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The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

ing their every advance. Finally on
August 4, after a fierce cannonading,
the French stormed the place and
forced their way through the walls.
Then followed q week Of most des-
perate fighting, carried on In the
streets and from house to house: and
the French troops. brave as they were
and admirably led and equipped, were
forced to retreat and raise the siege.
Palafox and his men at once began
making preparations for the second
siege which they knew would come.
On December 20 French army Of
10000 picked soldiers under Marshals
Money and Mortier encamped before
the walls and at once began vigorous
prosecution Of the siege. Finally the
French were successful at all points
and the city wall for one-third its
length was captured.
But though the wall of the town was
In possession of the besiegers their
troubles were only really beginning.
Every house, every street, In the city
was stronghold In itself. The French
resorted to mining and literally blast
ed their way into the city. But they
were met with dauntless courage at
every turn. Pestilence long before had
broken out among the defenders, but
though they were dying by the hum
dreds every day from disease and bull
let's they never faltered. On February
Is a grand assault was made by the
besiegers. The city was on fire In q
dozen places and the dead lay un~
buried In the streets. But the Span.
iards were unyielding.
The hopelessness Of the struggle
had now, however, become apparent
to the Spaniards and the city was sur
rendered. The garrison, reduced to
10000 men, were accorded all the hon
Ors of war. During the siege $4,000
persons perished, most Of them by dis
ease. Palafox, the brave defender, in
violation Of the terms of capitulation,
was sent as prisoner to Vfncennes In
France. Later he returned to Spain,
became prominent In its political af.
fairs. was created duke of Saragossa
and died In 1847-ten years before the
passing away Of the Maid Of Sara
gossa
Not long since handsome statue
was erected to the Maid of Saragossa
In the city which her valor helped to
defend and this memorial will hand
down to future generations the story
OF her courage and heroism.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
ODD NAMES OF THE ozARKs
Destination Of Towns In a Missouri
County Either Very Purposeful
or Very Purposeless.

Kansas City, Mo.-Whether imag-
ination or lack of 1t is more evident
In the names of Ozark towns might
be debated But there would be no
dispute about the fact that the result
is something unusual Hack writer's
who delight In putting proper names
together IN foolish sentences would
find long Journey in the Ozark re-
gion as full of delightful possibilities
as a walk In diamond field. With
what enthusiasm would they string
together something like this:
eff he Is clever, the Fowler in the
Timber may Dent Zebra; If Not that
his Blue Eye may fill with Joy to find
Lamb and Pease on the same Trail.
Though Fate be Barren, If he's Witty
he may Bluff and say the Ark holds
yet a Rat, Swan and Birdsong from
the Congo. And Manysprings, and q
Rill Diggins, Gold and Pleasant Hope,
perhaps are Only about Halfway to
Evening Shade. And SO Goodnight. :"
In single county of Missouri this
large collection Of the literal label Is
shown: Rat, Ink, Gang, Alley, Tim
Der, Horse, Hollow, Sinkin, Birch
Tree, Timber and Low Wassie. More
imaginative, perhaps, are Not and
Congo. Mountain View represents
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

sery, In San Jose. In the year 1853.
Mr.. Pelner has long been dead. but
his old home is still standing, and
ought to be regarded as sacred
landmark by all purveyors and con-
sumers of prunes. The old frame
house Is now the center of 100000
acres of prune orchards, grouping in
the Santa Clara valley. Not far from
10000, 900 prune trees grow in the val
ley. In comparison with these figures,
the prune orchards Of France, Spain,
Germany, Austria. Servia and other
prune- growing countries are hardly
worthy of mention. California now
dominates the worlds prune trade, not
only supplying the markets of the
United States, but exporting millions
Of pounds annually.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
BIRTHPLACE OF THE PRUNE
First Trees Were Imported From
France and Planted In tho Santa
Clara Valley, California.

San Jose, Gait Is possible that
there are people compelled to live In
city boarding houses who will not
think that the man who introduced
prunss into America deserves to rank
90 . public bencfactor. Whatever the
''boarders" may think about it, it is
certain that boarding house keepers
will regard him % one OF the great
men of the past century. In that opin-
ION California orchardists will heartily
concur, as he was the pioneer In an
industry that now represents an in
vestment OF more than s50.000,000 in
improved orchard land, equipment
and packing plants, and pays large
dividends on every dollar. The first
prune trees ever planted in California
were imported from France and plant
ed In the grounds OF the Pellier nur.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

We read a lot of foolish men
Who brave the crowded stores
And get bewildered now and then.
Upon the many floors;
We read about these men who rush
Where human angels tread
And somewhere 'twixt the silk and plush
Are crushed till they are dead.
Some vain, proud man. perchance, will &c
A-shopping for his wife,
And struggle madly to and fro
And barely save his life,
Or he will try the livelong day
The ribbon place to find
And then be slowly led away
With remnants Of his mind.
But there was once man who went
Completely through a store
And many tagging moments spent
Upon each stocked-up floor,
And never were his ribs crushed in
Nor were his weary feet
Tramped on by women fat and thin
Who surged in from the street.
A wondrous tale this is, forsooth,
Yet take 1t as it's told.
For 1t is nothing but the truth
The man was not so bold,
Nor was he big and broad and stout,
AS might have been supposed
A watchman, he strolled all about
When the big store was closed.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Down to Brass Tacks.

"It Is wonderful story" says the
publisher to the new author, whose
manuscript has just been accepted
but you have failed in one impor
tant feature You do not describe the
way the heroine was dressed when
the hero first met her. You'd better
write in a paragraph about her
clothes, but try to avoid the conven-
tional"
The ingenious author, knowing the
sameness of costume descriptions in
the best sellers, and also knowing how
to make an appeal to the feminine
heart, wrote:
''Heloise foated toward him, garbed
in 5000 dress, a $3.50 hat, with
a S9S.75 mantilla over 1875 lace
coat"
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Needed Assistance.

A poor old cast-down hobo started
to knock the paint of Of back door
the other morning, and when he tear
fully told the lady who appeared that
he had a sick wife at home and q
dozen hungry kids, she gave him a
couple of homemade biscuits. Daintily
the hobo handled them, and once
more he glanced up wistfully.
whats the matter" Indignantly
demanded the housewife, aren't you
satisfied with the biscuits?"
Eyes, dear lady" replied the tramp
full one, "but l thought perhaps you
would be so kind as to loan me nut
cracker for a few minutes"
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26


the humorous department, for it Is In
a hollow where there is neither view
nor mountain.
For shortness Of name, the region
is no less remarkable, with such
types as Hy. All, Lon, Job. Arp, Osa.
Coy, Day, Bly,. Van, Igo, Abo and Roe.
Sometimes the traveller may have q
suspicion that the towns have been
named after the fashion that the In
dams label their children. There are
such examples as Coin, Groom, Notch
and Flag. Sometimes the labels are
poetic and alluring Shadygrove
Birdsong and Romance and again
they are as far in the other direction
as Kiddos Spur, Hughes Stone Quar-
ry, Hanks and Smittle. For those
Who know Latin, Bona is good name
for town. though Dagonia and Pro
tenn may see Radical
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Future Greatness.

THAT boy surely will go to congress
when he grows up" says the father,
after a vain effort to convince his
young hopeful of the enormity of con-
tinued disobedience.
What makes you think that?" asks
the mother.
Every time we send him to do
something he does just what we don't
want him to do, and then comes home
and argues it was what we wanted.
but that we didn't know it,"
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Roonng.

Galvanized Iron Corrugated and Crimp
of best quality for barns, sheds, chicken
houses and residences-Fire and water
proof, needs no paint, takes care Of itself,
lengths. s to IL feet. Full weight goods.
Send this ad with order. Pidgeon-T -Thomags
Iron Co., THE Roofing Folks" a. Sc N.
I'd St., Memphis, Tenn.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Wicked Man.

Yes, my poor sister writes that she
is unhappily married. She says she
will never trust another man."
.sBut what in the world is wrong?"
"She says she married Harold to re-
form him, and finds that he has de-
cefved her utterly-that he only ate
cloves to lead her on, and that he
only knows two pages of Hoyle when
1t comes to card playing"
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

The coachman has shared the fate
of his horse in the subordination Of
both to the up-to-date automobile. 1t
ia the gocd-looking chauffeur who now
makes a runaway match with the ro-
mantle young heiress.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

We are informed that man In
Washington sprouted lemon tree I'm
his thumb after he had cut that useful
member In whiting lemon. If the
report had said it was an orange tree
or a rosebush we should never have
believed it.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
NIpped In the Bud.

Parke-Too bad about Bilfer's boy,
wasn't it-got him graduated FROM
college and thought he had care
before him.
Lane-What happened?
Parke-Why, he has just eloped
with the lady chauffeur-Life.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Another reduction in the running
time between New York and Phila-
ielphia has been made, but it has not
yet become possible for Philadelphi-
ans who do business In New York to
go home to lunch.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

A Detroit lady who has been having
matrimonial troubles says she mar
ried once on bet and once for spite
She appears to have lost in each In
stance.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Sauer kraut, too, is going up. Scar
city of cabbage, is the given cause,
but 25 per cent annual increase in
consumption may have suggested the
idea that there was more money in 1t.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Now the French are experimenting
with a weapon to be used against
airships. One warlike invention Is
barely introduced when, before 1t has
time to become practicable. counter
acting invention fairly shoves it aside.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Into the realm of ethics comes the
question of whether the person who
BELLS such an overwhelmingly funny
ktory that another person dies laugh
ing is really a friend.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

The students at Wellesley have been
declared to be "a vast lump of unas-
simulated indigestible stodginess.
What this means no one seems to
know.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Sir Ernest Cassel has bought q
gramme Of radium for $4,000. 1t was
probably marked down from $4,000
and Sir Ernest may be said to have
secured a bargain.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
One Wav to Look at Il.

Jinks-Do you know, was re-
fused three times before l found a
girl who would have me?"
Blinks-I see. Just like a patent
medicine: ''Well shaken before taken"
Judge
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Chicago captured most of the RIB
bons at the New York horse show, but
New York isn't kicking much. She
has the gate receipts.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

After having been six days without
food a sailor swan several miles to
the shore of Australia. pursued by
sharks. A man who can get away
with a yarn like that wastes his tai
ent before the mast
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

The car solemnly gives 1t out that
he hopes God will be lenient with Toll
gtoi. Can you beat that, for Russian
humor?
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

That New York is the hottest place
In summer and the coldest in winter
does not necessarily spell climatic
superiority.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Only 1S deer hunters were killed
during the deer-hunting season just
closed in New England. Apparently
the hunters are learning how to shoot
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Statistics now indicate that smokers
make the best athletes. We have
known for a long time that certain
kinds of cigarettes make one strong In
= certain sense.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Are You Weak, All
Run Down I?

This condition is directly caused by
bad blood When the blood is made rich
and pure by Hoods Sarasaparilla, you
will feel strong and cheerful; it will put
new life into your veins, new vigor into
your muscles; give you a sharper appetite
and good digestion; make you look better,
sleep better and feel better; viii make
the hardest work lighter and the darkest
day brighter Factsl Thousands confirm
them. Get Hoods today.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Miladi says she Just can't under
stand how women ever kept up with
ali the gossip of the town before the
invention of the telephone
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

One Denver woman insists that she
never owned a hat Then she never
kept anybody waiting while she pinned
it on.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

A sacred COW in Central park, New
York, is suffering with a severe cold.
Nothing is too sacred for the grip
germ.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Chance TO Outcrow II.

Every one says the baby is the
living image of his papa declares the
fond mamma
20, well, he has all his life ahead Of
him. reassuringly remarks the caller.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

When boa constructor died in Lit.
tie Rock the other day It's body was
found to contain human hair teeth
and human bones. The boa was evf
AeAtly In the undertaking business.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Sane and scientific development OF
aerial navigation Is the end to be
worked for; daredevil stunts endan-
ger the aviator without advancing the
art.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

The greatest glory of a free-born
people is to transmit that freedom to
their children.-Harvard.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
False.

Clerk-This is an eight-day clock.
Murphy-Gwan! It's loi; theirs
only sivin days in the wake!-Puck. Z
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

There should be some great world
market in which war scares could De
purchased cheaper by the dozen
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Heavy words in meeting will not
make up for short weight in market.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

Just when we we're getting used TO
peanuts and spring water. the price
Of meat goes down.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money If PAZO ONT
MHNT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles In to IA days. Soc
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

A new 500 counterfeit bill is in cir
culation. When buying bacon, exam
Inc your change carefully
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

A Detroit woman was divorced
while attending card party. Again
the law of compensation.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

The man who boasts of calling
spade a spade may pass snow shovei
without being able to recognize 1t.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the ~ <<~z1-'
Signature ofIMZzzz<M
In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26
Fortune telling is prohibited in New
York, but fortune hunting Is not

A house In ST. Louis was set on fire
by fireless cooker. Now whatll we
do?
The Brandon news., 1911-01-26

After all, in charging a dollar for
trimming hair the BARRIERS are making
D cut-price.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
O THIS is MY BIRTHDAY. G
o Washington Conner q
o o o O o o o 0 o 20 o G

Washington E. Conner, who fig
uered prominently in Wall Street
affairs for many years. was born in
New York, December Is. 1849, and
received his education in the public
schools Of the metropolis. At the
age of %, after having served an
apprenticeship as clerk in a bank
ing house, he became a member of
the New York Stock Exchange.
Six years later the firm of Wash
ington E. Conner and Company was
formed, with Jay Gould as one of
the partners. In many of the great
stock market deals with which the
name of Jay Gould was associated
Mr. Conner participated. Familiar
with the railroad and other business
in which Jay Gould had taken a
leading part, Mr.. Conner, long af-
ter the death of the noted financier,
was frequently commissioned by
the Gould heirs to consummate var
ious railroad plans. His associa-
ton with the Gould interests con-
tinued until his retirement from ac-
tive business a short time ago.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
L|TTLE-f|NcfR ring
FOR THOSE DIVORCED
Chicago Fad SO Economical, For
The Wedding Ring Can Be
Cut Down to Fit

CHICAGO, Dec.a14.-A new fad
in the Chicago divorce colony has
been started by Mrs. Marina del
Gado Parke, divorced wife of the
secretary of the Board of Supervis-
ing Traction Engineers. She ex-
planned to friends the significance OF
a plain gold band ring on her little
finger.
"Why, that's divorce ring she
said. 81 invented Fit. And now
quite a few women are wearing
rings like it. Pretty fsoon every
body will knowothat a plain ring on
the right little finger means it's
wearer is divorced, and the plan of
indicating a persons matrimonial
status in this way will come into
general use.
cts so economical, too. The di-
vorced woman can have her we'd
ding ring cut down to fit the little
finger.
|. ''The divorce ring will save a lot
Of embarrassment. New acquain-
tances will not inquire about your
husband and old friends who
have't heard OF your divorce will not
embarrass themselves with awkard
questions
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
WANT JOHN d. PRESIDENT

VERMILLION, Kan, Dec. IA
Leading citizens of this place have
petitioned John D. Rockefeller to be-
come a Presidential candidate be-
cause of his great business ability.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
KILL deer, Bears and
Wild HOGS IN VIRGINIA
Deeds Hunting Club Closes Most
Successful Trip in Bath
County

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Dec. IA
The Deeds Hunting Club, with head
quarters at the Deeds plantation on
Mill creek, Bath county, closed it's
hunt last week with fine luck. Six
deer, three bears, three wild hogs,
twelve turkeys, and large number
of small game were slain.
The invited guests of the club
were the Rev. Mr.. Spencer, Mrs.
w. E. Humphreys and son, Edward
of Clifton Forge; Captain M. H.
Hayes and son, Harry, of Chicago;
and Mr.. and Mrs. Murrell. of Hunt
ington
Mr.. Murrell was with the party
when two of the bears were killed.
After locating the bears Edward
Deeds went back and got Mrs. Muir
rell and some of the others and
placed them on a point where they
could see the two bears and he and
his brother, Charles, went around
and in a short time brought the ami
mails down with their rifles with
which they are experts.
The next day w. E. Humphreys,
one of the members of the club,
killed a fine bear weighing about
200 pounds.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
eorologv, and the lamentable decline in Mr.

eorology, and the lamentable decline in Mr..
Kipling's powers Of versifcation.
The activity Of the Reno industry is, Of
course to be deplored without measure, but
since we must. face the evil, the divorce ring
has much to commend it. Simple and trust
full folk who are still unsophisticated enough
to be thankful for the homely happiness of
pleasing fancy taught by long tradition, that
there is an artery in the third finger of the left
hand which leads straight to the heart. They
would have superstitious sort Of feeling that
the finger that had worn the wedding ring
should at least be left unadorned.
And yet it would simplify things in the
mixed circles Of society if the little finger of
the right hand, in an unobtrusive sort of way,
indicated the LADY, s status and forestalled en-
barrassment.
But while the subject is up, why not make
a complete adjustment Of the ring customs
There is movement on foot now to require
the married men to wear wedding rings. In
connection with the divorce ring to be worn
when the occasion demands many existing
complexities might be cleared up by this sys-
TEN of symbols, and tea-table conversation
would be less apt to sag in the middle.-Ex.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
0 90 o 900 o 900 O o o o
I. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. O
D .ll December Is O
0 o o o o O o O o 0 o

1485-Catherin of Arragon, first
wife Of Henry VIII. of Eng
gland, born. Died 1886.
17S9-The first circulating library
So was established in Salem,
s Mass.
1796-Gen. Anthony Wayne died in
Pressure Isle, Pa. Born in
{E. Easttown, Pa, Jan. 1, 1745.
18O9-Divorce of the Emperor Ma
T. poleon and the Empress
1 Josephine.
1840-Remains of Napoleon l. con-
la, veyed from Cherbourg to
~. Paris and laid in the tomb
5,s of the Invalides.
1S64-Gen. Thomas attacked Gen.
ss Hoods army near Nashville
189S-Calvin S. Brice, American
ss4 financier, died. Born Sept
Hill Z, 1845.
1S99-British under Gen. Butler de-
feated by the Beers at
Colenso
1906-The new law separating
Church and State went into
i force in France.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
bay STATE VOTERS
WERE influenced
Two Men Under Arrest for Using
Money---Much More
Coming
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Dec. IA.
Two men are under arrest here
today on charges of conspiracy to
purchase votes at the last State
election, and third for promising
money to voter. Other arrests
are to follow.
The arrests cover only a compare
lively small part of the results
which are expected to follow an in
vestigation.
The real work of the investigation
has only just begun. The work
heretofore has been confined to ac-
emulation and shifting of evidence.
The State police have proceeded
with great caution and have accom-
plished much, despite the very SER
ious obstacles which have made
progress difficult.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-12-15
Hurry With Your Nickels. Dimes and
Dollars
Dollars
The time until Christmas is short.

The time until Christmas is short.
And that is just the reason why you
should not wait until tomorrow or the day
after or until next week in making up your
mind Just how much YOU are going to give
to help fill an empty stocking or two IN Staun-
ton OF course you are going to give some
thing. Only few can afford to give any
considerable sum, but surely every one who
has a home and lives in comparative comfort
can afford to help JUST A LITTLE.
IN FACT, NOT ONE CAN AFFORD
NOT TO HELP.
Y About three fourths Of the real happiness
of this world-the kind that really counts =
is derived from spreading happiness and JOY
and contentment among our fellow beings.
Tile fellow who goes about radiating sunshine
and good feeling is popular fellow always.
Why Because he gives to every one with
whom he comes in contact portion OF the
good feeling and JOY in his own heart. When
he sets another soul agow with good feeling,
ioF radiates back to him again, and he finds
that instead Of losing something he has null
tiplied what he originally had many fold.
Here is chance for every man, woman
and child in Staunton who really wants to do
something to promote Christmas cheer among
the lowly and unfortunate, to get into action.
The time is short and the committee will
have to know few days before Christmas.
SO don't delay. Just enclose what you have
to give in an enveop and send it to the Dis
patch News or bring it to the office, and it
will be turned over to Mr.. Hoge or the Asso-
ciated Charities for the Empty Stocking
fund