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The Western news., 1903-11-04
PRETTY THINGS TO WEAR.
new notions In Dress That Have Been
Introduced in the Seasons
Costumes.

The "multicolored idea" extends even
the cloth shades, with bindings and
sttchings of the brightest colors
Plush tops and velvet underbrims will
be frequently seen in the stylish winter
hats, says the New York Tribune.
Persian lamb trimming of lustrous
fiber Is one Of the important accessories
OF the season. 1t comes in galloons of
various widths and appliques of differ
ent FORMS which, however, are inva-
riably edged with plain or novelty
fiber braid. These will be much used,
both in millinery and dress trimming,
as will also wool embroideries on chif-
fon or taffeta in oriental or pom padour
colorings and cloth cut work in two
colors, outlined in black and white or
pongee colored silk cord. Garnitures
of wool embroidery in multicolors, with
fringe ornaments and bangles, are at
tractive novelties.
Cuffs are the center Of interest in the
sleeve line this season. Otherwise there
Is no radical departure in outline or
slightly diminished by means Of cores,
has been shifted somewhat more toward
the elbow. But the cuff of the season.
those specimens especially which adorn
the more dressy costumes and coats
seem to combine the ideas and all the
different eras in the history of dress,
and are indeed glowing tributes to the
ingenuity of the sartorial artist.
There Is no tendency toward strik-
Ing eccentricities in fall models, says
Toilettes. They are graceful. smart and
novel. but the differences in cut are
slight and the chicness consists rather
In the shaping of adjuncts and dispo-
sition of trimming. The eye has grad
ually become accustomed to an in
creased length of shoulder and fullness
OF skirt in the fashionable silhouette.
and the replacing Of the pouched blouse
by fitted fronts has been too gradual
for the result to appear really start
ling now.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
New Oyster Scallop.

Now that oysters are in again try this
method OF making scallop for Sunday
night tea. Instead of arranging the
bread crumbs, oysters and seasoning in
alternate layers, prepare the requisite
amount of crumbs, which should be dry
and crisp, not fresh and soft, by sitting
salt, pepper and celery salt thoroughly
through them. Pour oysters and liquor
on the crumbs and mix lightly with two
forks. Add cupful of cream, or enough
cream to fill the buttered dish, put bits
Of butter over the top and bake.-N. Y.
Post.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Natter or Orthorr.nbv

"Some time ago." said the skeptical
boarder, II consulted a fortune-teller
who informed that wave of prosperity
was coming my way"
"Well?" Queried the human interro-
cation point at the end Of the mahog-
any.
1T showed up, all right" continued
the $. b.. but the old girls photography
was trifle lame. It should have been
spelled waive '"-Chicago Daily News.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Radioactive Air.

From investigations carried out by J,
Elster and H. Geitel, it would seem tn at
cave and cellar air acts as il it were
itself radioactive or had become so. All,
aspirated from rock-masses is specially
active. Masses of air absorbed under the
earth's surface must therefore be ex-
ercising an influence upon our atmos-
Dhere. ionizing it and the like.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Fried Cucumbers.

Peel and slice thin. dip in beaten egg
and then In fine bread crumbs. Heat
two tablespoonfuls of sweet drippings
in frying pan. put in the slices and
fry brown on both sides. Serve on
toast with a brown gravy.-Washing.
ton Star.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
St8e of R4indroua.

A raindrop one-twenty- fifth Of an inch
In diameter cannot fall at greater pace
than 13 feet per second. Raindrops sell
dom exceed ons-eighth Of an inch In d.
ameter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
THE PASSING OF HANNA.
His Friends Fear He Has Made {
 Fatal Mistake.
Washington Special.

Washington Special.
 Politicians here generally look upon the results of the Ohio Convention as mean ing the passing of Senator M. A. Hanna. With the Roosevelt endorsement resolu- tions forced down his throat and his wishes in the matter of nominating an old soldier for the second place on the ticket turned down, the Roosevelt ma chine seems to have run over the once powerful Hanna roughshod.
 Senator Hanna's health. as 1t will be conveyed to the public, will probably not permit of his managing the Republican campaign next year. The Senator Is ex- pected to resign the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, and his efforts for the reelection of President Roosevelt will not extend beyond the de- livery of few 'hands-on' tariff speeches.
 Reports from Ohio indicate that whole sale assertions from the Hanna side are noticeable. It seems to be a case of rats deserting a sinking ship Already Representative Grosvenor. former staunch Hanna supporter. is credited with having allied himself to the Fora ker faction. His friends assert that the defection between the two men was caused by a dispute about the appoint ment of a pension agent, but the best explanation is that Hanna Is thought to be down and out. Senator Hanna's friends here are alarmed at the turn af- fairs have taken, and not a few of them regret that he did not make a fight for his resolution instead of making an uncon- dltional surrender to the President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
REPORT ON CROPS.
Decreases in the Acreage of Spring
 Wheat is Shown.

Washington, June 10.-Preliminary re- turns to the Statistician of the Denart ment of Agriculture on the acreage of spring wheat sown indicate an area of dpout l''Z5lOoO acres. decrease of 364 GOO acres. or 2.1 per cent from the revised es | inmates of the acreage sown last year An increase of 10 per cent in North Da kota is accompanied by a decrease in Minnesota and South Dakota. conserva-
 lively estimated at per cent in the for
 mer State and per cent in the latter The average condition of spring wheat on June l was 95.9. as compared with s 4
 at the corresponding date last year %
 on August l. 1901, and ten-year avera ge of 92.9. The average condition of winter wheat on June 1 was S2.2, as compared with
 92.6 on May l, 1903. 761 on June l. 1902. S7. s at the corresponding date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 79I
 The total reported area in oats is about 27,132 GOO acres, a reduction of 920. 900 acres
 or S.2 per cent from the area sown last year.
 The average condition of oats on June 1
 was S.5 against 906 on June l, 1902; S5.3 at the corresponding date in 1901 and a ten-year average of 902
 The acreage as reported In barley exceeds that harvested last year by 330 900 acres The average condition of barley Is 9l 5 against 93.6 on June l, 1902. The acreage under rye shows a reduction of 36 per
 cent from that harvested last year. The | average condition of rye is 906 against Ss.l on June l. 1902, and so the mean of
 the corresponding averages of the last | ten years.
 The acreage of clover for the country as
 whole cannot be satisfactorily deter
 mined. but all the principal clover States. except Wisconsin, report decreases in
 acreage ranging from per cent to per cent.
 Of the fourteen States having 5000 900
 apple trees and upward but two, Virginia | and Tennessee report conditions above
 their ten-year averages, the conditions in
 other important apple producing States
 ranging from per cent in North Carolina
 to 23 per cent in West Virginia below
 such averages
 The present prospects for the peach
 crop are decidedly unfavorable. Oklahoma
 alone among the important peach grow
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
Golf for the Middle-Aged.

The World Work.
 Golf has been godsend to the man in middle life in need of exercise For him tennis is too great a tax on muscles that have grown soft from disuse and for heart accustomed to a slow and sober pace. nor is the bicycle much better. If there were no hills to climb the wheel would be an ideal form of exercise, but many man has toiled up an ascent on a high-geared machine and over-strained his heart. The decline of the wheel has not been altogether a matter of fashion, but rather a recovery from a craze which was certain to make mischief for men used to sedentary lives whose muscular systems were unable to respond to the demands of hill-climbing. Therefore, to the man of affairs who betakes himself to the golf links on Saturday afternoons and walks several miles over rolling downs. using all the muscles of his body and abusing none, the wise physician will say approvingly, You are taking the form of exercise best suited to your age and condition" The excitement of the game with its intending variety of chances and hazards. the element of skill, all have a tendency to divert the mind and charm away the cares of business So to the unfortunate who plays not golf We would say. Go and learn as quickly as possible if you would live long in the land" Golf is an enemy to gout.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
A Genuine War Horse.

Gen. John B. Gordon in June Scribners.
 At this juncture the beautiful animal to which have referred, and from which Union officer had just been shot, gal loped into our lines. I was quickly upon her back, and she proved to be the most superb battle horse that 1t was my for tune to mount during the war For or dinary uses, she was by no means re- markable-simply a good saddle animal, which Mrs. Gordon often rode in camp, and which I called Marye, from the name of the hill where she was captured. In deed, she was ordinarily rather sluggish. and required free use of the spur, but when the battle opened she was abs)I e. ly transformed. She seemed at once 10 catch the ardor and enthusiasm of the men around her. The bones of her less were converted into steel springs, and her sinews into india rubber. With head up and nostrils distended. her whole frame seemed to thrill with a delight akin to that of fox hounds when the hunters horn summons them to the chase. With the ease of an antelope, she would bound across ditches and over fences which no amount of coaXing or spurring could induce her to undertake when not under the excitement of battle Her courage was equal to her other high qualities. She was afraid of nothing Neither the shouting of troops nor the rattle of rifles, nor the roar of artillery, nor their bursting shells, intimidated her in the slightest degree. In addition to all this, she seemed to have charmed life for she bore me through the hottest fires and was never wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
A Hint for New Jersey.

The Independent.
 There is a mosquito plant reported from off mosquitoes, botanically the Ocimum viride. which Is a sort of sweet basil For thousands of years before It was known that malaria came from mosqui- toes. the Hindus, according to Sir George Birdwood, knew that the ''holy basil" was a protection against malaria. They plant 1t about temples and graves, and use a decoction of it as we used quinine The Brahmins carry sprigs of basil in all their ceremonies. When the Victoria Gardens were established in Bombay there was a plague of mosquitoes and planted the whole boundary with basil after which the plague of mosquitoes was abated and fever disappeared.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11

price. The Reading had never yet made any money. but If they could maintain the bottom price of $4.50 a ton for the price basis sizes they would be able to pay { per cent: on their investment He doubt ed whether they could increase the price another 50 cents ton, as there are com- petitiye conditions to be met
 If the Commission had asked Mir. Baer. what amount of stock and bonds the road had out and on which 1t was expected to earn a dividend. 1t might have been learned that per cent. upon such a quantity was really 15 to 20 per cent upon the actual value of the property. The immense amount of water in transporta- tion securities is the cause of most of the dissatisfaction that is continually cropping out about rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
A WORRIED CONTEMPORARY.

The Chicago Tribune, good Republican organ that 1t Is, Is somewhat obfusticated over Vermont's suffrage. law. We had Tribune says that under its provisions all citizens are excluded from the suffrage who have not attained the approbation of the board ot civil authority of the town in which they reside" Then The Tribune adds:
 The Supreme Court must pass on the constitutionality of the statute as 1t never availed themselves of 1t to shut out negroes. Neither in language nor spirit does 1t contravene the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment. The Supreme of interpretation. hold otherwise. If the court upholds the Vermont statute the South will at once adopt 1t and nothing can stop 1t. And then the Southern as he Is now, but without the remote glimmer of hope before him that the federal courts may intervene and hand him back the ballot.
 The Tribune declares that the South is fication Is constitutional. but we suspect that the North is as anxious to know as the South is. If the matter shall be brought before the Supreme Court of the United States. and that tribunal sustains 1t. then 1t is plain. as The Tribune ex- presses it, that all the colored voters of the South can be disfranchised. effectual- ly, absolutely and irremediably, without violating the Federal Constitution or law, If the whites wish thus to proceed to wholesale disfranchisement. We do not apprehend any such general proceeding. but if the whites of the South should re- sort to such a proceeding 1t would cut short a wonderful deal of pslaver on the part of the negro's alleged friends up North.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11

ing States showing a condition above its ten-year average. In the remaining States having 3,0O0,0O0 peach trees and upwards, conditions range from 1 per cent in California to 43 per cent in Arkansas below their averages.
 The acreage devoted to rice has been re- duced in all the principal rice producing States, the reductions ranging from 1 per cent in Georgia and Alabama to 14 per cent in Mississippi. The condition of rice is below the nine-year average in all rice producing States except Alabama, Louisiana and Texas in which States conditions are l. and per cent respect ivey above their nine-year averages
 There has been an improvement in the condition of spring pastures during the past month in Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Kansas and Wisconsin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11

ually friendly to the negro, but not to a negro, and the Southern man reverses the attitude. As a matter of social and industrial adjustment, the Southern sen- timent is really more helpful than the Northern"
 If the Northern people really want to help the negro the way is pointed out fin the foregoing extract. Let them educate public sentiment in that section so that the avenues for earning a living in the industrial world will be open to the me- gro there as they are in the South. It Is much the wiser plan to do that than for them to expend their force in con- demning the South for taking the ballot from illiterate negroes If the negro had the same chances for earning a living in the North. that he has in the South, there would be a movement of negroes to the Northern States. and with fewer negroes in the South the race problem In the South would be less acute. The truth is. however. the Northern people don't want any more negroes in their section. They have no use for a negro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
A TYPICAL INSTANCE.

We have had occasion at various times to refer to the corruption, boodling and general rascality going on in the State of Addicks as the little freehold of Dela- ware is sometimes not inappropriately called. Outside of Pennsylvania there is not to be found more political rottenness, and Addicks is largely responsible for 1t. fresh example of their methods was given last Saturday in the municipal elec- ton held in Wilmington. There were three parties to the contest. The Democrats had a candidate, the Addicks men or 'union Republicans" had one. and the anti-Addicks Republicans, or regulars" had candidate. A correspondent of The Philadelphia Record gives this item about the election:
 The election was marked by much apathy on the part of the regulars, while desperate efforts were made by the union Republicans. Votes in some of the dis lricts were quoted at s each, and near the closing tims of the polls in some of these districts it is said the union Republicans opened their barrel in lively fashion. The Addicks men secured. 1t is estimated. about so per cent 95 the nesro vo, ",,t Q, a
 
 the city offices.
 The Philadelphia Ledger had corres- pendent there and he writes that 'the use of money was universal, such open traf1cking for votes not having been seen even in the Presidential election" And he adds that Five dollars was the regular price of votes, and many negro electors are flush of money tonight" From this it Is evident that the Addicks men pursued the usual Republican plan of buying nigers," but there were not enough of that color to elect their man. Wilmington and the Republicans could have elected their ticket if they had work ed together, but Addicks, was so sure of his power that he "iss ued orders that there should be no cooperation between the two wings of the Republicans. and commanded his followers" to nominate full tick st of their owa. He evidently felt assured that he had the situation well in hand, and that his orders, his com mands and, above all an open barrel would land his candidate, Dr. F.antz, in the Mayors chair. He Is reputed to be an amiable and popular citizen. but it seems pretty sure that the anti-Addicks men were to a considerable extent dis gusted with the methods used. or with the domineering attitude of the boss and voted for the Democratic candidate Whatever the cause or causes may have been MT. Addicks has been treated to another exemplification of the old couplet about "the best laid schemes of mice and men," getting off the track. But however and whatever may have been the in- fiuences at work the methods used were as disreputable as is usual with that party, especially in Delaware. It was tat way in Alabama, long time ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
It is Only Legal and Not Q National
 Holiday.

Washington Star.
 T cannot remember when have been vestigation as the one 1 have just con- cluded." remarked an official of the De- partment of Justice to a. Star reporter. posed that America had a national hoii- day or holidays and that the Fourth of bee in the holiday line. It has always of Independence with big B, and afl snat sort of thing and took t for sands of others do, that 1t was conse- some expression in the statutes of the land. but an investigation reveals the fact that there is not line in the stat. utes on the subject, excepting here and there It is spoken of as legal holiday, day than is the 22d of February and by no means so clearly defined as Memorial Day. This fact was bad enough. and 1t but there is not % line i in s the statutes of giving the, Fourth of July.the glorious Fourth mhSd iS yo1.any mention ST pref rious Fourth is legal holiday, all right enough and is pretty generally recog- nized. and 1t promises to be more gem particularly in thc South. but 1t Is not a national holiday and has never been so declared by statute.
 "The fact is, we have no national holi day, though there are several legal holl- days for this District. For instance, what we call Labor day in this District and, which 1t is. 0 legal holiday is not recognized on either side of the Potomac from us. The States have their Labor day, but there is no unanimity about the day selected. as they have arbor days, founders days and lot of other days. Some of the States have State holiday day, but strange as 1t may appear there is no national holiday day. I don't mean to be understood as saying that the Fourth of July Is not recognized as d holiday throughout the United States. but I do mean to say that except by common consent there Is nothing about 1t that makes 1t a national holiday. Of course 1t is a legal holiday in the Dis trict. as it is in several States, but it is not legal holiday in all of the States. For all of that. neither Is Christmas nor Thanksgiving day in many States, Wash this District, but just over in Virginia it Is not though II there Is one State where 1t should be a State holiday 1t is Virginia"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11
A HARMLESS BELIEF.

ghe Minneapolis Journal is fully in- pressed with the opinion that Roosevelt is the greatest and most popular man of whom we have any knowledge. and has this explanation of the reason why South ern people hold to different opinion: Roosevelt is not such popular man with his party after all. And in this The Advertiser is no exception to most of the Southern peppers. It is a fact that the Southern dislike of the President because of the Booker Washington dinner at the White House. the Indianola postoffice affair and the appointment of pr. Crum to the collectorship of the port at Charles ton, s. C.. have so colored the Southern view of the President that it is impossible for the people of that section to under stand how popular the President is with the Northern masses. in or out of his the sad fact that the race problem dominates all osher questions in the South, and keeps that section from approaching national political Issues or topics with an open mind. The fact that President Roosevelt has appeared to the South to be Inclined to an unusual degree to show favor to deserving negroes has made him forever condemned of the South Nothing he can do or say will ever restore him to favor Tn that section or gain It's approval of his administration, even If he be a Solomon of wisdom and all his policies those the South secretly knows to be its own. In the South all political issues, whether local, State or national, lead to the negro problem.
 It may be that the Presidents apparent predllection for dark colors has had some thing to do with the feeling that exists in the South towards him, but is The Journal right sure that this same feeling Is not the cause of the somewhat extra vagant praise accorded him by some of the Northern people? Do they not laud him for no better reason than that he has shown partiality for the negroes and thus offended the South? The argument cuts both ways, if 1t Is to be considered an, argument.
 We could give The Journal plenty of evidence to show that the President Is nat universally popular with his own Party, but 1t would da nc. good. We pre- sume he will be nominated but whether he will be elected depends on the action of Democrats. We believe they can put out ticket which will be elected, or they can put out one which will be defeated by anybody the Republicans nominate Mean while, papers like The Journal can in- dulge the harmless pleasure of believing that Roosevelt is both a great and a popu- lar man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-11

Pollard. in his history of the Confed- eracy and the war between the State, alludes to General Lyons as "an unmiti- gated. undisguised and fanatical aboli- tionist" The Portland Oregonian copies this language and remarks: Yet we suppose the South would insist there is nothing on it's side to retract." As The Oregonlan was alluding to that opinion of Pollards we would really like to know what there is to retract? Lyons was just what Mir. Pollard calls him, as were some of the other Federal commanders, and we are unable to see why any South ern man should apologize for the language used or why there should be any retrac- ton. There were so many men in the North who were all that Mir. Pollard rtp- resents Lyons that we can see nof cause to apologize for language used almost forty years ago by Southern historian.