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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
NEWS GOSSIP FROM
 THE CAPITAL OF GERMANY
Cabinet Order Names the Officers and Strength of the KaiSer'S Chinese Contingent Americas
 Relations With Germany.

Berlin. June S.-The Militair Extra
 contains a cabinet order announcing
 the names of officers and strength of
 the German Chinese occupation bri-
 Eade. as follows:
 Commander, Major General von
 Rohrscheidt. with a military suite
 numbering eighty persons, nearly all
 of them being officers who belonged to
 the expedition corps. The occupation brigade will be com-
 posed of three infantry regiments of
 three battalions, the latter having three companies each.
 Commander of the first regiment, Col onel Count von Schlippanbach. Commander of the second regiment,
 Colonel Baron von Ledenbur.
 Commander of the third regiment. Colonel Grueber. One squadron of mounted Chasseurs.
 Three field batteries of artillery and other troops.
 The man to blame in a particularly
 bad army duel affair at Mayence. in which the seduction of a high officer s wife was involved, has been severely punished by court martial. Following the Emperor's instructions, the guilty party, Second Lieutenant Vogt, of the Hussars, has been sentenced to two years Imprisonment, and to be dis missed from the army. The latest list of German naval of ficers shows 1,4S4 on active service and 539 on leave of absence, among them being two admirals. seven vice -admi- rals and 12 rear -admir&fs. The list also contains the names of 424 midship- men. an increase of 197. An agitation is on foot in the Reich sland to exert strong pressure to bear upon the government to issue an am- nesty decree for political and military offenders of Alsace-Lorraine since 1870. The Strassburg Buerger Zeitung IS leading the movement. The govern ment. it is believed. is not in favor of the proposed step.
 The Berliner Neuste Nachrichten planes Russia for the failure of the sugar conference. adding that 1t is the last time Germany will try to aoonsh the hidden premium system of other nations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
1rauoR AND THE SYSTEM.
Why Alcohol Kills Some Men and
 Others Thrive on It.

Washington Star.
 "There have been scores of chapters written in the medical books as to why alcoholic liquors undermine and ulti- mately destroy mans system, or, in other words, drink killed him. but the precise reason why they kill one man and not another is not satisfac- torily explained" said a prominent specialist.
 II noticed a dispatch recently of the death of a centenarian who had been steady drinker all his life. have had patients who were moderate drink CTS succumb in from five to ten years. The mystery lies in this: Two men of apparently equal physical strength, for mans soundness cannot always be determined will each drink an equal quantity of liquor daily. say half pint to a pint of whisiaey, or from five to twenty average-size drinks distrib- uted through the day and evening un- til the night cap,' just before retiring. Tens of thousands of men average this quantity daily.
 One of these steady drinkers will die inside of ten years, perhaps live, and the other will live to be 80. The death of the first can be traced by a medical man directly to the use of li- uuor, that is, but for the effect of the SI0duJ uObCS VI aiSOAOA POACSA ApOA ShO heart, stomach or kidneys the man would not have died of the disease given in the death certificate. It may truthfully be said, then, that he died of drink, though the immediate cause of death was heart disease, apoplexy or any other of the sudden or lingering
 diseases. The other man may die an accidental death at 8 ripe old age.
 "The general effect of alcohol upon the organs of the human system is too well known to be recited, but it is the opposite way it affects the systems of different men that constitutes the in- teresting point. My theory of alcoholic death, as it were, is the deadly efrect of the poison upon the excretory or gans, especially the skin which 1t clogs and destroys, both its life and that Of the muscles and organs 1t encases. In fact. its continued effect is to practi- cally decay the human system, and the bodies of the old soaks,' or men who have died of alcoholism in the great cities, and which have afterward been cut up in the dissecting rooms of seae medical colleges, are practically mass of putrid organism. When, therefore, alcohol attacks a certain weak organ of the body, that organ succumbs to the attacks, as does also the patient, to put it in untechnical terms, and he passes.
 "since men will continue to drink to the end of time, I'd say this to the steady drinker: Let up entirely att stated occasions. Go for two weeks, or longer, without a drop, to give the system a chance to rest. It becomes tired of oft repeated defensive efforts to overcome, counteract and fight against the assaults of the stimulant and the corresponding strain. Many men who are hard and steady drinkers are conscious of their ultimate self destruction. but are powerless to re- sist the temptation. They make it a practice to let up,' as they say, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

tlnued as manager of the company and. under his management, he has witnessed continuous growth of the w@SsSSssSSS@@S&@ that the several oils have different origins.
 one of the theories as to the source of oil is that it comes from the fat of animals CT fish which had been squeezed out or distilled through countless ages to be collected in the oil sands.
 Experimenting on this line in an ef- fort to verify the theory Warren and Storer took menhaden oil and, through distillation, produced a kerosene, which they marketed without it's artificial nature being discovered. In 1888 Engler distilled under pressure half ton of menbaden oil. from which he obtained petroleum distillates. The distillate was blown but fluorescent. Sixty per cent. consisted of saturated hydrocar- bons, from which he isolated and iden- tified d number of oils usually contain ed in the products of certain oil fields. He also purified the product and made good kerosene oil. Not satisfied with this he went farther and showed that other fats, as olein, will yield petro- leum, so that fish oils are not essential.
 Another theory that the oil IS from vegetable matter Is apparently sus- tained in the case of the Russian fields. where the oils contain substance similar to the distilation products of coal tar, such as benZole.
 The theory has been advanced as to the origin of the Pennsylvania oil fields that, the petroleums of Pennsylvania owe their origin to the effect of heat upon the underlying limestones and shaIes of the Silurian age. It Is claim ed that the same force which caused the Appalachian chain to uplift, pass ing through the limestones and shales of the Silurian age at modified tenn, perature, distilled the oil already con- tained in these shades and conglomer- ate sands of the Devonian age. where it was condensed and filtered. and found it's home In the open, porous con- glomerates which characterize the CatskiI, Portage and Chemung periods of the Devonian age.
 It, therefore, seems to be an open question as to whether oil is of mineral, vegetable or animal origin, and it will doubtless remain open for some time to come.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
The Resemblance
Indianapolis Sun.

Indianapolis Sun.
 Excuse me-" said the new neighbor, as he leaned over the fence, you have a daughter who plays the piano, l be- lieve."
 q have" answered the man on the porch.
 Well" said the other. "f have been a great student of nature in my time have spent many years on farm and I want to say that your daughters music reminds me of the music of a book.
 "Ah," said the pleased father, "I con- fess that there is an undefinable, mur- muring sweetness running through her music that resembles brook. now that you have called my attention to it."
 Yes" agreed the new neighbor, there is all that. And besides, there is another way in which the re semblance is very marked. Probably YOU have read that line that calls at tention to the fact that the brook goes on forever"
 And with a cold stare he walked slowly back to his porch and picked up his newspaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
THE ORIGIN OF OIL
Scientists Divided as to Which King
 dom Produces it.

At the United States Geological Sur vey the recent discoveries of oil in Texas. Wyoming and California are re- garded with complaisance not only be- cause they will add millions to the visible wealth of the country, but be- cause they furnish additional fields for investigation into the source and origin of the various grades of "oil, says The Baltimore Sun.
 With all the study and original re- search which have been going on for many years in connection with petrole- um there is much ignorance on the sub ject. Where it can be found, whence 1t comes and it's origin are Ill unan- swered questions. When gusher Is struck it spouts a black fluid known as "oil." This may be a compound of fifty or one hundred different oilss which have to be separated as far as possible befCre being marketed. The qualities and characteristics of oil vary not only in the different wells, but often in the different wells. the yield from ore stratum being different from that of another lower down. The oil of the United States is entirely different from that found in Russia, Java or Peru, which fact substantiates the theory
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

No great importance Is attached here to anti-German utterances on the part of the American press. Scores of pa- pers, however, referred to the subject this week, but a correspondent of The Frankfurter Zeitung has been pointing out that it is better not to attach such grave weight to the wholly unfettered utterances of the American press, de- claring that the Americans do not want war with Germany, and saying they are a thoroughly peace-loving people. The recent Chinese war. the correspondent adds, has clearly demonstrated that the United States is unwilling to plunge into foreign adventures. and the Wash ington administration is undoubtedly most friendly to Germany, as a num- Der of recent acts shows. The corre- spondent next claims that the German press Is in part more unfriendly to the United States, instancing number of cases.
 Regarding the relations between Ger many and Brazil, the correspondent of the Associated Press has interviewed the Brazilian minister here, who said:
 Germany has not had any interests, but economic interests. to subserve in Brazil. This is we'll known to the Bra zilian Government. The interest which Germany takes in the Germans in Bra gil who have nearly all acquired Bra gillian citizenship, is legitimate and na- tural and is largely because they have remained good customers for the Ger man export trade.
 While the Germans in the southern provinces, Rio Grande du Sul. Santa Catharina and Parana, are numerous and exert certain influence. the Bra gillian population is in the majority. and Brazilian political influence is domi- nant. The Hanziatic Colonization Com pany, which alone systematically en- courages German emigration to the ex- tensive lands it has acquired. cannot find Germans to settle there, and has been forced to send for Swiss, Austri- ans. Russians and even Boers.
 "The talk about German designs upon Brazil is the merest twaddle.'
 Professor Willard Fiske has arrived here, and is the guest of Andrew D. White. the United States Ambassador, and Mrs. White.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
REIMBURSEMENT FOR
 CONFISCATED COTTON
President McKineyS COrdiality Taken to Mean That, He Will Not Oppose Payment of the
 Claims of SOuthernerS.

$243,000 transferred to Freedman'g Bu< reau, $1,406,000 deposited as internal revenue, taxes and commercial ina tercourse fees. and g, ,556. .675.24 relea1ed to claimants by Secretaries Cha9ev Fessenden and Mccullough, making . total of $10.75o,67a24 and leaving &20.- 971. .7s0.96 the actual amount covered
 into the treasury under resolution .of
 March 90, 1868. From the latter amount
 is to be taken various sums disbursed
 in payment of judgments by the Cour1 of Claims and for other purposes. leap4
 ing the actual amount still subject t@
 distribution sI0.512. .o07.so. e
 Hundreds of planters and old sol~ diers still hold their claims, and have never given up hope of collecting thems
 The bar has always been that they could not make the required oath that they had not given aid and comfort to the rebellion. Under the provisions of the bill introduced by Senator Mason in the Senate December 15, 1898. 1t is provided that the act of March 12, 1883,
 be revived, and that all claimants bo allowed to present and prove their claims without regard to any statute of limitations or the loyalty of the. .claim@ ant. Representative Caymack intro< duced a similar bill in the House. December 20, 1898. Both measures have been referred to the committea on War Claims and reported favorablys, But for the Spanish-Amerioan war. it
 is believed that action woAad hav( been taken on these matters long ago5 As the horizon has now Jolearsd. hows ever. and time has been afforded fo1 reflection, it is the current belief that they will receive early attentfons President Johnson told Savannah man who called upon him during his incum- bency in regard to these claims that they would be adjusted when reason shall have been fully restored"
 Interesting stories are told of cotton seizures here and elsewhere during the war. Simon Draper came here in 1S6s to seize cotton, and got nearly all there. was by paying the negroes a reward of 50 cents per bale for all of it bcateds On Christmas Day of December. 1s65ss Draper wired PresidentsJ Johnson c press erit of 25,e00 bales. which were sefxeds and later shipped to Hart Island. N. Y.s, to be sold. In those days sea island cotton brought around $4 per pound& and uplands around $1.50 per pound.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

Savannah, Ga, June S.-(Specia1. J. President McKinleys warm hand shakes with the older citizens on his |efecent trip through the South and West. and the talk about the closer re- lations of the sections, probably meant much to the multitudes of planters who lost a part of the $1.o0o.0Oo worth of cotton seized during the war and the proceeds deposited in the United States Treasury, where much of 1t has been locked up since.
 What the President has done to cre- ate the general impression among the old planters that the money realized on the cotton seized from them during the war is to be returned is not known. but the widespread manner in which this has been talked as a result of his visit indicates that 1t Is predicted upon something. As the spokesman for the administration. the kind expressions of the President have been construed to mean that his party will adopt a lib- eral policy in the adjustment of these cotton claims, which have been held for over thirty years by hundreds of claimants without their having yet been given by the Government an op- portunity to present and establish their clalmS. A StFing thdt kept great ma jority of the planters out has always been tied to xlch legislation as the Government has enacted for the restor- ation of the value of seized cotton to its former owners.
 Under the provisions of an act ap- proved March F, 1863. entitled an act to provide for the collection of aban- doned property and for the prevention of frauds in the insurrectionary dis tricts of the United Stetes, cotton was seized throughout the South by the se- cret agents of the Government sent to various sections for this purpose.
 From Savannah alone about 37,500 bales were seized and sold. At At- lanta, Montgomery. Mobile. New Or leans, Galveston, Houston. Memphis and other important storing centers for cotton the seizures were large and the losses in many instances deprived the owners of their last dollar.
 The whole amount realized by the Government on captured cotton and other property was $31, 722, ,466.20. To be deducted from this is $e,55l. .000. the cost of converting the property into cash,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

King. Their royal carriages consist simply of large room for the royal ties, set about with cushioned chairs or sofa and a table, and at the ends of the car small. closet-like rooms. in which the servants hide out of the way among hampers of food and bot ties of refreshments. The new con- tinental railway carriage of the King Is different. It has a passage along one side, like the Mann boudoir cars of old, and contains separate large rooms for the King and Queen. It is considered very sumptuous over here. but does not compare in beauty and finish with the beautiful Pullmans now running between London and Brighton. It has no little pocket buffet kitchen, such as would prove of the utmost use and comfort to the King; no service of table appointments. no bath-it is just a car of the vintage of 1878.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

when they begin again the system has been rested and strengthened, and re- news the battle of counteraction and req covery with added vigor. and the man'sx life is prolonged. Just so long as thet vital organs can fight against anal overcome the destructive effects of al-i cohol, a man will live. When they cease struggling in their desperate ef-a forts to maintain their normal condi- ton, the death certificate may as we'll read heart failure as any other cause.
 Tt doesn't make any difference.' =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
Advice to Mothers .

London King.
 She-I can't make out how it is that Mrs. Wise has fish for nearly every meal. It can't be for economy's sake for she must be fairly well off. He-She has large family of un- married daughters, you know. She-Now, don't be nasty, and say something about girls and their brains; that's so old.
 He-Oh, no, hadn't the slightest in- tention of doing so.
 She-Wen. Can't you tell me? He-I don't know. I'm sure. unless it's because fish are richSn phosphorus. She-I don't see what that has to do with it.
 He-Perhaps not, but still it's good for making matches.
 The more some people tell you the lesE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

gomery. His care and attention is given to a growing business, and he Is recognized as a young man of con- siderable business ability.
 MT. Westcott is 8 native of Mont gomery County, and has lived in or near this city throughout his life. He waJ born at the old 'Westcott home stead, two miles from Montgomery. on the old plank road, November 12, 1871, and is conse- quently in the thir- tieth year of his age. He was edu- cated in the public and private schools of Montgomery. His first position was in the employ of J. H. Leigh, Tax Col lector of this coun- ty, in whose office he became a clerk when he was first entering manhood. After remaining in this position some time. MT. Westcott went with the Western Railroad as a clerk in the office of the local freight agent. He remained in the latter position one year, and when his father. Major $. T. Westcott, bought out the Montgom- cry Arms Company, MT. T. M. Westcott became associated with the company and managed it's business. In 1898 the style of the company was chan ged to the Westcott Arms Company, consisting of Mir. Westcott and his uncle, Mir. D. B.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
KING EDWARDS SLEEPER.
Built by French Company, and is
 Not Equal to Our Shoppers.

London dispatch to Indianapolis News.
 King Edward has bought a royal sleeping car in which to travel on the continent, which he has already spent a lot of his time, and means to spend a great deal more. Instead of being ordered of Pullman or Wagner. it was made by the Compagnie International Wagons, Ltd. the international sleep ing wagons company of Paris, which runs palace cars and trains to St.
 Petersburg, Odessa, Constantinople, Brindisi and al the places between those towns and Paris. Its cars are easily thirty years behind the Wagner and Pullman coaches. though I am bound to say they are better than any coaches that have. ever been used here by either the late Queen or the present
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

NAAJ
 electric auto about the city. MT. West | colt has also been instrumental in bringing several shooting tourna- ments to Montgom- cry.
 MT. Westcott is unmarried. e n d lives with his fa- ther at 31t Jeffer-
 son Street. He
 takes great inter-
 est in legitimate
 sporting matters, and is Q member of tke Capital City Gun Club and the I Irwin Fishing Club. Everything that has for it's object the promotion of the welfare of his native city, appeals to Mir. Westcott, and he takes g. live ly interest in pub lie affairs, although he has never sought or held any public office. He is an &C., tive member of the Commercial and In- dustrial Associa- ton and subscribes to every public movement.
 MT, Westcott Is
 neither a club man
 nor a society man.
 He prefers to give
 the largest share of
 his time to his busi-
 ness, which, under
 his careful and ju-
 dicious manage
 ment, is growing
 with each year.
 This does not mean,
 however, that he is
 not possessed of
 friends. Indeed. he
 is one of the most
 popular young men
 in Montgomery. and
 his friends are nu-
 merous. He is the
 typical successful
 young Alabamian,
 who has made his
 way hy hard work
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

or at least shapely, conforming in every way to the modern ideas of pedal beauty, without in any way interfering with locomotion. The shoe must be broad. easy, comfortable of heel. and absolutely adapted to exercising, but it must not be built with those objects alone in view. 1t must be pretty.
 The Cuban heel is a step in the right direction. It is a heel that, without being high, looks high. It lifts the foot not so very far from the ground, yet it looks as though the heel were well raised. It Is straight in the back and does not taper from shoe to ground, being of about the same size and height from top to bottom. At first sight the Cuban heel looks awkward, but it's neatness is so apparent that one soon begins to admire it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09
THE MANAGER OF A GROWING BUSINESS,
 MR.T. H. WESTCOTT, A NATIVE MONTGOMERIAN

Montgomery in 1892 and has recently brought an Autorette. or electric tri- cycle, to Montgomery. He is seen
 daily riding the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

Mir Thomas Mastin westcott, Man. ager of the Westcott Arms Compay, is one of the must successful young busi- maze rnan If Monf-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

business. Fa
 The westcott Arms Company. since | its organization, has been located at ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-09

The more some people tell you the lesE you remember.
The sun., 1901-07-20
COMMENTS OF THE DAY.
Labor Needs a Fair Umpire.

From the New York Journal.
1t is probably a fact that labor in the
United States is opposed to the system,
of compulsory arbitration which prevails
in New Xeland-m0re opposed even thnn
is the employing class. The workingmen
hesitate to trust State arbitrators. They
are confident of their own strength and
willing to fight every battle to finish,
relying on their own weapons for victory.
When they lose they say they were not
well enough organized, and go straight
way to work enrolling their army for the
next combat.
But the odds are always against them
unless they can have State aid in their
efforts for justice And the odds against
them will grow heavier with the in
creasing concentration of industrial con
trol in n few hands, and those the hands
Of men who control the means both Of
production and distribution.
Should the great Steel Trust strike pro
ceed to its logical conclusion of the clos
ing Of every mill. the idleness of every
man, tremendous loss would be entaiied
upon both sides and upon the innocent
public. But even so the employing cor
norations would have the whip hand
'rhcy could in time get workmen by i'm
porting or hy educating them. But II TIN
strikers. with all their knowledge. sought
to employ themselves by cooperation