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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
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THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
 Montgomery County.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
 Montgomery County.
 To c. l. Armstrong:
 The Tax Collector has filed in my office a list Of delinquent tax payers and of real es- tate upon which taxes are due. You are re- ported delinquent, and the following real es- tate IS reported as assessed to you, to wit: south # Sec. 25. Township IA Range 20. This Is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said County. at the next term thereof. commencing on Monday the l2th day of May. 1902, then and there to show cause, if any you have. why a decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you. and fees and costs Dated the 3lst day of March. lso2.
 J. B. GASTON, sn-St Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

THE STATE or ALABAMA,
 Montgomery County. To Marion Carter:
 The Tax Collector has filed ia my office . list of delinquent tax payers and of real es- tate upon which taxes are due. You are re. ported delinquent. and the following real es- tate is reported as assessed to you. to wit:
 Three-room house and lot 8 Stewards Gen. teniaI, east sids Stewart Street. between Amelia Anderson, Gdw. and Lorenzo Phiilips. This is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said County, at the next term thereof commencing on Monday. the 18th day of May. 1902. then and there to show cause. if any you have why 2 decree made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you, and fees and costs.
 Dated the 3lst day of March, 1902.
 J.>B. GASToN.
 su-St Indge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
THE grArB or ALABAMA,
 Montgomery Cosnty.

THE STATE or ALABAMA, ~
 NontgomeFy County. To Mary Y. Davis:
 The Tex Collector has fled in my office . list Of delinquent tax payers and Of real e tate tapof which tAxea are due. You are fe- ported S1linuuent, and the following real ss- late is reported as assessed to you.-to Wit: Two.room house and lot, part z. sQuere "A" Hall plat. southwest corner Maggie ana This is to notify yeu to appear before tn: Probate Court of said County, at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday the i2th day of May. lso2. then and there to show eause. if any you have. why decree for thA saie of raid real estats should not be made for the paynssnt of the taxes sssssssd axainst you, and fees and costs
 J. B. 0ASTON, .uat Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
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THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
 Montgomery County.

THE STATE OF ALABAMAs
 Montgomery County.
 To Mrs. Sultana Fuller:
 The Tax Collector has filed in my ofSics list of deliuduent tax payers and of real es- tate upon which tsxes gre due. You are re- ported deiinquent. and the following real e. tate is reported as assessed to you. to wit: and part east side Perry Street. Io6 Monroe Street, house and lot. part 6. square ', scotts plat, 3oI Columbus St. house end lot, par, g. square le. scotfs plat eo' Randolph This Is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said County, at the next tsrro thereof. commencing on Monday. tho i2th day of May. 1904. then and there tc show cause, if any you have. why decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed aEainst you, and fees and costs.
 J. B. GAsrON. su.9t Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
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THE STATE OF ALABAMA,
 Montgomery County.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
 Montgomery County.
 To Mrs. L. F.. Malone:
 The Tax Collector has filed in my office a list of delinquent tax payers and of real ss- tate upon which taxes are due You are re- ported delinquent. and the following real es- tate is reported as assessed to you. to wit
 Southwest Y of N. E. Y. less 10 acres. Section 5. and N. W. t of s. W. Y and H. Section 6. Township i3. Range 10. 27o acres.
 Probate Court of said County. at the next term thereof. commencing on Monday. the 18th day of May. 1902. then and there to show cause, if any you have, why a decree for the sale of said real estate should net Do made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you, and fees and costs.
 Dated the 3ist day of March, ieo2 J. R. GAsToN,
 su-St Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
ER. BARBER RRAPPorNrED.

Named as Register of Land 0flce by
 President Roosevelt.
 Telegrams received yesterday at the Federal building announced the appoint ment by President Roosevelt of Robert Barber of Montgomery to be Register of the Land Ofiice to succeed himself.
 There were several applicants for the place. among them Grimm Tatum of Mont gomery and c. B. Deans of Shelby County.
 Mir. Barber was endorsed by Capt J. w. Dimmick. Clerk of the United States Court, and by Senator Morgan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
 Montgomery County. Ta Nfra C Gah0uPv.

Montgomery County. To Mrs. J. c. Gaboury:
 The Tax Collector has filed In my office a list of delinquent tax payers and of real es- tate upon which taxes are due. You are re- ported delinquent, and the following real es- tate is reported as assessed to you, to wit: Lot l, block 27. Highland Park.
 This is to notify you to appear before the term thereof, commencing on Monday the l2th day of May. 1902. then and there to show cause, if any you have, why decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you, and fees and costs
 Dated the 3ist day of March, 1902.
 ]. 3. GASToN, su-3t Judge Of Probeta.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
THE STATE or ALABAMA.
 Montgomery County.

Montgomery County. To John Curry:
 The Tax Collector has filed in my office a list of deiifduent tax payers and of real es- tate upon which taxes arc due. You are re- ported delinquent, and the following real es- tate Is reported as assessed to you. to wit. Lot l2. block g. Kennedyviile.
 This Is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said County. at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday. the 18th day of May, 1902. then and there to show cause, if any you have, why . decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you. and fees and costs.
 Dated the 3lst day of March. iso2:
 J. B. GAsToN. su-3t Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

Road sprinkling carts were in use in Eng land in i7is They were set before the kings aaILI:ss; .unexxx,ss~. ..,. .s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
If the Baby Is Cutting Teeth,

MIss wiNsIoW's SOOTHING SYRUP. for children teething. It soothes the child. softens the gums. allays all pain. cures wind colie and Is the best remedy for diarrnoss- Iweasy- fve cents a bottle su-wo-n
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

$ piscss CHECK NAINsooK. fully
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

ditions, as is evidenced in the following
anecdotc:
A newly arrived settler from the old
country, or, more precisely, from the sister
island, ignorant of the strength and Prov
ess of the willy marsupial, essayed his
maiden kangaroo hunt with only a single
dog as company. A fine gray boomer was
in due course started, and after an exciting
chase was cornered in a water hole. The
dog, rushing after it, was promptly seized
and ducked, and Pat, irate at the threatened
drowning of his companion, fired, bur
missed his quarry, and thereupon jumped
into the water hole, with the intention, as
he afterward avOwed, "to bate the brains
out Of the haste" with the butt end OF his
gun. The kangaroo, however, very soon
turned the tables upon Pat, Before he had
time to realize the seriousness OF the situa-
ton he found himself lifted off his feet and
soused and hustled with such vigor that
both Pat and his dog most narrowly es-
capped a watery grave. A couple of neigh
bors, by good luck passing that way, OBJ
served the turmoil and came TO the rescue.
The Water Bucks.
The largest animals in the first OF three
groups now to be considered are the water
bucks, antelOpes Of stout and sturdy build,
standing from forty-fve to fifty inches at
the shoulder, and covered with long, coarse
hair, especially on the neck, in both sexes.
The males alone carry horns, which vary
from twenty to thirty-six inches in length
and are strongly ringed in front for three
fourths Of their length. They are sublyrate
in shape, being first inclined backward and
then forward at the tips. There are three
well marked species Of water buck, viz,
the common water buck OF South Africa,
whose range extends from the LimpopO
northward, through Nyasaland to German
and British East Africa, and to the Shebeyli
river, in Somaliland; the Sing-Sing Of Sene-
gal and Gambia, and the Defassa water buck
OF Western Abyssinia and the Nile valley,
south to Uganda and British and German
East Africa. In habits all species OF va ter
buck are very similar. They live generally,
though not invariably, in herds OF from
ten TO twenty individuals, and In such
small herds there is seldom more than
one full grown male present. In the In
terror OF South Africa the water buck is
often met with amongst steep, stony hills
and at a distance Of more than a mile from
the nearest river. Speaking generally. how
ever, this antelope may be said to frequent
the near neighborhood OF water, but to
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
Coal Fields of Rocky Mountain Region

din, Martin and Butte, and no thorough
explorations Of these have been made.
The only point in Nevada at which coal OF
any value has been found is in the Eureka
district. extending thirty miles south from
Carlin, on the Central Pacific, in Elku
county. The single bed is occasionally OF
workable thickness, but the coal is lignitic
and impure, and there are no mines in
operation.
No coal is mined in Idaho on n large
scale. The Boise district, in front Of the
Boise mountains and between the Boise and
Payettc rivers, extending north thirty miles
from a point six miles north Of Boise, in
cludcs the Horseshoe Bend district, with
one three foot. high grade Ignite bed, and
the Jerusalem district with four beds, from
three to eight feet thick, Of Ignite. No
mines are in operation.
The coal fields of Montana form a nearly
continuous belt extending in n northwest
southeast direction entirely across the
state: but most Of the fields have not been
investigated in detail. As In Wyoming, the
plains region east Of the Rocky mountains.
extending from the Dakotas as undcrlaid 10y
beds of Ignite coal of varying quality.
Along the summit Of the Rocky mountain
range, and westward, are numerous areas
OF NcoCene lake beds. which contain some
Ignite coal.
In 1850 the Rocky mountain coal fields
produced about 1.OOO,O 600 short tons of coal;
in 1890 they produced about $500, 600 tons
in 1900 almost 10. 500. 600 tons, and their os-
timated capacity was over 21 ,OOO, zoo tons.
In 1900, 277 commercial mines in Gfty-eight
counties of North Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
produced 13, 496, 555 short tons, worth a little
over SIT, 4OO, 900. or this total coal product
80 per cent was used for railroad fuel, 2S
per cent for manufacturing fuel. p per cent
for domestic fuel and . per cent was made
into coke
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

Forester and "Old Man Kangaroos" are
commonly applied by the settlers and the
species with which the popular and exciting
sport of a kangaroo hunt-the Antipodean
substitute for fox hunting-is associated.
The pace and staying power OF an old man
kangaroo are something phenomenal. Fox
hounds would have no chance with it; con-
sequently a breed of rough haired grey
hounds, known as kangaroo dogs, are espe-
cially trained for this sport. A run of
eighteen miles, with a swim OF two in the
sea at the finish, and all within the space
of two brief crowded hours, is one of the
interesting records chronicled. The quarry,
when brought to bay, is, moreover, a by
no means despicable foe. Erect on its
launches, with it's back against a tree, the
dogs approach it at their peril, as, with a
stroke Of its powerful spur-armed hind
foot, it will with facility disembOwel or
otherwise fatally main its assailant. An
other favorite refuge of the hunted
boomer" is a shallow water hole, wherein,
wad.ng waist deep, it calmly awaits its pur-
suers' onslaught. On the dogs swimming
out to the attack, it will seize them with its
handlike fore paws, thrust them under
water and, If their rescue is not speedily
effected, literally drown them. Even man,
without the aid OF firearms, is liable to be
worsted in an encounter under these con-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
Poison of Lily of Valley

A German botanist has discovered that
the pretty flower known as the lily Of the
valley contains a poison Of the most deadly
kind. Not only the flower itself, but also
the stem as we'll, contains an appreciate
quantity of prussic acid. While inject
ing a decoction Of lily Of the valley into
the ear of a guinea pig he noticed the
animal sucCumb Immediately. with all the
symptoms Of poisoning by hydrocyanic acil,
Chemical analysis Of the little plant has
disclosed, however, the presence OF this
poisonous constituent, to which-stranEc to
say-scientists attribute precisely the pen
c~trating perfume Of the lily of the valley.
The attention Of the German botanist has
been drawn by the fact that one of his
gardeners has felt himself seized with diz-
illness and vomiting, after having raised
inadvertently n bunch Of lilies Of the val
ley to his mouth, the lips of which were
cracked.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

miles nearly to the state line, it's width
being about forty miles. One mining dis
trict of the field is Immediately north of
Colorado Springs, in Ell Paso county; there
are FIVE others northwest of Denver, at
Boulder, Marshall, Lafayette, Louisville and
Erie, in Boulder and Weld counties The
coal is essentially Ignite. The Como dis
trict Of the park group is in northwestern
Park county and is twenty-one miles long
and from three to five miles wide. These
beds show from two to eight feet of coal
The coal is a good locomotive fuel. The
North Park district comprises nearly the
entire area of North Park, in the northern
half of Grand county. There are appar-
emily three workable coal beds, varying
from four to thirty-two feet in thickness,
and the coal is Ignite. This Is the least
developed Of any district in the state, and
there is no immediate prospect of any fur
Their development. OF the western group,
the Yampa district, on the drainage Of the
Yampa river, in Routt and Garfield coun-
ties, has a number Of beds, varying from
four to seventeen feet thick. The coal
varies from bituminous to anthracite. This
area is at present practically inaccessible.
The Grand River district is prospectively
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

in the northern part of the territory. Only
those parts adjacent to railroads have been
thoroughly explored. The great value OF
these fields is in their proximity to an eX-
tensive region in Arizona, Texas, southern
California and Mexico, in which very little
coal Of value has been found.
The areas of the coal bearing rocks in
Utah have been SO little explored that the
probable productive area OF the state can
not be accurately estimated. The coal
from the producing mines is nearly all
semi bituminous.
The coal Of North Dakota is Ignite and
disintegrates so rapidly upon exposure that
it must be used very soon after leaving the
mine. In many places it is only necessary
to scrape off the surface in order TO quarry
the coal.
The coal fields of eastern Montana eN.
tend into northern Dakota, covering its
southwestern portion as far as Emmo -,
Burleigh and Mclean counties, on the east.
ern side OF the Missouri. The coal is
Ignite.
No mines of economic importance are
operated in South Dakota, the only portion
OF the state underlain by coal being the
northwestern tier of counties, Ewing, Har
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

the most valuable OF the state, because Of
its extent and Of the varied character OF
the Goals. 1t forms the eastern extension
of the Green river basin, which runs west
ward into the Wasatch district of Utah. 1t
extends from the state line eastward to
the base of Mount Wheatstone, near
Crested Butte, over $50 miles, and from the
drainage OF the Yampa river on the north
to the Gunnison river on the south, over
100 miles. At a number OF places through
the western part of the state south of the
Grand river drainage coal beds are ex~
posed, but they are not Of economic value,
The coal fields of Colorado contain every
variety of coal from the typical Ignite to
the equally typical anthracite. The area
of the anthracite product probably does not
exceed eight square miles.
The Goals Of Wyoming, lying largely in
the plains region, are of a lower grade, on
the whole, than the mountain Goals Of
Colorado and Montana. No good coking
coal or any workable anthracite has yet
been found within its limits, though the
product from its mines finds a ready market
along the line of the Union Pacific rail
road.
The coal fields Of New Mexico lie chiefly
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

~ fields, says the Brooklyn Eagle, is
as yet scarcely appreciated. AS
- described by l.. S. Storrs in
Part III of the twenty-second annual re-
port of the United States Geological sur
vey, now in press, they occupy about 60 per
cent Of the length of a belt along the east
ern base of the main range, extending
southwark from the Canadian boundaries
fully 1000 miles, through Montana, Wyo-
ming, Colorado and New Mexico. Another
less extensive belt occurs along the west
ern base of the Rocky mountain range, in
Wyoming. Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
Between these two belts, in the park re-
gion, are numerous isolated basins. In ad-
dition to these generally bituminous fields
large areas of the plains in Montana, Wyo-
ming and the Dakotas are also underlaid
by coal, usually Ignite. but valuable for
local use. According to the latest esti-
mates, the areas o. the coal-bearing forma-
lions in the six states and one territory Of
the Rocky mountains are: For anthracite,
bituminous and lignitic-bituminous coal
1850 square miles, and for Ignite $500
square miles. The history of the develop
ment of the various coal fields Of the Rocky
mountains is essentially the history OF the
general development of the region, which
has no parallel elsewhere in the United
States, and in which, as in the case of the
interior coal field, the great trans
portation lines have been the determining
factor.
The Colorado coal fields are the only
snes for which a fairly accurate estimate
of workable coal beds and available coal
can be given. A conservative estimate
places the workable beds at about so per
cent of the total IS, 100 square miles Of coal
bearing area and the available coal at
nearly $4,000 OO, 900 tons. The Colorado
fields have been divided into three groups
the eastern, the park and the western. The
fields of the eastern group are the Ration,
The Canyon City and the South Platte. The
Ration field extends north from the Colo
rado-New Mexico line forty-fve miles along
the base Of the Front mountain range and
about thirty-two miles eastward into the
plains, and embraces western Los Animas
(the Trinidad district and southern Huer-
fano Nhe Walsenburg district counties.
Five of the forty coal beds are usually OF
workable thickness, varying from eight feet
down. The coal is both steam and cooking
The Canyon City field is near Canyon City,
in Fremont county, east of the Wet noun
tain range, south of the Arkansas river
and north of Newland Creek, Some Of the
beds are from four to five feet thick. The
product is excellent domestic coal,
south Platte Fields.
The South Platte field begins a few miles
north OF Colorado Springs and runs thence
north along the Front range for about 140
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
Living Wild Animals Caught by the Camera

TYPICAL and most familiar
member of the marsupial order
- is the kangaroo, the heraldic
IU49NI mammal of that vast island con
- tinent in the South seas, whose
phenomenal advance by leaps and bounds,
from what scarcely a century since was
represented by but a few isolated settle
ments has been aptly likened to the char
acteristic progression of this animal. or
kangaroos proper there are some twenty
four species, distributed throughout the
length and breadth of Australia, extending
southwark to Tasmania and to the north as
far as New Guinea and a few other adjacent
islands.
In point Of size the great gray kangaroo
and the red or woolly species run each
other very closely, A full grown male Of
Nrher species will weigh as much as 200
pounds and measure a little over five feet
from the tip of the nose to the base of the
tail, this latter important member mOnop-
olizing another four or four and a half
feet. The red or woolly species more es-
pecially affects the rocky districts of south
and cast Australia, while the great gray
kind is essentially a plains dweller and
widely distributed throughout the grassy
plains OF the entire Australian continent
and also Tasmania. 1t is to the big males
of this species that the titles Of Boomer"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

a very dark gray. The flesh OF the water
buck is coarse and sometimes rathe'
strongly tasted, and when In good condl
ton the fat Is very hard.
Living Animals OF the World, compete
in twenty-four parts. Price, 10 cents each
by mail, Is cents. Address The Bee Pub
fishing Company, Omahi, Ncb.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

prefer dry to swampy ground. When
chased by dogs 1t always makes for water
and will plunge fearlessly into broad, deep
rivers, regardless of crocodiles, to which
ravenous reptiles it sometimes falls a vic
tim. In South Africa water buck vary much
in color, even in the same district, some
being reddish brown, while others are of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13

he magnitude of the aggregate
area of the Rocky mountain coal
fields, says the Brooklyn Eagle, is
as yet scarcely appreciated. As
described by l.. S. Storrs in
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-09-18
sI.0o A YEAR.
Possibilities Of a Bar of Iron.

The man who takes the first bar
may be rough blacksmith who has
only partly learned his trade, and has
no ambition to rise above his anvil.
He thinks that the best possible thing
he can do with his bar is to make 1t
into horseshoes, and congratulates
himself upon his success. He reasons
that the rough lump Of iron is worth
only two or three cents pound, and
that it is not worth while to spend
much time or labor on it. His enor-
nous muscles and small skill have
raised the value of the iron from one
dollar, perhaps, to ten dollars.
Along comes cutler, with little
better education, little more ambi-
ton, little finer perception, and
says to the blacksmith "ls this all
you can see in that iron2 Give me
bar, and I will show you what brains
and skill and hard work can make of
it." When his work is done, he shows
the astonished blacksmith two thou
sand dollars worth Of knife-blsdes.
where the latter only saw ten dollars
worth ofcrude horseshoes. The value
has been greatly raised by the refn-
ing process.
Still another workman, whose pro-
cesses are so almost infinitely delicate,
whose product is so little known by
even the average educated man that
his tradei. unmentioned by the max
ers of dictionaries and encyclopedias,
takes but fragment OF one Of the
bars of steel, and develops its higher
possibilities with such marvellous &C.
curacy, such ethereal fneness oftouch,
that even mainsprings and hsirsprings
are looked upon as course. crude and
cheap. When his work is done, he
shows you few OF the minutely barbed
instruments used by dentists to draw
out the finest branches OF the dental
nerves. While pound Of gold,
roughly speaking, is worth about two
hundred and fifty dollars, pound Of
these slender, barbed flaments Of
steel, if pound could be collected,
might be worth hundreds Of times AS
much.
Just az each artisan sees in the
crude iron some finished, refined pro-
duet, so must we see in our lives glo-
rious possibilities, if we would but re-
alize them. If we see only horseshoes
and knife. blades, all our efforts and
struggles will never produce hair
springs. We must realize our own
adaptability TO great ends; We must
resolve to struggle, to endure trials
and tests, TO pay the necessary price,
confident that the result willpay us
for our suffering, our trials, and our
effort.