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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
ILL TIMED APPLAUSE.
II Distracts the Players and Annoys
the Audience.

II Distracts the Players and Annoys
the Audience.
Applause. the strongest tonic to the
actor. sometimes annoys your true art
list If it halts the action of the play
too long or if it browns the sentence
just begun it is evaporation TO the
judicious in the audience. The bright
er the dialogue the more irritating is
anything that distracts from it. 1t is
the fashion at our theaters. especially
on first nights, to greet each player
vociferously in such way as to mar
the pleasure of the performance, if it
contains any.
Here is a practice from which the
thoughtless or the overenthusiastic
should forbear. 1t may take the mind
of the actor off his work in hand If he
is the object of a great deal of ap-
plause and may have the like effect
on some who do not receive any sue
mark of esteem when others are get
ting a too generous share of it.
There is plenty of time between acts
| for this handclapping, which the play
ers can appreciate much better than
when they are taxing their memories
/ for the text of their parts and trying
to concentrate on their work. 1t is
not in good taste to approve with
mere noise a scene or a situation wher
the enjoyment of it by ones neighbol
may be heightened by the absence OF
such distraction. There is vast room
for the improvement of general play
house manners, but inconsiderate anc
promiscuous appreciation of acting
while the story is flowing from the
stage is one of the chief drawbacks t.
enjoyment of the drama. Encourage
ment by managers to such custom il
the mistaken belief that it adds TO thu
general pleasure of patrons is largel!
responsible for its increasing bane.-
New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
BIRDS OF PARADISE.
Their Dancing Parties and Arrows
With Blunt Heads.

Birds of paradise mott about Janu-
airy, and in May. when they are in full
and gorgeous new plunage. the males
assemble each mornin- for their dane
ing parties. Certain trees are selected.
being chosen gu accOuli of widpspread-
ing branches and scattered leaves.
and in one of these trees from dozen
to twenty of the birds will assemble
They raise their wings. stretch out
their necks and elevate their exqui-
site plumes. keeping them in contin-
ual vibration The birds hop or fly
from branch to branch apparently in
the greatest excitement. so that the
/ tree appears to be seething with gold
en- orange plumes. The long, plumy
tufts which are the pride of the bird
of paradise spring from the sides be-
meath each wing, and when the bird
is in repose they are partly concealed.
but during the dance the wings are
raised vertically across the back. the
head is bent and stretched out. and the
long plumes are expanded until they
resemble two magnificent golden fans,
Will utCP ith at thC bbSN anu
fading off into Il pale brown tint at
the finely divided points.
1t is hard to determine just what is
the motive of the dance of the birds
of paradise. but the natives take ad-
vantage of the occasion to secure speci-
mems of the birds without injury to
the feathers. AS soon as it is found
that the birds have fixed upon par
ticular tree for their dances a native
builds a little hut or blind of palm
branches among the leaves and here
ensconces himself just before daylight
armed with bow and a number OF
arrows with a round knob upon the
end, instead of a sharp point A boy
waits at the foot of the tree. and wher
the birds have assembled and begun
their dance the hunter begins to shoot
The blow of the blunt arrow stuns {
bird. which falls to the ground ant
is secured by the waiting boy, not
drop of its blood being shed and tn
plumage being uninjured. The othe
birds rarely take any notice of thos
= that fall until their number has bee
. considerably reduced. -Harper's Week
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
v. H. RAMSEY
GETS HARD FALL

Mr.. w. H. Ramsey, of the undertak-
ers' firm of Ramsey & Co., happened
to painful accident this afternoon
by falling from the steps of his ambu-
lance.
The ambulance had received hurry
call to near the Fourth Ward school
house and was going down East Pine
street at a rapid gait. At the corner
of Mobile and East Pine streets Mr..
Ramsey jumped on the rear step of
the ambulance, but had not gotten
himself firmly established before the
vehicle came to the G. e S. l. railroad
crossing; going over that the wagon
gave a bound, and Mr.. Ramsey was
thrown violently to the hard paved
street, lighting on his face, badly
bruising and decorating him about the
face and shoulders and arms; fortu
nately, however, no bones were brok
en-, and the injuries though painful
are not dangerous.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
IN A CHINESE BANK.
The Way the Clerks Use the Abacus
and Counting Boards.

The Way the Clerks Use the Abacus
and Counting Boards.
The Chinese have Il way of getting
hold of the first principles of things.
even though they may not have devel-
oped them into elaborate and scientific
systems.
A foreigner. especially If he be of
prepossessing appearance. is received
with great civility M a Chinese bank.
"Schroffp' shouts the head clerk. This
word is not. as it sounds, German, but
a corruption of Hindoo "sarraf,' or
bankers assistant In response to this
call native cashier appears. noiseless
and deferential, with smooth shaver
skull. a four foot pigtail and a spot
less. flowing garment
With great rapidity he will make an
exchange of notes, doing his calculat-
ling on an abacus, frame of wire and
'lbeads similar to those used in country
isschools everywhere years ago. His
long. 1.-THE fingers move over the beads
rmore quickly than the eye can follow.
but there's no mistake in the total.
n Perhaps the visitor will want large
r. piece of money changed into small
:, coin. Instead of going through the
@earisome operation of counting out
The 300 pieces included in this trans
hction simple. ingenious device is
gfmployed A fiat wooden tray is pro-
induced containing hundred recesses
h each just big enough to lodge one coin
aand just shallow enough to prevent the
possibility of two lurking together.
The pile of small coins is poured Out
on this tray. and with one jerk of thu
oelerk's wrist the hundred recesses arr
lshlled and the surplus swept off.-Har
, ber's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
A GREWSOME PRISON.

The Famous and Terrible Russian
Fortress of Schluesselburg.
In the middle of the river Neva,
where it flows out of Lake Ladoga.
there lies tiny island surrounded on
three sides by the mighty, turbulent
waters of the river and hemmed in
upon the fourth by the cold and
stormy lake. Upon this island stands
q very ancient fortress inclosed by
high walls more than twenty feet in
thickness. This is the Fortress of
Schluesselburg. Day and night senti-
nels relieved every two hours pace
around the top of these walls. keeping
a vigilant lookout on every hand. No
one from within the fortress. not even
the soldiers or gendarmes, is allowed
to communicate with the people who
dwell upon the banks of the river. If
the unwary fisherman chances to drift
in his boat too near to the walls OF
the fortress he is greeted by the shout
of sentinel, aiming his rifle;
Away. OF l shoot!'
Not even the Dead sea in the deserts
of Asia is 50 utterly isolated and cut
off from the living world as is this
Fortress of Schluesseburg, which lies
within forty miles of st. Petersburg.
They are very ancient, the higf
walls of the fortress. In many places
they are cracked from old age, and il
| the cracks little trees have taken root
The lower part of the wall has grad
ually become covered with thick darl
moss. just as the face of very oil
man becomes covered all over witt
hair. They look sullen and ominous
" silent as if they HID dark and grew
some secrets. And. in truth. in tn
whole world there are no other wall
that have witnessed so many and sue
terrible human tragedies as the Fol
tress of Schluesselburg.- David Sos
kice in McClure's Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
EIv Travellers,

Among the things that furnish occu-
patton for the eyes and minds of trans
atlantic voyagers are the househies
that accompany the great steamships
from one side of the ocean to the
other. In fine sunshiny weather the
flies buzz cheerfully about sheltered
places on the decks, and when the
wind blows high they take refuge il
cabins and SALOONS. Flies often re-
main with the ship while in port and
return with her on her next trip, thus
crossing the ocean several times il
succession and perhaps spending the
entire season at sea.-New York Trib
une.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
RAM SEY & COMPANY,
LEADING UNDERTAKES
PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE
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CHURCH SOCIETIES. ::
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Sunday will be teachers day at the
First Baptist church. The day is to
be observed in honor of several of the
public school teachers, who have
worked so faithfully in the Sunday
School.
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To Have Candy Sale.
The Philathea Glass of the First
Baptist church will have candy sale
Saturday at S. L. Heidelberg's furni-
ture stree. The girls are making
preparations to send delegate to the
Philathea and Baracca convention,
which will be held in jamestown, n
Y, in July, so it is hopeful that the
public will patronize them, as all sorts
of good homemade candy will be
served.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

by the pupils, after which a music
guessing contest was enjoyed, and the
prize, a picture of Miss Sigler, was
won by Miss Ida Belle Camp, on the
cut with Misses Mary Ellison and
Hessie Hickman.
A delicious ice course and cake and
candy was served them at the Cen
fury Drug Store on Main street, and
a bouquet of sweet peas was given
each as favors.
Miss Sigler will leave soon for her
home in Chicago, to spend the va
cation, so the party was in the nature
of farewell to her pupils. In Sep
TENDER she will return and reopen hel
class.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
COWBOY EVANGELIST
WAYLAID BY Two men
fBy Associated Press.)

Nashville, Tenn. May 1S.-W. w.
Massey, well known as THE Cowboy
Evangelist" who has been preaching
in the parks here on the sin of gam
bling, was attacked last night by two
men who waylaid him while he was
on his way home. Although they shot
him and cut him he succeeded in
beating off his assailants and putting
them to fight. Massey is a native of
Texas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
Many Interesting Papers.

A number of interesting pap,
were on the programme at last nigh
session. ]. G. Mcguire, secretary
the association, read paper on e
cry Mississippi Publisher. Should 4
Member of This Association; Why
"The Moral, Social and Material L
fiuence Of the Press" was discusse
by Mrs. A. F. Herman, of the Pont
toe Sentinel.
Mrs. L. T. Carlisle, of the We
Point Leader, read a most interestir
and pleasing paper.
Music of superior quality was II
nished by New Albany local talent
Editor ]. A. Richardson. of the
dianola Tocsin, had the misfortune
have his residence destroyed by n
last night, and was forced to retu
home.
This afternoon the members will
on an excursion to Blue Mountain, a
after returning here will attend
banquet to be given in their honor
1.-THE Hotel Rainey..
/ Thursday the association will spe
the day in Memphis as the guests
the citizens Of Memphis and the b.
ness Mems League Of the Blur City
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

In times past a fashion lasted with
slight notifications for years. Much
the same fashion continued through
the long reign of Louis XIV. and an
other through that of Louis Nv. while
the ladies of the middle ages never
thought of varying their costumes. AS
for the Greeks and the Romans, gen.
Grafton succeeded generation with lit
tie change in female dress. and yet all
these ladies of the past were more ar
tistically dressed than those of today.
Many no doubt spent more than they
could afford, but when they had a
costly dress they kept it and did not
throw it away to replace it with an
other.-London Truth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

"Fain would write 4 poem on the
delights of fishing. sighea the poet,
"but woe is me. can't find q word to
rhyme with angleworm-"
But why use that wcrd nj the end
of a line?" queried the friend.
Because" Kissed the p3et between
his set teeth, IAN anglewofm Is always
at the end of line"
And for an hour The siIence was so
still that one could have heard pin
drop.-Chicago News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
THE FINAL POSE.
II Made the Thing Harmonious ARID
Complete All Around.

II Made the Thing Harmonious and
Complete All Around.
In the early days of travelling BY
stagecoach across the Rocky noun
tains the trip was likely to be relieved
of monotony by incidents of no ordi-
nary occurrence. But the fatigue of
the Journey was apt to wear upon the
nerves OF the weak and the timid.
Sometimes the passengers became so
worn out as to Had to a suspicion of
their sanity. The Right Rev D. S.
futile in hts "Reminiscences of a Mis-
sionary Bishop describes an instance
in point.
One forenoon the coach rolled into
Denver, and the six horses came pranc-
ing up to the Office OF Wells. Fargo &
Co. A large crowd was assembled, as
the incoming and the outgoing of the
daily coaches were the great events
for the town.
At the stop the only passenger quick
ly threw open the coach door, leaped
to the ground. ran hurriedly across the
street and, turning handspring
stood on his head with his heels ur
against supporting wall.
Several men followed him, quite sure
that here was another passenger Graz
ed by the long. sleepless ride. One
said to him in a tone of sympathy
"Why, cap'n, what's the matter?"
Slowly coming to right side VI
posture, the man answered: "Well, m!
friend. I'll tell you what it is. This
standing on my head is the only posi-
ton which | haven't been in durins
the last twenty-four hours in yondel
coach, and wanted to make the
thing harmonious and complete al
round"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
Will ARBITRATE
FOUNDRY DISPUTE

Lima, Peru, May 1S.-It is reported
has decided to accept a proposal from
the United Stetes, Brazil and ArgeR-
tina for joint mediation in the boun-
Diary dispute between Peru and Ecua-
dor, which has brought two republic
to the verge of war
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
PRESIDENT DID NOT
DENOUNCE Insurgents
by Associated PresS.)

Washington, May 1S.-President
Taft told several administration sena-
tors today that there was no truth in
the report that he had denounced the
congressional insurgents. Reports
reached the White House today that
the insurgents had heard a report
that the President had lambasted
them and that they were determined
to defeat the railroad bill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
LIFE AND DEATH.

Living is swee7.
IN the rosy red dawn of life's morning,
When in wonder we>>1ew what to us
Is in splendor revealed;
The woods and the fields. the flowers
the dewdrops adjoining,
The beauties laid bare and the mys-
teries vaguely concealed.
Living is sweet,
When in youth we fare forth on life's
Journey -.
And think we will realize ali of our
wishing and Dreaming;
When Joy is our comrade and couraf
spurns on To the tourney, Pr
And far in the future our goals of
ambition arr cleaning.
Living is sweet,
When we rain our ambition on altar
If love or gold or Of glory-what er
we admire
When life in its prime will admit of no
failure or falter
And ruthless We crush opposition to
gain our desires.
Living is sweet,
When life's sun the horizon is near ng,
When peaceful We rest, when the
fire of youths passion is ember,
When all of life's joys are but hollow
and empty appearing,
When all dreams are past and of life
We can only remember.
Living is sweet,
But dying is sweeter when living,
Our life has been pure and we feel ii
has pleased the Creator;
We follow with eladness the Angel Of
Life who is giving
Up safe in the hands OF the Angel Of
death, delibera or.
". Bernhard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
MARRIED..

Mize, Miss, May 1S.-Mr. Bob Mar
tin, son of Sheriff s. M. Martin, and
Miss Mollie Tillus, daughter of DR..
Titus, both prominent young people
of Mize, Miss, we're married at Raj
eigh, Miss, yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. The young people left imme-
diately for Gulfport, where they will
spend their honeymoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

SOCIAL CALENDAR.
Thursday.

Thursday.
Morning: Mounger- Field wedding;
II o'clock; Trinity Episcopal church.
Afternoon: Maids and Matrons,
Card Club; hostess, Mrs. Phillip ]
Toomer, $3.50 o'clock.
Five O'clock Tea; hostess, Misses
Connors; honorec, Miss Martha ]
eg-
Afternoon: Sowania Club; hoste ;.
es. Misses Ethel and Bessie Powe '''
o'clock.
. tive
r.. ,,.se,. . Di,,,,irabor, I the
visitor in the city.
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Mr.. f. A. Kernagham is in Mattel y
where he went tend the E &c
convention. -.
Miss Madge Ernestine, of Cha
nooga, Tenn, spent Tuesday hi'r
with friends. ,a1
:: 4: :: 'ise'
]. A. Frazier of iBrookhaven srenc
Sunday here with his family on
rest Street.
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Mrs. P. D. Sigler, of Morton, Mi
is the guest of Prof. and Mrs. F.
Woodley, on Court street. m
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Mr.. andeMrs. Charlie Harris a
little Charlie, Jr., left one day Il
week for Jackson, where they VIC
reside.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
RELIGIOUS MEETING.

Elder A. NJ. Kiergan of Cuba, Ala,
will conduct services at the Court
House, this evening at s p. m, and
each evening this week and over Sun
day. During this series of services
he will expose the Unknown Tongue
delusion. The public is cordially in
vited.
H. B. PURSER.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
- - - CURES

Rheumatism is specific blood fermentation, souring
of the circulation from of uric acid accumuatn
in the blood This uratc impur1ty usually
of constipation weak kidneys indigestion and sc,
ach disturbances These systemic irregularities nc -
of marked severity of long duration but each has dree
emnative members of the body which prevents
the proper removal of the waste products This refuse
the stomach and bowels and souring forms uric
acid, which the blood quickly absorbs.
rheumatism is usually manifested in the joints and
muscles is here its sharpest twnges of pain felt and
stiffenng Of gaments and tendons first The
pain Rheumatism is caused by the contact of the
with the gritty acrd formation which uric acid causes
accumulate in the corpusces of the blood about the JON
ening of muscles joints is usually gradual Consta
deposits the acid into the joints and slowly the natural
up and destroyed Then Rheumatism becomes chronic and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
CHURCH WILL CONTROL
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
fBg Associated Press.)

Asheville, N. G., May 1s.-The
matter of the control of Vanderbilt
University was finally settled today.
1t was agreed that the university
should remain in the hands of the
Methodist church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

A new law firm, which will most
probably control quite an amount of
business in this city is that of Haney
& Cook, which is composed Of John
T. Haney, a rousing young lawyer of
this city and John H. Cook. a well
known lawyer of Scranton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

Dr. Mel. McKinnon has just re-
turned from the University of Tonnes
see, where he graduated with highest
honors in class of several hundred
students. DR.. McKinnon has not yet
decided where he will locate for the
practice of his profession.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

Mr. W. R. Williams, of the Sanitary
Plumbing Company, has just returned
from a meeting of the Master Plum
bers' Association at Brookhaven. Mr..
Williams was reelected to the Office
of secretary of the association. He
reports very pleasant and profitable
meeting
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
An Old. Old Story.

Eyes, the first o; every week give
my wife half my salarys
"WellY' IA
"And she gets the other uMf before
the week is up.2 <azeeland Plain
Dealer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

Some of the sewers need opening
up, flushing out or charging; notably
on Bay street. Instead of good rain
like this washing the streets off, the
water stands inches deep while the
sediment settles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
ON The SICK LIST.


Mrs. L. ]. Darrah, who was opera
ted on Sunday morning at South Mis-
sissippi Infirmary, is slowly improv-
ing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18
BOTH PHONES
Social and Personal
L. L. ALIEN

Miss Bessie Wood Stewart has re-
turned from New Orleans, where she
So mt ten days the guest of her cousin,
ms. Sargent.
Mrs. L. ScadwellNn little daugh-
ter, who have been visiting Mrs. j. H.
Reed on Court street, left this week
for their future home in Marion, Ala.
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Mrs. John D. Eatman has returned
from visit to her aunt, Mrs. M.
Sloan, in Memphis, Tenn, and her
mother, Mrs. w. D. Smith, in Bebee,
Ark.
Mrs. John F. Anderson and two
children, John F. Jr. and William
Wallace, of West Point, are the guests
of Mrs. Anderson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. R. Haney, on Agnes street.
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Prof. and Mrs. F. B. Woodley had
as their guests recently the latters
father, Mr.. w. A. Hartness, of Tus-
colo, Miss. and sister, Mrs. I. A. Chad
wick, of Walnut Grove, Miss.
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Out-ofToWn Guests For Mounger-
Field Wedding.
| 1c;a nf To tS
guest of Miss May Field, having come
to serve as maid of honor to Miss
Field.
Other guests Tor the Field-Mounger
wedding are Mr.. R. E. L. Daniel OF
CawneG Okla, Mr.. A. B. Daniels OF
Father Burn, La, both uncles of the
bride-elect, and Master Quincy Dan
iels, of Egremont, Miss.
Commencement Exercises
University of Mississippi.
The Chancellor and faculty of thu
Medical Department of the
University of Mississippi
request the pleasure of your presence
at the Commencement Exercises
First Baptist Church, Vicksburg.
Eight o'clock Friday Evening. Ma.
Twentieth, Nineteen-Ten.
Senior Glass.
John Cornelius Herringtonera
Lee Kelly NJ committee a,
Geornfy members of the ~
Il icing named on important con
1. VaAes.
~ local Odd Fellows and Rebeks
who were present are loud in ~
: praise of the royal treatment acc rg
: ed them by the West Pointers, an a
is said that the meeting just cl 20
+ was the most pleasant and profit, +
: of any during the past several yea
e The election of Mr.. Katz as Depu
e Grand Master puts him in direct lii
= for election to the office of Graz
d Master at the next meeting of Il
If Grand Lodge, which will be held
e. Brookhaven next May. This will
II the HrSC Ilme f1dltleSDulS SiIiHN
y or any one from South MISSISSIPPI
has held this important office.
n Mr.. Williams is said to be t
lie youngest Grand Chief Patriarch ev
ID elected in the state, and his select
,e by the Grand Encampment to fill Il
important position is a complime
worthily bestowed, and one which "
doubtless result in much benefit to
order.
This is also the first time Haiti
n burg Rebekah has been honored W
a grand lodge officer, and the select
" of Miss Cowart is considered to BIZ
judicious one.
~ Taken altogether Hattiesburg
the lions share of the grand offic
and committee members, which g
to show that this city takes the Il
in all branches of Odd Fellowship.
It is said that an effort will be M
a to have the grand lodge meet agar
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

Coster-'Ere, - t1t It? Hawker
-Wot abaht wei Ier-Wot abaht
wot yer said all 81 Hawker-well,
wot abaht ii n Punch.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-18

1t is very much easier for a bao
man to become notorious than for Il
good one to become famouS.-Atlants
Journal.