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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

| imposed on him shamefully In getting
engaged BY Jones.
"one day Smith, euroring fortunes
| from his foot. was barely able to
| get around. He went to Jones and told
| him he was i'll and broken down. He
! was afraid he was going to have ser
| tous trouble with his foot, but had
been unable to go to the hospital to
have an examination bccausc Jones had
! insisted on his steady attendance at
| the Office. from a. NJ TO 2. ri. de-
spite the absolute lack OF business.
He asked Jones to permit him to re-
! main away two weeks. Maybe his foot
would be better by that time. Any
| way he had been with Jones nearly a
| year. and the two weeks could 90
as a sort OF vacation.
Jones looked at him and laughed.
! Then he told the suffering man to go
along on the vacation, and make 1t,
not two weeks, but two centuries. or
longer IL nc could. for he never was
wanted around tho place again
DO you realize what that meant TO
Smith? He was at an age where he
was useful in only one line. for he
could learn no other. He had burned
his bridges behind him, and had gone
TO disaster And he had three help
| less beings dependent upon him.
He went from his last Interview
! with james to a hospital. and there his
foot was examined. II took little time
! for the surgeons TO decide. Tho in
Jury vas not serious in tho beginning.
they said. and had 1t received proper
treatment there would have been little
trouble. but without attention. and ag-
gravated by weeks OF walking, the
bono had begun to rot, and Smith would
be cripple.
Smith went home and hroodcd over
i all that had happened In the time
, since Jones had como to him And
5 that night Smith put bullet in his
, brain"
4 Dodge had risen long before the
president had reached this point In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18
ny RICHARD sr1LIANE.

Everybody about the establishment
was interested keenly in what this
general manager was doing. There
had heon a change OF control In this
corporation. new president had
cone in. What his plans were no
body seemed TO know. but there were
fears of a shake-up. Little was known
OF the new man beyond what every.
body knew of his successful career
in The West The few heads of depart
nent who had been introduced TO him
said he had remarkably fine deep eyes,
2 strong chin and that he asked cues
lions, hut proffered little information.
OF his mental attitude they knew moth
ing Then when II became known that
re had directed the general manager
TO draw up report as TO the length
OF service, the characteristics, the
salary and the general qualifications OF
the various departmental chiefs and
subchiefs. interest suddenly centred in
the general manager
Dodge, the general manager lived,
breathed and dreamed business. The
company and It's affairs were every
thing to him. He had been with the
concern fourteen years. and had visions
OF the day when he would be taken
into the directory He thought. too. OF
the possibility OF the presidency.
There never was a more faithful
manager than Percival Dodge. The
interests of the business were his first
consideration. good balance sheet
was the noblest product of years
work. He Judged men by what they
were worth to the company. No ono
could accuse him of unfairness or par
tiality in this respect. Over the fac
tory force and over the office force he
kept sharp supervision. He knew
the detail work OF the factory super
intendent as well as he did that of
the general sales manager, and he
knew the ms and outs of the auditing
department. as well as he did that of
the supply bureau. He never knew
what it was to shirk work or be idle.
Regularity. precision and orderliness
were religion to him. In all his years
with the company he never had been
late. Dozens of times he had dis
charged high saIaried men-men of
considerable value to the COM
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general sales manager he outlined
some selling campaigns his sales de-
partment IL the west had tried out
and found unusually successful. The
general sales manager was honest
enough to acknowledge that they were
far better than any he had under
taken. The supply man was shown
how by the Introduction of by no
means complicated system he could
know every day the exact number OF
each of the thousand and one parts
of things the company manufactured
there were on hand under contract
and in the various stages of making.
While the president studied each
department with care he studied each
head of department none the less care
fully. Possibly he gave as much time
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pany-becausc they would not con.
form to his rules. He believed in
molding his whole force into one
smooth working machine. He was a
machine himself and tho slightest de-
parture from the set movement of
the big machine he directed was so
much friction to him, and friction was
waste.
The advent OF new president was
friction, too, but that was beyond tho
general managers control Having
been directed to draw up a report as
to the capabilities OF the various chiefs
and subchief, he went about it with
all the care and fidelity characteristic
OF him. Eaci, man he weighed with
his most delicate scale and put the
result on paper for the presidents
information. Nothing was omitted.
He was exact to tho finest degree.
When tho report was finished he
took it to the president and watched
MIN as be read Il over, Then, with
out knowing any more about what
the presidents plans were than did
those about whom he had delivered
Judgment, he went out, for the presl-
dent told him ii probably would be
several days before he would be ready
to consult him further about the sub
ject.
The days that interviewed between
the delivery of the report and the
summoning of the general manager
to the Office of the executive We're
spent by the president in inspecting
first ono department and then another.
He displayed really amazing amount
OF knowledge of the detail Of every
branch of the business. To the audi
tor he suggested various changes In
accounting that simplified matters in
that department. decidedly. To the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

Dodge had risen long before the
president had reached this point in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

looks. If l thought otherwise, if I fell
into the mistake of judging a mans
income from his personal appearance
or surroundings, or mode of life,
should be obliged to conclude that
Normandy was in a bad way. Yet the
French peasantry, though they seem
to be worse housed, to be more care
less of comfort, cleanliness and order
in their personal and domestic habits
and arrangements, and to live on
cheaper food than the English peas
antry, are undoubtedly more prosper
GUS.
The anomaly is, of course, easily
explained All through English, as
we'll as all through American society,
runs the ambition to be thought a lit
tie better off than one really is. The
Frenchman has no such ambition. He
does not care for appearances; Mrs.
Grundy has no terrors for him. His
mind is. absolutely set on one supreme
object, that of putting by enough to
buy some government stock and pro-
vide his daughter with dot To attain
that end he will cheerfully, if a peas
ant, neglect everything else and con-
centrate all his energies on raising
and selling his crops and dairy pro-
duce in the most profitable way
throughout a lifetime of frugality.
And his wife seconds and sympathizes
with his efforts, working with him in
the fields, taking her household duties
as lightly as possible, Indifferent to
looks and dress-all the peasant wo-
man hereabouts seem old at thirty
thrifty saving every sou for the fam
ily's future. But see the latter on a
fete day, on one of the few occasions
in the year when they come out in the
treasures of their wardrobes, or on
the market day, when the women troop
into Dieppe and sit on the cubstone of
the Grand Rue, selling their home
made butter, their eggs and poultry
and ducks and fruit and vegetables
and you would cease to worry about
their poverty.
A more prosperous, respectable, -
or shrewder set of women you would
motto find anywhere. 1t is they, indeed
far more than the men, who keep
France going and keep Normandy
prosperous - 'Anglo-American," in
Harper's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
THE FRENCH DUEL.
Tricks That Are Invoked to Make the
Meeting Bloodless.

Tricks That Are invoked to Make the
Meeting Bloodless.
A French paper has been describing
the various contrivances TO insure ris-
toll duels ending in coffee for two" 4
favorite trick. it seems. is to use pro-
jectiles that look like ordinary lead bull
lets, but crumble to pieces when fired
In more serious cases bullets are used
Of smaller caliber than the pistol. thus
lessening their penetrating power.
Sometimes the wad is intentionally
left out. so that when the duelists face
each other with the pistols held down
ward the bullets roll out. In many
cases bullets of the right caliber are
used. but only with a third of the
proper powder charge. so that they are
practically harmless. variation of
this trick Is to load with double pow.
der charge. which also causes the bul-
lets to 60 wide of the mark. This. how
ever. is dangerous TO the spectators.
Again. well meaning seconds some
times use the right bullets and the
right charge. but stiffen the triggers 81
that the extra pressure causes the hui
lets to go wide. Perhaps the most
amusing device is the use of pistols
fitted with sort of secret safety
valve. which opens when the weapon
is loaded. so that the bullet drops oct
and only the powder charge remains. =
Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
BLOOD DISEASES
CONTAGIOUS TROUBLES

Contagious Blood Poison more
thoroughly perineates the system than
any other disease. Its infectious virus
contaminates every corpuscle and
tissue of the, circulation, and for this
reason its symptoms are of varied
nature. When it enters, the blood it
is but short time until the mouth
and throat begin to ulcerate, the skin
becomes spotted, rashes and eruptions
appear on the body, sores and ulcers
break out, the hair falls, and fire.
quently nails on hands and feet thick
en- and come off. Mineral medicines
which simply shut the poison up in
the system should be avoided, for when
such treatment is left off the old dis
ease will break out again, often worse
thanbefore. S. S. S. cures Contagious
Blood Poison permanently, and it does
so because it thoroughly purifes the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
THE COMING OF
A GREAT SHOW

There's a time for work and time
for play and time to laugh-that's
show day. So be it, and that it may
be so, the Sun Brothers Greater Pro-
gressive Shows have extensively billed
this town and vicinity for the appear
ance, matinee and night, at Brady
street, Monday, October 18th. This
always excellent, snappy and up-to-date
tented show, comes with brand new
outfit from stem to stern. The name
Sun" is synonymous with good enter
tainment and all that is original in the
tented field of endeavor. The show
this season has added enough new
features, animals and acts to virtually
make it new show throughout.
The Main Top" programme is styled
as triumph of arenic marvels," and
includes among the list of participants
such distinguished names as The La
Pasque Troupe, a company of novel
Tremplin Triple Bar performers, who
are said to be the very greatest of
their class extant and are the very in
carnation of grace, agility and skill,
the others are the Avalon troupe,
trio of high wire marvels; the Lins-
ley Trio, sensational aerialists and
unique casting expositors. Francis
Boyle and Company "a people), in
spectacular novelty entitled Club
dom" and "Hoopland," in which they
introduce a remarkable display of
ambidexterity and feats of juggling
heretofore unknown; others include
Harvey and Adams, Jack Murray, Ed
die Vernello, e. Kirke Adams and
Company, the Atlas Troupe, Miss Clio
rine Wenzell, Miss Josephine, Miss
Belle Young, the Kimball Sisters,
Frederick Wright, Jack Young, Walter
and Minnie Ashborn, Brothers Onata,
William O'Dale, Frank F. La Velle and
others.
The animal department is greatly
augmented and serves to exhibit every
thing of interest and worth in the ami
NAL kingdom.
AS in all past seasons, in fact since
the inception of the show, there are no
off-color issues. gamblers and ticket
scalpers allowed to trail in the wake
of the aggregation. nor are this de-
spisable class permitted to get near
the show or its exhibition grounds. A
trio of special detectives constantly
travel with the show to assist the
local officers and authorities in pre-
serving order and also to assist in
looking after the wants of their pat.
rons.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

al remember" said an official of the
East Indian service. 1.-The speech of an
Anglo-Indian who was delegated by Il
certain district to place before the gov
ernment's notice the horrible slaughter
of their stock by tigers, A very no.
ticeable litter could be heard in the
audience when the delegate shouted
very dramatically:
"'Mr. Chairman. the tiger is the
most ferocious animal that prowls and
runs at large in India. He creeps
from his lurking place at the hour of
midnight. when all nature is locked
In the arms of Morpheus, and ere the
portals of the east are unbound or
bright Phoebus rises in his golden
majesty whole filters of pigs are dc
stroyed.'"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

This great organization, now num-
bering thousands of contributing
members, is made up not only of rep
sentatives from every waterway as
ISOLATION in the United States, but
from hundreds of boards of trade and
chambers of commerce, and from the
ranks Of business and professional
men, who recognize the necessity for
broad and comprehensive policy OH
the part of the Federal government In
its treatment of the inland waters of
the country.
While Congress has gone on record,
insofar as the action of the commit
tees of the two Houses are concerned,
in declaring in favor of an annual
river and harbor bill, there is much
yet to be done before that policy is
written into the statute books.
governmental policy must be
adopted that will insure speedy com
pletion of meritorious projects now
under way, and which, through the
"piecemeal' appropriations of other
days, have made their completion far
remote.
Taft Sounds Keynote.
President Taft, who has seen the
Ohio river improvements extend over
a period of many years, having been
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

born within sight of it's banks, has
sounded the keynote for a compre-
hensive policy, the slogan of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress,
reiterated his position on the subject
of inland waterway improvements at
Cincinnati recently insisting that only
those projects which have the favor
able recommendation of the Board of
Engineers of the army, should receive
governmental aid and that aid should
be of sufficient amount each year to
complete the project within the earli-
est possible time consistent with good
business methods.
Out of the persistent agitation for a
policy and not a project" which the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
has been urging for a decade, has
come a nationwide sentiment that the
pork barrel" must go, as it relates
to waterway improvements, and that
Congress should put the river and har-
Dor bill above criticism by appropriate
ing only for those projects that are
worthy Of improvement and with ton
mage bearing capacity when i'm
proved that will materially assist in
relieving disastrous freight conges-
lions.
Absurd Contention.
No speech ever made by a Con-
gresham ever better illustrated the
absurdity of the contentious for small
projects, while greater and more de-
serving waterway improvements ap-
pealed to Congress, nobody more
clearly ever in the years long gone
by pointed to the present wise plat
form of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress for broad and com
prehensive policy and not the mere
project than did Amos J. Cummings
now called to his fathers, in speech
he made in the early nineties, and
which made a great hit in the House
In this speech, good-natured as it was
MIR. Cummings contrasted the bis
project with the little project. 81
would gladly vote $1,500.Oo0 for tht
harbor of Galveston, il needed, bu
to secure this appropriation am no
willing to vote thousands for the i'm
provement of Powon river and Mingt
creek" said the New Yorker. Ant
for an hour the House was convulse(
with laughter over the sharp contrasts
deftly worked out by this adept in thu
use of vigorous English.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
LARGEST GAME FISH.
The Tuna Sometimes Attains Wsisht
Of 1000 Pounds.

The Tuna Sometimes Attains Wei SHIT
Of 1000 Pounds.
Charles Frederick Holder. the Gait
fornia natura list. tli:s desrries iI;.i
remarkable fish. the tuna: The nun
is peagic fish. q free lance. an ''.'i.iI
rover. u sort of swa1gerin. mnsh.i.'+-r
of the sea-. the largest OF what may he
termed the game or b0ny fishes. at
tanning maximum weight of nearly
1000 pounds and an approximate
length of fourteen feet or more such
a fish is very exceptional. though
specimens weighing 1.500 pounds have
been taken on the New England coast.
! once entered Il school Of such tunas
in the Santa Catalina channel in ii lig
launch. The school divided to port
and starboard as we passed through
1t, and I had view of one or Two
fishes that appeared to be more than
half as long as the boat.
"These fishes spend the winter in
warm ATTITUDES and migrate north as
far as the mouth of the st. Lawrence.
They are found in the Mediterranean
and north to the Loft oden islano. yet
SO far the efforts of anglers. except al
Santa Catalina. have failed to take
them with the rod. Even here there
is stretch of but eight miles or so
where they can be satisfactorily play
ed and taken with rod and reel.
This region lies on the nofth side
of Santa Catalina. from Avalon to
Long point. and to the east as many
more. facing the north. and generally
smooth-more like Scottish ioch .han
a fishing ground twenty miles Que al
sea."-Chicago News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
The Cat and the Tsil.

Once upon a time cat who pridca
herself on her wit and wisdom WAS
proving about the harm in search of
food and saw tail protrudng from IL
hole.
"Thece is the conclusion of rat -
she saiel
Their she crept stealthily toward 1t
until within striking distance. when
she made jump and reached ii with
her claws. Alas. it was NOT the up
pendage of a rat. but the tail at Il
snake. who Immediately turned and
gave her a mortal bite.
Moral.-It is dangerous TO jump at
conclusions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
HoW'S THIS?

HoW's THIS?
we offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. F. ]. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. J. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
IN all business transactions, and finan.
clally able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by his firm.
Walking, Kinnan & Marvin. {.
-holesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in.
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti.
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

allows it to nourish the diseased por-
tons of the body back to health.
S. S. S. is purely vegetable, being
made entirely of roots, herbs and
barks, without particle of mineral,
and its vegetable ingredients always
hasten the cure by toning up the
stomach and digestive members.
Home Treatment book and any medi-
cal advice free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., Atlanta, &c.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS.
ITS JUST LIKE BLOWING AWAY
MONEY

to serve poor quality of ice cream.
If you do not serve the best you will
sooner or later find your trade leav-
ing you and you will never be able to
get it back again. Trade once lost is
never regained. Serve the Home Ice
Cream Co.'s "Ice Cream" and hold
your old customers and add new ones
as rapidly as your facilities will allow.
Special service for family trade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY
IN IMPROVEMENT Of RIVERS

Washington, D. c., Oct. 5-The
Chamber of Commerce of this city is
srea'ly elated over having secured,
alter keen competition with Chicago
ana Toledo, the seventh annual con.
Vehtion of the National Rivers and
i1arDors Congress, which will meet at
the National capital December Z, 8
and 8.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
Hotel Insurance AGAINST Sssserv

At well known hosiery in rni,r
1t is the practice to charge guests -
centimes per diem for insurance
against fire and robbery. the amount
covered for this premium being l..Iim
francs. This is II very c.rv-ulrui ar.
rangement. as robbery is far from uu
common in Italy. London Truth
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

blood. S. S. S.
goes into the
circulation, and
drives out the
last trace Of the
d e S tru c tive
&c n 6 , adds
richness a n d
vigor to the cir
C11l alton and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
A Puqilistic Feat.

CLANCY who give yez TIL black eye
yez have?"
"If I knew I'd lick i'm
"Sure, an dont-yez know
"How cd know? Me back was
turned at tn tonne" Toledo BLADE.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05
What He Got.

"What're ye comm home with your
milk pail empty for:" demanded the
farmer. Didn't the old COW give any.
thingr'
Yep" replied the chore boy. mine
quarts and one kickw-E Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

Miss Crimsonbeak-Pd like TO be a
lawyer. Mr.. Crimsonbeak--I guess
you'd rather be judge. why soY'
-Oh. you'd have the last word then."--
Yonkers Statesman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-05

THE NORMAN FARM WIFE.
take It that no Frenchman, as no
Mshman, is really as poor as Ne
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-11
HAIRBRUSH NEEDS
FREQUENT WASHING
A Method of Cleaning With
out Soap or Hand
Rubbing.

= AIR brushes need to be washed
- frequently. because Of the per
spiration OF the head, which
readily retains the dust in the
air The best brushes may be ruined
BY careless washing, and II the bris-
lies are allowed TO become soft. a hair
DruSh becomes practically useless for
us intended purpose Many persons
cleanse hair brushes By covering then
with wheaton -four and simply RUBBING
me oriStles together This method
however, Is not thoroughly Satisfactory,
TO keep your brushes in GOOD condi-
ton proceed In the following manner
Have two dishes of cold-aot hot
water To the first dish, which con-
tains, say quart Of water. ADD q
desSertspoc nful Of ammonia Now take
your bruises one By one and teeo
dlpplng the bTtstles I'D and down IN
the water, being careful not TO Wet
the backs and in a minute OF two the
dirt and dust VIII come out OF them
as II BY magic, leaving them beauti-
1ully white Now dip up and down
several times In the second dish con
tanning the clean water, to rinse them
shake well and place 20 drain across
q rack or tOWel-hOrse-
No soap Is needed and no rubbing
With the hands II YOU adopt This
method OF cleansing your brushes. vou
VIII md that they will last three times
as long as IL cleansed with hot water
and soap and that the bristIes will
preserve their Stiffness