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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Fashion Notes.

Lace is being used on cloth gowns
as much as ever
Braiding done by hand, in the most
elaborate pattern, is seen on the new
est gowns.
Pale gray combined with yellow or
with green are two of the chic color
combinations of the year.
The old-fashioned very long pointed
front waist, quite high on the hips, is
revived for evening bodices.
The latest walking skirts now hang
back instead of forward, fare well be-
low the hips, yet fit close to the figure.
The disposition to bring in fiounced
wide skirts in place Of the close-ftting
clinging ones, in favor so long, is most
marked.
Deep collars and cuffs of embroi-
dered satin are the latest notion as an
accessory for waists of accordion or
side plated chiffon or net
Sleeves are finished at the bottom
with wide cuffs or in flowing, flare
fashion rather than gathered into a
band-like cuff in bishop style.
Light cloth dresses, trimmed with
dark furs, are ideal for the early win
ter, and this combination will be much
in evidence during the next few
months
All transparent materials in en-
broidered muslins and batistes, as we'll
as embroidered pongees, are being
more trimmed with embroidery or en-
broidered or lace applique figures than
with lace this autumn.
Many small wrist bags of reindeer
skin are set with watches. At one
time the fad for watches in different
articles of use and wearing apparel
appeared to be on the decrease, but
recently it has revived to some extent
A white liberty gauze waist has
sleeves tucked in wide horizontal
tucks from the shoulder to below the
elbow. The sleeve gradually widens
from the top, and is quite voluminous
where the tucks cease. The loose ma
terial is gathered in a band at the
wrist. The waist is not tucked, but is
laid in several wide box plaits in the
front. A pointed collar of yellow lace
falls low over the front and back of
the waist.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Tale of Two BADGERS.

Two French peasants, accompanied
by dog, happened one day to start a
badger, to which the dog gave chase.
The animal hid beneath a tree, but
it was got out and killed. AS the
commune or parish gave a reward for
slain badgers, the peasants proposed
to convey it to the nearest village, a
few miles off. Making a rope of tough
twigs, they dragged it behind them.
BY and by the squeal of an animal
was heard, and they then saw another
badger following them. Although
they attempted to drive it away, it
took no notice of them, but came up
to the dead badger and began to lick
it. The men now gave up trying to
brighten it off, and again fell to drag
ging their burden, whereupon the live
badger lay down beside the killed one,
seized it gently by the ear, and thus
allowed itself to be dragged to the
village. Here neither dogs nor men
nor boys could force the faithful crea-
ture to leave it's mate.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Quaint Relic Of the Past.

One of the quaintest Of little relics
from a bygone time is tiny shoe
made about the year 1765. 1t is elO-
quent, in it's old-age babyhood, of the
rude il substantial customs of our
foremothers and those who helped
them take care OF the babies in the
latter part of the 18th century.
This little baby shoe was one Of
four. In the town of Falmouth, Me-,
now Westbrook, in home which is
still intact, there were born girl twins.
The Goddard family, to which the sun
shine thus came. were well liked in
the vicinity, and the old shoemaker,
"Old Houston" as he was affection
ately called, appeared one morning
soon after it became evident that the
twin girls were here to stay, bearing
upon his right palm four tiny shoes.
They were a gift for the twins, and
were thankfully accepted. 1t is inter-
esting enough to chronicle right here
that both twins lived to a good old
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

infants Shoe, 14o Years old.

Infants Shoe, 40 Years Old.
age, one marrying John Collins, about
1885, and the other a Page, all Maine
people,
A bit of romantic folk story comes
down with the family, and incidentally
may prove interesting to readers in
general. The father OF John Collins,
husband of Hannah, moved from
Ware, n. H, to South Durham, Me-,
then Is years old, drove. The father
carried by this slow, rude way his
small wealth, consisting of LOO Span
ish milled dollars.
The little shoe is substantially
made. 1t must needs have been, to
have lasted 140 odd years 1t is turn
SHOE and the care necessary to turn
so small an article of handiwork can
only be conceived py old shoemakers,
for the little thing is only three and
three-quarter inches long and one and
thrGe-eighths inches wide in . the
widest part of the sole, the little heel,
with it's single lift being stitched like
the rest of the shoe, but reinforced
with two tiny pegs set through the
back of the sole, but not through the
heel lift.
1t is fashioned with little straps,
each having an infinitesimal button-A
hole, probably arranged to draw up
with string, as there is staple slot
cut through the instep. The small
toe is somewhat stubbed and is
cracked, partly, it would seem, as a
result of being worn thin.
The sole itself shows the polish II
wear Not the least interesting is IL
wad Of cloth used as stuffing to ked
the shoe in shape. This is a strip of
old velveteen of very small checked
pattern in dark buff and brown. This
the family cherish as a part OF grand
father Collins best breeches.-Lynn
Item.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Wcmen's Strange Jobs.

revived for evening bodices.
+ In England and Wales alone, we are
told, there are $4,000 women bootmak-
ers, 1929 ropemakers, 1870 saddle-mak-
ers;. sad to say, there are 27,707 bar
maids; 1850 butchers. But it is hope
ful sign that 514O women earn their liv-
Ing by gardening. There are 5000 cy-
Gle makers, 1850 tailors, who are
women; there are 279 undertakers, L.
shepherds, and almost every trade has
at least one woman representative in
1t, even the dock laborers and road
workers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Rainbow Ostrich Plumes.

Wonderful indeed are the new fash
ions in ostrich plumes. Long, curling
specimens, capable of completely en-
circling a very large hat, are beauti-
fully tinted in rainbow fashion to
show the melting colors of prism
A long plume may be colored white
cream, buff, gold-color and orange; or
it may be a marvellous harmony of
white, tender blue, deep blue, purple
violet, lilac, mauve, pink, rose-color
and crimson or wine color, in some por-
ton of it's curling length.
The changeable feathers are exceed
fngly pronounced" and sober Phila-
delphia will no doubt take it's time in
adopting it. But in time it will come
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Fashionable WRITING Paper.

Hieratica, which was the writing
paper of old Egypt, is actually repro
duced at the present day and is in all
respects now what it was then, a vege-
table parchment on which were in
scribed the writings of what Shake
Epeare calls 'the antique world" Hi
eratica is absolutely prepared from the
papyrus, as of old, and is nowesold at
a price which makes it possible to the
most shy and modest income. It can
be had in all sorts of sizes, while for
thoroughly satisfactory results it
stands now, as in days when the world
was young, quite alone.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Buried Words.


Buried words is game played by
two or more persons, one of whom
gives sentence in which a word is
concealed by being formed partly of
one of the words in the sentence and
partly of one or more Immediately fol-
lowing Thus the word London" is
concealed or buried" in the sentence,
do not let the rain fall on Don Car
los,' as will be seen if the proper let
ters be capitalized, thus, do not let
the rain fall ON DON Carlos" The
one who gives out the sentence must
state that the buried word is the
name of city, person, flower, article
of food, or whatever it may be, and
the first one who guesses it correctly
scores a point. The guesser then
gives out another sentence, and the
game goes on for any length Of time
agreed on, or until some one has
scored a certain number Of points.
After a little practice words can thus
be buried very skilfully. The hardest
ones to guess are those in which pro-
nouncing the words gives no clew.
Thus in the following buried fruits"
the former can be guessed by pro-
nouncing the sentence slowly, while
the latter cannot: Some fairy OR
ANGEL must have done this, - "The
baboon and APE Are both curious an
imals."
The best plan in burying word is
first to see whether it contains an
>ther word within it. Tins in buryiag
~ word orange" It is seen tina. the
vc-c rang Is SO contained. a sen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Chinese Fans and Puff Boxes.

The fans carried by Chinese ladies
are of the fiat, stiff description, the
foldabfe kind being mainly used by
men. When ladys fan is of silk it
is often beautifully painted. Even now
the best of the painters art is at the
ian makers service, but it consists
not in new and original designs, but
in copies of the masterpieces Of other
days which are still considered-at any
rate in China-the most beautiful
paintings on earth.
The puff box is a Chinese lady's con-
slant companion, and wherever she
looks at herself in the little mirror
ON it's lid she is sure to put on just a
touch more powder. For special oc-
caSions, such as a formal call or a
wedding party, she often paints her
face with a paste made of rice -four.
This dries and imparts deathlike
whiteness which she finds charming
With a wet cloth she removes the
paste from her eyes and lips, which
are almost full and pouting, and then
she vets her finger and draws it thrice
down her throat. She has then finished
all that custom could require in the
way of her makeup" and is as fas-
cinating as she can make herself
Detroit Free Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
King Is He Who Gets the Most.

1t this game is played out of doors,
large bowl or basketful of small
pebbles will do; indoors bowl of
small white beans or peanuts would
answer. This bowl is placed at an
equal distance from the equally divid-
ed party. There is a captain on each
side. He or she says: "The king is he
who gets the most. One, two, three. ;"
At this the opposite captains run to
the bowl, grasp as many pebbles or
beans as he can in one hand, and
dashes back to his place Then the
next two in line become captains, and
do the same. After all have tried a
count is taken, and those who have
the most all go upon one side. There
may be fewer on that side, but they
ought to be the best equipped, though
they may not be at the second try.
AT this bount the strength of the two
parties is decided.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Where Turnips Are a Luxury.


In "a Woman Who Went to Alas
ka," the woman herself tells Of her
first encounter with vegetable gar
den on the way down the river from
Dawson. Such luxuries ase the ordi-
nary truck patch" represents are
practically unknown on the tables of
the Yukon Valley CAS- we <neared the
delectable spot writes this many ex-
perienced woman, 'the river banks
were lined with canoes; many natives
stood looking at us from the shore,
and while stevedores handled the
wood, many passengers visited the
town. 1t was not long before they
came back with handfuls of turnips,
just pulled from the ground, which,
had these been the most luscious fruit,
could not have been eaten with more
relish.
L tried to buy one from a young
man, but he had evidently been long
away from such luxuries, for he re-
fused to sell. Afterward his gallantry
got the better of him and he politely
offered me one-half of the turnip,
which | took with thanks.
"As my brother peeled the precious
thing / asked him how long it was
since he had eaten one. Two years,
he promptly replied.
Knowing that he was especially
fond of such things ate small slice
and gave him the remainder"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
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MOAT.

pie think of the solution at once. The
inside square is fort. surrounded by
moat or ditch represented by the out
side square. The distance from the
outside edge of the moat to the wall
OF the fort is nowhere less than six
feet. Some soldiers who wanted to
get to the fort had only two planks,
each exactly 5 feet II inches long, to
make bridge with, and they had no
nails to fasten the planks together.
How did the soldiers get to the fort?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Can You Guess?

When Helen Fiske was years old
she had birthday party, and all her
little friends were invited.
They had a delightful time playing
games and singing, and after supper
they amused themselves guessing rid
dies for a time. The children told
some very good ones that were hard
to guess, but ethe one that puzzled
them most of all was the one that
Mrs. Fiske gave, and this is what she
said:
You all know, children, that this is
Helen's 8th birthday. Now, never
have had but seven birthdays, and yet
you know that | am a great deal older
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

When Coralie averts her eyes,
Some note with trepidation
Their mood of wonder and surprise,
Or beautiful vexation.
What time she filings the angry lock.
Or bows her head demurely.
1 read them plainly as a book,
And surely.
When Coralie averts her eyes,
Some tremble and are fearful;
If wrathful be their moments guise,
Or pitiful, or fearful.
Fen though on some one else they're
bent
] dread not their aspersion;
Averted eyes have never meant
Aversion.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

With scissors for tools and paper
and toothpicks to take the place of
lumber and beams, boys and girls can
get lots of fun by making little OBJ
jects. To make chair, cut the figure
ta) twice out of a cardboard or play
ing card.
Where the design is marked by
dots, bore small holes and stick the
ends of toothpicks through them, al
lowing only the extreme ends to stick
rilv and The chair Is ready ihf The
same way you can make cradle tcs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

Z Obtain a piece of string about a
yard long and lay it out straight on
table. Take one end between the
forefinger and thumb of the right
hand and the other end between the
forefnger and thumb of the left hand.
Now try to tie knot in the string
without loosening the hold at either
end.
Like most other tricks, this is easy
to do when you know how. Simply
fold your arms before picking up the
ends Of the string, unfold them, and
you have an ordinary knot tied in the
string
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Made Wonderful Ennina.

A. G. Root of Danbury, Conn, has
made the smallest engine in the world
1t is complete in every detail, although
sufficiently small to rest on a ten.
cent piece. The fly wheel is onlyl
seven-sixteenths of an inch in diane.
ter, and the main shaft measures but
ve-sixteenths of an inch.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Moose stirs up rouble.

A large moose has been on the war
path at Parkhurst, Me-, recently. He
drove Dudley Bean up tree and kept
him there till a posse gathered and
drove him away; he then went to d.
T. Johnson's and tried to assist Mrs
johnson about shutting up her chick.
ems, and scared her nearly to DEATH
The next day he frightened two girls
into the river
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

A double ladder (d), rocking chair
(e), stretcher IT,, pushcart (g),
sleigh CHI, a wagon ID, house (k).
bench (m), can be made by the same
simple means.
A table (n) is made by bending a
square piece of cardboard, as shown
in the picture, and inserting four
toothpicks into the two places where
the paper is bent under
A basket is made out of round
ring or q square (r and 81 and o
smaiIes round or square piace ofcard.
board. rs shown In the Illustration.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Dicaeur.

In Australia there is a bird, called
the, dicaeum, which keeps its young in
a pocketbook woven from the down
of the seeds of certain plants. No one
knows better than it does the joys
that come of well flied purse.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

tence must now be constructed with
the word rang" in it, while the word
just before must end with Co." and
that just following begin with &C."
Thus, They danced fandango, rang
Edwards door bell, and behaved very
wildly" 1t will be seen that the word
is thus buried" much more deeply
than in the other example given.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
New England industries.

New England still retains her pre-.
eminence in the boot and shoe indus
try, but three of her six states. in.
Guiding Maine, rank lower in the COM
parative value of their product thars
they did t@enty years ago, while CD
the others only Vermont has r:ada q
sain In comparative rack
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Cornhusk Rasketrv.

Cornhusk basketry is the latest fad
of the. worker who twists and weaves
NATURES materials into useful and beau
tiful forms.
The cornhusk baskets belong TO The
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Bees tongue.

The bee has long tongue-after
the manner of busybody He has
teeth, too, but instead of chewing his
food vertically, he cuts it by side
wise motion of his mandibles.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07

than Helen. Can you tell nae how that
can be?"
Mrs. Fiske was not joking and final
ly one little girl guessed how it was.
Can you guess, too?-Youth's Com
panion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
The COUNTING Puzzle

Here Is the way to place the de-
iached squares on the diagram of nine
squares as given in the puzzle of last
week SO that there shall be four
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-07
Moat and Fort Puzzle

Here Is O. puzzle that is likely to
prove very hard, although some peo-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Secretary Wilson Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture is not a bash.
ful man. lie wants q new building.
to cost millions Of dollars, and he
wants to set il intrusively upon the
Mall between the Capitol and
Monument encroachng upon the
magnificent park and defeating the
improvement plan which Con
gressional Committee has approved.
He will have 20 keep of Of the
vista.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
POPULAR PEOPLE AND PLACES

AS Bill Bailey was taking Annie
Laurie to her Old Kentucky Home,
after the Banquet in Misery Hall,
he pulled a Texas Rose, from the
bush growing in Dan fuckers yard.
1t was in the Good Old Summer
Time, and the Mocking Bird, was
singing in the Golden Slipper.
AS they were walking along they
met Hiawatha and My Coal Black
Lady singing Yankee Doodle, and
as they were dressed in the Blue
and the Gray; Bill Bailey asked
them if they had been Tenung on
the Old Camp Ground, Down in
Old Virginia; whereupon Hiawatha
quit singing and said they had been
Marching Through Georgia, Just as
the Sun Went Down, and that the
Old Folks at Home were telling
Central 20 Give Them Heaven, as
The GiIl They Loved in Sunny
Tennessee was there and they had a
Longing in their Hearts for Louise.
Bill Bailey said he would have to
be climbing the Golden Stairs. for
he wanted to go to a Geogria Camp
Meeting and have Hot Time dane
ing the Fishers Hornpipe with the
Girl he Left Behind Him. HE also
said that he hoped to meet them in
The Sweet BY and Bye, When the
Roses Bloom Again. So ne would
bid them a kind Good Night and
hoped to. see them once more before
they Broke the News 10 Mother.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Congress BuzzIng Around Like
Swarm of Bees.
The New Ruling OF the Pension Depart.
ment Big Election Boom for the
Administration.
From our regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, DC. Mar. 90 1904
A farmer OF planter, standing in
the corridors of the Capitol today,
would conclude that Congress was
about to swarm. He would see the
whirring round and round of excited
mnlititudes, and hear the stridulous
cry of controversy, and he would
think that something extraordinary
in the way of exodus was about to
take place. But he would prob
ably be deceived by the tremendous
buzz and undulaiion. The real
swarming will be put off from day
to day and may not take place for
month or more. Better so. A
swarm that comes in May is worth
load OF hay, you know; and a
late adjournment would shorten q
hullabalo of the campaign. The
prevalent turbulence is something
uncommon aud good many of the
workers are neglecting honey max
ing and have their stings out. This
is because the hive was recently
stirred up by sharp stick in the
hands Of Bristow. II was not his
stick, but was the one the President
advised his friends to carry and
walk softly. Some say that the
stick belonged TO Wynne, First AS
sistant Postmaster General But
Mr.. Payne says he has no idea who
II belonged 10 OF who fashioned IT,;
he never saw il before. II was
probably brought in by inspectors,
who proved 20 be prospectors Of
"innuence" without being respect
ers Of persons. AZ any rate, the
postOfhce scandal proves TO be one
Of the specters that will not down.
The Republicans have striven to
lay it by a special committee, but
the appsrition comes every day and
points a menacing finger around
the House
All this should have one good re-
suit; il should draw fixed line Of
separation between legislative and
executive department. II should
stop the executive from using IN
due influences 20 get laws passed
and appropriations made, and IL
should stop Congress from demand.
ing favors Of the executive. The
two branches Of Government should
be absolutely separated. More
than one Republican member de-
claFes coD6dentially that the Presi.
dent himself projected this report
Of Congressional impropriesies; the
correctness Of this conjecture will
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
White Goods.

Never has this season been APP
preached as to the variety of
styles Of white goods. In fact,
this will be the greatest white
goods season in the last ten years.
Impossible to name the different
weaves of white goods that are so
popular this season. Ask to see
them.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07
Mems Hats.

Here is where you can feel that
you are getting just what you
buy and your moneys worth.
When we guarantee hat, it must
be Just what we say. Our cele-
brated Dawson hat is equal to
any $3.50 or $500 hat on the
market.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

RooHELLg. Ca. Jan. 50, isO2.
l'tr u auGht stock aud Poultry
IL tho best ever tried. Our
vas io'eing bad when you sent
Medicine and nov they are
1 @ 90. They are looking 20
-.4 ..s'. ugiire.
8. =. Br,0cKfNoroN.