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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
A Shrewd Investor

will be glad to know how the greatest accumulation of trust funds in the world is invested. A young man who is just beginning to accumulate and invest his savings will be Interested in a booklet that describes the investments of The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. This information is found in "A Bankers Will" Sent free on application. Tfis Company ranks
 FNH-Iu' Assets \ FSrR-In Amount Paid Policy-heiders ESs-IRASe ! TnK MUrUELL EEtLNsuRANcE. CoMPANY!oF,N NEwSYoRK, RscHAHD A MecURDV, President, ] wm...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20

Cash quotations were as follows; Flour-Dull and easy.
 No. Spring wheat, 7ea77; No. 8, es97e; No. red, 72A@73
 No. 9 corn, 72ss; No. yellow, 42%. No. 2 oats, 33%; No. white 346135h. Mess pork, per bbl.. Sl7.e7h9l9. Lard, per 100 lbs. Slo.37.
 Short rib sides Qoose), So. 60Go So Dry salte1 shoulders (boxed). S8 97h4o %. Short clear sides (boxed). SIC. STAG lo.5o. Whiskey. basis of high wines. Sl 80.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
Temperature and Rainfall.
}. s. Department or Agriculture.
 Weather Bureau.

Weather Bureau
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, March g. The following shows highest and lowest tenn peratures and rainfall at Weather Bureau sta tions, during the twentyfour hours ending 7 | nL today:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
Local Cotton Market.

Quotations for spot cotton in the local cotton | market yesterday were follows: strict middling .........................9l l3-I6 oIlCl LOW mlddIlng .....................9 v ] b
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
Kansas City Live Stock.

4. 800 natives, 200 Texansi calves 200 Texans and POO natives: market steady to Ioc lower.
 Choice export and dressed beef
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20

Cincinnati Provisions. CINCINNATI, March Io.-Flour-Firm. Lard-Quiet at S9. Bulk meats-Easier at SS.STh. Bacon-Easier at s t.l2h.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
New York Coffee and Sugar.

NEW YORK, March Ie-Sugar-Raw, steady; refined, steady.
 Coffee futures opened steady at unchanged prices and following the call ruled very quiet. Cables were without special feature and tha movement about expected There was nothing to excite fresh commitments and the market closed steady the opening basis. Sales were l4250 bags, including
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
Naval Stores.

Naval Stores.
 WILMINGTON. March e.-Turpentlne-Firm at 65; receipts I6. Rosin-Firm at SI .es: receipts. 277. Crude turpentine-FtrIn at S2. .4oS4; receipts, 1S barreis. Tar-Firn at SI.65; receipts, ls3.
 SAVANNAH. March Ie.-Turpentine. 65; re- ceipts, 4 sales. 76; exports, lo7. ports LOGO; A, B. c, D. F. F. S2 o6; G. S2 POI H, s24o; I. $2 e5; K. ss. 20; NJ S9 4oE N' SS-6oSTwindow glass. $3 S5s water EWhtte.SS4.25.
 CHARLESTON. March l9.-Turpentine-Firm at GA; sales none. s2. 10; H. s2 30; I. says; K, S2Ioi M, S2, So; N; Ss sos' wtndowaglass. ss 15;-X -Xaess
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
Treasury Statement.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

WASHINGTON. March I9-Treasury ba nces. S225. 4s4. lI5; gold, SIIs.s2s, 23s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
River Forecast.

lndicates rise. Indicates tali
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-20
New Orleans Cotton Futures.

NEW ORLEANS. March l9.-cotton futures
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
~BooKS.~

a Listener in Babel, IS new book
by Vida ID. Scudder. author Of Social
Ideals In English Letters" etc. II Is a
story Of development of character and
opinion through the contact Of the he
rome with varying forms Of experience
and different types of human character,
the book is to be interpreted as a series
OF imaginary conversations dealing
with the great social questions of the
present day. The heroine Is an attrac-
tive young woman of high ideals and
quick symapthles who is thrown into
relations with the representatives of
capital, labor, the college, the church.
and various other organizations, by
whom she hears the fundamental and
far-reaching questions of the present
day discussed.
Miss Scudder is able to carry forward
these dialogues with considerable dra-
matte power. and always with clearness
and brillancy of style. The tone Of the
book Is that of noble idealism. -
Houghton, Mifilin Co. Sold by Derge
Co.
MacClntocks The Philippines Is n
Geographical Reader, by Samuel Mac
Clinton, Pm. b., consisting OF short des-
criptivo chapters on the principal ISL
ands OF the Philippines and their PROV
inces and towns, this book gives infor.
nation In regard 20 their history, the
manners and customs Of the inhabl-
tants, and the products, manufactures.
and exports Of the islands. A separate
chapter Is devoted to Manila, and an
other TO the government Of the Philip
pines This information Is presented
with a clear and simple style, and In
a lnt mn,
thors position is guarantee OF his in
innate acquaintance with his subject.
The book Is profusely Illustrated with
excellent half-tones from photographs,
and Is supplied with several colored
maps.-Amerlcan Book co.
Harper & Brothers have recently pub
llshed Judith of the Plains, Mario
Manning's new novel The story is
rich In clean-cut pictures of life I'm the
old cattle days OF Wyoming. drawn
sometimes with unctuous humor. and
again with the straightforward pathos
and tragedy of desert life. Miss Man
ming wrote much of her novel during a
two years residence in the west of
which one year was passed on a Wyo-
ming ranch, where the next door
neighbor' lived 30 miles away. Here
Miss Manning entered actively into
ranch life and transferred the scenes
ana the people with ease and humor in
TO her book
Certain literary statlstlclans have
been computing that Conan Doyl
would be the most richly rewarded au-
thor In history had all his works been
paid AZ the record rate quoted for his
new Sherlock Holmes stories. 50 Dor
WORD. Up to and including THE Hound
OF the Baskervilles," and not count.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
~AWfIAT THE BEST MAGAZINES CONTAINS.

The November Overland Monthly Is
an Improvement on the October number
in readableness Of articles, In ilIustra.
tons and typography The most strik-
ing thing in the number II a poem. "The
Wolves OF the Sea-" by Herbert Bash
ford which has a swing TO It that viii
appeal TO any reader. Here are two
specimen verses:
with the froth on their lips they fol-
low the ships
Each striving to lead In the chase;
Set loose by the Hand of the King Of
their Band
They know but the rush of the race.
They wall at the moon from the DESC
late dune.
Till the air has grown dim with their
breath,
From the treacherous bars they snarl
at the stars
And go down in fight to the death"
The poem is finely illustrated. OF the
illustrated articles only a few can be
mentioned our Coast Police" con-
tains much good material on the work
OF the revenue marine service, with fine
pictures; a paper on the Havasupas ia
noteworthy for its splendid cuts from
photographs, and story, Gel Llano
Estacado," has some artistic sketches
by Boeringer.
The man who wrote Wee MacGree-
gor," j. j. Bell, has just finished an
other series OF sketches called Dom
esticitles," which are as full Of the same
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

MHS. CHARLES VAN Al1STl w.
in Mrs Van Alstynes case, the attend
ing physician despaired Of saving her
and it was only by the use Of DR.,
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
that she was restored to health She
says:
II grew very thin and had absolutely
no color. | was subject TO headaches
and dizzy spells and finally my condi-
ton became so bad that | could not go
out OF doors at all ! suffered with
severe pains in my back and limbs, my
heart became weak and / was subject
to fits Of melancholia during which |
would sit for hours and cry because /
thought ! was going to die
-Four of our best doctors attended
me at different times and one of them
did not think that | would live through
the summer About this time a friend
of ours persuaded my aunt to get some
Of DR., Williams Pink Pills for me and
she did, ! felt better when | had taken
only half a box and. Of course, / felt
encouraged TO continue the treatment,
and kept on improving until | was en-
tirely well, ! have recommended Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
to several others and | am glad to do
SO for believe that would have died
II | had not used them"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie may be had at all druggists or
direct by mail on receipt of price, fifty
cents box; six boxes for two dollars
and a half from the DR., Williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady, n. Y,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
CUDDLE DOOM.

Alexander Anderson. with Surface
man for nom de plume, was born in
kirkconncl, Scotland, April 80 1915. lie
started 20 work first I'm quarry and then
for II years was "surlaceman," as a
section hand Is called in Great Britain, on
the Glasgow ana Southwestern railway.
After he had won fame for his verse the
literary world was astonishcd To find that
he really occupied the humble position his
nom de plume indicated II was equally
nstomshod TO find that he was "A cultured
and refined Scotsman, capable of winning
his way in any walk OF HE. Then he was
induced to become assistant librarian in
muse refused to follow him to the city.
"Culdle Doon'' Is perhaps his most fam
Gus poem. by many II Is ranked as the
sweetest song IN babyland, and though
Mr. Anderson has written many other
children's poems, he Is still bachelor
The bairnies cuidle doom at NIGHT
WI mgckle TAUGHT an din.
.Oh, try and sleep, ye waukrife rogues;
Your fathers comm IN
They never heed word | speak,
try to gle troon;
But aye / hap them up, an cry,
"Oh, bairnes, cuddle DOOM
Wee Jamie wi the curly held
He ave sleeps next the wa
Bangs up an cries, 81 want a piece
The rascal start them a.
I rim an fetch them pieces, drinks
They gtOp awee the SCUM
Then draw the blankets mp, and cry,
moo woanics, cuddle DOOM
But ere nve minutes gang wee Rab
Cries DOT, frao meath the clacs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

genial humor and homely fun az the
series Of the small Scotch boy. The frst
Domesticity' is in the october Leslie's
Monthly,
The Century's new series Of illus
trated articles on Italian gardens, TO be-
gin in the November issue is the rc+ult
Of the co-work In Italy last winter ot
Edith Wharton and Maxfeld Parrish.
Since gardening is rapidly coming to be
an important element and interest IN
American life this series is happily
timely. There is much TO be learned
Mrs Wharton says. from the old Ital-
ian gardens. and the first lesson is that.
II they are to be a real inspiration
they must be copies not IN the letter
but In the spirit. "This If, a marble
umns will not make an Italian garden.
but a piece of ground laid out and
planted on the principles of the old
garden-craft will be not inded an Ital-
ian garden In the literal sense, but,
what is far better, a garden as we'll
adapted TO its surroundings as were the
models which inspired it,
An especially entertaining list of
contents makes up this years issue Of
the Youths Companion Among the
numbers IS an article by the Hon, John
-. Long, secretary Of the Navy entitled
"The Novice In Congress" Two excel
lent pieces Of verse. 1.-THE Road To the
Mines" and Dead Leaves in the
Stream appear IN the issue and there
Is the usual good material In the other
departments
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

"Mlther max ram g.o over Il, auy,,
He's bittlin WI his taos"
The mischlefs In that Tam for tricks;
He'd bother half the tOon.
But aye | hap them up, and cry
"Oh, bairnias, cuidlc doon"
At length they hear their fathers At;
go An AZ he neurs the door,
They turn their faces TO- tho wa
While Tam prcteuds TO snorc
lilac a the weans been gudc?' he asks
As he pits Off his shoon.
"Tho bairnies John. are In their beds.
An lang since Cuddlod doom"
An just afOre we bed oorsels
We look at cor wee lambs
ram mas his arm rOun wee Rab's neck,
An Rab his arm ruun' Tam's.
lift wee Jamie up the bed,
An as / straik each Groom,
! whisper tin my heart hlls up,
"Oh, bairnles, cuddle doom"
The bairnies cuddle doom at nicht
WI mirth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warts cark an care
VIII quaten doom their glee.
Yet come what will to ilka ane,
May lie who sits aboon
Aye whisper, though their pows be baud,
"Oh, bairnios. cuddle doom"
Alexander Anderson.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
SAVED FROM DEATH.
THE RESCUE OF MRS, VAN ALSTYNE AT
J0HNST0Whl.
Her Life was Despalred of and She Cried
Because She Thought She Was
Going TO Die.

To be on the verge OF death, TO be
considered beyond the aid of the best
medical skill and then to be restored
70 all the pleasures and duties of life,
IL an experience SO rare that It's telling
VIII interest most readers. Mrs,
Charles Van Alstyne of No 301 West
state street, Johnstown. n. y, who is
now enjoying perfect health, was n
Few, years ago, a victim Of anaemla, a
disease IN which the blood becomes de-
hclent In quantity and quality so that
all the tissues Of the body are starved
and death frequently results. Indeed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

ing In "rhe Adventures Of Gerard, q"
which is now running serially, his taxi
lngs would have come To about mill
lion and half dollars. hut Dr. Doyle,
or Sir A. Conan Doyle, TO give him the
title which he does not care 10 have
used In America, has not always re-
oeived 81 Il word or even the hundredth
part Of that. There is an interesting
letter in the possession Of an American
publisher embodylng a proposition from
the creator OF Sherlock Holmes for n
contract on the basis OF cent and 4
half per word Not the least interest
ing feature is that the contract was de.
clned
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
DUTY.

| ! slept and dreamed that life was Beauty
] woke and found that life was Duty;
Was then thy dream shadowy lie?
Ton on, sad heart, courageously
And thou shalt find thy dream 10 be
a monday light and truth to thee.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

cided him A few months later he
walked into the office of his publishers,
explaining what he had been doing, and
took from his pocket the crumpled
manuscript Of his forthcoming book.
The lives habits, Joys, sufferlngs and
environments OF LondQns great toiling
masses could not have been so wildly
ana strihngly painted save by a man
who had lived among them az one OF
themselves. The book is well illustrat-
ed from photographs.
Mr. London's philosophy Of life has
a fine ring The only things necessary
he says, are good health, work, a philo-
sophy Of lie, and sincerity with
these, you may cleave 10 greatness and
SIT among the giants Part Of his
philosophy Is the following capital APP
horsm Light out after It with Il
club; II you don't get Il, you Will new
ertholess get something that looks re-
markedly like IT," He Is refreshlngly
frank and determined in his dislike Of
nonsense. Some horld person who
wished to pay him compliment said
that his present style was "a marvel Of
concseness and strength Mr.. London"
ANY style r may have has been ac-
quired by sweat, replied the author OF
The Cal Of the Wild.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

copy from the printer Charles Phil
lips.
The salesrooms were filled to their ut
most limits by crowd. which included
eager book dealers, connoisseurs and a
sprinkling of American agents The
book fell to a private collector, who
now owns the only two known copies.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14
OUR LONDON LITERARY LITTER.

a lot Of people in this country who be-
| lleye that the deluge OF works of fiction
| on this side of the channel soon win
| have an effect similar 10 that which Is
] being felt In France, one Of these ~
| Edward II. Cooper who wrote, mir.
| Blake Of Newmarket" and THE Monk
Wins ana he has an heroic remedy
in mind, MY idea" he says, rs that
40 or 80 minor novclsts should bind
themselves TO publish no more novels
for FIVE years Meanwhile the scrlbes
are TO live by writing for the newspa
pers, for, says Mr., Cooper, Journalism
Is open 10 those OF them who must
make living by the pen, or they might
critcise novolists outside the league"
And this writer at all events, Is pre-
pared 10 take his own medicine. for he
goes on, Some question might arise
as 10 who Is a minor novelist every
writer might not be so modest as my
self, who would be quite prepared 10 be
come the first member OF the League IL
IL a beautiful scheme. but Mr., Cooper
Is not 10 be envied the task of getting
recruits for his little band Of 50 stall
warts,
When the Hungarian authorities Ind
1t necessary 10 suppress "a newspaper
tncN AT least 10 not leave ITS sponsors
I'm any doubt as to the reason for their
action. The other day. the journal,
"Sissek's Glas' published at Sussex
Croatia, was ordered 10 suspend publ
cation, on the ground, according 20 the
local censors, that its editor does not
possess sufficient ability to edit a news-
paper
The English "pressman." as he de-
lights 10 call himself, can't seem to get
over the idea that readers viii be as In
tereslcd I'm him personally ag I'm the sub
iect about which he In writing. II he
interviews anybody. he makes point
Of expanding a deaf more time In tell
ing what 81" said and dil than I'm
chronlclng the remark and surround
ings OF his subject, and he particularly
likes to begin a news "story" In this
manner thought, as ! wounded my
way toward sO-and-so." Eyen the book
reviewers seem to fancy that those who
rc0d them win delight I'm knowing IN.
der exactly what circumstances their
functions are performed and a column
review Of "Tho yellow Van" In one ot
the most prominent London journals
the other day closed IN this portentous
fashion. I'm any case. we have enjoyed
a good days read and outside II was n
bad day most OF the time, II. G.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

The production of stephen Phillips
opening of the dramatic event Of the
opening " the dramatic season i'm New
York; and next 10 this was the now
presentation Of Mary OF Magdala by
Mrs Flske II is now known that the
author of the English poctical stage
version Is MIR. William Winter, whose
name appears on the title page of the
book, Several other volumes published
by tho Macmillan company are on tn,
stage this fall including Dorothy Yer.
non Of Iladdon Han, I'm which Miss
Bertha Galland is TO star throughout
the season. The Nirguun opened lis
run the last day I'm September at New
Haven, going ON Immediately TO Boston
Mr. Wister and Kirke La Snolle spent
the summer making the dramatizatIon
Mr. James *. Hackett Is playing John
Erminc Of the Yellowstone In Boston:
Miss Isabel Irving has taken The Cri-
sis on the road for a years run. and
two plays by Mr. ZangWlll, taken from
his latest volume Of short stories. Tho
Grey Wig. are among the other attrac.
lions OF the dramatic season One OF
these, Merely Mary Ann, has already
proven unexpectedly popular.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

MrJack London's friends in the Brit
ish metropolis looked at him askancc
when he announced that he was going
down into the East End of London to
study the people by living among them.
They said 1t could not be done: that de.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

| remember that Whittier was born with
in five miles OF the old Longfellow
homestead where the grandfather Of
his brother poetwas born, From Hig-
ginson and Boynton's Readers History
Of American Literature.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-14

London, Nox. 3,-One OF the most
coveted volumes in the world, a book
collecting the original poetry by Vic
tor and Cazire, the pen names OF
Shelly and his sister, has been sold
here for $4,000. II was a presentation
The Van Buren press., 1903-11-07
To Macademixe Main Street.

AT the regular meeting of the Van
Buren city council Monday night the
hrst steps were taken which 1t Is hoped
Will lead TO the mscademizing of Main
street from the Frisco crossing to the
river. The question came mp Of organic
ing an improvement district for that
purpose and all the councilmen present
declared themselves favorable toward
it. A committee composed of Mayor
Woolum. d. II. Miller and Ed. Mat
lock were selected to secure the re-
quired number of signatures Of property
owners TO carry the matter through.
The question of purchasing a rock
crusher, which in the event of this im.
provement, will be absolutely neces.
sary, was also informally discussed, to
be again brought up at some future
meeting.
The receipts of the city for October
were 1919. 10 and the expenditures
$il3. 80, leaving balance Of S20O9. 81
in the hands of the treasurer.
The Van Buren press., 1903-11-07

Miss Belle Foote, financial agent Of
the Childrens Home Society Of Arkan-
sas, WAS IN the city several days this
week soliciting subscriptions for the
support Of the home, The society Ia
non-sectsrian and non.political aud its
object Ia TO take care Of destitute child.
rem from any part OF the state, educate
them and find them good homes, II Is
n worthy object Of charity and the men
and women NJ the head Of II are among
the best known people IN the state, The
society now IL compelled TO educate its
charges vt the public schools In Little
Rock but II hopes soon by aid from the
Legislature which will be asked Tor at
the next meeting Of the general assem-
bly--to build aud equip an industrial
school IN which 10 give them n practical
education which will NJ them 10 take
their place IN the world well equipped
Tor the struggle for existence The
society now has nearly ak hundred
boys and girls under IL supervision
gathered from all parts Of the state aud
cares Tor more than one hundred
/ annually Anyone knowing u home
less child IL asked 10 report II to ia,
society At Little Rock, Of which Rev,
Il =, LueudO Ia superintendent
A very delightful halloween party
WAS given thu Young folks at the hom,
OF Mrs. Mathews last Saturday night,
and 10 say that all attending enjoyed
themselves would BE putting I, mildly
They bobbed after apples, cracked
nuts aud IN other ways amused theui
selves until n lat. hour
The Home Building & Loan AsSo,
charter arrived yesterday, q, NJ
Bnurlsnd, Y, q, Kerr aud Il, +. Allei
and others are named IA incUfputators
! The directors met at the office of tb,
association \ attOrney--E, l., Matlocl
yesterday forenoon to prepare rule'
for the c0uduut Vt the business,