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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
RAINS RELIEVE DRouGHT.

Professor Cary Delivers an Interest
ing Address in Auburn.
Opelika. May l5.-(Special. )-General
rains in this section have at last relieved
the drought which has existed for
several weeks. y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
Hardware Combine collapses.

Announcement was made this morning
that the hardware combination when
was reported practically formed several
weeks ago, has been abandoned. As stat
ed by gentleman In a position to know,
complications have arisen which have
torn asunder all previous arrangements.
Thirty days ago the contamination of
the combine" was regarded % GER
tainty, but as time passed without fur
Their developments II began to be su9-
peoted In this city that there was hitch
somewhere. kilograms nave been re-
ceived from Reed, Simpson, Thatcher and
Barnum of New York. the attorneys
who have been drawing up the papers
and who represent the establishments
underwriting. the plan. announcing that
owing to the withdrawal Of some OF the
large firms it weuld be impossible to
ccnsummate the arrangements. &c
Simmons, of the firm of Simmons q
Co., St. Louis. was slated for President
of tha combine and the statement is
made that Mr.. SIMMONS is the one who
Withdrew from the new combination
causing it to fiuke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16
PIG IRON UP 81 A TON
NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO KEEP
DOWN PRICE.
The Product Of the Blast Furnace
Is Now Quoted at sic, ard is
Bringing $3.50 for Imme-
4. date Delivery.

Birmingham, May 15-tSpecial)-An-
nouncement was made here today that
per ton. uu To the INST Of the week the
published quotations of pig iron were on
q $l2 per ton basis ror No. : foundry,
but it was never denied that tho smaller
concerns Of the d.atrict were selling their
the larger conceras have been making
an effort to hold prices down. The am
nouneernent just made is of considerable
Importance inasmuch as prices now al
triet. A local foundrynlan asserts that
immediate delivery No. foundry iron Is
bringing Ii.5o per ton. Sales are being
made by some company for delivery the
last of the year. One OF the larger iron
companies Is entirely out of the market
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-16

MS the rapid Dung man who dies q sla
Sc al 10
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

q decidedly original and unique
manner. Some two years ago when
his ship was stationed off Atlantic
City, on the Jersey coast he fell
deeply In love with one of the
charming girls of that town. When the
battieship steamed away the girl
watched its departure from flagstaff
on nearby promontory, and almost
weekly afterwards climbed the steep
cliff and looked out to sea, picturing no
doubt the stately vessel and her lover
as she die 50.
The lieutenant was so struck with HIS
sweetheart's actions on his return that
he arranged for the wedding ceremony
to be performed close to the spot where
his bride had been in the habit of gag
ing out to sea and from where she
waved the ship good-by Under the tall
pole from which waved the stars and
stripes, and in full view of the Atlantic
ocean, the marriage was conducted in
the presence of a large and picturesque
audience.
Equally pretty was the wedding con-
Quoted by DIR. Edward Everett Hale.
who not so very long ago united a
couple in the presence of 100 persons in
q wood near Boston. The ceremony
was conducted under an immense oak
tree, from branch of which hung a
marriage bell of field daisies. The wed
ding breakfast was afterwards served
in picnic fashion on the ground.
The most curious of all open-air we'd
dings probably was that performed on
one of the steamers on Lake Michigan
some ~ months ago. The captain of
the vessel not only decided to marry
the woman of his choice on the deck of
the steamer, but that the ceremony
should take place at midnight, and un-
der the broad canopy of the heavens,
upon the waters of the great lake, this
strange and romantic couple were duly
made man and wife.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

SO extensive an entertainment that a
couple OF men acted as bookmakers,
and odds were offered and taken right
and left. The character of the race
was such that bets could be accepted
TO within few minutes of its close.
The animals were furnished by
the house A white line was drawn
across the floor at each end of the
bar-room, making the course straight
away, and about 90 feet long. The
animals were dumped on the floor
at one end. As soon as the roach saw
the spioer he'd start TO run. The
spider would jump over him, and the
roach would run in the other direc-
ton, 1t was for all the world like bull
fight, with the spider the bull and the
roach the torreador. AS you can see,
sometimes the race would be IN one
direction and sometimes in another.
Sometimes the bets would be against
the time IL would take the spider to
get the roach, and sometimes against
the shortest time in which the roach
could keep free. Sometimes the bets
would be that the roach could get
across the room first, or vice versa.
II was great thing to watch, and
lots of fun for the cowboys. The
spider usually won, which always
MAIDS the odds in his favor"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
A STRONG POINT.

one ley across the other, forming a
sort of V of the two trunks. They
were bare of limbs, At the intersec-
ton OF the trunks q hen turkey had
squatted.
It's head was poked under the bot
tom trunk and it crouched in the bliss
full belief that because its head was
hidden it could not be seen, as much
like an ostrich as If il had been Matched
in South Africa. Burney could have
blown the bird to bits. He walked
forward, and hearing him close be-
hind the hen finally jerked its head
back and flushed not ten feet away.
To avoid breaking it in two Burney
waited until it had gone rs yards, then
held directly on it and pulled the trig-
ger. Not feather fell Hastily he
fired the left barrel with like result.
The turkey sailed on for q half mile
and whizzed into some woods on the
far side Of the field.
Showing new shells into his gun and
saying things, Burney followed. The
setter got to the woods before he did
and disappeared. Three minutes after
ward the dog was lost as well as the
turkey.
Burney whistled and searched to no
purpose. Concluding that the dog had
become bewildered and had taken the
back track for home, he gave up the
chase.
Fifty yards distant was brushv
tree top that had been severed from a
fallen trunk, and Burney thought that
he might as well have a look into it
on the chance that the turkey had
hidden in it and he might get another
shot. He approached the tree top,
went half way around it and started
into it.
There, completely shielded by the
branches, was the setter, rigidly point
ing, and five feet from her, on its
breast, with its wings folded much
as If it were crouching, was the tur-
key, stone dead. 1t had died as soon
as it reached the tree top, having been
hard hit with the first barrel, and the
dog, strangely believing it to be alive.
had not attempted to retrieve it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
OPEN AIR WEDDINGS.
Iowa Couple Wed Each Other in a
Lonely Corn Field.
Hopper and HIS Sweetheart Made One
Under an Arch Made OF Hops
Ceremony Under n big
Oak Tree.

During the past year quite number
OF Weddings have taken place which
are interesting from the fact that
they were performed in the open air.
Four weeks ago, for instance, a Mr..
Z. q. Rayburn and Miss Bertha
schwartz were married in corn.
field
1t appears that the wedding was to
have taken place at the brides home,
who lived in Wayne county, la. The
bridegroom was a resident of Lucas
county On the eventful day he made
ms way TO the brides home. and ev-
srything was ready for the perform
ance of the all-important ceremony
"hen' to his horror, the clergyman in
Formed him that he could not proceed
as The license only permitted mar,
rage III mis- own county.
1T was too late then to rectify the
error, for the guests were assembled,
and a Long distance lay between them
and the clerk of Wayne county. Thanks
TO the cool head of the bride plan was
devised for getting over the difficulty.
She lea the way, with all the marriage
party and guests following her, across
the road into = cornfield which stood
IN Lucas county. There, amid the
corn sheaves, was performed one of
the prettiest and most novel weddings
ever chronicled
California was once The scene of a
unique wedding in the open. At the
close of successful hopping season a
young hopper and has sweetheart
were duly made man and wife in the
same field in which they had previ-
ously gathered hops together. Over
zoo hoP-pickers were present. A large
van was engaged for the purpose, and
standing in this, under an arch formed
of hops. the happy couple were united
m the bonds of holy matrimony in the
presence of the delighted and interest
ed spectators.
Last May lieutenant in the United
States navy celebrated his wedding in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
ODD SPORTING EVENT.
@nee between TarantuIa and Cock
roach, Which Lasted an Hour
and Was Very Exciting.

The funniest sporting event ever
witnessed was in a Texas saloon a
rev years ago. 1t was race between
a cockroach and a tarantula. 1t last
ed an hour and caused upward of ST.
700 to change hands,"
So spoke Henry L. James, a citi-
zen of Houston, of the Lone Star
state, who is making his first visit
TO the capital of the nation, to a
Washington Star reporter
The race, afterward learned, was
a common form of amusement for
the cowboys of that section. In fact.
they gathered nightly in a certain
saloon and held their meets. 1t was
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
ODD HUNTING STORY.
Tales of the Extraor !inary Fate
of Wild Turkey.
Burnsy's Intelligent Dog Not De-
ceived, Though Its Master wn.
IA Discovery which Sur
prised the Nimrod

A good deal has been said about the
extraordinary intellect of the wild
turkey. Some men think that it has
SO much sense that it would die but for
Its strong constitution. A story sent
to the New York Sun from Paragould,
Ark, goes to show that Homer occa-
sionally mods in turkeydom.
Dick Burney, a gunman, of Para
gould, started after turkey one day,
taking with him his Irish setter Bess.
BesS was what he called q cracking
good turkey dog. That is, she would
find the trail of the bird and follow it
by scent as if she were a hound, finally
running upon it and flushing il into a
tree, barking at it and diverting it's at
tention while her master made a
stealthy approach and used his double
barrel.
On this occasion there was slight
snow on the ground and trailing prom
ised to be good. The pair hunted for
two hours without finding anything.
then struck a turkey-track. It led
them for two miles.
Sometimes the dog lost it on hard
bare ground, but always picked it up.
Because of these delays the work was
slow and the turkey, which may have
known that it was followed, was able
TO keep well ahead.
Finally the trail ran out into an old
field and stopped. There was bare
ground ahead, no cover on either side.
and no turkey. Burney concluded that
the bird had flushed here and flown n
half mile.
The setter, however, who had gone
on for 20 feet or so, suddenly came to
q dead stop, tail, legs and head rigid,
strong point. Burney walked up to
her with his gun cooked, though there
was nothing to indicate the presence
of game.
Five yards further on a couple of
small bare trees had been felled and
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
Why NOtF
scythe I'm a Cherry Tree.

In a cherry tree on the farm Of Hen
ry Deitche,Sin New London, Oneida
county, N. Y, is a scythe that has
hung there since 1912. The rusty blade
is imbedded deep in the limb over
which hired man hung it when he
left the field one morning to enlist
in the second war against England.
It was learned some time afterward
that he was killed. The scythe for a
time was forgotten, and when found
it was imbedded in the tree to such
a depth that the owner of the farm,
Joseph Miller, decided to let it remain
there. Mr.. Deitche purchased the
farm three years ago and refuses to
move either the scythe or the cherry
tree.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
TRAGEDY IN KANSAS.
Boy Climbs n CornstalI< Which Grows
So Fast That He Il Unable
to Get Down.

Many remarkable stories are COM
ing from Kansas regarding the won
derful corn crop. Some of them have
their humorous side. but this one.
taken from little paper published
near Lees Summit, tells of a tragedy
such as we'll may shock the whole
corn belt:
This horrible news comes from
Blue Springs that near that town the
other day Willie McKeighan climbed a
cornstalk to see how the corn was
getting along, and the stalk is grow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
wasp Helped Injured Conrad,

A story of how one wasp cared for
another that had been injured is told
by a gentleman, who, while reading
the newspaper, felt bothered by the
buzzing Of a wasp about his head,
knocked it down. 1t fell through the
open window and lay on the sill as If
dead. a few seconds afterward, to
his great surprise, large wasp few
20 the window sill and, after buzzing
around his wounded brother for few
minutes, began to lick him all over.
The sick wasp seemed to revive under
this treatment, and his friend then
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

ing up faster than the boy can climb
down. The boy is plump out of sight.
Three men have undertaken to cut
down the stalk with axes and save
the boy from starvation, but it grows
so fast that they can't hack twice in
the same place. The boy is living on
nothing but raw corn, and has al
ready thrown down over four bushels
Of cobs."
1t is reported that the stalk has at
tanned such a dizzy height that the
cobs now catch fire and are con-
sumed before reaching the earth.
Why NOtf
A certain small child named Llewellyn
To It's fond, loving mother flew yellyn
When hit on the pate
BY a frolicsome mate
Say, how do you like this new spellyn?
st Louis Chronicle
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

The champion sneezer Of Pennsylva-
mia is John Hamilton, a druggist, of
New Castle. While at work on a pre.
scription he felt sneeze coming on
and to steady himself clutched a rail.
ing. The force of the sneeze was
so great that it threw his shoulder oui
of Joint.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
His Pension Came Too t..,o

Many years ago, Henry Wensler, of
Warsaw, Ind, war veteran, applied
for a pension. It has just been grant
ed, and the government has sent him
check for $4,000. The poor pension
er is not likely to appreciate this for
tune, as he is demented.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
Born 20 ne n ,IiIIiner

Professor" said Miss Skyhght. FL
want you to suggest a course in life
for me. / have thought of journal
ism"
What are your natural inclina-
sionS?"
oh, my soul yearns and throbs and
pulsates with an ambition to give the
world a lifework that shall be marvel
Qua in it's scope and weirdly enhancing
In the vastness OF its structural beau
tyl"
Woman. you're born TO be milf
ner. "-Tit-Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

dragged him gently to the edge. grasped
him round the body and few away with
him. 1t was plain that the stranger,
finding wounded comrade. gave him
aid as well as he could, and then bore
him away home
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
An EstImate.

Briggs-How long has Buddton been
specializing in stocks?
Griggs-Not much more than year,
] fancy. 1t was about a month ago
that he began to borrow money from
his friends.-Detroit Free Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
Then She WIIted.

Elderly Lady-An right, sir;
shall sue you for breach of promise.
Young Man-You'd better not at
tempt it. If you do I'll bring an ac-
ton for SANDER against you for say
ing proposed TO you.-Tit- Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
A Serene Temperament.

mike" said Flooding Pete, don't
you wish you was rich?"
Kind o." answered Meandering
Mike. Course couldn't eat any more
dan / does, but I'd be saved de trouble
o. sayin' much obliged so often."-
Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
The Church AthIetIc.

Mrs. Au Fait-We have been so for,
tunate in our clergyman
Mrs. Beau Monde-Have you?
Mrs. An Fait-Oh, yesI The last
one was death on tennis-the one be-
fore that got up wheel parties-and
now this one is simply crazy about
ping-pong.-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

Poor slaves of tickle Fortane's within,
How many people whoop
That they are getting in the swim,
But find it's just the soup.
s-PhiladekDbia Pra4a
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
A dilemma.

The future Is surcharged with grief,
And hope has nigh forsook II,
For II you pay the price for beef
You cane buy coal TO cock IT.
--Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20

Doctor-I'm very glad to tell you,
Mrs. Hodges, that your husband will
recover, after all.
Mrs. Hodges-Law, sir, don't say
thatI
Doctor-Why not, you unnatural
woman?
Mrs. Hodges-Well, you see, sir,
after I'd sent for you, sir, took an
sold all his clo'esl-Sketch.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-12-20
A Kitchen TraweIy.

Kitchen Tr2E dy.
OLD Mother Hubbard
She went to the cupboard
And rummaged the sheivee all about,
But the cupboard was bare
Not coal lump was there;
And 30 the poor cook stove went Quit
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

when done in the proper spirit is done
religion. Our efforts to improve the na.eS u'
and induce them to lead really religion. I1.@
not that which is only dollhouse religfo,,. -
We are after the men. and when we car, -
them that ours Is a mans religion thew ~
ours"
Mr.. Paddock was born in BROOKLYN in toeo
where his father was rector Of ST. Peters Cys,.ot
for twenty-six years. He went to Wasbi,..-N
Territory when his father became Bishon 80
and then attended school at St PauPs Coz
NJ H., and from there went to Trinity Gala
where he was graduated in 1894 After ssn.,9'
at the Berkeley Divinity School he was ord,,.-s
in 1897, and became travelling secretary ~ -.
Church Students Missionary Association e.
few months. He assistant at s. pap-
Church a few months, and became the vica- :.
the Pro Cathedral in the autumn of 1ses ~
came to his present charge In January a,
time when the question OF abandoning ~
church was being seriously considered Tba-.
was no money in the treasury and no entbnsi
asm among the members, but under his dirse.,o.
a change for the better has already taken nl,o.
The rectory, No. $50 West Twenty-eighth-s,
has been converted into a Settlement house Al
assistant a deaconess, lay volunteer and ,
house mother occupy the house with the reeto-
and it is believed that large staff win soor
be necessary.
The wardens of the church are Robert II ca,
and George w. Ferguson The vestrymen ar.
DIR. James Petersen, DR.. J. W. Lyman, Charles
E. Hubbard John F. Bush. Louis Ferguson An.
drew FL. Kellogg. Ross Van Bokkelin and ". N.
Wilmer. The Rev. H b OImstead is the AZ
sistant rector, and the music Of the church :,
under the direction of A. A. Wild.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21
THE CHINESE LOVE JOKES

Of the three thousand Chinese Bostonians univ
seventeen are women says writer in The Con-
gregationalist and Christian World" AS race
the people are sociabIe and love Chinese Joke
One afternoon 1 had stepped into the missiOu
to wait for a friend, and a young Chinese bow
came to ask what 1 wanted, and apOlogzed for
the intrusion by remarking:
Thought FLAPS you 'un gleat, big Plishman
come to do fun" q not tall and my usual
weight Is ninety-six)
Then, yielding to his desire to talk, he held
up book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

Tn the Senior Brotherhood the members are all
more than twenty years old. One of the most
important institutions in the parish is the Neigh
borhood Club, to which all men, regardless OF
their church affiliations are welcome mere
matters pertaining to the neighbornood ana TO
c;vic affairs are discussed, and here we hope to
eneander a pride in the neighborhood. which
must have a good effect
Among the improvements contemplated by
Mr.. Paddock is the transformation of the sec
ond floor of the parish house into gymnasium,
thus making 1t possible to develop the athletic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

idea The same room will be used a drill
floor for a military company of boys which will
soon be formed and commanded by member of
the National Guard. Drawing. basket work and
possibly carpentering will be taught in the boys
clubs, and there will also be a Junior Neigh
borhood Club for boys under twenty, who need
not necessarily belong to the church. Neigh
borhOod and civic matters will be discussed here,
as in the mems clubs, and the club will be the
means of giving the boys insight into current
topics. Kitchen gardens cooking schools.
circulating library, dressmaking and millinery
classes will also be started.
Our religion is so broad" said the enthusi-
astic young rector. that it includes all sides of
life, and what We do in the fields of education,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

"Slee vat I leads VeIly intellesting
I turned the pages. smiling at the odd charae-
tiers which resembled nothing so much as an
automobile in state of collision or snip
whose sails spread in every direction l
pointed to a page illustrated by rooster with
several small chicks "a bad biological error
and asked what the story was about
"Oh, not tell about loOster- PIT on FAKE yeu
laugh" and he haw-hawed heartily
"Slee this" and he took slip Of paper from
his pocket I soberly read the words. You have
no money. keep away" and looked up to see the
bow nearly convused with laughter
That gieat joke he said. ''velly funny. Inc
barber gave me- i give it you. make you laugh.
And laughed at the absurdity of the thing