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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS.

( The general public VIII welcome
4 The news that the Peoples Telephone
Co. of this city have closed con
tract for long distance telephone
connection.
Tie Gnlf & Ship Island line from
this place has been purchased by the
local company, and they viii imme-
dlately begin the expenditure of q
considerable sum of money in new
Equipment and improved instra-
ments.
They have also built line to con-
meet with Eastabuchie and Laurel
and intermediate points.
a contract has been made with
the Cumberland Telephone Co. for
connection with their long distance
lines at Gnlfport, which puts Hat
tiesb1rg in immediate communica-
ton with ali of the largest cities of
the country, as we'll as all local
stations in the territory of the Cum
berland Company.
The Peoples Telephone Co. is
managed and owned by local inter
est, and they have the reputation of
maintaining one of the. best indie
pendent phone systems known.
We are informed that work has
already begun on this late addition,
and the equipment will be completed
In short time.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
To the Citizens Of Hattiesbug.

To the Citizens OF HattiesbuHg.
ne heAeii"oh business co'ieSe
VIII oegio oieraIioti OIL norway OF
Iueso"y next, rep' Oh d III ohe
montague boIlulhg' III front Oh the
flFst Natiohal Bank MAIN street,
ana VIII "her schoiatshlp Ior sale
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
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Substituted Trustee
New Orleans French Opera, Sun
day, February I. 1908.

Matinee p. m.: Cinderella.
Evening o'clock: "Lucie de Lam
mermoor."
Prices for these two performances:
81 so, ST. 90. 75c. SOC. 30c, 25c.
For the above occasion the Queen and
Crescent Route will sell tickets from
Hattiesburg to New Orleans at So % for
the round trip. Tickets on sale for
trains 5 and 3 Saturday. January 81.
good returning on any passenger train
scheduled to stop at your station up to
and including train No 6, leaving New
Orleans at a. m. Monday, February ,
Now is your opp ,rtuuity TO vi'it New
Orleans and the French Opera.
For detailed information, apply to any
ticket agent. JAMES it
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
A CALL MEETING.

All members of the Hattiesburg
Horticultural Association, business
men and farmers, that are interested
in horticultural developments are
hereby requested to meet at the court
house Saturday afternoon of February
Z, 1908. Mr.. Bolton of Mobile will
be present and speak on potato culti-
vation, besides other talks of interest.
By order of
F. F. PHILLIPS, President;
A. FARLEY, Secretary.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
Mardi Cras. New Orleans and
Mobile, February 1924. 1903.

MUDIISI TtUIUdIy Io-Z4. IUO3.
Very low rates via tire Mobile and
Ohio X. r. Tickets on sale February
II to %, inclusive also for trains ar
rivlng ar destination or noon February
"a. Return Limit February 2S. with
privilege of extension to March H. l903
For full particulars apply to any
Mobile and Ohio representative or Jro.
NJ. Beal. A. q. P. A., st. Louis, Mo-
jan2l till feb23
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31
GONE TO REST
An Old And Worthy Lady of jack
son Dies.
cial to the Daily Progress.

Special to the Daily Progress.
jackson, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. Nancy Nc
Caskell Lewis, aged 81 years and one
of the oldest citizens of Jackson, and
native South Carolina, came here
when child and died this morning.
She was the mother of Judge Albert
Lewis of this city.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-31

Up AGA1N.-Jack Day, after hav-
ing been confined to his bed for few
days, with grippe is out again to the
delight of his many friends.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
THE FAST TRAINS TO CHICAGO.
New York CentraI's Express Servica
Added To.

George H. Daniels, General Passenger
Agent of the New York Central Road, talk
ing yesterday of the company's fast train
| service, said that, in addition to the new
twentyrkour train, there are now four twen-
ty-four-hour trains to Chicago, and two En-
pire State expresses daily.
The Twentieth Century Limited, twenty
hour train, leaves New York every day at
2:45 p. NJ. and arrives at Chicago the next
morning at Gas. The Lake Shore Limited
leaves New York at $3.50 every afternoon,
arriving in Chicago the next afternoon at
4:30. The Fast Mail, a fine twenty-four.
hour train, leaves New York at S:45 A. NJ.
every day, reaching Chicago the next morn
ing at 1850, by both the Lake Shore and the
Michigan Central. The MONDAY Chicago
Limited leaves New York at l P. NJ, reach
ing Chicago by the Lake Shore the next
morning at 1850, a Neutrality-suspicious. train,
really twenty-three hours and fifty minutes.
The Detroit and Chicago Limited leaves
New York at 4P. NJ, reaching Chicago the
next afternoon, a fourth Neutrality-suspicious.
train.-From. The New York Times.
Note.-The New York Central also has
Is trains a day between New York and Buff
falo and Niagara Falls; 5. trains a day be-
tween New York and st. Louis and Cincin.
natl: 4 trains a day between New York and
Montreal and by its Boston and ALBANY
division 4 trains q day between New York
and Boston via Springfield.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
FOUND HIM OUT.
rAeuxlht He Had the Grocer arc
on the Track, Bat Was
Mistaken.

Mind, / was in a strange town dealing
with a strange man, and tried not TO act
strange, and stil the fellow found me out,
said me newly married man, according to
the New York Times. My intended wife
and / had a sentiment about spending our
wedding night in our own home. The honey
moon trip was not to begin till the following
morning. That required laying IN a stock
Of provisions for breakfast.
called at the nearest grocery store ana or
Tered q supply. There xas butter sys and ssis
knows he stringi Understand, did every
thing a bridegroom is not expected to do TO
throw the fellow of the tack: ! ordered
things of-hand, not from a fool slip OF
paper. but from memory. / talked to the
pretty cashier and ate an apple out OF a
barssl as If 1 had been born in the place,
ike The store cat. Everything conceivable
/ did, and thought | had the grocer com
pleteyy fooled when, on handing me the
packages, be said:
when YOU get settled"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
PHILIPPINE COMMERCE.
Exports and Imports of the Island.
Make n Most Favorable Showing
During Past Eleven Months.

The bureau of insular affairs OF
the war department has received the
complete official figures of Philippine
commerce for November, 1902, the
importations for which month, ex-
elusive of gold and silver and gov
eminent supplies, were valued at APP
p~roximately $4,000, 900, or slightly in
excess of the average trade during
II months of the calendar year 1902.
More than half of this amount is
credited to the purchase of food ar
t%icles, and is due in a great measure
to crop failures.
The exports show a trade of near
ly three and a half million dollars,
being the largest monthly export
showing since American occupation
with the exception of that of Sep
TENDER last. Hemp shipments APP
proximated t~hree-fourths of this
amount, nearly So, 000,0 900 worth be-
ing sent to the United States.
During IL months, ending Novem-
Der 80, 1902, the total imports were
valued at $50, ,S72, on which duty
to the amount of more than $7,000,-
900 were collected, an increase over
each of the two previous years.
A steady gain is shown in the ex-
ports for IL months of 1902, as COM
pared with the figures for each of the
two preceding years. The total val
ne of this trade during the last cal
endar year period amounted to $685.
567,269. Expectations to the United
States are valued at nearly ten and
a half million dollars, as compared
with a showing of only two and a
half millions in 1900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

sat near two ladies whom she did
not know. She could not avoid hear
ing their conversation, though
scarcely noting what was said, until
she heard her own and her husbands
80 Ralph Morgan did not marry
Grace Girton after all; how was itT'
said the younger m tive
been abroad so long hat I've missed
the home gossip. He was so much
in love with her, we knew it was
serious, and he was always at the
house. She was such a pretty girl,
too, it would have been such a suit
able match"
He claimed to be her brothers
friend, but of course everyone knew
that he was not the attraction" re-
turned the other.
o womeni women! little do you
know the consequences of your light
ly spoken words, your idle gossip.
Surely, more charity, sympathy,
more tenderness would be shown,
could the speakers imagine their VIC
tim within ear-shot. And are there
not parts of the lives of others so
exclusively their own, so sacred, that
it is a want of delicacy even to guess
at what their thoughts, feelings or
relations may be?
"You say he is married" continued
the first speaker; do You know his
wife?"
No, and funny enough, I've never
seen her, though we have exchanged
calls. They say he would not have
broken his engagement with Grace
but for business losses. You know
her father is not rich, and the wife
has plenty of money, but is plain-a
sensible little thing who fairly
adores him."
Then he married for money!" re
piled her companion. "Well, l am
surprised and disappointed in Ralph
Morgan"
Madge never knew how she reached
home-stunned and s%tupefed. Could
it be true? Married for her money!
How the words rang in her earsl
She must try and think-if she could
think-and remember. She had al
ways cared for him. Could it be pos
sible that he had not spoken the
truth, hat her very love had blind
ed her; that he had pitied her too,
seeing how much she loved him?
She remembered how lonely she had
been when her parents died, and she
was left alone in the dear old home.
How grateful she had felt when
friends were kind. How natural it
had seemed to have that oldest friend
of her childhood come often to the
house! How many tastes they had
in common; how easy it had been to
look for his coming. to learn to need
him. As the numbness passed off,
horror came in its place; she was
no longer a gentle woman, but one
enraged, furious. She could almost
find it in her heart to hate him-so
to break her faith, her trust. o it
could not be truel Surely they had
been happy these two short years.
She had begged to stay on in her
W old home. She had never cared
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
PLANS NEW BATTLESHIPS.
The German Naval Authorities Take
the United states Vessels
for Models.

The German navy's new. design
for ~battleships is generally similar
to that of the Alabama, of the United
States navy. 1t abandons turrets for
small guns. The vessels will be about
$500 tons, OF 1,500 IONS heavier than
the battleships of the IN" group now
building. The details of their arma-
ment are not disclosed, except that
the main batteries will consist of
four 12-inch guns and that they will
mount numerous 7.46-inch guns.
The first of this type of warship,
which is called the IN" group, will
be laid down as soon as the naval
budget is passed, probably in April.
The budget authorizes the construc-
ton of two battleships, one of which
will be the fifth of the M" group,
consisting of seven ships.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

ing. That appealing sound reused
her, and, going to her, she took the
baby in her arms, clasping her close
ly and crying p%assionately: my
baby, my baby! you are all 1 have
now!" The child INST have beer
conscious of a tragedy, and hushed
her weeping to gaze affrighted in its
mothers face.
Eyes may not look upon the heart
struggles of many a sufferer, and per-
haps it is better so, or who could
bear the knowledge of so much pain?
IT'S needless to dwell on the battle
that was fought out in silence and
alone, and with the bravery and dig
nifty of a noble woman and the
proud reticence that makes a wife
conceal her trials and heartaches.
There, too, in the silence of her cham
Der, she looked for help and COM
fort where true help is to be found,
trying to quiet her rebellious heart
and gain patience. The servants
merely thought their mistress lone
ly without the master, and when Wis.
tors came, she made an effort to
seem more cheerful than usual.
though an intimate and sympathetic
friend would have detected an ex-
aggeration in the mirth, the rapid
speech and flushed cheek. There
were moments when she said to her
self: Its all false-he will explain
it." But those terrible words could
not be forgotten-"A plain little
thing"-.He married her for her
money" How they burned into her
brain! In the bushes of the night
she heard them; in the darkness of
the night she saw them, written IN
letters of fire. She would bear it as
best she could till he came home. If
this were true, she must leave him
forever, and Baby-what of her? Oh.
which way did duty and justice lie.
She grew white and thin with the
struggle, and when an attack of
grippe laid her aside, it was almost a
relief to give up and endure physical
discomfort. One morning when she
was eonvalescent, and resting on a
couch in the sunny sitting-room, the
maid came to say that a lady wished
to see her.
Il told her you had been i'll, ma'am.
but she said to say that she wants
most particularly to see you, and
begs you will see her for a few mo-
ments, if it will not tire you," said
the maid.
Very well, Jane, bring her in"
hstlessly answered the invalid. Those
who loved her never called her plain:
her eyes were beautiful; the whole
face depended upon the expression.
lighting up with every passing emo
ton; and the daintiness and perfect
neatness of her dress was an added
charm.
Into the room came a young wom-
an, radiant with health and beauty:
with the happiest, sweetest face, bear
ing sunshine with her. Going quickly.
impulsively, to the couch where the
heartstricken woman lay, and Selling
her hand, she said:
THANK you very much for seeing
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

for money, or thought her independ-
ence unusual. His new business had
fourished without aid from her CAPT
tai. Everything had run smoothly,
because she was loving and t~actful,
and unlike many girls, had, through
the delicate health of her mother,
early become an experienced house
keeper.
She had thought him happy, and
IF occasionally he was quiet and seri-
Gus, she had supposed it some bust
ness worry, or blamed herself for
dizziness, for not being bright or
clever enough to cheer him. Surely
this horrible thing could not be truet
But then again, those dreadful words
rang in her ears with duh persistency
married for her money"-blotting
out every other thought. And "a
plain little thfng"-that was true, vet
he had never appeared to think SO.
Into the depths of agony her warm,
throbbing woman's heart was en-
quilted. If 'love knows the meaning
of grief sister women can live in
sympathy with the acute pangs of
distress experienced at such an awak-
ening-such a SCATTERING of an idol
set up in her heart. True, faithful
love exists to-day, as it has even
done, but the "mists of the mortal
are many, and the desire to make
a good appearance quickly-to pos
sess a well-appointed house and
a full purse without effort, offers
temptations to many a young man.
She remembered hearing men say:
..Oh, nc, 1 would not marry for
money, but I'll take precious good
care not to fall in love except where
money is" But those were merely
words spoken in jest, or by men
whom she knew to be worldly and
selfish.
Slowly she left the fireside; wear
lily climbed the stair to enter the
room, close the door, and think, and
try to collect her scattered senses.
She would net believe such things
of her husband-her darling, her very
life. Then the demon of jealousy
never before awakened, arose. That
"Grace," and she was beautiful, they
said; but surely she had never loved
him as she did. Naturally free
from ~conceit, easily doubtful of any
charm in herself, it was all too easy
to believe.
ooh, l might have known no one
could like me for myself, blind fool
that | have been!" she groaned. Her
baby, sleeping in the nursery, was
forgotten for the moment in the
night of this anguish that oppressed
her. The nurse had gone downstairs,
and the little creature awakened cry-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
DEPEW'S LATEST:
A Yarn That Has Not Come DOVE
from the Glacial
Period.

Senator Depew had a new story when he
showed up at the senate one day recently,
and that in itself is worth recording, for IN.
OCCASIONS traced back some of the Depew
tales to the glacial period; But this latest
Depew story is really good, says the Balti.
more Herald.
when / arrived home yesterday even,
ing" said the senator, II was intercepted
BY an old Irishman l have employed about
the house. His wife, Bridget, is also with
us. 4 beg yure pardon, s~inator, but will yez
be kind anuff to tell me phawt's all this talk
about cloture in tn sinit | see in the after
noon papers?
"'Cloture,' l replied, that's to keep the
senators from talking
ct kape the s%inators from talkin,,'
unused Mike. Then, after a pause, he said,
'Sinator%
EWell, Mixer
"If | can get Bridget t. run fur tn sinit
will yez give her yure suppart?"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
He'd Been TO Market.

Arthur was one OF the little unfortunate
army of fve-year-olds that lives on Fifth
avenue, where he has everything TO his
hearts content except mud pies and things
a boys heart really Graves. Not long age
one of Arthur's uncles bought a country
seat on Long Island-barHs, horses, cows
chickens. and other rural conveniences in
cluded. Recently Arthur was allowed to
visit the farm" and to inspect the sans
at his leisure. One of the first things he
saw was a strange creature on two legs, with
wings and a mania for scratching gravel.
What's that thing!" he asked.
That's a chicken was explained.
ooh. no." he said incredulousiy, you
can't fool me; that things got feathers on
h IN Y Times
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
A Farmers Good story.

Velpen, Ind, April 6th:-Wm. OBJ. Sui
livan, d highly respected farmer of this
place, tells a personal experience to show
that there is still some g~enuineness and hon.
est worth to be met with in this age in which
SO many frauds are reported.
eyes, l have been ~humbugged," said Mr..
Sullivan, "and when | was so i'll with the
Rheumatism, Kidney and Heart Trouble, |
used a good deal of stuff that claimed to be
remedies for these diseases only to find
them worthless.
But, as you know, | did find the genuine
remedy after all and / had not been taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills very long before knew
that they were an honest remedy that would
do all and more than was claimed for them.
They cured me, made a well man of me and |
am now as sound as | ever was.
" / can testify that Dodd's Kindey Pills
are a genuine remedy for Rheumatism and
Kidney Trouble"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

Have you got nerves? Well, you
ought to have nerves. But they ought
to be strong nerves, good nerves. Does
your hand tremble? You are living too
fast. Does your heart futter at times?
You had better call a halt. Americans
live too fast. They crowd too much into
a single day. They have too little lei
sure. The hospitals and insane asylums
are filing up. The quiet, pastoral scene
of yore are becoming rare. It's time
that we quit this sort of business.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
How to Get Strong Nerves.

First, repair the injury already done
to your nerves The way to do this is to
do exactly as did Matte j. Curtis, See
rotary of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel
Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a re-
cent letter: 81 suffered for over n year
with general weakness and debility
manifested in severe headache and
backache. / took four bottles of Peru
ma, and for two months have been en-
tirely free from these maladies."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

pills without benefit. When l began
taking Peruna l grew steadily better,
my nerves grew stronger, my rest was
no longer ftful, and to-day l consider
myself in perfect health and strength.
My recovery was slow but sure, but I
~persevered and was rewarded by per-
feet health."-Mrs. Lulu Larmer,
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your ease and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
starvation Cure L. Rational.

The starvation IRE is really mi OF
the most rational modes of meeting
some disorders of the system. Like
every other procedure in therapeutics,
its power for good has been very great
ly exaggerated, but it has found a true
and abiding position. Some few dis
orders of the digestive and other inn
portant organs arise from overlooking.
Such patients cannot be drugged into
health. Strong ~purgatives do good,
but abstention from so per cent. Of
the accustomed dietarydoes moregood
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09

Miss Helen Whitman, sOsH Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis, writes,
"There Is nothing like Peruna for that tired feeling, which gives
you no ambition for work or play. After a prolonged illness, about
a year ago I felt unable to regain my health, but four bottles of Pc
runa made & wonderful change and restored me to perfect health.
As long as you keep your blood in good condition you are all righf,
and Peruna seems to fill the veins with pure, heaifhfni blood.
thoroughly endorse it," MISS HELEN WHITMAN.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED
SPRING CATARRh BY USE OF PE-RU-hA.
Nothing Robs One of Strength Like Spring Catarrh--
Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh.
Nervous Prosfrafion.

Thousands of cases might be quoted
in which Peruna has been used to rescue
people from the perdition of deranged
nerves, and put them on the good. solid
foundation of health. The County Aud
itor of Erie county, New York, Hon.
John w. Neff. in a recent letter written
at Buffalo, New York, stated: II was
persuaded by a friend to try n bottle OF
your great nerve tonic, Peruna, and the
results were so gratifying that | am
more than pleased to recommend 1t"
A Spring Tonic.
Almost everybody needs atomic in the
spring. Something to brace theneryes,
invigorate the brain and cleanse the
blood. That Peruna will do this is be-
yond all question. Everyone who has
tried it has had the same experience as
Mrs. d. ". Undertake, of Lynchburg,
Va, who, in a recent letter, made use
of the following words: - always
take a dose of Peruna after business
hours, as it is a great thing for the
nerves. There is no better spring tonic,
and l have used about all of them"
Cafarrh In Spring.
The spring is the best time to treat
catarrh. Nature renews herself every
spring. The system is rejuvenated by
spring weather. This renders medicines
more effective. A short course of PEI
runa, assisted by the balmy air of spring,
will cure old, stubborn cases of catarrh
that have resisted treatment for years.
Everybody should have n copy of DIR.
Hartman's latest book on catarrh. AID.
dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Colum.
bus, Ohio.
Mrs. Lulu Larmer, Stoughton, Wis,
says:
For two years l suffered with nery-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-04-09
Profitable

at is a serious case" declares the great
surgeon, who has been called to the bedside
of the plutocratic sufferer
what is your diagnosis, doctor?' asks
the man of money.
"You are Threatened with b~illionousness,"
says the surgeon.
The case requiring immediate action, he
proceeds to cut the patient loose from about
half his mooey.--Judge.