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The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
SCHEUCH ARRESTED
IN COTTON CASES

New York, Aug. Erred Scheuch,
of the New Orleans firm of Scheuch
G. Company, was taken into custody
here today by United States Marshal
Henkel on writ of attachment sign
ed by United States District Attorney
w. D. Frazer of the Eastern division
of the Northern district of Mississippi,
and taken to the federal building. It
is understood his presence is desired
in Louisiana in cotton cases.
According to Frank H. Mortimer.
clerk of the federal district court,
efforts were made here following the
failure of the Knight-Yancey Com
pany, to subpoena Scheuch, who was
in New Orleans following the failure.
He was wanted in connection with
the failure. For several days federal
marshals paraded the cotton district
armed with a subpoena from the office
OF William A. Bell, referee in bank
ruptcy, but their efforts were fruit
less.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
Odd Siuns.

A tinman in the south of England
has a sign which reads, Quart Meas
ures of All Shapes and Sizes Sold
Here"
At market town in the midlands
the following placard was affixed to
the shutters of matchmaker who had
decamped, leaving his confiding cred
itors mourning: Wound Up and the
handspring Broke"
In one Of the principal streets of
another small town the same shop was
occupied by a doctor and a shoemak-
er. the man Of medicine having the
front and he of the leather working in
the rear. Over the door hung the sign.
I'VE Repair Both Body and Sole"
On the window of a coffee room
there one day appeared the notice,
"This Coffee Room Removed Upstairs
Till Repaired"
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
|NOEL'S MOTIVES
" IN TAKING STUMP
VIII Not Take Part In the Senatorial
Campaign, But Will Talk for EIec-
tive Judiciary.
Special to The Neus.

| Special to The Netos.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 2.-There
| seems to be great deal of specula.
tion as to the real motive for Gov.
Noel taking the stump-in a short
time. There are those. who believe
it is his purpose to discuss the sena-
torial contest, and take part in this
fight as against Mr.. Vardaman, but
those who are close to the governor
say that is not his intention.
The governor has long been an ar
dent advocate of an elective judiciary,
and for this reason is interested in
the proposed constitutional amend
ments that will come up for adoption
or rejection by the voters of the state
at the November election. It is to
try to secure the adoption of these
amendments that the governor in
tends to take them to the hustings.
He will devote practically his entire
time to a discussion of these meas
ures, one of which provides for an
elective supreme court and another
for the election of the circuit judges
and district attorneys.
The amendments were passed at
the last legislature, subject to the. rati-
fication of the qualified electors of the
entire state, and since some little in
terest seems to be taken in whether
they stand or fail, the governor is 60
ing to make an active campaign in
their behalf.
The governor will also disucss other
matters. He will deal with the legis-
lative appropriations, as showing ad-
vancement, not extravaganza, as has
been alleged. 1t was necessary to
increase the appropriations for the
public schools, state educational and
elemosenary institutions to some ex-
tent, but most of the increased appro-
priations was for new work, and all
permanent improvements. The old
soldiers got good increase, but that
was necessitated by conditions.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
How Long Your Nails Grow.

The growth of an average finger nall
Is about one thirty of an inch
week, or nearly one and one-half
inches in a year, so those aristocratic
Chinese who proudly exhibit nails six
to eight inches in length must have
refrained from cutting then. at least
four to six years. Finger nails grow
faster In the summer than in winter.
The nail on the middle finger grows
faster than any Of the others, and that
Of the thumb is slowest IN growth
The nails of the right hand grow fast
er than those of the left. A nail is
supposed to reach its full growth in
about four and half months. and at
this rate a man seventy years old
would have renewed his nails 262
times. On each finger he would have
grown nine feet of nail. or on all his
fingers and thumbs no less than ninety
feet of nail.-St. Louis Republic.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
soUARlNc THE CIRCLE.
An Ancient Problem That Has Turned
Many Brains Dizzy.

The oldest of problems is that Of
squariug the circle-I e., of telling the
precise length of the side of square
whose area will equal the area of q
| given circle.
The first attempt we know of was
made 800 years before the exodus of
the Jews. Since at least 1900 3. G.
Chinese brains have turned dizzy over
1t. The Oldest mathematical book In
the world-written about 2000 B. c.,
by Ahmes, scribe to an Egyptian king,
and now resting In the British mu-
seum-pretends to solve it. but it
doesn't. Our old friend Euclid pru-
dently avoids the subject
Books have been written to prove
that 1t is impossible, others TO prove
the impossibility of proving its i'm
possibility. others again to prove the
impossibillty of proving It's possibility.
One scientist, professor of Zurich,
adopted some fifty years ago rather
original method Of tackiing the prob
lem. He divided the floor Of great
loft into thousands of small squares
and spent his days in solemnly throw
ing needles about and noting the num-
ber of times they fell clear of the
chalk lines. but it did not help him
much.
The important ratio which would set
tie the question has been carried to
500 places of decimals. And still it is
not exact. If you have taste for
sums you can start and carry it to 600
and see what happens.
At any rate. you will soon find your
hair getting grayer.-London Answers.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02

A year or more ago, Ernest Hen
singer, promising young resident OF
Sandwich, ILL.,, found himself in
condition of physical decline, which
was finally overcome by the applca-
tion of proper treatment. In the fol-
lowing brief statement Mr.. Hensinger
tells of the manner in which he was
restored to health:
For two years | was victim OF
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02

If you have sore feet, tired feet,
sweaty feet, lame feet, tender feet,
smelly feet, corns, callouses or bun.
ions, read what happened to Mrs.
Crockett, of Jeffersonville. TlZ DID
1T. Mr.. Crockett says: "After the
second treatment she walked down.
stairs one foot at time. She has
not been able to walk downstairs be-
fore in past five years, except by
stepping down on each step with one
foot at a time. This is remarkable.
Send five more boxes"
No matter what ails your feet or
what under heaven you have used
without getting relief, just use TIZ.
It's different. 1t acts right off. 1t
cures sore feet to stay cured. It's the
only foot remedy ever made which
acts on the principle of drawing out
all the poisonous exudations which
cause sore feet. Powders and other
remedies merely clog up the pores.
T IL cleans them out and keeps
them clean. You will feel better the
first time it's used. Use it a week
and you can forget you ever had
sore feet. There is nothing on earth
that can compare with it. TIZ is for
sale at all druggists, 25c per box, or
direct, if you wish, from Walter
Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago Ill.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
Playful Sonkeys.

Apes and gorillAs are usually vicious
and resentful and less addicted to
playful tricks than the common mon
key. Indeed, the monkey, as we all
know, is trickster both in his wild
and domestic state. In their native for
ests monkeys spend hours In swinging
from the branches of trees. suspended
by their tails. and chattering and gri-
macing with evident signs Of delight.
Humboldt mentions seeing over a hum
dred so employed in South American
forest.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
TREATMENT CHECKS -, ,,,r
PHYSICAL DECLINE

.b trorble. I had a pun "fr
tite and was frequently nauSe"'st O..,us ~
tho tts mere sight of food After . e"', nas
the e,onId lnH1S be in distress from the gas
on nv stomach. I was terrlOly n o1
otinated. ~ lost much in Strens'n'
snI s,ip"orr' NV condition finally became sucn
that m ot times was unable to WORK.
"Doctors gave me only Temporal.
-o,ior About a year ago l was per
snoded tn try Cooper's New DlScO''
ar. The first bottle gave me So
,nncb relief that l continued itS USE
tafing three bottles in all. | can
now cat ANYTHING I wish without teei'
ing any bad effect afterward' MY
bowels are in good condition. and l
am again strong and we'll
Last fall I noticed a slight indlca, i,
tion of distress, but a few doses ol
the New Discovery caused 1t
to disappear. Cooper's New DiscoS'
cry is the best preparation know LOT
stomach trouble. 1t did for me "lla'
no other medicine was able to do
The above is only one of thousands
of statements of a similar character
that have been made by persons Nv
ing in all parts of the country regard
ing this remarkable medicine We
are agents for the Cooper remed IS
in this community. Hays & Field
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
A INUNDATED MONKEY.
The Crippled Old Despot Was Made to
Feel His Miuhty Fall.

The Crippled Old Despot Was Made to
Feel His Mighty Fall.
The following amusing story is told
by ]. L. Kipling in his Man and Beast
In India" Of the humiliation of mon
key whom physical disablement pre-
vented from maintaining his despotic
position as leading male of the troop:
"One morning there came a monkey
chieftain, weak and limping, having
evidently been worsted in a severe
fight with another of his own kind.
One hand hung powerless. his face
and eyes bore terrible traces of bat
tie, and he hirpled slowly along with
pathetic air Of suffering. supporting
himself on the shoulder of female
a wife. the only member Of his clan
that had remained faithful to him aft
er his defeat.
"We threw them bread and raisins,
and the wounded warrior carefully
slowed the greater part away in his
cheek pouch. The faithful wife, see
ing her opportunity, holding fast his
one sound hand and opening his
mouth. deftly scooped out the store of
raisins. Then she sat and ate them
very calmly at safe distance, while
he moved and chattered in impotent
rage.
He knew that without her help he
could not reach home and was fain to
wait with what patience he might till
the raisins were finished. This was
her first chance of disobedi-
ence or of self assertion in her whole
life, and l am afraid she thoroughly
enjoyed It,"
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-02
Notk..ng Miraculous.

you had rheumatism In your right
leg for years and were cured of 1t in
an instant? Howg'
"By being accidentally mixed up in
. train wreck. Ny right leg Is cork
leg now. r. Chicago Tribune
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17
THE RAIN SONG.

o the murmuring drip Of the nin from the caves
And the melody sweet that the muunuring wesves.
It's memory melody hem Of the heart
II the simplest Of strains, Of the commonest art.
Y the drip and the drop Of the rain in the night
Times lyrical linking Of laughter and light
Comes the song Of the summer Of meadow and lane
OF The bees in the clovs; and roses in bloom
And the hreezes that waited a wondrous perfume
For the musical drip Of the rain murmurs on
In song q the days that vanished and gone.
II is sleepily soft and is solenDly sweet
AS the measures all mcllowiy rise and repeat
And in memory now I have journeyed afar
Down the paths Of the past where our treasures
are:
And With boyhears sthr.n lie hushed in the dusk
While the air brings tang Of the mint and the
musk.
And the shadows that sway in their dance on the
wall
Keep the time q the tune Of the drops as they fan
Keep the time Of the song as Of old they would
keep
With the drip Of the rain as it Iuled me to sleep;
And the hush Of the night Is the silence Of old
That bad all Of the world In its yelyety hold
o the magic there Is in the memories blest
With the ripple Of rain as Il sings you 70 rest
How the worries and Wearines5 falteE and cease
Meath the balsam and balm q the infinite peace
OF the song that is sung By the whispering leaves
And the murznuring drip Of the rain from the caves
w. d. NcSbit
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17
& nkILKe&
Book REVIEW
RED BUTTE WESTERN.

"rhe Tanning OF Red Butte Western, &"
by Francis Lynde, Is an excellent story
Of Western railroad and its reorganiza-
ton by a courageous man. There is an
interesting psychological situation in this
tale-an analysis Of a man who thinks
himself coward. yet who proves him
self capable OF the highest self-sacrihce
and bravery under trying circumstances
When the hero, Lidgerwood. undertakes
the superintendency Of the Red Butte
Western. he does so with the full knowl-
edge that the road is in a wretched con-
dillon. There is theft OF the roads prop
erty. treachery among its employees, OPP
position from every lawless element Of
the desert complete dlsorganization in
every department Lidgerwood under
stands his business and he has a few
loyal friends and subordinates to help
him In his fight for better condi-
tons. How he does win. how the one
woman comes pro7identially upon the
scene and thus introduces an element Of
romance into this technical story. Is told
with unhagging interest by Mr.. Lynde.
who may be congratulated upon the fact
that he can impart great deal Of in
formation as 10 the running OF a rail-
road system and yet make a delightful.
story for Che average reader. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.)
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17

From the New York Mai.
Granting that a mans house IS HIS
castle, there Is. nevertheless. a growing
disposition to subject its interior facili-
ties and their use. 20 official supervision.
Take. for example. the ordinance adopt
ed by the city council d Aurora. Ind.
requiring every citizen OF the place 10
take at least one bath every week. There
is an assertion OF paternallsm in that
enactment which is positively disquist-
ing. no matter IL it is absolutely re-
CURED by existing conditions. But II
compulsory bathing Is tustihabIe. is not
compulsory shaving equally so? Why
not also require the indifferent citizens
20 wear so many clean collars and
change his socks and have his shoes pol
ished so often during the week? If law
IS necessary 10 keep the Hoosier clean,
It should be made 10 cover the whole
ground, instead Of a mere patch Of It.
The question OF bathing has arisen in
Missouri also. Gov. Hadley having de-
clared in a recent speech that there are
entire counties IN the state in which
not bathtub is 10 be found. No out
slider with a proper regard for HIS physi-
cal wen-being would have dared 10 make
such a charge against Missouri II true.
it suggests that what Missouri really
needs is more soap and water and less
politics
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17
Unexpected Plea for Old Clerks.

1t is not often that army and navy
officials who are in a position to InSke
annual reports so out Of their way to
any extent 10 file a plea for the govern
ment clerk. OF course. some OF those in
Washington have-notably the Paymaster
General, the Commissary General, and
the Adjutant General Of the army. The
first of these documents TO be made pub
lie at the War Department this year is
that OF Brig. Gen.,C. L. Hodges. L. S. A,
who is in command of the Department
Of Dakota. with headquarters at ST. Paul.
MINI. The report is en- exceedingly brief
paper. with little in it Of service or gen.
eral interest. but it's concluding para
graph will be read with appreciation by
the civilian employees Of the War Depart
ment. Gen. Hodges says in a sentence
which follows tive or three comments
on military subjects:
I also recommend that steps be taken
TO have such legislation enacted as will
provide a system Of retirement for all
clerks and employees Of the War Depart
ment superannuated in the government
service"
It is most Unusual TO find in an annual
report Of an army officer who commands
a military department, having no inter-
est in or concern with the clerks in
Washington. urging remedial legislation
in their behalf Probably Gen. Hodges
appeal will be lost in the sh1fie or
copious official comment which will del
uge the War Department in common
with the other executive branches OF the
government, and nothing will come Of
the recommendation. II will be difficult
enough 10 accomplish what Is desired
and what is so greatly needed-it Is
somewhat unnecessary 10 say In these
columns - and undoubtedly something
stronger than what Gen. Hodges mas boen
moved to remark viii be needed TO ex-
tract from Congress the required Iegss-
lation. But it is gratifying to know
that Gen. Hodges at his distant station
has thought Of the War Department
clerk who has grown old in the service.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17

the native Chinese army Of the Green
Standard. and other branches cannot be
taken into serious consideration. But
there is as leaven TO this great mass of
an unframed army some 10000 soldiers
familiar with modern rifles; skilled in the
use of modern artillery and officered by
men trained in foreign military schools.
II is the plan of China TO increase this
efficient army largely and rapidly; the
programme calls for 100000 trained men
by 1913 and l,lSS,OOO In 1920
Nothing would so insure the success of
such a plan as the employment OF Lord
Kitchener as reorganizer. II Is work for
which he has shown himself particularly
well fitted. 1t was he who brought order
out Of chaos in the Egyptian army so
that the Egyptian wrote. according to
Kipllng:
Certainly also. is Kitchener mad But one thing
sure l know
II he who broke you be minded 10 teach you. TO his
NIadrissa sol
Go and carry your shoes in your hand and bow your
head on your breast.
For he who did not STAY you in sport. he will not
teach YOU in lest
And that the Chinese are capable of
absorbing instruction under European
leader has been fully demonstrated. En-
wrapt by the eficiency OF Gen. Gordon.
they would follow him everywhere. and
though he used to lead them into battle
armed only with a light rattan cane
which. rumor hath 1t, he sometimes ap-
piled TO the laegards. they believed that
under him they were invineible.
What a man like Kitchener could 90
with such weight OF raw material is ap-
palling to think Of; a trained army OF
over a million men might surely cause
some uneasiness as to the balance Of the
worlds power. But the contemplation of
such force is interesting most largely
as a speculation. for it is doubtful whether
Lord Kitchener would lend his military
skill and power 10 such a purpose.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17
Some Mem, Signatures.

From the Columbus Dispatch
Occasionally you may receive a letter
from man whose signature at the bot
tom OF the letter couldn't have been
read by himself II some one else had
put Il over on him.
And when you write 10 him he's sore
and embarrassed II you haven't written
his initials and name rightly In the ad-
dress.
There are just two recourses that you
may have in trying 10 decipher the name
In full His letterhead paper may con-
tain his name II he's at all important IN
the organization-providing. OF course.
that you have enough bunch In the sig
nature to trace Il in print
That other recourse as 10 the initial
letters Of Christian and surnames may
be found in a possible stenographer's
addendum, "BPG-K." This means that
the stenographer *" has taken the die
tated letter from 'BPG," who has writ
ten 10 you.
II all these fail. however, cut of the
signature from the letter and paste II
and post IL on the addressed side OF the
envelope. after which address him in
your letter simply as MY Dear Sir
even II you would like 10 shoot him
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t takes man with a fine. big sense
OF humor 10 write real pathos. That may
sound as II It were giddy paradox. But
it is not It is a simple truth. Why so?
Because 10 put before us such true
pathos as at no time. in no way, borders
on pathos. nowise has in it a touch OF
melodrama does not seem the least bit
overdone, the author needs the guidance
Of sense Of humor.
There is no absolutely safe mentor in
writing pathos except a sound sense Of
humor-sound. say we. meaning not NOR
bid, not hysterical. It's to their lack Of
sense Of humor one may well ascribe the
siekening sentimentality, the awful tray
esty of human life, of which those are
guilty who furnish the ten-twenty-thirt
stage with weird, wild dramas OF the
Guilty Mother" sort
The Washington herald., 1910-08-17
THE OSTRICH DOCTOR.
south African Governmental officer.
Chief Feather Port of World.

cOuNu African NoNernm entuA OIAlcers
Chief Feather Port of World.
From the Chicago Tribune.
A governmental ostrich doctor is in
South Africa. His duty is TO study the
diseases peculiar 10 such birds. There IS
also an ostrich breeding association.
where are recorded pedigrees Of the
finer birds. Some Of the farmers have
so improved their stock that their ostrich
chicks bring from $500 to 1900 each. and
many Of the most noted cock birds are
priced at 5000
Port Elizabeth, in South Africa. is the
chief ostrich feather port IN the world.
In hat ncighborhood there are nearly
10000 birds now in captivity. The teath-
ers from these birds sell at from $40 20
$50 pound, and the industry Of this
one port alone amounts TO some yi5.OOOOOO
a year
Some districts produce better feathers
than others. The Outdtshoorn feather
reaches twenty-nine and a half inches in
length, the Graf Reinet measures about
twenty-four inches. and the Middleburg
runs twenty-five inches long. The will
low plume. the most expensive OF the
ostrich family is a made plume. The
length Of the fiue IS acquired by tying
extra fiues TO those already on the stem.
This operation is done by French girls
and with marvellous skill. To each nue
on a long plume Is tied another in such
a way that The joint Is invisible. Some
plumes treated in this manner have been
priced at $1,000.
The first experiment In ostrich farming
In this country was made by an English
man, who imported his birds from Africa
and paid as much as $3.50 a pair for
them. For this pioneer there was no
fortune. But those who have followed
in his footsteps are reaping colossal har-
vests. 1t is almost impossible for milli-
ners 10 meet the demand for high-grade
feathers. And It would be quite out Of
the question were they dependent upon
the stock imported from Africa But the
fiOurishlng American industry makes a
large part Of the supply a home product
The United States ostrich feathers are
quite as fine and IN some Instances far
superior. TO the African-grown feather.