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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
GEN. GRANTS coURTsH1p
Another Story of How He Won the Sister of His West Point
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St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 Julia Dent first met Grant in 1S42. when the coming commander of the Union ar mics was a brevet Second Lieutenant of the 4th Infantry. then stationed at Jeffer- son Barracks. south of St. Louis. At
 West Point Grant had for a classmate and roommate F. T. Dent brother or Julia. The cadets became great friends.
 and after graduation Dent visited Ulysses
 Grant at his home in Bethel, Ohio, exact
 Ing the promise of a return visit to White haven. Thus it was that Lieutenant
 Grant and Julia Dent came to know each
 other. At that time there were runors of war with Mexico. and the drilling and preparations. In anticipation of the con- fiet made Jefferson barracks busy place
 It was between drills that the young sol dler was wont to make his visits, riding to and fro between Jefferson Barracks and Whitehaven on horseback. Julia Dent was then a girl of r, the eldest of three sisters. She was at the time of Grants first visit at school in St. Louis.
 Whitehaven. the Dent home, was an unpretentious two-story farmhouse. with the wide galleries that Southern dwell= ings were noted for. Its surroundings were beautiful. Miss sulia's rather. Col. F. Dent. did not at first take kindly to the young officer, who seemed to him quite commonplace. While the father s dislike increased as 1t became evident that Julia was not averse to Ulysses atten- tions, Mrs. Dent was cordiRlity itself. She showed her liking for the rather re- ticent young man in a motherly way and seemed to read his true character
 Whitehaven. which was ten miles or more from St. Louis, was the scene ol numerous gatherings of young people, the fo oyfotl l.xy fha Ga. pingtons and Longs, participating, with officers from the barracks. Hops at the barracks look the young people there and between the two places Ulysses and Julia had many opportunities of meeting and forming the friendship that later de- veloped into love and resulted in a happy marriage. But this Is anticipating Lieu tenant Grant had secured a twenty-day furlough and was on his way to visit his parents in Ohio when his regiment was ordered to move to Fort Je5sup La.
 Recalled 10 his command, Lieutenant Grant decided to bring the courtship to an end and declare his intentions. On his return to St. Louis the young officer inn media tely went to Whltehaven, where he found the Dent family on their way to a country wedding. to which Lleuten- ant Grant accompanied them. He rode In buggy with Julia Dent, and 1t was while crossing the swollen Revois River over a r.ckety bridge that he had an op- poTtunity to put the vital question. The young lady asked her escort if he thought the bridge as safe. On being assu~ed that IL was, she is reported to have said:
 We'll ulysses, l shall cling to you If we go down"
 This she did. notwithstanding they crossed in safety, and then Grant rnada use of the incident by saying: Julia. you FpoSe just now of clinging to me no matter what happened. I wonder if you would cirg to me through nea?' The answer was satisfactory, but tho
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25

Each year. so long as live and the Christmas time comes again shall think of Emma Booth-Tucker. of the Salvation Army distributing baskets and blessings
 the poor and lowly on December 20.
 il connection with that scene somehow always comes to me the thought of the ede-nption of the race and If Jesus Of Nazareth feeding 5000 hungry ones with :riraculous leaves and nshes, cloeit the oaves and fishes Mrs. B3oth-Tucller dis aenscs are not the least miraculous. and, what Is more, not few of them gre provided sy wec.tsy a=1 kindly .rea and , rfa cr t.e Heorew faitn. 1t IS scme- thinx that could hardly happen outside .f tne Un.ted States--Jews aiding ge1er- 9dsly to provide in honor of he brlnday f tao Founder e the Chrls,tta taith a .iunc.' to be distr4oGteI 6y the hA2Gs Of ne saiyauor Army tt 2s,O01 1u3S-v itc- c.e of aI races, al ca.o.s. all rehS-5-!5 tsd mary c1 no res.gIoa at all.
 h t1s largess c.ti&s Of the then ta.a annual Salvation .A my Christmas dinner l2J pace. Fer ee4.s before the 2oth oi OeceiL~ec at st. e- corners in the m7rt c-0wJei tnorcijg f.G.es are eartaenF-are pets hung upon Csoss s..cl;5 in imitation
 If gypsy cooking pc:5 A wi-o ce.tin3 s over each e n net D tempt weak 3-tSnren to saatcG it's co3tau.5 The IT osnes of the ra.-.1E e.e large eaojiS7 tf, ,usrT1it ban%nCtes and all sizes of silver s,f! bei~y s.iC3ad within them. pCM p.acar rd aG9Ve the pot ara Inscribed the words. Keep the Po- Boiling" 4 gem ..e. b,ua E...s:o7:.:el aistor in scoop bon
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Mrs. Booth-Tuck dno
 Her Chrictmac Day


with face so thickly yelled that her own ly. but not warmly dressed. She receives her basket with downcast head and hur- rics past, She feels as mean as if she had been caught stealing. She is a sen sitive. respectable woman. that day din- nerless Plainly she has been well brought up and used to plenty. Some how she sets the spectator of this strange scene to wondering whether an empty cupboard will ever stare him in the face on Christmas Day.
 In the center of the great enclosure stand usually Commander and Mrs. pooth-TucLe. ard the.r aids. There spot where Emma Booth-Tucker stands. These 4G0A baskets are largely delivered to the recipients with her own hands. Long, delicate. frail looking hands they are. vet there are blessings ard power and magic Tn tneir touch This tall. slight woman with the golden brown hair looRs so fragile tEa: 8 w,ad night blew her away vet for threa hours she stands and deals out dinners and blessings. As she gives the h3 skets she has a good wo-d for each person, and her voice Is musical and thrilling. To one she mur- mu-s, Merry Chris stmss.' to another. Happy New Year" to | not3er. an old and trembling woman, tod bless you, mother. Tears are In the old woman s eyss as she passes on with her precious Christmas dinner. Then the radiant soul that blessed her gives basse. to the next. the toughest. most battered looking wreci; in all thnt motley crowd, and tells him God loves him.
 Locking at Emma Booth-Tucker. you certainly knew at last that there is a
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young folks did not make known the en- gagement until just before the breaking out of the war with Mexico. when Ldou- tenant Grant came back from Lcuisiana on leave and secured the consent of Col onel Dent. This, 1t was stated, was ro- luctantly given by the old gentlsmau- Lieutenant Grant went pack to his conn mand and MiAs Dent did not sec him uuf1l after the Mexican war. but she did heaR from him. The Lieutenant was an tnt9r< esting correspondent. relating everything that came within his range of observA~ ton. From his letters Miss Dent laarne6 of his camp life and the campaisnA mee- sages of love being interspersed with de- scriptions of the country, the people and even with discussions of . political nn- ture In after years. when Mrs. Grant was separated from the General, his lst- ters that came with much reguaaxixys were a great comfort and pleasure.
 In 1S4S when the war ended. and CAD. tain Grant was 2s years old. hs wns e1 liberty to return and marry the xa1<fxcn1 little girl who had waited his coming % long He had by reason c& his bravery in several engagements been hssve1ed Captain. After a quiet wedding at Wh11o~ haven on July 2. 1s4s the young eoupGe went for visit to the Grants at Bsthef and friends in Georgetown, O.
 Those who saw the bride at that f1na described her aa . fair-slinnsd and viva cious little woman. For some time Grant was stationed at either Detroit or Sack ett's Harbor, where he kept q very quiet establishment. Tn Detroit Grant rented 8 modest littlc cottage near the eutasrirts of town, as the accommodations ak Fort Wayne were not suitable for a lady. His tastes were very domestic and he and Mrs. Grant found great pleasure in their little home where the Captain spent much of his time reading aloud to her.
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net stands guard over the got, = s1me- times in Inc busiest or tough ast locali- ties it may be two men Salvation Army soldiers. This Is ,the Armys unique method of appealing to the public to help i, give a GiaGer tO frcn i0OJo t1 2b.0O hunsF.j persons on Christmas u1..
 The public responds seastN'jsly. = -. ably One-4iXth Uf all the persons who pass those pots contribute from "He cop per cent upward to keep tIc pot boil ing" l have looked into the re ptac as and seen them sometimes lu1'fa aF trll Then it Is the part of wisdom jo empty them and begin oyer again.
 In New York no building 2Xcept Madi- son Square Garden IS large "A"Ugh to hold the Salvation Army diners and has ket guests. IL is there Mrs. Emma Booth- Tucker may be foGad on Christmas when she Is not out of the city on Army affairs. Weeks before Christmas I-trn- ing Army soldiers have been preparing for these dinners. The cooked feast is served in the evening. In the -driy part of the day baskets If 6ata5le5, unCooked. are distributed to the just and the njus A stream of humanity mat Gtgins to Eather Dy O clock pOurS into one dor and pa se 8 cut the opposite enc, each per son carrying h3s6et containing fuo1 ample for four peIsdns-a fowl. vege- tables fruit and some cake or candy. 1t is a dinner good enough for your fam fly or mine reader, yet some of those who receive it grumble audlbly because 1t is not already cooked. some tclk are hard tO please. The long proc aSslDn Of the hungry winds around Madison Square Garden for block and q half eacn way, north and south. IL is composed largely of women and children. To their credit ablebOdied men are somewhat ashamed to form part of the dolefui double fie unless pushed hard for food Among the women are now and then the most awful specimens Of their sex this earth holds female outcasts. with bruised and black ened eyes and cuts upon their poor de- graded faces. Immediately behind one of these will perhaps be slender woman
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Hospital Mass of Fiamss,

Albuquerque. N. M.. Dec. ass--rhs ,hos- pital of the Santa Fe-Pacinc here Ia a mass of flames and there Ia no hope of saving it. Twenty-Five patients, some of them very Ill, were in the institution. Su- per1ntendent Cutter believes all were saved but he cannot be sure as they were cut off from access to the wards In brief tlme The firemsn are taking great risks in a hopeless effort to save the handsome addition. There have been several hairbreadth escapes. The fire caught in a room which was all in flames heft re discovered. The ioss will 1e cover ed by insurance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Restaurant Entertaining ,i

There $ no doubt of it. !se'ishlass is becoming tho keynote of the age. and when you have once recognized this as a fact 1t explains many things-for in stance, why people are entertaining their friends in restaurants. Time was when no self respecting woman would have dreamed of such a thing. but now res taurant dinners are such a recognized thing that new dresses are being de- signed to meet the requirements of this sort of entertainment.
 The reason Is plain! People refuse to be bored even for the sake of their friends. Mrs. De Jones may issue invi- tations to a dinner at her Fifth Avenue mansion and she will have a meager enough attendance. Furthermore, as soon as 1t is decent her guests will hasten away to distract their minds with some thing frivolous. On the other hand. let her summon her cronies to a cozy little feast at the Goldrocks restaurant or even at that shocking little Bohemian place over on Avenue z, and they will all att
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try and find oneself practically estra- cized. No; better temporize little long CT.
 Miss Eighty is dying to go on the stage-in fact. to be exact, the height of her ambition is to join the ladies of the chorus in comic opera-but If she did that all her respectable old fogy friends would faint with horror; so rather than lose them Miss Flighty still thumps the keys Yin a downtown offlce and confines her ambition to standing on the edge of the bathtub and kicking the chandelier Alas, she has nine times more cleverness in her toes than in her head, but she will never earn more than $1O a week because of that phantom group of accusing frieAds.
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beauty transce1ding earthly come.aess. and you see it here. Her associates of the Salvation Army feel it. too. and love and reverence are In their man=er when they come nea~ he-.
 This lady. the second daughter Of Gan- eral William and Mrs. Catherine Booth, was appointed by her father as consul of | the Salvation Army in America, to have .Hint and equal authority with her hus- band in all its anairs. Evidently Gen. falacy that there must he ere head to every organization, and that head a man. For aa Englishman this progress is lt- tIe short 0f miraculous. His enlightened stand on the woman question comes from association with hls wife, Catherine, the iasplrer of the great Salvation Army.
 Catherine Booth was herself a Jreach- e., and she desired all. her daughters to be preachers also. Emma. the second. IS perhaps the most eloquent and inspiring Of the gifted Booth family. When she was ll, she preached her nrSt sermon, and five converts answered to her ferVid ap- peal. In those days Ter mother said once tp vast congregation wno begged to aear Emma speak again, Pray TOT he-; sIc is nervous" Hut no nervousness was apparent O the audiences who listened to her. To them the power of the Spiris was in her voice; it dashed in her eye, 1t vi5rated in her magnetic touch. The it. Iuminated enthusiasm of her girlhood is with her still.
 In 1888 in the largest Salvation Army hall In London, in tho presence of l5 OOO persons, Emma Moss Booth was married to Frederic St. George de LautOur Tuck CT, who in 1881 had resigned a promising and brilliant career in the British in- dian civil service to join the Salvation Army because he thought the Lord called him. Before that time the favertte sport Of Frederic Tucker had been hunting and killing things.
 After her marriage Emma Booth Tuck CT went with her hAsband to India to fur tAecs that Salvation Army Esrk which he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
The Pros and Cons

MT. and Mrs. Bob Newiywed haven't t . very large income-in fact. 1t isn't even a very sure one. They have racked their brains and searched the whole town in the efforts to find an apartment house with swell entrance and a small rent Not being able to find the small rent, they took the swell entrance, and they have been living on hash and chuck steak ever since. Why? Because of their friends.
 Now dts a question how much comfort each of these received in return. In the
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a swell enough I'i0
 appearance, and when you come right down to it you see that 1t is a little diff cult on $l0 a week
 And MT. and Mrs. Newlywed? Oh, they have the pleasure of giving that new swell address to all their friends, and the friends come once and even eat dinner or so, and then they go away and crit icise the place because the furniture is on the economical plan.
 And we think we are our own masters!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
KATE CLYDE MORALIZES ON CHRISTMAS
AND ALSO ON FOOLISH pOMp

A certain wealthy French bachelor Of this city has inaugurated an innovation in Christmas gift giving which Is worthy of imitation. A few days ago he chanced to read of the terrible poverty in the con- gested eas side districts. Coal especially was said to be an almost unknown lux ury to many of these people. Returning home, the French bachelor inspected the list of persons to whom he had purposed sending Christmas gifts. Then he sat down and wrote to each of them a letter somewhat Nike this:
 Dear Madam-I had intended. to send you as Christmas offering a small jew
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had already inaugurated. The better to reach the poor and the lowly among the Hindoos the pair adopted the native cos tune and lived among the people. Emma Booth walked Barefoot with her husband through India, preaching. teaching and living the Gospel she believed in. In 1S9S they came 10 the United States. Mrs. Booth-Tucker is the mother of several children. Esther C. Cullen.
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kz- MA New York.
New York.
Co-opsrative Telephone |.

Philadelphia Ledger.
 Grand Rapids has a cooperative te.e- phone service, and 25 cents month for residence and 3l.50 for business plas is the average charge after the dividends are set off against the expenses. As an instructive contrast to the grasp of mo- nopolies upon the large cities, the Grand Rapids Telephone Company repays study. The private monopoly which existed in Grand Rapids when the new ssytem was started offered to put in new instruments, rent free, for three years. in order to crush its infant rival. Local patri otlsm, however, looked beyond the present, and the free telephones were declined almost unanimously. The private company re- tired forthwith from the town, and the cooperative company now controls the situation. No one I3 allowed 70 buy more than one share of stock for each instru- ment actually used, and thus the c1n5rol o. affairs can never De taEel from the Individual members.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Regulation of the Trusts.

Boston Post.
 Mir. Roosevelts idea is to put the screws upon the trusts by proceedings un- der existing laws, and to strengthen the law where it may be found necessary by additional legislation. But this. while eminenuy desirable. is, a slow and long process. There Is a shorter way to se- cure protection for the public against present eXtortion in the matter of prices. and this Is to remove at once the tariff duties on articles controlledsby trusts. This would. put q stop to tl4probbery of the people. and meanwhile ,fh1 President could go ahead with his plan ofTegulation and publicity.
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say that we are ,ndinere n t to
 hat don't" but E2 are not.
 Little M rs. Blank would ike very much Q leave Blank and travel in Europe for q couple of years oT so. Blank ls as disagree able as it is pos- siible for a man to be. and she sick and tired of him. But what will her friends say? n would not be agreeab le to come back to
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onO 8OCS tuSIl Sunday. On her way out from church. If the5 are feeling sra clous. they stcI to speak to her
 and sometime. they invite he
 to a solitary
 maniess dinner
 after which she is turned loss
 10 find her wa! home in the darkness as bes; she can. From more ela5- rate affairs sine iS of course, de barred: 2 h . doesn't present
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somewhat like this:
 What is it?"
 'Is it a monkey?"
 Its a big dog"
 No; it's a bear
 With a whir and a cloud of evil smell ing smoke, a huge automobile dashed past. Then came the cry. "Wny, it's a woman"'
 And So it was. But you could hardly have told for the life of you, for she was wrapped up in huge goatsltn coat. her head swathed in a mud colored chif- ion veil and he: features eati-e,y cov- cred with a cellul9Id mask, whltn crown ing atrocity boasteo a cellulo!d nose, a cross between that article and a beak
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tend with the utmost joy. You see. at private house a certain amount q: de- corum is necessary, if only for the sake of the servants, while at a restaurant one seems to be able 10 do as one pleases.
 Even when a dinner Is given at pri- yate house 1t is almost a rule that it shall be followed by some performance in the Touche Treville. met in a colilsino as way of singing or dancing. Often, too, quite a price is paid for professional per- formers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Good Things to Eat.

The little girls and boys as well as grown folks like nicely risen cakes, pies. waf1es, biz cults, etc. Why shouldn't they have them when 8 pound can of GOOD LUCK" Baking Pow der-the best leavener-can be had of the grocer for ten centsF "GooD LUCK" produces the incest, Ightest and most wholesome bread, etc, and in every six-ounce can will be found Q section-two sections in every pound can. Are You saving them?
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case of Mrs. Blank I dare say friends were good thing, for they kept her in the straight and narrow path. Yet if you come right down to the comfort of the thing-but we'll leave that case be- cause it has complications.
 Take the case of Miss Eighty. She Is sacrificing a whole career, or at least
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hdfhlk TC0u Ol the great mis- cry among the sor families of the east side and knowing of
 four charitable tendenci es. l nave inst C a q lent to each of the followi n z
 families in your
 name one ton
 of coal. If you should care to call at these addresses. I am sure that the ! sincerity of the gratitude of the recipients of the greatly needed coal will of it. -1A AN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
Boy Kills His Fathers Slayer.

Sherman Texas. Dec. 2S.-8verett Fair less, aged IS, today shot and killed Thomas Barker, a farmer. Barker some years ago killed the father of young Fairiess, was tried for murder and ac- quilted. When the killing occurred to- day Baker was driving to the city with his wife.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-25
vanderbilt,s Condition.

New York, Dec. 2S.-At Il o'clock eo- night the following bulletin as to the een- dition of Cornelius Vanderbilt was Issued by Doctors Flint and Janeway: Mx. Vanderbilt's condition Is little more sai- isfactory this evening. There has been ne marked change"
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the probability of making enough money for her old age. out of regard for her friends. Now. let us see what they do fer her. am sorry to say that they let her vegetate in her little hall bed room five nights out of the seven. Rut
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 able as possible. self make the most delightful Christmas offering that could possibly be made to you" The replies received by the French gen tlsman all indicated that the fine ladies who had failed to receive Christmas pres ents from him were sincerely pleased by his dsltcate thoushtfulnsss. Indeed, many of them declared that they should follow his excellent example, at least in a lim- atsd way.
 And. after all. that represents the true Christmas and the true Christian spirit. The Don't" Value of Friends. The question is how much good our friends are to us. Says the eynic at my elbow. Their moral value is infinite; they keep us from doing things
 Which is true enough in several ways. I have noticed this much about ones average friends--they are very quick to say, don't" And it's all very well to
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An Auto "Fright :"

Last Saturday afternoon I was riding up Broadway in a cable car Sudd sniy there was a great commotion. People craned their Aecas to t.-e U. S-.E.sA., a,-#.... ard tried all to see at once out ct the rear door. Then there were exclam&io ons
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Mrs. A. M. pocksry Very Sick.

Jefferson City. Mo. Dec. 2.--Mrs- A. M. Dockery. wife of the Governor. wha was suddenly stricken with heart trouble yesterday, is reported in very critical condition tonight and 1t is stated thers is little hope for her recovery
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Freehold, N J., Dec. 23.-The jury in sAs EigSar case, being unable to agree, was locked up fo7 the night.
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Richmond, Virginia.