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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Curiosities of Superstition.

When Egypt was in the height of
her power, when she was most highly
civilized and delighted in being called
the mistress of the land and sea, her
people worshiped a black bull. There
was some discrimination, however,
even in this form of worship. In order
to be an object of mad alteration it was
necessary that the bull calf be born
with circular white spot in the ex
act center of his forehead. and the
advent Of such a creature in any herd
was the signal of wild demonstrations
from the Mediterranean to the border
of the Lybian desert. Even as late as
the time of Cleopatra, star eyed god
dess, glorious sorceress of the Nile,
such animals were shod with gold and
had their horns tipped with the same
metal. Herodotus tells of a man who
died with grief because he sold a COW
that soon after became the mother Of a
black bull calf marked with the sacred
white circle In his forehead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
CRAWFORD in kits.


The Novslist's Remark When He Saw
sAl4imself .as . Child. =
One Of the best known guides in the
capitol at Washington used to be
Colonel Jasper e. Snow. formerly a
Kansas City lawyer. who always sat
In Republican conventions and voted
for Blaine as long as there was u
Blaine to vote for.
Colonel Snow used to tell this little
story Of the late Marion Crawford.
He had met Mr. Crawford In Flor
ence. Italy, and when the novelist
came to Washington Colonel Snow was
the first person who showed him the
doors made by the novelists father.
Thomas Crawford.
These are the senate bronze doors
on the eastern portice. They repre-
sent scenes connected with the Revo-
luton and the founding of the govern
ment.
The panel representing Washington's
reception at Trenton when on his way
to his inauguration in New York con-
tains among the populace portrait hg-
ures of the sculptor. his wife. his
three children and Randolph Rogers,
the sculptor of the main doors of the
capitol.
The novelist. who had never seen
the doors before quickly identified his
mother and father
EYES," said he. mother used to
wear her hair just like that"
Then. gazing at the largest child.
Fauntleroyish figure in kilt. with long.
flowing hair, he added speculatively:
"But | wonder If | ever really did
look like that."-New York Sun.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
THE DELUGE.
Queer Old Australian Tradition About
the Flood.

Queer Old Australian Tradition About
the Flood.
The aboriginal blacks of Australia
have a queer tradition about the food,
They say that at one time there was
no water on the earth at all except in
the body of an immense frog, where
men and women could not get at 1t.
There was great council on the sub
ject. and 1t was found out that II the
frog could be made to laugh the wa
tiers would run out of his mouth and
the drought be ended.
So several animals were made to
dance and caper before the frog to in
duce him to laugh. but he did not even
smile, and so the waters remained in
his body. Then some one happened to
think Of the queer contortions into
which the eel could twist itself, and it
was straightway brought before the
frog, and when the frog saw the wrig-
Cling he laughed so loud that the
whole earth trembled. and the waters
poured out of his mouth in great
food, in which many people were
drowned.
The black people were saved from
drowning by the pelican. This thought
full bird made big canoe and went
with it among all the islands that ap-
peared here and there above the sur
face of the water and gathered in the
black people and saved them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
JAPANESE ENGLISH.
A Sample Circular Composed BY Ma
tive Tradesman.


A Sample Circular Composed by Ma
tive Tradesman.
There comes from correspondent IN
Japan this example Of circulars IN
English that Japanese tradesmen some
times compose:
"Dear Sir-l have the honour TO
write a letter for you that | have now
established the meat market and Its
branch to deliver the meat as one OF
the branch of my Slaughter house. as
which l have many cattle. their pas
lures, their markets, milk houses. and
q Slaughter house, etc.. and will have
a fresh meat with the most cheapest
price from my slaughter house than
other buchery and especially make you
many reduction for every day pur-
chaser for month. beg you can soon
make me your order without your
servants commission. as you know
your servant is always making money
by your meat will make you the
pass-book for the creditor only.
"P. S.-If you handed bad meat from
your servant while you are making
purchases the meat from my market
every day, you will soon to let 1t ex-
change by the servant without any
der, and If you can make me order by
letter l will have the postage reduc-
ton from the count of meat with kind
regards Your boston Tran
script
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
A Judicial Expert.

The native with stogie met the ma
tive with pipe.
"Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie ma
tive. Hear bout tn fuss down to
tn courthouse"
Nope" drawled the man with the
pipe. "What was it about?"
"Why, Jim Simpson has been sum
Abner Hawley for alienatin' TIL af-
fections of his wife, an ledge Mus
grove told TIL jury to bring i'll Il YER
dick of cents damages. cause he
thought that was all the damage was
worth to Jim. An Jim's wife got mad
an threw a chair at tn jedge. an be
had her arrested an put in TIL cooler
"But didn't tn jedge go a leetle too
far when he fixed her value so low?
mot at all. not at all. You see. he
was her first husband. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
AGENTS
POORLY INFORMED
Northern Official Deprecates Fact
That Agents in the South Cannot
Answer Questions.

A Northern railroad official tells the
Manufacturers Record that while on
a recent trip through the South he
and number OF oLner passengers
asked a great many questions about
some of the small towns at which
they stopped-population, chief indus
try, etc.-but found that none Of the
railroad men or station agents seemed
to have any definite knowledge of the
facts desired.
His inability to get such informa-
ton as every railroad man, and es-
pecially every station agent, ought to
have at his tongues end in regard to
towns along the line of road, as well
as the broad facts about Southern
progress, is not surprising to anyone
who mas made a study of the same
situation. It is very astonishing that
the officials of Southern ROADS do not
undertake to make an earnest, vigor-
Gus campaign to get their clerks and
station agents more thoroughly &C.
quainted with the important facts
about their individual communities
and about the South. Station agents
come in closer touch with the travel
ing public than the leading officials,
and though the officials themselves
may be fairly we'll posted unfortu-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
lead Pencil Experiments.

An English statistician was asked
how many words could be written
with an English lead pencil, and, be-
ing determined to answer 1t, he bought
a lead pencil and SCOTS 'Ivanhoe"
and proceeded to copy the latter word
by word. He wrote 95,60S words and
then was obliged to stop. for the pen
Gil had become so short that he could
not use it. German statistician who
heard Of this experiment was dissat-
isfied with 1t because all the lead in
the pencil was not used on the work.
and therefore he bought pencil and
started to copy long German novel.
When the pencil was so short that he
could not handle it with his fingers
he attached a holder to it. and it is
said that he wrote with this one pen
ell 100000 words. Possibly. however,
his pencil was longer or the lead in
it was Of more durable quality.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
A DUCK HARD TO KILL.
The Screaming WalIoon Is Something
of a Diver Too.

of a Diver Too.
The screaming walloon Is hard
duck to kill Its hide is very tough
and is thickly covered with feathers
and down. Besides. the bird Is a
great diver, one of the kind that used
to "dive at the fash" when hunted
with the old arm that flashed when
fired. 1t is of very little value for ia
BILE use. being so tough. The only way
to manage it at all is to skin 1t and
parboil it in big pot with plenty Of
water. The negroes make caps Of
walloon skins.
"They are great ducks for diving"
says a well known Tired Avon river
progger. 'They can dive quicker, go
down deeper. remain under water long
er and come up farther away than
any other duck that frequents our wa
tiers. remember once l succeeded in
killing a walloon. and, being short OF
game for the table. | determined to
cook my bird. got negro to skin 1t,
giving him the hide for his trouble.
After being cleaned we put it In a
great pot full Of water and under 1t
kindled q hot fire. After awhile |
wanted to see how the cooking of my
duck progressed and lifted the top off
the boiling pot, but there was so much
steam escaping could not see into the
pot and struck match over it. The
blamed walloon, sir. dived at the fash
Of the match. 1t disappeared and has
never been seen since" -Baltimore Sun.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Too Realistic.

During a performance of Captain
Lapalisse" at Valencia theater some
years ago an incident occurred which
for lifelike effect left nothing to be de-
sired. During the said play some of
the actors mingle with the spectators
in order to cooperate from the body
Of the house. No sooner had Miralles,
the actor, taken his seat in the stalls
than a daring pickpocket robbed him
of his gold watch. Miralles seized the
man by his coat collar and called out
in deep bass voice:
"Police! Help. Thievesw
The audience. taking this little cpl
sode to be part of the performance,
roared with laughter. Even the police.
men Joined in without stirring hand or
foot.
'"This is no farce" cried the actor
in tones Of despair. The fellow has
got my watch!"
The voice sounded so natural that
the audience broke into loud applause
at such excellent fooling." Meanwhile
the thief managed to break away from
his captor and escaped.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
BOTH PHONES. .35=
Social and Personal
katie L. l. ALLEN=

through the East and Cuba, arriving
the latter part of May at Fort Nc
Kenzie, Wyo., where they will reside.
Miss Knox, the daughter of Mrs.
Ada Knox Price, is an accomplished
elocutionist, and for the past session
has been teacher of Expression at
South Mississippi College in this city.
Captain Gordon is the son of Mr..
and ]. L. Gordon, of Nashville, Tenn.
A number of young people enjoyed
a hop Monday night at the Elks' Club
rooms The dancers were chaperoned
by Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Mackey, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Field, Mrs. Karl
Anderson, of Wisconsin, and Mrs.
John Stockton, of Meridian.
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Miss Helen Dyess has returned
from a ten days visit to New Or
leans. Miss Dyess will leave in a
few days for Hickory, where she will
open a millinery establishment.
{. : ::
DR.. w. c. Black, of Edward, but for
merly pastor of Court Street Metho-
dist church, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Basket on Southern avenue.
:: I: :
George Robertson, of Laurel, is a
visitor in the city, having come to
attend the hop Monday night at the
Elks' Club rooms.
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Mr. and Mrs. NJ. S. Haisfield re-
turned this morning from bridal trip
through the North.
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Mrs. T. w. Reeves has returned
from visit to Laurel.
NJ. D. Lieck, of Atlanta, spent
Monday in the city.
Mrs. w. H. Basket has returned
from New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
KANGAROO MEAT.
Why the Native Youngsters Of New
Guinea Refused Il.


Why the Native Youngsters Of New
Guinea Refused u.
In certain parts of New Guinea the
wallaby, a species Of kangaroo. are
very plentiful. and the traveller in
search Of sport finds the pursuit Of
them an exciting occupation. Wallaby
steak is a refreshing change from can
ned meats, and the natives are only
too glad to have the remnants OF the
carcass. A writer In an English mag
.azine tells an amusing incident con-
nected with the animal.
He had been ashore in one Of the
sparsely populated regions of the coast
and secured four wallaby, an ample
supply for the whole party. native
guides and servants included. But he
found that, although wallaby is re-
garded as such delicacy that no
trouble is considered too great to OBJ
tain 1t, none Of the native boys in the
party would touch 1t.
This was u mystery until one Of
them explained that they had been
trained in childhood in the belief that
If they ate wallaby before reaching a
certain age it would stop their growth.
These boys all belonged to the part
of the country where wallaby are few,
and one can imagine the crafty old
folks seated round the festive pot and
winking at one another MS the young
people declined the succulent dainty.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
LACEMAKING.
An Old Legend That Tells of the ORR
gin of the Art.

An Old Legend That Tells of the ORR
gin of the Art.
Lacemaking is by no means so old
an industry as most persons suppose.
There is no proof that 1t existed pre-
vious to the fifteenth century. and the
Oldest known painting in which it ap-
pears is a portrait of lady in the
academy at Venice painted by Caspac-
clio, who died about 1923. The legend
concerning the origin of the art is as
follows:
A young fisherman of the Adriatic
was betrothed to young and beauti-
full girl of one of the isles Of the ii
COON. Industrious as she was beauti-
full, the girl made new net for her
lover, who took it with him on board
his boat The first time he cast 1t into
the sea he dragged therefrom an exqui-
site petrified wrack grass. which he
fastened to present to his fiancee: but.
war breaking out. the fisherman was
pressed into the service of the Vene-
ton navy. The poor girl wept at the
departure Of her lover and contem-
plated his last gift to her. While alb
sorbed in following the intricate ira
Gerry of the wrack grass she began to
twist and plat the threads weighted
with small beads which hung around
her net. Little by little she wrought
an imitation of the petrification. and
thus was created the bobbin lace.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Singer and Orator.

IF I had my way" Dr. Mcnamara
once confessed to an interviewer. 81
should be singing in Carmen instead
Of making speeches from the treasury
bench. but unfortunately the British
public thinks great deal more of
man who can make bad speech than
man who can sing a good song."-
Westminster Gazette.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
When Silence Is Deadly.

Silence is commonly the slow poison
used by those who mean to murder
love. There is nothing violent about
it. No shock is given. Hope is not
abruptly strangled, but merely dreams
of evil and fights with gradually sti-
fling shadows. When the last convul-
sions come they are not terrific. The
frame has been weakened for dissolu.
ton. Love dies like natural decay. 1t
seems the kindest way of doing a
cruel thing.-George Meredith.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
To Reform Him.

Minister-You say you are going to
marry a man to reform him. That Is
noble. May ask who 1t is: Miss
Beauti-It's young Mr.. Bondclipper.
Minister-Ipdeed. did not know he
had any bad habits. Miss Beauti-
Yes; his friends say that he is becom-
ing quite misery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Very Thouahtfu

Before we were married." said Mr..
Meekton. 81 showed my affection for
Henrietta by serenading her."
IL suppose you neglect any such at
tentions now"
Eyes; l show my affection now by
respecting her desire that shall not
try to sing."-Washington Star.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Antieipation.

Doesn't 1t make you the least bit
envious to see what elegant furniture
Mrs. Eyefy is putting into her house
next door?"
mot bit. My husband says It will
be sold by the sheriff within six
months-and I'll bs there to buy IT,
Chicago Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children. -
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature 80 Of AHzz1Zx
Vote ON BLANK BALLOTS
AT ATCHISON, KANSAS
(By Union Associated Presc.)

Atchison, Kan, March lowing to
an oversight, which escaped even the
eagle eyes of Ed Howe, voters in the
city primaries today are using blank
ballots. The, time limit in which can
didates could file their nomination pa
pers expired before any of them had
walked up to a realization of their
civic duty to save the city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
RUBBING II In.

The Bride-That nasty Mrs. Jones.
next door, said I'd better try these
biscuits on the dog before gave 'em
to you. The Groom-Hasn't she got
a mean disposition! Why. thought she
was fond Of dogs!-Cleveland Leader.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
The ONLY wav.

II wish l knew how to keep a serv-
ant"
"That man across the way can help
you"
docs he conduct an intelligence Of
iceT'
"No; he's an Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
EXPECT A TONG WAR.
(By Union Associated Press.)

San Francisco, March 1.-San
Francisco police are preparing to
cope with a fierce war in Chinatown,
which is expected to break out at
the expiration Of the New Gear truce
today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Limited Experience.

Gentleman (hiring valet)-Then un-
derstand you to have some knowledge
Of barbering. You've cut lair of and
cp7 Applicant-Onf, sir, bat never on"
Boston Standard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
Often the Case.

Srlicus-What do you suppose caused
him to go to the bad? Cynicus-Try-
ing to be a good ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Record.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
SPOKANE HAS $4,000.
Bv Union Associated Press.)

10y UHIUH NSSUCTdteu TTcSS'J
Spokane, Wash, March Accord
ing to the new city directory, Spok-
one now has a population of approx
mately 1873, 900; a gain of more than
/ / 900 in the last year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

nately q great many Of them are not,,
their knowledge is Of comparatively
little value to the. travelling public if
The station agents are as poorly in
''srn1ed- at out the South or about their
own communities as the officials OF
I e y ,rthern road. to whom we have
re'efred found these with whom he
care in contact.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

The fools ear was made for the
knave's tongue.-Ramaswami's EN-
dian Fables"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01

Mound City Paints may cost trifie
more, but! Hawkins Hdw. Co.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
THE WINTER GIRL.

The lucky chap of summer days
Beyond her memory slips,
The beau of seashore sands and
sprays
She's chaps now on her lips!
You'll quick infer from this that she
Has felt the snowflake whirl,
And she is wrapped in fur, you see,
The same old winter girl.
The court where tennis racquets
swung
Is now drift of snow
A willing court is paid by tongue
And pen of fervant beau!
And as for rackets; when he calls
Her brother'll raise whirl
OF boyish romping through the halls
The same old winter girl.
She's quite in highest feather now,
You marvel much thereat?
A turned-up brim's above her brow,
She's feathers on her hat!
Though purling brooks are sheets OF
ice,
She's still a priceless pearl,
The highest throw of beauty's dice,
The same old winter girl.
troy Farrell Green, in Cupid Is
King"
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additional Society on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-01
knox.Gordon Wedding Plan.

knox.Gordon Wedding Plan.
A wedding of much interest this
week is that of Miss Jamie Doris
Knox to Captain John Leland Gordon
of the eightieth U. S. Infantry, which
will be celebrated Thursday after
noon at O'Clock at the First Pres
bbyterian church, Rev. E. J. Currie
performing the ceremony.
The color scheme of the wedding
will be yellow and white, and prior to
the ceremony Mr.. P. Lee CASTOR will
sing, Beloved 'Tis Morn" Messrs.
Driver and Neil Farley will be the
ushers and Miss Ethel Powe will play
the wedding march. The maid of
honor will be Miss Ethel Powe. and
Mr.. Toney Hardy. of Gulfport, will act
as best man.
Miss Knox will wear a wedding
dress of rich white satin, donning
travelling dress afterwards, as the
young couple, after an informal recep-
ton at the home of Judge N. c. Hill,
for the relatives and most intimate
friends, will leave on a bridal tour
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of the Yuletide. season may be devot ID
to furnishing 1t. And all Of the inter
vening weeks will be busily employed By
Mrs. MacVeagh, and a few of her friends
who are in the secret. in furnishing the
present SO that it may be fully COM
pleted when the Secretary of the Treas
ury is called upon to receive his sur
prise"
Mr.. MacVeaSh's gift will be house. a
veritable mansion. in fact. and. with
nearly all of its exterior construction
completed, 1t already forms a notable
addition to tine series of buildings on
18th street between Columbia road and
Boundary Castle, the home of ex-Sen-
ator John B. Henderson and Mrs Hen
derson. The former senator and Mrs.
Henderson have done much to conserve
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high places, 3 drowned themselves ana l
suicide was by other means


In 1909 there were 1854 homicides In
that portion of the United States covered
by death registry laws and in the same
area S. 4O2 deaths due to suicide. These
figures also are supplied by the census
bureaus annual report, and cover about
SIS per cent of the population. There is
an actual falling of Of 40 In the num-
Der Of homicides, as compared with 1903.
while there is a decrease in the rate OF
suicide compared with population.
Poison was the most common instYu-
ment of suicide, 2.464 cases being due 10
it, Firearms, with 1885 cases, wage
close second as a means of self-destruc-
ton. while hanging was responsible for
LBS cases.
The report also supplies an enumera-
ton of accidental deaths for 1909. as
follows Railroad injuries. $3.50; drown
ing, 1865; burns. 1882; injuries at birth.
$500; injuries by horses and horse We
hcles, 2.152: street cars. 1.723: automo-
biles, 632: injuries in mines and quar-
ries, 1897; inhalation Of poisonous gases.
l,S37; other accidental poisonngs. Lib:
accidental gunshot wounds, 94: heat and
sunstroke, S16: cold and freezing, Isl;
lightning, $50