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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Both Wanted to Go.

Baltimore Sun.
 In speaking of the gratultous supplylhs of electric currents for the special iilu- imitation by the United Electric Light and Power Company, MT. Robert J. McCuen superintendent of lamps and lighting, told recently a characteristic story of the late Col. Milton w. Offutt, who was vice president of the company.
 It has been the custom of Colonel Onutt to supply an electric light at the annual lawn fete of St. Plus Church. This year the ladies of the church wanted two lights. and, not wishing to impose on the Coloners generosity, they went to MT. McCuen in their predicament
 Upon citing the circumstances, Mir. Mc- Cuen promised that they should have the lights He called upon Colonel Offutt by telephone and told him he wanted him to install two lights at St. Plus Church lawn tete and charge the expense to him personally. Whereupon the Colonel re- piled:
 "They want two lights this year, do they? Well, they shall have them; but l cant allow you to pay for them, Bob, "
 But l want to-" responded MT. Me Cuen.
 What's the matter with you. Bob?" called back Colonel Onutt. Don't you think I want to go to Heaven as we'll as you do?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

be filled by any metropolitan puh)ica ieu
 It is the intimate friend of l. con-ti IL ents It has the atmosphere of its local ity. It's angle of vision is that of it's own community, and this it truly reflects
 Broad questions-S national. mte-- nationalist presents and considers as q part of it's work of information: but tn se are subordinate to its own peculiar mis- sion. The uprising in the Balkans, the breach in the British ministry, the sean da Is of the postal s'rvice at Washington, are dwarfed in actual, present importance by the washout on the State road or the project for new trolley connection. And
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
LIFE IN LONDON.
Some Interesting Statistics of the
 Great English lMetropolis,


 Wm. Elroy Curtis in Chicago Record Herald. According to the latest census. In the Spring of 1903. the population of London within the bounds of the metropolitan police district was 659o.6I6. an increase of 3o7,746 over April. l9oI The population has doubled within the last fifty years. being 2.3e3.274 by the cen of 1851. The city Is now fourteen miles in length. eight miles in breadth and covers l22 square miles of ground. There are 6, 900 streets. which, if continuous, would form a line 1000 miles long. 57l.769 registered build ings. i,oie,546 residences and tenements! I,- 500 churches and I4 363 saloons, or one saloon to every 400 inhabitants.
 The poorer the section of the city the larger the number of saloons. In Holborn there is a saloon to every 277 inhabitants: in Stepney one to every 294; in Westminster one to every 600. and in the Hyde Park district they run as high as one te every 2.4oo. In a certain part of the Whiteshapol district there is a sa- loon to every seventeen houses, and in Mary lebone one fp every twenty-two houses As a consequence inc average number of paupers re- lieved by charities of the city during the Win ter months of iso2-oS was IoB.2sl daily. The increase of late years hase been very number of patients in the charitable hospi- tals average los, 900 S year, and the number of smallpox patients has averaged 3,s29 for the last three years.
 There are in London moro Scotchmen than in Aberdeen more Irishmen than in Dublin, more Jews than in Palestine, More Roman Catholic than in Rome and more than I5.ooo Americans.
 The directory contains 3.S5o pages.
 There are 1000 different charities. includ- ing hospitals, asylums. orphanages. homes for the poor, Irvalids and aged. missions. dispen- saries, which expend about S25. ooo. 900 year. or more than S4 for every man, woman and child in the city.
 There ara 4s3 clubs. societies and associa- tions for. social. scientific and literary pur- poses.
 The day public schools number +62 and &C., commodate S9I 900 children; there are also 3e5 evening schools and 73o private schools. The men teachers in the public schools num- Der 3, 66e the women teachers 7.75o. and they are assisted by 700 pupil teachers
 There are l6.ooo policemen, l.2oo firemen, ninety-one land fire engines and eight river engines Eight companies supply 22o, ooo, 900 gallons of water daily, of which l7o, 900, 900 gallons or twenty-eight gallons per capita of the population are used for domestic purposes, and the gross income of the water companies is SIo, 36o 900 from regular rate payers. Five gas companies supply 36,ooo.ooo feet of gas daily to about 2, 900 900 different customers, who pay them S25. 500, 900 a year. This Is in addition to the electric lighting companies. which belong to the vestries of the several parishes into which the city Is divided.
 The total cost of running the Government of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
STAKES CLOSE TOMORROW.
For the Winter Meeting of the Crts
 cant City Jockey Club,

cent City Jockey Club.
 New Orleans, Nov. 12,-The first issue of stakes for the winter meeting of the Cres- cent City Jockey Club which opens Thurs day, Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Day, will close on Saturday, Nov. f. A list of the stakes follows:
 Inaugural handicap sweepstake. $l25O added; Preliminary derby, sweepstake, $1, 800; Crescent City handicap, sweepstake, Sl, 800 And the following seven handicap sweepstakes of N,000 each.
 Christmas, New Orleans. New Year, Audubon. Jackson, Gentilly and Live Oak; The Cotton Excange selling sweepstake, Sl 900: the Merchants handicap. $500. Six additional handicap sweepstakes of $1OOO each. Club House, De Soto, New Orleans City Railway, George Washington, Speed and Oakland. Also the Bush cup handi- cap sweepstake, $1,0O0 the winner to re- ceive a piece of plate of the value of $500. Also the Crescent City Derby, $2,5O0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13

these. indeed, are the real living conc of local life II is the home matters make up existence. and with these country neWspa per deals.
 We do not sufficiently rec 1gnize, haps. how great an influence for the servation of that spirit of local self ernment which is the foundation of institutions the country press of England has been and is today. It is question: hlv a power. And it holds power and retains this influence beet of the sturdy honesty of the country tor. The country press is the ideal oi dependence. It is as a rule impure able and incorruptible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
s.roA. Gar Strikes Train.

Gadsden, Nov. 12.-(Special)-This morning at the Alabama Great Southern crossing in Attalla an electric car en route to Gadesden collldeo "lth lrelght car knocked if off the track. Conductor Homan and Squire Vintress passenger were badly bruised. The track was slick and the motorman was unable to control his car
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
 Just In.

Fresh shipment of Tenny's Candy, Colonial Chocolates and Bon Bons; only Goo per
 If your sweetheart says it Is not as nice as any Candy made, your money refunded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
McClave Barred bv Princeton.

Princeton. N. J., Nov. 12.-McClave, a prominent candidate for fullback on the Princeton eleven, was today barred from playing against Yale Saturday by the faculty committee on athletics, which ruled that he is ineligible on account of the four year rule. This Is his fifth year at Princeton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
Fresh Eggs.
 Meehan & Morris.

Never did see a cullud angel in de pictur' books. did you?' Never did Well what you reckon is de reason? Dey gifts SO skeered de devil will ketch em on de way dar, dat ey turns white "-Atlanta Constitution,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
The Country Newspaper.
Rnstnn Pnst


 The weekly country newspaper. as an institution. is by no means declining If one may judge by the evidence of the recent newspaper directories. if never fourished so much as at present It has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-13
AGE OF RAILWAY PRESIDENTS
Discussion Started by the Northern
 PaciAc's Choice.

New York Evening Post.
 Wall Streets attention was attracted to the age of wel-known railroad presidents by q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

the Chinaman perSevered, and came
every evening to see her. The days
were long now, and few strangers came
from the world beyond the inlet rocks
to buy her hair seal and beaded trinket
boxes. So, at last she consented to
work at the cannery, the wages offered
by Fang being necessary to her ex-
istence.
No word came from Joe Bear. The
midsummer sun had dissipated the
mists that curtain the fir-clad noun
tains of the mild Alaskan coast, and
warm ocean currents combined with
mountain air to make perfect days and
nights in the inlet, where thousands
of fish were daily being taken for the
cannery, and Fang, the Chinese sub
boss, was still the lone occupant of
the house across the cove from the hut
of Chekan's daughter.
Whether she went up the mountain
side for walk in the evening. or by
appointment with Fang. will never be
known, but it was afterward said that
she had a few personal belongings
packed in sack, and that the trail
she took was the same taken by Joe
Bear in the spring. She was last seen
just before nightfall, in company with
Fang, a little way up the mountain.
Neither one returned. Two days aft
erward a search was made, but no
trace of them was found. On the third
day the search was resumed, further
around the mountain, to the east.
They found her body, covered with
fresh-cut fir boughs, lying between
two fallen trees. Two bullets had en-
tered her breast. Her face in death
wore a look of terror, her clothing
was torn by the dragging of her body
over the rough mountain from the
trail to the fallen tree. Her shapely
and once supple limbs had been slashed
with knife in some strange, Chinese
design.
Fang's boat left no trail in the dark
when it crept out of the inlet. The
search for him Jagged after the sec
ond day, and it was two weeks later
when Joe Bear came down from the
Stikine country and descended the
mountain to the hut of the Chekan's
daughter. Within an hour he had
heard it all. He made wonderfully
quick preparation. Before the COM
pany's storekeeper knew of'his arrival
Joe Bears canoe, with four armed In
dian men. passed out of the inlet, and
kept moving toward the south. Joe,
with his rifle across his knees, sat in
A l. ia
ward we heard from Fang. He had
given himself up to the Canadian po-
lice, and taken shelter in a crude Jail,
where he was killed one dark, stormy
night, by a ball from an unknown rifle,
aimed through one of the little win
dows of his prison.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
4 * ! ]! ) IA


Hicks-We had a great time at the
club last night. Sorry not to see you
there, Charley.
Mrs. Porter (after Hicks had gomez
Why, Charles, you told me you spent
the whole of last evening at the club.
Mr.. Porter with great presence of
mind)-So l did, dear. The reason
Hicks didn't see me was because he
wasn't there himself. Trying to de-
ceive his wife, probably.
Mrs. Porter-The wretch! And he
would try to rob me of the confidence
L have in you! I always did see some
thing about that man l didn't like
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

his canoe disappeared from the inlet
Fang's Indian wife was missed from
thu house the Chinese had built on the
beach, across the cove from Chekan's
hut The weather grew worse, and
sleet-laden winds swept in from the
ocean. Six months passed. 1t was q
long. lonely winter for Fang. The sea-
sons salmon pack was out of the way
and his duties were light. So were the
duties of all in the settlement, but
they Stunned him in his misfortune,
and he thought he saw sneer behind
the stolid face of every Indian.
One fair morning in May the canoe
of Joe Bear entered the inlet. coming
from the direction of Kake island, so
miles away, where other Thlingits
lived. The canoe was beached at Che
kan's hut, and Joe Bear and Fang'swife
entered the shack. 1t was deserted and
cherries. The old chiefs body lay in
its tomb, little way up the mountain,
and the totem pole, half finished, stood
sentinel by the grave. Within an hour
the news of the runaways' return
spread. There was a great chatter
ing among the Cinnamon at the cam
merry, but Fang made no sign. The
spring work Of the fishery begun, and
he was devoted to his work. The weeks
passed, and Joe Bear and his woman
were rarely seen. They hunted to-
gether, back in the mountains, and
when they were in the village Joe oc-
casionally visited the company's
store to barter the fresh meat of the
deer, moose, or bear, but it was plain
that he avoided Fang, and the China
man sedulously kept away from the
Indian. Then Joe grew restless He
was determined to go on a long trip
to the Stilkine, to hunt the big moose.
But the terrible mountain trail was
not one for woman.
When. Joe had been gone a week,
Fang called on his wife at Chekan's
hut. He was gentle and kind, and al
though she spoke not word to him,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
A study in Heartbreakinr.

81 am supposed to die of broken
heart" said the manageable ac-
tresS.
"Now, how am I to know how a per-
son with a broken heart behaves?"
III tell you what to do" answered
the cold-blooded manager. You study
the author Of this play after he sees
your first performance of it."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
A Man of Simple Tastes.

did you enjoy your trip abroad?"
Eyes" answered Mr. Cumrox; but
1 must say l missed the kind of cook
ing I'm used to-
Couldn't you ge: anything you
wanted?"
Possibly. But you see mother and
the girls hadn't taken the trouble to
learn the French for pork and beans. :"
WASHINGTON Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
A Genuine Mystery.

my DEAR" said a wife who had been
married three years, as she beamed
across the table on. her lord and mas
ter, tell me what first attracted you
to me. What pleasant Characteristic
did l possess which placed me above
other women in your sight?"
And her lord and master simply said:
II give it up. "-Tit-Bits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

81 wish" said Rev. Mr.. Hardpan,
that this congregation were penni-
less
What does he mean?" the people
whispered one to another.
For them" the pastor continued,
THE collection plate would not be so
nlckel-less and lime-less. '-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Needed Some Stimulus,

Manager shall shortly produce q
new play called The Gold-Bug,' and
L want you to take the part of the
hero.
"Actor-Who is he?
Manageable is the Gold-Bug-a
millionaire.
Actor-Very well. Pay me my back
salary just before the curtain rises.
and I'll sweep the TOWN.. Y.
Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
The Boy Couldn't See II.

Office Boy-There amt any such
word as ''gesticulate" in the diction-
airy.
Chief Clerk-Nonsense! Where did
you look for it?
Under 'je,' of course.
81 see, didn't know how to spell it,
$50 a fellow must know how to
spell word he goes to the diction-
airy to find out how to spell! What're
ye givin' us, anyhow" 49, Boston
Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

I'd like to have nice. soft job,
Where l could simply be
A sort of weekly visitor,
To draw my salarye;
And then, as that got burdensome
And seemed inclined to bore me,
I'd like to have some fellow paid
To go and draw it for me!
Baltimore News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Not Quite Certain.

Crawfoot-So your son Zeke was in
love for two months. Did you notice
any economy?
Stubble-It's hard to say. He didn't
eat as much, but he used up powerful
lot of sweet soap an clean linen.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Druggist-That dyspepsia remedy
you put on the market wasn't a sue
cess, eh?"
Physician-Why do you think it
wasn't?
Druggist-Because there hasn't been
single imitation offered for sale
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

VS. lVe oleMJ!sqes POI
90 JoLMBJp exBollG
Some d7odIs Mqo
HBAe Son 9AeL oqseLAep
Vup' sBI'
Do9s lq9 olq9I MAJ
u oLp9I 10 SO JoLMBIp
LQBl lQ9 oLp.MJlsQ' SIBE'
HBA9 Gon aAsI oqseLAep
N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Mouldy Mike-I've struck a soft
thing now.
Dusty Dan-What's that?
Mouldy Mike-I go inter town, an
tell 'em b'long to a stranded opera
company, and want 'em all to be at tn
schoolhouse at seven sharp and hear
me give concert. They always come.
A free show draws crowd every time.
Well, l don't git more'n halfway
through me best solo, mister Dooley,"
than they begins ter throw eggs an
cabbages an all sorts o garden pro-
duce by the bushel. l just gathers it
up and slips out tn back door. Been
Twin like fightin' cock all winter
n. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

We'll, bub, what is it?'' asked the drug
gist of the small boy with a bottle in his
hand.
Please, sir, but here's medicine | got
for me mother an hour ago.
Eyes, and what's the matter with it%'
You didn't write on the bottle wheth-
er it was to be taken eterrally or internally,
and she's afraid of making a mistake. DE
troit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

A lady once asked a little girl of
five if she had any brothers.
YES" said the child, 81 have three
brothers"
"And how many sisters, my dear?''
asked the lady.
"Just one sister. and Pm it," replied
the small girl-Little Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego - Your
church is becoming dissatisfied with
the pastor? Why is that? He has
been preaching for you Is years, hasn't
he?
Mrs. Selldom-Holme-Yes. That's
the trouble. He has begun to preach
at us, now.-Chicagc Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Cause of the Crush.

There's room enough for all men here
Upon this busy, whirl!ng sphere.
Why push and crowd and jostle so?
All, yes, there's room enough, but where
A few set out to get to, there
The crowd is sure to want to go.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

81 have no doubt you have heard some
stories to my discredit," he said. Il don't
like to put it in that way" she quietly re-
piled. How them" he hopefully asked
81 have never heard any stories to your.
credit, sand she.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
No Ennui Here,

mo; were never troubled with en-
nui out at my house. Our minds are
always occupied"
''In what way?"
well, I'm trying to guess what my
wife will say to me when l get home,
and she's trying to guess what new
excuse I'll have for being late."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Abbreviated Costumen.

Mrs. Gableigh-What did the ladies
wear at the banquet?
Gableigh-I can't remember, except
that their frocks would have made adj
mirable rainy-day outfits
Mrs. Gableigh (horriied)-What!
Gab1eigh-If they had walked on
their hands-Baltimor American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Poor Little Willie.

"Willie's crying; 1 guess he wants
something" said the indulgent
mother.
WELL" fumed the father, starting
in the direction of William, slipper in
hand, he'll get something, but he'll
cry worse after he gets it."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
General Opinion.

Lives of great men all remind US
That it isn't only pluck;
We would do as well, or better,
If we only had their luck.
N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

He Was Moved.-"Did the notes of the
bird move your" asked the poetic girl.
eyes," replied the young man. Il used to
call on a young lady and every time the
cuckoo announced the hour of ten l went
home. Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

"Biggleston must have a shady
past"
"Why?"
"He says something ought to be
done to curb the newspapers. Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Hotel Keeper-"Have you given that man
his bill?" Waiter-"Yes" Hotel Keeper
Impossible! Why, he's whistling still. -
Die Jugend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Artlst-Do you wish me to paint yon full
Mr.. Sapheadde-Well, l want it as long
as your customers usually buy Columbus
(O.) State Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Still, is it sign of real greatness,
asks the Chicago Record-Herald, to
be remembered merely because the
anniversary of ones birth is a ma
tional holiday?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Grover-"What did you say to your wife
when you got home last night?" Wilder
ooh, l didn't have to say anything. She
was fully able to furnish all the conversa-
tion that the occasion seemed to require. y
Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02
Authoritative.

AS to getting rich quick
There are warnings in plenty,
And for one of them see
Prov 2S:20.
Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Mamma, mamma, George struck me on
the chin" why did he do that"
" Cause he couldn't reach my nose
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

You cannot convince a man by heaping
abuse on him-Chicago journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Mayme-I can't endure Gwendolyn;
she's simply detestable. This is the
third time she and l cut for the prize
at our card parties, and she wins every
time.
Helen-Well, she's fair, isn't she?
Fair? You should see her when she
isn't made up!'-Kansas City Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

This world is like looking glass
Wherein one oft beholds his face;
1t frowns on those who grimly pass,
But answers smiles with jovial grace.
-Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

While one man waits for a job another
goes and finds it-Chicago journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a
joyous heart, for without kindness there can
be no true joy.-Carlysle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

The man who is willing to meet trouble
halfway seldom has to go that far to meet
it. Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

The future destiny of the child is always
the work of the mother-Napoleon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Husband-How is it that woman's
club of yours keeps you out so much
later now than it used to?
Wife-Oh! we've made a new rule
that only one member can speak at
time.-Chicago journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Both man and womankind belle their ma
ture when they are not kind.-Bailey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

It's a cold day for clerk when he gets
fired.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

The wise are polite all the world over;
fools are polite only at home.-Bacon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-02

Miss White-I've never been able to
get a good photograph of my face.
Miss Black-Let me congratulate
you."-Chicago Daily News.