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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-26

George Kennedy, a veteran of the CIV
il war, dropped dead on public road
near his home, near Tere Haute. Ind.
death being due to heart disease.
The directors of the American Loco
motive Company have declared quar-
terly dividend of liz per cent on the pre-
ferred stock, the first since the organi-
cation Of the company in June this
year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-26
Duluth Gram

Wheat-No. 1 hard, IL; No. northern.
.6s: No. northern, 651s; No. 8 spring,
GA. To arrive-No. 1 hard, 7111ss; No. y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-26
sheffield Notes.

Special to Times-Republican
Sheffield, Sept. 26.-Mrs. Ross Pet
erson and family, of Evart. S. D.. ar
rived at the parental home Wednesday.
Mrs. Bertha Pushee and children, of
Mississippi, came to spend few weeks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-26

Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis. Sept. 26.
Wheat-Casb, 6sss; December. 67ss;
May. 701k. On track-No. hard. 71ss;
No. / northern, 6Sss; No. 2 northern
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
HOW TO MAKE A MILLION.
Just Write the Best History c
 Alexander I. of Russia.

ParlS Messenger.
 The Odesskia 'Novosti reminds It's readers in a recent number of a re- markable clause in the will of the late Count Araktchcef of sinister memory.
 This parsonage, whose name is writ ten in letters of blood on one of the darkest pages of Russian history. was the incarnation of the ruthless reaction which characterized the later years of Alexander I, and though three-quarters of a century have elapsed since the country was relieved of his atrocious influence, his name is to this day, as l. was in his own, synonym for pitt less and grinding oppression.
 Gen. Count Alexis Araktcheef had been the most faithful and the most brutal agent of the tyranny of the Elm peror Paul. (1796-1s0D. He was the ter TOT of the army by reason of the sav- age punishments with which he visited the smallest offense or the most trifiing inaccuracy.
 Baron Pahlen ,the principal conspi- rator against Paul, succeeded in pro- curing the removal of Araktcheef from about his masters person. Too late, Paul recalled him. Before the restored favorite had time to gather into his hands the threads of the conspiracy the Emperor was murdered (March, 1SO1)-
 The passionate sorrow with which Araktcheef received the news, sorrow which he showed openly by always wearing on his breast a portrait of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
EXTENSION OF SERVICE.
Weather Bureau Cotton Region Re-
 ports to Be Improved.

The Cotton Region Service of the Weather Bureau is to be extended northward into Oklahoma on July l, next, by the establishment of ten new b-stations under Oklahoma City as district center.
 Beginning october 1, reports from the Oklahoma District will be telegraphed to and published daily at all of the cot ton region centers of the Weather Bu- reau. This addition to the Cotton Re- zion Service will give 162 places in the cotton growing district from which re- ports of the highest and lowest tenn perature and total rainfalls are col lected daily by the Weather Bureau and disseminated from its many cen ters in the Cotton States.
 As cotton is more quickly affected by weather changes than almost any other staple grown, the prompt and accurate reports of the Weather Bu- reau. showing the weather conditions to which it is being subjected daily are of the most vital importance to the cotton and allied interests of the South, and, in fact, the entire country.
 This extension is to be made in ac- cordance with instructions of the Hon. orablc Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson, and, while the Weather Bu- reaus service 70 the cotton interests has been most satisfactory during re- cent years. still this addition to it's al- ready excellent climate and crop re- porting service will be most heartily apDreciated,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

confutinE their gtatements oh u8uSA almost before the words were out or their mouths. He has given to the world an interesting publication con- taining an account of this singular arithmetical faculty, wherein he shows that memory has less to do with 1t than is generally supposed; the processes. 1t would appear, are actually worked out seriatim, but with a rapidity almost inconceivable.
 On the 3rd of July, 1889, some of the eminent members of the Academy or Sciences at Paris. including NM. Arago, Lacroix, Libel, and Sturm. met to examine a remarkable boy, whose powers of mental calculation were deemed quite inexplicable. The boy, named Vito Mangiamele, a SiciliaRs was the son of a shepherd, and. was about II years old. The examiners asked him several questions which they knew, under ordinary circumstances, to be tedious of eolution-such as the cube root of 3.796.416, and the tenth root of S2,475,249; the first of these he answered in half minute, the second in three minutes. One of the ques- tions was of the following complicated character. What number has the fol- lowing proportions. that If it's cube Is aQQeQ 10 HNC tlIIlCo lliC 1~ OS subtracted from the result, the re- mainder Is equal to O. or zero?" M. Arago repeated this question a second time. but while he was finishing the last word. the boy replied; "The num- ber Is 5!"
 Such cases generally puzzle ordinary mathematicians. Buxton, as well as Colburn, and Bidder, was eminent in the same marvellous power Jededlan Buxton. although his grandfather was a clergyman and his father school master, was so neglected in his educa- ton that he was unable to'write; his mental faculties were slow, with me one exception of his wonderful faculty in mental arithmetic. After nearing a sermon he remembered and cared Tor nothing concerning 1t excep. tEe mum her of words which he had counted curing their delivery. If a period or t.,re CT the size of an object were men, tnl e in his hearing ne 'lTost uh- consciously began to count how many seconds. or how many hairs hreadtos tber. were in 1t. He walked from r'hes .erfield to Londoa rn purpose n taya the qualification Of seeing hinS GIoIre IL: and whie In :he British metropolis was taken much notice oA bv members of the Royal SJcicty.
 On one OccaslOn ue W"HS ' ~ Garrick in Richard III, but instead or attending the performance in the usual way he found occupation in counting the number of words uttered by each person! After striding over field In two or three directions he would tell inc number of square inches 1t con- tained. He could number all the pints of beer he had drank at all the houses he had ever visited during half cen tury. He once set himselif to reckon how much farthing would amount 10 iT doubled 14O times; The result came out in such a stupendoas number Of hounds sterling as required thirty nine places of figures to represent 1t.
 In 175O this problem was put to him: To find how many cubical elghths Of an inch there are in quadrangular mass measuring 23,145,7s9 yards long, 5,642,7S2 yards wide, and e4,SS6 yards
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
A RAILROAD TO ST. JOE
!. P. PELHAM INTERESTED IN ITS PROMOTION.
Has Been East to Investigate the Feasibility of Floating Bonds. It Will Run South
 from Dothan.

Some weeks ago the railroad column
 of The Advertiser contained the in- | formation that corps of surveyors
 were in the field locating the route of 8
 new road, the terminus of which was
 to be St. Joe. Fla.
 Since this publication not much has
 been heard of the matter until within
 the last few days. when MT. J. P. Pelham, a lawyer of Dothan, returned from a trip East. He has been in Phil adelphia on the mission of interesting
 Eastern capital and floating $1.500, 900 of
 bonds for the railroad that he is pro-
 noting. While it is not known whether
 he has succeeded altogether. still the
 matter is in such shape that it is be-
 lieved that it will go through in a
 short time.
 MT. Pelham is well-known in Mont gomery. He is the man who first start ed the scheme to build the Abbeyille southern. and, by persevering, {. he finally got the Plant System interested
 and got the road through. This St. Joe road will be eighty miles
 in length, dropping down from Dothan, l through a rich timber and cotton sec tion of Henry County. passing through Chipley, Fla, and running through a valuable timber section of that State to St. Joe.
 Years ago St. Joe was a pretty im- portant place, having a splendid harbor with thirty feet of water at a short distance from the shore. The other Florida ports that secured railroad fa- cilities. however, gradually took all the business that formerly went to St. Joe, and that place now is only a small set clement. The only way that the people
 living around there get to market is to
 haul their goods by wagon over to the Pensacola and Atlantic division of the Louisville and Nashville and sell them in Pensacola. This new road, there fore. ought to benefit the business men of Montgomery for the planters and timber men from St. Joe to Dothan can put their goods in Montgomery a great deal cheaper than under the old ar- engagement.
 There have been a good many rumors of late about Colonel Bradford Durham going with this road and several others, but Colonel Durham said yesterday that although he had received sev- eral propositions, he had not decided what he would do, adding. however. that if he could benefit Montgomery in any way. he would certainly do so. Colonel Durham Is one of the most ex- perienced and valuable railroad men in this country, always very popular with his employees and the patrons of the road he represents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

Paul. had the unexpected conseQuenct of procuring for him the fayer of Al. exander I (1ee1-25), in whose interests and with whose conniyance, the late revolution had been accomplished.
 Happily the accession of Nicholas brought with it the downfall of Arak. tcheef. Fearing that the event might be followed by a general amnRstys Araktcheef hastened to put to death twenty-four of his peasants who had been directly or indirectly concernsd In the death of his mistress. Anastasia Minkin. to whom he was passionately attached. The arbitrary step gave of fense to Nicholas and brought about Araktcheefs immediate disgrace. He was ordered to travel abroad, waS des prived of all his offices. and finally banished to his own estates. There he survived till 1884, leading a life ot charity and devotion, and there h& died with his eyes fixed to the last on the portrait of Alexander I, whom hs hoped to rejoin in Heaven.
 The one good point in this stranN compound of fanaticism and crueltl was devotion to his masters, and ht carried his love for Alexander beyond the grave. as is shown by the remark, able bequest to which have alluded above.
 A sum of 50,000 rubles was set apart to be allowed to accumulate at com, pound interest in the Imperial Banl till 1925.
 This sum-" to quote the words ef thu will, Sis intended as a reward for thai Russian writer, who, hundred yearl after the death of his late Majesty, ol blessed memory, shall write, in th( Russian tongue, the best, that is, tht fullest, most trustworthy. and most clos quent history of Alexander I, Czar ot all the Russians, and shall be awarded by the highest literary institution il Russia, under whatsoever name sthe1 existing" This clause was in accord. ance with the testator's injunctions published in the London, Paris and Berlin newspapers, ''to the end that my pious and patriotic bequest shall not pass into unforgetfulness.' and 1t must again be published in 1915 Fin all papers at the time appearing, both Rus sian and foreign" O
 rubles will in 1925 amount to 1,sfs. .s60, or rather more than G200.900. After all deductions have been ma# #e in sccord- ance with the terms Of The will, the fortunate man whose work is approved by the judges will receive fully 1.500. 900 rubles, or about 2160,000. It will be curious to see how the writer deals with Araktcheef himself. under the circum- stances, and how far he will be able to maintain the impartiality of the his- torian in estimating the part played by the generous testator.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

thick; he answered this. as all other problems. mentally. On one occasion he mado himself what he called drunk with reckoning" the following: "In 200 900 million cubic miles how many grains of eight different kinds of corn and plus, and how many hairs an inch long are there? He .ascertained by sc- tual counting how many of each kind of grain. and how many hairs an inch long would so to an inch cube. and then set himself about his stupendous self-imposed task. He could suspend any of his problems for any length Of time and resume 1t at the point where he left of. and could converse on ether subjects while thus unemployed. He never gave any account or explanation of the way in which he worked out his problems; nor did his singular ard exceptional faculty bring him any other advantage than that of being in- yited to the houses of the gentry as a kind of show.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
THE FIGURE JUGGLERS
MEN WITH MARVELLOUS POWERS
 FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS.
Lightning Calculators Who Have Astonishsd Every Witness to Their Wonderful Prowess in
 Immediate Answers to
 Intricate Questions.
Washington Times:

Washington Times:
 Doubtless many people in this city are familiar with the figure of an old man who is always seen in public in company with a number of small and htghly-bred dogs. This man was once the famous lightning calculator" of the Treasury Department. He once ranked it ts said among the best mathematicians in the country. The United States has produced some The nomenal mathemattcians, men r.th an inborn aptitude for the manag .nIent of figures.
 Among these was Zerah Colburn, a native of Vermont, who excited Lucn interest a considerable number of years ago. When SIX years old he su6- denly showed extraordinary powers of mental calculation.
 By processes which seemed to be a1- most unconscious to himsele. and were wholly so to others, he answered arlth- Inetical questions Jf considerable diff culty. When eight years old he was taken to England and in London aston ished many learned auditors and spec tators by giving correct solutions to such problems as the following: Raise up to the 18th power; give the square root of 1e6,929; give the cubic root of 26S, ,336, ,125; how many seconds are there il. AS years? etc. The answers were all ways given in a 1ery few minutos- sometimes In a few seconds. He was ignorant of the ordinary rules of arithmetic and did not know how or why particular modes oc process came into his mind. On one occasion cer- tain British noblena asked him to multiply 21, ,734 by 543. something in the boys manner induced the queStloner to ask him how he did it, from which 1t appeared that the hoy arrived at the result of multiplying ba.2O2 by 1S1, an equivalent process, but why he made the change in the fac )rs neither he nor any one else could tell. Zerah Col burn was unlike other boys also in this that he had more than the usual num- Der of fingers and toes.
 An Englishman, by the name or George Parker Bidder. when years old. used to amuse himself by counting up to 100, then to 1000 then to 1000, ,000; by degrees he accustomed himself to contemplate the relation of high num- bers, and used to build up peas. marbles, and shot into squares. cubes, and other regular figures. He invent ed processes of his own, distinct from those given in books on arithmetic and could solve all the usual question mentally more rapidly than other boys with the aid of pen and paper. When, in after years, he became eminent as a civil engineer he was won't to em- barrass and baffle the parliamentary counsel on contested railway bills by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
aorstic Lake. Michigan,

on the northern peninsular of Michi- gan, far from the main travelled roads of summer pleasure seekers. There are a hundred attractions to lovers of hunting, fishing, yachting and all out door recreations. Other delightful places where vacations may be spent are Marquette, Mich; Lake Geneva, Waukeslia, Madison, Milwaukee, Dew irs Lake, Neenah, Ashland, Green Lake. wisconsin: St. Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth, Lake Minnetonka. or White Bear Lake, Minn. Low rates via Chi caRo and North Western Ky. Hints to Tourists" on application to any Ticket Agent, or 49 N. Prior. St.. At ianta. Ga. adv-tu- thu-sat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
NEGRO SALOON CLOSED
Its Proximity to a Church Caused
 the Legislature to Pass an

The negro saloon formerly run on Dexter Avenue, near the Postoffice, has been closed. It will be recalled that the recent Legislature passed a bill pro hibiting the sale of whiskey within 400 feet of the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church. which included the negro sa- loon. The law went into effect March I. but still the saloon remained open. Nothing was said or done about it un- til a few days ago. when a gentleman passing by stopped in and asked the negroes if they did not know they were running saloon in violation of the law. This request seemed to have the effect of closing the business, as the store is closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Mrs. E. s. Lewis.

Mrs. F.. S. Lewis died at the residence of her son-in-law, MT. L. l.. Lasseter. on the Upper Wetumpka Road, at Il o'clock yesterday morning, after an ill., ness of some weeks. Mrs. Lewis was in her 57th year. She was a Christian woman and bore her suffering with for titude. For many years she was a member of the First Baptist Church.
 Mrs. Lewis is survived by her daugh- ter. Mrs. l.. l.. Lasseter, brother, Col onel David Locke of Eufaula, a sister, Mrs. Nelson of Selma, and a daughter in-law, Mrs. Minnie Clark of Montgom- cry.
 The funeral will take place at 1C o'clock this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
How We Acquire European Soil.

New York World.
 The United States is steadily acquir- ing land from the European powers. The territory annexed is not gained by conquest or purchase. It comes to America in the form of ballast and for the most part in American ships. One thousand tons of Scotch soil were inn ported into New York in one week a short time ago. It came off the Allan State line steamer Laurentian. Scarce ly a week passes without a similar inn portation by the boats or this or some other line. It is estimated that mill lions of tons of European soil has been imported and dumped about New York. Much of this is used for making land" about the harbor. The soil as we'll as the people of New York may be said to be growing more cosmopol- itan every year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
PRAYED PANT LEGS
Made to Look as Well as Ever by
 Holt's Dye Works.

Pants legs frayed out at bottom can be trimmed off, stitched around edges and shortened fraction of an inch by Holt's Dye Works, and made to looh as we'll as they ever did. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
Charged with Horse Stealing.

Kirk James. who has been employed as a momorman for the Montgomery Street Railway, was arrested yester- day by Deputy Sheriffs Hall and Belser on a warrant sworn out in Barbour County, charging James with grand larceny of a horse. He was commit ted to jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
Congressman Burke's Funeral.

Dallas. Teaxs. June 7.-The funeral of the late Congressman R. E. Burke, of the Sixth Texas District, took place here today and was largely attended. The members of the funeral commit tees appointed to represent the United States Congress, were present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

For the benefit of all the parties in terested, the handsome residence of Colonel Tompkins, on Perry Street, will be sold on Monday, June 10th, at public outcry, at the Artesian Ba- sin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

$1.5o Excursion to Columbus, Ga, and return via Central. Special train leaves Montgomery 500 p. m., June 9th. Tickets good on special returning June 10th.
 R. c. ROGERS,
 Travelling Passenger Agent, -2t. 4 Commerce St.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
MT. Murphy Returns.

The Rector of St. Johns was cut of town over Sunday, but he returned yes terday morning. He will officiate as usual at all the services at St. Johns Church tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
PRESBYTERIAN PICNIC.
Crowd of Young People Went to
 Booths Yesterday.

A joint picnic of the members of the Sunday Schools of the First Pres byterian Church and of the Central Presbyterian Church, was given at Booths Station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. yesterday. Eight cdr- loads Of young people were in attend ance. The weather was splendid and the day was one of the most enjoyable of the picnic season. An abun lance of good things was had at dinner, ord everyone ate heartily and thoroughly enjoyed the dining in the woods. The picnickers returned to Montgomery about o'clock last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

About the Word "Tasteless." The original tastelsss Chill Tonic Is Groves. Other so-called tasteiess Chill Tonics are limitations. Ask your druggist. tu.th-sa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

Norway is the only country in the world whose banks hold more specie in their safes than they issue. British banks have only G70 in hand for every &1O0 of issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

The most expensive chair in existence belongs to the Pope. It is made of solid silver and cost $9O,0O0. An American banker presente dit to the Pontiff.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08
oaaoada Restaurant.

The best the market affords served in first class style. Al Galakas. Prop, op- posite The Advertiser offioe. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

The Best Prescription for Malaria
 Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and auinine in a tasteless form. No Cure no pay. Price 50c. tu-th-Sa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

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