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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
Trustees of St. Clair College Elect
 Principal and Assistant.

AshvIlle. Aug. 7.-(Special. )-The Board of Trustees of St. Clair College has elected Prof. J. C. Broughton of Jacksonville. Ala. principal of the school for the session of 1901-1902, and Miss Allie B. Robbins of Ackerville, Ala. assistant. Both are very highly recommended and the citizens of Ash vile are anticipa nng one of the best sessions of this College they have had in several years. It appears that all the patrons of the school are ready to give them their united support.
 The drought in this locality has been broken by three good showers of rain since Sunday evening. The best that can be said is that the rain came just in time to prevent almost total fail ure of the corn crop as some of II could not have withstood the heat many more days. Young corn will make a fair yield if the seasons con tinue but the forward corn will be cut ofr considerably. Cotton has been dam aged some. but may recover to large extent under favorable conditions dur ing the balance of the season.
 There are some prospects of Ashville getting the old railroad bed from here to Whitney equipped. Nothing deh- nite is given out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08


 70 that the cardidate will understand that her votes have not been given 10 any one. but remain cancelled Tn the contest.
 The stendirg of candidates In the three contests as the vote was coun.eo 'ee' to D. m. last night is published .here- with. The figures tell the story. no further explanation Is necessary. IT your favorite has fallen behind, or mas not gained as much as you expected the result should stimulate you 10 ac- your friends with renewed vigor and confidence.
 Three persons are going to Bunalo' So get together for the next ccnnt, next Sunday The contest IS anyopoy so far. and candidates should not De discouraged if they are not m tne ieau' sI,
 The standinp of candidates Is as fol- lows.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
A. HAPPY PRESENTATION.

.Nessrs. Sanders Sloan, Freemah' srror,rson Lowe of Lawrence County, and. rofer., delegates to the Conslltu- tional Convention, presented Mrs' HeS- ner Williams of Demopolis, Win three handsome pieces of silvtr Tn tne pat lors of the Exchange Hotel IuesoiS evening.
 Mrs. Williams and her husband. Hon. Gesner Williams, delegate to the Con st;tut:onal Convention. accompanled q party. consisting of the afore mentioned delegates. to Atlantic Beach, Fla'' Sat urday. where they spent two oays' Mrs. Williams was the only laqy Ill the party, and in recognition or ner graciousness the delegates planned the presentation, which was happy sur prise. day at Atlantic Beach, and also vis- tied Jacksonville, where they witnessed the ruins wrought by the great fire
 The following notes are clipped from a Waukesha paper:
 Mrs. Effingham Wagner and daugh- ter, Miss Fife May, of Montgomery. Ala, who visited Waukesha three years ago. are here for the summer Mrs Wagner is also accompanied by her mother. Mrs. Andrews, and her sis ter. Mrs. F.. C. Andrews. and the Miss es Lizzie and Mildred Andrews. The young ladies are big addition to the oily cro yd Of guests. as they can row
 boat. throw a tennis ball. play cro- uet and incidentally play the piano, lso.
 Miss Agpes Carr of Montgomery. la. Is the acknowledged queen of the otel, ana is general favorite of ev- rybody. Her sweei disposition and rinning ways have made hosts Of riends for her and she is certainly one If our most popular young ladies.
 Mrs. B. z. McMillain, wife of Hon. 3. F. McMillain, delegate from Bald win County to the Convention, has joined her husband at the Exchange Hotel.
 Mrs. F. N, Bum and children left yesterday for an extended visit to rel atives in Ashland.
 Miss Lucille Townsend has gone to Selma, and Lower Peachtree. to visit friends.
 MR. Sig simon and family have re- turned from an extended trip to Flu rope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
THE PASSING THRONG.

,Messrs. Morris E. Pepperman, Maxie PCpperman. Nick Jones and Pat Hor- gan left last night for Cincinnati. Cleveland and Buffalo. After taking in the Exposition and Niagara, they will go to Albany and thence by boat down the Hudson to New York City.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
YOgyHsN Mothers

Stand in special need of help while the
 baby is being nursed. Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription not only strengthens the woman for motherhood and makes the birth hour practically painless, but
 it increases the nutritive secretions on which the child is fed. It soothes the nerves, encourages the appetite and rapidly restores the mother to TO- bust health. There is no alcohol in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
See Niagara Falls

and the great Pan-American Exposi- tion for nothing. How would you like to? It's easy. The Advertiser is going to send school teacher, a clerk and a policeman or fireman. Free railroad ticket to Buffalo and return and S25 spending money given to each of the three lucky ones. Ask about the plan.
 adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

distiliery near Stanton. Chiffon Coun- ty, believed to have been owned by NJ. Hicks.
 The distillery consisted of a six-gal- Ion tin still and wooden cap, a flake stand, copper wor mand one fermenter. Hicks could not be found.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
The Travellers Way.

lCopy.)
 PRATTVILLE, Ala,
 July 18th, 1901. Messrs. B. J. Veil & Co.,, State Agents Travellers Insurance Co.,, Montgomery Ala:
 Dear Sirs-I beg to acknowledge receipt of the Travellers Insurance Company's check on the Fourth National Bank of New York for $3,00O in payment of claim for acci- dental death of my late husband, Perry A. Dunn, on the 9th inst. The proofs were handed you on the 18th inst, and your check Is dated the 24th. The statement of these facts is stronger proot than anything that I could write that insurance in the Travellers lnsur- ance Company Is all that 1t pur- ports to be. Such promptness re- iieves the insured of any anxiety for those depending upon him.
 I desire to return my thanks to the company and its agents for their kind assistance in this matter.
 Yours very truly, (Signed) ADA J. DUNN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. c. A. Cobb returned to the city Tuesday night from Phoenix. Ariz., where he went with Mr. Seth B. Cor. don. He says that MT. Gordon has greatly improved in health since he left here
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. George W. Jones, Assistant Dis trict Attorney of the L. and N. Rail- road Company, has returned from a trip to New York. Mrs. Jones has been spending the summer in the Catskill Mountains, but s now at Lithia Springs, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
BIG FREIGHT TRAFFIC
Railroads are Busy Handling Busi-
 ness-Other News of Rail.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Is doing the most phenomenal freight business ever known in the summer months and if the winter business Is correspoEdingly large the company will have a lard time handling 1t.
 There are something like 200 loads in the South and North yards, engines being rushed out as fast as they come in, and there are not cars enongh to handle the business. The business is so heavy locally that a double track has been put in between thS yards in North Montgomery and the Plant wards in West End. An extra freight track Is being built and busy scene Is pre- scented or the river front outside of the passenger shed at the Union Sta tino. A steam shovel of the Plant System Is cutting out one of the banks in the cut and by a steam arrange ment the GIrt on the loaded cars Is showed off at the river front.
 Travelling Freight Agent L. w. Col fer of the Illinois Central Railroad in Atlanta spent yesterday in the city.
 The coach that the Western Road has been running to Warm Springs, Ga. will be taken off Saturday night The Western people are gratified at the showing that the through coach has made and next summer big increase in the business Is expected.
 The Western Railroad train due here at 9:20 o'clock last night was twenty minutes late. the delay being caused by waiting on the Southern in Atlanta,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

aeronauts to ascend to heights where their lives would have been unsafe had they depended alone on the thin air of these high regions. The oxygen is treat he
 ed in through a tube held to the mouth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. Morgan NJ. Smith, Jr, of Au- tauga County, is visiting his father. Hon. M. Nj. Smith, delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Votes were also received Tor S. M. Day, E. H. Harrell and Joe. s. Marcus, one each.
 Popular Policemen's Contest. Gladden. Harrison. .. ..3.5i0 W. H. Taylor. .. lS3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Auditorium Opens Aug. 12, With a refined, high-class vaudeville per form,nce: 12 acts: 15 and 25c. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
NOTICE.

I want every man and woman in the United States interested in the cure of the Opium and Whiskey habits to have my book on these diseases. Address B. NJ. Woolley. M. D.. Atlanta: Ga, Box 2S. and one will be sent you free. thu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
WALL /: PAPER.

Our papers are selected and bought by an experienced buyer. whose ideas you can hardly fail to appreciate when you look over our stock. Some specials, 10c. !2lSc, l5c to 25c per roll. We guarantee our work. A. J. KENYON & CO, The Wall Paper Men. 213 Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. H. T. Gill of New Decatur, is visiting the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
At Auditorium Aup 1c

Karnatz. the famous magician, appears; also 10 other acts: big, refined company.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
OFFICERS MAKE A RAID.
An Illicit Distillery Destroyed in
 Chiffon County

c. s. Tutwiler. Deputy Internal Rev enue Collector. reports that Tuesday in company with Deputy Marshal J. F. Greene of Selma he raided an illicit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. A. V. Curran of Atlanta, Ga, was in Montgomery yesterday en route
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Hon. Frank s. Moody of Tuscaloosa, was in Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
Cascade Restanrant.

The best the market affords served in frst-class style Al Galatas. Prop, op. posite The Advertiser office adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
Dr. J. P. Buchanan.

SHGO1ALIST. Diseases of Women, Rectal, Privatss Kidney. Bladder and Nervous
 Diseases. Sexual weAkness. Unnatural Losses. Varicccele. Structure, Indigestion. Mer' phine and Opium Habit piles Cured without Knife or loss of time frcm business. office. third floor, ls1a Dexter Ave-
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. R. H. Lowe. a well known law yer of Huntsville, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Col. c. w. Thompson of Tuskegee, spent last night in Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

state Senator Jones G. Moore came in yesterday from his home in Birm- ingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. J. w. McAlpine. Circuit Solicitor of the Mobile Circuit, is in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Occasions do not make a man; they only show what there is in him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

H 6 C
 ite scrip tion,'H writes Mr., R ebert Harden. of Bran don, Manitoba, Box 736. "lt was a case ot childbirth. We had heard SO much of it that my wife decid. ed to try it. q m ay say m y wife is thirty three and this was her first child d.) She commenced to take Favorite Prescription' five months be. fore her child was born. We have a 6uc,. II ealthy gir;. and we believe that this was mainly owing to the FavorEe
 Prescription taken faithfully according to directions. wS shall certainly recommend u W hereve CT we cans
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel- lets put the bowels in a healthy con- dition,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

" Vorlte PreScrIp- tion," neither opium, cocaine, nor any other narcotic.
 VI wish to let you know the great benefit my wife derived through taking your Favor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mir. L. Y. Dean of Eufaula, is il town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Mr. c. S. Lee of Elba. is in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
At Auditorium Aug 12.
TEACHERS CHOSEN.

The Gillette Troupe of Acrobate; six in number; greatest in the world. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

MR. Sig Simon and family have re turned from an extended trip to Flu rope.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08
\ THE ADVERTISERS # # x s DAILY SHORT STORY.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Miss Lucille Townsend has gone to Selma, and Lower Peachtree. to visit friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-08

Travelling Freight Agent L. w. Col fer of the Illinois Central Railroad in Atlanta spent yesterday in the city.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08

time you bring the brush out OF the
chimney a brilliant electric spark VIII
leap from one piece of foil to the
other.
For the second part Of your expert
ment you fix the wire around the band
of foil in the middle of the chimney.
letting one end of it hang down, and
to this end you attach half dozen
strips of the cigarette paper, made,
say, by cutting each sheet into four
strips. Now put the covered brush In
the other end of the chimney, not the
end with the strip Of foil on 1T, and
when you rub the brush briskiy the
pieces of paper will stand out from
each other as If they were alive.
This experiment illustrates three
principles of physics: First, that glass
becomes electrified by friction; Sec
ond, that metallic substances, like foil
and wire, transmit the electricity from
a charged body (the glass; TO an un-
charged body, (the paper; and, third,
that bodies charged with the same
kind Of electricity repel each other, for
the strips of paper fly apart when they
are charged
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
BUTTER
AN d,
EGGC

Copyright 1901 by S. S. Mcclure Co.
One of the commonest and at the
same time most interesting wild fiow-
ers of midsummer is Butter and Eggs,
whose spikes OF yellow and orange
blossoms make bright the roadsides
and waste fields from June to Octo-
ber Most appropriate is its name, for
it's colors do indeed resemble those of
butter and the yolk of an egg. II is
sometimes called Eggs and Bacon, and
also ToadfaX, this last from a fancied
resemblance of its pale green, grass
like leaves to those of fax. At first
sight II seems as though these flowers
were built on a different plan to most
of those we have seen, but on looking
closely you may see all the parts of
flower-sepals, petals, starnens, pistils.
etc, are to be found. The sepals are
very small. and they look as though
they could scarcely prevent the flower
from sliding off them, for they seem to
be holding it by the side rather than
by the base. The corolla or inner flow
er cup has long spur or tube wherein
lies the nectar. But how are the bees
to reach IL? There seems to be no en-
trance TO this deep cup and some in
sects, seeing no other way, nibble lit
tie holes I'm the thin wall of the tube
and thus get their stolen sweets. But
there is a proper entrance, and the
door OF Butter and Eggs always opens
to the right kind OF visitor. The bee
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
4 ORANGE
blight YELLOW
3GREEN
4PURpLE GREY
5BLUE

is on of her most welcome guests and
he knows how to find his way in He
alights on the projecting step just in
front of the orange -colored door mat;
his weight depresses this step, and be-
fore him is the open door. He enters
and the door closes behind him. AS he
reaches into the deep spur for his nee
tar his back brushes off the pollen
from the stamens which hang down
from the roof, and he carries this with
him when he comes out. If you would
like to have look inside the flower
yourself, press the upper part of the
tube just below the doorstep, between
your thumb and finger, and the door
will ny open. You will see that il looks
IKE a gaping mouth with a yellow up
per lip, an orange lower lip and yell
low chin. The upper lip is split into
two divisions, the chin into three
These are the five sepals. and inside
you Will see the stamens and pistis
all the parts you have found in 50
many other flowers.
Begin by putting a tint of blue over
all the picture except the flowers.
When this is dry put a tint of grey
over the fence rails and a tint OF green
over the grass. leaving out the flowers
and leaves. Then paint the leaves a
tint OF pale yellow over the blue to
make a light pale-green. Paint the
lower lips OF the flowers deep orange
and the rsmniader Of the flower light
yellow
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
MOTHER GOOSE WAX WORKS.
How Jack of the Bean Stalk Won
His Bride.
Copyright. 1901, by Charles Battel
Loomis.)

Running under the great city Of Lon
don was a noisome, foul, dark and
terrible winding way which was called
the Underground Railway. Through
its choking aisles ran putting engines.
dragging hot, dusty, smoky, dirty, I'M
ventilated boxes, called railway cars.
In ancient times, say at the time
that the giants Cormoran and Blunder-
bore were little boys. this awful sub
terranean roadway would have been
used by business men and pleasure
seekers who wished TO get about Lon
don like rats. And so used to it did
the Londoners become that they were
actually proud of it. They willingly
went down the stairs that lead to it
and they bought their tickets with
smiles on their faces, and when the
hideous chuf1ng locomotive came
along they stepped into the stuffy lit
tie prisons called coaches and made
believe that they were happy until
they were released at their destina-
tions.
Now, at the time at which Robin
Taylor's company was staying in Lon
don there was a Lord Mayor ruling
over the great city, whose wife was
an American, and 1t goes without say
ing, very beautiful. She had been
down in the terrible Underground Rail-
way just once for curiosity and she
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
THE AMATEUR MAGICIAN.
How n Lamp Chimney May BE Turn
ed Into an Electrical Machine.

Here is a beautiful experiment, and
one that never fails to excite wonder.
OF course, If you wish to amuse your
friends with your amateur magic you
must prepare all, your apparatus Sc
cretly; otherwise nothing you do will
surprise them.
In the little feat that is now TO be
described for example, you have to
attend to a few details before you
make a public performance. You will
need a straight glass lamp chimney.
mot one that swells out at one end):
a br!stle brush, such as is used for
cleaning lamp chimneys; a silk hand
kerchief; a piece of tinfoil; a sheet
or two OF cigarette paper, and about
a foot of fine brass or iron wire. With
these simple appliances you can make
an electric machine with which you
can do things that will astonish you.
First, cut narrow band of the foil
and paste 1t around the middle OF the
chimney, using as little paste as will
make it stick Then cut a strip of the
foil Just long enough to extend from
one end of the chimney, outside, to
within half an inch of the middle band.
and paste II on. lengthwise. OF course.
Having made sure that the silk hand
kerchief is perfectly dry, put IL over
the bristles of your brush, and then
insert the brush, thus covered. in the
chimney.
Now hold the chimney so that your
hand may not touch the foil anywhere.
and rub the brush brisky back and
forth, DO this IN the dark, and every
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
PUT THEIR HEADS DOWN AND BLEW.

blew. The smoke rolled before them
and came out at every station in Lon
don, and for the first time in many
years people in the trains were able
to breathe without gasping.
The Lord Mayor happened to see the
smoke coming out and he entered the
Underground and came out at the Bak-
er street station.
who has caused this to be done?"
said he with a smile.
Jock said: My friends the giants
did II for me, but they can not do II
forever But 1 am sure that Cinderel-
las godmother will be willing to place
at this entrance a mighty fairy bel
lows that will pump fresh air into the
tunnel all the time. Wait and I'll go
fetch her."
Now while he was gone a great
crowd of Englishmen came out of the
Underground Railway. They were, OF
course, perspiring and their collars
were wilted, for 1t was still hot down
there, but their clothes did not smell
of smoke, and they all began to grum-
BILE to the Lord Mayor. One of them,
an elderly man, said: you see, we've
been used to this Underground ever
since we were children, and there is
no place in London where we can get
so smoked up in little time. Now,
they've gone and had all the smoke
pumped out, and 1t isn't the same place
at all, and we don't like it. Give us
back our smoke.
But there were some Americans in the
number and they said, mo, no; let it be
as 1t is. It's safe to travel there now,
We went through without fainting for
the first time in our lives"
While they were shouting and wran-
Cling Cinderella's godmother came up.
She had in her right hand shaft of
light and in her left hand fairy bell
lows, not large, but powerful. She
threw the shaft of light into the tunnel
and in moment 1t was as light as
day down there. She set up the fairy
bellows, and pure, sweet air began to
rush through the tunnel. fancy there
was something coaxing in the air, for
after it was poured in those passengers
who came out of the Baker Street Sta
ton were loud in their praise of the
Improvement in its condition.
AS for the Lord Mayor, he telephoned
for his coach and four and babe Jack
jump in beside him and ride home to
see the young lady who was TO become
him wife.
And as soon as they saw each other
they fell in love. And just a week from
that time they were married in st.
Paul's and Cinderella, Red Riding
Hood. Goody Two Shoes and Bo Peep
were bridesmaids. And the godmother
! gave Jack a purse made of initiation
| Russian leather that always had five
| crowns in it, no matter how many you
/ might take out. so that he was able TO
! build a very fine castle in Wales. and
there he took his bride. And they are
| going to live happy forever after.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-08
md use the other in charities.

and use the other in charities.
1t was the wife of one of the Prasi-
dents. who, on the celebration of a
private and personal anniversary. gave
her, without being requested, a place
to review the proceedings and maks
notes. And it was the wife of another
who displayed to her the trousseau Of
a White House bride. So much were
her personalities in demand that, when
the reporter sent a note to the FIRST
lady in the land, asking what she was
to wear on certain occasion, the note
received satisfactory reply.
That this same reporter was given
board at various times at leading no.
tells for the sake of having her letters
dated from those hotels, and that sha
had free passes and special rates on
certain railroad, and that another one
was given the best accommodations ON
steamship lines while paying for poor
err, only emphasizes the fact that thu
wares they had were in demand And
all this success, If such it should be
called, simply shows Nnat people like
these personalities well enough to nav
for them, and that when people come
to recognize their vulgarity and Of
fensiveness the press, as has been said
before, will cease to deal in them.