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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
College Committee to Meet.

The College Committee of the Synod Of
Alabama. of which Rev. A. A. Little of
Selma is chairman, will meet In Besse-
mer Thursday, at p. M, for the purpose
Of inspecting the site for the college that
has been offered by the city OF Bessemer.
Montevallo Is also making bid Tor the
college and Mr.. Little will go there to look
al what the town has to offer when en-
his way to Bessemer. The Synod of Ala
bsma will meet in Bessemer the night OF
November 18th and 1t is expected that
some definite steps will be taken at this
session of that body looking to the cs-
adjustment of a Presbyterian College Tor
boys.
The question of establishing new
Presbvtery to be kno wn MS South Ala
bama Presbytery. will come up at this
meeting of the Synod. ana 1t Is more
than probable that the lower end OF the
Tuscaloosa Presbytery Will be cut OH
and the Presbytery of South Alabama
established. 1t Is proposed to form the
new Presbytery out of the counties OF Mo-
bile Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox,
Monroe. Conecuh, Escambia and Wash
inston. Those counties are now SO lar
from the upper end of the Presbytery
TT at it makes it expensive and inconven-
lent for the delegates to attend.
Another subject that will come up be-
fore the Synod of Alabama will be the
presenting of an overture looking to the
union of the Southern presbyterian
Church with the Reformed 'Dutch)
Church of the North. This branch OF tne
PRESBYTERIAN Curch has about 2lo,oVO
m embers, and is thoroughly orthodox on
the calvinistic doctrine. The members OF
the Reform Church are descendants OF
the Dutch, who first settled on Mammal
- Is,ond and in honor of the old coun-
49,, called IL New Amsterdam 1t is more
tan nrobable that the overture looking TO
the union of the Reform Church OF the
North and the Southern Presbyterian
church will be adopted by the SYNOD OF
Alabama, as the two religious BODIES are
on the most cordial terms, ana no serious
oh,aotion. IN these two churches coming
tosether can he advanced. 1t Is SAID
that there is a strong sentiment among
Alabama Presbyterians favoring the adop-
ton of the proposed overture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

The Judson Alumnae Society has fixed
the second Monday in each month as its
regular day for meeting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. T. s. Collier of Camden.
are in the city. guests of their niece,
Mrs. A. K. Cawthon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Broad Street merchants and business
men commenced to decorate for the Fall
Festival today, and a good many gay
signs and colored buntings were flung to
the breeze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Eggs, Chickens, Ducks and Geese.
Phone 324. Morris & Stuckey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

The Selma Lodge of Elks held meet
ing last night and appropriated the sum
of $500 for the purpose of holding a social
session at either the Hotel Albert or the
DRAGONS Armory one night next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

public for the past m NTH, the company
has announced that a reduction of 20 per
cent. on all October bills would be al
lowed. This act on the part of the gas
company has had the effect of softening
the attitude of the consumers who have
been kicking on the service with 30
much vgor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

The Alabama rose :our feet last night
and steamboatmsn are happy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

C. w. Baker, a young man of about
80 summers. procured license yesterday to
wed Miss Rachael Dunkin, a lady we'll
advanced in years. They live near the
Bibb line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Delightful Rail and Water trip to the East
lie Noyfolk or Savannah. Apply to C. q
adams, s. F. and P. A. Moses Building, Mont
emery. Ala, for full information. G.
Ealworth A. G.. p. A, Savannah, Ga
eToaiiy except Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

On account Of the poog service that
the gas company has been giving the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

The case against David Conwill for the
killing of Oscar Gentry in East Perry
something over a year ago will come up
next week. Mr.. Convill has been con-
fined in Jail since the killing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Col. j. II. Holly of Texas, Who has
been in the city for some weeks on a
visit to his brother, Capt. James Holly.
left this morning for Savannah and will
take a steamer there for d visit 10 New
York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

The smaller Of the two stone towers on
the First Baptist Church has been An
ished, with the exception of putting on
the slate roof. This tower is on the Sun
day School room on the Dallas side of
the building. The main tower will be on
the front Of the building on the Lauder
dale Street end.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
GEN. GRANT AND HIS FATHER.
Elder Gentleman, Visiting His Son

Elder Gentleman, Visiting His Son,
Was Entertained by Gen. Dickie.
On the authority of the late Judge
Dickie, for some time chief justice of
Illinois, and during the Civil War chief
of cavalry under General Grant while
Grant had his headquarters at Mem
phis, the Chicago Times Herald tells a
remarkable story. 1t shows how Gen
eral Grant once fulfilled his sense Of
honor in a matter in which he believed
his own father was improperly concern
ed, without hurting his fathers feel
ings.
While at Memphis Grant had re-
celyed word that his father was
coming to visit him. His STAFF
might have perceived that the pros.
pect of this visit did not please
him, but 1t passed without comment
One night very soon before the date set
for his fathers visit General Grant
summoned General Dlckie to him and
said:
81 have sent for you as a personal
friend My father is coming to visit
me, and what | have got TO tell Won
about that visit is not pleasing to me:
but something must be done Some of
the money sharks and cotton specula-
tors have gained an unwarrantable in
| fiuence over him, and he is really COM
ing down here to use his Influence over
me to gain fayors for them.
This cannot be. do not wish to
wound his feelings do not wish him
to know that understand the object
of his visit. ! have prepared plan of
action which wish you to aid me in
carrying out"
lie then relieved General Dickie OF
duty as commander of the cavalry, and
told him to devote himself wholly to
Mr.. Jesse Grant during his stay--to
take him to his own tent and entertain
him there, and above all TO prevent the
' old gentleman from being alone with
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
Sapacious Cats,

South of Fulton street, in New York
City, the cat Is not pet but a busi-
ness investment, an insurance policy
against the river rats. Yet, wild as
some of these animals are, there Is
one man, says the Tribune. whom they
regard with approval. That is the eats
meat man.
mo man could; and, besides. there are
changes all the time. But II | don't
know them they all know me, every
last cat of them.
And they're wise; cats are as wise
as any beast that lives. Every cat on
the block runs TO meet me, but they
are always on their good behavior.
Now. here's place where | leave
meat for six cats. They all follow me
In when | give 1t to the porter. They
are the cats that belong here. and all
the rest Of the cats are waiting peace
ably for me to come out. Now, see
those four cats run ahead and into the
next place; they're the cats that belong
there. and they line up to meet me.
but that Is small part OF the Wis
dom of these cats. Five mornings in
the week | get around my beat be-
tween seven and eight O'Clock, but on
Saturdays am always late, and never
reach this block before nine. Well,
on Saturday mornings the cats know
that Pm late. and they don't put their
heads outside the doors until 1t lacks
only little of nine.
You see there are calendars hang
ing up In every Office to tell the day of
the week, and clocks, too, and there's
nothing to hinder the cats from CON
suting them. If they don't find out
that way. how do they know when It's
nine o'clock Saturday morningsp
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
ATROCITIES ON THE KONoo.

American Says Free state Murders
and Defrauds Natives Wholesale
Edgar Canisius, an American, VINO
for five years was In the employ OF the
Kongo Free State and of one OF the
concessIonary rubber companies peiig
asked as to the position of affairs on tue
Kongo said:
"Tbe recent statements of Capt. lie
MARIE missionaries and others that the
condition of the country has shown
some Improvement of late are, In a
way. true. AS result of the agitation
In the British and Belgian press certain
restrictions have been placed upon the
companies working concessions In the
Free State which have brought about
some amelioration of the condition of
the natives In the regions In which
those companies operate, together with
an immense reduction In the supply of
rubber; but up to the time left the far
interior in March last no Improvement
has taken place so far as the operations
of the State itself were concerned.
challenge the authorities ut Brussels
| to snow tuht uhy improvement 10 pVo'
sIble while the rubber traffic Is conduct
ed on the present Ubiquitous lines.
"What can be expected of system
under which the natives receive the
equivalent of one penny per pound
(paid In merchandise valued Mt 100 per
cent above invoice price, for rubber
which fetches three shillings pound
In Antwerp? The State cannot exist
without rubber and the natives will not
work on such terms, except at the muz.
zle Of the rife. This is the crux of the
whole business. As late as November
last year In my own district force
OF State troops, assisted by some of the
Mongolia company's men. under the
command of Lieut. Brakeman, went
against the Gwaka tribe for refusing to
bring rubber to the post of Llbanza.
Three weeks later when they returned.
the Belgian officer himself told me that
300 Gwakas had been killed.
"They brought back forty or fifty
prisoners, mostly women and children.
These were like skeletons when they
reached my post, and did my best flo
provide them with food. One died of
starvation In my post and the Others
when marched off to the police post of
Bokula We're indeed pitiable objects
Last year." continued Mr.. Canlsius
according to the London Chronicle az
was on rubber expedition with Mai
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15

the Treasury officials TO decide. But
II Is clear that the Treasury decided
wisely. that 1t Is doing no more than II
should to protect the health OF tne
country. tuberculosis is the most de-
structive disease known. In Europe, as
well as in the United States. II ID Tie
cause of more deaths than any otter
Epldemics of plague and fever are re
sponslble for more scares and sensa-
tions, and occasionally produce hlgh
death rate and large mortality INST,
but tuberculosis works steadily year In
and year out with the persistence OF
fate. Ii cannot be cured like the cpl
denies, and though new and pronis-
ing remedies are announced every little
while the one thing of remedial nature
upon which the best medical mirds
agree and insist is that the greatest
care should be taken TO prevent IFS IN
ception and spread. There Is no doubt
that II Is communicable; that the agent
for Its dissemination is the sputum OF
patients: that without strict reguia-
tions this agent is apt TO be found ev-
erywhere. The seed Of the disease Is In
the street of every town and city, IN
the workshop and on the farm. Hence
the recommendations for the segrega-
ton of consumptives and the erection
of public hospitals for their special
care. When the dread of the disease Is
so great and such extraordinary pre-
cautions are urged against 1t within
the country 1t is certainly reasonable
that official precautions should be
taken TO prevent its importation. They
are fully as justifiable as the measures
which are taken to keep the sufferers
from contagious diseases in quaran-
tine
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15

bis son. General Grant, for an Instant
The generals father arrived, and was
very much pleased TO accept General
Diekie's hospitality. not knowing what
II involved.
General Dickie entertained him mos.
Hospitality but stuck to him very close.
ly. II the elder Grant found himself
alone and FASTENED to see his son. there
he found General Dickie.
Four or five days passed. and he had
gained no opportunity for private in'
teryiew. and no chance to force one.
For nearly ten days he kept up the
attempt. but had to go away at last
without having accomplished his er.
rand. When he was gone Dickie was
restored TO his cavalry duty. The sub
ject was never again referred to be-
tween Grant and Diekle. but General
Dickie. shortly before his death, told
the story to a Chicago lawyer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
WHEN WILD ANIMALS SLEEP.
Heavy, Peaceful Slumber of Lions,
Tigers and Bears.

Heavy, Peaceful Slumber of Lions,
Tigers and Bears.
There is nothing odd or peculiar
about the sleep of the lions and tigers.
In captivity they show the same in
difference to danger that they mani
fest in the jungle, and by day or night
will slumber through an unusual tu-
multi, unmindful or unconscious of the
noise. Their sleep is commonly heavy
and peaceful.
Bears are also heavy sleepers, but
less disposed than lions aud tigers
to slumber in the daytime. Grizzly
bears usually curl up under the rocks
but sometimes they crawl up to the
very top of the rocks, and with front
paws spread around the iron cage bars
go to sleep IN what seems an uneom-
Portable position: but bears never re-
lease their muscular grasp of any OBJ
ject when asleep.
The black bears will curl mp among
the branches Of tree when they have
the opportunity aud 20 TO sleep In this
peculiar position The polar bears
show peculiarly in the selection Of
their sleeping places. They choose one
particular corner of the cage for the
purpose. and Invariably seek this out
for the nighrs rest
The high-strung. nervous animals are
T, the most Interesting to watch ut night.
They usually belong TO the hunted
| tribes, whose lives are in constant
danger in the forest and they possess
such highly developed nervous sys-
TEN that they really sleep with one
eye open. The slightest noise will in
stantly awaken them.
The prairie wolves merely seem to
close their eyes for an instant aud then
| open them again to see II all Is quiet.
Many vain attempts have been made
to photograph these animals by fash
light and without exception the cam
era has revealed the fact that one
eye at least was partly open.
The day sleepers in the menagerles
are for some reason the heaviest SUM-
berers of all. and when they close their
eyes In early morning they seem al
most as stupid as IT drugged. This is
| in marked contrast to the light night
sleepers, who. on the approach of dan
ger, are instantly awake and on the
alert Penny Pictorial Magazine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
DoWrY of Brides

In almost every country but America
there are restrictive conditions in force
with regard to the marriage of army
officers. In Russia especially Is this
to be found, as no circumstances will
permit the marriage Of an officer under
the age of %, and not even between
that and % years. unless the brides
dowry Is a sum sufficient to allow him
to keep his money for his personal use.
The limit Of this dowry is fixed by
the government.
In the Austro- Hungarian army the
number Of officers authorized to marry
is limited by fixed proportion in each
grade, and when these totals are
reached further marriages are prohlb-
nted until vacancies occur In the mar
ried ranks. The Italian army regula-
lions fix the limit of brides dowry
but the law is frequently broken, fol
1t has been recently estimated thai
only about one-eighth of the mar
rlages have occurred under the propel
conditions. The other seyen-eighths arr
attended with all the Inconvenience
of marrige not recognized by TIL
civil law.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
CoMMERCIALlsM IN PRAYER,
UnconsciousIy He Wound II Up IA lie
Would a business Letter.

UnconsciousIy He Wound IL Up IA lie
Would a business Letter.
One middle-aged member of the First
Congregational Church OF Buffalo has
been stepped for quarter of century
in the strenuous commerce OF the
Queen City. He believes In carrying
business principles into all that he does,
into religion as well rs amusement.
One wednesday evening he attended
Christian Endeavor meeting. His
mind was still permeated with innu-
merable letters that he had written or
received during the day. Most of them
began somewhat after this fashion:
"Gentlemen: Yours of the 9th inst.
at hand. In reply we beg to state"
etc Or,
Sir: We regret delay in shipment
of your order of recent date" etc.
Thinking of such things he was called
upon for n prayer. He rambed on in
the old-fashioned stereotyped style to
such a length that some of the good
Endeayorers who were impatient to get
home began to think anything but
Christian thoughts of him. Their i'm.
patience gave way to astonlshment
however, says the New York Times
when after appealing to the Lord to
help the poor and oppressed, our friend
concluded: Thanking you for past IN.
yors and assuring you of our patronage
In the future, we remain yours truly.
Amen"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15

Prof. Georgeson, who has been rep
resenting the Department of Agricul-
| ture in Alaska, has prepared pleas
ant surprise for the American people.
1t appears that the current notion OF
Alaska as a bleak and somewhat ter
rifying wilderness. Astounding chiefly
In gold deposits and rigorous winters,
is not altogether accurate. Alaska can
be made the home Of the farmer as
well as that Of the miner. There are
at least four strips of territory, says
Prof, Georgeson, where for about 400
miles the harder grains can be eul-
tiyated with success. 1t Is true these
strips are not so spacious as the Mis-
sissippi Valley, being only thirty or
forty miles wide at most. But, small
as they are, they are fertile. and on
their 100000 acres 1t Is thought
that a population Of 100000 people
might find a comfortable subsistence.
Besides the cereals, vegetables are
found to thrive in the Alaskan ell
mate. and during the past year the
town of Dawson was fully supplied
with green vegetables grown at home.
1t was also proved that grazing Is a
prospective Alaskan industry. Horses,
sheep and cattle can find excellent pas
ture and can get through the winter
even when turned out to find their own
food. What with cereals, therefore,
and vegetables and stock, the farmer
of the Yukon valley will be able to set
tie down in that part of the world as
a permanent resident. 1t Is to be under
stood. of course, that the hardships Of
Alaskan life are undeniable. While the
country is by no means the gigantic
iceberg which some people suppose it
to be, yet the climate is little bit more
than bracing, and the farms, though
good, can never be of the kind called
bonanza. Alaskan agriculture, as Prof.
Georgeson remarks, is for the small
farmer, who shall own his own land
and who shall support himself largely
by what he himself produces. To such
man, intelligent and industrious,
Alaska offers great opportunities, for,
like the "Great American desert and
much of the Canadian Northwest Terri
tory, 1t has outliyed its reputation for
sterility and hopelessness, and is now
ready to be exploited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
SURGERY OF BIRDS AND BEASTS.
They Evidently Have Method OF
Treating Their Wounds.

They Evidently Have Method OF
Treating Their Wounds.
That wild birds and animals possess
knowledge of surgery or something
that answers the purpose Is well known
| to those who are intimate with their
habits.
An example of this in small birds was
noted by an amateur naturalist last
winter. He shot. a specimen OF the
horned, lark On going TO pick up the
bird he was very much annoyed TO ind,
as he thought, that he had shot off one
of its legs. But on closer inspection 1t
was developed that the loss was an old
one, the right leg being off from the
Joint. The skin seemed to have been
drawn over the end of the stump and
had healed perfectly. The loss of this
leg must have Inconvenience the Hfd
considerably while on the ground feed
ing, but 1t certainly did not hinder its
flying ability, for 1t was bowling along
in good shape when shot.
That bird OF this size should survive
the shock and the attendant loss of blood
of such an injury is nothing short OF
marvellous. And there is no accounting
for it, except that they have some
means of treating such injuries.
Another case bearing on this was
that of three-legged deer on Long ISL
and. He had been known by his track
for several years before his death
(Which, according to report, occurred
last season, although it Is only rumor-
ed, and many of the hunters had made
special attempts to kill this buck. The
loss of the limb did not seem to inter
fere in any way with his fieetness OF
foot for he seemed able to distance the
best dogs on the island.
No one seemed to know how he had
lost his leg but lost 1t he had, and any
one with even crude knowledge of
anatomy must know that without treat
ment of some kind to stop the flow the
animal would have bled to death.
1t all goes to show. says the New
York Times, that Our feathered and
furred friends of the woods have an eff
ficient Red Cross system of their own.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.
More than Half the Men and Half the
Women Unwedded.


Women Unwedded.
1t Is a mere truism TO say that the
welfare of the individual. of society
and of the state, is best served by mar
riage, and by early marriage, too, says
Cyrus c. Adams in Ainslee's. The
fact has been established for forty
years that the death rate among all
married men over 20 years of age Is
less than that among unmarried men.
and that the death rate among all
married women over % years Of age
is less than that among unmarried wo-
men. The home being the cornerstone
of civilized life. society Is enriched by
the multiplication of homes and i'm.
poverished when they are not In nor
mai proportion 10 the total population.
Only within the last few years has
worldwide attention been drawn 10
the starting fact that the well-belng
of a mighty nation is menaced by the
predominance of celibacy More than
half the men and half the women OF
France are unmarried. The foreign
immigration into France Is today
greater than the natural increase OF
its own people. The excess of births
over deaths In any year among those
many millions amounts TO only about
one-half the population Of Newark. n.
j. The result is that. while other ma
tons of Europe are rapidly increasing
In population, France is almost sta
tionary. While century ago French.
men comprised fifth of the European
population of the world. they now
form only a tenth of 1t. The import
ance of their country as world pow
er Is not growing. Their international
commerce lags far behind that of 9th
err leading nations. How empty Is the
boast of orators that France VIII some
day gloriously ayenge Sedan when she
can add only 100000 conscrlpts year
to the army. while 100000 recruits are
annually enrolled across the Rhine.
France is to-day an object lesson from
which the whole world may derive
warning and instruction on the ques-
tons of marriage and the family. those
greatest OF social influences"