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The broad ax., 1903-06-13

lation that each machine shah carry a
number clearly viaIble on the back and
that every driver Of q machine shall
show q license whenever asked By an
of1cer Of the law
The autOmobilists have been holding
meetings where their Indignation has
biazed ont To number the machines
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triet commission
ers have Just
adopted new regu-
lations with re
gard to speed and
control
These regula-
lions are no more
strict than those
Of some other cit
les, but the speed
ers are sensitive
and say they are
u n n E csaEiIy
harsh. What they
object to espe-
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According TO Lord Rayleigh, q alm
Of oil on water may be 20 thin that
lts thickness q no more than one
observation-disclosures Of IN inch,
which e computed to be. IN All prob
ability, the dze Of 3 moieculs Of the
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To ordinary eyes . man 1000 yards
AWAY, on q rife range-spPears
a. 3 dot; he could not be knoEn e .
man except as being . smaller dot
than horse
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The most thickly populated island 81
the world Is Malta. which has / SEQ pee
pie 70 the square nile. Barbados has
1854 people to the square nile.
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Rand work.

Some idea Of the great size Of the
government printing business may be
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TALKED OF I'm
WASHINGTON
Some Interesting Gossip from the
National Capital.
Strange Faces Hay Seen Re seen On
Postage stamps-Preeedents That
Have Been EstaBlIahed - The
GOvernmsnt Printing once.

Washington.-There is a chance that
the picture of Napoleon viii appear
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AutomobIIs RerulafIoas.

Owners Of automobiles in Washing
ton are up in arms because the dis
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Precedent Against Roosevelt.
An interesting question will arise
over the proposition TO put the head
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Government Printing once.
Before congress comes together
again the new government printing Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

more than half mile deep. The water haa to be fought at every turn, and mighty pumps are employed to keep the works dry. There are tunnels cutting the earth this way and that at depth Of 2.OOO feet. Over thsm are other tunnels and the whole country is g. cataeomns, made by getting out the coal. The mines nave to be timbered. The wood Is cut Trom tho forests near by, but the most of 1t ia not over six inches thick, and as 1t comes to the mines it looks like telegraph .ooIes. each fifty feet long, tapering to a Sodnt at the end. Such timber stands in erea4 stacks about each mine. It Is un- loaded from the cars by women, who handle the poles like so many Amazons.
 Belgium's Coal Pyramids.
 This coal region Is far different from those of Pennsylvania, Ohio or Tennes- zee. There 1t is mountainous. Here at Wasmes the land Is flat, and the only elevations are from the dumps of the mines. The coal here is filled with waste. If has to be sorted and the refuse is car y-ied out upon cars. There Is so much or fl that pyramidial mountain soon rises mn beside each mine, standing out like d black cone against the blue sky. There are such pyramids everywhere In thAS mart of Belgium. Some of them are dead, the mines which produced them having been worked out and abandoned. Others have ladders up their backs and frame work on the top where women push the cars along and with a rattling sound empty them Some of the pyramids are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
Death of W. s. Matthews.

The following from The Columbus. Ga, Enquirer of the End inst, will be read with regret here, where Mrs. Matthews has many relatives and friends:
 A telegram received yesterday morn ing brought the sad news of the death of Mr. William shivers Matthews. in Ma con, his old home. Mir. Matthews has been at PaaItlxa, Fla, for the past few months. that city being the headouarters of his life insurance business. He be- came i'll at Palatka, and went to Ma con, hoping that a Qiuet stay at home would result in his recovery. He arrived in Macon Sunday, but grew no better, and his death occurred at 2:so o'clock yes terday morning.
 Ills wife, Mrs. Matthews, was form erly Mss Sue Ware of Columbus, and
 Is sister of Mrs. W. R. Bedell. Miss Dell Ware and Mir. James Ware, and a niece of Mrs. J. D. Martin. Mir. Matthews was about 36 years oi age. He was born near Macon. being | A son of Rev. William Matthews, well. known Presbyterian divine. He speni | most of his life in Macon. He was ar agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. holding a responsible position with the company. His death is pecu. l-liariy sad. as he had been married only | about two years. Besides his wife ht
 is survived by little babe about sever
 months old.
 | MT. Matthews was an elder in tn,
 Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church 1T
 Macon, and was one of the most prom inent Presbyterians in the State. He wal
 pure, honorable and hightoned gentle
 man. a man whose fine character ant
 sterling worth was recognized by all wht knew him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

than the coal itself.
 Near every mound you see the huge buildings of the coal workers. They are not unlike those Of the United States, but the scenes about them are different.
 Tiger Lilies and Black Diamonds.
 In the United States the work is done altogether by men. Here most of the labor above the surface Is performed by women. And such woTneni Lusty young girls of from 16 to 20. Pretty girlsi rosy checked; round armed and plump, with faces smutty with coal dust, but at the same time comelyl Their eyes ore bright and their beauty Is accentuated by the coal dust on their faces through which the red flames forth like that of the dark moss rose. They are very tiger lilies set in a background of black diamonds.
 Come with me and let us visit one of the mines. We enter the great works where the mighty shaft is jerking up and down and raising the coal to the surface. At the mouth of the opening stand a half dozen of these Belgian girls, their heads done up in blue and white handkerchief turbans, their sleeves rolled up high above the elbows and their shapely al- kles plainly showing between the ends of their skirts and their white wooden clogs. See them grasp that car as the engine stops and shove 1t over the rails to where it is to be dumped for the sort CTS. AS they do so another gang of girls takes their places to handle the next car and others shoot the empties back to the other side of the shaft. There Is no fool
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are they are little better than the hcrsel and donkeys which work with them, and which .stay in the mines until they die Some of the horses will live from ter to twenty years after going down under. | ground. but they become psrfectiy blind at the end of three yeAra.
 How the Miners Nve. I have been interested in the hfe of the people. Every great mine has its dwell ing houses about 1t, e collection of little two-story bricks buih together h blocks. Each house has live rooms. two on the ground floor, two above and little attic under the roof. The families are large, and the average number of children ia six or seven. The miners are miserably poor. Nearly every one pays a rent of $1s or go c year for his homo. but only the fewest save money. The people are great drinkers. In this region every third house Is a. saloon. and the most of the wages go for drinks. The people drink alcohol, and the women drink as well as the men.
 Belgium spends more than eight times as much for liquor as it does for schools, and It's annual drink bill is about S per
 head, or $25 per family. am surprised at the number of saloons. They are
 known as "estaminets," and you see them
 in every direction. There is hardly a
 block in the city without one or more. and they are scattered along the country
 roads. There are more than 10000 sa-
 looms in Belgium, and it is said that one
 person in every thirty of the whole pop
 uiation Is employed In selling intoxicat- ing drinks.
 Many of the workmen get drunk on Saturday and lay off over Monday. Sim
 liar conditions prevail in England, where drunkenness is. If anything. worse than
 here.
 Workingmen' Associations. There are a numper of workingmen's associations in Belgium. The men have their trades-unions and their co-opera- tive societies. There is one kind of or ganizations, known as Mutualites,' '' which has over 5000 members. There are societies for mutual help so formed that
 the members support each other in times of trouble, providing medical attendance and other such things.
 Many of the societies are protected by
 the Government, and to some the State gives subsidies, increasing their funds for medical attendance and support ir
 time of sickness. The Government now
 has pensions for such working men oi
 over 65 who need them, and also asso. | CidtloIS WHICH inSuT6 tH0 liVeS or WOrk- ing men at low rates.
 | Belgium has a ministry of Industry anc
 Labor which has. to do with matters re-
 lating to worklngmen, and there is also
 what is known as the Superior Counci
 of Labor, organized to consider labor in
 terests and prepare measures regulatint
 them for presentation to Parliament
 This council is composed of sixteen work
 men, sixteen manufacturers and sixteer
 scientists. It is said to be of great valu,
 to labor interests.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

The governments are becoming more and more paternal in many of the Eu- ropean countries. They are taking the place of a father to the people and try ing to benefit them in a variety of ways. In Belgium the state has erected dwell- ings for workingmen in certain localities, and has arranged so that they can buy them on easy terms. It is helping the farming interests by schools of agrichl- ture, and through its railroad service Is reducing freights and facilitating the marketing I have spoken of the postal arrangements of Switzerland and France. whereby the farmer can express his goods to consumers through the postoffices. Here in Belgium the Government has put on fast trains for England for the ship ment of dairy products. It facilitates trade and 1t seems to be on the outlook to help the producing classes.
 The Beehive of Europe.
 am surprised at the enormous man ufacturing industry of Belgium. The country is a very beehive of work. It has about 60O0.OO0 people. and fully 750,- 600 of them are at work making some thing to sell. The factories are as thick as in the back country of England, and the land teens with house industry. There are 26.OO0 workshops which employ on the average only three hands each, and an enormous amount of cotton and linen cloth is woven at nome.
 On the eastern edge of the Belgian coal 1 field is Aege, which has 175,0Oo people, and which was built up out of manufac- | lures of iron. It is the Sheffield of the country, making vast quantities of fre- | arms for home use and export. It has 5000 workmen. who make nothing but guns, and most of these work at their own homes. The manufacturer furnishes the material, and the workmen take it | home and make the different parts of e gun. One man may be employed upon l locks. another on barrels, getting from 3 to 8 cents for his work on each gun. It is only recently that much machinery has been introduced, and this is used only with the cheaper kinds of firearms.
 Pafts of guns are also made for ex- l port. We get many of our steel gun bar rels from Liege, and also the DamasIg gun barrels, which are made nowhere else in the world. The secret of making the Damask barrels is carefully guarded, be- ing handed down from father to son. Only the most skilled of the workmen can make these barrels. The ordinary rough-b bored barrels are turned out in great quantities.; they cost from 60 to 70 cents apiece, when ready for export.
 When the United States has finally set-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

tied it's mining troubies our exporters can study the Belgian market with profit. This country imports something like B. 0eoooo tons of coal year. the most of it coming from France. Germany and Eng land. and necessitating comparatively heavy freight charges. There are six lines of steamers. sailing between Antwerp and the United states. and American coal should be landed there at low rates. The freight rates of the present are based upon the grain rates, and are consequent iy high.
 The Belgium coal will not compare with the best grades of our coal. The anthra- cite here has not the hardness nor bril- nancy of the Pennsylvania product, and it Is lighter in weight. Some of the Bell stun bituminous coal has 7S per cent. of slack, so that 1t Is used for the making of briQuettes rather than for export.
 Some of the Belgium mines have given out. and, as the coal area is limited, the country will eventually have to import mora than 1t does now. Not only here, but in all parts of Europe there should be a market for American coal, and if care- fully nursed a business can be built up which will materially increase the balance of trade. which is already in our favor.
 Frank G. Carpenter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
MT. Carpenter DeCcribec
 Belgian Block Country.
T@sESGe@e@eSS

smoking There is much sulphur Tn the coal, and spontaneous combustion olteh starts a fire which burns on Tor years Instances are known of people going to sleep on the dumps and being sunocateo by the fumes and gases.
 Take your stand with me on one or these coal mountains just outside the mining town of Washes, and look about you See the farms covered with rich crops with these coal mounds rising above them. There is one at our right wath great bug-like bags crawling over It. Take your field glass and look at them. They are not bags. They are women who are picking up the coal that has been left in the waste. There comes a car along the mountain. Two women are pushing it and with the glass you can almost see their muscles swell as with bare arms they cast it on the dump.
 Now look at that mound at the left. It Is hundreds of feet high, and, ike the others about 1t. 1t Is an evidence of the enormous waste that the miners nave to contend with. Every bit of coal that IS brought to the surface has to be picked over and the waste Is evidently more
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

Washes, Belgium. I am in the heart of one of the richest coal mining regions of Europe. Belgium is only about one-third the size Of In- diana, but 1t has deposits of coal and iron which make it hum like bee hive It is the busiest workshop upon the con tinent, and 1t supports about as many people to the square mile as any coun- try Of the world. Its annual product or coal amounts to 22.OOO,0O0 tons. It uses the greater part of this at home and also imports fuel from Germany and England. At present the people are look ing to the United States as possible source of manufacturing fuel, and the day may yet come when the mills here will be largely run through coal from the United States.
 The Black Country of Belgium;
 The Belgium mining conditions are En- tirely different from those of our coun- try. Our mines are near the surface, and it costs but little to get the coal to the cars. Those of Belgium are far down under the earth. and every ton has to be lifted by machinery to the surface. Some of the mines which I visited today are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
NOTICE.

The entire stock of merchandise, consisting of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Drugs and Groceries; also lot of first-class farm Mules, Wag- ons, Flows, ets., of the Estate of R. L. Armistead at Pike Road, Ala, will be sold.
 Parties wishing to purchase any or all of this property will kindly com municate with the undersigned or his agent, W. F. Showdown, at Pike Road. Ala. L. Steiner,
 As Trustee. All the above must be sold at once.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
WILL OF MRS. FARLEY.
Property Bequeathed to Her Sons
 and Daughters,

Property Bequeathed to Her Sons
 and Daughters.
 The will of the late Mrs Sarah P. Far ley V as probated yesterday in the of1cS of the Judge of Probate of Montgomery County.
 Louis B. Farley and Joseph l.. Hall are named as executors of the estate.
 Mrs. Farley leaves to her son, Hoxey c. Farley. and her daughter, Mrs. Leo- nora Spear, her house and lot at the southeast corner of Hull and Adams Streets.
 Her shares, number not set out in tho will, in the Farley National Bank, she leaves jointly to her sons, Louis B. Far ley and. Hoxey c. Farley, and Mrs. Leo. nora Spear.
 Household effects and large amount of jewelry, valuable paintings, family records, etc., she leaves to her sons and daughters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
Dislocated Her Shoulder.

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm. of Fergus Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated her shoulder. She had @ surgeon get it back in place as soon as possible, but 1t was quite sore and pained her very much
 Her son mentioned that he had seen Chamberlain's Pain Balm advertised fol sprains and soreness, and she asked him to buy her bottle of it, which he did
 It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for sev- eral days. The son was so much pleased with the relief 1t gave his mother that he has since recommended it to many oth. CTS For sale by all druggists. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
By the Preside.

Kansas City Journal.
 ,,o, Mrs. Podkins, to pay no. attention fo what people may think. Let them tHinl, what they blamed please! Always strive to win the appreciation of your own Judgment and conscience. cultivate Ssif- noise and independence, hold up your Sead and walk erect-and then people will think YOU amount to something.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

A system regulator is a medicine that strengthens and stimulates the liver, kid neys, stomach and bowels. Prickly Ash bitters Is a superior system regulator. It drives out all unhealthy conditions, pro- notes activity of body and brain, restores good appetite. sound sleep and cheerful spirits. adv-wed-fri-sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
One Hour of Hearty Laughter.

Popular lecture, Queer Double-Bow Knots, by One Who Ties Them, being a serio-comic account of curious wedding cerenonies. By Dr. Oliver Fuller Greg ory. At Adams Street Baptist Church, Thursday, Jan. 18th. p. m. Tickets 25 cents. adv-jan 4-S-10-15.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
OLD WARRANT EXECUTED.
After Six Years Negro is Arrested
 for Larceny.

1UI AESLUOHys William U. Reeves, a Barbour CountI negro, was arrested in Montgomery yes terday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff w. D Hall, on a warrant six years old. charg ing him with grand larceny.
 The negro was indicted by a grand jur. of Barbour County in 1896, but left fol parts unknown before his arrest wal made. Reeves has been in Montgomer, some time, and the authorities are conf dent they have the right man.
 Reeves will probably be taken to Bar bour County tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

where they are to take part In dueis with Signori Verga and Pesslna Italians. The duels will be for the purpose of testins the superiority of the two national styles of swordsmanship, over which there has been an embittered controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
French-1talian Duelists.

NM. Merignao and Kirchoffer, well known French swordsmen. accompanied by NM. Breittmayer and Luscle. tneH men
 seconds, left Paris for Naples recently
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

ing about this. The women work like bees, and with the strength of horses. They do more than the men, and they are, am told, more conscientious in their work.
 Sorting Coal.
 Leave the shaft and come with me to the sorters. The coal rolls down a chute into the cars. Women stand at the side of the chute and help 1t onward with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
Sacrifice Prices On Fall and Winter Goods

Stock taking is and room making time is at hand. It that profits have been taken of and in goods marked less than cost All we ask is to come and see
 10000 yards Embroidery nserngs to mach worth Sc Ic
 ayard for Monday 1s | 900 yards Embroidery lnsertings match, worth 1
 I8c yard, for Monday --.------------------- ~ yards Embroidery Insertings match, worth IS
 a5 to soc yard, for Monday aOs sample pieces Torchon Lace, something far be- lr
 yond your expectation, for Monday yard 1s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
.nrrrr rrnN,s RIucHERs. se.oo.

NErTLEToN's BLUCHERs, $500. Big shipment received from Nettle- ton in last few days has replenished our stock in mems fine shoes. More "swell Filters" than ever, in all the widths and sizes.
 Bullock 6 Fleming,
 --2t, . The Leading Shoe House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
New Game of Billiards.

A new game of billiards is becoming very poup1ar fin Paris. It was introduce s6 Inv inc American champion, Jacob schaefer and is played with three balls one blue, one white and one red. Each player plays the white, but must make the carom alternately off the red or on the blue, They say it is more fasci- hating game than the ordinary billiards.
 but the "fuker' finds scoring very low.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04
LADIES.

LADIES'.
 inflammation of the ife which endanges nearly always sysm ty They Surely Safely and Without Pain They all constipation, onehng the earth free from danger and iy Don't be cut when cured without give vioray sta radio electrical kind needs and nt leaves feeling entered office to and to Reception rooms second g Dexter Ave, Montgomery, Aa
 DR. L p. BUCHANAN. Specialist
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

100 Peau De soie and Taffeta Waists,
 the very latest styles, in all colcrs, and black. sold elsewhere at $7.00 to 5000, for Monday. .....9a.os
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

We start Monday display that will ever be rcnnem- beredan assortment unequaled anywhere and at prices We you have your share, but the prices will make them go rapidly it's your interest to call early
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

50 extra fine Taffeta silk Waists, in black, also high colors, worth
 $4.6o, for Monday ........ .s2.4S
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

40 dozen Ladies' Union Splits, si1k
 tapsd ck,worth 500, for Monday,
 Q suit ...s........~. ~.-.. 1Ao
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

French and Embroidered Flannel
 Waists, sample line, worth s3.o0 to $4.0o, for Monday. ...... .$1.e6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

75 smyrna Rugs, size 30x60 inches,
 sold regular at $1.60, for Gon-
 day =. .............. 1850
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io-4l Bisachsd and Unbssashsd shssting, yard ............15o =.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-04

100 smyrna Rugs, size 3ex70 inches,
 worth $2.5o, for Monday. .. .Sl.7s
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-01-23
TRUNKS INVADED
Sneak Thief Robs Students of
Their Money.
Two Ten Dollar Bills Disappear From
Two Trunks, But Other Money Is
unmOIested.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
A mysterious burglary occurred in the
Union block Saturday forenoon although
it was not discovered or reported to the
police until late in the afternoon.
-Four students occupy one of the rooms,
two of these being John Hinsverk and AL
bert Ramto. One of these had $40 in his
trunk, and the other had $25 or $50, and
both trunks are opened with the same
key. The young men had occasion to
look at their money Friday afternoon,
when it was all right, and the room was
not left vacant from that time until 10 a.
m. Saturday, when no one was believed
to be in it until 80 a. m. 1t is thought
that the robbery must have been commit
ted between those hours.
When the young men examined their
trunks Saturday afternoon, each found
$40 missing from his money. Mr..
Ramla had $40 bill wrapped up in two
So bills. The $40 bill was gone and the
others were in their proper place. The
other student found the balance of his
money intact, but $40 missing. This
money belonged to one of his roommates
and was simply placed in the trunk for
safe keeping.
The students do not know whom to
suspect, and the police are looking into
the matter