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The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Now.
Without halting,
Without stopping.
Go and do your
Christmas shopping.
Couldn't Understand Il.
@EoRG< @+<e@'

No0IuHt 0nUeTStAHU Ve'
"This stock" said the promoter. "iS
fully paid up and nonassessable."
"Well, If it's fully paid up" re-
piled the man who was inexperienced
in such matters, II can't see why you
want me to put money into 1t.
Wouldn't that be unfair to the people
who paid it up?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Proven.

TT0VeNs
"You cant write poetry"
"But I've sold several poems to tho
magazines"
well. that proves what I say"
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Catchinq.

It seemed to him that all his life
Was just one sleepy spasm,
And then he noticed that he lived
Beside a yawning chasm.
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Just N Good.

~Have you any flve-cent cigars!
mo: but We can give you sono'
Thing Just q good. Here's . ten.
eent ciEar-Red Hen.
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06

Judge-Have you anything to say
why sentence should not be passed on
you?
Bigamist-Just think Of my fami-
lies, judge
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Dying Out.

Figg-Poets are born, not made.
Fogg-Yes, and there seems to %
rave danger of race suicide. y. -
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06

Visitor-My friend. where are the
officers quarters?
Orderly-Don't think they have any.
All I've ever seen of theirs has been
nickels!
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
Taking No Chances.

Taking No Chances.
"Will you be my wife,"
II won: answer that till we get
ashore. The last time l promised IN
a canoe to marry man he upset
the canoe and nearly drowned me-"
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06
The Farmer.

The day is over,
The world is fed,
And the farmer sleeps
On his feather bed,
The Virginia enterprise., 1911-01-06

The Little Lonely Girl
By TEMPLE BAILEY

Copyright, 1910, by Associated Literary Press
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
The Electric Fan.

Back in the early eighties DR.. 5. 5.
Wheeler, an electrical engineer OF New
York. was experimenting with a small
electric motor. In the course of his ex-
periments the doctor conceived the
idea that steamboats, might be run
with electricity if the propellers couid
be directly connected to high speed
electric motors. doing away with all
the gears then in use in steam propul-
sion. With this idea in mind he had
small screw propeller constructed and
fastened it to the armature shaft OF
his small motor 10 his surprise the
experiment resulted in fine breeze OF
cooling air which more than delighted
the experimenter, for the day was de-
cidedly hot 1t is needless TO add that
the experiments with screw propeliers
ended right there. and the engineer
took up the study Of the electric fan
with the result that he soon perfected
the device until it was commercial
success.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
The Red Shirt.

The origin of the red shirt"-worn
rs blouse by English women In the
sixties, when Garibaldi was popular
idol throughout Great Britain-fs sufh-
GENTLY curious. When the celebrated
alibuster was warning in the South
American republics he was anxious to
obtain a distinctive and, above all.
economical uniform for his followers.
He learned that local dry goods
store had an immense JOB lot OF
these garments, worn by the "sala-
deros." or cattle slaughterers, OF the
great South American cities. The bar
gain sale" appealed eloquently to the
leaders purse, and he led his men te
victory in the butchers shirts, which
are now the accepted emblem OF the
"risorgomiento" of United Italy.-Lon
don Globe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

A few years ago, as the date for the
drawing of the annual Christmas lot
terry at Madrid was approaching, poor
mechanic of Corunna was awakened
three consecutive nights by the num-
Der 125,S69. apparently spoken in his
ear. So impressed was he by the repe-
tition of the incident that he wrote
down the number and jocularly said
to his wife, THAT number will win
the first prize in the great lottery.
'sThen why don't you buy the ticket"
his wife answered jokingly as she
looked at the figures. why, see. II
you add them together they just come
to my age I shall be thirty-one on
! Christmas day" The ticket, after much
trouble, was found Dit had been reject
ed a few minutes earlier by wealthy
citizen of CorunnaI and bought. and
before many days had passed the me-
chanic and his wife were made JUDI
liant by the news that the ticket had
won the first prize Of f2O0.OOO.-Lon
don Globe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
BIBLICAL TROUBLES.
Knotty Language Problems Trans'ators
Have to Solve.

Have to Solve.
Some of the riddles that have to be
solved before the Bible can be trans
lated into remote and barbaric tongues
are cited in that annual wonder book.
the popular illustrated report OF the
British and Foreign Bible society.
How, for example. can you find
name for lamb" among the inhabit-
ants of some island where the only
ouadrupeds are pigs and rats? How
can YOU render whittier than snow In
the dialects of West Africa. where
snow is utterly unknown?
Occasionally the difficulty - one OF
sheer space. Lengua, the speech OF
an Indian tribe in Paraguay. which
has been furnished with the gospe
according to st. Mark, is so unwieios
that the word eighteen can only be rep
resented thus: "Sohogemek- wakthla
mok eminil1 antanthlama." LITERAL.
translated. that means finished m,
hands. pass to my other foot-three'
for fingers and toes serve as units
The word for butter in LenGua !
''waitky anamankukingnink ikpitf
muk" which means literally 18th
5 grease of the juice of the udder OF tn
t cow"
In New Guinea the translator wan
ed the proper idiom for far be
a from me to do this thing" SO he col
j suited an intelligent catechume
h eyes" replied the catechumen. Il u
Il derstand exactly. We have the pr
,. else idiom. We say, May l speak
- INV mother-in-aw before l will do tn
thingY" for IN that land of strani
taboos one of the objectionable sins
for a man to open his lips to his wife
v mother.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Juetifiabie Deception.

The talk had gone back. and fro
and the youthful Socialist had been
announcing that no man ought to get
his living by cheating, and we all lis
tened to him and agreed that 1t was
dreadful when men and women dia
not tell the truth. but tried to make
their living by deceiving people. NIL
lionaires. landowners. tnanclers, we
scarified all of them who cheat the
public.
mo ono should make a living by de-
ception," said the young man.
Then a quiet voice from a woman
came from the corner of the sora
"What about the conjurerT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Ea+;no Four Hundred Years Ago.

-Four hundred years ago eating was
practically confined to two meals
day. but in many parts the second OF
evening meal was of such protracted
character that laws were passed lin
ting its duration. Thus at Berne there
was law against sitting at table more
than five hours. At Bale, from ~
O'clock in the morning to O'Clock IN
the evening WAS the maximum permit
rod hut the town council was unable
to practice its own connsels of perfec-
ton and ON great occasions hnlshed III
priyate. In Saxony the innkeeper was
forbidden to serve more than tou'
dishes at one meal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
HIS GREAT IDEA.
The Tin Plated Tomato and the Moral
That Goes With II.

The Tin Plated Tomato and the Moral
That Goes With It.
A good theory that won't work isn't
half as good as poor one that will.
Twenty years ago young man just
out of college had great idea. He
was going to tin plate tomatoes. There
was to be no more troublesome pairing
and cooking and canning to preserve
tomatoes throughout winters. 1t would
be necessary only to drop nice ripe
tomato into his timing solution and 1t
would come out coated with tin and
would keep for twenty years. In fact,
there wasn't any reason why it should
not keep forever! The young inventor
figured 1t would cost him so cents
gallon to make this Timing solution.
| II surely would sell for 50 gallon.
Every one eats tomatoes-that Is, near
" every one. Everybody would eat
them II they could always have nice
tin plated tomato lying around. He
ought to sell a million gallons year
That would be profit of million anc
a half dol Well, no tin plated toma
toes are on the market yet, and thu
man who invented them is still makini
only SIS week.
The moral of this is that wheneve
you hear of a great idea that is goln
To reform or uplift the world max
sure that it Is not of the tin piate
tomato brand.-Chicago Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Ronnkclabber.

New drinks have sometimes a glorl-
GUS and brief popularity. Lord STRAIT
ford, writing to Lord Cottington In
1885. extols "bonnyclabber," which he
SAYS lis the bravest, freshest drink
you ever tasted. Your Spanish don
would, on the heats of Madrid, hang
his nose and shake his beard an hour
over every sop he took of it and take
It to be the drink of the gods all the
while"
No one, however, seems to know
the exact composition of the seductive
sbonnyclabber," although from an al.
fusion to it by Ben Jonson 1t would
seem to have been mixture OF beer
and Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
ANDY MUST HUSTLE
SAYS VICTOR berger

Milwaukee. Wis, Jan.4.-The recent
Carnegie and Rockefeller gifts are an
alyzed by Congressmen-Elect Victor
l.. Berger, the Socialist leader, in 9
letter, as follows.
"Carnegies income is about $4,000
600 to $25,OOO0,O00 annually from steel
alone. Since he quit the business he
has taken in about $500 100000 in in
terest and profits as his share, True,
he has given away S1S0,000,O0O
of this. Thus poor Andy had $120000.-
900 to live on all these past years, the
principal remaining untouched
Now, Carnegie stated somewhere
that he considered it a disgrace for a
man to die rich. But unless Andy
gets a hustle on himself | am greatly
afraid that he will die very much
disgraced man and leave billion OF
more.
The case of John d. Rockefeller is
even more disgraceful, considered
from Andy's point of view. His annu
al income is variously estimated from
$65,00O,000 to $S0O0O,0 900. He ha
given away in all his life about $3.50
100000 as far as is known, and he i
always very careful to let everybod
know.
How is he ever to redeem himse
at that rate? And if it is easier for
camel to go through the eye of a ne
- die than for rich man to enter int
the kingdom of heaven, how can job
g D. ever escape damnation, in spite
), all the churches he is building and Il
ink-black heather to whom he is sen
ing lily-white missionaries?
mo. Rockefeller would also ha
- to take up the suggestion that '
made above for Carnegie"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
BANK CHECKS.
The Part They Play In the Payment Of
a Debt


A young man had kept in his pos
session for several days check from
his uncle. His uncle died, and he
fastened to the bank TO cash the
check. When he found the bank would
not pay the check until 1t had orders
from the heirs or from the courts lie
was surprised and observed to his ia
Their that he thought of check as be-
ing SO much money if the signature
was good.
AS matter of fact. however,
check Is merely an order from A. to
B., who holds some of AS money. to
pay certain amount thereof to Z.
| 1t is not money, even if the names on
the check are good and well known
and the bank is solid as the govern
ment. Although checks are given in
payment of debt and receipt usually
is signed on the spot. yet the passing
of check does not constitute pay
ment Of Indebtedness until it is paid
by the bank.
Nor will the concurrent receipting or
the debt for which it is given change
this. If the check is not paid on pres
entation to the bank the original claim
stands against the drawer or giver OF
the check. But certified check con-
stitutes payment on the part of the
person who draws 1t,
Checks may be antedated or post
dated-that is. dated before or aftei
the date of delivery. If postdatet
checks are paid before the day speci
fed the drawer can recover the mon
d ey, for the bank has acted not in ac
cordance with any order from him
y but on its own responsibility.
h If a blank is left for the date tn
y holder is authorized to insert the tru
date of delivery, but no other dat'
The insertion of any other date Q
IS changing the date without the consen
ID of the drawer makes the check void
II. New York Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
FROF. WHITFIELD
Still UNDECIDED

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 4.-Prof. H. l.. |
Whitfield president of the Industrial
Institute & College, will not make up
his mind concerning the presidency OF
the new State Normal college, ten
dered him by an unanimous vote at
the meeting held in this city last week,
until he has an opportunity to person
ally confer with the members of the
General Board of Education.
Formal notification of his election
to the new position has been sent 10
Prof. Whitfield, but he sees no neces-
sity for haste in reaching conclusion
on the subject, and he also desires to
confer with some of his personal
friends before he finally concludes to
make the important change. 1t is
known that he is being earnestly urged
in MANY quarters to remain in his
nresent position, while others think
that II is his duty to take hold OF the
new institution and place 1t on a per
manent footing; that strong han'
and master mind are the essential eie
ments in making the State Norma
College a success, and he possesse
both of these qualifications.
In event of Prof Whittields resie
nation there will be lively scrambl
for the presidency of the inoustrls
Institute & College. Among IN
names already suggested are Prof..
w. Bell, of the University FACULTY
Prof. ]. C. Herbert, of the A. q
College: Prof. ]. c. FAINT, of the VI
yersity, and Prof. Joe Cook, OF ooiui
bus. All are well-known educator
n and It is known that they have ann
t,ons for HIGHER honors,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
LAWS OF WARS.
The Code Now In Use Among All tho
Civilized Nations.

The Code Now In Use Among All tho
Civilized Nations.
The laws OF war as at present !
formulated by the civilized nations
forbid the use of poison against an en-
envy: murder by treacnery. as, for ex-
ample assuming the uniform or dis
playing the flag of a foe: the murder
of those who have surrendered. wheth-
er upon conditions or at discretion:
declarations that no quarter will be
given to an enemy; the use of such
arms or projectiles as will cause IN
necessary pain or suffering to an en-
envy: the abuse of flag of truce to
gain information concerning an en-
emy's positions; all unnecessary de-
struction OF property. whether public
or private.
They also declare that only fortified
places shall be besieged open cities or
villages not to be subject to siege or
bombardment: that public buildings of
whatever character. whether belonging
to church or state, shall be spared;
that plundering by private soldiers or
their officers shall be considered mad
missible: that prisoners shall be treat
ed with common humanity; that the
personal effects and private property
of prisoners, except their arms and
ammunition, shall be respected; that
the population of an enemy's country
shall be considered exempt from par
ticipation In the war. unless by hostile
acts they provoke the i'll will of the en-
envy.
Personal and family honor and thu
religious convictions of an invaded PEG
pie must be respected by the invader
and all piilage by regular troops o
their followers strictly forbidden.
New York Herald.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
ONE WOMAN WAS
IN The u. S. NAVY
Was Three Years in War of 1912
Without Sex Being Known.

Washington, Jan. AT least one
woman has served in the United Stat
es navy. But according to Edgar Stan
ton Maclay, writing in the Bluejacket,
she has the roll to herself Her real
name was Louise Baker, and having
enlisted as marine she served
througout the war of 1872 on the fam
GUS frigate Constitution.
For nearly three years" she says,
81 passed for and performed the du-
ties Of a marine, during which time
was in three severe engagements and
never absented myself from my post
in time of danger. ! have, like others
of the ships crew, freely associated
with my shipmates, both at sea and
on shore.
And yet, as extraordinary as it may
appear, | have not the most distant
idea that a single soul on board evei
had the slightest suspicion as to my
sex. have thoroughly studied the
memories of Miss Deborah Sampson
who, disguised as a man, served II
the Centennial army during the Revo
luton without her identity being dis
covered) and by strict adherence t
the precautionary means by which sh
was enabled to avoid an exposure G
her sex | also was enabled to conces
mine"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
GREATEST ELEVATOR
in ENTIRE WORLD


Toronto, Jan. with its recent
completion the Grand Trunk now has
at West Fort William the greatest
elevator in the world Its capacity is
3,250,000 bushels. 1t is the first of a
unit of six to be built, with total
capacity of $4,000 bushels, and which
will have three piers. Then it will
be possible to unload 1900 cars day,
and discharge 100000 bushels an hour
| into vessels.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
Willing to Divide.

Cobble-I should like to lend you
that $40, old man, but know how II
would be if l did. 1t would end our
friendship. Stone-Well. old chap
there has been a great deal of friend
ship between us. think If you could
make it five we might worry along on
half as much.-Life.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
ARTISTS, EMBLEMs.
In Whst!er's Butterfly Could Be Found
the Monogram J. w.

In WhstIer's Butterfly Could Be Found
the Monogram J. w.
The mystic emblem OF device of
sort Of Whistlerized butterfly was
adopted in the sixties by the eccentric
genius James Abbott Whistler. who
changed his name later to James Nc
Neill whistler.
Close study will reveal that this Pc
culiar scroll Is really monogram OF
j. w. The earliest of the etchings to
bear the butterfly is Chelsea Wharf"
(1S63,. but many paintings and etch-
ings after that date are signed Wits
tier
Artists have sometimes signed their
, pictures in some distinct form Instead
4, of their names. 1t generally was done
when the name might suggest some
emblem or symbol.
Thus Hieronymus Cock demarked
two fighting cocks on his panels: Mari
otto Albertineli signed cross with
two interlaced rings, referring to the
sacerdotal duties to which at one time
of his life he devoted himself; Martin
Rota, a wheel; PETER de Ryng, ring
with a diamond; Giovanni Dossi.
bone; Del Mazo Martinez, hammer
Lionello Spada. sword.
Sometimes caprice dictated the selec
ton, as when Jacopo de Barberi use'
the caduceus. or Mercury rod; Hendril
de Bles an owl. Lucas Cranach
crowned serpent. Cornelius Enge
brechtsen a peculiar device resemblin
q weather vane and Hans Holbein
, akull
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
KEEPING TAP ON THE CROPS
The Way the Agricultural Department
Gets Its Information.

Gets Its Information.
The details of the comprehensive sys-
TEN employed by the department of
agriculture in gathering the crop in
formation from all over the country
are interesting. There are 10000
township correspondents scattered all
over the Union, whose duty it is to go
carefully over the territory and submit
each month concrete information as to
the condition of all kinds OF crops. In
addition to this branch, 5000 county
correspondents" send In separate re-
ports from those of the township men.
A state agent makes a further report
direct from his agents. and an organ
ization in direct communication with
the department. comprising seventeen
travelling field agents" go about the
country and make separate reports Tor
groups of states. Special cotton cor
respondents are also employed to fur
nish accurate information concerning
the cotton yield. Five different reports
are sent to Washington each month
by FIVE different sets of correspondents
This safeguards the government crol
reports for accuracy in local crop re
ports and keeps the great crop accoun
and cost estimates for the millions
American farmers. These records ar
sent to the agricultural department. VI
ficials of the bureau of statistics and
board go over all the five reports frol
Eve distinct groups Of correspondent
and from all the figures crop repoi
estimate is distributed to 10000 pos
Offices throughout the country ever
month.-National Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Eff YOU amt got manners ter tell JOY
good mawnin' when you meets niln
how does you expect him ter call roun
by de place you live at? You better
be mighty keerful. fer whilst ne Is
allus in "A good humor he sho DO ex-
meet YOU ter meet him half way.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
a Rare Treat.

A distinguished society leader OF New
York. lately returned from motor trip
through France. said that her most ue-
Iiehtful experience was nearing Tue
French pheasants singing the mayoh-
aaise. -Everybody's
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
littI. Temperance Tragedy.

"Don't drink any more, John. You've
got too much already"
mo, haven't"
"Yes, you have. and you'll be drunk
again"
Jaw, what do you want to worry
about that for? It's me that has the
headache next morning"
81 know. John, but it's me that mas
the heartache all the ime."-New Yori
Times.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
ROBBED THE PREACHER.

Wyncote. Pa, Jan. 4.-The Mause,
the home of Rev. w. b. Lowe, pastor
of Calvary Presbyterian church, was
looted in daylight. They secured cash
and jewelry worth several hundred
dollars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
The Price of Love.

Says an advertisement in the London
Express: "Mary-Waited three hours
at appointed spot until questioned by
suspicious policeman. II this Is the
price of love it is too heavy one Tor
me to pay. Farewell, Potts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
CUTS OFF 500 MILES.
INV Union Associated Press.)

Galveston, Tex, Jan. 4.-With the
completion next August Of a cutoff be-
tween Texico, on the Belon line, and
Coleman OH the Gulf line, about 800
miles, the Santa Fe will reduce the
distance between Los Angeles and
Galveston 500 miles, making the en-
tire distance 1,S45 miles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
The Eateful MESSAGE,

Hubby | telegraph you not TO
bring your mother with you? WHEY
I could not help it, Frank. She insisted
on coming after she'd read your tele-
gram
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Make it a point to do something ev-
cry day that you don't want to do.
This is the golden rule for acquiring
the habit of doing your duty without
pain.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

No road is too long for him who ad-
vances slowly and does not hurry ana
no attainment is beyond his reach who
eauips himself with patience to achieve
it.-La Bruyere.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

Tho old saw says, LET a sleeping
dog lie" Right. STILL when tnef Or,
uOs ,,,ob at stake, it Is better to get
. newspaper to do it. .-------
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04
FOR COLLECTION

We will take all business property
at 5 per cent. Lea & Duke. Stat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

genuine benevolence is not station.
airy, but peripatetic. II goes apou'
doing good.-Nevins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-01-04

when our hatred Is too pitter |"
places us below those whom we nate
-Rochefoucauld.