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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
scoTrsBoRo NEWS.
Teachers Holding an Institute at
 Princeton. s 2 <

scottsboro, Sept. N.-(SpeciaD- County Superintendent of Education Charles H. Hackworth. accompanied by State Su? perintendent of Education John w. Aber- crombie and several teachers, left yes- terday for Princeton, where a three days session of the Jackson County Teachers Institute Is to be held this week. @
 Hon. John W. Abercrombie delivered splendid educational address in the col- lege annex last evening.
 The RoberS Donnell presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian church has just closed a successful session of three days at Stevenson. The presbytery was large ly attended and it was most harmonious throughout.
 Louis Adkins. charged with robbing George Caffry, was tried before Judge C. l.. Cargill this week and acquitted. Caf- fry was assessed with the costs in the case.
 c. w. StegaH will begin dismantling his large sawInill next week preparatory to moving it to Huntsville.
 Mrs. Parton of Stevenson is here today making a settlt ment with the Southern Railway for the death of her husband, an employe of the Southern, who was killed some time ago in a collision near Tuscumbia. She gets $1,S00. Her husband also carried insurance of S, ,00Q.
 The farmers are taking advantage of the, good weather and are getting out their cotton very fast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
THE UNIVERSITY TEAM
Is Getting in Good shape for Coming
 Football Games.

Tuscaloosa. Ala. Sept. 27.-(Special.- The ladies of the University campus will of the University next Friday night for the benefit of the football team. The boys, under Coach Harvey of Auburn and Manager McQueen. are doing some splen- did practicing every afternoon and their snappy, quick work promises good team for the University this year. There will undoubtedly be a much better game or football put up by the University boys game to be played this year will be that with the University of Mississippi on this campus. October 18th. The game 1t is hoped by the University boys that they will have an opportunity of meeting their formidable antagonists on the grid Iron. Heretofore the boys from Aupnrn but 1t is believed that If the Auburn team will consent to meet them the Varsity boys will give them such game as they can not overcome. Ihe paacIce n,ss sDS s0SS ,Sa S interest taken in the game Is Tar aDove that has been heretofore.
 MT. Tom Garner, editor of The Gazette. is busily engaged in getting up the Mi- kado with local child talent for the ben eft of the local chapter of the Daugh- of fine children in town have taken part in the rehearsals. and when the Mikado IS put on October 16th. there is no doubt about the Daughters securing a large house.
 Hon. Joel D. Murphree, a member of the Legislatures of 1857 and 1872. and of the Constitutional Conventions of B15 and 1901. was in the city yesterday on business He has a number of friends in Tuscaloosa who were glad to see him here.
 George Anderson. of Hattiesburg. Miss, was in the city yesterday. Mir. Anderson v,as one of the contractors who built the Warrior branch of the Mobile and Ohio
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
SPLENDID NEW BRIDGE
To Be Put Over Cahaba River in Bibb
 County.

County Commissioners have let con- fract to build a bridge across the Caha- ha River at Pratt's Ferry in this county. The bridge will be i've hundred and forty fat long with a span of one hundred and sixty feet, and will cost about SS00O. Work will begin about February and the structure will be completed by July next. This bridge will be about 90 per cent. stronger than the bridge at this place, and will have a sixteen-foot road way. With the new developments in this coun- try, such Improvement is absolutely nec- essary.
 There is some talk of having a cotton factory here, and from present indica- tions there will more than likely be one by another year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
HAMILTON.

4Ear,,,ton Sept 27.-(Specisl) )-The on,,rtv officers have moved Into the new Sto,,a ss29 OO0 court house at this place.
 The limited States Commissioner, Judge Charles LunstOrd is kept busy trying g, per- Ss,,tsuev without a license. This is a nhobibition county. but prohibition does not prohibit A.-.,.,,,.,,., s...,
 .1s.,'eS to grow, there being about 100 6oardine pupils in attendance.
 Cantrell has sold out his black smith shop and residence in town and ariii move to Arkansas.
 VII n,,,ta number of citizens are prepar- ,,,Ss .o aftend the Confederate reunion at Tns Inls., t0 sotd on the 27th and 28thbeIt
 Present indcatitG'nS ar are ,bs that the cam pstisn ts,tin, iU Will be opened there Saturday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
switchman Killed in shefaeld.

Sheffield. Sept. 27.--(special)-Win Cole man. a railroad switchman. while at- tempting to couple the air hose on a the Montgomery Avenue crossing in the heart of the city. Coleman's shoe heel caught between the rail and a plank of the crossing and before he could extri- cate himself. he was knocked down and frightfully mangled by the moving cars. Deceased came here several years ago fromN Tennessee. He leaves a wife and three young children t
 Mrs. Floyd Looney, daughter of Rev. O. R. Comstock of this city died yes terday about noon after a lingering ill., ness from consumnttnnf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
KILLED BY WILL FRY.
Nsoro Shot to Death by Young White Man.

Elorsnce. Sept. H.- Especial. l-Lasereth r,IaNIr EiT[ n negro, was shot and killed near iaI E3I1a1, N' at 2 O'clock this afternoon by Win Frv ErIie" a ay young white. man of that neigh oorhoo1' ooo of the murdered man who wit
 son n o shooting claims Fry had sev- ai nesSed Sa,is tn ago coliided with his fathers SahicIs erIi IsS and injured 1t. In order to get sdustmsG@ 4 T0" ES RaGk ocentrt wsnt tG see TIT, ISsd in Fry drawing a pistol and Wnleh vsetira eh1 tSa negro under the left shouI- sepGsI sep sIase. death resulting almost instant ly. ,.-e than 9o vears oia 4.
 Efy, Wno a N hut an effort will be made stiil st once M Sy the authorities to arrest him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
Hayes Organizing Labor.

John w. Hayes. General Secretary Treasurer of the Knights of Labor with headquarters at Washington, is in the city for the purpose of organizing in this State various trades under the banner of the Knights of Labor. He held con ference this afternoon at the Metropoli- tan Hotel with a number of miners from quite strong, The general purpose of MT. Hayes's visit is to strengthen the Knights of Labor in this part of the South. He says the order Is growing all over the country. He goes from here to Pensa-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
A TEXAS WONDER
HAll,s GREAT DISCOVERY.

lone small bottle of Halls Great Discovery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, remoses gravel, cures diabetes. seminal emissgVHs. s Eegularities of the Kidneys and bladder in po.n men and women, regulates bladder trouolSiss is ta m cent by mail on receipt of si, Ons smn, s c,,rs tie is two months treatment ana VII tSsll Ssr1 sole manufacturer, P O. Box 62e, St; Louis. . Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold py ail ot gists and the Montgomery Drug Somp@ns'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
Dr Mcchee Bound Over.

Dr. B. F. McGhee of Hillman has been bound over to the Federal grand jury by United States Commissioner Cornish on a charge of using cancelled postage drop box at >Turpin, Ala. and sent to the postofI1ce inspector at Chattanooga by the postmaster at Turpin;; pr. McGhee ,,sed hut had been soiIed in putting them on the letters He does not deny send fu the IAttprS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
WUE SWhSk Exx&SS MSSY Worswick's Crowded. We | Are Going | To | Sell | More | School Shoes

This year than ever be- fore--(and bear In mind, too: we've been selling them for several years ) Mothers know of the genuine goodness con- tained in each pair we offer for the little man and lady. They know that they are not only particularly well made of the toughest and soft. est of carefully sorted material, but they are made in the height of fashion as we'll
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
READ THIs.

RIPLEY, Tenn. June l. 1901 pr. F: ". Hall. St. Louis, Mo: Having tried var,oas ,ss persuaded to give your Wonder uial 4, have used one bottle and although my case ds as the best physicians yet it yielded at once to tho Texas wonder" which heartily ree9m- Sa mend to all suffering from kidney toup.gss. Church. Ripley, Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-28
THE FLORENCE FAIR.
Stores Were Closed on Merchants
 Day.

Florence. Sept. -(speciaD- Merchants nav the third day of the Lauderdale Fair Association. doubled the attend snce of Thursday. In accordance with previous arrangements all business houses closed at 1 o'clock.
 The races were enthusiastically receiv- ed although the time made was slow.
 ssiurdaV is Factory Day and will be the hj1oest of the week in point of at- tnndance and purses. Results today:
 2:So mace, purse s100. two in three: Eddie Hal lc.Iac9 Iac9hs)....;.............. , Jessie LsSirstbyj GreelC 8
 Free for all trot, purse $2OO two in three: Katie (Brewer1. ........................-. Katie L (Mckay)' y)'''''''''''.'''''''''''' Fro y,k1iu tCObbS) s.s.sss.ss 0 .
 Running. purse $50, two in three-Denial f,rst. Uaco. second; Musketow, third.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

servations on the constituent parts
of the potato root" Einhof, in 1905,
published analyses of the potato, as
did also Vauquelin in 1877. In Amer
lea, analyses of the potato were re-
ported some so years ago by EN-
mons. These Investigations were use
full at the time, although they were
not made by the methods generally
followed to-day. This was necessarily
the case, as the subject of the chem
istry of nutrition is of compare lively
recent growth. In later years many
studies of the composition and food
value of the potato have been made
in this and other countries.
The edible portion is made up of
1873 per cent. water, % per cent.
protein (total heterogeneous matter),
Oh per cent. fat, 1874 per cent. carbo-
hydrates principally starch), and one
per cent. ash or mineral matter. Of
the carbohydrates, GA per cent. is
made up of crude fiber and materials
which in some of their modifica tons
constitute the cell walls of plants and
give them rigid structure. The
above figures, like others for compo-
sition of food materials, represent
general averages, from which there
are wide variations in individual
specimens. Though the skin, cortical
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
Potatoes Are a Food of
Very Great Importance
They Constitute More Than Thirteen Per
Cent. Of the Total Food OF This Country

tive tract, rather than chemical COM
value. The digestibility of potatoes
has been frequently studied. Some
years ago Rubner kept a Bavarian
soldier who was used to eating large
quantities of potatoes on potato
diet for two days. The potatoes were
boiled and eaten with salt or with
vinegar and oil as a salad. The car
bohydrates, the principal nutritive
material in the potatoes, were quite
thoroughly assimilated. AS is usu-
ally the case, the digestibility was de-
termined by deducting from the total
nutrients present in the food the
quantities eXcreted in the feces. The
protein was not well digested. SINH
lar results were obtained by later
German investigator, though in this
case the protein was somewhat more
thoroughly digested. In this expert
ment about three-fourths of the
crude fiber present was found to be
digestible. A number of experiments
on the digestibility of potatoes were
also made in st. Petersburg by Rus
sian investigator with three healthy
men. Each test was divided into two
periods. In one simple mixed ra-
ton was eaten; in the other the food
consisted of cooked potatoes only
baked, boiled or fried in oil. 1t was
found that 90 per cent. of the total
dry matter (Which in the potato con-
sists largely of starch) was digesti-
BILE; of the total nitrogen present, SO
per cent; and of the albuminoid nj
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

T>HE potato, called in different
regions white potato, Irish po-
tato, English potato, or round
potato, was first introduced into Eu-
rope between 1880 and 1885 by the
Spaniards, and afterwards by the
English about the time of Raleigh
voyages to Virginia. 1t is commonly
believed to be native of Chill. Wild
potato plants closely resembling
those cultivated to-day are still found
there, though it is a fact worthy
of mention that, as the potato has
been modified by cultivation, it has
largely lost the power of producing
seeds, and the cultivated potato diff
fers from the wild in seldom pro-
ducing seed-bearing fruits. When
first visited by Europeans, the aborig-
ines in Chilli and adjacent regions cul-
tivated the potato for its edible tu-
bers and had apparently long done
so. 1t was probably introduced into
the United States, especially into Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, toward the
end of the sixteenth century. 1t is
not surprising that the new food
stuff should have grown rapidly into
popular favor when we remember it's
prolific yield, superior keeping quail
ties, ease of propagation and agree
able flavor.
The valuable qualities of the pota
to were speedily recognized, and
there are early records of attempts
to determine its food value by means
of chemical analyses. In 1895 Pear
son reported Experiments and OBJ
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
COMPOSITION OF THE POTATO.

layer, and flesh differ somewhat in
composition, they all resemble more
or less closely that of the whole tu-
Der.
The principal ways of cooking pc.
tatoes are baking, boiling and fry
ing, or some notifications of these
processes. The objects sought are
principally to soften the tissues and
render them more susceptible to the
action of the digestive juices and to
improve the flavor. Just why cook
ing changes the flavor as it does has
apparently never been made the sub
ject of investigation. In potatoes, as
in other foods, the cooked starch is
more agreeable to the taste than the
raw. Possibly also there are volatile
bodies of more or less pronounced
flavor, which are removed or pro-
duced by the heat of cooking. The
physical condition of the potato is
much affected by heat. In the raw
potato the separate starch grains are
inclosed in cells with walls composed
of crude fiber, a material resistant to
digestive juices. If potatoes were
eaten raw, the digestive juices would
not reach the starch as easily unless
the cell walls happened to be rup-
tured mechanically, as in mastication.
Heat, however, expands the water
present, ruptures the cells and breaks
up the starch, expanding the gran
ules, which, when raw, consist of
tightly-packed concentric layers, to a
mass of much less solid structure.
In considering the nutritive value
of any food, the digestibility must be
taken into account, for it is what the
body can absorb from any given ma
terial as it passes through the diges-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

trogen, Al per cent. In experiments
on the digestibility of potatoes by
agricultural experiment station, it
was found that 71.9 per cent. of the
protein and 90 per cent. of the car
bohydrates were digested or assimi-
lated. In this experiment the pota-
toes were eaten with some eggs, milk
and cream, so the conditions may be
assumed to be about normal. How
far the digestibility of any food is
influenced by the foods eaten with it
is matter on which little reliable in
formation is available.
The experiments cited above show
little, if anything, regarding the ease
or rapidity of digestion, and, indeed,
trustworthy data of this sort regard
ing any food are not abundant. Ac-
cording to some Investigations made
a number of years ago by Beaumont,
and which have been frequently
quoted, roasted or baked potatoes re-
quire somewhat less time than bread
for digestio in the stomach (conver-
sion into chyme); boiled potatoes re-
quire the same time as bread, namely,
3H hours. Too much Importance
should not be attached to these diff
ferences, as no account was taken of
digestion in the intestines. AS the di-
gestion of starch takes place in the
intestinal tract after the food has
left the stomach, this is matter of
great Importance in the case of
starchy foods like the potato. The to-
tai length of time the potato remains
in the body probably does not vary
cooking.
According to statistics obtained in
the large number of dietary studies
made in this country, potatoes con-
stitute about 1877 per cent. of the to-
tai food consumed by the average
American family, and furnish not far
from SO per cent. of the total protein
and ten per cent. of the total carbo-
hydrates.
The potato is a staple article of
diet in almost every household. The
universally and extent of it's con-
sumption would seem sufficient to
prove it to be a wholesome and nu-
tritious food. The statement, how
ever, is frequently met with in popu-
lar articles that potatoes are not
wholesome. So far as can be learned
this is purely a gratuitous assump-
ton. While it is possible that there
are persons with whom they do not
agree, or who for some reason are
compelled to forego starchy foods,
there is no reason to suppose that po-
tatoes are not as a rule useful and
wholesome article of diet.
The potato is essentially starchy
food, and eaten alone it would fur
nish very one-sided, badly balanced
diet, which would probably prove I'M
wholesome to most people, as it has
been estimated that man in health,
performing moderate amount of
muscular work, is best maintained by
diet furnishing daily 0.25 pound
protein in addition to fat and carbo-
hydrates enough to make the total
fuel value $500 calories, while man
without active physical labor might
be well nourished with 0.2O pound of
protein and 5000 calories of energy.
When the potato is eaten with meat,
eggs, fish, etc., which are essentially
heterogeneous foods, a well-balanced
diet, which is most conducive to
health and vigor. is secured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
One of Dinah's Surprises.

A Baltimore woman recently secured an
old and typical southern cook named Dinah,
whose unfamiliarity with city ways and
her questions were a constant source OF
amusement to the family.
One morning shortly after she arrived
the door bell rang and Dinah answered it
as usual. In minute she came back with
a surprised expression. 'Missus," she ex-
claimed, der am a man dere what wants
"a cents for dc Sun" Mrs. JUST gave her
the money and she returned to the door.
After the man had gone Dinah asked:
"Does you hab to pay for de sunshine here,
missus! In Virginia we don't hab to pay
for de sun. It's just as free as de air OF
hebben. Baltimore Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
An Emphatic Touch.

The man who lives in fiat and is often
annoyed by the violent piano playing of his
otherwise agreeable neighbor of the floor
below remarked to his wife the other day:
THAT Smith downstairs would make an
elegant carpet beaten"
Why" asked his wife.
ooh, he has the regular carpet beaten S
touch, I" replied her husband.-N. Y. Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
The Bright Side.

"It is said that lcbsters will be extinct in
25 years." remarked Hiland
Oh. well, replied Halket, who is very
fond of lobster, "let us not worry about it..
Let us look on the bright side: We may all
die before that time. Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19
Cruel Girl.

"Your conversation, Mr.. Newman"
said Miss Peppery, suppressng yawn,
reminds me of some champagne"
"Ah!" exclaimed Newman, much
pleased, $50 sparkling as that?"
''No, but it's extra dry."-Philadelp
Press
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

I am sure Pso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y,
Feb II. 1900.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

Nell-"Cholly tells me he belongs to the
smart SET Belief don't doubt it.
He's certainly stupid enough to be eligible"
Philadelphia Record.
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PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
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Minneapolis and ST. Paul:

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

The judgment of the girl who sits sigh
ing for career while her mother does the
housework is in need of mending
spring.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

When you get out of humor with any
body, it is generally your own fault Wash.
ington Qa.) Democrat.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-19

The hypocrite prays cream and acts skim
milk.-Chicago Daily News.
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The Nicksburg national park will soon be com.
plcte as far as the acquisition OF .ahd is con.
cerned. II will comprise in all 1881 acres. 1t
is proposed to restore all military features that
marked it in the struggle Of 1863
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-16
Mems Shoes

Box calf, vici kid and satin
calf. The best of their kind in
the various feathers. A well
made and thoroughly guaran-
teed shoe for all conn
kinds of hard wear OZ.UU
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JONAo LON0'S SoNs,
Store News from -Four Departments
For Saturday Shoppers to Profit by
MOmen'S Shoes

BY way OF introduction to the
new styles constantly arriving
in Our shoe store: Black vici
kid, button or lace, patent leath-
er or kid tips--new English
or model toes. Considered
ssS" ss'SS. no%''...' oS'''s at $500