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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
TO REPAIR ALL THE WINDOWS.
A Big Job in Progress at the PosE-
 office Department.


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 . Every window in this big building, and there are thousands of them, is to be re- paired, remarked a prominent official m the Postoff1ce Department building day or two ago.
 Whether they need it or not?" asked the reporter.
 Certainly" said the private secretary. alrlly. Whether they need 1t or not they are to be inspected, condemned. ana thor- oughly repaired. and the balance Welgnts tested to see if they have become hghter during the hot weather ,
 The reporter glanced from the WlhuVW y at the small army of men working on S tIls various floors of the building ana as asneu X sC, now It happened. The private seer ths looked out into the corridor, then at tne clork propped his feet on the mano,gaItSs ts top of his chiefs desk, gazed dreaHiy oil into spece and became confidential. .,
 There Is a legend in the departiIeln,s, 'sl, he said ito the effect that upon warn ... June morning of last year PrIHildent Ps11ad nt the office trife overheated. me ,d i hts his sanctum being very close, eno, an~ 1nd IslS stan of supernumeraries oelIls g-,s,- = elsewhere. he walked to the nearest WIT dow and essayed to raise It. ITa t,,s
 The sash refused to ou9Bss, tin1e ged and pulled and straine1 to ~ faSv veil varying the performance with .;,~ is sesh directed remarks upon the oHeh1.IIissd .,issd sn, but to no purpose. He then 1,,;th 1ba other window, and yet anO'he1' "4S'' SA''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Blood Purified MEDICINE FREE AS THE AIR
 YOU BREATHE!
 AN HONEST OFFER.

Does your skin itch and burnP Do your bones acheP Have you pimples or eruptionsP Are your joints pain fuI or swollenP Have you boils or carbunclesP Are your muscles swol- IenP Have you scabs or scalesP UlcersP Eating soresP ScrofulaP EczemaP Offensive catarrhe Or chronic rheumatisme
 These symptoms indicate that you have in your system the poison of most deadly disease-cancer or blood poison your system is full of humors-your blood YOU MAY BE CURED WHEN
 ALL ELSE FAILS.
 Rotanic Blood Balm (B. B. B) will cure cancer, blood poison and all diseases which can be tracked back to tainted, impure blood as foundation. Botanic fe nic. but a real blood purifier, made es- pecially to cure all maglignant deep seated blood troubles. It goes Sto the seat of the trouble and kills or destroys fine humor or virus in the blood, thus making the blood pure and rich. R. B. B. is not guesswork, but a sclentinc inc greatest blood specialist of the Uni fed States B. B. B., composed of pure botanic ingredients, heals every sore or ina scrofula, even if the body is a mass nf boils and ulcers, giving the skin the rich glow of health; stops all aches and nains of old rheumatism and deep-seat- ed catarrh. By its timely use thousands of Apparently hopeless cases of impure Blood have been restored to health.
 Sold at druggists, $1 per large bottle. Medicine sent free by writing to Blood Balm Company. ,Ss Mitchell S4resf. Atlanta, Ga We make this offer of free trial treatment to prove that B. B. R actually does cure This Is an honest offer. as medicine is sent at once pre- naid. We refer to the editor of The Ad- vertiser as to the merits of Botanic Blood Balm. It is undoubtedly the most remarkable blood purifier ever made, Thoroughly tested for thirty years
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
OYSTERS BY HAND SUCCESS OF EXPERIMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL PATCHING. Method Very Simple-Scheme De- vised by Prof. Ryder of Johns
 Hopkins-FertiEzes
 the Eggs.

Experiments of a remarkable character nave Deen made recently in the artificial Rropagation of oysters by Prof John A; Ryder of Johns Hopkins University and other scientists. says a Baltimore dis patch to The St. Louis Republic. Some or the results obtained are most timely upon us.
 Under natural conditions the eggs and milt or spawning oysters are simply set are allowed to take their chances of com ing together. The chance is so small that probably not more than one egg in a mill lion is fertilized. and thus s9s,9Ss possible hatched. When the new method out lined by these scientists Is adopted, on the other hand. 90 per cent. of the eggs matched. It only remains then to liber- ate the baby bivalves thus brought into the world by incubator process under cir cumstances that will conduce to their
 Now. the possibilities in the case may be faintly realized when 1t is explained 6n snss re%fe % oystsr if n sSs Sn1 be average size, about 16OOO, 900 eggs, while large specimen will produce 90. 900 or 100000. The eggs are microscopic in water will easily hold 1O0,000 of the infant ricllusks, waiting only for suitable op- portunity to grow to @ table size and d to to in crumbs or in stews.
 How It is Done.
 The idea of assisting the bivalves was first attempted in a crude way by chopping up the reproductive organs of male and female oysters together in a vessel of sea water. By such means the eggs and milt were liberated and the for mer were fertilized, but a great many of the eggs were destroyed Incidentally, and much foreign material was intro- duced into the mixture.
 The new way Is to take an oyster and open it so that the animal lies on the deep shell. Then, with an ordinary glass pipette. such as is used for an eye drop per, stroke its upper surface gently, away from the hinges. This df the mol lusk is ready to spawn) will cause 1t to pour out a fluid which, in case the oys- ter is female, will be full of microscopic eggs. A few drops of this fluid, taken up by the pipette, are put into a tumh- Ter of sea water, and Ca drop or two of liquid similarly obtained from the male oyster being added) fertilization of the eggs is immediately accomplished.
 couple of hours later nearly all of the eggs will have matched and you will have in the tumbler many thousands of young oysters. For a couple of days they are free swimming animals, pad ding about with the aid of tiny hairlike appendages called ''cilia," and then they are ready to settle down for life, and attract themselves permanently to some solid object.
 Growth of the Oyster.
 It is this free swimming stage of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Delicate Instrument.

The University of Indiana, at Bloom ington, Ind, has imported a graphic chronometer'' of such delIcacy that 1t records vibrations of two to six ten thousandths of second, not noticeable in ordinary chronometers.
 The University asked that it be ad- mitted free as a philosophical or scien- Collector of Customs at Chicago, H.. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spauiding takes occasion to say:
 Tn the opinion of the Department, in- struments of such a delicate construc- tion, niccty of adjustment and perfection in operation. when imported for the pur- pose nf psychological experiments, scien- tific research, study and instruction, as in this case. may fairly be considered DhilcsGOhicaI inStrI1mf '"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
THE NUMBER FORTY.
Conspicuous Use Made of It Especi-
 ally in Biblical Times.

SOASRAC0OuO V CC AAASS0S VA ~ SSNRSS~
 ally in Biblical Times.
 Philadelphia Times
 A man who has done readers and stu dents notable service in collaing many of the curiosities of literature, calls atten- ton to the peculiar and persistent use of the number for even since the earliest time. The Deluge lasted for forty days and forty nights; Moses and Elijah fast ed forty days; the IsraeliteS wandered in the desert for forty years; the spies spent forty days examining the land of Canaan, before making their report; and Jonah. it will be remembered, gave the inhabitants of Ninevah forty days in which to con sider his prophecy and repent. The mi raculous fast of Moses and of Elijah Is reproduced in that of Christ and the lat ter is now observed by the church in the forty days of Lent.
 The mysterious import of the forty-day paciod has been recognized in the legisla- ton of France and of England from the earliest ages. Louis TX of France called Saint Louis, established the Kings quar- antine. during which no man could avenge an injury. We use the word quarantine to signify, specifically, an en- forced stoppage of travel to prevent the spread of contagious diseases, but it's real meaning is period of forty days. Will liam the ConquereI, of England, ordained that no man should be allowed to remain in England longer than forty days, unless he was enrolled in some tithing. The Magma Charta provided that widow should be allowed to remain in her hus- bands mansion for forty days after his death. during which time her dowry was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
An Old Tortoise.

NeW YOrk Sun.
 The folk at the New York Geological Park in the Bronx find that in estimat- ing the age of their largest giant tortoise from the Galapagos Islands they have been entirely too conservative. It's age has been estimated with some hesitation at 200 years. It seems, however, that Walter Rothschild of London, the worlds leading expert on tortoises, is of opinion that a specimen apparently younger than the largest one in the Zo- ological Park is at least 400 years old, so that the age of this one is at least four centuries.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
A Certain Cure for Dysentery and
 Diarrhoea,

Some years ago I was one of party that intended making long bicycle Bradford County. Pa. T was taken sud denly with diarrhoea. and was about to give up the trip, when Editor Ward, of The Laceyvine Messenger, suggested Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I purchased a bottle and took two doses. one before starting and one on the route. I made the trip Successfully and never felt any i'll effect Again last summer was almost completely run down with an attack of dysentery. l bought bottle of this same remedy, and this time one dose cured me-" For sale by E. G. Fowler. Adv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

same result, meanwhile placing on the retired list two official fingers and disar- ranging his garments.
 He wrapped a towel around the in- jured member; performed a staccato movement on a number of call buttons beneath lis desk, dictated a series of sig zling missives to his private secretary, and went out to recover his dignity. La ter there was a rumble and whirr of of shortly after, as time Is computed in the department, a neat package containing $11,300 and marked for the windows fell from the generous hand of Congress into the lap of the Postoffice Department"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
0TTERIES

McLEMORE.-Inform desired re- garding the ancestry and descendants of three brothers, Pleasant, Wilson and Jones McLemore; they were from Geor- cry County; Wilson in Tallapoosa County, Alabama; another brother John, died in Jasper or Hancock County, Georgia; know of his descendants.
 GUNN.-Information regarding the an- cestry of Daniel Harvey Gum of Peters served in the Revolutionary war under General Greene. Can any one tell in what company and regiment? He married Miss Street of Virginia H3N8kS R@
 ROUNTREE.-InfOrma wanted re- garding the ancestry and services of Richard Rountree. Edgefeld District. Southg Carolina He and ,Q sthink) six brothers were in the Revolutionary War. In what. company and regiment did he
 BEvxcYToP-wiH B. R. E. kindly t teiI fl; us about the Baytop family? There are many readers and correspondents who are interested in the history of this fana-
 HTKINs.-My great-grandfather' ( on Rins; kin % he married iT M Miss AS Wynne, SS" and T I think he was from North Carolina or Vir- ginia- My grandfather was Henry L.. Atkins. He married Miss Sallie Stelle and lived in DoveE Tenn. and Todd mother. Miss Wynne, had two brothers, merchants. living in Nashville about isS0-40. Wanted to know the ancestry and Revolutionary services of John At
 MIzELL.-My great-grandfather, - Suggs. My granfather, Stephen Mizell, married Miss Murfree. He lived in Ten nessee. Wanted information about the Mixelf family. S. M. A.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
RATES LOWERED TO BUFFALO
Account Pan-American Exposition.

Daily. on and after September 3rd. un- of Georgia Railway will sell excursion tickets from all coupon tickets stations to Buffalo. via all-rail authorized ticket round trip. tickets limited for return twenty days from date of sale.
 Will also sell excursion tickets via Sa- Yannah and Steamship Lines via New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, thence rail to Buffalo. at relative low rates for the round trip, including meals and berths aboard steamer final limit twenty days from date of sale.
 For detailed information, schedules, etc, apply to any agent or representa- tive of the Central of Georgia Railway, or, R. c. Rogers,
 Travelling Passenger Agent, Commerce Street. Montgomery, Ala.
 Adv.-Sat-su-tu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Al Communication.

MT. Editor-Allow me to speak few words in favor of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I suffered for three years with the bronchitis and could not sleep at nights. l tried several doctors and va Iious patent medicines hut could get nothing to give me any relief until my wife got bottle of this valuable medi- cine. which has completely relieved me. W. s. Brockm6n, Bagnell. Mo This remedy is for sale by E. G. Fowler.
 Adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
Sept 15 is the fifteenth Sunday after Trinity in the Protestant Episcopal Church It is the 25Sth day of the year.

Sept. Is is Independence day (Fourth of July) in Mexico, when every city town and village puts on it's gayest attire and gives itself up to merriment. Hidalgo, the Washington of Mexico, only pro- claimed ndependence-unlike his proto- type, he did not achieve it. On Saturday night, Sept 15, 1S1O. this patriotic Mexi- can priest, at the head of party of fol- lowers, liberated a few prisoners in Do lores. Next morning. from his pulpit, he declared the independence of Mexico. and he made a passionate appeal to his hear CTS to follow his lead and free their coun- were victorious in several battles with the Spanish troops, but he was finally captured and with his principal sup ded the first attempt by Mexico for free dom. But the cause lived and independ- ence came later.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
How He Felt.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Mrs. Spats-John. Mrs. Chaser wants to know if you will buy dollar chance on a piano-lamp2
 Spats (firmly)-No. Arabella. When 1t is a quarter a chance 1 see no harm in it, but when 1t Is a dollar. feel that 1t is too much like gambling
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Held Up by & Burglar,

Caught in a fire. or being run over by a car, is an accident. The Advertiser Accident Policy would be the thing in such an event. Every reader can have one. sun-wed- fri
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
A Choice of Evils.
Rrooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
 Miss Meadow rook-You had better sit out your waltz with MT Longhead; brainy men, you know. waltz atrociously.
 Miss Hampstead (wearily)-I know it. But I would rather put up with his waltzing than be bored by his brainy talk! iN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
D. A. B. Insignia and the Recogni-
 <jnn Pin

ton Pin.
 At the last Congress, the Committee on Insignia reported the present contract with Caldwell Company would expire December 1901 Bids were read from sew eral firms, but the Congress decided to again give the contract to Caldwell, put at 8 reduced price, and after Decemper, the badge which formerly cost x VIII cost S5.7S Miss Butcher of Nebraska, a member of the D. A. R., came before the Congress of 1900 and asked to be allowed to manufacture. for the society a pm sso so be known as the Recognition Pin" She described it as of sterling silver, bearing the insignia in blue and white enamei, enclosed in gold rim; the stars, spokes A majority did not think favorabIy Of the pin and voted against it. At the last Congress. Miss Butcher was present and again secured a hearing. Those opposeaa cheapen the formal insignia, and It would bet set aside, to a certain extent, as some would buy the former instead of the lat ter. Miss Butcher succeeded, however. and was allowed to manufacture the pin at a price not to exceed S1, provided 10 per cent Is paid the Treasurer-General as ognition Pin shall be filled till the party making the application Is certified to by the State Regent. The formal insignia will be $5.75 after December; the Recog- less than the former price of the insignia. Miss Butcher has received but two orders from Alabama. Her address Is 15SS Sev- enteenth Street, N. w., Washington, D. c. We presume those who intend buy ing the D. A. R. badge (and every Daugh- ter should own and wear iD will wait till the price is reduced. They should write the Registrar General, give name and national number and ask for the neces- sary permit or Caldwell will procure the permit when desired. The full name and national number will be engraved on. the back of the badge without charge. Write name and number plainly, and give ex- plicit directions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Cascade RestautAnt.
In a Desperate strait.

The best the market affords served in first-class style Al Galatas, Prop, op- posite The Advertiser office. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
Many remarkable legends are told of him.

Sept. 20 is the anniversary of the birth, in 17S0, of Robert Emmet, an Irish pa- triot and author. It is also the anniver- sary of his execution for treason. in 1SoS His speech, in which he defended himself against the charges, is preserved as a model of eloquence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

BrOOkIyn Eagle.
 The Shirtwaist Girl-Ethel says the handsome young lfesaver saved her life this morning.
 The Sunbonnet Girl-Yes, she hadn't seen a man for week. and he firted with her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept. 16 is celebrated in the Greek church in honor of St. Euphemia. patron ess of Chalcedon and one of the chief martyrs of the Eastern church. Many churches are dedicated to her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept IS is the anniversary of the birth in I7O9, of Samuel Johnson. one of the most eminent writers of the eighteenth century His 'Dictionary of the English Language" is considered the most re- markabie work of the kind ever produced by a single person.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept. 20 is the anniversary of the final union of Italy under Victor Emmanuel, through the downfall of the temporal power of the Papacy. 1t was on Sept 20 1870, that the Sardinian troops reach ed the walls of Rome, and the city sur- rendered. Next day the French troops departed, and the temporal power of the Pope ceased to exist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Some women are not so red as they paint themselves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept F Is the anniversary of the bat tie of Antietam. in 1862, one of the fiercest engagements of the civil war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept. r is dedicated in Catholic calendar to St. Cyprtan, one of the most famous of the Latin fathers. He was martyred in 25S by being thrown to wild beasts ill Rome
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

to be turned over to her.
 These are only a few illustrations or the use of the forty-day period. How that use originated no one knows. Forty days is not a regular division of time. like a week or month, but is wholly arbitrary. The only. plausible exNMnA&N tion is that this period approximates a division of the early lunar year by the mystic number nine.
 LOSS OF VITALITY is loss of the principle of life, and Is early indicated by failing appetite and diminishing strength and endurance. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the greatest vitalizer-it acts on all the organs and functions, and builds up the whole systera. (0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
"CHEAP RATES VIA LoUIsvILLR
 6 NASHVILLE R. R."

@oI.1o pan EIaHCIscUJ Oa1II'1 anu 1se-
 turn $51.75.
 Account General Convention Episcopal Church, Oct. End. Tickets to be sold Sept. 18th to 18th. Limited for return to Nov. 18th.
 For further information, call on S. T. Surratt Ticket Agent, Montgomery, or write P. Sid Jones' District Passenger Agent; Walter l.. Beasley, Passenger Agent Birmingham. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept. 21 Is St. Matthew's day. This apostle and evangelist was Jew, the son of Alpheus. His Hebrew name was Levi. He was an officer employed to collect the hateful Roman taxes, hence the name publican. The Savior saw him sitting at the receipt of the customs, and said, Follow me-" and He arose and fololwAd Him." After the ascension Mat threw preached the gospel in Judie, and in Partha and Ethiopia. He wrote his gospel in the Hebrew, and 1t Is safd to have been translated into Gteek by one of the other disciples.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

wIGIEswoRTI. FOX, CLAIBORNE. --The following facts are sent py M. w, who desires information: Jonn Wiglesworth of England married Mary s son John Wiglssworth, married Phiia- delphia Claiborne Fox; their son, Car, borne Wiglesworth, married Lavina Waro Parish These families all lived In Nlr- rinia and the Fox and Claiborne lines are sought for and particularly the Revoiu- 'iTVa[y iWTVIaI,yy,fAMS'@More fslse definite informa- ton is given regarding the Williams query No. ss. Jonathan Williams. was born in Connecticut in 1764. He ran away from his home at the age of four. and remained a soldier until the close of the war. He had one brother older than himself, who was one of the signers of spoke very often of this brother: If he had other brothers. I have never been able to learn. After the war closed, Jon Eramees Elamns'e&; cowart ar of wilmington. e s Two sons were born to them. Simeon and Elisha; also five daughters. Simeon was born August Al rust l. l7s7; Elisha was born
 The family moved to Pike County. Ala ba%a: ban ., in 1S Elisha ny grandsffather. Zack, Samuel and John. Simeon, my grandfather's brother. had two sons Jonathan and William; he kept the fam ny
 I will be. thankful for the proof of the services of my great grandfather, Jona- than Williams of Connecticut.
 DOUGLAS.-I would like for you to trace another line of my ancestry. My great eat-grandfather was William Douglas; he moved from South Carolina to Ameri- GUS. Ga.; he lived to be one hundred years old. l only know of two of his children; daughter married Mir. Green; the son, William Stuart Douglas, was born July 4th; was once High Sheriff of a county in South Carolina. In the win- ter of 1929, he wasakilled by the explosion of a boiler on the vessel Magnolia, on the Mississippi River. He married Catherine McCloud Cher mother was a Campbell had five children-Margaret, Alexander, John Campbell, Sara and Mary (mv grandmother), who married Augustus c. Bass. M. w.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

Sept. 1s is the day of St. Januarious in the Roman martyrology. He Is the pa- iron saint of Naples, where his memory is celebrated with much pcmp. The day Is also observed by the Greek church.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-27
The First Revere.

Let me think. My heart Is beating so
fast. and I am trembling so that I can
scarcely walk. I am so happy. To-nigh,
q knew It was coming) he began by telling
me a story which was something like this:
There was a young boy once who was
as other boys. except that he loved ali beau
tiful things p~assionately. This boy grew
to be a man. He ven to college, where he
studied fairly well and graduated credlta-
bly,. He was launched forth, finally, into
society. He met many beautiful girls n
interesting women. He liked their COM
pany. He admired their beauty and their
culture He enjoyed II all as a spectacle.
or as q play In which he took a minor
part. and read his lines with pleasure. His
was not touched. until-one day-a vi
sion appears-a beautiful girl The stage
disappeared. He was living at last. He.
who had always loyed beauty as he had
nothing else. fen down and worshiped.
As the days went by and he saw more of
her. he discovered the richness OF her ma
ture. the depth and loveliness Of her char
acter. Life was different to him The