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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02
Writing at High Speed.

Cardinal Newman once said, accord
ing to Lord Actions report. that moth
ing is fit to be printed that has not
been written twice over"
Nothing? Not even the Waverley
novels?
The more rapid method is not al
ways and altogether fatal to distin-
guished writing. AS there are orators
who capture their most telling phrases
when face to face with an audience, so
here are writers to whom the happy
thought and the exact word come most
readily when the printer is clamoring
for copyslips.
At any rate, the demand for high
speed in composition saves man from
the over-elaboration, the finicky search
for the unconventional, which makes
some ingeniously fashioned pages al
most unreliable.
And, il 1t comes to that, were not
Hamlet" and King Lear" potboilers?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02
DENIES VIRTUE OF MAIDSTONE
California Newspaper Thinks SuperstI'
ton Has Much to Do With Belief
i'm Its Effectiveness.

Belief in the virtue Of the mad
stone" for curing the bites OF insects
and reptiles and preventing hydrophO-
bia is a Renaissance of ancient super
stition. It is simply "hangoyer"
from the days when the causes OF dis
eases were unknown-when most dis
eases were supposed to be caused by
evil spirits or other equally intangible
things. We know now that the poi
soning from insect and snake bites is
due to toxin injected into the blood.
and that hydrophobia is the result OF
a germ.
There is just one way in which the
application of maidstone might be
beneficial. If 1t were boiled in milk
and applied to the wound made. by
mad dog, piping hot, 1t might eau
terize the tissues and thus destroy the
germs. Otherwise it could have no
possible effect, except in the mind OF
the victim. But there are several
other methods OF cauterizing and dis
injecting wound that are simpler,
better and less painful. The tincture
of iodine, or pure alcohol. or dilute
carbolic acid are the modern substi-
tutes that are much more effective
than even a thoroughly boiled mad
stone.-Los Angeles Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02
cottonseed Flour Nutritious.

Flour made from cotton seed is q
valuable food for general consump-
ton, and an inexpensive substitute
for meat. It is remarkably high In
protein, which is the flesh-producing
substance of meat, and is readily d.
gested by the gastric juices.
Cottonseed -four is made from the
kernel of the seed after the oil has
been pressed from it. 1t is highly
concentrated food and is in no way in
tended to replace wheat flour or other
cereals. It could not safely be used
as such because an excess Of protein
is probably as damaging to the hui
man system as the lack OF 1t. 1t
should be mixed with three or four
parts of wheat flour in making into q
dough.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02
Better Than He Expected.

An elderly negro in Georgia
charged with the theft of some chick
ems, had the misfortune to be defend.
ed by a young and inexperienced at.
torney, although it is doubtful whether
anyone could have obtained acquittal,
the commission OF the crime having
been proved beyond all doubt.
The negro received pretty severe
sentence. Thank you, sah," said he
cheerfully. addressing the judge when
the sentence had been pronounced.
Oats mighty hard, sab, but 1t amt
anywhere what 'spected. / thought.
sab, dat between my character and dat
speech OF my lawyer you'd hang me.
shore"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02

whined. and at that moment he seemed
to shed al. his bombast and Belf-as-
sertion. The man at my side was
nothing more than an Egyptian feilah
Ia slave now, not slave-driver. The
fear Of death was heavy upon him.
''It Is the bubonic plague, the milder
form, and IL inoculated myself
against the other he moaned. Set
me free, Won Elsmer. We shall die
here together"
His mumbling voice penetrated my
consciousness all through the night.
Sometimes he grovelled before the
image of God in his heart-what God
I never knew. Somewhere supersti-
ton, not faith. had set up her throne
in him. About midnight he lapsed
into delirium. At dawn he died.
The Arabs shook me out OF my
lethargy. They gave me water and
unfastened the ropes that bound me
to the dead man. They seemed
afraid, and their curious mumbling
speech at last reached my apprehen-
oAOn. ORCnCO lily 60 e%AA GOV SASSS
their faces were swollen as mine was.
They, too, were In fear of death.
l staggered to my feet, looked
down toward the sea, and saw the
"Nymph" just entering the harbor.
And SO great was the revulsion OF
my feeling that / forgot the deadly
disease which had laid hold of me.
l forgot the danger of infection and
made my way down the hill, half de-
lirious still, all my purposes set upon
reaching the wharf at which the yes
sci lay. / reached it at last and
crawled toward the ships doctor, who
was standing among a crowd OF ma
tiyes, vaccinating them. He looked
up and stared at me. saw recog-
milton come into his face.
Keep your distance!" he shouted.
Its pretty infectious, you know"
What, the plague?" l muttered.
Plague? What the dickens are you
talking about? You've got classical
case of mumps. l didn't know they
had it in Socotra."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02

After breakfast, when he had
thawed out little. he ok me into
his laboratory. which was better
equipped than had expected. There
was large table, on which he had
laid out his specimens, his micro
scopes, test tubes and slides. Upon
the floor concoction of broth was
boiling over an alcohol lamp. There
was cold jellied bouillon in large
Jar, which, he informed me, he hims
self had prepared.
"Ayesha cant jelly bouillon," he ex-
planned. Curse the little devil! Some
day / shall take a whip to her. But
it will be fine feast, Herr Won Els
mer-a devils feast, and. If 1t proves
successful, as have no doubt. We
shall hold a. banquet in London"
He handed me a cigar and began
fussing with the slides. Presently
he turned to me abruptly.
You are acquainted with my plans,
Herr Won Elsmer?" he inquired.
NO." replied. That is the reason
why have come here"
He grunted and began pacing the
floor, swinging his long, gorillalike
arms. The mans resemblance to one
OF the anthropoids was startling
one: he was an anthropoid with the
brain of a man and the soul Of a fiend.
It was fascinating, an appalling COM
bination.
Presently he came close to me. 1--WE
are fighting England" he said, 'and We
shall show no more scruple than she
has shown. Picture that accursed is
land, Herr Won Elsmer, with its huge,
sprawling, ramshackle, indefensible
empire, standing in the way Of all hui
man aspirations. She has robbed all
nations Of their birthright. And it Is
fitting that we shall rob her of her
own. We Moslems have too long
been cooped up in the arid, sitting
plains of Asia Minor and in the sands
of Egypt But suppose England. with
her fertile fields, were ours-empty?
THAT is the difficulty. Even when
we have conquered England we shall
still find 1t overrun with her british
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02

swarms. But what did the Anglo
Saxons do? They exterminated the
Celts and occupied an empty land.
Very we'll. The modern world Is too
squeamish to tolerate wholesale
slaughter. But if we can in
troduce a germ which will wipe
out the inhabitants OF the island with
out leaving one survivor? A germ
which will kill infallibly? A germ
which shall instill its virus into every
man, woman and child. without excep-
ton? Eth, Herr Won Elsmer?"
The horror of the conception fas-
tened itself on me- understood now
that this fiend was experimenting
with such a germ in Socotra. with a
view to devastating the island as an
experiment. If he succeeded he would
repeat the procedure in England.
But is there such GERM" | asked.
restraining my impulse to draw my re-
volver and destroy him. And how
will you procure it,"
There is such germ. Herr Won
Elsmer," he answered, and it can be
procured. 1t is the pneumonia plague.
Not bubonic, observe, from which
a full fifty per cent recover under IA
vorable circumstances, but the pneu-
monte, which, during the late epidem-
ic in Manchuria, slew exactly one hun
dred per cent of those whom 1t at
tackled. Nobody who was infected
with 1t survived. Unfortunately we
do not know where to find the germ,
for the disease disappears periodical
" from the face of the earth, and this
is one Of its quiescent periods
Then how can you obtain it, Feb
met Effendi?"
Upon these goat-broth prepare
TONS" he answered, you will see q
certain germ. Observed"
He poured drop of bouillon from
a test tube on one of the slides and
pushed it beneath the microscope.
Within the clear drop of jelly ] could
see multitude of tiny organisms.
THAT is the coryza germ, which
produces the common cold" said the
Egyptian. do you know that within
the past year the discovery has been
made that all germ life is q variation
of single organism and can-be trans
formed? 1t is, the greatest discovery
since Pasteur. Under the violet ray.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02

then, Vs. the coryza
germ into the II. ,xia germ. which
everybody carries in his throat with
out injury to himself until the lower
ing OF the vitality enables II to pro-
liferate and fasten upon the lungs.
From the pneumonia germ, by the
same process, we get the typhoid.
From the typhoid the bacillus OF an
thrax. Then come two diplomococci
which are innocuous to man but very
deadly in the sheep. From the sec
ond we get the germ of yeast,
which, in turn, under suitable
conditions. becomes cholera. Then
follow scarlet fever, blue mold,
the tactic organism that curdles milk,
the vinegar germ, an unknown which
/ call x, and-pneumonic plague. And
these are the successive transforma-
tons of the original. benign coryza."
He began to pace the room enthusi-
astically, swinging his long arms like
falls. There seemed a supernatural
power in him, as the bald head con-
tanned superhuman ingenuity.
Herr Won Elsmer," he said, COM
ing close to me again, you and are
educated men. We know that matter
Is all that exists. Some might think
1t wrong to destroy the inhabitants
Of peaceful Socotra In order to pro-
vide an experiment for greater holo.
caust. But we are not burdened with
souls and consciences and all the rest
Of the ghostly paraphernalia invented.
as Nietzsche says, for the enslave-
ment of the strong by the weak. In
three weeks, Herr Won @Elsmer, my
germ will have been created and So
cotra becomes a desert. Woe to Eng
land then! The song of hatred shall
sound louder than the SHE'LL Our army
of pneumococci shall sing more fierce
ly than thousand bullets!"
I realized that his hatred Of Eng.
land had become an obsession with
him. The seriousness Of the situa-
ton came home to me now. My only
means of coping with him was by
murder; to that could not stoop, and
my hope was to keep him under OBJ
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02

servation and. If possible, to delay his
work until the "Nymph" returned.
So the days passed. Fehmet had,
as have said, made friends with the
natives. It was his policy, he told
me. to. bring them together. to inspire
confidence in them, and then. at some
assembly, to break the tubes con-
tanning the pneumococci upon the
ground, that they might inhale them.
But as the days went by he grew more
and more worried.
You remember, Herr Won Elsmer."
he said, II told you that between the
vinegar germ and the pneumococcus
there is an unknown organism which
I have called X The last stage BAT.
fles me. The spirococcus will not be-
come coccus. have tried agar and
milk. but the lack Of some suitable
element of nutrition prevents the
Transformation. Yesterday / had al.
most succeeded, but the violet light
killed the cultures.
Night after night he pored over his
slides, his Crookes refractor bathing
him in the sickly violet hue from the
short end of the spectroscope as he
sat at his table.
It was at the end of the month
that / heard him cry out one night.
SO loudly that rushed into the labora-
tory, thinking he had met with an in.
jury.
81 have it," he shouted exultantly,
as he saw me. Herr Won Elsmer,
come here!"
Il was late in the evening. The
violet rays made him look more like
q devil than ever. He was wearing
bandage around his wristI no.
ticed that, but it did not occur to me
to ask him whether he had hurt him.
self. Personally hoped he had got
blood-poisoning. It made me feel like
an accessory to q murder, unwilling
accomplice though was, to be spec
tator of that internal pot-boiling.
He showed the microscope toward
me. Look" he shouted.
looked through the glass and saw
that the spirilli of the unknown germ
had clustered together; they we're
changing form as-I watched them.
The sight OF these little vegetative
organisms, each charged with death
in the most terrible form that could
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-02


He roared his gorilla below. II
vaccinated myself this afternoon" he
answered. THE plague cannot touch
me. as it will you. for have thou
sand million plague bacilli in my body.
which are neutralized by the virus
which inhaled from the broken test
tubes. But you. poor wretch OF a
spy"
The night wore on. and Fehmet
tainted me at intervals. But i cared
nothing for his words, nor yet for the
frost which gradually gave way, as
the sun arose, to suffocating heat. |
realized that the deadly plague had
me in it's power, and IL was not q
pleasant death to die.
Toward noon the Arabs visited us
and stood around Us. BY this time
thirst had induced partial delirium
In me. / remember seeing Moham-
med poke Fehmet In the abdomen
with a forked stick, and seeing my
companion struggle like wild beast
against histormentor. Then I4became
unconscious until / was aroused by
feeling Fehmet shake me.
Won Elsmer," he mumbled. T.
I--how do You feel?"
Thirsty" I tried to answer, but
I found that my jaw-not my tongue
was swollen, so that the words would
hardly come from my lips.
Fehmet looked at me, and saw
terror In the mans eyes.
1T Is the bubonic plagued" he
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22
Travelling Salesman Dies

W. II. Constable. for twenty years.
travelling salesman in and ont Of
Silver City and charter member
Of Silver City lodge No. Alb. b. p.
q. f.. died at his home in Los Ange-
les Monday evening. Mr.. Constable
ut the time of his death had retired
from the road and was proprietor
of brokerage and cold storage plants
in Fl Paso and Phoenix. Harry
Constable was one of the best known
commercial travellers in the South
west and was known practically in
every city and town between Trini-
dad. Colo. and Los Angeles. He was
resident Of Fl Paso for twenty
wears and moved IN Los Angeles
about eight years ago at the time Of
his marriage TO Mis-. Sophia Fuell-
ing. Deceased was aged "a years
and is survived by a widow. two chill
dren and an aged mother.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

Mrs. Ben Larson of Deming is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Sophie Meeryan.
Silver City Enterprise.
Ernest Dimes, son of J. W. Dimes.
arrived in the city Monday morning
from Fort Worth. Texas. aud will
visit with his relatives here for sew
eral weeks.
Butter cartons and wraps at the
Graphic office.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

Butter that is wrapped in parch'
ment paper and placed in cartons
will reach customers in a sanitsr,
and attractive package. II costs lit
tie to buy these necessaries to max.
ing profits, and the trouble in wrap.
ping and packing is discounted BY the
ease with which the compact product
is handled. The Graphic carries both
the parchment and the cartons which
are offered for sale at reasonable
prices and in any quantities.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

Z. ID. Southworth, agent Of the
United States Department Of Agri-
culture. located at Deming. was in
town last Wednesday visiting local
business men in the interests Of plac-
ing some produce that could not be
supplied by the local market and
also going over the proposition OF
seeing the farmers of Grant county
in reference to securing the services
of county agent.
Mr.. Southworth has done much
good in Deming and Luna county
where he is instructing the farmers
As to the best methods Of stock and
farm issues. making tests aud advis-
ing on land questions, securing mar
kei for their products and looking
after their interests in general.
The State of New Mexico and the
United States Government retain the
services of the county agent and his
expenses are paid by Luna county.
II has been expressed as the desire
of several of Lordsburg's prominent
business men and Others interested
in farming and cattle raising that it
void be TO the best interests of the
community to secure the services of
Mr.. Souihworth in Grant county and
action is expected to be commenced
along those lines in a short time.
Mr.. Southworth was accompanied
on his trip by his wife and children
and Miss Grace Goebel. Luna county
school superintendent. who visited
the local school.-Western Liberal.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22
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= HURLEY ITEMS !



Will Dedman and A. Y. Joobert re-
turned Tuesday from Rincon valley.
where they were inspecting some farm
property with view to buying.
j. W. Corrigan and ID. W. Boise
were reelected constable aud justice
of the peace respectively at Mon
days election. Ninety votes were
polled.
Mrs. II. Z. Hustled is spending the
week with friends in Deming.
Archie Seibel surprised his many
friends this week. returning from his
vacation in California with a bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Siebel are at home ON
CarrascO avenue.
The Chino company are charging
and rcmodeling Their large failing
fumes south of town.
Mrs. Q. +. Ford has been confined
to her bed with u severe attack of
pneumonia. but is slowly improving.
Miss Blanche Bluemm has accept
ed u clerical position with the Santa
Rita Store Co.
Though somewhat distant yet. n
large delegation of local fight fans
are planning to witness the Willard
Johnson fight at Juarez. Mex. in
March.
The baby girl of Mr.. and Mrs. 7.
Tvton is recovering from danger
oas attack of blood poisoning caused
from n nail bruise in the hand.
u. ". Hills. general manager of
the Socorro Power 4 Lumber Com
pany of Mogollon, passed through
the city Tuesday returning from n
"trip to Santa Fe where he had the
time of the water power project of
The company. extended to November.
1916.
Mr.. Hills was quite enthusiastic
over the progress made by the com
pany since they began operations
little over a year ago and this. de-
spite almost insurmouniable obsta-
cles. II took just two months Ia
move n boiler for the sawmil from
Mogollon to the head Of Mineral
creek. n distance of six miles-the
cost of transporting il was more than
the boiler was worth. But sawmill
cannot operate without boiler and
il was necessary at any cost.
Mrs. j. r. Johnson, who for malv
wears conducted the Johnson board /
ing house in this town and was great
" beloved by reason of her motherly
interest in and solicitude for the well
fare of her boarders. died suddenly |
Of heart failure Wednesday morning. /
January - at her quarters. 15l Of
iowa street. Los Angeles. where she
had been soiourning for the last ten
months owing TO failing health. Mr..
johnson. husband of the deceased. .
received the sad announcement in the
form of telegram Wednesday and
left the same afternoon for the coas, .
city where the burial will take place
Friday afternoon.
0uoicr nntS r.uilnr Ir Vnlu. .
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

Harry Whitehil and family were
in town this week-Silver City En-
terprise.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

+. G. Rodolf departed Monday
morning for San Diego for short
stay.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

The Rev. Vincent was in the city
Sunday filling his regular engage.
mcnt here.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22

Quaker oats. regular ljc value
One of the leading brands of oats
now ten cents at our store. Dcming
Mercantile Co.-adv.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-01-22
Board Of Directors Met

The board Of directors of the San
ia Fe Chamber of Commerce met last
week with Ralph c. Ely. receiver of
the New Mexico Central railroad,
who gave them brief outline Of pos
sible developments in the rehabiliin-
ton of that. railroad property and
suggested TO them possibilities of d.
rect benefit to the city Of Santa Fe
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-29

The quest for something new in
millinery for fall has begun in earnest
and there is no indication that the
seekers after novelty and beauty will
be disappointed. Ideas originated by
our own American designers, and
some others, which the French, in
spite of the distractions of war, have
had the inspiration and the time to
work out, are more than creditable to
both countries. The new millinery is
rich and chic and sufficiently novel.
There is a great variety in graceful
shapes to choose from. Noticeably
prominent are those that tilt upward
at the back There are many high
crowned hats and many of uneven
width Of brim. This gives the mil
liner endless latitude in the shaping
of brims to suit the individual face.
In fabrics, velvet, satin, metallic
laces and braids bespeak a winter of
rich effects in millinery. This is
borne out by the trimmings of fur, and
of flowers made Of silk materials,
many of them covered with metallic
gauzes. Cut steel ornaments and
those Of beadwork are to be seen IL
all authoritative displays. The mort
beautiful Of fancy feathers and the
richest Of ostrich plumage testify to
the advance in taste which demands
them in all parts of the country.
Three types of the new fall hats are
shown here. The big, soft, picturesque
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-29

you are here, mademoigelle, and that
Is enough. My majesty desires"
He advanced toward her. The leer
upon his puffed face gave her swift
disgust as well as terror. With no
purpose whatever, as he stumbled for
ward she fed from the room, fed she
knew not where.
Without much plan, Kitty turned
toward the interior of the palace, and
down the long hall which before that
time she had explored. Something told
her that Frederick, if he were here in
the palace now, had passed that way.
The torture chamber-that dread
spot! Must she go there to look for
him? She sped on rapidly along these
passageways which she had learned
before. Through the last deep sunken
tunnel which led to the door of the
torture chamber itself she passed
alone, trembling with fear, and yet re-
solved.
The door was locked. She turned to
see the key upon the wall AS she
turned there came to her a faint
sound. Someone was knocking at the
door. The blood stopped at her heart.
She felt her face go cold. Had the
deed true that some hand from beyond
the grave alone could point out the
hiding place of this treasurer What
could 1t mean?
But the knocking at the door grew
bolder. She heard a voice-a faint
voice through the steel facing of the
inner cavern. Trembling, she fitted
the key, gave one great push to open
the door, which yielded the more
quickly to a power exerted within. She
saw the faint CLEAN OF a light added
to those of her own candle; saw the
face Of the man she had sought!
"You?" she cried. ut is your"
She heard him answer calmly, slow
ly, without agitation, as though all the
time he had been convinced she would
come.
ut is ended" said Count Frederick
at last, slowly. Never again will
doubt! l prayed for you, prayed that
you should understand before / died
But 1t was meant for you to come for
me, that might know-know as much
as they who are here, who have been
my fellows and my friends. Mademoi-
selle-I had said good-by to every
thing excepting one. There was tEat
left which no man should die without
knowing-that experience which only
makes life worth living. / have dread.
ed all things, but now hope. / must
Il shall hope!"
(To be &C 4tinued.l