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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
WEST POINT AND ART.
Artistic Side of a Forer Cadet Could Be Satisfied Only by Appeal to thA Scientific

A West Point cadet is not allowed to hang picture in his room. It mat ters not whether it be a portrait of his mother or his best girl or of Grant, sherman or Sheridan. All pictures, everything ornamental. anything which would indicate an individual taste the regulations forbid.
 Girls at college, and some men at many of their colleges, strive to fur nish their rooms according to artistic standards. to display individuality, to make their rooms expressive of them selves. to give to a room what is called tone or atmosphere. From an esthetic and. perhaps, from an ethical viewpoint, the time given to such ef- forts is not time wasted, but the West Pointer must give his time to other ef- forts. His artistic soul must find it's inspiration elsewhere than in his room. That is d place for some sleep and much study; the study is chiefly mathe- matics-quite appropriate, therefore, are the prescribed simplicity and order.
 The New York Sun tells of gradu- ate who. after his graduation, straight- way bought some pictures for the new room where he was destined to live for | awhile. He rejoiced in his right to | have them and he hung them on his walls with glee.
 l In few days they failed To give him delight. for their presence seemed to violate the traditions of four happy years. Still he did not feeel quite will | ling to take the pictures down. At last he bought a spirit level, demon strated by it's aid each morning regu- larly what he well knew before; name ly. that the pictures hung straight, and. having thus appeased the habit of i inspection and sense of order. found that the pictures gave him thereafter unalloyed enjoyment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
The Butterfly Party.

What to Eat:
 This entertainment was pronounced the daintiest of the season. Under the chandeliers in corners and doorWays, butterflies fiuttered from invisible sil- Yer wires. These butterflies were made from delicate hued crepe paper, their wings marked with rings of ruby, green. blue. gold and silver filters. Each guest was offered a butterfly on entering the drawing room; the men wearing them as boutonniers, the wo- men putting them in their hair.
 The host fastened a large paper but terfiy. minus one wing and the anten- nae, to a curtain hung across a win dow. Each guest, in turn, blindfolded, tested his idea of distance in trying to pin the wing and antennae on the butterfly. A set of six paper ,butter- fly princess lamp shades delighted the lucky woman who had won the head prize. A butterfly whisk holder. con tain.ng d silver handled brush, was given the equally lucky man. The boobies" were miniature lantern and toy spy glass.
 In the dining room a dainty supper awaited the guests. The center scarf and doilies. of fine white linen fG. the dining room table, had cut out but terfy border worked with white silk and gold thread. A fairy rose tree, trained on a bamboo trellis. the pot dressed in skirts of white and green paper and sash of ribbon. made most effective center piece. Paper butterflies shaded the candles. and a crepe paper covered box of bon hons, with a but terfy lowering over the top. stood be- side each plate. The cakes were the novel feature of the supper. The hostess had a tinsmith make her but terfy shaped cake cutters. each four inches across the wings. These cakes were baked in a quick oven. iced white. pink and green. and then marked with rings of a contrasting color of icing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
REMARKABLE STORY OF THE SUCCESS
 OF E. E. FORBES, WELL KNOWN PIANO MAN

buggy was left at young Forbes's home and he hired it and his mule out and got $1 for it. Saving this dollar until the crops were laid by, he decided to take the dollar and start out in the world for himself at the age of IS. As he was bidding his father good bye, he sail whatever you do. tell the truth, and if you get to the place where you cannot make an honest liv- ing in the picture business, come back to the plough handles where you were raised"
 On his way to the train Mir. Forbes borrowed 25 cents from the postmaster. Mir. Jeff Sims. He then bought his ticket to Spring Garden, paying s5c for it. He landed there and stopped with a relative who is a very prominent physician. Dr. T. N. White. This was in July. 1882. Mr. Forbes can vassed from house to house through the country, walking for miles, doing without his dinner unless he was in- vited to eat, as he had no money with which to pay for 1t and walking back home at night. He worked and walk cd all over Cherokee County and when he spent the night out anywhere he would arrange with the family to wait
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
ABOUT THE ARMY NURSES.
At Present About 900 in the Army
 Nurse Corps.

Philadelphia Medical Journal:
 If the newspaper enterprises could be restricted to exploiting 4 the simple truth. 1t would be not only more profit able, but also more interesting This thing of printing bogus interviews Especially on medical subjects) has become a crying evil. Thus Philadel- phia newspaper recently published what purported to be an interview with Mrs. D. H. Kinney, who is absurdly called the acting assistant surgeon general of the army nurse corps" but who is in reality the superintendent of nurses. Mrs. Kinney has taken the newspaper roundly to task, and contra diets it especially as follows: The office was created by Congress and not by another woman who once held 1t. There is not and there never will be, a training school connected with a United States military hospital. The employing of trained nurses in the United States military hospitals was never thought of before the Spanish American war. There has never been any difficulty in securing competent nurses; the trouble has been to select from among the thousands who have applied. Of 7,769 applicants. 1,500 have been employed. The surgeon general does not approve. and has never allow ed nurses on the battlefield or near the firing line. The highest percentage of sick in the hospitals under favorable conditions Is not more thSu or 10 per cent. There are at present only about POO members of the army nurse corps.
 The sensational reporter has misstat- ed or exaggerated all these simple de- tails in order to make a more read able" bit of copy. Now lis newspaper Is obliged to eat his words. but this does not remedy the evil that may have come from misrepresenting an import ant arm of the medical service, neither does it enhance the reputation of the newspaper reporters on medical sub Jects.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

IeIs
 His associates and class mates In school were nearly all candidates for the Presbyterian ministry, as Pro1es- sor Dodson was one of the leading Presbyterian teachers of North Ala bama. Among some of his schoolmates and class mates, were Rev. Thomas J. Ponder of Prattville, Hon. John w. Amer rombie, now State Superintendent of Education and Rev. John E. Mc- Lain, who was the son of the Presby- terian minister at oxford where MT. Forbes attended Sunday school and preaching regularly.
 Young McLain one day at school asked MT. Forbes how he would like to make money during his vaca- tion. His heart bounded and he re- piled that he had to make some money and was very grateful for the oppor- trnity of making if faster thap he could by driving a team. Young Nc Lain said he had the agency for E. P. Gerald & Co.,, of Concord, N. H., photographers who did a general busi- ness of enlarging photographs, and Mclean told him that he made as high as $S and $10 on Saturdays by canvass ing for oders. These amounts seemed to MT. Forbes to be fortune. His mother had been keeping boarders. and one had gone off and failed to pay his board Later she got about $6 from him. Young Forbes took this money and paid for an outfit of samples to canvass the country.
 On one occasion, young McLain's = ess 2. . :: =: z: {. friends lovingly call him, represents George B. Jr., Young Mac" as his Tammany districtin the present Con gress. and it is said that son of Stephen A Douglas is about to settle in New York city for the same pur- pose.
 In one Congress with Mcclellan sat young MT. Belknap of Chicago, son of one of General Grants war secreta- ries.
 Governor and General John s. Phelps of Missouri was d scion or the great New England Phelps family which has produced so many lawyers and states men of distinction.
 My nearest neighbor in the Fifty sixth Congress was that splendid gen. tleman Hon. Charles Randolph Thom- as of North Carolina. whose father was for many years member of the House. In the Fifty seventh Congress are the Kitchen brothers. from the old Tar Heel State. whose father preceded
 
 Governor of Illinois. Dick Yates, is q son of the renowned war Governor. Dick Yates.
 Governor Beckham of Kentucky is the grandson of d Governor.
 All these facts go to prove the doc urine of political heredity in this coun- try, though it must be admitted that as rule our statesmen have no sons of sufficient caliber to succeed their honors.
 This may. however, be explained to large extent by the sad plaint of Fletcher Webster, son of the 'godlke Daniel" who fretted under the fact that he was always compared to his own disadvantage with his father, and that no difference what he did or at tempted in politics his obvious com petitors declared that it was because if his sires towering reputation.
 When at the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed by Governor Andrew to the command of a regiment. he joyfully exclaimed: Thank God. Daniel Webster was never a colonel of infantry" Champ Clark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

at $15 per month. Mir. Forbes hesi- tated to take the place, but Mir. Carter assured him if he would sell the goods he could very soon increase his salary where it would surpass his present salary, So he decided to take hold and Mir. Carter put him to work in Annis- ton. His success started in his first labors, as his first months work was very gratifying to MT. Carter and he doubled his salary the first month. In twelve months. he was getting a salary of $100 per month and his expenses, and in less than two years time he was partner with MT. Carter.
 After six months partnership. Mir. Forbes decided to withdraw from the company and start in for himself. which ne did in Anniston in the spring of 1888. His sister stayed in the store attending to the office and Mir. Forbes went out and canvassed himself. After about six months business by himself. he employed another and as the business grew. he added to his force. In 1892, he opened a branch In Rome. Ga.. where his business nrospered and continued to grow, and In 1891. he opened an office in Hunts vile. Ala. whici places continued to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

Joining farm, Mr. J HI. Holcompe' to give up his position with the Tennessee Iron and Railroad Company and ac- cept one with him at a less salary. lie opened an office for him at Bessemer. After a few months successful work. MT. Holcombe employed MT. l.. 0. Parsons and both men are still work ing for Mr. Forbes. The business continued to grow at Bessemer and Tn December 1896, they decided to move to Birmingham, where they started III a small way and now employ twenty five men to carry on the immense bnsi- ness done there. sf
 In May 1901 MT Forbes bought out I. c. Scott of Mobile and established a branch there. His business has now grown until it amounts to over $500. .O0O per annum. He does the largest general music business of any firm in the State.'a 1t requires 109 men and women to carry on his immense trade.
 On August 18th MT. Forbes will in- corporate his business to stock con-' panX1 of $l5J00O capital of which he will be president, J. H. Holcombe of Birmingham will be vice president and MissoAnnie Mallory of Montgomery secretary and treasurer.
 This Is the simple story of one of the foremost and successful business men of Alabama. Success has come to him because of his tenacity, frugality and constant attention to his duties. MT. Forbes s popular with a large circle of friends who rejoice in his sue cess.
 :. :. 2 =. s = = = sinkers a bit further up your line and throw your hook in over there. indi- eating with his finger a spot little nearer our boat. She thanks him and does as he suggests. In an instant her rod shows the ierkings which indicate that a fish has been. hooked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

iSA HohNA oti& 6AOW under his manage ment.
 Mir. Frank W. Teeple. who is head travelling salesman for a Chicago Or gan Company. in- duced MT. Forbes to come to Mont suinery. Having an opportunity inApril 1895, to buy the business formerly conducted by S. k. Hirscher d~Bro. !, he decided to do 1t, and in September of the same year, he decided to move his main office here bringing with him from Anniston, his bookkeeper, Miss Annie Mallory, who has been with him all through his ad- ventures. looking after the details of the office. and who he says deserves a great deal of credit for the success of the business for her careful and close attention to the de- tails of the office. With Miss Mallory. came her mother and sister. and at their house. Mir. Forbes made his home.
 In 1897 he married Miss Mary Nal lory and has two boys coming along 10 carry on the bus n ss establishe by him.
 In 1895. Mir. Forbes induced an old friend who had beer rninnd an an ad-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

OIten Tn the morn 'ng before going to school. When not in school or at work on the farm, he was engaged i> either hauling woo ' to town and selling 1t or hauling lum- Der.
 MT. Forbes says one valuable lessor.
 was taught him by Rev. MT. Boggs. who was a Presby- terian minister. One Christmas eve. he delivered a load of pine. After throw
 ing it off, MT. Boggs pitched him a dollar and ask ed him what he was going to do with it. He replied
 that he was going to buy some fire
 crackers andChrist-
 mas tricks. The good old man asked him what he was going to do that for. His reply was. because the other boys would have them and he want ed to enjoy himself with the other boys. Then the minister asked him if he was going to
 stick his head in the fire because
 other boys did so. on his way through the village of Ox- ford Mir. Forbes
 says he resolved to
 go home and take
 that dollar with
 him, which he did.
 This was a lesson | in economy that he
 has never forgot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

on him until fall when ne would de- liver his pictures and get his money. After about three weeks work. he earned and cleared uoite nice little sum. That fall, he went back home and went back to work on the farm gathering the crop. and In December he made a successful delivery of his pictures. and after delivering his pictures. he went to school until crop time again.
 The next summer, Mir. Forbes fol- lowed the picture business again, In the town of Anniston and country around there. Being successful delivering that summer and fall, he was induced in 1886 to go to Birmingham by his company and he took with him, young Gaines Roberts, who afterwards went to West Point Military Academy and now holds a very prominent office in the army in the Philippine Islands.
 After arriving In Birmingham, M" Forbes decided if he kept on in the picture business he would always be an agent, so he decided he would make a change and went to nearly all the business houses in the city of Blrmng- ham to secure employment, except hanks, barrooms and drug stores. Fail Ing to get employment. he had an op- portunity to drive an ice wagon at the rate of $l0 per week. which he accepted conducted by Gilbert Carter sent him word to come to see them. He went to see them and they offered him place
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

Before the Icing hardened a tiny silver or gold dragee was firmly placed in the center of each ring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

Wigg-Biones can't stand must to drink, can he? Wagg-No; he says one swallow will often make him feel like a bird.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
Widows Flags.


 In Sumatra if a woman is left a widow. immediately after her hus-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

Man stands between the devil and the deep sea or between one of them and woman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

bands death she plants a flagstaff at her door. upon which a flag is raised. So long as the flag remains untorn by the wind the etiquette of SuDatra for bids her to marry but at the lrst rent however tiny, she can lay aside her weeds and accert the first offer she
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
NEW SLETS.

No deeds OF fame enshrined his name,
No laurel wreath OF bay,
And yet he Hlade earth happier;
lie whstled on the way.
When sorrow froNned and stars were
drowned
IN stormy skies and gray,
lie saw the light stream through the
night,
lie Whistled on the way!
And even grief found sweet relief
Hope shed brighter ray,
And hearts ne knew not blessed him
For whisting on the way!
And when from life's dark shadows
lle PASSED into the day,
They wrote above this line OF love,
"lle Whistled ON the way"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

The first of a series OF meetings. with
Wtcruatioualism in its religious aspect.
as the subject. began last evening 1T Bell
street chapel. The service Was conduct
ed ON The pastor. Rev hNus Garlin Speu-
Ger. who introduced Hon Alfred $ Roe
ut Worcester Mass. who gave am h'storl-
cal sketch of the y. NJ. q. A. from its
founding iu London. in 1884 to the present
time Mra. D.. s. brown spoke ON the
local features aud success or the y. NJ.
g.. a. work. and Mrs SPENCER gave notice
of an address 90 be made Monday next by
Hon. John Henry Barrovs. president or
Obcglin COLLEGE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

Patrick O'Rafferty, sturdy beggar,
was given a nine months sentence. by
Judge Swcetland today The fact thar
ORanerty. a one-cycd. blcary. bcery
dirty knight OF the roads received IN OK
ira three months sentence was for the
reason that he used vulgar language TO
women who refused to give him money
and food.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
CURSE OF DRINK
CURED BY
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY.
Cen b e given in Glass OF Water. Tea or cof-
fee without PstIents knowi edge.

White Ribbon Remedy win cure or de-
strov the diseased appetite for alcoholic
stimulants whether the patient is a con-
nrIned inebriate. "a tippler. social drink
er or drunkard Impossible for anyone
10 have an appetite for alcoholic liquors
after using White Ribbon Renledy.
ENDORSED BY MEMBERS OF w c T u
Mrs Moore Superintendent OF the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union,
writes: II have tested White Ribbon
Remedv on very obstinate drunkards, and
the cures nave been many. In many
cases the Remedy was given secretly.
cheerrIlly recommend and endorse White
Ribbon Remedy. Members OF our Union
arc delighted 10 find practical and eco
nomical trea tment TO aid us in our tenn
perance work.
Mrs. West president OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. states: II
know or so many people redeemed from
the curse OF drink by the use OF White
Ribbon Remedy that I earnestly request
YOU 10 give il trial" For sale by
druggists everywhere. or by mail, 81.
Trial package free by writing or calling
on MRS. a NJ. TOWNSEND (fOr years
Secretary OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
psranoe UnionD. 2lS FREMONT ST. BOS-
TON. MASS Sold An Providence by the
HAN A. Lyon Co, 225 Westminster street,
aud cor. Westminster and Mathewson
streets.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
HEART FAILURE.
William c. Chase, Theatrical
Man, Passed Away Suddenly.


William c. Chase, treasurer Of the New
Empire Theatre. and one OF the best
known theatrical men OF New England.
expired suddenly Of hoart failure in a
weybosset street drug store last even
ing
lie stepped into the store to rest him
sef's few moments when he was taken
ill and, though Drs Griffin and Carver
responded promptly, their services were
OF 40 avail.
lie was bonn al F0TT7W0UTn. r. T.,
September lSO. aud was The son of the
late Philip Borden aud sarah r.. Chase.
tlis early years We're spent 81 the old
place al Portsmouth, bur while stll In
his teens he came 60 tliin city ami finished
his education
When school days we're over he entered
the employ OF the Fall River iron com
plny which was at that time located I'm
q building which stood on tne site ot the
present Rumtord Chemical Works ON
South Water street For the next ~
years he was engaged iu Natrious enter
prises being trcaslltr pf NE New Eng
land Toy company. which bad offices iu
Butler Exchange and treasurer uf The
American 'ict company both of which
concerns .ayo long since passed out ot
tNleLcurH.
FOR several wears he was associated
respectively Wits Lysaudcr Flagg and
samuel Hodlcy n the real estate busi-
uces. and later had offices ef his own In
the Butler EXChangr
it was. however, hy hts connection with
thc theatrical business that Mr chase
was best known. aud H was nearly rs
years ago that Do save up The real estate
business ana sctrWsd the position OF
treasurer With iiOpkns a. Morrow at
The ola Theatre tomiguc which WAS Toe
Gated ou Wryhosset rerL where the
SUafis huuding now si8uds. lio remain
~ st this thcalrr HnU it was burned.
Feb li. lsNi. and thcn h,camc treasurer
and local mafGgef oI Ioiurop.s Opcra
House. which has since bpcoiuc tho Olym-
pic Theatre and which b. now tho New
Park Theatre
When Iothraps hccpme tho Olvmpic
Theatre thrr" was q 'huae or manage
mont. bft ar. Chase rctamci his position.
lud ai the tmc oi tho f0rmuiion of the
New England Amngeuc company VAS
choteu as treasurer of that organization
With headquarters ID tne Empire Thratrc.
F2nr brotherF three sisters and two
sons survive him. Us wHg-a -rurmbcr ~
Eureka ioder a. ~ and a. a. of Ncw-
port and tho funcrsi wiz iakc plaro We'd
ue@dal afternoon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

TO furnish f. She also delighted IN little
family social functions and In entertain
ments furnished her by friends. These de-
sires have vanished.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02
THE WEATHER

Boston. Dec 2.-For New England:
Showers tonight fair Tuesday; colder;
southwest 10 west winds
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-02

q rear window in Thiroe PHrdikl shor
n Mant0u avenue. was broken iust night
and h guantity ~ rheunE aun w8s
stolen. also $50 in cash aEd other val
gables.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-10

the police very nearly to a finish
before reinforcements came and they
were arrested.
+. ID. Gelwick, Deputy Marshal of
Pullman, has on exhibition a parsnip
measuring four feet, seven and one
half inches in length. Mr.. Gelwick
recently dug his parsnips, which have
remained in the ground all Winter,
and found Is which measured a total
length of 20 feet.
The body OF Paul Prasso was found
floating in the bay near Fairhavef,,
Monday. Abou; a month ago he CON-
mitted suicide because of domestic
troubles, and ut the time it was sup
posed by many people that the plac.
ing of his clothes on the dock was
only a bluff and that he would be
found.
An action has been brought in the
kittitas county court to cancel the
transfer of certain school lands, which
were designated and sold to Harry
Wetherall and Eugene Wager as farm
land, when, it is claimed, the States
Commissioner knew that they were
worth ten times the purchase price of
$40 per acre, as coal lands. The
lands border within a few hundred
feet OF the famous and valuable Gle.
Elum mines.
An accident occurred on the upper
division of the Shelton Southwestern
Railroad, in Mason county, Monday
afternoon, which resulted in the death
Of Charles Woodrun, fireman. He
was attempting to make coupling
between two loaded log cars, and fail
ing TO notice that the logs extended
beyond the hunks and as the cars came
together his head was caught between
the ends Of the logs, crushing it out of
human semblance. Deceased was 10
years of age. His remains were
shipped to his parents at Cottonwood,
California.