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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

both sexes is made from the inner bark
OF the elm tree. which is put into
water to soak and to soften. after
which 1t is taken out, and the fibre
divided into threads and balls. If
is then woven into narrow rolls of
cloth on a primitive loom. The gar
ments are quite rough, and have. a
faded brown color. The women are
somewhat expert in executing fancy
needle-work, and in their ARRANGEMENT
OF patterns and designs, the embroid-
cry and decoration is done with ia
panese colored thread, upon the
groundwork of their own elm bark
fabric. In winter the women sew
bear, deer and wolf skins over the
elm fibre for greater warmth. The
Ainu bear hunters undoubtedly out
class the best civilized sportsmen in
bravery and courage. The latter con-
slider one hundred yards off with a
modern Winchester Il safe distance
for shot for such IN animal The
Ainu method on the contrary. is as
unique as it is thrill ng and danger.
Gus. TO rout them OFT, long poles are
pushed inside; if one shows himself in
fair view, he falls severely wounded
by the poisoned arrow. Often they
are smoked out. When a bear is first
shot. he savagely and furiously at.
tacks his enemy. At close quarters,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

~ ornamented, called mustache filters.
These serve a double purpose. being
used in religious ceremonial worship;
when so employed, they dip one end
III the sake bowl, and off II few
drops Of wine to the gods whom they
desire to pray to, while in ordinary
use they are utilized to keep the long
beard out of the cup While the person
is drinking. They are from twelve to
fourteen inches long, and carved in
various designs, and are highly treas
ured by their owners, who do not care
to part with them.
Young women are more progresses
ing than the men, and are much sought
by the Japanese for wives They
practice, however, the custom of tat
tooing their lips so as to initiate mus
taches, thus producing a strange effect
to their features. The tattooing is said
to be somewhat painful. 1t is done
by degrees, requiring about a year to
put the finishing touches on. The
tattoo is obtained from the bark of the
birch, a pile of which is burnt under a
kettle, until the bottom is we'll black
ened with a thick coating. With Il
knife the woman makes a few in
ciSionS on the part to be tattOOed, after
which she takes some of the SCOT upon
her finger, and rubs it well in the the
gashes she has made. Several appli-
cations result in two dark-blue bands,
which Will last for five or six months
before being renewed.
One of the most curious and sacred
of all the Ainu belongings is the
hold the most important place in
their religion. The people believe III
great many gods and deities. good
and bad, who reside in and control the
forces of nature. The mao are pieces
of whitfield willow wood, with the
are symbolic offerings in prayer, pre-
scented to the distant gods. Some are
shaved upward. and others backward.
They are hung up in the windows,
doorways, and looked upon as charms,
safeguards, and evils. They are also
placed near springs, banks, store
houses, by the fireside, and in fact in
every domain where the particular god
is supposed to dwell. Near each hut is
a small plot which might be called
the Ainu church or temple, for it is
his special place Of worship. This
consists Of number of inaos or poles,
upon which are placed the skulls of
animals, which have been killed in a
hunt or sacrifice. especially the bear
The men, old and young, with solemn
faces sit before these weird-looking
objects and offer sacrifices, pour out
libations Of wine, and utter prayers
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
ADDS TO THE COTTON AREA.
Paraguay 10 About to Engage In the
Culture on a LARGE Scale.

Paraguay Is About to Engage in the
Culture on a Large Scale.
The rcce-t advance in the price Of
cotton in this country and in England
has stimulated the culture of the plant
In other countries. The possibility
that the cotton manufacturers OF the
world are facing the prospect OF a
dearth of raw material seems to have
excited the people Of Paraguay. Cot
ton grows wild in that country, and
the cultivated product, though diner
ent from ours, has long and fine sta
Pile.
AS in Peru, the plant Is v small tree
rather than a little bush, and 1t lives
and produces for several years. Euro
pean manufacturers have reported
good results from it's use. The Para
guayans, however, have never given
much attention to its cultivation.
The newspapers of Asuncion have
suddenly awakened to the opportuni-
ties presented, and have risen to the
occasion. They are offering many sug-
gestions to the government and assert
that cotton will yet place Paraguay on
the high road to prosperity.
They ask the government to employ
the services of men of science, like
DR.. Bertoni, to prepare pamphlets for
distribution in the cotton trade OF
Great Britain, France and Germany,
descriptive of the nature and qualities
of Paraguayan cotton and the facilf
ties for producing large supplies OF IT.
They ask that DR.. Bertoni, Mr.. Artists
and other experts be engaged to make
a survey Of the lands adapted TO cot
ton cultivation In the republic; also
that the government print and distrib
ute among the farmers Of the lowlands
the best information as to the methods
Of cotton-raising
I'VE may in a short time export
100000 900 worth of cotton in year"
announces the enthusiastic Paraguay
a German weekly published at Asun
ciOn
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Antique SchooIroom.

Shiel, the French archaeologist, re-
ports that he has unearthed in the
Babylonian town of Sippara most in
teresting school building, which dates
back to 1000 B. G. The building con-
tains seven rooms, one of which was
filled with clay tablets, arranged in
regular order. Most Of these had not
been baked, and their inscriptions
could not be deciphered. Several, how
ever, were in perfect condition. They
were in Sumerian. Some contained
hymns, while others were primers,
grammars, and arithmetics. Others
were copy books, which contained the
models and then the straggly efforts
Of some young pupil. All dated texts
bore the name of Hammurabi, which
shows that the school was used for a
long time after its construction.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

who never gave this matter thought,
but there are hundreds who have, and
some of these may have literally spent
sleepless nights in contemplation Of
the question.
In the first place, when a persons
muscles have relaxed after he assumes
reclining position he is much longer
than he was tall as he stood on his
feet, and this discrepancy has been
more than responsible for the failure
of a purchaser to properly judge the
size Of a bed, SO that when he comes
to use it his head butts into the head
board and his feet are securely
wedged against the footboard. In this
way he is deprived of the true rest
fulness of repose, as contracted DO
sition is not only uncomfortable. but
unhygienic.
The new adjustable bed can be
heightened or shortened within given
range, and all such difficulties as have
been described eliminated.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

the Ainu discards his bow and arrow.
awaiting one final onslaught. The
wounded and enraged beast stands
upon his launches, ready to pounce
upon his assailant. II the Ainu be a
brave and experienced hunter he
watches his chance to make the final
and fatal thrust. At the right time
he PUSHES into the animals embrace.
and plunges his knife into his BODY.
But he does not always escape with
out reminder of the encounter.
Some Of the less venturesome hunters
employ another method Armed with
a long, sharp-pointed spear. they await
the charge, and keep the points of
their weapons we'll hidden ana covered
by piece of cloth under the arm. The
animal seeing the hunter evidently
Without weapon, makes a wild dash
for him; quick as a fash the hunter
merely steps aside. and the beast falls
upon the spear, which penetrates far
into his body.
great diversity of opinion exists
among anthropoloGists as to the origin
and relationship of the Anus to other
peoples. They have no linguistic
affinity to any neighboring or distant
nations Baelz a foreign Investigator,
owing to their rather white skin and
non-savage appearance, advances the
theory that they were formerly allied
to a branch of European Caucasian
race, which became divided and sep
arated by encroachments of Mongol-
Turkish invasions. Prof. Franz Boas,
however, considered the foremost
American authority, disagrees with
this statement. and is of the belief
that they probably belonged to the
East Siberian and Asiatic tribes
Scientific American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
LIVES FRUGALLY AND WELL.
New Hampshire man Spends but 65
Cents Week for Food.


Cents a Week for Food.
While some of Uncle Sans commits
sary officials are being worried by
people who wish to learn IL it is pos
sible to live on food ration costing
only 10 cents per day, Samuel H.
Story. printer, editor and newspaper
publisher, whose residence is at 10
Dexter street, Claremont, N H., is
supplying his table at an average cost
OF 05 cents per week, or for less than
10 cents per day.
He works twelve hours or more
each working day, keeping healthy
and strong on a food ration costing
no more than an ordinary glass of
whiskey. The man who thinks Mr..
Story should be pitied because he
does not expend more for food should
visit him.
He would find a man of 10, who
has not been bent by age, thinks moth
ing of twenty walk, works
steadily and is never sick. The Wis
itor, If dyspeptic, might envy him.
The articles bought by him for his
table each week, with the prices paid
are as follows Thirty-six graham
biscuits, Sc cents; l pound of pork, IL
cents; pork scraps. cents; / pound
sugar, 51a cents; cheese, 10 cents; a
quarter of pound of ginger, costing
cents, and pound of chocolate
costing 20 cents lasts him a month.
He buys neither milk, tea nor cof-
fee, but drinks either chocolate or a
weak infusion of ginger with his
meals. His Injuries, he says, are lem
ons in the summer, when lemonade
takes the place of ginger tea, and ap-
pies in the winter.
IN the winter he often walks to
Cornish, distance of six miles, chops
wood through the day and walks
home at night. He gets to Cornish
before daylight and does not return
until after it becomes too dark to
chOD
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Russian Barbarity.

The captain of the Russian cruiser
Aurora, while at Spezzia, Italy, recent
ly, asked the local authorities for per-
mission to execute within the harbor a
seaman who had been found guilty of
striking superior officer. The request
was refused, whereupon the cruiser
left the port, returning the next day.
1t has since been stated that the man
was executed on the high sea in cir
cumstances Of great barbarity, the
poor wretch being keel-hauled. He was
tied to cable, which was then passed
under the ships keel three times. It
was not until the third time that the
man was pronounced dead.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

Natural History, Obtained by DR.. Ber-
thole Lauffer, an Asiatic explorer, and
partly by gift of Arthur Curtis James,
Esq.
The Anus dress, religion and mode
of life are almost the same as those
existing hundreds of years ago. The
people are subjects of Japan, but have
no voice in government, and are simp-
ly left to themselves. They have no
ambition, and have not introduced into
their industrial life any Of the pro-
gressive methods of their near neigh
b0rs, the Japanese. They number
about 10000, mere remnant of a
once numerous and barbarous race.
They subsist chiefly by hunting and
fishing. The bear is still pursued and
shot by means of the primitive bow
and poisoned arrow, though the ia
panese are endeavoring to enforce a
law against this method.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Odd Comparison.

The disconsolate widow of French
chiropodist has erected tombstone
to his memory, which bears this in
scription: I'm memory of Jean Bap-
tiste Sabaudrier. in life chiropodist,
who died in the acme of his talent.
Alas! earth needed him more than
heaven" Nine. Sabaudriers positive
assertion is rather consoling. 1t is,
to say the least, comforting to know
that we shall not be troubled with
corns in the celestial regions. The
only permanent cure for corns On
earth is, if we take the inferential ar
gument, to grow wings.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
The Restored Bloc.

art marts Of the old world and puz-
zling their ingenuity to ascertain
where it had gone. New York is now
its. permanent home, thanks to the
testamentary muniicence of the late
Jacob Rogers, the locomotive builder,
and to the acumen of President
Rhinelander of the Metropolitan mu-
scum and his advisers.
The chariot is one of the real treas
ures of the museum, and as one Of
the comparatively few remains in
which the art genius Of the Etruscans
found expression it is likely to be-
come an object Of study to archeolo-
gists which will bring European stu
dents of Greek art more than ever to
New York in their efforts to trace
the civilization which gave the biga
being. -New York Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

Charles E. Libby of Scarboro, Me,
who five months ago, lost his reason,
and wandered through the woods in
q demented condition, has now been
restored TO reason in a peculiar man
ner. A pile of wood fell upon him,
infiicting a severe wound on his head,
and causing the blood clot which had
formed on his brain because Of a fall
sustained five months previous, to pass
away. He is now once more in pos
session o. his mental faculties.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Apple Crop CT America.

1t is estimated that there arc about
200000,000 apple trees in the United
States. ard that the average crop
nmeunts to about ITS 100000 bushels.
Apples can be grown 21ywieio3 IN the
United States except where it is very
cold CT very hot. At present sixteen
states produce most Of the apples.
with New York in the ieac. The west
is coming forward rapidly as an ap-
ple-producing region, some fire fruit
being produced in Kansas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

there. The Japanese conquered and
drove them nOrthward to the cold and
less hospitable regions. They now
dwell on the island of Yezzo, just
north Of Japan. A few own the Kur-
Hes, while portion have emigrated
across to the Russian penal settlement
of Saghalien. The men are noted for
the extraordinary growth of hair,
which covers their bodies, as we'll as
for their long boards. Owing to their
primitive ways and peculiar religious
and ceremOniouS observanceS, they af-
ford an excellent subject for study.
An extensive and picturesque collec-
ton Of Ainu dress and ceremonial
objects has recently been received and
Installed at the American Museum of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
The MASQUERADE.

Masked dancers in the Dance of life
We move sedately YEARLY to-
gether.
Afraid to show a sign Of inward strife,
We hold our souls in tether.
We dance with proud and smiling lips,
With frank, appealing eyes, with shy
hands clinging.
We sing. and few will question if there
slips
A sob into our singing.
Each has a certain step to learn.
Our prisoned feet move staidiy in set
PAGES, fe
And to and fro we pass. since life is
stern,
Patiently. with masked faces.
Yet some there are who will not dance,
They sit apart most sorrowful and
splendid.
But all the rest trip on as in a trance
Until the Dance is ended.
Olive Custance. in Living Age.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
No Poetry in 1t For Him.

A snowflake on window sill
To him was just a snowflake. Still
Why blame him if his soul was not
Filled up with ecstacy by what
Might once have been a maiden'S tear?
To him the wintry days were drear.
He longed for sunny climes and fair;
He hated ic,- blasts; the air
That bit his :, IS and nipped his nose
Meier plunged him in ecstatic throes.
The flake that tumbles from above
May be a tear once shed for love.
But when it lodges on the sill
He views it as a snowflake still
And doesn't care a tinker's durn
How soon to water it may turn.
s. e KiSar
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

several family groups of the Hairy
Anus Of Yezzo of Japan. Prof. Fred
erick Starr, Of the University of Chi
cago, leaves shortly for the Orient to
secure typical representatives of this
mysterious and little-known race, who
will be seen in this country for the
first time. They are one Of the few
peoples who still remain a puzzle to
the anthropologists. They have no
written language, no record of any
kind to throw light upon their past.
They are classed as the aborigines of
Japan, and were found living upon
the island when the Japanese arrived
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

fences were almost exclusively armed
twenty years ago only differed from
those which armed the Spanish Arma-.
da or those with which Nelson's ships
whipped the French by being larger
and somewhat stronger. The latter
advantage was obtained by a better
distribution Of the metal to withstand
the firing strains and by the superior
Quality OF American cast irsa.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
An Untilnely Death.

An untime'y death SO often follows neg
lect of slight cough or cold. If Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Null
lein is taken in time it will prevent any
evil results. 1t cures coughs, colds and
consumption.
At druggists, 25c., Soc and 81 90 a bottle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Stations Good Record.

Last year the Plymouth egg collect
fng station gave the best returns Of
any of the three fish hatcheries main
tanned by the government on the New
England coast, the receipts there be-
ing more than both the others to-
ge.Eer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
FOR THE LONG
AND SHORT

Probably it is not the most serious
problem of life, but it is at least one
of the little worries of q great many
people to get bed that will fit.
Doubtless there are tens of thousands
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Insanity In California.

The number of insane in California
in 1860 was one to 1000, and in 1876
one to 500. At present the registered
insane number one to o69. of the gen
ersI population.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

The port of New Chwang, at the mouth
of the Liao River, is the greatest bean
market in the world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

the same are invited. Cakes of millet
are passed around, and big tub of
sake or rice wine is placed in the CEN
tire of the room.
One of the odd objects used by Ainu
men are long wooden sticks extensive
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
A Water Cycle.

Many inventors have taxed their in
genuity to produce cycle which could
be navigated on water, but there has
been some flaw in the mechanism of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
sALzER's NEW NATIONAL OATS

Here is a winner, prodigy, marvel,
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor.
Gus, producing in thirty States from $50
to 300 bu.- per acre. You had best sow a
lot of it, Mr.. Farmer, in 1904, and in the
fall sell it to your neighbors at 81 bu.
for seed. TA.CL.1
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Office and Residence Of Samuel RI
Story, Claremont, N. RI.

Mr.. Story refuses to be photo
graphed, and hides when he fears
snapshot will be attempted. q
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

Respect for the man who is a better
fnancier than yourself doesn't indicate
that you would be willing to let him run
your business
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

1 do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has unequal for coughs and colds.--JoHN
F.BoYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Inc Aborigires
Of Japal.s
-~SS$3<-
By WALTER l.. BEASLEY.

ROBABLY one of the most
interesting chronological ex-
hibits at the forthcoming
st. Louis Exposition will
be a native village and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Truly Remarkable Name

Liverpool has closed one-third of its sa-
looms during the last ten years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
ANU WOMEN WITH TATTooED MUsTCAHEs.

The most important Ainu
ceremony of the year is the
great bear feast held in Sep
TENDER and October. The bear
is universally worshiped, and
is looked upon as one of the
most neutrality-suspicious.
of their various gods. To give
a bear festival is considered a
great honor, and is likewise
quite expensive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

As rule the man who isn't afraid to
stand up. for his rights imagines that lie
has right to anything he wants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

It cost s3lS.366,O47 to run New York
City during 1908.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

smoke to escape. The completion OF
one OF these hutS is considered a gala
occasion, and marked by house
warming feast, at which all the rela-
tlves and others who helped to build
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
ALL FOR BUT l6C. posTAcr

providing you will return this notice, and
if YOU will send them zoe. in POSTAGE they
will add to the above package Of the ia
nous Berliner Caulihower. [ACL.1
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Saizer's Earliest Cane.

Another new thing Can be cut six
times during season and sprouts again
with lightning rapidity. Next to Salzer's
than anything else, cheap as dirt and grows
everywhere.
Of Salzer's Renovation Grass Mixture,
just the thing for dying out pastures and
meadows, Mr.. E. Rappold, East Park, Ca,
writes, II sowed Salzer's Grass Mixture
on soil SO poor two men could not raise
fuss on it, and In forty-one days after
sowing had the grandest stand of grass
in the county Salzer's Grass Mixtures
spreut quickly and produce enormously"
100000 barrels choice Seed Potatoes
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

A Long Island DID is blessed with
THIS curious combination of names.
K2eeland Ketcham.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17

An Ainu house consists of a frame
work of poles having the roof and
Gides matched with reeds, with a
email hoe left in the roof for the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Earliest Green Onions.

The John a. Salzer Seed Co. la Crosse.
Wis, always have something new. some
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making vegetables
an Earliest Green Eating Onion. It is a
winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND I6c.
and they will send you their big nlaut and
seed catalog, together with enough seed to
grow
1000 fine. solid Cahbages,
1000 delicious Carrots.
1000 Blanching, nutty Ce,ery,
2.G00 rich, buttery Lettuce.
1000 splendid Onions
1000 rare. luscious Radishes.
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
ART PRIZE IN NEW YORK.
Etruscan Relic Secured by the Metro
nolitan Museum.

Visitors to the Metropolitan muse
um OF art in Central Park, New York,
now have opportunity to see there a
work OF ancient craftsmanship whose
like the traveller may seek in vain
among European museums. 1t is the
bronze biga, or Greco Etruscan two
horse chariot, dating at least from
the sixth century before the Christian
era, whose acquisition by the Metro
politan museum was first chronicled
in the Sun in August last, while the
correspondents in Europe were re-
cording it's disappearance from the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-17
Ancient Artillery.

The cast iron and smooth bore guns
with which our ships and coast de-