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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
We Doubt It.
Sheffield Reaper.

Taking the pronunciation of the word Alabama, we suggest to The Montgomery Advertiser that Alabama" is more cor rect than 'Alabamian,' though 1t is almost universal custom to write it in accordance with the latter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Never whip a child on a full stom- ach." cautions modern instructor. But that doesn't preclude whipping him on the other side of his anatomy, We imag. inc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

If our friend Santa is at all conceited he will have plenty of chances to sec his pictures if he will look over the papers from now until after the holidays All of them will have him in some form.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
A Good Man.
Selma Times.

selma Times.
 There IS growing uneasiness among all Republicans that Teddy cannot land even if nomina ted, if the Democrats Sc. .ect good man to run against him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
COCHRAN IS SELECTED.

Murphy Gains Reluctant Consent to
 Proposal. New York Special to N. o. Times-Demo- crat
 Bourke Cochran 1t is learned, has been decided upon as the Tammany candidate for Congress in the Twelfth District, to succeed Mayor-elect Geo. ge B. Mcclellan. Leader Murphy. ever since Colone .s Nc. been beset by the friends of half dozen candidates for the seat in Congress which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Second Alabama Artillery.

The Vicksburg National Military Park Commission desires to correspond with veterans of Battery c (Captain T. K EmanueD. 2nd Alabama Light Artillery Battalion. and with veterans of Seng- stalks Battery who served in the de- fense of vicksburg. May IS to July 1, 1S6S," runs a letter to The Advertiser. Information is greatly desired by Inc Commission as to the positions of the guns of these two Alabama batteries on the line of defense and as to their kind and caliber. You will confer a favor by publishing this communication. Letters in response should be addressed to Cap- tain Wm. T. Rlgby. chairman. Park Com mission once Vicksburg, Miss"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Any Old Thing.

Bullock County Breeze.
 The editor of The Sheffield Reaper wants to know if there Is money in goats From what we have heard that goats consume we suppose he could find money or most any old thing in them. if he'd in- vestigate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Toronto, Ontario. has q church which does something which pro,abiv no oIhnr church in the world does. it ia of course, exempt from taxation. vet it in- sists on paying taxes each year. it ia inc Jarvis Street BantiSt C,hurch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

The New Bedford Mercury states in exact terms that Mr. Cleveland will not be nominated and Mir. Roosevelt will be. Well. perhaps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Q g 3 H H H ss g H H B E. s H & 3 c . WHAT THE STATE PAPERS Q % ARE SAYING. Q o Q @ Ss g Ss Vs e g 6 Ss E g g Q Pe a
 
Powerful as EveI
Birmingham Age.HeraId

 Y, Despite the corruption in the Postoffice Department a two-cent stamp is as powerful as it ever has been in the his tory of the government
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Those New Policemen.

''Td hate to be the Chief" whispered an old patrolman. Tnese fellows that want Gil have just about worried the life out of him. You may not know it. he cnn- tinued, but there were over 100 applica- tions for those ten jobs. Nearly every a policeman and those are the kind of men the Chief don't want.
 We men of the force,'' he added "re- gret that the Council allowed ten men. 1t f we'll known that ten new men are not ficient but the police will be sworn at now more than ever. The public will conclude that the Council investigated and allowed as many new ones as were needed. The fact is the Council allowed only as many as 1t thought the city was able to pay.
 Under the extension act we have twice as much territory to look after and ten more men wont be much help"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

The little girl who insisted that inas- much as there is Christmas Eve there must Dc . Christmas Adam was not bad reasoner, ..-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Capt T. D. Sanford of Opelika spent yesSrday in Montgomery on business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Messrs W. T. Terry and B. Taylor Smith of Birmingham are in town.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Among those who reached Montgomery last night, to be present today at a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

F. J. Kelly, Circulation Manager og The Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn, says: The iegoing statement of The Adver- tiser's daily circulation for the month of Mo- vember. 1908. is true and correct and compiled after all returns from newsboys, news agents and leftover copies have been deducted.
 P J. KELLY, Circulation Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of December. 1908.
 F. W. JACKSON, FSeail tEf N. r. Ex-O J. P.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

Hon. W. H. Sanford of Troy was among the prominent visitors to Montgomery yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17
Man Who Come and eo.

Dr. c. A. Hill and Mir. T. 4. Anderson, well-known ci izens of SylacaGga, are vis- itors to Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

M November circulation. A
 The Advertiser takes pleasure in suv Eng sworn, detailed statensent of it's cifsa.stieh for the month Of November. These figures show the actual net issue. day by day, the statement having been compiled after the re- turns from aAl sources hayesjseen deducted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-17

MT. M. A. Rabb of Brewton is in town
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

striction, one that may explain the COM
paratiye scarcity Of strappings in the
dressmaker's output, ornamental as they
invariably are whenever they appear.
In all recent changes in skirts, and
they have been many, there has been no
decrease in their fullness. Indeed, with
most every batch of new styles there
has been an increase of width. Your
skirt Of to-day of advanced stylishness
not only contains deal of material, but
is excessively full. Skirts of the Civil
War period, with their fullness held dis
tended, hardly were larger. AS the
styles of this very time have been I'M
dergoing al overhauling with the fash
ions of the fifty years previous, it
shouldn't surprise if some daring de-
signer-promoter of new fashions should
come out with Endorsement OF something
that will accomplish what the hoop-skirt
did. or course, it will not have that
name or one that win recall the old one.
That would be too unpleasant. And it
may be no more dreadful than was the
much more recent use of Stiffened skirts.
But some form of distentien is likely to
appear before very long. No alarmist
view need be held of this prospect Won
en- kept the haircloth notions within rea-
sonable bounds, and can recall their
pleasure in the light. unlined skirts that
quickly followed. So they can be de-
pended upon to control whatever is ad-
yanced and to keep it in sensible form.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
QUEER SUPERSTITION.
Bad Luck Sure to Follow You If You
Are Broke on Thursday.

Bad Luck Sure to Follow You If You
Are Broke on Thursday.
However smart a man may be,
however deep of brain, there is yet a
trace of superstition in his makeup"
said a thoughtful man, land often it
exists and controls him in various
ways without his knowing anything
about it. If you should tell him that
he was superstitious he would re-
sent it, and in nc uncertain way. But
all men are superstitious in some way,
just the same.
There are little things about which
men are a bit cranky, and they de-
velop into well-rounded superstitions.
There is Opie Reed, who has queer
little notion that if he gets up Thurs
day morning without money in his
pocket it is bad luck, and he believes
il so firmly that he will not venture
out of the house and will turn his
hand TO a piece of work If 1t hap
pens to him. lie IS generally very
careful to see that he has something
left over Wednesday night-a nest
egg, as the saying goes-for Thursday
morning. But he sometimes forgets,
and suddenly discovers that he is dead
broke. That settles ii. Not a step
will he take from the house that
morning. Now. how is that for SUI
perstition? You call him supersutious
well. you had better do it at long
range. know another man in CHI
cago who has a queer little notion
that it is bad luck to forget anything
when you are leaving home in the
morning. One morning we walked to
the car together. He suddenly turned
on me with the statement: III not go
to the city today When | asked
him why. he said he had forgotten
something. It's bad luck he said.
and he was unceremoniously making
tracks for the house when he said it.
I suppose we all have these little no
lions and beliefs. but we are not con-
seious of them, and so we are apt to
believe. just honestly, too, that we
are not the least bit superstitious- But
we are. just the same.''-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
ROMANTIC STORY OF UTAH.
How the Pioneer Settlers of the West
Started the State.

=
Started the State.
The migration of the first Mormons
across the broad, unknown waste that
lay between the Missouri River and
the valley of the Great Salt Lake was
an undertaking of extraordinary dar-
ing, an expedition second, perhaps, to
the coming of the pilgrim fathers, says
John Mathews in Leslie's Weekly.
Just as the pilgrims launched their
ships upon a terrible and unknown
ventured into a vast, strange land
about which they knew little aside
from the knowledge of the constant
presence of a hundred perils.
The people of Utah were the first to
establish themselves in the West. Ore
gon, in 1847, was disputed ground.
California belonged to Mexico and the
'49-ers, the first American pioneers of
that State, did not traverse the prairie
until two years later, and after Utah
was a settlement with several thou
sand people So that Utah was then
the very borderland. 1t was there
that the West took root.
The leaders of the Mormons had de-
cided upon the far distant West as the
future home of their people. They
had no more definite plan than that.
They had read of the valley of the
Great Salt Lake in the reports of Gen
eral John G. Fremont, the "pathfind-
err" who had seen the region in 1S43.
They had heard, too, of Oregon, and
they had considered Vancouver ISL
and. But not until the expedition was
we'll on its way was the exact desti-
nation definitely determined. There
were three main bodies of emigrants
who moved from the camp at winter
quarters on the Missouri River to the
valley beyond the Rockies. The first
party numbered 14S, including three
women and two children, and made it's
journey in the spring of 1S47, with
Brigham Young at its head. Then fol-
lowed in the summer of the same year
the second body of pioneers, nearly
1000 in all, among them many of the
grims Of the prairie, under the direc-
ton of John Young, brother of the
chief. Then Brigham Young returned
to the Missouri and the following year
guided to the new land all the remain
der of his people, about $500 of them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
One hundred Years Ano.

President Jefferson's plans for the gov
eminent of Louisiana territory were de-
nounced by the federalist party as "des-
potism over a wilderness"
Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the
Treasury. reported that imports into tse
United States from the Spanish territory
OF Florida and the French territory of
Louisiana had totaled $1,006,214 for the
fiscal year.
Thomas Paine and Jerome Bonaparte
were reported among the distinguished
arrivals in New York City.
Anthony Merry, British minister to the
United States, landed at Norfolk, Va,
with more than enough household furni
ture to twice fill the White House, ac-
cording to the newspapers of that day.
The American ship Providence, bound
for Amsterdam, was seized and towed
into Portsmouth by the British, who sus-
pected that Jerome Bonap9rte was on
board.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Thirty Years Ago.

\ great mass meeting was held in
New York City to denounce Spain's CON
duct in the Virginius affair, William NJ.
Evarts presiding and William Cullen
Bryant. John Jacob Aston. John A. Dix,
Alexander Il. Stewart, Gen. Franz Sigel,
Fernando Wood and Cornelius Wander
bilt being among the vice presidents
Secretary Of State Hamilton Fish ex-
pressed opposition to the annexation of
Cuba because the United States world
lose $27,000,000 revenue yearly.
Mass meetings were held in the chief
cities of the United States TO denounce
the execution Of the steamer Nirginius'
crew by the Spanish in Cuba,
Gen. James Longstreet. former Con-
federate leader, and then surveyor Of the
port at New Orleans, was reported TO
have enrolled 10000 men in that city for
an expedition against the Spaniards in
Cuba.
Washington government officials de-
clared the United States did not dare go
to war with Spain over the Yirginius af-
fair, because its navy was "shamefully
inferior" to that Of Spain.
Gen. Daniel Il. Sickles, United States
ihlniSltf 1T hdulidf was duuioflltu py
Secretary Of State Hamilton Fish to sug-
gest TO the Spanish government that
Cuba be allowed TO purchase its freedom,
the United States guaranteeing payment.
Ex-President Andrew Johnson issued
a statement at Washington, ID. c., shift
ing the blame for Mrs. Smratt's execu-
ton for the Lincoln assassination plot
on Gen. Holt, judge advocate general,
who, he claimed, had misled him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
CHAPTER IL

In an upper room in the Pitville Ho-
tel on this same night Of wind and snow
there sat an aSSemhlage of vocal anna
teurs whose use and won't il was 10
gether for their own amusement, and
the practice OF their favorite art, on
Wednesday nights throughout the win
ter. The party consisted mainly of the
Younger trldesmen of the town. with
here and there a mechanic whose musical
loves had lifted him a rung or two Ca
the social ladder.
Down below sat the oldsterS Of the
place. whose tastes ran rather for poll
tics than music. To them, as they sat
arranging the affairs OF the nation, en-
tered with something OF a noisy swagger
young man Of handsome but dissipat-
ed appearance. who bestowed general
salute upon the company. He was re
ceived with coriiality and a touch of
respect not accorded 10 every conner, and
whilst he stood slipping and chatting
with the host there rose IN the upper
room a clatter of glasses and stamping
of feet which communicated sensible
vibration to the floor. Then a piano be
gan TO tinkIe. and a ventriloQuial render
ing of a popular song made itself family
heard at intervals. The jingling piano
filed in the pauses. and the chorus rose
in q defiant howl.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

popular new sleeve models and means
return to the use Of short lace frillings
and crepe hsse in the edge Of sleeves.
Some Of the very smartest shirtings
exhibited are made OF heavy vestings,
which come in mixtures and combines
either pale or more pronounced eolors.
A handsome dark mink collar with
round reyers is to be seen in one Of the
shops and is so fashioned that it can
be either worn independently or be adj
Justed 10 coat or jacket
A lace scarf, composed or myriads Of
tiny lace ruties overlapping each other
in very fat fashion on a net foundation.
after the fashion OF the fat marabout
scarf. is one of ma bellies latest fancies.
A smart frock Of chiffon had a skirt
trimming that was delightful Big. fat
rosettes of imitation val had in the
center OF each a rhinestone button Then
these rosettes were strung along, cas AZ
ter the other. like q rosary as a heading
for a number OF chiffon rnf1ass edged
with the same lars.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Forty Years Ago.

Chicago vessel captains were frighten-
ed by a report that two Confederate
cruisers had been seen in Lake Erie off
Sandusky manned by Southern sympa-
thizers from Canada
Two thousand machinists struck at
New York City and 1900 in the navy
yard at Boston to secure $3.50 day
wages, "only" nine hours work on Satur-
days, and the adjustment of the rule re-
curing them to begin work at daybreak
The governor general of Canada noti-
fed Lord Lyons, British ambassador at
Washington, of a plot in Canada to lib
crate the rebel prisoners confined by the
United States government on JohLson's
island in Lake Erie.
Rebel cavalry under Wheeler and For.
rest were repulsed by Union troops under
Gen. w. p. Sanders in an attack on
Fort Sanders, at Knoxville Tenn.
Gen. Neal Dow, then confined in Libby
prison at Richmond, Va. was authorized
by Secretary of War Stanton to draw
on the United States government for all
clothing needed by the Union prisoners
there.
Gen. Burnside's Union army, impris-
oned in Knoxville, Tenn, by Longstreet,
had only one days rations left, and the
soldiers were ordered to make ready to
live on bran.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
rored SO as to give stripes a wavy ap-

rored so as to give stripes a wavy ap-
pearance.
Owl, dog and cat heads are all shown
in belt pins, both in bronze and silver.
Ball gowns scintillate with rich en-
broideries and sashes figure on all Of
them.
1t is predicted that the favorite colors
for autumn will be castor, red chamois
and violet.
Coque feathers in breasts, pompons
and plume designs viii adorn many of
the fall hats.
Gold buttons adorn coats and cos
tunes. They tone in with the military
effects admirably.
A single sapphire cut in the shape of
a heart is surrounded by diamonds and
costs a small fortune.
Silk tassels are knotted into many of
the new collarettes to form epaulets and
also to finish the stole ends.
Among colors other than blue and gray
rich reds and browns will find favor dur
ing the coming season.
Ivory white will be again in great re-
quest for autumn wear, set off with one
of the new cape stoles.
The pretty flexible fob chains seen in
gold and silver now come in gun metal
and can be purchased for small sum.
Silk passementerie, fringes, tassels and
lace are to be employed for the decora-
tive finish of the smartest fur garments.
One of the expensive stoles one that
reaches to the bottom of the skirt, is
made of mink and is trimmed with err
mine.
Among the novelties in petticoats are
those of gay red and green plaid silk
They are finished about the bottom with
deep accordion-plaited ruffles.
The Louis XIV. sleeve is one of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

black stitching was distinctive. yet not
nearly so aSSertive as were the stitch
ings of two seasons ago. Nor are the
latter often equailed now for showiness.
While tailors are devising all manner
OF strappings for the ornamentation of
their product, dressmakers are resorting
10 tricks of similar nature. TailorS in
their efforts are more limited as TO mate
rails than they were a year ago. as much
self-strapping is called for. So often
they are confined to schemes Of arrange
ment 10 get s look of novelty. The
dreSsmaker may go farther afed for the
material. yet hardly can put up with less
striking arrangements As the latter may
slew cont-ast in their strappings. they
have decided advantage. Hint OF this
is given in te-day's concluding nlustT,-
ton. Here are a blue crepe de chine
trimmed with white valenciennes and
white silk strapping, and a tailored gray
xibelline self-strapped and finished with
black braid. The dressmaker must not
resort TO strappings that have the look
Of tailor E1ish, and that's . decided re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
the form of spiders

Ornamental mesh i'll the form of spiders
web, some of it finely initiative, is used
good deal. Sometimes the webs are
framed with bands that may be elabo-
rately stitched, and again the material
is cut from beneath the web An excel
lent transparent effect is created by the
latter method, though it is not one that
is strikingly new except the web be a
good counterfeit
Like fagotting, the French knot has
undergone a change. 1t hardly could be
otherwise, as the knots Were used in
such abundance and were so easily made
The newer knot is completed by a long,
loose loop. Such knots are much used
in threes, and shaded silks are chosen for
them, as rule, though it is permitted to
have each of the three of a different
color. Brier and pearl stitches are used
much, and when more complicated deco
ration is wanted, they are employed in
combination with other decoration. Much
of the pearl stitch is put on the tailor
output, and some snowy stitching APP
pears here, but not great deal The
usual showing is a deal Of the palmer
stitching, rather than less of the sorts
that stand out conspicuously. The new
knots and stitching are much combined
in tailor garments, but just now most
of the stitching is of service, with the
ornamental value kept in the back
ground. Thus the bands of the tailor
suit shown in to-day's first illustration
were held rather than ornamented by
their stitching, and the same can be said
of a great many stylish gowns. This
gown was gray cloth, with gray silk
sleeve rufles, and was severe in its fin.
ish. But little less relaxed was the
model at the right in the next sketch,
which was dark red cloth self-strapped,
the straps stitched inconspicuously. Its
companion in the picture showed mod
crate quantity of the Shower stitching.
Here the material was green cloth. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
shnt in Onest fnr neer.

Three more persons have met death
while hunting in the northern woods.
John Shillinger of Marshfeld sfot him
self through the head, the gun going off
as he slipped and fell. He leaves a
wife and FIVE children. Frank Lagren-
Sier of Norway, Mich, boy of 10, was
shooting at a target when hunters bull
let struck him in the head and killed
him. Mrs Matthew johnson, living at
Hakley, new mill town, was killed in
stantly by a stray bullet fired by deer
hunter. Four shots were heard, one of
which passed through the house and
struck her in the breast. 1t is not known
who fired the fatal shot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
whats thatY' asked the latest conner.

Whats thatT' asked the latest conner.
Why" said one. Its held to pass for
music with some on 'em upstairs"
Its well to know what it's meant
for said another.
''Ah!'' said a third, ''if Mr.. Hackett
did go upstairs an show 'em what it
means to sing song! It's a goodish
while, Mr.. Hackett, since that counter
telGr of yours was heard here
Mr.. Hackett staggered a little and
tapped at his legs with the riding whip
he carried.
"Come now" said Hazeltine, the job
master, who had first veatured to breach
the topic. You might do a thing as nd
please the present company a good deal
less than by singing a song for US, Mr.
Hackett."
Pm in no great voice tonight" said
Mr.. Hackett, staggering. IN see how
l feel by and by perhaps"
Gomez cried the landlord, that's as
good as a promise"
WELL Warden" said Mr. Hackett,
with an easy air Of lordship, ''let us go
upstairs and see what the pianos like"
The landlord threw open the door. The
and the company streamed after him.
The young fellows appearance in the
upper room was hailed with a mighty
shouting and beating of tables, and like
a man to whom this sort of reception
was customary and commonplace, he
nodded here and there about him, and
seated himself in a chair which one Of
his admirers had obsequiously vacated.
The landlord had carried up Mr.. Hack
ett's glass, and the young man sat sip
ping its contents and chatting with affa-
bility and condescension to those about
him. All but the more important people
stood in an admiring and expectant cir
Gle.
"Oh," said the landlord. you see how
the public opinion runs, sir. Now we've
got you here, if you happen to be in a
yielding temper, it'll be some time afore
you get away again."
Ito be continuedl