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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
HOW wTHE LADIESv FARM
Il SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT

appliance of telephone served not
only to reduce much labor but res
moved all sense OF desolation and
helplessness from the lives of Theses
ladies.
A name had to be given to the
farm, and out of the dozen slips
drawn from a small basket on the
evening of their house-warming,
when a few of the nearest kin were
asked out from town. 1.-THE Ladies'"
came out victorious, having been the
choice in reality Of the farm owners
from the very beginning. The kins-,
folk of necessity had to acknowledge
fully earnest and clever women, and
as they passed from drawing room to-
dining room, library and small con-
servatory to the upper chamber story
fresh and sweet in white muslin and
chintz, but fitted with all needful!
modern comforts, they gave in with.
frank confession that modern farm
house such as this was supremei
revelation.
What the situation demanded Of,
the ladies to do they cheerfully did
and said nothing about it. They
met discomforts as the price they had
to pay for blessings that were not
to be had unless at that cost, pledg-
ing themselves never to grumble or,
find fault with adverse circumstances
that were unavoidable The conse-
quence was they were habitually
trimming over with good spirits,
always quick and alert, winning adj
miration and respect from their
equals, as well as interiors When
the summer farm work began in ear
nest these ladies were up at o'clock
in the morning, each wearing a sport
ing suit, coat and short skirt, and
high boots. For three hours they
worked in the fields and gardens.
Then home for bath and putting on
Of fresh suit. At once began the
putting in order of the entire house
before breakfast Very often drive
to the postoffice followed, and the
settling of outside affairs, while maid
and man were left with their share Of
work to be executed. Every hour
of the forenoon was well and salts
factorily employed in their farm
business, and so on for the most of
the day. In the late afternoon DUR
ing visiting hours the hospitable
piazza tea table was drawn out to
welcome pleasant and friendly visits
from neighbors, enlivening by their
chatter their hard-worked hostesses.
This was their daily recreation,
and the wise method they adopted
to free their lives from a sense of
drudgery by keeping in touch with
the outside world and being for the
time of the world worldly. An early
repast and an early retirement was
their daily rule at this season, re-
CARELESS of all the friendly invita-
lions showered. upon them. Bust
ness held them under a willing bond
age during the working months that
claimed them every year. In the
mid-winter holidays they ran off for
a dip into the old town life of din
ners, the opera and many other at
fractions, never once regretting the
step they had taken, but proud of the
success and independence they had
achieved. Very hopeful are they CT
what they may make in the future
to enable them to live with quiet dig
nifty and comfort in their old age
New York Evening Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
The Powder Puff.

The trouble with the powder puff is
that it is unsanitary. 1t is all very
well if kept clean. But the puff, if
old and dirty will injure the skin, and
drive the dirt and griminess deep into
the cuticle. The life of puff is not
more than few weeks, after which
it should be thoroughly cleansed.
The rabbits foot is the thing for the
carmine box. 1t is small and can be
used upon the tips of the ears. Paris
women tint the nostrils with it. And,
if cautiously handled, it can be used in
the powder box.-New York Journal
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
Best Silver Polish.

Two pounds of whiting, one-fourth
pound cream of tartar, one and one-half
ounces calcined magnesia. All these
ingredients must be of the best quail
ity. Mix we'll, keep in clean tin box,
or in large bottle tightly corked and
put in dry, dark place. Moisten
piece of canton flannel with alcohol or
cold water, sift on this dry polish and
rub as long as necessary. Good for
any kind of metal, or to polish glass;
EpitomiSt.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

Not a thousand miles from this
city live two charming and attractive
women, whose story Is full of inter-
est. Both are blessed with every
social quality, are most engaging in
presence and are possessed OF that
guavity of manner that bespeaks their
gentle blood and worldly polish. They
met with loss of fortune when barely
entered into the third decade of their
years. Seriously put to the task of
deciding how best to use the slender
remnant of money in their posses
sion, they began thorough exami-
nation of the business ways and
means open to women, and sought
to learn the varied experiences of
those who had prospered as well as
those who had failed. At last they
came to the conclusion that with their
personal views, inclinations and ma
tive predisposition to retaining the
protection of a home, as we'll as love
of the country, they decided to pur-
chase a small farm and to work it.
Then came the search for the
farm, and looking up the details of
the sort of farm they would have to
learn all about. This took some
months of hard study and much
cleaning of information, together
with cautious financial calculations.
1t goes without saying that family
and friends did their very best to
oppose the undertaking. They en-
Enthusiastically pointed out the wreck
their young friends would make of
themselves physically and financi-
ally, and held up their social ostra-
cism as the final terror To all these
TRADES the young women gave pa
tient ear, philosophically sure that
all women who step out Of the rou-
tine of feminine callings have to en-
counter that sort of opposition.
Finally there came a day when q
suitable twenty-acre property was
found and purchased. 1t was located
in an extremely desirable part Of the
country, within few miles of we'll
known town, with every advantage to
be known, having friends who sum-
mered in that vicinity living in homes
Of their own. The house on the prop
erty was well built on the Southern
colonial style, and by no means in
bad order. Stables and outhouses,
in like manner, were in fairly good
repair, so that the outlay for repaint-
ing and refitting the whole was far
below their authorizations.
Their scheme of farming consisted
in raising food for a few COWS and
two horses, and the making and keep
ing of a large vegetable garden, to
supply summer clientele. The rails
ing of chickens and squads was, how
ever, to be their chief work, and the
most remunerative, while the selling
OF milk, butter and eggs was to be
carried on the year round. In the
late autumn, all outside work being
completed, the house was furnished
with the beautiful furniture of three
generations of the choice belongings
of departed ancestors. This lent a
graceful dignity and air of cultivated
ease quite beyond the simple but
homelike dwelling. A trusty Swiss
and an intelligent Norwegian house
worker were engaged to do their
share of putting system and order
into practice along their personal
lines. For the time being the Swiss
was farmer, dairyman, groom and
coachman on occasion. The modern
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02


eighth, at
35
Shooting Hardy, flying targets
mir
Thompsons score for
threeg games.
Fastest timeon snow
LONGS ski Jump
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
REPAIRING plaster.

The unsightly holes left in plaster
ing by changing ones mind about the
hanging of pictures and a consequent
pulling out of nails, may be repaired
by mixing plaster of Paris to a paste
with water and applying to the hole.
When perfectly dry and hard the spot
can be painted over or covered with
paper like that on the walls.-NeW
York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
Sevcnty-one Hunters Killed
During Scass,n OF /.

Chicago. Seventy-one persons
were kiIled--m0st Of them by care
lessness during the hunting season
OF 1907. This is slightly below the
record for 1906.
The number Of injured In 1907,
however, is In excess or that OF the
season before, eighty-one hunters
having been hurt in 1907. compared
with only seventy during 1906.
IN Wisconsin, Michigan and Min
nesota fifty persons lost their lives in
1907.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
Cracked Hair.

81 don't want my hair brushed
over my forehead any longer" de-
clared Harold II want a crack In
1t like father S. -Harper's Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
q TIE ~ \
L 10y GIL
sEg0lLM|9QIl1d|
Most Dutch cities are several feet
below the level of the sea.

Most Dutch cities are several feet
below the level of the sea.
The average weight of a pair of
elephant tusks is $50 pounds, but a
single tusk has been known to weigh
200 pounds.
A woman dentist recently stopped
with gold a hole in the tusk Of cir
Gus elephant at Innsbruck, Germany,
but a few nights later the filling,
worth $40, was stolen.
The Episcopal Bishop of Lucknow
presides over a diocese greater in ex-
tent than the whole Of Great Britain,
1t having a population Of about 49,
100000, of whom only 100000 are
Christians.
Farmers and millers in Northern
Italy are much troubled, especially in
wet seasons, by kind of garlic, or
wild onion that grows In the wheat
fields. After harvesting, 1t some
times constitutes over one-fourth of
one per cent of the total weight of
the grain.
It is certain that horseshoes, such
as we have to-day were not known
to the ancients. The Greeks and Ro-
mans used to cover their horses feet
with some kind of fibre. The shoeing
Of horses by driving nails through
their hoofs is understood to have
been introduced into England by Will
liam the Conquerer. ..,
A remarkable discovery has been
made at the fishing village of Naza-
reth, in the Portuguese Province of
Estremadura. The recent earth
quake tremor has produced a great
tidal wave, and when this had re-
coded the shore was found to be
strewn with great quantity of old
arms, valuable coins of all nationali-
ties, gold buttons, scarfpins and other
jewelry. the whole representing
valuable treasure. An inspection
showed that it had been hidden in
the caverns underneath an ancient
stronghold, once the haunt of buc-
cancers of the Spanish main. The ex-
cavations are being continued, in The
expectation that further treasure re-
mains to be unearthed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
THE SEASONS.
Washington Mean Time.
EcLIPSEs FOR THE YEAR 1908.


The will a Of
invisible America,
of
the 2Sth
Al minutes washington
Ill The third eclipse
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
1903 Is A BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR.
Moon is the Rer his Year
Noon is the Reigning Pl


Vnal Equinox
Summer soce entrance
i
Auumnal Equinox
Winter solste
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR 1908

Being until independence the Unite
States OF America and corresponding
The 1926 the Mohammedan beginning
The M 807
The year 1905 of the Chinese beginning Feb. 2.
The $685. of the Jewish 25
The year 2568 of the japanese era, beginning Feb q
The 59O8 A. L..
The year 1861 A. u c. Rome).
The 5912 of the World (Usher).
The 7416 of Septuagint).
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
Homework WaIkinu.

Here's a woman who carried a Pc
dometer while she worked about the
house. She discovered that under the
most favorable conditions she travelled
1888 miles daily in her household tasks
New York Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

The Methodist conference at Mil
waukee has adopted a resolution ask
ing President Roosevelt to sop Unit
ed States army men from playing base
ball on Sunday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

A Frenchman is said to have dis
covered means OF firing torpedoes
by wireless electric power.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
MORNING AND EVENING STARS.
Morning Stars.

Venus after July
Mars after August %.
Jupiter until January 20, after Au-
gust II.
Saturn after February 20, until Sep
TENDER 80.
Mercury until January IA: February
2S until May Z; July 4 until Au-
gust 20; October % until Deem
Der IL.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
MOVABLE FEAsTs AND CHURCH DAYS.

Trinity Sunday, June IA.
Corpus Christi, June IS.
Thanksgiving Day, on fourth or last
Thursday in November, as Presi-
dent may appoint.
First Sunday in Advent, November
20.
Sundays after Trinity are % this
year.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
The Satisfaction Of Curiosity.

There is nothing woman enjoys
50 much as a letter from some mar
ried woman that is stained with
tears.-Atchison Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

Septuagesima Sunday, February Ii.
Sexagesima Sunday, February %.
Quinquagesima Sunday, March /.
Shrove Tuesday, March 8.
Ash Wednesday, or first day of Lent,
March A.
Quadragesima Sunday, March s.
Mid Lent, March rs.
Palm Sunday, April IL.
Maundy Thursday. April 16.
Good Friday, April It.
Easter Sunday, April 10.
Low Sunday, April &c.
Rogation Sunday, May Fl.
Ascension Day, May 28.
Whit Sunday, June Z.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

Mexico does not yet raise enough
cotton to keep her spindles busy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
Tea and Coffee Stains.

Tea and Coffee Stains.
Tea and coffee and some fruit stains
can be removed from linen by rubbing
them with butter Rub thoroughly in
to the linen, then soak in hot water
New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
PLANETS GREATEST BRILLlANcY.


Jupiter-January 20. Z
80
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

Venus until July 5.
Mars until August %.
Jupiter after January 90, until. Au-
gust IT.
Saturn until February 20, after Sep
TENDER 80.
Mercury, January IA until February
rs; May until July 4: August 20
until October %; after December
IL.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

The average weight of pair of
elephant tusks is $50 pounds. but
single tusk has been known to weigh
200 pounds.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02

A woman dentist recently stopped
with gold a hole in the tusk of a cir
Gus elephant at Innsbruck, Germany,
but a few nights later the filing,
worth $40, was stolen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-02
AT THE YEARS END.
BY Clinton ScoIlarcl.

AT the years end one saw before him
rise
phantasmal presences. The first outcried,
am the love that once you deiied!"
And l." the second said, viii. knocking
signs,
Am that ambition which, in splendid
guise,
Both day and night was ever by your
side"
And H. third exclaimed, repr; achful-
eyed,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
GOOD Jokes
A 6AsHFuL SWEETHEART.

A sharp-featured, determined little
woman popped her head out of the
door and Indignantly demanded the
business of a bashful young man. who
had been hanging around the house
for hours in pitiless downpour OF
rain, hoping against hope that his
adored one would invite him in.
Now then, young Teller, what do
yer want here? Tryin' to wear the
pavement out, or what?" she demand
ed, sarcastically.
II reckon I've come acc -'rtin' your
daughter" the shamefaced youth ad-
mitted.
"Oh, ye're after Lizzie, are yer?
Then take my advice, young man, an
run away an lose yerself. My gal
amt goin' TO marry chap that amt
courage to knock at the door an AK
for her--not likely! Why, when my
husban' came a-courtin' me and found
the door locked, he climbed the back.
yard wall, strangled the bulldog, an
knocked the old man silly WI clump
on the jaw. Then he grabbed hold OF
my hand and showed ring as big as
a cartwheel on my finger, and told
me that the banns were published last
Sunday. That's the sort of husband
| want for our LizZie-not a shiverin'
milksop that amt got sense to come in
out of the rain!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
Tom and Tabby Hit by Cruel Cat Law

clutches of the pondmaster must
wear tags, and it Is distinctly provided
in the bill that the payment of tax
does not permit any cat to go upon
private property other than that oe
cupied by it's owner. If the author and
friends of the bill have devised
means of collecting non-taxpaying cats
it is kept secret. 1t Is rumored that
fence-scaling brigade. armed with lad
ders and butterfly nets, will be turned
loose to gather in the taxdodgers.
The crusade against cats is being
led by Mr.. mcfarland because of the
disturbed state of mind caused him
while en- route home at nights by
thoughtless, discriminating cats.
1t is not thought that serious protest
will be entered against the proposed
law on constitutional grounds that
it is class legislation and is aimed al
the poor cats Of the backyard variety
while the cats of the well-to-do fami
lies will be safe from prosecution, be-
cause of the protection of home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
God to Be Restored to Nations Coins

The responsibility for the omission
was placed at the door of President
Roosevelt, for only through an execu-
tive order can change be made In
designs for coins. This responsibility
the president readily assumed, but,
when adverse criticism began to come
from all quarters of the country and
religious and patriotic societies took
up the matter, he decided to issue a
statement setting forth his reasons
for the action.
In this statement the president said
there was no warrant of law for the
inscription. Also he said that his own
feeling in the matter was due to his
very firm conviction that to put such
a motto on coins, or to use it in any
kindred manner, not only does no
good, but does positive harm, and is in
effect irreverence which comes dan
gerously close to sacrilege."
The president was firm that he
would not order the motto to be re-
placed unless directed to do so by
congress.
The presidents statement failed to
stem the tide of adverse criticism, and
when congress convened numerous
bills and resolutions were introduced
and proposed to make it unlawful to
issue coins without the inscription.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
At the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington
Senator Delivers Gift to Chinaman

favor possible to bestow that a gift be
taken to him.
All Nav is probably the best known
Chinaman in Washington. He is per-.
mitted to reside in this country by spe-
cial act of congress. He entered the
service Of Admiral Dewey when, as
commodore, Dewey commanded the
American fleet in the Orient. All
Nav was on board when the United
States squadron captured Manila. As
mark Of respect to Admiral Dewey
congress passed law excepting All
Nav from the exclusion laws.
Senator Stone first undertook, last
New Years day, to fulfill his mission
Of presenting the remembrance from
the brother in Manila. Upon that day
the Missourian thought to pay a call
of respect upon the admiral and trans
NIT the packet, also. Upon reaching
the Dewey residence he found all In
confusion. The heavy lace curtaiNs
in the parlor had caught fire, threat
ening the destruction Of the house and
menacing the safety of women guests
who were present. All Nav rushed
into the parlor, tore down the cur.
tains, extinguished the fire, saved the
house and possibly saved lives. But
he was badly, dangerously burned. He
was taken to the hospital, and the
commission intrusted to Senator Stone
could not be carried out until a few
DAYS ago,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
Congressman Has Plan to Help Farmers

the lands for this purpose shall be
provided by the farmers themselves
and that they shall do the work of crll.
tivation under the direction of tile
experts Of the department of agri.
culture. No additional appropriation
from congress will be required to test
Mr.. Scott's plan, 1t is explained. as the
agricultural department has the requi.
site number of experts to carry 1t out.
Mr.. Scott asserts that enough money
is being wasted by the department 10
sending out farm bulletins and other
government documents to carry out his
idea. He says that much valuable in.
formation has been given by the ex.
perts in these publications, but their
contents are so little understood by
the farmers that they do not derive
the knowledge from them which they
should obtain as to the best methods
of growing corn, wheat, hay and other
crops.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05
BETTER AVOID SLANG
Its Use in Extreme Degree Will Mar Young
Girls Popularity

Slang In an extreme degree should
not be permitted in a school girl who
makes any pretense to good breeding.
She is not expected to be precise in
conversation, and it is quite expected
that she will be "crazy" about things
and think them fine" But when she
gets into the best ever" style of Ian
guage-it cannot be called converse,
tion-it Is time that check was APP
piled to her tongue lest she descend
into the vulgarities.
1t is not to be hoped that girl can
always realize how easily people are
prejudiced for or against her by the
pitch of her voice and her manner Of
talking. 1t might be thought, however,
that mothers or guardians should
realize the Importance, and control the
natural exuberance that finds vent fire.
quently in tones pitched at high and
strident keys and amazing exclama-
tons.
OF the many objections that might
be brought to bear against girls
using slang there is none greater than
that the girl who habitually interlarcs
her conversation in this way is not
well hammered. 1t Is not altogether to
be expected that girl will call a
thing bully" in quite the same in
Election that she would adopt did she
call it Charming" There is not an
atom of moral injury resulting in dub
bling the affair bully" but there is
great social objection to acquiring, as
she does unconsciously but none the
less strongly, the manner that goes