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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
.MoNoaAMY IN TURKEY.
For Financial and Social Reasons I
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For Financial and Social Reasons It
 4j on the Increase.
 From Anna Bowman Dodds The New
 Woman in Turkey in the October
 Century.
 Although of late years among Turks highly placed. it has come to be consid- cred as far more chic to have only one wife. yet this laudable increase in the practice of monogamy does not tend to complete emancipation from certain well-established Moslem traditions. The mention of one's wife to a foreigner is nowadays made the easier when one may truthfully speak of her in the sjnEuIar r number. A Turk may, after some months of semi-intimacy. talk somewhat freely. indeed. of his domestic life, provided al- ways his household is modelled after the European plan of life. The social line is drawn at the point of asking even a lady to call Frequent visiting between Euro pean and Turkish wifes. when these are in the singular number. is possible only after somewhat prolonged residence and much friendly intercourse
 To the casual visitor there is an unex- pected embarrassment in finding almost all the Turks one meets in society mar ried to one wife only. The singularity of this singleness is as trying, apparently, to the Turk, on certain occasions. as 1t is eminently disappointing to the Euro pean.
 'T do hope the Minister of may grant me the honor of visiting his harem, :" an American lady remarked with the charming aplomb characteristic to the American woman.
 "F- Pasha would be too delighted, I am sure; only. as it happens, his Excel lency has no harem in the sense in which. presume. most foreigners understand our word.' was the courteous reply of the minor official to whom this remark
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
LITTLE LITERARY SIDE ISSUES

consisted of two silver teaspoons and a teapot
 We are told of Reginald J. Campbell that he is at home in the use of six lam guages His attainments are extensive and varied. There is mystical element in him which is not the play of mere sentiment. but the response of a soul keenly alive to the eterpal and spiritual, and the product of profound Christian experience. In his first sermon as pas tor of City Temple. he pledged himself never to preach anything he had not felt in his own experience to be true. He is full of human sympathies. with wonder ful insight into the souls of men, and able to deal with them in their deeper needs. But there is nothing morbid or aescetic in his religion. He is fond of wholesome outdoor sports. a man among men. gifted with fine fancy, and sense of humor, which frequently lights up his sermons as well as his conversation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

This is an intensely interesting story from beginning to end The central fig- ure, Rev Conner Deen. is kept well to the front throughout the book. the thread of the story being clear to the last and the attention of the reader is not divert ed by any side channels. It is a novel dealing with soul strife and is an ac- ceptable contrast to the insipid course of social scandal The characters are hu- man, real live men and women in whom new traits are discovered with each trial that presents itself. The author very conveniently allows the characters to die
 but in real life death does not come as a solution of every problem of struggling humanity. The story deals principally with two women and one man. In Joy Probert we find the gentle, spiritual, guileless type, who shows her nobility of character when the real crisis comes. Of an entirely different type is Miss Abercrombie Moore, a woman of the fashionable world. devoid of that subtle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
Hints for Lay Preachers.

Not lay preachers only. but all who minister in the pulpit, might well ponder carefully these brief chapters of con densed counsel drawn from long ex- perience and most suitably set forth. Many whose lives are comparative fail ures through lack of noting some of the things here mentioned. For instance. Mir
 Meyer says: "Everything depends on whether we work for God or realize that God is working through us" Receive each sermon as a definite message from God. and engage in devout and earnest intercession before delivering II. Let Let Cod tnfuse into your hearts a passion for His glory. a passion for the souls of men,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

tractor: Henry Meriden. contractor and his associate, Robert Conway. More land is named in each of the i've indlct- ments read in court this afternoon. Two of the indictments charge him with con- spiracy to defraud and the other three with misappropriation and converting property of the city to the use of others.
 MT. Moreland came into court early this evening and when asked to plead. stood mute on advice of his attorney. The judge accordingly entered a plea of not guilty and fixed MT. Moreland's ball on all five indictments at $500. It was given. John Hook was also in court and gave bail in the sum of $1.s00.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
BY WILLIAM EDWARD TraEsucx.

refinement so essential to true woman
 hood. and none too scrupulous in the
 methods which she employs to win the man she loves-Rev. Gomer Deen. She
 lavishly uses her wealth to secure her
 selfish end. By her influence he secures a richer church and feeling indebted to her and longing for power. marries her.
 Rev. Gomer Deem is the weakest charac-
 ter in the book. vain. over fastidious man, vacillating between his love for Joy Probert and his love for-not Miss Aber- crombie Moore. but Miss Abercrombie Moore's wealth, and the power 1t can bring him. Too weak to resist. he yields, but finally awakens to the full horror of his crime, for his wife is as a thorn in che flesh. Leaving Oxford with the high est conceptions of priesthood. he entered the church with considerable zeal, but gradually feels that his faith is slipping away from him, and finally realizes that his life Is hollow mockery of the holiest principles of truth" Living a hypocriti-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
The Oldest Code Of Laws In The
 World.

The Oldest Code or Laws In Tne
 World.
 This is a little book, but one of great value It is the Civil Code of Hammu- rabi. King of Babylon. about 2300 B. C.. The contents of this code have so often and so fully been reprinted of late that most readers are, familiar with Its gem eral features: but this fact will make them only the more eager to study the details. The translator is connected with the British museum. but in his transia- ton he has been guided in a measure by the renderings of German and French orientalists. This book is furnished the text of Professor DeIitxsch's lecture upon Bible and Babel" which attracted so much attention a few weeks ago, and which called out a reply from the Ger man emperor. The story of our country in poetry and song, by John Corbly South. A unique but most happy thought for the patriotic education of American children, is embodied in this anthology. the work of an experienced teacher in the public schools of Illinois. Professor South has brought together fin volume of at tractive appearance a long series Of poems celebrating great events and per- sonages in American history and voicing love for the nation and its flag. The ar rangement is controlled by considerations of chronology. the selections following one another in order of she occasion by which they were evoked. It is surprising that such A wealth of excellent material could be accumulated in a field whose brains are so precisely defined. for the compiler has with keen literary taste accepted nothing for his pages which has not the true poetic ring. Naturally the martial note predominates-the genius Of patriot ism seldom sings except in times when the republic is stirred by the enthusiasms of war-bue the noble occasions of peace, like the centennial celebration of 1876. are not forgotten. Throughout the editor has added crisp notes to the various se- lections by which they are connected clearly with the sober prose chronicles of history. To stimulate in a boy or girl that large imagination of patriotism which sees the ideal republic behind the yelling of commonplace happenings that i'll the eve of the times, we know of no book which seems better fitted for the service than this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

The author has laid the scenes of hls story in the lovely, bluegrass regions of Kentucky. and most charmingly he car ries the reader through deeply shaded woods. and peaceful vailays. that were. alas. so soon changed to rivers of blood. story. The hero, a poor little freckled- face boy, "a native of the mountains" is called Chad" We meet him as driver of sheep. and leave him a leader of men. The author also gives us a giimpee now and then of the dauntless Morgan and his men; of Grant the silent" and other lessen lights of both armies. There are two women, one a native like Chad,"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
wilhelmina's. Best Teacher.

October St. Nicholas.
 With unceasing devotion and zeal. Queen Wilhelmina's brave and clever mother-who during Wiihelmina's later girlhood was the queen regent-did what ever she could to make her daughters education a truly excellent one. Among the names of those who taught the young queen. Queen Emma's name deserves fair place. It was the queen regent her self who regulated and srperintended ell the lessons of Wilhelmina, being present at most of them. and taking quite as ter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
BY JOHN FOX, JR.

who loves him. Her name Is Melissa; the other, Margaret. whom he loves, Is as high above him as the stars that shine on their Kentucky battlefield. Melissa dies for ''hers."s but Margaret-well, get the book and find out.
 Mir. Fox is strong and earnest in style. his language is beautiful. yet so simple child can understand He brings the hero from depths of poverty to heights of fame, but so skillfully is the metamor phosis made that we hardly note the chance till we read the word "Finis."
 The war is over, and in the closing chap ters we find Chad now Colonel Buford on his war horse with ''old Jack" the hound, at his heels. He travels the same old paths, through the valley, along the side
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
AN OK OVER HIS GRAVE.
Novel Monument at woodlawn Cem-
 etery, New York.


 Grief has queer ways of testifying it's length. breadth and depth. as the mon- uments in any large cemetery attest. Woodlawn Cemetery, in The Bronx. says The New York Tribune. has many and striking proofs of the fact. but none more striking than the memorial recently erect cd by the widow over the grave of George Schlosser. once a prosperous butcher of the vicinity of 1S7th Street and Prospect Avenue. The monument is only about four feet high and is plain block of granite bearing the family name in large letters and supporting the scuiptured fig- ure of an OK. Many art critics say the OK seems to smile. as though saying:
 George was on top in life and slew many of us. but in death we are triumph ant"
 for the memorial, and that the expendi- lure has left her but meagre support for herself and her children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
QUIET LIVES.
BY THEo YOUNG

 In a valley, centuries ago Grew a little fern leaf green and slender VeininK delicate, and hbers tender Waving when the wind crept down so low. Rushes tall and moss and grass grew around 1t Playful sunbeams darted in and found 1t. Drops of dew stole down by night and
 crowned it:
 But no foot of man Ter came that way; Earth was young and keeping holiday! Useless? Lost? There came thoughtful man, Searching natures secrets far and deep From Assure in a rocky steep He withdrew a stone Ter which there ran Fairy pencilings 6 quaint design. Leafage, veining hbers clear and fns, And the ferns life lay in every line! So think God hides some souls away, Sweetly to surprise us the Last Day.
 Strange 1t is how cheer the dead! For get all failings of the past-hes dead; his praises shout. But while life pulses in the veins how seldom we praise-it should not pc SO. All the boQuets should not De laid on the cofYlu-some should crown the head of the living The following well tells the tale;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
Pegasus Will Plough.

New York. Sept. 25.-Shamrock I, the old cup challenger. just sold by Sir rhom- as Lipton. has been turned over by the purchaser to a Brooklyn firm dealing in old metals, and the racer. after being re- modelled. will enter trade instead of being used for cruising as at first reported. She will be turned into schooner and will carry scrap metal between New York and South American ports
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
STRANGE.

BY EDWARD ROWLAND SILL. He died at night. Next day they came To weep and praise him. sudden fame These suddenly warm comrades gave. They called him pure. they called him brave; One praised his heart, and one his brain; All said You'd seek his life in vain. Gentle and strong and good.' None saw In all his character a nav At noon he wakened from his trance Mended. was we'll They looked askance; Took his hand coldly. loved him not. Though they had wept hlm' qui'e forgot His virtues lent an easy ear TO slanderous tongues: professed fear He was not what he seemed to be;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

plurality of wifes to satisfy the most ex- acting of travellers fin search of sensa- ton. Even in Constantinople there are pashas and efrendis rich enough to keep up the old standards of Moslem marital pomp. The majority, however, of the up- per ten thousand practice at least out wardly, the European fashion or monog- amy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
SIX INDICTMENTS.
Investigating City ouicials Tn
 Detroit.

Detroit, Mich. Sept. 2o.-SlX ihoictmehts were returned today noon py sranu jury which has been lnVes.isa.lns mum. os n,,hlic 1yorks for the last two months. Five of tbe indictments were made public l., eo',r+ and they name the following narsous. m s ID. W. H. Moreland. formerly ponsrais:;oner po, of public works, recently oo,,aowed from office by the council; Her man WI Wartel and T. J. White. formerly ran nran,ovss of inc public works department ',ndsr MorsIand; John Hook. former denartment of works employe and con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
In Poetic Realms of
 Fact and Fancy

Those who have feceived % often the printed ''no of the publisher and editor-and their name is legion-wii heartily say amen to the sentiments herein expressed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

The book recently published by Pott & Co.,. on the race problem Is not having a good sale. The opinions of negroes on their own problem seem little desired by the reading public.
 It Is said that there are not more than a half dozen historical works in novel shape to be published this fall. What a relief!
 Thomas Dixcn's 'One Woman" has pro- duced for him a most unenviable noto- riety. .o The new book by Joel Chandler Harris. ''Wally Wanderoon," is quite up to this popular authors other child stories. Har- ris is most at home with the children let him never attempt to write novel for grown folks-he cannot do 1t well and therefore ought not to try to entertain any save the children.
 Lillian Bell, in a conversational way. makes some announcements in regard to English society and American conditions -she does this in s"The Dowager Count ess and the American Girl"
 Ethel" shows J. H. Bells humor, be- trayed in hisg"wee Macgregor. A dia- losue between lovers is interesting read ing.
 That picture by Louis Loeb which Illus
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

The camel can so without water. but the moth can grow fat by merely eating holes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

Frank Danby, the author of Pigs in Clover" is not without spontaneity, if this story of her is true: She was guest. so the story goes, at a house party in Surry, when at the morning meal, an- other guest made boast that he had al- ready in the morning shot thirty-seven hares. Frank Danby thereupon declared that he must have shot at wig.
 James Otis, as he is known. is the au- thor of nearly 100 books for young peo- ple. He says that the greatest apprent- iceship is that of the daily newspaper. He worked on papers in New York and Boston for twenty years before he began to write stories.
 George Moore announces in the Sep tember Lippincott's, that he is tired of original work, and he returns to crtti- cism, since he thinks he has learned the right to an aesthetic holiday. Hear what he tells of his original work: Six years ago | began Evelyn Innes," and there are 450 pages in that novel I had to put the novel aside to write The Bending of the Bough' for the Irish Literary The atre and when that job of work was done l finished Evelyn Innes." and then I wrote Sister Teresa" and there are 260 pages in that novel. Then had to write another play for the Irish Literary The atre, "Diarmuid and Grania." The fill- ing of so many pages with words is not an inconsiderable labor. but the length of the texts is only a little difficulty in comparison with the great difficulty, the assimilation of moral atmospheres. had wrote Sister Teresa" many times before acquired the conversational atmos- phere; two years had to pass before I could kneel with a nun in prayer. and this sloughing off of ones ordinary self, this acquisition of new thoughts. new feelings, new ideals. new modes of ex- pression, has often caused me to wonder, and I have often stayed a moment on the open threshold. looking back and forward
 We have gleaned this comparative pie ture of two great church ministers: "One spent twenty-seven years of his highest church honors within the bounds of a few acres. never passing outside the door of his palace or beyond the walks and drives of it's gardens. He was a liberal and kindly man, but the people had ac- cess to his presence only on special oc- casions to make obeisance before his throne and receive his blessing. He was an eloouent scholar. but except a few verses the world knew little of his ac- comulishments At his death he left be- hind A large fortune. The other of the TWO travelled thousands of miles every year. and slept on the floor when neces- sary. preaching in any convenient place. Ir doors or out He was. also. a finished scholar and besides his many sermons left behind many volumes on many sub jscts At his death his personal estate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

BY WILLIAM HURD HL.LYER. Low hangs the sky OCT tropic lands. the dark
 drops down at noon; And on the sandy beach the surf rolls in with
 troubled tune; For fast along the curving coast that fronts
 the southern main Comes the dim cyclones rebel host and the in-
 surgent rain The ships ask, Who are ye7' The tumuit and complaining Of the sea Is echoed by the ancient shelving rocks we are the legions of the realms of Cancer The winds of the autumnal equinox!' Their breath is pungent with the spice of the
 cloudy Carribees Their wailing minor chords are heard along
 the coral keys. They smite the coastwise villages; grim wrecks
 they blow from far; They strew the tragic beach for miles with
 broken beam and spar Northward they sweep. till all the towns from
 Largo to Cape Fear Whisper, "It Is the summers end-the turning
 of tine yearv' My soul asks, ''whoe are ye That breaks the spell of summertime for mey" Awhile the storm her questioning but mocks At length the winds make melancholy answer: We are the legions of the realm of Cancer The winds of thine autumn equnox!' This is an age so full of rush and struggle that 1t will be exceedingly surprising to many of us to awake some day and learn that the unremembered. unknown, quiet actioned indi- vidual has won a crowd which we have lost {; the thought is aptiy illustrated in the fol- lowing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
THE MAN BEHIND THE NO.

BY CHARLES HENRY WEBB. Bowed by the weight of Centurys he stands The latest number open in his hands, And at 6 page whereon poem is shown Not mine7 Not yours? Why, then it is his owni Mine was returned, as yours no doubt to you. With thanks. illusive and regrets untrue Suppressed by jealousy! Up, brothers. hol Let's down the man with the eternal no!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27
THE EQUINOX.

As the equinoxial season draws near the fol- lowing strong poem by 6 bright Southern au- thor will be read with interest and pleasure:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

Thomas Dixcn's "One Woman" has pro duced for him a most unenviable noto riety.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

Thank God they were not such ss he:
 Gave to his hunger stones for bread; And made him, living. wish him dead.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-27

James Otis, as he is known. is the au- thor of nearly 100 books for young peo- ple He says that the greatest apprent- iceship is that of the daily newspaper. He worked on papers in New York and Boston for twenty years before he began fo write stories.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
ONE OF THE GRIDIRON
CLUBS FOUNDERS.
Veteran Correspondent SteaIey Pays
savannah Neat Commitments.

Veteran Correspondent SteaIey Pays
savannah Neat Compliment.
Mr.. Orlando G. Stealey, a veteran in
the army of Washington correspon-
dents, and one known throughout
the country, is a guest at the De Soto
Hotel with Mrs. Stealey and Miss
Stealey, on his way back to Washing
ton, after a trip of three weeks in the
South.
Mr.. Stealey has been connect
ed with the Louisville Courier-Journal
for over thirty-six years and has held
every position on that newspaper ex-
'cepting only that of editor-in-chief.
For twenty-one- years he has repre-
scented the Courier-Journal in Wash
ington, and is among the very few cor
respondents now at the capital who
reported the doings of the Forty-sev-
enth Congress. He was one of the nine
who organized the famous Gridiron
Club and has held various offices in
the club, having served last year as
vice president.
On the piazza at the De
Soto Mr.. Stealey talked Interestingly
and pleasantly of matters personal,
general, political, historical, and other
WISE 81 have just come up from
Florida" he said land had a jolly good
time, fishing and generally relaxing
from conventional things. We were at
Tampa Bay and points on the Gulf
coast. Our trip was taken partly on
account of Mrs. Stealey's health and
partly to have a little holiday We left
Washington just after Congress adj
journed 1t had been a tedious ses-
sion and l was glad enough for an ex-
cuse to get away for a rest.
After drive around Savannah Mr..
Stealey said
Il have visited many fine cities, but
have seldom been as much impressed as
with Savannah. 1 certainly think that
this is the most beautiful. The ar
rangement of streets, with the many
squares and parks is charming and l
do not know of a city in this country
that can compare with Savannah. 1
could not help but note the fine BUSH
ness blocks and the evident business
activity. From what l have seen L
am sure that Savannah has a splendid
future"