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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
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Through Shreveport, or New Or
leans, La. Take up with local
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
FOR SALE.

A well bred Jersey male calf,
from good milk stock. $1,000
f. O. b. this Office.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06

Daily Thought
Exnaustfve observation IL an eie-
ssne Of every great aeaAsvsment.-
eDsnssr.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
FORSALE.

Big Mexican June Corn $1.75
per bushel, fob. Brandon.
[. O. BROWN,
Fannin, Miss.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Swimming Lessons for
School Children

Announcement that sixteen swim
ming ceuters are 10 be established
where the art OF swimming IL 70 be
taught school children viii bring Joy
10 the hearts ~ thousands OF normal
boys and girls Every child should
know how 10 swim. but. unfortun-
ately. many city children do not
one reason II that the city does not
AFFORD the facilities which are al the
disposal Of the coutry boy. The
physical director OF the board OF
education has very wisely taken the
matter in hand. and after June "A
special classes will be formed
II IS interesting 20 note that only
pupils whose parents give their con
sent will be permitted 10 Join these
classes. In which the children Will
be instructed In units OF four. II is
asonabie 10 suppose that a knovl
edge % swimming will be the means
~ saving many lives that might
otherwise be lost The boys who
learn 10 swim In these courses
should be cautioned against over.
confidence. because Il Ia fact that
many good swimmers are tempted
10 90 20 extremes and thus expose
themselves TO danger - Philadelphia
Enquirer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
A Poem a Day.
THE SWORDS OF GRANT Avn Lnn

THE SWORDS OF GRANT A>D Len
Methinks tonight I catch = gleam
pf steel amonS the pines,
And yonder by the ltlled stream
Repose the foemen's lines,
me ghostly, guards Who pace the
ground
A moment stop TO see
III all IL SAFE ana stu around
The tents OF Grant and Lee.
'Tis hut dream. no armies camr
Where once their hay nets shone
And HeSpers calm and lovely lamp
shines on the dead alone
A cricket chtrpr on vonder rise
ReneRth the cedar tree
Where sllnted meath the summer
The swords OF Grant and Lee
Forever sheathed those famous
blades
That led the eager van!
They shine no more among the
glades
That frIngs me Rapldan.
rctsN their hst'l: wsrk T. done.
That not a stain appears upon
The swords OF Grant and Lee
In cou,rad~ship today
Recall the Wild. 'mpe,uous dash
ot vsIrous hlue and gray.
And 'nesth the naS that proudly
Above nation free.
They Oft recall the missing braves
who fought with Grant and Lea
They ,iumecr among the tender
They sluH,her meath the pines.
They're cNmping In the mountain
pass
They rest where loud the tempssts
blow
Destructive IN their gle~--
The men who followed long ago
The swords ~ Grant and Lee
Their graves are iving side ~ side
Where once they met as foes
And where they IN the Wildwood died
Springs up a blood red rose
Ger them the bee on golden wing
Doth rlt ard n Won tree
gentle rohln seems 20 sing
To Their, Of Grant and Lee.
To-Day 10 strife. ~ section. rise.
Today no shadows fan
Upon our land and meath the skies
one rag waves over all,
The Rlue ard GRAY a. comrades stand
~ comrades herd me knee
Ana ask Gods hlesSh.E ou tho lard
That gave ~ Grant and Lee.
So long a. southwark, wide and clear
r0touar's river runs
Their deeds VIII live because they
were
CoIunhia'a brave sons
80 long a. bend tho northern pines
And blooms The Orange tree
The swords viii shine that led the
iines
OF valiant Grant and Lee
Me,hlnks h.ar haeis Alow.
M@fhtnks 7 hear y drum:
Ard there wtth martial step and
$3.50. .x,.s.~ sn-.
They are the men who met as foes
For rs the t~ad ! see
And side by .ife IN peace rerosa
The swords % Grant and Lee.
Above them iet O't Glory wave.
Ard lp' sarH deafness star
Forever shine uV0u tNe brave
who l~d me ~arks ~ war
Their % To resogrd- from coast 20
coast
FROM mountain top - sea
No other Land than ours can BOAST
The swords ~ Cast ard Lee
Author unknown.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

On the morning OF Sunday, Jan.
"a. last, the rector OF a remote Lin
colnshire parish was on bis way 70
church, when be met bis clerk.
There be rare goings on In the
North sea the morn" announced the
latter, Jerking his thumb over his
shoulder In the direction OF the dis
tant and quite invisible sea.
What do you mean" asked the
clergyman. eagerly. Have you any
nevs?"
mo, bat the pheasants be fuss
ing all over the place.
That was the morning on which
Admiral Beatty and his battle oruis-
ers caught the German raiders and
gave them such q hammerinz-
We'll. although the sounds Of that
great sea fight were not heard By
human ears at that tremendous dis
tance-prooa bly, more than $50
miles--yet there Is nothing jncred-
ible about the incident. for It IL a
known fact that the sounds made BY
guns OF similar caliber have been
heard by man over nearly 100 miles
Of sea and land.
Early in April 1912. gentleman
living a, Hambledon. near Godalm.
ing. wrote to the Spectator" say
ing: AS I sat reading the other
afternoon heard or rather felt q
long vibrating boom several times
repeated. thought AZ first II vas
motor van maneuvering behind
the house. but found nothing there.
Then ! guessed what II might
be. and forthwith wrote 10 the chief
gunnery Officer OF II. NJ. 3. Grin 20
make sure. Through the courtesy
OF this gentleman am able 20 state
that the discharge Of the Orion's
guns was distinctly audible 81
statute miles from the ship. the
sound taking somewhere about IL
minutes 20 travel the distance.
An even more remarkable In
stance Of the immense distance Al
which gunnre can be heard was az
forded at the time Of the French
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
A Lost Fellowship
By G. s. HITCHCOCK

that all the stress OF life has not
made her forget them nor think they
were foolish or sentimental
We think that II mother could
once In while. forget her house
hold cares and the grocer's BIN and
the stockings 70 darn and say 10 her
daughter Let Us put up little
lunch. take a book OF poetry and 20
out In the woods for the afternoon.
Just by ourselves" the Young girl
might respond and open up her
heart.
We think that II mother would 60
70 a good picture show some even.
ing. when time hangs heavily on a
young girls hands and would laugh
heartily az anything funny and not
End IL too silly or be bored 20
death. the little girl might like 70
be with her more.
We think that II mother could say
IL saw the sweetest muslin down.
town which ! am going to buy you,
for can JUST see hoV pretty you
would look in IT," IL might help too
In other words, We think that
mother IL most 10 blame; that In her
busy life, flied with either hard
work or clubs and social duties; In
her great desire 10 better social con-
ditions or get vote, she IA losing
the only common ground upon which
she and little daughter can meet and
join hearts. the fellowship OF youth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Don't Drug Insomnia.
~ n. ApoINoToN Bruce
tAuthcr OF The Riddle OF Personality"
"PEychology and Parenthood- etc)

n You are troubled WITH a persistent inability
10 sleep here Is bit OF advice want 10 give
you:
"on no account try 70 cure your sleeplessness
hy the use Of socalled soporffics. or sleep-pro-
duc!ng drugs -,
prescribe drugs TO their insomnia patients. But
the practice is bad one. and It's harmtulness
Is being increasingly recognized.
In ever greater numbers leaders OF the med
fcal profession are indorsing the position taken
by the author OF a prize essay on sleeplessness
contributed 10 enc Of our leading medical jour-
nails This author himself a practising phy'
stefan. says emphaticany
MY watchword is Avoid narcotics Place
your reliance on rational general treatment, on
hydro;herspy. suggestive therapeutics.
Drugs are only palliative. They cannot cure
They should never be used for any length Of
time and as It is especially difficult 10 prevent
these patients from becoming drug habitues, ~
is usually wiser 10 dispense entirely with their
use"
In these few sentences the case against sleep
producing drugs is admirably summed up.
In fact such drugs do not really produce
sleep. What they produce Is unconscfousness,
They are poisons and the only reason they
do not kill IL that their users do not take heavy
enough doses OF them.
Usually however, they take heavy enough
doses to react badly on the nervous system
Nervous irritabiiIty being thereby Increased, an
increasing difficulty in getting sleep Is exper-
fenced.
This leads TO greater use OF the drugs In que--
ton with the paradoxical result that the more
they are taken the greater is the difficulty In
sleeping.
what doctors call vicious circle has been
set in motion. In the end. many insomniacs
find that instead OF having been cured OF heir
sleeplessness they have become nervous wrecks
and in addition have acquired a slavish drug
habit. They cannot exist without their favorite
drug
As matter % fact in nine out 81 ten
sleeplessness - the result OF a mental condition
This means that tia treatment should be by
mental means plus hygienic and dietetic meas
ures whenever these are found advisable.
Treated thus-specih attention being paid -
Convincing tho patient that be really can sleep
~ bis own accord-there are omparatively few
cases OF insomnia that will prove obdurats
But there are no cases that can be cured bv
the drug process. Bear this In mind. and insist
that whatever else your physician may DO for
your insomnia be must not I'LL you with pol
sonous. nervedsstroying. vill-enfeeblng drugs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Uncle Sam Is Extending His
Business and Lowering Rates

Without saying anything about it,
Uncle Sans little old postotfice depart
ment continues 20 plug away increasing
the efficiency Of its service, doing more
things and doing them better than ever
before, and daily confounding the people
who say that everything can be done
better by private initiative than by the
government"
Beginning August l. automobile ser
vice for rural free delivery routes in
many localities will be authorized under
the clause of the resolution of congress
of March 3, last, authorizing the intro
duction Of auto service at compensation
not exceeding ST. 800 year.
Where the roads are good and pros
pective business justifies it, these auto
carriers will serve the farmers on routes
not less than 90 miles in length.
This improvement is going 10 permit
of further extension of present routes.
II means quicker service at less cost, and
consequently more service for the same
cost.
Auto service, under the policy of the
department, is also 70 be utilized grad
ually 10 install rural routes which Will
radiate out from the large cities.
Suburban and rich truck-growing
areas within % miles of the great cities,
when thus served, will get the local
instead of the first zone" parcel post
rate.
This means reduced cost and the i'm
mediate stimulation OF local parcel post
exchange. especially of Uncle Sans IA
nous Farm TO Table" service.
Although auto routes of this kind will
be legally rural routes, the effect Of their
installation will be TO bring the territory
served within city delivery.
Thus, while the various express COM
panies are frantically pleading with the
interstate commerce commission to allow
them to raise rates again, Uncle Sans
postoffice, concerned only with giving
the best service at the lowest cost, and
not having to bother about private
profits from the business. is steadily in
creasing facilities and lowering rates.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

One thing confronts mothers to-
day and has, perhaps always con
fronted them. II NE could get al
the reason, ne could ind the rem
edy.
Nerve specialists and psychopa;h-
ic doctors are working along quite
different lines than ever before !.
they go back years, sometimes TO
childhood. and nnd out what has
ever happened 70 patient to Ak a
certain idea in an elemental form.
In her consciousness; for this idea.
once fixed. has often led 10 her I'M
doing.
Now why Is IL that girls. almost
invariably. 20 10 anyone on earth
With their troubles and condolences
rather than 20 their mothers
Il Ia a hImiliatins fact which
mothers will do we'll 20 consider.
Their best friend. who would glad
ly give her life 20 spare them sor-
row and disaster. r. the one person
shut out from the holy Of HOLES, a
young girls intimate thoughts.
II may have hean hack in their
childhood when mother was too
sorbed in other tEILes % consider
and sympathize with their childish
trials. We think Il 10 now because
mother r. not able TO make them
understand that she was once a girl
herself. with all the curious chaotic
feelings which her daughter has, and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Qualifying.

Johnny Jones. the once boy. had
been detected IN a lie II was not
one Of the ordinary prevarications
Of the everyday world. and. more
over, to make the crime more griev-
ous. nc had persisted In adhering 20
his original msndacious statement.
DO you know. my lad" asked a
fatherly clerk. in kindly fashion.
what becomes OF young lads who
trife with the truth ,"
Aye" was the assured reply Z.
bosses send them out as drummers
ahen they grow up"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
No Inducement.

Motorist (blocked by load Of hay)
Il say. there. pull out and let me
by.
Farmer-Oh. dunno ez I'm in any
hurry.
Motorist tanxrily1--You seemed
in hurry 10 let the ether fellows
carriage get past.
Farmer-That's because his horse
wuz eatin' my hay. There haint no
danger o yew eatin' It, I reckon
Boston Transcript
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
TOOTHACHE MODERN

Too'hache was not an incident OF campaign.
INK with which ancient armies bad 20 reckon.
The silence ~ the classics certainly seems 20
Indicate that the Creeks and Romans suffered
verv little from their teeth. Words for tooth.
ache and for teeth extracting instruments can.
indeed. be found in the Greek and Latin diction-
aries, but the authors quoted for them are gen
orally late ard always uninteresting We can
hardly believe tina; N toothache had been com
mon in Athens, Arstophanes would have made
no jokes about II. But classical scholar may
pretty safely be defied 20 cite a single Greek or
Latin passage about II. Even Lucretius when
be gets on 20 the subject of teeth in q passage
where reference 10 toothache might be en-
pected. merely refers 10 the jar given 10 the
teeth by very cold water or by biting stone
In ones bread.--London Chronicle
Greats. or fourpenny pieces, were last coin
al In Great Rrtfaiu n
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Pointed Paragraphs

You Vttl never get ahead by fol
lowing the crowd.
The Lord made woman and she
made herself over into lady.
Hope may bud when u Is cloudy
but IL blooms only in sunshine
Some men are so forgetful tha,
they even fail 10 remember the
poor.
Probably there Is nothing quite
so pure as tho motive Of man who
lends money ~ another when ne IL
morally certain he Will never get
IL back.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

are far-sighted enough 10 carry their
drinking water. Some spring or
brook or farmers we'll, they feel.
will be sure 70 supply this essen
tial.
AZ result Of this indiscriminate
dependence upon unfamiliar sources
OF water supply there are hundreds
~ picniokers who contract typhoid
fever every season.
n while on a pleasure trip wa.
ter supply is used with which one
IL unfamiliar boiling the water for
20 minutes will make II safe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
The Roar of Battle

victory a. Steinbach The booming
OF the guns was distinctly heard
on the northern slopes OF the Ber-
nese Alps far down in Switzerland
The distance IL Just 50 miles as the
crow flies, and In this case IL must
be remem bered that the guns were
not the l35 naval giants, but mere
ly field artillery .-Pearson' Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
DETROIT TIMES

dealing to bring us this priceless reputa-
ton.
May we keep il inviolate forever. and
hold ourselves in check lest haste or pas
sion, insidious temptation or overwhelm-
ing greed Of gain, take it suddenly from
us, and ruin in month the edifce which
decades Of honorable care have reared.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

< Unique among the great powers of the
world in our avowed and proved policy
to refrain from ACKNOWLEDGMENT at the
expense of less fortunate people, we
have won the respect Of these powers by
the tenacity with which we have held
10 our course.
So many times have we shown that
our professions Of friendship are not
empty diplomatic displays, flash of gold
lnce to create an impression and hide
che duplicity in our hearts, that Europe
takes our word as our oath, and looks to
- % to nation on higher moral plane.
& 1t hrs taken years of straightforward
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

~ III INC Ut III " INK
water used by
picnic parties.
Nobody thinks
Of going on a pic
mic without tax
ing a geperous
supply OF food.
but few people
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
His Stamping Ground.

Jolly Man Whose appetite Is the
envy Of all his fellow boarders) --
Well. I never! rye lost two butte -
OF my vest
Lady OF the House (vho has been
wanting 10 give him hint-You vill
most likely find them In the dining
room. sir.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
BY Sign Language

$50 there ls deaf and dumb
ward How do you call the In.
mates TO dinner suppose yoL
don't ring a bell?"
NO We have a man who walks
through the halls wring!ng his
hands"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
The Aftermath

Doctor-You must be careful.
man. The influenza is not 30 very
dangerous. but II may have ex-
tremely unpleasant consequences"
Patient noticed that when I
got your bill the other day.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Laughs.
Esaetins.

Does a woman, when she's mar.
ried. expect her husband 10 tell her
his business Affairs
4 don't know. but a woman OK.
poets man 10 talk business when
he's courfiug her"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
HI. Ooinion.

wow, csddy. what would you say
OF my form
We'll. as long az yer askln' me.
should say kinda skinney."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
From, Another
Point of VielD

A Detroit bank teller's wife has sued
him for divorce on the ground that ne IL
parsimonious Which means close. Have
you ever peeked through the CRATES AT
he bank teller at work and wished you
were as close?
When we find the hose key missing;
When we find that the geraniums are
pulled up by the roots;
WI en- we hear the dishes breaking
Round the jam that she is taking;
When we find our pockets emptied, minus
Of our pet cheroots;
When the parlor lamp is smashing;
When we find her doll assaulted with
hammer on the cheek;
When neiQhbor comes and claims
"She has scratched our little James,"
Then we're very much in favor of bet-
ter baby week.
Indications are that our city officials
were so hasty in going over this matter
Of 100000 bridge that nobody else
will.
Mr.. Barnes wants that libel suit tried
over again. Mr. Barnes, evidently, can
not think of the word Sufficient"
The highest tax rate for Detroit has
been struck. When, might we suggest,
il ought to have been swatted.
The man who has both an auto and
weak tire wishes to announce that he
joins heartily in any movement for sane
frecrackers, particularly when they are
dropped directly behind ones machine
at the curb.
Paner clnha for nnllcemen nraciIcalir Ii.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
A Policy That Has Won World
Respect and Confidence for Us

Respect and confidence Tor Us
II will make one statement. though,
and sometimes ! hardly believe it my
self; and that is, that the Americans are
the one people on earth at the present
time that all the belligerents have con-
fidence in.
ut is remarkable, and, think. un-
precedented. No one, not even among
those on both sides who accuse US of I'M
fairness, has any idea that we intend to
gain power or international political ad-
vantage at the expense Of any people
now at war. Our word is taken at its
face value by all Of them, and our off,
Gals abroad act for both sides as best
we can. My one German has told me
many times, I don't see what ! could
have done without YOU That story can
be multiplied all over the world
II can say truthfully that we have
gained enormously in prestige. Our opin-
ion is valued, and our integrity has never
once been called in question"
This was written by an American con-
sui in far-away corner of the world,
where an informed German discussed
with him the rights and wrongs of the
war.
II gives good idea Of the position to
which the foreign policy of President
Washington, made memorable in the
phrase Friendship for all, entangling
alliances with none," has brought us.
That policy, which has kept Us from
secret treaties and from guarantees that
arouse jealousy, has become part of the
grain of our national attitude, so deeply
imbedded in our nation-stuff that foreign
powers regard it as permanent.
Moreover, we have given conclusive
proof in recent years that we do not care
for conquest.
Instead of retaining Cuba, or even es-
tablshing a permanent protectorate, we
acted merely as ''big brother" to the
young republic, interfering in her affairs
only when necessity became imperative,
and stepping out as soon as, the situation
had been remedied.
We retained the Philippines, but only
to teach the natives self-government;
and the sincerity Of our purpose to give
them up is attested by the statements
of president after president.
Roosevelt took Panama, it is true; but
the European nations were only too glad,
in view of the benefits which they were
to receive from the completion of the
canal, and this step did not arouse their
jealousy.
Our course in China did much 10 con-
vince the world that we were neither pi-
rates nor blackmailers, and that our at
titude toward the Chinese peoples was
one of true friendship.
We might have stretched broad hand
toward Mexico; but the number of our
people who would like to see Mexico an
nexed would scarcely make the village of
Springwells look crowded.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17
Picnic Season Brings Dangerous Health
Problem--- Water Supply often Impure

Unfortunately clear water IL by
no means always pure water. Many
a sparkling. crystal clear. roadside
spring IL open TO pollution and no
matter how attractive the little
brooklet which babbles along under
the overhanging trees may appear
one must know It's source before be
ing certain that II Ia free from con
tamlnation.
For the sake OF ones health II 4,
better TO carry pure drinking wa.
ter from the home TO the picnic
grove.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

The picnic season IL AZ hand and
II brings dangerous health prob.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

Appendicitis IL the result OF In.
lection OF the appendix by pus cocei
II person keeps in good physical
condition by getting plenty OF out
door life. moderation in eating and
regular bowel habits they have done
all they can do to avoid append
icitis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

Paper clubs for policemen, practically inde
structible, have been invented.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

Greats. or fourpenny pieces, were last coin
ed In Great Britain In 1885.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-06-17

The highest tax rate for Detroit has
been struck. When might we suggest,
il ought to have been swatted.