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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20

found, of course, In the negro quarters. There are no tenements In Wasnlngton' no need of tenements In city or mag nlficent distances" but there are negro novels, huts and pens which require at tention. Not long ago there was great hue and cry in Washington over the mah- ner of life of the negro population, espS. cially as to the relation or the sexes. it Is being realized now. as It apparently was not realized then, that nothing can so contribute to the raising or proper standards of living among people as lu- provement In the manner in wnlch they are housed. Yet this IS very simpie and very evident truth, based upon com mon sense as well as upon experience. If the movement in Washington for bet ter homes for the poor results m sup stantial betterment-and there are inoi- cations that 1t wfll--it is beyond ques- ton that a great step will have been taken in establishing purity and moral living among the negro population there.
 In St. Louis a verdict awarding s2,OO0 was. recently found by jury in favor of A, plaintiff who was ejected by force from a street car after rendering to the con- duetor a five-cent piece worn smooth Dy long service. The jury decided that the coin was good legal tender for the amount of the fare, and that the plaintin was entitled to damages for being illegally elected. It is the policy of the Govern nnent to look after coins Which nave oone long service, and bear the marks Of 1t, and they can be redeemed, unlike plugged and mutilated coins. The street car com pany could lose nothing by accepting the worn coin, and the St. sLouis case indicates that something may be lost by not accepting it. It was shown in the St. Louis case, and is dorbtless true else v here, that the refusal to take the smooth coin was not due primarily to the con ductor, a rule of the company prohibit ing him from turning in coin of this character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Camden, Ala.
= The Joe Wheeler Chapter.

The Joe Wheeler Chapter. U. D. C.. held their regular monthly meeting Tues day April 1. at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Long.
 Mrs. W. H. Long, with Miss Margaret Clarkson as alternate, was elected dele gate to represent the Chapter at the State U. D. C. Convention in Demopolis May le. After the completion of all regular bus mess an election of officers was held with the following result: Mrs. D. w. Speake, President; Miss Margaret Banks. First Viee-President; Miss Myrtle Finn, Sec ond Vice-President; Miss Rosa Cart wright, Secretary; Miss W. Ii. Long. Treasurer; Mrs. Calvin Brown. Historian; Miss Rebecca Rockingham, Director. The President appointed as a Credential Com mittee Mrs. J. H. Brown, Mrs. Walter Grubbs Miss Margaret Clarkson.
 The Chapter adjourned to meet with Mrs. D. W. Speake the first Tuesday in May. Rosa Cartwright.
 Gecretary.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
The New Exhilarant-

Tt is not whiskey in the stomach that makes a man drunk. but it's fumes in the head. Therefore" remarks Victor smith, T have invented rew drink for burnt cut topers, whose Things have been so charred that the happy, tingiing sensa- tion is no more felt when fierce, liquid balls are rolled under the belt. One ounce of fine brandy; three ounces of pure wa- ter; mix; keep in an. atomizer. and when you feel in the humor spray the nostrils. inhaling briskly. so as 10 disperse the ae- tive principle throughout the right and left halves of the rhinencephalon. The instant the diluted brandy reaches the Schneiderian membrane the most hard 'esfed toper braces up, and when 1t strikes the base of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone. which is the ground floor of the brain cavity. he touches the drunk- ards heaven. This invention. makes a bottle of brandy last month. and pre- serves the stomach. Patent applied for"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20

speech on Cuban reciprocity recently his voice was in bad condition and he placed on his desk a bottle, filled with fluid as paused to sample the contents. His all 10 ted time had run out, correspondent says, long before the bottle was empty,
 and a member moved that his time be extended, just as the general was taking another tug at his medicine. 'I move"
 said Mir. Hank Smith of Michigan, at whom General Grosvenor had been polk Ing fun for seeing spooks in the sugar trust, that the gentleman be given time to conclude his speech and take a drink"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
DIRECTORY.

President-Mrs. 4. l.. Dowdell. Ope-~ lika. Honorary President-Miss Sallie C. Jones, Camden.
 Pties,ases'csn.1Mss Pet.rlssyce' Tnse.looss. Second Vice PresfdentT-Mrs. ". n.
 Pruett, Clayton. Recording Secretary-Mrs- Root. Ar Lee, .GreenvtAe. s; Correspond Secretary-Mrs. WHEY
 w, Williams, Opelika. Treasurer-Mrs. J. W. A: sanfofa'
 Montgomery. EH :' - :, Historian-Mrs. Harvey E. Jones' Spring Hill, Mobile, Registrar-Miss Mary Clayton Io
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Bnsts of Morrill, and Voorhees.

Senator Blackburn has introduced . joint resolution in the Senate approprfat- ing money for marble busts of the late Senators Morrill, of Vermont and Voor- hees of Indiana. They are to be placed in the Congressional Library.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Rhodes Strong on Theoloev

While at school Cecil Rhodes did best AS A sfident of fheoFcGy'.' He won six prizes in that st udY while Gtting himseli for oxford. This carly penchant may q
 count for hts scheme for consolidith. the English-spe akirE race by founding 20 secret society modeled after the Jesut
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Alabama Division, U. D. 0.

Article III. Section ,. of the By-Laws of this Division requires that the lreasr ,rer shall send her report and DOCKS 10 the Auditing Committee, two weeks prior to the Annual Convention. It IS there- fore evident that all Chapters should send in their per capita dues prior to the clos ing of these books and nothing added to or taken from them after being turned over to the> Auditing Committee. unless hv nermission of the Convention assem- bied. Mrs. P. H. Nell ex-Treasurer or Jhts Division, knowing the difficulties she had experienced as well as her pred" cessors in office in receiving dues Of de- lnouent hapters and -belared memb'rs just before the hour of opening. offered n motion at the Convention in Eufaula. that the requirements of the Constitu- ton be strictly observed, that the books of the Treasurer be closed two weeks be fore the Convention. And that Chapter Treastirers shoull send the receipts for State dues from the State Treasurer by their delegates to the Convention. These receipts to verify their credentials if they w,re called in question. The books ot the Treasurer must decide the voting strength of each Chapter Carried,
 Mrs J. N. Thompson then moved that these resolutions be obeyed to the letter. Carried.
 Mrs. Nell moved that circular be sent out to every Secretary two weeks before the Convention as a reminder or t,!ese requirements to avoid confusion and errors. Carried.
 A motion was also made and carried that each Chapter shall send the Record ing Secretary Mrs. R. A. Lee. Green vile, and the Registrar Miss Mary Clay ton. Eufaula. each revised list ot Chap Ter officers and members two weeks be- fore the Convention. so that the Secre. tary's and Registrars books may aErec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Mrs. A. L. Dowdell. President.
 Editof-ln-Chief. Mrs. J. ". Thompson, Tuscumpfa.
 Chapter Editor. Mrs. J. Asa Rountree. Birmingham.
 Historical Editor.

Our fallen heroes: "Tae manner of their death was the crowning glory of their lives.'-Jefferson Da- Wis, =. &-'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY.
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You are hereby reminded of these ex- cellent rules passed at the last Annual Convention of the Alabama Diviison. U. D. C., which we trust you will observe to the letter, as they will be strictly ad- hered to, in the Convention.
 Respectfully,
 Mrs. w. w. Williams.
 Corresponding Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
cHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES.

Historical Committee--Miss E. h.- Bullock. Eufaula. :r Monumental Committee-Mrs. U.
 C.. Dawson, Montgomery:
 White House Committee-Mrs' '''
 D. Beaie, Montgomery. 2 :.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20

r The officers of the Alabama Division and the co-editors of the U. D, c. col-' umns of The Advertiser, are requested to send in their bill of expenses, for stamps, stationary, etc. to the President for endorsement, that the Treasurer may settle all bills before her books are turn ed over to the Auditing Committee.
 We note with deep regret the serious illness of our worthy Historical Edator, Mrs. I. Asa Rountree, and her interest- ing articles will beyimissed from these columns We sincerely hope for her speedy, rec oyerys to assume her duties again with us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20

Entitled to Time for a Drink. When General Grosvenor essayed his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
omcial Announcement.

The sitxh Annual Convention of the Ala hama Division of the United Dausn.e.' of the Confe deracy will meet @ in Dsp r,,ests 1Iiis on the 18th of May. as the guess D;' of the Marengo Rifles Chapter. This Dl- vision is nov composed of .thirty-thrSS,1, Chapters, and we hope each Ctapter VII. VII send to this Converrfon its full npHoer of frepresentatives. Each Chapter IS here- hv renuested to send the names of US delegates at once to the Ctrrespohains Secretary cf Marengo Rifles Chapter, Mrs. J. T. Jones, Demopolis. All Cpap.eIs sit entitled to representation accoroihs .o 'to to Constitution: "To one represeatatiVe to e,.ry twenty-five members or fracllon thereof. said fraction being not less tnah seven; any one or more delegates rom d Inapter can cast the full vote or sala able to send a delegate may De cast p5 proxy. Said proxy to be in writing ana signed by President and Secretary or the Chapter.
 The usual reduction in railroad rates has been secured upon the "certlnSale nfan."' of one and one-third rates. Each delegate desiring to avail herself or the reduced rate must purchase nnst c'ass , ticket (either limited or unlimited) to tne place of meeting at the regular tarlI. rate and at the same time procure rom the ticket agent a certificate or the stanu- ard form. If through ticket can not pc procured at the starting point, the oele- gate must bear in mind the fI impor'amSno aacn
 
 agent of whom ticket is purchased. Before returning from meeting. II per son holds more than one certificate.. potfi should be signed by the Secretary ana vised by the special gent. We n- vite your special attention to these re- ouirements of the Southeastern Tariif As sociation, in order to secure tor you ana each delegate the reduced rate In trans portation. These certificates. when signed by the Secretary, Mrs: R.: A. Lee, will entitle you to the one-third rate li' returning to your homes.
 The Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. W W. Williams will send to each Chapter two 'credential blanks. which are to be filled out and signed by the President and Secretary. One to be mailed 70 tns State Secretary. Mrs. R. A. Lee, Green vilIe the duplicate to be presented oy'one of the delegates from said Chapter. or proxy named therein at the Convention. The Corresponding Secretary VIII alse send to each Chapter the circular, which we print below as required by mo1on passed at the last Convention in Eu- aula .-
 X strict observance or these require ments on the part of the Chapters anu their re-pr esentatives will avoid confusioh and errors in the opening or the con vention. thus making easy work Tor the Credentials Committee and a qucH dis- patch of business.
 The President and Secretary of the Di- vision will be glad to give any turtner information upon application.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Mark Twain's Cousin,
c. C. Clemens, of Topeka,

Kan, the mo- ted constitu- tional lawyer who bears so striking a re- semblancc to Mark Twain, s Samuel B. Clenens) that he is frequent ly taken for the
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
"The Barbour County Chapter" II
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President Ala. Charter Chapt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20
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Free trial packages of a most remark able remedy are being mailed to all who will write the State Medical Institufe They cured so many men who had battle6 for years against the mental and nhvs,- cal suffering of lost manhood that the ,n- sttute has decided to distribute free tr,a , packages to all who write It is a hon. treatment. and all men who suffer with any form of sexual weakness resulft,o n from youthful folly. premature loss of strength and memory, weak back yar.. cocele or emaciation of parts can now cure themselves at home.
 The remedy has peculiarly grateful ef- feet of warmth and seems 10 act direct to the desired location. giving strength and development just where it Is needed. If cures all the ills and troubles that come from years of misuse of the natural func- tions and has been an absolute success in all cases. A request to the State Medical Institute. 455 Elektron Building, Tt. Wayne, Ind, stating that you desire one of their free trial packages, will be com piled with promptly. The institute Is de- sirous of reaching that great class of men who gre unable to leave home to be treat ed, and the free sample will enable them to see how easy 1t is to be cured of sex ual weakness when the proper remedies are employed The institute makes no re- strictions. Any man who writes will be sent free sample, carefully sealed in a plain package. so that its recipient need have no fear of embarrassment or pub licity. Readers are requested to write without delay. 7-1t'tf-sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20
Queer Meals Men Order.

I've heard and read lot about the queer meals women order in restaur- ants" said the observant waiter in a res- taurant near Herald Square, and l sup pose a good deal of 1t Is true. But you can never make me believe that men know any more about what to eat than women do.
 Take for example a business man, who dropped in here this morning for break fast. He ordered a cup of tea and asked to have 1t weak, and that was all I sug- gested roll, or toast but he snapped out that be wished I'd bring him that tea and l didn't make any more sug- gestions. We'll he got his cup of tea, and got 1t weak. He drank half of it and then filled up the cup with ice water, and he actually seemed to relish that mis- erable concoction.
 Well, sir, when this customer had fin- ished this tea and ice water he studied the bill of fare, and I concluded he was going to order real breakfast, after all l guess he read over everything on the bill, and then he called for a dish of rhubarb sauce-and not thing with it. Now, what do you think of that?
 The man took his time eating up the rhubarb, and then he read over the bill Of fare again. It was the breakfast bill and had few dinner or dessert dishes. The man didn't find what he wanted, and so he called me over and asked me if the strawberry shortcake was ready yet The chef told me 1t was, and the customer or dered portion. I had an idea he wouldn't take cream with the shortcake but he did
 Now, what kind of meal was that for a man to start his days work on? Oh, mol you can't make me believe the women are the only ones who order freak meals in restaurant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20

and was very handy with the Sub Maxillary. He wore his Chest a few inches in front of himself and no one could tell him where to get off. Inasmuch as he was a big, husky Good-Looker with all the Manly Accomplishments, he had a Panel Picture of himself leading Miss Blonde into a Flat.
 Number Two belonged in the Sub-Duffer Class, no matter what Game he tackled. When he swung at Golf Ball he usually hit him self on the Ankle. In sailing a Boat he did not know a Sheet from Sail. He ducked all kinds of Athletic Sports, In Company he became balled up and often had to be Rescued. He was no Ring Performer and he knew it. There fore, to avoid making too many Breaks he would go to the Blonde and confidentially ask her to be his True Friend and steer him through the Shoals.
 Number One would be out on the Links, hammering away to win $2 Cup, but Number Two would remain under Cover and complain of feeling a trifle Knocked Out and permit the Blonde to put Cold Cloths on his Head. Then he would give her a couple of those long yearning Looks and tell her that no one else had ever been quite so Good to him.
 Number One was trying to dem onstrate that he was a Deuce of Fellow and Number Two was trying to convince her that she was an Ace of a Girl.
 When both of them had come to Tow, she did not hesitate for any great length of Time.
 That poor Boy needs a bright and Clever Woman to take care of him." she said. "He has learned to depend upon me and it would be Cruel to turn him Adrift."
 Number Two won by City Block
 MORAL: Star Her and she will discover your Good Points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20

q shall expect you to tell Arch ibald all about the business" said the Main Gazooks to the Patient Toiler. You see he has just grad uated from Harvard and he doesn't know dunn Thing about Manag- ing anything except a Cat-Boat, but his Father Is one of our prin- cipal Stockholders and he is en- gagged to a Young Woman whose Uncle is at the head of the Trust"
 q had been hoping to get this Job for myself" said the Faithful Worker, faintly.
 You are so valuable as a Su- bordlnate and have shown such an Aptitude for Detail Work that it would be Shame to waste you on a 5000 Job," said the Main Gazooks. Besides you are not Equipped You have not been to Harvard Your Father is not a Stock-Holder. You are not en- gagged to a Trust. Get back to your High Stool and whatever Archi- bald wants to know, you tell him."
 MORAL: One who wishes to De u rlBure-iead SnOu&o not OVef- train.
 W.
 The One of the Crafty Love-Mak-
 CT Who Needed a Lady Man.
 aeer.
 At a Summer Resort two Young Fellows were after a Blonde.
 One was an all-round Grand Stander and the other was a plain Varnish.
 Number One could play IS Holes in Bogey and ride any Jumper that ever wore a Girth. He was built like an OK and asked People to feel of him, for he was as hard as Nails. If any Argument came up on the Veranda or at the Din ner Table he made the others look like Rabbits. for he was Posted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20

He was all the time hollering be- cause he could not get Garlic in his Food. He wore a Velveteen Coat and smoked Fumigato Cigar cites and read French Novels. Alec didn't know who was Presi- dent of the Country or Governor of the State and he did not wish to bother about 1t.
 America simply amused him.
 In the meantime Father had to put up, for Alec was dead set against the Commercial Spirit. His principal occupation was wish ing himself back in Paree and nearly everybody hoped he would get his Wish.
 Once the Directory Man asked Alec's Father for some Informa- tion.
 What is your Son?" asked the Directory Man.
 "You can search me-" replied the unfortunate Patriarch. He does everything that a Painter does, except Paint. He don't want to be called an American and yet can't label him French, having no Grudge against France. He's a mixture of Parisian. Sucker, Fix patriate, Four-Flusn and Free Luncher, which makes him, as near as I can figure 1t, a Yellow Mongrel."
 MORAL: To benighted People the Latin Quarter looks like Thirty Cents.
 The One of the Poor Woman Who
 Had to Live in House That
 Was Over-Run by Anecdotes.
 A Gentleman of several Dialects once married a Woman because she had the Sense of Humor.
 About the time she was up stream with the Bait but before he had used the Net, he would call on her and spring a Good One every little while. Whenever he told a ripe old Scandinavian Wheeze or an Irish Bull she would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20

let out Whoop and keel right over among the Cushions. He was an unqualified Hit and ran for nearly 100 Nights.
 She's the Strip of Calico for me-" said the Private Comedian. There's no chance of a Crust forming on our Married Life, for can see Future all ripping with Laughter. I shall be Funny Man and she can play Audience.
 After they had been married a couple of years she knew the whole Repertoire backwards. He had collection of Hastetters that made Joe Miller seem compara- lively Recent and he worked them off every time they had Company but not at any other Time.
 Her Sense of Humor seemed to evaporate after she had heard some 4000 shine Catches told in parlor Dialect.
 The storytelling Man dies like an Outcast if he is cut out of his usual Stunts.
 In order that the conversation might not lag she began to fill in fy telling him what she thought of him.
 At present his only happy Mo ments come when they have Friends to Dinner She does not dare to choke him off and there is a tall Bouquet in the Center of the Table, so that he cannot see her Face.
 MORAL: Only very appre- ciative Woman enjoys one after hearing it 800 times.
 III.
 The One of the Patient ToiIer Who
 Got 1t In the Usual Place.
 Once there was an Office Elm ployee with a Copy-Book Educa- ton.
 He believed it was his Duty to learn to Labor and to Wait.
 He read Pamphlets and Maga- zine Articles on Success and how to make 1t Cinch. He knew that if he made no changes and never beefed for more Salary, but just buckled down and put in Extra Time and pulled for the House, he would Arrive in time.
 The Faithful Worker wanted to be Department Manager. The Hours were short and the Salary large and the Work easy.
 He plugged on for many Moons, keeping his Eye on that Roll-Top Desk, for the Manager was getting into the Has-Been Division and he knew there would be Vacancy.
 At last the House gave the old Manager the Privilege of retiring and living on whatever he had saved.
 "Ah, this is where Humble Merit gets it's Reward" said the Patient Toiler. q can see myself count ing Money.
 That very Day the Main Gazooks led into the Office one of the handsomest Tennis Players that ever worked on Long Island and introduced him all around as the new Department Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-20
Cheap Postage Stamps.

In the show window of almost every dealer in postage stamps on Nassau street may be seen complete sets of stamps is- sued by the different governments of South America, uncancelled, and marked for sale at an exceedingly low figure. Ere quently the face value of the stamps Is far in excess of the price mark.
 The explanation is very simple. Most of the Central and South American gov ernments have their stamps engraved In this city. The engraving companies make an agreement with the government by which they furnish them for almost noth- ing, as many stamps as they want on condition that as soon as the issue is re- tired the engravers have the privilege of printing as many more stamps as they choose to sell to dealers.
 The stamps are genuine in every re- spect being printed from the same plates the only difference being that they never saw the country they purport to come from. For this reason many collectors prefer cancelled stamps for their albums.