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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
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CURIOUS FREAK OF OPTICS
Remarkable Effects Possible With
Cardboard SpectacIes That Are
Cut With Various Openings.

Some very curious optical effects
can be obtained with cardboard spec
tacles cut with various openings,
writes s. Leonard Baron in the Scien-
tif1c American.
The spectacles are easily made.
Disks of cardboard are cut which
measure about two inches In diam
eter. From copper wire a nose piece
is bent and each end twisted into hole
made at the side of each disk. In the
same way the bows for the ears are
formed out Of wire. One end of each
Of these Is attached to the outer edge
of disk and the other end is bent
round so that the curved part for go
ing over the ear is formed.
The disks of the spectacles are then
finished as follows: In one pair q
hole Is driven with a pin through the
center Of each disk. In another pair
horizontal Sits are cut almost from
one side to the other of the disks.
These should be narrow and they may
be cut with a sharp chisel or penknife.
In the third pair the slit is the same
save that it is cut vertically.
By looking through the different
openings some remarkable results are
obtained. Thus the pair with the pin
holes restricts the field of vision, but
makes distant objects stand up with
great clearness. 1t is possible to read
print at three or four times the nor
NAL distance with the greatest ease.
When wearing the spectacles with the
horizontal Sits it is only possible to
see more or less horizontal lines in
houses. fences, trees, etc., really
plainly. Thus, while the trunk of a
tree is difficult to detect, the horizon
tai branches are much sharper than is
normally the case. Exactly the op-
posite Is the case with the spectacles
having the vertical openings. Here it
is only the more or less upright lines
that are really plain. The horizontal
lines are very indistinct and If fine
disappear altogether. Thus while one
can observe the posts supporting the
clothes line it is not possible to see
the line itself when wearing the spec
tacles with vertical Sits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

When Thomas Jefferson retired from
the presidency and returned to Month
cello he was much In debt, though at
the time the fact was not know to
most of his friends. He emulated the
example Of Washington by trying to
be farmer, but was so far unsuccess-
full that each year he ran more behind
financially. In the meantime he was
keeping open house, entertaining law
ishly and sometimes having as many
as fifty guests.
At length his affairs got into such
bad shape that he was compelled to
ask congress to buy his library and
historical papers. which were thereup-
on sold to the nation for $4,000.
These books and papers now form one
of the most valuable possessions Of
the library Of congress. The money
tided yeffeTsea OYER for a while, but
he was bankrupt when he died, II
years after hig departure from the
White House. 70 the day of his death
he took an active interest In public
affairs. He established the Univer-
sity Of Virginia, serving as its first
provost and personally superintended
the erection Of its buildings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Rosetta is town In Egypt, on the
old Bolbitic arm Of the Nile. In the
time OF the Crusades it was a place
Of great strength, but was later out
stripped In growth BY Alexandria, and
today ts q small town Of less than TO-
900 Inhabitants. The Arabs called It
''Rashid." believing that Haroun-al-
Rashid founded the old city. A few
miles north Of the town q French en-
gineer In 1893 discovered the Rosetta
stone, tablet Of basalt, with an in
scriptions of the year 136 B. c.. dur
ing the reign Of Ptolemy Epiphanes.
The inscription is in hieroglyphic. In
demotic and In Greek. It was finally
deciphered by DR.. Thomas Young, the
.celebrated English scholar. and formed
the key to the reading Of the HERO
glyphic characters that have revealed
so much Of the history OF the ancient
world The Rosetta stone was captur-
ed by the English on the defeat Of the
I French forces In Egypt, and is now
kept In the British museum. In Its
broken condition the tablet measures
8 feet 8 inches IN height. 2 feet AZ
Inches Ii width and IL inches In thick
mesa
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
FRIEND OR CURSE?
Both Designations Have Been
Bestowed on Sleep.
Truth 10 That the Hours OF Slumber
Can eS Made oubservient to
the Firm Will.

. Sleep, at the right time, is one Of
mans foremost friends and benefac-
tors; q the wrong time it is curse,
for It comes as the paralyzing incubus
upon his hand and his mind when he
should be broad awake and at his work,
declares q writer In the Philadelphia
Ledger.
+ IL q solemn thing to think about,
that Il we average eight hours Of every
twenty<our In slumber we are in the
Land Of Nod for third Of our whole
term on earth. At this rate the man
who lives to the age Of go has spent
twenty years in bed.
It has made some active spirits irate
against nature and the established
order that they should have to spend
so much time unconscious and unprO-
ductive; the idleness has irked them;
and burning the candle at both ends
In their defiance Of physiological laws
they have generally paid for 1t. The
rule is that we rest not that we may
form habits Of sloth and self-indul-
gence, but that we may find recreation
and recuperation for the day that fol-
lows night-the day that tests our met
tie. and urges to endeavor. Sleep Is
supposed to send us back into the fray
clear eyed, serene. corrOborated. II
climb when ! lie down." said that
poet Of the mystics, Henry Vaughan,
and by 1t he meant that his finite
mortality had risen star by star till 1t
laid hold upon infinity. The apparent
humility was an aspiration. He stood
at heavens gate not by the pride Of
life, not by self-assertion, not by be-
Ing egocentric, but in the modification
Of vanity and with all Christening
and subduing of the SOUL"
Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stev-
ens0n were two Of no small number of
writer's who wrote in bed because of
the comfortable relaxation and the
seclusion. The wits Of neither were
benumbed, and you could not call
either of these prolific and successful
authors lazy. But it does not follow
| that their mimic in respect to recum-
bent posture for authorship will sue
ceed In copying their happy graces in
the way of literary style.
The strong man seeks workroom,
not resting place. He stays at work
till his work Is done. He trains him.
| self-with an EdisOn-not to let him
self sleep till he has tracked the shy
idea he Is hunting to its lair. Men
| who have followed an engineering
| career afield-men who have fought a
war-men who have sailed ship
through q storm-men Of action, in all
times and places-can (f they wilr
tell US how they have made sleep sub.
servient to their own iron wills. They
have done their duty and let the
| respite wait till the task was ended
and the wage was earned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
HIS DEBT TO ESKIMO WOMEN
Life Of Famous churchman Of the
Yukon Saved by the "Muck.
locks' They Had Made.

That Hudson Stuck, noted archdea-
con Of the Yukon, who died recently,
should for Is years have escaped the
death from freezing and hardships
which he risked hundred times q
year, may have been due to a special
protection Of Providence, but in one
case at least, he owed his life to the
strong teeth Of Eskimo women, accord.
Ing to Seattle dispatch.
He told this story himself the last
time be was In the States. 1t hap
pened just when the first thaws were
setting In one spring. An Indian rum
ner brought him an urgent call for
help from the missions on the Kuyu-
kuk, Tar north of the Yukon. a call
that could not wait until the rivers
were open and the days Of dangerous
travel past.
So the archdeacon started from
Fairbanks on foot, with one Indian
and dog train. They followed the
Tanana to the Yukon. reaching the
great river at sundown. and striking
out across the ice on sharp diagonal
which heightened the crossing to fye
miles. It had been biting cold under
the lee Of the shore. and on the un.
sheltered river Dr. Stuck's thermome-
ter registered so degrees below zero
Four miles Of Ice were behind them
when trouble began. First there was
vast groaning Of the river and thin
cracks zigzagged away from them In
all directions.
Experience told them that the strong
currents below the northern bank.
were at work again after their vim
ter's rest. AS they turned back to-
ward the stronger footing behind
them. the fee broke sharply at their
feet, and before they could throw
themselves dat they were wet to tho
thighs In the chilly water.
Fortunately one section OF the icee
crust within reach held Arm and they
were on their feet again In an Instant
knowing that their only hope against
death BY freezing ii that terrific ceA0
was four-mile race to shore andt :
brushwood fire.
I'VE could never have won fh9e
race" concluded the archdeaconj ~
dry fest and the circulation, pumped
to them By the tremendous ieff0rt a.
our running hadn't helped us. OtheEA
ONLY 4 month until Ch,,icfvnao
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
canadfase coat of Arms.

CanAda's new coat q arms, which II
now In. the hands Of the College Of Her
aids In London, with It's motto. "A Mari
uSque ad Mare" naturally gives an op-
portunity to the incorrigible punmaker
70 declare Il IL admirable" and that
we "shall see what We shall see." It
brings ont q. point that has often puz-
xled those who speak Of the Dominion
without knowing Why it should be SO
designated. Il u said that when Il
was being decided what the various
colonies that compose the present
Canada should be called ono Of the
councillors suggested dominion" and
quoted from tho Seventy-second Psalm.
aHe shall have dominion from sea to
sea." The motto ~ Mari esQue I'D
Marer II not 4 cantine motto. but
echoes the freedom of thought that =
carried, net only from sea to sea, but
across fha - e the mother country.
Christian aelenea Monitor. ~
Read Ill the advertisements
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
MANY FEAR BANKS
LARGE Class Prefers to Hoard
Its Savings.
Foreigners Especially Are Guilty Of
the Folly OF Carrying Large
Sums on Their Persons.

< A contractor on the Ohio river was
putting In cofferdam. 1t was dam
gerous and dirty work. One day the
dam broke. A number of workmen
We're caught and sucked under by the
thrush Of water. They all came to the
surface and were rescued but one.
This poor chap disappeared and they
were unable to find his body, although
diligent search was made.
After the cofferdam was repaired
and the water pumped out the body
Of the missing man was found buried
in the muddy bottom.
The reason he did not rise to the
surface with the rest was that he had
fastened about his waist belt con-
tanning $3.50 in gold.
His money belt was his bank and in
trying to save his money he lost his
life, Charles Aubrey Eaton writes In
Leslie's.
Around the Pittsburgh district they
get their building sand by dredging the
river bottoms. Not long ago a work
man on one Of the dredging scows
found in the sand brought up by the
dredge, q leather poeketbook contain
ing $1,700. He reported his find to the
boss and the company advertised for
the owner of the money.
e A Hungarian laborer from one Of the
big manufacturing plants answered the
Advertisement and claimed the money.
The story told by this man was ex-
traordinary. He had made the pocket
book himself at home out Of piece of
leather which he had bought for the
purpose. He produced the remnant of
the original piece of leather as part
Of hts proof Of ownership. One day
be had accidentally dropped his pock-
etbook down manhole into a street
sewer. He went to the spot where the
sewer empties into the river and with
out food or drink watched for three
days and nights. in the hope that the
pocketbook would come through to the
river. At last ne gave up in despair
and II was more than year later that
: the workman on the dredge fshed the
thing up out Of the river bottom.
e A foreign-born workman was hurt in
4 western Pennsylvania mine. When
he was brought to the surface for
treatment they found that he had fas-
tened under his left arm an oiled skin
silk bag containing $3.50.
s. One day during the war spoke to
J, a crowd Of 5000 workmen in an east
ern shipyard. After the meeting an
Italian laborer came to me and asked
Il he could speak to me IN private.
We retired behind pile Of lumber and
he produced $500 worth Of liberty
bonds which he had been carrying in
a belt next to his body and which
were becoming soiled and discolored.
He wanted to know where he could
put his bonds for safekeeping, as he
was afraid they would be stolen if he
carried them around him at his work.
y I took him to the president of the
company and suggested that his duty
was only half done when he had edu-
Gated the workers to invest in gov
ernment securities. He ought then to
60 on and show the men how to take
care Of their securities by depositing
them IN some good bank.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
Hot water l Sovereign Remedy.

Edmund Burke, the celebrated Brit
ish statesman whom every high school
boy has occasion to know through his
famous speech On Cancellation, was q
believer In the hot water theory Of
therapeutics For whenever Burke
found himself indisposed he ordered
q kettle Of hot water to be kept boil
Ing, Of which he drank large quanti.
ties, sometimes as much as four or
I'VE quarts In 9 morning. without any
mixture or infusion, according to an
old copy Of the Dublin University
Magazine. He would pour out about
Z pint as hot as he could bear. and
drink It with Z spoon, as r Il had
been soup. Warm water. be said.
would relax and nauseate. but hot
water was the finest stimIlant and
most powerful restorative Ia the
world. He not only partook Of this
sovereign remedy himself, but pre-
scribed It to every patient that would
listen to him C alI:--Kansas City Star.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

went To- the same school. or met when
happily holiday making.
) Anyway. there It -. and expect
n truth were sifted from speculation
causes OF the same kind or others as
primitive, rule my husbands choice
also. -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

wise we should have frozen to death
on the flrst mile. Our lives were saved
by our leather mucklocks. the high
native boots whose seams have been
chewed to watertight pulp between
the teeth Of the Eskimo women"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
Roman Villas Found in switzerland.

RoNn1n Villas Found IN Switzerland.
Archaeologists have discovered in
the wood Of Enge. near Berne, Switzer-
land, two Roman villas which appear
to have been constructed In the first
century. B. c.. says Geneva message.
Further excavations are to be made in
an attempt to establish the where
abouts Of the IL towns and 400 vii
lages mehtioned by Julius Caesar
which Il Is believed existed In the
nelghborhood. Traces Of the former ex-
Istence Of an important Roman col
ony at this spot have already been dis
covered.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

l have the agency for all popu-
lar Magazines and l will appreci-
ate your renewal or new.
MRS. E. B. AFFORD,
Value, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
Australian opals.

The opal industry of Australia is
m important one. and the value Of the
stones found since 1890, In New
South Wales, the principal producing
state. d 81, $4,000. The gems were
llrst discovered there In 1877. but two
years earlier the first recorded dis
e0very Of opals In Australia was made
in Queensland. Australia has the rep
utation Of being the only country in
the world III which the black variety
Sf opals have come to light.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Inc Decentralization Syndicate is home industry and
ganzed develop which honestly
has placed DOORS We have secured
and of land known MARI Hill
few miles of Brandon Miss Mari Hill
is undoubtedly the center great up forming
excellent anticne oil gas every
to Biologists and practical oil standing very pro-
nounced in its favor Salt alu sulphur gypsum, pyites
ron found around this everywhere
The sharp dipping lime key rock)
south from the the Marl Hills doubt
oil divided
into twelve hundred units and selling for $5OO
unit money drill well the block of leases
$500 deep oil gas found paying quantities
depth Every spent pur-
of drilling said well dollar unit which will
be spent advertising other expenses raising
the will paid production
All drafts checks orders will be made payable the
Jackson Syndicate which will deposited the
chants Bank Co, Jackson Miss, and Rankin
County Bank, Brandon Miss unit part
of anymoney thus collected deposited
dollar per expenses will upon
purpose until units paid for
any cause, sufficient complete
said well in that all moneys collected dollar per
unit for will be returned to the party paying
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
POSTED

All lands belonging to me OF
under my control are posted
A. E. BRAME,
Fannin, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

To prevent = cold takae 666.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
Brandon Oil
Syndicate


When all the units sold Syndicate will
be Incorporated under the s the State Mississippi
eliminate personal liabilities without change the value
of the unit by c. White, Brandon Miss, W. Moore of
Brandon Miss, j. c. Mcknight as temporary officers
We have arranged these units poor
take units strike OIL which every surface
dicaon says will Syndicate you easy;
ten twenty units makes you vastly deducing roy
alties and all possible 5000 barrel basis single
unit will pay the holder of $3.50 per month
this not worth your effort obtain? your enterprise
we'll ours; have all gain very little lose. This
everybodys and one has any advantage
other We the of the surveyed
Hopkins U. S. Geologs thinks there here expert
you thinks there find and keep
the proceeds with our people,
there anything about this proposition do not fully
understand call WRITE J. White T. w. Moore Brandon
Miss Oil Syndicate P. O.
Jackson, Miss.
In hereby subscribe
for and enclose check for for
Units in Jackson-B Brandon Oil Syndicate
Signed ----------------------------
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Only month until Christmas.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-19
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

The ladies OF ancient Rome dyel
their hair with a decoction made from
nutshells.
The first womans hospital on the
Pacific coast was established IN Dan
Francisco in 1875.
Queen Marie of the Belgians is Inc
,,oet talented violinist among the
women of European royalty
Nearly one thousand young women
are included in the present study oouy
at Oregon Agricultural College
Alice Cary, whose centenary is to
he celebrated April 90 had her frs'
,,tsrarv efforts published when sne
was eighteen.
Nrs John Gerken' well-knowr
horsewoman, has been honored witr
oo,.c.;on as one of the judges at tnf
SttcCliOh ~
Now York Spring horse show.
Many of the Chinese names are 0,
~aoverv, character. A common
- Cor little Chinese girl bao'
,s my thousand ounces of gold
Miss A. L. Prinsle, distinguished
..r.o. who was friend and co-work
sr Of Florence nightingale died Ire re
u .,r ~ ! st. Anne's Convent, Mus Ser
:siiceoraing to one authority, : F09 J,
| rs ,est Should be to 2 her eeEl1 height =
trsv prOportion q o,i,,ilSt sGdrtssfsn ss o 70 e
MI t. ,tatSflolbst fss.eaass fss:.' as heariy as eposf
ia one-seve1th OF her height:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-19

direction of tick eradication, having
already released three counties from
quarantine and now have five c0un-
ties carrying on systematic dipping
under government and state direction
and more than thirty other counties
dipping voluntarily. When Florida
can be freed from quarantine it will
be sought by hundreds of the best
breeders and cattle raisers in the
country which means many millions
of dollars of investments in Florida
ranches.
The fencing up of millions of acres
into extensive ranches in the past few
years and the improvement OF pas
ture and forage crops has been an
other factor in favor of the advance
ment of the live stock industry and
now there Is decidedly vigorous
movement on foot to provid ca fence
law that will improve the conditions
vastly in the state. The range cattle
men have opposed this measure In the
past but they are rapidly coming to
realization of hte need of such a
law, as is shown by meeting held
Yesterday in Barlow of the executive
committee of the Cattle Raisers AS
sociation of Florida, for the purpose
of considering the no-fence law move.
ment and seeing whether the cattle
men and tn efarmers and fruit grow
ers can get together on law that
will be acceptable to all. At the an
nual meeting Of the association last
month it was decided that the time
was not ripe for such law, but so
many facts have been brought out by
tn newspapers in the past month
that even the cattle men who were
the most strenuously opposed to such
a law are now coming to believe that
it will be best to conciliate the people
who are demanding il and are willing
to meet them half way.
With better breeding stock, the cat
tie fever ticks eliminated, a fence law
/ that will protect the farmers and faisi
ers of. better cattlerandl hogs and Inn
proved. pastures and forage crops,
4 FLORIDA. win flourish in the smiles of
H q splendid livestock ndustry that will
briag millions Of dollars income tothe
ytate.7JacksonvilIe Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-19
NO SYMPATHY WITH BOLSNEVIK
(By Associated Press.)

Copenhagen. April 10 -Hjalmar
Branting, the Swedish Socialist lead
er, and former minister of finance,
speaking at the recent Scandinavian
Workers Congress, declared that he
had no sympathy with what he called
the insane and destructive Entente
policy towards Russia but added
that Our joining Bolshevism will not
help the suffering Russians -
The Congress later rejected the
Norwegian Socialist proposal to join
the Third Internationale of Moscow.
"Anarchical methods will not Gre
ate lasting results" said Branting.
We do not accept the dictatorship OF
any minority. The minority dictator
ship in Russia has shown its impot'
ence in solving all really socialistic
problems. The giving up of democrat
ic principles means houndering In the
rough sea of life without compass