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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
The Wages of Detention.

Even the most modest of women
have way of going about their own
houses clad with tropical scantiness of
attire on excessively warm days. Two
young women, in the comfortable neg
l1gee which the exclusive possession of
the house made possible, lolled in
WICKER chairs, lazily scanning their
magazines. A ring at the door bell
startled them from their ease. With
fingers on lips and expressive panto-
mime they signified the necessity for
Keeping quiet and their intention OF
not going to the door, A moment later
they heard the caller walk along the
veranda and try one of the inside
blinds. The windows, which were
open, reached to the floor and otter
were used as doors. They had lust
time to conceal themselves behind
piano that stood diagonally across
corner Of the room when the caller
opened the blind, entered. sat down
and picked up a magazine, evidently
with the Intention of waiting their re-
suppressed laughter, but did not dare
10 move. They recognized their caller
as one Of the most sensitive women in
town, and she never would have for
given them for refusing to admit her.
Minute by minute their position be-
came more trying. The least attempt
to relieve it endangered a betrayal. To
make the matter worse, one of the
young women had an engagement at
an hour that was rapidly approaching.
The woman gave no indication of go
ing. She was comfortable and might
wait indefinitely. They could not.
They were driven to the point of ig-
noble surrender when to their literally
unspeakable JOY she made a. movement
indicating departure When they had
heard the gate close behind her they
came forth limping and weak, but con-
graduating themselves over their es-
cape.-New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
A PiutsiI PARTY.

The Philadelphia Record relates: A
pigtail party was given in his studio
the other night by an artist from the
west. The arriving guests were very
curious to know what on earth this
sort of party is, and they found it tc
be one whereat the tails of pigs are
the main dish of the supper. AS &C
cessories there were served, of course
sauerkraut, sausages, cheese and pref
zels, but the delicious pigtails lorded
it easily over their neighbors. They
were fried, and each guest found he
could eat dozen without difficulty
I'm st. Louis" the artist said, pig
tails are as common an article OF
food as pigs feet or beefsteak. Every
butcher has them on sale, and they
cost ABOUT twenty cents a dozen. Here
in the east they seem to be unknown
had great deal of trouble to get
these that you are eating tonight, and
had to order them two weeks in ad.
vance. Several men got the recipe
for their cooking, and told they would
have standing orders with their butch.
ers for pigtails with their dinners"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
WASHINGTON
ITEMS
Interesting Items From the Cap
ital of the Nation.
ANINCREASEIN AGE
Census Bureau Issues Statement
on Age Of Population frcm De-
Cade to Decade.

Washington, D. D-AGvices re-
ceived by the Colombian legation here
say that the Colombian government is
still making efforts to send relief to
the town of Aqua Dulce, now besieged
by the revolutionists. The new Co.
lombian war vessel recently purchased
by Colombia has left Seattle, but ow-
ing to her limited coal capacity prob
ably will coal at Acapulco, and fort
night may elapse before sho can sue
cor ths besieged town. Meantime
Colombia may dispatch several thou
sand OF the troops now concentrating
on the isthmus to the port of Chiriqui
on the east coast by boat, and from
there it is but march of forty miles
to Ague Dulce.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
CHEMISTRY or CONNECTIONS.
Importance of Pure Milk and Sound Eggs
in Making Sweets.

Importance Of Pure MILK and Sound Eggs
in Making Sweets.
In flour CONNECTIONS or cakes-not
sugar CONNECTIONS or sweets proper, the
principal substances useu are flour,
milk eggs and sugar. For confection-
cry, the weaker and softer houls, con-
tanning much starch and little gluten,
are preferable. Milk is used as a mois-
tener instead Of wafer, because OF lts
richness, average pure new milk con-
tanning 40 percent of fat, 3.6 percent
proteids, As percent sugar, or percent
ash, 8.8 percent ncn-fatty solids, and
1874 percent OF water. 1t is not only
the fat in the milk that is Of service to
the confectioner, but also it's proteids,
which, though like the white OF eggs,
have no very pronounced taste, yet
confer a fullness Of flavor which a SIM
pie solution of lactaose in water would
rCt possess. In baked goods the pro-
teids Of milk produce moistness and
meliowness Of character, and new milk
therefore gives to confectionery rich
ness through it's fat, sweetness through
it's sugar and mellowness through it's
protcid
Next to milk, eggs are one of the
most important moistcning agents to
the confeotioncr In composition the
white OF eggs consists Of proteids dis
solved in water, while the yolk con-
tains in addition to the proteid, fat
and ccloring matter. The white of
eggs may be viewed as a solution of
one part albumen in seven parts of
water, while in the whole egg about
two-1ifths of the solids consist of fat
and three-fifths Of proteid, while the
water OF the whole egg amounts, rough
~ to three-quarters of it's weight.
Another moistening agent used by con-
PETITIONERS is glycerine
Many aerating agents are used by
confectioners, the chief of them be-
Ing ammonium-carbonate, usually call
ed ammonia" or volatile sodium BIZ
carbonate, tartaric acid, cream of tar
tar The chemical action of these On
the confectioner's paste is to change
the sugar present by fermentation into
alconol and carbon-dioxide gas, whict.
has the mechanical effect of distendjne
and Tightening the dough. When tar
tarlc acid and sodium bicarbonate are
mixed with flour in equivalent quanti-
ties, the result by moistening with wat
er is that the acid attacks the carbon
ate hberating all it's carbon-dioxide
and forming normal sodium tartarate
The latter salt is comparatively taste
less, and the presence of the quantity
produced as residue from the amo mt
OF acid and soda necessary for the
aeration Of an average dough is not
sufficient to injuriously affect the flavor
OF the resultant goods.-Scientific Am
erican.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
Moral Effect Of Diets.

An exclusively pork diet tends in
faliibly to pessimism. Beef. if perse.
vered in for months, makes a man
strong, energetic and audacious, says
Pearson's Weekly. A mutton diet con.
tinued for any length of time tends to
melancholia, while veal eaters gradu-
ally lose energy and gayety. The free
use of eggs and milk tend to make
women healthy and vivacious. But
ter used in excess renders its users
'phlegmatic and lazy. Apples are ex.
cellent for brain workers, and every
body who has much intellectual work
to do should eat them freely. Pota-
toes, on the contrary, render one dull
invidious and lazy, when eaten con.
stantly and in excess To preserve the
memory, even to an advanced age,
nothing is better than mustard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

ever at the graves of their dead. In
modern times, however, they nave toll
Grated the low headstones now com.
mon in their graveyards. At Birming.
ham, in addit- n to this, tract is set
apart for those who do not choose to
adhere rigidly to Quaker methods OF
burial, and it is in this section that Mr.
Taylor's monuments are placed
Mr.. Taylor has also built a public
reading room on the grounds, and in
many other ways has helped to make
the place attractive to visitors. A
movement is now on foot to incorpo-
rate the battle-ground into Nationa
park, and bill appropriating $50, OOC
for that purpose il pending in Con.
gresS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
CHESS PLAYING UNIVERSAL,
One Of the Requirements of Inhab
tants of Hungarian Village.

One Of the Requirements of Inhabl
tants Of Hungarian Village.
There is in Hungary village prob
ably unique among the worlds
towns, in that it not only encourages
chess as pastime, but insists that
the king of games shall be played by
every man, woman and child in the
place.
1t is just as necessary :, this out-ot
the-world spot for the inhabitants te
be proficient chess players as it is fol-
them to- be able to read, write ant
cipher. Prizes are given to the schoo
children for proficiency in chess
Problems are given to the scholar.
that they are expected to take HON.
and work out in their spare hours il
addition to their other tasks.
Hungary has long been famous fol-
her chess players. Indeed, this little
village has, as can be well understood
turned out more than one player who
has been considered fit to rank with
such giants as Lasker, Steinitz OF
Tchigorin.
Every Christmas a great tourna
ment is held in the village, and the
burgomaster gives prizes for the best
juvenile and adult players.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
rlonumerts Being Placed
Along the Brandywine

Like Anarew Carnegie John G. Tay-
lar, Of West Chester, IA, intends to
dispose of q large share of his wealth
while he is yet alive; but instead CT
Investing it in libraries or schools, he
is building monuments on the Brandy
wine battlefield. He refused to tell
how much be has spent in this way,
but competent judges say the statues
and shafts that he has erected have
cost fully $4,000. He has just COM
pleted his most elaborate monument,
a memorial to Gen. Lafayette, built of
granite at a cost of $4,000. Already
he is planning other designs to honor
the various commanders who partici-
pated in the battle.
Mr.. Taylor has pointed out that in
the conflict waged along the Brandy
wine the American flag was first I'M
furled in battle; that in this fight La
fayette, who had just joined the Amer
leans, received his baptism Of fire;
that being st the opening of the Penn
Sylvania campaign, it was one of the
most important battles of the Revolu-
can troops, by their determined re-
sistance, won from the British in the
official reports a tribute to the eff
cheney of the patriot arms. Mr.. Taylor
deplorcI that in spite of the many his
toric associations Of the vicinity the
noted sites near the old meeting house
were neglected. The meeting house
itself remains almost as it was when
it served as hospital after the fierc-
est part Of the conflict had been
fought about its walls. but all traces
of the graves OF the hundreds Of SOL
diers who were buried nearby have
disappeared. The farm houses that
were used as headquarters by Wash
ington, Lafayette and Howe also pre-
sent practically the same aspect now
that they did 125 years ago, and along
every road and on every hillside are
places replete with stories of the col
onies' struggle for freedom.
1t is true that in 1895 the school
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
A Typical Scot.

Lord Balfour, of Burleigh,
who has just been installed
chancellor of st. Andrews univer-
sity in succession to the late Duke
OF Argyll says Mainly About People.
lis typical Scot, who has always TAX
en- life seriously and has won his way
by sheer hard work from the status
OF 'sma' Scotch laird to the honorable
position he now holds. He took hon.
ors at Oriel in 1871-the attainder of
his ancient barony had been reversed
in MS favor two yeasr previously
and his portrait hangs in the common
room among the other worthless of that
famous college. The new chancellor
is a dignified man Of two and fifty
tall, handsome, grave and portly and
will be in all respects a dignified fig.
urehead of the venerable university by
the North sea-"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

pendence and freedom be to ensuing
generations an eternal pledge of unal-
ioyed republicanism, federal unity,
public prosperity and domestic happi.
ness"
Iae other quotation is as follows:
The honor to have mingled my
Dlood with that of many other Ameri.
can soldiers on the heights Of Brandy
wine has been to me a source of pride
and delight
Mr.. Taylor's monuments, remark
able In themselves, are the more con-
spicuous because they stand in Qua
ker cemetery. Originally the Friends
doctrine of extreme simplicity permit
ted the erection Of no markers what
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
His Famous Sentence.

The Hon. Bill Brown Of Kansas, has
been called upon to be candidate for
the legislature again. Mr.. Brown won
great fame when chairman of the COM
mittee on railroads in the Kansas
house of representatives four or five
years ago by thus describing a rail-
road in Pratt county, his county:
1T hain't got no termini at airy
end!"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Ruins of First Lafayette Monument.
children of Chester county collected
about $500, with which the Historical
society of the county was commits
stoned to erect marker at the spot
where Lafayette was shot. For this
sum monument was secured that was
rather imposing in design, but it was
constructed of terra-cotta Dedication
exercises were held on Sept. II, 1895,
the anniversary of the battle. Not
long afterward, under the influence of
the storms that swept the exposed
hillside, the terra-cotta monument re-
gan to crumble, and it is now in
ruins.
Last year Mr.. Taylor endeavored to
enlist the cooperation Of the State
legislature in erecting a monument to
Lafayette on the battlefield. He Of
fered to bear most of the expense,
merely asking the state to give share
so that the project might not appear
to be entirely an individual enterprise
Abe appropriation, however, was not
granted. Undismayed, Mr.. Taylor pro-
ceeded with his plans, and under his
supervision the monument has now
been completed. 1t consists of a col
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Edward K. Jones, the special as
sistant Attorney General engaged by
the United States to conduct proceed
ings against G. w. F. Nicely and other
officials and employees Of the United
States government, is quoted to the
effect that the representations by
Nicely that the Cuban government has
decided to abandon its claim for the
recovery Of the money charged to have
been embezzled was entirely erro-
neous.
A statement prepared ~ tho comp
troller of the currency shows that
from March IA, 1900. to August 81.
1902, /, l41 national banks. with ag-
gregate capital stock of Sos, 534, 500.
we're organized. The number Of ac-
tive banks has Increased from 3,617
on March IA, 1900. to 4.616 on
August 81, 1902; authorized capital
stock from $616, 500. 095 to $7OF. TIA.
695; bonds on desposit as security for
circulation from $244, GIL $40 to 1922
941. $50, and bond secured circulatiot
from $216, 374, 795 to 1919. 407, $50.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Ezra Whitney lost a valuable COW the
other day in very unusual manner.
While eating hay the animal swallowed
a long hat pin and died in q short
time. DR.. Freeman performed an au-
topsy and found that the pin had pene-
trated the cows liver. -Rockland Cour-
ier-Gazette.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Mr.. Bowen, United States Minister
at Caracas, has telegraphed the depart
ment OF state that an engagement be-
tween the revolutionists and govern
ment forces occurred on the noun
tain just behind the American lega-
ton, lasting four hours and resulting
finally in the route Of the revolution
lists. The noise Of combat was heard
distinctly at the legation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
NEWS in
MINIATURE
Doings Of a Busy World Told in
Tcrse Paragraphs
NEWS CONDENSED
Happenings OF Interest Over
Land and Sea -- Personal
and Notes

and Notes
France will adopt Porto Ricsn coffee
ut minimum tariff rates
Prince Henry of Prussia Will visit
the United St&tos next year.
mississippi Legislators favor the re-
peal of tn valued peaicy Law.
Property valued at St00. 600 was de-
stEoyed by Gre in Cincinnati
Rev Morris Wilson, aged eighty,
ki!let his wide at Genoa, w. Va.
England rs about to adopt a system
OF naunicip4i ownership CT water.
The will OF the i&te John w. Mao
kay has been filed st San Francisco.
DIR. j. g. Booker ghas aud killed
Henry e. Christsa near Green sbarg,
KY
Brigadier GonsraI w. II. Forward.
q. s. A. las gone on tbs retired
list
Judge gohn III. nogan of TeEss will
write book On political Eeaaiai sen-
ces.
A delegation Of citizens of Atlanta
will ask tie president TO visit that
city.
Tho Deaecrasia campaign opened
In Ohio sc xsorain- iona johnson
spoke
The President passed through West
vrgiusa, Che. Kentucky and Ten
ne >se.-
The erwpsiem of the So1sri oreSvol-
c&ao en1eloeea sc. Viaoeatsia electric
clouds.
Earope ia prepared to sappiy New
Yortz VITA ;,sla shocld ese Iaossy be
needed.
ghe strife is practically over1 in the
Ksnaw!ka aua New Rsva~ coal field
and Wess FtryiGis.
The Frepcs gowesoment has n OF ad
vised inhahitsuts ef Maeti~iqueN to
evacaate tLe isiaaG.
FL. H Hamna was norniasted for
congress by sae Democrats ia tn. sec-l
oud Tonneasee district. \
O. W. Gillespie hes been nominated
for congress by tke Democrats CO the
thu twelfsh Texas district
The president denies that be was
Intervene I tn Philadelphia regarding
the Pen os iy&uis naiuers' stzike.
New Work gamblers have put up
siGo, 89G to he'p Devery win his fghs
ia the Niuta New 7 oak district.
4 crowd attacked nege0's housa
at Ei Dorado, Ssiina county, Eli.
The Uaits4 States patent oaice ia
hesieged wi'h inventors who have de-
vices for Saesiag oaj. gas aud vaper.
Emperor William received at Berlin
Major Geasrsia Corbin aud Young.
and Brigadser GeRoras Leonard Wood.
The treasury department will take
NO steps to is-as che SO. coo, 900 Pan
anna canal boH&s authorized by con-
gress-
The receat bye-esecsioa at Seven
Oaks In England Is regarded as u Lib
eral victory. shongA the governments
candidate woa-
The hsst va Martinique iseaid TO be
almost Hnbear&ble, due the condi-
ton of Meat Peiee Tha cable be-
tween ST. vinceus aud Sc. Lucia ia
broken. Gu delou 20 ~ safe
N. G. Mc Millaa wii; not lee candi-
date for the Repabsicaa noaaiuation
to succeed his father, the hate james
Mcmillan. as United Ssoses Senator
from Michigan
Ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas will soca
entertain ". j. Bryan. Tosa Jehasoa,
Senator Pa tersou of Colorado, ex-
Gov. Stems OF Missouri and Chas. A.
Towne of Mime ~ota, near " elasco,
~
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
PosEN GERAANs CELEBRATE.
Kaiser Day Event Of Much lm-.
portauce.

Berlin. Sept k-Thongh che head
quarters of tho army maneuvers were
transferred from Posan to Frankfort-
on-the Oder. Kaiser day at Pogen waa
celebrated fervidly today by the Ger
mans Of the province The. Emperor's
route was lined By ao.O0N thousands
Of whom wero Gorm3n settlers
hrooxht from tiaeznxssanding,nonntrz>
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

American manufacturers are over
looking certain indispensable require
ments for the capture and retention
of the cotton goods trade in Cuba.
according to report from Minister
Squires, which has been made public
at the state department. The minis
ter declares that the American houses
should send Spanish-speaking repre-
sentatives to Cuba to work up their
trade instead of relying on export
commission houses in New York to
engage business for them there. He
also points out number of details in
the packing and invoicing of goods
destined for Cuba which are not taken
into account in the United States.
The British, says the minister, al
ready have the larger part of the
Cuban cotton goods trade, with the
United States and Spain close rivals
for second place.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11
The Lafayette Monument.

umn of granite cubes, reaching the
height of twenty-five feet. The gran
lite was quarried at st. Peters, in the
northwestern part of Chester county
The monument is SO arranged that II
desirable a statute of Lafayette may
he placed on the top. On the sides are
Inscribed two extracts from an ad-
dress delivered by Lafayette at West
nhester on the occasion of his visit in
1925. One is the following toast:
MAY the blood spilled by thousands
Nth equal merit in the causs of indie
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

The president has proclaimed an
agreement entered into with the gov
eminent of France on the 22nd of
August last, extending an important
trade addition to the Island of Por to
Rico by the admission of coffee pro-
duced in that island to the French
markets at the minimum tariff rate.
This was accomplished by a special
agreement made between Acting Sec
rotary Adee for the United States and
NJ. de Margerie, charge for the gov
eminent of France here.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

With view to learning the facts
in the case Acting Secretary Adee has
instructed Mr.. Mccormick, United
States ambassador at Vienna to ascer-
tain from whom came the flag which
recently was presented to the United
Hungarian societies in New York, and
which is reported to have been the gift
of the Australian government. It is
said that while there is 9 precedent
for the bestowal of such flag, one
having been sent by Emperor William
to the Chicago war veteran societies
several years ago, the present case is
represented to differ in the fact that
tho Australian flag bore the inscript-
ion: ''Be loyal to yonr fatherland, @.
Magyars."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

fBrigadier General William 81. For
uAod, Surgeon General of the army,
b y closed his active military career
b Yoperation of law on account OF age.
HYWill be relieved of his duties at
th.s ead Of the Medical Department
Of army Monday morning by Brig
Adm General r. NJ. O'Reilly, who
was pointed by the President Sur
oao, General several weeks ago in
ant; tion Of Gen. Forwood'a re-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

Acting Secretary Adee has been in
formed by the japanese legation here
that Capt. Rosehiil, who undertook to
lay claim to Marcus Island and take
possession arrived at that islam don
July 3Oth last. He was met there by
q Japanese warship, the commander
of which handed to him the letters
addressed by the State department,
pointing out the advisability of his
avoiding any forcible demonstration
to support his claim. The captain ac-
cepted these letters as sufficient and
lett the islani about a week later.
He has not lost any right he might
have had, according to the State De-
partment, and if he has any just claim
it may be pursued to a conclusion in
the usual diplomatic channels.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-09-11

A question involving about five mil
lion dollars in pensions has arisen in
regard to a resolution of the last con-
gross proviring the payment of PEN
sions to soldiers who deserted from
the Confederate forces and afterwards
enlisted in the Federal army. Under
the law of 1897 this class OF soldiers
was pensioned, but the pension com
missisner ruled that prior service in
the Confederate army was bar to
granting the pensions. The question
IS whether the pensions authorized by
the last session of congress shall date
from the original filing of the appii-
cation or after the passing of the last
resolution of congress. IF the former
then the pensioners will get abou five
million more than they otherwise
would. as twenty thousand applica-
tions were filed under the act Of 1890.