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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
We knew Atwood.

Public appreciation OF the danger of
wooden roofs is spreading throughout
the South Not long ago jackson,
Mississippi. decided to prohibit shingle
and board roofs Birmingham has just
passed an anu-shingle ordinance, to
take effect the first OF next year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

1t is to be expected that applicants
Tor lie Insurance will put as good a
race as possible on the reports concern
ing relatives ana the causes of their
deaths. but often they make iauehabie
statements some Of theae, originally
appearing in tho British Medical sour.
nal' were. Mother died In Infancy"
Father vent to bed feeling wen and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Key to the BartiIe.


Key to the BastiIe.
can you tell me where the KEY
to the Bastile is that was brought 10
ms ,n!s coun,ry In the early part OF tho
The key is preserved at Mount Vcr-
non In the hall OF Washiugton's house
4 framed letter hangs beside the KEY.
VIC loHoWihS being copy:
London, My l. 1890
Slr'-Our very good friend the Mar.
quis dc la Fayette has entrusted ~ ,,,
care the key of the Bastile and a draw.
,hhe' hhhdsomcly framed. representing
the demolition OF that detestahIe
prison. as present TO your excellence
OF which hts letter viii more par,jC,y'
iarly Inform. feel myself happv in
beihB the person through whom the
marquis has conveyed his early tro,h,,
OF the spells OF despotsm and the nrst
ripe fruits OF American princini.s
tFanspIanted into Europe 10 his great
master and patron. When he mentioned
TO me the present he inteuded vo,,
my henrt leapcd with 10Y. /, is sores.
thing so truly In character that no ~.
MARKS can illustrate IL. and is more
hHppi!y expressive of his rcmembranro
ot MS American friends than any le,.
ters can convey That The nrinc,r .Ie,
OF America opened the bastile is nor
70 be doubted. and therefore the key
comes 10 the right place.
THOMAS PAINE"
Three Erpositions.
What was the acreage Of the Chi
cage Buffalo and ST. Louis fairs
Chicago 500 acres: Buffalo, AKA ana
ST Louis. within the fences. I.2i0
Counterfeit.
IS j! a., 1aaissaels onense to have IN
intent to utter the same? ''''o''
49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Daily Queries and Answers

by posse, after the assassination, OF
Lincoln. His body was secretly rbuEed
by government authorities, but after
TWO years II vas surrendered to his
brother. Edwin, who had IL reinterr.s
IN the family lot in the Baltimore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

The Kaiser has given Munsterberg
the Order OF tie Red Eagle but the
Order of the Peacock would have bee:,
more appropriate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Millions OF pounds of poultry and
other meats and tons and tons Of eggs
nave been found in cold storage in
New York The law says these edibes
must be thrown away, but they wan
probably be shipped over into Jersey
and sold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

John White, one of the porters at the
Mississippi State House, was overheard
taking about the result of the recent
senatorial election the other day. This
was his comment:
Governor Vardamsn is gwine IN dar
70 Weshin'ton an peel one or dem dar
nlehdiments and mortify tother 'ginst
an us niggers. but I doan keer If he
does likes him jes de same"
That is Jus; the attitude Of most
OF the colored people who are intimate
ly associated with white politicians
who make the negro burning issue.
1t is that way with Tillman and thai
1t is so with Vardaman indicates that
while opposed to the negro as a class.
ne IS friendly 10 him as an individu,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Both the candidates for rho s,atA
Senatorship from Newport News are
Plum sot agin" the fee system.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

WolSast.
When and where was Ad wolpast
the pugilist. born? r. II
Cadillac. Mich. February s. 1855
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Every adult loses a quarter OF cent
the day through short weights and
measures. Maybe this is Tie cause of
the high cost Of living.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Don't forget to help the tuberculosis
sufferers at Catawba.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Washington. ID. c.

Washington. ID. c.
what Is the population OF Wnshing-
ton D. C. according to the last cnns,,s
ana what is the number OF colored
The population is 3s1,oso. but the
made pu'olic by the Census bureau.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Itussfn.

What is the percentage Of illlterates
In Russia? At p
725S in every thousand inhabitants.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Millionnires' Addressc,.

Please give me CarneEie's. Rookie
leliers and Vanderbilts addresses
a SUBSCRIBER
John D Rockefeller. &c Broadway,
W. + Vanderbilt 500 Fifth Avenue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Secretary Wilson is to take months
vacation. Some people think Mr.. Taft
ought to make it perpetual
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
Automobile Right OF why.

Which side OF the roau should an
automobile take In oroer TO pass a
direction? Should the buggy take the
right or left side OF the road 10 let
"u,t!oiiop'ies pass? w b. r.
Every vehicle should keep 10 the
right hand side OF the road
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

To Build n Canoe.
WI You kindly toll me how TO
oulid a canoe. what. material TO use
ana about how much IL would cost?
w nat would DC the proper size? do
not want TO use skins 10 build II. but
want TO use wood * ~
In this column we lack sufIicIent
space in which to give you proper In :
strnctions. AT any book store you can
oraer an inexpensive hook giving full
details OF canoe construction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Bv, the same process that IS used for
polishing hard woods
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28
NaIncE
What 10 tho correct pronunciation
OF Sunol. vaudeville and gladiolus?

Sunol. as IL written sue-no,. ~ando.
VIE as II written vod-vil, with the o
sounded as In old and tho 1 as in in:
giadioius. as 81 written gia-d,- o -lus
W. With the sound Of a as in ask, as in
Ill. as In obey and u as In us. The
accent Is on the antepenult
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Booths Grave.
Can You tell me where the assassin
OF president Lincoln was shot and
oupteu' W. F. D.
Both was shot in barn at Bowling
Green. Va. where he had flei nnrsued
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

How lie the cocoanut polished?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

Columbus, Ga.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-28

= Y
r INFERIOR FRANCIS JOSEPH, in
~ his c!ghty-hrst year is. iike ali
- old soldiers. disposed 10 be con.
serVative In military matters
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30

WIN q cloth and shook 1t about
gets the water, short one bitches
the horses"
When they came to measure the
boy had drawn the long one. my luck
again." remarked he.
Without a word the man passed
through the door, which the boy closed
behind him, but not quickly enough to
escape cloud of snow which swirled
round the room. Silently he pulled on
his moccasins and wrapped himself
in such outer clothes as he possessed
cursing luck generally that he had no
furs.
By and by there was tinkle Of
sleigh-bells outside, and the man ap-
peared with the team ready harnessed
to the bob-sled, on which four empty
barrels could dimly be discerned.
Have you put the pail and rope in?"
asked the boy.
The man nodded as they solemnly
shook hands, while the boy shielded
his eyes with the crook of his arm
and gave the horses their heads. He
tried from time to time to peer into
the storm, but the snow made wraiths
round him and froze his eyelashes to-
gether.
How the horses got there the boy
never knew, but get there they did, and
whilst the icy blast probed remorse-
lessly amongst his clothes for the
flesh beneath, and poured the powder
ed snow down his neck.
The maddened animals charged him
as he lowered the bucket into the we'll,
and spilled the water all over him as
they fought for the first drink.
1t was a slow process at best, and
his clothes and mittens cracked with
the CONCEALED ice as he hauled up each
pail. When they had drunk their fill
they quivered with the cold, and
plunged to get back, but the boy bound
The reins round the runners of the fore
most bob. They bucked as the frozen
bits CALLED them, causing him to spill
as much as he put in the barrels, and
to slither about on the rapidly form
ing ice, rendering a foothold almost
impossible. In between times the boy
rubbed his eyes and the frozen places.
1t was a slow and tedious task, and
he soon was tagged, because at 10 the
muscles are not hardened. The horses
knocked him over and the sleigh ran
over his legs, but, being light, only
bruised him. In his puny rage he
slashed them with the pail rope, and
it warmed him until one of the horses
trod on the bucket and bent it fiat
Foolishly he took off his mittens to
! straighten it, and only learned sense
when he felt the sensation of many
needles piercing his hands and the
skin on his fingers adhered to the
metal.
1t was painfully slow job; to lift &
filed pail shoulder high and empty II
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
Origin of New Year Gifts

Like the customs of Christmas,
which, in their origin, are a curious
mixture of poetry and symbolism and
of superstition, those that belong to
the observance of New Years day are
also relics of ideas that date from
early heather ages. The French de-
rive their term for New Year pres
ents from the Latin word, Strenia
the name of a goddess whom the Ro
gifts There was a grove in Rome
dedicated to this goddess, where 1t was
customary to get fresh twigs, to give
as presents to friends and relatives on
New Years day. During the sway Of
the emperors, Roman subjects made
New Years gifts to their sovereign
Augustus received such quantities OF
these that he had gold and silver
statues made of them. Tiberius did
away with the usage, because he con.
sidered it too troublesome to express
thanks for the gifts. Caligula, on the
contrary, reintroduced the custom, and
even made up for his predecessors re.
fusal to receive presents by requir.
ing those that had been offered to him
to be given to himself as arrearages.
The custom Of making New Years
gifts, notwithstanding attempts to sup.
press it, was continued after Europe
had become Christian. For time pres.
ent making was transferred to Easter.
but later it was again associated with
the first day of January.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30

MI Olu 0SI ulda CuSlOu VI vi
viding the year at the close
of those months when it was no longer
possible to keep cattle out doors.
This was made quite a fete and in
the sixth century was merged into
the feast of st. Martin, November II,
on which day the opening of the New
Year was celebrated.
While in Germany Martinmas and
the New Year were identical, with
the Introduction of the Roman calen.
dar the celebration was gradually
transferred to the first of January, and
with it went many of the jolly Martin
mas customs.
Traces of these old New Year OBJ.
servances and supersitions can still be
traced in the way the season is kept
in different lands.
Our decorations of greens. for in
stance, are a relic of the old Roman
superstition of presenting branches OF
trees for good luck in the coming
year.
The giving of presents has also come
to US from the Romans. They outdio
even the generous Americans, for they
used to ask for gifts, if not received
until one of the emperors forbade his
subjects demanding gifts save on the
New Year.
One of the favorite New Years gifts
after pins were invented in England, in
the sixteenth century, were the rough
handmade pieces of metal that tool
the place of bone and wood skewers
Later pin money was substituted
A gift that must never be omitted
was an orange stuck with cloves to
grace the wassail bowl. Apples, nuts
and fat fowl were popular offerings Of
the season.
Gloves and glove money is very
old New Year custom which is still
kept up in the increasing use of'gloves
as holiday gifts.
Even more curious are the old New
Year customs. Many of these are still
observed by old-fashioned people who
cling to the old traditions.
The oldfashioned Englishman will
formally open the outer door of his
house on New Years eve just at the
approach of midnight. This is to lei
out the old year and usher in the new
The Scotch make much of New Year
1t is generally ushered In with "hot
pint" brewed at home and drunk by
the family standing around the bowl
just as midnight strikes.
After hearty greetings to the New
! Year, the "hot pint" with bread,
| cheese and cakes, is taken to the
houses of the neighbors. The first to
! enter another's home on the first OF
{! January bestows good luck on the fam.
/ lily for the year.
In many of the Scottish regiments
/ even yet the ushering in of New Year
! is most picturesque. At five minutes
before twelve the soldiers. headed by
the Oldest man in the regiment dressed
as Father Time. march out of bar
| racks headed by the band playing
AUD Lang Syne."
Just at the stroke of twelve there
comes knock at the gate.
I who goes there?" calls the sentry.
THE New Year." is the answer.
Advance, New Year." is called back
The gates are thrown open and the
smallest drummer lad in the regiment
dressed in Highland costume, is car
ried in on the shoulders of the men
and marched around the barracks to
the pipers' tunes. The rest of the
night is spent in carousing.
4 e.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
Fought for the First Drink.

in a barrel mounted on a sleigh re-
ing him. Moreover, the water ran up
his sleeves and froze, until he was like
an automatic block of ice, If such a
thing can be conceived He became
such an embodiment of misery that he
no longer troubled about anything, but
occasionally buried his head in his
arms to rest, ano had only sufficient
strength left when at last it was fin
ished to put the reins behind his back
and brace his feet against the hind
most barrel before returning, and in
this position the water stopped over
him and played its sweet will uncheck-
ed.
Where the horses went he knew not,
and if they tipped the lot over again
he cared not. He was past caring.
With what little sense remaining him
he rather hoped they would, and SO
end it, He believed they stopped, but
couldn't be quite sure 1t seemed hours
after in dream that he fancied he
heard the mans voice: my God, !
thought you were never coming back"
and in the same dream he heard him
self saying: Neither did l."
| knew the boy in those long years
ago. see him and 1t is in day dreams
myself sometimes even now, especial
ly on New Years day, as. sit round
the fireside here at home. 1t is incon-
gruous that pictures should appear in
the embers. but SO they do, or else
ones fancy paints them there. Then
coal drops out, and / wake up to
the remembrance that was once that
! boy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30

out the sacks and blankets which had
been hung against them for protection,
while the in-driven snow lay in oddly
assorted mounds on the floor.
Both were reflective, the man be.
cause he realized the gravity of the
situation, the boy because he had so
recently left a home in the east.
1t was the first day Of the new year,
and possibly he was picturing to him
self what they were doing at that iden.
teal time.
Presently the man looked up. "Did
you hear that?" he said.
NO" replied the boy. What was
1.-THE waits?"
Listen again." said the man, and
just then above the shrek of the bliz.
card was heard a mufled chorus OF
deep bellows.
IF those cattle don't have water
they'll tear the stable to pieces. They
get extra thirsty feeding on straw, and
it's three days since they had drop
Why in h that well wanted to give
out / can't think"
Yes" said the boy, "thirst's a shock.
ing thing. Used to have one myself
in days gone by. Now, if we could only
do the widows cruise of oil business
we might make this lot go round" indi
eating a pot which stood on the stove
Cant you ever be serious?" protest
water"
by all means" replied the boy. Just
touch the bell for the waiter"
Don't be fool" retorted the man
IF you'd been in this country three
years, instead of three months, you'd
know what a blizzard means, and
wouldn't be SO mighty cheerful over
it."
Aren't you fool to suggest fetch.
ing water?" said the boy why, you
got lost walking to the stable not an
hour ago."
The man did not reply until the boy
asked him whether he really
considered his suggestion possible.
Yes said the man slowly, 1T is
possible"
Il suppose" remarked the boy, 'you
are aware it will take four barrels at
least, that the nearest we'll is old
man Reds, which is three miles away
and that you can't see six feet in
front of your.
Il know all that" said the man
"and more. ! can tell you that the
horses win go like the wind, and
when they have had their fill of cold
water there'll be no holding then
while the barrels are filed. OF course
the trails obliterated, but they'll fine
their way like a blue streak"
Sounds inviting" said the boy will
his ridiculous laugh. I'D offer to tosi
as to who goes if / had a coin, but al
l haven't (more injustice), well draw
straws."
ITS the only way" replied the man
Those cattle are our all. If thel
break loose they'll be frozen stiff. TIL,
one that wins harnesses the horse, ant
divides the water round when the lose
gets back. Is 1t bargain?"
The boy cut two straws of unequa
length. put them in a basin. covered 1
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
WHAT KILLS AuA7oass

The reason SO many aviafors are
killed or injured-the cause Of one
hundred accidents and sixty deaths,
or close to two-thirds of the casual
ties of the aviation fields not. as
generally supposed an excessive
element of danger in flying due either
to the limitations of the aeroplane or
to the helplessness Of .aJiators in I'M
settled atmospheric conditions. These
are but minor factors, being respon-
sible for less than one-thIrd Of the ac-
cidents that have happened in air
flight. To attribute all these deaths
and accidents to the advancement of
the new service would u eiittle short
of libel on aviation as a profession as
well as an applied SCIENCE. But twen-
ty deaths and about fifty accidents
are all that can be properly charged
to this account. The rest lost their
lives either because they undertook
to fly without proper qualifications or
training; or because they became
careless or broke the rules OF safe
flying for the sake or gain Or rep
utation; or because tie makers OF
their aeroplanes were 50 pressed With
orders that they could not stop to
apply means of safety, or were 30
lured by the vision Of returns and
prestige to be gained by light MAJ
chimes that they overlooked the eIe
ments of safety. In any event. the
deaths from theie causes were en-
tirely unnecessary and avoidable.
Henry Woodhouse n the January Met
ropolitan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
II Healthy and Wise
New Year

! tResolution Nc. IL will try to be-
me more intelligent concerning my
BODY" says DR.. Jean Williams in
yWomans Home Companion for Janu-
my. Hooking with greater respect upon
my physical resources and trying to
Yea lie more fully that upon them the
|EBFS4 and success of my life largely
lepend
"Resolution No. 2-I will arrange, if
oesible TO supply sufficient pure air
kr every breath | take, thus better to
,n bat every source Of disease that
light attack me, to improve my chance
r long life and to increase my eff
eiency.
.Resolution No 81 will be kinder
my digestive organs. avoiding all ex-
ess and not asking them to struggle
kfth food for which they have repeat
Idly shown antagonism.
Resolution No. Al will treat my
brain and nervous system with great
hr consideration, and SIS hours of each
keek shall be devoted to sleep.
J Resolution No. 81 will try to do
M eight hours as much hard work as
should do in one day.
Resolution No. 6-I will devote at
kast two Of the "a hours to such exer'
Ee as find most beneficial
Resolution No. I'll will give my
taT support to every effort, public OF
- in behalf of the betterment Of
ditions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
A STITCH IN TN
Hattiesburs People Should not
Iect Their kidneys.

No kidney ailment is unimpor
Don't overlook the slightest backi
or urinary irregularity. Nature
be warning you OF approach
dropsy. of fatal Bright's disease 2
ned disease is seldom fatal II tr|
in time, but neglect paves the VI
serious kidney troubles. Donf
lect lame or aching baok 81
day. Don't ignore dizzy sr>1f d
lar or discolored urine,
WEAKNESS or depression. 81 q
ing the kidneys with ~
time-tried remedy, Dos fr
Pills. For rs years, Doans6 . y Z
curing sick kidneys and en11&T ~
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people.
Mrs. q. s. Gray, lit q. Sixth streel
Hattiesburg, Miss, says: Il knov
that Doan's Kidney Pills are goo
kidney medicine, as they have bee
used in my family with success b
cases of kidney complaint A fes
months ago ] obtained q III Of thi
remedy at Hays & Fields Jug Stor
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Doan's Kidney Pills can ~ depende
upon to act promptly and bring las
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For sale by all dealers. Price
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo
New York, sole agents forzf@e Unite
States.
Remember the name ID n'san
take no other. s,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
Shdkespearean Notices 70,
the New Year

Heaven grant us its peace.-Meas
ure for Measure.
Let each man do his best.-King
Henry w.
Time is the nurse and breeder of all
good.-Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Take from my mouth the wish OF
happy years.-King Richard II.
Time shall unfold what plated cum
ming hides.-King Lear.
That it shall hold companionship in
peace with honor as in war.-Corio-
lanus.
Be of good cheer;
They shall no more prevail than we
give way to.-King Henry VIII.
This lies all within the will of God,
To whom do appeal.-King Henry v.
There's rosemary and rue; these keep
Seeming and SAVIOUR all the winter
long.-Winter Tale.
Be Just and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy
country's
Thy Gods and truth's.-King Henry
VIII.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
Best Gift of Cine

The passing of years is like the
coming of dawn-slow, silent, newt
able. The most eager cannot hasten
the quiet, irresistible movement, and
the most reluctant cannot forbid. Some
gifts the years bring which we would
fam decline-age, sorrow, disappoint
ment. Some treasures they take which
we would keep forever-youth, beauty.
innocence. But there are more prec
ious treasures which time cannot
supply and the years cannot remove
friendship, patience, faith and love-
Herbert l.. Willett.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS.
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cap of the stove-pipe, which thrust its
end above the level of the roof top, II
shrieked all sorts of menaces to the
man and the boy who sat huddled
round the fire, their feet in the oven
with the idea of extracting the last
particle of warmth from the rapid
ly diminishing embers.
Even if the blizzard was baked Of
its desire to wreck the shanty it was
not wholly to be denied, but drove in
between the ill-joined logs and bellied
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
Happy New Year
gf Many Nations

EW YEARS day has for
for generations been the
occasion of revels. 1t has
come down to us from the
old German custom of di
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-30
9
3 Day IN
y Till WEST
francis entiman
& by

DR. nearly three days the
blizzard had ragged against
the rude log shanty, which
stood on a rising piece OF
ground amid a sea of dead.