubitants. about seventy-fye families,
were destroyed, including from $50 to
ITO men, women and children. The
earthquake shocks were felt throughout
the republic. They began early in the
evening and grew in frequency and vio-
lence as night progressed, until about
midnight, when the watchers on shore
heard the sounds of guns from the peo-
pie on the island
Shortly after that a huge bonfire was
lighted on the island and at about one
o'clock boatload Of frightened women
and children reached the mainland.
Those on board reported that other boats
were coming as fast as they could be
filled, as the island was slowly sinking
under the feet Of the inhabitants. The
boatmen Of the mainland We're appealed
to to send aid, but in view Of the con-
tinued shocks and the steadily increasing
violence Of the sea in the lagoon, the
boatmen were afraid TO venture In
deed there was no time While they
debated another and more violent tremor
shook the mainland and the fire and
other lights vanished The llopango
lagoon is a lake Of Salvador, southeast
Of the city Of San Salvador It is about
five aud half miles in length A minor
volcanic cone rose from its waters in
January, 1880 The lagoon is about
twenty-five miles from the Pacific coast
in mountainous country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
The Quickest, Simplest
Cough Cure
Easily and CheapIy Made at
Home. Saves You 81.


This recipe makes a pint OF cough
syrup-enough to last a family a long
time You couldn't buy as much or as
good cough syrup for $3.50.
Simple as 10 is, IL gives almost in
slant relief and usually stops the most
obstinate cough in "a hours. This Is
partly due 10 The fact that il is slightly
laxative, stimulates the appetite and
has an excellent tonic effect. 1t is
pleasant to take--chlldren lika IL. An
excellent remedy. too, for whooping
cough, sore lungs, asthma, throat
Nix one pint Of graduated sugar
with e pint Of warm water, and stir
for 2 minutes. Put 2 q ounces OF Piuex
(fifty cents worth) In pint bottle
aud add the Sugar syrup. Tt keeps per-
fectly. Take a teaspoonful every one,
two or three hours.
Pine IS one OF the Oldest and best
known remedial agents for the throat
membranes. PinoE is the most yalu.
able concentrated compound OF Nor
way white pine extract, and Is rich in
puialcoi and all the other natural heal
ing elements. Other preparations will
not work in this formula,
The prompt results from this recipe
have endeared it 70 thousands 81 house,
wives in the United States and Canada.
which explains why the plan has been
Initiated often, but never successfully
A guaranty OF absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded. goes with
this recipe Your druggist has Pinex
OF will get IL for you. II not, send 10
The Pinex Co. 1t. Wayne, Ind.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
THE ANFIQUATED SEAL.
A Very Small Thing, to Which Great
Importance Is Given Sometimes.


A most absurd thing connected with
legal business is the little piece of red.
green or blue paper, or daub of sealing
wax, which We often place at the end
of a signature to a deed, will or other
important document
II is a very small thing in size, but
one to which a great deal Of importance
is frequently given 1t is relic Of
antiquity, and no plausible excuse can
be invented for continuing its use.
Some of the more progressive states
have practically abolished It's use by
legislation which depriyes it of any
technical legal significance. In others.
however. II is still used with all serious
ness and solemnity, and an almost mag
ical value is given to 1t BY dignifed
judges that is little less than ridiculous.
4 man died years ago, leaving part Of
his estate 20 another to enjoy while he
lived. with the privilege of deyising it at
his death to others whom he might Sc.
lect by a writing under his "hand and
seal" A writing was executed SO de-
vising the property, but il was contested
by Others claiming the property upon
the technical ground that the paper con
tanned no seal after the signature, an0
the devise was therefore void
A wise Philadelphia Judge closely
the signature and after care.
fully listening 10 the arguments Of la,,
yers decided that at the end OF the sigma
ture there was an extra scroll or flourish
made with the pen with which the sigma
ture was made, and that this was SUN
cient in law to constitute a seal.-From
Case and Comment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-20
BOSTON SCHOONER WRECKED.
The Matiana, Carrying Sixteen Men,
Lost In Penobscot Bay; Crew Saved.


Roekland, Me-, Dee. 20.-The Boston
fishing schooner Matiana, has been
wrecked on Bay Lodges, near the Fox
islands in Penobscot bay, and is mass
OF wreckagc. The crew of fifteen men,
including the captain put off in five
dories and after rowing ten miles,
reached here safely yesterday. The
schooner, which was built at Chelsea
only two years ago and was worth about
$4,000, left Boston Friday and fished
Sunday near Matinicus rock. She had
fare Of 1000 pounds Of mixed fish.
Captain Bishop IS stranger in these
parts and late Sunday night, while try
ing to make the harbor, was off his
course Taking part Of their personal
effects, the men launched their dories
and started on the long pull for this
port When a tug reached the scene Of
the wreck shortly after daylight, moth
ing but wreckage was left Allen f.
Sylvester, a Waterman, nearly seventy
years old. who was notified Of the wreck
by the first arrivals, became so excit.
ed at the news that he died half an
hour later from heart trouble, Watch
man Sylvester was a former member Of
the city government and a longtime
ship carpenter.