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Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Some Facts About Money

lives; he spends money everywhere;
he comes to Paris with a notice from
his Italian bankers giving him I'M
limited credit on q Paris bank. There
is no limit on what he can draw from
NJ. DANGERS. 1t is entirely unprece-
dented. Nothing like it was ever
known before He draws 100000
francs and ruins the banker and still
has no complaint from his Roman
house. He rights wrongs; he saves
more lives; he Furnishes the guilty by
the use of unlimited wealth. And
then by and by he leaves Macmillan
on the island OF Monte Cristo with his
bride and sails away. AS Macmillan
sees his ship disappear on the horizon
he finds Monte Cristo's will leaving
him his whole fortune. This fortune,
Dumas suggests in two or three
places, was 100,000,000 francs $20,
600, 600. It is the greatest private
fortune the Frenchman could con-
ceive of in 1844-it is considerably
less than the income of john D. Rookie
teller in 1903.
So you might run on If it did not
tire the brain to conceive more. But,
most remarkable Of all, this one in
dividual made his unprecedented
wealth with his own brains
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

A certain Washington young man
who went down to one Of the Chesa-
peake beaches on Sunday last has
been wearing a pensive, they've-got-
me-guessing expression ever since his
return, which is explained by a cou-
pie of friends who accompanied him
on the trip as follows:
The young WashingtOnian, who is
very near-sighted and very slow
dresser and undresser, emerged from
the bathing pavilion with his bathing
toys on about fifteen minutes after
his friends had already had a dip in
the water They met him at the
bathing pavilion entrance as he
emerged in his bathing suit, and they
pointed to a recumbent figure, lying
face downward and almost entirely
covered with sand, down on the
beach.
There's Jack lying down there in
the sand, pretending that he's
asleep" they said to him, mentioning
the name Of a mutual friend. We've
covered him over with sand but he
kent right on with the bluff that he
was sleeping. Go on down and wake
him up"
The near-sighted Washingtonian
strolled down to where the recumbent
f.~ura was etratchad ont face down
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
American Drums Excel

With the stirring rattle of the
drums, the parade passed down the
street and the Casual Observer said
to his friend:
Ever know that Americans were
the greatest drum makers in the
world? Fact. Not only do they make
the most drums, but they make the
finest drums, too. And there's a great
deal more to the manufacture of a
drum than you would think. OF
course the cheap variety doesn't
amount to anything. They're simply
toys. There is just as much differ
ence in drums as in any other must
cal instrument, though most people
wouldn't think so. The drums re-
Quired in orchestra and band work
have certain sharpness of tone.
while those used in corps and mill
tary work must have a iuller tone,
and the drum must not be so sensitive
to the touch.
And how many parts do you sup
pose a well made drum consists of?
Wrong. 1t has 24S pieces, not includ-
ing sticks, hooks and belt. Every
thing must be of first quality, too. for
drum must have tone first of all,
and it must be constructed to WITH
stand rough usage Great business
is drum making, and interesting, too"
Philadelphia Press.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Struck the Wrong ''man''

ward, on the sand. Then he STOPPED
over, raised his right palm, grinned
with t's-a-shame-to-dO-it' express
sion, whirled his arm around three
or four times to give 1t momentum,
and then brought his palm down ker-
smack with all his might on the eX-
posed portion of the recumbent fig
ure's anatomy.
tering back to the bathing pavilion at
a 200 fat clip. The distinctively
feminine shrek that followed the
swift descent of his palm enabled
him to learn, even before the passage
of the two seconds, that he was in
bad, and he didn't waste any time
or gray matter in thinking it over,
but just got away from the barrier at
q dead lope and hid in his bathroom
for about an hour before his friends
assured him that it would be safe
for him to venture out if he donned
his clothing, as he would probably
not be identified with his regular buds
or, since he had worn his bathing
togs during his precipitate fight.
He hid off in shadowy corners dur.
ing the remainder Of his stay at the
beach and on the ride back to Wash.
ington, and he hasn't let go OF that
persive, thoughtful expression since.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

These are strange times in the &C.
emulation of fortunes-stranger than
any fiction could ever have made
them. Think of it for & moment. An
drew Carnegie, canny little Scotch
boy, came to this unknown land few
decades ago barefooted and last year
offered to settle the Venezuelan i'm
broglio between Germany, England,
France and Italy and the South Ameri-
can republic by loaning Venezuela the
entire sum of these international
debts. And yet fortune SO huge as
to permit of such offers is as nothing
to the power OF another man. Mr..
Rockefeller, personally a quiet Ameri-
can citizen from Cleveland, a simple
liver, with few habits Of luxury, could
easily buy half q dozen Of the indie
pendent kingdoms Of Europe; could
without feeling it to any great extent
in his pocketbook take up the debts
of all the republics Of Central and
South America.
Again, in 1914, Alexander Dumas
published a book called THE Count
Of Monte Cristo," the basis Of which
is the fabulous wealth Of an individu-
al. The count finds a cave full of al
most priceless Jewels. He buys mems
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

These verses, says the Chicago
Post, were written by Otto t. Pearre,
a lawyer, who died in Pontiac in 1897.
We do not know that they are to be
found in any compilation Of poems,
but the lines, as taken from a scrap
book, are as follows:
Stretching away on every side
a fair domain you see;
A part belongs to Pat Mcbride,
A part belongs to me.
I own the golden light of morn,
With all It's tints that play
Upon the springing grass and corn
Pat owns the corn and hay.
I own the cat-bird, thrush and jay,
The larks that sing and soar
Pat owns the barnyard fowls that stay
About his stable door.
But where the shadows on yon stream
Are changing every hour.
/ own the right to float and dream
Pat owns the water power.
Mine is the murrnur of this rill.
Whose sweet tones never cease,
But all the air with music fill
Pat owns that flock of geese.
own yon creamy summer cloud,
That DER the meadow floats
Like some pure angel in shroud-
Pat owns those Berkshire shoats.
Mine are these drops of dew that shine
And fill my wild rose full;
These tiny violets are mine
Pat owns that. mighty bull.
Where such things can be got for pelt
Pat buys the finest breeds.
hold communion with myself
Pat holds the title deeds.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Many Izade Idle by a Trust
Case in Point Shows Ooe Of the Great Evils IN be Ope>
alton Of Lodus1fiaI Con3t1oafons-Ncw England
Village Wiped OCT

One of the great evils in operation
CT industrial combinations, from the
point Of view OF the wage Garner,
is their power to scatter a community
to the four winds or starva its pee
pie into submission to the demands
OF capital 1t has been pointed out
that perhaps one man or a small
group Of men, by the mere act Of sign
ing an order to clCse up a plant, could
exercise a power Of life or death
over thousands of human beings.
Something akin to this happened in
the beautiful New England village OF
New Hartford, Conn, last August
and September, when the compare
lively large cotton duck mills of that
place were ordered closed. Nearly
1000 persons of the 1900 in the place
were compelled to leave the town.
Nearly hundred houses we're board
ed up and rents were offered free to
the mill hands who remained, for
some men who had worked thirty,
forty, or even fifty years in the plant
were too old to get work elsewhere.
With the population cut almost in
half, the merchants OF the place
thought they saw ruin before them.
The pay rolls Of the mills had been
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

During the last sixty years search
ers of the heavens have made the
discovery that the celestial bodies
known to US as stars are similar in
many respects to the sun, some con
siderably larger. others smaller, but
on the average not much different in
size and nature from tie sun. They
are-at least the visible stars are
great glowing globes OF gaseous mat
ter.
AS a rule these vast furnaces burn
steadily. Sometimes, however, the
fires seem to die down and then blaze
out again as of yore. Three hundred
such stars are known to astronomers,
says Chambers Journal; they are
called variable stars because Of the
waxing and waning OF their light.
Now and again the seething fires
prove too strong for the bonds of at
tractive force which hold the star
together, and with one mighty up-
heayal the vast globe is shattered
into fragments, blown into atoms,
veritably "dissOlved into thin air"
Thousands of years after this ex-
plcsi0n the record of the catastrophe
reaches the earth and a solitary
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
HOW ROBSON BECAME AN ACTOR
First Received Encouragement From
the Great Webster.

First Received Encouragement From
the Great Webster.
Stuart Robson tells this story Of
how he became an actor
Il had run away from home in Bal
timOre and had drifted to Washington
with my playmate, Arthur Puc Cor
man, now a senator-elect from Mary
land, and for several weeks l was on
the verge of starvation. German had
a lot of push and he landed as page
in the Senate, but somehow | couldn't
connect, but l used to hang about the
capitol just the same, and one day
| remember it well, because it was
marked by sort of dull, red clouds,
that now is spoken Of as the Yellow
Day in shington-Gorman came to
me and said:
Rob, if you see Dan Webster he'll
fix you
Il was astOnished at the assurance
OF Artie German, but | saw Mr. Web
ster, and within a week through his
influence, strange as it may seem in
the light Of history, was made page
in Congress. Daniel Webster, Toombs
Of Georgia and Jefferson Davis acting
IS my sponsors.
Il served two terms as page and
me afternoon I received ap invitation
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Philadelphia Society IS Unique,
Creanzation of Rich Men Formed % Relieve the Distress
of Occ>TIole EiiIlsonaLres Who Have Fallen
Upon Evil lines

It Is curious and, indeed, startling,
says the Philadelphia North American.
10 find that right here in this city
there has existed for nearly fifty years
without the knowledge Of more than
few persons an association of men de-
voted to a unique and transformations
well-doing. Public ignorance of their
enterprise is all the more remarkable
from the fact that among these men
ere some of the wealthiest, most in
fuential and best-known citizens in
the community
But it is the unusual character OF
their beneficence that attracts inter
est. All these men are wealthy-scme
beyond the dreams of avarice-but
their purpose has nothing to do with
the amelioratiOn of the condition or
the pauper. On the contrary, there IS
a society for the rescue Of the de-
cayed millionaire.
They call it the Merchants Fund as
sociation, and the 49th annual meeting
was held the other day in little old
room in South Fourth street, away
from the clamors of the more preten-
tious virtues.
In word, the plan of these kindly
old gentlemen is to relieve once
wealthy companions of their early
days, who have since lost their fer
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
FROGS ARE CANNIBALS.

TtLOGO AXE CANNIbALO.
A recent experience Of c. w. Ho-
dell of Baltimore, says the New York
Sun, may serve as a warning to other
anglers who write to sporting goods
stores from fishing resorts and order
frogs in tens of DOZENS.
Hodell was in the Georgian Bay
country, where the red-eyed bass were
biting hard at frogs, but not taking
anything else. He telegraphed in
for ten dozen frogs, and they came
promptly-a beautiful lot of green
frogs of all sizes in perfect condition,
not a dead one in the bunch.
He was especially pleased by some
three or four dozen of little fellows
not larger than the first joint Of a
mans thumb, the ideal size Of frog
for the small-mouthed bass. He knew
that he could take these infants, hang
them on Bling hook which carries
a No. spoon, and with them yank
red-eyes from the vastly deep until he
got enough and more than enough.
He went to bed filled with happy
dreams of the things that were to
happen on the morrow.
The next morning he took a supply
Of frogs and started out. 1t struck
him that there were not so many frogs
as on the night before, but he did
not believe that anybody around the
hotel would steal them, and thought
that possibly he might be mistaken.
He caught some bass and returned
late in the afternoon.
Examining his frog trap he found
that his supply had dwindled percep-
tibly. He could not explain it, and
was worried.
Rising early the next morning he
again looked at the frogs and was
panied to discover that he had not
more than a dozen of the little ones
left He had not used more than half
a dozen Of them. He could find no
hole or crack in the trap which would
permit them to escape. He was mys
titled and grieved
Then even as he looked his problem
was solved. With satisfied croak,
which said as plainly as English could
say it: This is good thing" one
of the big frogs hoped forward three
inches, opened its mouth, seized lit
tie frog and swallowed it.
Hodell stood staring Another big
frog swallowed another little frog.
Looking closely then. Hodell say the
legs of two or three little frogs stick
ing out of the mouths of two or three
big frogs.
He called for help, and he and the
guide rescued the few little frogs
that were left and put them in a
separate compartment. The big frogs
seemed to be very fat and sleepy.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Australia and the Navy.

The Commonwealth Senate yester-
day passed the Naval Agreement bill.
The agreement, which is based on the
conclusions arrived at by the Pre-
mier's conference in London, is for
a colonial contribution of $500, 600
annually for ten years, and is termin-
able at two years notice after the
eighth year. The naval force On the
Australian station is to consist of one
first, two second and four third class
cruisers and four sloops. A branch
of the Royal Naval Reserves will be
formed in Australasia, consisting of
% officers and 700 men, and four of
the ships mentioned above (the other
ships being kept in commission), are
to be manned by 1000 Australians
and New Zealanders, to be paid at
Australian rates. The bill has al
ready passed the House of Represen-
tatives.-Pal Mall Gazette.
The Chamber of Commerce resoiu-
ton for sterner immigration laws is
not an alarmist call 1t voices an
American demand in the face of &C
tual perils.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
Pat Mcbride and ]

Pat rises when the morn is new,
And so. sometimes, do l;
/ see he has enough to DO
AS I am passing by.
His muscles seem to be of steel,
But mine sometimes relax;
While he so sturdy seems to feel,
I let him pay the tax.
Ny golden profits ne'er escape;
| hide them in my breast;
Pat takes his gid in different shape
And sticks it in his vest.
I count my treasures Ger and o er
AS higher still they mount;
Pats 90 with those that went before
To swell his bank account
Pat owns that clover field IN Iact,
And so I sadly fear
That love of gain will make him acI
Just as he did last year.
The crimson blooms | priced so hlga
He cut without remorse,
And sold the seed off by-and-by,
And bought a Norman horse.
No man has wealth enough to buy
NY part in this domain,
I would not sell my clouds and SKY,
NV shadows on the plain:
I would not sell this golden light,
These tales the breeZes tell,
Gold has no power to buy my right
For money Pat would SELL
/ gaze at ease on every hand,
At our possessions fair.
Pat plows and sows and reaps the iaS0
And keeps it in repair.
So Pat does me world OF good,
While I do Pat no harm,
And on these terms, well understood,
We both enjoy the fayu.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

? in other ways suffered the
vieissitudes of time which come to so
many.
The act Of Incorporation. dated 1854,
says that the object is Ito furnish re-
lief to INDECENT merchants Of Philadel-
phia, and especially those who are
aged and infrm," and there is a CON-
mentary On the ironic whims of cir
cumstance in the fact that since that
time 100000 has been paid out in ben
efits.
In that first year seven merchants
were aided. while In the year just
past forty-three benefciaries were on
the roll and $4,000 was disbursed.
Comparison Of these figures might af
ford matter for interesting speculation.
Is the merchant of to-day more reck-
less than he of half a century ago, or
is it that the number of merchants
has increased. and, therefore. OF
course, the number Of unsuccessful
merchants.
More than $780, 900 is now in the in.
vested fund OF the organization, and it
is almost constantly receiving accrc-
tons, SO that there is plenty left
wherewith to provide for the unfortu
nate plutocrats of the future, If the
supply Of unfortunate plutocrats holds
out.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
CHOOSE WELL YOUR COMRADES

CHOOSE WELL YOUR COMRADES.
Little Bill doesn't like it some
times become Dad won't let him play
with Tom, Dick and Harry on the
streets. and he thinks it very unkind
in Dad to lecture on the choice of
| companions.
But listen, Bill, to this narrowing
tale of the Lion and the Hippo.
A Lion and a Hippo met very acct
dentally one day, and as each was at
tracted by the other, they decided to
set out on a journey together. They
knew nothing Of each others habits
or manner of life. But each was at
tracted to the other by what they saw
and heard.
My! but you have a fine roar"
said Hippo at must be a grand thing
to travel with a fellow like you. who
could scare almost anything with that
voice"
And YOU" said the Lion. q like
you. You have so much face Why,
you have cheek enough to make your
way anywhere"
And so, without more ado they
shook hands and started.
They travelled a long journey the
first day, and was exceedingly hun
cry when night came They found
themselves in the midst of a great
desert, where there was nothing but
rocks and sand. The Hippo sighed.
MY! but l wish I had some nice hay
or grass"
Wouldn't mind a good fat calf my
self said the Lion sadly"
q thought you eat grass" said the
Hippo
Il thought you eat meat" said tho
Lion.
Let's go to sleep and forget it,"
said the Hippo.
Let's assented the Lion.
But when Mr.. Lion had fallen
soundly asleep Mr.. Hippo reached
over and began to MUNICH his long
whiskers."
Mr.. Lion awoke with a yell-Pitts-
burg Dispatch
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
THE PROUD BUN.


The baker-man was kneading buns
His trough was deep and wide
When, much to his surprise, he heard
, A small voice by his side.
"Oh, make me large and fat" it said,
and stuff me full of plums,
So that l may attract applause
From everyone who comes"
"Oh, put a piece of citron in,
And make me rich and rare,
That l may serve for dukes and earls
Who sumptuously do fare"
The baker chuckled in his sleeve
To hear him talk so big,
But thought, "FH put in everything,
And let him run his rig."
He put in all he had on hand,
And made him rich and rare,
And set him in the window-pane,
To make the natives stare.
For, swelIed to twice his natural size,
With yeast and plums and pride,
He scorned the doughnuts. pies and
cakes,
And elbowed them aside
I'm waiting for the duke he said,
with whom I am to dine"
Just then two newsboys came along,
Whose appetites were fine.
My eye" they cried, come over here
And see this jolly bun;
Let's buy him for our supper, quick"
And so the thing was done.
Two morals to this little song
Are had at easy rates:
'Tis i'll to wait for dukes and earls
In these United States.
And when the baker kneads his dough,
If then you are begun,
No matter what you may put in,
You'll always be bun!
Isabel Frances Bellows, in st.
Nicholas.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

Upon the lines of an enormous Amer
lean system of allied railroads more
than one hundred millions Of dollars
have been spent upon improvements
within three years. Was not such an
outlay notable rubbing Of Aladdin's
lamp? In what other country is money
paid out so lavishly upon the better
ment Of transportation lines in order
to bring them nearer TO perfection, if
perfection in such matters is attain
able by any imaginable expenditure
of enterprise, of effort and of riches?
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

BY the time the elimination and re-
elimination regarding the Boer War
is ended it looks as if there would
not be solitary Britisher who had
any connection with that conflict left
with a whole and wholesome reputa-
ton. The shooting OF the Powerful's
"four-point-seyen' guns at Ladysmith
was heralded at the time as something
at which to point with PRIDE" but
General Hunter states that the prac-
tice of the naval guns was so bad that
he offered to take girls out of the
Ladysmith high school who would han
die the gun better and make better
practicp"
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08

The German archaeological eXpedi-
ton to Babylon, which was at first dis
appointing in the small number Of in
scriptions discovered, las now struck
''pay dirt" and has in recent months
unearthed mass of cuneifOrm tablets.
Most of these are of a date belonging
to the Persian and Greek periods. DR..
iWeissbach. who has been examining
the finds, reports descriptions OF the
sacrifcial worship of the Babylon1ans,
together with full cosmogony. Even
more fortunate have been the digSinSs
in the ancient city of Fara, where
tablets have been discovered that prob
ably date back to the fourth millen-
MUM l.. c.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-12-08
20. dear. I want mother to come to

20, dear! / want mother to come to
live with me, and she wants to come,
for she is so lonely in the city all
alone, but l can't earn enough to get
her here until fall" said the teacher,
drying her tears.
Well, maybe something will hap
pen to help you," said Jennie.
They walked together until Jennie
reached her house, when Miss Merry
Vile left her. Jennie thought of her
strawberry bed and said: Il know
what can do. I'll sell my berries
and give her the money"
All through the season the plucky
girl worked in her strawberry patch,
and she took the berries to town to
SELL They looked so delicious that
they sold rapidly, and when the sea
son was over Jennie had earned $25.
This she gave to her teacher, who
would have refused it but for the
generous girls earnest pleading.
In a small cottage by the hill an
old lady and her daughter live, as
happy as can be, and when school
hours are over Jennie Strong loves to
sit by the old lady's knee. listening
to stories of her childhood, when she
and Jennie's mother were school
es.-MacCollard, in the Detroit
Free Press.