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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

St. Louis Dispatch.
 Signor GugIichno Marconi the young Italian inventor from whom the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy is named, sent wireless telegraphic messages across the Atlantic Ocean on the 12th and 18th or the present month, recording him. self near St. Johns. Newfoundland, the code letter s sent by him by his electri- elan at Cornwall. England. 1000 miles away.
 This feat of Marconfs has startled the world as perhaps no other scientific dis covery of the age has done. The possi- bilities of such communication are so far reaching as to elicit from the scientific and lay world, on receiving the news. an unanimous exclamation of Wonderful" :"
 The scene of Marconi's great scientific triumph Is the Newfoundland coast Erecting his apparatus on Signal Point near St. Johns. he received on the 14th inst a distinct, message flashed across 2000 miles of water from his English sta- tion on the Cornwall cliff.
 Sounding the letter of the Morse code upon the instrument in England, the op- orator opened almost instantaneous conl- munication with Marconi, who caught the message on the Newfoundland coast ac- cording to prearrangement.
 The importance of such a discovery is such that the world was slow to believe the news of Marconis feat. It was a leap from 20, 70. 60, and on one occasion POO miles of proven practicability in the sclenCS. 10. E,UuO mics. It appeared LOO much, The scientific world had faith in 3Marconi and was ready to believe any announcement he might makes but it was hardly prepared for an announcement that the range of wireless telegraphy had been increased a hundred fold in a day.
 There were good reasons why even such scientists as Edison. doubted the news of the Marconi achievement. The first of these was that 1t had never been proven that an ethereal message would follow the curvature of the earth, though Mar conf and many others were of the belief that message launched in an air stra- tum of a certain density would follow For instance. the air stratum first above the air weighs fifteen pounds per square inch The air Is lighter in the stratum above. Marconi believed that a message liberated in the ffteen-pound air would not leave it, or. in other words, that it would cling to its sphere.
 The second reason for doubting the Marconi announcement from Newfound- land was that not even Marconi had an nounced the perfection of a machine of such sensitive construction that 1t would as great as 900 miles. In view of the sup posed absence of any such instrument 1t was hard to believe that Marconi had suddenly perfected machine that caught messages transmitted 2,0O0 miles.
 In word the Marconi feat of Decem. ber 14 was too far-reaching to be cred ited at once,s It, rather paralyzed botf the iayman and the scientist Almost every civilized country was experiment. ing with wireless telegraphy and man! important discoveries had been made
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
NATURE BOOKS POPULAR.
A Great Change in National Taste
 Since the Days of Thoreau

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Times have changed a good deal since the days of Thoreau, whose Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers," pub lished in an edition of a thousand copies, was left almost entirely on his hands, giving rise to his gibe that he had a H. brary of over seven hundred volumes and was the author of the whole collec- tion. The early sales of Walden" were very small, and the royalties Thoreau received from his publishers would be regarded today as indicating the abso- lute failure of the book. Compare his re- ward with the success which has attend ed the publication of J. P Mowbray's
 Journey to Nature,' or the acclaim which greets a new book from John Bur roughs. One of the latest nature books of the season is Burroughs "A Year in the Fields,' which is issued with all the illustrative and decorative finish in the way of artistic bookmaking that 1t is possible to give. It is a far cry from the old-fashioned brown cloth editions of the fifties to the splendidly illustrated editions of today. It marks an advance in popular culture and taste that Is full of encoura cement, and tells of broader and more opulent life, an increased love of books. a taste for refinements-in a word,' growth toward that sweetness and light of which Matthew Arnold speaks The growing love for nature and for the literature of nature evidences the same general tendency
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
For Mrs. Mckinley.

A silver handkerchief case of artistic W orkmanship has been completed at Wallingford, Conn.,. for the New York Fruit Producers Association. It is to be presented by the association to Mrs. Me Kiniev. On the outside is etched like ness of the late President. while on an inner leaf are resolutions on his death passed by the association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
Chinese Telephone Girls.

Chinese girls are to be employed in San Francisco as t~CIcphone ~ operators. There e the telephone there that operators who speak the language are in demand. An interesting ature of the innovation will be the making of tea since Chinese eti- quette requires that customers should be entertained while waiting for the public telephone. "'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

gree, even when not conscious of any definite symptoms. are suffering in some part of our system for the lack of fluid.
 We know that so nicely is the human body adjusted and adapted to its uses that one part cannot suffer without all suffering If the nerves are desiccated, or dried through lack of fluid, then It IS certain that other tissues are also suher- ing from the same lack, and that the wheels of the wonderful machinery are being clogged by reason of waste matter which is not washed away.
 We see by this that water does for us three-fold service. It feeds. washes and it carries away the cinders of the body furnace; and through the want of it we are exposed to many of the great dangers. The tissues become too dry, the blood is thick and 1t flows sluggish. and the retained waste of the body sets up condition which the doctors call ''autoin- tnxication." of self-poisoning. This con dition may give rise to almost any known symptoms, from pimple to heart fall- ure, and is really responsible for most of the semi-invalids with whom the world is largely peopled.
 To obtain the best results from wa Ger drinking certain rules should be observed People do not all need the same amount, and it may take a little experimenting to find out just how much should be taken in individual cases. It has been stated by some physicians that hve or six pints should be taken during the twenty-four hours. Of this only a mod crate quantity should be taken with the meals. It is a mistake to take no water with a meal but it is perhaps a greater mistake to wash food down with water. especially ice water.
 The best time for water drinking Is at night and early in the morning. It Is well to form a habit of slowly sipping, during the hath and while dressing, two or three glasses of cool-not ice cold, water Two or hree more may be sipped at bed time, and again two or three glasses an hour or two before luncheon and before dinner.
 In a very short time the valGe of this habit will become apparent in the result ant general improvement In dlgesuon' temper and appearance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
WATER A SPECIFIC.
Should Be Drunk Largely by People
 With Weak Nerves.

Youths Companion.
 A well known nerve specialist has said that "all neurasthenics-that is' peopie with unhealthy nerves-have desiccated nerves and suffer from an insufiiciency of fluid in the tissues of the body" It IS probable that we all, in more or less de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Walking Skirts with pretty graduated flare founces in all colors and black, reduced from $500 and $7.9o to $4.Oo
 Walking Skirts that were up to $5. oo> Monday. $500
 Dress Skirts that were up to $5.oo Monday :. ,......--S2.OO
 $6. 90 Eiderdown Lounging Robes Monday ... .,.,..,..,,.,,-$5.Oo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
Soft Snap of Monaco's Prince.

Lord Rosslyn, though the sworn enemy of the bank" has special i'll feeling against the Prince of Monaco, but by bankrupting the Casino he will deprive that gentleman of~an annual income of S400. .000. half of which the bank pays him by way of salary, and half iof which he derives from the stock he owns in the Casino Company. ..., :, .E
 The Prince. who was 5S years old the other day, has two great hobbies which he rides in conjunction, and both of gambling as they we'll could be- one be- ing the study of fish and the other of ocean currents. To the pursuit of these the Prince deyotes practically all his time, and in bofh directions he has made discoveries which have been of real importance He keeps a yacht call- ed the Princess Alice, which he built especially for the purposes of investiga- tion, and which is practically floating laboratory, on which he takes long and frequent voyages. - AR
 All rhis researches are made with the greatest care and without sparing ex- pense, and he often has with him whole staff of expert draughtsmen and paint CTS. so that detailed and accurately col oreds pictures of his specimens can be made as soon as theygare captured. He was the guest of Emperor William of Germany recently, and greatly interested that potentate in a plan to form an in ternational maritime association for the advancement of deep sea researches. The association Is to have its headquarters at Monte Carlo, that is, of course, unless the Earl of Rosslyn and his colaborerS for the public welfare happen to wipe out Monte Carlo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
Vegetahle Heraditv.

Before a recent meeting of the Bio r. Hartley exhibited some malformed ears of korn. stating that their interest lay in the fact that they had been rrov'n from seed taken from an ear similarly abnormal the malformation apparently having been inherited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

You don't have to use water as a follower when drinking Old Fore father Rye. It has the strength without the sting,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

True friends are hard to find. In- troduce yourself to Old Forefather. He is the same in sunshine and rain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Professor F. F. Merteus of Russia. who has just returned home from visit to America, in this country was the national library at Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. All taxes bear interest after Jan uary 1st. GEO W. HATLS,
 Tax Col.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

brought out the fact that al least 2 900 p4,
 sons have taken up permanent resiacu-. iu Colorado as a result of midsummer excursions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

My Uncle's Plantation still has tobacco. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

qualified for his present position by los- ing over $1,U0o,0o0 on the red and black"
 But the Casino Company supports a still more pitiful "benevolence" than its pensioners-the little cemetery about 1 mile from the Casino building, where the banks victims who have taken their lives lie buried. The graves in it are marked only by sticks bearing numbers and the visitor is surprised to find that these do not run above thirty He soon discovers, however, the reason for this, which is that after a while the bodies of suicides are taken out of this cemetery and removed to another and much larger one further from the Casino, where their friends raise tOmhstones to them
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

25 dozen Ladies' Outing Gowns, full size and worth fully 75c., for Monday at 39c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

l case extra fine Straight Front
 Corsets, made by the R. & c. Corset Co.,, sold anywhere from i75c. to
 $1.0o, for Monday 49c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

10-4 extra fine sheeting, bleached and unbleached, at l5c. yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Outing Night Robes thatwere 6oc at 4Oc. 75c at soc. ST at 7Oc. $I.5o at SI.
 Colored Mercerized Under- skirts that were $2.25 and $2. 50, Monday -~$I.6o
 Our entire stock of Baby Caps at Actual Cost. It is large and there are lots of pretty ones to select from.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Our very handsomes Suits with silk drop skrts-made by the celebrated ladies' tailor of New York; Meyer onnason. These suits the handsomest be had in this market in any other. Suits that were Cf(l an priced from Say 50 $3o.oo, Monday 0IJsJU
 French Flannel Waists reduced from $4 90 and S3 oo all colors and black and in all of the very best CD E
 styles buttoned back and front, OZsJU
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

15c Canton Flannel for Monday at 8 cents per yard.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

100 Mercerized Waists for Monday at 47c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

case 12 Ia cents extra fine Per cale for Monday 6 1-2c per yard. :
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

100 Children's Reefers, fully worth $2. 50, for Monday at S1.14.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

100 Taffeta Silk Waists, fully worth $500, for Monday at $1.74.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

Celebrated R. 6 G. Corsets for Mon. day at 69 cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29
Al Cost And Less Than Go

cast extra fine Teasledown, sold anywhere from 10 to 12 1-2c., for Monday at 7c per yard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

40 dozen extra quality Ladies' heece-back silk-taped Vests and Pants for Monday and Tuesday, 24 cents each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

75 dozen Ladies' Ribbed Fleece
 back Vests, 10 cents each.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
FReSHeI PITCH At GARDINER.
Merchant Moving Goods From Easements.
Several Bad Washouts Reported

Gardiner. Me. Dec. 15.-(SpeciaD.-
Since 6 o'clock. the rise of the water in
the river has assumed alarming rcnii-
ti0ns. Al the time OF high tiio :,
O'Clock, the water was rver The
Wharves Of the city and thosr Who had
property on them were removing i; to
Il place Of safety or else securing it
with hdWSrrs. The ice was Stil nun
ming in the river. though not - ml h
as for the feW hours previous. Along
Water street, "i was as busy as du; ing
week day. The pruprietors of stores
where the Easements are low were rc-
moving their goods To higher places.
10" they feared that the tide early this
morning. would bring the water we'll
W IN n" store cellars. In c;,S. the
Watrr rises 70 the danger point. Ar
fa;!2rtne4t& have been made 10 hi,W
u" A,c whistle to warn all who have
property in danger of being wet.
Several bad WaShouts have been re-
rritcd. Farmlngdala has two bad ores
~" Of these is at the foot Of <ortl
street.. Where the side Of the road near
est the river has cavcd III. making
'i;.Vciing dangerous The brook tha'
UoSses ihe read near the site Of The
Id pottery has assumed the proper
lions of Il small river and has washe,
out a space Of about ; feet across tn.
road. stopping al traNic and the run
ring OF the electric. cars.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
ON The Ptho5ScOT.
Aors' for Five Years Snow All Gone Nigh.
Trains Cancelled.

Eaugor Me- poc. Eth" storm
which prevailed IL Bangor ana All over
Maine. sunday. was til" worst that has
hc. y known for the past FIVE years ami
nu" Of tho worst that ever prevailed
over the state. The wind velocity that
accompanied the rain in Bangor and
lh, points north Of the city was the
f.erceSt that ever accompanied south
east storm.
The remarkable thing about the stol IN
is that 50 far as information can he
had. tonight. exactly the same condi-
tons prevail in one section as any
othar. The snow III the city streets ana
that in the country roads is all gone,
the ice is ont of the river and the water
is rising the average rise in the past
u hours being about 3 feet.
The railroads west of Bangor have
suffered the worst. no train having
reached the city since noon. today. ana
the night trains between this city ana
Portland being cancelled. Thr train
from the west due at 4.3l this after
noon, was stalled at last accounts at
Wdtervilie ana would not in all prob
ability get through until some time to-
morrow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
Foot Bridge in Danger.

Watcrvile. Dee. l6.-l \. NJ. (Spt c-
iaI.-The foot bridge between this city
and WinslOw is in grave danger anG
may be carried away at any minute. \
man who crossed il since midnight
says it is sWaying badly and he woul1
not recross for any amount Of money
The toll house is on high posts which
were boarded up and the ice and water
is pounding against this barrier with
great force.
The people in the houses in that see
tion are packing up their goods ana
preparing to move to safer quarters
Word from SkoWhegar ut 12.30 said
that the water had risen 20l. inches in
the last hour.
\ culNert on the Maine Central below
Clinton has been washed ont and will
further delay trains. The west bound
Pullman. No. ;. is stalled here.
The electric lights are again on. af-
ter being shut off some hours on 50.
The water is steadily rising.
At l.3n 4. NJ. the brid., was sjill stand
ing hut in extreme rcril. The water riS-
inc and the ice and logs beating down.
Telephones fTum SkowheGan said that
considerable. damage. was being done IL
The mil Easements. Tie water was rising
- inches an hour
81 . \ Y the toll hous. looked as
though on the poiI; Of going out If il
5nmS against the bridge. il Will cause
serious trouble for that structure.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
Storm Notes.

An unknown man was found frozen
e death IL the public school yard AT
Wauwatoca. 2 suburb ot Milwaukee.
~ ven degrees below zero was the
record of thv weather in Milwaukee.
saturday This IL q f4ll of i& d.Er~es
in the past Is hours.
The mercury reached - below zero q:
st Paul. MINI. Saturday morning.
This is the lowest official temperature
for December for many years
TWO men. Wright Tosh"r and Dr Dc
witt Jordan If Vmcennes. We're frozen
t" death in the road near Rosedale. q
few miles north of Tcrr" Haut" Ind.
Friday night
Snow fell at Lnuisville. Ky. Satur-
iay. for the first time and cold wave
was felt throughout practically the en-
tire state. The temperature has
dropped 80 degrees.
Fourteen degrees below zero Vas the
temperature recorded hv the weather
bureau mt Denver. Col. at A. NJ Sat
urday. At Cheyenne, Wyo.. it vas 20
and at Lander Wyo.. "A below.
\ terrific wind storm swept thr south
crn portion of IN" section around Pouto-
toc. Miss. Friday night III" hom" ~
Geo King near TROY was C0muirteI,
demolished and his littln daughter IL
years Old. Instantly killed. Telephone
lines ~" down ami the extent Of damage
done hH The storm Is not obtainabic.
The cattlemcn are fearful that the hIiz-
2ard prevailing over the Panhandle Ct
Texas Will prove the most diSlStr 10
their property. There had been Il long
dry spell ana feed was scarce and high,
preventing any great anouu; uf provision
he, - a nj MT yt,,,.
is covered with snow and If il stays on
the ground fer any length of tilAc the
cattle not in prime condition will die by
hundreds.
y special to the Chattanooga News
from Spring City Tenn. SAYS a cloud
burst in the mountains. Friday night
forced PInet river "ut of its banks. hood-
ed the town, driving people from their
homes and damaging property. About
100 feet Of the Cincinnati x Southern
Railroad was washed away only IL min
uteS after Il passenger train uasseu over
ii. Saturday The waters are Slin rising
and rain still falling.
Friday night during Il heavy storm
Ed. Williams. his wine and baby were
drowned in the Cumberland river. near
Nashville. Tenn. ANA TWO other persp pnS
narrowly escaped death. The five were
on Il houSchoat inoorrd near the mouth
Of Il creek. The sudden rise of the vatVrs
broke it's moOrirgS and the wind drove
the boat into the middle nf the river
whore il was blown over and sunk. The
two pel sons saved We're taken oil The
boat hy men iii a skif, just. before the
boat sank
For Is hours the storm ragged in the
southern part Of Wyoming. with no signs
Of abatement. The thermometer. Satur-
day, was below zero with Il high wind
blowing. Several herdc.s nave been frog
en- to death in efforts To gather scattered
bands of sheep. The loss of sheep in Red
Desert cannot he estimated. as the docks
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
ACROSS The OCEAN.
Ma,coni Succeeds in Communicating BY Hirc
less Across The Atlantic

81. Johns. y. r.. Dec. l5.-Sig. Mar
,nni ,nuoun,cd l1et ,,tpbt IN. most
wonderful scientific, feat of recent
times. Ill stating tNat NJ has received
| electric signals across tha Atjanti.
ocean from his station Ia cornwall
| England
He explains that befn,, leaving I.nr-
II,ud ~ hud ,n,a. .bi. t,l,us fnr N.
con,nlishinr This r.sul; ror v.htl. h.-
primary obiec, vas W ,nmuunica.
vith'o .er,, liners H. r,iaor.,n HI aI,o
hopea Ia succeed in attaining thc won
dar,ul scientific achievement nf win -
lass t,l.rrlpny .t,ro,s -hp Atlantic.
LAST Monday ~. ,ail,l IN, pu,,ittt
stI.lon ~ hrs.n e.nltrg Signals wv .
+. NJ. duily. ana 10 continue, them u.-
Til 8 +. NJ. th.e. hours being. resp.,-
tiv.ly. ll.3o \. NJ. to .i0 T. H.. :
Johns tIrlr.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-16
57th CUnGREss.
Continued from page f.

IL ~ general purpose on the part az
"" members Of the committee 10 rr,al,
, tnis important question to the fror.
soon after the holidays. In speakir.
of the matter. today, Mr.. PAYNE r,;s
Win surplus " about s1Gn 0ao "a
J have no doubt tn wavg and rnaar.
committee VIII frame 4 bin redpcJr.
the revenues, probably On the generai
lihes y the last war tax reduction bin
but there is no particular hurry IN
ce"lihE with tn" subject. as there a-e
SeNeral contingencies which may vi,
iol large increase III government 81.
penditurca. ana il win ~ wnu To ,rdar
stand pretty Wei what our e,nandi-
'3FfS 1'N 7" be before finally deterrlr-
iaE IN large reduction Of the rave-
hu"s. When we make the reduction
we ought "a make ii as large as can
be made with safety. IN my Judgment
the committee Win take the matter lin
spoE after the holidays. Whether We
WA! nave hearings Or net viii depend
upon Inc pleasure Of the committee"
IN the absence Of action by the com
mlttee. MI. Payne will not discuss the
prospects OF reduction on particular
items. Already. however. several in
te:ests have applied for hearings.
These Include the representatives. or
the tea interests. who desire 10 have
he Decent tax imposed nv the war roy
onHe act taken off that product. No
formal application has been made nv
the representatives Of the beer aad
Nirn interests, but both are expected
y make strong efforts for reductions
IN their respective taxes. Suggestions
have also reached members Of the com
Inittce. that the war tax imposed on
banking capital ne taken off.
another proposition is for the doing
aWay with the withdrawal stamp taxes
IN imported merchandise. particularly
On tobacco, as these withdrawal stamps
are said tn De very orerous to in
pGrtsrs. The large tobacco interests
have not Vet made known what if any
further reduction they would seek On
tobacco. hut the independent PRODUCES
" manufactured tobacco and SNUFF are
understood to desire a reduction from
Tie present rate to cents per hundred
Bills have been introduced proposing
reluCtion as low as cents per pound
There is no suggestion thus far that
further changes will be made on cigars
and cigarettes.
owing To the large amount Of surplu.
there Is some sentiment among meui-
hers in favor u wiping out the entire
list Of war revenue taxes at single
stroke, thus leaving the revenue and
custom laws upon the basis that ex-
isted prior 10 the Spanish war.