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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
THE OBSERVANCE OF PANcHo.
(Chicago Tribune,)

The recent strategy of First Chief
1Carranza seems rather obvious to the
simple Saxon mind. If Villa had not
been checked, If he had been vigor-
uusly supported, say. as Lincoln sup
ported Grant, the redoubtable Pancho
would have swept on from Zacatecas
TO San Luis Potosi and Queretaro, and
might have marched gloriously into
Mexico City before this. Then his star
would have oatblasted all others in the
Mexican heavens and his power, moral
~ military, would have been ST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16

out of his grasp. 1t was then dropped
into the bag, which was tightly closed.
The snake was taken to detective
headquarters in City Hall for the night.
Today it will be sent out to the Zoo.
Aand traffic has been resumed over the
bridge. The reptile is Of the diamond
back" variety, and it was estimated
from the number of rattles on its tail
to be about 25 years Of age.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
Beware of Ointlnents for Catarrt
That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
articles should never be used except on prescrtp'
lions frem reputable physicians, as the damage
sibiy derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured BY p. ]. Cheney Co.. Toledo O.,
contains no mercury. and Is taken internally
faces of the system. In buying Halls Catarrt
Cure be sure You get the genuine. 1t Is taker
Internally and made IN Toledo, Ohio, by r. ].
Cheney L Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. Toe. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16

rama was we do not know, but unless
he moves southwark promptly, Obre-
gon, coming in from the west with
all the prestige of late victory and a
force greatly enlarged by recruits, will
be ahead of him on the way to the
capital.
Events are likely to follow swiftly
now-and they won't be directed from
Niagara
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
On the Domestic Voltage.

"Wire you insulate?" the electri-
clans wife inquired when he made
his appearance at 3 a. m. Whereupon
he explained that he had become
thirsty and had to make a short cir
cuit.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
Slightly Mixed Metaphor.

An eloquent Irish candidate. speak
ing of certain eminent statesman,
said His smooth tongue is that Of a
serpent which lures but to destroy.
and which holds out sugar plums in
one hand, while in the other it holds
an unsheathed dagger behind its
back"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
Easy Way to Clean a Carpet.

Instead of sweeping your stair car
pet try wiping it over with a damp
cloth. Use a teaspoonful Of ammonia
in two quarts of warm water. Your
carpet will look clean and bright and
there will be no dust.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
ide. for the Gas Range.

1t is not well known. but mirror
will reflect heat as well as light. Al
most any bright surface will. SO II a
bright piece of tin we're placed under
all the burners of gas range mtae
heat would be saved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
An Example Of the Simple Life

Medical literature tells of woman in Sllesia who
became the proud-and busy-mother of 81 babies,
all of whom lived to maturity. They came in show
ers six at time, often four and five, only
unitarian.
There flats in Silesia with children bar
red. This prolific mother lived in the open country,
where the Riddles had room to play and to grow.
Most of the time they went barefoot Otherwise
pa mghtnt have been able to foot the shoe bills.
They ate the simple fare which was obtanable
from fields and forests-brown bread, nuts, wild
fruits the flesh and eggs of domestic fowls fish from
friendly stream and hares and cartridges
Their clothing was homespun not fancy but ser
viceabe. They not afraid to sleep out doors
Theirs happy example of the simple but
bounteous life. They never railroad train, a
street car, automobile or aeroplane, and when
they travelled it by that best of ways, shanks'
ponies.
But they ate well and slept we'll and strong
and hardy; they were not peevish and fretful and
crazy for sensation, for they had nerves of
steel
They missed lot of the pleasures and advantages
of civilization, do you say9
What, for instance9
How much would a mult-millionaire dyspeptic
give, think you for health and strength and content
ment like theirs?
How much of the high life that many of nova
days live is really ESSENTIALS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
ny OTTO M'FEELEY.
Copyright. 1914

DETROIT, Mtch.s July D
When you go to a certain part
of the Ford plant you will be
puzzled by a babel of voices as
of a school reciting lessons.
1t is a school, school OF
grown-up men-and they ARE
reciting lessons.
Foreign Iaborers cannot be-
come American citizens. learn to
spend more money for living and
efficiently enjoy freedom and cttt-
zenship unless they can speak,
read and write English. This was
the conclusion reached by Henry
Ford, and accordingly he has
established schools for adult for
eign wOrkmen.
The school is located in the
new addition of the Ford shop,
] 600 feet long, five stories high
and as white inside as a battle
ship and as clean.
Ford took Judge Neil, the
mothers pension man with whom
he has been in conference, and
| myself to see the school.
There is no other school Ike
this. Its magnitude is the Ford
magnitude. Ford pays all the
/ teachers. The system of teach
! ing is unique. These men are
/ taught by animated object. les
sons.
Kettle" says the teacher with
twenty pairs of eager eyes upon
him. He holds up the common
tea kettle of the kitchen.
81 put water in the kettle,
he continues.
Il put the kettle on the stove.
Each sentence Is repeated IN
chorus, over and over again.
Then the teacher takes them
| through the various uses of the
| personal pronouns, he puts the
kettle" you put the kettle,
I'VE put the kettle" This brings
up the mystery of singular and
plural words. He cant get II
into their heads.
He grabs a man who is known
| to be unmarried. SINGLE" the
teaeher says. shaking the man.
Not married"
They understand. Now,
says the teacher, lone Kettle,
holding up one finger, lis what.
| The answer comes at once. Sin
gle"
In one month 100 men OF
| eleven tongues have learned to
| read the printed English word
First is the oral lesson, then
| the reading and then the writing.
The first classes now have
been promoted and within SIX
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
"Ordered Better Abroad"

Have you been watching the way our cousins OF
Canada and England probing the st. Lawrence
steamboat dsaster2
A noble lord presdes the nquest-the same
who whitewashed Ismay and the Titanic
rude seaman tried to tell that the steering gear
of the sunken ship had been acting badly before the
crash that he had told his superors about it, that
they had done nothing, but that after the collision
they had tried to speed him out of the reach of the
Investigators.
Whereupon my lud".
ttLet us get this incident finished soon pos
sible. do not like it and personally do not attach
any real Importance to it,
When the superiors took the stand and swore that
the rude seaman never told them anything of the
kind, once the noble lord spoke:
81 hope that ends the incident
Perhaps it does. 1t would be expensive to have
the powerful Canadian Pacific corporation held re-
sponsibe in damages for the loss of thousand
lives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

Livestock---Cows. eKe; calves
sh @9c; hogs, Sia @ &c; weth-
ers, &c; lambs. &c; ewes, 4 ~ C.
Butter and Eggs-Rans but
ter. rs @26c; strictly fresh ranch
eggs. % a 24c.
Poultry - Hens, 12c % lac;
broilers, 23Q25c; ducks. 13o:
squads, So; rabbits, S.10cs
springs, 16h Ole.
Jobbing Quotations.
The following prices are fir-
nished the Times daily by leading
firms engaged in the various
lines 70 fruit. produce. meats. pro-
visions. etc. These prices are paid
by the retailers to the commits
sion men:
Cheese = Wash. Ice; Tilla-
mcok. lie.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, % % Csc.
Butter-Washingto creamery.
Is @ ate: Oregon. 25 q ace: Cali
fornia. zee.
Fresh Meats-steer. 12h q
fshc: cows. 12Me; heffers.
12Me; hogs, trimmed sides,
INC; do. combination, lie;
whole, 131Se; small veal, 100
lie; heavy veal. 10012c;
ewes. ING; mutton. wethers.
12e; lamb, 14e.
Fruits-New apples: Yellow
Transparent. box, 81. Oranges:
Valeneias, $2.75 Bananas3 y
a 4c Id. Grape Fruit, Fla, $4.5C
$50. Strawberries, Island
81 a 1.25. Gooseberries, h., &c
Apricots, CRIT, $1.10m1.35. Can.
taloupes, 81. ESQ. Cherries
Royal Anne, sc h.. Bings, soc a
81: Lambert. 25 lbs. for $2.50
Plums, Climax, $3.50. Pineapples
crate. Prunes, blue, box, $1.50
doz., So. Lemons, choice, $3.50
Peaches, box. $1.15. watermelons
lib. &c. Plums, red. box, $3.50.
Raspberries, 81 crate. Logan
berries, 81 q 1.25. Currants, S1.25
crate. Prunes, blue, box $3.50.
Wild b1aekberries. s242.25 ert.
Bartlett pears, s2.75.
Vegetables-Green onions. zoe
Dozen; Texas Crystal wax, boz.
81. q 5. Lettuce: Leaf, 81 box:
head. 80 a 40e doz Spinach, ID.
sc. Turnips. 81. Carrots. $50.
retail. lb. 25c. Potatoes: Nett I'd
Gem. $50: White River. SIS
ale; new. rad and white.
81. Cueumbers. Island, doz..
5 DC n 81. Cabbage, Winning
stadt, 2 4 c lib. CaulifIower. -.
Parsnips. S1.25 sack. Bell Pen
pers: 10 cents lab. Tomatoes.
0-Ib. box, 81. Rutabaeas
sack. $40. Hops. 1913 crop.
prime and choice. I7mIRe-
Rhubarb. Id. "a &c: gre. en-
peas. 3 q &c; Asparagus. s1.25 q
1.50. Mint. bunch. 1oe. Radishes.
doz. bu-. 25e. Florida eggplant.
each IS a 4oc. Wax beans. ID.
Sc. Beet. 81. Parsley, doz..
bu.. Csc. Green beans, Sc. Green
corn. doz-. zoe. Sumner squash,
each. sc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
ONE ON SALISBURY

The Bishop of London on one
occasion when he went to Buck
ingham palace told the late king
that he had passed Lord Salisbury
in an anteroom, but the latter
did not seem to know him. "Oh, I"
said King Edward. Lord Sails
bury never ecognizes anyone, "
and going to a bureau he took out
a new portrait of himself and
handed it to the bishop. saying.
What do you think of this2"
A very excellent likeness, sire, I"
said the bishop. When I show
ed il to Salisbury" said the
king, "he looked at Il and then
said, Poor old Butler, | wonder
if he's as stupid as he looks"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

months many of these adult put
pills will become buyers of the
daily newspapers and the maga-
zines and will be I'm q position TO
keep up with the trend Of af-
fairs I'm their city, state and
country.
This school Is only the begin
ming. Courses in American his
tory, literature, civies and tech
meal courses are to be organ
lied as the department grows and
the pupils are ready for the high
er education as the department
er education as befits s5-a-day
foreign laborers, with the view
of making them more efficient
workers, being citizens and better
prepared to live, which, in Ford's
philosophy, is the purpose of
work and education.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
HYMNS of Brotherhood

Margaret Wilson is right when she says that there
ism yet any music which fifty expresses the neigh
borliness the good will, the buoyant democracy of
the social center.
Democratic America has yet to evolve its folk
songs.
IF the daughter of the president can help to get
this spirit revealed in tunes she will do bigger work
for the future of country than pa can do, argyll
ing with congressman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

PARIS. July S.@Francs will
make an elaborate national ex-
hfbit at the 1918 exposition in
San Francisco, IL was decided to-
day. The funds will be appropri-
ated within . few days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
sPRY OLD ROOSTER

Irwin Johnson had his whiskers
shaved off and his growth of win
ter hair removed. This SO dis
guised him that his closest frien Is
did not recognize him at first
and the old hens were scared
when he went into his poultry
ward
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
WAS TT SARCASM

Mrs. Poorpay-I wonder IL the
doctors wife meant anything per-
sonal just now.
Poorpay-what did she say?
Mrs. Poorpay-She said that
we might at least pay them a
visit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
|FORD'S PLANT NOW A REAL.
SCHOOL HOUSE; men OF MANY
TONGUES ARE TAUGHT TRADE

VISIT To THE SCHOOL DESCRIPTION OF
METHOD DE- TEACmNG-FORD PAYS TEACHERS AND
SAYS SCHOOL M $5-A-DAY
GOULD LIVE AND SPEND MONEY EFFl-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

drinking less whisky and using more tobacco than
year ago. Maybe the tobacco increase is due To lady
smokers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

If he has more tears, let the standpat bowler pre-
pare to shed them nowi The first year of Wilson s
administration shows surplus instead of a deficit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

tion won't let them give state relief to the Salem fire
sufferers and they ask it of congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08
While MIR. Jack johnson hasn't formally sic

meet Mr.. Samuel Langford, at present the white
mans hope is black one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

Anybody gambling that delayed Interstate
commerce commission report of railroad rates2
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

Il have been told these to-
toise shell glasses make me look
scholarly"
Then for goodness sake don [
take them off near people who
haven't seen oyu without them. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

First thing Mr. Carranza knows, Villa is going to
tire of winning battle and then going back to make
peace with Carranza.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-07-08

Instead Of making their own bread those Madrid
women mobbed the bakers Women developing
quite passion for taking the short cut
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
War, he sung, is toll and trouble;
Honour, but an empty bubble.
John Dryden.
The Water at Roosevelt

The Roosevelt dam is steadily gaining and has
been doing so for the past week The Verde has
kept up its flow well, and altogether the situation
is very satisfactory The situation is prac-
tcaly the same it year ago. with this
added advantage to water they have learned
that they had formerly used much water than
they needed; much than was good for crops
and that conservation may be profitably prac-
ticed by judicious of the water by the
storing of it in the first instance.
There is advantage, not only to farmers, but
all citizens in having learned that the highways
are not helped by being irrigated, flooded and
dered impossible In many ways have been
taught the value of water and, consequently, the
proper of water.
A year ago farmers We're slightly uneasy
Though it turned out, there was plenty of water
some feared there might not be- The result has
given greater degree of optimism and that is
worth whole lot of water and money
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
NAPOLEON
BY WALT MASON

If great Napoleons shade looks down from some
red star on mighty hosts arrayed for stern. de-
cisve war. he'll many traps unheard OF III
his day. that he will groan, perhaps, and heave a
sigh and say: Great Scott! Had possessed such
implements as those, how quickly galley west l
should have knocked my foes. All those quick
firing guns-ma gnificent, sublime They scatter
tons and tons of hardware at a time! And see
those soldiers fly, boiler metal wings! They
soar up to the sky and drop their bombs, by jlngs!
Alas, in all my wars l rode a spawned steed put
now in motor cars, the generals proceed. When
messages | sent a soldier bore the same, and Toe
men, as he went, shot fragments from his frame;
but now this wireless scheme sends messages afar'
II all seems like a dream, and bit like
My soldiers used STAY, with sword and spear they
hewed; but now in half day, they XIII a multi
tude Alas l think with tears, of my brave, trusty
ones who fought with rusty spears and muzze-
loading guns. The modern fighter knows no weary
toll ween he sizes up his foes and kills them by
machine Had | been thus equipped for but one
single hour, l surely should have stripped all cap
tains of their power
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
EXPORT NEEDS CREATED BY THE WAR

NJ a. Oudin manager of the foreign depart
ment of the General Electric Company, in in
terview with a representative of the Electrical
manufacturers as a result of the curtament
of European production is one that concerns all
Industries. Oudn pointed out that while the
stoppage of European supplies of all kinds is a
factor favorable to great extension of American
trade there two adverse factors which have
very important bearing upon the magnitude of the
trade that be obtained. The first adverse fac
tor is the financial disturbance which has existed
throughout the world for a year. This eco
nomic depression, particularly in South America.
has been made much worse by the in Europe.
The second adverse factor which is of temper
airy character is the dslOcation OF transportation
facilities which exists.
In the beginning American manufacturers should
make up their minds to spend large amount in
investigation of foreign conditions particularly in
South America. They should expect return for
the first year two The difficulties of the
language. the different customs and different bust
practices, and the entire difference in racial
characteristics. are not perhaps. fully appreciated
by those who do little export business with La
tin America, and not at all by those who have
acquaintance with the Latin American people. 1t
Is than useless to send the American type
of drummer to South America.
Oudins familiarity with conditions cOnvinceS
him that the present concentrated attention upon
our foreign business is in itself potential factor
making for very large foreign trade, and that it
must give rise to the element of permanency which
has been conspcuousy absent from efforts in
tho
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03

Austria has 100000 square miles. somewhat
fewer than Texas. Into this territory stuffed
100000 people, including 100000 Huns, who
hate the Germans: II 100000 Germans who despise
the Serbs; several million Serbs who go out of
their way to swat a Magyar. and 100000 Bohemi-
ans, who hate the whole crowd. Further limitations
produced by Moravians Ruthenans, Savonians,
Croatians Bulgarians Poles Roumanians, and var-
other nations and races, who sit up nights to
hate each other When consider that all this
ill feeling is contained peaceably in country small
than Texas, which can scarcely contain the
democratic party without armed guard
filled with awe over the craftsmanship of Austria.
The Romans used the Austrian territory for
exercise ground in which to fight Huns and GOths.
Later it fought by Tartars, Moslems,
Russians, Teutons, and unattached entries. In the
thirteenth century the Hapsburg brothers got hold
of it and made kingdom out of it. Since then
Austria has produced incredible amounts of history.
But it does not produce much manufactured
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
BELGIUM

If it is true that Belgium is to receive $1,000 900
from England and France sOlace for the losses
incurred through her brave resistance the invaders
the world will feel that the gift is well bestowed.
"HOrum omnium fOrtssimi stunt Belgae" (Of all these
the bravest the Belgians) writes Caesar in his
Commentaries of the tribe which inhabited the
northwestern part of Gau There Liege in
his day. but the identical site of Namur was
cupied by Aduaticum, which gave him resistance
of many days after his defeat of the Nervil
The BegianS, who occupied the land north
of the Seine almost to the banks of the Rhine have
preserved their people from that day to
this but their name nation Obliterated by Gaze
revived until $780, when the present
kingdom founded All through the Dark Ages,
the Middle Ages, the Renaissance. and through
the Napoleonic period, their cOuntrys identity
merged in that of the Netherlands Sixteen years
after the defense of Quatre Bras by the Belgans.
the kingdom which united the people with Holland
collapsed and the Belgians asserted their indepen-
dence a naton-New York Times
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
UHIANs ARE CAREFULLY CHOSEN

The Uhlan, the cavalry arm of the German
army has had his full share of fighting at Liege
and at other places the long line of battle now
raging Splendid efficiency is the reputation when
the Uhan enjoys both at home and in the camps
of the enemy This high standing was won mainly
during the Franco Prussian war, when they ala
wonderful scout service and mean factor
in beating down the opposition of the French IN
the field.
The Uhan huzzar borrowed from the PoliSh
military system. Uhan meant simply lancer. HUI
Ear is word that from the language ot the
Hungarians meaning twenty. 1t commentaries the
time when every group of twenty men in the king
dom was required to furnish cavalryman. So
it means the representative of twenty men, Inc
word dates from the time of Matthias Corvinus
when in national Hungarian levies. every twenty
men had to furnish one fully equipped horseman
who in accordance with the fact was called 'huZ-
Ear" So efficient the Uhlan in the war OF
forty-four years ago that he was called the
ubiquitous Uhlan"
The lance is the distinguishing arm OF the
JJhan 1t was the Polish lancers, the finest resi-
ments of light horse in the Austrian service, that
made the popular in all the armies of Europe
Part is owing to the great care taken
in forming the regiments. They are divided in
groups of one hundred less. and only men of IKE
habits Of mind admitted to group The OIL
ficer in charge must understand each man lnti-
matey in character, physical strength and temper
for horse and be matched with the ut
most care and judgment if the best that each Is
capable of is to be attained Brooklyn Eagle
Arizona republican., 1914-09-03
WHARF the Blame Lies

The search for the Of war prices has led
the investigators the lair of the middleman.
corning whom there suspicion when we
were wondering about the then HIGH but Compared
with present war prces) really low cost of living
The investigation has far shown that there is q
changed relation between supply and demand, and
that the relation had been steadily changing for
long period before the breaking out of the war
It was the sudden great and not readily applicable
change that took place on the first declaration of
war that called for the inquiry which has developed
that prices were not raised by producers and that