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The Brunswick news., 1908-08-30

DeWl1 l I y ttsaSsaiss taaisiaiss WITCH HAZEL
For Piles, Burns. Sores,
The Brunswick news., 1908-08-30

J. II. Rudolph, of St Mary's, clerk
of the superior court of Camden coun-
ty, spent yesterday in the city.
The Brunswick news., 1908-08-30

Col. C. P. Goodyear returned last
night from Atlanta, where he has
been spending several days.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
Tatler,

amount OF the book and add $50 or $50 sometimes
little more. for expense money the week
This saves me the trouble and annoyance of cash
Ing Il check on the road One day made out
check for $50 bought so baggage book and re-
ceved $5 in bills. 7 looked at the oh. did
you give me s5o?' he asked. lie glanced at the
check and gave the missing $25."
ION another occasion l gave the tcket agent II
s25 check for II $40 book lie looked the check
put it away and attended to another man who
wanted ticket l said nothing but waited until
he had finished with the other and then looked
him straight in the He looked at me. but said
nothing. Where is my change? I asked. oh,
wasn't your check for slo?' he said. Then he looked
at the check and gave me SIS"
THAT reminds me Of incident which looked
upon a real mistake. but when ! hear all these
things it strikes that il may have been done
Intentionally" said another. II bought some under
wear in a large department store. the price being
81. The salesman sent the s. bill gave him the
cashiers office by the cash railway When 1t
back the salesman had disappeared, and l
had to hunt him up 10 get my change. II may be
that he had forgotten it, bur the remains that
if had also forgotten to wait the 81 would have
gone into his pocket.
"Once I sitting in streetcar, Of the old
variety, with two long benches each side drawn
by horses. 1t took about half an hour TO get any
where In the middle of the sat a man I will
call by the 'Whiskers.' He casually dropped
from hand into the other six silver dollars. He
did it often and so mechanically that every one
or the passengers knew Just how many dollars ne
had.
FINALLY he asked if any one the could give
him a bill the five silver dollars he had say
ing that silver too heavy in his pockets. 1t
looked like a chance to make dollar through
mistake by Whiskers, and when a fat pro-
duced So bill Whiskers careessly dropped his
handful of silver dollars into this individuals hand
OF course, the fat couldn't count the money,
or Whiskers might have found out his mistake, SO
he hurriedIy thrust in his pocket. At the next
laft -na and
ultantly drew the silver dollars
There were only four silver dollars, the other
two having been neatly palmed by Whiskers in the
transfer"
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
POLICY IN NEW ENGLAND.

In a large faculty" wrote President Fellows OF
'he University Of Maine, II think it would be well
% nave at least large minority graduates OF the
institution in which they teaching. provided
that each should have had experience In one or
more other institutions I think the dangers OF
inbreedins are not great unless undue number
q young Instructors without experience elsewhere,
GO large part OF the teaching"
President Harris Of Amherst, a college whose
1acuity Of thirty-nine contains twenty-five of it's
eHh alumni, considers it desirable that majority
ehouid be graduates of the college. But" he
says 1t is equally desirable that number should
De graduates OF other colleges
amherst is illustration of the policy which ap-
pears 70 prevail in selecting men Five years ago
rs percentage Of alumni the faculty 1879.
Today IL is 5s4 per cent
question which naturally arises is whether
an , WI" has had experience in several colleges
As Eelorn 10 his alma mater does not have the
a'tachins 10 the alumnus of another insttu-
'h Plus that OF an alurnrius of the institution he
nss returned 10 serve
resident jordan OF Leland Stanford Junior said,
Ai0rnfi nave the advantage of tried loyalty of
,-1'1spsnoing local conditions OF being better
o"h' ana therefore less likely 10 bring unpleas-
1' surprises The objections are that the inhreed-
- process may shut out reforms and make the in
ooon 100 homogeneous These objections are Of
80, feloe II the men Of the best type avail
-, should say that Columbia man who had
~. ele az Harvard and was called back to C,o1gno-
would have all the advantages of borb t,-nes
bz;r 1o'of- The best man TO call, other things
- equa Is a tried aumnus who has had
.,s d proadenng experience elsewhere The in
- "a process is evil when alumnus after alun,nus
,,t outside experience IS called to a college or
80 i's ehair That has been done in very many
s, aHu tne evil Hes not in calling alumni but
IT. "s men who have never been anywhere else
xr,o. eFn appears III even greater degree
w. coAege professors, whatever their origin
vb.. - |o' travel and who do not know or care
gong on in other
,... other presidents agreed with DR.. Jordan
=, experience in other institutions was sufficient
!. Tha '.iiniiate the danger Of 'inbreeding"
,,vh, question of having a mixed" faculty Of The
,ee pi"portions is sometimes difficult of attain
Ct c. as some colleges produce more teachers iban
a;a., IA applying the rule .'the best obtain-
.univ.-..t sii' De necessary for colleges and
insno,st. 70 appoint a large majority or a small
In, NY OF alumni its STAFF
If @ia sometimes happen" said President Swain
,.,< sfhat The institution, following The
1 seieetins the best available. Will employ a
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
SHORT CHANGE" PALMING.

Some years ago l and my little boy went TO
exposition in city. The admission fee vas p
cents. l laid down IS bill The ticket agent
swept IL inside. laid 30 cents in small change on
the board before and counted aloud; Fifty
cents represented by my tickets, sixty, seventy.
seventy-five, one dollar"
That was all There lay % cents In small silver
l looked at the man; he looked at me-
oh" said he, did you give s. bill?'
Certainly did"
Excuse me- my mistake What do you want
bills silver"
L don't care which," / replied.
Then he laid down before eight 50-cent pieces
/ stretched my hand, but before it touched
the money he had swept it up with hand
and placed it in mine A certain unnatural posi-
ton or movement OF his thumb attracted my at
tention and caused me to count the silver in my
hand. To my amazement 1 found only seven 30
cent pieces one having been palmed by the rascal.
threw down the change and cried. II you
lay down eight 50-cent pieces, but here only
seven That looks like swindling" Without word
the man laid down another halfdollar.
The day my two daughters went to the
exposition. The elder handed the ticket seller a
s. bill He counted out 80 cents in silver and then
gave her what looked like four 81 bills, holding
them and counting them at the ends before her.
There big crowd behind her. so my dauGh-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
PRESIDENT JUDSON'S OPINION.

President Judson of the University OF ChicaEo
wrote that in his opinion specific answer could
nat well be given TO this question: 81 DO not be-
Teve IL advisable that any college university
taculty should have an unduly large proportion Of
its membership from its own college" he said
"The main point Is to get the best that can be
had; that will obviously involve the calling Of
who are graduates Of other institutions. The ex-
this way is quite impossible TO settle OF course
graduate of one institution. who has been for some
years On the faculty Of another easily in that
way have an especially valuable experience.
The university should seek in every way to obtain
TIE best and strongest for its different posi-
lions and in doing so 10 secure variety OF thought
and training ! doubt IL anything more definite
be said 10 advantage, at least from my point
or view"
President Rammelksmp of Illinois College thought
that whenever more than one-half of the faculty
consisted OF the alumni OF the institution. there
danger Of harmful influence. "Catholicity OF
view, generous attitude toward all educational in
stutons,' he added ''is essential characteristic
of an ideal university. 1 do not how pre-
ponderating proportion OF its graduates can
iai 10 exert q narrowing influence upon college
Or university On the other hand, nothing is
essential 10 keep alive the peculiar traditions and
advantages of a college than faculty members who
ere themselves alumni of the institution
Local conditions in college and university life
vary so much that principle be laid down
as 10 the right proportion between the graduates
given institution and the graduates of other
su'ufions upon a faculty." according TO President
tucker @ Dart
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

the round trip can be- procured ct the apmory or
athletic committee
Colonel Duffy OF the 6sth Regiment has ordered
that command 10 assemble at the armory at a. M
on MAY % 10 proceed to Sea Girt y. J., for rifle
practice Captain John w. Flmes senior ordnance
officer, wifi have charge of the shooting.
Lieutenant Robert +. Orr, of Company y, 18th
Regiment, has been unanimously elected captain
of Company NJ, vice Hermann. resigned. He has
been in temporary command for some time. owing
10 dissensions between the former captain and
members of the company Colonel Austen relieved
Hermann from command I'm consequence
Major General Roe has decided that the 18th Regi-
ment shall have the honor OF opening the state
camp Peekskill Saturday. June 20 Colonel
Dyer expects TO take over seven hundred men to
the camp The seth Regiment under Colonel Duffy.
will relieve the 18th at the camp June q. and if
there is sufficient money available from the state
tn. 18th Regiment will relieve the e9th July +
and return home the following Saturday In the
event of a short appropriation the 14rh will not
perform any camp duty this year
The officers Of the 22d Regiment will hold their
annual dinner the Hotel Astor the night of
May 23- Company will have march out on Long
Island next month for practical engineering in
strrction and a little later will hire tug for
outing up the Hudson River.
Company H OF the 23d Regiment has elected First
Lieutenant Alexander S. Hakley captain vice HUI
lett, resigned
show at the Carnegie Lyceum the night of
Friday May q. the benefit of the battery farm
at Salem Centre, y. Y. Ten acres under
cultivation, comprising oats and The farm
will be used in the summer a pasture for horses
drills also be held there.
The following members of the 18th Regiment have
received the decoration long and faithful
service: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Huston
and Color Bearer George j. Murphy, for twenty
years; Private Michael Abarno. OF Company X. for
Simons and ]. Paul JaInison and Sergeants Edgar
/. Ennis of Company G.. and Charles A. Wherlan,
of Company b. for years. The silver cup pre-
sented by Colonel Dyer for shooting has been
awarded Company b. and the Leonard trophy,
also for shooting, has been awarded to Company g.
Colonel Dyer has received with great regret the
resignation of Regmental tgusrtermaster Charles
S. Richards, on account OF his removal to ohio.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

none Of foolish enough to take the bet. We
all the scheme. If had bet he would have
caught them all.
IF you such expert in tricks with silver
dollars you probably know the trick which was
attempted at the ticket office during
the yearly exposition in my home city / said to
him. 1T is like this'-but he laughed and before
l had time to take the dollars, said:
'Oh. that's old one" He laid four Of the
silver dollars n table. took them up with one
hand and gave them L opened my hand
and found only three the other remaining in his
hand, between the thumb and the palm. Then
he showed A schedule Of his daily profits made
by making change at sideshow, theatre or any
other public attraction. 1T is a good business"
he said and ] sometimes pay as high so to
the managers for the privilege of selling tickets
His net profits from making change ranged from
$50 to $40 a day / astounded by his audaclty
and the boldness with which he confessed his ras-
caiity. His tricks recalled some of my experiences
with ticket sellers who had forgotten to give back
the right change. and 1 related the following
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
COUNTING AT BOTH ENDS.

Making change at both ends is trick played
IN saloons and other places where there are dis
honest people, said drygoods man. II make q
75-cent purchase and give a $ bill in payment
The man brings the change and counts aloud
'Seventy-fve centss handing my package. and
twenty-five cents makes dollar, two dollars.
three. dollars, four dollars, four twenty-five. anc
seventy-1ve cents, your purchase, makes five dol
lars He has deducted the 10 cents twice, at the
beginning and at the end. IL you in hurry
nine times out of ten you won't notice the mis-
take"
Substituting a 81 bill for s. bill is another
common way of swiudling,' said a glove man.
Your change from SO bill is So The counts
the correct change. including a s. bill before your
eyes. Then he hands it to you substituting 81
bill for the s. by clever manipulation"
1T pays to keep d sharp lockout at all times"
said short In the group. Il buy my mileage
and excess baggage books at home ticket Office,
and. 1 come home every Saturday and go out
Monday mornings I write out u check for the
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
-fn[LEGE ALUMNI
AS EDUCATORS
rtJFTR EMPLOYMENT By
1LM4 MATER.
I7n;-,ersitu Heads Agree That Best
Men. Irrespectiue of Institution,
Should Be Chosen.

,,, .eT-he Yale Alumni Weekly declared
= .,.re was q growing sentiment against what
.1.5 the dangers Of inbreeding " at Yale Uni
- " II illustrated its declaration by publishing
I+t.s of the faculty of the university as TO their
-, mater 1t showed that up 10 1877 only one
e. .raduate Of Yale had been elected TO a per-
-, ,,rofessorshIp in the Yale academic faculty
- - ,bi-tv years which have elapsed since then
= - .S nointed out. twenty-seven out OF forty-nine
o,-roeuts Of this rank, or % per cent, have been
- vsle men A compilation of original degrees
- ,-esent members of the faculties of Sheffield
-...,,fc School, the college and the graduate
,,ooJ showed that where . per cent OF the ap-
-4+-,ents made before 1900 that still hold were
yale men a per cent Of the appointment.
= se since that time have been Of men who weIe
- craouates Of Yale. The non-Yale men these
.,1,ies are to-day 81 per cent of the total men,
bership-
Tho mixed condition in the faculty OF the IA
ans Connecticut university is symptomatic, -or
=. tendency 10 employ teachers from the alumni
g si-t.- institutions is we'll advanced throughout
=. country Until President Hadley assumed the
.;ns Yale was among the Ilost conservative OF
-. schools Of learning in this respect. 1t is now
ceiling into line with many other institutions OF
,.-be- learning in the United States.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
PRESIDENT ANGELS VIEW.

As 70 the proposition itself President Angel said
.t,o-r,erlv MANY Of our colleges did suffer from
breeding in and in. I remember when 1t was
rare that one Of the older colleges appointed any
hut its ovr graduates to its faculty Happily the
usage is now largely changed, and as believe to
the great benefit Of the colleges and universities.
TIE extent 10 which the old usage has been
changed is shown by the fact that practically all Of
the presidents declared that in the selection OF
man for an appointment the rule the best man
obtanahe'' should be the first consideration There
were several, however. who pointed out the I'M
portsnce of having portion Of the faculty chosen
from the alumni OF the institution Among those
who emphasized this were Presidents Stryker OF
Hamilton, Rhees Of Rochester and King of Ober-
lin. When it came to the question of the proper
-ion which one class should bear to the other there
vas e difference of opinion.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
NAIJON4L GUARD NEWS

Ver'or Hughes has accepted the invitation 70
.s tHS parade in Manhattan Memorial Dav
incident TO the ceremonies planned bv, +ba C.rand
amy OF the Republic. from stand at the Soldiers
,, anu sailors Monument in Riverside Drive. The
iIhe OF march will be from I'D street and West
avenue 10 Riverside Drive. thence to s6th
iee'' "here the parade will be dismissed
AI'er the parade on Memorial Day members and
FORMER members OF the 7th Rerin1e,t ,-tr - -
"eSt Folnt to witness game of baseball between
HN'eam from the 7th and one from the cadets
special ualn will be provided on the West Shore
oao' 'he train boat leaving West 42d street at 1:15
r - anu oesorosses street at p. II. Tickets for
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
LETTERS FROM EDUCATORS.

-,. tribune has received letters from the presi-
s,.s IF q number of American colleges and uni
xs-sties regarding various phases of the tendency
=. avoid -,inbreeding' by introducing the alumni
r o+,,e- institutions into their faculties
Among the writers are Henry Pratt Judson' Uni-
,s-sit, of Chicago; Charles +. Rammelkamp, llli-
,o,s College: William ]. Tucker, Dartmouth; Mary
= R-ooIlev Mount Holyoke: NJ H Buckham, Uni
,ersity Of Vermont; Joseph Swain, Swarthnore'
cao-re z Fellows University Of Maine; David
s-s-r Jordan Leland Stanford Junior; j. II. T.
Main Iowa College: NJ. w Stryker, Hamilton;
George Harris Amherst; w E Huntington, Boston
f-niversitv. Rush Rhees, Rochester University; {.
II Ieverr1ore Adelpi: J. G. Merrill. Fisk Cniver-
.ity- James B. Angel, University Of Michigan:
t5enrv Church King. Oberlin and indirectly Presi-
dant Eliot Of Harvard.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

ise number of its own graduates, and II will
sometimes happen otherwise Indiana University
II Example has followed this policy for years,
Ioili IL mas 1esulteo the appointment of a large
lumber OF Its own graduates because a large num-
"0' OF the graduates are teachers At Swarth-
,"o'e the same policy has resulted the other vay
small percentage Of the graduates of
o"aTthmore College are teachers"
ne oanger of '1nhreedng' in the case OF such
- as Indiana University, apparently, ma V
Oe inooihed by wide experience in other colleges
and universities
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
IN THE WILD WEST.

story is told of woman whose husband had
one day been away from home much longer than
was usual. She waited patiently. however. when
TO her surprise and alarm. band of rufians rode
up and dismounted little distance from the hut
and. approaching her. the leader of the party ex-
claimed apOlogetically:
We come to tell yer, ma am that We lynched
your husband We admit we've hung the wrong
man. you've got the laugh on us there."-Il-
Iustrated Bits
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
BEWARE OF PIckPocKErs AND SNEAK THIEVES

The ways of the street thief, nnale and female.
are ingenious and varied. Our first illustration
depicts the "cute" method adopted by female
thief, who used two three strong elastic gar
ters TO convey out of tho shop into safer place
of deposit articles taken from counters, ETC.; (2)
a simple trick which can be played by one man,
dives an excellent Opportunity for exchangin
the wealth of this world; ~ how che female
ring snatcher sccretes a ring in her hollow boot
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

ter placed the money in her bag and went into
the hall There she counted the money and found
only three 81 bills OF them being doubled.
that If money counted at the ends there
appeared to be four bills. She returned to
the ticket window. laid down the money and de-
manded another dollar. But & OF no avail
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
=" MISTAkES' IN
MAKING CHANGE.
P4LNING FATORITE TRICK
OF TICKET SELLERS.
Folding Of One Bill SO 1t Resembles
Toco Method often Employed
-Forgetfut Statesmen.
by Carl Theedor Wettstein.

Some time ago I was sitting with other travel
Ing men IN n hotel at Oshkosh. Wis, when
young man Joined our company and amused US
by throwing five silver dollars into the air and
trying TO catch them, after the other. with
one hand they down. Each time of
the pieces fell to the floor. Finally he offered
bet a dollar that he could catch all of them, but
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
A GIFT!

Some navvies in railway carriage were once
in loud conversation, swearing boisterously the
while One of them was especially fluent
My friend" said another passenger in shocked
tones. where did you learn to use such Ian
guage?"
guvnor. It's Gift, that's wot II is."-Dundee
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

heel, filled with beesvsax; "a If hooded by turn
ing the tails of long coat over your head you
be safely "cudded" by from tho back.
pockets, while assistant secure your "red
stuff" from your wastcoat; 81 another neat
dodge of the street thief: (6) when your coat
is ierked from your back by the collar and is
brought down to the middle of your at the
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
LABOR-SAVING DEVICES.

do you know Sam. that man does not have 10
do as much work now he did ten years ago.
Yes sah I know it. Sah why. Is been
Xicd nearly eight years, sah.'-1onherS Statesman.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

minus GyUE VauebIes; % put anything
valuable in the tail pockets of coats, as they are
easily emptied by skilled operators (8) friend
iy Nandshake with stranger may result in the
gathering of loose but valuable rings; (9) apart
from the danger to health in giving light you
may be parting with your particular gold
hunter if you obIiqe stranger in this way.
The Tatler.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
THE FURSTENHOF,

GRAND OPEN LOCATION. AUToGARAGH
Rr1AfnG Hot and Cold Water. Private Batha
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22
A oulrTeR

Do didn't llFe his fob % bit
He didn't IKE his bose
De said 81 Boz should e'er be fired
% uomdnt Boz his loss
BE- rrumbied der his wages 900
% filtered through his mind
That nfe was Gar from good 20 him
The world f0rs00fh. unkind
ne watched tbe clock bands moving
when
BE got q chance 90 shlrk
Dee 0ldierei With vengeance while
ANOTHER did his work.
The years vent bg he didn't rise.
ifis paf was siiii The same
fnd d9 gou know thst fool declared
That he nas rot 20 blame?
-EVchange
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22

Account smlno Festival and CW
nltal under auspices BruWT ant
Houston Heights Fireman dunu lh
week of Amil 2o25. excursion ilch
etc win be- sold to Houston for ua.p
arriving April 2lst limit Arrl 2and.
also for trains arriving Aprl 9tth
limit April 2Gih one md onothIrl
fare Tor round trim See q o. ~
Agent til
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22

DEATH or MRS. ORA WILLIAMS
Was Laid 10 Rest a. Bethel Cemetery
Yesterday hfisrnoon-Llved Near
smstana.


Mrs Ona Williams die Sunday 81
her home in the smetana community
otter nm illness Of more than month
She recuperated 10 some extent o short
time ago. and hopes Tor her recovery
we're entertained. bat later che grow
worse 20 Che end Mrs Williams was
born and REARED in Brazos county aud
was thirty years old She was 81
daughter Of Mr. and Mfs y h. Smith
Who reside near smetana She leaves
tef husband and three small children
rd other relatives. and they have
fhe deep sympathy of aii m their
great bereavement
Mrs Williams was member of
Bethel Baptist church and her re-
mains were laid 20 rest at Bethel
cemetery yesterday morning at H.
O'Clock. Rev NJ Bullock conduttlne
the service She was o. true and de
voted wife and mother and kind
neighbor and FRIEND
Mr Williams who was 10 the city
yesterday asked the Eagle 20 express
hif sincere thanks 10 the friends ana
niehbors for their sympathy and as
distance incident 10 the illness and
cath of Mrs Williams Bach and ali
fe assured of his grateful remem
hrlnce.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22

Governor Hughes was r.ten q good
ovation upon hfs arrived Coz New York
city t0 speak AGAINST -ace track umb.
ing 70 BE- said that some of ire iee's-
ators who voted AGAINST the anG
gambling BIN ere afraid 90 eo home
and face their constituents
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22

n r. not of record that NE iaith cure
has ever repaired y broken bone. but
Bishop fallOws says u can BE- used
10 reconcile me esifabeed and ire
vent divorces
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-04-22

n Napoleon bad had D few Of me
new cannon That throw shot ahd she'll
from Paris 10 london. what no. would
have done ~ The Bbeisb would have
been n plenty