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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26

.@ Tn the matter of wine the citizen of the United States has never been q large consumer. In 1850 the per capita average was but a paltry .N of gallon, and in 1902 1t has risen to only .63.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
Mrs. Roosevelt,s Social secretary.

Miss Isabel Hagner is social secretary to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt She has been con- sldered an authority on all social form for several years and. in addition to making a study of the laws of etiquette, has acted as secretary to Mrs. Hay. Mrs. Eiihu Root. Mrs, Charles Emory smith. Mrs. Mark Hanna and the niece of Senator Depew. Miss Hagner has been a social favorite in Washington since her debut eight years ago. Her father was dis tinguIshed Washington physician. She in- herited a fortune of Sl co. 900 from her mother. but unfortunate inevstment swept 1t away. Then her father became an invalid, and in order to support him, several small children and herself Miss Hagner was compelled to earn a livelihood. Besides acting as social secretary to Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Hagner has charge of the details of the White House en- tertainments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

For Young Ladies, Roanoke, Va.
 Opens Sept. 2I, 1903. One of the leading Schools for Young Ladies in the South. New buildings, pianos and equipment. Campus ten acres Grand mountain scenery in Valley of Virginia famed for health. European and American teachers. Full course. Conservatory advantages in Art. Music and Elocution. Ger tilcates Wellesley. Students from 30 States For catalogue address MATTE P. HARRIs President Roanoke. Va su-wd-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26

/MANEGoLD's IRON BREW.
 It is popular at all those sea shore resorts where the Elegantees spend the heated term. At all fountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
NTfl " NELLY BEAT
 BALA'S FEAT Fort Deposit Barber Ex- celled New York Man. HE SHAVED THIRTY MEN For Half an Hour Shaved a Man Every Minute. Made Remarkable Record of Shaving . Man in 25 seconds-No
 Doubt ss to Re- cord.

The claim of The New York Sun of the worlds tonsorial championship for Frank Bala, a Brooklyn barber Is premature and unfounded, Bala's best feats, as recounted in The Sun, have been easily autdone by J. F. Nicely, . fast rasor handler in Fort Deposit down in Lowndes County.
 Nicely in the presence of the Mayor of the town. a notary public and a cloud of witnesses shaved thirty men in thirty minutes. Bala's best record is seventeen men in thirty minutes.
 From all accounts the Lowndes County man gave the cleanest and best slaves. While Baia was making his record cuts and minor slashes were frequent. The men who helped Bals make his record are described as wiping the blood off their faces as they climbed out of the chair.
 The witnesses who watched Nicely of Fort Deposit make his record aver that there was no blood letting. The razors did not dig into the skin. The New York Suns account of Bala's performance was published in The Advertiser of July IT.. His record was made in his shop at 323 Thurman Street, Brooklyn. He made his record in competition for gold medal offered by a sporting paper. About seventy-fve men were crowded into his shop when Bala did his trick
 4SAA& WVAAO4 6RtA sVAdASatJ NASRAAhSs He laid out six new razors carefully honed and began his full work.
 In the thirty minutes he shaved seven- teen men. finishing up with the time keeper. More than one man left the chair with his handkerchief to his face. Baia's best time was one man shaved in one minute.
 An account of Bala's performance as rec published in The Advertiser fell under the eye of a friend of Nicely at Fort Deposit. Nicely had a fine local reputa- ton as a speedy barber. He had a peculiar. long, gliding stroke with his razor, With this swift smooth stroke he has achieved the reputation of being the fastest barber that was ever seen in Lowndes County.
 He has had many years experience and knows his trade thoroughly as a good barber should. His knowledge is entirely practical.
 Neely's friends suggested that he try for the record, he was not averse to the trial. He was himself confident that he could outdo the speed record of the Brooklyn barber.
 He agreed to make the contest and set a day for the effort. He announced that during the triai he would shave any white man free of charge, bar none. He took them as they came, the men Wltn the light faxen boards or the fellows with the blue, black wiry swhiskers.s
 He prepared his stock of razors care- fully and laid them out in row.
 That there could be no doubt as to the authenticity of the record. before begin- ming he selected three witnesses to keep time and certify to the correctness of the performance. ..,
 They were W. L. Houston. Notary Public, c. E. Brooks. Mayor of Fort De- poslt and W. E. Smith, publisher of The Fort Deposit Reflector.
 In the thirty minutes the following well-known citizens of Fort Deposit were aha
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
SMOKED BEEF And Tongue for Monday and Tues
 day. stuckey's. Phone 324.
Summer Stair Coverings.

Stair coverings for Summer use are in grades from inexpensive drugget up to the finest im- ported mating Any sort is a welcome change from the carpeting which has been dewn all
 Winter An unmatted stairway Is agreeable in summer if the wood is of such character that it can be stained and made presentable. but un- covered stairways if much used are noisy, co a strip of mating is the best arrangement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
WATERMELoNs On Ice today. Fine ones. Phone S24. Stuckey's.
COAL coMPANY,s PAPERs.
Pennsylvania Coal Company to D.
 Business in Alabama,

Pennsylvania Coal Company to Dc
 Business in Alabama.
 A copy of the charter of the Pennsyl- vania Coal Company was filed yesterday in the ofice of the Secretary of State. The company proposes to extend Its busi- ness into this State.
 R. H. Kern and L. J. Haley, whose oflces are in the Jefferson County Bank building in Birmingham have been ap- pointed the Alabama agents of the com pany
 The company does general coal busi- ness, owning and operating coal mines. Its principal place of business is at Read ing, Pa., Frank J. Boyer is president and N. s. Jacomi is secretary of the corpora ton. The subscribers to the company 6 stock are A. S. Boyer. c. A. Conrad, I. F. March. Frank J. Boyer and w. s. Yocum.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
Atlanta College of Pharmacy.

Ab4dAL1 OVA4S60 VI GAAAnACys
 Free Dispensary; only college operating an actual drug store. Greater demand for our graduates than we can supply Address George F. Payne, Dean. 2I W. North Avenue. At- lanta, ca. tu-thu-sat-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26

If you have no appetite for your meals something is wrong with your digestion, liver and bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters cleanses and strengthens the stomach, purifies the bowels and creates appetite, vigor and cheerfulness.
 adV-Wed- fri-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26

Neely not only shaved a man minute. but he made the remarkable record of shaving E. F. Goldsmith in % seconds.
 In addition to the certified witnesses a number of other well known citizens were present at Neely's performance. Moreover, he lathere6 every face and wiped it dry after the shave. If the Brooklyn mans record is the best that the East can produce the medal should justly go to the Fort Deposit man. A claim for him will probably be made for it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26

Try the new domestic finish for shirts. You'll like it. No increase In prices. Call TAO for a wagon. The Montgomery Steam Laundry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-26
"MANEGoLD's IRON BREW. ,,

No need of cosmetics if one will drink Manegold's Iron Brew" de- clared the bright society woman. "It will give to the complexion the deli cate colOrings found in the peach bloom" At all fountains.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25

az saw in a certain paper the other
day" said Father McGrady Of Louis
vile, Ky, to meeting of strikers in
Lowell, Mass, ian account of Chicago
woman hiring Pullman car to take
her pet cat to Florida for the winter.
In the same paper appeared an account
of the operation of North Carolina cot
ton mills with children at 13, women
at 80 and men at 50 cents a day. A
little later l saw an account of New
York society woman having a suit
made by a fashionable tailor for a
monkey. which was to make a debut in
Newport society. And you people, and
others in like situation, are expending
your strength producing wealth to be
spent Ia giving entertainments to cats
and dogs and monkeys. This is carry
Ing ancestor worship too far"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
THE DELAWARE, SUsoUEHANNA AND
i SoHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Ilme table In enect May ~, l9Ol.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
and Hazleton Junction at 500 m, daily
except Sunday; and or IN, 38 p m, Sunday
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
1omhicken and DeriDger at 90 a m, daily
except Sunday; and 707 m, 2 38 p IN, Sun
day.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction
Harwood Road Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 90 m, daily except Sun
day; and 7 o. m, 30 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 8 80 a
N, daily except Sunday; and So q m, 20 p IN,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazletou Junction for Oneids
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton at 80, IL 10 m, 4 Al m,
daily except Sunday; and 81 m, II m
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gran.
berry, Han wood, Hazleton Junction and Roam
at % IN, daily except Sunday; and 9S
m, OF p m, Sunday.
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Halle
ton Junction and Roam at IL m, IL 40, 26
p m, daily except Sunday; and III m, 3A
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, stockton, Hazle Brook, EclSley, Jeddo
and IL m, 9 "A m, Sunday,
Trains leave Hazeton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 40 m, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 m, 40 III, Sunday.
Train leaving Drifton at W m makes
connection ut Derngcr with p. X. K. trains for
Wilkesharre. Sudbury. Harrisburg and points
west.
All trains connect ct Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, GAINESVILLE, Auden.
rted and other points on the Traction Com
LUTHER q. SMITH, SUPERINTENDENT
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
XTILKESB BARRE AND HAZLETON
Wv RAILROAD. MAY Is 1903

Cars leave and arrive Mt corner of Broad
and Wyoming Streets. Ha9eton. as follows:
ForWi kesbarTe and intermediate G points, q 90,
S05, 100 m, IL 05, 200, 400. sos, 900 p
m, daily, including sunday. Arrive at Ashley
Junction ut 0O, 905, Ii 10 a m, 90, 90, 0
90 and 10 90 pm.
AT Ashley Junction passengers will be
transferred to the cars of the Will<esharre and
Wyoming Valley Traction Company for
WikesharIe, their cars passing that point
every fifteen minutes
The run from Ashley Junction to Wilkes
barre via the Wilkesbarre and Wyoming Val
ley Traction Company, to Court House Square,
consumes about twenty minutes.
Returning from Nilkesharre, leave Ashley
Junction for Hazleton and intermediate points
z 20. 30, II so n IN, so, 3 80, b So Z 50 and
10 so IN. daily, including Sunday. Arrive at
Hnzleton at 25, 10 55 In, IL 80, 2 55, 50, IS,
s 65 and Il 10 p m.
For the information of travellers, to connect
with the cars of this company at Ashley juno
tion, passengers should leave Wilkesbarre
(Oourt House Square) at 7 10, 80, IL 80 q IN,
30, 3 30, . 80 30 and 10 pm.
By applying to this Office special arrange
menis Tor parties may be made to hold the
last car from Ashley Junction.
l,uOO mileage tickets for sale at this Office,
and trip and excurs on tickets can be pur-
chased from conductors on cars.
Excursion rate, tickets good until used,
HnZeton to Ashley Junction, Sl.40. One way,
tickets good until used, S5c.
ALVAN MARK LIE, General Manager
g. w. THOMPSON, .Superint endent.
A. f. HARGER General Passenger Agent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
Blue Serge Is Fashionab BILE.

Blue serge, that most faithful Of ma
terials, is to be fashionable again this
season and is not only to be found in
the big department shops made up in
the inexpensive costumes, but at the
more exclusive private establishments
where high prices are asked. There is
blue serge and blue SERGE and conse
quently there is wide range of choice
in the different weaves of the material
as well as in the different styles The
rough welt or cord is very smart, but
looks almost too heavy for summer
wear. However, it is being made up
into yachting costumes and into the
short walking gowns that are so fash
ionable for the moment.
The closer weaves with cheviot or
camels hair finish are made into the
more elaborate costumes, with strap
pings of cloth bands of taffeta or
moire ribbon or with quite elaborate
brading Short and most fanciful jack
cts or blouses and Norfolk jackets are
the favorite styles for this sort of
gown, the long tailor coat on the more
severe order being thought quite inap-
propriate, and yet there are some few
blue serge gowns of this sort of serge
made with the three-quarter coat half
fitting. and the short skirt and not one
particle of trimming.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
POST OFFICE CLERKS STORY.
How He Was Enabled to Take Out a Life
Insurance Policy.

Mr.. Fred B. Eveleth, Jr., general de-
livery clerk In the Lewiston, Me-, post
office, says: "For over twelve years
was unable to obtain life insurance
policy, but l have successfully passed
two medical examinations for policies,
since Father Johns Medicine cured me
of a catarrhal trouble of twelve years.
standing, and restored me to health and
strength, after l was thought to be In
consumption as the result of an attack
of grip a year ago which left me In
badly weakened condition. l have In
creased thirty pounds In weight, and it
gives me great pleasure to add my
testimonial to the many in favor of your
grand medicine.
Remember, not patent medicine, no
alcohol or other weakening stimulants
Guaranteed to cure consumption and all
throat and lung troubles, or the money
is refunded. Fifty years in use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
SUPPORTING A BATTERY
Thrilling story of an Artillery Duel
and It's Sequel.

Thrilling story of an Artillery Duel
and It's Sequel.
81 shall never forget the first time
was under fire." said Colonel Thomas
Crenshaw to party of veterans who
were fighting their battles DER again.
1--WE We're supporting a battery and
had lain down on stretch of ground
as level as a ballroom floor. The Con-
feds were beyond rifle shot, but they
opened on us with artillery, and they
did everlastingly plow up the ground
with shot and shell. Every old soldier
knows that artillery fire at long range
is not half SO much to be dreaded as
the rattle of musketry, which sounds
on the battlefield like Chinese fire
crackers in thunderstorm, but it is
a good deal more 'skeery' to a novice.
There we lay for half an hour, never
moving finger, watching the puffs of
flame from a dozen cannon and the
shells coming tearing through the air
with their fiendish shrek, apparently
headed directly for our faces. | tell
you a position of that kind tries the
him a chance to shoot back, and he is
all right but fighting is one thing and
waiting to get killed without striking
a blow is quite another.
But there was more ahead for us.
After the artillery duel had ragged for
some time a regiment of Confederate
cavalry debouched from the wood with
oil hn nd TrnoiGinn n a
dress parade. They were Mississippi
ans, tall, athletic fellows, who sat
their horses like centaurs. They halted
and dressed ranks while the batteries
behind them hurled a perfect rain of
shells over their heads. We could see
their colonel riding down the line and
pointing with his sword to our battery,
which was plunging shells in among
then with frightful rapidity, but little
effect. They advanced a step or two,
every horseman seeming to choose his
ground. Here they come slowly, stead
lily, like great gray wave, conscious
of irresistible power. The bugle rings
out sharp and shrill, they break into a
quick trot, 800 sabers leap into the air
the smoky background like porten-
tous meteor. On they come; 800 yards,
700, 600! Gads, has our battery gone
silent? Five hundred, 400! Charge!
Every spur sinks deep the rebel yell
rises from every throat, and the col
umn leaps forward like thunderbolt,
into the face of which crashes the
canister from our four 6 Founders
Great ragged holes are torn through
the four deep column, but they close
instantly, and it comes on unchecked.
"Now it is our turn! We are in front
of the battery, in the pathway of the
avalanche. We pour a volley into 1t
at eighty yards! A hundred brave men
reel out of their saddles, a hundred
horses go plunging to their knees! The
line wavers! Another volley and an
other! The line breaks and suddenly
retreats, while we swing our caps and
cheer and hug each other for joy. And
that was warr-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
nrat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25

No other organization of wage work
ers ever made the strides, gathered
within its membership the large num-
ber of men and succeeded in getting so
satisfactory wage agreements and
hours of labor as have the teamsters'
unions of Chicago. The oldest of the
Transfers unions-that of the coal
wagon dfivers-is less than three years
old. Now the national union has a
membership in Chicago alone Of over
$4,000 and is still growing.
One of the youngest of the affiliated
unions of lhe teamsters-that of the
Milk Wagon Drivers union, organized
Sept. 10, 1002-now has over 1000
members and stands third in the list
of those having the largest member
ship.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25

and bones of man OF average size
lose two pounds of wornout tissue.
This waste cannot be replenished and
the health and strength kept up with
out perfect digestion, When the stom-
ach and digestive organs fail to perform
their functions, the strength lets down,
health gives way and disease sets up.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stom-
ach and digestive organs to digest
and assimiate all of the whole
some food that may be eaten into the
kind OF blood that rebuilds the tissues
and protects the health and strength of
the mind and body Kodol cures Indiges-
tion, Dyspepsia and all stomach trou-
bles. 1t is an ideal spring tonic. Sold
by Growers City drug store.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
FREELAND, Pa, MAY 25, 1903.
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Making Stone Fireplace.

ANY one who has had a fireplace
built knows from sad experience how
difficult it is 10 have rough rock done
well-in fact, to have it done at all.
The very idea of using an uncut stone
for anything inside house seems the
height of absurdity to the mind of a
country workman. When | showed the
mason my sketch of the fireplace he
remarked that it would require great
deal of labor to cut the stones into the
shapes | had drawn. A sort of plying
wonder came into his face as | told
him | wanted the rough stones, just as
they were found. The contractor, think
Ing to facilitate matters, had hauled
up huge pile of stones gathered from
all around the house without the
slightest regard to their suitableness.
Some were covered with old cement
and all were badly bruised the room
was filled with a useless assortment of
material which could only be used for
filling in back of the facing since not
one had any lichen. We had to scour
the woods ourselves for each stone as
1t was wanted, selecting those of prop
er shape and size and carrying them in
by hand so as to preserve the growth
of lichen. 1t was two days hard work,
but well worth while as we saw this
"center OF the home" taking almost the
shape we had hoped for. When the
stone can be procured without much
carriage stone fireplace of this sort Is
not expensive, comparatively speaking.
Ours is 0 feet wide at the base and
feet G inches high, lined with fire
brick and having a cheap brick hearth.
The whole thing, built on solid stone
foundation, cost the labor Of a mason
and a mortar mixer for two and half
days and the cement and brick $50 to
$25. This is, of course, exclusive Of my
own time spent in hunting for the
stones.-Country Life In America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
Soldier Masons mt Fort Monroe.

Prominent among the two year regi-
ments from the Empire State was the
Tenth, or National zouaves, raised in
New York city. A working lodge of
Master Masons was organized within
this regiment. The meetings or COM
munications were held in casemate
at Fort Monroe and were attended
by many brethren from neighboring
camps. The lodge entered, passed and
raised thirty-four members. Not infre-
quently gray clad soldiers of the south
ern army, prisoners within the lines,
found their way there and sat in lodge
with their more fortunate brethren
Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
Dainty Ribbon Work.

The latest ribbon work, that con-
structed from omber ribbon very mar
row, very fine work and very much in
relief is an enhancing subject for con-
sideration. The delicious fat double
flowers that can be formed of this
baby ribbon are simply "ducky and
tweew Again, you get the pink tipped
double daisy and the little Noisette
roses, to say nothing of the SNOWFALL
the double May, pink and white, the
double cherry blossom, the marigold,
the "redhot poker" and many others;
also the flowers formed of ribbon work
but not applique, just "dangles," are so
nice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
FROM PRIVATE TO GENERAL


Several papers in speaking of the
seventy-sixth birthday of General
Frank G. Nickerson of Cambridge,
Mass, have said that he was the only
man now living in New England to
enter the army as private in the civil
war and come out as brigadier gen
eral. Augusta 10 no intention of al
lowing such a misstatement to circu-
late uncorrected, for one of our most
distinguished citizens, Ex-Governor Sell
den Connor, can be credited with that
same splendid record.
He enlisted in April 1861, as q pri
vate in the ranks, saw the hardest
kind of active service, as his two
crutches eloquently testify, and after
winning rapid promotion by his gal
lantry in battle was commissioned a
brigadier general by President Lincoln
in Tune, 1864. and it was as brigadier
general that he was later mustered out.
Whether there are others now living
in New England who rose from private
to brigadier general we do not know,
but certainly the name of General Con-
nor is with that of General Nickerson
on this roll of honor, which for the
whole country must be very short.
General Nickerson, by the way, is
also a Maine man, a native of Swan
vile, in Waldo county, and he enlisted
as a private in the Fourth Maine He
was later colonel of the Fourteenth
Maine and became brigadier general
in November, 1862. His father was in
the war of 1912 and his grandfather an
officer in the. Revolution. In recent
years he has been a resident of Massa-
chusetts. Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25
The Oldest Unions.

The following are claimed to be the
oldest unions in America: 1903, New
York Society of Journeymen Ship
wrights; 1906, an organization of the
house carpenters of the same city;
1906, the Tailors' union; 1919, the hat
ters' organization; 1922, the Columbia
Charitable Society of Shipwrights and
Calkers of Boston and Charlestown.
Mention is also made of the New York
Typographical society, which was 60
ing concern in 1917 and which is sup
posed to have had its start in the pre-.
vious century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-25

with high crowns of the very new
wicker straw and the brim a mass of
soft chiffon frills with taffeta ribbon
for strings and a big full bow at the
back. Little girls of fashion will also
wear white null hats with Tam
O'Shanter crowns and the brim made
of frills of fine swiss embroidery. Many
ribbons will trim the summer hats for
children, the soft ribbons in omber eff
fects being most used arranged in bows
and tied in loose knots and loops.