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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
Administrators Sale 0f Vai0abie
 Re0/ EsfGfe.

l,y virtue of an order of sale made by the Probate Court of Montgomery County State of Alabama, on the 2nd day of April. and May 24th. 1902, l, the undersigned. Charles B. Teasley. administrator of the estate of Julia Wilson. deceased will sell at public outcry for cash to the highest bidder on Mon day. the 23rd day of June. 1902. the real es- tate belonging to the estate of said Julia Will son, deceased described as follows. to wit:
 Lot ten (O) of the Wilson Plat" fronting fifty (50l feet on the west side of Pleasant Avenue and running back one hundred fifty (l5 5o) feet; lot seventeen U7) on the west side of Pleasant Avenue, in the same plat fronting forty-nine l49) feet on the said ave nue and running back one hundred fifty (I 5o) feet; lot twenty-six (26) of said plat fronting fifty feet on said avenue and running back one hundred fifty 5o) feet: lot forty-one (4 I9 of said plat. fronting fifty (5o) feet on the east side of Pleasant Avenue and running back one hundred forty-seven U47) feet; lot ninety-eisht (9e) of the same plat. fronting forty-nine (49) feet on the north side of Jeff Davis Avenue and running back one hundred fifty (l5o) feet, and lot number eleven q D of said plat. fronting forty-nine (49) feet on the west side of Pleasant Avenue and running back one hundred fifty c 50) feet. All of said property being in the City and County of Mont gomery, State of Alabama The said Wilson plat is recorded in Plat Book No. |. page S9, in the office of the Probate Judge of Mont gomery County, Alabama, said sale being made to pay the debts of said estate.
 CHARLES B. TEASLEY,
 Administrator of the Estate of Julia Wilson.
 deceased. su-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES

Historical Committee-Miss M. E.
 Bullock, Eufaula. Monumental Committee-Mrs. l.. c. Dawson, Montgomery. Children of the Confederacy-Mrs.
 F. I. Wood, Troy.
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X Kansas editor wrote this obituary notice: He was born May 3. 1875 and therefore escaped this earth In time to celebrate his twenty-seVenth birthday in the house of his eternal abode beyond the arching skies. leaving terrestrial land on Friday. March 19 1902. al 9:S0 D. m, central time Oklahoma State Capital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
DIRECTORY

President-Mrs. A. l.. Dowdeil,
 Opelika. Honorary President-Miss Saliie '.
 Jones. Camden.
 First Vice -President--Mrs. Rose
 Garland Lewis. Birmingham, Second ce-President-Mrs. G. w.
 Tavlor. Demopolis' Recording Secretary Mrs. B. B. n. Ross, Auburn.
 Corresponding Seeretary-Mrs. ".
 Williams, Opelika. < Treasurer-Mrs. J. N- Thompson,
 Tuscumbia. & Historian-Mrs. Harvey E. Jones,
 Spring Hill. MQbiles 2 Registrar-Miss Elma Holland, e Scale.
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Hurtsboro. Ala. June 5th, 1902. The Jefferson Davis Chapter of the r. D. C., met at the home of the President June 5th' A large number were present. We had a most interesting account of the meeting at Demopols from our del egate, Miss Long. After the usual pre- llminaries were over the President, Mrs Long) announced that it was the day for election of officers. After a year of service all the officers resigned. Mrs. Mitchell was elected temporary chairman The election resulted in the following manner:
 Mrs. N W. E. Long, President
 Mrs. Winnie Hurt. Vice President. Mrs. J. H. Harbuck. Recording Sec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
Tuskege Chapter, Tuskegee, Ma.

Dn the afternoon of June 5, the Tus- kegee Chapter of The Daughters of the Confectionery celebrated the birthday of the Southland's honored Chieftain, Jeff ferson Davis. Owing to local enga gagements of an imperative character, the celebra- tion could not be held on the Sd of June The stage of, the Opera House was dec orated with Confed crate flags and palms The central feature of the decorations was an easel on which rested beau tiful portrait of Mir. Davis. This was
 draped in flags. while at the foot were
 banks pfsma gnoiias, the South's own ma jestie dowefs.ssf s6N
 After prayer by the Rev. Henry Ira
 wick. the following program was rend- cred:
 1. Roll call with responses commence
 rating the nfe and character of Jefferson
 2. Music@A -sing Me Song of the
 South," Miss Clara Belle Roney
 3. Recitation. "A Song of the South"
 Miss Joe DeBardeleben. 4. Reading. "A Tribute to MT. Davis,"
 Miss Gertrude Swanson.
 5. Music. variations of "OId Folks at
 Home," Mrs. Wadsworth.
 G. Recitation. Jefferson Davis,'' a me- (morial poem written by Mrs. Virginia Frazier Boyle. Miss Minnie Smith, 7. Song, Dixie, Miss Annie Lyde Smith.
 -~ s. Address. Rev Henry Trawick. 9. Reading rules for confering of Crosses.
 1n. Conferring Crosses of Honor. Il. Benediction.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20
IWO\WiM @ao\XW ATn4ALI[Mx Ed kklS.

WRITTEN @ THE SUNDAY
L take pleasure in presenting this week
the names of a number of writers who have
won fame and fortune by the happy exer-
else Of their indubitable gifts. Two of the
authors are OF American birth: the others
are OF foreign extraction. but by adoption
are truly American in their ''whatness."
This is, after all, a proper proportion, and 1
must disclaim responsibility for the facts.
IL the American people make of Mr.. Hall
Game u more popular author than. Miss
Libbey It is their own fault, not mine. If
Mr.. kipling is a bigger what" in America
than airy Of his American-born ~contempora-
ries. Mr.. kipling's broad shoulders must
bear the blame. Those who find their IA
vorite author omitted from this installment
need not despair OF my taste in selection.
L shall treat later of Mr.. Box. Mr.. Henry
Watterson. Mr.. Jacob Henderson Winter
botham, Mr.. Hobart Taylor Chatfeld-C Chat
field and other distinguished authors as
their names occur to me and their fitness
for honorable mention divulges itself.
WILBERFORCE JENKINS.
Author Of the Beacon Series of 'Should-Be
Biographical" Jane Austen; or, The
Laura Jean Libbey OF the Eighteenth Cen
tury." and ''The Real Richard Harding
Davis"
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Is regarded by his own people as the Laura
Jean Libbey OF Woe. and in London has
been variousiy referred to as the Fielding
OF the Clinic and the Charles Dickens of the
Operating Table. Address. Isle of Man.
Kipling, Rudyard.
Citizen of the world, poet laureate ex-
ofiicio ct sub rosa to the English people and
general manager of the British Empire up
on his own appointment. Born in Bombay.
India, December 30. 1866. Was an American
for six weeks and then resigned, finding the
mosquitoes and autograph hunters of this
climate too vigorous for his comfort. Has
Travelled in all parts OF the earth and Wis
tied every spot on the map except the
North Pole and Binghamton, y. Y. Attended
school in England, but was never educated.
His wonderful fund Of knowledge was born
with him and has not been modified by ex-
perience. Editor in India from 1882 to 1889.
Is said to know more tina the EncycIo-
paedia Britannica has even guessed and Is
very generous with his Information. Wis.,
tied America in 1887. OF thereabouts, and
made great hit with his impressions Of New
York society as seen on the streets Of San
Francisco. His picture of Chicago life
drawn from nature at a distance Of 700
miles was Photographic in its accuracy and
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Banana Rivals Wheat

Science again brings 4 new paradox TO the
front. 1t concerns the staple food supply Of
half the entire human race-wheat. Long
before the discovery OF the Chaldean ovens,
ages before Tyres bread bowls were hewn
out of the solid rock. man grew wheat,
ground and baked 1t for his daily susie
nance.
To-day science affirms that wheat as a
general food product IS doomed; that not
only is the supply entirely INADEQUATE for
the maintenance OF the increasing races. but
that wheat has by no means the highly
nutrient qualities that 1t has long been sup
posed to offer to hungry humanity. and that
-mirabile dictu,-the unprepossessing. yell
low-skinned. finger-shaped, despised banana
OF the tropics promises utterly TO supplant
it in the estimation of the world.
Not only that the banana is twenty-five
times as nutritious as the given weight of
wheat. but that II is forty-four times az
prolific. Thus fruit conQuers over the cereal,
Honduras over South Dakota, and famine
promises to be forever banished from the
face of the earth.
TIT average cost OF cultlvating an acre of
wheat in the United States is about 81. An
acre OF bananas can be cultivated at the
same cost, with a yield IA times greater
than that of wheat.
An acre of ground will yield in the North
ern States about sixty-two pounds of wheat,
In central America an acre OF ground will
produce nearly 1000 pounds of bananas.
Bananas have fcrty-four times the nutrt-
ment OF potatoes. the staple of many north
ern countries OF Europe. and thirty times
that CT rice, the main item on the daily
board Of more than a billion people on the
globe. With transportation facilities per
fected, such heartrending scenes OF famine
as have been witnessed in India, Russia and
elsewhere would be made impossible.
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at once made him the most popular author
OF the day in the Middle West. His literary
style Is sui generis and unfortunately not
contagious. His successes as an impress
sionist were confirmed by his fiction, which
has earned for him the tile of Dumas of
India. Hugo Of Africa. and Balzac of the
Jungle" Has a keen eye. which he keeps
covered with magnifying glasses. not be-
cause Of any defect of vision. but 50 that
he may discover things that escape the no.
tice of others.
His English is direct and does not always
go well with the hangings. He calls q
spade a spade and does not avoid vulga-ity
because 1t lacks refinement. Author OF
many books and 9,37S short stories. mostly
written In the. English language. with oc-
casional excursions into the idiom Of India.
Russia and the United States. His char
acters II gathered together in one vast
group would fill every available seat in
the Madison Square Garden, with the arena
crowded with animals of enc kind and an
other. In fact, in no other place in the
world could they be suitably grouped. and
when placed would resemble in minute par
%ticulars, as well as in the large. the high
est ideals Of the late P. T. Barnum for q
Greatest Show on Earth"
His dexterity as a juggler. probably
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Game, Hall.

Gloomster. novelist, Manxman, American
by profession at intervals Was not born,
but blossomed. being plucked by his parents
from a night-bloomlng cereus in q Manx
garden near Greba Castle. Was known in
his extreme youth as the Tea Rose Of Snae-
fels, owing to his delicate color scheme and
somewhat ford manner. Apprenticed in
his tenth year to an undertaking establish
ment in the town OF Maughmuggah, Isle of
Man, but was unable through lack of for
tune to follow a profession for which he
showed unusual aptitude. Entered the
lighthouse service at the age of IL, his bril-
lance having at this early age SO manifested
itself that he could be seen at a distance OF
twenty miles on a dark night. His success
In this service was SO marked that his
fame spread to London and he was retained
by the London County Council to live in tho
British capital for the mere purpose of dis
pelling fog with his ~effulsence.
Is the author of many books, most notable
among which are The Scapegoat; or. The
Gobemouche OF Maughold Head: THE
Manxman; or. How Philip Christian Won
the T~hree-Legged Race; "Tynwald Tn
types: A Tripod OF Trouble Tales" and
"The Bondsman. a Weeping Wall of Weird
like Wist." In religious works he has shown
much power, particularly in his exegesis on
morals in THE Christian; or, How To Be
Happy Though Unmarried The success of
this ethical work led him to undertake a
series of volumes in pursuit of the general
theme, and he is expected shortly to follow
1t up with the publication Of The Hebrew"
The Agnostic." The Atheist" tt Uni
TARTAN" The Salvation Armiac' and 9TH
ers His literary efforts are in 90 great a de-
mand hat he has established the "Caine
Fiction Works at Greba Castle to supply
1t. in which he gives employment to over
LOO hands, turning out 300. 600 words a day.
1t is said that in the office window of this
vast establishment Is a sign, Literary
Pinking Done Here" which indicates that
he has not shaken or the influence Of his
curly yearh in the undertaking businesA He
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY &RYUBIko
&C. Pfeifer. Sculptor" - the modest
announcement upon the door Of her studio
In the Y. NJ. C. A, building. Miss Clara
Pfeifer is a young woman who Is making
her influence felt in the sphere Of municipal
art in st. Louis. She Is young. enthusiastic
talented: with these qualities what may she
not accomplish? Already she u recognized
in the art world.
At the annual spring exhibition Of the
st. Louis Artists Guild some examples of
Miss Pfeifers work have attracted the con-
sideration of the thoughtful. Strength and
originality are expressed in her work. The
wall frieze design Is representative Of her
efforts in this line, and the sketch for
Quadriga Is a large design for tho decora-
ton of a building.
Miss Pfeifer is a sparkling young woman
with animation and charm of manner.
No; ! did not make wonderful mud pies!'
she emphatically exclaimed in response to
n question as to childish expression of her
talent.
II never modelled in clay. or showed any
special taste for sculpture in my child
hood"
How did You discover your talent" was
asked.
81 went to the art school to learn to
draw. / just thought I'd like to know how
to draw. | was in the still-life class when
one day / caught a glimpse through an
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Observation-Disclosures


ND PfsesP b . D. Eouis ri n va
born In PittsSure. but her parents removed
to st. Louis when she was yet Q baby, and
her education was gained in this city.
! II have been in New York. I have sssn
several studios there. but 1 prefer St LouiA
/ would like to 60 to New York about twice
a year to look around. to see things. but I
think there Is more In st. Louis for me. I
would be swallowed up in New York.
THE field for municipal decoration II vsry
large here in St Louis. Very little u
thought Of It now. I hops the Worlds Fail
will stimulate city art, especially outdoor
decoration. That fountain over there"
pointing to q cloth-draped object, "is do
signed In the hope that 1t will be acceptable
to the Worlds Fair management I would
like so much to have q part IN the decora-
ton out there"
Miss Pfeifer found inspiration for hsr
fountain, "Alpheus and Arethuss," In read
ing some verses OF Moore's:
Oh. my beloved. how dIvinely swest
Is the pure Joy when kindred spirits msetf
Ltko him, the river god. whose waters Cow
With love their only light. through caves below,
Waiting In triumph all the flowing braid
And festai rings with which Olympic maids
Have oecked his current as an Offering meea
To lay at Arethusa's shining feet.
Think when he meets at last his fountain brida
What perfect love must thrill the blended ttdsi
Each lost in each. till minglins Into one.
Their lot the same for shadow or for sun,
A type Of true love to the deep they ruA"
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learned in India. is remarkable, and he has
been known TO change an elephant weigh
ing three tons into five ounces of copy in
one hour and ten minutes. Is generally
fearless, but has a wholesome horror OF
mind readers. one of whom some years ago
! from a nve minutes reading OF his mind
got enough ideas to set him up In the lit
erary business for life. Since 1900 has had
charge of the Boer War. trying to reduce
it to a theory. but so far has been unsuc-
cessful. Knows precisely what should he
done. but finds the home Government in
tractable. AS a poet is vigorous and musi-
cal In the sense that Wagner Is. A musical
Interpretation OF his Seven Seas would
tax the energies of sixty-eight brass bands
as large as Sousa's, with the assistance of
800 expert banjo players to keep them up
to the tempo.
Is at present engaged in writing a poem
on the South African situation, beginning
as follows:
The cottoned chump on the kopje, the satined
sntpe in the vaal.
May do very well at ping pong. and can dance
like a dream at the baal,
Hs can Eof like a plaided kitty; he can sing
like an orEuinette:
He's q mighty good fist At old bridge whist, and
he's strong At baccarette:
But when he comes down to the nxhtir and
endin' this war absurd.
LonEsids Of the khakid Krussss he's aauxht but
. bloomin' bird
Tea . bloomfn birti
And his word?
In . biusterin'. blundsrin'. British wan
Well. IT'S pay. pay. pay, pay.
For these awful sins
OF Joe Chamberlin'a
As noted by Kruger. and old De WEI
Tat -a A~>A
DOoley, Mister.
Alias F. p. Dunno. humorist and philos-
opher. Born Archer road, Chicago. Ill,
July 10. 1867, six days after Independence
Day, and nearly four months after st. Pat
rick's. The last Of the old humorists and
first Of the new. Probably first President
of the Yanko-Celtic Republic of Ireland and
America. Educated in Chicago public
schools. His initials. 'F. p" signify Fully
Prepared" His cognomen. Dunno, sig
niles accomplishment. Spent his early days
editing ChicaGo newspapers, from which
experience he derived his extraordinary
command OF English. Studied brosue under |
Professor Hsnnesssy Of the Chicago Uni |
versity, graduating at head Of his class
where. unlike most other class leaders. he
still remains. |
4ihcbs Si-Ao ~ 1
ited city with such success that II was Sc
lected as the most smiling site for the |
Fair Of 1884,. which otherwise would
have gone to New York. For this New York |
owes him . debt Of gratitude which it can
repay. In 1897 began to write the
deeply philosophical essays which have
since rendered him famous Opened 6 Don
In tho early nineties and has dispensed
smiles to the community ever since. The
cocktail, which cheers but does not
inebrfate. is Endorsed by temperance socie-
ties sverywhere. It u pure spirits and
wholly devoid Of bitters. Author Of various
theological works. best known among which
are Concord and Conflict as a Means of
Reformation" IT influence of
Brosue on the Religious LAfe.' The Higher
Criticism a. Applied to the Works Of
0eoeSe AoS- and Can . Syndicate Go to
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Fate of a Critic

Once upon a time there was . literary
critic who took great delight In finding
fault with the writings OF his friends. and
so extreme were his criticisms that he
made many enemies. Each writer who
came under his observation frequently said.
My desire is that mine enemy had written
a book" but the unpopular critic was
shrewd and refrained from writing a book.
At last. in a moment OF forgetfu1nesa, he
wrote a check on the Thirteenth National
Bank for S7.I. When the check reached
the banks critic at the paying tellers desk
he promptly marked 1t IN G." and turned
ii down. Thus was the captiouS check
writer made to feel the keen edgs Of
criticism. and to know how his friends had
suffered.
Moral-If you wish to avoid adverse Lit.
erary criticism don't write checks
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Rockefeller's Ranch.

other wealthy men are using their
wealth in building country homes
At Newport and abroad. Mr.. Frank Rookie
Teller is placing his money to good advan-
taee. He Is perfecting a ranch in Western
kansas and stocking it with blooded cattle
a ranch that has already come to be known
as q paradise of the plains country and
one that will In the near future be the finest
cattle ranch In the whole world. To that
end Mr. Rockefeller Is bending every effort.
The Rockefeller ranch Is a thing OF beau
ty. 1t Is In the midst of natures heart,
favored on all sides by a healthy atmos-
phere. The blue sky above and clear, rush
ing waters plunging over the smooth plains,
amid grass that is ever green, are always
pure.
The happiest moments of my life are
spent on this ranch in Western Kansas
says Mr. Frank Rockefeller; and he, whose
tastes are cultivated, who has Travelled the
vide world over. and has money TO satisfy
every wish. speaks a volume in these words.
When he says he enjoys every minute he
spends on the ranch, is it little wonder that
ho and his family have almost taken to
living there?
The ranch contains 1900 acres, and is 10
GATED In kiowa County. The Santa Fe Rail-
way runs through the ranch, being the only
outlet to civilization One gets of the train
at Belvidere and drives four or five miles
to the palatial ~anchhouse where he MAJ
IA AAb AN6 mt SoALAI
or doing other chores about the ranch.
Mr.. Rockefeller possesses an ideal ranch.
Contrary to general belief. all Western
Kansas is not prairie land. and there is just
enough Of the cliff and jutting rocks along
the streams that fow through the ranch
property to break the monotony OF an even
stretch of wind-swept sod. A goodly por-
ton Of the ranch is fine farming land. but
he uses 1t for pasturage- However. he
raises sufficient feed for his own use.
The ranch property embraces a great
stretch of land on either side OF Soldier
Creek. to which stream is largely due the
productiveness Of his acres The property
Is eight and one-half miles long. varying
from two to four miles in width. In, the
center OF the large ranch is located the res
tdence and the barns. At various points
eiong the ranch are the tenant houses,
where live farmers and cowboys.
MI. Rockefeller 10 In love with Kansas
ana his ranch. His first visit to the State
va twsnty-four years ago, and sven then
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HOW TO BEAT THE BEEF TRUST.
Value of Fruits and Cereals, Shown by Latin, Athlete and Strong
Man. Who AfrGns That the Work of the World Is Done
by Men Who Eat Little or No Meat.

I h. formed the idea Of a perfectly ideal
! home on the treeless plains OF the notable
short grass country At that time he
spent two winters on the ranch Of a friend.
and Immediately his health began to i'm
prove. He decided TO boy property for him
self. Twenty years ago he commenced 10
acquire land in Kiowa County. until he
has punched together a vast property. a
ranch ideally located. anu then he COM
mcnced to carry out an idea born OF r
youthful mind.
Ever since I can remember" he said. II
have wished Tor = ranch where 1 might
raise bloodei cattle. As long as ] can re-
member / have been a lover Of all animal
nature. At 10 ! commenced TO breed guinea
pigs. | once took The prize at a county
fair with a fine lighting rooster. ! thought
! was the haIpiest boy alive when ] came
into possession Of a horse. / am now in
tHrested in breeding line cattle and hope to
make a success Of it
Mr.. Rockefeller now has a herd of double
stand.tr5 pollcd purhams, Of which there
are less than S9h In the world.
lie has twenty. He now has about $50
shorthorn cattle, some OF them with a
blue ribbon pedigree. On his ranch are a
number of fine trcttinc horses. although he
is getting out Of that business. He has
quite a number Of Poland-C china hogs. val
liable and registered.
In his offices in cleveland Mr.. Rockefeller
IS the same type OF roncomunivative bust
ness man o: the world, but on his ranch he
Is genial. whole-souled aud friendly. He
greets every one with AN outstretched hand.
end would much rather meet a poor man
who was an Interesting talker on nne cattle
than a wealthy MAJ who knew all about
stocks and bonds and their probable future.
The family of this multimillionaire also
spend the greater part OF their time on
the Kansas property. and some very swell
entertainments are given when friends from
the East come out. Not so very long ago
a large barn had been completed ON the
ranch. and Mrs. Rockefeller and
her daughter gave a smart entertainment
for the benefit OF all the neighbors for miles
around. She is much beloved by the farm !
er folk Of the Western plains, quite to her
own satisfaction. too.