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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-15
Reduction Of Rates.

Under these circumstances it is
very obvious that the reduction of
rates in Mississippi has to stop and
that the time has come when the bur-
den of the great OUTLAWS on account of
personal injuries which railroad COM
panies are now making will be borne
by the people of the state, In other
words, they will henceforth be taxing
themselves, having put the railroad
companies in a position where their
rates must be increased. The burden
will fall upon every farmer who ships
cotton or buys supplies, every mer-
chant who sells goods,-in fact, upon
every person who eats food and wears
clothes in the state of Mississippi. The
effect of these increased outlays will
be, first, to drive away capital seeking
investment in the state and secondly,
to add to the cost of living of every
citizen. How ill-adVised and short
sighted must a policy be which will
indirectly tax the people of Mississippi
not according to their income, but &C.
cording to their needs.
AS showing the extent to which this
evil has grown within the last seven
years, give the figures Of what the
Illinois Central system has paid out
in damage suits upon its 1913 miles
in Mississippi tincluding the Illinois
Central and the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley lines land its 2,541 miles in
Illinois respectively. In this compare
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-15
Can't Help But
Admire Babies
Every Woman Casts Loving Glance at
the Nesting Cuddled in its Bonnet.

A woman's heart naturally responds to
the charm and sweetness Of a pretty child,
and more so to-day than ever before since
the advent of Mothers Friend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-15
WOMAN COULD
NOT WALK
She Was So Ill-Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Pentwater, Mich. "a year ago I was
very weak and the doctor said had
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-15

verdicts, the waste of time of litigants
and witnesses, the fees of experts and
last but by no means least the lawyers
fees, charged upon a contingent and
speculative basis, by which they either
get nothing at all or a great deal too
much.
Economic Law viii Prevail.
The answer to this argument will be
made at once that the railroads charge
all they can get anyhow. But the
point is that when the cost of damage
suits arises they can get more. Their
constitutional right to fair return
upon their investment compels COM
missions and courts to give them more
And back of all stands the economic
law that the development of railroad
business stops when it becomes i'm
possible to borrow money on favorable
terms. When a railroad ceases to
earn fair return on its investment it
cannot borrow. And this means not
only that no new railroad will be built,
but that the railroads already built
will be strangled in their development,
and crippled in their usefulness. BE
sure your sin will find you out" is just
as true in economics as it is in morals.
say therefore that big verdicts mean
big freight bills and that the sequence
is inevitable. After all, railroads are
only public servants. They perform
certain duties of the state which are
believed to be better performed by
business corporations. When such a
company is systematically compelled
to pay excessive sums of money, the
result is just the same as If the treas
ury of the state were being steadily
depleted on a large scale. Either taxes
will go up, or the efficiency and value
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-15

of this is that such stockholders regu-
larly get only about per cent. on the
investment which they have made in
the stock of the company, and citizens
of Mississippi can obtain a better re-
turn upon their money than this and
naturally seek more profitable invest
ments. At the same time, however,
the people of Mississippi want not
only better service from the railroads
than they now have, but also more rail-
roads, as the effect of new lines is
to open new territory and to enhance
very greatly the value of lands in the
vicinity, enriching many of the citi-
zens of the state and adding greatly
to its taxable values. Since citizens
of Mississippi are not willing them
selves to build the additional railroads
on account of the small return yielded
by such property, especially at the
beginning, if more railroads are want
ed it is imperative that fair treatment
should be given to the owners of those
now built so as to invite new capital.
1t must also be remembered that the
burden of excessive verdicts in dam
age suits ultimately falls upon the
people of Mississippi themselves by
reason of the rates charged for trans
portation. There was a time when
railroads made rates with free hand
and where competition did not fix the
rate, they charged such an amount as
appeared to them expedient, leaving
sufficient profit to the shipper to en-
courage him to continue and develop
his business. This is no longer the
case. Interstate rates are controlled
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and state rates, at present, by
the state commission. Tie courts
have finally established the principle
that rates can not be reduced by a
state below a figure which will allow
railroads to pay their operating ex-
penses, which include among other
things judgments for personal injur-
les, and still earn profit equal to a
fair rate of interest upon their intra-
state business. The legal rate of in
terest in Mississippi is per cent, but
one is allowed to stipulate for as much
as g nor cent. and the rate of 8 per
cent. is general throughout the state.
Upon its investment in Mississippi for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911,
the latest figures I have, the Illinois
Central Railroad company made re-
turn of only GOT per cent. from all the
business done in this state, including
both interstate and intra-state bust
ness,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Red Haired Splnsters Rare.

Though red hair of the Titan
tint remains at least till middle age,
a correspondent points out that until
the other day he had never seen
or heard Of a red-haired old maid.
Il know that real red hair In
girls and women is extremely rare
nowadays, and anthropological ex.
perts say that the red-haired race
is fast disappearing. A friend to
whom / mentioned my one and only
meeting with a red-haired spinster
there was not an old maid to be found
whose head was crowned with the
real red hair"
A member of the Royal Anthropo-
logical Institute said: 81 am inclined
TO think that few if any girls with the
T1tan-ttnted hair fail to get married.
Men like them and they are quickly
married. Nowadays red hair is rare
chiefly because only when both par
ents have red hair does the hair OF
the child take on the same color. And
q man and woman with red sair rare.
ly marry."-London Mail.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Cherry MoRa.

Soak n tablespoonful of granu.
lated gelatin In three tablespoonful
of cold water five minutes. Add one.
fourth cupful Of boiling water, and as
soon as gelatin is dissolved add ~
cupfuls Of dark red canned cherries
(stoned and cut in halves) and one
half cupful of juice drained from the
canned cherries. When mixture be
gins to thicken add the whites of two
eggs, beaten until stiff, and a few
grains of salt. Turn into a mold first
dipped in cold water, and chill thor.
oughly. Remove from mold to serving
dish and surround with whipped
cream sweetened and favored with va.
ntlla. Sprinkle with Jordan almonds,
blanched, cut in shreds lengthwise,
and baked in a slow oven.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
HEREDITY SEEN IN THE HAIR
some Views on the inheritance of the
Color of the Covering Of
the Dome.

When examined under the micro
scope human hair discloses two
KINDS OF pigment, and only two, a red
ulsn yellow and a sepia brown. These
two colors are independent factors in
nereolty and may occur separately or
In combination" writes Gertrude G..
davenport in the Independent. "The
yellow seems to be a diffuse pigment,
Dut the brown occurs in granules or
specKs. The size and number of the
granules, as we'll as the intensity of
the pigment, vary in differently col
oreo hair. The intensity Of the vel
low pigment also varies SO as to form
d1nerent shades Of red, while a com.
Dinatlon of red with brown gives some
OF the more sober shades of red hair.
When the brown pigment is intense
1t forms black, and If red be present
In such cases 1t is completely covered.
"Red hair is best seer when brown
Is absent, and when two bright, red.
haired people marry all their children
Will nave red hair, for there will be
no brown pigment to cover 1t over.
On the other hand, when a black or
very dark brown haired person of I'm.
mixed origin marries another with
red hair, none of the children will
have red hair, but II the dark haired
parent in such a union has red hair
IN his ancestry, then half of the chill
dren Will have red hair. When there
ID red hair in the immediate ancestry
OF both parents, although both may
have dark hair, then a few Of the
MISUNDERSTANDING, in the long
run-will have red hair"
In the blond-to-black series we
find that the intensity Of the hair
color In the offspring does not exceed
that of the darker parent. Thus two
blond-haired parents have only blond.
haired children. The parents cannot
transmit what they themselves lack.
When one parent has f1axen hair and
the other light brown, then 80 per
cent Of the children will have hair OF
a light brown shade. When one par.
ent has dark brown or black hair and
the other light brown, then about halt
Of the children will have dark and
half light brown hair-that is to say,
half in population Of some size. In a
family Of only two children 1t would
be possible to have one dark and one
light haired child, but this would be a
very rare chance indeed. The collec.
ton and Interpretation Of statistics OF
hair color are complicated by the fact
that the hair of the young is frequent.
ly much lighter than in adult life
while the hair of the adult, when
mixed with gray, is not infrequently
reported as of a lighter shade than II
really possesses"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
STOCK AND CROP NOTES.

This will be the best season for soft
fruits eve enjoyed by the Wenatchee
valley. 1t is now practically certain
that 100000 will be distributed
among the growers before shipping OF
winter apples begins.
Owing to the late spring the Yaki
ma hop crop will not be up to the
average, and present estimates place
the total at 10000 to $4,000 bales
Current quotations are around Ii
cents, but growers are refusing to
contract, anticipating higher prices
later.
The average condition of the apple
and potato crops of the United States
on July l was apples, 59.4 per cent
potatoes S6.2 per cent, according to
statistics recently issued by the agri
cultural department. The Pacific
Northwest states rank well above the
average. Montana, apples 80, pota
toes "a; Idaho, apples IS, potatoes 90;
Washington, apples 80, potatoes SO;
Oregon, apples 81, potatoes 81.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Held a "Repalr Day."

Several weeks ago an Iowa dealer
notified the farmers of his community
that a certain Saturday would be RE
pair Day" at his establishment. This
meant, as he further explained, that
this particular Saturday had been set
apart as a day ON which ample pro-
vision would be made for harvesting:
machine repairs for all farmers who.
would make known their wants ON
that day. The farmers were urged to
examine their binders, mowers, rakes,
ETC., and ascertain what was needed
in the way of new parts, then come to
the dealers store on Repair Day"
and meet a representative of the fac
tory whose machines the dealer
handles, says Farm Implement News.
We are informed that the farmers
responded freely and when the day
closed the dealer had orders for re-
pairs from many farmers who other
wise would have waited until harvest
was at hand, then expected the dealer
to supply their wants Immediately.
Just why the dealer thought it neces-
sary to have a factory representative
present is not clear, unless he be-
lieVed that more attention would be,
paid to an announcement which prom
Used the service of a factory man.
Good repair service is one of the
chains that bind the farmers trade to,
the dealers establishment, but many
dealers do not realize the Importance
of adopting plans by which their Gus
toners will be supplied with repairs
promptly, They are inclined to take,
the position that it is up to the farm
er to order repairs far enough ahead,
of the using season to insure the re-
CURED service. But the wise dealer
knows that farmers are traditionally
careless about repairs. Most of them
wait until the eleventh hour, then
chafe under delay. Yet most of them
respond promptly to any sort of re-
minders several times a year, and it
make a practice of issuing repair re-
hinder from the dealer. Some dealers.
is a highly profitable plan.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Our Rude

There are great differences between
the richness and poorness of words
in the different countries. Japan is
certainly richer in it's words than Eng
land. Just for example, we have more
than nine words for the word ~" The
emperor alone calls himself Chin"
and all his subjects call themselves
"Watakushi," "Washi," Ore" "Boku,"
"Sessha," "Soregashi," Ware" "Yo,"
e~tcetera, according to the circum-
stances. The second or third person
changes as much as the first person,
IT." and all the verbs accordingly.
When l started to learn the English,
first time, I asked my American teach.
er, What shall I call myself before
the emperor" He said az"
"Then what shall l say before my
parents?"
"T."
What shall l say before my men
friends? And before my women
friends?"
81"
Il was quite a~stonished and said:
How simple, but how rude is the
English language!"-Yoshio MARKING
in the Atlantic Magazine.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
HIGH NUMERALS IN QUESTION
oef,nIteness Not Thoroughly Estab-
Ilshed When the System Was
First Introduced.

In ancient times there was no pc
suliar carefulness about the value OF
high numerals. The later Latin clas-
steal writer's differentiated more pre-
cisely, though even among them we
find traces of the same l~ooseness
which the Greek authors showed, for
Instance In the word myriad" which
meant either ten thousand. OF a great
multitude. So the Latin word Mile
stood for "a thousand" or "a large
number" the being gathered
sometimes by the Ease employed in
the governed word. However, the let
ter M vas commonly employed to
represent 1000 in what is known now
Rs the Roman Enumeration. MN meant
thousands loosely, or two thousand If
Intended to be used precisely. A. dash
over the M changed it's value from a
thousand to "a million" or probably
to IAN exceedingly high number" Two
Ms with a dash over both, might read
simply millions and millions" If ora,
torically employed or If with precision
simply two millions.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Rich Land Owned by Indians.

Land which was absolutely forced
on the Snake Indians in the Creek
country, Oklahoma, is proving the
source Of inestimable riches, owing to
the discoveries in that section by oil
~prospectors. So far not a dry hole
has been found In this marvellous field,
and on the land of the Snakes are
scores of rigs engaged in drilling.
About nine years ago the government
decided to allot arbitrarily to the
Snakes. All the good land was gone,
and they gave them allotments In a
section Of the Greek nation where the
land vas considered worthless. The
federal government set aside l60 acres
for each Snake, the land being classi-
fed at So an ere Since oil was struck
the rights of the Indians have been
carefully guarded by the department
Of the interior.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
CUTS OF MEAT
PALATA6LE AND NUTRITIOUS, Up
ONLY PROPERLY PREPARED.
Some Directions Here by Which the
Good Cook May Easily Cut Down
the Cost of Living Without
Impairing Menu.

Meat may be rather tough and OF
coarse fiber and yet contain more
actual food value than cuts that are
more tender and much higher in price
But on account Of the tougher fiber,
ignorance or c~arelessness on the part
OF the cook and the deplorable habit
Of swallowing food much after the
manner of the reptiles we find these
parts of the animal more difficult to
digest and therefore condemn them
The good cook, however, will give the
preference to the so-called cheaper
cuts and parts of meats, as she knows
that with them she a develop q
variety of favors that will charm the
taste at each separate meal even
though the same kind Of meat be
served.
Meat Loaves and Molds-These,
when skilfully prepared, are delicious
and served hot with a good gravy or
sauce are preferred by many to a
roast joint, and when sliced cold are
far more tasy than a roast hat has
had It's juices dried UP and the favor
dissipated.
Veal Loaf No. Chop three and q
half pounds of raw veal very fine, US
ing a wooden bowl and chopping knife
as the meat chopper does not answer
so we'll for raw meat. Add a slice Of
salt pork and chop with the veal, siA
crackers, rolled fine, or the same
quantity Of bread crumbs; a piece Of
butter the size Of an egg, salt, pepper,
powdered sage or other savory to suit
the taste and two beaten eggs. Mix
all thoroughly together and pack
tightly in a deep oblong tin, well but
tered. Pour some melted butter over
the top, with more crumbs, and
put another tin, or buttered paper,
over the top. Bake two hours In q
moderately hot roasting oven. I'm
cover and bake the top brown. This
may be served hot or cold, cut In
slices.
Veal Loaf No. 2-Take any pieces
Of cold cooked veal; pound Of fresh
pork and chop very fine. Add a kitch-
en- spoonful of bread crumbs, a little
minced parsley, a large onion minced
fine, salt and pepper to taste, a dash
Of cayenne, and half a cup of cream
or milk. Mix thoroughly and pack
closely in a buttered bread pan. Lay
q bay leaf and large slice of fat salt
pork On top and bake about forty-five
minutes. II served hot, make a to-
mato or mushroom sauce to serve
with 1t. A brown sauce made of a
few slices of calf's liver fried nicely
and a Calls kidney cooked the same
as chicken giblets makes a nice rich
sauce to serve with veal loaf OF
croQuettes.
Marbled Veal-Take any piece Of
cold cooked veal; season to taste anC
pound In a mortar or in chopping bow.
with wooden potato masher. Moister
with a little worcestershire sauce o.
tomato catsup. Skin a cold boiled
Calls tongue, cut up and pound to 6
paste, and add a large tablespoonful
Of butter, or enough to make a sofr
paste. Pack in alternate layers in
crock; press down solid and poul
clarified butter over the top. This II
good to slice down for luncheon Of
Sunday night supper.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Making the Nations Money!.

The government of the United States
last year made money at the rate of
$4,S12,7S4 a day, the total of bills
printed amounting to the neat little
sum Of $1,443, S20,320. There were just
8~4S,129,172 separate bills, ranging
from the lowly 81 to the mighty $780,
900 note, few, however, of the latter
perhaps a couple of dray loads. If
these notes were laid end to end they
would reach nearly twice around the
globe; or, should the government
choose to spread them on the ground,
they would cover an area of 1850
acres. But should stacking be pre-
ferred. the last note, when placed,
would be something like 81 miles from
the earth. The cubic contents of
the pile of notes printed in a year
are about 1900 cubic feet. 1t costs
the government 1926 a thousand to
print these notes, the cost for the
yearly issue being $500, 000.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
His Embrace Too Ardent.

Pressing his sweetheart in SO
tight an embrace that he broke hel
neck, a lover, after springing ashore
from a steamer by which he had re
turned home unwittingly caused an
unfortunate tragedy on the quayside
at Genoa, Italy, a few days ago. The
daughter of a French officer had
awaited the arrival of the steamer
bringing her lover from China. The
ship appeared, and the young man
saw his sweetheart waiting for him
He rushed across the gangway
clasped the girl in his arms, and sud
denly her eyes closed, while her form
lay heavy in his arms. At first he
thought she had tainted In her JOY
at seeing him. Several people stand
ing by went to the young mans as
sistance. while others ran for a doc
tor. But the girl was dead. In his
eager embrace the young man had
pressed her head so tightly that heI
neck broke. When he realized that
she was dead, the distracted lover at
tempted to jump into the water, and
was with great difficulty prevented
He was removed to the police station
sobbing: May the Judge be merciful
and sentence me to death, as I do not
wish to live"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Electric Lighted sinnaoIe.

A novel type of pinnacle provided
with oil lamps as we'll as electric light
ing Is now In use. Both sources of IL
Elimination are located below the com.
pass, the oil lamps being hurricane
proof and SO arranged that no smoke
a penetrate into the compass cham
Der proper, while the electric lights.
contained within the pinnacle, are
most ~accessibly placed and easily
regulated by means Of a controlling
switch to give reduced light for taking
night bearings. This pinnacle has
been especially constructed for hous-
ing a modernized type of the so-called
light card compass, invented by Sir
William Thomson, and commonly used
in the British navy and merchant
marine.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Gave His Life for Cat.

Trying to save a cat, the mate OF
the Hull trawler, Sea Horse, was
drowned of the west coast of Scotland
a few days ago. The vessel was fish
ing of the coast, when the ships cat,
Of which the mate, Ernest Ellis, was
very fond, fell overheard. Ellis leaned
owe the ships side to rescue it, and
the skipper, Edward Durbin, hurry,
ing along grasped him by the legs
The ship gave a lurch, and both skip
per and mate disappeared into the
water. The skipper and the cat were
saved. Ellis was carried away by the
heavy sea and drowned.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Luncheon Bread,

There is no better way Of usinl
sour milk than In making a spoo1
bread after this recipe: Break an egt
into two cupfuls of sour milk and ther
stft into the mixture a generous cupfu
Of white cornmeal. half a teaspoonfu
o ait and half a teaspoonful of soda;
beat this mixture thoroughly. Grease
a pan OF dish holding about a quar-
and put 1t on the stove till it is e
hot: then pour the batter into it ant
bake till a delicate brown in a hot
oven. This will take about a quar-
ter of an hour. Serve immediately
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-08-01
Montana Governors New Home.

Governor McDowell's new house ia
about the homeliest looking home in
town. There is about the place a sort
Of restfulness, an invitation to come
In and make yourself at home and
stay awhile. 1t is a big, rambling.
old fashioned house, with tall pillars
and fat roof, lots of windows and q
cheerful front entrance, all suggestive
OF the grand old southern mansion, the
hospitable home.
After all, it is not a cheap looking
house, for 1t is made of brick and 9TH
er masonry, and finished substantial
l, artistically, and at the same time
without pretence of g%audiness or hint
at the gingerbread effect-it Is a
homelike place, just the kind Of a
house in which any man would feel
perfectly at ease.-Anaconda Stand
ard.