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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

Four more days with today and regis lnd your opportunity to get on that list is Sost. There is not a white man in Ala bama who can give a good or sensible excuse for failing to qualify himself to vote and if he does not do so in the next -Four days he can certainly never get on Ihe permanent list and may have some trouble about getting on any other.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

Only once after the period of girlhood of the statesman's daughter here dealt with did this chronicler see her. Change of duties and interests took me far from Washington. and the fair child of the capital was as completely forgotten as If she had never skipped through the vast corridors and laughed herself dominant over the fancles of a youngster. Some years later, when duty stayed me for a day in this city, I came face to face with her. coming out of theatre on the arm of her father. Recognition was instant beautiful womanhood. the which I re- marked in diplomatic phrase. She was not displeased. and her father smiled and at the same time thoughtfully expressed a wish that I call upon them at their ho- tel. Tarly the next morning I quilted Washington for Montgomery, and never saw her again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

The Selma Times for the last two or three years was edited by the late James 9. Golson. The owner of the paper has occurred Hon. James H. Nunnelee, as the puccessor of the lamented Golson, and he has already entered upon his duties MT Eunnelee is not novice. having at one 1ime been the owner of The Times. and Turing that period its editor. All his life he has been connected with the press and has earned an enviable reputation as writer and newspaper manager.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

Washington. Dec. l5-(SpeciaI )-Thcre is worid-politics, and likewise history. romance. tragedy and scandal in simple auction sale advertisement appearing this moUtnt in the public journals of Wash ington.
 Upon it's face and in mere words tt con- veys n trely the informs ton that upon a certain date at certain street address. there will be exposed for public sale to the highest. best and last bidders, certain articles of value. These were in fact the iares and penates of a vanished home, wherein youth and love, joy and laugh fore shame and grief and death came to make that home memory of mockery.
 The busiest of our band of busy news xatfefers do not even read the modest end obscure advertisement of this auc- tlon sale; newsgatherers seldom have time to read anything. so busy are they In providing something for others to read. Yet the advertisement appears day by day. and behind its brief business phraseology tells story known to many, be wtrth much at the cash counter of nnelean and sensational journalism.
 But names may not be told. since woman's grave and a living statesman of good and high repute forbid.
 Some twenty years ago. less a year or two, those of us who were stripling youngsters employed in the great white Capitol upon the hill came to know a slender slip of a girl. with black hair. black eyes, red lips and snowy teeth forever exposed by a merry ripping river of chiidhood's happy laughter" A DAILY VISION.
 She was in the Capitol every day, and for those of us who were honored with her acquaintance md good will she nev- CT came too early and never remained sufficiently long. whether 1t was thirty minutes or four hours. She was very young. innocent. happy. Her age then was possibly fourteen. and her hair hung iocsc, flowing unrestrainedly, as every young girls hair should. Her skirts reached but little more than half way Downward, between her knees and her tiny. beautifully arched, perfectly shod high-bred ankles. becoming to one of her tender years.
 Of all the generations of the millions who have thronged in and out of that great white palace of the people upon the Washington hill, 1t may well be doubted if any ono ever lent sweeter brightness and joy and loveliness to those vast tas- selated corridors than this one of won drous enticement. For the youngster who would not neglect his duty to watch for her passing-by none of us could have Tad the slightest degree of respect. We adored her as an object beyond our reach, and therefore adored her all the more.
 Had we been suffered to offer her little majesty sugared evidence of our adora- tion as the Chinese offer sweets to their wooden gods. we should have daily ex- hausted the stock in trade of the renown- ed old sweetie wife of the statuary hall, who was said to nave been the sweet heart of Henry Clay. and who, like our youth, our adoration, and the maiden herself. has passed to the past. But nev- CT gift dared we give her little ma 3esty though she had an elder brother who would condescend to be always harfi-un and eondescend n1lv accent loans which was the last we ever heard of him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
FATHER OF FAME.

The maidens father was then a mem- Der of Congress and famous. and he still is there, still famous. and in old age still Ceservedly honored and esteemed throughout the country. Therefore one would rather perish than mention his name in this relation, and since happily he is without knowledge of the darker facts of this recital he could not discover In it even the dimmest reference to him. self: though the cold, hard, brutal facts, giving names dates and moral disasters resulting in tragic deeth. have been here tofore repeatedly set forth in the public journals under giarlng headlines. That sort of publicity Is not for this newspa- per-worker and certainly not for this newspaper, The Advertiser whose clean Illness makes 1t a comfort to thousands of happy households.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

The reading public will be attracted to )he report of Dr. Shirley Bragg, one of )he Convict inspectors. which is publish sd in today's Advertiser. He Is a physi- fian of ability and of well established reputation and has given the subject of prisons, prison fare. sanitation etc. great Attention. The situation he discloses is Ane that can be remedied by legislation and that remedy should be applied just ls soon as the legislature meets. It can hot be done too quickly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
OFTEN ARE THE BEGINNING
 OF CONSUMPTION.
Stop Your Cough and Avoid
 Future Trouble.
We Will Guarantee That We
 Can Do It For YC
Our VinoI is the Remedy for all
 Pulmonary Affections.

vinol is a preparation that is de- Ncious to take.
 It consists of a delicate table wine in which has been dissolved the active curative principles that are found in the liver of the live cod, and to which cod-liver oil owes its reputation as remedy for coughs, colds and all vast ing diseases.
 If there is any one who has cough. a tendency to take cold easily, or . dread of consumption, we would like to have them call and permit us to ex- plain what we know about Vinol and why we believe it will cure all such troubles more surely and quickly than any other remedy ever given to the public.
 Following is letter which has just come to hand and which shows how benencially vinol acted in one instance:
 "I had a severe cough of long stand ang. I was advised by friends to give your vinol 8 trial, which did. Before taking it had tried many other reme- dies for coughs without obtaining any relief. With Vinol it was different. I have now used four bottles of it, and am pleased to say my cough has almost entirely left me. have been decidedly benefited by its use in every way. Very truly yours."-H. E. SMALL, Boston, Mass.
 Vino. Acts beneficially upon the die gestive organs, enabling them to ob- tain for themselves the elements from which are made firm healthy flesh tissue, soundm muscle, strong bone structr ure and pure blood.
 ' We recommend Vinol unreservedly. If you will call on us at our store, we win tell you why we have such faith ir this new wine of cod.liver oil.
 We guarantee that if you suffer from sny symptoms that indicate troubles for which we ksow Vinoi is intended, we wili refund to you your money if you soa't find Vinol helps you. E. G. Fowler, Druggist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

show that The Advertisers lead IS as striking in its foreign as in its local field. It not only contained more foreign adver- Using than any of the others nameo but its percentage of foreign to it's total amount was very much larger. This tribute. from foreign expert advertisers, to the value of this paper as an adver- Using medium is very signincant ana quite a fine feather in our cap.
 The following table gives the number of inches of advertising printed in the Christmas editions of The Advertiser. on the corresponding Sundays in December.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

The President has the satisfaction of knowing that when he spoke in his mes sage of the senseless slaughter of game he was not hitting himself. Probably it was a dig at Cleveland.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
THE ADVERTISERS TELE-
 PHONES.
New Circulation Record.

The month of November, just passed, enables }he Circulation Department of The Advefttssr b compile statement of The Adverusef s 1irculatiou that breaks all previous recoros In 2 point of numbers. The average for notn tne Rally aud Sunday editions has entered fnto . new thousand mark-a point that means mucn ? 10 those interested in seeking conspicuity Tn Alabama--and further demonstrates that xh, , people of this State appreciate in susstantis,l Fay The Advertisers determination to puohsh } live newspaper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

The Chattanooga Times is worried be- cause of the unusual silence of Senator Joe Bailey. It evidently fears that he is accommodating a dangerous head of steam while he Is not saying anything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
QUICK AND DEAD.

The devotion of Homer Davenport, the famous cartoonist. to his famous master, Thomas Mast, whose death by yellow fe- yer at his consular post in South Amer lea the other day has called forth uni versal sympathy, was peculiarly strong, and brought about or rather begun, in the most peculiar manner.
 As the story is related to me by MT. Davenport. whom I have the pleasure to know well. it is one of the oldest in the history of art.
 Davenport was born on a farm in Ore
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

Even if 1t is true, as reported. that there are millions of counterfeit sill yer dollars in circulation nobody is in- jured but the government, for the spuri- ous dollars are precisely like the genuine, both in manufacture and material.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

We agree with a contemporary that if Addicks wants only fair play he should have it. and the more the better for the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

A learned judge In New York has de- cided that there is no harm in kissing. Now bring on your microbes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16

Aid if. for the hour Is ripe, And cur earnest must not siachen
 Into play Men of thought and men Of acton Clear the wax
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
A SHIP OVER SEA.

There is a former Montgomerian in Washington who feels something of a personal interest in the reported destruc- ton by the Anglo-German squadron of the chief Venezuelan warship Restaura- dor which was formerly George Gould 8 private yacht Atalanta. The Atalanta was built by order of Jay Gould and was the first of all the splendid steam yachts owned by American millionaires.
 When 1t was first launched it was the wonder of the world in the way of yachts, the largest and most luxurious that had ever been built.
 In Jay Gould's last will and testament the Atalanta was bequeathed to his eldest son, George Gould, now one Of the great est of our princes of finance. In the spring of 1894 George Gould sent the At alanta to European waters for the pleas ure of himself and his friends. At the same time he sent two sailing yachts to take part in European, mainly British re- gattas in which they won many prizes.
 Into a certain port, where this former Montgomerian was staying. these several yachts of MT. Gould were steered. the sailing ones to take part in famous re gatta. under the auspices of the oldest club in the world. The Montgomer1an was in position to extend to MT. Gould some official courtesies in that MT. Gould became his guest ashore, and he became MT. Gould's guest on that floating palace the Atalanta. These courtesies were ex- changed through two yachting seasons and so the Montgomerian came to know the Ataianta thoroughly. and 1t became endeared to him as being technically American soil
 The Atalanta was a wondrous craft George Gould was accustomed to show his guests his fathers stateroom, in which no one slept after Jay Gould $ death. The room was upholstered and padded throughout in sky-blue silk; il was a sleeping place the like of which nc emperor ever had. There was a four. posted bedstcad, tables. dresser. chest oi drawers. shelves, wardrobe and an ad- ic.ning bathroom. It all of it was sur passingly rich.
 On one occasion, George Gould took the Montgomerian on a cruise. and-but that is another story The Montgomerian feels personal sorrow because the Anglo German squadron has sent the noble Ata- lanta to 'Davy Joness locker
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
LOVES DEVOTION.

Thomas Mast? Yes; one had forgotten the great master in remembering the great pupil. Homer Davenport's first act on his first visit to the East was to seek Thomas Mast and pay him the reveren- tial homage of an affectionate and grate- ful devotion. "I hugged him, and I am not sure didn't cry-I adored him, for 1t was he who gave me hope: 1t was he who opened-the eyes of the farm boy away out wonder in Oregon; it was the light of his splendid genius that gave me hope and led me on."
 Thus Davenport spoke to me of Thomas Mast, who but last summer went away from us with a consul's commission, to meet and fall before that awful yellow death down wonder in the tropics. How tragic now seems that last little private cartoon of his. penciled at the moment of his departure; picturing himself with his hair on end in the presence of the ghastly form of yellow fever on the one hand and belching volcano on the oth- CT.
 T have no words to tell you of my sorrow over poor Nasts death," writes Homer Davenport. And so say we all of us. so say we all.
 In Homer Davenport's case. in his at titude toward strong drink, toward toll. toward all the real things of life, it Is not true. and it Is not u ue of any honest man, that he jests at scars who never felt a wound.' No man not beast will decry his fellow; he will try to give him strength in his faltering.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
THE WORLD KNOWS NOT.

The world knows the rest; but the world doesn't know this: Homer Davenport has never in his life tasted intoxicating liquor or known the effect of tobacco in any form. His wise father tenderly and af- fectionately warned him constantly against strong drink, telling him that the passion for 1t and the hell of it were hereditary in one branch of his family.
 T dare not take my first drink, dare not" he said to me once when I coaxed from him his secret story of life. T do not believe any man believes or could be made to believe me to be a coward, but I. who never swore an oath in my life profanely, would swear to you that am not brave enough to take drink of in- toxicating liquor, or to smoke cigarette, for I believe firmly that the cigarette habit leads inevitably to the drink habit. If ever I am nervous, if ever feel the need of a stimulant I go for my pencil. The joy of my work is intoxicant enough for me-"
 There is this other pleasing thing about Homer Davenport, the first cartoonist now in the world. Fortune came to him so quickly and in such abundant golden flow that he had the unspeakable, one might say the divine. satisfaction and pride of enabling his father to live like a rural emperor. Assuredly the gods can give to no son any other satisfaction, any other joyful pride, equal to that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
News ana Gossip Qf Washington
BY LucIzN JULIEN WALKER.

gon. his father being a farmer in mod crate circumstances. When the boy was years old he began to try to draw things in the artistic sense, making rude and shapeless figures on the floor, on the walls, everywhere. using dead firecoals ana whatever else he could lay hands on that would make a mark. His mother was dead. and his hayd-working practical farmer father didn't know what to make of the boys seeming eccentricity.
 As the little fellow grew older and his propensity for drawing developed. he be- came the jest of the neighborhood; Far mer Davenport's scratcher,' they called him. But the father had common sense and so begun to supply the boy with crayon pencils and sheets of paper. the latter obtained from the nearest village newspaper office. When Homer was 6 years old his father subscribed for liar per's Weekly, to which Thomas Mast s cartoons were then giving a worldwide eel . rity. That fixed Homer Davenport s destiny. He began at once to copy Mast. and from that he soon fell to drawing cartoons on his own account, that Is, original ones.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
THE FATHERS HOPE.

The neighbors ridiculed, but the fathers pride became the fathers hope, and with the boy 1t was draw, draw, nv. as if his life was already given up tCit.
 When the boy reached his teens he began wandering about the countryside, sketching whatever appealed to his fan- cy Then the neighbors called him tramp" That crazy boy tramp of Dav- exports is going to the bad altogether they said. He would be away from home days at a time, sketching, sketching, sketehing.
 Finally the gibes and rustic jeers of the neighbors stung the quick of the boy pride, and he determined to leave home and find work" He was then IS and a lusty young giant, as a lusty young giant he is still, at five and thirty-you might mistake him for a middle-weisht prize-fighter; and the first thing he found to do was to fire an engine'-hreman on a railway locomotive. He kept at that nine months, saved some money, and went back to sketching. Being in San Francisco to see the sights. he offered one of his cartoons to The Examiner news paper Next day he was famous.
The Meeker herald., 1902-08-30
A Is.,sc.,lly Outfit.

Press dispatches announce that the
tenth animal meeting Of the United
States League of Building and Loan
associations was lately held ut Put in.
Bay. Ohio; also that the president Of
that association stated in his annual al
dress that he was sorry to say building
and loan association business WINS on
the decrease.
No wonder the business Of this class
of institutions is on the decline. II
only u fractional part are run like the
one the editor Of this paper has been ar
against, the only wonder IL that any are
in exstance.
We refer to the Columbia Building Il
Loan association Tor. as II now calls 1t.
self. the Columbia Savings Il Loan us.
sociation) Ut Denver.
We have been asked several times nj
late how We came ont in our cBtitest
with the Columbia. Three words will
answer. I'VE were r0bbed -
We paid into the institution 81 ~ OF
and was credited with 1878 q in final
settlement; in other words. our 81, 2222
shrunk up S243 93-earned S.l3 90 back.
wards. On the other hind we were
charged S6l0 IS interest on the 81 600
borrowed from the institution, which.
with the S24s.93. made the loan cost
SS6S IS Add tn this court costs, S311 As,
and it will he seen that borrowing
money from conprn like the Columbia
is luxury that would break up j. Pier
pont Morgan.
We have in our possession the docu-
ments TO prove the aM,ye statements.
and as this villainotis outfit the
Colnmbia)is again. through the medium
of advertisements IN the state press. in
viting people into its net. we'll devote a
page some Of these days To the henefit
of the public and publish them In full.
The question is asked, If the bor-
rover Is fiseced and the investor gets
no yoturn IN his money. who gets ~
The answer to this il simple: II evil
IDENTITY finds its way into the pockets Of
4. J. Collars. president; H.. II. Spencer.
vice president: Orrin McNntt. secretary,
and Jabez Norman. general counsel. Of
the Columbia Isnilding X Loan Nss.,cia-
ton TOR. as 1t now calls Itself. the Col
nmbia Savings and loan association).
- quartet Of rs unscrupalous rascals as
can lie found In the state of Colorado
TODAY. Any one who has the mis-
fortune to fall within their net has our
The Meeker herald., 1902-08-30
COMING and GOING |

Mr.. r. n. Bittinger is able to I've out
on crntclies.
Colonel .B. F. Montgomery came in
yesterday to look after some matters
pending before the district court.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Simons are hack
from Salt Lake and report having u
line time in the Norman capital.
-
Jack Bloomfield left for Fort Collins
yesterday morning. where lie will at
tend the State Agricultural college.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. +. F. Goss returned
from North Fork Sunday after u very
enjoyable outing OF several- weeks dur
alton.
d. ID. Ferguson was in from Thorn
burg Thursday and reports Milk creek
practically dry-a condition never before
known.
Mrs. G. J. Dickinson. Miss Pearl
lien and Mrs W. A. Tilotson came
in from Rifle Sunday on visit to rela-
tives here. Nsa
Lou Strehlke and family returned
from North Fork and the lake region
Wednesday after delightful outing Of
months duration.
-
Among the prominent Axial cattle.
men in the metropolis of White river
this week THE HERALD pencil pusher
noticed Messrs. T.. Sweeney and III.
Huston.
V. Grifiiths was passenger on the
outgoing Rifle stage Yesterday morning.
Mr.. Griffiths has been visiting his
cousins, the Bloomfield boys, for several
weeks past.
Mrs. X. Mahter of Jersey City. N. j.,
who has beeen visiting her friends, Mr..
and Mrs. w. b. Hamper of lower
White. spent the week in town the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Old.
land. Mrs. Mather has enjoyed her
visit 80 much that she will repeat il next
season,
The Meeker herald., 1902-08-30
Old Frtc,,sls.

The HERALD is in receipt OF Il letter
from our old friend Jack Houston, from
which We cull the following paragraphs
We'll Jim. since l last wrote volt
things have not come my way'-that is
this cruel world has not been very good
To me. But Mrs. Houston says | ougi,,
to be thankful for being alive.
II was in the German hospital. Sai,
francisco. nearly all last summer: had
II stone removed from my kIdney-tl,e
same one that gave'me the trouble he
fore | left Meeker. and came very
near not making it,
NV father started for Frisco last
December on II pleasure "trip. and he
died suddenly in Ashland; he died
intest;.te and that has left me all the
business to administer on. and settle up.
My brother and self are running the
business. and are doing well.
On our way home from the hospital
In September Mrs. ii. was with mel We
stopped off ut Winters, Gala. and paid
N. Majur AZ visit. Imagine. ii you can.
"uH1 !" V's'e eHdt "dSf INV VIC uiu taik
over old times. Mr.. Major is thinner
and is troubled will, the rheumatism.
but IL the same old Mage. lie has a
Inc place.
Replying to your interrogatory. Jim.
will say 1 have only three children.
Merle has finally arrived at the size
where he can save me some money--he
can wear my old clolh+s-and Edna is
taller than her mother. Lizzie. our
baby il past six years old.
Up. S Il forgot To say that since the
operation in the hospital. now weigh
more and ain in better health than /
have been for years.
Regards to all old friends"