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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

by kneading into them the 1eoxon a
the Christian spirit, and there WI ~
rise In every social scale az the WlIE
of Christ is by His disciples GI|1n
adequate expression.
A third and final teaching o. <h8
Master in this incident concerns spir-
itual accomplishments.
What we want, says the impatient
disciple, is results! Indeed, here Is q
great truth, but what kind OF results,
pray? Are apparent returns always
the indices of a true Christian pro-
gress? Is it not possible ito make a
showing" which by it's very luridness
is only blind to really deplorable
state of affairs?
Cheap method, superficial endeavor
and questionable procedure are, to
be sure, dazzling temptations. Ap-
parently they take the kingdom OF
Heaven by violence and bring it in.
Really they are sorry apologies for
true accomplishment, which is, first
of all, in the implanting of a will, a
disposition.
He that believeth shall not make
haste! "The sower and the reaper
shall rejoice together. The man
w III oOWo q SPlilI duu t1C HAL w III
reaps harvest are fellow sharers in
a common joy!
II Jesus Is judged by the harvest
ing Of His life, He has small tallyil
Two hundred souls, only, embraced
His faith when He gave His life for
the world. But if any true measure
ment attempts to estimate the real
ization of His life, and He is judged
by the sowing of His life, then, in
deed, does He appear as a master
workman. He buried a spirit in the
heart of the world which has been in
the world ever since, with its ever
recurring seedtime and harvest. He
is known among men by the spleDdor
of His will, which abides, rather than
by the incidents of His work, which
are glorious memories of the past.
The will and the work, these two:
but the greatest, the most harvesting
of these is will, for, after all, 1T is
not what man does, but would do,
which exalts him." and mighty are
the spiritual accomplishments of
those, no matter for apparent figures.
whose hearts are stayed on Him and
through Him reach loving arms to
the world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

NOTHING makes prettier addition to achdren's
nj Christmas party than holly bomb, and it can
IN be fashioned by the mother of the little hosts
with very little trouble expense
The bomb, which is really huge tissue paper
ball trimmed with holly. must have light frame
work of fine wire Inside this framework the
presents-one for each child-wrapred in tissue pa
per and tied with ribbon Holly ribbon Chat is
cream ground, strewn with holly is very pretty for
this purpose but bright red ribbon is quite effective
Draw the long end of the ribbon through an
opening in the wire frame and arrange the packages
so that hard jerk from the little fingers will bring
them down. Next your wire with green tissue
paper crumpled, to give Inexperienced flower pet
ais, and then Irvine holly about the bomb and
pend it from the chandelier.
Each child is given an end of ribbon, and then
all dance round singing to the tune Of the old carol,
''The first great joy that Mary had
All around the Christmas bomb,
1t is the joy of all;
For when pull the ribbons
A shower of gifts will fall.
Dear mother, give the signal,
And let the presents come,
For happy children
Around the Christmas bomb
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

NHT sick. It will be Quieter
~ il Jacob be with YOU"
y "The boy shall go, an
swered David, "but he must sleep
now, for there is no sleep for him
there. The wolves have come down
from Lebanon, and we keep open eyes
and strict watch tonight; but let him
be ready at sunset. Is my scrip filled,
Rachel?"
1T is filled, and the watergourd
Is ready"
So David left the little -lut outside
of Bethlehem and went to his sheep
in the field; and when the sun came
holly down at noon Jacob curled up
on a mat in the corner and slept long
and sweetly, for he longed to be out
at night among the sleeping sheep
and the watching shepherds, and he
hid his own little sling and store
of smooth pebbles inside the breast
of his coat, hoping to slay. q wolf
himself.
Then the night came softly over
Judea; the gentle winds hushed their
whispering: the distant ripple Of Ked-
ron sung slee ~ song, and on the
wide, brown waste of the plain the
flocks lay like heaps OF fallen clouds,
gray In the dim light, anS noiseless
except when some tiny lambs bleated
for the mother 1t could not find with
its half-opened eyes, Jacob chung
tightly to David's hand; the silence
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19
When Fairy Tales Were Really so

When Fairy Tales Were Really So.
I wish I'd lived long, long ago,
When there were mermaids in the sea,
And brownies would have played with
me,
And fairy-tales were really SO.
I'd like on Santa Claus sleigh
Next Christmas Eve to have a hitch,
And would love to. see witch
Upon q broomstick ride away.
OF course, there still are lots of knights,
And there are princesses besides,
But nowadays men don't win brides
By going off on dragon-fghts.
/ wish I'd lived long, long ago,
When fairy-tales were really so.
Mary Street, in December Lippincott's.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

wolves came; the night was Sill and
soft, the dark blue sky was all alight
with splendid stars, shining and gilt
tering as they wheeled slowly across
the sky-so slowly that. little Jacob
could not see them move. He did
not speak much, for the stiffness was
like a finger on his lips, but he
watched the heavens with wondering
eyes, and when his father looked
down at him and smiled Jacob heard
him say softly:
The heavens declare the glory of God,
And the armament shoWeth His handi-
work.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
And night unto night showeth knowledge.
Then Jacob began to wonder how
the days spoke;. if it was with noisy
winds, or birds singing, or the sound
of waters far off; and then he fell
into kind Of dream, leaning against
his fathers knee, for it was almost
midnight, and David had sat down to
rest.
But suddenly, in one breathless
moment, both David and Jacob sprang
to their feet, and all the other shep-
herds crowded up to them with pale
faces, and open eyes, and trembling
knees; for in an instant. without
sound or sigh, the wide heavens were
flooded with light and glory, brighter
than the sun at noon; the stars were
drowned in light, the radiance flowed
in waves Of splendor from mid-heaven
down to earth. And then, in the
deepest depths Of glory far above
their heads in the heart of all the
shining, appeared a great angel, with
robes Of whiteness brighter than the
gathered light, and face calm with
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

AS the last line is being sung the mother raises
her hand each child gives his ribbon big tug and
shower of presents falls upon the heads of the small
bomb exploders
Every mother likes to have her children daintily
and suitably dressed for the Christmas party. For
little girls nothing be pretier than ong-waisted
frock made of the sheeres lawn dimity and tucked
in tiny tucks. deep fluffy ounce by way of skirt
makes the little look fairylike
Big berthas give charming addition to these lit
tie dresses. Soft wooden materials being used
for boys blOuses. An attractive Russian blouse suit
is made of colored chalis and has collar cuffs
and belt Of pale blue
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

FATHER, may I
go out with you
tonight on the
plain 2"
Little Jacob
pulled at his
fat b RS out er
GARNER mt nd
looked wiStfully
up at him with
great soft eyes
like his moth
er's.
RI III Ell, too,
looked up from
the wailing baby
in her arms.
May he not
go, David? You
We promised
him to go for
some time, and
the child here is
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19

awful gladness; and the shepherds
were sore afraid, for they thought the
Day Of the Lord was come. But the
angel smiled upon them. like the sun
shining In his strength. and spoke
like the voice OF the sea for might,
yet sweeter than the turtle-doves
amid the cedars OF Lebanon, and he
said unto them:
Fear not! For behold bring you
good tidings Of great Joy, which shall
be to all people. For unto you ID
born this day, In the city Of David, q
Saviour, which Is Christ the Lord!
And this shall be sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling-clothes, lying in q man
ger"
Little Jacob heard these words, but
he knew them not, except the name Of
Messiah, for whom he often heard
his nzHther pray in the evening time,
but now. while the glad tidings
sounded still, behold! from the
bright depths OF Heaven came angel
after angel, countless as the hidden
stars, and radiant as light itself; their
stainless ranks rayed outward from
the vast, calm shape OF the Herald
Angel like means from the morning
sun, and with a great sound like the
flowing of some mighty stream, they
sung the song Of Heaven:
Glory to God in the highest!
And on earth peace;
Goodwill toward men.
The wondrous sound thrilled all
the high and glowing Heaven, and
then, still with strains of glory and
peace. ringing above and falling
fainter and fainter to those below,
rank folded in on rank, the Angel Of
the Lord leading upward, and the
awful splendor gathering up about
them, they scared into that glory, and
the glory shrouded their departing
cohorts, and the dark midnight sky,
feebly starred now to the shepherds
smitten eyes, bent its purple arch
again above unconscious earth.
David stopped and lifted Jacob in
his arms; neither of them could
speak, but old Simeon, the oldest of
all the Bethlehem shepherds, bent
low, and, with uncovered head, began
the chant:
O, come let us sing unto the Lord!
Let us make joyful noise unto the Rock
of our Salvation!
With low voices they sang the Psalm
through, as they turned from the
plain toward Bethlehem, forgetful of
their flocks and herds, caring for
nothing but to find the Messiah, the
baby in the manger, the Son of God.
And there, indeed, in rude cav
ern, where the beasts of burden were
sheltered and their poor masters fed
by the way-there, upon a shaken
wisp Of straw, very babe in the
flesh, lay the infant Christ, with His
awed and adoring mother kneeling
beside Him, and Joseph the carpenter
standing with folded hands, amazed
but faithful, beside the newborn
King of Israel.
And while the shepherds told their
wondrous tale, and they that were in
the inn heard. it, and adored, Mary
shut up all these things in her heart,
and little Jacob gazed on the calm,
sad face of the Mighty Child. and
went away with a vision in his soul
that never left it while life remained.
And the shepherds returned, glor-
flying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen,
as it was told unto them"
This was little Jacobs Christmas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19
Christmas in the KIondike.

Alaska Ike-ssWot did yer find in
yer stockin' this mornin'?"
Chilcoot Prostitutes toes"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
Ro puplleate Chnnaellrrn.


Did you ever notice." said the OBJ
serving man, 'thnt every public build
ing has chandeliers unlike those Of any
other public buildings There are no
duplicates. You go Into one church
and you see a handsome chandelier
that It would seem worth while to du.
pllcate for another church. but you
never find 1t In another church. You
go into big hall, and you'll observe
some stunning globes and chandelier
fixtures and look for 'em In some other
big hall. but they're not there. I don't
know what principle the makers OF
chandeliers go on, whether 1t is a mat.
ter of pride with them not to ct ont
two buildings alike or whether con.
tractors Tor such buildings insist OIL
exclusive designs, but the chandelier
people must employ some remarkably
versatile artists to think up SO many
different designs. 1t seems like a waste
Of money 10 make only one OF kind.
but II is a pleasure to know that hall
or home may be exclusive in Its chan.
deliers."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
JUDGE GOFE
GETS A DUSTER
On His Farm in sardis District.
Other Wells Come in Pay,
ing All Right.

On Big Rock Camp run, sardis
district, this county, Judge Nathan
Cor has drilled his No. ~ on his
own farm through the Gordon sand
and has duster. In the same dis
trict, on the same stream, the Mon
arch Oil Co. has drilled Its test on
the John Henderson farm to a depth
of 2,74O feet and has hut down. The
same company is down 1900 feet at
a second test on the same farm.
On Mudlick run. in the same dis
trict, the Wallace on Co. is down
100 feet at a second test on the
David Wright farm and the Regina
OIL Co. is drilling No. 4 on the T. ].
Parish farm.
In the upper end of this county
on Kincheloe creek, the South Penn
OIL o. has drilled Its test on the A.
Kinkle farm into the fourth sand,
and has a light gasser. No oil was
developed in the fourth or any OF the
upper formations. In the Wolf Sum
NIT district the same company has
tnbed It's No. on the John shahan
farm, and is producing 5 barrels a
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
AN0THOR REPORT
ON WATER SYSTEM
Consulting Engineer For Milky Way
Makes Pointed Report on
Hin Report.

Editors of Telegram:
I have been asked by the board of
Traders alley to make some investi-
cations of the new water works sys-
tenn, recommended by Engineer Hill.
/ herewith give as careful an opin-
ion as the limited time would per-
init me to prepare.
ID the frst place. he has got the
thing OF too stupendous scale.
Think of entrusting half score of
councilmen as inexperienced finan-
ceers with half million dollars.
They with their honest and careful
tendencies could never get 1t spent
in a water works system this side
of eternity, and would only recon-
mend in this respect letting them
spend it by having for their supe-
visor and director the skilled en-
gineer, who has proposed this ex-
pensive water works system, or my
self or any body, in fact, who would
have no ak to grind in wanting
Clarksburg to have as big water
works as they have in Cincinnati
Another thing is the size of the
pumps and tanks. A 25-acre pump
is enougs to run Jordon dry, and a
9-acre tank. provided it is made
high enough. will not only hold all
the water in the West Fork but will
also hold seventeen such quagmires
as that on Baltimore street and never
wink an eye.
To keep this plant running long
enough to give one good belch, It
would have to rain forty days and
forty nights, water spouts would
have to be put on all the McAtees'
kitchens and cave troughs run
around Henry Lewis helmet.
Another thing, after we get all
this water, calculation is made for
$500 people, and as we have only
ten or twelve thousand and in order
to keep the thing going, we will
all have to have children faster than
we like and exchange our board of
trade for an anti-race-suicide club.
I, therefore, respectfully submit
my report in the matter and hope, If
you decide not to take my advice,
and conclude to build half million
dollar water works system, that you
will on account of my experience lei
me in on 1t any way.
JIM SQU1RTUM,
Consulting Engineer for the Milky
Way.
clarksburg, Jan. IA.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
HIGHEST TRUMP CARDS.
The Pittsburg Sunday Dispatch
Clears the Board With Extra
Fine Features.

The Pittsburg Sunday Dispatch Is
Away doing something surprising.
but its latest coup really takes every
trick and leaves the table clear. Its
tabloid magazine section of 80 pages
printed on superfne paper and artis-
tically illustrated, outshines every
opposition in that line. and now
there have been added four new
comic pages. making the greatest
comic department published by any
newspaper, All the old comic favor
ites-Peck's Bad Boy, Little Growl-
ing Bird, Madge the Magician's
Daughter and the rest-have been re-
tanned, and another complete set, in
GLIDING Val the ventriloquist, Bar
ney Blue, Little Alright, sawdust
Sim and still more, have been added
making a series of comics containing
easily thousand laughs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
] SOCIAL
ws9399399939s9a933

At the recent meeting OF the
Ladies' Aid Society Of the lutheran
church plans were completed for the
dollar social, which viii be given
later in the month. The plan is
that each member. not only of the
society but of the whole church earn
a dollar in some way for the work of
the local mission and then at the
public ingathering which win take
place on the evening of January 81,
he or she tell in poetry or prose how
the dollar was earned. A program
win be rendered in connection with
the ingathering. The society dis
cussed also the advisability Of having
a lecture given here some time next
month. II it is so decided lecturer
of national reputation viii be Sc
cured. .....
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
ne Earned the i1ar.

Barty billiard, who many years ago
lived In a small town in northern Yer
mont, was noted FOR his careless vaga-
bond habits ready wit and remarkable
facility for extenlpore rlIyming. While
he was sitting one day in tile village
store Of what is now a part of Mont
pelIer among group of oilers the gen
ial merchant asked him why he wore
such 'shockingly bad hat. Barty re-
piled that he could not afford better
one.
Come now" said the merchant.
make me rhyme on a bad hat, and l
viii give you the best 1 have in my
store" Instantly Barty threw the old
one on the floor aud began:
Here lies my old hat
And pray what OF that?
It's as good as the rest of my raInent!
II buy me better
You'll make me your debtor
And send me to Jail for the payment.
The new hat was voted to be fairly
won, and Barty bore 1t or In triumph.
saying, IT'S poor head that can't
take care OF itself. Boston Herald.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
The concertina.

The threatened revival Of the CON
certina as serious musical instrument
in England would be a return to an
old fashion no doubt, but not to a very
old one, since the concertina dates from
the early part Of the last century. Its
invention was an early indiscretion Of
Sir Charles Wheatstone OF telegraph
fame, who took out a patent for 1t in
1929, the very year in which some
body In Vienna invented that similar
instrument, the accordion The concer-
tina was popularized by Sig. Regondl,
who had come before the public as a
Juvenile prodigy with the guitar. At
one time no London concert was real
" complete without him and his con-
certina. and he astounded the Germans
with the music he could get out Of 1t.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
WORK WRAKENs THE KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done Great
Service for People Who Work
in Clarksburg.


Most Clarksburg people work every
day in some strained, unnatural
position-bending constantly over q
desk-riding on jolting wagons or
cars-doing laborious homework;
lifting, reaching or pulling, or try
ing the back in a hundred and one
other ways. All these strains tend
to wear, weaken and injure the kid
neys until they fall behind in their
work of altering the poison from the
blood. Doan's Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys, put new strength In
bad backs, clarksburg cures prove
it.
W. NJ. Cross, stationary engineer
at the Walthour Candy Co., resi-
dence 327 Jackson street. says: SIT
Is some years since first noticed
that my back could not be depended
upon, and latterly / was scarcely ever
free from pain for one attack OF
backache was leaving just as it's sue
cessor followed, so that never knew
the moment when the aching ceased.
Many a time I could scarcely get
around and when at work was COM
PEELED to go about stopped, enduring
twinges Of dull nagging aching al
most unbearable. To climb around
the engine oiling 1t was often i'm.
possible, and have on more than one
occasion called assistance. AS II
backache of the pronounced kind was
not sufficient there was added to II
weakness in the action of the kid
ney secretions plainly proving to me
that my kidneys required attention.
l used medicine unstintingly and
spent lot of money looking for help
before Doan's Kidney Pills were
brought to my notice. An advertise
ment about them containing testi-
monials which were rather fiattering
Influenced me to go to Wells & Hay
makers drug store for box. A
few days treatment convinced me
that they we're acting upon the kid
neys, and a continuation of the
treatment until / had used two boxes
stopped the trouble. My back at the
present time is stronger than it has
been for years"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
censt Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name -Doan's-
and take no other.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
HOLDEN BETTER.

f, w. Holden returned Sunday
morning from Rsheville, N. c.,
where he left County CLERK Charles
F. Holden, whom he recently &C.
companied from Denver, Colo, tc
Asheville. His stay at Asheville has
improved the county clerks health
some and it is thought he will con.
time to grow better. He has been
quite sick, but is considerably bet.
ter than when In Denver.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
EXECUTIVE BOARD TO MEET.

The Rev. John S. Stump, df Par
kersburg, and the Rev. N. A. Sum.
mers, of the same city, arrived in
Clarksburg today to attend meeting
Of the executive board of the West
Virginia Baptist General Association
which will be held in the First Bap-
list church Tuesday.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
ERNEST GAMBLE
CONCERT COMPANY

The Marcato Musical Club takes
great pleasue in announcing the not
ed Gamble Concert Company for
clarksburg. on Monday evening, Feb.
II. This concert will be a rare
musical treat and all should avail
themselves OF the opportunity Of
hearing Mr.. Ernest Gamble, one Of
the most noted bassos of the country.
who is supported by Miss Page, vio-
linist, and Mr.. Lamberson. pianist,
both artists OF ability and reputation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
COL. DELLrcKER's CONDITION.

The condition of Col. L. B. Delhck-
er. of Parkersburg. has been prac-
tically unchanged for the last week,
though he has not improved any. II
Is now believed that, unless there are
unforeseen complications. he may
live for weeks, whereas few weeks
ago the end was hourly expected.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14

LOOKING FOR A HOME? THE
BEST, EASIEST AND MOST salts.
FACTORY WAY is TO TnaK
THROUGH THE FOR RENT lDs.
IN THE WANTED COLUMN. SoU
WILL FIND ALL THE MORE DE.
sTRABLE PLACES ADVERTISED
HERE AND A LIST MADE OF
THOSE THAT APPEAL TO YoU
MOST WILL BE OF MATERIAL
AID TO YOU WHEN you, GO OUT
ON YOUR HUNT.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14

Mrs. L. G.. Race entertained a
number of Clarksburg ladies satur-
day afternoon at her home in Fair
mont. They were Mrs. j. w. Will
liams, Mr.. George Leatherbury. Mrs.
Thomas Pettigrew, the latter of
Duluth. MINI; Mrs. Norvell B. Nc
Carly, Mrs. Peter Koblegard and
Mrs. Albert W. Rapp.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14

Owing to the unpleasant weather
on Saturday afternoon. which oc-
casioned small attendance at the
meeting of the Marcato Club, the
Saint saens program which was an
nounced for this recital was deferred
until Tuesday evening. Jan. Is. at 8
o'clock. 1t is hoped that all the
members will be present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-14
NEW BARBER SHOP.

]. Green has sold the fixtures OF
the barber shop he has been conduct
ing at zoe North Fourth street, to
Frank Doutt, who has had them re-
moved to the McGeorge property on
clarks street, where he has opened
up a shop.