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The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Helen Erick's Good Work.

Miss Helen F'rick, daughter of the
Pittsburg millionaire, is said to be
taking the greatest pleasure in her
Thi'"ntl "0nic wcrl,, trarsYort'-g city
waits down to the farm which her
fat g. h-s given L. Cor tic pur~ ose.
She also has a boat where the half
sick children mGy lie and dream
themselves back to health. Miss
Frick is most enthusiastic, and, to.
gether with her mother, has most SEN
sible ideas as to how the money of
her father should be spent, and he
leaves 1t all to them. Miss Frick is
G petite type of girl, with auburn hair,
and has most charming manners and
a merry disposition that counts for
much in the sort Of work that she de-
sires to do.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Well.Pressed Cat.

A chair had been placed by the
counter in the drug store where the
stamps were sold. 1t seemed very
convenient. The woman sat down.
She got up as quickly and gave vent
to a little scream. for the cushion of
dark brown had squirmed
It's cat!" she cried, for after the
momentary squirming the cushion had
curled itself up again and gone back
to sleep.
Yes" said the boy, quietly, but 1t
doesn't matter. She's used to It.
Everybody that comes In to buy a
stamp sits down on her."
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
TESTING STRENGTH OF BRAIN
Simple Means by Which One May Do
termfne on Which Side Of
Boundary He is.

II the theory of a New York mag
istrate Is correct it is easy to ascer-
tain ones state of mind without hiring
an expensive alienist and submitting
ones self to an embarrassing volley
OF questions. Any one who has a lurk-
ing suspicion that perhaps the strain
OF life Is too great and who wants
to know the truth without evasion or
polite subterfuge, has but to close the
eyes and try to put the tip of the in
dex finger Of the right hand on the
end Of the nose. According to the
metropolitan Judge this is an unfailing
test Of sanity. Whoever is able to do
this at the first trial is presumably
sane. II the finger and the nose do
not touch there ia screw loose some
where
1t would perhaps be well for every
one who has a conscientious regard
for the welfare of others and who
wants to maintain an even mental bal
ance to apply this test every day, say.
the first thing in the morning on aris-
ing. If the finger and the nose come
into conjunction promptly all is WELL
If there is failure to occult it is time
to take advice. So simple test can
be conducted secretly. 1t is unneces-
sary to ask. rs my nose on straight?"
No mirrors are required. No one
need be called in to help. Just touch
the nose with the eyes shut and the
day begins sanely. That will be a
great comfort to many man who now
rises without perfect assurance that
he is on the right side of the faint
line that marks the boundary.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
ASTkS
Detroit TheosophIst Insists That He
Was Projected Across the World
While Asleep.

That in his sleeping hours recently
he became an actor in an episode of
the period of rioting and bloodshed.
which has been taking place in Tehe-
ran, the capital of Persia, Is the belief
of A. e. Madgwick. 1876 East Grand
boulevard. says the Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Madgwick is one of the most thor
oughly erudite theosophists in the
country.
Like all theosophists who accept the
ancient Vedantist philosophy. Mr..
Madgwick holds that during profound
sleep, the SELF or EGO" leaves its
earthly body and wanders at will
through the universe.
"Of course, all dreams are not of
one class" said he cautiously, after
he had with some reluctance consent
ed to talk Of his personal experience.
However, for this dream of mine:
/ seemed to be in big city with queer
oriental houses and narrow streets.
AS l walked here and there l heard
the sound Of guns, ard the yells and
shrieks and horrible sounds that nat
urally accompany fighting and massa-
ere in the streets. Suddenly / came
upon a body of soldiers who, as l
knew from their uniforms, were Rus
sians
These soldiers were killing, and to
get away l ran up a side street or al
ley with high wall at the end.
There I met another man who was
also trying to escape.
1--WE ran for the door Of house and
my comrade, who seemed determined
to take care Of me, pushed me inside.
AS he did so, l saw the gleam of a
bayonet and knew that he was gone,
though l was safe in the house. The
shock awoke me.
Persia is long way from Detroit,
nevertheless l am firmly convinced
that 1t was to Teheran that went in
my astral body that night"
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
BRYAN NOT
MEET JOE BAILEY
-Sp eciai 10 The -Ne,os

Special 10 TheNeus
ATLANTA, Ca, October More
Iuiiy setting forth his position with
regard to the proposed Joint debate
on the question of free raw material
Detween himself and William Pen.
hihgs Bryan at the Auditorium here.
senator Jos. w. Bailey, of Texas, has
sent the following telegram to the At.
lanta Young Mems Democratic
League: nMa~
L authorized my friends at EI
Faso to arrange a joint discussed be-
tween Mr.. Bryan and myself, and they
undertook to do so, but he objected on
'ne ground that it would initiate
against Democratic success in the next
congressional election. In view of that
statement by him, l am not willing "
put myself in the position Of urging
MIN to do what he thinks would he
against the interest of our party, but
IL he should change his mind about
the matter and consent to the al.
fahgement you propose, it would
please me very much to debat, the
question Of free raw material with him
at Atlanta whenever it may suit his
convenience.
A Gainesville, Tex, special to the
Constitution states that Senator Bal
ley forwarded similar telegram Ii-
rect to Mr., Bryan at Lincoln.
Mr.. Bryan has not replied to the IN
vitation.,
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
HorrorsI

New Jersey inventors, abetted by
local capitalists. have devised a fire.
cracker made entirely by machinery
at the rate of SO minute, at cost of
production less than the import duty
on Chinese firecrackers. No hu-
man hand" we are told touches the
cracker from the beginning of its man.
ufacture to the end" 1t is perhaps
too much to hope that no human hand
shall touch it afterward. Doubtless
many will, and We shall begin to hear
the result on the day after July A.
Boston Transcript
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
The Greeting Table.

A fad of the moment that is a
pretty one in the way of household
decoration is the greeting table that
stands Just within the door, and is the
first thing that the guest sees. 1t may
be plain affair, but it must con.
tain a vase or pot of flowers. In sum.
mer it is easy enough to have fresh
flowers each day, but in winter the
plant on the greeting table must he
something that blooms and will not be
hurt by the draught from the open
door Pink oxalis is suggested as a
hardy plant for this purpose or the
sorist may be able to suggest some.
shiuy even better.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
A Cruel Revelation.

Mrs. Bangs (who is suspicious)-
Why did you not come home last
night?
Mr.. Bangs (who has spent the night
in a police station with bibulous
friends)-I was detained by a sick
friend, my dear.
Little Bangs (who is bursting with
excitement)-Tommy Lynch saw you
and he says the sick one couldn't walk
straight. And did it hurt much?
Mr.. Bangs (trembling under his
wife's stare)-Did what hurt?
When the cops pinched you, pop?
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
His Safe Bet,

She-Fanny Feline, the suffragette,
says in this paper that all men are
horrid rats
He-That old maid! Well, bet
doughnut that if she could get a man
she wouldn't use any rat poison. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Her Dearest Friend.

Jack sent me a handsome mirror
for my birthday"
20, that accounts for It,"
Accounts for what?"
Yesterday he asked me If wom-
an ever got too old to be pleased with
looking glass"
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
When Is a Horse Not a Horse?

Little Muriel flew into the house,
flushed and breathless.
"Oh, mother" she cried, don't
scold me for being late to tea, for I've
had such a disappointment! A horse
fell down and they said they were 60
ing to send for horse doctor, so of
course l had to stay. And after I'd
waited he came, and, oh mother what
do you think? 1t wasn't horse doc
tor at all. 1t was only a man!"-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01

Miss Peachy-Weren't you about
the coolest man who played on the
varsity last season?
Mr.. s-Well-er-yes; I shiv-
cred from the time l entered the first
game till / came out of the lawst.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
The One Exception.

Isn't your climate rather change
able?"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
Il reckon we have about every kind
of weather there is, except good
weather. r."-Washington Star.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
He Knew.

Great novelist (dictating) - The
storm increased in fury, rain fell in
torrents and the gale shrieked all
night like-like-what shall say?
Secretary Gather Of three)-Like a
baby cutting its teeth.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
A Black Record.

There goes a man of low life and
dark deeds"
Mercy on usl What does he do?"
Cleans cellars and shoyels in coal"
Baltimore American.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Forced to Move.

Bill-"Your friend moves very
often, doesn't he?"
Jill-"Yes."
Does he think it is cheaper than
paying rent?"
"Oh, no; he lives in the cyclone
belt, you know"
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Misunderstood.

Mrs, Hoyle-One OF my ancestors
was a signer OF the Declaration OF In.
dependence.
Mrs Doyie-Whose divorce decree
aso he sign?
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
New Orleans & Northeastern
Hattiesburg Central Time.

Hattiesburg Central Time.
Nc Arrives Departs
5 ..... 1925 a. IN. ......10:90 a. N.
... 11:25 a. m. ...... 1880 a. N
8 ... 9:15 p. m. ...... 9:20 p. N.
2 ...... 11:05 p. m. ...... 1l:10 p. l..
South Bound.
No. Arrives Departs
1 ...... 500 a. II. ...... 5:25 a. IN
.. 1880 a. N. ...... 11:2O a. N.
3 ...... 4:5S p. m. ...... sos p. M
. ...... 9:08 p. IN. ...... 400 a. n.
Effective May 9th.
GULF G. SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.
General Passenger Department.
Passenger Service.
MAIN LINE.
No. 5. No. 8.
Nv. jackson. 100 a. N. 1886 p. m.
Nv Hattiesburg 9:43 a. m. 1913 pm.
Ar. Gulfport. 1880 p. m. 1000 pm,
No 4. No. 6.
Lv. Gulfport 7:4O a. m. 4:25 p. m.
~. Hattiesburg 1O:90 a. m. 7:49p.m
Ar. Jackson 1: :55 p. m. 11:00 p. m.
Columbia Division (via. Silver Greek
and Columbia.
No. 101. No. 102.
1880 m. Lv Mendenhall Ar 9;25 p. m.
LAO p. m. Ar Gulfport Lv 2:45 p. m.
No. 109. No. 110.
2:30p. m. Lv Jackson Ar 1915 a. n.
6:20 D. m. Ar Columbia Lv 6:1O:a m.
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesburg
and Gulfport with all lines.
For further information, apply to,
THOS. P. HALO,
Second Vice-Pres., Gulrport, Miss
Effective Aug. 29, 1909.
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
NoRTHRoUNp.
no. II arrives l1:53 a. N.
lNo. 16 arrives 1928 p. m
! souTHsoUNn.
ffao IL leaves 6:15 a. M
No. is leaves s'4Sx. u
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
RAILROAD ZINE TABLES
SISSiSSiPPi CENTRAL RAILROAD
Passenger Service.

Effective June 20, 1909.
No. No.. 5
Lv lIattiesburg.. 6:15 a. m. 2:30 p. IN
Lv Silver Creek. 1927 a. m. 4.39 D. n
Lv Vanilla. .... 81 AZ a. m. 4:59 p. m
Ar. Brookhaven. 9:35 a. N. SAG p. m
Lv. Brookhaven. 9:3S a. m. $3.50 p. m
Nv. RoXie ........ .11:21 a. m. 1888 pm
Ar. Natchez. -. .12:15 p. m. $3.50 p. m
No.2 No.i
Nv. Natchez 80. $3.50 a. N. 80 p. m
Lv. Roxie. ..... 7:24 a. m. 2:44 p. m
Ar. Brookhaven. 9:0S a. IN. 80 p. m
Lv. Brookhaven. GIL a. m. A.: so p. m
Lv. Vanilla. .... 1851 a. m. 5:39 p. M
Nv. Silver Greek. .10:17 a. m. SO p. IN
AR Hattiesburg. IL: 80 p. m. $40 p. N
Trains run daily.
R. D. REEVES,
General Passenger kxant
Hattiesburg, Misc.
The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01

Effective June 20, 1903.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
WAGES OF WOMEN.
---s--
If Paid More Home Life Might
Lose It's Charm.

In deploring the fact hat women are
usually paid less than men for the same
work, many writer's overlook certain
points which. are necessary to a just
consideration of the question. AS no
one individual or corporation, more
than another, is to blame, it is the
world in general that must be blamed
or justified.
With many notable exceptions, the
world tends to frame its customs so as
to work out the greatest good to the
greatest number. The individual must
be forever secondary to the common
good. The question may her be
stated thus: Can we blame the world
for not encouraging women to give up
the proper feminine ideals of home-
making by making them even-handed
competitors with men and independent
of them? The world especially needs
two things, more and better. homes and
more and better people. Is 1t to he
blamed for not framing its customs to
attain those ends? If it be denied that
this general result is good, then II may
be denied that the means to gain 1t are
good.
But If 1t be admitted that the general
result is the right one, then the world
Is justified in not encouraging too great
a divergence from whatever will CON
duce to that end. The world is justified
in saying to woman For you business
is but a preparatory school, a stepping
stone, a partial service. Your real work
Is to be wife and mother. Be employed
at any useful work so long as that
seems best for you individually, but
remember that you are endowed with a
higher capacity for service, and there
Is need for your work In the home" TIC
give emphasis to this dictum. n to
keep 1t hourly fresh In mind, the world,
perhaps wisely and kindly, declines to
encourage woman overmuch to prefer
an independent life.
1t is difficult, If not impossible, to
speak in general terms of the problem
of in business without seeming
to c~ountenance many fragrant wrongs
In presenting this view 1t is not tc
Justify any known Injustice the reader
may have in mind, but to afford a per.
spective which may enableI us to con.
slider universal acknowledgements.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN.
Both Were the Objects of At
tack and Abuse.

Standing in times of supreme cris IS,
no two men in our public life have been
mere maligned or misunderstood. AS
commander-in-chief of the revolution
airy armies, Washington was revfled
and plotted against, yet his splendid
~self-control was lever shaken. In con-
scious rectitude of purpose. he wrapped
himself as in a cloak. Driven from
coveted seclusion at Mount Vernon, to
become the first President of the infant
State, newspapers and politicians vent
ed all their spleen Upon him. even ac-
cusing him of aspiring to be king under
The gulse of democracy. Jefferson de-
CARED that ne was the most sensitive
man to criticism that he ever knew.
Nevertheless, as commander of the
army, so now, as President he endured
with patience. the taunts of traducers.
80 much patience of mind" says owen
Wister, seems never to have belonged
to any other great man"
But a close second, at least, is Lin
coin. BY the South, whose ambitions
he was thwarting, he was hated with
an intense hatred, yet did he not ever
maintain a friendly spirit toward the
South? BY the radical wing of his
own party, greatest abuse was heaped
upon him, because. %forsooth. his pace
upon abolition was too slow; still,
though saddened at heart, not once did
infinite patience desert him. Criticized
and conspired against, even by men,
bers of his Cabinet, for the sake of his
country. he held his peace. Like all
great spirits he was content to bide the
time when all men would come to APP
p~reciate the singleness and unselfish-
ness of his motivesA In our own fever
ish day, bent as we are on doing things
and %brooking no stay from any hand,
we do well to look to our two supreme
names to note their quality of simple
patience with fellow-men and with slow
unfolding of events. one of the surest
tokens of their real greatness,-Leslie's
Weekly,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
TROLLEY LINE TO
JOIN EL|zABETH
TO PERTH AMSOY
Former United States Senator
Pettigrew at Head of New
Development Company.

ELIZABETH, April 10. = Former
United States senator Pettigrew and
his associates have completed plans to
develop the section from this city south
to Perth Amboy by the identification OF
the entire distance In rapid transit.
They have formed the Traction Devei-
opnIent Corporation of New Jersey,
which will construct trolley lines for
nearly fourteen miles. With branches in
Elizabeth. Elizabethport, Linden. Trem-
ley. Railway and Carteret, the new
town of Roosevelt, Canda, Chrome,
Woodbridge and Perth Amboy.
Those interested with Mr.. Pettigrew
are Richard NJ. Montgomery, Percival
S. Jones and j. Aspinwall Hodge. Ar.
.~rangements are now being made t con-
meet with the McAdoo system and with
THE other electric lines which meet the
terminals proposed for the new service.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
GETTING OFF THE EARTH.
Said Now to Be $500 Ways of
Doing This.

In 1880 an ingenious Frenchman call
culated that there were II, 900 different
way of getting off the earth. The adj
vance Of civilization n progress has
now increased the figure to 50, 500.
Statistics prove that LOO persons die
every year through swallowing things
such as pins. needles, studs, buttons,
pieces Of bone. unmasticated meat and
false teeth. This is due to hurry.
In New York alone there are 1900
street accidents a month. These acct
dents arise almost entirely from the
anxiety of h popuiaee to get there
quickly. There is no other reason why
cabs, motors, bicycles. carts and trolley
cars should go dashing along, hurting
off arms and legs and filling the hos.
pitfalls with casualty cases.
In order to keep up with the demand
triumphant science is always devising
fresh apparatus to save time and accel.
crate speed. Take electricity. for ex.
ample. You frequently read in the pa
pers that somebody has died suddenly
through touching a live wire. Doctors
all agree hat this is the quickest deaf
ever invented. And as electricity now
plays SO large a part in modern life
IL is satisfactory to know that II any
one of us should happen to come in
contact with a live wire there Is nc
delay. 1t is quicker and more reliable
than chloroform-a fact which appar,
entity was not known to the chief actot
in this tragedy.
After chloroforming two cats a,
artist killed himself by the sam
means"
We are not told why the decease,
did 1t. Probably 1t was because thi
age Is in too great a hurry to patroniz
art. Or 1t may be that he was so wor
ried by the danger of being alive an
the endless possibilities of bein
knocked down. blown up or otherwis
cut off by violence that he chose a sal
and easy way out of It.
Statistics prove hat home Is a dan
gerous place. Progress and the desir,
to equip ourselves with convenience
have undermined home with deadl,
wires and pipes, gas that may explod,
and boilers that may burst. And
agreeable to the demand for hurry
houses are now run up by the builde
at such a speed that they are capabl
of coming down with celebrity.
Walls or ceilings may collapse at
moments notice. chimneys may crasI
through the roof or the flooring sub
side and launch you hurriedly into tn
cellar. Consequently it is proved. b.
figures that you're a lot safer in Al
express train than at home.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
Lee is generally called 1.-THE mar the

Lee is generally called the nan they
couldn't hang and undoubtedly this
%appellati1n is deserved, and very APP
propriate. Just twenty-three years ago
he was convicted of the murder of the
woman by whom he was employed as
butler at Babbacombe, and a sentence
of death vas passed upon him. Evil
IDENTIFY providence has a special fate
reserved for Mr.. Lee, because he es-
capped unframed, although several at
tempts were made to hang him at the
Exeter jail. The gallows in each in
stance refused to act, n three times.
when the condemned man had taken his
stand upon the drop, 1t failed to fall
The remarkable part of it all was that
previous to the actual tests the mechan-
ism always worked perfectly.
The news of the inability to execute
John Lee spread throughout the coun-
try. creating a great sensation and
making famous the Babbacombe MUIR
der. So great an impression was made
that Lees sentence was committed 20.
penal servitude. and he was released a
year ago after doing twenty-five years
of HIS time.-Harper's Weekly.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
MILL TURNED INTO CHURCH,
Congregation Finds It Better
Than the SchOOIr0Om..

twenty years ago. says a writer in
the April Wide World Magazine. when
the villagers living off the borders of
Reigate Heath, Surrey, England, had
no place of worship nearer than the
parish church, a service was held in a
schoolroom close by, and was so we'll
attended that the authorities looked
around for a suitable permanent build
ing. The erection of a church was out
of the question, but there stood on the
heath the remains of an old mill, a
picturesque feature in a beautiful bit
of landscape.
Inspection showed that once the rats
were got rid of a comparatively small
outlay would furnish and render the
mill fit for public worship, and soon it
was opeLed as the Chapel of the Holy
Cross. The interior of the chapel
interest.
Four buttresses, four feet thick by
six feet in height. serve as rests for
two massive beams which cross each
other in the centre n support an up
right shaft, cracked with age and
strongly bound with iron bands. The
buttresses. make four natural a~lcoves.
The entrance door stands in me-, and
Immediately opposite is the altar; the
harmonium is placed in a third, and the
bell-ringer sits close beside it and rings
his bell; the fourth is occupied by the
congregation.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
PRODUCTION OF GOLD.

The London Statist gives the worlds
production of gold in 1908 as the largest
in history, or $409. 900, 900, against $500, :
900, 600 in 1907 and $3.50, OO0. 900 in 1906.
The outlook is for a further expansion
of gold production because of It's stable
value, more economical mining with
modern machinery, and the thorough
extraction. compared to the loss of one
third of the gold in milling a genera
ton ago.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-19
CONTRACTS FILED.

These contracts were filed in the county
clerks office today:
Rudolph Heller, owner. with O'Connell &
Hilser. contractors, plumbing work, 1865;
Milton street, Maplewood.
William Lidgerwood. owner, with Frank
Allison. contractor, ~excavating work; nc
estimate given; Hillside avenue.
Rosaline B. Westcott. owner, with
HUNTER Lindsay. contractor, Plumbing work
s., 100; Newark.
Frederick w. Settle, owner, with Alban
Wragg, contractor, painting work, s2o5;
Mapes avenue.
Elizabeth, A.. Quinn. owner, with William
j. Crooks jr contractor. mason work,
81, $40; North Third street. Same owncf
with A. ]. Donahue, contractor. carpenter
work, S2.915; same premises. Same owner
with F. J. joyce. contractor, plumbing
work, S1,025, same premises.
Charles F. Baines. owner, with John
Picken. contractor, all the work. A,750; LIN
coin street, Montclafr.
Edith b. Biddulph, owner, with William
]. BrokaM contractor. mason work, sl,575;
Hawthorne avenue, Glen Ridge.
Frederick C. Wackenhuth, owner, with
Jacob Rau, ji.. contractor, plumbing work,
$40; Tichenor street.
William ID. Bleick and Morris Bambergcr,
owners, with Abraham Giassnerr, com
tractor. oil the work, Sl2,c00; Johnson and
Hillside avenues.