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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Pick up almost any ynewspaperand you find an account of some person being stricken with heart disease. Heart trouble, at least among the Americans, Is on the increase. No doubt this Is due in part to the worry, excitement and strenu- osity of modern American business life, and yet how many, many times 1t is the result of weak stomachs, of poor digestion.
 While real organic heart trouble is incurable, it is comforting to know that not more than one case in every hundred is organic. The re- mainder are functional, being due to sympa- thetic disturbance. produced through thenervous system, caused by great muscular prostration. improper nutrition, in short, dyspepsia.
 This functional disturbance of the hearts action is manifested by palpitation. irregularity of beats, intermission, rolling or tumbling move ment and feeling as if the heart were in the throat These symptoms often give rise to great apprehension, anxiety, fear and depression of mind. But since the cause of the trouble is indigestion. 1t readily yields to stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets, the great panacea for alistomach disorders and sympathetic ailments. The close relation between heart trouble and poor diges- ton is due to the fact that the heart, the great force pump of the system, to which all of the veins and arteries of the body may be directly or indirectly traced, and the stomach arc controlled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
MIR. RAPLEE'S CAREER
LIFE OF DEAD ENGINEER WAS
 FULL OF INTEREST.
He Was a Railroad Man Before the War and Kept 8 scrapbook. Body to Be shipped
 Today.

The body of William Raplee. the loco-
 motive engineer, whose death was due 70
 be shipped to his aged mother in Jackson, Mich., today.
 1t is stu at the undertaking establish
 ment of Coroner W. H. Tice on South
 It will be remembered that the body of Mir. Raplee was found dead in his bed at
 his room on Bell Street early Tuesday had no relatives here and his letters gave
 the address of his mother in Michigan. Mir. Raplee was 63 years old. He had
 worked for railroads entering Montgom-
 cry at various times for more than twenty years. He was held in high regard by
 many Montgomery railroad men and soma of them expressed astonishment yesterday
 morning at the announcement that he had
 died alone and without proper care.
 Daddy Curran a veteran locomotive engineer, now gatekeeper for the Louis
 vile and Nashville Railroad, was warm
 friend Of MT. Raplee They were engi; Railroad before the war between the
 States and many were the stories they | told younger railroad men of railroading in the olden days.
 In a carefully kept scrap book in MT.
 Raplee's room are hundreds of newspaper clippings narrating his varied experiences.
 Here is set down a complete account of a terrible wreck at Graces Gap on the
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1887. Mir. Raplee was the engineer. Both of his legs were broken and for some time it was thought he pwas dead. A bone of the leg was removed and the bone of a sheep was successfully put in It's place. For many fears afterward he had good use of his limbs but 1t was said that this terrible accident So impressed him that
 he was never afterward quite so success | ful in his railroad career He was said to have been quite a fa- VorIte of Major B. Dunham, many years General Manager of the Plant System. and Mir. Raplee was long in the service of that railroad.
 MT. Raploe had tender devotion for his venerable mother and often sent her
 money in his more prosperous days, not
 withstandlng she Is said to have a com fortable competency.
 In his room q great bundle of letters from his mother were found in a neat package.
 You are on my mind all of the time. I
 wonder if you have enough to eat l don't have to fret about you being cold for you are in a warm climate. know you will not freeze to death any way" And again:
 II want you to write to nce just as soon as you get a job. I have prayed con- stantly for God to be good to you so that you can earn a living. Never mind about Christmas. We can live without pres ents You sent me enough three years ago to last me a life time" The letter closes with this tender mes
 sage from the dear old mother to her 63- year-old son:
 Goodbye and God bless my dear old Will"
 Mr. Raplee was unmarried. ,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
PENSION BILL IS UP
CoNGRESgMEN TALK ABOUT
 EVERYTHING ELSE.
Dinsmore and Hit Review Their Debate on Panama and HIT.
 Livernash Submits Some Remarks on Labor.

washington, Dec. 16.-Central American affairs were discussed in the House tooay and also pensions, industrial and agricui- turaI conditions and labor. The session lasted more than four hours, the house betng in committee of the whole almost tne entire time on the pension appropraa- tion bill, on which no conclusion was reached.
 MT. Lind (Dem, Minn.), referring to an editorial published in a home paper which he said reflected on his relations with MT. Williams, the minority leader' stated that he desired to say that ms business relations with Mir. Williams were of the most cordial character
 When the House convened, considera- ton of the pensions appropriation plll was resumed in committee of the whoIe' MT. Gibson (Rep., Tenn), being the hrst speaker. He said the President has pur- sued a wise and prudent course in con- nection with the Panama situation lie declared that the South was prosperlng under Republican tariff laws and would prosper under Republican isthmian canal He said the tariff was like pair of suspenders--too tight in some places too loose in others, but very needful just 
 the same. ,-
 Mir. Bassett Dem. N. Y.) spoke briefly on the Panama question, saying what the country wants to know is if the course pursued has been properly taken and with view of doing justice.
 MT. Dinsmore Dem., ArkO replying to remarks made by MT. Hit CRep, lli.) last week, said that he had not charged the administration with lawlessness but ha1 enncnfonffn1tEly dpErTiha1 the act as he understood 1t to have been done. lie renewed his contention that 1t was the duty of the President to have turned to Nicaragua and repeated that the Spooner act had been violated. He insisted that the President had done wrong.
 Mir. Dinsmore quoted from the speech made in New York last night by Assist ant Secretary Loomis, saying that when MT. Loomis said: Ut became evident bian Congress in June that there was not the least intention of ratifying the Hay Herra treaty." his (Mr. Dinsmore's) con tention was sustained He took issue with other statements made by NJ. Loonlis He said the Nicaraguan route should be taken instead, asking what is a few millions to this government. He repeated that but for the action of this government there never would have been u TepuUEC OI EdHdLud
 MT. Hit (Rep., Ill) replying to MT. Dinsmore said:
 After a treaty by which we generous ly agreed to give ten millions at their de- mand had been rejected with a bald and palpable spirit of blackmailing us out of fifteen millions more, the gentleman from Arkansas says he would yield 1t. I will certify that all the Democrats and all the Republicans would give President Roosevelt whitening execration and hiss ing and scorn if he submitted to that blackmaii."
 Mir. Hit said the President had been accused of being too slow. then with be- ing too fast. The President had only
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
In Fez.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
 In Fez, tho capital of Morocco. most of the houses consist of several stories, each being provided with a light veranda' running round it and connecting the rooms. All the windows and doors open out into the patio, or courtyard, the win , ,w openings in the upper stories being q ,vered with close trellis work. All the h uses have fiat roofs, with wall some four to six feet high running around, and from 1 p. m. until sunset the roofs are given over to women exclusively, who cdn then walk about and take the fresh air without being seen by any of the oppos- ite sex. This reservation is a law which is never broken, and no man would be guilty of being seen on his or any other roof during the forbidden hours. Owing to the fact that the women of the house are not allowed to be seen by any other man than their master, all domestic of- fees are situated away from the house proper In many of the larger houses, besides the water fountains. others play ing scent or scented water are to be found. Sections of the courtyard also are slightly sunk and these portions are filled with scented oil, which is used to per fume the rooms. The moors are excep- tionalIy particular in discarding thelr footgear. before entering a room or cross ing rug or carpet; they even Change slippers hefore entering the courtyard from the stret. Thus the houses are kept beautifully clean and sweet and are not aA many people would suppose, musty or aloge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
MISSIONS SHOW ADVANCE.
Summary of Protestant Work for the
 Past Work is Encouraging.

summary oL 4AVbSSbssAAS W " Past Work is Encouraging. Boston, Dec. 16.-The American board ol commissioner for Foreign Missions maoe
 public today a summary or ProtesIoH' foreign missions. In most of the Items
 there is shown to be an advance over ths reports of the preceding year. The Tn, corne of societies in the United States ana Great Britain shows an increase of over S2 GOO GOO. The statistics are as follows: stations, 5.7T1: out stations, z2SSS4i total
 missionaries, 16.e1S; native workers '0'Sel { communicants in churches, l'S9l,V4s; pupilS pal, under instruction, LIZ 'sbs Ihe tosa' native constituency Is 3.6lS,SSl' ., The United States is represented by o.9sl
 stations and out stations; 1,6i7 men, s6SS
 women: POI ,so1 native laboIAre; 6O6,6Ol com municants, 43,723 added last year; 2oS'oSi under instruction. The income of the so-
 cIeties reported is $7.161,S ,S4S
 The missionary work at the Hawaiian Islands having been assumed by the churches at the islands, that mission dis appears this year from the rolls. bu' that to the Philippines has been added, so that the number of missions IS sthi twenty. .+
 In the Chinese missions of the Amefi- can Board there are more church mem- hers by Ss5 than before the Boxer out break. while the native laborers have in- creased nearly threefold. Other organl- zations have such interests within the Turkish empire These interests the Turkish government has failed to recC' nize as 1t should. The United States gov ernment is seeking to secure the same privileges for American missionaries as have been granted to the subjects or otn- CT nations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Contracts Are Ironelad.

New York. Dec. 16.-An important de- cision regardfng theatrical contracts has been handed down by Judge Townsend ln the United States Circuit Court, who has made permanent an injunction asked for on behalf of the Castle Square Opera Company against Frank Moulan. a comedian.
 Under this decision, Moulan is restrain ed from appearing on the stage under any other management while his contract expires eighteen months hence. The comedian set up the plea that the con- tract allowed his employer to break 1t on two weeks notice and maintained the same privilege.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Condition of the Ohio.

Evansville. Ind, Dec. 16.-Heavy Ice continued to pass here tonight and navi. gation is still suspended. The tow boat liners and barges are in danger below Mount Vernon. Heavy Ice has appeared years, and boats there have tied up. Ow- ing to the low stage of the Wabash, the boats can find no harbors along the stream, and when the ice breaks the boats will be in great danger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
A Perfect Illustration.

Senator Bacon of Georgia has for his hobby the natural sciences. in which he is unusually well versed He was talk- ing one day about the effect 0f heat and cold. explaining the rule that neat eAs hands and cold contracts" Suddenly he smiled. T am reminded of q story" he said. There was a boys class in phys- ies before which this rule came The rule was discussed in its, various aspects and bearings, and finally the teacher said:
 Brown. suppose you give me good example of the rule. Can you do ity
 "'Yes, sir, said Brown. In summer when it is hot, the days are longer; and in winter. when 1t is cold. the days are short"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Heavy Fighting Going On.

Cape Haytien, Dec. 16.-Heavy fighting, in which the revolutionists were repulsed, has been going on at Santiago for the last two days, according to a special dis patch received here The Government has advised all families to leave the city. President Morales Is constantly expected at Santiago. Photographic communication with San Domingo is interrupted and this place is, therefore. without news from the capital. General Jiminez is still at Monte ChriRtO.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
DEMOCRATS STILL UNDECIDED
Conference Agrees to Postpone Decis-
 ion as to Panama Treaty.

Washington, Dec. 16.-The Democratic Senators continued their conference today with a view of reaching conclusion on inc course to be pursued regarding legis- lation.
 They decided that the caucus action in deciding that Democratic Senators should vote together on party questions in the future should not be binding on the vote upon the Cuban reciprocity bill, but that each Senator should vote as he might prefer on that measure, The conference also decided to postpone its decision as to the course to be pursued with reference to the Panama canal treaty and decided to hold other meetings fov the considera- tion Inf that and other questions as they nav come up for consideration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

orders for the formation of battalion oI marines to be known as the Caribbean sea battalion. This battalion will be regular ly attached to the Caribbean Sea souau- ron, though its immediate destination iS Colon. It will be assembled at FnilA- delphia as rapidly as possible ana tne Dixie already has left Colon to return tO that place with the new battalion.
 Rear Admiral Coghlan in a cabiesram to the Navy Department dated Colon De- cemper i5, says that ali is quiet on the northern coast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
NOT HEREDITARY.
Badness Due to Q Living Minute
 Germ.

Many people, even unto the present day of grace, consider badness due-to here- ditary influence.
 Nothing is further from the truth Badness is caused by the onslaught of minute organism which secretes ttseh beneath the scalp and attacks the roots of the hair-causing 1t to lose it's life ane fall out.
 This organism cannot be got rid of ex3 cept by the free and persevering use oA Newbro's Herpicide.
 No matter how badly the scalp Is ef< fected. the Dandrufr surely disappear4 and hair health Is restored when Herpis eide is applied.
 ..Destroy the cause you remove the eE. feet"
 Sold by leading druggists. Send loo M stamps for sample to The Herpicide co.s Detroit Mich E. c, Fowler. Spacl4 Agent thu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

bed of the sea is visible for q distance of thousands of feet. High winde hurried clouds of sand shoreward. covering the town. Vessels are lying high and dry and the greatest confusion prevails In the harbor. Work in the factories has had to be reduced to a minimum, owing ta lack of water.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Wanted for Murder.

Palatka. Fla. Dec. 16.-A white man giving his name as McManus was arrest- ed here last night just as he was about to board the steamer City of Jacksonville. McManus is wanted in Lancaster, s. C., where he is charged with murder. After his arrest he confessed to the killing for which he was arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Cholera in Asia.

Constantinople. Dec. 1s.-An epidemic of cholera Is raging at Kerbela, south of Bagdad. From December g, to December i2 176 deaths from the disease were re- corded. .fr .re
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
sea off Azof Drvine Up.

@ Petersburg. Dec. ls.-The sea of Azof is disappearing and remarkable scenes are in course of enaction. At TaRanrog the waters have reeeded to such an ex- tent during the last five days that the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
PERSONAL.
Jas. Gallagher,
 t,eal Estate Agent,

No. 41A Dsxter ave-
 Montgomery Ala References-Merchants G Planters. Farley Ns+ onaI Bank. Montgomery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
LOST.

fOsT-on Commerce St., a diamond pin. Re- turn to c. L. Hertz & Co.,, and receive re- ward. St saddle on shoulders black ears with white streak in face; answers to name of Druid.
 Return to T. F. Harrison, corner Montgomery and Lee Sts,, and get reward St
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
WIN
Pointed Paragraphs.

A man of brass is always ready to
show his metal.
The amateur artist is seldom as
bad as he paints.
Old age is more or lees contrary.
It never agrees with a woman.
a coastwise steamer is one that
knows how to keep off the rocks.
This is a sad world for those who
have no humor in their make up.
Any girl who marries to please her
folks usually gets the worst of it.
Women distrust men too much in
general and not enough in particu-
lar.
He has the best education who
best lnows when to appear ignorant.
4 man should he getting on we'll
in life when he is getting we'll on in
life.
Loaning money strengthens the
memory; borrowing it causes forget
fulness.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01

Z CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.
4 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Us
81 In time. Sold by druggists.
CONS ON

Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike
those of the body, they are increased
by repetition, approved by reflection.
and strengthened by enjoyment
Cotton.
By adding together the total as
sets of insurance companies as print
ed in their folders q man can form
some idea of the money there is in
the world.
Foley's Kidney Cure purifes the
blood by straining out impurities and
tones up the whole system. Cures
kidney and bladder troubles. The
Kaufman Drug Co.
$50 you have decided to get an
other physician" Il have" answered
Mrs. Cumrox. "The idea of his pre-
scribing fsxseed tea and mustard
plasters for people IS We are"
Johnny-Ms, aren't they using
kerosene oil to get rid OF the moequi-
toes? Mamma-Yes; I believe 80.
Johnay-I wonder why they don't
give them castor oil7
Mrs. Kste Taylor, who was char
ged with killing her husband at Mon
ticello, N. Y and then cut up the
body and burned it in the kitchen
stove, has been found guilty and her
execution fixed for the 5th OF July.
For a lazy liver try Chamberlain 8
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
invigorate the liver, aid the digestion
regulate the bowels and prevent bill
GUS attacks. For sale by The kauf'
mann Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
"Do YOU consider it q moral wrong

"Do you consider it moral wrong
to cheat a lawyer?" asked the person
who is always looking for chance to
start something. No." replied the
man whose specially wisdom, "but I
consider it a physical impossibility."
Senator John ". Daniel has been
declared the nominee of the Demo
cratic party in Virginia as his own
successor to the United States Senate.
He had no opposition and under the
primary laws the State chairman
declared the nomination.
The Bible is now widely read in
India. At Singapore it is stated
that the British and Foreign Bidle
Society will sell the Scriptures in
over seventy-f7e languages and dia-
lects. The Bible has also been trans
lated into sixty-six Of the languages
and dialects of Africa.
No man or woman is the state will
hesitate to speak we'll Of Chamber
lsin's Stomach and Liver Tablets
after once trying them. They always
produce pleasant movement of the
bowels, improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion. For sale
by The Kaufman Drug Co.
Eight men, five of one family and
three cow boys, were killed in battle
between cowboys and a family named
Berry, at St. Francis, Kan. There
had been bad feeling, started by the
Berry family cutting wire fences be-
longing to the ranch on which the
cowboys lived to obtain a shorter
road to town.
Horrible details have arrived in
European Turkey of the slaughter on
May 81 of the inhabitants of the vii
lage of Smerdssh, south of Lake
Presba. The Turks murdered every
thing in their path, including women
and girls, and set fire to the village.
Not a living soul was left. Women
were horribly treated and then killed.
A strange punishment is endured
by Armenian maidens when they
have attained their seventeenth year
and are not engaged to be married.
They are forced to fast three days;
then for twenty-four hours their food
is salt fish, and they are not permit
ted to quench their thirst.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
The Brave and the Unfortunate.

The Brave and the = Unfortunate.
Greenwood News and Views.
Some six weeks ago an old man
appeared in Greenwood. he was a
stranger. He wandered about the
city for two or three days with
sluggish drag in his gait. His
clothes were good and he appeared
to have been a man at some time.
One day dinner was given him at
the City hotel and it WAS there dis
covered that he had been a soldier in
one of the armies of the war between
the States. but it YVES not certain
whether he had been a Federal or
Confederate. His mind was not
clear, and, while he had Federal pen
sion papers, he claimed to have been
with Morgan. He had no money
and transportation was furnished
him to Augusta, Ga.
A few days after the man was gone
he was heard from through news
papers. He had been arrested in
Augusta on the charge of burglary.
An Investigation revealed that his
name was Moore-oue of the names
he gave here-and that he had served
in Sherman's army as soldier in an
Ohio regiment. Letters and pension
papers found on his person showed
that he was from Kentucky and was
20 years OF age. When the trial
came on be was srraigned before
Judge W. T. Gary, who is a native
of this State, was himself soldier
and brother of Gen. Mart Gary.
The jury was composed of e1-Con-
federate soldiers.
George Moore, the Federal veteran,
bowed down with age and the hard
ships of a wanderer, confessed his
guilt and told how want had led him
into crime. But the prisoners dis
tress, his age and his record as a
soldier would not turn the jury from
it's sworn duty and a verdict Of guilty
was obliged to be rendeaed.
Duty had been done, and now
mercy comes in and men who had
faced the perils of great war knew
in what manner to meet case like
this.
With the iury's recommendation to
mercy Judge Gary fined the prisoner
one dollar.
The sheriff, who had been a Con-
federate captain, went forward and
paid the dollar for the man who had
once been in arms against him.
Then the Solicitor ordered the dollar
to be turned over to the prisoner.
George Moore wept, and as he
passed from the prisoners box out Of
the court men stood up in respect to
the old union soldier. Then soldiers
of the dead Confederacy made up
money to send the Federal veteran
back to Kentucky, to the home Of his
sister who had written him pathetic
letters to return and quit his vaga-
bond life.
WI sG6-.x. = thsI -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01
Public Land Sold.

The sinking fund commission has
sold 5000 acres of public land in
Georgetown county to T. J. Doyle, of
the Atlantic Coast lumber company
for S6,636,36. Mr.. Doyle intends to
colonize the tract and 90 extensively
into raising sugar beets.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-01

Major Dix-Do you think it's going
to rain tomorrow, Uncle Isham
Uncle Isham-I dunno, honey. It's
mighty bad ter prognosticate. When
de Lawd had charge OBJ de weathah
I could tell sumin' erbout it, but
sense dis yere weathah bureau dun
bin runin' it Uncle Isham's had ter
glib it up.