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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

AN "oRcANIzED GOSSIP"
Dissenting View on Prof. Cooley's
Analysis of a Newspaper.

Analysis of a Newspaper.
Prof. Charles H. Cooley, in his re-
cent volume on Social Organiza
tion,'' has discovered that the mod.
ern newspaper is the organized COS.
sip" in the actual process Of nervous
communication in the new social
Leviathan. Admitting that the news.
papers essential function is a "bul-
letfn of important news and medium
for the interchange of IDEAS" he
adds:
The bulk of it's matter, however, is
best described by the phrase organ
lied gossip. The sort of intercourse
that people formerly carried on at
cross-road stores or over the back
fence has now attained the dignity
Of print and an imposing system.
That the bulk OF the contents Of
a newspaper is OF the nature Of COS
sip may be seen by noting three
traits which together seem to make
a fair definition OF that word. 1t Is
copious, designed to occupy, without
exerting, the mind. 1t consists most
iy of personalities and appeals to
superficial emotion. It is untrust-
worthy-except upon few matters OF
moment, which the public is likely to
follow up and verify. These traits
any one who Is curious may substan-
tate by study Of his own morning
journal
Allowing the difference in the ways
different readers might classify diff
ferent items, and also for variations
from the journalistic mean which the
paper in question represents, 1t would
seem that the bulk OF the contents OF
q newspaper is very incorrectly de-
ecribed by the term organized gos-
SIP" at least II gossip L. used in our
professors disparaging sense. AS to
the charge of lack OF veracity, pro
fessional modesty tnpsls US to be re-
ticent. But If the reader, in a quiet
hour, will recall the Information he
acquires from other sources than the
daily papers upon matters OF mo.
ment, we doubt not that be will think
better Of the hasty verdict which
brings the accuracy OF the newspa-
per under the condemnation of habit
ual untruth. And as for the last
characteristic Of gossip. that ut is
copious, designed to occupy, without
exerting, the mind" and thereby, as
prof Cooley implies, seeming worse
'for venturing to share with litera
ture the use Of the printed word"
we venture in difidence to suggest
that some very tolerable literature is
of the same character Homer, or
Boswelps Johnson, we presume, Is lit
erature, or even Stevenson's "Virgini-
bus Puerisque," but none of them, by
his leave, exerts the mind to any un
comfortable degree.-New York Even
ing Post
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

virtues and values OF Munyon's Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
juice of the Paw-Paw fruit. / un-
hesitatingly recommend these pills as
being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded Send US postal or
letter, requesting free package of
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills. and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson SITS. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

but he did not help me. For months
/ was laid up and did not walk step.
At last l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and all-my troubles disappeared.
In a few weeks 1 was so changed my
friends could hardly believe it.
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
CUT OFF IN INFANCY.

Mrs. Jones had been reading Of
germ-laden bank notes.
Goodness gracious" she exclaim-
ed. George, do you know how deadly
dangerous money really is?'
q should say I do" replied her
husband. Look at the number OF
bills it has killed at Albany alonel"
Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
The fourteen Errors Of lie.


The fourteen mistakes of life
Judge Rentoul told the Bartholomew
Club are:
To attempt to set up our own
standard of right and wrong and ex-
pect everybody to conform to 1t.
To try to measure the enjoyment
of others by our own.
To expect uniformity of opinion in
this world
To look for Judgment and expert
ence in youth.
To endeavor to mould all DISPOSE
lions alike.
Not to yield in unimportant tribes.
To look for perfection in our own
actions.
TO worry ourselves and others
about what cannot be remedied.
Not to alleviate IL we can all that
needs alienation.
Not to make allowances for the
weaknesses of others.
To consider anything impossible
that we cannot ourselves perform.
To believe only what our finite
minds can grasp.
To live as if the moment, the time.
the day were so important that it
would live forever.
To estimate people by some outside
quality, for it is that within which
makes the man-London Evening
Standard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
OITR FUNNY FUNNINESs.

Sniff-The barbarism of it makes
my blood boil Just look at this pic
ture Of strike riot!
Shank-Ha! ha! That's the comic
supplement you're looking at. Those
boys are simply putting their grand
mother in the cistern.-Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
II You Are a Trifle Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, many people
wear smaller shoes by using Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder, to shake into
the shoes. It cures Tired, Swollen, Sweat
ing Feet. just the thing for Breaking in
FREE. Address A S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. Ny.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
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Seattle is reducing its steep hills.
When the work planned is COM
pleted 100000 cubic yards of ma
terial will have been removed. Hy-
draulic sluicing is the method en-
ployed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
A Package Mailed Free on Request OF
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAWP PILLS
The best Stomach and

The best Stomach and
Liver Pills known and
a positive and speedy
cure for Constipation,
Indigestion, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Sour Stom-
ach, Headache, and all
ailments arising from q
disordered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concen-
trated form all the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

The London hanson seems to be on
the decline. Other types Of convey
ances are taking its place.
The wasp can cut its way through
a seashell.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

The conditions under which a
street lamp should prove its efficiency
are very different from those which
govern the indoor lamp. This was
brought out clearly in a recent adj
dress before the New York Section of
the Illuminating Engineering Society
by DR.. Clayton H. Sharp. He pointed
out that while in the building it is
advantageous to have much of the
light of a lamp pass upward and be
reflected by the ceiling, in the case of
a street lamp this would be great
fault, for the vertical rays would be
lost. Only those rays that are cast
directly downward and horizontally
up and down the street can be util-
lied. For this reason he has devised
a reflector consisting of a pair of par
abolic mirrors arranged to throw the
rays in the direction of the street, so
that practically all of the light will
be used to best advantage. Thus, in
place of having the street lighted in
spots, as is now the case, more
continuous illumination is provided
Scientific American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
BRUISES AND STRAINS

"Cholly's club and Ferdy's club got
up teams and played a game of ball
for the benefit of hospital"
Make any money for the hospital?"
"No, but they made considerable
business for t-"-Louisville Courier
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

ton. MY ankles anu
wrists swelled and
puffy sacks appeared
beneath my eyes.
The pain when pass
ing the kidney secre-
tions was often so
great as to make me
scream. ! was treat
ed by a physician,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

1t is said that Professor Karl Har-
ries, of the University of Kiel, has
produced a synthetic rubber. At
tempts such as this have been made
time and again, but with no COM
mercial success.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Observation-Disclosures
icines have done for
me. The doctors said
/ had a tumor, and l
had an operation,
but was soon as bad
againas ever.Iwrote
toyoufor advice, and
began to take Lydia
z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
rs you told me to
do. l am glad to
say that now ] look
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
WHY NOT?

Senator Wombat has just read
Lucille for the first time. Says it
is a magnificent poem"
Enthusiastic about it, is hep
$50 much so that he wants to have
1t reprinted as a public document. "
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Reinforced concrete continues to
widen the range of its application.
The Western railroads are preparing
to build this summer long stretches
of reinforced concrete sheds. These
will not only be stronger than the
present timber structures, but they
will be entirely safe from the menace
of fre.-Scientific American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
FOr COLDs and GRIP.

Hicks Capudine Is the best remedy
relieves the aching and feverishness--
cures the Cold and restores normal
conditions It's HQuid-effects immA-
diately. 10c. Csc and soc. at drug storea
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watsry Eyes and
Granulated Eyelids. 1t Soothes Eye Pain.
Murine Eye Remedy Liquid, 25c and 5Oc
Murine Eve Salve &c d SInn
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

A new inf1ammable celluloid has
been patented by Professor A. Gau-
tier. The chief feature of the pro-
cess is the employment of an ether
silicate instead of pure ether, which
is ordinarily used with alcohol as the
solvent in the agglutination of nitro
cellulose fbers by means of camphor.
Scientific American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
NOT ALL LEYTTY.

do drummers really get business
by telling funny stories?"
Depends altogether upon the Gus
TONER" replied the travelling sales
man. Sometimes tell funny stories
and sometimes abuse the trusts"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
HE NEYER SMILED AGAIN.

HE NEWER SMILED AGAIN.
why is little Johnny pining away?'
He saw lady passing and yelled,
There's a mouse! And it was a
suffragette in boomers She didn't
iumn '-Cfeveland Leader.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

AWAITING HER CHANCE.
Maud do wish Tom would hurry
up and propose
Bthel-But thought you didn't like
him.
Maud don't / want to get rid
Of him-Boston Transcript
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Constipation causes and seriously aggra.
Yates many diseases Tt ia thoroughly
cured by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar
coated granulea
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

The University of Paris and the
Pasteur Institute have been author
lied to conduct jointly laboratory
of radio-activity located in Paris.
This new laboratory will be divided
into two sections, one Of which is re-
served for scientific researches under
the direction of Madame Curie, while
the other will be devoted to medical
applications of radio-activity, and is
placed under the direction Of the Pas
teur misunderstanding American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
POWER OF SUGGESTION.

Angry Man Cat the telephone)-
You go hang yourself, Smithers! (Af-
ter a pause) Do you hear me?
Central-Your party hung up!-
Puck
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
a seashel.

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup for Cnildren
teething softens the gums. reduces lnnamA-
ton allays pain cures wind colo no bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Whether from Colds, Heat Stomach
or Nervous Troubles, Capudine will re-
lieve you. It's liquid-pleasant to take
acts. imm emiately. Try it. loo. Csc.
and Soc at drug stores.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
TUMOR OF
YEARS
GROWTH
Removed by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound

Holly Springs, Miss. words are
inadequate for me to express what |
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
SCREAMED WITH PAIN.
Rochester, N. Y, Woman's Terrible
Suffering From Kidney Trouble.

Mrs. F. NJ. Carnrike, $50 Allen ST.,
Rochester, N. Y, says: MY kidneys
and bladder were in terrible condi-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

We begin to die as soon as we are
born. and the end is linked to the be-
ginning.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
Hfs CONSTITUENTS.

Ever had 'em strew flowers in
your path as you returned home, Sen
ator?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

II you owned the earth, warns the
Louisville Courier-Journal. think OF
the kickers you'd have to pacify.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07

Nav. I'm satisfied not to have
'em strew banana Feelings. Louis
Vile COurier-TOrrnal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-07
DAISY FLY KILLER

HAROLD sOHERs. $50 DslaS Ave. BreoElyAAL
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28


The organization of the Norwegian
American Line Steamship company
was a move in the right direction and,
judging from the present outlook, the
company will be doing a great busi-
ness from the very start. The only
American director is Consul T. II.
Hobe of st. Paul, who is at present
engaged in selling stock to a number
of wealthy Norwegians in the North
west. The company will soon have
three large passenger steamers in
commission, besides three freight
steamers. Owing to the fact that
there is a steady emigration from Nor
way to America this line will certain
ly be patronized. During the past Ave
years about 10000 Norwegians emf
grated annually to the United States
and there is no sign that emigration
to that country is abating.
twenty-five horses were recently
imported from Iceland to Kristiansand
and sold there at public auction. They
are small, butt exceedingly tough. The
object of this move was to give hold.
ers of small farms chance to get
suitable horses cheap. If the result is
satisfactory more horses will be i'm
ported from the same country Once
the Iceland horses are introduced
they will prove a valuable asset to the
farming districts.
Professor Bedding, the present lead
er of the Norwegian mission in San.
talistan, India, has returned to that
country after a long sojourn in Eur
rope, where he has appeared as a lee
turer in many of the leading cities. A
farewell reception was given him in
Christiania, which was attended by q
very large number of those who are
interested in his work There are at
present $4,000 Christians in Santalis"
tan.
There is much poverty among the
working people in the Norwegian cap
ital at present. A large number of
families have been compelled to seek
aid from the charity organizations and
they are certainly doing a great and
good work. When the winter arrives
Ill col uSSI IuCoS vi chAAdG4OIlS " III A@-
dOubtedly be taxed to the utmost.
Aksel Maurer is giving a series Of
lectures on scientific agriculture and
his lectures are we'll received wher-
ever he appears. Mr.. Maurer deliv-
cred a series of lectures in the United
States some years ago, but they
proved a failure from a financial
standpoint.
Professor Jesperson, for many years
superintendent of the Berger and Real
school in Christiania, is dead. He had
been in the harness for sixty years
and was considered one of the coun-
try's leading educators.
The authors stipends have not as
yet been distributed by the stOrthing.
There are a good many applicants for
these stipends, some deserving ones
and others who perhaps are not so de.
serving.
The International OceanOgraphic
union, representing nine countries in
Europe, has just held conference in
Copenhagen. There were three repre-.
SnntativeS DreSent from NORWAY
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
CRIPPEN FOUND GUILTY
Convicted Of Numbering His
Actress Wife.

London, Oct 23.-Dr. Hawley Har-
vey Crippen, the American practition-
er and medical agent, was found guilty
of the murder of his wife, the Ameri.
can actress, Belle Elmore. and SEN
fenced to death
The jury was out just thirty min
utes. When it returned and announced
that it had found the defendant guilty
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone asked
the physician if he had anything to
say Crippen replied in a low voice:
Il still protest my innocence"
The chief justice then donned the
black cap that has rested near him
throughout the trial and pronounced
the sentence of death Addressing the
condemned man Lord Alverstone said
You have been convicted on evi
dence which can leave no doubt in
the mind of any reasonable man that
you cruelty murdered your wife and
then mutilated her body.
Il advise you to entertain no hope
that you will escape the consequences
of your crime implore you to make
your peace with Almighty God"
AS the lord chief justice concluded a
policeman stepped forward and in the
hush that had fallen over the court
room led Crippen from the dock,
Announcement was made that Grip
pen would be hanged on the morning
of Nov. s
Crippen received the death sentence
with the apparent calmness that char
acterized him throughout the trial
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
Old Tins Gam bIinq.

The gambling of today is a mild af-
fair compared with the extant records
of English society. We shall never
again see the days when General Scott
won a fortune of 100000 at whist,
chiefly by dint of keeping sober. And
high play. it must never be forgotten
is a relative term. When Lord StavOr-
dale gained E11,OOO by single coup at
hazard his only comment was that if
he had been playing deep be might
have won millions. When the dimen-
sions of modern wealth are taken into
account the widest excesses ever wit
messed at the card table would have a
timid and parsimonious aspect to the
bucks of the regency.-London Satur-
day Review.
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
TWO HUNDRED DIE
Immense Damage by Storm and
Flood in Italy.
NAPLES SUFFERS SEVERELY
Many Houses Collapse Because of Sub
sidence of Earth's Surface Due
to Volcanic Eruption.

Naples, Oct 26.-As the news slow
ly filters in from the districts raVaged
by Mondays storm, foods and sub
Sidence of the surface of the earth,
due to volcanic action, the magnitude
of the disaster grows. 1t is admitted
by the authorities that the death list
exceeds 200 at Ischia and in the prov
inces of Salerno and Naples.
Thirty feet of mud covers many of
the roads in the provinces of Naples
and Salerno.
Soldiers have been started at the
work of rescue and relief, but their
progress must necessarily be slow be-
cause of the blocking of the roads.
Here in Naples many houses col
lapsed. This was due to subsistence
of the surface of the earth, due to the
recent volcanic eruption, and the in
habitants of the city are in state of
panic.
A telegram received from the may
or of Casamicciola says that the city
AdO UOSu FSl Ddu1y uduldSSA anu LnCtL
help is urgently needed.
1t is possible that the loss of life
there may be heavy, as there are ru-
mors that the extinct volcano, Mount
Epomeo, is again active. The town,
which was destroyed by the volcano
in July, 1883, but rebuilt by govern
ment aid, has been much resorted to
on account of it's baths and warm
alkaline and saline springs. In the
earthquake of 1883 1,70O lives were
lost.
No Foreigners There at Present.
Fortunately there were no tourists
there, the hotels having been emptied
following the cholera scare. An Amer
lean painter Robert Hale of ST. Paul,
who returned from there a few days
ago, said that only natives remained
in the city.
The entire slopes of Mount Vesu-
vius were swept by cloudbursts and
the thousands of tons of lava and
ashes accumulated along the crests of
the mountain since the last serious
eruption were swept down into the
adjacent valleys, leaving death and
desolation in their wake.
Floods are reported at Cetara
Amalfi, Salerno and in other places.
The damage is estimated in the
millions, although no positive estimate
is possible for several days, and the
later reports may materially reduce
the figures.
Captains of vessels that were an
chored in the bay of Naples say there
must have been a submarine earth
quake, inasmuch as their craft heaved
violently and in several instances
dragged their anchor chains. 1t was
about this time that Vesuvius belched
mud and stones. This preceded the
cIoudburst by less than an hour,
Human bodies and the carcasses of
animals have been discovered in the
molten stream from Mount Vesuvius
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
CAUSES HALF MILLION LOSS
Destructive Fire on River Front az
East St. Louis.

East St. Louis. ILL.,, Oct 21,-A fire
started in the Chicago and Alton
freight houses. on the river front, and
spread rapidly to neighboring struc.
lures of like character, causing loss
of more than S500,000.
The blaze spread to ten tank cars of
oil, which exploded. hurting blazing
fluid in all directions.
The oil set fire to the Baltimore and
Ohio freight warehouse, covering
block score OF oil tanks in it ex.
ploded with a roar that was heard for
miles,
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
SENATOR sHIVELY IS Ill
Toe May Be Amputated to Prevent
Blood Poisoning.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. 25.-United
States Senator Benjamin F. shiVely,
who has been suffering from an infec.
tion of a toe, which followed the par
ing of a corn, was sent to bed in his
home in the city by his physicians
and it was announced that to prevent
danger of blood poisoning the toe
probably would be amputated. The
senator's speaking dates in Indiana
have been cancelled.
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
DECADENCEOF TENANT FARMING

Government Experts Make lnVestiga.
tion of Rural Conditions In Sweden.
Norweeian-American Steamship Com.
pany to Begin Business Shortly.
Copenhagen Alarmed Over Russian
Cholera Situation.
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j. SWEDEN. !.
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Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
ethel Leneve Acquitted.

London. Oct 26 After trial last
ing but few hours in the New Bailey
criminal court jury found Ethel
Clare Leneve not guilty as an acces
sorry after the fact in the murder of
Cora Belle Crippen, for whose death
her husband, DR. H. H Crippen, wiB
die on the gallows on Nov. 8
Miss Leneve accompanied CrippeD
in his flight to Canada and with him
was arrested and indicted
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28

Says She Feels the Same as at Twen-
ty-eight.

Washington, Oct 26.-Belva A,
Lockwood, lawyer, suffragist and
twice candidate for the presidency of
the United States and one of the best
known women in the country, cele-
brated her eightieth birthday.
1--WE never had an eightieth birth
day before and III never have an
ether, so l decided to take day off
and have birthday cake" she said.
Mrs Lockwood says so far as she
knows there is not any difference in
being eighty and in being twenty
eight
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
UNIVERSITY IS DESERTED
Five Hundred Students on Strike at
Boulder, Colo.

Boulder, Colo, Oct, 26.-Because
seventeen students were suspended by
the faculty of the state university here
for hazing the entire student body,
numbering over 500, went on a strike
and the classrooms are deserted and
student guards are posted at all the
entrances to the campus to prevent
faint hearted brethren from entering.
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
German Army Aviator Killed.

Magdeburg, Prussia, Oct 26.-Lieu-
tenant Monte fell with a. Wright aero
plane and was instantly killed. He
was planning to the earth when he
started his motor The strain caused
the machine to turn turtle. 1t crashed
to the ground, carrying the lieutenant
beneath it.
Morris tribune., 1910-10-28
PATRICK DOLAN is KILLED
Well Known Labor Leader Falls Un.
der Train at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Oct 25.-Patrick Dolan,
former president of District No 5.
United Mine Workers of America. was
killed instantly while trying to board
a moving train at the Fourth avenue
station of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Chicago and ST. Louis railroad. Do
Ian had fallen asleep waiting for the
train and was awakened as it was
leaving the station. He leaped for one
of the coaches despite warnings and
was thrown under the wheels.