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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-11

Trinity Episcopal.
Rev. w. S. Simpson-Atmore, S. T. d.,
Rector.
10 A. M.-Sunday School.
II A. M.-Morning Service.
Services held in circuit court room
court house.
The public cordially invited.
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Cheap horses and mules.-ME RkEL
& CO., Pine street.
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Greatness is its own torment-Thso-
dore Parker.
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Salvation Army.

Salvation Army.
F. H. China, Capt.
2:45 P. M.-Sunday School.
1880 P. M.-Services in Chapel.
The public is invited.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

We are now the only exclusive IN.
sertakers in the city. No other busi-
ness or profession. Phone 40.
RAMSEY q CO,
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Cheap horses and u1uIes.-MERkEL
& CO., Pine street.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

TO THE PUBLIC.
We are the only undertakers in the
city that have new and up-to-date
equipment.
HuLETT UNDERTAKING CO.
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RELIGIOUS
Announcements Of Services B,
Various Denominations
Tomorrow.

Columbia Street Baptist.
Rev. E. D. Solomon, Pastor.
$3.50 A. M.-Sunday School.
II A. M.-Preaching.
8 p. NIB. Y. P. U.
$3.50 P. M.-Preaching.
Morning Subject-"How We May
Know We Are Saved"
Evening Subject-"What to Believe
to be Saved"
The public cordially invited.
First Presbyterian Church.
Rev. E. ]. Currie, Pastor.
9:45 A. M.-Sunday School.
II A. M.-Preaching.
No night service.
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RAMSEY & COMPANY,
LEADING UNDERTAKINGS
PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE.

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05

At the same moment some brigands hap
pened to pass by and saw the two lying on the
moss
Then they tied them to the tail OF a donkey
and went along their way with them.
The black king was hurting threats OF death
at them, but Balkis although slightly shiverlng
in the cold air of dawn, seemed to smile at
some inward thought.
They walked through barren solitudes untll
the heat of the day began to make itself felt
She was now laughing, and the brigand chlef
having asked her the reason why, she replied:
81 am laughing at the thought of having you
all hanged"
"Truly. my beauty!" exclaimed the brigand
chief "that is strange talk in the mouth OF
scrubber of pots! And your black gallant? he
will probably help you?"
On hearing these insulting words, Balthasar
was incensed with rage; he threw himself upon
the brigand and squeezed his neck so hard that
he nearly strangled him.
But the brigand stuck his knife into him, and
the poor king, rolling the ground looked at
Balkis with eyes IN which all life soon seemed
to be extinct
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IN ev1l ana since Ba1k1s is a wlcKeu

an evn and since BaIK1s Is WICKED
woman"
ITO be wise is to be happy" an
swered Sembobitis.
"Then l will try to be WISE" said
Balthaser But let us return at once
to Ethiopia. And, as he had lost ell
that he loved. he resolved to devote
himself to wisdom and to become
mage He had tower built, from the
top of which one could see several
kingdoms and the vast eXpanse of the
heavens. He used to go to it's top
every night, there to study the heav-
ems under the direction Of the sage
Sembobitis.
"Sembobitis," he would say, "dost
thou answer on thy head for the ac'
curacy of my horoscopes"
And the sage Sembobitis would re-
ply:
my lord, science is infallible, but
savants are not"
Balthaser, who had fine natural
genius, would say:
Divine truth is the only truth, but
it is hidden from us and we seek 1t in
vain. And yet l have just discovered
a new star in the heavens. 1t is a
beautiful star, which seems as If it
were living, and, when it scintillates,
it looks like some heavenly eye look
ing kindly down upon men. some
times even imagine that the star Is
speaking to me. Blessed shall be he
who shall be born under that start"
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Ill.

But now there came a big roar Of armed
horsemen and Balkis saw brave Abner who, at
the head of her guards, came to release his
queen, of whose mysterious disappearance he
had heard the day before.
The mage Sembrobtis and MenEera the eu-
much who were standing by Abners side gave
a loud cry when they saw their prince lying mo-
tioness with knife in his side. They raised
him with the utmost care. Sembrobitis, who
was well versed in medical science, saw that
he was stiN breathing. He dressed the wound
while Menkera wiped the froth from the kings
lips. Then they tied him on horse and bore
him gently to the queens palace.
For space of fifteen days Balthasar re-
NAMED in a state of mad delirium He spoke
continually of the brass pot and of the moss in
the torrent bed, and cried out for Balkis On
the sixteenth day, having opened his eyes, he
saw Sembrobitis and Menkera by his bedside
but he did not see the queen.
where is shs7 What is she doing?"
my lord" said Menkera, "she is in private
conversation with the king of Comagene."
II must see her!" cried Balthasar.
And he rushed out toward the queens apart
ment before the old man and the eunuch could
stop him. When he came near the bed cham
Der he saw the king of Comagene coming out OF
It, all be6ecked with gold and as bright as the
sun.
Balkis, lying ON purple bed, with closed
eyes, smiling.
ooh Balkis Oh my own!" cried Balthasar
She turned cold and hard gaze on him, and
he saw that she had forgotten everything, and
he reminded her of that night in the torrent bed
IT really do not know what you mean, my
lord. Palm wine agrees not with you. You
must have been a-dreaming."
She rose to her feet and the gems in her
gown clashed like hailstones and shone like
lightning.
my lord" she said NOW Is the time when
my priv council must assemble. have no
leisure for explaining the dreams of diseased
brain. Take some rest. Adieu!"
Balthasar felt as If he was going to die, but
he made an effort to hide his weakness from
the wicked woman, and, flying to his room, he
tainted, his wound having opened again.
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ing lamp through the thick atmosphere OF the
place, reeking brutes fighting with fists or
knives for a cup OF fermented drink, Whlle
others slept with closed fists, under the tables.
RaIkis perceiying some salt fish hanging
from the rafters of the roof, said TO her COM
panion:
81 should like to eat of that salt fish with
pounded onionss"
Balthasar ordered the dish, but when she
had finished eating, he discovered that he had
taken NO money with him. He took little con-
Germ and thought they could go out without
paying But the innkeeper barred their way,
calling him a slave and calling her donkey,
at which Balthasar knocked him down with
his fist Some Of the men, with uplifted
knives rushed upon the two strangers. But
the black king, seizing hold of an enormous
pestle used for pounding Egyptian onions,
crushed two of his aggressors and compelled
the others to retreat He felt Bakis by his
side which made him invincible The friends
of the innkeeper, not daring to approach,
hurled at him, from the back of the shop, oil
Jars and cups, lighted lamps, and even the
enormous brass pot wherein a whole sheep
was stewing The pot fell with crash on
Balthasars head and split it. He was
stunned for an instant, but, gathering up his
strength he hurled the pot back with such
vigor that the weight OF 1t was increased ten
fold The crash OF the falling metal was
mingled with horrible groans, and with the
shrieks of the dying. Taking advantage OF
the terror of the survivors and fearing lest
Balkis should be hurt, Balthasar took her in
his arms and ran with her through the dark
and deserted streets
'I love thee" whispered the queen.
And now the moon, peeping from behind
cloud revealed, in Balkiss haf-cosed eyes,
ray of light damp with tears. They were 60
ing down the dry bed of torrent. All of
4~~k -1s~~
and they fell down holding one another in
tight embrace. 1t seemed to them as if the
world of the living had ceased to exist. And
when at dawn gazelles came to drink from the
holrows of the stones. the lovers were still
wrapped in Oblivion
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alighted on your neck, and 1 will give you one
half of my kingdom, with the sage Sembobitis
and Menkera the eunuch into the bargain.
But she got up and ran away laughing
clear-ringing laugh.
That evening Balthasar had supper with
the queen of Sheba and drank palm wine
$50, really" said Balkis during the supper,
Queen Candace is not so fair Of face as l
AMI"
Queen Candace is black" answered Bal
thasar.
Balkis glanced at Balthasar and said:
Zone can be black and comedy.
"Balkis!" exclaimed the king.
He could say no more. Selling her in his
embrace he held the queens forehead beneath
his lips. But he that she was weeping.
Then he spoke to her in a low, caressing,
lightly singing voice, as nurse would to her
babe. and he called her his little flower and
his little star.
why dost thou weep?" said he, land
what must do that thou mayest weep no
more? If thou hast any wish, tell it me- and
I shall do even thou wishest."
She had ceased weeping, and now she was
in dreamy mood. For long time he pressed
her to tell him her wish.
At last she said:
IT wish to feel fear"
As Balthasar did not seem to understand,
she explained to him that for long time she
had been wishing to be exposed to- some un-
known danger, but that she could not, because
both the men and the gods of Sheba were
watching over her.
"And yet" she added with sigh, II should
so like to feel during the night the cold and
delightful thrill of fear go through my flesh!
I should so like to feel my hair stand on end!
OH how delightful 1t would be to be afraid"
She threw her arms round the neck of the
black king and said. in the voice of a beseech-
ing child
Here is night coming down upon us. Let
us both go through the town in disguise. Will
you not Gomez" - -.
He assented and she, running to the win
dow, looked through the lattice into the public
square. r
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he coulu not utter word and he thought to
himself: 1.-THE queen will be angry at my
silence"
But the queen was still smiling and did
not look angry.
She spoke first and said, in voice sweeter
than music:
''Be welcome and sit down"
And with finger which looked like ray
of light, she beckoned him to some purple
cushions on the floor.
Balthasar sat down, sighed big sigh, and
selling hold of cushion with each hand, he
exclaimed hurriedw:
Madame, wish these two cushions were
giants and your enemies, so that might
wiring their necks."
And, speaking thus. he squeezed the cush-
ions so hard in his clenched fists that they
burst letting out cloud of white down. One
of the little feathers whirled round in the air
for some time and then alighted Oh the
queens neck.
my lord Balthasar," said Balkis blushing.
"why do you want to kill giants?"
Because 1 love you," said Balthasar.
Tell me-" said Ballds, SIS the water of
wells sweet In your capitaI?"
yes" answered Bathasar much sur
prised.
IT also would like to- know" resumed Bal
kis, chow they prepare dried fruits in Ethi-
opia."
The king did not know what to say; but
she pressed him:
"Tell me, now, If you would please me-
Then, with great effort of memory, he
described the practise of Ethiopian makers of
sweets, which consisted of stewing ounces
in honey But she was not listening to him.
Then, all of a sudden
"My lord they say that you are in love
with Queen Candaces.yo neighbor Tell me
truly, is she fairer of face than II"
ooh! Madam, how could that be?"-and
Balthasar fell on his knees at Balkis feet.
The queen continued: "Then, her eyes?
her mouth? her complexion"
Balthasar. stretching a hand toward her.
said:
Let me take the little feather which has
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05

There is a beggar,"
she said, Lying against
the wall of the palace.
Give him your clothes
and ask him to give you,
in exchange, his turban
of camel's hair and the
coarse cloth which Cir
dies his loins. Make
haste while I get ready"
And she ran out OF
the banquet hall, clap
ping her hands for joy.
Balthasar took off his
tunic made of fine linen
and. all embroidered with
with gold, and tied the
beggar's cloth round his
loins. He looked a true
slave. The, queen soon
reappeared in the seam
less blue gown of the
poor women who worked
in the fields.
Let us go!" she said,
and led B a l t h a S ar
through narrow lobbies
down to s. small gate.
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which fires all bosoms? Where is the
great chain of folk songs which in
terpret the country's history?
Negro and Indian songs do not
speak Of the great American nation
The United States they know not.
The soil is not yet ripe. Travelling
across the boundless prairie / have
seen how much remains to be done.
But the seed will terminate and
there will. arise the great American
song of liberty and unity and OF the
true new American ideal. 1t will mark
the birth of American musical art"
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!. Musical societies SUCH as the Bos-
eton Symphony, the Theodore Thomas
torchestra and the Kneisel quartet are
first rate organizations, but America
will only be able to take her place In
the ranks of the musical nations when
there is an American school of music.
as there is an italian. German or
French 'school.
: Schools aof art grow out Of the
SOIL out OF. idealism and out of true
religious feeling" he goes on. mot
the religious feeling that finds ex-
preston In mere ritualistic observ-
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Proof of Devotion.

'Her husband is suchea rough sort
Of a man." says the strangers. "He
woods manners-and besides he is TO-
tally bald. How could such lovely
woman as she ever have married
him"
"Ah," explains the friend, ''there Is
an instance of absolute devotion on
the part of a husband. He used to
be crack shot in a wild west show, but
fell in love with her and allowed him
self to be scalped so that she might
use his long hair for 36-inch braid"
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ances. but religious feeling which
raises the hands and eyes toward
higher things But the soil comes
first. From. it arises the musical char
acter of q nation and moulds itself in
melodies of it's own and adapted to
it's own peculiar circumstances.
"sThe root idea is the Volkslied,
which in northern countries sings of
the blazing hearth and of good cheer,
and In southern ATTITUDES OF tepid,
starlit nights. The highest ideals of
America are liberty and unity. But
where is the great epic OF liberty
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05
This Awful World.

isn't it just awful" signs the lady
with the three shades of hair, 'how
the men and women act nowadays?
declare! None of them seem to
realize that a certain amount of dig
nifty and reserve is expected Of them
when they are married"
TITS terrible!" grieved the lady
with the overdone complexion. Gust
yesterday / was lunching with Mr..
Gribbett, and we happened to see his
wife lunching with Mr.. FINLEY and
my husband lunching with Mrs. Tim
ley in the same restaurant. Both OF
us said that it is perfectly awful the
way people do nowadays"
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For three weeks he remained insensible, as
if dead, and on the twenty-second day, when he
came back to life again, he clasped the hand OF
Sembobitis, who, together with Menkera, had
been watching over him, and he said, with tears:
ooh! my friends, how happy you both are!
But no! there is no happiness at all in this
world, and everything in it is bad, since love is
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planets and the secret virtues or stones ana
fMenkera would sing liturgic songs TO MIN;
hut he was not listening to them, being ali IN
tent upon looking at the little jackals who
were sitting, with ears erect, on the sandy
horizon
At last, after march of twelve long days,
,Balthasar and his companions smeN sweet
smell of roses and they soon gazed upon the
gardens which surrounded the town OF Shepa-
There they met young maidens VINO were
dancing under poisoning pomegranates.
When they came into the town they were
amazed at the size of storehouses, sheds and
lyvorkyards which were stretching In front or
them. as well as at the large quantity or mer-
Ichandiss stored in them. For a long time they
walked along streets thronged with chariots,
Iporters. donkeys and donkey drivers, until the
marble walls the purple TENTS the. gold Gu
lpoIas OF Ba1kis' palace came into view. -.
The queen of Sheba received them in a.
court cooled with fountains of perfumed wa
ter which fell in pearly streams with clear
ringing sound She was standing in bejeweled
robes and she was smiling. ss
When he saw her Balthasar was deeply
troubled She appeared to him sweeter than
"a sweet dream.
'sMy lord" Sembobitis muttered to him,
:'be careful to conclude good treaty of com
fmerce with the queen"
take heed my lord" said Menkera, for
she is said to use magic in winning the hearts
hf men,"
Then, after bowling very low, the mage and
Ihe eunuch retired.
Balthasar when he was alone with Balks,
opened his mouth, in an attempt to speak, but
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-01-05

Her hair was wondrous fine
And brighter than spun gold,
An aureole divine
OF graceful coil and fold:
Heaped high upon her head.
Or bound within a net,
Or, glinting gold and red, :: :;
Wound in a coronet.
Such hair as poets sing,
Such hair as artists paint,
In loop and strand and ring,
In curls both odd and quaint
The sunlight came to play
Amid its glossy strands
When it she would array
With her bedimpled hands.
Men paused to give her praise.
Not for her comedy grace,
Not for her gentle ways,
Not for her lovely face,
But for her wondrous hair,
Which had the subtle CLEAN
OF sunbeams in the air
Above laughing stream.
And when it was unbound
It fell below her waist,
Its waving ringlets wound
The curves that beauty traced.
Such hair the mermaids combed
And sang their siren lays
When brave Ulysses roamed
The seas In olden days.
But It is not of this
We started out TO write:
The point of all we'll miss
If it's not kept in sight,
The wonder Of her hair
That all so richly shone
And was beyond compare, -
VAST was all her own!
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His plan

"You seem to be contented," we say
to the happy man. mo doubt you
have policy of taking things as they
GOMEZ
We'll, not exactly" he tells US. Il
let them come, and then If find that
I want them l try to get them before
they go. It's just as well to use o
little judgment"
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Excellent Plan.

Say, Bill" says the friend, you've
had lot Of experience. What's the
best way for me to keep my wife from
discovering that I've had drink or
two tonight?"
Simple enough" answers Bill, put
ting down his glass. Don't go home
until tomorrow morning"
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Music's Future in America.

cieties are sprtngirg up These are:
in community the most effective:
means Of, creating taste for music
and should be established like libra,
ries and museums. = !:
In many places in America are.
found excellent musicians: The many
schools Of music are crowded.-,a re-
striction of the number of students
and corresponding relief for the over
worked tutors would be desirable.
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Song of Liberty and Unity to Come
from United States, Says
Italian

The future of music in America Is
discussed by Ferruccio Busoni fn the
Italian periodical Signale. in which
he pays a tribute. to Americas love
Of music and the demand for more.
Even in the most remote parts of
the country. he says, orchestral So
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caesar,s Little lest.

"All Gaul is divided into three
parts" wrote Caesar. Putting down
his pen he smiled sagely and re-
marked:
They'll have to use lot Of loga-
rithms and the differential calculus to
figure out the Latin Quarter for Paris"
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A Tattoo identification.

AS means of Identification, should
they stray away, the children in G.
New York institution for deaf mutes
are tattooed with their names and al
dresses, an ink being used that wears
off after year or two
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Source of Joy.

The Christmas spirit thrills his soul
And he trills forth a carol
Alas, his gait has such roll, =
On lamp posts he's inclined to lo1l,
That we suspect that he acquired
The spirit" with which he is fired
From a Kentucky barrel
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C0ntemDt.

"Smuggins doesn't seem to care
much for your. opinion, does he?"
well, l judge not. When I speak
he says tut and when 1 write he
says 'pifRs'i"
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The night was dark
and Balkis looked quite
small in the darkness.
She took Balthasar to
one of those drinking
dens yhere porters about
town used to assemble.
They sat down to a table
and they could see, by
dim light of an ill-smell-
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ack of sympathy.

Don't you want to show your SYM
pathy for the poor this Christmas?"
significantly asks the solicitor for the
charity organization.
Indeed I do" replies the poet. ~
will write a poem about them"
"Heartless mani" signs the solicitor
departing. -"
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I those days Balthasar, called
Saracen by the Greclans'
reigned over Ethiopia. He
was black but comely, simple
Of mind and generous of heart.
In the third year of his reign,
which was the twenty-second
of his age, he went to visit
Balkis, queen of Sheba, &C.
companied by the mage Sem
bobitis and by the eunuch
Menkera. He had a train OF
seyenty-five camels, with
loads of cinnamon, myrrh,
gold powder and elephants
tusks. While they were jour-
neying Sembobitis would teach
Ralthasar the influence Of the
The Mena weekly star., 1911-04-13
PROFITS IN TREE SPRAYING
Kansas Agricultural College Claims
That 1920 Per Acre Can BE
Made In Orchards.

Manhattan, Kan. April spraying
Of the trees as the solution OF the
problem Of how to increase the pro-
duction OF apples has been proven at
the state agricultural college here.
according to a circular issued by the
instructors of that institution. The
circular says
During the past summer season,
working in seven different and widely
separated orchards in southeast Kan.
sas in cooperation with the bureau OF
entomology and interested fruit grow.
ers. the agricultural college has been
aule to increase the average yield OF
merchantable apples four bushels per
tree alone This means when sold as
orchard run a net profit Of $1.62 per
tree, of $500 per acre; and when
properly graded. packed and market
ed nearly double that amount These
returns are neither the best nor the
poorest, but represent the average
good derived from spraying In all or
chards. An average of 81 per cent
more fruit was produced on the spray
ed blocks than those unsprayed. The
spraying test was made on 81 differ
ent varieties Of trees"