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The courier., 1902-05-10
ca. '.Dog Catcher

Nerve, clear, unlimited nerve, is
needed by the municipal dog catcher
should he fa1thflny perform his
humble duties.
The fist of every man, the broom
stick Of every woman and the execra-
ton Of every youngster is the lot of
the canine raider. He gets 1t all and
more-he rarely ever passes through
the season without engaging in fights
innumerable. At nights after the cleo
trio lights are out, the wise dog catcher
sails along in the darkness of secluded
alleys months after his official connec-
ton with the municipality has been
severed.
A dog or a cat always holds a high
place in the list of the household lares
and penates. The city of Lincoln as
sesses a canine tax, which is consciel-
tiously eluded by nine-tenths of dog
owners. Hence the creation Of such an
officer as the catcher.
City Treasurer Fox has some glitter
ing tags. These will save the canine
and nothing else in the shape of in
oculation will do the work.
AS for the long suffering, much
abused canine catcher, he gets up be-
fore the dawn Of day. With a wire
lasso he lariats the dogs, looks for the
tax tag and IL it is absent hurls the
animal into a wagon driven by his as
sistant. Carefully and cautiously the
rounds are made. When the wagon is
full the vehicle is driven to the pound
and the cargo unloaded.
The courier., 1902-05-10

who had forged his fathers name on
check. The bank customer had
known the boy IN his youth but was
not aware that he had gone wrong dur
ing his absence from home. The check
went on its way and was protested. To
save trouble the father paid It."
Crooks with hard luck stories usually
make for larger cities than Lincoln
but occasionally some Of them drop in
to cause trouble. Nine times out of ten
they are detected by the wide awake
teller. The smoothest ones generally
win out by worming into the confidence
Of some business man and getting an
introduction at the bank. In such
case the sponsor is held responsible for
the loss.
The courier., 1902-05-10
THE COURIER

In the bowling pandemonium of the
dog pound the pets of rich and poor
are kept for a specified length Of time.
Then II the price is not forthcoming
well, there will be mild eyed dog that
will never trot home again.
But the dog catcher! What Of him?
He makes all kinds Of coin, escapes in
high luck IL he does not get his head
punched every day and deserves the
plaudits of all for the enemies that he
makes.
When the dog catching is all over,
the petty official has a substantial
bank account. For sometimes he nails
a hundred dogs in a cool morning. He
gets silver quarter for each Of these
whether they live or die.
But the day of reckoning comes. Ca
mines without tax tags get scarcer
than pearls ornamenting the nasal ap-
pendages of toads. The catcher has to
seek another job.
To employer after employer he goes.
But it is no good. In many a home he
has created mourning and woe. His
sims can never be forgiven. Finally he
gives up in despair IL he is sensitive.
Sometimes he strikes something he can
do and hangs on. 1t takes many years
of official oblivion to erase his deeds
from the public mind.
1t was far better to be publican in
the days of Peter and Paul than a dog
catcher in a modern municipality.
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THE BLUE STOCKING SPEAKS.
When they warned the Blue Stocking
that she would certainly wear herself
out, she laughed at their fears.
Darn me If do!" quoth she, cheeri-
w.
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Keeps Bis GYes Open:
che Bank CeUer

A paying teller can usually walk
along the streets of his city and locate
each man he meets, not by name but
by his correct position. in the financial
category Of the business world. Most
of the people the veteran cashier can
group with respect to vocation and
employer. each pedestrian by his re-
lation with someone else.
Money paid out at a bank is gener-
ally gone for ever. II must be done in
such a way that the responsibility is
shifted on to some one beside the pay
ing teller. In his struggle to be etern-
ally exact, this latter official trans
forms his mental machinery into one
vast catalogue in which every custom
er Of the bank has a specific and in
Simultaneous rating.
People do not like to be identified but
once at a bank. The second time they
usually get huffy. If they are Ques-
toned after the first visit they get
mad. The next time they go some.
where else where they can secure the
services of teller with better men,
ory.
A bank must gain and hold custom
ers, 30 this sort of thing will not do.
The paying teller mustn't make any
breaks either socially or financially.
Individualism is the great lever which
the paying teller must learn to control
deftiy and WELL At a glance the vet
eran banker can tell the man or wo-
man who would commit murder rather
than overdraw. They are scrupulously
exact. There is no use in watching
them.
BY the same sign the slipshod meet
their undoing Life with them is one
long struggle to get as much as they
can on credit and then studiously and
artistically ward of the day of pay
ment. These are looked up" every
time their checks are presented. 1t is
useless to add that the looking up con-
sists Of a hasty balancing of accounts
with the slippery one.
In all my nfe." said Lincoln bank
teller, 'T never had but one check pro-
tested. Then a man of unquestioned
reputation had certified to the honesty
Of the delinquent one. The case in
question was that Of disinherited son
The courier., 1902-05-10

George Ade, everywhere celebrated
as the author Of Fables in Slang"
was born in Indiana in 1866. He grad
uated from Purdue university in 1887
and for three years engaged in news
paper work in Lafayette, Indiana.
Then he went to Chicago, where he
worked on the Chicago Record. Here
his Fables" now a bright feature in
the Sunday State Journal, first began
to appear. Mr.. Ade made a trip to
the Philippines in the early part of
the insurrection and there gathered
the Information which inspired his
comic opera, The Sultan of Sulu."
The courier., 1902-05-10

Finley p. Dunno, author of the Mr..
Dooley" philosophy now appearing in
OF Chicago, where he was born in 1867.
He was educated in the public schools
and from there drifted into newspaper
work as a reporter in 1885. He was
city editor Of the Chicago Times from
1872 and was connected with the edi-
torial stafks Of the Evening Post and
Times Herald for five years there
after. In 1887 he became editor Of the
Chicago Journal He held this posi-
ton for three years until he became
famous With the Dooley sketches.
The courier., 1902-05-10

The DR. Bent. F. Bailey Sanatorium
business ceeteP me s can % % the being minutes ride from the
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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18
FROM NATCHEZ TO THE GULF.

There is a movement on foot, and
the scheme has been chartered, to run
a railroad from Natchez to the gulf.
This was made public few days ago.
The following item clipped from the
Biloxi Herald of the nth, will give
the public an idea through the section
the road is to run and the incorpora-
tors:
The other line is TO be known as
the Natchez and Gulf railroad COM
pany, and will run from Natchez TO
Gulfport. This scheme has long been
a favorite move with the people of
southeast Mississippi, and has been
revived by a company of enterprising
gentlemen, who have means to back it.
The line will run through Adams,
Franklin, Pike, Marion, Pearl River
and Harrison counties TO the gulf at
Gulfport harbor The incorporates
are J. w. Lambert, w. H. Shields,
F. c. Postlewaite, S. H. WOwenburg,
A. c. Campbell, E. H. Ratcliff, L. A.
BenOi, W. c. Magee, W. W. Hunger
ford and L. L. hampton.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The Vicksburg American and the
Me- idian Star do the editor of the
Progress an injustice. The former
says that we have a type-setting ma
chine for which we havessuch a great
attachment, that We carry it tor bed
with us, while the Star contends that
it is nothing more than a new kind
of heating stove by which the edi-
tors feet may be warmed during the
cold winter months. The truth is we
have the machine, now in actual op-
Grafton, and we find no time for going
TO bed at all or for warming our feet
Besides since coming TO Hattiesburg
we find that people wear socks and
we have fallen into the habit. As a
copy eater the machine we have is ca
pable of keeping several men at work
day and night.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

During the past week the boards
of county election commissioners
throughout Mississippi have selected
the lists of judges, clerks and mana
gers who will have charge of the con-
gressional election which takes place
on the 4th of November, and in order
to secure something resembling re-
spectacle vote in many counties the
Judges and clerks are being urged to
not only be present and serve for the
places to which they have been
chosen, but also to solicit voters to go
through the formality of voting the
democratic ticket. The blanks have
been sent out from the office of the
secretary of state on which the re-
turns will be made.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Mr.. Olney struck right out from the
shoulder i'll his denunciation of the
coal operators for the defiant and ill
hammered attitude they assumed in
their conference with the president.
There has been a very general recOg
milton of the fact that the operators
hurt their case by their conduct on
this occasion, but it has been reserved
for Mr.. Olney to point out the injury
which they did to the dignity of the
presidential office in the eyes of all
the world when they CURLY turned a
deaf ear to the president appeal and
snapped their fingers i'll his face.
They have not rseceived a harder
blow since their troubles began than
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Gus Bush was hanged the other day
at Macon for murder. 1t is stated
that ?, 600 people witnessed the hang
ing. The governor last week issued
a proclamation declaring Macon a
city as it had the requisite number
of inhabitants. 000-and to spare.
According to the statement above
made all the inhabitants of that
city turned out to see the hang
ing except the fifty-seven. But the
way the census of Macon is taken ii
when a passenger train on the Mobile
AMI Ohio comes along. The people
who come to see the train are then
counted.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18
Goes Like Hot Cakes.

THE fastest selling article have in
nv store,' writes druggist G T. Smith,
of Davis. KY, lis DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, becarse it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never failed
have known it to save suffer r from
Throat and Lung Diseases. who could
get no help from doctors or a'> other
remedy" Mothers rely on l. EST ply
sicians prescribe it, and Tucker & Greer
guarantee satisfaction or refund price
Trial bottles free, Reg size SOC am 81.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

A stern lesson to negro pistol toters
is contained in the killing of a young
negro named Richard Samuels at
westside iii Claiborne county, a day
or so since, and it ought to have a
moral effect on the members of the
race. Samuels was leaning against
the counter in store when his pistol
fell from his pocket, the hammer
struck box, causing the weapon to
discharge, the ball entering the thigh
and ranging upward, causing death
a few hours later.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Here, Brother SETTLER; how's this !?
The Vicksburg American says: The
Hattiesburg Progress recently procured
a new subscriber who had never read
anything in his life but an almanac.
After trying the Progress for two
weeks, the fellow came around and
had his name scratched off. He pre-
ferred the almanac. -Natchez Bull
letin. That is very easily explained.
He is one of the twelve candidates
out for governor.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Lieut.. w. H. Buck, of the United
States navy, the young Mississippian
who commanded President Roosevelt's.
yacht, the Sylph, during the summer,
and who had the distinction of being
the youngest officer in the navy ever
accorded such an honor, has rendered
his resignation TO the navy depart
ment and viii engage in the banking
business at his old home in Jackson.
He is graduate of the class of 1890,
and was in. the secret service during
the Spanish American war.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The Press wants the corporate linn
its of Meridian extended. The Press
is right. 1t should take in Mount
Barton on the south and the Mobile
and Ohio coal chute on the north.
And then J. NJ T. Hamilton on the
east and the lunatic asylum on the
west should be taken in. But the
other inmates of that institution
might object.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

state constitution to be voted upon at
the regular election in November,
and strong address has been scat
tered broadcast over the state setting
forth the reasons why the amendment
should be adopted. There are no
strong objections urged against the
amendments that they will be de-
feated through apathy among the vo-
tiers. His article is published in to-
days Progress.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

1t is now believed that Henry Wat
terson will yet propose Grover Cleve-
land for president. There is one
thing that can be said commendable
about Henri, and that is, unlike some
other Kentuckians, he knows when he
has enough. P. S. This has 10 ref
erence to Bourbon.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

We do not object so much to the I'M
paved streets of Hattiesburg if the
city would nail the sidewalks down
and keep them nailed The other
night enc flew up and hit man in
the face.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

There is one thing that is credita-
BILE to the editor of the Meridian Star.
He is ready at any time to join the
editor of the Vicksburg American i'll
making war against bedbugs. This,
however, does not refer i'll the least
to QOldhnPS
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

A New York policeman who is about
to retire is said to be worth a million
of dollars. Now it is i'll order for
him and St. Louis alderman to start
a trust They might be able to cor
ner the administrations of several
cities of the United States. In the
meantime they should keep their eyes
on. Pierp Morgan.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Ellisville will issue So, 600 i'll bonds
for additional school buildings. That
is good. Perhaps this is on the rec
ommendation of the editors of that
town who are convinced that they
should attend the schools.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The Vicksburg American wants to
know ''where is Meridian, anyway"
What igorance? It's wood landing
on the 'Sow-wash- she river. Biloxi
Herald Tain't nothing of the kind.
It's Ragsdale' Crossing, near Elmire' s
roSfourant
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The Vicksbrug American says that
q Hattiesburg man got drunk and
drowned his sorrows in Leaf river.
That is true and the whiskey was
shipped from Vicksburg.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

1t is thought that Mississippi will
go democratic in the next election,
though this is not certain, as it went
for Bryan in the last two presidential
elections
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Mr.. Bryan has not heard OF the
Olney speech yet Perhaps he will
hear of it when he gets through his
canvass in his state.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The city tax levy of Jackson is eigh-
teen mills. That of Vicksburg a lit
tie over twenty mills. And neither
one of them has pure drinking water.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

H. B. Bostick, popular citizen Of
McHenry, was visitor to our city
today.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

An agent was around this morning
wanting to sell us a shoe polish. No
man can black wash this paper.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The Olney boom has reached the
swamps of Tennessee. 1t will reach
the moonshine mountains in dew time.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

Judge l.. NJ. Garrett has instituted
vigorous campaign to awaken inter-
in the three amendments Ito h
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-10-18

The question is now whether or not
the metropolitan papers will accept
hard coal on subscription.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27

Reads house-Mars Halls got some
gals yer know-an' he sed, Nanny
eff you won't tell mother | rode TEN
pes ter-Gay | won't tell Aunt IIlnore
bout de Jail bird you've caught" Dat
wus de first Nv my KNOWN he knowed
it. but as | knowed I'd have ter tell
Miss Elnore eff l mahd, so she'd give
me sumpun,. wouldn't make de con-
tract. an he rid OF Bess.
Yistiddy mornin' Johnny-boy got up
early. an toll me he wanted Solomon
(dat's de gemman's name whit wus er
spa-kin' mel ter go over an hep wild
de hog-kiflin' at Mars Halls. He'd
promised ter sen er han an he didn't
know NV nobody else ter sen. Sol
didn't offer no specius PROJECTIONS ter
gwine. / went ter workin' an singin'
an my min went ter ruminatin' on
de good times when me an Sol would
be lined in de holy ban Nv matermony
an all my white folks er iillin' him
an | worked an sung tell slap two
O'Clock fore l thought Nv de boy.
went out inter de po'try yard whar
heerd knocllin' er gwine on, an daI
stood Johnny boy an two men lookin
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27
Bowlers Elect President.

The threatened disruption of the
American Bowling congress did not
occur. At conference between five
eastern and five western men an ar
rangement was made whereby both
Frank Pasdeloup and Charles H. Eb-
bets agreed to withdraw from the race
for the presidency. The following
ticket was elected: President. Mayor
Charles A. Bookwa.ter of indianapolis;
first vice president, w. V. Thompson,
Chicago; second vice president, F. w.
Prior. New York; secretary, Sam
karpf, Dayton. o.; treasurer. G. NJ.
Stearns. Des Moines. Ia; executive
committee z. G. Hall, Cleveland
Charles Ebbets. Brooklyn; NJ. A. Phil
lips, St. Louis. D. H. Timm of New
York; T. r. Schilling. Oswego. and
F. l.. Pasdeloup of Chicago Indian
apolis will be allowed to give the pref
erence for next years tournament, and
Mayor Bookwalter assured the con-
gress that Indianapolis would give the
bowlers meeting place to which they
could bring the best people of their
cities. and that the best people of his
town would come to see them roll
The outcome of the meeting has given
great satisfaction and has apparently
put the American Bowling congress on
a sound basis.
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The Tom Sharkey-Peter Maher fiasco
at Philadelphia was disgrace to pu-
gilism and will take away considerable
interest from Toms coming fight with
Jeffries,
1t was unfortunate for Sharkey, as
his first contest with Maher will not
bear investigation, and the least said
about his contests with FitZsimmons
in San Francisco and Corbett in. New
ork the better for Tom and the game
Now, will the American Athletic
Promoters Protective association
blacklist Sharkey and MaherS Shar-
key, it will be rememb ered, is to fight
Jefries under the auspices of club in
which Jim Kennedy. president of the
A. A. p. P. A. has an interest. There
is no doubt Tom and Peter were tied
hand and foot by the Philadelphia au-
thorities, but how about the suffering
public which paid to witness fight?
Sharkey and Maher undoubtedly split
up the big end OF the box office re-
ceipts and the spectators got what
Paddy shot at.
After a great deal of preliminary
talk Jeffries has made a proposition
to Fitzsimmons that may bring the
old Cornishman out of his den. SO far
as the merits of the talk war are con-
cerned. the decision seems to have va
ried with every new public statement.
Some fight critics have considered that
Jeffries, as the champion, has been In
the only true position to talk terms
On the other hand, many consider that
Fitzsmmons is entitled to more than
the usual amount Of consideration AND
that Jeffries should yield point OF
two if he is really anxious to fight the
former champion.
Personally, l have not changed my
opinion that champion has the right
to name terms, if they are reasonable
and Jeffries' desire for winner to take
all and a big side bet is nothing to hi:
discredit. 1t shows that he has grea
confidence in himself. Still, it would
not be regarded as a bad move If JET
fries offered to give FitZsimmons {
chance to make some money, win OF
lose. That is the only thing that viii
get FitZsimmOns into the ring again
Inasmuch as the battle would be the
biggest that could be arranged at the
present time. Jeffries' offer to divide
the purse 70 per cent TO the winner and
80 per cent to the loser should at least
prove bait for the Corni5hman.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27

Phil Butler, the Canadian athlete,
has been engaged by Notre Dame Uni
versity as coach for the track and field
teams. In this he will succeed Pat
O'Dea.
The projectors of the recent profess
siona1 billiard tournament in New
York are said to have lost $400 on the
direct investment and to have many
times that sum indirectly.
Oberlin will meet Michigan in both
baseball and football this year. This
will be the first season in which the
two institutions have met since Ober-
lin declared it's famous boycott" on
Michigan. The strain was evidently
too much for the little Ohio school
During the match making process
for the Yale.Harvard boat race, the
athletic management of the former col
lege absolutely refused to arrange any
athletic meetings with Harvard until
after an agreement had been signed for
p term of years. The present agree
nient will expire May J.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27
Plans of Malcolm Forbes

J. Malcolm Forbes, the millionaire
breeder and sportsman, has determined
on again trying Peter the Great
2:O7A, among the stars Of his class in
this years campaign, and young Hen
ry liter, quite the most successful OF
ali the boy" trainers. will prepare
him at Readville. The great horse
won his Futurity AS a three-year-old
and was successful in 1899 in his class
on the Eastern circuit. lowering his
record Eve seconds that season. MI
Forbes presumably paid $4,000 for
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27
How Irving Helped a SCULPTOR.

1t was Sir Henry Irving who gave
Onslow Ford his first start along the
road in which he has met with so
much fame and good fortune. The
sculptor, who from his boyhood had
always admired Irving's Shakespear-
can performances has thus told the
story: Il went to see his Hamlet
again and again, and l longed to do a
statue of him in that character. But il
was some time before l could get an
introduction to him, and still longer
time before I succeeded in obtaining
sittings. Recognizing that / was 3
young man on the fl, st rung of the lad
der, he agreed to give me chance
and ultimately purchased the statue
when it was finished.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-27

Jack Lyman, who a decade ago was
well known to the followers of the
prize ring. died recently at the New
York hospital from cerebral hemor-
rhages. In his day Lyman was looked
upon as one of the cleverest feather
weights in the business. Besides be
ing a hard hitter Lyman was an eY-
celent general, and during his career in
the roped arena won many fights. Ly-
man was about 81 years old, but up
to the time of his death he always
possessed a youthful appearance.