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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
FREAK CHARITIES.

From Memphis News-Scimitar.
"A Michigan woman leaves $4,000
to her home city for the purpose OF
providing meals and baths Tor
tramps. At about the same time q
New York woman has left $4,000
TO provide home for stray cats and
dogs.
z (which has bequeathed the more
wisely?
.To be sure, the dogs and cats
don't have souls. But, maybe, mel
Their have tramps. If they have, they
make poor use of them. Souls would
increase their responsibility and d.
minlsh their excuse.
THE dog and cat, however, have
NO souls, are not required to know
any better than to be strays. In the
same degree that tramp has soul
and knows better, he is. less to be
sympathized with and pitied
"The stray dog is willing to mend
his ways. At the slightest encour-
agement he is ready to cease wan
dsring and settle down to stay. He
lovingly ticks the hand that deigns to
feed or fondle him, and his wagging
tail attests the sincerity of his graft
tude. He is the faithful friend Of
all who befriend him. He gladly be.
comes a fixture the moment there is
any affection to affix himself to. He
tries his best to always be decent
and settled and respectable. The
dog does not live that does not yearn
to be q member of a happy home,
and strive its best to be worthy OF 1t.
The homeless dog is not necessarily
of q low disposition or perverted
character; he is homeless only be-
cause of the low disposition of man.
The dog looks up to man as a. god,
and this would be a far better world
all around If man worshiped and
served his God with half the faith
and devotion with which the dog
worships and serves man.
1T is all just the reverse with the
human tramp. Duty and responsible
ity are not in his vocabulary. He is
as ignorant of gratitude as he is con-
temptuous of conventional obliga
tons. He regards the hand-out as
his due in the world and is ready to
hate and harm the hand that is ex-
tended to him in helpfulness. He
exists as a parasite and outcast, not
because he must, but because he
wants to. To feed him is only to
1ix him more comfortably in his chos-
en- place. To battle him-but that
part is only misguided philanthro-
pist's dream.
There are vices in the world that
ought to be starved and kicked out
Uut Of it. The tramp is one of them.
1T is too bad that these two good
hearted women had not heard while
they lived that there are such things
as poor tenement babies and worn
put. sick mothers to whom a little of
he money being freakishly lavished
p dogs and cats and tramps, might
have come as blessing of heaven"
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

"Old Buttons" the horse ridden by
the late Senator Carmack of Ten
nessee when he was a school boy,
died at his old home near Columbia,
aged IS years. In recognition Of his
distinguished services in his early
youth, "Old Buttons" was tenderly
laid away in a grave dug by human
hands and watered by the tears OF
his owner
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
Horses Are Scarce,

Washington.-Quartermaster Gen.
eral Aleshire has received a report
from an officer who has been investi.
eating that horses suitable for cavalry
and artillery are scarce and high in
most of the central western states.
The officer said he did not believe an
order for five or six carloads of horses
could be filled in Iowa.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

"A real wit, man worth having.
fit to live, kindly, clean, honest fig
ure In the masque Of humbugs called
politics-good old Uncle Solon!" is
the tribute Of the New York Sun to
Scion Chase, who had lived until he
was almost forgotten by the world.
Sixty-seven years ago, he was rejected
as "consumptive" by the West Point
authorities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
HUMAN NATURE JUST THE SAME.

Mark Twain, Bret Harte or some
body wrote not many years ago, that
there's lots of human nature in
folks" Three thousand years ago
Aristotle wrote:
Nowadays for the sake of the prof
1t to be made out Of the public purse
and official position, men want to be
always in office. They hunt after
places with such eagerness that one
might think that they were invalids
to whom health was impossible ex-
cept when in office"
Through all the cycle of years hui
man nature and folks seem to be the
same, yesterday, to-day and forever
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
COED at 70.

Columbus, O.-Mrs. A. D. Winship
OF Racine, Wis, although nearing her
seventy-ninth birthday, has entered
Ohio State university for the regular
collegiate course. For the last two
years she attended summer school at
the university, taking special studies.
She will study psychology and litera.
ture especially. She says that she
has planned a course of study that
will keep her occupied until she
reaches her ninetieth birthday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
BIG RAILROADS
ARE SEPARATED

New York, December lit was
semi-officially stated this afternoon
that negotiations for the separation
of the Rock Island and st. Louis and
San Francisco systems had been sat
isfactrily concluded.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
Nearly browns on Train

Altoona. Pa.-Beating his way home
on the front end of an express car
on a PENNSYLVANIA train. r. A. Pettin-
ger OF Harrisburg was almost drowned
when the locomotive took water on
the ny at Sang Hollow. Chilled to the
marrow he climbed over the locomo-
tive tender to get warm, and the en-.
smesr thought he was another train
robber, until he learned the truth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

II you want baseball in Hattiesburg
next summer make no conflicting en-
gagement for Friday evening, and at
tend the meeting at the Hotel Hatties- |
burg at 1880 p. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

President Taft will have Congress
on his hands next Monday, and Con-
gress will have Uncle Joe on its
hands. Next November Uncle Joe
will have his constituents on his
back. and after that we hope his con-
stituents will have Uncle Joe on his
back.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
KING COTTON.

The News is indebted to tao Nash
Vile American for the following in
teresting, summary:
''The 1909 cotton crop of the South,
including by-products. will yield ap-
prozimately Zone billion) s1.OOO.Ooo,-
~, which is the greatest amount ever
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

FOR RENT-Two or three nice un-
furnished rooms, to couple without
children, for light housekeeping
location near Fifth and Main, Ad-
dress P. o. Box 1917. 24-5t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01

FOR SALE-At once cheap for cash
Union Pressing Club. For inrorno
ton call at 112 Mobile street 2o9t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-01
WANTS
WANTED-Contractor with teams;
and scrapers to put in dam for
large pond. Ingram-Day Lumber
Company, Lyman, Miss. 3O-St

WANTED-Roomers and boarders.
Cumberland phone 473. 15.17t
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Beginning of Story Completed by Juniors

can travellers, but Mrs. Hopkins
was little bit disappointed be-
cause her old friend did not come
to meet her. She realized, how
ever, that this hospitable custom
was not in vogue in Europe.
Mary and Jessie were sitting
together in the back seat of the
auto and as they passed an un-
usually beautiful country place,
far handsomer than anything
they had ever seen before, they
decided that that must be Bal
moral and Immediately resolved
that they would set out at the
first opportunity to visit this
place.
Their chance came sooner than
they expected, for they had gone
only little way farther when
bang Ia tire burst. While the
chauffeur was busy making the
necessary repairs the girls got
out of the car and in strolling
about managed to slip away quite
unobserved by their parents or
Carl
In a few moments the new tire
was set and the machine ready to
proceed. a fact which was an
nounced by long blast on the
siren horn. But no girls respond
ed to the call.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

waists, and in front was the captain,
and he counted zone, two, three, ana
off went the boys. running, trying to
see who could beat. The one VINO got
to a certain post first would get d
dollar.
In another place there stood cake
on pole, and on each side stood boy;
there were four sides. And there stopd
a woman near and when she counted
to ten the boys began to eat the cake:
The first one that got to the mlddle OF
the cake with his mouth would get the
dollar which was in the middle OF the
cake.
When the smallest boy got it there
was great hand clapping.
In another place was tree shaped Oh
wood which was made so slippery that
II was hard for any one to climb it. 1t
was covered with cake, fruit, candies,
TOYS and all kinds of things, and the
one who could climb up could get any
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

thing he wanted. After they all tried
to climb it, and couldn't, little boy
about years old tried it, and he got
up and took a gold watch and pocket
knife and candies, and came down.
Then they asked him why he didn't
take a box of money. He said he
didn5t know there was any He tried
to climb up again, but could not.
Then they went and looked at the
plants and flowers and all kinds OF
beasts and birds, and at last came to
cage where a man was with a monkey
dancing. : AS all three stood there
watching Jessie once more remembered
her party, and reminded Mary OF IT,
and without telling Mr.. Howell the girls
ran out.
AS they neared the gate. who should
thew see coming but their parents after
them in the same automobile.
Mr.. Hopkins took the girls and on
their way home they had to tell the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
0H ERE'S letter from
Scotland for you, my


Scotland for you, my
DEAR" remarked Mr..
Hopkins one morning as the
waiter brought i'll the breakfast
and the letters at the same time.
For me?" asked Mrs. Hop
kins. "Why, who do I know in
Scotland?"
ooh, it's from my old school
friend Eleanor Brownt" she ex-
claimed. "You know she married
a wealthy Scotch nobleman and
she has just heard that we are i'll
England and wants us to come
and spend few days with her.
The girls will be glad to know
that we live quite near Balmoral
castle, where Queen Victoria used
to spend so much time, and al
though the royal family is now
in London, my husbands position
will enable us to visit the castle, ="
Mrs. Hopkins read from the letter.
Needless to say trunks were
quickly packed and the Hopkins
family started back to Scotland
to make this visit, which prom
ised to be so delightful.
A big touring car was waiting
at the station to meet the Ameri-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Mary and Jessie Make Visit to BahnoraI Castle
(Honorable Mention)

N HE girls walked along the hedge
little way until they found little
Il side gate. There we're no guides
there, so they went inside and found
themselves in a beautiful flower garden
with a fountain in the center and water
lilies growing on the water. They
walked around there a while, when
Mary heard people talking and said,
Lets slip up real quietly behind the
bushes and see who it is"
They saw two girls about their own
age playing tennis. Mary and Jessie
both liked to play tennis very much, so
they decided they would stay ana
watch them. They seemed to be such
nice girls that Mary and Jessie thought
they would go over and talk to them
and tell them how they came to be in
there.
One of the girls lived at the castle
and the other was visiting her. They
asked Mary and Jessie to come in ana
play They had been playing about fit-
teen minutes when Jessie happened TO
think of where they were going that
night, and said, "Oh, Mary, l expect
our tire is fixed and mother Will De
worried about us.
So Mary thanked the girls for letting
them play, and Mary and Jessie started
back.
Neither of them could find the little
gate so they went back to the girls,
and then the four girls walked out TO
the main entrance together ana mary
and Jessie thanked them and ran out
to their auto. which had been waiting
for them half an hour.
Their father had gone out to hunt
Them r. OLIVE MlLHOUS'
Whittier, r. f. D. No. l; first year
prep, Whittier college; age IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

whole story. They enjoyed their new
home very much. The next day the
party went to visit the wonderful place,
and Mary and Jessie had to stay at
home for punishment.
ELIZABETH AGNES.
1923 North Catalina, Pasadena; age IA.
''What a beautiful place this is re-
marked Jessie, as the two girls passed
through the great iron gate and made
their way to the gardens of the castle.
"It is beautiful indeed" replied
Mary. "I have always heard and read
a great deal of Balmoral castle and
often have wished l could see it.
The girls passed many beds of pretty
flowers carefully laid out and bordered
with different varieties of cactus and
ferns. They became much interested
in the flowers, together with the pretty
shade trees that overshadoWed their
path AMI in wandering about came
across a small lake with willow trees
extending their long dropping branches
over the water.
There were some beautiful white
swans swimming about which were
very tame. Mary petted one of them
as they came up to the waters edge
for food.
Just then the superintendent of the
grounds appeared and asked them il
they had permission to visit the gar
dens. They answered that they having
seen the gates open had merely come
to see the gardens. The superintendent
was kind man so he excused them
and the two girls walked quietly out.
Upon reaching the street they saw
their auto coming after them and with
in few moments were with the rest
of their party.
ARTHUR MOBILES.
S24 East Twenty seventh street.
Twenty eighth Street school, grade AT,
age l3.
When Mary and Jessie left they went
back down the road through a big
gate. They wandered in and out
among the trees and flowers. Soon they
came to a spring.
Its funny" remarked Mary, that
there are not many people around 1
imagine there would be quite a lot"
As they sat looking at the fountain
a man in an officers uniform passed.
"I'm glad he didn't notice us-arent
your" said Jessie.
"Yes," answered Mary. "for he prob
ably would put us out"
The girls got up and wandered down
another short path. They stopped and
stood looking at the castle. Then they
walked on. The road wound around
and they came to the gate once more.
AS they did so the touring car with
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins in it came up.
Come on, you girls" said their
mother. II thought we had lost you"
The girls entered the car and were
driven away at a rapid pace.
FRANK HOWELL.
ass Third street. Boyd street school,
grade B6
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

I once went to a new gnu.
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That I screamed and I'm sure you "ou'u
KITTY CARLSON,
s21 East Fifty-fourth street. Hooper ave-
nue. school. AS grade.
once went to see a new gnu
A wonderful beast the zoo,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That 1 almost lost my shoe
CLIFFORD o'REILLY.
1921 Manitou avenue, Sacred Heart
school. A5 grade.
I once went to see a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such fright
From the terrible sight
That it scared me through and through.
r. OLIVER MILHOUS,
Whittier, R. F. D. No. l, first year prep
aratory Whittier college. age H.
I once went to see a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But | had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That my dreams were Of 1t the night
REX TURNMIRE.
Grade B4, Mckinley school, ase . years.
Santa Monica
once went to a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That never more would 1 visit zoo.
FRED o. hLID,
4O6 East Sixth street. Boyd street school,
A5 grade age IL.
once went to see a new gnu
A wonderful beast in the ZOO,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That 1 ran home and cried boo, boo
MARGARET HECox.
Grade five, ase 10 years oceansde.
I once went to see a gnu
A wonderful beast in the zoo.
But l had such fright
From the terrible sight
ran away very quick. wouldn't you?
HELEN MARIE BURGE,
Age s, grade B3. 123 Surf street, wash
ington school. Ocean Park.
I once went to new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That 1 didn't sleep that night.
JUANITA LA FONTAlNE,
Guadalupe age IL, grade fifth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

1 once went to gnu,
A wonderful beast in the ZOO
But 1 had such fright
From the terrible sight
I and cried boo boo.
BERTHA DUKES,
1884 Fedora street. Berendo street school,
B7 grade.
I~once went to see a gnu,
A wonderful beast in the ZOO
But had such fright
From the terrible sight
That picked up my legs and flew
FRANK TOM HOWELL,
ass East Third street. BIG grade.
/ once went to a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the Zoo
But 1 had such fright
From the terrible sight
That l took to my heels and I few.
Darrell TURNMIRE,
Santa Monica, Mckinley school, age 8.
grade b.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
Limerick Contest Continued
Continued from Page Five.

,Dl Page Five)
I once went to see gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But | had such a fright
From the terrible sight
All 1 did was to cry boo, boo
us East Fiftieth street "A grade. Nc
Kinley avenue school. age 10.
I once went to see new gnu.
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That 1 never go back to the zoo.
LEE THOMPSON,
Box 2e1. route TO- tenth year. Hollywood
Union high school. Hollywood age 10 years
l once went to see a new gnu.
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That my heart went right down in my shoe.
FRED BEEMAN,
ss1h South Olive street. German school,,
grade As
I once went to see gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That / ran home CRYING boo, boo.
MAUD L. WALKER,
519 Ganahl street, cornwell street school,
grade As.
I once went to see a gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
And l knew why the children were few.
JOHNNY CLAUDINO,
663 West Thirty-sixth place, Jefferson
street school, Az grade.
I once went to see a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That 1 didn't know what to de-
JESSIE CLAUDINo,
66s West Thirty sixth place, Jefferson
street school, AS grade.
I once went to see new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But 1 had such a fright
From the terrible sight
That to stay there was all | could do
TOM METCALFE,
S42 South Bonnie Brae, grade AS Cam
bria street school.
I once went to see a new gnu,
A wonderful beast in the zoo,
But l had such a fright
From the terrible sight
II makes me cry to think of It, boo, boo.
ANNA CHUML,
Tustin grammar school, grade six, age IL,
P. o. box Santa Ana. r, F. d. No. l.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
prize Story

w HEN finding that no one an
w swered, they retraced their
course, but no signs of the
girls were found. Not wishing to
be delayed Mr. Hopkins left Carl be-
hind to hunt for the girls. The chauf-
feur instructed him, so he could find
the way back.
In the meantime the girls hurried
along the road to the castle. The gate
was open and they hurried through
They found themselves in the most
beautiful garden they had ever seen.
Flowers of every color and variety
were grown in profusion. The girls
were delighted and ran from walk to
walk, smelling and admiring all they
saw.
They found themselves at the door of
the castle, pushed it open and walked
in. Beautiful carpets and rugs lay on
the floors, lOVeIy upholstered chairs
and large gilt-framed portraits. OH
what lovely, lovely place this was!
They wandered from room to room, un-
til they found themselves before a love-
ly lady, attired in blue satin, and the
prettiest brown curly hair and brown
eyes. She looked at them, and then
they were. I'VE are Mary and Jessie
Hopkins" the girls replied, almost to-
gether, and one of our tires burst, so
we thought we would come and explore
the CASTLE but we didn't know any
body lived here And We'll go home
right away L mean We'll go back to
the automobile
"One of your tires burst" said the
queen, for that is what she was. "Oh
I suppose you mean the automobiles
tires"
Yes, that is it," they said.
Il would ask you to stay awhile. but
your automobiles tires are mended by
now, very likely; SO you had better
hurry on
We'll, good by" said the girls; 1--WE
may see you again."
Good by" replied the queen.
They found Carl waiting for them,
and soon reached their destination.
FLOSSIE GERMAN,
COS South Sycamore street, Santa
Ana; age II, rrade BS, First street
school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13

There was, of course, great excite
ment. The chauffeur said he had seen
two girls enter the Balmoral grounds,
but had thought nothing of it. They
all went in where the chauffeur said
he had seen the girls enter and COM
menced to search for them
The girls had entered the grounds
and the first thing Mary did was to
run up to an oak tree and hug it.
But she let go with a cry of pain.
The tree was hollow and a hive of
bees were encamped therein. One of
these had stung Mary. She seized a
rock and hurled it at the tree with a
result that it went through a rotten
part into the tree. The bees came out
and buzzed around awhile and then
went back into the tree While Mary
was lamenting her misfortune a man
came up and asked her what was the
matter
Mary told him and he said. "Oh, I'll
fix that all right" He went to the
tree and cut hole at the bottom with
a knife he carried and then told Mary
and Jessie to gather some twigs. They
brought the twigs and he put them
in the hole he had made and set them
afire. AS soon as they were burning
well he put some green grass on and
started a smudge. After it had smoked
awhile he cut a hole higher up and
took out two great honeycombs and
gave one to each of the girls.
They thanked him and started to
eat the honey, when Jessie thought of
the auto trip.
They turned and ran down the path.
They had not gone far when they met
the searching party. Mrs. Hopkins
was too overjoyed to find them safe to
scold. They returned to the auto and
resumed their journey without further
accident. FRED o. REID.
416 East Sixth street, Boyd Street
school, grade AS, age H.
The girls ran with joy toward the
beautiful country place, and as they
reached the gateway they discovered
an elderly looking gentleman coming
toward them, a bunch of carnations in
his hands.
ITO which of you girls shall I give
these?" he asked
"Give them to met" cried both of the
girls at the same time.
"Well, I'll give them to you" he said,
looking at Jessie, "and you may divide
them with her."
Are you girls here to look at this
place?" he asked. YES" replied the
girls, but we are afraid we'd get, lost
in here alone"
'Well, will take you all over with
me if you wish"
Yes, yes, do" replied the girls, joy
fully.
First we will see the children's .ex-
hibition. See it over there" he said,
pointing toward the east side corner.
The girls looked and discovered great
crowd gathered in lines on both sides
along the path.
How much does it cost to see it?"
said Jessie.
"Tf doesn't cost ANYTHING" renlied
Mr.. Howell, who had already told the
girls his name. They all three took
their places, and what do you think
they saw? A line of bows about 9 years
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-08
Banco de Puerto Rico
(1er.) (2o.) (3er.)
ANUNCIO

Habiend0 sufrido eytravio ell Extrac-
to de Inscription ] 1857 que acredita Ia
propiedad de veintc acciones de este
Banco n1meros 5,737 5,756 inscriptas
4 nolnbre de don Clotilde Santiago RI,
vera solicitado por ell Albacea testa-
mentario. en- nombrp de la Succession de
dicho scfor. la expedic6n de un dupli-
cado de dirho Extracto, Sc pone en- COMO
cimiento del pihlico, por medic de este
anuncio que sera publicado tres veccs
con intervalos de diez dias, dicha soil
citud, asi como que, transcurridos dos
mcses desdc la publication del primer
anuncio sin reclamation dc tercero. ef
duplicado sera expedido sin responsible
lidad para ell Banco.
San Juan de NOviembre de 1909.
BANCO DE PUERTO RICO.
NJ. PGnidgaa,
Presiderte.