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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
FASHIONS CHANCE FIGURE.
Women Appear Quite Broad
In Shoulder.

Woman Is the anatomical chameleon.
She changes her measurements with
each season.
To the INITIATED male mind she be-
comes long or short wasted. sloping or
square shouldered, big or low busted.
without any apparent Inconvenience
a demonstration that the operation.
whatever It may be, Is painless one
But she Is as essentially different In
each phase as though she had been born
again
II you study the lady carefully this
year. says the New York World, you will
find that she has lost practically three
inches in length of line from neck to
waist from Is to less than 15H inches).
that she has gained fully two inches of
shoulder. and that from neck to toe in
front she has lost something Of that
seemingly interminable line which was
a la mode last season.
Why? The reasons are not far to seek
Gowns are no longer simply bouffant
above They are trimmed from the hem
up to the knee; they have widened In
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
DAINTY TRIPLES FOR BABY.
SplaH Luxuries Which Seem to Be in
Extraordinary Demand ut the
Present Time.

Ii there is one person who receives
more presents than q bride 1t is baby.
No one likes to visit in the home OF
friends who have a new baby without
taking a present OF some sort to that
all-important person And by the time
every one has given Sir Baby some
trife. he is likely to have enough dupii-
Gates to start q miniature department.
store,
The Washington Star says that one
Of the coneeits for baby who Is old
enough to hold q spoon and feed himself
Is q food pusher. which comes In . set
with q spoon. 1t Is a silver piece with .
handle like a spoon OF fork. but having
In place of a bowl q silver bar several
inches long with which the small per-
son pushes food on TO his spoon it
teaches him not TO use his fingers and
enables him to keep his food within the
limits of the plate instead Of decorating
the table linen with 1t.
A novel bottle holder for the baby
who likes to toss his bottle to the floor
when he has finished with it is delight
to mothers. 1t is q metal frame which
can be attached to the arm OF high
chair or carriage. and from which hangs
q sort OF cage-like case for the bottle
This holder swings in any direction, and
when the bottle is fastened in baby can
drink to his hearts content. and. try
as he may. he cannot throw Ii away.
In dainty white satin heart-shaped
boxes are sets of bib pins in gold enamel,
and in all designs. connected with fine
gold chains, are baby pins for the back
of dresses and slips
Silver cups are given to children for
christening gifts. as well as small-sized
loving cups appropriately engraved
Mugs of a heavy English decorated
china make useful presents for babies
OF two and three years.
plain gold bracelet clasping invisi-
bly, has a little ring inserted in the top
for rosettes of baby ribbon This is for
baby to wear when he is dressed in his
prettiest frock. While babies are not
the most successful ring wearers, often
times a little gold band is given TO a
child for christening gift or for birth
day present The ring is made for the
middle finger so that it can be worn sue
cessively on the ring finger and later
on the little digit. Amber beads are
supposed to ward off Group and are pop
ular gifts.
Ivory sets. consisting of comb. brush.
powder box and puff. soap box. rattle
and teething ring are arranged in silk
lined baskets.
There are. of course. no end Of bottles
and toys. silver rattles and silver chimes.
rubber animals and house balls which
can be selected for little ones. but nova
days it is the custom TO give baby some
remembrance which can be engraved
and kept until he is old enough to know
he had friends when he was small NOR
sci of humanity.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT.
Keeping Right On, in Spite of Diff
culties, Is One of It's Host Noble
characteristics.

And what are you going to do now?'
asked a friend of a man whose store
had just been consumed by fire, and
only a part of its contents saved. They
were looking at the smoldering ruins
when the question was asked
"Oh, I've rented some rooms up the
street. and my goods, what are left
of them are being moved in now I'm
going to open up there. and keep right
on until ] am able to rebuild"
1t was the same reply. brave and I'M
dismayed, that whole cities have given
when swept by sudden loss and disas-
ter. but the city could give it only as
the stricken individuals gave IL one by
one. 1t is the American answer.
prompt and courageous. to difficulty
and misfortune. and we all are proud
of it. But do our young people under
stand that the qualities which make it
possible must be acquired early? The
spirit of keeping right on" in the face
OF obstacles and encouragement is not
one that springs into being suddenly:
it is born of long struggle and en-
deavor. of the persistent habit OF meet
ing difficulties and conquering them
instead of being overcome by them No
one who begins life by insisting upon
easy places. Sinking all hardships, and
abandoning the chosen way as soon as
it grows hard is building up that kind
of an Neutrality-suspicious.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
vR.v WORKS IN DISGUISE.
Japs Look Upon Admiral - . Modern
Haroun Al Raschid-Fruits
Of One Case

The japanese people look upon
Admiral Uriu as a kind of modern
Haroun Al Raschid. They declare
he investigates persOnally-sOme-
times even in disgnise-every de-
tail of the workings Of the Japan
csc navy. Hence many odd adven-
lures befall him. Once Admiral
Uriu got wind of certain com
plants that had been made
against the soup served on a tor
pedO boat in his squadron. He
shot from his flagship in a launch
one day at meal time and boarded
this torpedo boat just as the sail
Ors came from the kitchen carry
ing huge and steaming caldrOn.
"Haltw the admiral shouted.
"Set that caldron down." The
sailors, with wondering looks,
obeyed. Now" he said, 'bring
me a spoon" An officer hurried
forward. But admiral" he be-
gan. "Never mind, sir, there's a
complaint from this boat, and I'm
going to settle it now" said Ad-
miral Uriu. He lifted the lid
from the caldron, ladled up
spoonful of its contents, and, after
blowing on the liquid, he swal-
lowed it. Then he made a wry
face. you call this SOUP" he ex-
claimed. "Why, it is nothing but
dirty water" Eyes, sir" said one
of the sailors, eve have just been
scrubbing the galley floors"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
HORSE HAS A HAPPY FACE
Chicago Equine Driven to Grocery
Wagon Is Dear Friend of Nu-
merous School Children

Said the man whose equine Rsquaint-z
ances outnumber the humans he knows
intimately. and who seems glad Of IL.
according to the Chicago Inter Ocean:
There is a wise old horse belonging
to a grocer in Wentworth avenue. and
he might appropriately be called the
children's friend. The store is close to
schoolhouse, and this horse friend OF
mine spends much of his time standing
in front of the store when his wagon is
not in commission. He has a habit OF
standing with his forefeet on the side
walk gazing into the store. AT such
times the children fairly swarm on him
They jump into the wagon and hold tho
reins; they climb on top Of and walk
underneath the kindly animal. and he
looks benignantiy down upon them.
and is often rewarded for his good ma
ture with bits Of sugar and candy and
other things that horses like. There ara
few happier faces in town. if you know
how to read horse faces. than this of my
four-legged friend May he live long
and always be as happy"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28

scope and flare at the side. thus fore
shortening the picture.
To go back to first causes, the corset
is the foundation for every new figure.
The severe straight-front is no longer
chic. The idea remains. but with modi-
fcations 1t has become possible to
define the waist in front, and it is no
longer a social crime to show suspicion
of the curve Immediately below. While
we are still suppressed. we are more
hygienic.
With the raising of the waist-line
come the heightening of the girdle, the
fuIlness of the skirt, the increase Of the
sleeve and the evolution of the cape. 1t
is all a logical sequence. We are no
longer in the realistic period. We are
grown romantic. Woman has reverted
from the analytical to the mysterious.
The serpentine heroine is not popular.
hence there are no more sheath gowns
that define all the contours.
The woman of to-day is concealing
rather than revealing. She allures by
the prospect of discovery. She buries
herself in ffounces and friiis. She keeps
you guessing. You are as liable TO mis-
calculate her weight as you are to err
about her height.
The suggestions of the coming revolu-
ton that last seasons fashions gave
were all tentative. There was hint OF
the old-fashioned basque. This year we
have the basque itself. but instead of the
garment of other days il has become a
little coat with the basque back. The
old-fashioned basque prescribed the
hustle. but our adherence to the better
lines of the ''straight-front' has averted
that terrifying necessity. The il troduc-
ton Of the silk overjacket of contrast
ing shade for evening froclss is the re-
vival of a caprice of our grandmothers.
1t is worn with a gown of chiffon or il
fusion, preferably white, the jacket be-
ing of some light color. This was a
fashion formerly associated with the
Grecian Bend But we have now the
beauty of the mode without its extreme
Last season we touched upon the mil
itary. This year we have arrived"
But it is the picturesque military. The
directoire is the favored style The high
girdle. the flaring revers and the So
called coat sleeve. which is large and
loose with deep cuff. strapped with gold.
which lessens the length of arm
The train has become an impossible
ity save in evening gowns. The wide
skirt does not admit Of il on the street,
where it would be serious incubus to
the wearer. and an involuntary street
cleaner which must arouse every sani-
tary expert in the country.
The whole tendency of the year is to
color-not neutral tints. but those that
salute the eye with quick surprise. All
the blues have grown brighter. Scarlet
that Is scarlet is in the ascendant, and
the green's are brilliant Woman is not
subtle. she is merely elusive in her pres
ent phase
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
CLEVER NEW ENGLAND DOG
Has a Mania for Trolley Rides, Goes
to Church, But Afterwards APP
propriates Property.

This is the life story of a remarkable
dog, clever and lovable, owned by Town
Clerk Madsen, of South Hadley Falls.
Mass, as told by the Boston Globe.
Trixie was born February II, 1900.
both his father and mother being full
blooded water spaniels.
He is a great favorite with all. or
large number of dogs of the town, al
though not caring much for their COM
pany.
He will invariably sit up and beg at
the table or wherever any delicacies
are in sight. If he is not noticed he
Will speak.
He is frequently seen sitting up on
the sidewalk before children who have
candy.
He came naturally by the trick to
fetch and carry.
His mania for trolley rides was only
developed this summer. Now. when
ever he sees a car stopped he will look
wistfully at the motorman and if the
motorman gives him the least encour-
agement he will jump aboard. If no
invitation is forthcoming. sometimes
he will sneak on and stow himself
away under a seat He is frequently
seen miles away. waiting for chance
to board an electric for home, and the
car men say he never makes a mistake
IN the car
He has been to church and Sunday
school. but in spite of such good sur
roundirgs he has developed habit of
taking home all sorts of articles. There
are no less than half hundred stones
in his yard that he secured down street
He does not confine himself to stones
RE ran home one day with a bag OF
marbles. a small boy in close pursuit,
and at various times has acquired q
Rugby ball. a catchers glove and a
baseball: again he appeared with an
egg in his mouth.
He takes naturally to water. yet
he has a horror of being washed
and if he hears the word bath"
or hears the tub being filed he will
run and hide.
He had an encounter with hen with
chickens which he has never forgotten,
and now he gives poultry wide berth
1t was amusing TO see him recently on
his way home, make a detour into a
vacant lot because he met a large
rooster standing on the sidewalk. but
he cute!y pretended that he went out
OF his way to investigate something
He was the central figure in an ex-
citing and thrilling scene in the spring
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
STORY THAT ENDED WRONG
Crack Shot Attempted to Wing Three
Ducks with One Shot and
Missed All.

Ex-Judge Thomas +. NoOnan,
of Jersey City, y. j., was describ-
ing his experiences while travel.
ing across country to his mining
property in Arizona, and told how
the party, while on one of the
lodges of Il canyon, deserted three
wild lucks wabbling along shout
der to shoulder.
"We'll have those for break
fast" said Joe Ray, famous
craftsman of the frontier; and
Aquila Nebeker, president of the
Utah state senate, who is equally
handy with gun, seized his re-
peater to take aim at them.
"You don't intend to kill 'em
one by one?" Ray objected. Bring
'em all down with one shot"
Nebeker waited till all three
necks were in one range, and let
fy.
"And would you believe" Judge
Noonan asked his friends, "that
he cut off all three heads with one
bullet?"
"Well," returned ex-Judge CAP
Dayton, hesitatingly, elf you say
SOP
"Well," Noonan concluded, 81
won't say it. This is true story.
He missed all three"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28

ly all around, so as to form a little
cup.
Now. if you hold the plate up and
tip it slightly the egg will not mere
ly slide but spin. along the rim. and
by continuously altering the inclin1
ton angle of the plate You can make
the shell spin all the way around it.
l do not mean that it will spin rap
idly. like a top but that as it goes
around the plate ii also revolves.
slowly, about its own axis in the
same direction.
Now. this, you know, is just what
the earth does in travelling around the
sun, so here you have an easy and
pretty lesson in astronomy at the
breakfast table.-Detroit Free Press
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
To Teach Graceful Sleeping.

How to sleep well and gracefully is,
according to an advertisement, to be
taught in Paris. in what surely should
be a night school. Among the points
of the curriculum will be lectures on
how not to snore. Precepts for prevent
ing ones mouth from remaining wide
open during slumber and how to COM
pose the limbs artistically and restfully
before doing. Women will be instruct
ed as to the best way in which to do the
hair before lying down to repose The
idea of .he school is to insure its pupils
that they shall always wake up cheerful,
fresh and good tempered.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
WISE OLD SHEPHERD DOG
Saved Her Own Life When Her Mas
ter Said He Was Going to
Dispose Of Her.

May was q full-blooded shepherd dog
and unusually intelligent The follow
ing true incident indicates that she
possessed the faculty of reasoning:
She lay IN the kitchen one Gay with her
two pups, where her master and an
other man were engaged in converse
ton. Finally the man expressed de-
sire to buy one OF the pups. but the
owner answered that he was intending
to keep one of them and kill May. ~
she was getting old; as he had not
decided which pup to keep, he did not
want to dispose of either just then
At this news. May looked her mas
ter In the face p moment. then rose and
calling her pups. left the house. That
VIVA the last seen of the pups for sew
eral weeks. Their mother was watched
and followed in the endeavor to find
out where she had hidden them. but
without success. Finally the married
daughter of the family came home. and
being informed of the state Of affairs.
said to May: Wont you show me
your pups. May?"
Without more ado May led the way
to deserted woodchuck's hole. and
there were the pups, fat and sleek.
They were carried TO the house. but
were not allowed TO remain, for again
May took them away to what she be-
lieved to be safer quarters. and no one
found them again until they were well
grown.
1t is interesting to know that Mays
efforts were rewarded by her life be-
ing spared until she died. at last. of old
age--Orange Judd Farmer.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
State Bank Showing.

The splendid showing of the bank
ing Institutions of Mississippi is at
tracing general attention through
out the country, and many favorable
comments are being made thereon
by the leading financial journals.
State Auditor Henry now has in
course of preparation tabulation OF
the statements from the State banks
for the period ended on the 18th OF
October, which will doubtless con-
tain the best showing yet made.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
LOOK ABOUT you.

Did you ever see plg.on hopping aions
the path?
Did you ever see a sparrow walk to his
outdoor bath?
Did you ever see a pigeons nest that heo
three eggs. or more?
Did you ever see a snow-whtte colt on any
hill or shore?
Do you know what letter you may ind On
every leaf Of clover?
mean the little meadow kind that grows
the whole world over
Did you ever see two four-o'ciocks were
colored just the same?
Or two variegated flowers alike. OF any
size or name2
What animal sleeps standing? You may
meet him IN the street
How many toes has Pussy on all her little
feety
II you can tell me all these things-and
must confess l doubt you
You may say you've learned the lesson
well. to observe small things about
Kate Lawrence. in Youths Companion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28

Plants artificially fed In sawdust do
not seem TO require SO many roots as
when they grow in soil. With the
limited space in the egg-shell. saw
dust end the plant food are therefore
preferable TO soil. It is not difficult
10 have plants grow in sawdust until
they are more than two feet high. al
though there is so little space in the
shell for the roots
To support these unique. round-bor-
toned flower pots" 1t will be found
convenient to have board with holes
bored in 1t just large enough TO have
the eeg-shells set firmly. one in each
hole. Don't get the holes too near
together Punch a small hole down
through the she'll for drainage-Si
Nicholas
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
The Coming Sorrow.

The London Taller tells of q lady
who, on the way back from her
husbands funeral, called with a
few sympathetic friends at a
house of refreshment. Gin was
fixed upon as beverage suitable
to the occasion. "Any water with
yours, Emp inquired one of the
ladies of the widow, as she held
out the jug. "Waterw shrieked
the bereaved one. "Water! Lor'
lumtne! Amt I got trouble
enough as it is?"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
ROAST BEEF BEATS VENISON
Returned Summer Boarder Hands Out
Opinion as TO Both-Prefers
the Former.

"Where | stayed in the Adiron-
dacks this season." said a re
turned summer boarder, relates
the New York Sun, I'VE had, after
the deer season opened, yenison
twice a day. / ate it just once, and
then | cut il out.
1T was good venison, and nice
lv cooked and nicely served, but as
q matter Of honest fact I'm not
much stuck on venison; it doesn't
seem to me TO have much taste,
anyway
Il can imagine that venison
from a deer that a man had shot
himself might taste very good to
him-yery good. In eating it he
would have the pride of the hunt
er in being able to provide for him
self, and after the hard work and
exposure Of hunting he would have
the appetite of AZ mules. Venison
cooked at "A camp fire under such
circumstances would taste very
good. But on a hotel table? Not
for me.
II may lack sporting blood, and
I may lack the taste of really and
truly epicure, but I have no great
hankering for venison. | like ii
we'll enough, but as between ven
ison and roast beef, why, give me
roast hpefv
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
Portraits for Hall of Fame.

Two more handsome portraits
have been added to the State collec-
ton in the Hall of Fame at the new
capitol, one of Ohio X. Singleton,
who, for many years, represented the
State in the congress of the United
States, and the other of James Il.
Harrison, one of the most distin-
guished lawyers Of Northeast Missis-
sippi for a great number of years.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
Not So Funny Now.

J. r. Phillips, of Lee county,
thought he would have a little fun
with the rural free delivery carrier.
He passed just ahead and carefully
turned down the mail boxes along
the route. The carrier reported the
incident. Phillips was arrested,
and was tried at Aberdeen by the
Federal Court last week. He was
fined 1925 and costs.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
New E-ick Factory.

The Jackson Brick Company was
organized last week with a capital
stock of $4,000, and will at once
commence the erection of a plant on
the Alabama &c Vicksburg road,
about two miles from the city. Two
other new brick plants are promised
for the Capital City, sites for the
enterprises having already been pur-
chased.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28


OF 1902, during the freshet when the
Connecticut river was OVERLOOKING its
banks and was full of floating ice. He
had been amusing himself and q large
crowd by swimming after sticks
thrown in the river and had gotten on
to a large cake of ice and was grad
ually drifting out into the swift cur
rent Men and boys with poles and
sticks tried to reach him, and others
whistled and called and every possible
way attempted to encourage him to
plunge in and swim for shore Then
q window was hurriedly thrown open
In building which reached over the
water. A man climbed through and
hanging on to the sill, tried to reach
him with a POLE but in vain.
At last the owner of the dog was hur-
riedly sent for. but it Is doubtful II
Trixie heard Mr.. Madseu's voice in the
roar of the dam and the crash of ice
against the buildings.
But the dog after awhile plunged
into the water and swan toward an
other large cake of ice. After several
failures he succeeded in boarding 1t
and then he made several successful
jumps from one cake to another.
Finally he was saved
A great cheer went up from the
spectators as he gained shore and made
q bee-line for home. He seemed SO
excited by fear that he did not notice
anyone, not even his master.
His greatest sport IL to fetch q stone.
II he can find anybody to throw 1t for
him, and he very rarely fails to find
the Identical stone.
When the boys lose . baseball they
call ''here. Trix. ind the BALI and he
generally gets It.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
a Bio RattIesnake.

The largest rattlesnake seen in the
State in years was killed at Quit
man few days since by Mr.. Tom
Taylor. a farmer who lives just out
side of tire town. The reptile meas
ured five feet long and eleven inches
in circumference. 1t had eleven
rattles- Mr.. Taylor states that fif-
teen rattlers have been killed in his
neighborhood during the summer.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-10-28
PRETTY EGG SHELL GARDEN
Just How to Manage a Novel and
Easy Experiment in Artistic
Home Decoration

1t is easy TO have an egg-shell gar
den. Carefully cut of the end of the
egg for about one-third of its length
treating il with more respect than the
cook does for she breaks il in two
in the middle by cracking il on the
edge of the cup Fill the she'll with
good earth. and plant almost any seed
that you like. If plant food supplied
in tablets is used. the shells may be
filed with sawdust or with gravel.