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Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07

The essential object Of handicap rae
Eng is to place all horses engaged on as
nearly an equal footing as possible. AS
many changes of form are likely to
occur between the opening of the rae
ing season and Aug 18, when the hand
leaps are to be announced, the finest
spossible judgment must be displayed
by the handicapped. 1t will be his duty
to keep a hawks eye upon the work
and the races of all the candidates,
take the carefulest note of their public
and private form and in especial look
out for those that are being kept under
cover. His task will be no easy one.
Naturally the horses will have to
finish in front Of the grand stand, and
In order to do this the scratch horses
must be started from the three-quarter
pole. AS in Europe. the start will be
standing one. and if the European sys-
tenn Is followed series of electric bells
placed opposite each horses station
will be rung to announce the start.
EUnlike the European trotters, our
zhorses are not trained to start from a
-standstill, and this as we'll as the fact
that they must be started on the turn
may occasion a lot of trouble.
So far as one can determine without
an actual test, fifty feet per second Is
likely to prove just and equitable
handicap.
Can George G., Highball and sonoma
Girl give such trotters as Margaret O.
and Jack Leyburn 100 feet advantage
and beat them?
Again, can Margaret o., Jack Ley
burn ct al. give first class PIP tptter
4S7 feet and a beating?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
The Roman Forum.

The Forum Romanum. the first that
was erected m Rome, served equally
for the purposes Of trade and all pub
lie meetings as well as for the admin
istration of justice by the consuls and
other Roman magistrates Later on,
when the fora numbered some eight
cen or twenty, they were divided into
two classes, some for public meetings
and the proceedings Of the law courts
and others for the various require
ments Of trade. The Roman forum
corresponded to the agora, or market
place, Of the Greeks, and no Roman
city was without this important center
of Judicial, political and commercial
Afe.-New York American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
FIXED THE PIANO.
On Unmusical Variation In Ono of
Gottschalk's Concerts.

Gottschalk's Concerts.
Gottschalk, the pianist, was noted
for his enormous physical strength al
most as much as for his brilliance as q
pianist. On one occasion he gave a
practical illustration of his strength
which, while it did not display his dis
position in the most amiable light, un-
doubtedly afforded him much satisfac-
ton
He was in concert playing on piano
that was built on new model, one of
the pecuiarities of which was that the
lip of the Keyboard cover projected far
ther over the keys than in most pianos
when the instrument was open for
playing. Gottschalk, who was accus-
toned to throw up his hand to a con-
siderable height during the perform
ance of brilliant passages and was un-
used to this new form of keyboard,
constantly hit his knuckles against the
projecting lip.
This repeatedrappin.y of his knuckles
at last began to have an irritating eff
feet on him, as the audience could
plainly see. Suddenly after partic-
ularly hard rap he stopped short in the
middle of his selection, wrenched the
offending cover out of the instrument
by main force and hurled 1t across the
platform with great violence. Then,
with a smile of the greatest satisfac,
ton, he reseated himself at the piano
and continued his playing. - Chicago
Record-Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
SELF RELIANCE.
The Lesson That Was Taught to
Henry Ward Beecher.

inc Lesson mat was Iau9ht TO
Henry Ward Beecher.
Henry Ward Beecher used to tell
this story Of the way in which his
teacher of mathematics taught him to
depend upon himself:
II was sent to the blackboard and
went uncertain, full Of whimpering.
"That lesson must be learned said
my teacher in very quiet tone, but
with terrible intensity. All explana-
tions and excuses he trod underfoot
with utter scornfulness. I want that
problem. 1 don't want any reasons
why you haven't it, he would say.
''I did study two hours
"'That's nothing to me. I want the
lesson. You need not study it at all
or you may study it ten hours, just to
suit yourself. want the lesson
1T was tough for green boy, but 1t
seasoned me. In less than month
l had the most intense sense of in
tellectuaI independence and courage to
defend my recitations.
''One day his cold calm voice fell
upon me in the midst of a demonstra-
tion, No!
II hesitated and then went back to
the beginning, and on reaching the
same point again 'Nop uttered in
tone of conviction, barred my progress.
"'The nextp And sat down in red
confusion
"He, too, was stopped with Nor but
went right on, finished, and as he sat
down was rewarded with Very wellv
"'Why,' whimpered 1, 4 recited 1t
just as be did and you said Nor
"'Why didn't you say Yes and stick
to It? 1t is not enough to know your
lesson-you must know that you know
1t. You have learned nothing till you
are sure. If all the world says mo-!
your business is to say Yes and prove
it," 4
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
NOVEL TROTT|NG RACE
ReadviIIe's $4,000 Handicap
Event and How 1t May Work.
FIFTY FEET PER SECOND.

Distances Certain Horses Would Have
10 Observation-Disclosures May Spoil
.Race-WiII Mark New Era In Har-
ness Racing.
The New England Breeders associa-
dion's $4,000 handicap dash race for
.4rotters to be held at Readville, Mass,
on Aug. % is exciting no end of COM
ment and commendation, and there is
much speculation on the probable out
come
The slowest horse or horses will
start on the scratch, or, in other words,
will be required to trot mile and a
quarter All other starters are placed
behind the scratch horses in the order
of their handicaps. An official handi-
capper will review the entries on Aug.
dS and determine the proper handicap
for each. The handicapped will take
into consideration the form Of the
horses as evidenced by their perform
7ances preceding the race regardless of
records. For instance, if Sonoma Girl,
whose record is 2:O5A. is constructive
ly beaten by, say, George G., whose rec
ord is the same. the Handicapped will
make certain allowances for her de-
feat and place her at point which is
calculated to offset the advantage
George G. has shown to have over her.
TO be more explicit, if in the judgment
of the Handicapped George G. is capa-
BILE of beating Sonoma Girl fifty feet in
mile she will start that distance In
front of him. Every second of advan-
fage that one horse is regarded as hav-
ing over another is equalized by giving
the slower horses fifty feet the advan-
tage at the start.
Figuring that one or more horses
will start on the scratch these being
2:15 horses and that the records Of the
horses at starting time of the race are
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
A Puzzler..

solomon was fain to admit that there
were three things too wonderful for
him, yea, four which he knew not:
"The way Of an eagle in the air, the
way Of a serpent upon rock, the way
of a ship in the midst of the sea and
the way of man with a maid" Had
Solomon lived till this day and gem
GRAFTON, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
be would have added a fifth puzzler-
to wit, the way Of an express company
with prepaid package.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
Mother Gr.y's Sweet Powders for

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. "
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York
Cure Feverishness. Bad StopdAch, Teeth
ing Disorders. move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 10000
testimonials. They never Fail. At all
Druggists. Csc. Sample FREE. Address
Allen s. olmsted. 70 Roy. MY. s.44w
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
Hickman Make. Good Point.

Charley Hickman of the Cleveland
Americans wonders why men who do
not get into the game over once or
twice a week. if that often, are ex-
pected to make hits in pinches when
they forget what pitching looks like
and what bats are for.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
Many Women Praise This Rem.
edy.

If you have pains In the back, Urin-
ary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want certian, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's Aus
tralian.L It is safe and never
falling regulator. At Druggists or
mail 80 cts. Sample package FREE.
Address. The Mother Gray o., LIE.
Roy, NY.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
sobby,s Reason.

Little Bobby was saying his prayers
at his mothers knee, but SO rapidly !
that she asked him why he did moi
speak more slowly.
Because, you know" he replied, "il
would keep all the other children wait
ipg."-Lippincott's ~
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07

Second Baseman Pattee Makes Good.
If Harry Pattee's present clip is a
fair sample of what he can go regular
ly, the Brooklyn Nationals have found
a second baseman who measures right
up even with Johnny Evers and Miller
Higgins
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
pidn,t Find Out.

$50 you really attended the lecture
last night?
Eyes"
''What did the lecturer talk aboutT'
swell, I'm not sure, for he didn't
say."-Lyceumite and Talent.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
BRIGHT SAYINGS.
A Little Batch of Stories Related BY
an Ensishman.

A Little Batch of Stories Related BY
an Enslishman.
The sultan of Turkey had sent the
queen of Spain a diamond bracelet
She had the stones reset in earrings
and called the fact to the attention of
Fuad Pasha, the Turkish envoy.
"His majesty" replied Fuad, twill be
delighted that your majesty gives an
ear to what comes from Constantine
pie"
To the same Fuad an Englishwoman
lmpolitely said, "How many wives
have your
"The same number as your husband,
madam" said the willy Turk. "The
only difference is that he conceals one
Of his and do not"
When Robert Lowe married and said
i'With all my worldly goods I thee en-
dow" he grumbled to his wife after.
ward, "And at the time I hadn't q
brass farthing"
''Oh, but, my dear, you forget there
Is your genius"
Lowe replied, "Well, you cannot sar
endowed you with that"
In a much older story Frederick the
Great is represented as saying angrily
to the English ambassador of the day,
England is now without an ally upon
the continent except God"
Sir Hugh Elliott instantly replied
"Yes, sire, but God is an ally that de-
mands no subsidy."-From Rambling
"reminiscences" by Sir Henry Drum
mond Wolff.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
PITCHING Finds of the Season.

Hoch, Maddox, Carter, baltimore,
Schlitzer, Graham, Summers and Nc
Quillen look like the pitching finds of
the season, although Maddox and Nc
Quillan were really discovered last sea
son. l 80 f..,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07
Says Crawford Should Be on First.

Larry Lajoie thinks first base Is the
place for Sam Crawford. He says a
big man like Sam would be all the bet
ter for the additional work he would
get at first base and hit better. 81
know l always hit better when I have
plenty of opportunity to handle the
ball." declares Larry.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07

MAJOR DELMAR, 1899, PROBABLE
STARTER IN THE HANDICAP.
as at present. the following table fur
nishes an example of the handicaps. 1t
is given for no other purpose. however
than to give an idea of how the handi
cap will work:
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-05-07

At one time Bishop Potter was a
speaker at meeting In the interest of
an organization of which woman is
president. With the idea of being face
tious the bishop inquired of the presi-
dent, "How many long winded speak,
ers will there be at this meeting,
MADAME
"You are the only one," she replied
charmingly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
Some East.pax superstitlons.

In Armenia, fasts, both of necessity
and of choice, are very general, and
strictly observed. The most common
length of time for abstinence from
food is seven days.
Throughout this long period the Ar
menians, imbued with. religious fever,
partake of no food. Only in the case
of the young unmarried woman is
any concession allowed.
The young men, on the. seventh day
of their fast, are allowed, by old and
sacred custom, to eat little cake, free
ly mixed with salt.
BY this means dreams of pure,
sparkling, fresh water will be certain
to visit the young man.
strange superstition is connected
with these visions. The dreamer will
see a maiden approach the stream,
and she will carry him a jug, filled
to the brim with sparkling water.
The dream maiden will be the girl
whom Fate has decreed he shall
marry.
This strange superstition is found in
Armenia wherever the habit Of fast
ing is observed, and it is believed in
with the utmost faith by the unmar-
ried men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
He Worked for II.


Some years ago there lived in Ar
kansas a man named Reynolds who
owned a narrow gauge railroad from
Malvern Junction to Hot Springs 1t
was partly due to the fact that he
had put by a neat little fortune, and
partly to his habit of wearing an enor-
nous diamond shirt stud that he
had won the nickname of Diamond
joe"
1t was Diamond Joe's boast that no
one had ever stolen ride on his
little 25-mile road; and. not content
with telling this to his friends, he Of
fered a reward of 500 and a suit
of clothes to the man who could do 1t.
One clear moonlight night man
came into his Office, dripping from
head to foot.
as this Mr.. Reynolds?" he asked.
yes" replied the owner of the mar
row gauge, involuntarily glancing out
to see if it was raining.
well, I've come for that suit OF
clothes and the 500. I've beat my
way on your road, Mr. Reynolds, in
the boiler tank of the engine; it was
hard work keepin my head above wa.
ter, but / did it-and-here ami"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
. substitute for wood pulp in making

a substitute for wood pulp in making
white paper. That the supply of tim
Der suitable for this purpose is
diminishing at an alarming rate has
been shown in the recent congressional
Investigations of the paper trust. AS
the output of newspapers and other
printed matter is greater today than
ever before, so is the onslaught upon
our northern forests driving the wood
choppers further and further toward
that line where the forests end and
the ice begins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
TO VISIT BRYAN
AT LINCOLN Home
Ex-Governor vardaman Did Not Leave
With Party, but viii Join Them at
Denver-Mrs. Noel Could Not Ac-
company the Governor.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss, July 1.-THE Missis-
sippi delegates to the Denver Demo
cratic convention left at 2:30 this af-
ternoon according to the original
schedule, in a. through sleeper over the
Illinois Central, attached to the reg
ular train.
Gov. Noel heads the delegation, but
was not accompanied by Mrs. Noel as
had been the original intention. Ex-
Gov. Lowry was not in the party, hav-
ing decided not to make the trip, and
Governor Vardaman will join them in
Denver. Most of the other delegates
were on the train, and a few others
were expected to join them along the
Line.
At Bt. Louis tomorrow the sleeper
will be attached to special train,
which will reach Lincoln, Neb., on the
morning of July over the Burlington
route and spend seven hours in the
home of Mr.. Bryan, reaching Denver
on Sunday morning, where they will
be met by National Committeeman C.
H. Williams, who has been there sew
eral days and provided quarters for the
delegation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
HUMANITY NOW L..e-4r LIVED.
Statistics Do Net Eear cgs Statement
That Man Is Cetsr.oratina.

A German scientist, DR.. Emil KONG,
has lately undertaken to prove that
In highly civilized countries man has
abused his constitutional strength,
and consequently is more susceptible
to disease than he was in earlier
times. There is obviously something
to be said for this averment, but, con-
sidered as whole, the facts do not
bear it out.
1t is unquestionably true that az
civilization advances human life be-
comes more complex, and the pres
sure upon a mans physical resources
tends to become more intense. 1t is
also true that certain forms of disease,
such, for instance, as cancer and heart
weakness, appear to be more preva-
lent than they were century ago
we say appear" because only in
comparatively recent period have the
statistics of mortality and its causes
been trustworthy and exhaustive.
The official records of Geneva, which
have been kept carefully for long
period, prove that the average dura-
ton of human life is materially great
er than 1t was $50 or 100 years ago.
Not only the average length of human
existence, but the retention of physical
and intellectual .vigor. or what is
called the prime of life, tends to be
prolonged. The age limit of useful
ness has In practice been pushed for
ward
The fruitful activity of men over go,
and even 20, years of age is a phe-
nomenon far more frequently observed
to-day than it was 100 years ago. Ma
poleons career was over at 46; Won
Moltke's can scarcely be said to have
begun, so far as great achievements
were concerned, till he was nearly 70.
What is true of war is true of diplo-
macy, of law, of medicine, of every
field of work in which mental and
physical energy is Indispensable.
When, in word, we examine impair
TALLY all the data, weighing accurate
ly all the evidence pro and con, we
seem justified in taking an optimistic
rather than DR.. Konig's pessimistic
view of the effect of civilization on the
bodily well-being and longevity of
man..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02

country newspaper, we know that it is
true-and this is much more than we
can say for most Mississippi dailies.
And the editorial columns of the
average Mississippi weekly are like
wise dependable. Country editors do
are pressed for time, and what they
say is consequently in the nature of
the sober, serious afterthought, so es-
sential to fairness and impartiality.
The editor of the country weekly is
closer to his people, Yields a greater
influence and is given more liberties
and latitudes than the editor of the
city daily. For this reason his paper
usually comes nearer to voicing the
sentiments of majority of his neigh
bors, making its editorial expressions
all the more valuable to those of us
who care to keep in touch with
trend of public affairs.
The Daily News has many weekly
exchanges. In fact a majority of the
weekly newspapers published in the
state reach our sanctum with unfail.
ing regularity. Some of them are
poorly printed and poorly patronized,
but these are largely in the minority.
In fact, we doubt if there is state
in the union that can boast of a bet
ter country press than our own Mis-
sissippi. We know that no better and
truer and more loyal men live any
where than some of the editors who
preside over the destinies of modest
weeklies and preach through their
columns the progress and prosperity of
this commonwealth.
They may be a little late some
| times in announcing the death of a
great man. Some of them make no
attempt to print the news of the
world. But they do reflect, honestly
and without unnecessary adornment,
the best sentiment of the best people
in the world.
The country press is all right The
happiest, most rofitable-perhaps
most useful-days of our own life were
spent in the sanctum of modest
country weekly. And we shall not for
| get our raising.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
FAVORS REPEAL
OF AMENDMENTS
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
Magnolia, Miss, July 2.-Hon. Edgar
]. Simmons, of this city, candidate for
congress, has issued his platform. The
most notable plank is in regard to the
repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment of
the constitution of the United States
and reads as follows:
Il favor the repeal of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton and such notifications of the
Fourteenth Amendment as is neces-
sary to preserve to the white race
alone the determination of govern
mental policies and the preservation
of our free institutions as our heritage
to successive generations, guarantee
ing, of course, to all persons regard
less of race or color the protection of
life liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
TO VISIT NATCHEz
in SEPTEMBER


The remainder of the excursionists
to Natchez have returned and they say
the Natchez people covered themselves
with glory in showing courtesies to
the excursionists.
There was a, big barbecue and as
stated yesterday everything was free,
the excursionists were given free rides
over the city, a river trip and an en-
tertainment at the opera house.
1t was not intended by the Natchez
people that this excursion should be
for the. business men of Hattiesburg,
except such as desired to make the
trip on account of the favorable rail
road rates. The Natchez people ex-
pect the Hattiesburg business men to
return their visit some time in Septem.
Der.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02
Where Relations Are Mrzed.

A well known Washington newspa-
per man married his brothers step-
daughter, thus his brother becoming
his father-in-law and his sister-in-law
his mother-in-law, The girls step
father became her brother-in-law.
There is much food for thought and
chance for mental collapse in the
effort to figure out mixed family rela-
tionships complicated by unusual
marriages. One man, William Harris.
of Titus SsH-te suicide
because . Is: . it is said,
that he was his own grandfather. The
man left the following autobiography
for the coroner:
Il married widow who had a grown
daughter. My father visited US often.
fell in love with my stepGaughter and
married her, Thus my father became
my son-in-law, and my stepdaughter.
beiag my fathers wife. became my
step mother. Soon after this distress
ing complication arose my wife pre-
sented me with son. This son was
my fathers brother-iIriaw and my
own uncle, since he was a brother of
my stepmother. My fathers wife also
became the mother of a boy. He was.
of course, my brother and also my
grandchild, for he was the son of my
daughter Also my wife was a grand
mother. | was my wife's husband and
grandchild at once At the same time.
as the husband of a persons grand
mother is the persons grandfather. |
am my own grandfather"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-02

That is a nice compliment which
Mayor-elect George NJ. Foote, of Gulf
port, pays to the Daily News. If the
influence of this newspaper was really
instrumental in his election, as he
seems to think, we have no apologies
to offer to the good people of Gulf
port. Mr. Foote will make them a
good mayor.