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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

The FOLLOWING program of the worlds
best and latest licensed moving pic
ture plays, consisting of Vitagraph,
Lubin, }Selig and Kalem subjects, will
be shown at the Gem theater tonight:
Mammoth Life Savers" Vitagraph;
Saved by Fire" Selig;. Fathers
Hat" Kalem; ITO The End of the
Rainbow" Lubin. On next Monday
the Gem theatre will present another
of its famous 10-cent shows and the
speciaf production to be shown, which
has been secured at heavy royalty, is
entitled rBilly's Burglar" 1t is a
comedy drama and comes from the
Vitagraph company and is in two
parts. "Billy's Burglar tells of the
daring capture of a notorius burglar
by brave boy. A thrilling adventure
on fast speeding automobile, and the
funny predicament of a negligent
"cop." AThe admission at the Gem
for the special show, -Billy's Bur
glar," hext Monday, will be 10 cents
for adults and cents for children.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
DEAD" HUSBAND
CONTINUED from Page One)

was lodged against her. The husband.
Andrew j. Cauley, who seemed to be
puzzled as to why he had been brought
to the courtroom, testified that he mar.
ried the plaintiff ten years ago. and
had breakfasted with her at their
apartments only Tuesday morning.
When did you first hear Of this
case?" asked Mrs. Cauley's lawyer.
i haven't heard of any case. got
some blue tickets to come down here.
and showed them to my wife, but she
didn't know what they were for. She
left the house this morning. and said
she had an engagement"
Mrs. Cauley, who is a trained nurse
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
M9OSERS APPLAUD
Continued From Page One.)

saw the coming Of the new Progress.
siye party"
When Mrs. Elliott ceased speaking
the audience rose and sang the ia.
nous hymn.
Colonel Roosevelt, speaking last
night at the family dinner" Of dele
gates, declared the Republican admin.
istration was spending cts last day"
in Furnishing small postmasters and
postmistresses who had Joined The
Progressive cause. Never has tim,fe
been a more ignoble ending t0(a odce
great party" said Colonel Roosevelt
in this connection. "Its after-electibn.
The administration is safe from ev-
erything but mourning the hearty con-
tempt of all good men and all good
women. 1t couldn't get any of the big
people and so it is working out its
spite on the small ones"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

difficulty, those on the branch lines
are finding empties as scarce as ever
The railroads are not promising any
relief until after the holidays, and To-,
cal lumbermen are skeptical as to how
things will be even then. The bump.
err crops in the West are not as yet
out of the way, advices received here
saying that 5000 cars are needed at
Buffalo Immediately.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

Jas. A. sigler and j B. Huddleston
have formed partnership for the
transaction of a general brokerage
and rental business. They have taken
offices on the thif floor of the Carter
building and will operate under the
style of Hattiesburg Brokerage &
Commission Company
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS.

Fresno, Cal, Dec. ia large at
tendance marked the opening here to-
day Of the annual convention of the
California Fruit Growers Association.
The members will spend three days
In listening to addresses by noted hor-
ticultural experts and in discussing
questions relating chiefly to citrus cul-
ture and viticulture.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
CAR SHORTAGE IS
BECOMING ACUTE

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 11.-Just as bad
as ever seems to sum up the opinion
of local lumbermen concerning the car
shortage situation. Although few
days ago there appeared some i'm
provement, this has not held good,
and conditions today are declared to
be equally as serious as they were a
month or ten days ago.
While the mills on the main railroad
lines are experiencing possibly less
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
TAX COLLECTIONS
IN NOVEMBER

Sheriff ]. D. Benefits collections of
advalorem and poll tax for the month
of November amounted to $2,S73, as
shown by reports just made up for
filing with the auditor of public &C
counts and the chancery clerk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

A small blaze, caused by faulty flue
construction, called the fire depart
ment to 9OS River avenue this fore
noon. The fire was in dwelling &C.
cupied by a Mr.. King and owned
by w. D. Draughn. The flames
were soon extinguished and but slight
damage resulted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

N. G. Fairchild owns farm about
three and a half miles out of the city
on which, with hired labor. he has
raised a number of things that go to
make farm life desirable. Among 9th
e. crops grown this year he raised
a fine crop of sugar cane from which
536 gallons of choice syrE Up was made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

Judge A. T. Powe had one offender
before him this morning in the per-
son Of Jim Little, negro boy charged
with trespass, in jumping on and off
a moving train. Having turned states
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

evidence in "giving away number
of other such offenders, the court gave
him a light fine of 81 and costs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

alleged in her suit that Sherard had
won her heart while she nursed him
in a hospital here and had promised
to marry her.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

E. s. Bostic, a prominent business
man of Meridian, is here today on
a business mission.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

T. l.. Campbell, the leading mer-
chant of Clyde, is in the city on bust
ness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11
CITY BREVITIES

D. B. Griffin of New Augusta is reg
istered as a Hotel Hattiesburg guest.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

DIR. ]. M. Phillips spent yesterday in
New Orleans on professional Dusl-
ness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

T. L. O'Donnell of Sanford attended
the meeting Of the Mississippi Pine
Association here Tuesday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-11

let The News Job Department prIns
xbur Stationery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
Prince kropotkin's Escape From Pr's
on Hospital One Of the Most Daring
Recorded in History.

In originality of conception and in
genuity of execution. the escape of
Prince Kropotkin from the prison Of
the Nikolaievsk Military hospital In
st. Petersburg in 1876 ia probably un-
paralleled in prison annals. Twelve
conspirators outside the prison took
part in it, but not one Of them was
ever arrested or suspected. although
many Of them were subsequently ban
ished to Siberia for other political Of
lenses.
The escape was made in broad day.
light, about five o'clock in the after
noon, in the presence Of three armed
soldiers, and with such novel Access
sories as cherries, opera hats. a mouse,
music. black mare and microscope.
The chances were at least ten to one
that it would fail. notwithstanding the
extraordinary ingenuity with which It
was planned, but every device and
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Beavers Work.

The beavers not only cut down trees
for the purpose Of making dams, but
also use the smaller branches az a
storage supply OF food for winter use,
says a writer in Our Dumb Animals.
These branches. from two to four
inches in diameter, are cut into
lengths Of two or three feet and then
by wonderful engineering ability are
carried beneath the water and into
the beavers houses, or the burrows
with which the bank Of every beav-
er's dam is honeycombed. Here thew
ire carefully stored. The green bark
Is the staple article Of food throughout
the winter.
The dams are Of varying heixht and
length, according to tho particular To-
cation. I found . dam in Mesa coun.
", Colorado. which was Just six feet
from bottom to top and impounded a
body Of water six feet or more In depth
and covering an area Of several acres.
This dam was perfect in construction.
It was composed entirely of willow
bushes, a. no large timber grew In thu
vicinity.
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o ( !
YOUNG !. !.
pEO : ?
NEAT HOUSE FOR SONG BIRDS
Made Of Three Shallow Boxes Set at
Angles Upon Each-size May
Depend Upon Taste 49, ! Z

The picture illustrates neat and
serviceable bird house. It is made
of three shallow boxes set at angles
upon each other. says q writer in
American Boy. The size Of the boxes
depends upon your own'taste. think
Is inches square and inches deep
is about right for each. In designing
the house l intended 1t as refuge
for untamed birds and SO made as
many compartments as possible. Each
of the shallow boxes is divided into
four spaces. az shown In the llustrar
ton. The space p" Is where the post
comes up through the center. The
perches and openings are cut out with
a small circle saw. The root Is of
tin or galvanized iron. 1t is made Of
four triangles Tapped over each other
and riveted. Two coats OF steel gray
paint on the outside will add to the
appearance of the house and make
1t weather resisting.
It should be set upon high post
and made as inviting as possible for
the feathered visitors. Remember that
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as man has encroached upon the do
main Of the wild creatures only three
courses were open to them; either to
move to remoter regions, to adapt
themselves to modern conditions. or to
die out altogether. The robin is one
of the species that has made the best
OF things and tried to stay with US.
1t is interesting to study its habits and
his shelter will aid you in doing 50.
Here are some things to discover for
yourself. Do the robins arrive from
the south singly or in focks? Do the
sexes migrate together? How long
after the arrival does nest building
begin? What is their food Is 1t the
same In various months? All these
and dozen more lines of inquiry
will make the shelter interesting.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
BOYS ON A STOCK EXCHANGE
Amsterdam Youths Privilege for Die
covery Of ounpowder Plot-En-
ioyed Nearly 900 Years.

OF the many quaint and curious
customs, traditions and privileges pre-
vailing in Holland none is more ex'
traordinary than a certain privilege
that has been enjoyed by the boys OF
Amsterdam for nearly 300 years, the
Boston Evening Transcript remarks.
At fixed time each summer these
boys gather by the hundreds in the
great square called the Dam, situated
in the center of the city. Each boy
has drum slung over his shoulder.
Facing this square is the stock ex.
change. and on the occasion in ques.
ton just as soon az the days business
is over as many of the boys as posi-.
Bile crowd into the building. They
proceed to the floor of the exchange,
where, pursuant to this old custom,
they are permitted to march about.
singing and beating their drums.
The origin of this custom, It IL said,
is as follows:
One afternoon Of the year 1922 q
crowd Of boys playing in the Dam lost
ball In the canal that in those days
skirted one side Of the square. One
Of tho lads. while climbing in among
the piles on which the building stood,
found instead of his ball boat moor
ed In a dark corner and loaded with
boxes Of gunpowder. This showed
clearly enough what was afterward
ascertained with certainty. the inten.
ton Of the Spanish conspirators to
blow up the stock exchange while It
was crowded. as 1t was every day,
with the leading citizens Of the city.
The boy who stumbled upon the
gunpowder at once hurried to the
town authorities with his news. The
boatload of explosives was quietly
sunk In the canal and the Spanish
plot thus frustrated.
When the burgesses asked the boy
what reward he desired for the serv.
Ice he had rendered. the town he re-
piled that so long as there was a
stock exchange in Amsterdam the boys
Of the town would like to be permit
ted to make the floor Of the exchange
their playground during certain
part OF the year. The request was
granted; and so the custom survives
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Walked Through Back Streets.

men-George Kramer used to creep
down from his retreat and take walks
through the back streets-alone. All
others. he reasoned, were in bed and
safe from the peril that was always
with him. So George Kramer used
to walk at night, with the white death
ever at his elbow.
The years went by. and then Mrs.
Caroline Walsh moved into the Furman
street house.. Mrs. Walsh il a mother;
she has a great mother love. which
means love for all. She got to know
the coughing man" by conversations
through the panels of his door. She
saw his face rarely. But she hearten-
ed him-this mother, who was the only
one in the house to think. except with
bathing, Of the coughing man."
Mrs. Walsh used to step to the
door almost every morning and ask il
there was anything she or her children
rands. Usually they would go to the
grocery store for him and leave the
food outside the closed door, because
Kramer insisted that they should not
come near him.
A few days ago Mrs. Walsh and the
children went out of town. When
they returned, and before she opened
her, own door Mrs. Walsh knocked at
the door of tho coughing man." No
answer. More knocks. and still no an.
swer. Then the janitor broke down the
locked door.
The man who had walked alone with
the white death for II years had con.
scented to 60 to q far country with
his grim companion.
The only possession Of value he lett
behind him was BY just - had tho
coughing man. overcomputed that
margin of necessity which had been
the measure and the iron bound of his
life Of sickness.
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be reverend gentleman the party made
les way.
The nouns" were lonesome and
they welcomed company. They were
decoyed from the barn, tethered and
then the fun began. One Of the dogs
was striped with white paint. The
others body was covered with white
spots. The guests then returned the
dogs to the barn.
It was late in the evening when Rev.
Brown, returning from pastoral call,
took his horse to the barn. He opened
the door and the dogs ran out. In their
Joy at the return of their master they
ran between his ministerial legs and
upset him. Then they frisked and
gamboled over his PROSTATE body un-
til the minister looked as If he, too,
had been given q coat Of white paint.
Rev. Mr.. Brown was angry, but he
was angrier still the next day when
he discovered that the "houn' dawgs'
had contracted lead poisoning.
A little detective work revealed the
identity of the painters and Rev. Mr.
Browns suit for damages followed.
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81
TOR s ! q IS
sstt
Animals Then llussed Upj Their
\ Master, Ruined His, Clothes ) !
T.. and Shocked His. Dignity. /.

: Jamestport, Mo.-Two "houn dawGr
Of q we'll advertised variety have split
this town and the surrounding com
mqnity wide open, A suit for. 81. 600,
dled BY Rev. We Brown Of TIE Meth
odist. church against the members Of I
recent wedding party, IL but one Of the
features. ~ =, ~: -. .z .:ss..
The trouble had it, inception in !
house party. given by Miss Blanche
Thompson Smith. When the fun was
at its highest ons night some one sug-
gested that the 'houn dawgs' owned
by Rev. Mr.. Brown be decorated in
honor Of the occasion. TO the barn Of
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IlIl0R| HERO
0 WHIT DEATH |]||'
n .s$. vi co. sss< ~ ~, % %*F IL S4:, n
Hunehbaek Who Had Learned
3!M@That Sermon on Mount
- -, - i Il s~El ra~t% T.
LIVED" like A. HERMIT
Crippled George Kramer Of New York
: Voluntary Exile Tor II Years Thai
Fellow Man Might seneht-caIled
1t Duty.

New .York.-George Kramer was
found dead the other day In dark
room at 317 Furman street, Brooklyn.
He was =. mute hero of the wv hite
DEATH" =. 80
Kramer, handicapped in life by .
twisted, puny body, was = tailor In
past years. He worked at his trade,
doubled up on q bench in q dimly light
ed loft, until IL years ago two red
spots grew on his cheeks and his de.
formed spine began to be racked with
a merciless cough. For time the lit
tie tailor kept stout heart and toll
ed at his bench, but meanwhile read
in the books of the white death" and
he became convinced Of his duty.
Il will stop work." he told his en-
ployer, and will shut myself up. 1t
is dangerous for others that / should
be abroad; that they should work at
the same bench with me. Goodby."
So George Kramer, the hunchback
who had learned all that the Sermon
on the Mount had to teach, went to
live alone-that others might not be
infected with the virue of the white
death. He had saved some money,
He carefully computed how long, with
infinite care, that money might pro-
vide the bare necessities of life, and he
set the order Of his life by the hard
tally of dollars and cents.
He had one room on the second
floor of the Furman street house. To
that room he kept by day, never show
ing himself to the other tenants In
the house. Most Of the people there
only knew that the coughing man.
lived in that little room, whose blinds
were always closed.
But at night-late at night, when nc
one was on the. street but the police
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10 Had Signed without Looking.

Hs Had Signed Without Looking.
Let us hope the doctors are mistaken
and that you will live many a year
yet"
Let US do nothing Of the kind
but get ready for business. Sarah
you know what breach-o- promise Is
of course?'
YES"
III you have a pretty good case
agin a man he'll settle for cash.
But how can I have a breach-of
promise case?"
That's what I am going to pro
vide you with-several Of them
Bring my pen, ink and paper, and
then run over and tell Deacon Harri
son want to see him.
The deacon was Widower and
we'll to do. He was one OF those who
had spoken Of tar and feathers, bu,
he had neighborly feeling, for all
that. When he had come in and ex
pressed his sympathy, the dying man
said:
Deacon, Sarah will soon be LET,
alone"
YES"
II want folks to be kind to her when
I'm gone"
They will be. Jim-they will be-"
I'm not so sure of that. Folks &c,
tired of being kind after awhile.
know how good you are, but If you'd
only put it in black and white that
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Well Planned and Carried

stratagem worked perfectly, and the
liberated prisoner dined that night il
Donon's restaurant, the most fashion
able In st. Petersburg, while the ent;r<
ponce OF the capital was ransacktnt
the city In search of him.
Nobody even imagined that he wou,1
oe shrewd and bold enough to talk.
his dinner in SO public a place an<
not single detective looked for hin
there, although search was made :,
scores OF other places, and every ex;,
from the city was 50 carefully enardei
that mouse could hardly have crep
through unobserved.-Century.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
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:. Jim. !.
=BuShWiiCk'S
Widow

By Lawrence Alfred Clay


Jim Bushwick OF the village of
RaWlins, was a ne'er-do-well. He
was born lazy and without business
acumen sufficient to sell or buy a
peck Of potatoes. He didn't drink.
smoke or chew, and when he married
it was to have wife to take care OF
him. She was a hustling, ambitious
woman, and il she could have had
his help they could have been well on
after Ave years.
She didn't have it, however. Jim
was always going to do this and DO
that, and he never even got up energy
enough to set out bed Of onions.
The wife seldom scolded or COM
planned. She was the village seam
stress, and by steady work she man
aged to keep roof over their heads.
Now and then there was talk of do
ers-a whipping-the law or some
thing else, but 1t never went beyond
talk. AS for tar and feathers, there
was no tar in the town, and no citi-
zen would have been willing to con-
tribute the feathers.
Thus things went on for eight
years, and then Jim Bushwick was
taken with hopeless illness. When
this disease took hold of the man he
galloped to the grave very fast. 1t
was only after the doctors had told
Jim there was no hope for him, and
that his fame of life would be snuffed
out In a couple of weeks more, that
the true spirit Of manly man came
out. He called his wife to his bed
side one day and began:
Sarah. you are going to be a
widow soon."
Yes" she replied, as tears filled
her eyes.
ave been a no-account man and
husband"
But you've done the best you
could"
"Mebbe so, but when l look back
I'm ashamed of myself I can't leave
you q dollar"
Never mind, Jim. Everybody will
be kind to me and I shall get along.
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men and boys followed in it, wake.
When the animal reached the intersec-
ton Of Main, West streets and Broad
way, many people were trampled in
the rush for safety. = =: -....,..... e. =
Traffic Ohicer James Mccormack At
this point Joined the race, which con-
tinued for several more blocks. The
aeet-footed cop chased the animal
into, the vestibule Of . i've: and ten
cent store, and a. the omcer was about
to make q grab the bull lowered it,
horns, made charge, throwing the
cop and diving headlong into big
plate glass window, smashing Il.
BY this time Mccormack had re
covered his breath, and sitter throw
ing the bull in true western style, he
sat on it until the arrival Of the re-
serves. . ...:s5 .s 81 s;
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Only Half Body Perspires.

Central Village, Conn.-An en-
ployee of one Of the factories here,
AIMED Van Mesa, has furnished puz-
cling problem for the doctors. The
man perspires on only one side Of
his body, the other side being dry al
bone. Asked what he thought was
the reason for this peculiar condition
Van Ness said: ''Well. my father was
French and my, mother German. and
possibly the German dried up the
French part Of me-" ss: -. 4
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
MAD BULL TIES UP TRAFFIC
Charges Full Speed Through Busy
Streets Of New Jersey City, Tramp
ling Many People.

Paterson, N. IA young bull charg-
ing at full speed up Main street, the
busiest thoroughfare Of the city, early
the other evening. caused considerable
excitement and tied up trolley tramc
until it was finally corraled.
The bull escaped during stampede
at an abattoir at Riverside, where
there had been IRE, and darted along
River street, gathering speed az it
reached Main street. Hundreds of
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Fate Of Story Tallan

MAMMA" asked little Georefe. II,
It true that nobody who tells stor,..
will 20 to heaven?' Yes. my daar y
mamma replied. Then" said the
child, you better watch out Dddn.t
you tell me yesterday they was no
more q that jelly left? Just eat
half Z tumblerful Of 1t that I 'found
- ~ top shelf III the pantry =. ;
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-09
"Dirtholyper."

Charlie. aged four, spent a few
weeks in the country. One day he
saw scne queer things jumping about
on tho grass and asked what thew
were. why. they are g1asshoppers. -
replied his mother. A short time at.
or no discovered Z toad on the walk
and exclaimed: "Oh, mamma! Look
ut this big dirt-hopper!"