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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

TN CERTAIN parts of the city where
Il society is familiar with the foreign
habits of the diplomatic set and where
cigarette smoking is so common among
women that 1t is no longer a matter
Of much comment, there is a strong
feeling that the anti-cigarette agita-
tors have been unfair in directing
their criticism at one or two individ-
ual women smokers.
The practice, it was pointed out, was
not confined to any special few,
but was quite general among fashion
able women. AS a regular feature Of
practically every ultra-fashionable
dinner party here cigarettes are equal
ly provided for the women. The old
custom of the women leaving the men
at the table to smoke has almost en-
tirely disappeared.
At a recent amateur theatrical per-
Torrance a purse was stolen from a
prominent feminine member of the
younger set" The loss was adver-
tised in the papers and among the
contents of the purse was a jeweled
cigarette case. The name of the own
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
A Shipping Error.

The young Duchess of Westminster
wife of the richest peer in England
recently gave birth to her third child
a daughter. Thus there is no heir tC
the immense Grosvenor fortune, Ear
Grosvenor, the duchess second child
having died at the age Of four.
Apropos of all this, rather crue
story is being told In Newport about
Lady Ursula Grosvenor, the eight
year-old daughter of the young
duchess.
A friend, the story goes, called al
Eaton Hall, and as she sat in the
drawing-room, little Lady Ursula en-
tered.
"Oh. good afternoon" she said
gravely. Mamma can't see any one
today. She's upstairs with the new
baby. They sent her. you know, CIR
when she'd ordered boy, and she's
so upset that she's quite ill.,"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Nv HE cost of the national government
Il is but small part of the burden
on the taxpayer. The expenses OF cities
are manifold greater to each person
than are those of the Union. The CEN
eus brings together the figures for the
1853 cities of the country which have q
population of $4,000 and over. Their
expenditures for the year 1908 were
1851 per capita. Boston far sur
passed this ratio, and leads in moneys
paid for local administration, showing
an outlay for each person of $27.58;
New York comes next with its munich
pal budget of $24.71 per capita, while
washington follows close with a cost
OF s24.6S for each person. The chief
items of expenditure in cities are
schools, police and fire protection.
Last year under the laws of Con-
laress for all purposes the nation spent
$3.50, 72s. 1858. This amount cared for
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
To Test New Mail Device for Trains

ward step Is recorded in the matter
of exchanging mail sacks by moving
trains. Under this system only one
small sack could be picked up at any
one station, and it is matter of off,
cial history that not infreQuently, in
stead of catching the suspended sack
of mail, the hook, operated by mail
clerk standing in the open door OF the
car, would snatch up chicken coop
or something else not to be found In
any classification of mail matter.
The delivery of mail from moving
trains is still more primitive, consist
ing merely of having the clerk hurl or
push the sacks out of the car as the
train rushes past the platform. Great
numbers of persons have been injured
and some killed by being struck by
the whirling and rebounding sacks,
thrown with the force of catapult.
In a number of instances the bags
of mail have rolled under the wheels
of the train and have caused wrecks
or have been ground to pieces and the
mail destroyed. And these defects do
not take into consideration the tremen-
dour wear and tear on the mail bags
and pouches, one of the largest items
Of expense to the railway mail service.
The new device has passed through
a successful test of six months at
Burnside station, and this decided the
government to give the more extended
trial
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Women of Diplomatic Set Are Smokers

er was given without any apparent
thought of embarrassment. Dealers
patronized by fashionable jewellers
here carry a large stock of women's
cigarettes.
It is not a rare sight to see the
wife CT foreign diplomat smoking
complacently as she sits on the
lawn of her home on a pleasant eve
ming Some foreign women promi-
nent here have been known to smoke
cigars.
Though these facts put the Wash
ington situation in a light slightly
different from that of other Ameri-
can cities, the local clergy fail to
find any defense for the habit
The habit of cigarette smoking
among women is, to my mind, thor
oughly pernicious one from any stand
point said Canon Mays of st. Thomas
Episcopal church.
Father Eugene Harmon of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, was unusually severe in his
criticism Of the cigarette habit among
women. He said: THE habit is OBJ
noxious all around and in women, de-
spite the fact that the law from
gospel standpoint is the same for both
sexes, cigarette smoking is worse with
women than with men because of the
example they set. Society demands a
different ethical code for women for it's
own protection"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
GIobular Lightning.

Yesterday the inhabitants OF Lewis
ham were provided with a specimen
of that curious phenomenon known as
"globular lightning" 1t is what is
commonly called the fire ball. and
as it persists for several seconds 1t is
obviously of totally different char
acter from any other form of light
ming. 1t is much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning. and its brightness
appears to be that of iron at the red
hot" stage.
1t is not, as some accounts might
lead one to infer, solid missile, but
it is always spherical and appears to
fall from thunder cloud by its own
gravity. sometimes rebounding after
striking the ground.-London Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP
DISEASE

when I was ten or twelve years
Old I had scalp disease. something
like scald head, though it wasn't that.
I suffered for several months, and
most ri my hair came out. Finally
they mad a doctor to see me and he
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
They cured me in a few weeks.
have used the Cuticura Remedies, also,
for O breaking out on my hands and
was benefited a great deal. l haven't
had any more trouble with the scalp
disease. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan.
3. 2. D. 3. Hamilton, Ga. Jan. Z, 1909"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

am now enjoying. Mrs. SARAH
LoUsIGNoNT, Ala S. Livingston Street,
Brookfeld, Mo.
The Change of Life is the most crit
cal period Of a wonan's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain
Women everywhere should remem-
Der that there is no other remedy
known to medicine that will so sue
cessfully carry women through this
trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from na-
tive roots and herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing wo-
men from the worst forms of female
ills-infammation, liberation, dis.
placements, fbroid tuners, Irregular
ties, periodic pains, tackacheD and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden~
tfal letter to Mrs. Pinkhanl, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is tree.
and always helpful
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
When the Fish Exploded.

Somebody discovered that fish are
fond of gasoline, and this led to the
idea of soaking worms In gasoline in
order to make them more alluring
when used for bait.
Mark the result
Two of those gasoline-tempted fish
exploded in the frying-pan, and broke
the kitchen window, and blew the
cooks face full of mashed potato, and
hurled the teakettle into the flour
barrel, and painted the kitchen ceiling
with stewed tomatoes.
Gail it lying world and let 1t go at
that.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Tetterlne cures Rinoworm.

Wysacking, n. c., June 2. 1908.
Enclosed you will find $1.00 for which
please send me at once Tetterine. 1t is
a dead shot on ringworms. w. 8. Dudley.
Tetterina cures Eczema, letter, Ring
Worm, Itchfng Piles, Rough Scaly Patch
es on the Face Old Itching Sores, Dan
Chilblains and every form OF Scalp and
Skin Disease Tetterine Soc: Tetterine
Soap 25c. Your druggist. or by mail from
The Shuptrine Co., Savannah, Ga.
With every mail order for Tetterine we
give q box of Shuptrine's 10cs Liver Pills
free
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

trouble. / spent over $4,000 doctor
toring but to no avail. was In de-
SPAR when I began taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills but soon felt better. For sew
en- years I have been free from kid
ney trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Scandal.

Mrs. Simmons .i4nced at the scare
headline: Bank Robbed! Police at
Seal" and laid down the sheet
"Naow, look at that, Ell" she ejac-
ulated, repeating the headline aloud.
Here's big city bank broke into by
burglars, and tn city police force ali
of fishin' somewhere! What a scan
dal!"-Judge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Even the Children.

Ex-Governor Pennypacker, condemn
ing In his witty way the American
divorce evil, told, at a Philadelphia
luncheon, an appropriate story.
Even our children" he said. ARE
becoming infected. A Kensington
school teacher, examining little girl
tn grammar, said:
What Is the future of Il love? "'
"A divorce the child answered
promptly"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Something Dreadful.

Wee Anita was listening to a story
Of the Johnstown food.
What made it," she asked.
"Oh, the dam broke" replied grand
ma.
The next morning she ran into her
brothers. room and, climbing up on
the bed, inquired anxiously: "Buvver,
wasn't it just drefful bout that swear
breaking and killing all dose people ?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Kent with Rarnum's Circus.

P. T. Barnum, the famous circus
man, once wrote: II have had the
Cuticura Remedies among the con-
tents of my medicine chest with my
shows for the last three seasons, and I
can cheerfully certify that they were
very effective In every case which
called for their use."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
A Busy Life.

Sub ditor-A dispatch from the
penitentiary says the convicts have
struck and refuse to work unless they
can have pie twice a day.
Great Editor (busily)-Counsel mod
Grafton and arbitration.-New York
Weekly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Mr.. Wise-It's a fine machine, but
| have to employ man who does moth
Ing else but keep it in the repair.
Auto Agent-Well, if it furnishes
steady employment for one man, it's
a great deal better auto than those
that don't
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Rluht az Home.

New Arrival-Do you recognize the
profession, my good man?
st. Peter-Profession? What pro-
fession, sir?
New Arrival (resentfully) - Why,
didn't you ever hear of me? / am one
of the dandiest harpists that ever
broke into vaudeville-Puck.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Source of Revelation

Twenty-seven new, crisp 81 bills,
says Harper's Weekly, weigh as much
as $40 gold piece. Wouldn't have
thought 1t, and have no means of
proving the assertion. but if so it is
probably owing in some way to the
recent activity of the inspectors of
weights and measures.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

the kidneys we'll and
health Is easily main
tanned. Doan's Kid
ney Pills m a X Q
strong, healthy kid
neys.
Mrs. Della Il. Chap
man, 5 Winthrop St.,
II artford Conn,
says: II was a
wreck from kidney
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Got stunq, All Right.

Bill-This paper says that bees
were unknown to the Indians.
Jill-Yes, / believe it was the ira
ders who used to sting them.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Youth is Invariably present in the
old age of d great man. He never
completely loses life's first elixir
Prof. Harris-B ickford
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Depend not on another, rather lean
upon myself; trust to thine own exer-
lions, subsection to another's will
gives pain.-Manu.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
CHEERFUL WORDS FOR
SUFFERING WOMEN.

No woman can be healthy with sick
kidneys They are often the true cause
of bearing-down pains, headaches, dir
illness, nervousness, languor, etc. Keep
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Mrs. Wfnsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens TIE gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, CSC bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

dates back TO th9
time that wome n
may expect nature
to bring on them
the Change Of Life.
/ got q bottle Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and it made
me feel much better,
and I have contin-
ued it's use. / am
very grateful to you
for the good health
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old sta ndard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC; You know what ron are taking.
showing 1t Is simply Quinine and Iron in . taste-
less form. The Quinine drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds mp tho system. Sold by all
dealers for 20 years Price 50 CENTS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

A fool man appreciates the nonsense
of a pretty woman more than he does
the sense of homely one
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
A Summer Resort

Noah disembarked
"A combination of the mountains
and seashore!" he cried.
Herewith he resolved to advertise
the tour.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

The days are not mere repetitions of
themselves; tomorrow will have bet
ter meaning.-T. T. Munger, ID.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

A girl will tell how a man made
love 10 her when she did to him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

Hicks' CAPUDIEE Is the best remedy-re-
Iieyea the aching and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
hquid--elfecta immediatly l0c, 25c., and soc.
As drug stores
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
WOMEN
OF MIDDLE
AGE
Need Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Brookfeld, Mo.-"Two years ago I
was unable to do any kind of work and
only weighed 118 pounds. My trouble
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Partly Made Over.

Weren't we engaged, last summer"
inquired the girl.
Your face is familiar" faltered the
man.
We'll, I'll forgive you for not recog-
MIXING me. My hair and figure are
new"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08
Where size counts.

Edna thoughtfully considered COW
that was calmly grazing in a meadow
across the way. Mamma, how old il
that cow" she finally inquired. "ShA
is four years DID," answered Edn&SI
mother Edna considered the ansVl5E
and from time to time appeared to eEs
comparing herself with the ccrtf
We'll" was her parting comment 0lt
the question, I'm five and that COW
is big enough to be fifty"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

For HEADACHE-Hick CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's nquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try It. 10c., 25c., and 80 cents ut drug
stores.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-08

And the only way to impress some
people is to suppress them.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
AEROPLANE CURLS LATEST
Hairdressers Are Showing Unusual
Novelty-Curls Are Small
and Fluffy.

The latest Corners in the world OF
fashion which the hairdressers ara
showing are the %aeroplane curls TO
tuck beneath the laces of the new
breakfast cap or under the frills OF
the Theatre Bravolet.
The curls are much smaller and
1ufier than those which have been
worn during the past year, and they
are pinned lightly at either side Of
the face just to show beneath the lace
ruftle which edges the cap.
Chantecler curls they are called In
Paris, and are worn not only under
the cap. but in a cluster at the back
of the neck.
They are, however, the only false
hair which seems to be popular, and
1t is said that even these will be dis
carded after the feminine world has
got used to the idea of going about
showing the shape of their heads In
stead of wearing a haystack.
When you buy the curls be sure
that they exactly match YOU own hair,
for If they vary ever SO little they
look false and spoil entirely the effect
they are supposed to give.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
THE NEWEST IN HOSIERY
Stockings Beaded Across tho Instep
and Up the Ankles are Most
Novel.

The newest hosiery shows many
charming effects. Stockings beaded
across the instep and up the ankles
are perhaps the most novel, while 9TH
ers embroidered in vinelike designs
appear more graceful than those with
the pattern scattered Unfortunately
In an all-over or loose pattern.
A design describing a circle Just
above the instep is new, and there are
innumerable drop-stitch weaves. The
colors are unusually varied and can
be found to match any gown. Some
are of a most beautiful changeable eff
feet in silk, while others are SO close
ly embroidered that they have a two
toned effect without being actually
woven in that way.
Plain stockings, of Isle. silk or
gauze, still hold their popularity with
women of conservative taste for all
except elaborate occasions or for
home use with dainty house W or
Ounging robes.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
REMoDELING PRINCESS GOWN
Discarded Frocks Can Be Worked
Over Into Prevailing Styles
Very Easily.

The princess gown Is now so largely
a thing of the past that women VINO
have frocks of this character on their
hands, or, rather, In their wardrobes.
are casting about for ways or remod-l
cling them In accordance with n pre-
vailing styles. Here are two good
suggestions, each worked out In the
case Of an actual gown.
In the first case, there was a front
skirt panel which extended a little
above the fitted waist line. The great
object, of course, was to give the ap-
pearance of a belt where no belt was;
and this was achieved by the introduce
ton of a large ribbon rosette at each
side, with a loose fold Of ribbon TO
match, connecting them at the back.
The gown then seemed equipped with
a girdle which was only broken at the
front panel.
In the other frock, the situation was
complicated by the fact that the prin-
cess effect extended upward In bib
fashion, and yet was too high to agree
with even the present empire styles
The problem was solved by slashing
the gown at the belt in a wide oblong.
leaving only the front, as II 1t were q
skirt panel, and then introducing q
shirred oblong of the same material an
the deep yoke on the blouse. Thus
the gown seemed transformed to q
tunic frock, built over the yoke mate
rial. A strap of the skirt fabric, which
had been cut out, was applied w
the shirred material to complSee this
effect.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04

systems for the government.
While Mr.. Norton will have the gen.
eral direction of the new project ne
will have the assistance of a board OF
directors, as 1t were-a commission
composed of one executive officer from
each department and independent bu-
e at Washington and this commits
sion will cooperate with the experts
in bringing about the big reform. Inc
present movement, it may be aodeo'
is not designed so much to enable the
cuttinff off of a clerk here and there
although doubtless many clerks VIII
be retired as a result Of its economies
as to formulate an entirely new struc'
ture of business methods.
Several of the government depart
ments have started on overhaul1ng OF
their business systems without walt
ing for the general reconstruction and
what has been accomplished thus In
piece-meal fashion gives a forecast OF
what may be expected later. In the
u. S. land office, sor instance, book
keeping methods have been so SIM
plifed that a single volume now old
the records that formerly required
twenty-one different books. In one
office 16 standard printed forms now
do the work that formerly recess
tated SO different documents and in
the p~ostofice department $175.OOo a
year is being saved in twfne bills by
means of a new tying device. Incl
IDENTIFY 1t may be noted that some OF
the most radical economies that are
expected as a result of Uncle Sans
latest move are looked for in the mall
ing rooms Of the departments where
tons of government documents are
wrapped, addressed and mailed each
day.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
HOW TO refine A JACKET
Simple Process Is Explained so Any
Woman, Handy With Needle,
Can Do IL.

Many women, otherwise clever with
the needle, think 1t dificu to refine
. jacket, 1t is In reality simple. Rip
one-half Of the jacket lining for a
pattern, cut a complete lining by this
leaving the other half attached to the
Jacket for a guide. Sew the lining to-
gether, leaving the underarm seams
open. Now haste In one-half, fitting
II smoothly along the fronts and bot
tom OF the jacket; then rip out the
other half of the old lining and haste
IN the same way.
Sew the new lining all around bot
tom, neck, and fronts. Any fulness
will go into the armholes and under.
arm seams. which should be sewed
last OF al. Cut the sleeves from the
old lining and attach at the ton and
bottom. finishing the armhole first. Be
sure to have the lining larger than
the sleeves. SO as to allow plenty Of
room at the elbow.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-11-04
BeLfast's Great Shipyard

years ago. The stern portion only
was saved and brought round to South
ampton, where 1t remained until
Messrs. Harland & Wolff built the
bow end, go feet long, in the south
yard, subsequently, with the aid of
three Liverpool tugs, bringing the
weird looking half ship right down
the Irish channel, round the Lands
end. and III to Southampton.
The repairs to the China, of the P.
and O.. line, and the Paris, of the Am
erican line, were also remarkable nm
dertakings, as was also that of the ST.
Louis for the latter company. The
China.
It was in 1870 the first Oceanic was
built on the Queens island for the
mite Star company. 1t was a vessel
considerably under 1000 tons. The
second Oceanic. launched in 1899 has
10 times the tonnage almost. while
even up till the present day no one
outside the management of the firm.
with the exception of the heads Of
.tae White Star company, knows the
exact dimensions of the two giant
boats o being built for this great
ocean carrying firm, so well has tha
secret been guarded. That thev viii
be between $50 and $40 feet In leneth
and of about $4,000 registered TON
mage, is the extent of knowledge az
the outside public regarding these
monsters
The firm can In no sense be regard
ed as builders for speed, elegance and
comfort for ocean yoyagers being
their especial motto. None OF The
boats built by them Is intended To ex-
ICED n knots or 21M knots, which. II
is understood. will be the rate Of frav-
cling of the coming White star Ievia.
thans. the motive power OF which will
be on the combination principle of
r~eciprocating turbine engines. At the
present moment between 1900 and
10000 employees are in constant en-
ployment. working at high pressure
night and day shift, and receiyfnz
wages to the tune Of oyer s20. ooo Der
week, while the area OF the cor.oeru
Is about 100 ACRES.