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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

In July the government will watch
experiments with airships and, if a
practical type is offered will become
a patron of the invention. 1t is claimed
that the aeroplane of the Wright broth
ers is already demonstrated success,
entirely under control in any wind and
capable of making 100 miles an hour.
j is combination of wings and power
trising and soaring with the wind hut
guiding itself by the engine and a
propeller. Diving as a fish and soar
ing as bird with his machine. IL
seems that man has only discovered
all the islands and continents of the
earth to seek for new realms. What
would Columbus think If he coulc
watch the discoveries of this genera
ton?
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
Kinds COUNTY DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE WILLIAM ]. BRYAN

convention, but it's terms are regarded
as equivalent to that.
The county is entitled to only seven
votes in the state convention, but fif-
teen were chosens and while most of
them will attend, the votes of only
seven will be counted. This, however,
will make little difference, as another
resolution was adopted requiring the
delegation to vote as unit on all
questions.
Hon. w. M. Carstarphen, of Bolton,
was unanimously chosen as chairman
of the convention, while Hon. j. R. Nc
Dowell, of this city, was chosen for
secretary without opposition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
Toft's Decoration
Day Speech.

On Decoration Day, Mr.. Taft made
a speech at Grants tomb. in the course
of which he said;
at is true that Grant received an
education at West Point. but certainly
nothing was developed there in him to
indicate his fitness or ability to meet
great responsibilities
HE did well in the Mexican war. as
did other lieutenants. He manifested
as regimental quartermaster energy
and familiarity with his duties. But in
1854 he resigned from the army be.
cause he had to. He had yielded to the
weakness of a taste for strong drink,
and rather than be contaminated he
left the army. He returned from Van
couver, on the Pacific coast, to his fam
lily in st. Louis without money. with
out property disheartened man. HI
accepted from his father-in-law a LOAF
of seventy-five acres of land, upol
which he constructed a house for hi
family to live in. and there he carrie
on farming operations His chief bus
ness seemed to be that of selling WOO
nf ,,f1f L
yards of the well-to-do people Of S
Louis. %
after six years of this life he gay
up farming because of i'll health ar
went into the real estate business f
year. He failed in this. His ass
ciates dissolved the partnership TIL,
at last his father offered him 5000 as
clerk in his leather store at Caller
ILL.,, and then he moved from st. Lou
He worked here for year also. D,
ing these seven years, though evei
thing looked dark, he overcame in
great measure his weakness for stro
drink. But he was so constituted tn
it seemed impossible for him to ca
a livelihood even when he had Civ
hostages to fortune in the shape OF
wife and four children"
If Mr.. Taft had stopped with tn
there would be some reason to thi
that the Secretary of War had go
needlessly out of his way to emphasi
as publicly as possible the most
fortunate phase of General Grants
reer, known to few of the Americ
= people-the fact that his resignati
from the army in 1854 was offered
escape trial by court-martial (
stop with this. His speech was n
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
Daily News Special.

DdiIy ANSWo OpCSidi.
Jackson, Miss, June 5.-The Jack
son delegates who returned last night
from the Kinds County Democratic
convention held in Raymond yesterday
report that while there was plenty Of
political caucussing in advance of the
convention, the gathering itself was a
rather tame affair.
AS had been expected, aresolution
was adopted endorsing William ]. Bry-
an for the presidency and pledging the
Democracy of the county to his sup
port. The delegates were not specific.
ally instructed to insist upon instruc
lions for the Nebraskan in the state
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

figure and journalism one of it's strong
cts and most resourceful exponents. To
Mr., Wilson's energy and constructive
ability the Times Union owes much
of it's splendid success and the paper
so firmly established under his editor
ship will long remain monument to
bis genius.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
Another Mail Order Phase.

The following sidelights on the mail
order question, from an exchange, con-
tains more truth than poetry.
A dry goods merchant was starting
down town when his wife reminded
him of his most important duty during
the day: Now, my dear, be sure and
don't forget to send to the city for that
new Stanhope, so we can have it by
Sunday You know our old buggy is
getting so it's not fit to be seen."
Just few blocks away the merchant
who handles vehicles and implements
was sitting at breakfast with his fam
lily. The conversation drifted around
to the near approach of school, And
that reminds me, john" said the lady
who sat at the head of the table. 81
must be going to the city no later than
next week. l must get goods for the
children's school clothes and then to
see about a fall suit for myself, and
while I'm there perhaps I'd better see
about new rug for the parlor and
some lace curtains for the front win
dows."
An LOT hn NM
leading grocer stepped into the bank
to buy draft, which he was going to
send to a catalogue house for a
swell" bedroom suit. "How's bust
ness?' asked the banker. ooh, not SO
very good" replied the coffee and
sugar merchant, resignedly. Things
are little dull just now"
Before the banker finished writing
the draft a dapper young man with a
grip stepped in and asked how every
body was. The banker seemed glad tC
see him. He was the representative Of
a big printing establishment in another
> state. He and the banker chattet
b. pleasantly for a few minutes, afte
!. which the young man inquired casual,
J. of his friend behind the window if h,
Q wanted anything. WELL yes" reptile,
n the other good-naturedly. 81 believe
IN 10. Print us 10000 checks, 5000 draft
&c and couple of thousand letter heads
al The young man thanked him cordial
si. for the order and hustled out.
NJ That night the local business me
81, had meeting in the town hall to d
~ cuss the growth of the mail order ev
All of the gentlemen mentioned in IL
va narrative delivered short talks. TIL
nd all agreed that the farmers were gull
for of treason to their home merchan
en-. when they persisted in buying the
ion goods of mail order houses, and t
c a meeting closed by adopting strong r,
M olutions against trading away fro
ne home.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
ALABAMA
CONTESTS
Hearst News Service.

Chicago. June 5.-The contesting
Alabama delegation to the Republican
National Convention will be heard
this afternoon before the national
committee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW
COUNTY OF FORREST.
FOR CONGRESS.

We are authorized to announce
HON E. ]. BOWERS
OF Hancock county as candidate in
the Democratic primary for re-nomi-
nation to the 61st Congress from the
9Th district of Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

Albert w. Noble, editor of the Laurel
Chronicle, wants to be elected mayor
of that thriving Town. A man who can
make a good newspaper ought to be
able to make a good mayor. If we
lived in Laurel, we'd be tempted to try
him, anyway.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
TRYING TO STEAL
JEWELS OF CHURCH
Hearst News Service.

New York, June 5.-Rene Boey, a
Frenchman, was caught by the police
this morning hiding in the Church of
the. Most Holy Redeemer. The church
building contains gems valued at
100000 and Boey confesses that his
intention was to steal these jewels.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
IRON WORKERS
FAILED TO agree

Cambridge Springs, Pa, June g.
The rolling mill workers and the West
ern Bar Iron Association today ad-
journed their conference without hav-
ing reached wage-scale agreement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

The Bazaar on Main street is of.
fering some bargains in the way of of.
fee fixtures. Read their advertise,
ment in another column.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
Irony Of Life.

at is sad to realize" said woman.
that those who love us most Usually
please us least, while those who please
us most don't love us at ALL"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

In the death o. George West Wilson,
editor-in-chief of the Florida Times
Union, the South has lost forceful
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

There is more honor in getting down
to live proposition than in wasting
time over a dead ancestor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

Physicians Recognize Squibb's
Chemicals as the purest. We recon-
mend squibb's TaIcum Powder the
best for your toilet and nursery.
J2 at HAYS & FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

Let us.hope that the mistakes of the
Chicago convention may be avoided by
the Democrats at Denver.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

Even the Mobile Register now ad
mits that Bryan is the stuff"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
WE BUY SECOND HAND
FURNITURE.

M. s. Haisfield. 12S Front
next to Palace Restaurant.
phone FAB. m
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

1t is so much easier to do things
that we are not compelled to do.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05

1t is hard enough to nail lie, not
to mention a rumor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-05
COMMERCIAL CLUB
! TO HAVE SMOKER

The Commercial Club will give a
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A cleanup of lot of popular models in
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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-24
But the dreamer woke.


The Tartar lady uses slice Of onion
to perfume herself.
Italy leads the nations of the world
In the matter Of theaters
The Canadian farmer works from
twelve to sixteen hours day in the
busy season. ..t.. ...-.
A very good horse can in ten hours
60 sixty miles If the vehicle Is light
and the turnpike good.
The art of glove cutting requires
great skill, and in France some of the
best workmen are paid 500 week.
The wife Of u farm laborer neal
Exeter has given birth to her twenty
second child. All the family are alive
and we'll. ..... ....
1t is difficult in England to arouse all
interest in the preservation of forests
because Of the universal substitution
Of coal for wood as fuel
Freckles may be hereditary. Cases
of freckles all over the body are men-
toned. Food is not supposed to cause
them. Sun and wind make some faces
treckle.
DR.. H. Campbell Thomson of Eng
land has been making use of the cine
matograph In nervous diseases, taking
pictures at the rate of sixteen to the
second, showing the movements of the
patients.
Municipal pawnshops have been
opened In Pekin for the relief of the
residents who have been heretofore the
victims of eXtOrtlOnate private estab-
lishments. The city charges are 10
per cent, while they have been paying
80.
The coal supply Of the Philippines
has been found to be much larger than
was anticipated and Of uniformly
good character. 1t is stated that a
large vein crosses the entire group Of
islands and it has been clearly traced
in one vicinity for twenty-five miles
A girl named Gordon, working in h
laundry at Ballymena, Belfast, Ire
land, was caught in machine by the
hair and completely scalped. A doctor
ordered her removal to hospital. The
scalp was also taken there, and DR..
Davidson succeeded In sewing 1t on.
The girl Is alive and making good
progress.
Little Mrs. Hunter had heard 50
many jokes about the brides who
couldn't market successfully that she
made up her mind that the first re-
quest she made of the market man
would show her to be sophisticated
housewife. "Send me, please" she
said, two French chops and one hun
dred green peas."-Judge.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-24
A TraSi0 Experiment.

Concerning pythons, the following is
true story: a young lady in England
for Il long time resisted her lovers ell
treaties to go out to India with him us
his wife. She had a horror of the wild
animals she believed she might encoun-
ter there, especially serpents, At length,
however, after he had issued sort OF
utimatum, she consented to accompany
him. She did not, however, leave her
fears behind her and lived in constant
terror Of some day meeting what she
so intensely feared. Her husband did
his best to laugh her fears away, but
without avail. Then he resolved to try
more drastic means.
A hugh python was killed in the
neighborhood of his bungalow. With
out telling his wife anything about it,
he ordered the reptile to be brought
into the drawing room and coiled III
as If asleep on the hearth rug. Then
he went out and called his wife, telling
her to go into the drawing room and
that he would join her In few min
utes. Soon after he heard a dreadful
scream. THAT will cure her of her
fear Of serpents," he smiled to himself
and purposely delayed his entry
When at last he went into the drawing
room he saw his wife lying dead on
the floor, and coiled around her was
another huge python, the mate to the
one that lay dead on the hearth rug
St. James Gazette.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-24
FORCE OF IMAGINATION.
story of an Odd Incident in a Dental
Hospital.

story of an Odd Incident in a Dental
Hospital.
A remarkable incident happened &C.
Gently at dental hospital. A young
woman went here to have five teeth
extracted. The anaesthetic decided upon
by the dental surgeon was ethyl chic
ride, and this was administered ny
the usual form of apparatus. An in
dia rubber cap is placed over the pa
tents mouth and nostrils, and con-
nected with it is bag into which a
sealed capsule Of ethyl chloride is in
troduced. BY the turning of screw
from the outside the capsule is broken
and the anaesthetic liberated. Tie
screw was turned the patient went off
gradually into the usual condition Of
insensibility, five teeth were extracted.
and the patient awakened without feel.
ing any part of the operation.
The whole case appeared perfectly
normal. Only when the young woman
had left the room and the apparatus
was being made ready for another pa
tient was 1t discovered that the cap
sule had by some mischance not been
broken at all. The whole condition Of
insensibility had been brought about by
the self hypnotism Of the patient. The
idea that an anaesthetic was being ad-
ministered was SO strong in her mind
that she had passed into insensibility
entirely by hypnotic suggestion.-Bos
ton Traveller.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-24
SUBSTITUTES FOR TolA0Co

Many Of Them Have a Delcterious
Eject Upon Health of Smoker.
How would you enjoy pipeful Of
wood shavings saturated with a strong
solution Of pepper as an after-dinner
smoke? Strange as this may seem for
a substitute for tobacco, 1t Is, neverthe-
less used as such by Indians along the
Alaskan coast, says Health. Their
mouths are often made raw by the
practice, and the eyesight of many Is
affected by the strong fumes.
It Is no uncommon practice among
farmers to smoke the leaves of the to-
mato and potato plants. While these
plants both contain a narcotic poison,
the smoking Of leaves in moderation IL
harmless. Excessive use, though, pro-
duces a heavy stupor from which the
smoker awakes with a terrific head
ache and feeling Of utter exhaustion.
Insanity and suicide have often been
caused by the immoderate use of these
two weeds.
Rhubarb. beet and even garden sage
leaves are all smoked by farmers, but
are perhaps the least harmful of sub
'stitutes for tobacco.
In Jamaica "ganjah," variety Of
Indian hemp, Is smoked by all classes
with terrible results. 1t is stated that
1t was this weed that was used by the
leaders Of the Indian mutiny to drive
the sepoys into the passions of raging
mania which they exhibited during the
campaign.
"Coltsfoot tobacco Is smoked by the
rustics In small country places In En-
gland and Is called by them 1.-The finest
remedy on earth for catarrh." 1t is
simply powdered form of the leaves
Of the common coltsfoot, plant found
growing wild In chalky soil, although
some say that 1t is injurious to the
eyes, and 1t certainly does relieve diff
cult breathing.
In Sweden a weed found growing in
the hills, known as mountain tobacco,
Is smoked In great quantities. Like
"coltsfoot tobacco" it Is powdered be-
fore using and causes the smoker to
become mental and physical wreck.
Dried holly leaves, the bark Of the will.
low tree and leaves of the stays horn
sumach are all smoked by the AIneri-
can Indians and are the least harmful
Of the substitutes for tobacco.
"Indian tobacco" or the leaf of kind
Of lobelia Is smoked extensively and Is
extremely poisonous. "Tombeki," an
other species Of the lobelia largely
used in Asia, Is smoked in water pipe
and produces a decidedly unpleasant
odor. Those who smoke 1t regularly
become intensely nervous and, are SUBJ
feet to curious Authorizations.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-06-24
UNCLE REUBEN AND EDUCATION.
Old Man Told Shrewd story to
Illustrate Il Point


Illustrate u Point.
Made ye squlrm some, didn't they,
Cynthy?' Uncle Reuben asked, sympa.
thetically.
What do you mean, Uncle Reuben?"
Cynthia returned. But under Uncle
Reuben's quizzical glance the color came
richly. She had been acquainted with
Uncle Reuben all her life.
81 saw We sort of wriggling inside
when Eliza Meadows talked about pre-
ferring music with tune to it-some-
thing ye could grip on to- Instead Of
sonatas and symphonies-that's what
We call them, amt it? Eliza Meadows
has done more good than any ten
women ye'd be likely to meet; she's
clothed the naked and ministered to
the sick till It's grown to be second
nature to her but after all, dunnos
sewing and nursing and things like that
teach We anything about music. And
then when Elviry Pratt talked about
the kind Of pictures she liked, l saw
We get holt Of yourself. l was real
proud of We the way We held in then.
"Education," Uncle Reuben mused
must be sort of alarming anyhow
when We first ketch it. l don't wonder
it's kind of upsetting."
"Alarmlng" asked Cynthia. Hel
color had become normal again and
her dimples We're creeping out.
Uncle Reuben nodded. Yes, alarm
ing. Ye never can tell whether it's
going to strike out or strike in. IL 1t
comes out free like measles, it's
splendid thing all round, but If it
strikes in We never can see clear after
it. There was Henrietta Bond, now.
Before she went to college Henrietta
was as bright and likely girl as ye'd
ever see. When she came home she
was all changed; seemed as II she
couldn't consort with anybody that
wasn't college grown. She talked about
art and philosophy and biology, but she.
hadn't any interest in cooking and sew.
ing: found life terrible dull here-so,
dull she couldn't stay. So she vent,
away. I dunnos anybody lamented
her. That's what call knowledge
striking in.
"Then there was Nellie Chester IN
own up l hated to see Nellie 60
was afraid it would spoil her, like Hen
rietta. but bless We. she wasn't the
spelling kind Everything she learned
just seemed to make life more inter
esting. I declare I'd hang round for
half a day when she was poking under
stones for bugs--she made it all so IN
teresting. And she'd name We rice
books to read. and when she PLAYED
she'd play your tunes and her music
both--one as easy as the other. tell
We, when see all Nellie got out of it,
| understood that education can mean
about as many different things as there
ire people that have it."
Uncle Reuben" Cynthia asked, "do,
you see any signs Of mine striking in?"
Youths Companion.