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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-16
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weakens the body and de-
grades the mind. 1t saps
the nervous strength that
is thu: source of all health,
and perverts the functions
of every organ. Because
Of its stubborn nature, it is
often called incurable. This
is not true. There is one
medicine that never fails to
check the nervous spasms
and give new strength to
the entire system.
sour baby boy had epileptic spasms
and the physicians were unable to do
anything to help him. We heard of
DR.. Miles Neryine, and from the time
he took the fist dose he never had
another attack" Mrs. J. PENNER,
ESQ =. Meridian Ave-, Anderson, Ind.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-16

before mamma got up to
get breakfast If SO you
know the benefit of using
gas for cooking. Mamma
can touch a match and she
has fire enough to bake,
broil or stew, and papa can
take an extra nap, while
breakfast is under way. Of
all modern conVeniences,
especially during the Sum
mer months, there is nothing
that the housewife appre-
GATES like a gas range or
stove.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-16
A PUZZLED HUSBAND.

to describe the tortures they undergo
while they are attempting II. Men at this
time OF the year are wont to complai"
that women talk of nothing but clothes
(which Is largely the truth at all times
of the year, but particularly at this), but
II men knew what women suffer in their
futile attempt to make u cheap So do
the work of SO, to make a cheap dress
maker give them a fit of n high priced
artist on the avenue, to get materials
which will last and wear and not spot
and wrinkle and yet which will look airy
and elegant and fluffy at the same time,
to get a dress which looks well in the
evening and yet which may be worn at
an afternoon tea. TO purchase a street
costume which may be used equally well
for shopping or church wear. to-to-but.
there. What's the use? The list is long
enough as 1t is.
"Nonsense!" I hear a man exclaim.
'|The trouble Is that women are eaten
up with vanity. Let them dress more
simply
Yes? And suppose should tell YOU
that nine women out of ten take this
trouble for their men and not their wo
men acquaintance? It's a fact. never
theless.
But the men don't know the difference.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

THERE is possibility that the Cubans may not
find the delights of independence as great as antci
patton colored them. For one thing taxation is
pretty sure to be excessive unless the new govern
ment does some clever 6nanciering It is true that
the Cuban debt only amounts to $4,000. that being
all that issued of 600 Revolutionary bonds
printed, but there is Revolutionary army claim OF
$5,OOOOOO which will have to be settled in the near
future That this claim will be pressed no one doubts
As matters stand at present, the annual revenue
amounting to about $2O.0OO,O0O, is too small fol
government expenses, and if the suggestion of Presi
dent Palma is carried out and $4OOO0OOO bonds
issued, tony means heavy taxation until some other
means of increasing the revenue can be devised
Whether the Cubans will "stand for" heavy taxes
when annexation would relieve them Of the burden,
is question. ss6a M
And apropos of Cuban affairs, MI. w. J. Bryan
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

IT HAS been suggested that the Society of
American Authors conferred somewhat doubtful
honor on the memory Of the late Bret Harte, Paul
Leicester Ford, Henry Morton, Frank R. Stockton
and DR.. Thomas Dunn English when it adopted
resolutions recording their passing last month Such
an act at raises the query Who constitutes this
Society of American Authors and what does it
amount to? It has shown what many persons will
consider poor judgment by deciding to erect statue
to DR.. English; for if statue must be erected to
literary man, why select Dr. Englishp His contri-
button to American letters really very trifing,
consisting it did principally of the song "Ben Bolt
1t is true that this song is very charming and
it is also true that it attained great popularity but
as has been frequently pointed out of late, the
popularity was due more to Du Maurier's handling
of it than to its intrinsic worth
As matter of fact it is questionable if any of
the above mentioned writer's will be read fifty years
hence. Perhaps Harte's works will live-they have
already stood the test of two decades-but who can
name single production from the pen of any of
the others which has virjlity? Stockton's "com-
panionableness shone through all his work; it was
his personality that gained him readers his books
are charming, humorous quaint to degree, but are
without staying qualities Fords fiction is decidedly
of the railway stand variety He deserved
his popularity story teller and had he lived he
probably would have seen it die out If two stupid
sticks ever conceived in the brain of man those
sticks are Janice Meredith and sPeter Stirling"
And yet Ford was better known as novelist than
as historian, Morton was man Of ability, but
was not particularly we'll known. If the Society of
American Authors is, anxious to erect statue to
some American writer it would do well to conne its
attention to those who have been judged by posteriy
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

predicts another civil war on the island in the near
future. It will be brought about, be says, through
political rivalry. Mr. Bryan Was in Cuba as the
representative Of Golfers Weekly at the naugura-
ton Of President Palma, and basee his predictions
on the conditions he observed while there. He may
be right No one can foretel what that effervescent
people will do; but they have recently experienced
all the horrors Of and il they blessed with any
common sense at all they will not permit lot Of
political demagogues to again embroil them. Mr..
Bryan distinctly and emphsticslly says that the
Cubans capable Of self-government and then
very ably proves that they are not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

ut is queer" says q clergyman
of New York city, "what a liking
young students have for long words
and Latin quotations and what a
dread possesses them of appearing
conventional. I once knew q prom
Using candidate who was given
charge of a funeral in the absence
of the pastor of the church. He
knew it was customary for the
minister to announce after the
sermon that those who wished
should step up to view the remains,
but he thought this was too hack
neyed a phrase, and he said in
stead, The congregation will
now pass around the bier New
York Tribune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12
EXCHANGES.

Opponents of the Nicaragua
canal plan are of the opinion that
it is an i'll earthquake that shakes
good to nobody.-Minneapolis
Times.
No mention is made of the
Missouri mule in the terms of
peace, but it is safe to say that if
the negotiations were conducted
near military camp the animals
had p voice in the matter Den
yer Post.
It would be a great relief to
American craftsmanship if an
earthquake would put a gap across
the isthmus big enough to accom-
modate steamships. " Washington
Star.
w. T. Stead says the peace
terms amount to q Boer victory.
II he can get the Beers to look at
it that way it would be cruel to
dispute the proposition. Chicago
Record Herald.
Minnesota men must pay $780,
600 for timber trespass. This is
probably the record breaking board
bill.-St. Paul News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

WOMEN are T06pOn6lDlo IO1 tnfo0-IOuTtnS OF the
crime committed by men. That is what Bishop
Spalding is said to have publicly stated, and the
remark seems to have stirred up a hornets nest.
Why it should have created unusual comment is a
query It certainly isn't q novel idea, nor is it
peculiar to any time or country: We find some such
suggestion in the book of Genesis and Chevrkey la
Femme is the guiding motto of the French police of
the present day. But notwithstanding it's wide
spread popularity the assertion isn't altogether true
1t is of those seeming paradoxes that first strike
second thought mostly false again.
Perhaps the majority of crimes committed
nowadays unconsciously inspired by women:
that is the criminal conceves the idea that he will
find favor in the eyes of some particular woman by
committing the act: but surely very few crimes
conceived instigated by women, and therefore it
is unfair to hold them responsible.
If trace the real inspiration back to it's source
it very natural Civilization is but thing of
yesterday in the history of humankind; and in
barbaric and savage ages the strong man, the one
who overcame his foes and rivals by physical Prov
ess took the lady of his choice and one said him
nay. She acquiesced gracefully because it was
polite to do 80. That the man might have the scaps
Of dozen of her other suitors drying in his tepee
was not her fault Men ruled and women obeyed
orders. No one blames the Sabine women for that
early Roman surprise party, and yet they inspired
the massacre.
When one considers the extreme age of the
human and how recent civilization u.s. it is not
surprising that under stress of strong emotion
revert to primitive methods and ideas.
eve very slightly changed
From the semi-spes who ranged
India's prehistoric clay 80"
If Bishop Spalding had said that men are
mostly animals and that women inspire them to the
higher ifehe would have come nearer the truth
Men do wrong because they are untamed and I'M
disciplined. because they very frequently towards:
and by the token they try to shift the respon-
sibility onto the shoulders of the women when
trouble overtakes them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12
!: STORYETTES. ]:
ebt eausatien u tbe Parrot.

To teach q parrot to talk it is
never necessary to place the poor
bird in q dar1ened room or to
starve him. Common sense would
suggest that he should be made as
happy as possible in his surround
ings. Give him good food hemp,
maize, oats, biscuit. As a slice of
fruit is always beneficial. a bit of
apple, of pear, of banana or of car
rot will do very well. Also see
that your pet has pure drinking
water, a large cage, some soft wood
to gnaw, with plenty of coarse grit
on the floor of the cage, for lie
needs the small stones to aid his
digestion. A parrot in those CON-
Portable circumstances may then
be left alone in room while his
teacher conceals himself in anoth-
er. The teacher, who should be
heard, but not seen, should repeat,
with infinite patience, over and
over again the word or words he
wishes his pet to learn. The fe-
male parrots do not talk-the fe-
male of the song birds, it should
be remembered, is not a singer
90 thst efforts of education in that
line are quite thrown away.-Our
Animal Friends.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

THROUGH the efforts of the Illinois State Board
of Arbitration the Chicago Transfers strike to
peaceable end Thursday night It was another
victory for arbitration, both sides in the contest
conceding point or two The packers agreed to
recognize Union labor and the teamsters were salts
fed to accept somewhat lower rate than was de-
handed.
The public was unquestionably glad to see the
strike brought to close as things had reached
serious pass Thursday afternoonso serious that the
governor ordered the militia to prepare to assist the
police. That the difficulty could be settled by
arbitration after violence bloodshed and destruction
of property had been resored to- speaks we'll for the
temper of both sides and is hopeful sign for the
future. The packing houses will hereafter be "open
establishments" recognizing and employing union
men at union wages, as we'll as union men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12
Poison VI Tx Scorpion.

It is said to be a remarkable fact
that the poison of the scorpion
gradually loses its effect upon a
human being and that man suffers
less and less each time he is stung.
One bold philosopher, it is re-
lated, had the courage to follow
out this principle to the furthest
extent and made scorpions sting
him repeatedly until he had be-
come poison proof and suffered but
little inconvenience beyond the
pain of the puncture. Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

INDIANA adopted the indeterminate sentence in
1897, and since that date only 172 per cent of the
prisoners released from the reformatory and state
prison have been returned to those institutions for
any cause whatever. According to the annual re-
port of the Indiana State Board of Charities, the
law has had salutary effect on habitual offenders
The report says:
The habtual criminal has been retained for longer
time than he would under the old system of imprisonment
For this the indetermnate is very
popular with that class In consequence when such
divdua released at the expiration of their sentence
they invariably ask for ticket point without
State where they may not be under the influence
ndetermnate sentence law. They not figure upon it
they did the definite term and do how long
they will have to serve.
This is bound to be the case under the indie
terminate law. With the time sentence in operation
the old offender frequently fares much better than
the first offender. He "knows the ropes" knows
how to fix things so he can plead guilty and get a
short sentence, while the man who finds himself in
the tolls OF the law for the first time receives longer
sentence than he is perhaps entitled to. The inde-
terminate sentence will never be popular with the
man that pursues crime for livelihood.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

published the Minnesota State
prisoners edited
aged objects
prisoners acquaint
disseminate pathological
speng prejudice which has
entirely
dependent public If time there
surplus funds expended
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12
n 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who are
not regular lists will please consider such as
copies If after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR is worthy Of patronage send to this
oce trial subscription rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12
KILOGRAMS.
BY THE ssTRIPLETs."

ii Ao1A ~ ~ ~ "A LA 0s
II BY THE ssTRIPLETs.n
When a butcher calls at dog
pound and redeems half dozen
dogs claiming they are his, he may
be telling the truth but it looks
suspicious.
Only that which is honestly got
is gain-the rest is velvet.
The large sums Of money spent
by Americans attending the coro-
nation ceremonies will help the
Englishmen pay the war debt.
A negro was sentenced recently
for stealing the code of Kentucky.
It is plain he had the law on his
side.
The Jersey minister who says
that all the women will go to
heaven and all the men to the
other place is a man, isn't he?
A white man was lynched in
Missouri recently. What's the
matter, run out Of coons?
Andrew Carnegie has been made
an honorary member of the London
Plumbers union. It's all off with
Andy; he can't expect to die poor
now.
Trouble is one of the things
that will always meet you half
way.
War in South America is GER
tainly getting worse. A boat has.
been sunk and a man killed.
A Kansas negro preacher is ir
jail for trying to screen his family.
He stole some screen doors.
Hank-What areyou doing for
a living these days?
The Poet-Time.
One who predicts thunderstorms
isn't necessarily lightning calcu-
latOr.
Our Dottyville correspondent
sends the following literary notes.:
o, let me think; o let me think.
0 let me think in rhyme
And when I've written what I think
Bring on the chlor de lime.
From Love Lyrics of q Lobster
A malarial mosquito
Prospected on my neck
It struck my vein of humor
And took all the fun out O. me.
From which you will see that L
never had more than skeeter's
bellyful of humor in me.
From the Philosophy Of Finely
Dome.
I yearn for the year I shall not
yearn,
For for years have been yearn-
ing,
I long for the lane I have lain for,
so long,
Short and continually turning.
Warnings of Yearling.
We will now descend from Par
nassus as there are indications Of
an eruption. And we never could
stand hot air, tho the mud bath
they say is fine for dandruff. A
moment, gentle stranger, while We.
pasture our Pegasus in the fields
of prose. "Whoa! Gidoverthere!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

A white man was lynched in
Missouri recently. What's the
matter, run out Of coons?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

The Jersey minister who says
that all the women will go to
heaven and all the men to the
other place is man, isn't he?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-06-12

One who predicts thunderstorms.
isn't necessarily a lightning calou--
lator.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
STARTLING
COMPLAINT
Sensational Action for
Damages by Woman

GuLrAN, pue. 2t=A sensational
action Tor damages wac begun Ia the
superior court here against the Gre
Eon itaiitund 8 Navigation 90. bS
itltu Murray ana her husband. Vim.
v Murray, tho demand being for
ts0. zoe, ON account Of an alleged aa 8
Hauit upon the woman b. "a purhef
OF my e river steamboat, operated
by the corporation.
The complaint Hetu forth that on
oct ~, ibta. the plAlnttH bought tWu
tuil FARE nrat class tiekutf nom Lew 81
istoni idRhoI Ia iiiparia. Wash, and
embarked upon the steamboat after
haNins paid Tor rtAtefuan, N " hitch
Min Murray. who is alleged 10 have
been ~ az the time, retired. II 10
alleged that the plaintiffs explained
90 the purHef that Mrs. Murray Was
~ and desired to fettfe and be left
IN peace aud quiet and that her huH-
band. who rode on the lower deck.
would have both tickets, which
would be given "a the pufaer. 80
that MIS-, Murray would not be dis
tufhed
II IL alleged IN the complaint that
after the steamer had gone many
miles down the fiecr. the purref sun
lawfully and NfonKfuiiy broke down
the door Of the private stAtefoofn IN
which Mrs. Murray Was sleoplns and
removed the covers. beat and pushed
the plaintiff over and upon the bed
and against ether furniture, beating
and hruisins the said plaintiff I'm a
painful manner causing great men
tai suffering because OF the said per-
nonei lndisntties and humiliation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
SEATTLE
PREFERRED
Alaska lawyers Want ap.
pesis Hoard More

DOUGLAS, Alaska. Dec. is@The
Alaska iiar Association ~ a tasetiuK
Just held at Juneau has passed the
follow ns resolutions
Whereas. All appeaiH from the
district court OF the district ct
Alaska are BY Law nov required ca
be heard at san Francisco, Cat aud
Whereas. The district OF Alaska
n remote from aud ineouycnient 20
the city OF San Francisco. and
w hefeas. The center ~ all natl
and passenger routes 90 and from
the district Of Alaska h in the city
OF Seattle. and u Il the nearest and
most convenient point In the states
for tho transaction OF business from
the district % Alaska. and
whereas. The extra distance from
Seattle q, fan Francisco occupies
tao days Of travel aBd causes con-
siderable delay IN the Transports
ton of mails ana the transaction Of
business with points In the district
Of Alaska
Whereas. m causes on appeal
from Alaska were heard IN the city
Of Seattle the attendance OF Alaska
counsel at convenient times OF the
year can be obtained at but small
expense to the ntisants therefore.
lie " resolved. That this aseocia-
ton faNora and urges the taking OF
such measures ~ viii provide for
the hearing Of appeals from the dis
tfict courts for the district ~ Alaska
at the city Of Seattle instead Of the
city OF san .f,ranciHea. and
he u further resolved, That the
PRECEDENT and secretary OF this assas
citation are hereby directed Ia put
themselves IN communication with
such persons az viii alb In the ar-
complainant of this purpose Of
thsse resolutions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
TINGLEY
VAGARIES
freaks Of the Order Of the
Rising Sun

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Dec. ss.--The
deposition 81 Dr. J. A. Anderson In
the TtnEley libel suit aEBinEt the
Los Angeles riuaes. was Rad yesser-
day.
Anderson was once a prufuinent
member of ths society OF which MrHl
Tingiey il the head. lie describes
fully his initiation. All present he
stated. we're clad In light muslin gar-
mentx. and sat on canvas. Accord
ing to the doctors recollection. the
condactress Of the alleged ancient
ceremony, talked OF nothing bat her
pet deg. Spot. After such an militia
ton. nf. Anderson Was declared .
member Of the ofcer OF the Rising
sun.
Mrs Tinsieyss ui~'hod II regard 10
the feeding ef infants In her care
were - unnatural as 10 be cruel. acs
cordlnE 70 the deposition
she acted on fne idea that by
starving a child she could more
quickly kiii out the animal nature
She ts said to have given the chill
dren - little foed that Dr. Woods
tNrr Tingiey's physlrianl protest :
ed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24

The sunaipa ATE huHb with tales Of
the uHeapadeu vt the princess Il Is
said that her lively mannarH shock
ed the solemn couft of IA NenY, last
summer she used a. ride bicycle
through the streets ip company with
an American dentist although she
WNs forbidden ht her husband aud
the King to do ~, Tier relations
with the dentist ave- said 60 have
been extremely Intimate, aud a "
asserted that tho prince has pi0nf
that the American o. the author cf
thc princess existing pregnancy
The namo ~ the princess has been
coupled ALSO With that Of the truuch
tutor II her vhfdtsn. the same who
b. uoW with her at ocncva. lie 10
called Prof Niron Il appears that
irtt~Fa between the princess aud
Cirnn have been eunnscatcds which
reveal Illicit relations, II h rnid
that the letters also disclose another
scandal the nature OF which II not
dcscrihea but II suspected 60 be
that involving the American as the
putatiVe father Of the Forthcoming
child
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
BIRD IS
SENTENCED
March 6 the Date india
Boy Indicted

JUNEAU. Dec. Special Genre
spoudsuee. Judge BROWN today
pronounced the death sentence on
Homer htrd. who h. 60 hang At sitka.
March E The judge expressed Huf
row FOR niryi- wife
The grand Jury today Indicted an
Indian be- named itnoth for prar-
Using vile immortality RnaenE the
boy pupils Of ths iudiaH school
Booth. who "a student at the
school. Il charged with endeavorinE
10 rain a number q young Indians
attending.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
PRESIDENT ELLIS
HAS RESIGNED

The Washington Chiidron'n Home
society has accepted the rrsiHna Hon
of John Waldo illiia. ita president,
lie win continue to hold the ofncv
until jan. /. ian. ) he win leave Tor
california. who're ne viii spend the
winter Rev. W 4. hruwn. pastor
OF the liattery htreet NJ a. church,
has been elected to mn the vacancy.
hir Ellis has been worker la the
HorictY Tor more than n years AZ
the conclusion of a meeting held yes
terday afternoon, the reslgning preH-
fdrnt was presented with hand
aatur uutfas containing 400
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-12-24
WILL NOT PATCH up
Crown Prince and Princess of SaxOny Are
Tired of Each Other

DRESDEN. Dec, SIT T. prchs
ahie that no enert VIII BE made hy
the Grown Prince Frederick ga In
dtlce the Crown Princess Louise 70
return A decree ST dlNolee mnN he
ArpHsd Tor. The Voupig haN, been
patfAnsvd fpt Ions time ana N
November, before leaving for haias
burg eastle. the princess intotn5ed
her husband that she Would not i've
With hiiu hEtla.
Sonse time PREY louH u thlH the
rftneess wrote tu her mother the
Gu5na Duchess Of Tuscany. that she
Intended Ca leave her husband, The
nrphduchsss AZ onCV eAtnv ON to
Dresden and tried to persuade her
aaukhtar 60 reconsider her uctaf=
rninatlun, but the princess refused
ID n stated that she would sec Moth
ms q that beast.
ID i claimed IN behalf II the pfins
cess. that the rtince drinks 20 eNs
cusE. that he fell on his horsc once
In presence Of his regiment, a. q ~
view II Is also said that he com
Quoted notorious liatson with an
srtrens named Rastok. for several
wars