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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Shoes of Satin.

Satin shoes or slippers to match all
gowns for dressy occasions are almost
de rigeuer now, and another luxury
are gloves of white lglace kid, suede
or the heavy skins that are worn with
every sort of gown. They are seen so
much one wonders how any colored
gloves are sold in the high priced shops.
One exception is made in the heavy
black glace gloves with white seams
and stitching that look very chic for a
time, and as the seams are soled look
just like the old style funeral kids.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

French aprons, as well as French
frocks, have a peculiar smartness of
their own and are very generally be.
coming to small folk. The dainty lit.
tie apron shown includes the long
waist and other essential features, and
is suited to all the long list of white
and colored apron materials, but as
here shown is of white dimity with
edging and insertion of needlework.
The waist is gathered at both upper
and lower edges, the fitting being &C,
complished by means of shoulder and
under-arm seams. The full skirt is also
gathered, and is scanned to its lower
edge. The neck edge is finished with
a bertha collar that flares apart in
points at both front and back, and
the apron closes by means of buttons
and buttonholes at the centre back.
To cut this apron for a girl of six
years of age, two and one-half yards
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
AMERICANS COFFEE DRINKERS,
They Consume Much More Than ANY
Other Nation,


Other Nation.
The Americans drink more coffee
than any other people in the world.
Not only does this country consume
more coffee than any other country,
but the American individually drinks
more of the beverage than any one
else in the world.
The German. who comes next to
him, drinks six pounds per capita. The
Frenchman, third in the race, drinks
nearly five pounds per year. Uncle
Sam leads with eleven pounds per
capita.
The year just ended was by far the
greatest coffee importing year in our
history. For the first time we i'm.
ported upward of 1.0OO,OOO,0OO pounds
of coffee in single year. Eight
years ago we imported a little more
than half billion pounds a year
Not only has the importation of
coffee been vastly greater than in any
previous year, but the value has stead.
lily risen. until in 1901 it reached $70,-
100000. The cost to the consumer
average for the years from 1890 to
1897.
Some of the interesting facts
brought out by the tables of the
treasury bureau of statistics are the
relatively small amounts of coffee con,
sumed by the Russians and the Eng
lish. The Russians drink so little as
to make the calculation a matter OF
fractions, while the Englishman drinks
only seventy-two one-hundredths of a
pound year. The Italian approaches
the pound average, and the Austrian
almost exactly doubles this average.
By far the greatest part of the cof
fee drunk in the United States comes
from Brazil, and most of the rest
comes from American countries to the
south.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13


A compilation of considerable inter.
est has just been brought out by DR..
II. n. Gust, Ill. D.. the well known Ori.
entail scholar. 1t takes the form If
complete list of the languages and
dialects spoken and written in the
British empire at the close of the nine.
teenth century. The total number of
these is 204. of which eighty-tive are
furnished by Asia. fifty-eight by Africa
and thirty by Oceania. Among the
tongues included in this list are many
which are decidedly unfamiliar to the
'man in the street" India. for exam.
pie, furnishes Khowar (ChitraD, Kor,
tina (AssamD. and Lepeha (Thibet from,
tier); then from the Celebes Islands
comes Alfnor, from the Island of Fan,
zibar Pokomo, from Sierra Leone Bull
lom, and from the Niger territory IL
bira. The language spoken in the Hud
son Bay district Is called Kri, in New
Brunswick Mallisit and in British
Guiana Acawoio. In the Friendly Isl.
ands the inhabitants wish one another
a Merry Christmas in Tonga, while at
Port Moresby they do so in Roro.-Lon,
don News.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Many people have the impression
that Valley Forge is wild glen high
among the mountains where winter
frosts and SHOWS hold unrelaxine
sway for many long. dark months
every year. But really its situation is
neither lofty nor remote, and the rig.
ors of the cold are not nearly what
they would be in our more northerly
states Comparatively little snow
falls. and often there is not a week
sleighing the winter through.
The valley is only 23 miles from
Philadelphia, with which it has direct
communication by a railroad that
skirts along the Schuylkill river
Woman's Home Companion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
A Novel Jewel.

A Partisan jeweler has introduced
a trinket which is considered most de.
sirable by fair ladies. 1t consists of
single pearl or other gem, from which
n tiny filigree ball is suspended. In
this ball is Il wee bit of sponge, which
is always kept saturated with the
favorite perfume of the wearer. This
jewel is Worn hanging by fine gold
chain, or with other trinkets, very like.
ly on a bangle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
rim or merriment that were ex

rim or merriment that were e1
changed.
You lucky old rascal" Colonel
Gregory was saying when the waiter
entered, salver in hand, and gave the
major a sealed envelope.
The old fellow growled as he tore
off the end, turned pale an instant,
cursed in his white mustache and then
bawled:
Where is he?"
Right here, SIR" said a stranger,
who slipped suddenly in behind the
servant; Il made bold to come right
up, sir, because all of these gentlemen
know Miss Tank"
"Shut UP" roared Glendennin, puG-
pie with rage.
"Just a moment, major" cooed the
interloper Then, to the waiter,
please go out
the angry major, and the stranger
ccolly sat down on the arm of wall
chair.
Gentlemen he said to the staring,
wondering guests, I'm Hogan, a le-
tective from central, and | butted in
here because l knew all you gentle
men were-well, l might say, person
al friends of Miss Tankerville, Judith
Tanlerville" (taking a bunch of pa
pers out of his pocket), Miss Judith
Tankerville, alias Mignonne Dupre,
alias The Princess, and so forth
There was dense silence in the
room. Glendennin looked like man
in the throes of apoplexy.
THE Tankerville woman is wanted
in Paris for fraud-selling for spec
dlator in watches, jewels. diamonds
and stealing the money. They've been
following her all over Europe, you
know. She's awful slick. Started out
right year ago and for two months
sold more antique jewelry than any
one AMI cashed in on the square. She
began the bunko in Florence eight
months ago and has swindled every
body since"
The detective coughed, reached for
a glass of wine, drank it off AMI con-
Guded:
Now, major that watch you've got
on, the one with the filigree and the
funny carving. how much did you give
her on that"
why, it's a family heirloom, you
dog" roared Glendennin. Il found
out she was pressed for funds and
let Ter have three hun"
Well, ii amt a family nothing,
Sir" said Hogan. ITS just fake an
tique.' they call 'em, made to sell for
"a, Pre- badly worth so. Now, gentle
men, turning to the company, Il
know you've all been stuck in the
same way. The best way to fix things
up Is to give up the gim-cracks.
won't say a word about the matter.
Nobody knows SHE'S arrested. and
weIl Just see that she DISAPPEARS"
When Major Glendennin and Mrs.
Carrie Hunter Grant had been mar
riei about six months she asked him:
What had ever become of that curl
GUS watch you used to wear?"
"Oh, that?" he grunted, looking a
bit sheepish, 81 gave that to Colonel
Gregory as a keepsake when he left
for California. He took a fancy to
it, and as it was more of lady's
watch, | never liked it,
Where did YOU get it, dear?'
"Oh, | ah-er. hem, it was an heir
loom in my first wifes family, dear.
And his wife looked on in wonder
ing awe and was silent.-John H.
Raftery, in the Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Old-Fashioned Lace Scarfs.

Old-fashioned Spanish lace scarfs are
used for mutfs, made up with chiffon,
which, wadded, of course, forms the
foundation, and the frills as well. The
scarf twists around the centre and
ties in knot and ends, with a bunch
of flowers or a handsome buckle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Two Attractive Waists.

No single article of dress is more
fashionable than the odd waist of
white. The smart May Manton model
shown in the large drawing is made
of taffeta, mousseline combined with
cream lace, the edges of fronts, collar
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
The Two Cats,

''How can you stand the slow life OF
a small town."
"Oh, it's matter of taste. like driv-
ing; some men like to ride so fast
they can't see anything-others like
to dawdie along and enjoy the view
- Detroit Free Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Sl,..s.
selyes.-New York Press.

A cod-11h caught recently on the
Nova scotian coast had in its stomach
the mouthpiece of a trombone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

The Belgian pigeon which won the
great race from Burgos, in Spain, tc
Brussels, did the 700 miles in II
hours.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

The fellow who says he has loved and
lost may simply be thinking of the pres.
ents she failed to return.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

finish at neck and sleeves and here
and there for trimming, whether in
rosettes or rows OF ribbon-rim beading
This season will be no exception.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Thirty minutes is all the time required to
dye with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by
all druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
Best For the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back. CAS-
cARETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
In metal boxes, every tablet has G. G. @.
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13
LOVE.

Love is day
With no thought Of morrow.
Love is JOY
With no thought Of sorrow.
Love is to give
With no thought of receiving.
Love is to trust
Without quite believing.
From "With Lead and Line" by Charles
Henry Webb.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Western Australia is making heroic
efforts to develop farming industries,
especially the growing Of grain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Mrs. Winslow' s Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

In the last fifty years France has con-
verted 100000 acres of waste land into
forest
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

FITSpermanently cured. No fits ornervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Klines Great
NerveRestorer. s2trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. X. III. KLINE, Ltd. 931Arch st. Phila. Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

The Ribbon Finish.
NO dainty piece of lingerie is com
plete these days without it's ribbon
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Private golf links over two miles in ex-
tent have been laid out for the King at
Windsor
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob-
BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y, Feb. IT, 1900
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

After three months the newly married
man can say my wife" without stammer.
inc
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-13

Some people feather their nests with
borrowed plumes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
Y. M. c. A. Notes.

The Central Young Mems Christian As- sociation, will give its annual reception the evening of January 1. An attractive program of entertainment has been pre- pared and the public will be invited to att tend. Refreshments will be served by the members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A.
 The Reception Committee of the Asso- citation consists of M. L. Calhoun. Chair man. and R. B. Creagh, H. H. Callen, F. s. McCord, Eugene Jones. J. M. Esk- ridge, Dr. J. B. Waller. W. F. Bailey, w. c. Privett. Claude Suttles.
 During the hours of the reception the new building in which will be the nata- torium and the gymnasium will be opened to the inspection of the public. The build ing will be completed and fully equipped within few dava
 Just before the public reception is held the members of the Association will elect i've new directors to serve for three years. Other business to be transacted at the meeting of the members will be the re- ception of the reports of committees and Officer1
 The gospel meeting at the Central Y. M. c. A. tomorrow afternoon will be conducted by Rev. W. 1T. Webb, an in- teresting speaker. who has chosen for his subject, Quit Ye Like Men; Be Ye Strong"
 The acetelyne gas plant which will be used for lighting the natatorium and the gymnasium has arrived and is being in- stalled as rapidly as possible.
 Social Purity is the subject that will be discussed at the meeting of the Rail- way Department of the Y. NJ c. A. Mon-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
NEGRO IN JAIL CHARGED WITH
 SERIOUS DEFENSE.
Richard Watson Said to Have Insult ed a Highly Respectable Wo- man of Ramer-Arrest-
 ed by a Negro.

Richard Watson, a negro, who says he is fortune teller, was arrested yesterday morning at n o'clock in the Montgomery postoffice on a warrant charging him with assault to rape a highly respectable wo- man of Banner.
 Watson was arrested by Robert Jones, negro deputy constable of Beat 9, Jus tice H. c. Lamar's court. The warrant was sworn out in the County Court and Watson is in jail pending trial.
 It is alleged that on or about November the negro fortune, teller made an i'm proper proposal to the lady. None of her male relatives was on the farm at the time She ordered Watson away. He left the neighborhood. It Is understood that he has been in Lowndes County and the lower part of Montgomery County since committing the offense.
 I nthe meantime a warrant was sworn out before Judge J. B. Gaston of the County Court and a reward of $25 was of- fered by the husband of the insulted wo- man for the capture of Watson.
 While Watson has not been identified by the woman said to have been insulted the authorities are confident they have the right man.
 Watson is apparently about 50 years old and is of the more ignorant class of ne- groes. He had on his person a lot of small bags and parcels which he explained was his paraphernalia for conjuring.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
GROW STRAWBERRIES
COMPANY ORGANIZED TO DE-
 vELoP CoNECUH LANDS.
Will Raise Fruits and Berries Near CastIeberry on Large Scale. Montgomery Men are
 Interested.

The North Castleberry Strawberry As sociation with capital stock of $20.0OO, has been organized Tn Montgomery. The association, which is backed by capitalists of Indiana and we'll known citizens or Montgomery. will go extensively into the raising of fruits and vegetables In cone cuh County, near Castleberry.
 The section wherein the association VIII operate Is said to be the best sfrawperry land in the world. Experts nave said that it was unsurpassed in the productiveness of strawberries and similar fruits. Busi- ness men of experience make up the North Castleberry Strawberry Associa- tion and they have shown their faith Tn the possibilities of fruit raising in south east Alabama by putting their money Tn a fruit growing enterprise.
 The new enterprise will probably mean much for Conecuh County and the ad- joining section. The success of the Cas- tleberry Company. If success comes: as seems extremely probable. will induce other investors as we'll as increase immi- grafton.
 Of the capital stock of the association. SIS, 900 has been paid in cash. The asso- citation owns $50 acres of land in Conecun County and has options on other valu- able lands. One hundred acres of the asso. ciauon's holdings will be improved al once and the officers expect to have that much of the land set out in strawberries within the next sixty days. They expect large returns from their investments as 1t Is said that not lesS tnan $f" Iao uee, realized on one acre planted in straw berries in Southeast Alabama. The officers of the North Castleberry Strawberry Association, which has been incorporated, are: President. H. Marble of Wheatfields, Ind; Vice President. W. H. Bouslog of Bay St. Louis. Miss {; Treasurer, F. c. Shepard of Montgomery, and Secretary, o. P. Bartlett of Mont gomery. In addition to the officers the Stockholders are l.. H. Lister, Bay St. Louis, Miss, and F. F. Axten of Sabine, Tex.
 The associations principal place of busi- ness will be Montgomery. It is the inten- ton of the officers to make the property in Conecuh County a model strawberry farm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
Hence These Tears!

London Graphic.
 The outbreak which threatens Rouma- mia has been caused by the Minister of Public Instruction forbidding girls in the higher and secondary grades to wear cor sets and, in case of refusal, directing the forcfble removal of the offending article. The future mothers of Roumania, re- membering that the ancient Romans, from whom they claim indirect descent, wore a kind of stays, and that the corset, with a short interval, has been worn ever since. are naturally up in arms against the arbitrary decree. It is a case of war to the whalebone, and it Is pretty safe to prophesy that the schoolgirls will win.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
OFFICERS OF HIBERNIANs.
New Ones Installed by County Presi'
 dent Moriarity.


 The installation of officers of the An cient Order of Hibernians of Montgom- cry County took place Wednesday night in the hall of Division No. on Com merce Street and was most interesting occasion.
 T. H. Moriarity, County President, pre- sided and several eloquent speeches were made by leading Irishmen of the city,
 The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev, Father Hugh O Brien, Assistant rec tor of St. Peters Church, after which Hon. Alex Troy made an eloquent ad- dress on ''The Preamble of the -Society." John P. Kohn spoke eloquently reviewing lhe history of the Catholic Church in taining to it. State Secretary Hugh Gal laghar made short talk and read a paper on his trip to Denver earlier in the year to attend the National Convention or the Hibernians.
 MT. Moriarity then introduced Frank D. Kohn as the Bourke Cochran of Di- vision No. 1'' and MT. Kohn made hap py address.
 visiting Montgomery made an appreciat- ed address and several others spoke.
 County President Moriarity then depu- tized the State Chaplain. Rev; Father newly elected officers and they were in-
 County officers-T. H. Moriarity. Pres ident; H. Meehan. Vice-President; Pat Treasurer; Rev. D. Savage. Chaplain.
 Division No. 1-James Mcintyre. Presi- dent; John Ryan, Vice-President; John P. Kohn, Secretary; John Mclaughlin, Financial Secretary; T J. Kelly. Treas urer; D. F. Flood, Sergeant-at-Arms: John Tompkins Sentinel.
 Division No 2.-John J. Farley, Presi- dent; John Connors. VicePresident; Jo- s4ph P. Linahan. Secretary; c. c. De- Iancey, Financial Secretary. Christopher Bailey, Treasurer: James McCue. Ser geant-at- Arms; MT. Allen. Sentinel.
 After the installation of officers re- treatments were served and numerous informal speakers were mademrdluBph.u u informal speeches were made.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
BACK TAXES COLLECTED
STATE COMMISSIONER REPORTS
 FOR TWO YEARS.
Statements Compiled by Col. Harvey E. Jones Forwarded to the State Auditor-But Forty-one
 Counties Reported.

The report of Colonel Harvey E. Jones, State Tax Commissioner, has been com pleted and is in the hands of the printer.
 The Tax Commissioner report is made to the Auditor and is embodied in the latter published report.
 Colonel Joness report covers the year of 1901 and 1902, and 1t is made from the reports of forty-one County Back Tax Commissioners in the State. Eight of the County Back Tax Commissioners did not report or communicate with Colonel Jones'
 The report of the Tax Commissioner shows that in the two years in which Colonel Jones has been Back Tax Com missioner a total of $90. 45S IS in delinquent licenses has been collected. The State s share of the delinquent licenses amounted to $62. S4.
 The report states that there was a de crease in the amount of licenses collected in the last fiscal year due to the resist ance made by liquor dealers to the pay ment of an increased license made by the last General Assembly.
 Colonel Jones states that an assessment of escaped taxes on property Valuen at $39, ,S9s 5S had been made, which brought In a tax return of $3,15794 for the year l9Ol erty valued at 8, ,353 976 with an assess ment of 2924.70 had been made by the Back Tax Commissioners.
 In his recapitulation Colonel Jones states that the total valuation Of prop erty which had escaped taxation, but which was placed on the tax books under the administration of Judge w. J. wood Colonel Jones's predecessor, amounted to $3S 933, ,654 50. In Colonel Jones's admins tration the total of escaped tax property valuations amounted to $l7.079.5A3.
 The report states that the total of the undervalued and escaped property which was taxed by both State Tax Commits sioners amounted to s56.O1S.167.5O.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
Valuable Christmas Gift.

Parents, guardians. friends dnd rela- tives who wish to present one with val uable Christmas gift-a gift one cannot lose. thives cannot steal, fires burn, or floods wash away-a gift that costs but little in comparison with its real value a gift that would be a stepping stone. firm founda ton whereon one may build a successful career should present one with a scholarship in Draughon's Practical Business College. Farley National Bank Building school that gives q superior course of instruction. that has special facilities for securing positions, school that never makes any claims the record will not sustain. Call or send for cata- logue doF-sul-'nu
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
GRAY-HAMMoND.
Two Poplar Young Persons Married
 in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville. Dec. 20.-(Specila J. George Gray of Nashville, Tenn, and Miss Fannie Hammond of this place were married at the Methodist Church We'd nesday afternon Miss Addie Hammond was maid of honor and Frank Gray was best man. The ushers were: Messrs Eaton. Frank. Edwards and Hammond; Miss Annie Stevenson played the wedding march. Miss Hannah Cook sang Beau companied her on the violin. The music and song were given as the wedding party entered the church. A reception fol- lowed at the home of the brides father and seventy-fiye guests were handsomely entertained. After the reception the bridal party left on trip east.
 Tuesday evening Miss Eva Privett en- tertained at her pretty home the Gray Hammond wedding party The house was artistically decorated in beautiful wreaths of holly and ferns After re- treatments were served, the young people entered into a guessing contest in which the answers were abreviations of the States. The first prize, a Roman work centre pierce. was won by Miss Fannie Hammond the bride-to-be. The second prize, a handpainted candy box, went to Dr. Martin Crook. The souvenirs were miniature hand painted hearts The in yited guests were Misses Fannie Ham Marie Burke. Fannie Crook, Gertrude Arberry Addie Hammond, Lena Martin. of CSadsden Mrs. Gray of Nashville, Miss Copeland of Brennan. Ga, and Messrs George and Frank Gray of Nashville, Dr. Martin Crook New York, T. l.. Eaton, Ben Frank, Henry Edwards. Joe Arnold and J. D. Hammond of Jacksonville.