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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-14
j. G. Wilkinson,

business Jerry Kenney is now running
the engine at the new shaft he having
taken the place vocated by Ernest
Dram.
The new ventilator ON the big engine
house is now completed and with its
coat Of red paint and black finish looks
quite nobby.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-14

DOM
PAINT
OFTEN

| You won't need to if
you use Heath & Mill.
igan's Mixed Paint.
| 1t is very doubtful
If there is another
brand upon the market
that equals it in dur
ability We sell this
particular kind be-
cause we want to give
our patrons the great.
est possible value for
their money. 1t is
simply unsurpassed in
every quality that con-
stitutes high grade
paint. Real cheap
ness in paint lies not
in the price alone.
j. G. Wilkinson
City Druggist
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
FROM APPoMATToX.
Scene of Lees Surrender Sends Grip
pied Veterans to the Legislature.

Louisville CourieH-Journal.
The people of AppomattoX County,
Va, will no doubt hold as sacred for all
time to come the fact that Lees army
surrendered there" said gentleman
from the Old Dominion the other day
They show 1t in many ways among
themselves, and in not a few ways to the
world generally For instance, since the
days of reconstruction they never failed
to elect an old Confederate soldier as
their representative in the House of
Delegates. OF course, there have been
many old Confederate soldiers in poll
tics in Virginia, just as there have been
in other Southern States. But in recent
years a great majority of them have re-
tired from public life.
The people of Appomattox, however,
still continue to send a Confederate vet
eran to Richmond. with each meeting OF
the Legislature there, and no doubt will
do so as long as they can find a cred
table representative from among the
fast thinning ranks. When l first saw
the gentleman from Appomattox' upon
the floor of the House claiming the at
tention of the President, / noticed that
an empty sleeve dangled at his side
could not help being specially struck
with his appearance, coming as he did
from famous Appomattox, and l spoke
of it to another grizzled veteran seated
near.
"'Appomattox always sends crippled
soldiers he answered with a sigh
Later l learnedthat the country has had
eight or ten delegates since reconstruc-
ton days, and with possibly one or two
exceptions, all were crippled"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

| up that the men walking along the streets
| below looked like crawling bugs and
| those carrying umbrellas like gigantic
beetles. TheN street cars were no larger
than baby express wagons, and the aiE-
tomobiles made me think Of toy engines
flying along.
At that height the city looked more like
a map or model town cut out for the
occasion. Acres assumed the size OF
town lots, and mighty buildings looked no
bigger than the Noah's arks which you
buy In the toy stores
Everything was wonderfully clean. AZ
though 1t had just come from the hands
of the polishers. 1t was a vast collection
of cream walls and lead-colored roots.
cut by gray streets. with the siiysry Seine
winding its way from one end to the
other. Just under me was the Hotel des
Invalides, Its golden dome covering the
tomb Of the great Napoleon, and ON the
other side of the Seine the beautiful
Place de la Concords, whore Marie An
toinette and thousands Of the French
nobility lost their lives by the guillotine.
I could, see the Tuiheries, and with my
glasses distinguished the statue OF La
fayette put up by our Daughters OF the
American Revolution. Further up the
Seine was the Isle de la Cite, with the
Notre Dame Cathedral, and back of the
roof. The Pantheon. the Luxemboura
and the Chamber of Deputies. where tho
French Congress meets, stood boldly out.
and also the long line OF the Champs
Elysee, with the Arc de Triomphe at its
end. and beyond 1t the expanse of green
known, as the Bois de Boulogne.
took the telescope and picked out thu
Place des Etats Unis, or place Of the
United States, with it's statue Of George
Washington, which was put up in 100,
the street. of the American embassy and
even the American churches. Of which
there are several In this great capital OF
the French a. e+y e srat
The view of all Paris was as clear cut
as a cameo, and with the telescope every
building was distinct in the living map
below. To the naked eye II seemsd q
miniature city. and as locked down
upon 1t could not realize that II COW
cred an area of 10000 acres. and that
more than twenty-seven hundred thous-
and human beings were actually living
and working in the doll houses below.
1t was, indeed, worth coming to Paids 10
See Fraak G. Carpenter.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

washington, De-. 1s.-(Special.)- AL
though officers of the navy are very ioatn
to admit 1t, there are abundant inai1s
lions that the trend Of expert op,h tps
great tattleships and cruisers Tor narpo'
defense, especially, and toward the suo-
marine boat In conjunction wStn mines,
forts, and other means OF defense asa'hS'
attack by hostile fees.
II is a safe prediction that within tne
next Ave wars the submarine boat VII
play a much more prominent part IN tne
naval program of European as Wen a.
belief u that the expense Of maintain !.
ing a navy such as 10 DEMANDED OF
first. class naval power 10 30 faet pecon'
ing a drain on the resources OF the coun-
try that It's maintenance freouehtiy pro-
sents difficult problem ~,
The constant struggle to maintain the
equilibrium 10 q trial on all countries
and In the aggregate bufions OF aonaIs
have bean invested IN floating sortresses
occasional war and which require the
expenditure OF vast sums OF money 20
keep them In repair and in fighting trim
II France builds a battle ship: Ger
many must have one or two. II c ths
United States must build one, Engiana
two, Russia one, and so on. Now should
II be that these great nFhtng machln y. :
costing millions OF dollars eacn; c VIII
II
inx great sums for repairs. armament.
coal, etc, would In attacking fort, pc
practically at the mercy q one OF Two
submarine boats-why this great ex-
panse? Navigation of the surface OF the
sea has been developed to a remarkable
extent and inventors are turning toward
the air and the depths Of the sea.
''If the submarine boat turns out
SUCCESS" said Rear-Admiral Lord Beres-
ford, NJ p, who 10 In this country. 70
study our navy. IT means tne Key 10 pr rse
land is concerned. The only trouble VITA
them now 10 that they are not able 70
take care Of themselves. They have 70
be carried on warsh.ps from place 70
place, which, of course. takes up space: J..
British navy had recently purchased .
number of submarine boats OF the Hoi-
AUTHORIZATIONS to be Reduced.
while President Roosevelt favors a
large navy, 1t 10 said the members OF the
Naval Committees of the House ana SEN
ate have agreed that appropriations TOT
down as much as possible and that bill
for this purpose shall be passed oniy once
each Congress. instead OF at each SEES
sion az heretofore.
II Is said that Senator Hale, Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Naval Az
fairs and Representative Foss, Chairman
OF the House Naval Committee. commu-
nicated this intention to Secretary on TINS
Navy Moody on the occasion OF the re-
cent naval maneuvers. IN commenting
on the American navy recen,ly N al M
lit Is difficult for us to believe ina
the United States IL q country OF PRO
gress after all. We are beginning e
CONSIDER heavy vessels mere torpedo Jar
gets. Our latest big vessel La hepun
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
SUBMARINE BOATS MAY TAKE
PLACE OF GREAT BATTLESHIPS
Trend Of Naval Opinion is Away from Great
Vessels With Enormous Expense Off
GERS OppOse-a Change.

Maue, launched recently did not reach
On the same line the Marine Project
of Cherbourg, the French naval station.
while we have already arrived at the
solution Of the submarine torpedo boat
tine States ss Dr nss
surface type The United States Navy
win shortly be loaded down with tor
The reluctance of the naval oflcers 10
endorse the movement In the direction
of submarine navigation may be easily
accounted for when the difference petWeen
serving on a modern battleship or cruieer
men and without living quarters. IL oons
sidered.
Where 1--WE years ago France was ths
only country paying serious attsnfie1 =
has been directed to thsm and U1g3and
and the United States are working along
the same lines. Both the latter have
adopted the boats Of the s, "ds.srS rrs.
ing the Holland model. while France en-
piOys both, the Morse (dtvinO and the
Narval .lsubmergtble) type.
ress rscssnt 70 sSss BY on he 49, &
Naval Intelligence, tho French hoa0 axe
generally larger than the An1osece4 aN6
English England hes reoeney opdw99
n feet 'd isnser sA S1' her % o ssSse sse
will embrace sonne new depagewce ~ -
sign and construction ba1ed ep sEperi-
ments already made with the ol1er -.
Although the Frencn NAVAL proDrA0
only stipulated fer the building 8 Wl
Bureau Of Naval Intelilgslns, ''1or1y-four
will have been built or be in oouDqe -
construction and t - proposed 70 - -
adding to their uunber." Il
The Brazilian Congress has autioD1le&
the construction Of q suomlrine tozRsle
be of a rational invention and Design.
Building Submarine Boats.
England has ordered four additional
submarines: and Italy one. TITS Nerve
gian Government 10 contempa4tfng the
construction of subrnartne boat and .
naval ofiicerS has been Visiting several
countries in order tU study the difx:reak
The various portions Of the submarine
boat Peter KcchkA" invented by Lieu.
tenant Koihaseff, of the Russian Navy.
has been shipped to the BLACK Sea, whore
experiments Conducted with the boat 81
Sebastopol. 1t IL said that another sub
marine Of an entirely different type. ID
building Naval ofacers the world ovsr
admit that the greatest obstacle In the
way OF submarine navigation az applisd
below the waters and the inadequacy nf
storage electric batteries at present.
The Holland boats will be equipped with
prisms which float on. the surface and
reflect to the observers below the move
ment of surrounding vessels, but the hope
Ia that some discovery. like the Roentgsn
| ray. viii give the submarine boat the eve
| Of the Nautilus" and that Jules Verne j
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea" will some day become an actually.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
SMOOTH ON RATS.
An Electrical Trap That Got Them
Noiselessly and With Dispatch.

II had a very unusual trouble once,
said an electrical construction man, that
kept all hands at the station guessing for
more than a mouth.
BILE system in an Ohio town for supply
ing light by means of 2,000-volt alter
mating current system, placing our trans
formers. as a rule, on the outside base
ment walls. Shortly after our plant was
put in operation our station man report
cd one morning that there appeared 20
be a swinging ground on the line for
short time, so much so. he said, to
send the station ammeter far beyond Its
usual load. Well, he made all the usual
tests. but could find nothing wrong; and
it was several days before we heard any
thing more from It, when all at once 1t
came back one night and again disap-
peared within a few seconds as before.
LAS we had some overhead wire, |
sent a man out to look for guy-wire
contact, but none was found. Then l SAT
up for several nights watching for II
without result. as 1t did not appear, but
the first night l left the station it was
reported again. and few days later 1t
happened while l was at the station, but
before l could get to the board to open
the switches and so find out which cir
cult it was on It was gone. and the line
once more clear, and so it went on for
two weeks more.
"Rv this time one of the lines began
10 show considerable leakage, and l tried
10 locate the trouble, which work, how
ever, was interrupted Dy tHe dynamo
starting up. That night, however, our
regular chronic trouble came on again.
and this time remained on instead of
Clearing itself, as the others had done,
and a quick opening of the switches
showed that II was on the same circuit
We had tested during the day. Well, we
Int the circuit going until morning, ard
fbrn started to find the trouble. BY very
careful testing we soon traced 1t to
ce-tain rather old factory building. Go
inc inside. we tested the transformer,
IN that was ali right, but there was
r1nnd between tine transformer and TIE
streat so that we followed the primary
s9hIes in that direction, which passed
tbrough an unusual coal and iunkrOom.
A. soon as we entered the place, where,
Il seems, no one else ever thought of
ICING. we were greeted by an odor that
Sxqs sufrocating, and near the pipe emit
ranca leading to the street We found
nile of decomposed and decomposing
I've called the janitor, got them out
NJ doors as quickly as possible. and then
tba cause Of our trouble was plainly ap
narent. for every rat was more or less
burned. , ,-,- 4. ~
~ fo,lnd SaA Eat still lying across our
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

They crawl through the door at night
and crawl in in the morning. a long pro-
cession of women and men, going in and
out like so many dogs. They straighten
up, however. Immediately they get out
side, and walk off so jauntily that you
would never imagine they had been work.
ing all day.
Some Things Paris Does.
have spoken Of Paris as manufactur-
ing city. II makes everything under the
sun, from pins to locomotives, from but
tons to balloons. and from gloves to
gowns. 1t has 22.OOO people who are en-
gagged in making only parts of ladies'
dresses in contradistinction to the COM
plete gowns, and these turn out pro-
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

cables, burned to a crisp. Looking at
the cables again, we found them gnawed
through in more than dozen places Now
what had Induced those rats to climb ZIP
there and gnaw through that lead cable
and electrocute themselves?
Il put this question to a naturalist who
lived in the city. who explained 1t by
saying that probably the rats, being very
keen of hearing, had noticed a slight hum
from the alternating curr snt cables. aud
imagining that the pipes contained run
ming water, gnawed through the lead
sheathing until they reached the copper
wire, when they would be killed, AMI,
without making even a sound to wan
others drop to the floor below
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
WAR OFFICE DILEMMA.
No Fund to Build Barracks for Re-
. turning Troops.

Special to New Orleans Times-Democrat
Washington, Oct. 13.-The War Depart
ment has a new and peculiar question to
adjust with ORGANIZED labor With the
return of troops from the Philippines
lately and the occupation of Eastern and
Middle Western posts with men brought
back from Cuba, it happens that the
Preside at San Francisco is full to the
limit. and a camp has been established at
Monterey, Cal.
AS the War Department is without
funds to build permanent barracks and It
would take some time to prepare plans
even IL the money were available. Gem
eral Hughes proposed that a cantonment
be constructed at Monterey, which could
be done without great expense, as the
enlisted men could do the work for q
slight addition to the regular pay.
The prospect of spending the winter In
tents is not an inviting one to the men.
and they would be willing to do almost
any amount of work to provide good
quarters
The work was about to be ordered
when the Carpenters Union entered .
protest, and took issue with the Depart>
ment against the employment of enlisted
men doing any sort of carpenter work
which might be done by the union men.
The matter is still under advisement,
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

Copyright. 1902. by Frank G. Carpenter,l
Paris, France.
The United States Treasury is costing
Paris millions OF dollars. The rigid GUS
toms examinations now exacted at New
York and other ports are preventing the
introduction of Paris dresses, and the
great firms here have had large fall
ing Off in their American trade. AS it is
now no woman can take more than 800
worth of clothes into the United States
without paying duty. Everything is ex-
amined, the passengers are made to de-
clare just what they have. and there Is
no possible way Of smuggling in without
lying.
1t costs from $50 to 500 to get even a
wooden dress suit made by the best Paris
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

est parts of this city at o'clock in the
evening and have seen sewing girls work
ing in the cellars far below the level of
the streets. The stores here close be-
tween and 8 p. m. Many of them have
women clerks, and one of the curious
sights of Paris is these clerks leaving
work Some Of the stores have iron shut
tiers which slide down from the top. MAX
ing a wall of sheet iron over the whole
front. This wall is let down before the
clerks leave, and there Is little door
about three feet high and two feet wide
which is left open until they get out.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

dressmaker and silks and fancy gowns
range from 500 upward Much lower
prices than these are put on the bills
given out by the dressmakers in order
that they be shown to the customs off,
GERS and less duty be paid Such fraud
Is often detected, and even when not
the extra cost is enormous.
1t used to be that a multitude of Amer
lean women came regularly to Paris to
replensh their "aroropes' Each "oui',
ouy Sl'"V VI hhoIe "oith Vi ha'e at, !
gowns ana .he ricner among mem "ouiu !,
go oack with elsh' OF zen ruins nileu
WIN dresses MANY o. sitem w '' nv,
even wear the dresses oelore sAlhns, ana
would pass them IN as their person y
baggage. Others "ouiu put Oh hali
oozen oiHerent dresses IN one uay' wear
ing eacn re" minutes IN oroer 10 say
lIit INC uies'eS inu aIi'auS WI a,
otners se"eu ola innings ih'o the gowns
ana an sorts OF schemes were useo 10
make the new Things iook olo.
Inc customs oincers were Iehient ana
aio"eo such sooos 10 pass throush' ne"
YORK oresshakers came mere ana SNUG
geo oack DRESSES 10 their customers anu
the Paris oressmakers TOOK oroefs lor
future delivery ana sent them nome by
American lriehos IL is estirna'eo tha'
about D,Ooo american women TOOK nom
dresses IN this way anu touay, oI tue
many thousands VINO pass througn Farl s.
II Is seldom .nat one leaVes wlthout
nav gown ana nat me whoiesaie ous-
mess mas however oeeh stoppe" ny 'h'
customs on1cers: anu ,he pesul' Is won-
oeriui ISlihs Oil III 'he raii' uieSSiiiaN
ers uaue,
Farls OressmaAers VINO Live On
Americans.
Indeed, many Of these Paris dressmak-
ers live on the business they do for for
eiguers. Some of them nave American
custom which is worth hundreds OF
thousands of dollars year am toio
that the big department stores sell mil
lions Of dollars worth OF goods TO AIMEE
lean tourists every season. ana that thH
fashionable millinery Establishments de-
pend much on their sales 10 American
women.
Paris sets the fasnions Tor the Worl1,
and all OF our big department stores Sehd
their buyers here for fashionable COS
tunes. They buy only dress or so or
q kind to show these IN their windows
and take orders for copies. Such dress %
are called models, and making them IS
regular business. There is "a large
class of women here who do nothing else
but design new gowns They live In th5
little dark side streets OF Paris. work
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their homes. The usual factories are
very small. the average number Of hands
being six.
A great deal Of work is done by sweat
shops, who give the stuns out and take
in the completed product, at so much a
piece. This is largely go as TO gowns
and hats, upon which. 1t is estimated,
$4,000 girls are kept working for about
eight months of the year. The girls re-
ceive very low, prices and ordinary sew
Ing girls can make less than a dollar
while working. and some not more than
half that amount. The designers are, Of
course, paid well, but the average. wages
are far below those paid in the United
States.
the factories themselves the hours
long. Ishave gone through the BUSH
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
1t Was the Doctors Province.

Boston Transcript
Barkley-So you think DR.. Scalpel did
not diagnose your complaint Alright? Did
you tell him about your symptoms?
GrO@lec-Of course. I didn't. That was
a part of his job. If had told him how
l felt and all that sort of thing, 1 should
have been entitled to half the fee and
l knew he wouldn't agree to that.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
for every sixty mil IS beyond.
The Tobacco Monopoly.

In buying stamps outside the post
Office in the French cities you go to the
cigar shops. for the Government here
sells all the tobacco. and the tobacco
agents handle stamps as we'll. The shops
are called debts de la reggie; they have
red lamps over them. and you can tell
them as far as you can see The prices
are the same everywhere and the tobacco
is universally bad. The most popular
brands of the native cigars are the Lon
dres, which you buy at cents apiece,
or the demj-Londres al 5.
Foreign cigars and cigarettes are very
high and are sold only by Government
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19

The man who is looking for trouble can
find trouble without trouble.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-09-11
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION.
Laughter as a stomach Cure and ~
Aid to Health .

Laughter as q stomach Cure and sU
Aid to Health.
); Worry is but one of the many forms
Df fear, SO that worry tends to the
production of Indigestion. Indigestion
tends to put the body of the subject in
4 condition that favors worry. There
Ia thus established a vicious circle
which tends to perpetuate itself, each
element augmenting the other.
It is necessary to secure a cheerful,
wholesome atmosphere for the dys-
peptic. He should eat his meals at a
table where there is good fellowship
and where funny stories are told. He
should himself make a great effort to
contribute his share Of this at the table,
even if it'be necessary, as it was in one
case under my care, for him to solemn
ly and seriously collect funny para
graphs from the press, and at first in
terject them spasmodically during lulls
in the conversation at the table. The
very efforts and determination Of the
man to correct his own silent habits at
table, to correct his feelings of dis
couragement and worry, were in them
selves promise of success. The eff
fort made was adequate to the obsta-
cles to be overcome. He succeeded, and
the spectacle of that man trying to
be funny at table when he felt thor
oughly discouraged and blue is one we
shall never forget.
Laughing is in itself also a useful
exercise from the standpoint of diges-
ton. 1t stirs up all the abdominal
organs, it increases the circulation of
the blood, it increases peristalsis, it in
creases the secretion Of gastric juices.
Five minutes deliberate laughing after
each meal would be an excellent pre-
scription for some people. Family Doc
for! g
Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-09-11
The wrath Of the Bee.

At the end of winter most hives have
exhausted their stores and become
dangerous. When this is the case, woe
to him who touches the hives. Smoke
has lost its spell, and you shall scarce
have emitted the first puffs before
10000 acrid and enraged demons will
dart from within the walls. overwhelm
your hands. blind your eyes and black
en- your face. No living being except.
they say, the bear and the sphinx afro
pos. can resist the rage of the mailed
iegions. Above all, do not struggle.
The fury would overtake the neighbor-
ing colonies. There is no means Of
safety other than instant flight through
the bushes. The bee is less rancorous,
less implacable, than the wasp and
rarely pursues her enemy. If fight be
impossible, absolute immobility alone
might calm her or put her off the scent.
She fears and attacks any too sudden
movement, but at once forgives that
which no longer stirs.-Harper's.