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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
HOW TO SHIP -HATCHlNG EGGS
Most important Thing 10 to Satisfy
crstomers-Neat, Attractive
Package IL Pleasing.

The most important thing Is to
satisfy your customers by giving them
exactly what you advertise to sell. or.
even doing a little better.
If eggs are broken in transit do not
hesitate to replace them the day you
receive the complaint from your Gus
toner.
Give everybody a square deal and
remember that satisfied customer Is
always a customer.
A neat, attractive package may cost
trife more than slovenly one, but
it will please your customers and ad.
vertise your egg business, because
customers very often Judge mans
business by first Impressions of pack
age and contents when they are re-
ceived
The best package for shipping eggs
is basket, although many breeders
do not use them.
The basket should hold one or two
settings, and these can be got for two
cents from any manufacturer. A thick
layer of excelsior should cover the
bottom, and all eggs should be
wrapped in soft paper and so packed
with fine excelsior that they will not
touch each other.
When the eggs are packed put an
other layer of excelsior over the top
and cover with thu board.
Next to the basket Is the egg box
made for holding 13 or Is eggs. This
is arranged with cardboard compart-
ments with room for excelsior or other
packing at the top and bottom.
This box is provided with a wire
handle and the cover slides into
grooves which may then be screwed
or tackled down with small nails.
Never ship package that Is not
screwed or nailed down, because this
will save eggs from being filched by
curious persons who can open the
package in transit.
Never ship soiled egg. Nothing
so disgusts customer as to receive q
setting OF eggs which are dirty and
Of poor shape.
= Eggs should be selected SO that
each setting will be uniform In size
shape and color when possible.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15


A pretty story of rose which
bloomed at Christmas In front of some
trenches occupied by German regi-
ment of guards in France Is told In
the Frankfurter Zeitung. The rose
bush was growing in huge hole torn
by a shell in front of the guards
trenches. The little plant soon be-
came the jealous care of every man
of the company before whose trench
1t grew. To their intense delight, on
Christmas eve the rose tree bloomed.
The company decided to send the rose
to the emperor. The kaiser was de-
lighted and promptly ordered the poet,
Richard Voss, to write poem about
the incident. The poem has now
been printed, and copy of it Is to
be sent to every guardsman con-
cerned in the affair.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

insects, the nests are picturesque
rather than ugly.
In the eastern part of the country
the barn swallow now builds exclr,
sively under. roofs, having entirely
abandoned the rock caves and cliffs
in which It formerly nestled. More
recently the cliff swallow has found q
better nesting site under the caves of
buildings than was afforded by the
overhanging cliffs of earth or stone
which it once used and to which 1t
still resorts occasionally in the East
and habitually in the unsettled West.
The martin and the white-bellied, or
tree, swallow nest either In houses
supplied for the purpose, In abandoned
nests Of woodpeckers, or in natural
crannies in rocks The northern vio-
let-green swallow, the rough-winged
swallow, and the bank swallow still
live in practically such places as their
ancestors chose.
Field observation convinces an or
dinarily attentive person that the food
of swallows must consist of the small
er insects captured in midair or
picked from the tops of tall grass or
weeds. This observation is borne out
by an examination of stomachs, which
shows that the food is made up of
many small species of beetles which
are much on the wing; many species
of mosquitoes and their allies, togeth-
er with large quantities of flying ants:
and few insects of similar kinds.
Unlike many other groups of birds,
the six species of swallows found in
the eastern states extend in a prac-
tically unchanged form across the con-
tinent, where they are REINFORCED by
the northern, or Pacific coast, violet
green swallow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
YES, RESINOL CLEARED
AWAY EVERY PIMPLE!

At least once day-usually twice
I bathed my face for several minutes
with plenty of resinol soap and hot
water and applied little resinol oint-
ment very gently. I let this stay on
for ten minutes or so, and then washed
It OF with resinol soap and more hot
water, finishing with dash OF cold
water to close the pores. / was aston
ished how quickly the healing resinol
medication soothed and cleansed the
pores, removed pimples and black
heads. and left my complexion clear
and velvety.
Physicians have used resinol oint-
ment and resinol soap for 20 years in
the treatment of itching, burning,
skin eruptions. At all druggists,.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
MISTAKE MADE BY MOTHERS
Effort to Exercise Too Great a Re.
stralnt on Child Is Deprecated
by Writer.

In the Woman's Home Companion
appears the first of a series OF articles
on the care of children entitled Your
Children's Clothes" The author tells
the following story and gives some
good advice:
"a child's clothing Is factor OF
very great Importance in the develop
ment of his body and character. Last
summer at the seashore mother
complained to me of her four-year-old
boy, Johnnie cannot keep his clothes
clean for five minutes!'
81 watched this little boy at play,
and though / saw the truth of the
mothers complaint my sympath1es
were decidedly with the little boy, be-
cause the person at fault was not the
child, but the mother. All that morn
ing the little boy was harassed and
suppressed, as he probably had been
from his earliest childhood, by such
phrases as: Don't, Johnnie. you will
get your clothes dirty!'
Here was a child whose develop
ment was stunted and sacrificed for
the sake of his clothes. He had never
been given a chance to play freely.
to exercise freely, to learn to do
things by the actual doing Of them,
and SO, therefore, he naturally had
never gained control over his muscles.
He was fabby and clumsy, he stun
bled over everything, he could hardly
throw a pebble into the water without
falling into it. This child, though ap-
parently well and strong, and bright
enough, was practically helpless phys
ically, and by this lack of muscle CO
ordination his mentality and spirit
were affected"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
AS 1T SOMETIMES HAPPENS
Proof That Reality and Romance May
Sometimes Be Things That Are
- Far Apart.


A glorious, clear October moon sill
yered the autumn tints Of forest and
glade that lay spread out before the
silent pair.
Reverently he turned and gazed on
her beautiful face How he loved her!
A longing to confess his passion
welled upward from his very soul, but
the words would not come.
Darling" he murmured.
But she did not hear him-she
thought he was swearing at the
weather.
Then courage came to him.
81 love you!" he whispered, a little
louder, and, trembling at his own dar-
ing, stood watching the effect of his
avowal.
Joy!-and all that sort of thing. Her
color came and went in a most be-
witching manner. Her lips trembled
with unspoken words.
He silently took her little hand.
81 love you!" he repeated, with
much feeling and little originality.
Slowly the heavy lids opened wide,
showing a look of expectancy in her
violet eyes. With eyes still wide open
she half turned from him, and
sneezed!
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

GPrspared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
In the spring the crow blackbird
Cor grackle) follows the pillow in
search OF large grubworms and lit.
Pest which is so annoying to the
farmer During the breeding season
also this bird does much good by eat
ing insects and by feeding them to its
young. which are reared almost en-
tireEy on this food
TAe crow blackbird or grackle in
one Cr more of it's subspecies is a
f&migzzr object in all the states east
OF the Rocky mountains. In the Mis-
;sissfppi valley it is one Of the most
abundant OF birds, preferring to nest
In the artificial groves and wind
breaks near farms instead of In the
natural timber" which 1t formerly
used 1t breeds also in parks and
near buildings, often In considerable
colonies. Farther east, in New Eng
land. it is only locally abundant,
though frequently seen in migration
In the latter days Of August and
throughout September 1t Is found in
1mmgEse numbers before moving
southwark
The grackle is accused of many
sins. such as stealing grain and fruit
and robbing the nests of other birds.
An examination of 2,346 stomachs
shows that nearly one-third of it's
food consists Of insects, most Of which
are injurious. The bird also eats
few snai1s, crawfishes, salamanders,
small fish, and occasionally a mouse.
It is on account of its vegetable
food that the grackle most deserves
cozagmnation. Grain is eaten during
the whole year, and only for a short
time In summer is other food attrac-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

Gfve enough to induce the bird to al
ter its diet. The grain taken in win
Ter and spring probably consists OF
waste kernels from the stubble. The
StDmachs do not indicate that the
bird pulls sprouting grain; but the
wheat eaten in July and August and
the corn eaten in fall are probably
from fields of standing grain. The
total amount of grain consumed dur
ing the year constitutes 45 per cent
or the food, but it is safe to say that
att least half is waste grain and con-
aequent1y of no value. Although the
crow blackbird eats a few cherries
and bIackberries in their season, and
nm the fall some wild fruit, it apparent
Iy does no damage In this way.
&maIIows That Have Attached Them
selves to Abodes OF Man.
There are seven common species
nR swallows in the United States and
Four Of these have already abandoned
their primitive nesting habits to some
extent and attached themselves to the
ahodes OF man. The swallow is one
o. the important birds described IN
the new Farmers Bulletin f630) OF
the United States department of agrt-
culture, entitled Some Common Birds
Useful to the Farmer"
The presence Of swallows should
NE encouraged by every device, says
the departments scientist. Barn
swallows may be encouraged by cut
ting small hole in the gable Of the
hzrn. while martins and white-bellied
swallows will be grateful for boxes
placed In a high situation.
Caim and barn swallows, It is said,
may be induced to build their nests
I'm = suitable locality by providing q
qManf1fy of mud to be used as NOR
CAR. 1t is a mistake to tear from the
@Mxes OF barn the nests OF q colony
an cliff swallows, for in addition to
xh@ emct that this bird destroys large
mmnbers Of injurious and annoying
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

Some say that oyster shell is only
suitable for egg-shela material and
will not do fer grit. As matter OF
fact nearly all kinds OF poultry VIII
eat oyster shell at al seasons OF the
year. Growing chicks. goslings and
ducklings have no use for egg-sheil
consequently their liking for it argues
that they need it to grind their food
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
Children Not to Blame.

Mrs. Bacon see several French
artists have agreed to sign all their
works in future with thumb prints to
prevent frauds upon purchasers.
Mr.. Bacon-Now, dear, when you
see any thumb prints on our paint
ings don't, for pity sakes, blame it
on the poor innocent children!
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
Peas and Oats

Canada field peas and oats soWn at
the rate of about W. bushels Of each
per acre. as early as the ground VIII
permit, will furnish good early pastnr.
age.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

If faith would remove mountains
there wouldn't be a railroad tunnel in
the world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15
Their PoYrcy.

'"The military stations in attacking
hostile aeroplanes follow a regular POI
litical reform course"
I'm what way?"
"They go cunning for the men
higher up?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

Vacuum cleaners are finding good
market in Scotland.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

Shot silk is poor material for use in
making war balloons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

The Correct Classification.
II hope Uncle Nose, you are not
q misanthrope."
mo. sab; Use Baptis'."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-15

LESSON TExT-Psalm 81
GOLDEN TExT-The Lord Ii my Shep
herd.-Ps. 23:1.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
AFRAID OF DEMOCRACY.

In 1910, when a small but determined
BODY of Republican congressman broke
party ranks and, joining with larger
number of Democrats, overthrow the
overlordship of Speaker Cannon in the
house of representatives, they rendered
a great service to representative govern
ment. Their patriotic action was fairly
the beginning of the great renaissance
in American politics which under the
Wilson administration has blessed the
country with so much wise remedial
legislation.
In the legislature at Madison last
week there were Republican members
equally as brave and determined as the
Insurgent congressman of 1910. In or
der to prevent the Philip administra-
ton from taking the road back to Fed
eralism, and undoing the work OF dem
ocracy, they were willing to give the
organization, in the senate at least, to
the Democrats. But certain Democratic
senators, whose sight is in the rear,
brought the good endeavors OF these
later Republican insurgents and the
good endeavors of democratic Demo
Gratis to naught. They baked They
would not have responsible Democratic
leadership thrust upon them. By their
action, they seemed to say that they
would rather be camp followers on the
road to yesterday than standard bearers
of Democracy to a brighter and better
tomorrow. When the historian writeth
up the people their names will be had
in derision. They will be put down as
Men Afraid of their Democracy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28

meeting. Survey the whole range Of
government with care and then you can
go to the ballot box with thorough in
formation. Let US make diligent and
well informed citizens and our govern
meuts will not be wasted, or any part
of them. Make that good resolution to
get ideas TODAY"
Burlington Standard Democrat: In
terest of citizens is now turned toward
Madison, where the state legislature
is in session. It is reported more bills
will be introduced than at the last re-
cord breaking session.
Darlington Democrat: Three men. in
the Wisconsin state senate. wearing
the Democrat label, defeated the pro-
gram of their party last week.
Waterloo Democrat: The Mineral
Point Democrat points out that hides
are now selling at Ia cents per pound,
as against less than five cents few
years ago. In Waterloo 81 cents were
paid some years since. 1t does not look
as though the farmers will be driven to
the wall by the placing of cattle upon
the free list, in the new tariff law.
Elk Speaker Merlin Hull in The Black
River Falls Journal: In 1867, 100 laws
were enacted. In 1913, there were IT'S.
Of the 778 laws by the last legislature
76, or nearly 10 per cent Of the whole,
were purely Milwaukee measures,
passed upon the demand of that city
and relating to its municipal affairs.
Probably as many more were general
laws enacted to cover other conditions
in Milwaukee. If the governor wants
to reduce that number, he should adj
dress a special message to the Milwau
kee city council and the M & NJ Asso-
citation, and ask them to get along with
less law making.
Milwaukee News: Perhaps never in
the history of the United States will the
people watch the expenditure Of mill
tary appropriations as now. Every
move will have more public thought
than ever. Attention is focused on such
affairs, and this means that there is
more or less general education on these
subjects. Librarians report that books
on military matters are in great de-
mand, so every move Of the government
in this connection will be of greater in
terest to various individuals than even.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
PRESS POINTS

Amigo Journal: An effort is being
made to eliminate the boxing commits
sion. 1t would be a good thing and
never should have been passed in the
first place.
Marinette Eagle. Star: The Door
County News gives newspaper readers
some excellent advice when it says:
sBegin now and study the political
news especially, as well as all the other
news. Find out in plain English what
the legislature is doing. Inform your
self closely about the work of congress,
Watch the county board and town
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
NO MORE ARMED PEACE.

Here are some good thoughts from
that great statesman James Bryce and
that great newspaper The New York
World. They are well stated and show
up the nonsense of that delusion which
goes by then name of ARMED Peace"
The World says:
"Deliver us from another armed
peace!" is the message that James
Bryce sends to the American people
through President Butler of Columbia
University. This is not the casual senti
ment of an emotional pacificist but the
profound opinion Of profound states
man and historian.
Whatever the immediate causes Of
this war, the conflict is the inevitable
result of a theory of armed peace that
was costing the nations hearty $4,000,
100000 a year to maintain. That bur
den could not be carried Indefinitely,
and when the break came the whole
world was drawn either directly or in
directly into the catastrophe.
If at the end of this war the nations
return to the condition of armed peace
that previously prevailed, another war
of similar character and consequences
is as inevitable as the rising of the sun.
There can be no final settlement of the
issues that are now before the court of
cannon which does not decide that
every peasant, every workman, every
artisan, is not to be sentenced to form
of penal servitude which condemns him
to carry soldier on his back for the
length of his natural life
This is not to say that the nations are
going to disarm completely. but it is to
say that this former doctrine of armed
peace cannot again be imposed upon
mankind without inviting a repetition
of the world tradedy that now shocks
and rocks civilization. Even had it
petition of ornaments under an armed
peace would soon have left the nations
bankrupt and the peoples in state of
revolution.
The money for armies and navies has
to be earned by men who work with
their hands, and at the rate of increase
in competitive armament during the
last twenty years, the men who work
with their hands could not indefinitely
pay the price. Nor would they in
definite pay the price.
A peace that does not settle this
stupendous question is not peace. 1t
is only a truce. Another generation
proved incompetent to carry to a con-
clusion. Whatever the horrors of this
war may be, whatever the cost in life
and trt assure, none of it will have been
in vain if the world is delivered from
another armed peace and mankind is
emancipated from militarism. On no
other terms can civilization re- establish
itself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
Monsters of the Deem.

That there are terrible monsters In
the deep there can be no doubt. One
of these is the whale. 1t was only in
1908 that a whale devastated the fish
traps off Port Towsend, Wash, be
cause the fishermen had captured one
of its young. A whaler recently put
in port in Liverpool with the arm OF
an octopus SO feet long. The arm had
been taken from the mouth Of whale
he had killed and had stuck in the
huge animals throat The octopus is
doubtless a more fearful animal than
the sea serpent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
Aptiy Answered.

Paddy Gaffney was after getting the
old-age pension, and wendell his way
to the post Office for his first grant
Paddy couldn't write his name, but
managed to make a cross all right
The postmaster, wishing to have a
joke witt him, said: Now, Paddy,
don't you think twas hardly worth
your while to come so far to make
that CROSSE" Well" replied Paddy
mo cross, no crown, me boy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
TOLD TO THE PRINTER

Fred Golliner, looking at picture of
President Wilson: There is man that
l hope will be re- elected at the end of
his present term. He is the man on
the job; and he is really the man for
the job. He is doing right. Last year
was very good year for the farmers
and stock raisers of southwest Wiscon-
sin
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
THE LOCAL NEWS.

To get the local news, and get
it while it is fresh, you must read
the Mineral Point Democrat.
Our pride is in turning out the
best local paper and with a corps
of able correspondents we cover
the news of this territory thor
oughly.
Compare this issue with any
local newspaper and you will
realize the fact. Send in your
subscription today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
a Four Line Ad, Found Ii.

Highland Press: Frank Knoll says
he knows it pays to advertise. Last
Sunday, a week ago, he lost his watch.
He put four line ad in the Press
which was issued on Thursday and the
watch was in this office Friday noon.
Frank says that's going some.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
Pony's Remarkable jump.

A remarkable feat was performed
recently by polo pony belonging to
an officer at Aldershot, England, when
it cleared an eight-foot hedge beside
railway embankment. The animal
took fright in the village of Wey-
bourne while being ridden by a lad,
who was thrown but uninjured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28

THE MOST CONSERVATIVE IN
VISITORS buy first mortgage farm
loans. These net as high as 6 per cent.
For select investments from $4,000
up see r. J. Penhallegon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-01-28
Surer.

It is to be regretted that the man
who counts on his fingers is not apt
to be so disappointed as the man
who counts on his friends.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28

the members takes US out to the
church. We pr.ach at this church
the third Sunday night in each
month. These two churches are
the only Methodist Episcopal
churches in Saline County, so we
have all the field we can handle.
Asbury, for that is the name of
the country church, had al mem.
bers VIXEN we arrived on the field
We started a meeting there and
ran it eighteen days and part of
the time it was very bad weather,
yet We had 3S professions and SO
additions.
We like our new field very
much, but we shall never forget
how kind the people were t. us
while We were at Jasper.
Sincerely Yours,
W. o. Thompson.
The Jasper news., 1915-01-28
II Should Worry" Says George
Paisley.
New Boston, Texas.

Old Friends Edition, Jasper
News: Just a few lines for a word
of greeting from the Sunny South
and wishes for a Happy New Year
to The News and my old friends.
Am down in the country where
the war, or the Demo cratic ad-
ministration has played smash
with prosperity, but as l did not
raise any cotton there was no need
that Il should worry" The south
has learned it's lesson and is plan
ming to diversity. This part of
Texas can claim all the advnnta-
ges that Lou Pitts claims for Ar
kansas, which is just over the
line.
Have just finished planting my
first block of five acres to paper
shelled pecans, mingled with a few
English walnuts, and expect to
plant 10 acres each year until I
get a 4o.acre tract in trees.
Very Truly,
George Paisley.