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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
A Wonderful Tree.

Most remarkable is the travellers
tree Of Madagascar. 1t sometimes re-
sembles the banana. but grows taller,
the leaves extending upward. arrang-
ing themselves in graceful fan shape,
the entire group resembling a gigantic
fan forty feet in the air. formed of
twenty-four or five leaves. each ten or
twelve feet long.
1t is called the travellers tree, as it
takes the place of springs or wells and
in the driest times, when all the pools
and springs are exhausted, produces
an abundant supply of clear, coo.
water. This is obtained by cutting a
hole or piercing the base Of the leaf
where it joins the tree, upon which a
stream of water will flow that equals
that of any spring-a welcome supply
to the weary traveller.
1t is also called the builders tree. as
houses are made of it and water tight
roofs from the leaves. the smaller ones
of which are used as cloth for clothes
and various purposes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Tower IS
| MODERN MIRACLE
ING ITS SILVER JUBILEE-WAS
GREETED WITH SCORN.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Paris, April 28.-The Eiffel Tower
has been celebrating its silver jubilee.
On April 2. just rs years ago, the
French flag was hoisted on its sum-
NIT. 1t was the principal attraction
of the Exposition of 1889. Both at the
time of its erection and afterwards
it was the subject of hostile criticism
on the part of the artists and men of
letters.
The composer, Charles Gounod, the
great poets, Leconte de Lisle, Sully
Prudhomme, Francois Coppee, the
novelist, Guy Maupassant, united in
protesting against the Disagreement
of Paris by a structure which would
not be tolerated even "by commercial
America" Other critics declared that
it would not last twenty years, but it
stands today as strong as ever to vim
dictate its creators, the symbol and tri-
umph of modern industry. For the
Eiffel Tower was the pioneer oi the
light metallic construction which
makes possible by it's suppleness and
enormous strength the most daring
conceptions of the architect and en-
gineer.
The famous tower is, indeed, mira
Gle of lightness with all its 5000 tons
of metal, as simple calculation
shows. If a model on the scale of one
thousandth were made it would be 70
inches high and would only weigh 2S
ounces, the weight of thick sheet
of paper.
At first hardly more than an engi-
neering curiosity, the Eiffel Tower
found it's vocation when wireless
telegraphy was invented. Now the
correct time and budget of the latest
news is flashed from it's twice daily
to ships at sea and far-off French col
onies in Africa.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
FOR THE CHILDREN
Concerrinu Owls.

About 40 of the 100 known species
Of owls inhnbit America They are
much dreaded by the little woods peo'
pie and the small inhabitants of the
barn. says the Farm Journal. The
screech owl with his big head and ear
tufts is useful In destroying mice and
beetles. but the poor little birds trem-
Bile and hide at the first note of his ap-
proach in the twilight. The barred
owl with his large round head and big
eyes is skillful mouser and bird
catcher, and when by chance he loses
his way to and from the holes In the
trees where he tries to hide In the day
time the birds take their revenge by
tantalizing him by Tapping their wings
in his face. At night he sees clearly
and is wide awake. 50 not the faintest
mouse squeak or flutter Of bird wings
escapes him. 1t Is said that owls have
two or three sets OF young in the
course of season. and after matching
the first pair Of pretty white eggs the
mother lays one or two more. which
she leaves to be hatched by the warm,
fuzzy bodies Of the owletS while she Is
busy hunting food for their greedy
mouths. Then another egg is laid and
Matched the same way. and so on until
in the same corner in a shallow, downy
spot may be seen baby owl three
parts grown. another few hours old
and two eggs ready to hatch at differ
ent times, four stages in all.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Red Letter Day Tomorrow
at o'FERRALL'S
Double Stamps on all purchases.
STRENGTHENS WEAK AND TIRED
WOMEN.

Il was under a great strain nursing
relative through three months sick,
ness" writes Mrs. J. c. Van De Sande,
OF kirkland, ILL.,, and Electric Bitters
kept me from breaking down. l win
never be without it." Do you feel
tired and worn out? No appetite and
food won't digest? 1t isn't the spring
weather. You need Electric Bitters.
Start months treatment today; moth
ing better for stomach, liver and kid.
neys. The great spring tonic. Relief
or money back. SOC. and $1.OO, at your
Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Height and Weight of Children.

A scientific writer says that child
from six months to eight years old
grows in length about 6 per cent. or
nearly two and half inches. every
year
The weight of the body goes on in
2reasing to the eighth year. rising in
boys to fifty pounds and in girls to
forty-seven and a. half pounds.
From that age until the twelfth year
the increase in height is about 80 per
cent each year At twelve children of
both sexes weigh on the average aboul
seventy-6ve pounds. After that age
the increase in weight Is more rapid, So
that at eighteen years the average
weight for girls is 1271a pounds and
for boys 145 pounds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

We are authorized to announce j.
M. Arnold as a candidate for the posi-.
ton of Judge OF the 18th Circuit Court
District, composed of the counties Of
Jones, Forrest and Perry, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
The Blind Postman.

First select Il postmaster general.
whose duty it is to write down the
names of the players and the names
of the towns or cities they have chosen
to represent. The postman is then
blindfolded and led to the center of
the room. the other players seating
themselves around him. The postmas
ter general then announces that let
ter has been sent from-say from Chi
cago to New York. The two players
representing these two cities must then
rise and as silently as possible ex-
change seats.
The postman is listening for any
sound and attempts to secure seat
while the change is being made. The
one losing his seat becomes postman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
ORIGIN of SoectacIes.

The ordinary magnifying spectacles
with convex lenses came into use some
time near the end of the thirteenth
century. Their invention is generally
attributed to two Italians. Armati and
Spina. AS matter of fact. at this time
old people in Germany were wearing
glasses. Their first mention by doe
tor is credited to Bernard Gordon. pro-
fessor in Montpelier. France, who said
they were unnecessary. At the end of
the sixteenth century the price per pair
was $50 to 500.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Big QUANFs,k LIS
MANY JAPANESE
ABOUT 100 PERISH IN DISASTER
WHICH WRECKS FORTY
TOWNS.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Wy hSoOCtutCu IFcoSsJ
Toxic, April 2..The plight CO poor
Japanese in the north who have been
suffering from famine has been in
creased by the disastrous earthquake
of March which caused great devasta-
tion in a zone of about 20 miles square
around Akita on the island of Hondo.
The city of Akita was damaged only
slightly but in the country nine towns
and forty-one villages were seriously
damaged, some villages being entirely
annihiliated. About 1000 houses were
completely destroyed and about 100
persons were killed, according to the
latest reports.
The earthquake came at dawn. The
motion was horizontal at first, but
after twenty seconds turned into
violent perpendicular movement great
ly increasing in velocity until it broke
the seismographs. The upward move
ment, which is particularly feared in
Japan, caused hundreds of houses to
collapse and scores of people were
crushed to death, having no time to
escape. The affrightened people who
succeeded in getting out, rushed to
the railroad in an attempt to escape
from the earthquake belt but found
the rails blocked with stones and earth.
Dangerous holes and trenches were
opened in the streets from which rose
a cloud of dust and debris.
Several thrilling tales were told by
survivors. At Yodokawa the house of
wealthy resident caught fire and the
family of seventeen people as well as
two visitors were burned alive. The
two stored house of Santaro Saito
at Arahamura was RACED to the ground.
His family of five and three others
were asleep on the first floor with four
guests upstairs. When the building
was falling the men upstairs managed
to crawl from the debris and began to
search for those below. Five were tax
en- out injured, but three others, in
Guiding the master of the house, his
son and servant, were found dead.
Faithful to Emperor.
Faithful to the memory of the en-
peror, one of the first acts of the
mayor of Kowakubi, which was wiped
out by the disaster, was to rush to the
nil top and recover the imperial flag
floating on the shrine that had been
dedicated to the late emperor Mutsuh.
ito.
A Japanese reporter who made
trip through the devastated district
found misery and pathos. Some vic
Tins had erected huts in the roadway
"here the mud was knee deep. He
'ound the village of Kowakubi in alb
'olute darkness except where a few
'traggling lights feebly, showed a scene
u destruction. Not one of the one
hundred and forty houses remained
intact score of people had been
instantly killed and eighty were more
II less severely injured. The post
Master had gone mad from seeing the
iolent death of his wife.
A lew days after the earthquake the
ong extinct volvano on Mount Chokai
uddenly became active. The noun
ain which is near the coast and over
ooks the sea of Japan is known az
nc fuJl OF Akita. Its summit is COW
red with snow even in mid-summed |
great mass of smoke and fire sud |
emily burst from the southwest crater
nd scared heavenward.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Chancellor.

We are authorized to announce
Judge J. Morgan Stevens, the present
Chancellor, as candidate to succeed
himself, in the Democratic primary
election provided by the present leg
islature for the election of judges.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
by Associated PreSs.)

st. Louis, Mo-, April 2S.-Seventy
one years have elapsed since en- eigh
teen-year-old bride in this city played
a tremendous part in the history Of
the United States by intercepting and
Withholding important government or
ders. The history of at least three
states on the Pacific Coast hinges
more or less directly upon this act Of
INSTRUMENTATION, pronounced at the
time, far and wide, as high-handed
but later justified by the exigencies
of the times. The bride was Mrs. Jes
sic Benton Fremont, wife of John G.
Fremont, the explorer and statesman
and daughter of Thomas H. Benton
for many years a senator from Mis-
souri,.
Early in 1843 Fremont received
from the United States government a
commission to undertake the second
of his noted expeditions of explora-
ton to the Northwest, then a vast,
uninhabited region, the ultimate des-
tiny of which hung in the balance. In
obedience to it, he came to st. Louis
from Washington and Immediately set
about QUILTING his expedition. with
his young wife acting as his secretary.
Sentiment Against Extension.
1t is a matter of history that dur
ing the first third of the last century
there was a powerful sentiment, both
in and out of Congress, against ex-
tending the dominion of the United
States to the Pacific Coast Such
senators as Webster and Calhoun
were opposed to it and for the most
part were able to influence Congress
to their beliefs. On the other hand,
Senator Benton, following his first
election in 1921, because staunch
advocate of western expansion and
was able to command a large follow.
ing, through whose efforts the various
expeditions of exploration were au-
thorized.
O~e@-ssAAA5 Liz OAPOoatAOh, fiOO'
mont took the liberty of adding
a 12-pound brass howitzer, secured
from the government arsenal at st.
Louis upon the representation that he
needed it as defense against posi-
Bile hostile Indians.
News of this acquisition, it appears,
was carried hastily to Washington,
where the announcement created
of sensation in govern
mental circles. The element not
especially friendly to the expedition
declared that the taking of cannon
INTO foreign or neutral territory con-
'tftuted an act of hostility which
night involve the government in
yrave eventualities. This view ap-
,ears to have been shared by the
lead of the Topographic Bureau, un-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Mayor-Commissioner,

We are authorized to announce T. E..
Batson as candidate to succeed him
self as Mayors ommissioner of the
city of Hattiesburg, subject to the will
of the democratic electors voting at
the primary called for June 30, 1914.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Girl DeJfes Us. Government
To A,d,m Husbands Success
YEARS
TERcEPTEp OFFICIAL eE, STILL
MEMBERS IN wEsT-WAs THREATENED WITH
PROSECUTION, LATER MADE HEROINE wAsHINeToN-HIs
TORY OF THREE

der whose direction the explorations
were being made, for he straightway
dispatched sealed orders to Fremont
at St. Louis, directing him to halt the
expedition and report forthwith at
Washington for the purpose of giving
an explanation of his action.
Fremont had left st. Louis for
the west in April, shortly before the
arrival of these orders, Mrs Free
mont, as his secretary, being instruct
ed to open his mail and forward by
courier such documents as appeared
important. He was still within easy
recall, having proceeded by short
distance into what now constitutes
Kansas upon the day of the arrival of
the important post.
Sends Message Of Love.
The young Mrs. Fremont, who was
thoroughly imbued with the ardor of
her husband and father for western
expansion, thought she discerned in
the peremptory orders subterfuge to
defeat the purpose Of the expedition.
For her husband to proceed to Wash
ington, she we'll knew, would require
weeks and make impossible any jour-
ney to the Northwest during that
season. Senator Benton was absent;
it was before the days of telegraph;
she had no one with whom to counsel.
Thus, beset, the young wife resolved
to suppress the orders.
Summoning one of the fast couriers
at her command, Mrs. Fremont dis
patched a message of love to her hus-
band, urging him at all hazards to
hasten his departure from the far
therest fringe of civilization and to
pass beyond the Rocky Mountains as
quickly as possible. There were hints
of reason in the message, but the
reason was not given.
Thus, Colonel Fremont proceeded
upon journey of months all uncon-
scious that his presence in Washing.
ton was daily expected.
Threatened With Court Martial.
There was another sensation at
Washington when the expedient prac-
ticed by the young. bride became
known. 1t was stated that Fremont
would be arrested and court-martialed
as soon as the government could lay
hands upon him and that his wife
might also suffer prosecution. Moth
ng came of these threats, however,
and when the explorer finally did
each WASHINGTON, months later, he
ound praise and promotion instead
If prosecution, while his secretary
vas regarded as something of a
Jerome because of her part in the
uccess of his expedition.
The Fremont party dragged that
cannon across the
rackless mountains and plains far to
he Northwest, almost to the present |
lite of Portland, Oregon. Returning,
was conveyed down the eastern |
lope of the Sierra Nevada mountains !
, about the point where the Central
acific Railway now surmounts that
ange. There, in attempting to cross
ito California, and expedition was
aught by the SHOWS of winter and
lie piece had to be abandoned. At
axe Tahoe, nearby, it rests today
lent memento Of a girls defiance of
lie government of the United States.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

We are authorized to announce E. B.
caperton as candidate for City Com
missioner to succeed himself, subject
to the Democratic primary, June 80.
1914.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
The wYorkLife

has decided to add feature to its benehcleh' "o'A
in caring for the benehcaries of its insured
Hereafter when proofs of death are made the oeo-
6carv under contract will be permitted to leave '
funds with the Company and receive per cent my"
ON same In addition to paying this interest," Ihe Non.
pany will open bank account with the oenehc'aiy oA
the following plan:
Instead of paying the full amount OF the Insuranceh
a lump sum- the Company will advance whatever
amount the beneficiary wants during the period OF
year. They will credit her with the full amount OF the
policy and debit her with what she during the hrst
year. pass book will be sent the beneficiary with both
credit and debts each anniversary OF the death OF
the insured On this date each year the per cent inter-
est earnings during the preceding year will be credited
in the pass book.
For example: A man dies May 18th and leaves
SIS, 900 policy PAYABLE to his wife She will have the
privilege of naming any part of this she may desire tor
first years expenses. Say she withdraws $780, This
will be her in checks signed by the Company tor say
$40 EACH AS needed in paying bills the beneficiary
use them she likes. At the end of first year, the
$4,000 balance is credited with per cent interest, and
the next nsalment Of checks sent out for during
second year, and so on each subsequent year.
In this way The New York Life proposes to provide
a safe investment for the benehcaries of its policy
holders and eliminate the possibility Of their making bad
investments in other ways losing their insurance
money.
The above plan outlined by Vice-President
Buckner at meeting Of agents from Alabama and Mis-
sissipp Monday, April 27th at Birmingham, and
will put in operation at early date. The full amount
of any all policies will be paid in full heretofore
if benehciaries desire it,
For further information see
N. R. Mccullough
404 Carter Building.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
City Commissioner

We are authorized to announce
A. Il. lnerarity as candidate for
Commissioner of the City of Hatties
burg, subject to the will of the people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

William ]. Harris, director of the
United States Census, is mentioned
as possible candidate for the COVER
norship of Georgia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

We are authorized to announce
Archie Farley as a candidate to sue
coed himself as Commissioner of the
City of Hattiesburg, subject to the will
of the democratic primary of June 80.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28
Red Letter Day Tomorrow
at O'FERRALL'S
Double Stamps on all purchases.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Circuit Judge.

We are authorized to announce
Paul B. Johnson as candidate
for circuit Judge of the Twelfth Ju
dicial District, subject to the will Of
the people.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

The Socialists made some notable
gains in the recent city elections in
Butte and Missoula, Mont.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-04-28

READ THE DAILY NEWS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-15

ONLY ONE HUNDRED TONS Of good hay
Tomasi. tel 177-W. or SO7-24. l7ets
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-15
ESTATE or AMBROSE N. GREELEY

State OF Vermont. District Of Washington. Is
The Honorable Probate Court. for The Dis
trlct Aforesaid!
To the heirs and all persons interested IN
the estate Of Ambrose N, Greeley, late OF
Painhed, In said district, deceased. GREET.
INGj
WHEREAS. application hath been made To
this court IN writing, by the ADMINISTRATIVE
Gertrude l.. Perrin, praying for license and
authority TO sell all OF real estate of said
deceased. TO wit Situated in Planhed vii
lage in the town Of Plainfeld. in said district,
representing to said court that II would be
beneficial 10 the heirs and all persons inter-
ested In the estate Of said deceased. to sell
said real estate and convert the same into
money
And bringing into court the consent and
appreciation in writing, Of all the heirs TO
said estate residing in this state, and setting
forth the situation OF the real estate,
WHEREUPON the said court appointed and
assigned the 21st day OF October. 1914, at the
probate office In Montpelier, in said district
to hear and decide upon said application and
petition, and ordered public notice thereof
10 be given TO all persons interested therein
by publishing said order. together with the
time and place OF hearing, three weeks sue
ressivey in the Barre Daily Times. a news
paper which cIrculates In the neghborhood
u those persons interested in said estate !;
all of which publications shall be previous to
The day assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE, you are hereby notified TO
appear before said court, at the time and
place assigned then and there in said court.
% make your objections to the granting OF
uch license II you see cause
Given under my hand at Montpelier. in said
district this 30th day of September, 1914.
FRANK J. MARTIN, Judge.
Oct 1918
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-15
81 Head of Registered and
Grade Cows and Young Cattle

consisting of registered stock as fol
lows Silver Brook Pauline DeKol, Reg
No, l44905, dropped Mar. q, 10, now fresh
sire Flora Clothilde Dekol Lad, dam Paul.
inc Craddock Dekol Beauty; Empress
Colantha DeKol, reg. No l0302l, dropped
| April 49, 1907, now fresh; sire Paul
Craddock DeKol dam Fill Pail Colantha
Silver Brook Empress DeKol reg. No.
| l4s40l, dropped Mar. %, 1910, sire Flora
! Clothilde Dckol Lad, dam Empress CO.
lantha DeKol; Pauline Craddock Dekol
Beauty, reg. No. l033S4, dropped April
2, 1907, and will be fresh in November,
sire Paul Craddoek Dekol, dam Winona
Tosson; Silver Brook Pansje Dekol, reg.
No 2l0535, dropped July II, 1912, will
be fresh in December sire Petite Pansje
Lad, dam Myra Betz Burke: Silver Brook
Petite Pansje, reg. No. 24663l, dropped
July %, 1913, sire Sir Petite Pansie Lad,
dam Myra Betz Burke my bull, Prince
Ybma Spohard, 37th, reg. No. 692s4,
dropped Nov. 25, 1909, sire Prince Ybma
Spoffard, dam Tettie Janzen Burke; also
6 head of thoroughbred young stock,
consisting of heifers, ] year old this
fall. ] heifer calf and | bull calf that
registry papers have been applied for and
will be furnished purchaser; the sire
of this young stock is Sir Petite Pansje
Lad, reg. No. 70S65, whose four nearest
dams averaged 2477 lbs OF butter in one
week; this registered stock has some
of the best breeding back of it that the
produces; remember that it is
just as easy to sell calf for 500 as
for s., if you have the right kind of
stock all transfers will be made without
expense to the purchaser.
| will also sell at the same time IA
HoLSTEIN cows, not
one of them less than seven cighths |
full blood. some Of them fresh, balance |
will be this fall and early winter; also
5 AND a-YEAR-OLD GRADE HoL- /
STEIN HEIFERS; this bunch of stock
$ large and first class in every way, and
Every head win be sold without limit,
Is advertised, lunch at noon.
A. M. BISSoNNETTE, Owner.
Mortified, vt.
Liberal teEms viii be given at time of
ale
c. F. SMITH, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.