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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07
BY RALPH WHITESIDE.

Washington, November What
can really be accomplished by gov
eminent clerk is well illustrated in
the case of George NJ. Rommel, hus-
bandman of the bureau of animal in
dustry, department of agriculture. Mr.
Rommel was elected by the secretary
of state as one of the delegates to
the Pan-American scientific congress,
to be held in Santiago, Chill. during
the winter holidays. Mr.. Rommel has
also been recommended by the depart
ment of agriculture to make a study
of animal industry in South America.
The importance of his appointment as
delegate to the congress will be
better realized when it is understood
that it is an assemblage of the most
expert and advanced thinkers in all
branches of scientific research for the
purpose of discussing problems of ma
tional interest to the country repre-
sented. While this is the first Pan
American meeting of this kind held by
representatives of Latin-American
countries. Mr.. Rommel's associates
as delegates to the congress from
this government are Col w. c. Cor
gas, chief sanitary officer OF the 18th
milan Canal Commission, and Prof. w.
H. Holmes, chief of the bureau of
ethnology. Mr.. Rommel, after grad
uating from the Iowa University Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa, and the Iowa State
College, at Ames, Iowa. secured ap-
pointment as ordinary clerk in the ag-
ricultural department, but Mr.. Rom
mel was not an ordinary clerk; he
never had any objection to beginning
his work ahead of time, nor did he
object to working after hours il need
be putting in considerable of the night
to his duties. He made a special
study in the line of work he was en-
gagged upon, and in addition he took
up the study of French and German on
the outside. His value to the depart
ment was quickly manifested and has
been frequently recognized by promo
ton. Until now he has had general
charge of the animal husbandry of the
bureau of animal industry and the
immediate direction of the establish
ment bureau for the doctoring of
horses in Vermont Colorado and
Iowa. Mr.. Rommel takes no stock in
the theory that a government clerk
ship should be looked upon as merely
temporary employment while fitting
oneself for some permanent vocation
in life. He believes there is enough
honor, recompense and future in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

Here is an interesting little item
from the Isthimian canal work which
find in the official canal paper, the
Canal Record"
From the time the Americans be-
gan a systematic investigation on the
Isthmus in 1904, up to July 1, 1908,
1912 miles of borings were made to
determine the geological structure
along the line of the canal. A hole has
been sunk at every kilometer between
Gatun and Pedro Miguel, and extenn-
sive borings have been made on the
sites. of the locks at Gatun, Miraflores
and Pedro Miguel, and at the abandon
ed lock at Sosa. In Gatun and vicin-
ity 1871 feet for borings have been
made, and on the site of the Pacific
locks and dams the borings amount to
2O,017 feet. By means of these borings
suitable foundations for locks and
dams have been found. and the charac-
ter of the excavation has been deter
mined in advance of the actual exca-
waiting work" Wouldn't that bore
you?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07
HOUSE OF refuge
HOLDING JUBILEE
IN new YORK CITY
Hearst News Service.

New York, November AT Carne-
gle Hall tomorrow a civic celebration
will be held to commemorate the silver
jubilee of the Irish Catholic Mission
at Battery Park, where for a quarter
of century the incoming immigrant
girls have been met and cared for
until they could secure positions or
find relatives. One hundred thousand
young women have been cared for at
the mission during that period, and
thousands of girls have doubtless been
saved from the clutches of the human
vultures and white slave" dealers
who haunt the waterfronts of the me-
tropolis, always on the search for I'M
sophisticated and innocent girls to Of
fer as a terrible sacrifice on the altar
of the black beast of lust
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

The United States coast artillery
school at Fort Monroe, Va, where the
officers and enlisted men of that the
most scientific branch Of the modern
army, are to be trained, and which is
to be the greatest and biggest insti-
tuition of the kind. when all the plans
OF the war department have been put
into operation, has begun it's first
scholastic year. Major Thomas Ridge
way, acting commandant of the school
called the young student officers and
the prospective enlisted specialists to-
gethe, giving way la.cr t. ColrLel
George F. E. Harrison, the com.
mandant.
Only one nation in the world has a
coast artillery school that can com.
pare with this institution. That ma
ton is England, which has a splendid
school at Shoeburyness, where the
British artillerymen receive the higher
technical training necessary for all
soldiers to have who serve in this par
ticular branch of the service. The
officers of the National Guard Coast
Artillery organizations Of the various
states will be welcomed as students
at the new school, and the govern.
ment expects great numbers of them
to take advantage of the opportunity
to make themselves proficient in their
particular branch of the civilian arm
of the service.
The school has two divisions. and
these divisions, in turn, are subdivided
into many departments. The first di-
vision has officers, while the second
division has the training of the en-
listed young fellows who will at stated
periods every year be ordered to Fort
Monroe to take the course that is ex-
pected to make them so proficient in
their profession that they could exer-
else the command of fort should the
emergency ever render that duty on
their part necessary.
The officer, when he is graduated
from the new school, and the diploma
will in this case be true certificate of
merit, will know nearly all that there
is to know about practically every
known means of electrical communica-
ton; he will be an expert in handling
the searchlight as a means of defense
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

Lindsey for insurance-any kind.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

Let Paris no longer flaunt her wo-
men letter carriers as the last era in
feminine emancipation for Alexandria,
the far-famed Pompeii of the Potomac
now comes to the fore with a proposal
to have women letter carriers. Not
for years has the town known such
excitement as that created by the an
nouncement. People who get within
four blocks of McGlue's saloon thought
the town has a sure thing tip that
Bryan was going to be elected The
ommotion was started by an innocent
looking paragraph in a local paper,
which read:
Announcement is made that the To-
cal board of civil service examiners
will hold an examination at the city
postoffice in October for the positions
Of clerk-carrier. Both male and female
candidates are eligible"
An hour later the entire masculine
population stood in the streets to dis
cuss the matter. To a man they de-
nounced the proposed innovation.
Everybody had something to say about
it, and by midnight there wasn't dry
eye or dry throat in Alexandria.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for a formal mass meeting to
protest against the proposed petit.
coated letter carriers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

and offense in war; he will know all
about dynamoes, how to operate them,
he can come very near manufacturing
one of them, should the emergency de-
mand it, when he leaves Fort Monroe,
a graduate of this splendid establish
ment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07
A SUGGESTION ON ECZEMA.

1t is suggested that eczema sufferers
SIX the druggist at the Owl Drug Store
or the Century Drug Store of this city
what reports he is getting from the
patients who have used the oil of
wintergreen liquid compound, D. D. D.
Prescription.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

GLYCRIN SYRUP COMPOUND
WILL GIVE RELIEF IN WHoOPING
COUGH. FOR SALE BY YELLOW
PINE PHARMACY. 11-2-1mo
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

FOR SALE-One first-class L. G.
Smith No. typewriter, at reason
able price. Address, 81, care Hat
tiesburg News. tt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07
HATT|ESBURG, FRIDAY, NOV. IS

Presenting under TEN ACRES of WATER PROOF Tents
1900 Rare and Costly Wild Animals
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07
Washington Day by Day.

government clerkship to make half
good of itself His theory is that in
dustry, ambition and study make gov
eminent clerkship as productive an
occupation as anything in life, and his
own success goes far to establish his
theory.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

The Empire State Surety Co. wants
your plate glass business. Lindsey
represents them. Get rates.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-07

LOST-Gold bracelet, in business Sec
ton. Finder return to News Office
and receive reward. 11-e-3t.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

dered whether he would content himself with the mere
drawing of bood-for twas said he could strike almost
where he lsted-or whether he was bent Forests
death But presently they began to notice that all his
tricks and feins met by Forest with quiet. deter
mined coolness For minutes Langley pressed but
always he failed to behind the guard that seemed
be wide and high Forest himself and to consist
of not one. but many bars of tested steel.
candle fell from its place and still aight rolled along
the floor until stopped Forests feet The watchers
caught their BREATH he should slip its
flame SHOULDN'T almost quicker than their thoughts he
moved foot and the candle rolling to the wall.
the impact with which put out its light And yet he had
not for second moved his from Langleya face
made false in meeting the laers attacks. The
soldiers the door smiled knowingly The others
garded Forest with amazement but spoke. only
breathe harder than the who
fighting.
Presently at the close of a more determined attack
by Langley which, the others had DONE failed Forest
took step forward His arm seemed to move little
rapidly than before and though Langley tried not
do he gave ground. Again and again he COM
PEELED this Twice Lord Forests raper ripp ID his
coat the left and the right shoulder The
onlookers thought at first that this accident
that could a weapon with such deadly nicely
in the heat of conflict until Langleys coat was again
ripped by dartng of STEEL this time under the
left arm. and a moment thereafter under the right
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

order to rid the world of rats the vari-
Gus governments should offer a re-
ward of one penny for each rat killed.
Denmark. it appears, has already set
the example. There, since law was
passed giving a halfpenny head for
dead rats, the schoolboys of Copen-
hagen devote their playtime to hunt
ing the rodent. The bodies are taken
to the fire brigade station. where the
tails are cut of in order that the re-
ward may not be claimed second
time. The bodies are burned the same
night in . furnace at the gas work..
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
SELECTION OF
BREEDING HOGS

Taken as a whole. there is no
marked difference between the early
maturing qualities Of the Poland
China. Duroc Jersey, Chester White
or Berkshire breeds Of hogs. Neither
has 1t been proven that one has any
marked superiority over the other as
to the rate at which flesh may be laid
on or the cheapness of gains. The
characteristics Of these breeds are
well marked. and there are special
points of excellence that one breed
may posseFs to a greater degree than
the others; still. considering the fac
tors which determine almost entirely
the profit or loss in hog raising. name
ly, fecundity, rate and cheapness OF
gains. a more marked difference will
be found between individuals OF the
same breed than between any of the
above breeds taken collectively. 1t is
therefore necessary whether breeding
pure-bred hogs or grades to consider
the individual carefully when select
ing breeding animals.
The fecundity of sows always ap-
peals to hog raisers. The size of lit
tiers varies with breeds to some ex-
tent, but still more with individuals.
Statistics compiled by the Indiana ex-
pertinent station show that the aver
age size of several hundred Poland
China. Berkshire and Chester White
filters were: Poland China, SIS pigs
to the litter; Berkshire, seven pigs to
the litter. and Chester White. rs pigs
to the litter. However. filters of these
breeds will vary from three or four
to ten or more pigs to the litter. Con-
finement and overwhelming tend to re-
duce fecundity. Again. sows that are
sluggish or overrefined in type are
usually Indifferent breeders. So far
as known the SOW controls the size of
filters. and since fecundity is largely
an individual or family characteristic
1t is good policy to select brood sows
only from filters OF which at least
seven pigs have been successfully
raised.
In selecting breeding hogs, either
male or female. the following points
should receive consideration: Form,
size for age. quality, and feet and legs.
To thoroughly inspect a hog, it is
necessary to view 1t from the side,
front and rear, both standing and in
motion. From the side the hog should
show rather short head. full jowl
and neck, strong rather arched back
without any depression back of the
shoulders or at the loin, deep body
OF good length and a deep, well
rounded ham. From front and rear
the side lines of the body should be
straight and parallel. and this will be
true If the development of shoulder,
spring of rib and ham. are uniform.
Good quality is indicated by fine
hair. medium bone, absence of wrin-
kles and general coarseness. Hogs
coarse in type mature slowly and fat
ten indifferently. Those possessing
harsh hair and skin and showing wrin-
kles will produce inferior pork.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

Breeding hogs should have short,
strong legs and strong, upright pas
terms.
Lack of sufficient bone. as shown
by weak. broken down pasterns. is
common defect noticeable in brood
sows, especially those that have been
fed largely on corn. In fact, feed has
much to do with development and
strength of bone. A low. weak back
indicates weakness, and no young SOW
showing such a defect should be saved
for breeding. These two defects
weak pasterns and backs-may be
readily noticed when the pig is moved
and often when standing. Other COM
on top. poorly sprung. short ribs and
narrow loin.
None but pure bred boars OF good
form should be used, and only those
possessing early maturing qualities.
BY selecting vigorous, well formed
sows Of prolific families and pure
bred, early maturing boars of good
quality, the best combination Is Sc
cured. This combination of good
qualities may be secured in one breed,
but more often hog raisers attempt to
secure them by selecting sows of one
breed and boars of another. There is
nothing radically wrong with this plan
II market stock is the object, still
equally good or better results can be
obtained by sticking to one breed and
making careful selection of all
breeding stock
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
.------- Jo-<EEv--- $500
Ground Plan of the Barn.
FEE DING ALLEY

of the essentials to be considered in
constructing a place for keeping
calves.
1. A calf should always be kept dry.
In order to do this a good floor should
be put in the barn and thickly COW
cred with fresh, dry bedding. 1t is i'm
possible to raise strong. healthy calf
unless 1t is kept dry and clean.
2. A warm, pure atmosphere is re-
CURED for growing calves. A warm sta
BILE is made by constructing a wall of
at least one dead air space. Sheet on
the outside of the 2x4's with drop sid.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

other the atters men-like himself. wearing the
the famous Understanding distance behind him
the door, Forest lacked few inches of Langley's
height and stout in frame Moreover,
hair, blue fine him appearance
boysh make almost impossible to believe that had
several of service He looked
than Langley they cycling other
in the light of the candles placed various
points around the
his rapidly behind his the musachios
and he threw them the table,
Not until then did Forest him.
not mistaken the voice." he said. with odd
sernness in his defend
Instantly Langley's out, and
engaged Langeys friends had always declared him
be the greatest swordsman England
like veteran in such encounters indeed
watchers looked him easy victory
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
THEY kERE .AENcE1QeIH IS ZHEy HAD 4EEW
nv TOE7Ar CZ0SEk 7|74H l7e07I7&>SV

the wonderful seadness Of For
he held his rapier there and still at his
could from their aston
sinner into the scabbard
Jack a thing thou woulds have done to
my wife"
"What?"
"My be, her" returned Forest.
"And Langley asked. with an
assumption his tremuous lips belied.
she'll wait Away thou goest not
to she is
Jack" gently. THE Lady Anne was the
repository of myself
other love- She brought US to-
gether is thee only"
Langley who staring eagerly cried out: How
was"
presently Forest smiled happily
death God grant
never the sparing of my life"
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

Praise for the Hog. - Speaking
of the hog one authority sings his
praises in the following words: 1.-THE
hog is machine that oils itself, puts
ten bushels of feed in less space than
a bushel measure, and in so doing
doubles It's value; then can carry 1t to
market on its back. Corn, barley,
oats. grass. rape, clover or any of the
by-products of these. loaned to a
wellbred. thrifty hog, is money at
big interest. In fact, it is a mint;
the grains and grasses are the bullion
which. put into the hog, are trans
mltted into coin. 1t is an honest
mint, and gives 16 ounces avoirdupois
OF edible meat. Properly bred, fed,
and intelligently handled, this auto
matte porker will pay OF our debts.
furnish the money to improve the
farm, place piano in the home, a car
riage at the door. as well as means to
educate our boys at the agricultural
college"
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
Have Little Patronage.

The highest public house in England
is said to be the Tan Hill. in York
shire (1.747 feet). The second highest
is the Cat and Fiddle. in Cheshire
G,690 feet), and there is also the
Travellers Rest, in Westmoreland
u,476 feet). The Tan Hill house is
SO lonely that an 18-gallon cask of
beer has been known to last three
months. One winter no stranger
crossed the threshold for IL weeks.
War Of determination on Rats.
A Paris journal suggests that in
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

the feeder has no trouble with them
Each one is held in his place. The
wide alley makes it easy to give each
calf its milk and other feeds.
5. The calf pen should be made SO
that It can be divided into several
apartments. A calf when but two or
three weeks old, when turned into a
pen with others two or three months
old, is more or less handicapped. espc-
cially II the younger calf is not strong
and rugged A pen with several divi-
sions permits the grouping of calves
according to size and strength.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

Getting the Egss.-We want eggs.
and lots of them, in winter. This is
not always possible. but the chances
will be better If We make good condi-
lions for egg production. Feed the
mems some form Of meat-green cut
bone II 1t can be had-give some grain
In deep litter of straw, to be
scratched out for food and exercise.
and make the poultry house warm,
clean and light. These things will
help. Don't keep the hens fat on
corn. but give them enough protein
feeds SO they can lay.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

ringing and motor cars. and public
and private carriages trying to pass
everything on the streets.
When to this surging mass is added
a double-track street railway running
down the middle of the street that in
some places is less than 20 feet wide,
the difficulties are obvious.
The advent of the cars caused con-
siderable native hostility. but the pub
lie. is growing more accustomed. and
native employees Of the line more ex-
perienced. The notices on the cars
are in English, French and Chinese.
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
STREET CARS in SHANGHAI.

with heavy handcarts. loaded with a
ton or more of merchandise. each
drawn by ten or twelve coolies;
wheelbarrows. heavily laden with
freight or passengers. sometimes a
dozen persons riding on single
wheelbarrow. these vehicles lodging
hither and thither in an effort to avoid
collision with faster vehicles; num-
Der IS rickshas. running pell-mell,
bicycles and motorcycles with bells
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

continent Despite the fact that he wore false mus
tachios, Sir James old Deriva IL
TO MS guests under assumed them III
had known him slightly, others
lore an matter to befoo them. II
spent with cards and wine, Langley partakng
what spangly, though entering gambling
lily enough, battling with Sir fairly high Ill
stakes and in the losing
dinner the party for resumng III
My Lord Langley however, upon an iii liz
other matter. He had been talking wi iii /
Sir James, when he suddenly. a curse flung
his glass against the wall a thereafter there
was silence then Langley, loudly. quite plainly,
said: AN 1 do not kiss a maid degree her |
way to my Lady Templeton's ball tonight III l
me for the debt An do it. write III i
You have 1t right" answered James. dryIy. /
THE wager's good Lahger returned; III /
my life on it"-rising IS he spoke
At the turning of a he almost ran III L
into carriage halted because the har- =
ness, which two lusty fellows to
patch Another stood them holding a torch.
giving sufficient, but net brilliant. light glow
OF 1t fell athwart the carriage, bringing into
elderly and woman, and a young and
dazzling creature, Lady Mary Courtenay.
He bowed Lady. he softly in the matter Of a
kiss Again she started The elderly carriage cried
angry Langley the
showed him back into the
and the fellows who had been harness
ward her. At this moment there
five horsemen riding swiftly roadway. One
officer judging his called
Courtenay!"
She with cry. practical eye
noted something unusual in grouping
Whom have demanded sharply and then
Langley, still standing by the carriage
speaker MY lord. he said calmly, you'll
inn at time
The eagerly and regarded Langley
with puzzled air Il will be there
a himself
of the carousal Langley
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

ing. paper on the inside. and cover
with matched flooring. Pure air is
provided by the King system of
ventilation. This will remove the air.
which, the animals have breathed;l but
to keep the stable sweet, It must be
cleaned often and kept well supplied
with bedding.
3. The calf barn should have plenty
of windows. There is nothing more
beneficial to the calf and more In
furious to disease producing bacteria
than an abundance of light. There is
nothing any cheaper than light; why
not use it?
4. The calf barn should be made
handy.
AS is indicated in the plan on this
page, feeding alley four feet wide
extends on three sides of the calf pen.
When the calves are fed with milk
they are fastened in stanchions and
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
BUILD A CALF BARN
AND BUILD IT RIGHT
OF Essential construetion-By w.
d.

We have recently received several
inquiries asking for the plan of the
calf stable on Hoard's Dairyman farm.
We herewith present a floor plan of
our calf barn, and state briefly some
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23
Drivers Have to Be WatchfuI Indeed
in Chinese City.

No other city in the world presents
such a conglomerate street traffic on
a large scale as Shanghai, says Vice
Consul-General Frederick d. Cloud, in
a report on the completion of the
Shanghai electric street railway sys-
TEN.
The main thoroushfare is choked
The Lamar register., 1908-12-23

Are They Layins7 - The early
Matched pullets should have settled in
for steady laying.