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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
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CnambcrSs q Journal.
 The total revenue of the United Kingdom for last year was 9I29.s5o 0. Wh, that glby writes or fpeakS of total Of ttis m & nitude can adequately realize the meaning of such an array of figures. of such la sa sums ? Let an expert bank clerk he set to count a pile of soveleisns of that amount ani how long will it take him to De! form the task ? At co sovereign q minute. the ere gies "s such a man working for eight hours . nay would be sorely taxed. Now. if he con. nu Il steadily to do this f3r oieht hours every fas his task woul not be completed until n litlr more than 2,7o5 working days hal D. SO !. in other words ah Tt seven yca,s Fnt i've ronths. This may give to some an idea u' the magnitude of the revenue raised yearly by the E itsh GovernmCn mt When 1t 6 c lected how the millions required for the pub lie service collected. now in small--very small-sums, now in ve'y large sums. tS) that 1t has become matter of boastng who pays the largest sum at a tmeN; how tho money Is sought from door to door by an a my of tax satheTers: how. also. So much is prac- tically collected by pub!icans. by tea Ceale x by tobacconsts, and by other tra 'ers o,n their customers. this in turn involving the re tention of q large army of Custom House of hcials and only beFins. how great q work it is in which those enRagel who are Ials- ing the British revenue cf { I2o 95oOJO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
RULES FOR BARBERS
SHOP MANAGERS TAKE PAINS TO ABOLISH GERM AND oD0R.
Clean Teeth and Sweet Breath to be Required of All Apnlicants-Talk ing to Be Prohibited Because
 of Its Annoyance.
Chicago Chronicle.


 No longer Wall the b1i be- With fin '!gcst on and bad mola b:eathe into the II st.iis If pl tIons or attempt 10 tell about the or miZe fights hereafter the blIbc- who ,xpect to get work in Chicago will have 10 CD hi, mouth shut when stoop.ng q vllt.m Ur else b.eathe tn ough a tubo. ard he w.l have to keep his teeth clean. if he has any. If he Goes not possess them he will lave ,o S4t some flom manufacturer.
 There are a few oihe. Lhin-s wh.ch the bar hes must do, also. all cf Mh.ch will be Q lcpt- ed at q meeting which is to be held In a short time at the instIGa ion ef John Heiier- nan, barber with shc9 on W4slingt T Street near Fifth Avenue,
 MT. Henernan says that; Chicago ba b,r' must nave regulations anl the b4!he 5 hlNe agreed with him. While ar of the tir.t-c as shops ih the city do evorything that Is poss .b e for the c9mtolt f inc ra..on' therco aIe :ns / posed to be g)od which do not. Thosn a!e the ones which 1t is h pei will be reacaeI.
 Those actions which We call the Iit,'e thinSa are the eneS which are n tied most in tn" hal be. sitp." all NJ. He1pInen yes tcrrGay. ani to get rid of iaese s the aim Of Chicago pIoprietD,s.
 novel scheme has h'n sugg-s ei fn, the elim. nation Of the baihe,s who have bal b.e&th. s ne of these are thc fistol,s CD treatment will be tried. r. this p oves in r. feetiH2 the ol ua: :be. w.l b. qurcl h. his Cnp yer do all ot his req trpuga tube which will disappear through the tloo- Into the baseT,len nt, where connexions will be male With the fresh ai os ta, ftste..
 All tf the new harbers wh, apI for posi-, tons will be rHqui ed to have their b cath tested The breath tests Nil be qul.o ab- crate and will be male by sci ntnc inves. gators.
 Ter tho division Of quality. these wi.h thick or heavy calculations will be inelig.b e and will have to fix things up win ihei lungs or else ~-H' polltcal jlh. Thcse Wltl the sweet breath will he hlej anl m ia . eases those also whose breath is simply ''punsent" will be signed.
 Bai bers intending to apply for contracts will have 10 use prGfus,o on of scTape;s and brushes on their inciscr, before present n , themselves, because this is to be a poirt or which tho propretors will be extcrcmAy syirt
 Loquacious barbers, too, will bo baIiel. f5r shop owners have decided that their patrcns are not to be distu bed by those who talk too much of races. prize fght -rs, mu do s ana hold-ups They will not c"vu !, all.Nei t1 ask Does the razor hurt?" wh Ii they mus know that 1t does not.
 Then they must keep their Hngernails short and clean, also, according 10 the ideas of MT Heffel nan. Mugs and brushes must be stet il ized by immersion in boiling water or n s pa! cent. solution of carb5iio acid razors shall be wiped with 95 per cent alcohol after be n ' used, floors and woodwork nut be moppe with antiseptc solution. hairbrushes An combs must be kept clean and sterilized regu lally and clean towel shall be usel for each customer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
Business was Thriving.

He had been born in an inland State far from any considerable body of water and he had spent little time in going t1 school and less in reading At the same In the course of twenty years hard work time he was agood business man. and he built up a handsome little fortune. But the fortune cost him dear. His health brtke down, and his physician ordered him to the seashore for a month
 Co down and get a good place to board" the doctor said. but be sure you don't go into the surf for the first few days. You can get a bucket of sea Voter and take a sponge in it, but don't take a swim until you get acclimatcd.
 He went down to a seashore resort and rented room. then In the dusk of the evening he went down to the shore with a tin bucket to get a pail of salt water. On the shore stood a big life guard in uniform, who saw that the st anger was new to the place.
 T want to get bucket of salt water" he said to the life guard. How much is lt?"
 T guess a quarter'u do." said the life guard, who was quick to take advantage of his opportunity
 The monev was paid and the stranger from the interior went back to the house with the pail of water. At the time the tide was al it's flood. and tAe sandy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
CURIOUS OLD PISTOLS
ONCE OWNED BY CAPT. TRAvERS CHAMPION SHOT OF HTS DAY
Used in Thirty-two Duels-Employ- ed on Two Occasions by Gov. Blu
 ford of Kentucky and in Notable Matches.

Two pairs of pistols which have probably as inter resting histOlfts as any similar weapons tain schsaf the veteran shot who is now coaching the police force in the use Of the re volver, says the. St. Louis Republic. One pail was formerly the property of Captain Johr Travers, the best-known shot of his day. while a pair of fintlock weapons date back nearly seventy years to the time Of their pos; essior by the Albany family. prominent in the history of New York State.
 Especial interest centers in a pair of per Travers the champion pistol shot Of his day beilum days Captain TaVers toured the Southern States for several years prior to the resulted in his secu ing the patronage of many members of old-time Southern families who employed him as coach in the use of the
 Kentnckians of the old school will remember the weapons those used in duels by Cove n or Buford of Kentucky on two occasions. in one of which the Cove nor was badly injured. but fatally wounded his man.
 Local interest attaches to the weapon on &C., count of a match shot here in the old steam boat days between a Captain Paul and Cap tain Travers for the championship of Missouri ond-story window Of Mussey's billiard hall, then at Fourth and Pine Streets. across the where the targets were posted. It is estimated that fully 10000 persons stood in the street tions being E jammed with spectators.
 Nine-lnch china plates were used as tar sets and were glaced between ', the s,r wind1ws S The distance was about 100 feet and the stakes and side bets between several of the parties most intel ested amounted to nearly SI5 900 on each side. Each man fired at $ plates, and no stronger testimony can be ad- duced of the improved marksmanship of to- day than the fact that Captain Travers, the victor broke but i3 of the plates. while Cap tain Paul broke but l |.
 terward, where his fame as pistol shot ha preceded him. Soon after this Bion in, the famous tight-rope wake" made his trip acrosi Niagara Falls on a cable. As additi nal attraceion to one of these trips Captain T ave s and Blondin entered into an agreement whe e. by the Captain 10 shoot n bullet through Blondin's hat held in the latter's outstretched
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
Prettiest Girls in the World

A man who has traveled far and wide over the face of the earth. visiting. nearly every country known to civilization, de- clares that if asked where the prettlest girls in the world are to be found he would unhesitatlngly reply in Limerick, Ireland. There Is q freshness of face, lustrousnesa of eyes, hcalthfnlneSs of color 4n.l complexion about the Lime rick girls en masse that carry on the sweepstakes trophy. The girls of Cork and of the lakes-in fact. of the country ali the way down from Dublin-Gre some what of the Limerick order. In form they constitute happy medium between the rotund English maids across one channel and the syiphlike Parisian de- moiselles beyond the other.
 But the Limerick face is the perfec- tion of female beauty-a human ceramic without a blemish The Limerick girl is also the highest example of exquisite wit and ingeniOusness-an extraord1nary assimilation. to be sure. In other words, while she is .'ot tnsensihle of her spar kle of words, she seems like one who has never looked frequently Into mir TOT. She has regular and sometimes very pretty teeth and If her nose is often in- clined to be retrousse and there is an Irish expression of mouth" these but add piquancy to her other beautiful fea- lures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

them as widest insubordination- Imag- inc the shock a first century Christian would feel if told there was no use in his trying to extend the gospel Why should twentieth century brother not feel equally shocked? Suppose those first century brethren had taken that narrow lazy view of the case, where would Flu rope and America be today Would we have any gospel to carry to the Orient
 If this letter were not already over long, another point to be urged Is: have Jesus and His salvation proved of any worth to you for time and eternity? If so. shall we not give these same un- speakable blessings to these nations who without us would certainly never hear of them.
 Still another weighty matter is the many and wonderful transformations which the gospel message Is daily CT. fectng In individuals, communities ana whole nations in these missionary lands. Time would fail me to tell of all these things. We on the ground can only say
 '- ~ R. E. McAlpine.
 Nagoya, Japan. Jan. 6, 1902.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

wood. anu if stiIl untou het for a upl O. yeafs is cloake1 by that "mcl .ed LnIer- growth" whose ',ffSpIfns choke your path al l wave their tangled. g. cen clad arms in ,Itun ph above your head--in su- h q lqnd of growth and of production, NatuIe. siantess nd m s- clan though she be, cannot work GI he mysteries in the months of a single spring time
 Thus 1t comes to pass that the Spring is the Spring, the Autumn ceases to be a time of decay, an1 becomes SD ing's younger s s. ter. aiding her lo"ingly in her wJIk Wintec. too' joins hands with Summer. and though the strength to work all the miracles wuo ht by the fierce sunlight of July. still the mora scanty blossoms of September and October turn to luscious fiuts in December and Jar >s ary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
Seasons in the Malay Peninsula.

National Review.
 At first you will find it difficult to decide by what name to call one of the years phases. The familiar terms seem to fit them but i'll, for the seasons of the opics have many strange features If you bear in min what the Malay Penin ula is like, you will see how this can la dly fail to be as it is Tn e land where all things grow with mary elous rapidity. almost as you watch them; where the forests are gorgeous web. of which all manner of trees and shrubs and creepers rm the inter woven warp and woof whe'e e the slender spear blades of the lalang ass rise in their dazzling greenness to a height of seven feet. and the tasteled flowers of the elephan. reeds wave on the graceful stalks which are tall enough to hide from sght the mighty animal from which they take their name where ploughed land. if left lying faliow for a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
Divorce Courts in Canada.

An effort is to be made" says The ppnliadeiphia Record "in the Canadian Farnament. which will convene next month. to create courts having jurtsdic- ton over divorce cases. As the Dominion law now stands the Senate has exclusive control over such matters. Divorce hills are considered by committee of nine and the findings of this body are rati- ned proforma by the Senate. Costs of procedure vary from S700 to $500. so that none but the wealthy can afford to be divorced in Canada.
 Chief Justice Meredith of Ontario, re- gently refused to allow prosecution for oigamy in case where a Canadian cou- Die had moved to the United States. been divorced there and returned to Canada af- ter remarriage to other persons. This Judicial nuliification of a Dominion stat ute has stirred society north of the Lakes. and the costly machinery of Sem atorial divorces now seems to be in dam ger of relegation to the legislative scrar heap"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

of eight members, voted against an app-opria- tion of $500 900 to provide shelter and bar rackH for American soldiers at Manila m the Philippines. It may have occurred to some that if such protection was not fur. nished the soldiers tho Government might have to bring them home to keep them out oi the wet and the war in the islands men tioned would be at an end. There is no otnsf way to account for their refusal to provife barracks for the sodiers.-Galveston (Tex.) NewF.
 Notwithstanding that we are in the twen- tieth century--the era Of The Hague confer once and wireless telegraphy-the world Is spending more on wsrlike preparation than cost this Govel nment S3no 900. GOO or more and expense is going on at the rate of SjZ.- 900 ooo a month. Great Britain has spent more than 6 bili7n of dollars on the Boef war This Is the sum the wars of Napoleon cost France in thirteen years. Great Britain has euualled 1t in ws- with small ? we In three years not counting the cost of it's navy The people pay this bill for the enter tainment of their rulers.-Pittsburg Post
 bv endorsing the movement to obtain for New York City the right to decide what its Sunday liduor law shall be. His Idea of the best thing to do Is to ask the Legislature for the passage of a measure which will allow local option by b,roughs on the question Of op,n for this purpose to be held in the Spring. and the result of such voting to gove n for tive or three years Mir. Low sums up the phil osophy of the situation when he says that Fin some form or another. the city itself must be allowed to work out its own salvati9n In this matter. and that ''it Is manifestly req sonable" to ask that this be permitted.-NeW York Evcning Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
bach was all under water

D. ach was all under water.
 Ntxt moi hing at ebb tide, the visitor went down again to the beach, and again met the l!legIard. He glanced out at the long stretch of sand which the re- t-Catins waves had left bare-apparentIy tha edge of the ocean had retreated a quarter of a mile during tae night. Then he turned to the lifcgLard with admlra- tian in. his eyts.
 Great Scott. man." he said waving his hand at the far-out ocean. but you must do a terrible big business.
 The richest community of negroes in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
willie Remembered.
Pittsburg Bulletin.

Plttsburg Bulletin
 Willie had swallowed a penny, and his mother was in a state of much alarm.
 Helen" she called to her sister in the next room, send for a doctor. Willie has swal lowed a penny"
 The terrified boy looked up implo' ingly. NO mamma" he interposed, send for the minister
 The ministeI.' exclaimed the motho- Yes, because papa says eur minister can get money out of anybody"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
Music Tn a Barber's Shop.

LIppInCOILB. ..
 If we go from the gentlemans parIor to the barher's shop of the sixteenth century we find unmistakable evidences of the popularity of music. People would to have had more time in those days than now. and do not ap- pear to have minded waiting as much as brisker moderns; and so the barber provided r"eans to erNu~e thcs~ who y~o-a vaitfn~ Their turn. For this purpose he had the virginais m one corne. tha vngnal De.ng a str4nged instrument, the precursor of ou- piano fin which, by pressing keys like our piano keys the strings were struck, not by a hammer as in our piano. but by a quill. or ella ii {, piece of wood of leather. or of metrI. A virginal of Elizabeth's time is still preserved in the South Kensington Museum Tn England
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

A WARNING-to feel tired before excr- ton Is not laziness-its sign that the system lacks vitality. and needs tho tonic effect of Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sufferers should not delay. Get rid of that tired feeling by beginning to take Hoods sar- sapariIla today. @
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

$4oo KoRRECT SHAPE S4.oo The above is name and price of the best Shoe ever put on the market for men. Come in all the different pop ular feathers. Can fit any width foot. Don't fail to test them.
 Bullock & Fleming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09

country has been to some extent aware of the pretentions of that body in the ments to public olnce and It's apparent intention to invade the constitutional right of the House to initiate appropria- lions. It has often yawned and protested Senate held up public business in order to exploit themselves to the limit of their lung power. The country also. has a number. if not amajority, of the sena- tors got there by political trickery in some cases smacking of corruption But the debate in the Senate yesterday re- sacred body in charge of the whole works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
The Senate is "It."
Memphis scimitar

MemphlS Scimitar.
 Is the Senate the whole thing in the government of the United States? Is 1t vested at once with legislative, sdminis- trative and executive powers, and with before which the faithful must scatter incense and burn sandalwoed sticks? The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
A Prnhlen1 in Hair

New York Sun, r0 7GoG dtt7e
 The fact that Kubelik has beaten Pade- rewski in the matter of box office re- ceipts and enthusiasm at Chicago raises the question of the comparative drawing power of dark and light hair in musical persons.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
GREATEST OF ALL SHOES.

Packard & Fields "Korrect Shape" Shoes for Men. Price, $4oo. They fit the foot, they wear well, they look swell, Bullock & Fleming.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

"Once in the late '70s," said Man
ager John J. Murdoch of Chicago. Il
had been playing through the south
with a company which had the mis-.
fortune to go broke at Selma, Ala.
BY methods which it might be en-
barrassing to recount my partner and
worked our way over to st. Louis.
We arrived in the Missouri metropo-
lis with So cents as our joint capt.
tai
MY partner had been reared IN
the town of Troy, N. Y, and the first
day in st. Louis he ran across a pro-
fessional swimmer who had been
schoolmate of his in Troy. The swim
mer had been working in st. Louis
natatorium, but had been discharged
the day before we got to town. He
had a total capital of 80 cents, which,
after due consideration, he put into
the common pool. He also had
partner, who had no money at all.
"The four of us lived as long as
possible on the money in hand. Then
matters became desperate. We had
tried to get work Of some kind, but
had failed utterly. Finally we held
a session at which the following
scheme was evolved:
"The grocers Of st. Louis had ar
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

ranged for a grand excursion on the
river. 1t was agreed, after long
discussion, that we should raise as
much money as possible, buy tickets
ON the steamboat. and start on the
excursion. When the boat was a
good distance out from land my part.
ner was to give a last despairing
wall and jump overheard. The pro-
fessional swimmer, who was to be
on the upper deck, was to throw OF
his coat and vest, unloosen his shoes,
and leap overheard to the rescue at
the cry of Man overheard My part
ner was a good swimmer, so we fig
ured that nobody involved was run.
ming much risk.
when the professional had beat
en- my partner into submission in the
water and 5oat had put out from
the steamer to complete the rescue
we had arranged that who at that
time ran strongly to silk hats and
red neckties-should take off my silk
hat, drop the cash we had left into
it, and collect as much money as |
could among the passengers for the
ostensible benefit of the heroic res
cuer.
I'VE managed tH raise IS, and spent
So for four tickets for the excursion.
The minute the boat left the dock
they commenced selling beer. The
barroom occupied most of one of
the decks. and everybody in sight
helped himself. paying or not for
what he got about as he pleased. AS
a result of this freedom the partner
of the professional swimmer, who
had been on short rations for several
weeks, drank more than was good
for him, as we afterwards learned to
our sorrow.
Finally the steamer reached a
place in the river where we thought
it safe to spring our great scheme.
My partner jumped into the water,
and the man on the lookout raised
the cry of Man overheard At the
word the professional swimmer, who
was located on the upper deck. threw
off his coat and vest, kicked off his
shoes, leaving all his clothes in
charge of his partner. and made a
spectacular dive into the river.
Instantly the passengers were all
attention. They crowded to the rail
and watched every motion. The
swimmer reached my partner In a
few moments and pretended to beat
him over the head so that he might
be safely handled. The captain
stopped the steamer. and boat
pulled off for the rescue. AS soon
as the two conspirators were pulled
into the boat it was my turn to come
to the front. | climbed up on to
the railing. took off my silk hat,
threw the last three dolls IS We had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
Two Good Irish Bulls,

The Philadelphia Times gives two
good samples of Irish bulls. DR..
O'Hague, health officer at Minneapo.
lis, when recently in Philadelphia at
gathering of medical men, became
engaged in a discussion of the dan.
gers resulting from impure drinking
water.
Why" he said, "the typhoid fever
bacilli call for the most diligent at
tention If the health of a community
is to be conserved. They are so small,
gentlemen, that a handful of them
could be placed on the point of a
needle!"
Still another bull is contributed by
reader, who says he overheard a
street car argument between two
Celts the other day concerning the
Spiritualistic leanings of the late
Ferdinand ]. Dreer.
We'll" said one, "he moight have
been bit foolish an behaved in ban
shee an the loike, but he knew
enough to have himself cr-remated."
"An' do yez be thinkin' that's a
good thing?" asked his opponent.
why, man l do that! Whin yes is
cr.remated yez can have the ashes put
in little tin box an carry 'em around
in your visit pocket wild yez."